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2  •  The  Charlatan  •  May  27,  1993 


NEWS 


Students  pay  departure  tax 


by  Hana  Ahmad 

Charlatan  Staff 

Students  who  want  to  graduate  in 
convocation  ceremonies  will  have  to  fork 
over  $30  starting  this  November. 

Fall  convocation  was  cancelled  at  the 
end  of  March  by  university  administra- 
tors as  a  cost-saving  measure.  The  uni- 
versity would  have  saved  $40,000  by 
cancelling  the  ceremony. 

In  early  May,  Carleton  President  Robin 
Farquhar  decided  to  reinstate  the  fall 
ceremony.  Students  graduating  will  now 
have  to  pay  a  $30  "participation  charge" 
to  take  part  in  convocation  ceremonies. 

The  $30  levy  will  help  pay  for  gowns, 
chair  rentals  and  post-graduation  recep- 
tions. The  charge  will  not  be  in  effect  for 
this  spring's  convocation,  but  will  be 
applied  for  all  other  ceremonies. 

Public  relations  director  Pat  O'Brien 
says  costs  not  covered  by  the  $  30  levy  will 
be  paid  for  out  of  the  university's  convo- 


cation budget.  The  amount  paid  for  by 
the  levy  will  depend  on  how  many  peo- 
ple participate  in  the  ceremony. 

Many  students  expressed  discontent 
after  convocation  was  cancelled,  includ- 
ing student  representatives  on  the  Board 
of  Governors,  the  Graduate  Students' 
Association  and  CUSA,  the  undergradu- 
ate students'  association. 

CUSA  circulated  a  petition  "to  show 
the  students'  disappointment  with  the 
cancellation  of  convocation,"  says  Gary 
Anandasangaree,  CUSA's  directorof  aca- 
demics. The  petition,  which  received  hun- 
dreds of  signatures,  was  not  sent  to 
Farquhar,  because  administration  had 
already  agreed  to  reinstate  the  fall  cer- 
emony. 

The  one  major  expense  of  fall  convo- 
cation is  renting  the  National  Arts  Cen- 
tre, says  Don  McEown,  Farquhar's  execu- 
tive assistant.  It  costs  more  to  rent  the 
National  Arts  Centre,  which  is  "very  ex- 


pensive but  necessary  as  it  is  too  cold  to 
hold  the  event  outside  and  it  is  too  big  for 
the  gym, "  says  McEown.  Spring  convoca- 
tion is  held  on  the  lawn  outside  the  ad- 
ministration building. 

The  total  cost  of  fall  convocation,  which 
includes  renting  the  NAC,  setting  up  and 
tearing  down  the  stage,  renting  gowns 
and  producing  programs,  is  about 
$40,000. 

Professor  Michel  Gaulin,  clerk  of  the 
university  Senate,  says  student  resistance 
to  the  cancellation  wasn't  anticipated, 
since  "only  half  of  students  who  get  their 
degrees  actually  attend  (the  ceremony) 
and  a  number  of  universities  have  al- 
ready eliminated  the  ceremonies  due  to 
the  costs  involved." 

O'Brien  says  between  1 , 300  and  1 ,500 
students  graduate  every  fall.  Of  those, 
only  700  or  800  attend  the  fall  ceremo- 
nies in  the  morning  or  afternoon. 

McEown  says  charging  students  for 


their  convocation  ceremony  is  not  new 
—  it  happened  in  ceremonies  from  the 
mid  70s  up  until  1983  or  1984.  He  says 
students  then  were  charged  $15  —  just 
enough  to  cover  the  cost  of  their  gown 
rental. 

O'  Brien  says  the  fee  is  "an  example  of 
the  difficult  financial  times  the  univer- 
sity finds  itself  in. 

"It  was  not  something  the  university 
wanted  to  do  but  it  was  the  most  fair  way 
to  try  and  reduce  expenditures  while 
continuing  to  provide  the  ceremony  for 
those  who  want  to  attend." 

Anandasangaree  says  he's  "nothappy 
with  the  fact  that  they  are  charging  us 
for  graduation  in  addition  to  four  or  five 
years  of  tuition  and  books. 

"Administration  is  charging  us  for 
everything.  The  least  we  can  have  is  a 
free  graduation.  But  if  this  is  our  only 
option  to  bring  back  graduation,  ifs 
something  we  have  to  live  with."  □ 


Capital  Foods  raises  prices  and  ire 


by  Renata  Manchak 

Charlatan  Staff 

Food  prices  at  all  campus  cafeterias 
run  by  Capital  Food  Services  went  up 
May  1,  leaving  some  customers  with  a 
bitter  taste  in  their  mouths. 

Prices  were  increased  in  the  Peppermill, 
Loeb  Cafe,  the  Fit  Stop,  Hugo's,  the  Bent 
Coin  in  the  administration  building,  Mr. 
Sub  and  the  tunnel  snack  bar  near 
Paterson  Hall. 

Jim  Johnston,  associate  director  of 
Housing  and  Food  Services,  says  a  notice 
was  posted  at  all  Capital  Foods  outlets  on 
campus  in  the  first  week  of  May. 

The  notice  said  "overall  prices  on  most 
items  would  be  kept  to  less  than  three  per 
cent,"  says  Johnston. 

But  some  customers  were  angry  that 
not  all  prices  went  up  uniformly  by  three 
per  cent. 

An  anonymous  letter  posted  on  the 
Peppermill's  feedback  board  in  early  May 
accused  Capital  Foods  of  raising  prices 
much  higher  than  the  promised  three 
per  cent. 

For  example,  the  letter  says  a  two-egg 
breakfast  with  bacon  used  to  cost  $2.85. 
Under  the  new  price  system,  it  costs  $3.45 
—  an  increase  of  more  than  20  per  cent. 
Peppermill  manager  Colleen  Bird  says 
this  is  because  eggs  went  up  15  cents 
each,  an  increase  of  50  per  cent. 

Bird  says  the  three  per  cent  figure  is  an 
average  increase. 


"You  have  to  realize  that  the  figure 
came  from  averaging  out  the  increases, 
the  decreases  and  the  constant  prices," 
Bird  says. 

"You  have  to  take  into  account  that 
many  of  the  items  remained  constant," 
she  says.  "Breakfast  was  where  most  of 
the  increases  occurred  and  we  decreased 
the  prices  of  deli  toppings." 

"We've  kept  all  the  steam  table  items, 
which  are  the  meals  such  as  lasagna,  at 
the  same  price  because  we  believe  that 
they  are  important  to  the  diet  of  our 
customers,"  says  Johnston. 

The  letter  criticized  Capital  Foods  not 
only  for  their  increase,  but  for  "taking 
advantage  of  their  captive  student  mar- 
ket." 

Capital  Foods'  contract  with  Housing 
and  Food  Services  gives  them  a  monopoly 
on  all  student  eateries  outside  of  the 
campus  residences  until  the  year  2001. 

"  I  think  the  price  of  food  on  campus  is 
too  high  already,"  says  Lucy  Watson^ 
president  of  the  undergraduate  students' 
association.  "The  students  are  already 
being  taken  advantage  of  enough  with- 
out having  to  pay  more."  Watson  says 
the  association  has  no  plans  to  try  and 
set  up  a  student-run  cafeteria. 

"We  know  we  have  a  captive  audi- 
ence, "  says  Bird,  "but  we  have  a  contract 
with  (Housing  and  Food  Services)  to  run 
these  restaurants." 

Bird  received  five  anonymous  letters 


Buddy,  can  you  spare  three  bucks  for  a  cup  of  coffee? 


complaining  about  the  price  increases, 
three  of  which  appeared  to  have  been 
written  by  the  same  person. 

Johnston  says  Capital  Foods  raises  its 
prices  May  1  every  year.  Last  year's  in- 
crease was  between  four  and  five  per 
cent,  he  says. 

"Most  students  neglect  to  take  into 
consideration  the  costs  that  we  have  to 
face:  payroll,  purchasing,  overhead.  The 


money  has  to  come  from  somewhere," 
says  Johnston. 

Theft  is  another  cost,  says  Bird.  "I'll 
order  cutlery  and  before  the  order  is  paid 
for  I  have  to  order  more,"  she  says. 

Johnston  agrees  theft  keeps  prices 
high.  "I'm  sure  between  Marriott  (the 
corporation  that  operates  residence  caf- 
eterias) and  Capital  Foods,  they  supply 
cutlery  and  china  to  quite  a  few  apart- 
ments in  Ottawa."  □ 


Library  to  improve  accessibility 


by  Joste  Bellemare 

Chaflalan  Stall 

Anew  elevator  shouldmake  Carleton's 
library  more  accessible  for  people  with 
disabilities. 

The  elevator  will  provide  direct  access 
to  the  library's  main  floor  from  the  tun- 
nel. 

The  elevator  used  now  is  located  at  the 
staff  entrance  to  the  library  on  the  tunnel 
level,  where  deliveries  are  also  received. 
A  person  who  wants  to  use  the  elevator 
has  to  ring  a  bell  and  wait  for  someone  to 
come  down  and  unlock  it. 

Construction  of  the  elevator  is  slated 
to  start  in  the  middle  of  June  but  it  won't 
be  operational  until  December. 

The  project  will  cost  J450,00O.  The 
money  to  pay  for  the  pro  ject  will  come  in 
part  from  the  Challenge  Fund,  which 
was  set  up  to  improve  accessibility  on 


campus  for  people  with  disabilities.  The 
remainder  comes  from  the  university's 
capital  budget,  says  Tom  Novosedlik, 
project  co-ordinatorforConstruction  Serv- 
ices. 

Use  of  the  new  elevator  will  not  be 
reserved  for  students  with  disabilities 
alone. 

"We  don't  want  to  create  a  special 
condition  where  only  handicapped  peo- 
ple can  use  it,"  Novosedlik  says. 

He  says  there  won't  be  any  signs  say- 
ing priority  should  be  given  to  people 
who  use  wheelchairs  who  want  to  use  the 
elevator. 

Novosedlik  says  a  new  ramp  will  also 
be  built  around  the  elevator  outside  the 
main  doors  of  the  library,  because  the 
present  ramp  is  too  steep  for  a  person 
who  uses  a  wheelchair. 

Unda  Rossman,  associate  librarian 


for  information  services,  says  the  elevator 
has  been  in  the  works  for  at  least  a  year. 

Novosedlik  says  the  wait  for  the  new 
elevator  was  caused  by  an  absence  of 
funding,  as  well  as  planning  discussions 
with  university  administrators. 

Larry  McCloskey,  director  of  the  Paul 
Menton  Centre  for  Persons  with  Disabili- 
ties, says  the  question  of  library  access 
has  been  a  concern  since  1981. 

"(Library  access)  is  the  biggest  physi- 
cal access  issue  on  campus,"  he  says. 

Janet  Burrows,  co-ordinator  of 
Carleton's  Disability  Awareness  Centre, 
says  some  students  find  the  library  very 
inaccessible. 

"They  have  to  keep  on  ringing  until 
someone  lets  them  upstairs,"  she  says. 

McCloskey  says  he  thinks  library  staff 
are  "very  good"  in  responding  quickly 
when  a  student  rings  the  bell. 


But  he  says  students'  current  reliance 
on  staff  for  access  to  a  building  means 
people  with  disabilities  cannot  be  fully 
integrated  into  university  life  as  inde- 
pendent individuals. 

McCloskey  says  Carleton's  reputation 
as  an  accessible  university  could  be  im- 
proved from  a  greater  commitment  to  a 
"barrier-free  design,"  meaning  a  fully 
accessible  plan  for  campus. 

A  year-long  study  by  Physical  Plant 
and  the  Paul  Menton  Centre  estimated 
the  cost  of  making  Carleton  barrier-free 
would  be  $5  million,  as  compared  to  $50 
million  attheUniversityofToronto,  says 
McCloskey. 

Novosedlik  says  the  main  entrance  of 
the  library  will  be  closed  for  a  short 
period  at  the  end  of  June,  and  construc- 
tion will  continue  until  the  beginning  of 
September.  □ 

May  27,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


The  signs  they  are  a'changin' 


by  Am  Keeling  and  Sean  Silcoff 

Charlatan  Siaff 

Feelings  of  frustration  and  confusion 

among  visitors  to  campus  may  soon  be  a 

thing  of  the  past  once  Carleton  finishes 

installing  a  new  sign  system. 

The  $133,000  project,  which  will  be 

fully  operational  within  a 

few  weeks,  will  replace 

Carleton's antiquated  and 

user-unfriendly  wooden 

signs  with  a  system  of  co- 
ordinated, easy-to-follow 

directional  signs. 

The  system  is  divided 

into  three  levels:  10  road 

signs  with  directions  to 

parking  lots  and  buildings; 

19  pathway  signs  with 

maps  and  directions  to 

buildings;  and  six  parking 

lot  signs,  which  identify 
public  access  parking  lots 
and  the  buildings  closest 
to  them. 

The  new  signs  were  de- 
veloped with  ease  of  use 
and  maintenance  in  mind, 
says  Tom  Novosedlik, 
project  co-ordinator  for 
Construction  Services. 

"Most  people  I've  talked 
to  say  it  takes  a  while  to 
get  used  to  campus.  The 
new  system  will  take  care 
of  that, "  says  Novosedlik. 

He  says  the  white-on- 
green  signs  are  easy  to 
maintain  and  repair,  since 
they  are  built  with  standard  sizes  of 
aluminum  and  steel. 

The  sign  plates  slide  into  slots  and  lock 
in  place  on  the  signposts,  which  resem- 


ble football  goalposts.  In  case  of  damage 
or  changes,  the  signs  can  be  easily  re- 
moved and  replaced. 

Isabelle  Roberts,  an  applicant  to  Car- 
leton visiting  for  a  day,  said  she  and  her 
two  friends  found  the  campus  layout 
confusing.  But  she  said  the  sign  she  used 


One  of  the  brand,  spankin '  new  signs. 


was  "more  or  less"  effective. 

"It  told  us  where  we  want  to  go,"  she 
said. 

The  project  was  in  the  planning  stages 


for  five  years  before  it  was  approved  in 
December  1992,  says  Novosedlik.  The 
Design  Workshop,  a  local  firm,  was  hired 
to  design  and  construct  the  system. 

"A  lot  of  questions  had  to  be  answered 
before  we  knew  what  kind  of  signage  we 
wanted.  Since  it  involves  the  whole  cam- 
pus, we  had  to  decide  what  the  cam- 
pus wanted  to  be,"  says  Novosedlik. 

A  committee  comprised  of  stu- 
dents, staff  and  administrators  pro- 
vided input  for  the  system,  which 
gets  its  trial  run  during  the  Learned 
Societies  Conference,  starting  May 
30. 

Brenda  Kennedy,  Carleton  Foot 
Patrol  co-ordinator,  says  the  patrol 
had  no  direct  input  into  the  design 
or  placement  of  the  new  signs. 

However,  she  says  signs  are  im- 
portant to  campus  safety  for  visi- 
tors, who  may  risk  attack  if  they  are 
confused  about  directions  on  cam- 
pus. 

"It's  definitely  an  improvement 
(on  the  old  signs),"  says  Kennedy. 
"The  more  signs  the  better." 

Kennedy  says  the  sign  outside 
the  Unicentre  near  the  bus  stop  seems 
attractive  and  clearly  marked,  which 
is  important  for  safety  considera- 
tions. 

uj      "I  could  tell  there  was  a  map, 

£  which  is  good,"  she  says. 

o      However,  she  says  it  remains  to 

a  be  seen  how  effective  the  signs  will 
be  at  night  and  after  weathering  an 

  Ottawa  winter.  The  signs  do  not 

light  up  at  night. 

This  project  is  the  first  part  of  a  two- 
phase  system.  The  next  phase' will  see 
signs  directing  people  in  and  around  dif- 
ferent buildings,  says  Novosedlik.  □ 


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LETTER  TO  THE  EDITOR 

Editor. 

Your  writer  Angelia  Wagner  man- 
ox^  to  get  just  about  everything  wrong 
in  her  article  ("Committee  inactive  on 
2,4-D  issue,"  The  Charlatan,  April  1, 
1993). 

First,  the  Turf  Management  Com- 
mittee's mandate  is  to  conduct  an  alter- 
native organic  lawn  care  program  on 
an  area  of  the  administration  lawn 
around  the  fountain.  Also,  she  mis- 
quoted both  Jane  Beauchamp  and 
Connor  Boegel  of  OPIRG-Carleton. 
While  they  both  expressed  some  con- 
cern that  they  had  not  yet  heard  when 
meTurfManagementGsmniitteefrMC) 
was  meeting,  they  both  told  her  they 
think  the  committee  is  a  positive  first 
step  in  eliminating  synthetic  chemical 
pesticides,  herbicides  and  fertilizers  on 
campus. 

With  regard  to  the  moratorium  on 
the  use  of  2,4-D,  the  memo  we  received 
from  Spruce  Riordon  on  Nov.  18,  1993 
states: 

"Selective  use  of  herbicides  on  play- 
ing fields  will  be  considered  in  1993  if 
necessary  as  a  matter  of  player  safety, 
as  determined  by  the  Vice-President  (Fi- 
nance and  Administration)  on  the  ad- 
vice of  the  Director  of  Athletics."  The 
TMC  had  its  first  meeting  on  April  7. 
Administration  officials  at  that  meet- 
ing stated  there  would  be  nosprayingof 
the  playing  fields  this  year  but  that  the 
use  of  2,4-D  would  continue  as  neces- 
sary. However,  Keith  Harris,  Directorof 
Athletics,  expressed  his  willingness  to 
explore  alternatives  to  the  use  of  pesti- 
cides if  these  would  produce  a  satisfac- 
tory playing  surface.  We  at  OP1RG  are 
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the  committee  members  to  alternative 
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NATIONAL  AFFAIRS  

New  university  builds  on  optimism 


Ken  Coates  talks  to  students  and  the  public  in  a  Prince  George  park. 


Only  about  70students  attended  UNBC 
courses  in  1992-93,  so  the  need  for  stu- 
dent organizations  has  not  surfaced.  To 
lobby  for  certain  courses  or  changes  to 
regulations,  all  the  students  had  to  do 
was  ask. 

"We  sort  of  got  what  we  wanted,"  said 
Sapergia,  who  found  professors  and  ad- 
ministration responsive  to  students'  sug- 
gestions. 

However,  with  about  1,500  students 
expected  to  enrol  for  the  official  opening 
of  the  university  in  1994,  plans  are  in  the 
works  for  a  student  government.  UNBC 
will  be  hiring  a  director  of  student  serv- 
ices, a  process  that  will  involve  student 
input. 

One  challenge  the  students  did  face 
last  year  was  that  their  textbooks  didn't 
arrive  until  near  the  end  of  the  first  term. 

But  despite  some  problems  and  very 
lean  course  offerings  for  next  year, 
Yandeau  and  Sapergia — who  are  due  to 
graduate  in  UNBC's  first  student  convo- 
cation next  year  —  remain  enthusiastic 
about  their  school. 


"This  university's  really  exciting, "  said 
Sapergia.  "Very  un-stodgy." 

With  the  kind  of  input  the  students 
have  had  so  far  in  developing  the  univer- 
sity, it's  not  surprising  to  see  their  excite- 
ment. 

The  public  information  session  in  the 
park,  conducted  by  vice-president  aca- 
demic Ken  Coates,  was  a  vision  of  a 
university  without  the  bureaucracy. 

Coates  personally  answered  questions 
about  the  calendar  and  asked  the  dozen- 
or-so  students  at  the  session  how  UNBC 
could  best  maintain  a  strong  student 
voice  in  university  affairs. 

Coates  told  the  students  he  hoped  to 
establish  a  "student-driven  timetable," 
tailored  to  meet  the  time  constraints  and 
course  interests  of  students  before  fac- 
ulty. 

"We're  looking  for  faculty  who  will 
accept  that,"  he  said. 

While  swatting  mosquitos  after  the 
meeting,  Coates,  a  former  University  of 
Victoria  history  professor,  said  he  hopes 
giving  students  so  much  input  will  at- 


tract prominent  faculty  rather  than  scare 
them  away. 

"I  hope  it's  going  to  be  very  innova- 
tive," he  said. 

UNBC  received2,100applications  for 
only  40  new  faculty  positions  for  1993- 
94.  The  applications  have  already  yielded 
some  high  profile  professors. 

The  chair  of  the  Natural  Resource 
Management  program  --  an  alternative 
to  the  traditional  "forestry"  --  was  an 
assistant  director  with  the  United  States 
Forest  Service. 

As  well,  many  other  professors  lured 
to  formulate  programs  are  young  yet 
have  published  and  won  teaching 
awards,  Coates  said. 

Perhaps  its  crowning  academic 
achievement  thus  far  has  been  the  grant- 
ing of  a  prestigious  Fulbright  scholar- 
ship to  an  American  professor  to  teach 
and  research  at  UNBC.  Only  six  such 
scholarships  were  awarded  to  Canadian 
universities  last  year. 

But  a  long  road  still  lies  ahead  for 
UNBC.  The  Prince  George  Citizen  reported 
in  March  that  the  first  phase  of  construc- 
tion for  the  university  buildings  came  in 
over  budget.  The  bill  was  about  $8.7 
million  higher  than  expected,  said  van 
Adrichem; 

As  well,  workhas  been  delayed  on  the 
new  road  up  Cranbrook  Hill  because  the 
hillside  began  to  slip  away.  The  road  will 
open  one  year  behind  schedule  in  Sep- 
tember 1 995.  There  is  now  only  one  road 
to  the  university. 

However,  many  people  in  the  north 
say  the  demand  for  higher  education  in 
B.C.  should  overcome  these  difficulties. 
Students  who  are  unable  or  unwilling  to 
attend  the  crowded  universities  in  south- 
em  B.C.  may  soon  have  an  opportunity 
to  get  a  quality  education. 

According  to  Niki  Yandeau,  that  was 
the  initial  attraction  of  UNBC  for  her, 
and  the  reason  why  she  has  weathered 
the  glitches,  the  lack  of  choices  and  the 
long,  northern  winter:  "It's  close  to 
home."  □ 


Tiny  Tories  work  for  Charest  and 


by  Am  Keeling 

Charlatan  Staff 

PRINCE  GEORGE,  B.C.  —  When  I  ar- 
rived for  the  public  information  session 
for  UNBC,  the  administrators  had  forgot- 
ten the  key  to  the  building,  so  they  held 
it  on  the  grass  in  a  nearby  park. 

This  is  a  university? 

It  is,  in  fact,  Canada's  newest:  the 
University  of  Northern  British  Columbia. 
And  despite  a  rocky  first  year,  the  first 
entirely  new  university  in  Canada  in  25 
years  is  shaping  up  to  be  a  legitimate 
educational  destination  for  both  students 
and  faculty. 

If  enthusiasm  and  optimism  count, 
UNBC  may  overcome  the  challenge  of 
building  a  modem  university  from  the 
ground  up. 

"The  university  doesn't  want  to  be  a 
glorified  college,"  said  UNBC  media  of- 
ficer Rob  van  Adrichem. 

Like  the  university,  the  22-year-old 
van  Adrichem  is  young  and  enthusiastic. 
On  a  tour  of  the  half-built  university  site 
on  Cranbrook  Hill  overlooking  the  city, 
van  Adrichem  said  the  university  has 
earned  an  early  respect  from  its  more 
established  peers  in  Canada. 

"It's  got  a  reputation  of  being  brash 
and  confident,"  he  said. 

However,  establishing  an  operational 
university  has  not  been  easy. 

UNBC  began  a  "QuickStart"  program 
last  year,  offering  third-  and  fourth-year 
courses  to  students  in  northern  B.C.  trans- 
ferring from  colleges.  Course  offerings 
were  sparse  and  classes  in  Prince  George 
were  held  in  a  small  building  used  by  the 
French  Canadian  Club. 

The  main  university  site  will  be  com- 
pleted and  full  course  offerings  will  be 
available  in  September  1994. 

Niki  Yandeau  and  Heather  Sapergia 
are  part  of  the  first  group  of  UNBC  stu- 
dents. 

They  said  the  small  number  of  stu- 
dents last  year  created  a  close  atmos- 
phere among  the  professors  and  their 
classes. 


by  Josee  Bellemare  and  Arn  Keeling 

Charlatan  Staff 

Phones  are  ringing  and  photocopiers 
are  zooming  as  Carleton  delegates  pre- 
pare for  the  Progressive  Conservative  lead- 
ership convention  on  June  8  in  Ottawa. 

The  Carleton  PC  Youth  Club  elected 
two  delegates  and  two  alternates  sup- 
porting Jean  Charest  as  well  as  one  del- 
egate and  one  alternate  for  Patrick  Beyer's 
campaign. 

Delegates  campaign  for  leadership 
candidates  and  the  alternates  replace 
them  if  they  can't  show  up  to  the  conven- 
tion. 

Don  Burton,  the  delegate  supporting 
Boyer,  said  he  has  done  everything  from 
driving  his  candidate  to  public  appear- 
ances to  phoning  youth  delegates  across 
the  country  to  pitch  the  Boyer  platform. 

Burton  said  he  knows  Boyer  doesn't 
have  a  realistic  chance  at  winning  the 
leadership  race  because  Boyer  isn't  a 
cabinet  minister  and  doesn't  have  a  lot  of 
money  to  spend  on  a  campaign. 

"It's  more  important  for  him  to  make 
sure  the  issues  are  brought  forward,"  said 
Burton. 

He  said  Boyer  wants  to  freeze  all  gov- 
ernment spending  for  36  months  to  re- 
duce the  federal  deficit.  Boyer  also  sup- 
ports reinstating  the  death  penalty  if 
public  opinion  favors  it,  said  Burton. 

Serge  L'Africain,  an  alternate  for  the 


Charest  campaign,  said  the  delegates 
must  be  members  of  a  campus  PC  club 
before  entering  the  delegate  race.  The 
club  members  choose  the  delegates  first, 
then  the  alternates. 

There  will  be  about  1,000  youth  del- 
egates to  the  convention  out  of  about 
3,700  delegates. 

Burton  said  youth  delegates  share  the 
same  privileges  at  the  convention  as  oth- 
ers, including  voting  for  the  candidates. 

"We  try  to  make  the  right  decisions 
about  a  leader,"  he  said. 

Burton  said  the  leadership  campaign 
has  been  good  exposure  for  the  Con- 
servatives, but  he  was  critical  of  the  press 
coverage. 

"The  press  doesn't  care  about  issues," 
he  said.  "Issues  don't  sell." 

L'Africain  said  Charesf  s  policies  will 
appeal  to  students. 

"I  like  his  ideas  on  education,  and 
how  he  wants  to  increase  tax  deductions 
for  schools,"  he  said.  "He  wants  to  get 
people  off  welfare  and  back  in  school." 

Despite  Kim  Campbell's  lead  in  the 
campaign,  L'Africain  said  he  hopes 
Charest  will  become  the  next  prime  min- 
ister of  Canada. 

"I'm  not  too  sure,"  he  said.  "I  don't 
think  Kim  Campbell  will  win  on  the  first 
ballot ...  I  do  believe  Jean  Charest  will 
win." 

L'Africain  also  said  Charesf  s  energy 


is  a  prime  factor. 

"He's  very  energetic,  he  looks  like  a 
bom  leader, "  he  said. "  He's  very  enthusi- 
astic and  he  really  gives  the  impression 


Boyer 

he  cares." 

Burton  also  said  he  thinks  Charest  will 
come  from  behind  to  win  the  Tory  lead- 
ership. □ 


Jean  Charest  will  have  two  Carleton  delegates  with  him  at  the  Tory  convention. 


May  27,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  5 


"The  DO  It 


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a  group 


working  witfci 
of  people 


that  have  a  really 
diffe!|ent  idea    ait  w] 

should  be  going  on  in  th 


'orld, 


those  ideas 

are  not  going  to  be  accepted 

because    they- re    very  controversial. 

If  I  had  to  make  one  generalization  about 

the  world,  iAs  that  people  are  afraid  to 

call  therrtfeelves  jflito 

Question. 


j.f  you've  got  a 
scene  happening 
around  that, 

you've  got  to  do  it 

urself ." 

Chris  Aube 


6  •  The  Charlatan  ■  May  27,  1993 


The  show's  organizer,    Chris  Aube, 
is  a  21-year-old  marshall  arts 
teaching  assistant.  After  the 
concert,   he  explained  why  he  is 
willing  to  risk  losing  money  to  give 
independent  bands  a  venue. 

"The  goal  of  the  show  is  to  have 
kids  see  bands  that  they  otherwise 
wouldn't  be  exposed  to.   I  will  only 
book  bands  that  have  something  to 
say  to  the  kids,"  says  Aube. 

"I  don't  care  what  type  of  music 
it  is,   as  long  as  they've  got  some 
sort  of  socially  or  politically 
conscious  message . " 

While  he  usual ly  covers  his  costs , 
Aube  figures  he  lost  about  $300  on 
the  MDC  concert  due  to  poor  turnout. 

He  signed  a  contract  with  MDC 
promising  $500  for  the  performance, 
on  top  of  $200  for  the  sound  system, 
$90  for  the  hall  and  another  $200 
for  promotions. 

"If  I  had  wanted  to  make 
money,   I  would  have 
charged  $12  at  the 
door, "  says  Aube. 

Sean  Thomas,   bass  player 
of  the  local  band  Lockjaw, 
also  organizes  concerts  for 
bands  that  do  not  get  picked 
up  by  commercial  concert  *■ 
promoters . 

"A  lot  of  bars  won ' t  book  : 
bands  if  they're  not  going  V^^jfe 
to  draw  a  lot  of  people," 
says  Thomas .    "And  if  it's  an  J^^^B 
out-of-town  band  who's  never  Mftfo 
played  here  before  they're 
obviously  not  going  to  draw  fcjflHfaffi 
a  lot  of  people . " 

Thomas,  a  21-year-old  ICTH^ 

anthropology  student  at 

Carleton,    says  he  has  never  W"i-'^'S 

sought  to  make  money  from 

his  shows  but  covers  his 

costs  with  pre-sold  tickets.       .  . 
...  .  ,  _  fc  Black  Tri 

He  usually  pays  out-of-town 

bands  100  per  cent  of  the  ticket 

sales  at  the  door.  Local  bands  get 

any  leftover  money  from  pre-sold 

tickets . 

He  says  for  him  DIY  is  also  a 

reaction  to  commercial  music 

distributors  and  concert  promoters. 

"It's  about  you  having 
the  power  on  your  own, 
realizing  you  have  control 
over  how  you  present 
something,"  says  Thomas. 
"You  don't  wait  for 
anybody  to  do  it  for  you." 

As  an  example  of  how  one  can  avoid 
commercial  concert  promotion  and 
record  distribution,   Thomas  cites  a 
book  called  Book  Your  Own  Fucking 
Life,   a  listing  of  independent 
distributors  and  DIY  promoters  in 
over  50  countries. 

"You  can  even  book  a  show  in 
Brunai,"  says  Thomas. 

In  order  to  promote  and  organize 
shows  in  Ottawa,   Aube  has  set  up  a 
phone  number   (234-PUNX)   which  lists 
all  the  DIY  shows  over  a  two-  month 
period.   This  lets  DIY  promoters 
network  to  help  each  other  out,  or 
at  least  prevent  two  shows  from 
competing  for  the  relatively  small 


following  on  the  same  night . 

The  listing  service  isn' t  1 imi ted 
to  concert  listings.   It  also 
promotes  anti-racist  action 
meetings,   political  rallies,  or 
"anything  that's  topical  or  that 
would  be  of  concern  to  the  community 
who  come  to  shows  like  this , "  says 
Aube . 

Yannick  Lorrain  runs  an 
independent  record  label.  Daybreak 
Records,   and  is  also  the  guitarist 
for  the  band  Confusion.   He  began 
organizing  shows  a  year  and  a  half 
ago  "because  nobody  else  was." 

Lorrain  says  he  objects  to  the  way 
major  promoters  and  record  labels 
profit  from  music. 

"I'm  really  against  big 
distributors   ....  They  only  do 
exclusive  deals  and  have  price 
monopolies.  They  fuck  people  over  — 
they ' re  scumbags . " 

Shawn  Scallen  is  the  music 
director  at  CKCU  and  co-organizes 


Black  Triangle  at  the  SAW  Gallery 


benefit  shows  with  Lockjaw.  He  first 
got  involved  with  DIY  shows  in  1987, 
when  he  worked  with  a  music 
collective  which  was  based  out  of  a 
club  on  Rideau  Street  called  One 
Step  Beyond .   The  collective ,  which 
organized  independent  shows, 
dissolved  about  three  years  ago. 

Scallen's  inspiration  to  organize 
shows  came  out  of  a  visit  to 
Washington,   D.C. ,  where  he  became 
acquainted  with  a  music  collective 
called  Positive  Force. 

"They're  a  group  made  up  of 
everyone  —  from  high  school  kids  to 
government  officials  —  who  get 
together  to  do  everything  from 
dishing  out  food  in  soup  kitchens  to 
organizing  punk  percussion  protests 
outside  the  White  House.  They  also 
put  on  benefit  concerts  for  needy 
organizations, "  says  Scallen. 

"It's   (the  idea)  that 
music  is  for  people  and 
not  for  profit   .    .    .  for 
all  ages,    for  everybody." 

Because  of  this,  most  DIY  concerts 
are  held  at  less-expensive, 
unlicensed  venues  like  the  SAW 
Gallery,   or  Ottawa  U's  Cafe 
Alternatif . 

"I  think  it  is  ridiculous  to 


exclude  a  group  just  because  they 
can't  or  won't  drink,"  says  Thomas. 

"I  don't  believe  you  should  be 
discriminated  against  because  of 
your  age,"  says  Aube.   "Also,  it's 
the  whole  alcohol  and  tobacco  thing 
-  they  use  sexist  advertising, 
ecologically  it's  disastrous,   and  it 
induces  apathy.  Apathy  is  the  thing 
that  fucks  the  world  the  most  -  I 
would  never  put  on  a  bar  show." 

Keith  Powell,   23,   also  organizes 
shows,   and  believes  that  while  most 
people  respect  an  all-ages,  no- 
liquor  policy,   those  who  don't  hurt 
the  future  of  independent  shows  in 
Ottawa . 

"People  bringing  alcohol 
in  to  all-ages  shows  —  I'm 
really  down  on  that. 
Especially  at  university 
venues ,  because  it's  so 
easy  to  get  shut 
down,"  says  Powell. 

"I  wish  people  wouldn't 
do  it.   Like   (my  friend)  Sid 
says:    'It's  shitting  where 
^     you  eat.'   Some  insidious 
bastard  like  that  is 
■Ktt     responsible  for  what 
I     happened  at  the  SAW 
Ga L lery . " 

According  to  both  Powell 
;    and  Thomas,   a  bathroom  and 
an  elevator  were  vandalized 
ES^I     during  a  show  at  the  SAW 
Agl;    Gallery  last  month.  The 
44nflSpt     concert's  organizer, 
jSjijS^M     Lorrain,   was  stuck  with  the 
jByff     cost  of  repairs . 
Ttjjfr  •  Thomas  says  now  the  SAW 

^g^^L^fc^     Gallery  is  more  hesitant 

about  renting  the  space  for 

HSc        Aube  says  incidents  like, 
the  one  at  the  SAW  Gallery 
happen  when     people  are 
attracted  to  the  shows  because  of 
the  "alternative  movement,"  without 
caring  about  the  principles  behind 
them. 

"I  think  we're  caught  up 
in  a  Lolapalooza-grunge 
generation  thing, "  says 
Aube .    "Everybody ' s  got  a 
pair  of  Docs,  but  if  you 
want  to  be  reeeally  'cool' 
you  buy  a  pair  of  Docs  and 
go  to  a  punk  show." 

In  the  meantime,   cautious  optimism 
about  the  independent  shows'  new 
popularity  marks  the  attitudes  of 
most  organizers . 

"Well   ...  it  pays  the  bills," 
says  Lorrain.   "But  I've  often  put  on 
my  posters:  No  Nirvana  Wanna-be's." 

"Kids  who  were  listening  to  Right 
Said  Fred  last  year  are  listening  to 
Nirvana  and  Rage  Against  the  Machine 
this  year,"  says  Scallen. 

"But  it's  a  good  thing  if,   out  of 
100  people,    five  to  10  of  them  pick 
up  on  something  and  maybe  get  some 
idea  of  how  fucked  up  things  are  and 
what  independent  music  is  all 
about . "  □ 

photos  by  Max  T. 


May  27,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Take  the 

Tory 
Taste  Test 

Does  anyone  remember  the  new  Coke? 
Every  10  years,  it  seems  cola  compa- 
nies try  something  different  to  bring 
consumers  back  to  their  product,  fust 
walk  into  your  local  convenience  store 
and  sample  the  new  Crystal  Pepsi. 
Eventually  though,  we  always  seem  to  go  back  to 
those  old  familiar  tastes.  It  was  about  ten  years  ago 
now  that  Coke  changed  its  taste  only  to  bring  back 
Coca-Cola  Classic. 

Just  like  cola  companies,  political  parties  have 
also  developed  the  trick  of  recreating  themselves 
every  ten  years.  Around  the  same  time  that  new  Coke 
was  not  the  choice  of  a  new  generation,  a  certain 
Martin  Brian  Mulroney  was  chosen  the  new  savior  of 
the  Progressive  Conservative  party. 

As  "the  boy  from  Baie  Comeau, "  Mulroney  prom- 
ised a  grassroots  approach  to  solving  unity  and 
economic  problems. 

But  given  Canada's  situation  today,  we  would 
have  been  better  off  swallowing  the  new  Coke  instead 
of  the  new  leader. 

With  another  Conservative  leadership  conven- 
tion approaching,  the  Tories  are  reinventing  them- 
selves to  become  the  taste  of  a  new  generation  by 
promising  to  "bring  the  government  to  the  people" 
and  practise  the  "politics  of  inclusion." 

Part  of  the  Tory  old  guard  —  Mulroney,  Joe  Clark 
and  Benolt  Bouchard  —  is  leaving.  But  will  the  party 
change  under  a  new  leader? 

Both  Kim  Campbell  and  Jean  Charest  have  said 
they  have  fresh  perspectives  on  the  problems  of  the 
country  to  attract  Canadians  and  Conservative  del- 
egates. 

But  look  who  is  advising  the  campaign  of  front- 
runner  Kim  Campbell:  Senator  Lowell  Murray,  Patrick 
Kinsella  and  Norm  Atkins.  All  are  former  Mulroney 
strategists  and  advisors.  Is  Campbell  the  choice  of  a 
new  generation  of  Tories?  Of  Canadians? 

Campbell  has  defended  every  Tory  policy,  good  or 
bad.  She  has  pledged  to  reduce  the  deficit,  but  has 
spoken  very  little  about  how.  The  changes  she  has 
proposed  are  those  of  degree,  not  of  direction. 

Meanwhile,  Charest  is  touted  as  a  fresh  young 
candidate.  But  he  is  no  stranger  to  mud-slinging 
politics.  Charest's  campaign  made  sure  journalists 
covering  the  leadership  race  had  copies  of  the  infa- 
mous Newman  article  on  Campbell,  published  in 
Vancouver  magazine. 

In  it  Campbell  calls  people  who  boast  of  how 
they've  never  been  involved  in  a  political  party 
"condescending  s.o.b.s"  and  said  she  supposed  she 
was  confirmed  as  an  Anglican  as  a  way  of  "warding 
off  the  evil  demons  of  the  papacy." 

So  Charest  is  not  as  free  of  corruption  as  he  may 
want  us  to  believe. 

Remember:  like  the  cola  wars,  leadership  races  are 
mostly  image.  If  s  obvious  Tories  are  trying  to  change 
their  image.  Less  obvious  is  whether  the  party's 
policies  will  change  with  the  new  leader. 

One  need  only  look  at  the  last  two  Tory  govern- 
ments for  examples  of  pre-election  hype,  followed  by 
post-election  indecision.  Afraid  to  do  anything  rash 
like  real  tax  reform,  yet  unable  to  part  with  their 
platform  of  "deficit  reduction,"  they  do  nothing,  and 
wait  for  the  next  renewal.  At  this  point,  the  cycle 
starts  over. 

The  upcoming  election  is  going  to  be  one  of  the 
most  difficult  ones  for  voters  because  all  parties  will 
spout  "holier  than  thou"  rhetoric,  blaming  the  others 
for  the  country's  problems.  It  is  the  obligation  of  Tory 
delegates  and  Canadian  voters  to  look  past  the  labels 
and  the  image  to  the  taste. 

So  pass  the  orange  juice! 

MR,   BD,  AG 


A  modest  proposal  to  change 
our  economy 


by  Franco  D'Orazio 

Charlatan  staff 

With  an  unemployment  rate  of  over  11  per  cent, 
this  country's  economy  is  in  the  worst  shape  since  the 
1930s. 

Experts  say  the  recovery  we  are  supposedly  expe- 
riencing now  is  a  jobless  one,  meaning  the  economy 
requires  fewer  workers  for  it  to  get  back  onto  its  feet. 
But  there  is  hope  for  Canada's  economy.  And, 


43,000 
jobs  lost 

last 
month 

Exports  fuelling 
growth,  experts  s;ty 


believe  it  or  don't,  we  have 
the  Globe  and  Mail  to  thank. 

I  am  not  attributing  the 
good  news  to  the  Globe's 
neo-conservative 
editorialists.  Oh,  no.  The 
person  you  should  thank  is 
the  lowly  employee  at 
"Canada's  National  News- 
paper" who  lays  out  the 
front  page,  for  he  or  she 
possesses  the  most  bril- 
liantly subtle  economic 
mind  ever  in  the  history  of 
this  most  dismal  science. 

If  you  turn  to  the  front 
pageof  the  Saturday,  May  8 
edition  of  the  Globe,  you  will 
find  the  wonderful  photo- 
graph of  Prime  Minister 
Brian  Mulroney  and  Rus- 
sian President  Boris  Yeltsin, 
arms  wrapped  around  each 
other,  standing  in  front  of 
two  freshly  killed  boars.  Be- 
side this  photo  appears  a 
rather  depressing  story.  Depressing  because  it  tells  of 
how  43,000  people  lost  their  jobs  in  April. 

Now,  you  may  think  this  Gfobe  employee  was 
suggesting  that  Mr.  Mulroney  should  not  be  spend- 
ing tax  dollars  abroad  on  a  going  away  tour  while 
this  country  flounders  in  a  recession. 

But  if  you  are  an  astute  political  economist,  you 
would  realize  the  page  designer  was  not  taking  shots 
at  the  Prime  Minister,  but  was  proposing,  ever  so 
slightly,  a  solution  which  would  solve  this  country's 
recessionary  woes:  shoot  the  unemployed. 

This  may  sound  a  little  odd,  even  morbid  or 
repugnant,  but  it  makes  for  pristine,  logical  sense. 
Think  of  the  benefits: 

Unemployment  rates  would  be  eliminated  for  the 


first  time  since  the  Second  World  War. 

Moreover,  relieving  this  country  of  its  unemployed 
would  reduce  the  dependence  upon  Canada's  much- 
cherished  social  programs,  allowing  for  a  smaller 
annual  deficit. 

And  industries  would  benefit  from  the  profusion  of 
carcasses,  using  them  as  an  inexpensive  resource  to 
manufacture  products  such 
as  wigs,  women's  hand 
bags,  men's  boots  and  Hal- 
loween skeletons. 

But  this  plan  is  not  with- 
out its  humanitarian  side 
—  the  flesh  could  be  used  to 
fertilize  the  world's  fam- 
ished lands.  Failing  that, 
we  could  use  it  to  produce 
dog  and  cat  food  of  a  higher 
calibre.  Nothing  would  go 
to  waste. 

All  this  activity  would 
generate  new  wealth,  which 
would  spur  this  economy 
into  a  speedy  recovery,  cre- 
ate thousands  of  jobs  and 
develop  a  new  tax  base  to 
repay  this  country's  na- 
tional debt. 

Some  of  you  moralists 
out  there  might  be  so  out- 
raged by  this  suggestion  and 
actually  fire  off  an  angry 
letter  to  my  editor  in  pro- 
test. But  think  of  how  simple  this  scheme  would  be  to 
implement. 

-  The  government  could  get  Canada's  economy  on  its 
own  two  feet  by  eliminating  everything  that  is  ailing  it 
with  one  plan. 

Eliminating  our  unemployed  to  boost  the  economy 
is  a  simpler  option  than  having  the  government  cut 
back  on  the  $5.8  billion  purchase  of  50  hi-tech  helicop- 
ters and  use  the  savings  to  create  new  jobs.  Or  creating 
a  progressive  income-tax  system  to  help  pay  our  debt. 

Asking  our  federal  government  to  do  this  would  be 
much  too  much  work.  They  need  some  time  to  play 
golf,  hunt  or  fish.  Besides,  the  unemployed  are  useless 
anyway,  devouring  UI  benefits  like  pigs  at  a  trough. 
We  might  as  well  put  them  to  some  use.  □ 


8  •  The  Charlatan  •  May  27,  1993 


 SPORTS  - 

Football  Ravens  welcome  new  coach 

But  can  the  new  man,  Donn  Smith 
rebuild  the  Ravens  into  a  winner? 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charialan  Staff 

On  the  fourth  finger  of  his  meaty  right 
hand  sits  a  handsome  ring.  The  ring  of  a 
Grey  Cup  champion.  Donn  Smith,  the 
new  head  coach  of  the  Carleton  Ravens 
football  team,  looks  at  it  and  smiles. 

"If  we  ever  win  the  Vanier  Cup,  I'll 
retire  it." 

It's  a  strong  statement.  But  it  comes 
from  a  strong  man  with  a  strong  back- 
ground in  winning  football  games. 

His  resume  reads  like  an  honor  roll  of 
achievements  —  two  Grey  Cups  with  the 
Ottawa  Rough  Riders,  three  Schenley 
Award  nominations  as  the  outstanding 
Canadian  in  the  CFL,  three  all-star  selec- 
tions and  a  national  junior  champion- 
ship with  the  Ottawa  Sooners  football 
club.  All  this  only  because  the  six-foot- 
five,  260-pound  centre  turned  down  a 
seventh  round  draft  pick  offer  from  the 
Kansas  City  Chiefs  of  the  NFL. 

It's  the  portrait  of  a  winner.  And  a 
winner  is  exactly  what  the  Ravens  need. 

Last  year  the  Carleton  squad  was  a 
perfect  0-7.  Over  the  past  four  years 
they've  only  won  twice.  In  fact,  Carle- 
ton's  lastwinning  season  was  1986,  when 
the6-l  Ravens  reached  the  national  semi- 
finals. Since  then,  it  has  been  one  disap- 
pointing season  after  another  with  each 
loss  successively  worse  than  the  last.  And 
if  s  been  a  humiliating  time  to  be  a 
Carleton  football  fan. 

Enter  Smith.  Hired  on  for  the  next 
three  years  by  Carleton  athletic  director 
Keith  Harris  on  April  14  to  replace  Gary 
Shaver,  it  will  be  his  job  to  return  the 
Ravens  to  respectability. 

"He  has  good  experience  on  offence, 
can  teach  well,  has  a  great  public  pres- 
ence, has  experience  with  recruiting  and 
he's  accustomed  to  working  in  a  large 
institution,  "Harrissays."Ithinkwewere 
blessed  to  get  him.  He's  got  a  tough  road 
ahead  of  him  but  I  hope  he  can  build 
confidence  in  the  team  this  year  and 
build  on  that." 

With  the  rebuilding  job  facing  him  at 
Carleton,  Smith  will  need  to  draw  upon 
every  ounce  of  his  experience. 

Bom  in  Rochester,  Minnesota,  Donn 
Smith  grew  up  in  Ottawa  and  Windsor, 
winning  one  city  football  championship 
after  another  in  his  high  school  years. 

Upon  graduation,  hewas  recruited  by 
Purdue  University  of  Indiana  on  a  full 
football  scholarship.  It  was  the  start  of  a 
football  career  and  his  chance  at  a  qual- 


Smith  will  bring  back  the  basics. 


ity  education  as  well. 

"That  was  my  approach  to  it, "  he  says. 
"What  a  wonderful  opportunity  to  fi- 
nance myself  and  get  an  education  at  a 
major  U.S.  school  at  the  same  time.  As 
long  as  you  met  your  academic  require- 
ments, you  kept  it.  I  never  paid  a  cent  for 
my  education."  While  the  scholarship 
had  its  benefits,  it  also  required  a  firm 
commitment  to  the  football  program. 

"Football  down  there  was  a  nine- 
month  program.  You  played  in  the  sea- 
son, had  a  workout  schedule  in  the  win- 
ter, played  spring  ball,  and  then  had  a 
summer  training  schedule  you  had  to 
keep.  If  you  didn't,  you  fell  behind,"  he 
says.  "Lots  of  guys  in  my  freshman  year 
never  made  it  back.  This  was  the  big 
time." 

At  Purdue,  Smith  pursued  a  B.Sc.  in 
industrial  management,  keeping  school 
firmly  in  hand  with  football. 

On  the  field,  Smith  made  the  team  in 
his  sophomore  year  —  another  impres- 
sive achievement  —  and  centred  the  of- 
fensive line  in  front  of  75,000  screaming 
fans  for  the  next  three  years. 

His  exploits  at  Purdue  attracted  NFL 
attention  and  he  was  selected  in  the 
seventh  round  by  the  Kansas  City  Chiefs. 
He  turned  down  their  offer  and  opted  to 
return  home  to  the  CFL's  Ottawa  Rough 
Riders,  who  had  also  drafted  him. 

Ottawa  and  the  Rough  Riders  pro- 


"We  will  win  some  games  this  year.  1  have 

no  doubt  of  that.  How  many  I  can't  pre- 
dict, but  we  certainly  won't  go  0-7." 

Donn  Smith 


vided  the  dual  challenge  Smith  was  look- 
ing for  —  the  opportunity  to  embark  on 
a  business  career  with  the  federal  govern- 
ment as  well  as  the  chance  to  keep  play- 
ing football. 

Two  professional  careers  began. 

"It  was  a  pretty  demanding  cycle  but 
it  was  exactly  the  same  schedule  I  had  at 
Purdue.  School,  then  football.  I  just  con- 
tinued it  as  a  professional.  I  look  back  on 
it  now  and  see  it  as  a  very  demanding 
schedule  but  when  you're  20  you  have  all 
the  energy  in  the  world." 

That  dual  career  also  provided  its  fair 
share  of  football  stories.  "There  was  no 
way  I  could  call  in  sick  and  then  have  my 
boss  rum  on  the  TV  and  watch  me  play 
out  in  Vancouver,"  Smith  says  with  a 
grin.  "Or  whenever  we  lost  I'd  always  end 
up  conducting  my  own  little  post-mortem 
quarterback  club  in  my  office." 

After  an  eight-year  career  with  the 
Riders,  Smith  was  cut  from  the  team  with 
four  games  to  play  in  the  1980  season 
after  a  dispute  with  head  coach  George 
Brancato. 

"I  voiced  my  opinion  about  the  way 
management  had  unfairly  released  a 
player  and  I  was  the  only  one  to  speak 
out,"  Smith  says.  "I  got  cut." 

End  of  story. 

For  the  next  six  years  Smith  disap- 
peared from  the  football  scene  and  con- 
centrated on  his  business  career. 

"I  just  dropped  totally  out  of  football. 
Having  gone  through  that  regime  of  four 
years  at  a  major  school  studying  and 
playing,  eight  years  as  a  professional  of 
working  and  playing  —  I  got  to  a  point 
where  now  it  was  Donn  Smith's  time. 
From  1 980  to  '86 1  couldn't  even  tell  you 
who  was  on  the  Rough  Rider  team.  I  just 


Tackling  the  opposition  head  on  will  bring  back  the  wins  says  Smith. 


got  totally  out  of  it.  Didn't  go  to  a  game 
oranything.Ithad been  such  a  large  part 
of  my  life  that  I  needed  a  change." 
But  he  couldn't  stay  away  forever. 
"Football  is  like  a  poison,"  he  says. 
"Once  it's  in  your  system  you  can  never 
get  it  out." 

So  when  a  coaching  opportunity  with 
the  University  of  Ottawa  Gee-Gee's  pre- 
sented itself.  Smith  pounced  on  it.  He 
spent  four  years  as  an  offensive  line  coach 
with  Ottawa  and  then  two  more  with  the 
Ottawa  Sooners  junior  club. 

Success  contin- 
ued to  follow  him. 

The  Gee-Gees 
advanced  to  the 
Ontario-Quebec 
Interuniversity 
Football  confer- 
ence finals  in 
1989.  The  Sooners  went  to  the  national 
championship  game  in  his  two  years 
with  them,  coming  away  with  the  junior 
title  in  1992,  completing  a  perfect  13-0 
season. 

But  all  that  success  is  now  in  the  past. 
His  future  is  now  with  the  Ravens.  There's 
plenty  of  work  to  be  done.  Last  year  the 
Ravens  set  league  lows  in  numerous  cat- 
egories. On  offence,  they  mustered  only 
44  points  over  seven  games.  They  didn't 
score  their  first  offensive  touchdown  un- 
til their  fourth  game  of  the  season.  On 
defence,  they  surrendered  a  total  of  237 
points. 

In  comparison,  Vanier  Cup  champion 
Queen's  University  racked  up  225  offen- 
sive points  over  the  season  while  allow- 
ing only  102  against.  Looking  at  those 
numbers,  one  can  readily  see  why  Queen's 
finished  on  top  and  Carleton  didn't.  Those 
numbers  are  indicative  of  a  problem. 

As  Smith  sees  it,  it's  not  so  much  a  lack 
of  talent  on  the  Raven  squad  as  a  lack  of 
fundamentals  and  confidence. 

"There  is  tremendous  talent  on  this 
team,"  he  says.  "Butthere'sa  lotofbasic 
fundamental  skills  they  need  to  releam. 
Blocking.  Tackling.  Catching.  Throwing. 
They  need  to  go  back  to  the  beginning  in 
specific  areas.  Once  they've  got  that  we'll 
start  building  a  system  around  them  that's 
understandable  and  uncomplicated." 

A  lack  of  confidence  is  another  prob- 
lem Smith  plans  to  tackle.  "Once  you  get 
into  that  cycle  of  losing,  if  s  tough  to 
break  out  of  it,"  he  says.  "But  I  want  to 
send  a  message  to  the  other  teams  in  this 
league  that  we  are  going  to  be  a  force  to 
be  reckoned  with.  Sure,  Queen's  and  Bish- 
ops are  going  to  beat  us,  but  if  s  not  going 
to  be  a  blowout.  I  want  them  to  walk  out 


of  here  thinking  'Holy  smokes,  were  we 
ever  lucky.' " 

Not  only  does  Smith  talk  of  being 
competitive,  he  speaks  of  actual  success 
on  the  field. 

"We  will  win  some  games  this  year.  I 
have  no  doubt  of  that.  How  many  I  can't 
predict,  but  we  certainly  won't  go  0-7. 

"I'm  sure  they're  tired  of  losing,"  he 
says  of  the  Ravens.  "You  can  just  imag- 
ine how  they're  going  to  feel  the  first 
game  we  win.  These  guys  will  start  be- 
lieving in  themselves  again." 

Towards  that  end.  Smith  candidly 
admits  he's  looking  for  a  new  commit- 
ment from  the  Ravens. 

"If  anybody's  coming  here  thinking 
they  have  their  position  locked  up,  they're 
in  for  a  very  rude  awakening  come  train- 
ing camp.  Because  I'm  looking  forpeople 
who  have  the  ability  to  rum  the  page  on 
what's  been  going  on  here  and  under- 
stand that  there's  a  new  regime  and  a 
new  opportunity. 

"And  those  people  that  want  to  seize 
that  opportunity  will  be  disciplined,  know 
how  to  work  hard,  and  know  how  to  be 
part  of  a  team  environment." 

Almost  as  a  warning  he  then  adds,  "If 
guys  can't  turn  the  page  on  what's  been 
going  on  here  the  past  couple  of  years,  I'll 
weed  them  out." 

That  "seize  the  day"  challenge  has 
players  excited. 

Sean  O'Neill  was  a  back-up 
quarterback  last  year.  Now  he's  heading 
into  his  second  year  with  a  bigger  goal. 

"I'm  excited  because  it  presents  a  new 
opportunity,"  he  says.  "I  could  be  the 
starter  or  I  could  be  cut.  That  kind  of 
challenge  will  make  everyone  work 
harder  and  we'll  be  a  better  team  because 
of  it." 

It's  this  commitment  to  the  alien  phi- 
losophy of  winning  that  Smith  says  he 
hopes  to  instill  among  the  Ravens. 

"The  objective  I  sent  home  with  these 
guys  was  that  if  they  do  not  share  in  the 
philosophy  that  we  are  in  this  sport  to 
win  the  Vanier  Cup,  then  they  shouldn't 
be  here.  Now  we  may  not  achieve  that 
goal  next  year,  but  that  always  has  to  be 
the  ultimate  goal." 

The  interview  in  Smith's  small  locker- 
room  office  in  Carleton's  athletics  build- 
ing ends.  He  stands  up  and  raises  his 
right  hand  for  a  farewell  handshake.  His 
Grey  Cup  ring  glints  as  the  sunshine 
from  a  window  behind  his  desk  hits  it. 

Maybe,  just  maybe,  one  day  Smith 
will  retire  it  and  replace  it  with  another 
one.  G 


May  27,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  9 


Raven  Rumblings 


CHEERS  AND  JEERS 

Thumbs  up  to  athletics  for  hiring 
a  knowledgeable  football  man  to 
coach  the  woeful  Raven  squad 

Thumbs  down  to  Keith  Semchuk, 
a  first  year  offensive  lineman  with 
the  Manitoba  Bison  who  has  been 
suspended  for  a  minimum  four  years 
by  the  Canadian  Interuniversity  Ath- 
letic Union  after  testing  positive  for 
steroids. 

QUOTE  OF  THE  MONTH 

"Football  is  like  a  poison.  Once 
it's  in  your  system  you  can  never  get 
it  out." 

Ravens  head  football  coach  Donn 
Smith  on  why  he  returned  to  football 
after  a  six-year  retirement. 

DID  YOU  KNOW 

This  is  the  second  time  the  physi- 
cal recreation  centre  has  laid  down  a 
hardwood  floor.  It  had  one  when  the 
gym  was  first  built  in  1964.  In  1968, 
the  athletics  department  decided  to 
modernize  and  introduced  a  rubber- 
like  floor.  This  year,  athletics  decided 
to  return  to  the  hardwood  floor. 

QUIZ 

Lastyear,  Jim  Courier  became  the 
first  No.  1  seed  in  Wimbledon  history 
to  lose  a  qualifying  match  when  he 
was  dumped  by  an  obscure  Russian 
ranked  No.  193  in  the  world.  Name 
him. 

(Sorry,  but  there  ain't  no  prize  for 
knowing  the  answer  until  we  rustle 
up  another  sponsor  forthe  upcoming 
school  year.  Answer  in  next  month's 
issue.) 

SPORTS  CALENDAR 

Next  week  is  Canada's  Fitweek. 
Here's  a  list  of  free  events  offered  at 
Carleton. 

FRIDAY,  MAY  28 

Sneaker  Day.  Take  a  campus  stroll. 
Meet  at  the  Tory  building  at  12:10 
p.m.  wearing  sneakers. 

MONDAY,  MAY  31 

Funtastic  Fitness  Class  —  12:10-1 
p.m.  Join  a  free  fitness  class  in  the 
gymnasium. 

TUESDAY,  JUNE  1 

Beginners'  Weight  Training  Clinic 
—  12:10-1  p.m.  Meet  in  the  second- 
floor  lobby  of  the  physical  recreation 
centre. 

WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  2 

A  Walk  in  the  Park— 12:05-1  p.m. 
Agriculture  Canada  will  offer  guided 
tours  of  the  arboretum  across  the 
canal.  Meet  at  the  Tory  building. 

Tennis  Round-Robin  —  5:30-7:30 
p.m.  Open  to  all  ages  and  skill  levels. 

FRIDAY,  JUNE  4 

Stupendous  Step  Class  —  12:05-1 
p.m.  Meet  in  the  multipurpose  room 
in  the  Stormont-Dundas  residence. 

SATURDAY,  |UNE  12 

3-on-3  Basketball  Tournament — 
9:00-S  p.m.  at  the  Ravens  Nest  Seven 
divisions  open  to  men,  women  and 
students.  Cost  is  J50  for  men's  and 
women's  teams,  J40  for  high-school 
divisions  and  J  30  for  elementary  team 
entries.  Includes  slam  dunk  and  three 
point  competitions.  □ 


Gym  gets  new  hardwood  floor 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

Goodbye  rubber.  Hello  wood. 

After  years  of  complaints  about  the 
hard  rubber  surface  on  the  floor  of  Carle- 
ton's  gym,  the  athletics  department  is 
replacing  it  with  wood. 

"The  old  floor  was  deteriorating  with 
age, "  says  Brian  Hetherington,  the  facili- 
ties-maintenance coordinator  of  athlet- 
ics. 

"A  lot  of  athletes  were  getting  injured 
because  the  floor  was  losing  its  bounce 
and  its  slip.  Some  basketball  and  volley- 
ball athletes  were  missing  half  their  sea- 
sons because  they  were  recuperating  from 
stress-related  injuries." 

The  nature  of  basketball  and  volley- 
ball is  such  that  athletes  are  always  start- 
ing and  stopping.  Thatplaces  a  strain  an 
athletes  legs.  A  hardwood  floor  should 
help  alleviate  that  strain  and  lower  the 
number  of  injuries  per  year. 

"As  far  as  reducing  injuries  on  our 
team,  the  past  couple  of  years  we've  had 
a  number  of  overuse  andstress  injuries  as 
early  as  October  in  the  season .  If  s  some- 
thing that  definitely  impacts  the  way  you 


train  and  prepare  for  the  season.  With 
the  wooden  floor  we  can  foresee  a  number 
of  these  injuries  not  happening,"  says 
Marg  Jones,  Carleton's  women's  basket- 
ball coach. 

Hetherington  agrees  and  points  to 
various  reports  on  the  two  surfaces. 


One  such  study,  conducted  in  1 988  by 
the  Ducker  Research  Co.  of  Birmingham, 
found  there  is  a  70  per  cent  higher  inci- 
dence of  floor-related  injuries  on  syn- 
thetic floors  than  on  hardwood. 

The  study  also  found  the  average 
number  of  floor-related  injuries  on  a 
hardwood  floor  was  seven  per  year,  while 
on  synthetic  floors  the  average  number 
was  12  injuries  per  year. 

"As  a  result,  a  lot  of  schools  are  going 
back  to  hardwood  floors  after  having 
experienced  various  problems  with  the 
rubber  surface,"  says  Hetherington. 

Hetherington  estimates  the  new  floor 
will  cost  $150,000.  That's  almost  twice  as 
^  much  as  the  $80,000  it  would  have  cost 
I  toresurfacethefloorwithanotherrubber 
z  coat.  Despite  the  larger  expense, 
§  Hetherington  defends  the  decision  to  go 
with  wood  for  two  reasons. 

"If  it's  maintained  properly  it  will  last 
over  20  years,  while  a  rubber  surface 
would  have  to  be  refinished  again  in  10 
years.  And  it's  going  to  reduce  injuries 
and  protect  athletes  better." 

Work  on  the  new  floor  began  May  3. 
If  s  expected  to  be  ready  for  use  June  1.  □ 


Varsity  Notables 


Close,  but  no  basket 

Three  crosstown  Gee-Gees  who  re- 
ceived invitations  to  try  out  for  Canada's 
national  basketball  team  didn't  make 
the  final  rosters. 

Gee-Gee  guard  Bobby  Brown,  who 
scored'40  points  in  the  Ontario  Universi- 
ties Athletic  Association  championship 
game,  was  invited  to  try  out  with  the 
national  men's  basketball  team.  Unfor- 
tunately for  him,  he  was  vacationing  in 
Europe  during  the  try-outs. 

Other  Gee-Gee  Clarence  Porter,  a  6-4 
forward,  and  Dave  Reid,  a  6-2  small 
forward  -  were  cut  after  the  first  day  of 
try-outs  forthe  national  under-22  team. 

Still,  it  was  an  honor  for  them  just  to 
be  selected,  says  Gee-Gee  coach  Jack 
Eisenmann. 

"It  doesn't  happen  often  that  a  CIAU 
player  gets  invited  to  a  national  pro- 
gram. It's  a  big  honor." 


McGill,  Concordia  and  Trois-Rivieres  — 
to  continue  playing  hockey  in  the  OUAA. 
It  was  considering  not  allowing  Quebec 
schools  permission  to  play  in  the  OUAA 
because  of  finances,  travel  time  and  time 
away  from  school  for  athletes. 

If  only  things  were  so  easy  for  the 
Carleton  hockey  club. 

Locals  make  team 

Three  Laurentian  University  players 
with  local  connections  have  been  named 
to  two  national  women'sbasketball  teams 
following  a  try-out  camp  in  Toronto. 
Forward  Nana  Robinson  of  Nepean  was 
named  to  the  Canadian  women's  team. 
Martha  Sandilands  of  Nepean  and  guard 
Carolyn  Swords  of  Ottawa  were  named 
to  the  national  student  team  for  the 
World  University  Games  in  Buffalo,  N.Y., 
July  8-19. 


Swimmers  across  Ontario  took  part  in 
the  Ontario  Synchronized  Swimming 
Championships  held  at  Carleton  Uni- 
versity on  May  14-16. 


Quebec  hockey  lives  on   Lesage  ioin$  *uniors 


The  Ontario  Universities  Athletic  As- 
sociation voted  recently  at  its  annual 
meeting  to  allow  Quebec  universities  — 


York  University  student  Sue  Lesage,  a 
graduate  of  A.Y.  Jackson  secondary 
school,  has  been  named  to  the  Canadian 
extended  juniorwomen'svolleyball  team. 


RANT  'N'  RAVEN 


by  David  Sail 

Charlatan  Start 

Judging  by  his  credentials,  Donn  Smith 
loves  a  challenge. 

Ifs  a  good  thing,  too. 

If  it's  a  challenge  he  wants  as  the 
newly  appointed  head  coach  of  the  foot- 
ball Ravens,  he's  got  one. 

It's  hard  to  say  exactly  how  Smith  felt 
when  he  saw  what  he  was  getting  into, 
but  you  can  get  a  general  idea.  Probably 
kind  of  like  Bob  Rae  felt  when  Floyd 
Laughren  walked  into  his  office  a  while 
back  and  said,  "Mind  if  I  run  a  few 
numbers  by  you?" 

In  fact,  the  Ravens  are  a  lot  like  the 
Ontario  government.  They  both  have  a 
serious  deficit  problem. 

Last  season's  Ravens  scored  44  points 
and  allowed  the  opposition  to  score  237. 
Thaf  s  a  difference  of  1 93  points  --  mean- 
ing the  Ravens  were  outscored  by  an 
average  of  28  points  a  game. 

Smith,  who  ran  the  offence  for  last 
year's  Canadian  junior  champion  Ot- 
tawa Sooners,  knows  all  this.  To  his  credit, 
he  knows  it  won't  be  easy  to  fix,  either. 


"Once  you  get  into  that  cycle  of  losing, 
it's  tough  to  break  out  of  it,"  he  says. 

This  whole  scenario  should  sound  fa- 
miliar to  Ravens  fans.  Didn't  somebody 
named  George  Brancato  -  who  also  had 
some  pretty  impressive  credentials— get 
hired  to  fix  the  same  team  last  year? 

Indeed  he  did.  Brancato,  a  Grey  Cup- 
winning  coach  in  the  CFL,  was  put  in 
charge  of  the  offence  before  last  season. 
Needless  to  say,  it  did  not  respond  well. 

But  look  a  little  deeper  and  you'll  see 
it's  not  really  fair  to  compare  the  two. 

For  Brancato,  coaching  the  Ravens 
probably  wasn't  an  all-consuming  pas- 
sion. He  wasn't  the  head  man  and  got 
paid  next  to  nothing.  He  was  having  fun 
just  keeping  his  hand  in  the  game  he 
loves. 

For  Smith,  this  is  his  chance  to  prove 
himself  as  a  head  coach.  He's  played  and 
coached  on  winning  teams  and  wants 
Carleton  to  be  a  winning  team. 

And  he's  already  made  it  clear  he 
won't  put  up  with  anybody  who  doesn't. 

"If  guys  can't  turn  the  page  on  whaf  s 
been  going  on  here  the  past  couple  of 


10  •  The  Charlatan  •  May  27,  1993 


years,  I'll  weed  them  out,"  he  says  bluntly. 
"The  objective  I  sent  home  with  these 
guys  was  that  if  they  do  not  share  in  the 
philosophy  that  we  are  in  this  sport  to 
win  the  Vanier  Cup,  then  they  shouldn't 
be  here." 

Too  many  Carleton  teams  in  the  past 
have  played  like  they're  supposed  to  be 
punching  bags  for  everybody  else. 
Coaches  have  gotten  away  with  making 
the  same  platitudes  about  having  "a 
winning  attitude"  year  after  year. 

Smith's  statement  is  the  most  defini- 
tive commitment  to  excellence  from  a 
Raven  coach  in  a  long  time.  And  when 
Smith  is  committed  to  something,  past 
experience  shows  he  means  it. 

As  a  Rough  Rider  in  1980,forinstance, 
he  felt  a  teammate  was  released  unfairly 
and  confronted  his  coach.  He  lost  his  job, 
but  he  kept  his  honor. 

Ironically,  the  coach  who  released  him 
was  George  Brancato. 

And  now,  Smith  will  try  to  succeed 
where  his  old  boss  couldn't.  It  could  very 
well  be  the  biggest  challenge  Donn  Smith 
has  ever  faced.  □ 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Anyone  want  a  refreshing  beverage? 


by  Chris  Reid 

Cha/latan  Staff 


Tea  Party 

ion 

Gallery  of  Canada 
July  4 


—  Pondering  what  the  link  is  between  tea 
^7  m  W  drinking  and  increased  global  harmony? 
MM  y  Well,  maybe  you  aren't,  but  there  is  one 
Qrt  exhibit  that  can  give  you  some  in- 
sight into  this  profound  concept.  It's  en 
titled  World  Tea  Party  and  it's  the  creation  of  Montreal 
artist  Daniel  Dion. 

First,  a  little  background  information: 

Dion  is  an  artist  with  a  15-year  career  in  photogra- 
phy and  video  production  and  installation.  The  Na- 
tional Gallery  is  exhibiting  three  of  Dion's  video  works, 
including  World  Tea  Party,  which  was  specially  commis- 
sioned by  the  gallery. 

With  all  this  in  mind  and  only  a  vague  idea  of  what 
to  expect,  I  headed  off  to  the  gallery  on  a  Saturday 
afternoon.  What  I  discovered  was  that  World  Tea  Party 
is  quite  a  departure  from  the  usual  gallery  offerings. 

The  exhibit  is  sponsored  in  part  by  a  grant  from  the 
Canada  Tea  Council.  It  fills  a  whole  room  with  tea- 
related  paraphernalia,  surrounding  all  five  senses  with 
the  universal  experience  of  drinking  tea. 

Artwork  and  fact  posters  extolling  the  virtues  of  tea 
hang  from  the  walls.  Old  tea  sets  wait  on  display  and 
gallery-goers  sit  around  tables  talking,  while  waiters 
serve  them  tea.  World  Tea  Party  has  the  atmosphere  of 
a  busy  afternoon  in  a  European  restaurant.  The  key 
idea  here  is  interaction,  with  observersbecoming  part  of 
what  they  are  observing. 

"Ifs  more  process  than  product,"  says  Dion.  "It 
works  as  an  interactive  system." 

World  Tea  Party  includes  paintings  from  other  parts 
of  the  gallery  to  give  the  exhibit  a  local  flavor.  It  is 
meant  to  change  and  evolve,  reflecting  where  and 
when  it  is  being  exhibited,  as  it  moves  from  city  to  city. 


Dion  hopes  World  Tea 
Party  will  encourage  peo- 
ple to  communicate.  He 
says  its  major  goal  is  "to 
get  people  to  know  each 
other  better  who  don't 
normally  associate." 

According  to  Dion, 
this  piece  of  art  had  its 
genesis  in  another 
project.  Dion  thought  it 
might  be  interesting  to 
get  some  international 
artists  together  for  an 
exchange  of  ideas  and 
to  begin  friendships. 
Nothing  came  of  this, 
but  the  concept  of  com- 
munity and  communi- 
cation remained  with 
Dion. 

He  combined  this 
idea  with  the  custom  of 
tea  drinking:  a  truly  in- 
ternational tradition 
with  one-billion  cups 
downed  daily  by  people  everywhere.  World  Tea  Party 
reflects  this  international  flavor  with  tea  supplied  by  the 
Sri  Lankan  High  Commission  and  artwork  from  Japan, 
England,  America  and  elsewhere. 

World  Tea  Party  is  unique  among  your  standard, 
formulaic  art  exhibits.  This  "playing  with  the  concept  of 
art, "  as  Dion  puts  it,  is  out  to  challenge  the  idea  that  art 
is  only  two-dimensional  and  has  to  hang  on  the  wall  of 
some  empty  room.  His  approach  tries  to  show  it  can  be 
much  more  than  that. 

There  is  also  another,  more  subtle  point  to  World  Tea 
Party. 

"It  brings  technology  into  contact  so  it  doesn't  look 
so  inaccessible,"  says  Dion,  revealing  the  presence  of  a 
hidden  camera  in  the  ceiling. 

In  response  to  the  movement  of  people,  the  camera 
triggers  video  screens  which  show  documentaries  about 


"While  there  is  tea  ,there  is  hope"  -  British  playwright  Sir  Arthur  Wing  Pinero 


the  history  and  nature  of  tea. 

Video  is  one  common  feature  in  Dion's  other  projects 
as  well.  He  says  video  is  just  a  natural  part  of  his  life,  as 
a  member  of  the  "TV  generation."  At  the  exhibit's 
opening,  he  could  even  be  spotted  taking  everything  in 
with  a  hand-held  video  camera. 

Dion  hopes  this  demystification  of  technology  will 
show  that  "you  don't  have  to  be  a  techno"  to  reap  its 
benefits. 

If  thic  exhibit  accomplishes  anything,  it  at  least 
brings  a  new  atmosphere  into  part  of  the  gallery. 
Breaking  up  that  mind-numbing  silence  and  getting  rid 
of  all  those  armed  guards  hanging  around  is  no  small 
accomplishment. 

Hmmm ...  people  talking,  having  FUN?  —  a  radical 
new  concept  forthegalleryand  maybe  the  start  of  a  new 
trend.  □ 


Those  Shadowy  Men  behind  the  Kids  in  the  Hall 


by  Sharon  Boddy 

Charlatan  staff 


Shadowy  Men  on  a  Shadowy  Planet 

Zaphod  Beeblebrox 
May  6 


"We  (bassist  Reid  Diamond  and  guitarist  Brian  Connelly) 
grew  up  on  a  farm.  And  sometimes  we  would  just  go  outside 
and  the  moon  would  be  out  there  and  Brian  would  say 
something  like,  7  wonder  if  there  are  shadowy  men  on  that 
shadowy  planet?'  We  just  made  it  up.  It's  not  referencing 
anything . . .  except  maybe  the  post-nuclear  world. " 

-  Reid  Diamond,  on  the  meaning  of  life,  or  something 

t  was  a  cool  evening  on  May  6,  but  inside 
£V       Zaphod  Beeblebrox  it  was  hot  and  muggy. 
l^T       People  jammed  into  the  club  to  listen  and 
a*"^       dance  to  Shadowy  Men  on  a  Shadowy  Planet. 
V^L/*    This  Toronto  trio  is  best  known  for  supply- 
ing the  music  for  Kids  in  the  Hall,  CBC's 
^™       mega-popular,  ultra-cool  comedy  offering. 
Opening  the  evening'sentertainmentwas  Los  Ange- 
les's Popdefect.  Their  punk  sound  was  punctuated  with 
uneven  playing  and  off-key  vocals,  but  they  did  man- 
age to  play  some  original  tunes  as  well  as  an  interesting 
version  of  The  Association's  "Windy." 

Up  next  was  Girl  Trouble,  a  quartet  from  Tacoma, 
Wash.,  who  will  tour  with  the  Shadowy  Men  through- 
out the  summer.  Their  retro-60s,  country  rock-charged 
set  was  helped  out  considerably  by  their  lead  singer, 
who  paraded  around  the  stage  like  a  displaced  country- 
lounge  singer. 

As  the  Shadowy  Men  took  to  the  stage,  the  dance 
floorbecame  crowded.  When  the  band  swung  into  their 
trademark  song,  "Harlem  by  the  Sea"  (a.k.a.  the  theme 
from  Kids  in  the  Hall),  the  floor  was  packed. 

Ifs  always  a  pleasure  to  watch  a  band  who  really 
enjoys  what  they  do,  and  the  Shadowy  Men  is  one  of 


these  bands. 
They're  tight  and 
can  stop  on  a 
dime,  evidence  of 
their  precision 
playing. 

Although  most 
people  think  of 
the  Shadowy  Men 
in  tandem  with 
the  Kids  in  the 
Hall,  the  group 
hasbeen  together 
since  1984.  Their 
association  with 
the  Kids  began 
when  that  com- 
edy troupe  made 
their  television 
debut  four  years 

ago.                   A  shadowy  man,live  at  Zaphod's. 
"Me  and  Brian  


and  Bruce  (McCullough,  a  Kid  in  the  Hall)  grew  up  on 
a  farm  just  outside  of  Calgary, "  says  Diamond,  explain- 
ing the  crossover  between  the  two  groups.  "Eventually 
we  all  ended  up  moving  to  Toronto.  We  met  Don  (Pyle, 
their  drummer)  in  Toronto,  we  started  the  bandandmet 
some  of  the  others  who  started  Kids  in  the  Hall.  It  was 
never  like  an  audition  thing." 

Does  the  band  ever  get  tired  of  being  associated  with 
the  Kids? 

"Never,"  says  Diamond.  "I  wish  it  would  happen 
more.  But  we  don't  flaunt  it." 

The  Shadowy  Men's  distinctive  twangy  beach  sound 
has  led  them  to  be  classified  by  some  as  a  surf  band, 
hence  the  song  on  their  latest  disc,  Sport  Fishin  '.entitled 
"We're  Not  a  Fucking  Surf  Band." 

"It  was  the  easiest  way  for  people  to  describe  what  we 
were  doing,"  recalls  Connelly.  "Because  we  had  no 
lyrics,  it  was  just  twangy  guitar,  and  surf  comes  to 


mind." 

Shadowy  Men  would  probably  be  more  accurately 
described  as  a  riff  band.  Their  encore  at  the  Zaphod 
show  featured  a  medley  of  rock  riffs  paying  tribute  to 
such  songs  as  "The  Boys  Are  Back  In  Town,"  "School's 
Out,"  "AlIThe  Young  Dudes,"  "Satisfaction"  and  "Ball- 
room Blitz." 

Butwhetheryou  choose  to  call  them  a  riff  band,  a  TV 
band  or  even  a  "fucking  surf  band,"  the  fact  still 
remains  that  they've  managed  the  impossible:  attract- 
ing something  resembling  a  mass  audience  without 
hardly  singing  a  word.  □ 


tett  for  tobaty 

Eight  things  to  live  for  and  two 
reasons  to  avoid  dying 

1.  Les  Foufounes  Eleotriques,  Montreal 

2.  Four  months  of  NHL  Playoffs 

3.  Velocity  Girl 

4.  Keychains  in  the  shapeof  an  egg  that  open 
up  to  reveal  an  automated  Triceratops 

5.  Sun  Chips™ 

6.  Pink  and  banana  Popsicles 

7.  Goober  and  the  Peas 

8.  3  a.m.  conversations  overheard  in  dough 
nut  shops 

9.  BrokeadatewithTedBundy;don1wantto 
run  into  him  in  the  afterlife 

10.  Don't  took  good  in  pine 


May  27,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  11 


Cursed  by  cu fen  ess 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Stan* 

^^■^•^^he  lowdown  on  Velocity  Girl 
m  m  (name  taken  from  an  obscure 
P     m        Primal  Scream  song):  they've 

m         just  released  an  album  on 
Sub  Pop,  they  play  dreamy 
indie  guitar  pop,  and,  if  you 
believetheir  bassist,  they  can  barely  play 
their  instruments. 

Hailing  from  Silver  Spring,  Md.,  and 
part  of  the  burgeoning  Washington,  D.C., 
music  scene,  the  young  bandhas  a  repu- 
tation it  would  rather  forget  about. 

While  Guns  'n  Roses  and  other  like- 
minded  groups  are  fulfilling  the  rock 
stereotype  of  self-destructive  anarchists, 
Velocity  Girl  has  been  typecast  as  a  (God 
forbid)  cute  band. 

"It's  kind  of  a  curse, "  says  bassist  Kelly 
Riles.  "But  it's  better  to  be  that  than  the 
ugliest  band  that  can  play  nice  pop.  \ 
guess  if  we  can  be  a  cute  band  that  plays 
good  pop,  that's  okay." 

Velocity  Girl  —  which  also  includes 
guitarists  Archie  Moore  and  Brian  Nel- 
son, vocalist  and  sole  female  member 
Sarah  Shannon,  and  drummer  Jim 
Spellman  —  is  a  clean-cut  band.  Their 
appearances  won't  getyourparentsmut- 
tering  about  why  these  rock  types  never 
seem  to  wash.  And,  as  the  man  says,  they 
can  play  good  pop. 

Copacetic,  their  debut  release,  boasts 
four  excellent  pure  pop  tunes,  one  raw 
guitar  tune  and  enough  mood  to  satisfy 
any  indie  guitar  band  fan. 

Highlighting  the  whole  package  is 
Shannon,  whose  voice  exudes  innocence 
and  teen  angst.  Not  bad  for  a  band  that, 
according  to  Riles,  couldn't  play  their 
instruments  a  scant  four  years  ago. 

"It  was  definitely  something  that 
started  as  friends,"  remarks  Riles  on  the 
genesis  of  the  band.  "It  certainly  didn't 
start  with  anything  resembling  a  collec- 
tion of  musical  talent  waiting  to  be  ex- 
posed because  we  didn't  —  and  to  some 
extent  still  don't  —  know  how  to  play 
very  well. 

"When  we  started,  we  didn't  know 
how  to  play  at  all.  We're  all  from  the 
same  area,  and  we  had  the  same  musical 


> 


Friendship  before  music:  (l-r)  Nelson,  Spellman, Riles,  Moore,  Shannon. 


interests,  so  the  band  just  seemed  like  a 
natural  thing." 

This  idea  that  friendship  is  more  im- 
portant than  the  music  itself  comes 
through  in  the  way  the  band  is  run.  On 
the  album,  there  are  no  credits  for  lyrics 
or  melodies.  Everyone  does  everything. 

"On  a  given  instrument  somebody 
will  have  more  say,  but  other  people 
certainly  helped  come  up  with  the  vocal 
melodies  orthe  lyrics,"  says  Riles.  "Jim's 
the  drummer  but  he's  come  up  with 
guitar  parts  because  he  used  to  be  a 
guitar  player.  Everybody  contributes  or 
critiques  according  to  their  own  perspec- 
tive and  then  we  come  up  with  a  happy 
— butsometimesit'san  unhappy 
—  medium  of  what  everyone 
wants. 

"There's  no  one  Velocity  Girl," 
he  continues.  "The  five  people 
you  see  up  in  front  of  you  are  the 
five  people  doing  their  thing." 

As  for  not  knowing  how  to 
play  their  instruments,  Riles  is 
perhaps  being  a  bit  modest.  True, 
Copacetic  does  feature  some  mu- 
sic that  is  quite  basic,  but  under- 
neath it  all  is  an  instinct  for  good 
pop  that  isn't  obscured  by  com- 
plex guitar  solos  or  by  a  slick 
production  job. 

To  get  that  unpolished,  bare 
rock  sound,  they  recorded  and 
mixed  the  album  in  only  10  days. 
This  didn't  go  overwell  with  some 
folks,  says  Riles. 

"A  lot  of  people  were,  taken 
aback  and  were  disappointed  be- 
cause we  didn't  come  up  with  this 
polished  gem  of  slick,  super  rock. 
What  I  like  about  it  is  that  it  was 
really  raw  and  the  songs  stand  by 
themselves.  The  production 
doesn't  get  in  the  way  of  that." 
ffi     To  promote  Copacetic,  Velocity 
8  Girl  is  currently  spreading  the 
£  word  on  a  short  headlining  tour 
5  with  jale,  Halifax's  very  own  Sub 
I  Poppers.  On  May  15,  they  hit  Les 


Foufounes  Electriques  in  Montreal  with  their  deli- 
cate wall  of  noise. 

The  Girls,  along  with  jale  and  the  local  band 
Pest,  treated  the  regrettably  less-than-capacity  au- 
dience to  an  evening  of  catchy  pop  tunes,  along 
with  Shannon's  attempt  at  some  sort  of  calisthenics. 
No  rock  and  roll  nastiness  was  to  be  found  here. 

Mr.  Bassist  did,  at  one  point  swing  the  neck  of 
his  bass  toward  an  amp,  a  la  Kurt  Cobain,  but 
restrained  himself  and  merely  gave  the  amp  a 
gentle  tap.  Again,  a  nice  band. 

This  short  tour  comes  after  a  month-long  tour  of 
the  United  States  supporting  Belly  that  was,  urn, 
eventful. 

"In  one  tour, "  says  Riles,  "Brian  got  hit  by  a  car, 
Jim  and  Dave  (a  representative  from  Sub  Pop) 
subsequently  got  into  a  fight  with  the  person  who 
hit  Brian,  1  got  hit  by  a  2X4,  and  we  ran  out  of  gas 
in  Texas." 

Hopefully,  they'll  have  better  luck  headlining. 

Despite  all  the  wear  and  tear  that  accompanies 
touring,  there  is  one  thing  (besides  a  paycheque) 
thatwillhelpthemwhen  they  get  home  and  tackle 
their  next  album.  Namely,  the  increased  profi- 
ciency that  comes  with  playing  every  night. 

"We're  really  tired  of  (the  songs),  just  because 
when  you've  played  a  song  a  hundred  times  it's  not 
as  interesting  anymore,"  says  Riles.  "The  cool 
thing  is  that  you  get  better  at  playing." 

Their  debut  album  delivers  the  goods.  If  they 
leam  to  play  their  instruments,  expect  the  stars.  □ 


Sarah  Shannon:  a  voice  to  melt  butter. 


Kelly  Riles:  hitting  all  the  right  notes. 


12  •  The  Charlatan  ■  May  27,  1993 


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On  the  cover ... 


.  .  .  and  out  of  the  closet.  Gay, 
Lesbian  and  Bisexual  Pride  Week  fea- 
tured a  parade  June  20  that  brought 
out  about  700  people,  including  this 
unidentified  man.  The  weather  wasn't 
so  hot,  but  "we  didn't  let  no  one  rain 
on  our  parade,"  says  Peter  Nogalo, 
Carleton's  GLB  Centre  co-ordinator. 
See  page  nine  for  more. 


CHARLATAN 


CAtLETON'S  IIDEPEXDEII STUDEIIT  BEWSPAPEI 

lune  24, 

1993 

VOLUME  23  NUMBER  2 

Edltor-ln  Chief 

Mo  Cannon 

Production  Manager 

Kevin  McKay 

Business  Manager 

gill  Perry 

NEWS 

Editors 

Mario  Carlucci 

Karin  |ordan 

Contributors 

Dave  Bartolf 

losee  Bellemare 

Franco  D'Orazio 

NAIIONAL  AhhAIKS 

Editor 

Arn  Keeling 

Contributors 

Franco  D'Orazio 

Angle  Gallop 

Andrea  Smith 

FEATURES 

Editor 

Andrea  Smith 

Contributors 

Angie  Gallop 

SPORTS 

Editor 

Steven  Vesely 

ARTS 

Editor 

Blayne  Haggart 

Contributors 

Dave  Bartolf 

3am  Chynn 

Kelly  Fines 

Christine  McConnell 

Tim  Pryor 

OP/ED 

Editor 

Angie  Gallop 

Contributors 

Karin  Jordan 

Tim  Riordan 

VISUALS 

Photo  Editor 
Assistant  Editor 
Contributors 

Richard  Head 


Anna  Brzozowski 
Lisa  Currie 
Angie  Gallop 
Ean  Sane 


Graphics  Co  ordinators 

Dave  Hodges  Mike  Rappaport 

Artists  Fuirguardi  Not 

Dave  Carpenter  Andrea  Smith 


Cover  Photo 


Richard  Head 


The  Charlatan's  photos  are  produced 

using  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association  Photo  Services 


PRODUCTION 

Contributor 

ill  Perry 

Dave  Carpenter 

Stereo  Repairperson 

Dave  Carpenter 

CIRCULATION 

4,000 

Circulation  Manager 

TBA 

ADVERTISING  788-3580 

Advertising  Manager  TBA 

Board  Of  Directors  Ken  Drever 

Mo  Gannon  Anna  Gibbons 

Dave  Hodges  Fouad  Kanaan 

Warren  Kinsella  Mark  Lafreniere 

Chris  Murray  Yvonne  Potter 

The  Charlatan,  Carleton  University's  student  owned  and 
independent  press,  is  an  editorially  and  financially 
autonomous  journal,  published  weekly  during  the  (all  and 
winter  term  and  monthly  during  the  summer.  Charlatan 
Publications  Incorporated,  Ottawa,  Ontario,  a  non-profit 
corporation  registered  under  the  Canadian  Corporations 
Act,  Is  the  publisher  of  The  Charlatan. 
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members,  but  may  not  reflect  the  beliefs  of  its  members. 
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2  •  The  Charlatan  •  June  24,  1993 


NEWS 


Capital  budget  passes  CUSA  council 


by  Mario  Carlucci  and  Karin  Jordan 

Charlatan  staff 

A  flashing  billboard  that,  according  to 
CUSA  finance  commissioner  Rene 
Faucher,  makes  you  feel  "like  a  deer 
caught  in  the  headlights"  will  soon  be 
installed  in  the  Unicentre. 

CUSA  council  approved  this  project  as 
part  of  the  1993-94  capital  budget  forthe 
undergraduate  students'  association  at  a 
meeting  on  June  21. 

The  $106,717  capital  budget  covers 
long-term  investments  like  office  equip- 
ment and  construction.  Included  in  the 
budget  are  items  like  about  $21,000  for 
CKCU's  station  equipment,  $1,150  for 
blinds  in  the  Foot  Patrol  office  and  $750 
for  Faucher's  new  blinds. 

John  Edwards,  a  third-year  arts  and 
social  sciences  representative,  was  the 
only  councillor  to  vote  against  the  budget. 
Edwards  had  moved  to  table  the  budget 
for  further  consideration,  but  the  motion 
was  defeated. 

Edwards  says  council  did  not  have 


enough  time  to  look  over  the  capital 
budget. 

"At  most,  I  think  people  had  the  week- 
end to  look  at  it.  I  don't  know  what  the 
rush  was  (to  pass  the  budget)."  He  says 
council  should  have  scrutinized  the  capi- 
tal budget  more  closely. 

"I  got  the  budget  this  afternoon.  Even 
so,  I  don't  think  a  weekend  is  enough 
rime." 

The  budget  includes  $13,000  for  an 
electronic  display  billboard  to  be  built 
beside  Info  Carleton  on  the  fourth  floorof 
the  Unicentre.  Fauchersays  the  billboard 
will  be  used  to  publicize  upcoming  CUSA 
events. 

Two  existing  electronic  billboards  in 
the  Unicentre  —  outside  the  entrance  to 
Oliver's  and  by  the  off-campus  lounge — 
can't  be  repaired,  says  Faucher,  because 
the  company  CUSA  bought  them  from 
has  been  bankrupt  for  four  years. 

The  new  billboard  will  display  moving 
graphics  and  will  have  over  250  pre- 
programed advertisements,  including  ads 


from  Coca-Cola  and  the  Royal  Bank. 
Companies  will  be  able  to  buy  advertis- 
ing space  on  or  around  the  edge  of  the 
board,  which  will  be  five  by  seven  feet. 

Faucher  says  the  new  board  will  "grab 
people"  with  its  flashy  graphics  and  will 
be  an  effective  way  of  promoting  CUSA- 
sponsored  events  like  the  Charity  Ball  or 
Halloween  Superpub.  "It's  bright.  You're 
going  to  have  no  choice  butto  look  at  it." 

The  market  price  for  the  board  is 
$26,000.  CUSAgottheboardfor  half  this 
pricebecause  McDonald's  had  placed  an 
order  for  more  than  a  thousand  signs 
with  a  manufacturer  CUSA  had  ap- 
proached. 

Fauchersays  the  board,  which  will  be 
in  place  in  August,  is  one  way  CUSA  is 
looking  at  to  increase  communication 
between  the  association  and  students. 

But  Edwards  has  his  doubts.  "I  don't 
know  if  we  should  be  spending  $13,000 
on  this  (the  billboard),"  he  says. 

The  capital  budget  also  includes  a 
$30,000  contingency  fund  for  projects 


that  may  come  up  unexpectedly  during 
the  year.  The  1992-93  contingency  fund 
was  $20,000. 

Faucher  says  the  extra  $10,000  is 
needed  for  plans  which  have  not  yet  been 
approved  by  the  university,  but  which 
CUSA  has  cost  estimates  for. 

Forexample,  Fauchersays  CUSA  wants 
to  put  illuminated  outdoor  billboards 
around  the  Unicentre  building  to  pro- 
mote CUSA  events.  These  would  cost 
about  $3,500  each. 

Faucher  says  if  an  unexpected  reno- 
vation is  needed  during  the  year,  he'll 
"have  the  luxury  of  having  somewhat  of 
a  slush  fund  for  that." 

Edwards  says  council  should  have 
questioned  the  budget  more  carefully, 
because  they  are  supposed  to  be  a  check 
on  the  executive.  But  he  says  he  feels  that 
isn't  the  case  right  now. 

"Council  right  now  tends  to  support 
the  executive.  I  just  hope  the  council 
doesn't  support  the  executive  on  every- 
thing." □ 


Campus  spiffed  up  for  Learneds  conference 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Charlatan  siatt 

Blooming  flowers,  new  stairs  and 
brand-spanking-new  signs  were  speedily 
delivered  to  Carleton  in  time  for  the 
Learned  Societies  Conference. 

The  conference,  held  on  campus  from 
May  30  to  June  1 3,  brought  about  7,000 
professors  and  students  from  universities 
worldwide  to  Carleton,  where  close  to 
3,000  papers  were  presented.  Between 
2,500  and  3,000  delegates  stayed  in  the 
campus  residences. 

Carter  Elwood,  co-ordinator  for  the 
Learned  Societies  Conference,  says  Car- 
leton didn't  spend  any  money  for  the 
conference. 

"Carleton  didn't  advance  anymoney," 
he  says.  "The  conference  is  self-support- 
ing." He  says  Carleton  only  provided  the 
space  to  hold  meetings  and  conferences. 

During  May,  flower  beds  sprung  up 
across  campus,  the  stairs  beside  the 


Unicentre  were  rebuilt  and  new  direc- 
tional signs  were  installed. 

Stan  Britton,  managerof  construction 
services,  says  the  signs  and  flowers  were 
planned  to  coincide  with  the  beginning 
of  the  conference. 

"Most  of  the  flowers  were  from  our 
normal  annual  program,"  he  says.  Britton 
also  says  additional  funding  from  the 
Learned  Societies'  budget  paid  for  more 
flower  pots  than  usual. 

"There  were  volunteer  gardeners  free 
of  charge  and  the  Leameds  paid  for  the 
flowers  itself,"  he  says.  Elwood  also  says 
some  of  the  20  volunteers  donated  flow- 
ers. 

New  signs  also  sprung  up  on  campus 
rather  quickly. 

Elwood  says  he  urged  physical  plant  at 
a  signage  committee  meeting  to  con- 
struct the  signs  before  the  conference.  He 
says  he  thought  the  signs  would  make 
thecampus  look nicerfor  the  conference. 


"The  Learneds 
provided  a  catalyst  to 
make  signs,"  says 
Britton.  "They  influ- 
enced the  project  to 
go  now  instead  of 
later." 

Britton  says  the 
signswere  also  posted 
to  give  better  direc- 
tions for  the  profes- 
sors. 

"We  had  terrible 
signsbefore, "  he  says. 

Britton  says  the  se- 
verely  damaged 
stairs  on  the  south 
side  of  the  Unicentre 
facing  Mackenzie 
field  were  repaired  before  the  conference 
also  forthe  positive  image.  The  repairs  to 
those  stairs,  which  cost  $25,000,  are  part 
of  d  $  1 14,000-project  to  repair  1 1  sets  of 


C  ampus 


stairs  around  campus,  says  Britton. 
The  conference  may  have  accelerated 

LEARNEDS  cont'd  on  page  4 


Administration  budget  in  red  four  years  in  a  row 


by  Franco  D'OrazIo 

Charlatan  staff 

Carleton's  attempt  to  balance  its 
budget  this  year  will  likely  be  tipped  far 
into  the  red  for  a  fourth  consecutive  year. 

In  April,  Carleton's  Board  of  Gover- 
nors approved  a  5200  million  budget 
projecting  a  $10,000  surplus  for  this  fis- 
cal year. 

Entering  the  fourth  year  of  a  five-year 
plan,  the  small  surplus  would  have  been 
a  start  in  the  university's  goal  to  elimi- 
nate its  $4.3  million  debt,  accumulated 
over  the  last  three  years,  by  May  1 , 1 995. 

But  the  Ontario  government's  social 
contract,  a  cost-cutting  initiative  to  re- 
duce the  provincial  debt,  will  have  a 
devastating  effect  on  Carleton's  five-year 
plan. 

Of  the  $2  billion  the  provincial  gov- 
ernment intends  to  cut  from  spending, 
$500  million  will  come  from  the  prov- 
ince's budget  for  education,  says  David 
Schoular,  an  information  officerwith  the 
Ministry  of  Education  and  Training. 

It  is  estimated  Carleton  will  lose  $9.4 
million,  according  to  Bill  Pickett, 
Carleton's  director  of  budget  planning. 

"We  could  save  $9.4  million  on  roll- 
backs of  wages  or  lose  that  money  on  the 
cutting  of  grants,"  says  Pickett. 

He  says  the  university's  1 993-94  budget 


was  determined  at  several  meetings  dur- 
ing theyear,  "priortotheannouncement 
that  this  money  is  being  removed."  But 
there  is  no  indication  from  where  the 
university  will  have  to  cut  its  budget. 

"The  unknowns  are  extremely  high 
right  now,"  Pickett  says,  "and  it's  very 
confusing." 

Complicating  the  matter  more,  Pickett 
says,  is  that  the  government  will  legislate 
the  cuts  by  Aug.  1  at  the  latest,  unless  it 
can  reach  an  agreement  on  cost-saving 
measures  with  the  province's  public  un- 
ions. 

This  will  fall  well  into  Carleton's  fiscal 
year,  which  begins  May  1  and  ends  April 
30  of  the  following  year. 

The  university  balanced  its  budget 
this  year  despite  stagnant  funding  from 
the  Ontario  government,  which  the  board 
expects  to  increase  by  less  than  one  per- 
cent to  $100  million  for  this  year. 

Originally,  Carleton  would  have  bal- 
anced its  books  by  increasing  its  revenue 
and  decreasing  its  expenses. 

The  university  would  have  increased 
revenues  this  year  by  4.8  per  cent  to 
$207.8  million,  while  increasing  its  ex- 
penditures by  only  three  per  cent  to 
$207.79  million. 

Departments  suffering  the  most  se- 
vere cuts  in  funding  were  public  relations 


(20  per  cent)  and  alumni  services  (43  per 
cent),  whose  budgets  were  cut  by  more 
than  $600,000  combined. 

But  university  funding  for  student  serv- 
ices such  as  counselling  and  health  serv- 
ices increased  25  per  cent  —  by  far  the 
largest  increase,  raising  its  budgetto  $1.9 
million  from  $  1 .5  million.  Full-time  and 


part-time  salaries  account  for  most  of  the 
increase. 

Salaries  for  professors  account  for  two- 
thirds  of  Carleton's  operating  budget, 
rising  3.6  per  cent  this  year  to  nearly 
$102  million.  □ 

See  related  story,  page  8. 


University  book- 
balancing  hits  library 

by  Franco  D'OrazIo 

Charlatan  staff 

Despite  a  small  increase  in  its  oper- 
ating budget,  there  will  be  some  big 
changes  at  the  library  this  year. 

The  library's  budget  was  increased 
by  $30,019  to  $1 1 .95  million  this  year. 

But  salaries  for  part-time  employ- 
ees, most  of  whom  are  students,  were 
slashed  by  more  than  one-third  to 
$388,834,  from  $600,000. 

to  an  April  9  letter  to  the  university's 
Senate,  M.  Ian  Cameron  of  the  English 
department  warned  that  "cuts  in  the 
library'spart-timebuugetwiilinescap- 
ably  cause  the  library  to  diminish  the 
services  it  now  offers." 

linda  Rossman,  associate  librarian 
for  information  services,  agrees,  ex- 


plaining that  circulation  and  the 
reshelving  of  books  will  suffer  the  most. 

"Basically,  we  will  have  to  cut  down 
on  the  amount  of  hourly  staff  we  would 
normally  hire,  which  means  we  would 
be  closing  the  library  earlier  in  the 
evening,"  she  says,  although  she  does 
not  yet  know  how  early. 

Rossman  says  the  library  will  save 
$100,000  to  meet  its  budget  by  cutting 
the  library  's  subscriptions  to  serials  and 
periodicals  in  consultation  with  all  the 
faculties. 

Anc^ercost-cuttmgmeasureis  buy- 
ing cheaper  paperbacks  instead  of 
higher-priced  hardcover  books. 

"A  lot  of  books  are  printed  in  paper- 
back andhardcoverformats  simultane- 
ously, and  We  can  save  15  per  cent, 
probably  more,  by  purchasing  the  pa- 
perbacks," Rossman  says  binding  pa- 
perbacks uftersomewear  is  still  cheaper 
than  buying  hardcovers.  a 


June  24,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


CUSA  dishes  up  new  look  for  Oliver's 


by  Karin  Jordan 

Chartatan  staff 

Oliver's  will  still  have  the  same  name 
this  fall,  but  there  are  big  changes  in 
store  for  the  campus  bar. 

At  a  June  21  CUSA  council  meeting, 
finance  commissioner  Rene  Faucher  an- 
nounced plans  for  renovating  Oliver's. 
The  renovations  will  cost  the  undergradu- 
ate students'  association  $320,000  and 
will  be  completed  by  Sept.  1. 

CUSA  closed  the  bar  March  1  because 
it  had  a  deficit  of  more  than  $90,000. 
According  to  Faucher,  the  bar  had  been 
losing  business  for  about  four  years. 

Faucher  says  the  new  and  improved 
Oliver's  will  be  "more  pub-ish"  than  be- 
fore and  will  draw  in  many  new  custom- 
ers. 

The  bar  will  be  divided  into  smaller 
sections  than  last  year,  with  its  two  large 
rooms.  Billiards  tables  will  be  moved  into 
the  front  section  of  Oliver's  from  the 
games  area  on  the  first  floor  of  the 
Unicentre. 

The  games  room  area  will  be  filled 
with  a  commercial  operation,  says 
Faucher.  Oneoption  he'sconsideringisa 
compact  disc  store. 

"We're  going  to  judge  whether  if  s  a 
good  service  and  whether  if  s  something 
students  are  going  to  use.  We're  going  to 
have  to  be  very  selective.  A  CD  store 
might  work." 

Faucher  says  he'll  make  sure  the  store 


only  hires  Carleton  students. 

Oliver's  will  also  have  a  stage,  a  dance 
floor,  couches  and  booths.  The  bar  area 
will  be  much  larger,  with  eight  beer  taps. 
Fake  wood  panelling  will  complete  the 
"pub-ish"  atmosphere, 

Faucher  says  the  new  concept  for 
Oliver's  —  smaller  areas  —  makes  it  a 
multipurpose  bar.  For  example,  it  will  be 
more  suitable  for  small  events. 

"This  bar  is  ideal  for  small,  local  bands 
—  Carleton  bands  or  whatever  —  to  play 
to  an  audience  of  100  people  and  make  it 
feel  like  it's  a  great  venue,  as  opposed  to 
the  big  empty  gymnasium  with  a  few 
chairs.  That  was  the  effect  that  we  had  in 
the  past,  where  you  needed  500  people  to 
have  a  good  event." 

Faucher  says  the  bar  will  be  promoted 
during  orientation  week  more  than  it  was 
last  year. 

"Students  set  their  behavior  trends 
when  it  comes  to  the  social  part  —  bars 
and  things  like  that  —  right  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  year.  Especially  first-year  peo- 
ple. 

"And  (last)  year  what  we  did  was  had 
a  $200,000  orientation  program  that  re- 
ally all  it  did  was  promote  off-campus 
bars  and  off-campus  areas.  What  we  did 
was  we  killed  our  own  bar." 

Last  year,  orientation  events  took  place 
at  off-campus  bars  such  as  On  Tap. 

Fauchersays  Oliver's  may  also  be  serv- 
ing up  Domino's  pizza,  even  though  Domi- 


no's is  not  owned  by  Capital  Foods,  the 
company  which  has  been  contracted  by 
administration  to  run  all  food  opera- 
tions outside  of  residence. 

He  says  the  contract  between  univer- 
sity administration  and  Capital  Foods 
"is  kind  of  vague  in  certain  areas." 

Faucher  says  they  can  bring  in  an 
operation  that  is  not  owned  or  operated 
by  Capital  Foods  "ifwe  do  limited  opera- 
tion j  ust  in  our  area,  without  competing 
with  anything  that  (Capital  Foods)  is 
doing  around  the  university.  That's  the 
interpretation  we  have." 

Fauchersays  Domino's  won't  be  com- 
peting with  Capital  Foods  even  though 
Hugo's  serves  pizza,  because  Domino's 
offers  higher-quality  pizza. 

But  bringing  in  an  outside  operation 
still  needs  to  be  approved  by  the  univer- 
sity administration,  says  Dave  Sterritt, 
director  of  housing  and  food  services. 

Sterritt  says  Oliver's  has  not  been 
designated  as  an  area  where  Capital 
Foods  can  operate. 

But  "there's  still  the  issue  of  whether 
ornot  the  university  administration  will 
approve  bringing  in  an  outside  opera- 
tion, whether  it's  Domino's  or  Pizza 
Pizza." 

Fauchersays  all  he  wants  isfor  Olivef  s 
to  stay  out  of  financial  trouble. 

"I'm  not  looking  for  Oliver's  to  be- 
come a  cash  cow.  I  just  want  it  to  break 
even.  But  I  think  it  is  a  service."  □ 


WDN  to  be  letters  of  the  past 


by  Mario  Carluccl  and  Karin  Jordan 

Charialaji  start 

Students  withdrawing  from  courses  at 
Carleton  will  no  longer  see  the  letters 
WDN  on  their  official  transcripts. 

A  motion  eliminating  the  term  "with- 
drawn" in  reference  to  course  withdraw- 
als was  passed  June  8  by  the  Senate  Com- 
mittee on  Admission  and  Studies  Policy. 

A  "withdrawn"  appears  on  the  tran- 
script of  a  student  who  has  dropped  a 
course  before  the  deadline  set  out  in  the 
university  course  calendar. 

It  is  not  possible  to  withdraw  from  a 
course  after  the  university  deadline.  A 
studentwho  drops  acourseafterthe  dead- 
line for  withdrawals  will  get  an  FNS  on 
their  transcript,  meaning  she  or  he  has 
failed  the  course  and  there  is  no  supple- 
mental exam. 

A  committee  memo  says  "withdrawn" 
should  be  seen  as  an  internal  matter, 
"one  that  should  stay  on  student  (records) 
for  our  internal  records."  The  memo  was 
written  by  Professor  Robert  Lovejoy,  the 
committee's  chair,  to  the  clerk  of  the 
senate. 


Lovejoy  writes 
that  an  internal 
record  of  withdrawal 
needs  to  be  kept  for 
committees  of  ap- 
peal, registrarial  of- 
ficers and  advisors. 

The  memo  says 
the   term  "with- 
drawn" should  not  be 
published  since  it 
could  be  misinter- 
preted by  officials 
outside  of  the  univer- 
sity. The  committee's 
report  says  prospec- 
tive employers  may  see  the  term  "with- 
drawn" on  a  transcript  as  "an  indication 
of  something  amiss  with  the  student's 
work  habits  or  abilities." 

Gary  Anandasangaree,  director  of  aca- 
demics for  the  undergraduate  students' 
association,  says  the  change  will  be  posi- 
tive if  it  can  help  Carleton  students  com- 
pete better  with  other  university  gradu- 
ates when  it  comes  to  getting  jobs. 

"As  it  stands,  Carleton  students  are  at 


a  disadvantage, "  says  Anandasangaree. 

He  says  many  other  universities,  in- 
cluding Queen's,  Trent  and  Waterloo, 
don't  publish  withdrawals  on  official 
transcripts. 

Carleton  isn't  alone  in  publishing 
WDN  on  student  transcripts.  The  Uni- 
versity of  Ottawa,  Guelph  and  Western 
Ontario —  among  others  —  still  publish 
"withdrawn"  on  students'  official  tran- 
scripts. □ 


Three  flashings  in  last 
two  months 

by  Charlatan  staff 

Three  recent  incidents  of  flashing  on 
campus  are  unrelated,  according  to  uni- 
versity security. 

On  May  9  at  1 :00p.m.,  a  naked  man 
entered  Paterson  Hall  and  grabbed  a 
female  student.  She  struggled  free  and 
fled. 

On  |une  14,  a  man  exposed  himself 
to  a  female  student  studying  in  the 
Loeb  Building. 

The  description  for  both  flashers  is  of 
a  Caucasian  male,  five  feet  nine  inches 
tall,  with  a  slender  build  and  short 
brown  hair. 

Most  recently,  at  around  1 1  p.m.  on 
June  18,  a  man  flashed  two  women 
working  in  a  computer  lab  in  the  Loeb 


CAMPUS  BRIEFS 


Building.  According  to  the  security  post- 
ers, he  also  indecently  touched  one  of  the 
women  before  leaving  the  area.  The  man 
is  described  as  a  six-foot-tall  Caucasian, 
with  dark-brown  hair  and  a  full  beard. 

"It  would  be  a  mistake  to  draw  the 
conclusion  that  it  is  the  same  person 
necessarily,"  says  Len  Boudreault,  assist- 
ant director  of  the  department  of  univer- 
sity safety. 

Boudreault  says  all  three  incidents  are 
"completelyunder investigation,  both  by 
us  and  the  city  police." 

He  says  security  has  not  been  stepped 
up  in  the  buildings  where  the  flashings 
happened. 

"We  simply  pay  more  attention  to  those 
areas,"  he  says. 


He  says  a  precaution  people  can  take 
to  avoid  flashers  is  to  work  in  groups  in 
a  secure  area. 

Boudreault  says  anyone  who  sees 
anything  suspicious,  including  some- 
one who  fits  the  description  of  the  flash- 
ers, should  report  it  to  the  department 
immediately.  □ 

NDP  taxes  health 
insurance  premiums 

by  Charlatan  staff 

Carleton  students  who  buy  health 
and  accident  insurance  through  CUSA, 
the  undergraduate  students'  associa- 
tion, will  have  to  pay  an  eight  per  cent 
tax  on  their  premiums  next  year. 


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LEARNEDS  cont'd  from  page  3 

construction  in  some  areas,  but  there 
were  also  delays. 

The  expansion  and  extension  of  the 
Herzberg  building  and  additional  stair 
repairs  around  campus  were  postponed 
for  the  conference. 

"We  stopped  the  construction  of  the 
stairs  because  of  the  noise  of  the  jack- 
hammers,"  says  Britton.  "Carleton  was 
putting  forward  a  positive  image." 

Some  delegates  at  Carleton  that  week 
were  pleased  with  the  conference  and  the 
newly  revamped  campus. 

The  Progressive  Conservative  leader- 
ship convention  caused  some  problems 
with  hotel  and  airline  accommodation 
for  Patricia  Taylor,  a  professor  at  the 
University  of  Windsor. 

"Having  the  conference  at  the  same 
time  as  the  Tory  convention  caused  a  bit 
of  problems  with  the  airline  and  hotels, " 
she  said.  "We  drove." 

Barbara  Gill,  a  professor  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  New  Brunswick,  appreciated 
Carleton's  green  spaces. 

"You  have  a  lovely  campus  here, "  she 
said.  "You  don't  knowyou're  in  a  city. "  □ 

Wrth  files  Irom  Dave  eanoll. 


The  provincial  government  recently 
announced  that  retail  sales  tax  will  be 
applied  to  all  health  insurance  premi- 
ums starting  July  1, 1993. 

This  tax  effectively  eliminates  the 
10-per-cent  reduction  in  premiums 
CUSA  obtained  from  Great  West  Life 
and  Seaboard  Life  in  April,  leaving  stu- 
dents with  a  two-per  cent  reduction  in 
costs. 

CUSA  negotiated  a  two-year  contract 
with  Great  West  Life  for  prescription 
drugs  and  Seaboard  Life  for  accident 
insurance  which  cost  $45.40  for  a  stu- 
dent andJ87.1Sfor  family  coverage  per 
year. 

Last  year,  the  premium  for  a  student 
was  $50.65  for  coverage  by  Blue  Cross 
and  Seaboard  Life. 

The  new,  NDP-adjusted  premium  will 
be  $49.05.  □ 


4  •  The  Charlatan  •  June  24,  1993 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


UBC  student  paper  gets  new  operator 


by  Franco  D'Orazio 

Charlatan  Staff 

One  of  Canada's  oldest  student  news- 
papers at  the  University  of  British  Colum- 
bia recently  gained  a  nanny  —  or  a 
watch-dog,  depending  on  your  perspec- 
tive. 

The  Alma  Mater  Society  (AMS),  UBC's 
student  government,  moved  June  2  to 
create  a  publications  board  to  oversee 
The  Ubyssey,  which  turns  75  years  old  this 
year. 

The  AMS  said  the  paper  has  been 
suspended  from  publishing  this  summer 
due  to  cost  overruns  of  $25,000  incurred 
over  the  last  school  year. 

The  elected  editorial  staff  of  the  paper 
have  been  allowed  to  use  the  office  tem- 
porarily, but  their  budget  has  been  sus- 
pended. They  must  decide  whether  or  not 
to  apply  to  the  board  in  the  fall  for 
reinstatement  and  funding  as  the  recog- 
nized student  newspaper. 

The  new  board  will  replace  the  stu- 
dent government  as  the  paper's  pub- 
lisher, making  it  solely  responsible  for 
The  Ubyssey. 

"We're  reinstating  a  structure  that  has 
always  been  our  option, "  said  AMS  vice- 
president  Janice  Boyle. 

An  AMS  publications  board  oversaw 
various  student  publications,  including 
-  The  Ubyssey,  from  1915  until  the  1960s, 
when  the  paper  changed  to  a  collective, 
democratic  structure. 

However,  the  paper  has  never  been 
able  to  achieve  financial  autonomy  from 
the  AMS,  despite  two  attempts  in  the 
1980s.  In  each  case,  students  rejected  a 
Ubyssey  request  in  a  referendum  for  a 
direct  student  levy  as  the  paper's  source 
of  income. 

Boyle  said  she  would  prefer  an  au- 
tonomous Ubyssey  because  it  would  re- 
lieve the  AMS  from  editorial  responsibil- 
ity as  well  as  financial  control. 

"Autonomy  is  always  an  option," 
Boyle  said.  "In  fact,  it's  a  dream  I  have. 

"But  in  the  last  two  years  the  level  of 
professionalism  at  the  paper  has  declined 
and  students  would  not  support  the  pa- 
per achieving  autonomy,  and  they  (the 
paper's  staff)  know  that." 

But  Graham  Cook,  the  elected  news 
co-ordinator  of  the  suspended  paper,  disa- 
grees. 

"You  can'tmakegeneral  blanket  state- 
ments like  that,"  he  said.  "There's  been 
support  for  the  paper.  We've  done  a 
survey,  and  it's  a  fifty-fifty  split." 

The  AMS  has  deleted -all  references  to 
the  paper  from  its  constitution.  The  power 
to  control  any  campus-wide  publications 
will  revert  to  the  new  board. 

The  board  will  consist  of  three  AMS 
members,  two  UBC  students  at  large,  two 
representatives  from  each  publication 


and  three  UBC  alumni  approved  by  the 
AMS,  including  one  who  is  involved  with 
the  commercial  press. 

The  AMS  will  choose  its  board  mem- 
bers as  well  as  ratifying  the  alumni  selec- 
tions. Together,  these  five  members  will 
choose  the  student  members-at-large. 

Boyle  said  the  board  is  expected  to  be 
in  place  by  August. 

The  board  will  also  see  that  all  publi- 
cations are  fiscally  responsible,  even 
though  The  Ubyssey  will  still  receive  fund- 
ing from  the  AMS. 

Boyle  said  the  AMS  doesn't  want  legal 
responsibility  for  what  the  paper  pub- 
lishes, nor  does  it  want  to  spend  as  much 
time  as  it  has  recently  listening  to  com- 
plaints about  the  newspaper's  content. 

Last  year,  the  paper  faced  harsh  criti- 
cism and  a  libel  suit  from  B.C.  Transit  in 
the  wake  of  an  editorial  counselling  stu- 
dents how  to  cheat  the  bus  in  protest  of 
rising  bus  fares.  As  well,  a  supervisor 
from  one  of  the  women's  dormitories  on 
campus  started  a  campaign  to  boycott 
the  paper's  advertisers  in  the  wake  of  a 
graphic  Valentine's  Day  sex  supplement. 

"The  board  was  designed  to  simply 
give  students  the  feeling  that  they're  be- 
ing heard  when  they  have  a  complaint," 
Boyle  said. 

The  publications  board  will  enforce 
very  broad  guidelines  drafted  by  the  stu- 
dent council  which,  according  to  an  AMS 
press  release,  "provides  for  a  minimum 
standard  for  all  publications  ensuring 
quality  of  journalism  and  professional- 
ism." 

Boyle  insisted,  however,  thattheboard 
would  not  control  editorial  content. 

But  Cook  said  he  fears  the  board  could 
be  used  to  shut  down  the  paper  on  a 
whim. 


"The  fact  is  that  when  you  give  this 
arbitrary  power  (to  shut  down  a  paper)  to 
someone,  they  tend  to  use  it,"  said  Cook. 
"And  this  board  will  be  under  a  lot  of 
pressure  from  the  university  to  use  it  to 
prevent  The  Ubyssey  from  doing  what  it  is 
supposed  to  do." 

Cook  said  it  is  the  paper's  job  to  pub- 
lish critical  and  controversial  articles. 

Alayne  Armstrong,  president  of  the 
national  student  newspaper  co-opera- 
tive called  the  Canadian  University  Press, 
was  also  critical  of  the  board's  powers  in 
a  [une  17  letter  addressed  to  Boyle. 

In  it  she  wrote:  ". . .  the  board  has  the 
power  'in  extraordinary  circumstances 
(to)  take  such  action  as  may  be  neces- 
sary' where  an  editor  or  member  of  a 
publication  has  'knowingly  acted  to  the 
detriment  of  the  publication  and  of  the 
(Alma  Mater)  Society  as  a  whole.' 

"This  is  a  broad  and  easily  abused 
power  despite  the  'checks  and  balances' 
.  .  .  provided.  Essentially,  the  AMS  has 
given  this  board  the  power  to  fire  or 
dismiss  editors  and  staff." 

Another  factor  which  led  the  AMS  to 
create  the  board  was  that  The  Ubyssey  did 
not  have  a  constitution  and  that  the 
paper's  collective  make-up  was  no  longer 
effective,  according  to  Boyle. 

The  paper's  staff  drafted  a  constitu- 
tion and  presented  it  to  the  AMS  at  a 
meeting  in  May,  Boyle  said,  but  their 
draft  still  would  have  made  the  student 
government  responsible  for  the  paper's 
content. 

But  Cook  accused  the  AMS  of  dealing 
in  bad  faith  with  The  Ubyssey  because  the 
paper  had  worked  on  a  constitution  for 
weeks,  only  to  learn  that  the  student 
government  had  already  decided  to  cre- 
ate the  publications  board. 


Ex-Ubyssey 
staff  upset 

In  its  74-year  history,  The  Ubyssey  has 
produced  some  of  Canada's  best-known 
journalists,  including  columnists  Eric 
Nlcol  and  Peter  Worthington. 

During  its  constitutional  crisis  last  year, 
The  Ubyssey  appealed  for  help  from  two  of 
its  more  prominent  alumni,  Maclean's 
columnist  Allan  Fotheringham  and  au- 
thor Pierre  Berton. 

Fotheringham  said  he  wrote  a  letter 
supporting  the  paper  six  months  ago 
and  was  upset  when  he  heard  about  the 
paper's  recent  suspension. 

"It  was  one  of  the  best  student  news- 
papers in  Canada  for  most  of  the  cen- 
tury," said  Fotheringham. 

He  said  the  AMS  acted  in  a  predictably 
heavy-handed  manner  when  faced  with 
an  adversarial  Ubyssey. 

"All  establishments  wantto  shutdown 
all  newspapers,"  he  said. 

Joe  Schleisinger,  The  Ubysse/s  editor- 
in-chief  in  1952-53  and  now  CBC  televi- 
sion's chief  political  correspondent,  said 
the  publications  board  will  end  legiti- 
mate criticism  of  student  council. 

"Now  they're  going  to  start  a  safe, 
boring  little  paper  that  no  one  will  sue 
and  no  one  will  read,"  he  said.  "The 
Ubyssey  gave  that  campus  life,  a  sense  of 
community." 

However,  Fotheringham  noted  the 
paper  had  become  increasingly  alien- 
ated from  the  student  body  in  recent 
years. 

"It  got  terribly  earnest  and  left-wing," 
he  said,  adding  it  dealt  with  non-student 
issues  as  much  as  it  did  with  campus- 
related  news. 

"It's  not  something  people  pick  up 
and  argue  about,"  he  said. 

Fotheringham  said  he  is  unsure  if  he 
will  write  a  column  about  The  Ubysse/s 
predicament  or  if  he  will  act  on  the  pa- 
per's behalf.  □ 


"I  would  have  to  disagree  with  that  to 
an  extent,"  Boyle  said,  explaining  that 
the  board  was  one  of  five  options  dis- 
cussed at  the  May  meeting  and  that  the 
paper's  staff  knew  that  all  along. 

The  fate  of  The  Ubyssey  and  its  current 
editorial  staff  remains  undecided. 

The  paper  has  appealed  for  support  to 
the  Canadian  University  Press  and  still 
hopes  to  somehow  reverse  the  AMS's 
decision. 

However,  Cook  said  he  may  apply  for 
reinstatement  of  The  Ubyssey  under  the 
control  of  the  publications  board.  □ 


Students  choose  poverty:  federal  Tory  report 


by  Arn  Keeling 

Charlatan  Staff 

•  A  federal  report  from  the  Standing 
Committee  on  Health  and  Welfare,  So- 
cial Affairs,  Seniors  and  the  Status  of 
Women  recommends  changes  to  the  defi- 
nition of  poverty  that  will  exclude  many 
students. 

The  committee's  latest  report,  "To- 
wards 2000:  Eliminating  Child  Poverty," 
recommends  full-time  students  without 
dependents  should  not  be  included  in 
new  bench-marks  evaluating  poverty  and 
"income  inequality." 

The  federal  government  currently  uses 
a  Statistics  Canada  poverty  assessment 
called  the  Low  Income  Cut-Off  to  deter- 
mine funding  for  social  programs  such 


as  income  assistance.  The  committee  is 
now  looking  at  how  that  assessment  is 
determined  and  how  it  is  used. 

"We're  just  trying  to  see  who's  really 
poor,"  says  the  committee  chair.  Progres- 
sive Conservative  MP  Barbara  Greene. 

The  committee,  also  says  families 
headed  by  full-time  students  should  an- 
swer questionnaires  to  establish  their  level 
of  economic  hardship. 

"Post-secondary  students  make  their 
choices  voluntarily,"  says  the  report,  ta- 
bled in  the  House  of  Commons  [une  15. 
"Most  students  do  not  suffer  a  low  stand- 
ard of  living  in  the  same  way  as  do  truly 
poor  persons." 

She  says  Statistics  Canada  should  col- 
lect more  specific  data  on  living  in  pov- 


erty, using  such  devices  as  questionnaires. 

Greene  says  such  questionnaires 
should  be  used  to  make  the  current  Low 
Income  Cut-Off  figure  more  accurate. 
This  is  determined  by  Statistics  Canada 
based  on  income  surveys  which  indicate 
whether  a  person  or  family  is  living  in 
poverty. 

Jocelyn  Charron,  communications 
officer  for  the  Canadian  Federation  of 
Students  (CFS),  says  students  do  suffer 
from  low  incomes  and  are  suffering  even 
more  from  government  cutbacks, 

"It  may  be  true  (that  students)  choose 
to  go  to  school,  but  they  don't  choose  the 
conditions  where  grants  are  cut,  aid  is  cut 
and  tuition  is  raised,"  he  says. 

Under  the  heading  "The  Case  of  Stu- 


dents," the  report  says  students  "choose 
to  forego  current  income  in  exchange  for 
expectations  of  higher  future  income  and 
in  exchange  for  the  intangible  benefits 
associated  with  greater  learning." 

But  Charron  says  the  report  reveals 
the  government's  misunderstanding  of 
the  conditions  faced  by  students  and  the 
supposed  benefits  obtained  from  a  post- 
secondary  education. 

"They  look  on  student  poverty  as  a 
given,"  he  said.  "That  mentality  really 
shows  their  (the  committee  members') 
age." 

But  Greene  says  the  committee  hopes 
questionnaires  will  establish  whether  or 

POVERTY  cont'd  on  page  8 


June  24,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  5 


Giving  A 
sHit 


by  Angie  Gallop 
Charlatan  Staff 


"I  went  from  a  small  special  education  class  in 
public  school  to  a  big  collegiate  high  school  with 
1 ,500  students  ....  I  had  great  difficulty  learning  in 
the  large  classrooms.  I  couldn't  ask  questions.  I 
didn't  care  enough  to  ask  questions.  I  would  skip 
and  get  behind.  The  year  before  I  had  failed  the 
whole  year  so  when  I  came  back  it  was  even  worse. 
I  dropped  out.  My  parents  took  me  to  a  family  psy- 
chiatrist who  I  still  hate  to  this  day.  He  wasn't  sym- 
pathetic to  me  because  I  wasn't  paying  for  the  ses- 
sions. (My  parents)  were  always  right.  He  (told  them) 
to  'kick  her  out  and  make  her  live  in  a  group  home  to 
smarten  her  up.'  I  took  that  as  a  threat.  I  never 
thought  it  would  happen  to  me.  I  had  just  turned  1 6 
and  I  took  off.  I  realize  the  garbage  and  stress  that  I 
caused  for  my  mom  right  now,  but  at  that  time  I 
didn't  care.  Two  weeks  later  I  came  home.  It  was  in 
the  evening  and  I  wasn't  welcome.  My  mom  went 
hysterical  and  called  the  police.  It  all  came  crash- 
ing down  on  me.  My  life  changed  in  that  one  night.  I 
was  sent  to  a  hostel  where  I  had  to  stay  for  a  month. 
Even  during  Christmas.  It  was  very  depressing." 


"I  felt  very  alienated.  I  didn't 
make  education  a  priority.  I  made 
making  friends,  becoming  cool  my 
priorities  —  popularity.  I  had  blue 
hair  in  a  very  conservative  preppy 
school.  It  was  a  matter  of  wanting 
to  make  friends  but  hating  every- 
body there.  There  was  a  group  of 
about  1 0  of  us.  We  were  the  're- 
jects of  the  school.'  We  didn't 
have  anything  in  common  with 
anybody.  We'd  go  out  and  steal 


"I  was  a  spoiled  brat.  My  friend's 
parents  would  be  away.  I'd  go 
over  Friday  night.  We'd  raid  their 
wine  cellar.  We'd  steal  mickeys 
from  the  liquor  store.  We'd  get 
what  ever  we  could.  First  I  started 
staying  out  overnight,  then  two 
nights,  then  half  a  week.  We'd 
also  do  a  lot  of  experimenting 
with  drugs  and  alcohol  and  over 
time  we  were  doing  a  lot." 


6  •  The  Charlatan  ■  June  24,  1993 


Brent  Patterson  is  a  spokesper- 
son for  the  John  Howard  Society,  an 
agency  which  helps  individuals  who 
have  been,  or  could  be,  in  trouble 
with  the  law.  He  believes  KYTES  is  a 
program  which  helps  keep  such  peo- 
ple out  of  trouble. 

In  a  letter  to  Employment  and 
Immigration  Minister  Bernard 
Valcourt,  Patterson  noted  that  six 
out  of  eight  job-training  programs 
for  youth  have  been  cut  in  Metro- 
politan Torontosince  1989and  fund- 
ing for  the  remaining  programs  has 
been  reduced  each  year. 

"It  is  our  contention  that  if  addi- 
tional money  is  not  spent  on  youth 
employment  programs,  more  money 
will  be  spent  in  other  areas,  includ- 
ing unemployment  insurance,  so- 
cial assistance,  health  and  welfare 
and  correctional  services,  "  the  let- 
ter reads. 

But  Seward  says  her  department 
already  has  a  Specialized  Youth 
Unit,  an  office  in  Toronto  which  is 
committed  to  the  problems  of  dis- 
advantaged kids. 

She  says  it  is  responsible  for  many 
youth  programs  but  could  not  say 
how  many,  and  was  unable  to  con- 
firm how  many  employment  skills 
programs  for  youth  there  are  in 
Toronto  right  now. 

"We  are  not  cutting  funding  for 
(disadvantaged  youth), "  she  says. 
"We  are  merely  discontinuing 
KYTES'  funding  for  the  reasons  al- 
ready mentioned." 

Crockford  says  Toronto  has  six  or 
seven  programs  which  prepare 
youths  for  the  job  market,  but  these 
are  not  strictly  for  street  youth  or 
youth  dealing  with  addiction  prob- 
lems like  KYTES. 

"There  are  different  needs  inher- 
ent in  addiction  problems  which 
are  incompatible  with  employment 
programming,"  he  says.  "I'm  not 
sure  any  employment  program 
would  take  on  alcohol  or  drug  prob- 
lems. Our  mandate  is  to  put  people 
in  the  workforce  and  we  expect  to 
achieve  this  end." 

When  asked  how  the  government 
is  helping  street  kids,  Seward  said 
organizations  like  the  Specialized 
Youth  Unit  are  currently  looking  at 
"options.  " 


While  KYTES  is  determined  to 
stick  around,  the  federal  cut  is  go- 
ing to  hurt  the  program.  Right  now, 
Dickens  and  KYTES'  alumni  are 
working  to  raise  funds  so  they  can 
start  fresh  in  September. 

KYTES  had  taken  over  the  site  of 
an  abandoned  night  club  and  reno- 
vated it,  adding  a  theatre,  kitchen, 
classroom,  woodshop,  office  and 
lobby.  Now  it  will  no  longer  be  able 
to  afford  this  space. 

KYTES  will  be  moving  at  the  end 
of  the  month  to  a  smaller  space 
which  is  being  rented  to  them  at  a 
discount.  Dickens  is  looking  for 
another  space  to  house  the  project 
in  September. 

The  KYTES  staff  has  now  been 
reduced  from  five  to  two  people. 
But  to  Dickens,  the  most  crucial 
loss  is  the  ability  to  offer  wages  to 
the  youths  in  the  program. 

"It  used  to  be  that  youths  who 
worked  for  KYTES  were  able  to 
come  off  of  welfare  because  we 
were  able  to  pay  them  minimum 
wage."  he  says.  "Without  the  pay- 
roll, the  basic  motivation  for  youths 
to  show  up  every  day  is  gone.  Being 
there  is  a  job  skill  we  are  trying  to 
teach  and  this  is  harder  than  it 
sounds  when  (they've)  never  had  a 
job  or  a  routine  or  a  home." 


ing  to  increase  the  amount  of  their 
donations." 

He  says  at  full  strength  KYTES' 
annual  budget  was  S600.000.  His 
revised  annual  budget  is  S275.000. 

Right  now,  Dickens  says  he  is 
looking  at  creative  ways  to  make 
up  for  these  losses,  such  as  getting 
some  of  the  alumni  to  volunteer. 

Some  KYTES  alumni  are  already 
involved  with  the  funding  drive, 
and  took  the  time  to  travel  to  Ot- 
tawa to  attend  the  protest  on  Par- 
liament Hill. 

Although  it  is  unable  to  meet  the 
quota  for  employed  alumni,  KYTES 
seems  to  have  achieved  its  goal  with 
Katrin  Clouse.  She  not  only  gives  a 
shit'  about  her  life,  but  she  cares 
enough  to  volunteer  her  time  to 
help  the  program  that  helped  her. 

Although  Clouse  is  mad  at  the 
government  for  cutting  the  funding 
to  the  KYTES  program,  she  says  the 
spirit  of  KYTES  will  not  be  defeated. 

As  for  the  rally  on  Parliament 
Hill,  Clouse  says  she  was  disap- 
pointed because  the  only  solidarity 
she  found  was  people  blaming  the 
government  for  their  problems,  in- 
stead of  focusing  on  solutions. 

If  the  goal  of  KYTES  is  to  give  its 
members  a  sense  of  being  responsi- 
ble so  that  they  can  function  in  the 
jobs  Employment  and  Immigration 
insists  they  find,  it  has  succeeded 
for  Katrin  Clouse. 

She  feels  people  and  organiza- 
tions, like  KYTES,  have  to  start  tak- 
ing the  responsibility  to  find  the 
answers  to  their  dilemmas. 

"If  I  have  a  problem."  she  says 
"I'll  do  what  I  can  and  not  yell  at 
someone  else  to  do  it  for  me. "  J 


th  at  the  hostel  scared  the  living  day- 
f  me  because  I  wasn't  used  to  that.  I  had 
downtown.  The  violence,  drug  addicts, 
,  were  all  in  my  face  for  the  first  time.  I 
e  a  choice  to  either  be  like  them  or  to 
I  life  back  which  I  wanted.  I  went  to  an 
School  which  was  great  but  then  my 
>  along.  There  was  something  about  the 
•gether.  We'd  do  something  illegal.  We 
and  I  ended  up  in  jail  for  half  a  month, 
this  I  ended  up  out  on  bail  with  a  curfew 
to  stay  at  a  group  home.  I  was  forced  to 
didn't  want  to  be  there.  Life  was  a  drag, 
said  I  had  to  stay  unless  I  went  back  to 
at  a  job.  I  heard  about  KYTES  through  a 
aid  I've  got  this  great  job  where  I  get  to 
I  neat  things.'  I  got  an  interview  right 
was  scared  to  tell  them  that  I  was  living 
tome,  that  I  had  a  criminal  record  and 
t  have  to  take  days  off  for  court.  I  was 
tuldn't  be  hired.  Actually,  I  got  hired  on  all 
rs  because  of  what  KYTES  is  all  about." 


It  was  a  coincidence  that  I  love 
theatre  and  the  program  uses 
theatre  as  a  tool  to  get  a  group  to 
work  together.  The  whole  concept 
really  worked  for  me.  I've  learned 
life  skills  like  communication,  how 
to  do  a  resume,  how  to  hunt  for  a 
job.  I  earned  three  school  credits 
and  I've  made  friends  I  still  have 
today.  I  finished  KYTES  and  went 
back  to  school.  Half  a  year  later  I 
left  the  group  home  and  moved 
back  in  with  my  parents.  Our  rela- 
tionship is  a  lot  better.  Now  I  live 
on  my  own,  I've  got  a  great  place 
and  I've  just  been  accepted  into 
the  University  of  Toronto.  It's  the 
transitional  year  program  —  p re- 
university  courses  but  I  am  con- 
sidered a  university  student.  I  am 
still  using  KYTES.  There  are  peo- 
ple here  to  give  me  advice.  They 
are  not  trying  to  push  their  opin- 
ions down  my  throat  —  no  religion. 
It's  just  a  place,  my  place  to  do 
whatever  I  want  really.  I'm  still  on 
welfare  and  I  will  be  on  OSAP. 
They  don't  discriminate  against 
me  because  of  that." 


Ph°*o*  by 


Despite  having  their  government 
funding  pulled,  KYTES  members 
have  not  relented  in  pursuing  other 
means  of  support. 

"We're  not  going  to  give  up," 
says  Clouse.  "We're  not  going  to  let 
a  lousy  funding  cut  beat  us." 

KYTES  recently  held  an  "aware- 
ness show"  called  CUT  THIS.  The 
posters  advertising  the  show  fea- 
ture a  fist  with  its  index  finger 
raised. 

"We  are  trying  to  make  it  clear 
that  we  are  here  to  stay  by  raising 
funds,  and  we  are  quite  excited 
about  what  we've  done. "  says  Dick- 
ens. "  We  have  already  raised  a  quar- 
ter of  our  budget  for  next  year  by 
approaching  corporations,  and 
asking  our  other  sources  of  fund 


|une24,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


Tories  run  wild  at  Ottawa  convention 


by  Angie  Gallop,  Am  Keeling  and 
Andrea  Smith 

The  Tory  Spies 

National  leadership  conventions,  such 
as  the  Progressive  Conservative  gather- 
ing in  Ottawa  June  9-13,  have  the  repu- 
tation of  being  huge  parties. 

With  that  in  mind  —  and  nagging 
doubts  about  the  ability  of  Tories  to  really 
party  —  The  Charlatan  sent  three  intrepid 
reporters  into  the  fray  June  12,  the  night 
before  voting. 

Saturday,  June  12,  10:15  p.m. 

That  day,  Jean  Charest  delivered  a 
fiery  speech  at  the  Civic  Centre  eclipsing 
the  other  candidates,  including  front- 
runnerKim  Campbell.  After  the  speeches 
and  the  hoopla,  delegates  piled  into  buses 
and  headed  out  for  late-night  partying. 

Kim  Campbell  held  her  bash  at  the 
Ottawa  Congress  Centre,  featuring  Much 
Music  video  screens  and  tables  stocked 
with  B.C.  salmon. 

However,  as  we  arrived,  we  were  nearly 
stampeded  by  Campbell  youth  delegates 
escaping  the  building.  Inside,  the  reason 
was  apparent:  huge  video  screens  showed 
Bob  Seger  wheezing  away  at  "Old  Time 
Rock  and  Roll,"  the  tables  were  scraped 
clean  of  salmon  and  beer  prices  were 
$3.95  per  cup. 

Beating  a  hasty  retreat,  we  rambled 
across  the  interprovincial  bridge  to  Hull, 
where  live  music  and  rewed-up  delegates 
at  the  Jean  Charest  party  awaited. 
Saturday,  June  12,  11:32  p.m. 
The  Museum  of  Civilization  hosted 


Jean  and  Michele  Charest  schmoozed  heartily  at  the  best  of  the  Tory  bashes. 


Charest's  bash;  the  irony  of  seeing  bray- 
ing Tories  surrounded  by  exquisite  Na- 
tive totems  and  stunning  architecture 
was  not  lost  on  us. 

At  the  Charest  function,  the  beer 
flowed  steadily — only  two  bucks  a  cup — 
and  the  delegates  hungrily  grazed  on  oft- 
replenished  veggie  trays. 

As  we  settled  in  for  the  festivities  — 
featuring  several  singers  and  bands  in- 
cluding Big  Sugar  and  Sue  Medley  —  we 


noticed  more  and  more  yellow  Jim 
Edwards  shirts  popping  up  in  the  crowd. 
It  was  obvious  who  else's  party,  besides 
Campbell's,  had  died. 

But  even  though  the  ultra-cool  Big 
Sugar  was  on  stage,  Tory  organizers  had 
them  cranking  out  old  Rolling  Stones' 
and  Doors'  tunes.  Later  the  crowd  was 
subjected  to  the  revolting  Dan  Gallagher 
whipping  himself  into  a  frenzy  and  cheer- 
ing for  Charest. 


Funding  for  universities  to  be  cut 

Ontario  universities  react  to  the  NDP's  social  contract 


The  Ontario  government's  1993 
budget  and  its  social  contract  initiative 
are  cutting  into  the  Carieton  university 
budget,  to  the  tune  of  $9.4  million  dollars 
(see  page  3). 

Carieton,  however,  is  not  alone  — 
Ontario  universities  stand  to  lose  $118 
million  dollars  this  year  from  the  social 
contract. 

Following  are  stories  on  how  other 
universities  are  dealing  with  the  fiscal 
reality  imposed  on  them  by  the  provin- 
cial NDP  government. 

by  David  T.  Cote 

Trie  Brack  Press.  Brock  University,  91  Cflllwrfnes 

Brock  University's  administration  is 
preparing  itself  for  a  financial  crunch  to 
the  tune  of  at  least  $2  million  dollars  in 
the  wake  of  announced  provincial  gov- 
ernment cutbacks. 

OntarioNDPtreasurer  Floyd  Laughren 
finalized  cutbacks  on  May  20  that  would 
cut  its  total  expenditures  by  $4  billion, 
with  another  $2  billion  in  cuts  to  be 
negotiated  with  the  public  sector. 

Under  the  plan,  transfer  payments  to 
universities  and  colleges  will  be  cut  by 
$92  million  in  the  1993-94  fiscal  year. 

Seventy-five  per  cent  of  Brock's  fund- 
ing comes  from  government  grants  and 
each  one  per  cent  cut  represents  a 
$450,000  loss  to  Brock.  General  operat- 
ing grants  to  universities  ore  slated  for  a 
0.8  per  cent  cut. 

'i  do  not  argue  there  is  a  need  to  get 
government  expenditures  under  control 
but  I  believe  cuts  to  the  educational  sys- 
tem are  putting  the  future  of  the  province 
on  the  table,"  said  Dr.  Terrance  White, 
Brock  University  president 

Despite  very  serious  financial  impli- 
cations fadng  the  university,  White  re- 
mains firm  on  his  commitment  that  no 
personnel  will  be  laid  off  In  the  1993-94 
year. 


"We  will  make  our  necessary  reduc- 
tions in  areas  other  than  permanent 
employees,"  he  said. 

But  White  said  (he  news  was  not  as 
good  for  students. 

"As  the  situation  stands  now,  its's 
looking  like  there  will  be  student  fee 
hikes,"  said  White.  □ 

by  John  Ludic 

The  Ontario},  Gueiph  Univafsiiy .  Gueiph 

Despite  opposition  from  the  Cana- 
dian Federation  of  Students  —  Ontario 
(CFS-O)  and  the  province's  university 
professors,  the  NDP  government  wiB  go 
ahead  with  its  cuts  to  higher  education. 

Budget  1993  will  cut  deeply  into  the 
Ministry  of  Education  and  Training.  The 
NDP's  social  contract  to  cut  public  serv- 
ice employees'  wages  and  benefits  alone 
will  sever  $52  million  from  colleges  and 
$1 18  million  from  universities. 

The  University  of  Guelph  will  also 
lose  about  $3  million  in  annual  grants. 

"Budget  1993  demonstrates  the  NDP 
government's  incessant  refusal  to  stand 
by  Its  social  policies, "  said  CFS-O  chair 
Ken  Craft. 

"Bob  Rae's  government  has  once 
again  successfully  undermined  its  com- 
mitment to  Ontario's  college  and  uni- 
versity students." 

Saul  Ross,  president  of  the  Ontario 
Confederation  of  University  Faculty  As- 
sociations (OCUFA),  said  cuts  to  higher 
education  will  hurt  students  and  the 
economic  recovery. 

He  said  there  is  a  "consensus  about 
the  need  for  higher  education  in  the 
labor  market;  increasingly,  new  jobs  will 
require  post-secondary  education." 

Ross  said  it  will  be  harder  for  poor  and 
working-dass  students  to  get  access  to 
the  dwindling  number  of  post-second- 
ary spaces. 

He  also  said  OCUFA  predicts  increas- 


ing class  sizes,  reduced  or  eliminated  pro- 
grams, and  cuts  to  libraries,  facilities  and 
support  services.  □ 

The  Varsity,  University  of  Toronto 

Toronto  (CUP)  —  Faculty  at  Ontario's 
colleges  and  universities  were  the  first 
public  employees  to  abandon  the  social 
contract  talks  on  June  3. 

Later  that  day,  the  rest  of  the  public 
sector  unions  joined  them,  voting  unani- 
mously to  reject  the  province's  final  pro- 
posal. 

The  so-called  social  contract  included 
negotiations  on  the  province's  proposal 
to  cut  payroll  costs  by  $2  billion. 

Staff  and  faculty  representatives  said 
the  talks  represented  a  threat  to  tradi- 
tional collective  bargaining. 

Normally,  the  Ministry  of  Colleges  and 
Universities  gives  each  institution  a  lump 
sum,  with  each  school  then  working  out 
wage  agreements  with  its  unions. 

The  social  contract  proposed  opening 
up  all  these  agreements  simultaneously 
and  modifying  them  as  a  group. 

"We  (the  staff)  have  a  collective  agree- 
ment with  the  administration,''  said  Bill 
Graham,  president  of  the  U  of  T  faculty 
association,  who  represented  the  univer- 
sity at  the  talks.  "We  do  not  expect  them 
to  arbitrarily  abrogate  it." 

John  Malcolm,  president  of  the  U  of  T 
staff  association,  was  also  part  of  the 
negotiating  team.  He  expressed  scepti- 
cism at  the  government  promise  of  alter- 
nate employment  for  laid-off  staff. 

"You  tell  me  where  'suitable  vacan- 
cies' exist  if  you're  already  laying  off 
thousands  of  people,"  he  said. 

Nor  did  Malcolm  see  any  hope  for 
achieving  any  compromise  on  job  secu- 
rity, his  union's  main  demand. 

"With  security  guaranteed,  we  would 
have  looked  for  ways  to  reduce  costs,"  he 
said.  a 


There  was  no  mistaking  the  Tory  par- 
ty's demographics,  as  the  white  and  well- 
heeled  patrolled  the  floor.  There  were 
more  minorities  on  stage  performing  than 
there  were  among  the  throng. 

Although  drinking  and  dancing 
seemed  to  be  big  on  the  itinerary,  a  much 
subtler  party  agenda  became  apparent. 
Back-slapping  in  the  beer  line  was  com- 
mon as  delegates  from  other  camps  were 
recruited  by  eager  Charest  supporters. 

"So,  those  hours  in  our  office  paid  off 
after  all,"  one  Charest  delegate  was  over- 
heard saying  as  another  delegate  flashed 
him  a  Charest  badge. 

Some  Tories  had  their  fun  paid  for; 
those  delegates  sporting  pins  saying  "I'm 
undecided:  buy  me  a  drink"  never  had 
empty  beer  cups. 

Most  of  the  time  the  parties  —  like  the 
whole  convention  —  resembled  a  univer- 
sity frosh  week  as  delegates  from  oppo- 
site camps  engaged  in  cheering  wars  and 
drinking.  There  was  even  a  fight  in  the 
Civic  Centre's  stands  between  a  Charest 
delegate  and  a  Campbell  supporter. 
Sunday,  June  13,  1:08  a.m. 
As  the  crowd  began  to  mellow  and  the 
beer  cups  were  swept  away,  the  awful 
realization  hit  us;  despite  railing  against 
the  deficit  with  all  the  zeal  of  fundamen- 
talistpreachers,  the  Progressive  Conserva- 
tives are,  like  those  same  preachers,  sub- 
ject to  primal  human  behaviour  and  were 
willing  to  spend  a  bundle  to  celebrate 
that  fact.  □ 


POVERTY  cont'd  from  page  5 

not  there  is  a  real  need  among  students. 
Students  with  summer  jobs  or  whose  par- 
ents are  paying  their  fees  may  not  be 
included  in  low-income  statistics,  she  says. 

"(The  report)  is  just  another  measure 
of  poverty,  an  accurate  one, "  says  Greene. 

But  Francois  Dumaine,  acting  director 
for  the  National  Anti-Poverty  Organiza- 
tion, says  the  report  was  not  accurate  at 
all. 

"They  (the  committee  members)  are 
trying  to  sidetrack  from  poverty,"  said 
Dumaine. 

He  says  his  organization  withdrew 
from  the  committee  last  year  because  it 
felt  Barbara  Greene  was  pushing  an 
agenda  to  "redefine"  poverty  rather  than 
fight  it. 

Dumaine  says  the  exemption  of  stu- 
dents from  poverty  statistics  shows  how 
insensitive  the  committee  is  to  poverty. 

"It  marginalizes  the  reality  of  many 
Canadians,"  he  says. 

In  fact,  Dumaine  says,  student  pov- 
erty is  on  the  rise. 

"We've  seen  a  very  big  increase  in  the 
number  of  food  banks  on  university  cam- 
puses across  the  country,"  he  says. 

Charron  says  the  CFS  does  not  keep 
statistics  on  the  numbers  of  students  liv- 
ing below  the  low-income  cutoff  or  other- 
wise in  poverty. 

The  report's  recommendations  are  now 
being  reviewed  by  various  government 
committees  and  won't  be  adopted  until 
after  the  next  election,  providing  the 
Tories  are  re-elected,  said  Greene. 

Charron  says  the  CFS  won't  lobby 
against  the  report  until  after  it  has  fin- 
ished fighting  the  upcoming  election.  □ 

Letter  on  the 
Learneds 

Editor: 

I'm  sure  that  I'm  not  the  only  one  who 
noticed  that  when  the  Leameds  left,  the 
picnic  tables  in  the  academic  quad  disap- 
peared. So,  what  I'm  wondering  now  is, 
when  are  the  new  signs  coming  down? 

Dawn  K.  Walton 
journalism  IV 


8  •  The  Charlatan  •  June  24,  1993 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Baa,  Baa 
councillors. 

Have  you 
any  spine? 

It  seems  CUSA  councillors  are  a  bunch  of 
sheep,  and  if  we're  not  careful,  we  could  all 
get  sheared. 
At  the  CUSA  council  meeting  on  Monday, 
June  21,  this  became  as  dear  as  the  blatant 
apathy  of  the  councillors  was  apparent.  Although  the 
agenda  called  it  the  third  "official"  meeting  of  CUSA, 
things  were  about  as  unofficial  as  you  could  get. 

Councillors  spent  over  an  hour  bickering  over  the 
fine  details  of  giving  $500  to  the  campus  mediation 
centre,  $500  to  a  student  going  on  a  development 
project  in  Costa  Rica,  and  about  51,900  to  send  two 
students  to  a  conference  about  disabilities  in  the  United 
States. 

Grand  total:  $2,943.36. 

They  then  passed  the  1993-94  capital  budget  in 
eleven  minutes,  asking  only  a  handful  of  questions. 
Grand  total:  $106,717.56. 

Councillors  seemed  to  know  everything  about  the 
finer  points  of  CUSA  finance  when  discussing  outside 
requests  for  money,  but  when  finance  commissioner 
Rene  Faucher  presented  his  capital  budget  for  approval, 
it  was  passed  with  hardly  a  whimper. 

If  these  are  the  people  responsible  for  overseeing 
CUSA's  $2.2  million  budget  this  year,  I  want  out. 

While  every  item  in  the  capital  budget  may  be 
perfectly  legitimate,  it  is  foolish  of  council  to  just  accept 
the  executive's  actions  without  question.  It  is  the  duty  of 
councillors  not  only  to  represent  their  constituents,  but 
to  act  as  a  check  on  the  executive.  Last  time  we  checked 
councillors'  election  promises,  none  of  them  said  they'd 
act  as  a  rubber  stamp  of  approval  for  the  finance 
commissioner. 

So  let's  see  some  action  —  and  responsibility.  This 
doesn't  mean  councillors  have  to  go  for  the  jugulars  of 
all  executive  members,  but  it  does  mean  they  should 
examine  what  goes  on  a  little  more  closely.  We  elected 
these  people  to  think,  not  sit  in  silence  and  piss  $ 100,000 
of  our  money  away  without  question. 

Everyone  makes  mistakes  or  bad  choices.  Executive 
members  are  only  human.  They  are  bound  to  make 
mistakes,  and  mistakes  can  be  expensive. 

If  councillors  are  on  their  toes,  they  can  catch  these 
mistakes.  There  are  lots  of  ways  to  act  as  a  check  on  the 
executive.  Ask  questions.  Why  do  we  need  a  $30,000 
contingency  fund  (for  unplanned  expenses  that  come 
up  during  the  year)?  Do  we  really  need  a  $13,000 
electronic  billboard?  Does  Faucher  really  need  $750  for 
a  new  set  of  blinds? 

Councillors  should  be  asking  questions  and  doing 
their  research  (like  looking  at  last  year's  capital  budget). 
And  the  executive  should  be  giving  councillors  every 
opportunity  to  ask  these  questions  too.  The  budget  was 
put  out  for  councillors  to  pick  up  Monday  morning,  the 
day  of  the  meeting.  CUSA  vice-president  internal  Rob 
Jaimeson  says  he  had  copies  of  the  budget  on  Friday,  if 
someone  had  asked  him  for  one. 

At  least  one  councillor,  John  Edwards,  didn't  get  the 
budget  until  Monday  afternoon.  The  meeting  was  Mon- 
day night.  This  clearly  isn't  enough  time  to  go  through 
such  an  important  document  with  a  fine-tooth  comb. 

After  passing  the  capital  budget  with  such  speed, 
council  then  adjourned  for  what  was  supposed  to  be  a 
1 0-minute  break.  However,  some  councillors  and  mem- 
bers of  the  executive  didn't  come  back  after  1 0  minutes. 
With  just  a  few  councillors  needed  to  make  quorum 
after  the  break  and  more  than  half  an  agenda  left  to  go, 
council  chair  Dave  Gregory  quickly  adjourned  the  meet- 
ing. 

Guess  thaf  s  what  happens  when  you  let  someone 
become  council  chair  who,  as  the  vice-president  inter- 
nal, wanted  to  abolish  CUSA  council  two  years  ago. 

If  this  is  the  pattern  that  is  being  set  for  the  year,  we're 
all  in  trouble.  We  don't  need  meetings  that  end  halfway 
down  the  agenda,  shelving  council  business  that  has 
been  hanging  around  since  April  30.  We  don't  need 
councillors  that  can  spend  more  than  $ 106,000  without 
batting  on  eye. 

Too  bad  we  didn't  get  to  item  26  on  the  agenda,  a 
"Poor  attendance"  motion.  KJ 


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OPINION 


Allowed  to  be  proud? 


by  Tim  Riordan 

RionJan  is  a  director  at  the  Association  of  Lesbians  and  Gays  ot  Ottawa. 

Ottawa  Mayor  Jacquelin  Holzman  has 
made  yet  another  political  blunder. 
Earlier  in  the  spring,  the  mayor  was 
asked  to  officially  proclaim  Gay,  Lesbian 
and  Bisexual  (GLB)  Pride  Week,  fune  1 1- 
20. 

This  was  not  an  unusual  request.  The  only  difference 
from  last  year's  proclamation  is  that  she  was  asked  to 
include  bisexuals. 

After  considerable  delay,  Holtzman  issued  the  proc- 
lamation declaring  Gay  and  Lesbian  Pride  Week  at  the 
beg  in- 
ning of 
June  but 
specifi- 
cally re- 
fused to 
include 
bisexuals. 
Despite 
vocal  pro- 
test from 
the  GLB 
commu- 
nity and 
city  coun- 
c  i  1 1  o  r  s 
Diane 
Holmes 
and  Mark 
Moloney, 
Holzman 
has  stub- 
bornly re- 
fused to 
change  her  narrow  mind. 

This  decision  is  an  insult  to  the  GLB  community  at 
large  and  to  its  bisexual  members  in  particular.  Holzman 
is  not  in  a  position  to  determine  who  is  a  member  of  the 
GLB  community.  This  is  a  decision  we  have  already 
made  for  ourselves. 

Gay  and  lesbian  members  of  the  GLB  Pride  Week 
Committee  have  already  acknowledged  the  presence 
and  contribution  of  bisexual  people  by  changing  the 
names  of  the  committee  and  the  week  earlier  this  spring 
to  include  them. 

By  refusing  to  include  bisexuals,  the  mayor  is  forcing 
city  taxpayers  to  finance  her  prejudice. 

Michael  Smith,  the  chief  human  rights  officer  for  the 
City  of  Ottawa,  has  repeatedly  called  on  the  mayor  to 


Despite  the  ntnaround ,  the  GLB  community  marched  on  for  Pride  Week. 


issue  a  new  proclamation  which  includes  bisexuals.  He 
has  stated  that  "failure  to  do  so  could  leave  the  city 
vulnerable  to  a  complaint  under  the  Ontario  Human 
Rights  Code,"  because  Holzman's  actions  constitute 
discrimination  on  the  basis  of  sexual  orientation. 

Douglas  Wallace,  the  city  solicitor,  has  also  advised 
the  mayor  to  change  her  mind. 

If  the  desired  proclamation  is  not  forthcoming,  Bill 
Hunter,  the  Pride  Week  Committee  chair,  has  indicated 
that  a  formal  complaint  will  be  filed  with  the  Ontario 
Human  Rights  Commission. 

Defending  against  a  human  rights  inquiry  is  a  costly 
process,  so  even  if  the  mayor's  actions  are  not  found  to 

be  discrimi- 
natory, as 
they  likely 
will  be,  thou- 
sands of  tax 
dollars  will 
be  wasted  on 
legal  fees. 

Mayor 
Holzman  dis- 
played poor 
judgment  in 
refusing  to 
include  bi- 
sexuals in 
her  Pride 
Week  pro cla- 
3  m  a  t  i  o  n  . 
x  However,  the 
g  manner  in 
o  which  she 
K  and  her  staff 
have  han- 
dled the  re- 


sulting controversy  is  an  unqualified  disgrace. 

Holzman  has  refused  repeated  requests  to  meet  with 
representatives  of  the  GLB  community.  Her  staff  have 
not  returned  calls  and  have  not  been  able  to  provide  a 
reason  for  her  decision. 

It  is  about  time  that  the  mayor  swallowed  both  her 
pride  and  her  bias  and  behaved  in  a  manner  which  is 
consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Ontario  Human 
Rights  Code,  which  clearly  outlaws  discrimination  on 
the  basis  of  sexual  orientation. 

As  a  woman,  Holtzman  should  bear  in  mind  that  she 
is  a  member  of  a  group  that  has  traditional  lly  been 
subject  to  discrimination.  It  is  ironic  that  having  rising 
to  a  postion  of  authority,  she  would  now  refuse  to  assist 
the  efforts  of  another  group  to  free  themselves  from 
discrimination.  □ 


June  24,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  .  9 


—   SPORTS  

The  winning  power  of  black 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Stan 

Image. 

They  say  it's  everything. 

And  judging  by  recent  trends  in  the 
competitive  world  of  professional  sports, 
whoever  they  are,  they're  right. 

Because  in  the  never-ending  search 
for  that  elusive  winning  edge,  more  and 
more  sports  teams  are  dressing  their  play- 
ers in  black.  And  it's  paying  dividends. 

Just  consider  which  major  league 
teams  have  been  winners  in  recent  years. 
The  Pittsburg  Penguins.  The  Chicago 
Bulls.  Even  the  Los  Angeles  Kings  almost 
made  it  this  year.  Winners  wear  black. 

Then,  imagine  the  trendiest  and  most 
fashionable  organizations  in  any  major 
league.  Odds  are  that  they  too  worship  at 
the  black  jersey  altar. 


Black. 

According  to  psychologists,  itisacolor 
that  may  promote  aggression. 

"It  is  possible,"  says  Dr.  Luc  Pelletier,  a 
professor  of  psychology  at  the  University 
of  Ottawa  who  dabbles  in  sports  psychol- 
ogy. "Some  people  do  associate  black 
with  aggressive  behavior,"  he  says. 

"It's  a  stereotype,  a  belief  that  we  asso- 
ciate black  with  bad  things.  Villains  for 
example,  are  always  black  in  movies. 
Black  is  always  the  color  used  to  identify 
these  people.  What's  happened  is  that 
the  association  has  been  transferred  to 
other  settings  and  activities." 
OHara  agrees. 

"Black  has  this  rebellious  appeal, "  he 
says.  A  black  leather  jacket,  for  example, 
has  this  outlaw  image  and  that  appeals 
to  younger  kids.  Its  a  way  for  them  to 


Black  has  this  rebellious  appeal." 


Black. 

The  Los  Angeles  Raiders  of  the  Na- 
tional Football  League  was  the  first  team 
to  wear  a  black  uniform.  It  made  them 
look  tough.  It  made  them  talk  tough. 
And  when  they  get  on  the  field,  it  made 
them  play  tough. 

"The  Raiders  are  the  ones  that  started 
it  all,"  says  sports  psychologist  Tom 
O'Hara,  commenting  on  the  rise  of  black 
in  team  uniforms.  "They  were  successful 
and  they  had  that  pirate  image.  They 
were  known  as  a  tough,  never-stop  team." 

Other  professional  sports  teams  have 
followed  suit  on  the  black  fashion  band- 
wagonibaseballsAmericanLeagueChi-  I 
cago  White  Sox,  the  expansion  club  Mi- 
ami Heat  and  Orlando  Magic  of  the 
National  Basketball  Association.  Even 
the  Ottawa  Rough  Riders  of  the  Cana- 
dian Football  League  have  gone  from  I 
uniforms  trimmed  in  black  to  those  domi- 
nated by  it. 

But  nowhere  has  this  trend  toward 
black  uniforms  grown  faster  than  in  the 
National  Hockey  League.  During  the 
1970s,  only  the  Boston  Bruins  sported 
black  road  uniforms.  Now,  one  quarter  of 
NHL  teams  are  sporting  road  uniforms 
dominated  by  black  —  Vancouver,  Los 
Angeles,  Pittsburgh,  Boston,  Minnesota 
and  our  hometown  Ottawa  Senators. 


Dr.  Luc  Pelletier 


identify  with  their  sports  heroes." 

Studiesalsosupporttheassociation  of 
black  with  aggression. 

At  Cornell  University  during  the  mid- 
80s,  psychologist  Thomas  Gilovich  con- 
ducted a  study  testing  the  theory  that 
black-clad  teams  in  football  and  hockey 
received  more  penalties  than  those  not 
wearing  dark-colored  uniforms. 

Hissrudy,  using  statistics  from  1970to 
1986,  showed  that  the  five  NFL  teams 
with  black  uniforms  were  penalized  more 
than  the  league  average  in  all  but  one  of 
the  1 7  seasons  examined. 


80,  had  the  same  ownership,  same  play- 
ers and  coaches  before  and  after  the 
switch,  but  their  penalty  minutes  went 
up. 

In  the  35  games  after  the  switch,  the 
Penguins  averaged  1 2  minutes  per  game 
in  penalties,  a  50  per  cent  increase  over 
the  eight  they  had  averaged  when  they 
wore  blue. 

Black. 

It's  more  than  just  an  aggressive  mind- 
game  advantage.  It's  also  an  image  state- 
ment. 

According  to  fashion  design  experts, 
black  is  a  color  of  power. 

"Black  is  a  very  dramatic  color,"  says 
Brenda  Alldritt,  a  fashion  design  instruc- 
tor with  the  Ottawa  campus  of  the  To- 
ronto School  of  Business.  "Only  people 
who  are  very  confident  about  themselves 
will  wear  black.  Its  a  stated  look  that  can 
give  you  an  added  air  of  confidence". 

Black  is  a  classic  look,  she  says,  and 
thats  what  makes  it  so  popular. 

"If  s  a  timeless  fashion  that  will  never 
go  out  of  style.  It's  this  basic  shade  that 
will  get  you  a  lot  of  wear  because  it  goes 
well  with  everything." 

Other  Ottawa  fashion  designers  agree. 
"It's  a  very  elegant  color, "  says  fashion 
coordinator  Keith  Charles  of  the  fashion 
design  program  at  Algonquin  College. 

"It's  also  versatile.  You  can  coordinate 
it  with  anything.  Doesn't  matter  what 
you  match  it  with,  it  will  work.  It's  also 
very  wearable.  You  can  wear  a  black 
garment  many  times  over  before  it  will 
show  dirt,  if  it  will  show  dirt  at  all." 
Because  of  the  strong  fashion  state- 


Raven 
Rumblings 


"(Black)  makes  them  look  like  winners.  And  if 
they  look  like  winners,  they'll  play  like  winners." 

Brenda  Alldritt 


In  hockey,  the  five  teams  with  black  in 
their  uniforms  had  higher  average  pen- 
alty minutes  in  each  of  the  17  seasons 
and  ranked  first,  second,  third,  sixth  and 
10th  during  the  seasons  combined. 

While  many  factors  like  player  per- 
sonnel or  coaching  could  account  for 
these  high  penalty  figures,  Gilovich  found 
one  case  that  dispelled  these  possibilities. 

The  Pittsburgh  Penguins,  who  switched 
from  blue  to  black  in  mid-season  1979- 


ment  black  makes,  both  Charles  and 
Alldritt  say  its  quite  probable  that  many 
sports  teams  changed  over  to  black  be- 
cause of  the  fashion  element  involved. 

"It  makes  them  look  like  winners," 
says  Alldritt.  "And  if  they  look  like  win- 
ners, they'll  play  like  winners." 

Too  bad  some  of  the  red,  white  and 
black  Ravens  don't  follow  suit.  □ 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Chailalan  Slalt 


RANT  'ISP  RAVEN 


After  an  unprecedented  24th  Stanley 
Cup,  an  impressive  16-4  playoff  run, 
after  Stickgate  and  the  Forum  ghosts! 
after  10  straight  overtime  wins  and  11 
victories  by  one  goal  —  there  can  only  be 
one  explanation  for  the  Montreal 
Canadiens'  hockey  success. 

The  Devil. 

Now,'  stop  laughing.  Think  about  it 
and  consider  the  following.  First,  why  is  it 
that  almost  half  the  team's  players  have 
diabolical-sounding  names?  Denis, 
Dionne,  Desjardins,  DePietro,  Demers, 
Devil .  It's  clear  these  men  have  sold  their 
souls  to  Satan  in  return  for  a  drink  from 
the  Cup.  And  who's  the  most  damned  of 
them  all?  Scoring  leader  Vincent 
Damphousse,  that's  who.  Look  at  his 
name.  Damphousse.  Translated  it  reads 
'House  of  the  Damned.' 

Secondly,  what  better  way  is  there  to 
explain  the  goaltending  of  Patrick  Roy? 
Certainly  no  ordinary  mortal  could  have 
played  so  well  without  a  little  demonic 


10  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  June  24,  1993 


sorcery.  Pundits  claim  Roy  is  a  pillar  of 
concentration  in  pressure  situations.  And 
they're  right.  Because  when  the  game  is 
on  the  line,  Roy  just  tunes  into  Lucifer's 
private  play-by-play  broadcast  and  knows 
exactly  what  the  opposition  is  going  to 
do  before  they  do  it.  Must  be  pretty  hard 
to  blow  a  save  with  that  kind  of  color 
commentary. 

Next,  how  else  can  one  explain  the 
hellish  grin  that  flared  up  on  coach 
Jacques  Demers's  face  as  he  called  for  an 
illegal  stick  measurement  on  Marty 
McSorley  in  game  two  of  the  finals.  Well, 
when  your  head  scout  is  Satan  himself! 
you  can  be  pretty  damn  sure  his  informa- 
tion will  be  correct.  One  can  only  imag- 
ine how  hard  it  must  be  not  to  keep  a 
straight  face  with  that  kind  of  secret 
under  wraps. 

Then  there's  the  issue  of  captain  Guy 
Carbonneau.  With  15  seconds  left  to  play 
in  game  three  and  King  forwards  Tony 
Granato  and  Robert  Rychel  wreaking 
havoc  around  the  net,  Carbonneau  cov- 
ered up  the  puck  with  a  gloved  hand  in 


his  own  crease  preventing  a  goal.  A  sure 
penalty.  Except  to  referee  Terry  Gregson 
who  ruled  it  a  stoppage  in  play.  Makes 
you  wonder  who's  back  pocket  he's  in, 
doesn't  it? 

Finally  there's  the  damning  evidence 
of  Wayne  Gretzky.  The  greatest  hockey 
player  this  world  has  ever  seen  lost  a 
Stanley  Cup  final.  It's  unimaginable. 
Until  you  realize  all  his  God-given  talent 
never  really  had  a  chance  against  the 
demonic  powers  of  Beelzebub.  An  incred- 
ibly talented  athlete  against  a  god.  David 
versus  Goliath.  Only  it's  no  contestwhen 
you  realize  Goliath  has  the  sling.  Had  I 
known  earlier,  I  would  have  bet  my  life 
savings  on  the  Devil  as  well. 

They  say  the  Forum  is  a  shrine.  And  so 
it  is.  But  not  to  hockey.  It's  an  altar  and 
breeding  ground  for  lost  spirits  looking  to 
sell  their  souls  in  exchange  for  a  drink 
from  Lord  Stanley's  Cup.  And  that's  ex- 
actly what  the  Montreal  Canadiens  did 
this  year.  They  sold  their  souls  to  the 
demon  overlord  and  bought  a  one-way 
ticket  to  hell.  q 


CHEERS  AND  JEERS 

Thumbs  up  to  volleyball  players  Diane 
Scott  of  Winnipeg  and  Andy  Cameron  of 
Calgary  who  have  been  named  Cana- 
da's outstanding  university  female  and 
male  athletes  of  the  year.  The  pair  was 
picked  June  9  at  the  Canadian  Intercol- 
legiate Athletic  Union's  Howard  Mackie 
Awards  by  a  CIAU  awards  committee.Q 
Thumbs  down  (or  maybe  we  should 
say  pants  down)  to  the  Oxford  University 
rowing  crew.  According  to  a  recent  blurb 
in  the  Ottawa  Citizen,  the  team  got  caught 
rowing  in  the  nude  two  weeks  ago  by 
police.  After  a  late-night  drinking  ses- 
sion, eight  oarsmen  took  to  the  water. 
Their  coach,  also  nude,  rode  his  bicycle 
along  the  towpath  shouting  instructions, 
police  said.  Their  jaunt  on  the  River  Isis 
was  finally  halted  after  three  kilometres 
when  a  lockmaster,  awakened  by  the 
revelry,  called  police. 

"I  could  not  believe  my  eyes  when  I 
saw  the  lads  completely  naked  and  obvi- 
ously the  worse  the  wear  for  drink, "  said 
lockmaster  John  Chandler.  □ 

QUIZ 

During  the  past  10  years,  only  one 
major  league  baseball  player  has  hit  over 
300  in  every  season.  Name  him. 

The  answer  to  last  month's  question 
was  Andrei  Olhovskiy. 

(Sorry,  but  there  ain't  no  prize  for 
knowing  the  answer  until  we  rustle  up  a 
sponsor  for  the  new  school  year.)  □ 

VARSITY  NOTABLES 

Coreene  Smith  always  understood  that 
penalties  were  part  of  hockey.  But  she 
never  expected  to  be  penalized  for  being 
a  woman. 

Three  years  ago  Smith  was  successful 
in  goalie  tryouts  for  her  Sault  Ste.  Marie 
high-school  team  but  was  refused  play- 
ing time  by  the  high-school  men's  ath- 
letic association. 

She  took  her  case  to  the  Ontario  Hu- 
man Rights  Commission.  That  case  was 
due  to  be  heard  later  this  month  but  a 
settlement  has  been  reached. 

The  association  has  agreed  to  include 
statements  in  all  its  published  material 
declaringmembership  on  its  sports  teams 
is  open  to  both  sexes.  Smith  was  also  paid 
$2,500  in  general  damages. 

"I'm  very  happy  with  the  agreement, " 
said  Smith,  now  a  21 -year-old  psychol- 
ogy student  at  Bishop's  University  in 
Lennoxville,  Que. 

"It  was  a  long,  three  stressful  years, 
but  the  issue  had  to  be  addressed."  □ 

Arbitrator  Larry  Kelly  has  upheld  a 
four-year  suspension  of  an  University  of 
Ottawa  football  player. 

Mike  Lussier,  a  rookie  linebacker  with 
the  Gee-Gees,  illegally  tackled  Carleton 
Raven  Rob  Dunn  during  last  year's  Panda 
Game. 

Lussier's  helmet-first  tackle  broke 
Dunn's  jaw,  caused  a  concussion  and 
hospitalized  the  Raven  for  nine  days. 

Lussierwas  suspended  forthe  remain- 
der of  the  season  by  the  University  of 
Ottawa.  That  suspension  was  later  ex- 
tended to  four  years  by  the  Ontario  Que- 
bec Interuniversity  Football  Conference 
after  Carleton  protested  the  penalty  was 
too  light. 

Lussier  appealed  the  suspension  and 
Ottawa  lawyer  Kelly  was  asked  by  the 
OQIFC  to  determine  if  the  penalty  was 
reasonable.  q 

Missed  the  Olympics?  Don't  sweat  it. 
The  1993  World  University  Games, 
the  world's  second  largest  multi-sport 
event  after  the  Summer  Olympics,  will  be 
held  in  Buffalo,  N. Y.,  from  July  8- 1 8  6} 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Avoiding  individuality 


by  Pam  Chynn 

Charlatan  Staff 


Avoiding  Architecture 

June  10  &  11 
Gallery  101 


ou  too  can  leam  to  be  a 
Queen!" 

So  began  Avoiding  Architec- 
ture, a  two-man  show  writ- 
ten by  Andrew  Griffin.  The 
two  men  in  question  are 
Carl  Stewart,  who  portrayed  a  flam- 
boyant homosexual,  and  keyboardist 
Michael  Leon,  who  provided  the  back- 
ground music  for  the  evening. 
This  radical  but  hilarious  play  featured 
Stewart's  running  monologue  about  in- 
dividuality and  how  modem  society  ap- 
pears set  on  crushing  it.  In  a  society 
which  expects  conformity,  it  is  under- 
standable how  someone  belonging  to  a 
minority  group  --  in  this  case,  the 
homosexual  community  —  would  be 
aware  of  this  crisis. 

As  the  play's  title  suggests,  Stewart 
highlighted  his  argument  mainly  by  re- 
ferring to  architecture.  Society,  he  said, 
has  constructed  our  personalities  to  be  as 
purposeful  but  as  bland  as  the  modem 
buildings  we  see  constructed  around  us. 

It  was  quite  appropriate  that  he  chose 
to  refer  to  buildings  in  Ottawa,  a  city 
notorious  forits  conformist  and  conserva- 
tive nature  . 

Along  the  way,  Stewart  also  touched 
on  many,  many  other  areas  that  deal 
with  society's  repression  of  individuality. 
He  told  how  video  games,  television  and 
billboard  ads  present  us  with  an  artificial 
reality  that  not  only  distracts  us  from  our 
own  thoughts  and  feelings,  but  alienates 


us  from  them  as  well. 

Although  Stewart  raised  many  im- 
portant concerns  throughout,  the  audi- 
encewas,  at  times,  overloaded  with  just 
too  many  related  issues,  all  coming  one 
after  another.  He  talked  about  every- 
thing from  whales  to  the  debate  over 
same-sex  marriages. 

Afterawhile,  the  litany  of  facts  made 
his  performance  seem  not  only  radical, 
but  neurotic.  Perhaps  this  is  what  a 
success-driven  society  has  caused  inde- 
pendent spirits  to  become. 

Fortunately,  this  intense  side  was 
balanced  quite  skilfully  by  Stewart's 
often  hilarious  performance.  His  wacky 
dance  interpretations,  such  as  what  he 
thinks  of  the  people  who  frequent  the 
World  Exchange  Plaza,  were  enough  to 
get  the  audience  roaring  with  laughter. 

Songs  performed  by  Stewart  and  Leon 
were  interspersed  throughout  the  two- 
hour-long  performance.  The  tunes 
themselves  ranged  in  quality  from  tedi- 
ous to  amusing. 

The  first  song,  "The  Laws  of  God,  the 
Laws  of  Man, "  is  a  poem  by  A.E.  House- 
man about  how  we  are  unfairly  judg- 
mental of  others,  using  our  own  stand- 
ards or  those  set  for  us  by  society.  Al- 
though it  is  a  remarkably  beautiful  and 
passionate  poem,  its  nature  was  drained 
by  Leon's  lifeless  and  dull  reproduction 
of  it. 

More  successful  was  Stewart's  tune, 
"Success  Has  Made  a  Failure  of  Our 
Homos."  This  song,  which  describes  how 
modem  society's  workaholic  ethic  has 
robbed  us  of  time  we  need  to  spend  build- 
ing rewarding  relationships,  is  something 
many  couples  -  both  homosexual  and 
heterosexual  --  can  relate  to. 

The  play's  backdrop  was  a  huge  slide 
screen  featuring  images  pertaining  to 


Carl  Stewart:  Look  ma,  no  hangups^ 


whatever  Stewart  was  talking  about  at 
the  time.  At  one  point,  Stewart  showed 
one  slide  of  the  sexless  whale  sculptures 
hanging  from  the  ceiling  of  the  World 
Exchange  Plaza,  anotherofadiagramof 
an  anatomically  correct  whale  and  an- 


other of  real  whales  at  home 
in  theocean.  His  point?  Safe 
replicas  of  nature  obscure 
the  fact  that  we  are  destroy- 
ing the  whales  and  their 
environment. 

Some  slides  were  as  en- 
tertaining as  Stewart  him- 
self. The  most  memorable 
of  these  were  the  ones  where 
Stewart  and  his  friends  took 
on  the  Rideau  Centre 
dressed  in  drag  during  the 
Christmas  shopping  sea- 
son. 

In  the  mall,  they  distrib- 
uted pamphlets  in  the  mall 
that  offered  to  "Give  men  a 
makeover  and  let  women 
takeover."  According  to 
Stewart,  they  were  a  big  hit 
with  the  women  in  the 
mall's  fashion  and  cosmetic 
stores. 

The  evening  ended  with 
a  question  period  that  gave 
the  audience  a  chance  to 
converse  with  Griffin,  Stew- 
art and  Leon.  Here,  Stewart 
explained  how,  forhim,  the 
definition  forthe  word  "fag- 
got" could  well  be  expanded 
beyond  one's  sexual  orien- 
o  tation  to  refer  to  anyone 
m  who  is  an  individual. 

"I  know  some  straight 
people  who  are  better  fag- 
gots than  we  are,"  Stewart 
told  the  audience. 

So  when  he  kicked  off  the  show  with 
the  line,  "You  too  can  leam  to  be  a 
Queen,"  he  was  not  offering  a  lesson  on 
homosexuality,  but  rather  a  lesson  in 
individuality.  □ 


Seattle  forefathers  Push  onward 


by  Tim  Pryor 

Charlalan  Staff 

on't  accuse  Seattle 
Jl^\     sludge  rockers 

■  1     Gruntruck  of  capi- 

■  ^0     talizing  off  the  re- 

cent  explosion  of 
that  city's  music 
scene.  The  quartet  is  a  combina- 
tion of  scene  veterans  who  have 
paid  their  dues. 

Vocalist  Ben  McMillan  and 
drummer  Norman  Scott  both 
played  with  Seattle  forefathers  Skin 
Yard,  and  are  joined  by  ex-Na- 
palm Beach  bassist  Tim  Paul  and 
guitarist  Tom  Niemeyer  of  The 
Accused.  They  have  been  touring 
non-stop  since  the  October  release 
of  their  latest  album,  Push. 

After  the  excellent  dirge-fest  In- 
side Yours  on  eMpTy  records  in 
1990,  Roadrunner  Records  signed 
Gruntruck  and  re-released  the  al- 
bum nearly  two  years  later.  Pro- 
duced by  Skin  Yard  guitarist  and  pro- 
ducer Jack  Endino  (Mudhoney,  Nirvana, 
TAD),  the  album  combines  elements  of 
Skin  Yard  and  early  Soundgarden. 

However,  Niemeyer  says  Push  is  a  bet- 
ter example  of  the  band's  capabilities. 

'We  had  live  performances  under  our 
belt  after  we  did  Inside  Yours  —  we  gigged 
around  here  and  there.  This  solidified 


Gruntruck  sludges  through  another  photo  shoot. 


what  we  were  after,  because  Inside  Yours 
was  a  real  big  experiment.  On  Push  we 
acted  more  like  a  band;  it  was  more 
focused." 

A  tour  with  Screaming  Trees  and  Alice 
in  Chains  last  fall  helped  expose 
Gruntruck  to  a  more  mainstream  audi- 
ence. 

"That  tour  really  helped  us.  A  lot  of 


people  hadn't  heard  of  Gruntruck.  We 
made  a  lot  of  really  good  friends,  and 
they're  all  coming  back  (to  see  us  this 
time  around),"  says  Niemeyer. 

Montreal  was  one  of  his  favorite  spots 
on  that  tour. 

"Ben  and  I  stayed  up  all  night  and 
were  walking  around  Montreal,  drunk 
off  our  asses,  and  there  were  all  these 


people  hanging  out,  who  prob- 
ably didn't  even  care  about  rock 
and  roll,  and  we  put  them  on  the 
guest  list. 

"It  was  great  because  all  these 
street  people  came  to  the  show.  We 
bought  them  all  drinks  and  gave 
them  food.  However,  that  show 
wasn't  a  really  good  example  of 
how  tight  we  can  be,  because  we 
were  drinking  all  day  and  night." 

In  the  spirit  of  promotion, 
Gruntruck  made  a  video  for 
"Tribe,"  the  first  single  off  the  new 
album,  but  Niemeyer  says  it  wasn't 
a  pleasant  experience. 

"The  video  for  "Tribe"  didn't 
really  come  out  as  we  wanted  it," 
he  says.  "After  doing  "Tribe,"  I 
never  wanted  to  do  videos  again.  It 
was  like  having  a  really  bad  rela- 
tionship and  then  hating  all 
women  because  of  one  girl. 

"But  the  video  for  "Crazy  Love" 

  (the  next  single)  is  totally  cool.  We 

got  this  guy  who  has  all  this  knowledge 
and  these  great  ideas.  He  really  brought 
out  the  personality  of  the  band." 

Gruntruck  will  be  on  the  road  for  the 
next  seven  months.  Following  the  con- 
quest of  the  masses,  they'll  begin  work  on 
their  next  album.  □ 


Iune24,  1993  .  The  Charlatan  -  11 


1  .  .  .  The  Trio's  Back  in  Black 


by  David  Bartolf 

Charlatan  Slafl 


ood  news  for  Black  Boot  Trio  lovers:  you 
con  expect  new  stuff  from  the  local  hard 
country  cowpokes  very  soon.  According  to 
Steve  Fai,  vocalist,  guitarist  and  songwriter 
for  the  four-year-old  group,  the  Trio 


"/  love  you  guys  this  much!"  Steve,  Steffany  and  John,  just  having  fiin 


plans  to  finish  recording  and  mixing  the  presently 
untitled  12-song  CD  by  the  end  of  fuly  and  release  it  in 
the  fall. 

There  will  be  a  few  differences  between  this  effort  and 
the  Trio's  first  release,  the  cassette  Everything's  Gonna  Be 
Alright.  The  songs  on  the  first  cassette  were  basically 
recorded  just  as  they  sounded  live. 

"Now  we're  going  through 
a  bit  of  rewriting  and  rearrang- 
ing," says  Fai.  "That's  quite  a 
difference  to  take  that  extra 
time  and  to  use  the  studio  to  do 
a  bit  of  writing." 

In  addition,  says  Fai,  the 
replacement  of  original  bassist 
Susan  Gemmell  with  John 
Kanakis  will  give  the  new  al- 
bum a  more  energetic,  rock 
sound.  Guest  player  David 
Frenlin  adds  bagpipes  in 
"John's  Song."  Ending  the  CD 
is  a  gospel  song  —  "perfect  for 
a  country  station,"  according 
to  Fai. 

Touring  figures  prominently 
in  the  Trio's  plans.  Fai,  Kanakis 
and  drummer  Steffany  Bennett 
are  planning  a  swing  through 
Eastern  Canada  to  round  off 


the  summer. 

This  summer,  Fai  wanted  to  tour  Western  Canada, 
his  old  stomping  grounds,  but  time  constraints  and 
financial  concerns  related  to  recording  the  album  has 
put  that  on  hold. 

"We  were  hoping  for  a  spot  at  the  Winnipeg  Folk 
Festival,"  says  Fai.  "That  was  going  to  be  our  hinge  for 
the  Western  tour." 

With  typical  Prairie  optimism  his  reaction  is  simply 
"next  year."  Expecting  to  shore  up  financing  by  then, 
the  Trio  should  make  the  usual  tour  stops:  Winnipeg, 
Regina,  Saskatoon,  Calgary,  Edmonton  and  Vancou- 
ver. 

As  you  may  be  able  to  gather  from  the  music,  Fai 
hails  from  Beinfait,  Sask.  Of  ^course,  there  was  the 
country  music  influence,  courtesy  of  country  station 
CJSL  in  nearby  Estevan. 

"Listened  to  Johnny  Cash  and  Johnny  Horton  non- 
stop when  I  was  growing  up,"  Fai  laughs.  . 

Black  Boot  Trio  is  not  Fai's  first  group.  He  used  to  be 
part  of  a  band  that  did  some  touring  in  Saskatchewan 
and  Alberta.  It  "wasn't  going  anywhere,"  so  he  concen- 
trated on  songwriting  for  a  few  years  and  moved  to 
Ottawa  in  1985  to  get  his  degree  in  architecture  at 
Carleton  University.  By  day,  Fai,  34,  is  a  sessional 
professor  at  Carleton. 

Right  now,  says  Fai,  "(I'm)  playing  more  than  I  ever 
have,  and  working  harder  at  it. "  □ 

(The  Trio  will  be  playing  a  Canada  Oay  matinee  at  Zaphod's.  They  are  also  playing  a 
Plug! celebration  at  Creeque  Alley  on  Aug.  7  wild  Age  ol  Faith  and  Evil  Knievel.) 


Spawning  in  Ottawa 


by  Christine  McConnell  and  Kelly  Fines 

Chartalan  Stall 


ith  the  recent  release  of  their  Brit  pop- 
influenced  CD  Ulysses,  Ottawa's  Fishtales 
is  stepping  out  at  last  into  the  limelight. 

Bassist  Daniel  Boivin,  guitarist  and 
vocalist  Dave  Draves  and  drummer 
Michel  Trottier  are  enjoying  extensive 
airplay  on  the  two  local  campus  stations. 
They've  also  attracted  the  attention  of  Toronto's  alter- 
native FM  station,  CFNY. 

Fishtales  is  one  of  many  Ottawa  bands  who  have 
released  CDs  in  the  past  year.  Ulysses,  true  to  that  indie 
spirit,  was  released  independently  by  the  band. 

"It  really  surprises  me,  in  a  place  like  Ottawa,  how 


Fishtales  on  TV:  (l-r)  Daniel  Boivin,  Michel  Trottier,  Dave  Draves 


many  bands  have  CDs  out, "  remarks  Draves.  "Let's  face 
it,  rarely  are  those  bands  making  back  their  money, 
except  through  live  shows  and  stuff  like  that.  It's  really 
hard  now,  it  really  is." 

Still,  Draves  is  quick  to  note  how  the  Ottawa  scene 
has  grown. 

"You  think  (back  to)  about  a  year  ago,  and  you  look 
at  how  many  acts  most  people  knew  about  in  town,  and 
it  was  nothing,  with  the  exception  of  Fumaceface,  and 
now  it  seems  like  even  radio  people  are  talking  about 
bands  that  have  just  done  everything  themselves." 

Fishtales  has  demonstrated  it  has  what  it  takes  to 
remain  afloat  in  the  local  independent  band  scene. 
Beginning  sixyearsago  as  the  Boys  NextDoor,  the  band 
survived  losing  and  regaining  members  to  finally  emerge 
three  years  later  as  Fishtales. 

The  band  is  currentlly  trying  to  get 
as  many  out-of-town  gigs  as  it  can.  In 
the  immediate  future,  they  hope  to 
play  around  Guelph  and  London,  Ont. 
They're  also  hoping  to  take  off  on  a 
national  tour  later  in  July.  This  is  all 
part  of  a  grand  scheme  to  promote 
Fishtales  as  much  as  possible. 

"Now  is  the  time  that  we  have  to 
follow  up  the  CD,  and  1  think  the  video 
will  hit  just  about  the  right  time  for 
when  we  are  on  tour  across  the  coun- 
try," says  Draves.  The  video,  which  is 
all  set  to  go,  now  waits  for  the  nation's 
music  station  to  show  it. 

"I  really  hope  Much  Music  will  give 
it  more  than  an  indie  spin,  because  it 
seems  like  indie  stuff  is  only  played  on 
Friday  nights.  Whatever,  I'm  really 
hoping  we'll  get  light  rotation  or  some- 
thing." q 


"Cruise  around, 
check  out  the  scene" 


Various  Artists 

Plug! 

One  Handed  Records 

Here  it  is,  the  long-awaited  showcase  of  Otta- 
wa's rock  scene. 

The  compilation  has  both  quantity  and  qual- 
ity.  It's  74  minutes  long  and  every  one  of  the  23 
tracks  is  a  winner. 

The  collection  itself  is  a  mix  of  new  and  old. 
The  tracks  by  the  Skatterbrains,  Fumaceface 
and  Mystic  Zealots  are  well-known  standards 
we've  heard  before  at  their  gigs.  A  few  others, 
like  "Angel"  and  "John's  Song,"  both  by  Black 
Boot  Trio,  preview  upcoming  record  releases. 

Marty  Jones,  keyboardist  for  local  funkster- 
anarchists  Fumaceface,  produced  the  music.  He 
shares  credit  with  Ian  Tamblyn  on  Fun  For 
Malakai's  dreamy  tunes  and  Paul  Sheridan  on 
Black  Boot  Trio's  hard-driving  country  and  west- 
em  tunes. 

All  the  groups  —  including  MS  Gesus,  Un- 
common Society,  Age  of  Faith,  Evil  Knievel  and 
Fishtales  —  have  put  forward  two  of  their  best 
songs.  By  the  sound  of  the  album  and  the 
humorous  liner  notes,  they  had  a  lot  of  fun 
recording  it  Neanderthal  Sponge  is  the  lone 
contributor  of  three  songs.  Their  song 
"Hoveltown"  sure  beats  Andrew  Cash's  "Boom 
Town"  of  a  few  years  back. 

I  could  only  find  one  drawback  to  the  album. 
Fumaceface  tunes  don't  seem  as  lively  as  one 
would  expect,  maybe  because  they've  been  per- 
formed live  so  many  times. 
  David  Bartolf 


12  ■  The  Charlatan  •  June  24,  1993 


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2  •  The  Charlatan  ■  July  29,  1993 


NEWS 


CUSA  mum  on  SAAB  dismissal 


by  Franco  D'Orazio 

Charlatan  staH 

A  former  employee  of  the  Carleton 
University  Students'  Association  (CUSA) 
claims  he  was  fired  because  he  was  at- 
tempting to  unionize  other  CUSA  em- 
ployees. 

Wayne  Ross  told  The  Charlatan  he  was 
dismissed  as  co-ordinator  of  the  Student 
Academic  Action  Bureau  (SAAB)  on  July 
16  without  any  indication  as  to  why. 

"They  (CUSA's  executive  director  Kelly 
Mounse  and  director  of  academics  Gary 
Anandasangaree)  gave  me  a  letter  in- 
forming me  that  1  was  dismissed,  but  no 
reason  wds  given  to  me,"  said  Ross.  He 
said  Anandasangaree  and  Mounse  told 
him  they  would  not  give  him  a  reason 
"unless  a  lawyer  was  present." 

CUSA  officials  are  unwilling  to  dis- 
cuss the  matter.  "Our  comment  is  that 
there  is  no  comment,"  says  CUSA's  fi- 
nance commissioner  Rene  Faucher.  "All 
our  information  has  been  given  to  our 


lawyers,  and  they  will  issue  a  statement 
if  need  be." 

Ross  said  he  suspects  he  was  fired 
because  he  had  been  attempting  to  un- 
ionize CUSA  employees  for  the  last  three 
months.  Hewouldnot  say  exactly  which 
employees  he  had  tried  to  unionize. 

Ross  had  been  working  as  'the  co- 
ordinator of  SAAB,  a  CUSA-funded  office 
which  provides  academic  information 
and  advice  to  students,  since  May  1. 

Reading  from  minutes  he  took  of  a 
service  co-ordinators'  meeting  on  June  9, 
Ross  said  when  CUSA  President  Lucy 
Watson  asked  him  if  he  was  involved  in 
the  attempt  to  organize  CUSA  employ- 
ees, he  confirmed  he  was. 

Ross  says  Watson  and  other  members 
of  the  CUSA  executive  were  displeased  by 
his  response,  arguing  that  the  students' 
association  would  not  be  able  to  afford  to 
have  its  employees  unionized. 

Watson,  who  was  away  in  Maine  this 
week  on  vacation,  says  she  could  not 


comment  because  it  is  a  staff-related 
issue,  according  to  Faucher,  who  spoke  to 
her  over  the  phone.  CUSA  refused  The 
Charlatan's  request  for  their  minutes  of 
the  meeting. 

Faucher  says  council  members  will  be 
informed  next  week  if  any  new  develop- 
ments come  up. 

The  issue  came  up  at  the  last  council 
meeting  on  July  22  when  Peter  Nogalo, 
co-ordinator  of  the  Gay,  Lesbian  and 
Bisexual  Centre,  asked  why  Ross  was 
fired. 

"What  happened  to  Wayne  Ross?" 
asked  Nogalo,  also  a  CUSA  employee. 

"He  is  no  longer  working  here,'"  re- 
sponded Anandasangaree. 

But  when  Nogalo  asked  whether  Ross 
was  fired  and  why,  Watson  intervened 
and  said  his  question  dealt  with  a  sensi- 
tive staff-related  issue. 

Rob  [amieson,  CUSA's  vice-president 
internal,  then  moved  for  council  to  go  in 
camera,  which  allowed  Nogalo's  ques- 


tion to  be  answered  behind  closed  doors. 

Going  in  camera  is  an  option  often 
used  to  protect  the  parties  of  a  dispute 
from  being  sued  because,  in  this  case,  no 
one  would  know  the  rationale  for  why 
Ross  was  fired. 

And  when  the  meeting  resumed  in 
open  chambers,  Nogalo  was  not  permit- 
ted to  divulge  the  answer  he  was  given  or 
even  say  if  Ross  was  fired. 

Later,  Nogalo  told  The  Charlatan  he 
was  not  satisfied  with  the  response  he 
was  given. 

After  the  council  meeting,  Watson 
would  not  say  if  Ross  was  fired.  But  she 
conceded  he  didn't  choose  to  leave  after 
she  was  told  a  Charlatan  reporter  was 
present  just  after  Ross  received  his  letter 
of  dismissal,  when  he  exclaimed,  "I've 
been  canned!". 

"No,  it  wasn't  his  decision  (to  leave)," 
she  said.  "It  was  a  decision  Gary  and  I 
made  in  consultation  with  the  execu- 
tive." □ 


OC  Transpo  jacks  up  fares,  cuts  service 


by  Renata  Manchak 

Charlatan  staff 

OC  Transpo  is  raising  its  fares,  leav- 
ing some  students  feeling  like  they've 
been  taken  for  a  ride. 

As  of  Aug.  1,  OC  Transpo  cash  fares 
will  rise  to  $1.50  from  $1.30.  A  student 
bus  pass  will  increase  by  $1  to  $43.50 
and  Para  Transpo  will  require  customers 
to  meet  new  eligibility  guidelines  to  re- 
duce its  service  demands.. Riders  who  pay 
with  bus  tickets  will  still  pay  $  1 .30  for  an 
off-peak  ride. 

Service  will  also  be  reduced  on  holi- 
days such  as  New  Year's  Day  and  Christ- 
mas Day,  when  bus  routes  will  drop  to 
hourly  service  just  before  Christmas. 

The  changes  don't  please  fourth-year 
psychology  student  Joy  Belvett. 

"If  s  total  bullshit.  This  town  seems  to 
not  support  its  students  at  all." 

Third-year  geography  student  Megan 
Dodds  doesn't  like  the  increases  either. 

"The  last  thing  off-campus  students 
who  are  struggling  to  make  ends  meet 
need  is  to  worry  about  giving  OC  Transpo 
more  money." 

Tamara  Feick,  a  third-year  English 
student,  calls  the  fare  increases  "ridicu- 
lous. 

"An  increase  in  ridership  would  be 
more  profitable  than  an  increase  in  fares. 
Students  should  be  eligible  for  reduced 
fares.  Students  shouldn't  have  to  spend 
their  OSAP  on  OC  Transpo,  which  is 
government-funded  anyway,"  she  says. 


Sheryl  Ananny,  a  co-ordinator  at  the 
Carleton  Disability  Awareness  Centre, 
says  the  plans  for  Para  Transpo  will  limit 
the  mobility  of  people  with  disabilities, 
who  can  call  to  be  picked  up  and  dropped 
off  where  they  choose. 

"This  is  not  a  step  in  the  right  direc- 
tion," says  Ananny.  "There  is  no  alter- 
nate mode  of  transportation  for  some 
people.  There  is  no  question  of  legitimacy 
-for  normal  people.  This  is  an  insult  to 
consumers." 

Oxana  Sawka,  director  of  public  rela- 
tions for  OC  Transpo,  says  the  Para 
Transpo  service  can't  keep  up  with  de- 
mand. 

"Para  Transpo,  has  a  problem  because 
there  has  been  a  21  per  cent  increase  in 
ridership,  but  we've  only  budgeted  for  a 
10  per  cent  increase.  We  will  be  asking 


those  who  use  the  service  more  than  70 
times  a  month  to  reduce  their  usage. 
There  will  be  an  eligibility  review  com- 
mittee established  and  we  will  be  pro- 
moting the  easier  access  facility  on  nor- 
mal buses." 

Sawka  says  the  "easier  access  facility" 
lowers  buses  to  sidewalk  level  and  there 
are  more  grab  rails  for  people  to  hold. 
Details  for  the  review  committee,  such  as 
who  will  be  on  it  and  what  criteria  will  be 
used,  have  yet  to  be  worked  out,  says 
Sawka. 

"Para  Transpo  is  on  a  first-come,  first- 
served  basis.  If  everybody  continues  to 
take  trips  at  the  rate  that  they  do,  then 
people  are  going  to  start  getting  refused, " 
she  says. 

While  OC  Transpo  had  not  planned 
for  an  increase  in  cash  fares,  the  provin- 


cial government  introduced  a  tax  on 
auto  insurance  in  the  spring  which  will 
cost  OC  Transpo  $400,000.  Sawka  says 
this  is  one  reason  fares  are  increasing. 

Also,  Sawka  says  there  hasn't  been  an 
increase  in  18  months.  And  with  the 
current  fares,  OC  Transpo  wouldn't  be 
able  to  make  their  budget  target. 

Riders  who  hop  on  the  back  of  articu- 
lated buses  without  a  bus  pass  or  transfer 
had  better  watch  out,  Sawka  says. 

"  OC  Transpo  will  be  mounting  a  cam- 
paign against  fare  evaders,  so  there  will 
be  more  inspectors  on  buses,  in  order  to 
combat  the  fare  evaders,  which  are  one 
percent  of  the  riders." 

If  all  fare  evaders  paid  up,  they  would 
add  an  extra  $800,000  to  OC  Transpo 
coffers  every  year,  she  says. 

She  says  bus  service  to  Carleton  will 
increase  despite  a  decrease  of  service  in 
general.  Route  117,  which  currently  runs 
through  Carleton,  will  be  combined  with 
Route  118  and  will  provide  more  fre- 
quent weekly  stops  and  weekend  service 
to  Carleton,  says  Sawka.  Route  117  cur- 
rently doesn't  run  on  campus  on  the 
weekend. 

"The  Number  1 9  bus  will  also  be  going 
to  Carleton  on  peak  hours  starting  in 
September,  which  will  be  handy  for  the 
students  who  live  in  the  east  or  west  and 
use  the  transitway,"  says  Sawka. 

Sawka  says  the  student  pass  will  cost 
$43.50  as  opposed  to  the  $53.00  adult 
bus  pass  —  a  savings  of  $10.  □ 


CUSA  changes  locks  after  Unicentre  break-ins 


by  Alex  Bustos  and  Mario  Carlucci 

Charlatan  staff 

The  department  of  university  safety  is 
investigating  thefts  that  took  place  from 
three  offices  in  the  Unicentre  the  nights 
of!uly8and  July  13. 

Keys  were  taken  from  the  office  of  the 
Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion (CUSA)  to  commit  the  crimes,  says 
CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson. 

Watson  says  a  file  was  stolen  luly  8 
from  Volunteer  Bureau  office,  a  service 
run  by  CUSA.  It  contained  correspond- 
ence between  the  bureau's  co-ordinator 
Fouad  Kanaan,  and  Theresa  Cowan, 
CUSA's  director  of  services. 

"There  were  documents  involving  per- 
sonnel matters  pertaining  to  Theresa 
Cowan,  Lucy  Watson  and  myself.  Most 
of  the  files  were  deleted  from  my  dis- 
kette," says  Kanaan. 


Kanaan  says  he  doesn't  know  of  any 
reason  for  the  theft. 

"I  don't  know  why  (the  correspond- 
ence) was  stolen.  The  only  reason  I  can 
think  of  is  to  be  used  against  me,  or  to  get 
rid  of  the  information." 

Cowan  says  the  information  stolen 
from  Kanaan's  file  was  about  "a  unique 
incident." 

Watson  says  the  Women's  Centre, 
another  service  run  by  CUSA,  was  broken 
into  on  the  same  night  and  a  file  was 
tampered  with. 

Renee  Twaddle,  co-ordinator  of  the 
Women's  Centre,  says  the  tampered  file 
was  her  CUSA  file,  containing  "all  corre- 
spondence with  the  CUSA  executive,  cor- 
respondence between  CUSA  services,  and 
personal  notes." 

"A  personal  note  was  moved  from  the 


middle  of  the  file  and  placed  on  the 
inside  cover  of  the  folder, "  says  Twaddle. 

She  says  another  personal  note  was 
stolen  from  the  same  file. 

"It  must  have  been  taken  for  some 
reason.  People  don't  steal  for  no  reason, " 
says  Twaddle. 

Watson  says  a  break-in  occurred  at 
the  CUSA  office  on  July  13.  Fourteen 
international  student  identity  cards  and 
a  file  belonging  to  CUSA's  vice-president 
external  were  stolen.  The  cards  had  a 
photo  of  the  holder,  as  well  as  the  hold- 
er's name,  birthdate  and  where  they  go 
to  school. 

After  the  thefts,  CUSA  changed  the 
locks  to  its  office.  It  also  notified  Travel 
Cuts  at  Carleton  and  the  University  of 
Ottawa  about  the  stolen  cards,  says 
Watson.  The  cards  entitle  holders  to  stu- 


dent discounts,  including  ones  on  some 
fares  at  the  national  student  travel  bu- 
reau run  by  the  Canadian  Federation  of 
Students. 

All  people  who  work  in  the  CUSA 
office,  including  members  of  the  execu- 
tive and  the  building  operations  man- 
ager, have  keys  to  the  office,  says  Cowan. 

Cowan  says  CUSA  has  asked  for  a 
safety  audit  from  the  department  of  uni- 
versity safety,  which  will  pinpoint  areas 
where  CUSA  and  its  services  can  improve 
on  security,  says  Cowan.  She  adds  that, 
for  now,  CUSA  members  have  been  told 
to  be  more  careful  with  where  they  place 
confidential  files  and  messages. 

CUSA  hasn't  notified  the  police  of  the 
thefts,  says  Cowan. 

Len  Boudreault,  the  assistant  director 
of  university  safety,  could  not  be  reached 
for  comment.  □ 


July  29,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


CHARLATAN 


CUSA  to  keep  renting  videos 


by  Maurice  G.  Fortier 

Charlatan  stall 

Coke,  Snapple  and  Hires  have  taken 
the  place  of  Costner,  Schwarzenegger 
and  Hepburn  in  the  Unicentre  store. 

The  Unicentre  store's  video  section  is 
gone  for  the  summer.  Coolers  for  drinks 
have  taken  the  place  of  the  movies. 

The  video  store  was  shut  down  at  the 
end  of  April  due  to  an  anticipated  lack  of 
use  during  the  summer,  says  Renfj 
Faucher,  finance  commissionerforCUSA, 
the  undergraduate  students'  association. 
CUSA  opened  the  video  section  last  Sep- 
tember. 

The  video  venture  lost  $5,292  lastyear. 
Faucher  blames  this  loss  on  the  arrange- 
ment the  store  had  with  its  distributor. 

Last  year,  CUSA  paid  $5  a  month  to 
rent  each  video  for  the  store  and  then 
tried  to  rent  them  for  $3.49  on  weekends 
or  $2.49  on  a  weeknight. 

"What  that  does  is  guarantee  that  for 
every  video  in  the  store,  we're  paying  the 


rental  cost,"  says  Faucher. 

"But,  at  the  beginning,  it  was  very 
hard  to  get  all  of  the  movies  rented  at 
least  once  a.month  to  make  up  for  that. " 

Faucher  says  in  the  fall,  the  video 
tapes  will  be  rented  on  consignment  and 
kept  behind  the  front  counter  of  the 
Unicentre  store.  Customers  will  choose 
the  movie  they  want  to  rent  from  a  dis- 
play and  bring  a  tag  to  a  cashier  to  get  the 
movie. 

By  renting  on  consignment,  CUSA  will 
only  pay  for  the  movies  it  rents  out. 

"On  consignment  you  can't  lose 
money,"  says  Faucher.  "If  I  rent  a  video 
for  $3.50, 1  pay  (the  supplier)  $2.50." 

Faucher  says  the  consignment  system 
guarantees  the  store's  videos  won't  lose 
money  next  year,  even  if  business  is  slow. 

"If  the  supplier  puts  in  200  videos,  it 
doesn't  cost  me  a  dime  if  I  don't  rent 
them.  They're  free." 

Faucher  says  he  is  also  using  the  con- 
signmentmethodofsellingin  other  areas 


including  Carleton  clothing,  Orientation 
and  Charity  Ball  souvenirs  and  Panda 
merchandise. 

"CUSA  is  doing  that  in  many  areas. 
We  get  a  percentage  of  the  sales  and  are 
not  stuck  with  the  inventory,"  he  says. 
"When  you  are  stuck  with  all  that  inven- 
tory you  are  eating  the  entire  cost." 

Faucher  says  he  wants  to  put  an  end  to 
the  game  of  guessing  what  is  going  to 
sell.  By  guessing  wrong  in  past  years, 
CUSA  has  been  stuck  with  products  that 
they  can  no  longer  sell,  such  as  outdated 
Panda  shirts,  he  says. 

Last  year,  CUSA  spent  about  $20,000 
on  Carleton  T-shirts  and  boxer  shorts,  but 
only  sold  $  1 4,000 worth  of  this  merchan- 
dise in  the  Unicentre  store. 

Faucher  says  that  even  with  consign- 
ment, CUSA  will  have  a  say  in  the  prod- 
ucts it  sells. 

"We  have  control  over  quality  and 
prices. 

"Wedon'twantto  gouge  the  frosh."  □ 


Protestors  slam  social  contract 


by  Mario  Carluccl  and  Arn  Keeling 

Charlatan  staff 

Some  Carleton  members  of  the  Cana- 
dian Union  of  Public  Employees  (CUPE) 
and  their  supporters  took  their  lunch  to 
the  administration  building  July  22  to 
protest  the  provincial  government's 
"social  contract." 

During  the  lunch  hour  at  Carleton, 
about  100  demonstrators  chanted  "Hey, 
hey,  ho,  ho,  the  social  contract's  got  to 
go."  Most  of  them  were  support  staff. 
While  academic  staff  are  members  of 
CUPE,  they  weren't  represented  at  the 
rally. 

Otherwise  known  as  Bill  48,  the  social 
contract  is  the  province's  plan  to  save 
$2  billion  a  year  for  three  years  by  cutting 
the  wages,  benefits  and  positions  of  nearly 
one  million  public  sectorworkers,  includ- 
ing those  at  universities. 

The  government  has  set  an  Aug.  1 
deadline  for  the  university  and  other 
public  employees  to  propose  their  own 
cuts.  If  a  voluntary  agreement  hasn't 
been  reached  by  Aug.  1,  the  legislation 
allows  the  government  to  unilaterally 
impose  cuts. 

"  Since  the  social  contract  was  passed 
on  July  7,  CUPE  members  and  repre- 
sentatives from  the  university's  admin- 
istration have  met  four  times  to  negoti- 
ate cost-cutting  measures. 

The  lunch- time  demonstrators  aimed 
their  discontent  at  the  sixth  floor,  which 
houses  the  office  of  Carleton  President 
Robin  Farquhar  and  other  university 
administrators. 

"Where's  Dr.  Farquhar  now?"  asked 
Anne-Marie  Lepine,  the  vice-  president 
of  CUPE  Local  3424,  which  represents 
support  staff  on  campus,  such  as  office 
workers  and  some  technical  employees. 

"I  haven't  seen  him  at  any  of  our 
meetings,"  said  Lepine. 

She  said  union  members  are  upset 
that  Farquhar  hasn't  taken  part  in  ne- 
gotiations since  he  is  expected  to  sign 
any  agreement  worked  out  by  the  union 
and  administration. 

Spruce  Riordan,  Carleton's  vice-presi- 
dent of  finance  and  administration,  is 
the  university's  negotiating  representa- 
tive and  spokesperson  on  the  matter. 
Riordan  was  unavailable  for  comment 
and  did  not  return  The  Charlatan's  calls. 
Farquhar  is  away  on  holidays  and  could 
not  be  reached  either. 

Carleton's  administration  has  been 
told  by  the  provincial  government  to 
trim  $5.8  million  from  the  university's 
operating  budget  this  year. 

The  cuts  at  Carleton  will  come  mostly 
from  services  and  concessions  by  staff 
such  as  wage  reductions  and  the  elimi- 


nation of  jobs,  said  Michel  Roy,  who 
represents  teaching  and  research  assist- 
ants as  president  of  CUPE  Local  2323. 

Carleton  can  save  $  1  million,  or  about 
20  per  cent  of  the  required  cuts,  if  it 
reaches  an  agreementwith  the  province 
by  the  deadline. 

Roy  said  the  20  per  cent  bonus  given 
by  the  province  for  negotiating  cuts  be- 
fore the  deadline  is  actually  a  penalty 
because  it's  an  incentive  to  hurry  an 
agreement. 


"Ifs  just  pure  coercion,"  said  Roy, 
who  is  also  chair  of  Carleton  University 
Rank  and  File,  an  organization  repre- 
senting both  unionized  and  non-union- 
ized university  staff. 

Earlier  in  the  week,  members  of  Carle- 
ton's non-teaching  unionized  staff  pre- 
sented administration  with  a  list  of  sug- 
gestions that  would  save  the  university 
money  without  jeopardizing  staff  posi- 
tions. Some  suggestions  include  volun- 
tary unpaid  leave  and  job  sharing.  □ 


Students  pick  favourite  profs 


by  Charlatan  staff 

Carleton  students  have  separated  the 
good  from  the  bad  and  the  ugly,  choos- 
ing five  professors  and  teaching  assist- 
ants for  teaching  excellence  awards. 

This  is  the  first  year  the  awards  have 
been  handed  out.  They  were  organized 
by  the  Student  Academic  Action  Bureau 
(SAAB),  the  New  University  Government 
(NUG)  and  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association. 

About  40  professors,  instructors  and 
teaching  assistants  were  nominated  by 


students  last  term. 

Nominees'  classes  were  surveyed  and 
the  winners  were  chosen  in  March  by  an 
awards  committee  made  up  of  NUG  rep- 
resentatives and  SAAB  staff. 

The  winners  are  Barry  Ace,  a  teaching 
assistant  for  Canadian  studies  12.100, 
Sam  Melkonian,  a  professor  for  math 
69.119,  Pauline  Rankin,  a  professor  for 
Canadian  studies  12.302,  Marina 
Sabadnaze,  a  professor  for  Russian 
36.307,  and  Jim  Sykes,  a  teaching  assist- 
ant for  engineering  91.241.  □ 


BIKERS  GO  HOG  WILD  AT  CARLETON 


Carleton  was  swarmed  by  hogs  from  across  Canada  from  July  2- 
4  during  the  first  ever  national  convention  of  the  Harley  Owners' 
Group  (HOC.)  of  Canada.  About  600  bikes  congregated  on  campus 
for  field  events  which  tested  bikers'  abilities. 

"It  was  a  very  nice  location,''  said  Miriam  Casey,  a  local  organ- 
izer. "  People  were  pleased  to  be  on  campus.  "  U 


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4  •  The  Charlatan  •  July  29,  1993 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Students  uncover  prostitution  service 


by  Jeff  Warner 

The  Imprint,  University  ot  Waterloo 

WATERLOO  (CUP)  -  Students  have 
discovered  a  small  prostitution  service 
operating  out  of  the  University  of  Water- 
loo's married  student  apartments. 

Calling  itself  the  "Black  Orchid  Escort 
Service,"  the  operation  offered  "oral," 
"intercourse,"  and  "combined"  services 
to  students,  in  flyers  it  distributed  May 
20. 

The  flyers  said  clients  could  call  the 
service  to  get  a  bank  account  number  in 
which  to  deposit  a  set  amount  of  money 
as  payment. 

The  service  was  "perfectly  legal,"  the 
flyers  claimed,  as  escorts  were  not  paid 
directly.  They  also  asked  women  inter- 
ested in  a  "well-paying,  flexible  job"  to 
call  the  same  phone  number. 

Staff  members  at  the  university  news- 
paper, The  Imprint,  investigated  the  serv- 
ice by  posing  as  potential  customers  and 
employees  and  published  a  story  about  it 
May  28.  The  following  week,  the  local 
media  reported  on  the  discovery  of  the 
operation. 

Greg  Nikolic,  a  former  Waterloo  math 
student,  was  evicted  from  the  apartments 
June  9  in  connection  with  the  operation, 
according  to  a  press  release  from  the 
university's  housing  authority. 

Waterloo  Regional  Police  are  "offi- 
cially investigating"  the  matter,  accord- 
ing to  detective  Dan  Wright. 

Section  213  of  the  Canadian  Criminal 
Code  states  solicitation  for  the  purpose  of 
prostitution  in  a  public  place  is  illegal. 
Under  section  212,  procuring  a  person  for 
the  purposes  of  prostitution  is  also  ille- 
gal. 

As  part  of  the  paper's  investigation, 
an  Imprint  staff  member  had  contacted 


Black  Orchid  for  one  of  its  "services." 
Over  the  phone,  an  unidentified  man 
said  the  appointments  took  place  in  the 
same  apartment  that  Nikolic  was  later 
evicted  from.  Three  women,  "university- 
aged"  and  in  their  "mid-twenties,"  were 
supposedly  available. 

Contacting  Black  Orchid  by  phone 
about  "employment,"  another  Imprint 
staff  member  was  told  the  job  would 
entail  "physical  contact."  The  appoint- 
ments were  to  last  "no  more"  than  half 
an  hour  and  Black  Orchid  had  its  own 
apartment  to  use.  The  person  on  the 
phone  identified  himself  as  "Greg." 

He  said  escorts  were  paid  $50  per  ap- 
pointment and  were  expected  to  "initiate 
contact"  if  the  client  did  not  start  things. 


Charges  for  Black  Orchid's  "services" 
ranged  from  $95  to  $145. 

Later,  the  staff  member  met  the  op- 
erator from  Black  Orchid  to  discuss  em- 
ployment further.  Greg  claimed  he  was 
not  really  running  the  operation,  but 
took  responsibility  for  the  flyer  distribu- 
tion. 

Concerning  the  nature  of  employ- 
ment, Greg  said  "if  s  not  easy,  but  it  does 
get  easier."  Employee  safety  was  partly 
ensured  by  condom  use. 

"Typical  clients,"  he  stated,  were  Uni- 
versity of  Waterloo  and  Wilfrid  Laurier 
University  students,  including  some  staff 
members.  Greg  referred  to  the  lack  of 
sexual  experience  clients  had,  claiming 
most  were  engineering  and  math  stu- 


dents. 

Imprint  traced  the  bank  account  and 
phone  number  and  found  both  were  reg- 
istered under  Nikolic's  name.  A  photo- 
graph taken  of  "Greg"  meeting  the  Im- 
print staff  member  is  clearly  identifiable 
as  Nikolic. 

Reaction  from  the  authorities  to  The 
Imprint  story  was  mild  at  first.  In  early 
June,  Sergeant  WayneShortt  of  the  Cam- 
pus Police  questioned  whether  or  not  any 
criminal  activity  was  taking  place,  de- 
spite student  complaints. 

"Because  prices  have  been  advertised, 
it  doesn't  make  (Black  Orchid)  illegal," 
he  said. 

At  that  time  Shortt  did  not  know  a 
university  residence  was  involved. 

"You  probably  have  more  knowledge 
of  that  than  we  do,"  he  told  the  paper. 

But  following  the  local  media  reports, 
Al  Mackenzie,  the  university's  director  of 
security,  said  Campus  Police  was  investi- 
gating the  service  and  considered  it  ille- 
gal. 

However,  when  Campus  Police 
checked  the  apartment  after  the  evic- 
tion, they  found  no  evidence  that  prosti- 
tution had  taken  place  there.  According 
to  Clarke  Melville,  a  solicitor  for  the  uni- 
versity, Nikolic  had  "jumped  ship  by  that 
time." 

The  university  has  no  plans  to  investi- 
gate further  and  the  eviction  notice  was 
not  appealed. 

Melville  said  Nikolic  was  evicted  be- 
cause he  was  not  qualified  to  hold  a  sub- 
lease at  the  married  student  apartments. 
Except  for  special  circumstances,  only 
students  can  live  in  the  apartments. 
Nikolic  was  last  registered  at  the  univer- 
sity in  May  1992.  □ 


Government's  loan  "reform"  will  cost  students 


by  Arn  Keeling 

Charlatan  Staff 

Changes  to  the  Canada  Student  Loan 
program  will  take  effect  Aug.  1,  which 
mean  both  good  news  and  bad  news  for 
students. 

Bernard  Valcourt,  federal  minister  of 
human  resources  and  labor,  announced 
July  9  that  the  three-per-cent  guarantee 
fee  paid  by  students  who  receive  loans 
will  be  eliminated  as  of  Aug.  1. 

What  the  press  release  fails  to  men- 
tion, however,  is  that  the  interest-free 
period  on  loans  for  six  months  after 
leaving  school  will  also  be  cancelled  Aug. 
1. 

For  the  past  two  years,  students  who 
received  student  loans  have  had  to  pay  a 
three-per-cent  premium  up  front  on  the 
amount  of  their  loan.  The  government 
used  this  money  to  make  up  for  students 
who  defaulted  on  repaying  their  loans 
and  to  combat  the  national  debt. 

"The  fee  was  implemented  to  offset 
the  rapidly  increasing  cost  of  implement- 
ing (loans)  programs,"  said  Micheline 
Racette,  Valcourt's  press  secretary.  "The 
measure  was  successful." 

As  well,  students  had  a  six-month 
grace  period  after  finishing  full-time 
schooling  during  which  the  government 
made  interest  payments  on  students' 
loans  for  them. 

The  measures  were  originally  proposed 
in  the  Tory  budget  of  February  1992,  but 
it  was  not  until  Feb.  4  of  this  year  that  the 
Conservatives  passed  Bill  C-76  that  made 
the  changes  law. 

Ron  Duhamel,  Liberal  education  critic, 
said  the  elimination  of  the  interest-free 
period  would  cost  students  leaving  school 
an  extra  $35  million  dollars  per  year  in 
interest  payments  on  their  loans. 


Students  will  only  save  $25  million 
dollars  with  the  three-per-cent  tax  gone, 
according  to  Duhamel.  This  means  stu- 
dents will  lose  money  in  the  long  run 
under  the  new  measures,  he  said. 

Carl  Gillis,  chair  of  the  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students  (CFS),  said  the  or- 
ganization worked  hard  for  two  academic 
years  to  secure  the  elimination  of  the  tax. 
But  he  added  the  cancellation  of  the 
interest-free  period  made  the  victory  bit- 
tersweet at  best. 

"There's  a  side  of  me  that's  cynical," 
said  Gillis,  who  admitted  the  move  may 
have  been  an  pre-election  ploy  as  much 
as  it  was  a  CFS  lobbying  triumph. 

Racette  said  the  government's  deci- 
sion to  eliminate  the  tax  was  not  a  result 
of  pressure  from  the  CFS,  but  the  change 
is  "part  of  larger  reforms"  planned  for  the 
loans  system.  She  said  she  could  not 
comment  of  the  nature  of  further  re- 
forms. 

The  changes  will  affect  student  loans 
negotiated  after  Aug.  1,  said  Linda 
Fleming,  a  financial  aid  administrator  at 
Carleton.  Student  loans  will  still  be  ad- 
ministered in  the  same  fashion,  except 
that  the  tax  will  not  be  removed  when 
the  student  takes  their  loan  to  the  bank  to 
receive  their  money. 

Racette  said  the  elimination  of  the 
interest-free  period  will  not  be  a  burden 
to  students  because  they  will  be  finished 
school  and  trying  to  find  a  job.  She  said 
the  $6,130  average  yearly  loan  amount 
is  "well  within  the  repayment  ability  of 
most  borrowers." 

But  Duhamel  said  the  lack  of  an  inter- 
est-free period  will  devastate  students 
already  facing  a  tough  job  market  and 
increasing  debt  loads. 

"Now  there  will  be  no  reprieve,"  he 


said. 

There  still  might  be  in  Saskatchewan. 
According  to  The  Sheaf,  the  newspaper  at 
the  University  of  Saskatchewan,  the  prov- 
ince's NOP  government  has  offered  to 
pay  interest  on  all  student  loans  for  the 
six  months  after  leaving  school. 

Racette  disagreed  that  student  loan 
defaults  —  which  occur  nearly  twice  as 
often  as  consumer  loan  defaults  —  will 
increase  due  to  immediate  interest  pay- 
ments. 

"We  don't  agree  that  this  will  contrib- 
ute to  these  problems, "  she  said. 


Gillis  said  accessibility  to  student  loans 
will  be  threatened  further  by  Tory  poli- 
cies such  as  the  privatization  of  their 
administration. 

A  government  report,  made  public 
earlier  this  year,  suggested  turning  over 
more  of  the  administration  to  one  or  two 
private  banks. 

Gillis  said  under  the  government  plan, 
private  banks  could  turn  away  students 
who  are  considered  a  bad  credit  risk. 
Under  the  current  program,  a  student 
merely  has  to  establish  financial  need  to 
qualify  for  a  loan.  □ 


Anti-stalking  law  draws  fire 


by  Tiffany  Moscoe 

Excafibur,  York  University 

TORONTO  (CUP)  —  Women  have  a 
new  law  to  protect  them  against  un- 
wanted attention  from  men.  But  some 
women's  groups  have  branded  it  useless 
and  say  it  could  even  be  used  against 
women. 

Bill  C- 1 26,  which  became  law  in  June, 
includes  a  provision  which  makes  stalk- 
ing a  criminal  offence.  Persistent  and 
unwanted  following,  calling  and  com- 
munication which  is  "intended  to 
threaten"  is  now  illegal. 

"The  purpose  of  the  bill  is  the  protec- 
tion of  women,"  says  Hillary  McCormick, 
spokesperson  for  lustice  Minister  Pierre 
Blais. 

Women's  groups  beg  to  differ. 

The  law  will  be  useless  In  the  protec- 
tion of  women,  warns  Susan  Bazilli,  the 
legal  director  of  the  Metro  Toronto  Ac- 
tion Committee  on  Public  Violence 
Against  Women  and  Children. 

"The  new  law  could  be  used  against 


women  who  are  attempting  to  collect 
support  payments  from  ex-spouses, "  says 
Bazilli.  This  has  happened  with  similar 
laws  in  the  U.S.,  she  says. 

Women's  groups  asked  that  the  law 
contain  a  "gender  preamble"  stating  that 
the  primary  purpose  of  the  legislation  is 
to  protect  women.  The  request  was  de- 
nied. 

"All  our  suggestions  were  ignored 
Women  were  lied  to  and  given  the  run- 
around  by  the  federal  government," 
Bazilli  says. 

McCormick  says  stalking  affects  men 
as  well  as  women,  and  that,  with  the 
proposed  preamble,  the  bill  could  be  chal- 
lenged under  the  gender  equality  provi- 
sion in  the  Charter  of  Rights, 

But  some  women's  groups  worry  about 
the  way  the  law  will  be  interpreted  by 
male  judges. 

Because  the  law  requires  victims  to 
"reasonably"  fear  for  their  safety,  they 

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This  being  my  first  trip  to  Lollapalooza,  I  was  excited  yet  ^ 
sceptical  at  the  prospect  of  checking  out  this  corporate-  ^ 
sponsored  event. 

A  huge  beer  company  should  not  be  promoting  any  concert 
that  promotes  itself  as  an  "alternative"  to  the  mainstream.  <f 
Just  what  is  Molson  an  alternative  to?  Labatt's?  » 

Cigarettes  were  being  peddled  for  $7  a  pack,  t-shirts  were 
an  exhorbitant  $28,  tickets  were  $40  and  Molson  hot-air 
balloons  flew  overhead. 

The  bands  were  less  commercial  than  in  the  past  years. 
There  was  no  Jane's  Addiction,  no  Red  Hot  Chili  Peppers  and 
no  Pearl  Jam.  At  the  same  time,  there  were  no  independent 
bands  on  stage.  There  are  countless  cool  indie  bands  such  as 
Pavement  or  Velocity  Girl  that  could  use  the  exposure  that 
the  major  label  bands  already  enjoy. 

Moreover,  this  year's  festival  was  also  plagued  by  the  same 
tokenism  that  was  evident  in  previous  years.  There  was  only 
one  all-female  group  on  the  main  stage,  Babes  in  Toyland. 
Like  previous  years  with  Ice  T  and  Ice  Cube,  the  token  rap 
gToup  Arrested  Development  got  stuck  early  on  in  the  bill, 
even  though  they've  sold  more  albums  than  most,  if  not  all, 
of  the  other  groups  at  Lollapalooza. 

The  crowd  was  a  potpourri  of  freaks,  jocks,  skaters,  music 
lovers,  beer  drinkers,  and  pot  smokers.  However,  a  large 
majority  of  the  crowd  was  intent  on  raining  the  show  for 
those  who  wanted  to  enjoy  the  bands. 

These  lunkheads,  in  an  effort  to  "out-mosh"  each  other, 
would  crowd  surf  and  slam  to  just  about  anything.  As  a 
result,  I  saw  one  poor  sap  on  a  stretcher  for  upwards  of  two 
hours. 

Perhaps  the  most  pitiful  example  of  slamming  was  the 
group  of  idiots  who  were  crowd  surfing  to  the  Jerky  Boys* 
prank  phone  call  album  which  was  playing  in  between  sets. 
Or  the  meatheads  who  were  violently  slamming  during  the 
mellow  sounds  of  D.C.  pop  band  Unrest. 

While  moshing  is  so  cool,  so  alternative,  such  a  big  "fuck 
you"  to  authority,  the  huge  inflatable  beer  can  next  to  the  pit 
kept  things  in  perspective. 

But  not  everyone  there  was  out  to  make  a  dollar.  People  For 
The  Ethical  Treatment  of  Animals  (PETA)  were  there  to 
inform  people  about  cruelty  to  animals.  Their  tasty  pictures 
of  mutilated  animals  did  the  trick. 

Also  present  were  the  hemp-legalization  movement,  an 
AIDS  rights  organization  from  Toronto,  an  anti-censorship 
group  and  a  group  called  Life  Beat,  which  helps  people  living 
with  AIDS.  These  groups  were  there  passing  out  pamphlets 
and  information  about  their  respective  causes. 

This  year's  event  was  fun,  but  there  could  certainly  be 
improvements:  less  corporate  involvement,  a  better  mix  of 
bands  -  give  us  gods  like  Mercury  Rev  and  Sebadoh,  who  are 
on  some  of  the  other  stops. 

Scheduling  also  left  something  to  be  desired.  I  was  forced 
to  miss  much  of  Tool  to  catch  Arrested  Development  and 
most  of  Babes  In  Toyland  to  see  Unrest.  Perhaps  fewer  bands 
would  have  been  a  better  idea  (first  suggestion:  get  rid  of 
Alice  m  Chains).  More  advocacy  groups  would  also  be  cool. 

As  Lollapalooza  gets  more  popular,  hopefully  there  will  be 
more  underground  bands  and  less  commercial  endorsements 
as  people  come  for  the  event,  not  the  big  names.  □ 


THE  MAIN  STAGE 

Lollapalooza  has  become  the  commercial  icon  for  the  "alternative" 
music  scene.  This  year's  roiled  through  Molson  Park  in  Barrie,  Ont. 
with  more  bands  and  more  things  to  see  and  do  than  in  years  past. 

Kicking  off  the  festivities  on  the  main  stage  was  Rage  Against  the 
Machine,  who  was  playing  for  keeps.  Starting  off  with  their  hit 
"Killing  in  the  Name,"  vocalist  Zach  La  Rocha  looked  like  a  man 
possessed. 

Beneath  him,  the  largest  mosh  pit  I  have  ever  seen  began  its  day- 
long stomp.  Hoses  sprayed  water  on  the  crowds  as  the  temperature 
reached  upwards  of  30  degrees. 

After  Rage  left  the  stage,  comic  relief  was  provided  by  a  DJ  from 
Toronto's  commercial  alternative  station,  CFNY.  Like  Jesus  to  his 
disciples,  he  declared  "Watch  out  for  the  person  next  to  you!  If  they 
go  down,  help  them  up,  and  they  will  help  you  up!  Let's  make  this 
pit,  THE  PIT  of  pits!"  Amen! 

Arrested  Development  was  a  big  surprise.  Their  pleasant  rap  had 
the  crowd  jumping  up  and  down,  giving  people  who  didn't  want  to 
knock  each  other's  heads  off  a  chance  to  get  within  good  viewing 
distance  of  the  stage. 

The  day,  however,  belonged  to  Fishbone,  the  veteran  rock-ska 
combo.  Starting  their  set  by  telling  the  crowd  they  should  dance  to 
the  music  instead  of  mindlessly  pummelling  each  other  (what  a 
novel  concept),  Fishbone  established  total  control  over  the  audience. 

When  vocalist  Angelo  Moore  moved  his  finger  'round  and  'round, 
the  crowd  followed  to  form  a  human  whirlpool.  Moore  then  dove 
into  the  crowd,  making  his  way  to  the  back  of  the  pit,  while  singing 
their  new  single  "Swim." 

By  the  time  Dinosaur  Jr.  took  the  stage,  the  pit  area  had  been 
turned  into  one  great  mudbath.  Pit  thugs  were  wet,  sweaty  and 
caked  in  slop.  Dinosaur  Jr.  played  some  of  their  best  material 
including  "Freak  Scene,"  "Start  Choppin"  and  "Thumb." 

Just  as  things  were  getting  exciting,  Alice  in  Chains  hit  the  stage 
and  delivered  the  worst  performance  of  the  day.  Lead  singer  Layne 
Staley  is  one  of  those  geeks  who  enjoys  bragging  about  how  many 
drugs  the  band  does.  "Hey  I'm  trippin'  in  Toronto!"  he  said  between 
songs. 

Listen,  paL  we  don't  care  how  much  heroine  you  inject  into  your 


ALICE  IN  CHAINS 

body  or  how  much  acid  you  drop.  Your  Bon  Jovi  metal  disguised  as 
"grunge"  is  shit,  and  why  don't  you  get  a  life? 
Relief  came  in  the  form  of  Primus. 

They  kicked  off  their  last  set  with  their  new  single  "My  Name  Is 
Mud,"  and  then  played  selections  off  all  three  of  their  studio 
albums. 

ClaypooL  the  lead  singer,  was  just  as  whacked  live  as  he  sounds 
on  album  That  crazed  voice,  those  foot  movements,  and  of 
course,  his  spectacular  bass-playing,  kept  the  crowd's  attention.  It 
is  truly  phenomenal  how  a  band  with  such  a  unique  sound  could  be 
headlining  a  major  concert  like  this  one. 

Just  as  the  crowd  was  getting  psyched  up  by  Primus,  Alice  In 
Chains'  guitarist  Jerry  Cantrell  came  on  stage  to  play  with 
Claypool  and  drummer  Tim  Alexander.  Cantrell  started  into  his 
guitar-solo  cheesedom,  ruining  the  vibe  Primus  had  created. 

Luckily,  Cantrell  soon  left  the  stage  and  Primus  broke  into  a  cover 
of  Ministry's  "Thieves,"  which  sent  the  crowd  into  its  biggest  frenzy 
of  the  day. 


THE  SECOND  STAGE 


ROYAL  TRUX 


Over  at  the  second  stage,  surprise  addition  Royal  Trux  served  up 
some  good  raunch  'n'  roll  and  proved  much  more  listenable  live  than 
on  record. 

Unrest  was  up  next,  and  played  a  lot  of  material  off  their  new 
album,  but  unfortunately  didn't  play  much  off  of  last  year's  classic 
Imperial  f.f.r.r.  record. 

Tool  followed,  serving  up  plenty  of  sludge  off  their  new  platter, 
Undertow.  They  were  very  heavy,  and  drew  the  largest  crowd  of  the 
day  at  the  second  stage. 

The  pit  goons  probably  didn't  enjoy  the  mellower  sounds  of 
Arrested  Development,  so  Tool  provided  a  great  escape.  However, 
lead  singer  Maynard  James  Keenan  threatened  to  dethrone  Michael 
Bolton  for  worst  hair  on  a  rock  star.  His  head  was  shaved  very  high 
on  his  scalp,  which  was  split  in  two  by  a  long  strip  of  hair  from  front 
to  back.  Call  it  the  Camaro-punk  hairdo. 

Before  each  band  came  on  stage,  a  chainsaw  juggler  "entertained 
the  audience.  He  proved  an  able  juggler,  but  rehashed  the  same 
racist,  sexist,  homophobic  jokes  each  time  he  took  the  stage. 

He  ridiculed  Asians  by  referring  to  UCLA  as  the  "University  of 
Caucasians  Lost  Among  Asians"  and  made  sexist  remarks  such  as 
"Can  I  trim  your  bush?"  while  addressing  two  women  in  the  crowd.  □ 


ALL  PHOTOS  BY  RICHARD  HEAD 


July  29,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


Student  jobless  rate  remains  high 


by  Arn  Keeling 

OTTAWA  (CUP)  —  Students  in  Ot- 
tawa andaroundOntarioare facing  high 
unemployment  again  this  summer,  as 
enrolment  in  summer  courses  at  some 
universities  is  increasing. 

"Ontario's  youth  unemployment  rate 
is  1 7  per  cent,  almost  double  the  provin- 
cial unemployment  rate,"  says  Liberal 
MPP  Dalton  McGuinty,  the  province's 
education  and  training  critic. 

As  well,  according  to  Statistics  Canada 
numbers  compiled  by  the  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students,  the  unemployment 
rate  for  students  in  Ontario  this  June  was 
20  per  cent. 

Although  this  represents  a  small  de- 
crease from  last  summer's  average  of 
20.3  per  cent,  two  summers  ago  the  stu- 
dent unemployment  rate  averaged  14.5 
per  cent. 

The  number  of  jobs  available  and  the 
number  of  students  placed  in  jobs  by  the 
Canada  Employment  Centre  for  Students 
has  fallen,  says  Bob  Gould,  manager  of 
the  centre  in  Ottawa. 

"Since  lastsummer  there  isa  decrease," 
he  says. 

Gould  says  he  expects  about  8,500  job 
vacancies  will  be  filled  through  the  cen- 
tre this  summer,  compared  to  9,349  last 
year. 

"I  hope  because  people  aren't  using 
the  service,  that  means  they're  working," 
Gould  says. 

While  summer  unemployment  con- 
tinues to  plague  students,  some  Ontario 
universities  are  seeing  summer  enrol- 
ment rise. 

For  the  past  three  years,  Carleton  has 
seen  an  increase  in  summer  enrolment. 
And  although  the  final  figures  are  not  in 
for  this  summer,  early  indications  are 
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According  to  first-term  figures  from 
Carleton's  office  of  budget  planning,  to- 
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148  students.  Between  1990  and  1992, 
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mer school  is  up  at  Toronto's  other  two 
universities  as  well. 

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enrolments,"  says  Skip  Bassford,  dean  of 
Atkinson  College,  which  runs  York's  sum- 
mer courses. 

One  student  who  has  yet  to  find  a  job 
this  summer  is  John  Kirkham,  a  third- 
year  biology  student  at  Carleton. 

He  says  he  is  relying  on  occasional 
work  tutoring  and  volunteer  work  to  fill 
his  time  in  the  summer.  Kirkham  says 
this  is  the  worst  summer  he  has  seen  for 
job  availability. 

"There  are  noticeably  fewer  postings 
at  the  employment  centre,"  he  says. 

When  he  has  applied  for  jobs,  the 
news  has  always  been  bad. 

"Generally,  I  apply  and  I  don't  hear 
back,"  he  says. 

Kirkham  says  he  isn't  able  to  take 
summercourses  because  his  student  loans 
are  not  enough  to  cover  the  cost  of  sum- 
mer tuition  as  well  as  his  fall-winter  term 
expenses. 

Some  York  students  are  taking  sum- 
mer courses  to  make  up  for  time  lost  due 


to  part-time  work  during  the  school  year 
and  because  of  the  lack  of  summer  em- 
ployment. 

"My  job  ran  out  just  before  Christmas, 
so  I  took  more  courses  (during  the  sum- 
mer)," says  Gabriella  Costa,  a  third-year 
sociology  major. 

Karen  Lee,  a  fourth-year  history  and 
African  studies  majoralso  taking  courses 
to  finish  her  degree  on  time,  says  there  is 
nothing  available  in  terms  of  employ- 
ment. 

Students  are  getting  some  help  from 
the  employment  centre,  which  offers 
resume -writing  and  job-hunting  advice. 

As  well,  Gould  says  efforts  are  being 
made  to  make  students  more  attractive 
to  potential  employers,  including 
telemarketing  and  radio  and  newspaper 
advertisements. 

"We  do  market  students,"  he  says. 

But  Gould  has  no  illusions  about  the 
job  situation  for  students:  "It's  going  to 
get  harder."  □ 

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"The  law  makes  women  suscepti- 
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McCormick  describes  this  interpre- 
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8  •  The  Charlatan  •  July  29,  1993 


EDITORIAL  PACE 


Tory  loan 
reform  plan 
just  smoke 
and  mirrors 


Since  the  election  of  the  so-called  "Pro- 
gressive" Conservatives  in  1984,  fund- 
ing for  students  who  can't  afford  the 
spiralling  cost  of  attending  universities 
and  colleges  has  been  under  siege. 
According  to  opposition  critics  and  the  Canadian 
Federation  of  Students,  the  federal  government  hasn't 
changed  the  cost-of-living  criteria  used  to  evaluate 
students'  financial  need  since  198S. 

As  well,  cuts  to  transfer  payments  to  the  provinces 
are  partly  to  blame  for  the  elimination  of  grants  in 
Ontario  and  declining  funding  for  universities  across 
the  country. 

Now,  the  feds  are  hitting  the  Canada  Student 
Loan  program.  The  move  to  eliminate  the  three-per- 
cent tax  on  student  loans  Aug.  1  has  been  used  as  a 
smoke  screen  to  hide  the  loss  of  the  six-month  inter- 
est-free loan  period  students  have  after  leaving  school. 

Not  only  will  this  reform  cost  students  as  a  whole 
more  than  before,  it  will  affect  individual  students  in 
a  much  more  damaging  way  in  the  long  run. 

A  student  who  is  entering  the  job  market  will  be 
faced  with  interest  compiling  on  their  loan  principal 
immediately,  so  loans  will  take  longer  to  pay  back. 
More  students  may  also  be  forced  to  default  on  their 
loans  after  they  leave  school,  precisely  the  problem 
the  government  wants  to  avoid. 

While  the  students  will  now  be  hit  as  they  leave 
school,  there  is  a  jobs  crisis  in  this  country.  This 
week's  Maclean's  magazine  cover  proclaims  the  job- 
less rate  is  over  1.5  million.  This  is  not  an  environ- 
ment in  which  to  release  graduates  worried  about 
how  they  will  make  their  loan  payment  each  month. 

The  feds  have  little  sympathy  for  students.  A 
spokesperson  for  Bernard  Valcourt,  minister  of  hu- 
man resources  and  labor,  said  the  $6,130  average 
yearly  loan  amount  is  "well  within  the  repayment 
ability  of  most  borrowers." 

What  the  government  seems  to  be  saying  is,  "Load 
on  the  debt!  Students  will  all  get  cushy  jobs  when  they 
graduate  from  university  anyway." 

Sure. 

The  fact  is  that  tuition  costs,  living  costs,  book 
costs  and  diminishing  job  prospects  in  many  fields 
are  conspiring  to  force  students  into  longer  schooling 
and  higher  debts.  There  are  no  guarantees  students 
will  emerge  from  university  with  a  job  awaiting 
them. 

What  is  even  scarier  is  that  the  government  has 
even  more  "reforms"  in  store  for  the  loans  system. 
Although  the  government  has  yet  to  announce  many 
of  the  proposed  changes,  one  plan  would  give  more 
of  the  student  loan  administration  to  a  single,  pri- 
vate bank. 

This  corporation  would  have  the  power  to  rum 
away  students  considered  a  bad  credit  risk.  Right 
now,  a  student  only  has  to  establish  financial  need  to 
qualify  for  a  loan. 

In  other  words,  many  of  the  students  whoneedthe 
money  most  may  be  left  out  in  the  cold.  A  person 
whose  business  venture  failed  might  be  rejected  if 
they  decide  to  return  to  school.  A  single  parent  with 
dependent  children  might  just  be  another  bad  credit 
risk  to  a  bank. 

The  CFS,  far  from  being  cynical  about  the  recent 
and  proposed  changes,  has  signs  plastered  all  over 
Carleton  proclaiming  a  victory  in  its  fight  to  help 
students.  How  can  the  CFS  take  any  pride  in  a 
"victory"  that  will  bleed  students  of  still  more  money 
and  possibly  limit  accessibility  further? 

Privatization,  lies  and  deception.  Welcome  to 
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OPINION 


Through  the  eyes  of  a  stranger 

A  visiting  Korean  woman  reflects  on  how  she  perceives 
and  is  perceived  by  Canadian  society. 


Due  to  space  constraints  and  summer  apa- 
thy, the  much-read  letters  section  has  been 
pat  on  hold  until  September,  Stay  tuned  and 
hold  your  poison  pens  'till  then.  □ 


by  Yonnie  Kim 

Yonnis  is  a  student  Irom  South  Korea  in  Cartelon's  ESL  program  for  the  summer. 

I.  Q  stranger  here. 
I  am  a  student  at  the  Seoul  National  Univer- 
sity studying  for  five  months  in  Ottawa. 
I  am  in  a  strange  land. 
I  thoughtpeople  in  Canada  would  notexpect 
me  to  speak  English  very  well  and  they  would  treat  me 
like  a  guest. 

In  Korea,  we  can  eas- 
ily spot  a  foreigner.  If  we 
encounter  a  white  or 
black  person  in  the  street, 
we  do  not  expect  them  to 
speak  Korean. 

My  mind  is  strongly 
programed  to  think  that 
people  with  different  ap- 
pearances are  strangers. 

As  a  stranger  in  Ko- 
rea, you  would  be  treated 
very  generously.  We 
would  think  you  might 
feel  uncomfortable  in  a 
strange  country,  so  we 
would  pay  you  more  at- 
tention to  give  you  a  good 
impression  of  Korea. 

But  what  I  found  here 
is  a  more  or  less  un- 
friendly response  for  my 
stammering  English.  Peo- 
ple seem  a  little  annoyed 
when  I  take  time  to  count 
the  Canadian  coins  still  unfamiliar  to  me. 

It  seems  the  idea  that  I  might  be  a  foreigner  would 
never  cross  their  minds. 

Someone  even  tried  to  ask  me  for  directions.  In 

It  seems  the  idea  that  I  might 
be  a  foreigner  would  never 
cross  their  minds. 

Korea,  you  would  be  insane  to  try  that  —  asking 
directions  from  a  foreigner. 


But  in  Canada,  people  who  want  to  know  the  way 
from  me  are  not  crazy.  They  just  do  not  notice  that  I  am 
a  stranger  here. 

Some  of  my  classmates  complain  that  Canadians 
are  so  cold  that  it  is  difficult  to  make  friends  here.  But 
I  think  it  is  more  suitable  to  say  that  Canadians  are 
generally  indifferent  to  others. 

They  seldom  seem  interested  in  the  social  issues  of 
their  country.  Although  they 
say  politics  is  a  hot  topic  in 
Canada,  1  find  it  is  not  so 
often  discussed  as  sex  or  the 
weather. 

/h  Compared  with  the  situ- 

ation of  a  university  student 


Compared  with 
the  situation  of  a 
university  student 
in  Korea,  Canada 
is  very  relaxed. 


in  Korea,  Canada  is  very  re- 
laxed. In  Korea,  we  are  al- 
ways discussing  matters 
which  are  not  related  to  us 
as  individuals  but  to  the 
wholeofKorea.  Every  morn- 
ing, we  have  enthusiastic 
conversations  about  the 
headlines  of  several  daily 
newspapers  which  have  very  different  ideas  about 
political  issues. 

We  usually  speak  out  by  posting  opinion  posters 
everywhere  on  campus.  In  this  way,  we  can  figure  out 
other  students'  ideas  effectively  and  sometimes  we 
have  heated  conflicts.  If  a  remarkable  opinion  is  put 
up,  often  many  posters  emerge  with  supporting  and 
retorting  opinions  the  very  next  day. 

I  am  not  saying  that  Canadiansnever  pay  attention 
to  social  matters. 

But  often  for  me  it  is  difficult  to  find  clues  that  show 
me  you  are  thinking  more  about  the  condition  of  your 
society  than  who  is  going  to  win  the  Stanley  Cup  this 
season.  □ 


July  29,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  9 


SPORTS 


Athletics  names  new  coach  to  ski  team 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  best  just  got  better. 

Not  content  with  just  having  one  of 
the  top  nordic  ski  programs  in  the  coun- 
try, Carleton's  athletic  department  has 
hired  a  former  national  ski  team  mem- 
ber to  maintain  the  university's  reputa- 
tion as  a  nordic  ski  powerhouse. 

Besides  skiing  nationally,  newcomer 
Mark  "Rabb  coached  the  men's  nordic  ski 
team  at  Queen's  to  a  third-place  finish  in 
the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation championships  two  years  ago. 

He  joins  a  Carleton  program  that  has 
been  a  consistent  winner  during  the  past 
decade. 

Last  year  the  Ravens  extended  their 


streak  of  finishing  in  the  top  three  for  six 
straight  years.  The  women's  team  won 
gold  for  a  second  consecutive  year  while 
the  men  claimed  silver. 

Despite  that  success,  the  Carleton  pro- 
gram was  still  missing  stability.  Until  this 
year,  the  nordic  ski  program  was  funded 
by  the  university,  but  coached  and  ad- 
ministered by  two  student  coaches.  Every 
new  year  brought  with  it  new  students, 
new  demands,  new  coaches.  A  perma- 
nent coach  should  eliminate  those  prob- 
lems. 

"He'll  be  good  for  the  team  for  the 
sake  of  continuity,"  says  team  member 
Frank  Ferrari.  "Having  a  different  stu- 
dent coach  every  year  made  for  a  lot  of 
ups  and  downs  with  different  ideas  and 


personalities  being  brought  forth." 

An  outside  coach  should  also  remove 
the  workload  previously  placed  on  stu- 
dent coaches,  says  women's  varsity  coor- 
dinator Gail  Blake. 

"We  were  asking  a  lot  of  the  student 
coaches, "  she  says.  "They  were  coaching 
the  team,  participating  as  skiers  and 
going  to  school.  It's  a  lotto  ask.  They  were 
not  only  looking  after  themselves  but  the 
entire  team." 

Blake  says  Rabb  will  help  a  lot, 

"He'll  take  charge  of  travel  arrange- 
ments, making  sure  we  have  team  mem- 
bers at  races,  making  sure  we  get  enough 
races  to  qualify  for  the  provincial  cham- 
pionships, coach,  and  manage  a  team  of 
about  30  students." 


Besides  stability,  Rabb  should  also  pro- 
vide a  new  focus. 

"Last  year  things  started  to  stagnate  a 
little,"  says  Ferrari.  "He'sa  teacher  who's 
really  interested  in  coaching  and  ath- 
letes and  he  should  be  able  to  add  a  little 
objectivity  and  new  blood  into  the  pro- 
gram." 

Carleton  becomes  the  third  Ontario 
university  to  employ  a  coach  for  its  nordic 
ski  team. 

The  University  of  Western  Ontario  and 
Laurentian  University  both  have  a  fac- 
ulty coach  for  their  programs. 

Rabb  is  on  vacation  in  Europe  and  was 
unavailable  for  comment.  □ 


Support  staff  adds  CFL  experience  to  Ravens 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

Raven  football  coach  Donn  Smith 
announced  his  coaching  staff  for  the 
upcoming  season  July  22. 

Former  head  coach  Gary  Shaver  re- 
mains with  the  team  as  the  defensive 
coordinator.  Shaver  will  also  be  responsi- 
ble for  the  defensive  secondary  and  coach- 
ing the  linebackers  against  the  pass. 

Newcomer  Randy  Fournier  joins 
Shaver  on  defence,  taking  charge  of  the 
defensive  line  as  well  as  coaching  the 
linebackers  against  the  run. 

Before  coming  to  the  Ravens,  Foumier 
played  with  the  Ottawa  Rough  Riders 
from  1981-85  as  a  defensive  linesman. 
He  coached  both  linebackers  and  the 
defensive  line  with  the  University  of  Ot- 
tawa Gee-Gees  between  1987-89  and  then 
moved  on  to  the  same  duties  with  Ot- 
tawa Sooners  last  year. 


"He's  a  teacher,  a  leader  and  a  moti- 
vator," says  Smith.  "It's  as  simple  as  that. 
He  really  knows  how  to  get  guys  fired  up 
for  a  game." 

The  second  newcomer  to  Smith's  team 
is  former  Canadian  Football  Leaguer 
Richard  Holmes,  who  will  coach  the  run- 
ning backs.  Holmes  played  with  the  Rid- 
ers, Hamilton  and  Winnipeg  from  1977- 
79,  rushing  for  over  1,000  yards  with 
Ottawa  in  his  rookie  year.  As  a  running 
back  coach,  Holmes  has  had  stints  with 
Ottawa's  Gee-Gees,  Sooners  and  Bootleg- 
gers. 

"He  always  impressed  me  as  a  player, 
as  a  knowledgeable  individual  of  the 
game,"  says  Smith.  "He  was  an  excellent 
running  back  and  I'm  sure  he'll  impart 
his  knowledge  to  the  players." 

The  only  returnee  from  last  year's 
volunteer  staff  is  Dave  Waterhouse, 
former  all-star  of  the  Ontario-Quebec 


Intercollegiate  Football  Conference. 
Waterhouse  will  coach  the  receivers  on 
offence. 

Steve  Howlett  is  Smith's  final  addition 
to  the  coaching  staff.  The  former  CFL 
wide  receiver  with  Edmonton  from  1985- 
87  and  the  Rough  Riders  from  1987-89 
will  coach  the  Raven  quarterbacks.  Smith 
plucked  Howlett  from  the  Ottawa  Sooners, 
where  he  coached  the  receivers  on  last 
year's  national  junior  champions. 

"He's  exactly  what  I  need, "  says  Smith. 
"He  has  a  great  understanding  of 
quarterback  technique  and  has  a  great 
ability  to  read  defence  patterns." 

The  new  coaches  could  not  be  reached 
for  comment. 

Smith  himself  will  control  the  offen- 
sive line  and  coordinate  the  offence.  The 
athletics  department  hired  Smith,  a 
former  CFL  all-star  with  two  Grey  Cup 
rings,  earlier  this  year.  □ 


Canucks  row  to  World  University  Games  success 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

Bring  on  the  Olympics. 

Canadian  university  athletes  produced 
40  medal-winning  performances  —  12 
gold,  14  silver,  14  bronze  —  during  this 
year's  World  University  Games  in  Buf- 
falo, N.Y. 

The  40  medals  topped  Canada's  pre- 
vious best  of  38  in  Edmonton  in  1983. 
Only  the  United  States  won  more,  with  75 
medals. 

Rowing  domination  on  the  final  day 
of  competition  pushed  Canada  to  the  40- 
medal  plateau,  when  Canadians  earned 
13  medals  in  15  rowing  finals.  Five  gold 
medals,  five  silver  and  three  bronze  were 
Canada's  take  from  the  event  held  at  the 
Henley  regatta  course  in  St.  Catherines, 
Ont. 

Mamie  McBean,  a  double  Olympic 
gold  medallist  and  University  of  Western 
Ontario  student,  was  a  double  winner 
again,  capturing  a  silver  in  heavyweight 
single  sculls.  She  also  joined  schoolmate 
Michelle  Darville,  Kelly  Mahon  of  B.C. 's 
Saanichton  College,  and  Dianne  O'Grady 
of  Queen's  University,  for  gold  in  the 
quadruple  sculls. 

Mahon  was  the  lone  Canadian  to  win 
two  gold  medals  after  adding  the  wom- 
en's eights  title. 

LightweightpairRachelStarrofMcGill 
University  and  Tracy  Duncan  from  the 
University  of  Saskatchewan  also  won  gold, 
as  did  University  of  Victoria  student 
Wendy  Wiebe  in  lightweight  singles. 

In  men's  pairs,  Darren  Barber  and 
Phil  Graham,  both  Victoria  students,  also 
captured  gold. 

Head  rowing  coach  Brian  Richardson 
will  now  conduct  a  two-week  camp  in 


London,  Ont.  to  select  his  team  for  the 
world  championships  in  the  Czech  Re- 
public next  month.  He  called  it  a  "start- 
ing foundation"  forthe  1996  Olympics  in 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

"This  has  been  an  excellent  experi- 
ence for  the  younger  members  of  the 
team,"  he  said. 

His  enthusiasm  was  shared  by  the 
Canadian  chef  de  mission  Harry  Zarins 
of  Concordia  University  in  Montreal. 

"Look  what  happened:  our  athletes 
won  15  medals  in  one  day,  which  has  to 
rate  as  one  of  the  greatest  days  in  Cana- 
dian sport,"  he  said.  "These  games  have 
been  a  launching  pad  for  some  interest- 
ing things  that  might  happen  for  us  at 
the  Olympics  in  Atlanta  in  1996." 

While  Canadian  athletes  concluded 
the  games  in  high  spirits,  organizers  of 
the  event  were  left  with  a  financial  head- 
ache. Disappointing  ticket  sales,  lack  of 
sponsorship  and  no  television  revenue 
for  the  event  make  a  deficit  almost  cer- 
tain. 

Media  relations  managerlrene  Liguori 
said  any  deficit  would  probably  be  less 
than  $1  million  U.S. 

Games'  executive  director  Kathy 
Scanlan  scoffed  at  suggestions  the  deficit 
might  go  higher. 

"If  it  were  $5  million,  we'd  have 
stopped  feeding  the  athletes  two  days 
before  the  games  ended,"  Scanlan  told 
the  Ottawa  Citizen.  "We  would  have  been 
flat  broke." 

Scanlan  had  hoped  to  raise  $6  million 
by  selling  500,000  tickets  for  the  11 -day 
event  but  she  concedes  they  did  fall  short 
of  that  goal.  About  300,000  tickets  were 
sold  for  the  games. 

Sheffield,  England,  lost  about  $20 


million  as  host  to  the  1991  Games  and  faloorganizerscuttheirbudgetby about 

had  to  make  drastic  cuts  to  public  serv-  40  per  cent  before  the  Games,  scaled 

ices  to  cover  their  deficit.  back  pageantry  and  relied  on  volunteers 

To  avoid  that  fiasco,  Liguori  said  Buf-  to  handle  a  larger  work  load.  □ 


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10  •  The  Charlatan  ■  July  29,  1993 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Celebrating  Canadian  music 


by  Joanne  Cizwerski 

Charlatan  Staff 


CFNV  Edgefest:  Day  1 

Ontario  Place  PaviHion,  Toronto 
CANADA  DAY 


espite  competing  with  so 

S many  concerts,  festivals  and 
multi-act  gigs  taking  place 
this  summer,  Toronto's  first 
ever  Edgefest  managed  to 
be  very  popular  with  con- 
cert-goers. 
The  goal  of  this  two-day  festival,  spon- 
sored by  Toronto  radio  station  CFNY,  was 
to  exhibit  an  eclectic  sampling  of  music. 
Day  1  —  Canada  Day  —  showcased 
Canadian  musical  talent.  Day  2  was  an 
international  affair,  featuring  Ned's 
Atomic    Dustbin,    Judy  Bats, 
Radiohead   and   Ottawa's  own 
Furnaceface. 

The  wide  diversity  of  bands  on  Day  1 
meant  everyone  had  a  chance  to  be  ex- 
posed to  groups  they  would  otherwise 
never  hear.  Plus,  it  served  as  a  good 
contrast  to  the  Canada  Day  celebration 
at  Barrie's  Molson  Park,  which  featured 
mainly  American  bands  like  Van  Halen. 

The  sold-out  show  attracted  7,500 
music  lovers  to  Ontario  Place's  revolving 
stage.  The  weather  cooperated  with  an 
enthusiastic  crowd  and  a  stellar  line-up 
for  a  day  of  sonic  stimulation. 

For  some  reason,  opening  band 
hHead  kicked  off  the  day  20  minutes 
early  at  12:30  p.m.,  as  people  were  still 
arriving.  Regardless,  they  were  a  great 
way  to  start  off  the  day.  Their  unconven- 
tional altemative-rock  tunes  blasted 
through  the  park  as  they  expended  their 
energy  jumping  about  the  stage. 

Their  set  consisted  of  songs  from  their 
debut  independent  CD  release,  Fireman. 
Thanks  to  heavy  rotation  on  CFNY,  their 
single  "Collide"  had  the  crowd  dancing 
and  singing  along.  They  ended  their  30- 
minute  set  with  "Happy,"  theirentry  into 
this  year's  CFNY  New  Music  Search  con- 
test. From  their  set,  it  was  clear  why  these 
guys  have  a  devoted  following  through- 
out Canada's  independent  music  com- 
munity. 

Shadowy  Men  on  a  Shadowy 
Planet  triumphed  on  musical  ability 
alone.  Literally  lyricless,  the  trio  moved 
through  an  entrancing  set  that  had  the 
crowd  caught  up  in  their  sound. 

When  they  started  playing  the  in- 
stantly recognizable  "Having  an  Aver- 
age Weekend"  (a.k.a.  the  theme  from 


A  LINEUP  THAT  TAKES 
LOLLAPALOOZA'S  ASS  AND 
BOOTS  IT  TO  KAPUSKASINC 

hHEAD 
SARA  CRAIG 

SHADOWY  MEN  ON  A  SHADOWY 

PLANET 
THE  ODDS 
CHANGE  OF  HEART 
CRASH  VEGAS 

ME,  MOM  AND  MORGENTALER 
KING  APPARATUS 
CORKY  AND  THE  JUICE  PIGS 
THE  WATCHMEN 

GREGORY  HOSKINS  AND  THE  STICK 
PEOPLE 

GINGER  (EX-GRAPES  OF  WRATH) 
THEWALTONS 
LOWEST  OF  THE  LOW 
RHEOSTATICS 


-\jr 


Lowest  of  the  Low's  Stephen  Stanley:  "I've  fallen  and  I. . .  oh,  forget  it." 


The  Kids  in  the  Haiti,  the  crowd  flipped  out. 
1 1  wasn  't  quite  dear  if  they  were  cheering 
the  song  or  the  TV  show. 

Up  next  were  the  Odds,  whose  quirky 
sense  of  humor  (as  witnessed  by  their 
stint  with  the  Kids  in  the  Hall  for  their 
"Heterosexual  Man"  video)  is  matched 
onlybytheir  overwhelming  love  for  their 
music. 

Odds'  guitarist-vocalist  Steven  Drake, 
when  asked  what  he'd  do  if  he  wasn't 
playing  music,  replied,  "I  always  ask 
myself  that  question . . .  nuclear  physics 
or  biology." 

He's  serious,  although  in  the  end  he 
admitted  "there's  nothing  else"  he'd 
rather  be  doing. 

The  Odds  managed  to  stir  up  what 


Me,  Mom's  Matthew  Lipscombe,  pre-mayhem. 

had  become  a  somewhat  quiet  crowd 
with  their  melodic  post-punk  pop.  In 
doing  so,  they  took  themselves  and  the 
audience  to  greater  heights  of  satisfac- 
tion, all  through  the  simple  pleasure  of 
doing  what  they  love  best. 

By  the  way,  was  that  "Heterosexual 


Man"  and  Kid  in  the  Hall  Bruce 
McColluch,  hanging  around  backstage 
sporting  sunglasses  and  looking  quite 
out  of  it,  wondering  if  the  Odds  had 
played  yet? 
Just  curious. 

Of  the  many  bands  on  the  bill, 
Change  of  Heart  dare  not  be  left 
unmentioned.  This  Toronto-based  band 
has  been  around  for  a  long  time,  and  it 
showed.  Their  musical  maturity  en- 
thralled the  crowd  and  their  thrashy  but 
polished  guitars  were  overwhelming. 

Joining  in  the  fun,  several  people  leapt 
over  security  and  rushed  the  stage.  The 
result  was  a  somewhat  tame  mosh  pit 
and  a  weary-looking  band.  Nevertheless, 
the  band  members  regained  their  com- 
posure, even  while  fans  ran  onto 
the  ground-level  stage  and  sang 
into  the  mikes. 

And  there  was  still  more  to 
come. 

The  musical  collective  that  is 
Me,  Mom  and  Morgentaler 

was  simply  amazing.  Theirener- 
getic  performance  caused  the 
audience  to  rush  the  stage  again, 
with  moshing  all  around.  At  this 
point,  security  started  to  tighten 
up.  As  before,  trying  to  get  on- 
stage was  a  thrill  few  in  the  pit 
could  resist. 

The  resulting  mayhem  caused 
security  to  cut  Me,  Mom  and 
Morgentaler's  set  short  to  only 
six  songs.  It  didn't  matter,  though, 
because  with  their  magical  cha- 
risma they  gave  everyone  their 
money's  worth  with  their  first 
three  songs. 

Recently  signed  to  music  label 
giant  Warner,  folk-pop  quartet 
§  The  Waltons  received  a  warm 
|  welcome,  which  set  the  tone  for 
g  their  entire  set. 
i      The  music  of  this  Saskatch- 
§  ewan-bred,  Toronto-based  band 
had  the  crowd  dancing,  caught 
up  in  lason  Plumb's  soothing  and 
enchanting  vocals.  They  created 
a  familiar  yet  original  sound  character- 
ized by  an  infectious,  steady  grace. 

Even  with  the  endless  supply  of  free 
beerandrefreshments  backstage,  itmust 
have  been  quite  the  long  wait  if  you  were 
one  of  the  headliners.  It  didn't  show  on 


Lowest  of  the  Low,  who 

took  to  the  stage  at  10:30 
p.m.  looking  refreshed. 

They  then  pumped  out 
an  incredible  sounding  pure 
rock  set.  The  experience 
proved  to  be  an  overwhelm- 
ing one  for  singer-guitarist 
Stephen  Stanley.  Cheered 
on  by  the  crowd,  he  swung 
his  guitar  at  the  floor  re- 
peatedly until  it  was  de- 
stroyed. 

As  the  event  came  to  a 
close,  the  Rheostat! cs  were 
preparing  backstage  for 
theirheadliningshow.  Their 
music  has  been  described 
as  glorious  noise  influenced 
by  the  enormous  scale  of 
the  Canadian  landscape. 
The  band  itself  has  been 
o  called  an  undiscovered  na- 
s  tional  treasure. 
§     After     seeing  the 
S  Rheostatics  in  concert,  it's 
§  easy  to  see  why  they  im- 
press fans  across  North 

  America  with  their  love  of 

the  sounds  they  make.  Their  set  was  an 
endless  hour  of  extraordinary  Canadian 
guitar  masterpieces. 

Itwastheperfectendingfora  success- 
ful and  entertaining  Canada  Day  that 
left  few  people  able  to  resist  the  spirit  of 
Canadian  patriotism.  □ 


this 
month.  •  • 

Six  things  we  like,  three 
things  we  hate  and  one 
thing  we  just  don't  care 
about 


1.  1-800-GOLF-TiP 

2.  The  CKCU  Busker 
Festival,  July  31  to  August  2 

3.  Any  breed  of  dog  except 
for  toy  poodles  and  chows 

4.  Cigarettes 

5.  Heaven  Dog 

6.  Emotion  Lotion™ 
ingredients:  Glycyl  alcohol, 
Sorbitol,  F.D.C  Flavor,  Methyl 
p-hydroxbenzoate.  SMELLS 
AND  TASTES  GREAT 

7.  For  Better  or  For  Worse, 
the  only  comic  strip  with 
fewer  laughs  than  Mary 
Worth 

8.  American  cigarettes 

9.  $40  Lolapalooza  tickets 


10.  No.  16 


July  29,  1993  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  11 


rthe  sounds  of  summer 
come  to  Ottawa 


by  Chris  Reid 

Chartatan  Slatt 

J or  10  days  each  summer,  Ot- 
tawa is  transformed  into  an 
oasisof  jazz.  From  July  16-25, 
you  could  hear  the  sounds  of 
jazz  everywhere:  walking 
through  Rideau  Centre,  en- 
joying a  beer  at  the  Royal 
Oak  or  hanging  out  at  the  National  Gal- 
lery. 

Jacques  Emond,  the  festival's  program- 
ming  manager,  notes  that  over  half  the 
artists  featured  in  this  year's  lineup  are 
local  musicians.  This,  notes  Emond,  is 
beneficial  to  local  jazz  musicians. 

"I  think  it  gives  them  a  chance  to  be 
known  outside  of  a  club  environment," 
says  Emond. 

"Some  of  these  musicians,  they  only 
perform  with  their  own  group  but  not 
with  other  groups,  so  it's  a  platform  for 
them  to  put  their  music  in  front  of  a  large 


The  Angstones,  showing  off  the  latest  in  stylish  headwear. 


Velvet  Glove's  Jane  Fair. 


audience." 

Emond  noted  that  local  content  was 
an  important  and  growing  part  of  the 
festival. 


"I  think  basically  the  festival  musi- 
cians appreciate  that  they  get  a  chance 
to  be  heard, "  he  says. 

The  festival  itself  had  something 
for  everybody,  from  the  seasoned  jazz 
veteran  to  the  people  who  still  aren't 
sure  when  exactly  to  clap  their  hands. 

The  P.J.  Perry  Quintet,  a  Canadian 
act,  kicked  off  the  festival  July  16  at 
Confederation  Park.  On  a  stage  re- 
plete with  ferns  (surely  the  symbolic 
plant  of  jazz),  they  won  the  audience 
overwith  their  brand  of  energetic  bop. 

Described  as  a  jazz  veteran,  saxo- 
phonist Perry  has  played  with  Dizzy 
Gillespie  and  was  a  1 993  Juno  award- 
winner.  Perry's  opinion  of  jazz  festi- 
vals is  basically  a  positive  one. 

"Jazz  music  and  festivals  have  some- 
thing in  common,  and  that  is  that 
every  once  in  a  while  you  can  hit  upon 
an  evening  when  everything  could  be 
working  perfectly,  so  it  doesn't  matter 
what  festival  you're  at,  or  for  that 
m  matter  what  band  you're  listening  to, " 
|  he  says.  "Great  jazz  music  sort  of  ap- 
2  pears  for  no  rhyme  or  reason  and  you 
m  can  be  witness  to  a  great  evening  of 
jazz  in  the  most  inauspicious  of  places. " 
Oneofthoseplaceswouldbeatthe 
late  night  jam  sessions,  held  at  the  Pen- 
guin on  the  two  Saturdays  of  the  10-day 
festival,  and  at  the  Westin  Hotel  the  rest 
of  the  festival. 


5  k  i  c  k  e  d 
each 
evening  off 

with  his  trio,  bassist  Alec  Walklington 
and  pianist  Andre  White.  They  played 
for  a  few  songs,  but  after  that,  all  bets 
were  off  as  to  who  you'd  see  sitting  in 
for  a  set.  Musicians  ranged  from  local 
students  to  festival  headliners  like 
Chico  Hamilton  and  Montreal's  La 
Bande  a  Magoo. 

"There  (are)  people  in  here  now  at 
their  fourth  straight  night  at  the  jam 
session  who  I  met  in  a  bar  before  the 
first  jam  session,  "  says  Magadini. 
"The  girl  liked  jazz  and  her  boyfriend 
said,  T  don't  care  for  jazz  very  much,' 
and  I  said,  'You're  wrong.  You  just 
don'tknowwhatkindof  jazzyou  like. 
Everybody's  gonna  find  some  kind  of 
jazz  they  like  cause  jazz  is  just  a  small 
word  —  four  letters  —  that  goes  over  a 
vast  array  of  music' 

"You  know,  there's  such  a  wide 
variety  and  I  know  anybody  who  likes 
music  will  like  jazz.  It's  just  a  matter  of 
what  do  you  like." 

For  people  into  avant-garde  jazz, 
the  With  an  Edge  concert  series  fit  the 
bill.  Sponsored  by  CKCU  and  held  in 
the  National  Arts  Centre  Studio  on 
alternating  nights,  it  featured  musi- 
cians that  don't  conform  to  traditional 
jazz  conventions. 

One  show  this  year  featured  musi- 
cians Joe  McPhee  and  David  Prentice. 
Their  largely  improvised  session  was 


played  in  the  intimate  NAC  studio  where 
they  coaxed  eerie,  bizarre  and  even  hyp- 
notic sounds  out  of  an  array  of  homs  and 
violins.  Their  performance  ignored  all 
established  musical  forms  and  pushed 
the  limits  of  the  instruments  they  played. 

Another  musical  stand-out  at  this 
year's  festival  was  Ottawa's  The 
Angstones,  who  brought  their  unique 
polka  jazz-fusion  sound  to  the  World 
Exchange  Plaza.  Under  a  sunny  sky  they 
won  the  audience  over  with  their  ver- 
sions of  "So  Long,  Farewell"  and  Boney 
M's  cheese-  classic  "Rasputin." 

But  the  best  thing  about  these  fellows 
was,  since  their  songs  were  less  solo- 
oriented  than  most  jazz,  knowing  when 
to  clap  wasn't  a  problem. 

In  short,  this  festival  had  it  all.  With 
the  mostly  excellent  weather  and  quality 
jazz  acts  (like  the  all-female  quintet,  Vel- 
vet Glove),  it  was  the  perfect  setting  for 
jazz  novices  and  experts  alike  to  see  jazz 


P.J.  Perry  jazzes  up  Ottawa. 


the  way  it  was  meant  to  be  seen:  alive 
and  kicking.  □ 
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NEWS 


CUSA  locked  in  labor  dispute 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  staff 

Two  employees  of  the  Carleton  Uni- 
versity Students'  Association  (CUSA)  have 
been  reinstated  in  their  positions  after 
being  fired  in  July. 

The  reinstatements  are  part  of  a  dis- 
pute between  CUSA  and  some  of  its  serv- 
ice co-ordinators  which  culminated  in  a 
hearing  at  the  Ontario  Labor  Relations 
Board  in  Toronto  Aug.  23-31. 

This  summer,  some  of  CUSA's  service 
co-ordinators  tried  to  organize  a  union. 
Wayne  Ross,  co-ordinator  of  the  Student 
Academic  Action  Bureau,  and  Ren6e 
Twaddle,  co-ordinator  of  the  Carleton 
Women's  Centre,  contendthey  were  fired 
because  they  were  trying  to  unionize 
CUSA  employees. 

"I  say  it  was  union-busting, "  says  Ross. 
"CUSA  has  said  they  fired  us  for  cause, 
but  when  we  challenged  them  in  the 
hearings,  they  didn't  argue  against  us  on 
our  claim  that  we  were  fired  because  we 
were  union  organizers." 

The  board  hearings  were  to  determine 
whether  CUSA  used  unfair  labor  prac- 
tices in  firing  Ross  and  Twaddle.  But  if  it 
decides  CUSA  fired  them  for  organizing  a 
union,  the  board  could  automatically 
certify  about  250  CUSA  employees  as  a 
single  bargaining  unit. 

The  Canadian  Union  of  Public  Em- 
ployees (CUPE)  Local  1281  filed  com- 
plaints with  the  board  Aug.  5  over  the 
firings  of  Ross  and  Twaddle.  CUSA  fired 
Ross  July  15  andTwaddle  July  29,  stating 
no  reason  except  "just  cause." 

Local  1281  obtained  an  order  from  the 
board  Aug.  9  which  allowed  Ross  and 
Twaddle  to  return  temporarily  to  their 
jobs  until  the  board  reaches  a  ruling, 
which  is  expected  to  come  within  the 
next  two  weeks. 

The  complaints  are  being  filed  under 
Section  91  and  Section  9.2  of  the  Ontario 
Labor  Relations  Act.  Section  91  deals 
with  unfair  labor  practices.  Section  9.2 
allows  the  board  to  automatically  certify 
employees  in  a  workplace  if  it  rules  that 
the  employer  interfered  with  employees 
trying  to  unionize,  says  Brian  Robinson, 


chief  steward  of  Local  1281 . 

A  pre-hearing  negotiation  was  held 
Aug.  1 8,  but  no  settlement  was  reached. 

CUSA  presented  no  evidence  at  the 
hearing,  although  CUSA  President  Lucy 
Watson  says  the  association  "actively 
contested  and  didn't  concede"  the  com- 
plaints filed  under  the  sections. 

"It's  just  not  worth  it,  to  go  on  the 
stand  and  criticize  another  person,  to 
encourage  the  bad  feeling  between  cer- 
tain members  of  the  executive  and  cer- 
tain service  co-ordinators, "  says  Watson. 

She  says  CUSA  did  have  "damaging" 
evidence  but  refuses  to  elaborate. 

Watson  says  she  would  rather  CUSA 
employees  vote  on  whether  to  unionize, 
rather  than  be  automatically  certified. 

"Either  way,  if  there's  certification 
that's  fine,  if  there's  no  certification  thaf  s 
fine  too,  but  I  would  prefer  that  the  peo- 
ple involved  make  that  decision  forthem- 
selves. 

"I  am  actually  in  favor  of  unions, 
although  nobody  ever  directed  that  ques- 
tion to  me  before." 

The  board  has  never  ruled  under  Sec- 
tion 9.2  of  the  Ontario  Labor  Relations 
Act,  which  came  into  effect  on  Jan.  1. 

Twaddle  says'  unionizing  would  pro- 
tect co-ordinators  whose  opinions  may 
differ  from  that  of  the  CUSA  executive. 
Ross  says  he  wants  more  specific  terms  of 
reference  for  co-ordinators'  jobs,  as  well 
as  a  collective  agreement  to  govern  work 
relations  between  all  employees  and 
CUSA. 

Watson's  "ballpark  figure"  forCUSA's 
total  costs  incurred  as  a  result  of  the  case 
is  $2,500.  Ross  says  CUPE  paid  all  ex- 
penses for  Ross  andTwaddle,  which  were 
about$15,000. 

Twaddle  says  six  service  co-ordinators 
began  talking  about  organizing  a  union 
in  early  May.  She  says  they  intended  to 
start  organizing  with  co-ordinators  and 
then  move  to  other  employees  such  as 
CUSA's  clerks  and  bar  staff. 

She  says  the  core  group  met  with  the 
co-ordinators  of  the  Carleton  Disability 
Awareness  Centre,  Janet  Burrows  and 
Sheryl  Ananny,  in  late  May. 


But,  in  a  letter  dated  June  2  addressed 
to  all  service  co-ordinators,  Burrows  and 
Ananny  wrote  they  were  unable  to  sup- 
port the  union. 

Burrows  says  she  and  Ananny  wrote 
the  letter  to  "let  everyone  know  where  we 
stood. 

"We  chose  not  to  get  involved  at 
present  because  we  felt  the  politics  of 
some  of  the  other  service  co-ordinators 
were  personal,  because  not  all  service  co- 
ordinators were  invited  or  included  in 
union  meetings,"  says  Burrows. 

She  also  says  union-organizing  meet- 
ings were  held  during  co-ordinator's  of- 
fice hours  and  the  union  drive  took  time 
away  from  operating  services. 
'  Watson  says  she  brought  up  the  un- 
ion at  a  service  meeting  June  9  in  order  to 
get  it  out  in  the  open. 

"If  we  had  been  approached  directly 


about  our  feelings  about  unions,  it  would 
have  been  a  very  honest  and  very  open 
conversation  and  that's  what  I  was  at- 
tempting to  achieve  at  the  June  9  meet- 
ing." 

Ross  says  two  days  before  he  was  fired 
on  July  13,  he  asked  Gary 
Anandasangaree,  CUSA'sdirectorofaca- 
demics,  if  Anandasangaree  had  any  prob- 
lems with  his  work  to  that  point. 

Ross  says  Anandasangaree,  who  is  his 
supervisor,  said  'no.'  Two  days  later,  Ross 
says  he  met  Anandasangaree  and 
Watson  in  her  office  andshe  handed  him 
a  letter  which  said  he  was  "terminated 
for  cause." 

Watson  refused  to  discuss  the  reasons 
for  firing  Ross  or  Twaddle.  CUSA  Director 
of  Services  Theresa  Cowan  and 
Anandasangaree  refused  to  comment.  □ 


Chronology  of  union  events 


May  3,  1993  —  Service  co-ordinators 
and  CUSA  executive  begin  their  new 
jobs.  Around  this  time,  some  service  co- 
ordinators start  talking  about  unioniz- 
ing. They  talk  to  the  Canadian  Union  of 
Public  Employees  Local  1281. 
June  2  —  Service  co-ordinators  Janet 
Burrows  and  Sheryl  Ananny  write  a 
letter  to  other  co-ordinators  saying  they 
cannot  support  the  union.  Some  service 
co-ordinators  say  they  believe  this  is  the 
date  CUSA  found  out  for  sure  about  the 
union  discussions. 

June  9  —  All  service  co-ordinators  meet 
with  Watson,  Cowan  and 
Anandasangaree.  Watson  asks  about 
the  union. 

July  8  —  Co-ordinator  Renee  Twaddle 
meets  with  Watson  and  Cowan.  She  is 
told  she  willbe  fired  on  July  29  if  herjob 
performance  doesn't  improve. 
July  IS  —  Ross  is  fired. 
July  29  —  Fouad  Kanaan,  volunteer 
bureau  co-ordinator,  submits  his  resig- 
nation. Twaddle  is  fired. 
Aug.  5  —  Local  1281  files  complaints 
with  the  Ontario  Labor  Relations  Board. 


Local  1281  asks  for  an  interim  order  to 
reinstate  Ross  and  Twaddle.  The  local 
also  files  a  complaint  of  unfair  labor 
practices  and  an  application  for  certifi- 
cation of  a  bargaining  unit.  CUSA  Presi- 
dent Lucy  Watson  says  this  is  the  date 
she  got  formal  confirmation  of  the  un- 
ion drive. 

Aug.  11  —  Ross  and  Twaddle  return  to 
work  after  an  interim  order  is  issued  by 
the  board. 

Aug.  18 — With  thehearingsetfor  Aug. 
19,  pre-hearing  negotiations  are  held 
between  Local  1281  and  CUSA.  After 
seven  hours  of  negotiations,  Watson 
takes  a  proposed  settlement  back  to  the 
CUSA  executive.  She  has  refused  to  com- 
ment on  the  settlement. 
Aug.  19  —  The  executive  refuses  to 
accept  the  proposal. 
Aug.  23  —  Hearings  begin  in  Toronto. 
CUSA  presents  no  evidence.  Ross  testi- 
fies Aug.  23  and  24,  Twaddle  on  Aug. 
24,  25  and  26. 

Aug.  31 — Closing  arguments  are  heard 
by  the  board.  □ 


CUSA  director  of  services  under  scrutiny 


by  Karin  Jordan 

Charlatan  stall 

An  executive  member  of  the  under- 
graduate students'  association  has  been 
accused  of  embellishing  the  truth  about 
her  experience  to  get  her  job. 

But  Theresa  Cowan  says  she  didn't 
misrepresent  her  experience  at  the  Carle- 
ton Women's  Centre  on  campus  when 
she  applied  for  the  position  of  director  of 
services. 

Cowan  was  hired  by  the  Carleton 
University  Students'  Association  (CUSA) 
in  May. 

At  a  CUSA  council  meeting  Aug.  11, 
former  CUSA  service  co-ordinator  Ali 
Biggs  read  out  a  letter  from  Lisa  Jacobs, 
last  year's  co-ordinator  of  the  women's 
centre. 

Jacobs  wrote  she  agreed  to  let  Cowan 
use  her  as  a  reference  when  applying  for 
the  job  of  vice-president  internal,  not 
director  of  services.  Jacobs's  letter  noted 
that  although  Cowan  completed  a  one- 
day  volunteer  training  session  in  Janu- 
ary, she  never  fulfilled  her  duties  as  a 
volunteer. 

The  letter  says  Cowan  "inappropri- 
ately used  the  Carleton  Women's  Centre 
as  a  reference  for  her  experience  in  work- 
ing with  a  CUSA  service,  to  obtain  her 
current  position  as  director  of  services." 

Cowan  says  she  spent  some  time  at 


the  centre,  but  then  she  got  involved  in 
the  CUSA  elections  and  didn't  have  time 
to  volunteer  for  shifts. 

"I  was  not  an  actual  volunteer  but  1 
didgotoacoupleofcollectivemeetings," 
she  says. 

In  her  position  paper  for  director  of 
services,  Cowan  wrote,  "My  experience 
at  the  Women's  Centre  has  provided  me 
with  an  appreciation  for  the  collective 
process  and  has  taught  me  the  priceless 
worth  of  other  people's  input.  Through 
this  and  other  experiences,  I  have  devel- 
oped an  ability  to  form  insightful,  edu- 
cated and  collective  decisions." 

Jacobs's  letter,  dated  June  30,  is  ad- 
dressed to  CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson 
and  notes  copies  going  to  CUSA  vice- 
president  internal  Rob  Jamieson,  CUSA 
finance  commissioner  Rene  Faucherand 
women'scentreco-ordinatorRenee  Twad- 
dle. 

However,  Watson  says  no  one  at  CUSA 
got  a  copy  of  the  letter.  She  says  the  first 
time  she  heard  of  the  letter  was  at  the 
council  meeting. 

Cowan  says  she  was  surprised  to  learn 
of  Jacobs's  letter  at  the  meeting. 
"Throughout  the  hiring  board  and 
throughout  my  first  couple  of  weeks  when 
Lisa  was  here  she  was  very  supportive.  So 
this  came  as  a  big  surprise  to  me."  Cowan 
says  she  specifically  discussed  applying 


for  director  of  services  with  lacobs. 

Jacobs  could  not  be  reached  for  com- 
ment. 

Biggs,  last  year's  co  ordinator  of  the 
Gay,  Lesbian  and  Bisexual  Centre,  says 
she  made  Jacobs's  letter  public  because 
of  her  concern  over  what  she  sees  as  a 
poor  relationship  between  Cowan  and 
the  women's  centre. 

"Perhaps  if  Theresa  had  turned  out  to 
be  a  wonderful  directorof  services,  maybe 
no  one  would've  said  anything.  But  be- 
cause the  services  are  in  such  rough  shape, 
you  start  to  ask,  'Hey,  how  did  she  get 
hired  in  the  first  place?'  " 

Biggs,  who  has  been  a  member  of  the 
women's  centre  collective  for  four  years, 
says  she  is  upset  Cowan  shut  the  centre 
down  for  a  day  in  early  August  after 
CUSA  fired  its  co-ordinator  July  29. 

Biggs  says  collective  members  may 
use  the  centre  as  a  refuge  when  they  feel 
unsafe. 

"Shutting  it  down  shows  complete  dis- 
regard for  the  volunteers  of  the  centre.  If 
(Cowan)  had  been  involved  in  the  centre, 
she'd  have  understood  it's  not  just  a 
place  where  you  go  and  eat  your  lunch." 

Cowan  says  she  changed  the  locks  at 
the  centre  because  she  heard  some  col- 
lective members  were  planning  to  sabo- 
tage the  centre. 

"I  was  concerned  for  the  safety  of  the 


property  in  there.  There's  probably 
$100,000  worth  of  resources  —  there's  a 
computer  in  there,  there's  a  lot  of  stuff. 
And  1  was  concerned  that  people  might 
come  in  and  make  it  inoperable." 

Cowan,  who  took  over  temporary  op- 
eration of  the  centre  until  its  co-ordinator 
was  reinstated  (see  story,  pg.  3),  says 
collective  members  did  not  welcome  her 
inthecentre.  "I  was  confronted  with  total 
antagonism.  1  was  made  to  feel  very 
threatened." 

At  the  Aug.  11  council  meeting,  sev- 
eral members  of  the  women's  centre  col- 
lective expressed  their angerwith  Cowan. 
One  collective  member,  Claudia  Rizzo, 
asked  that  any  future  contact  Cowan  has 
with  the  centre  be  in  writing  only. 

Cowan  says  she'd  like  to  patch  up  her 
relationship  with  the  centre's  members. 

"They  see  me  as  some  horrible  wicked 
witch  up  at  CUSA,  when  I've  been  in  the 
centre.  I  understand  the  struggle." 

Cowan  says  she  still  plans  to  remain 
involved  in  the  centre's  activities. 

"I  really  don't  care  what's  happened, 
I'mstill  responsible  forthecentre  and  I'm 
going  to  be  working  to  maintain  the 
operation.  So  whether  people  want  me 
involved  in  it  or  not  that's  too  bad  be- 
cause I  am  responsible  for  that  area  and 
to  the  women  of  Carleton."  □ 


September  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


Orientation  machine  ready  to  roll 


by  Cris  tin  Tierney 

Ctiartalan  staff 

Orientation  is  defined  as  "an  introduc- 
tion to  a  subject  or  situation;  a  briefing, " 
according  to  The  Concise  Oxford  Diction- 
ary. 

The  undergraduate  student  associa- 
tion's frosh  mail-out  defines  it  as,  "a  mix 
of  social,  academicand  general  activities 
to  make  (the)  transition  to  university  a  lot 
less  stressful  and  much  more  fun." 

With  a  budget  of  about  $  1 90,000  and 
nine  full  days  of  dawn-to-dusk  activities 
planned,  orientation  week  organizers  say 
they're  ready  to  meet  the  challenge  of 
fulfilling  their  own  definition.  There  will 
be  about  3,000  frosh,  or  first-year  stu- 
dents, coming  to  Carleton  this  month. 

For  the  first  time,  all  450  volunteers 
involved  in  the  week,  which  runs  Sept.  4- 
12,  were  personally  interviewed  by  an 
orientation  committee. 

This  year's  theme  is  "Carleton  Nights 
Live, "  a  take-off  on  the  popular  TV  show 
Saturday  Night  Live.  Frosh  are  divided  into 
15  groups  with  names  taken  from  the 
show's  most  popular  sketches. 

The  activities  for  the  week  include  vol- 
leyball at  Mooney's  Bay,  giant  Twister 
games,  Sumo  wrestling,  a  jello  slide  and 
a  Velcro  wall.  The  highlight  of  this  year's 
frosh  week,  at  a  cost  of  $10,000  U.S.,  will 
be  Chris  Rock  of  Saturday  Night  Live  fame. 

Orientation  commissioner  Richard 
Stanton  says  the  orientation  committee 
wanted  this  year's  week  to  deal  with  other 
important  issues.  In  addition  to  the  party 
nature  of  frosh  week,  the  committee  or- 
ganized seminars  discussing  date  rape 
and  homophobia.  In  short,  Stanton  says, 
they're  stressing  awareness. 

Brenda  Kennedy,  co-ordinator  of  the 


Foot  Patrol,  is  sceptical  about  the  new 
focus  on  awareness. 

"There's  too  much  emphasis  on 
partying  and  drinking.  It's  an  unsafe 
atmosphere  for  women.  When  I  was  a 
frosh  all  we  did  was  party." 

Kennedy  says  it  will  take  more  than  a 
differentfocus. 

"How  do  you  change  those  attitudes? 
You  can't  undo  years  of  tradition." 

Peter  Nogalo,  co-ordinator  of  the  Gay, 
Lesbian  and  Bisexual  Centre,  says  atti- 
tudes during  orientation  week  are  pro- 
gressively getting  better  year  by  year.  He 


says  more  can  be  done  but  the  seminars 
are  a  positive  first  step. 

The  money  to  pay  for  orientation 
activities  came  from  several  sources. 
Stanton  says  he  expects  about  $  1 30,000 
in  revenue  from  frosh  kit  sales.  The  kit 
includes  a  T-shirt  and  a  wrist  band  which 
admits  frosh  to  ail  activities. 

About  $20,000  of  the  budget  comes 
from  sponsorships,  including  $7,000 
from  the  university  administration, 
$5,000  from  Coca-Cola,  and  $2,000  from 
Molson.  Domino's  pizza  will  provide 
free  food  for  one  of  the  days. 


The  remainder  of  the  costs  of  orienta- 
tion —  about  $32,000  —  will  be  paid  by 
the  Carleton  University  Students'  Asso- 
ciation. Stanton  says  this  is  about  $  1 8,000 
less  than  CUSA  paid  for  last  year's  orien- 
tation. 

While  most  of  the  budget  and  atten- 
tion got  lavished  on  first-year  students, 
other  groups  on  campus  have  designed 
their  own  brand  of  orientation. 

The  Graduate  Students'  Association 
will  welcome  grad  students  with  campus 

ORIENTATION con  td  p.  7 


More  break  ins  in  Unicentre 


by  Karin  Jordan 

Chaitalan  staff 

The  Foot  Patrol  office  was  illegally 
entered  two  weekends  in  a  row  in  August, 
according  to  the  patrol's  co-ordinator. 

Brenda  Kennedy  says  her  office  on  the 
fourth  floor  of  the  Unicentre  building  was 
entered  on  the  weekends  of  Aug.  21  and 
Aug.  28.  She  says  there  were  no  signs  of 
forced  entry,  which  leads  herto  believe  it 
must  have  been  someone  with  access  to 
a  key  for  her  office. 

Lucy  Watson,  president  of  the  Carle- 
ton University  Students'  Association 
(CUSA),  says  several  people  have  access 
to  master  keys  to  all  areas  of  the  Unicentre, 
including  herself  and  the  building  opera- 
tions manager,  CUSA's  administrative 
director  Rosemary  Ryan,  and  the  depart- 
ment of  university  safety. 

Watson  says  past  Foot  Patrol  co- 
ordinators may  also  still  have  access  to 
the  office,  because  the  lock  on  the  office 


hasn't  been  changed  since  the  patrol 
first  moved  in  two  years  ago. 

Kennedy  says  she  knew  her  office  had 
been  entered  after  the  Aug.  21  weekend 
because  "my  filing  cabinet  was  open 
and  had  been  rifled  through."  A  box  of 
business  cards  on  her  desk  was  also  over- 
turned. Nothing  was  removed  from  her 
office. 

Kennedy  says  she  didn't  report  the 
first  incident  right  away  because  she 
thought  "the  cleaners  had  done  it." 

On  Saturday,  Aug.  28,  Kennedy  says 
she  received  a  threatening  call  on  the 
Foot  Patrol  answering  machine.  Some- 
one said  "fuck  you  all"  in  a  distorted 
voice,  she  says. 

Kennedy  says  her  office  was  also  en- 
tered later  that  weekend,  either  Saturday 
evening  or  sometime  on  Sunday,  be- 
cause her  box  of  cards  was  overturned 
for  the  second  time  and  a  basket  of 
documents  had  been  "rifled  through." 


Again,  nothing  was  taken. 

Kennedy  reported  the  incidents  to  the 
department  of  university  safety,  Carle- 
ton's  security  department,  on  Monday, 
Aug.  30. 

The  incidents  have  left  her  "scared," 
she  says.  "Someone's  harassing  me." 

Kennedy  says  she  thinks  there's  a  link 
between  the  threatening  phone  call  and 
the  disturbances  in  her  office. 

Earlier  this  summer,  a  projector  was 
stolen  from  Oliver's  and  speakers  were 
stolen  from  Porter  Hall,  Watson  says. 

She  says  in  light  of  these  incidents  as 
well  as  other  break-ins  this  summer  to 
the  CUSA  office,  the  volunteer  bureau 
and  the  women's  centre,  CUSA  is  looking 
into  stepping  up  security  for  all  CUSA 
areas.  She  says  this  may  include  locks 
opened  with  a  code  or  with  a  magnetic 
pass  card. 

The  department  of  university  safety 
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•  The  Charlatan  ■  September  2,  1993 


House  hunters  face  discrimination 

iy  Mario  Cariucci  I  5  ,  


by  Mario  Cariucci 

Ctiariatan  staff 

Students  looking  for  a  place  to  live  this 
year  may  face  some  unexpected  obsta- 
cles, says  a  special  assistant  to  the  uni- 
versity's department  of  housing  and  food 
services. 

Derrick  Burgess  says  he's  heard  more 
complaints  this  summer  about  landlords 
discriminating  against  students  because 
of  their  sex  and  race  than  in  the  three 
years  he's  worked  for  the  department. 

"This  year,  (landlords)  are  being  more 
discriminatory  against  minorities.  A  lot 
of  people  are  saying  they  want  white 
students, "  says  Burgess.  "It's  never  really 
happened  before.  It's  kind  of  discourag- 
ing." 

Besides  operating  Carleton's  resi- 
dences, the  department  provides  infor- 
mation and  rental  listings  to  students 
looking  for  a  place  off  campus. 

Burgess  says  problems  for  women  of 
color  may  be  twofold,  because  they're 
black  and  female.  He  says  he  spoke  to 
one  black  woman  looking  to  rent  a  room 
in  a  private  home  who  was  told  by  the 
landlord  she  was  refused  "because  she 
was  black." 

However,  because  the  apartment  was 
in  a  shared  private  home  with  the  owner 
—  and  had  a  shared  washroom  and 
kitchen  —  the  Ontario  Human  Rights 
Code  doesn't  provide  the  woman  with 
any  legal  protection.  Burgess  says  he 
referred  her  to  the  Ottawa-Carleton  Ten- 
ants' Association. 

Seth  Awuku,  a  worker  at  the  tenants' 
association,  agrees  with  Burgess  that  dis- 


Discrimination  is  an  added  burden  in  an  already-tight  market. 


crimination  amongst  some  landlords  has 
always  existed. 

"There  is  a  discretionary  practice 
against  minority  students,  single  parents 
...  I  have  received  calls  on  that.  It  is  a 
problem  that  is  rampant  in  society, "  says 
Awuku. 

Lisa  Jamieson,  a  housing  educator 
with  Housing  Help  —  a  city-run  service 
aiding  people  looking  for  housing — says 
she  gets  a  lot  of  complaints  about  dis- 
crimination. 

She  says  the  biggest  reason  landlords 
discriminate  against  students  is  their  low 
income.  Other  reasons  include  age,  sex 
and  being  a  new  Canadian. 

She  says  the  problem  of  discrimina- 


tion has  existed  for  a  long  time  and  high 
competition  for  housing  feeds  the  ten- 
dency to  discriminate. 

"Ottawa  has  the  lowest  vacancy  rate 
in  all  of  Canada  for  urban  centres,"  says 
Jamieson. 

She  says  Ottawa's  vacancy  rate  is  1 .8 
percent— the  lowest  percentage  of  rental 
units  vacant  anywhere  Canada  since 
April  1992. 

Landlords  can  give  several  reasons  for 
notaccepHng  astudent'sapplication  and 
motives  like  racism  and  sexism  often 
don't  come  out,  says  [amieson. 

Jamieson  says  she  can't  give  statistics 
on  housing  discrimination  because  they 
aren't  kept.  But  she  says  the  problem  is 


rampant. 

Burgess  says  the  department  of  hous- 
ing and  food  services  handles  an  average 
of  more  than  700  listings  for  homes  and 
apartments.  Most  of  them  are  for  rooms 
in  private  homes. 

He  says  although  some  landlords  ask 
to  make  prejudicial  listings  explicitly  re- 
fusingwomenandstudentsof  color,  hous- 
ing and  food  services  has  a  policy  of  not 
posting  them. 

Holly  Warden,  co-ordinator  of  Carle- 
ton's  Off-Campus  Student  Centre,  says 
she  hasn't  received  any  complaints  of 
discrimination  from  students  she  has 
dealt  with. 

"I  haven't  heard  anything  like  that 
IVe  found  the  landlords  to  be  very  help- 

Ehab  Shanti,  co-ordinator  of  the  Inter- 
national Students  Centre  at  Carleton, 
handles  some  home  listings  for  mainly 
international  students,  but  says  no  stu- 
dent has  approached  him  about  discrimi- 
nation when  house-hunting. 

"I've  never  had  any  students  com- 
plain, in  fact,  some  people  call  for  inter- 
national students  specifically." 

Shanti  says  landlords  call  him  on  a 
daily  basis  looking  for  Asian  students.  He 
says  it's  sometimes  "a  form  of  discrimi- 
nation against  Canadian-bom  students." 

Shanti  says  some  landlords  feel  Asian 
students  and  other  new  Canadians  are 
quieter,  neaterandmore  dependable  than 
other  students. 

Jamieson  calls  this  a  form  of  reverse 
discrimination  and  says  that  it  too,  is 
widespread.  p 


1  "=1/1.      sue  suys  me  prooiem  is  wiaespreaa. 

New  Oliver's  not  fully  accessible 

y  Ryan  Nakashlma  . ..  . 


by  Ryan  Nakashlma 

Chariatan  staff 

Renovations  to  one  of  Carleton's  cam- 
pus bars  have  left  a  section  of  it  inacces- 
sible to  people  who  use  wheelchairs. 

An  18-  by  16-foot  area  in  Oliver's 
containing  couches,  tables  and  chairs,  is 
raised  15  inches  above  the  floor  and  has 


■ 


The  stairs  leading  up  to  the  raised  area. 


two  steps  leading  up  to  it. 

The  Carleton  University  Students'  As- 
sociation (CUSA)  revamped  Oliver's  this 
summer  at  a  cost  of  about  $340,000, 
which  it  got  through  cashing  in  some  of 
its  investments.  CUSA  closed  Oliver's  in 
March  after  the  bar  lost  $95,000  last 


year. 

Janet  Burrows,  Carleton  Disability 
Awareness  Centre  co-ordinator,  says  she 
can't  understand  why  the  entire  bar 
wasn't  made  accessible. 

"If  they're  going  to  construct  a  new 
bar  and  market  it  as  accessible  then  they 
should  make  it  fully  accessible, "  Burrows 
says. 

CUSA  finance  commis- 
sioner Rene  Faucher  says 
"even  though  that  part  isn't 
accessible,  95  per  cent  of  the 
bar  is." 

Burrows  says  when  she 
looked  at  the  half-completed 
bar  in  July,  she  found  the  in- 
accessible area.  She  says  she 
pointed  it  out  to  Theresa 
Cowan,  CUSA's  director  of 
services,  who  took  the  issue 
up  with  the  architects. 

The  architects  said  a  ramp 
couldn't  be  added  without 
major  changes  like  moving 
the  bar  and  booths  near  the 
area.  Faucher  says  he  doesn't 
know  how  much  the  changes 
would  cost  or  how  long  they 
would  take. 

Faucher  says  the  plans 
won'tbe  changed  forthe  bar's 
reopening  on  Sept.  8.  He  says 
g  there  was  no  room  for  the 
1  rampneededtomakethearea 
8  accessible  —  one  which  is  15 
§  feet  long,  one  foot  for  every 
lp  inch  of  elevation. 

But  CUSA  President  Lucy 
-  Watson  says  a  lift  could  be 
installed  by  the  end  of  the  year  to  make 
the  bar  completely  accessible.  Watson 
says  this  plan  is  "still  in  the  primitive 
stages." 

CUSA  consulted  the  disability  aware- 
ness centre  during  the  renovations  and 
added  accessible  washrooms,  a  lower  area 


at  the  bar,  wider  corridors  and  a  ramp  to 
another  raised  area. 

The  different  raised  sections  were 
meant  to  make  the  bar  seem  fuller  even 
if  there  were  fewer  people,  Faucher  says. 

But  Burrows  says  disabled  people  are 
often  sectioned  off  as  it  is.  She  says  she's 
drafting  a  letter  to  the  architects  ques- 
tioning their  intentions.  Architect  Peter 
Pivko  declined  to  comment. 

Janice  Giavedoni,  a  master's  student 
in  social  workat  Carleton,  says  the  archi- 
tects failed  in  their  responsibility  to  make 
thearea  completely  accessible.  Giavedoni 
uses  an  electric  wheelchair. 

George  Kriticos,  a  computer  science 
student,  says  the  changes  aren't  neces- 


sary. 

"What,  do  you  think  people  aren't 
courteous  enough  to  pull  them  up  the 
stairs?" 

Bahram  Mehradfir  thinks  differently. 

"I  think  they  should  get  rid  of  the 
stairs.  It's  more  convenient,  and  they 
(people  with  disabilities)  can  go  wher- 
ever they  want,"  says  Mehradfir. 

Cowan  says  she  is  willing  to  keep 
working  to  make  the  bar  more  accessible. 

"I  don't  think  we  should  be  getting  a 
pat  on  the  back  for  making  things  as 
accessible  as  they  are. 

"We've  done  as  much  as  possible  given 
the  time  constraints,  but  we're  still  work- 
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September  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  5 


Parking  prices  rise  for  school  year 


by  Jos6e  Bellemare 

Chart  aian  staff 

People  parking  their  cars  at  Carleton 
this  year  will  have  to  pay  an  average  20 
per  cent  more  starting  this  month,  says 
the  chair  of  the  university's  parking  com- 
mittee. 

Brian  Tansley  says  the  cost  of  a  park- 
ing permit  has  risen  as  of  Sept.  1 ,  depend- 
ing on  which  lot  students,  staff  or  faculty 
choose. 

The  biggest  increases  are  for  parking 
permits  for  the  library  lot,  the  library 
garage  and  the  athletics  lot.  A  full-time 
pass  for  the  Iotoutside  the  library  and  the 
library  parking  garage  will  rise  to  5605 
from  $550. 

The  cost  for  the  lot  near  the  athletics 
building  will  rise  to  $343  from  $233.  For 
the  lot  near  residence,  the  cost  will  rise  to 
$234.30  from  $213. 

Cheryle  Levert,  a  student  at  Carleton 
who  used  Lot  3  last  year,  is  angry  about 
the  price  increase. 

"I  feel  it's  outrageous  and  it's  an  injus- 
tice for  all  Carleton  students, "  she  says.  "I 
think  it's  too  expensive  and  the  parking 
lot  I  was  in  was  just  too  dam  far  away." 

All  exterior  parking  lot  passes  at  the 
University  of  Ottawa  cost  $506  for  the 
academic  year.  Garage  parking  passes 
cost  $791. 

Phil  Gore,  assistantdirector  of  admin- 
istrative services  for  parking,  says  the 
depositforpeopleparking  in  auniversity 
lot  after  5:30  p.m.  was  also  increased  to 
$10  from  $8  as  of  Sept.  1. 

Last  year  it  cost  $  1 .60  every  hour  and 
80  cents  every  half  hour  to  park  in  most 
university  lots,  excluding  the  refundable 
deposit.  This  year,  the  price  will  rise  to  $2 
every  hour  and  $1  every  half  hour. 
Gore  says  the  night  deposit  is  scaled, 


Carleton  porkers  will  shell  out  more  this  year. 


so  someone  entering  a  lot  later  in  the 
evening  will  pay  a  smaller  deposit  than 
someone  entering  the  lot  at  5:30  p.m. 

A  parking  attendant  who  wished  to 
remain  anonymous  says  night  deposits 
were  introduced  last  year  because  stu- 
dents were  cheating  the  system. 

"People  were  coming  in  at  5:30  p.m. 
and  had  a  class  until  9:30  p.m.  and 
would  stay  in  there  until  after  we  put  the 
gates  up  (at  10:30  p.m.)  to  go  home,"  he 
says. 

By  waiting  until  after  lot  attendants 
left,  students  didn't  have  to'' pay  their 
parking  bill,  he  says. 

Not  only  is  parking  getting  more  ex- 
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infringes  on  the  temporary  lot  near  the 
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building.  To- 
gether, these  will 
eliminate  95  park- 
ing  spaces  this 
year. 

Gore  says  next 
year  the  Carleton 
University  Devel- 
opment Corpora- 
tion's technology 
and  training  cen- 
tre will  be  built  on 
another  part  ofLot 
3,  meaning  a  loss 
of 200 spaces.  Pres- 
ently there  are 
about  3,500  park- 
ing spaces  on  cam- 
pus. 

Tansley  says 
people  don't  want 
to  see  green  spaces 
destroyed  when  new  buildings  are  built, 
so  that's  why  buildings  are  taking  over 


campus  parking  lots. 

He  says  users  have  to  pay  the  whole 
bill  for  their  spots. 

"Anybody  who  parks  on  campus  has 
to  help  pay  for  the  system,"  he  says. 
"There's  no  subsidies  from  the  province 
forparking." 

Tansley  says  it  costs  $2.5  million  a 
year  to  run  the  parking  lots  at  Carleton. 

He  says  money  has  been  set  aside  to 
build  another  parking  garage  in  Lot  4  on 
University  Drive  near  the  maintenance 
building  in  a  couple  of  years. 

Gore  says  he  will  be  against  an  in- 
crease in  parking  prices  in  the  1994-95 
year. 

"I  think  it  would  be  mad,"  he  says.  "1 
will  strongly  suggest  no." 

The  parking  attendant  says  he  re- 
ceived complaints  from  students  all  year 
because  of  the  $8  deposit.  He  says  this 
year,  the  shock  will  be  worse. 

"They're  going  to  freak  out  more  this 
year,  1  betcha."  □ 


PCBs  drained  from  Unicentre 


by  Margaret  Wilson 

Charlatan  start 

Acoolant  containing  PCBswas  drained 
from  two  electrical  transformers  in  the 
Unicentre  Aug.  21-22,  leaving  the  build- 
ing without  power  for  the  weekend. 

John  Jones,  an  administrator  at  Carle- 
ton's  physical  plant,  says  people  in  the 
Unicentre  weren't  in  danger  of  coming 
into  contact  with  the  toxic  PCBs  during 
removal. 

"The  stuff  was  removed  through  the 
tunnel,  but  there  were  barricades  and  the 
PCBs  were  in  sealed  steel  drums." 

Jones  says  the  two  transformers  were 
the  last  of  eight  on  campus  to  have  their 
PCB  (polychlorinated  biphenyl)  coolant 
replaced  by  perchloroethylene  or  "Perc. " 

Perc  is  a  chemical  related  to  dry-clean- 
ing fluid  and  should  not  need  to  be  re- 
placed during  the  transformers'  lifespan, 
says  Jones. 

Jones  says  Perc  is  easier  to  dispose  of 
than  PCBs,  although  it's  still  a  health 
hazard.  "You  wouldn't  want  to  drink  it, 
it's  a  toxic  fluid." 

PCBs  are  generally  unpopular  due  to 
theirpersistence  in  the  environment  and 
their  tendency  to  accumulate  in  the  fatty 
tissues  of  animals  andhumans.  PCB  waste 


must  be  incinerated  at  extremely  high 
temperatures,  whereas  waste  Perc  can  be 
disposed  using  regular  chemical  waste 
procedures. 

Jones  says  the  transformers  in  the 
Unicentre  had  been  emptied  of  their  origi- 
nal coolant  by  Saturday  morning.  The 
power  remained  off  though,  while  seals 
in  the  transformers  were  replaced  with 
ones  that  won't  be  degraded  by  the  new 
coolant. 

Not  all  of  the  PCBs  have  been  re- 
moved. Jones  says  they  will  be  removed 
gradually  over  a  six-month  period  by 
gently  heating  the  Perc. 

In  1980,  government  regulations 
banned  PCBs  in  new  electrical  equip- 
ment, as  well  as  the  use  of  new  PCBs  for 
existing  equipment.  More  wide-scale 
regulations  will  eventually  ban  remain- 
ing PCBs  entirely. 

For  this  reason,  physical  plant's  ad- 
ministration decided  to  replace  the  PCBs. 
The  tab  to  replace  them,  including  those 
in  the  administration  building  and  park- 
ing garage,  is  about  $55,000. 

The  PCBs  have  been  added  to  3,000 
gallons  which  are  being  stored  in  a  li- 
censed waste  container  outside  the  main- 
tenance building  pendingdestruction.  □ 


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The  long,  hot  summer  in  review 


by  Charlatan  staff 

Carleton  is  indeed  the  campus  that 
never  sleeps.  Here'swhat  happened  while 
you  were  away  spending  the  summer 
with  your  parents,  working  on  your  tan 
and  (hopefully)  making  at  least  mini- 
mum wage. 

CAPITALIST  FOODS  JACKS  UP 
PRICES 

Yep,  that's  right.  On  May  1,  prices 
went  up  an  average  of  three  per  cent  at 
the  Peppermill,  Loeb  Cafe,  the  Fit  Stop, 
Hugo's,  the  Bent  Coin,  Mr.  Sub  and  the 
tunnel  snack  bar  near  Paterson  Hall. 

But  the  price  increase  wasn't  even.  For 
example,  a  two-egg  breakfast  with  ba- 


Fun  Farquhar  Fact 


con  weni  up  20  per  cent,  while  the  price 
of  deli  toppings  went  down. 

Capital  Foods  staff  blamed  rising  op- 
erating costs  and  the  high  price  of  replac- 
ing stolen  cutlery  and  china  for  the  price 
increases. 

OC  TRANSPO  JACKS  UP  PRICES, 
TOO 

Big  surprise.  On  Aug.  1,  off-peak  cash 
fares  went  up  20  cents  to  $  1 .50.  A  monthly 
student  bus  pass  went  up  $1  to  $43.50. 

OC  Transpo  plans  to  increase  service 
to  campus,  although  service  cuts  are 
planned  for  other  parts  of  the  city  on 
holidays. 

And  Para  TransDO,  which  provides 


.everything  you  wanted  to  know  about  Sparky  but 
were  afraid  to  ask. 


by  Mario  Cariuccl  and  David  Hodges 

Prophets  ol  Doom 

People  have  cited  different  reasons 
for  the  numerous  woes  Carleton  Uni- 
versity has  faced  over  its  50-year  his- 
tory: lack  of  money,  lack  of  talented 
students  and  profs,  lack  of  interest.  But 
have  you  ever  considered  these  prob- 
lems to  be  the  work  of . . .  Satan? 

Is  it  not  possible  that  a  school  tor- 
tured with  a  poor  academic  reputa- 
tion, a  poorer  campus  landscape  and 
arguably  the  poorest  food  at  any  post- 
secondary  institution,  could  be  thework 
of  good  old  Beelzebub  him/herself? 

Even  worse,  could  our  fearless  leader 
Sparky  (a.k.a.  Carleton  President  Robin 
Farquhar),  protectorof  all  thatis  virtu- 
ous on  campus,  have  been  possessed 
by  that  plundering  villain  we  have  so 
aptly  called  the  Devil? 

The  pieces  of  this  disturbing  puzzle 
fit  all  too  snugly: 

Piece  #1:  —  On  a  cold  and  windy 
night  in  the  month  of  May,  a  couple  of 
Carleton  students  happened  upon  the 
humble  home  of  Sparky  at  1  Linden 
Terrace.  In  the  driveway  was  parked  a 
dark,  sinister-looking,  late-model  se- 
dan with  a  licence  plate  starting  with 
the  digits  666  —  the  number  of  the 
Beastmaster. 

As  they  approached  the  residence 
in  question,  storm  douds  rose  and  light- 
ning struck  as  a  red  presence  lunged 
through  flames  on  a  collision  course 
with  the  moon.  Who  knows  what  shock- 
ing possession  ritual  was  taking  place 
inside  the  house?  Who  knows  what 
torturous  tasks  our  poor,  defenceless 
Sparky  was  forced  to  endure? 

Unable  to  relive  the  shocking  mo- 


ments of  fear  and  horror,  the  students 
had  themselves  committed  and  that 
put  an  end  to  their  grisly  tale.  It  is  from 
them  that  two  intrepid  writers  accept 
the  torch  and  continue  to  unravel  the 
Devil's  ugly  curse. 

Piece  #2:  —  Carleton  campus  itself. 
Monstrous  pseudo-post-Neo-Gothic- 
ugly  buildings  strategically  (and  Sa- 
tanically)  placed  on  a  landscape  ooz- 
ing with  the  murkiness  of  Dante's  liter- 
ary soul.  Take  for  example  the  swamp 
near  the  St.  Patrick's  building.  Wit 
nesses  have  seen  this  "marsh"  swallow 
up  ducks,  rabbits  and  even  large  sheep 
dogs  in  a  furious  and  fleeting  battle  to 
suck  life  from  God's  kin. 

Piece  #3— Take  as  well,  the  mighty, 
muddy,  and  downright  scummy  Rideau 
River,  so  innocuously  located  at  the 
school's  south  end.  Does  it  not  bear 
striking  similarity  to  the  famed  mythi- 
cal rivers  of  the  Underworld,  where 
goddesses  of  doom  ferried  the  unlucky 
to  their  purgatorious  fates?  Oh  so  sym- 
bolic. 

What  now  must  we  do  to  eliminate 
ourselves  from  the  inevitable?  How  may 
we  extricate  ourselves  from  the  bowels 
of  Hell?  How  can  we  absolve  ourselves 
as  minions  of  Satan,  to  lead  more  virtu 
ous  and  honorable  lives? 

Obviously,  this  is  bigger  than  all  of 
us  mere  student  mortals.  But  maybe, 
just  maybe,  there  is  a  chance  that  our 
mighty  Sparkster  can  fight  the  power 
and  overcome  the  forces  of  Evil  incar- 
nate. Perhaps  there  willindeed  be  hope 
for  the  hopeless  and  life  for  the  lifeless. 
Take  heart  Carleton,  Sparky  does  have 
the  Power!  Let  us  pray.  □ 


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service  for  people  with  disabilities,  will 
require  customers  to  meet  new  eligibility 
guidelines  because  the  service  is  over- 
loaded right  now. 

But,  j  ust  to  confuse  you  even  more',  off- 
peak  fares  paid  with  tickets  will  still  cost 
$1.30.  Go  figure. 

CONVOCATION'S  GONNA  COST 
YOU,  TOO 

Students  who  want  to  graduate  in  con- 
vocation ceremonies  will  have  to  fork 
over  $30  starting  this  November. 

The  November  ceremony  was  cancelled 
last  March  by  the  university  as  a  cost- 
saving  measure.  Many  students,  includ- 
ing representatives  on  the  university's 
board  of  governors  and  the  student  asso- 
ciations, protested  the  decision. 

In  May,  Carleton  President  Robin 
Farquhar  decided  to  reinstate  the  fall  cer- 
emony —  but  at'  a  price.  Now  students 
graduating  in  either  the  fall  or  the  spring 
will  have  to  pay  a  $30  "participation 
charge."  Cancelling  fall  convocation 
would  have  saved  the  university  about 
$40,000. 

CAMPUS  GETS  A  FACELIFT,  AT  A 
PRICE 

In  May,  Carleton  got  a  brand,  spankin' 
new  set  of  signs,  new  flowerbeds  andnew 


stairs,  ii:  time  for  the  hoards  of  scholars 
that  descended  on  our  campus  for  the 
Learned  Societies  Conference. 

It  cost  the  university  $133,000  for  10 
road  signs,  19  pathway  signs  and  six 
parking  lot  signs.  The  cost  of  repairing  a 
set  of  stairs  by  the  Unicentre  cost  $25,000 
and  is  part  of  an  ongoing  $1 14,000  project 
to  renovate  1 1  sets  of  stairs  around  cam- 
pus. 

The  Learned  Societies  paid  for  extra 
flower  beds  above  and  beyond  the  regu- 
lar flower  budget. 

"WON"  TO  BE  WITHDRAWN 
FROM  TRANSCRIPTS 

A  motion  eliminating  the  term  "with- 
drawn" from  official  transcripts  was 
passed  |une  8  by  the  university's  senate 
committee  on  admission  and  studies 
policy. 

The  term  appears  on  your  transcript  if 
you  withdraw  from  a  course  before  the 
official  deadline. 

Committee  chair  professor  Robert 
Lovejoy  says  the  term  "withdrawn" 
should  not  be  published  since  it  could  be 
misinterpreted  by  officials  outside  of  the 
university. 

The  committee  is  still  deliberating 
about  whether  the  decision  will  wipe 
WDN  off  transcripts  prior  to  the  1 993-94 
school  year.  □ 


ORIENTATION  cont'd  from  p.  4 

tours,  events,  academic  workshops  and 
tours  of  Ottawa. 

Aboriginal  students  around  the  city 
are  holding  their  second  annual  orienta- 
tion. All  the  Native  students  who  will  be 
attending  post-secondary  institutions  in 
the  Ottawa  area  are  invited  to  explore 
the  city  together,  meet  each  other  and 


then  tour  their  respective  campuses. 

Ko'ona  Cochrane,  theorganizerofthe 
activities,  says  manyofthe  students  come 
from  Northern  Canada  and  other  remote 
areas.  She  says  there  is  tremendous  cul- 
ture shock  when  students  arrive  in  a 
large  city.  Activities  for  Native  students 
will  take  place  Sept.  10  to  12.  □ 


Safer  than  se?c  . . . 
and  almost  as  fun. 

Join  The  Charlatan  andzurite  articles,  do 
layout,  take,  photos,  draw  graphics,  meet 
funky  people  and  much,  much  more. 
'Everyone  is  invited  to  our  weekly  staff 

meetings  at  5:30  p.m.  on  Thursdays. 
Come  on  up  to  Kgom  531  Unicentre  and 
see  what  you  re  missing. 


September  2,  1993  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


Improved  bus  service  to  Carleton 


New! 

Route  19  starts  Sept.  7 

Route  19  Riverside  is  a  new  route  serving 
Carleton.  it  will  leave  Lebreton  in  the  morning 
every  15  minutes  between  7:35  a.m.  and  9:08 
a.m.  and  will  follow  the  same  route  on  campus 
as  the  route  7.  In  the  afternoon  peak  hours  it 
will  leave  campus  every  15  minutes  between 
3:52  p.m.  and  5:55  p.m.  and  return  to  Lebreton. 
This  new  route  is  a  fast  and  convenient  way  to 
connect  to  the  transitway  at  Lebreton  station. 


New! 

More  service  on  route  118 

On  weekdays,  route  1 1 8  will  run  twice  as  often 
on  campus  as  the  1 1 7  formerly  did.  And  route 
118  will  also  serve  the  campus  on  weekends. 


Other  service 

Route  7  travels  through  campus.  All-day  route  4 
stops  at  Branson  and  Sunnyside  as  do  peak 
period  routes  41,  44  and  46. 

Only  $1.45  a  day  ! 

A  student  Transpass  costs  $43.50  a  month.  If 
you  use  it  every  day  that  amounts  to  just  $1 .45 
a  day  for  unlimited  bus  travel  at  any  time. 

If  you  pay  cash,  the  one-way  off-peak  fare  is 
$1 .50  or  two  65(8  bus  tickets.  The  peak  fare  is 
$2.00  or  three  tickets.  Express  fares  cost  more. 
Peak  fare  hours  are  weekdays  from  6-8:30  a.m. 
and  3-5:30  p.m. 

Get  your  photo  ID 

To  get  the  student  deal,  you  must  be  a  full-time 
student.  You  need  both  a  monthly  student  pass 
and  an  OC  Transpo  student  photo  ID. 

You  can  buy  your  1993-94  ID  on  campus  in  the 
Baker  Lounge  on  September  14, 15  and  16 
from  9  a.m.  to  3  p.m.  It  costs  $3.50. 

If  these  dates  aren't  convenient,  you  can  also 
buy  a  student  photo  ID  at  any  of  OC  Transpo's 
three  public  offices.  Call  741-4390  for  info  such 
as  what  you  need  to  bring,  the  hours  and 
location  of  the  office  nearest  to  you. 


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If  you're  busing  to  Carleton  from  the  east, 
get  off  at  Hurdman  station,  transfer  to  route 
96  or  97  to  Billings  Bridge,  then  take  the  1 1 8 
to  Carleton.  This  is  quicker  than  travelling 
downtown  to  Bank  Street  and  transferring 
to  route  7. 


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NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Campbell  outlines  education  proposal 

u..  Oranl  rtnuiHoll 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlalan  Staff 

Reaction  was  mixed  to  Prime  Minister 
Kim  Campbell's  Aug.  16  speech  in 
Kitchener,  which  outlined  Conservative 
proposals  for  education  as  part  of  the 
party's  platform  for 
the  fall  federal  elec- 
tion. 

Campbell  out- 
lined nine  propos- 
als for  education 
reform,  including  a 
new  education  tax 
credit,  assistance 
for  young  entrepre- 
neurs and  a  $1  bil- 
lion increase  in 
funding  to  the 
Canada  Student 
Loan  program  over 
four  years. 

If  implemented, 
Campbell's  propos- 
als would  reallo- 
cate at  least  $250 
million  of  the  fed- 
eral education 
budget  to  new  pro- 
grams. As  well, 
some  old  programs  like  Canada  Student 
Loans  will  receive  increased  funding. 

"As  governments,  we  spend  more  per 
capita  on  education  and  training  than 
virtually  any  other  country,  some  $55 
billion  a  year,"  Campbell  said  in  her 
speech.  "The  answeris  not  spending  more, 
it's  spending  smarter." 

Campbell  has  not  released  specific 
information  on  where  the  reallocated 
money  will  come  from,  or  details  of  how 
much  new  money  will  be  injected  into 
old  programs. 

The  changes  would  include  an  in- 
crease in  student  loan  limits  to  $5,100  a 
year  from  the  current  $3,500,  or  $150  per 
week.  It  would  also  increase  loan  limits 
for  part-time  students  to  $4,000  a  year 
from  $2,500. 

As  well,  the  $80-per-month  tax  credit 
for  full-time  students  would  be  increased 


PM  Campbell:  nine  points  of  light? 


an  unspecified  amount  to  be  determined 
by  the  federal  minister  of  finance.  The 
tax  credits  would  also  be  extended  to 
part-time  students. 

Tom  Van  Dusen,  Campbell'spress sec- 
retary, said  no  new  money  would  be 
spent  on  any  new 
programs  and 
these  would  be 
formed  in  consul- 
tation with  the 
provinces. 

"The  new  pro- 
grams are  a  real- 
location of  funds, " 
Van  Dusen  said. 

He  also  said  the 
programs'  details 
will  be  worked  out 
with  the  depart- 
ments in  question 
over  an  unspeci- 
fied period  of  time. 

Ron  Duhamel, 
the  Liberal  educa- 
tion critic,  said  the 
Conservatives 
have  wasted 
plenty  of  opportu- 
nities during  their 
nine  years  in  power  to  make  positive 
changes  to  education. 

"Ifs  a  death  bed  repentance,"  said 
Duhamel.  "I'm  sorry,  but  they  have  no 
credibility  and  no  one  believes  Kim 
Campbell  unless  they  are  dyed-in-the- 
wool  Tories." 

But  Carleton  University  business  pro- 
fessor Ian  Lee,  the  Progressive  Conserva- 
tive candidate  in  Ottawa-Centre,  said 
Campbell's  speech  was  "a  good  firststep." 

Lee  said  universities  should  move  to 
trimester  and  co-op  programs,  where  full 
classes  are  offered  all  12  months  of  the 
year,  like  the  University  of  Waterloo  and 
Carleton's  school  of  public  administra- 
tion. He  said  such  programs  would  spread 
out  the  student  population  over  the  year, 
mean  fewer  students  in  the  job  market  in 
the  summer  and  make  better  use  of  uni- 
versity buildings. 


Lee  said  an  increase  in  funding  for 
education  is  unrealistic.  He  cited  Ontario 
as  an  example,  where  the  three  different 
provincial  parties  in  power  have  reduced 
education  funding  in  the  past  decade. 

"That  suggests  to  me  that  there  is  no 
money  left,"  Lee  said. 

Carol  Fleck,  Carleton's  director  of  stu- 
dent awards,  said  she  believes  the  Con- 
servatives can  and  will  live  up  to  pledges 
made  by  Campbell  for  student  loan 
changes. 

"This  is  the  first  time  I've  ever  seen 
anything  this  definite,"  she  said. 

Carl  Gillis,  chair  of  the  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students,  said  while  he  was 
encouraged  to  hear  Campbell  talking 
about  student  issues,  he  said  he's  not 
convinced  they  are  any  more  than  elec- 
tion promises.  He  said  Campbell  should 
act  on  her  proposals  now  while  she  has 
the  power  as  government  leader. 


"I  can't  help  but  think  that  these  are 
promises,"  he  said.  "As  encouraging  as  it 
is,  you  have  to  ask  why  we  should  believe 
them." 

Gillis  said  the  Tories  still  "have  to 
answer  for  their  past." 

Duhamel  said  Liberal  education  policy 
will  be  announced  after  the  election  is 
called. 

He  described  general  policy  ideas, 
such  as  an  increase  in  research  and  de- 
velopment, a  youth  corps  to  assist  in 
environmental  clean-up  and  a  renego- 
tiation of  education  transfer  payments  to 
the  provinces  in  three-  to  five-year  blocks, 
instead  of  yearly. 

He  said  he  could  not  give  any  more 
details  of  the  Liberal  education  plan  so  as 
not  to  upstage  party  leader  Jean 
Chretien's  future  policy  announce- 
ments. □ 


Just  the  facts,  ma'am 


Here  are  some  key  points  from  Kim 
Campbell's  a  speech  Aug.  16  in 
Kitchener,  which  outlined  proposed  new 
programs  and  expanded  existing  ones. 
Campbell  said  the  Tories  would: 

•  continue  the  Brighter  Futures  Pro- 
gram and  a  Community  Action  Pro- 
gram which  assist  children,  families  and 
local  groups  "at  risk."  ($168  million  over 
fouryears) 

•  donate  all  old  government  compu- 
ter systems  to  Canadian  schools. 

•continue  a  program  called  SchoolNet 
which  would  link  300  Canadian  schools 
by  computer  with  the  goal  of  connecting 
every  school  in  the  country.  This  pro- 
gram is  being  co-ordinated  at  Carleton. 
(S1.6  million) 

•  study  the  most  successful  20  Cana- 
dian schools  to  find  out  why  they  are 
successful.  ($1.5  million) 

•  increase  the  education  tax  credit  for 
full-time  study  an  unspecified  amount 
and  grant  it  to  part-time  students  as 


well.  The  student  deduction  for  child 
care  would  also  be  increased. 

•  renew  the  Vocational  Rehabilita- 
tion of  Disabled  Persons  Agreement  with 
the  provinces,  which  assists  Canadians 
with  disabilities  with  training,  medical 
aids,  counselling  and  other  services. 
($517  million  over  four  years) 

•  provide  start-up  loans,  training  and 
advice  for  young  entrepreneurs  to  start 
200  new  businesses,  creating  800  jobs. 
($2.5  million) 

•  continue  Canada  Student  Loan  re- 
form. As  well  as  increased  loan  limits, 
the  government  would  offer  "interest 
relief"  to  the  neediest  students.  There 
would  be  more  assistance  for  single  par- 
ents and  increased  pursuit  of  loan  de- 
faulters by  banks. 

•  increase  the  representation  of 
women  in  Canadian  doctoral  programs 
in  areas  such  as  math,  science  and  engi- 
neering. □ 


Fees  should  be  raised  report  recommends 


by  Sarah  Morris 

Charlatan  St  ait 

A  proposal  by  a  group  representing 
university  administrations  suggests  On- 
tario universities  hike  tuition  by  up  to  50 
per  cent  by  the  1995-96  school  year. 

Last  month,  the  Council  of  Ontario 
Universities  forwarded  a  "Discussion  Pa- 
per on  Tuition  Fee  Reform"  to  David 
Cooke,  Ontario's  minister  of  education 
and  training,  calling  for  students  to  take 
on  more  of  the  burden  of  university  fund- 
ing. 

Under  the  proposal,  undergraduate 
students  would  pay  30  per  cent  more 
tuition  overthe  next  two  years.  Thus,  the 
maximum  fee  a  university  can  charge 
for  undergraduate  programs  would  rise 
to  $3,030  in  two  years  from  $2,026  this 
year. 

Graduate  programs  would  cost  50  per 
cent  more,  rising  to  $4,545  from  $3,051 
over  the  same  period.  Students  in  many 
professional  programs  like  medicine, 
dentistry  and  law  would  be  billed  nearly 
three  times  as  much  as  they  are  now,  up 
to  a  maximum  of  $6,061  per  year. 

The  provincial  government  has  raised 
the  ceiling  for  tuition  fee  hikes  in  Ontario 
seven  per  cent  each  of  the  past  three 
years. 

The  NDP  government  has  yet  to  com- 
ment on  the  plan,  but  Cooke  has  warned 
students  to  be  prepared  for  "substantial " 
tuition  fee  increases  for  1994-95.  Cooke 


will  announce  the  increase  in  the  fall. 

The  council,  an  independent  body 
made  up  of  representatives  from  Ontario 
universities  including  Carleton,  points  to 
theability  of  university  graduates  to  earn 
higher  incomes  as  the  main  rationale 
behind  the  proposal. 

Michel  Gaulin,  clerk  of  the  senate  at 
Carleton 

and  one  of  ~™ ~~ — - ^ ~ ~ 

tersuy's  "'  f'nd  '*  rotber  incredible 
tworepre  that  someone  would  suggest 

sentatives 
on  the 
council, 
voted 
against 
submit- 
ting the 
council's 
proposal 


that  students  pay  for  10  to 
20  years  of  underfunding," 
Gillis  says. 


versifies. 

"With  the  demand  for  university  edu- 
cation escalating  and  the  funding  being 
drastically  cut,  universities  are  forced  to 
look  at  their  only  other  source  of  funding 
if  they  are  going  to  improve  the  quality  of 
education,"  says  Adams. 

But  Carl  Gillis,  chair  of  the  Canadian 
Federation  of 
"  Students  (CFS), 

disagrees. 

"I  find  it 
rather  incred- 
ible that  some- 
one would  sug- 
gest  that  stu- 
dents pay  for 
10  to  20  years 
of  under- 
funding,  " 
Gillis  says, 
noting  that  the 


to  the  government. 

He  says  the  main  reason  for  his  oppo- 
sition was  that  the  council  adopted  the 
report  in  the  summer  when  students  were 
away. 

"There  was  little  consultation  with  the 
student  community,"  he  says. 

Gaulin  says  he  was  "generally  in  agree- 
ment with  the  general  idea  of  the  paper." 

Pat  Adams,  the  council's  director  of 
communications  and  public  affairs,  de- 
fends the  proposal  because  of  the  "criti- 
cal" financial  situation  of  Ontario  uni- 


quality  of  education  will  not  rise  propor- 
tionately with  tuition  fees. 

The  council's  proposal  also  recom- 
mends changes  to  the  student  loan  sys- 
tem to  maintain  accessibility  despite  the 
dramatic  increase  in  fees. 

Under  the  proposed  loan  system,  called 
income-contingent  repayment  loans,  stu- 
dents would  have  access  to  government 
loans  withouthaving  to  demonstrate  their 
level  of  financial  need,  as  they  currently 
must. 

Once  they  have  finished  their  educa- 


tion, students  would  pay  back  their  loans 
based  on  their  income  after  graduation. 
Thus,  a  person  unable  to  find  a  job  or 
with  a  poorly  paying  job  would  not  have 
to  pay  their  loan  back  right  away. 

Even  though  the  council  is  also  pro- 
posing student  loan  reform,  Gillis  says 
students  will  still  suffer. 

"It's  a  regressive  way  to  fund  universi- 
ties," says  Gillis. 

He  says  the  system  will  still  deter  lower- 
income  students  who  are  unwilling  to 
incur  a  massive  debt  load.  He  also  says 
those  earning  less  after  graduation  will 
be  punished  with  ever-mounting  inter- 
est. 

A  CFS  study  of  similar  loan  programs 
in  Australia  and  Switzerland  shows  the 
systems  there  have  not  resulted  in  im- 
proved access,  says  Gillis. 

He  says  the  CFS-Ontario  will  submit  a 
counter-proposal  to  the  government  be- 
fore a  decision  is  reached  by  the  NDP  on 
tuition  hikes. 

Gillis  says  students  should  not  be  as 
upset  with  the  council's  proposal  as  with 
the  NDP  government's  positive  reaction 
to  the  idea  of  tuition  hikes. 

"Since  its  inception  20  years  ago,  (the 
council)  has  been  proposing  hikes  in 
tuition  fees,"  says  Gillis.  "The  frightening 
thing  is,  the  government's  listening  this 
time."  □ 


September  2,  1993  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  9 


Halifax  school  newspaper's  funding  slashed 


by  Alex  Bustos 

Chariaian  Star! 

News  that  Mount  Saint  Vincent  Uni- 
versity's studentcouncil  has  stopped  fund- 
ing the  school's  newspaper  and  is  estab- 
lishing a  new  one  under  its  control  marks 
the  second  crisis  between  a  paper  and  a 
student  government  this  summer. 

In  July,  The  Vbyssey  paper  clashed 
with  its  student  union  at  the  University  of 
British  Columbia  when  the  council  sus- 
pended its  funding  and  locked  the  staff 
out  of  their  office. 

The  Picaro  has  been  the  Halifax  uni- 
versity's student  publication  funded  by 
council  for  25  years.  However,  the  paper 
will  have  no  funding  starting  this  month 
after  the  student  council  declared  it  au- 
tonomous in  March. 

Paula  Adanski,  last  year's  editor,  said 
the  conflict  began  with  an  article  pub- 
lished in  January.  The  story  mentioned 
allegations  that  then-president  Dave 
Wynn  and  vice-president  Cathy  Thorpe 
abused  alcohol  at  a  public  charity  event 
called  Christmas  Daddies. 

Adanski  said  the  story  embarrassed 
the  councillors,  who  then  passed  a  mo- 
tion on  Feb.  12  establishing  a  selections 
committee,  chosen  by  council,  to  select 
the  paper's  next  editor. 

The  Picaro's  own  constitution  calls  for 
the  election  by  staff  of  the  editors,  with 
voting  privileges  going  to  anyone  who 
has  contributed  at  least  twice  to  the  pa- 
per. 

According  to  the  motion  implement- 
ing the  selections  committee,  it  was  set 
up  to  "open  the  position  of  Picaro  editor 
to  the  wider  university  community,"  as 
the  post  is  open  to  anyone  at  the  school. 
Thorpe,  who  is  now  the  council  presi- 
dent, said  the  motion  was  not  vengeful 


on  the  part  of  council. 

.  "I  don't  give  two  hoots  about  an  arti- 
cle printed  about  me  in  January,"  she 
said. 

But  on  March  26,  council  rescinded 
the  February  motion  and  replaced  it  with 
one  making  The  Picaro  "autonomous  from 
the  student  union  in  every  way."  The 
staff,  along  with  the  summer  council 


ties  between  itself  and  The  Picaro  because 
of  complaints  from  students  about  the 
content  of  the  paper.  Some  students  com- 
plained of  inadequate  coverage  of  such 
things  as  women's  issues  and  found  the 
people  involved  with  the  paper  to  be  a 
clique,  according  to  Thorpe. 

Then,  during  summer  negotiations 
between  the  paper  and  council,  some 


members,  were  supposed  to  "negotiate 
an  agreement  equitable  to  both  sides." 

Bob  Ledrew,  incoming  co-editor  of  The 
Picaro,  said  the  council  was  prepared  to 
give  $ 7,400  to  the  paper  at  the  first  sum- 
mer negotiation  meeting.  Ledrew  said 
this  is  well  below  the  paper's  normal 
operating  budget,  about  $15,000. 

Thorpe  said  council  voted  to  sever  the 


students  who  were  dissatisfied  with  The 
Picaro's  coverage  proposed  to  start  a  new 
paper  under  a  new  constitution. 

Representatives  of  six  different  socie- 
ties on  campus  have  created  the  new 
paper,  including  members  of  the  English 
Society  and  the  Women's  Studies  Society. 

Thorpe  said  neither  she  nor  council 
are  behind  the  new  paper. 


On  Aug.  8,  the  student  council  ratified 
the  constitution  of  the  new  publication, 
as  yet  unnamed.  The  new  paper  will  be 
eligible  for  funding  from  the  studentcoun- 
cil as  the  university's  official  paper. 

The  new  paper's  constitution  estab- 
lishes a  publishing  board,  consisting  of 
the  presidents  of  the  21  societies  funded 
by  student  council,  the  paper's  editor  and 
a  council  representative.Thisbody  would 
have  the  power  to  hire  and  fire  newspa- 
per staff  and  set  editorial  policy. 

The  editor  must  be  approved  by  a 
selections  committee,  consisting  of  two 
council  members,  two  students  at  large 
and  one  alumnus. 

The  Picaro  has  found  support  as  mem- 
bers of  the  national  student  newspaper 
co-operative,  the  Canadian  University 
Press  (CUP). 

In  a  letter  to  Thorpe  dated  Aug.  11, 
CUP  President  Alayne  Armstrong  wrote, 
"I'd  like  to  point  out  what  the  situation 
looks  like  to  an  outsider:  the  student 
council  is  criticized  by  The  Picaro;  it 
squeezes  off  The  Picaro's  funding;  it  rati- 
fies the  constitution  of  another  paper 
which  has  its  editors  chosen  by  a  board 
consisting  of  student  councillors  and  so- 
ciety executives  with  no  representatives 
from  the  paper  whatsoever." 

But  Thorpe  rejected  the  notion  that 
the  student  council  is  controlling  the  new 
paper.  She  said  the  publishing  board  will 
make  the  position  of  editor  more  accessi- 
ble to  the  general  population. 

In  July,  a  similar  publishing  board 
was  set  up  for  The  Ubyssey.  Any  paper 
wishing  to  publish  on  UBC's  campus 
must  go  through  this  board  to  receive 
funding. 

PICARO  cont'd  page  11 


TUNE  IN. 

THERE'S  A  WHOLE 
WORLD  OUT  THERE. 


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humour,  attractive,  and  is  a  little  eccentric  most  of  the 
time.  I  would  like  to  meet  a  single  man  who  possesses 
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10  •  The  Charlatan  -  September  2,  1993 


Freenet  conference 

On  ramp  to  the  new  communication  highway 


by  Michael  Richardson 

Charlatan  Staff 

"Networking  is  about  communication, 
people  communicating,"  as  one  student 
doing  a  demonstration  of  new  computer 
technology  at  the  Community  Network- 
ing Conference  put  it. 

Russell  McOrmond,  a  computer  sci- 
ence student  at  Carleton,  was  one  of 
about  150  people  from  across  Canada 
and  the  United  States  who  came  to  Car- 
leton to  communicate  about  computer 


networking  Aug.  18-20. 

At  the  conference,  organized  by  Na- 
tional Capital  Freenet  volunteers,  del- 
egates exchanged  ways  to  set  up,  fund 
and  maintain  freenet  systems  in  their 
own  communities. 

Freenets  are  computer  information 
networks  set  up  by  individual  groups 
who  solicit  funding  for  them  so  anyone 
with  a  computer  and  a  modem  can  ac- 
cess computer  bulletin  boards  and  infor- 
mation free  of  charge. 


Unpopular  Ottawa  U.  stu- 
dent executive  leaves  post 


by  Clayton  Wood 

Charlatan  staff 

The  University  of  Ottawa's  student 
federation  is  dealing  with  the  sudden 
departure  of  one  its  executive  mem- 
bers. 

Christophe  Treville,  vice-president  of 
internal  operations  at  the  Student  Fed- 
eration of  the  University  of  Ottawa, 
tendered  a  letter  of  resignation  Aug.  23. 

In  it,  Treville  said  his  job  with  a  local 
food  company  did  not  allow  him  to 
fully  dedicate  himself  to  his  position  as 
vice-president.  He  also  cited  the  "unco- 
operative atmosphere"  among  the  ex- 
ecutive as  a  reason  for  leaving. 

Treville's  departure  this  close  to  the 
new  school  year  has  caused  concern 
over  planned  frosh  activities  and  the 
operation  of  the  federation's  used  book- 
store, areas  he  was  responsible  for. 

"We're  getting  ready  for  Welcome 
Week,  so  he  left  at  a  bad  time,"  said 
federation  PresidentGuy  Caron.  He  said 
other  members  of  the  executive  will  fill 
in  for  Treville  until  a  replacement  can 
be  found. 


Other  members,,  of  the  four-person 
executive  were  surprised  by  the  resigna- 
tion, but  didn't  express  regret  either. 

"The  three  of  us  got  along  fine.  I  feel 
there  was  a  certain  lack  of  dedication  on 
his  part,"  said  Carole  Sauve\  the  vice- 
president  external. 

Executive  members  were  also  upset 
because  he  did  not  inform  them  about  a 
major  university  senate  decision  this 
summer,  when  it  ruled  new  students 
who  fail  a  test  in  their  second  official 
language  won't  be  required  to  take  a 
course  to  make  up  the  deficiency. 

"He  deemed  it  unimportant  to  tell 
us,"  said  Sauve\ 

Caron  says  this  decision  threatens 
the  bilingual  character  of  the  university. 

Caron  said  it  hasn't  been  decided  if  a 
replacement  will  be  hired  or  directly 
elected  by  U  of  O  students.  The  student 
assembly  will  decide  when  it  meets  at 
the  end  of  September  if  a  byelection  will 
be  held  to  fill  the  vacant  position. 

Treville  is  on  vacation  and  could  not 
be  reached  for  comment.  □ 


Kyla  Huckerby,  the  National  Capital 
Freenet  office  manager,  helped  organize 
the  conference. 

"We  could  have  been  there  for  a  whole 
week  just  talking  and  exchanging  ideas. 
Everyone  went  home  with  lots  of  new 
ideas,"  she  says. 

Ottawa's  freenet,  only  a  year  old,  was 
the  first  one  in  Canada  and  one  of  the 
first  five  ever  established.  It  now  has  over 
6,000  users. 

Many  organizations,  associations  and 
clubs  post  information  on  freenet  bulle- 
tin boards.  But  unlike  a  rack  of  pam- 
phlets, readers  can  ask  questions,  offer 
feedback  and  send  messages. 

The  average  experience  with  media  is 
already  "synthetic  —  electronic,  through 
TVs,  radios,"  says  Sam  Sternberg,  chairof 
the  Toronto  Freenet  Committee.  "Even 
the  content  of  most  newspapers  comes 
over  the  wire." 

The  original  push  to  build  the  Ottawa 
freenet  came  from  Carleton.  The  idea 
came  from  psychology  professor  Warren 
Thomgate  and  associate  journalism  pro- 
fessor (ay  Weston,  and  was  co-ordinated 
by  computing  services'  director  David 
Sutherland. 

While  everyone  is  free  to  access  the 
system  and  register  for  an  account,  Car- 
leton students,  numbering  over  20,000, 
would  completely  overwhelm  the  freenet 
system  if  they  all  wanted  to  use  it. 

Universal  student  access  to  electronic 
communications  is  mostly  dependent  on 
funding  from  the  university. 

A  request  has  been  made  for  Chal- 
lenge Fund  money  to  buy  the  extra  com- 
puters needed  to  accommodate  the  Car- 
leton population,  although  the  cost  of 


PICARO  cont'd  from  page  10 

Dave  Matthews,  CUP's  Atlantic  re- 
gion co-ordinator,  said  CUP  only  recog- 
nizes The  Picaro  as  the  official  paper  at 
Mount  Saint  Vincent. 

The  Dalhousie  university  student  pa- 
per, The  Gazette,  also  came  to  The  Picaro's 
defence. 

The  Gazette's  editor  Ryan  Stanley  sent 
a  letter  denouncing  the  actions  of  the 


Mount  Saint  Vincent  student  council.  As 
well,  The  Gazette  has  offered  the  use  of  its 
facilities  to  The  Picaro's  staff  this  fall. 

Ledrew  said  he's  waiting  for  an  emer- 
gency meeting  with  the  student  council 
to  discuss  possible  funding  for  The  Picaro. 

Ledrew  said  the  paper  hopes  to  pub- 
lish somehow  by  mid-September. 

"If  we  have  to  photocopy  on  legal- 
sized  sheets,  we'll  do  it."  □ 


the  project  is  still  unclear.  The  Challenge 
Fund  was  established  in  1987  to  raise 
money  for  projects  at  Carleton, 

Graduate  students  presently  have  full 
access,  by  request,  to  freenet  accounts. 

Huckerby  says  she  receives  between 
60  and  100  calls  a  day  from  people  look- 
ing for  information  or  help  with  Otta- 
wa's freenet  system. 

It  has  been  supported  by  quite  a 
number  of  donations  from  private  indus- 
try, as  well  as  some  grant  money  from 
differentlevelsof  governments.  Huckerby 
hopes  user  donations  will  pick  up,  al- 
though she  says  there  will  always  be 
open,  equal  access. 

"Government  funding  will  run  out," 
says  Huckerby.  "We  have  to  look  towards 
business  and  the  community  for  sup- 
port." 

But  Sternberg  isn't  looking  to  the  gov- 
ernment for  hand-outs. 

"A  freenet  can  provide  large  access  to 
controversial  information,"  he  says.  "As 
soon  as  you  get  bureaucracies  involved, 
their  natural  instinct  is  to  filter  informa- 
tion." 

Sternberg  gives  a  hypothetical  exam- 
ple of  how  a  freenet  system  might  allow 
a  woman  to  connect  to  another  freenet  in 
another  province  or  country  in  order  to 
get  information  on  abortion  if  it  became 
illegal  where  she  lived. 

Huckerby  and  Sternberg  make  many 
comparisons  between  the  freenet  con- 
cept and  public  libraries.  They  say  the 
name  "freenet"  is  derived  from  the  word 
"freeway,"  as  a  communally  funded 
means  of  travel  and  as  a  building  block 
for  future  "information  highways."  □ 


CHARLATAN 


CARLETON'S  INDEPENDENT  STUDENT  NEWSPAPER 


Special  Meeting 


Thursday,  October  2,  1993 
5:30  p.m. 
Room  531  Unicentre 

All  Charlatan  staff  are  asked  to 
attend  a  special  staff  meeting  to 
discuss  and  vote  on  the  nature 
of  the  relationship  between  The 
Charlatan  and  the  Canadian 
University  Press.  If  you  would 
like  more  information,  or  if  you 
are  unsure  of  your  voting  status, 
please  contact  Mo  Gannon  or 
Arn  Keeling  at  the  office,  or  call 
788-6680. 


September  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  11 


Canada's  summer  in  review:  a  brief  synopsis 


by  Arn  Keeling 

Charlatan  Stall 

Did  you  spend  your  summer  locked  up 
in  your  parents'  basement  playing 
Nintendo  or  working  in  an  isolated  resort 
in  the  Canadian  Rockies?  Is  the  last  time 
you  read  a  newspaper  when  the  Habs 
won  the  Stanley  Cup? 

Never  fear,  here's  the  latest  scoop  on 
summer  happenings  on  the  national 
scene: 

In  the  student  world,  unemployment 
was  once  again  a  prominent  problem 
this  summer,  as  the  student  jobless  rate 
was  over  20  per  cent  for  the  second  year 
in  a  row. 

In  July,  the  federal  government  an- 
nounced Canada  Student  Loans  would 
no  longer  be  subject  to  the  three-per-cent 
clawback  tax  as  of  Aug.  1  this  year.  But 
the  feds  axed  the  six-month  interest-free 
period  on  loans  at  the  same  time  and 
they  save  a  bundle  on  the  proposition. 

OutinLotusland,  MikeHarcourfsNDP 
government  landed  in  hot  water  as  our 


best  corporate  citizens,  MacMillan 
Bloedel,  began  selectively  logging  one  of 
the  last  stands  of  old-growth  forests  on 
Vancouver  Island.  The  Clayoquot  Sound 
decision  has  precipitated  a  mass  move- 
ment of  Birkenstock-wearin' hippie  types 
to  the  West  Coast  to  get  arrested  while 
trying  to  block  the  loggers'  access  to  the 
area.  Which  is  fine. 

Our  Alberta  brethren  stuck  to  their 
authoritarian  roots  by  electing  yet  an- 
other Conservative  premier,  as  they  have 
in  every  election  since  1971.  This  time, 
Ralph  Klein,  a  former  mayor  of  Calgary, 
swept  to  victory  and  pounded  the  provin- 
cial NDP  into  oblivion. 

Prairie  people  complained  all  year  of 
too  much  rain,  after  not  enough  last 
year.  What  is  it  with  these  people?  At 
least  they  haven't  all  moved  out  to  Van- 
couver like  the  unemployed  southern 
Ontarians. 

Looking  east,  the  view  of  the  Atlantic 
got  a  little  bleaker  as  a  moratorium  was 
declared  early  this  summer  on  the  cod 


fishery. 

Of  course,  Ottawa  and  Ontario  were 
abuzz  with  exciting  political  machina- 
tions. The  national  Progressive  Conserva- 
tive party  leadership  convention 
descended  on  Ottawa  in  June,  re- 
leasing hundreds  of  drunken  To- 
ries and  resulting  in  Canada's  first 
female,  Russian-speaking,  cello- 
playing,  kinda-tried-pot-once 
prime  minister,  Avril  Phaedra 
Campbell. 

The  provincial  NDP  brought 
down  its  social  contract  in  Au- 
gust, an  agreement  with  the  prov- 
ince's public  sector  employees,  in- 
cluding universities,  to  cut  back 
wages,  layoff  employeesand  close 
government  offices  for  unpaid 
days  off.  This  sparked  mass  cel- 
ebrations and  incredible  popular- 
ity for  the  government  and  its 
leader,  Bob  Rae.  Not. 

Yes,  the  wild  world  of  politics 
and  national  affairs  has  been  as 


busy  as  ever  this  summer.  So  if  you  had  a 
summer  job,  like  Kim  Campbell,  you'd 
best  catch  up.  Things  will  get  even 
stranger  this  fall.  Q 


Bob  Rae  even  made  himself  sick  this  summer. 


\2  ■  The  Charlatan  •  September  2,  1993 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charlaian  Staff 

"I  urge  you  to  take  the  fullest  advantage  of  these  opportunities  along 
with  those  offered  throughout  our  wonderful  national  capital 
regi on .  " 

—  Carleton  University  president  and  sharp  dresser  Robin  "Sparky" 
Farquhar,  on  the  fine  services  offered  at  Carleton  and  in  this  fair 
city,   quoted  in  the  CUSA  1993  Orientation  Mail-Out . 

Words  to  live  by,  as  far  as  we're  concerned.  In  fact,  we've  devoted 
the  best  years  of  our  lives  to  following  the  wise  one's  advice. 

The  City  of  Ottawa  in  general  and  Carleton  University  in  particular 
do  have  lots  to  offer,  but  the  only  place  you'll  find  out  about  the 
fun  stuff  is  right  here  in  the  Official  Charlatan  Frosh  Guide  to 
Ottawa . 

We're  not  talking  about  the  Rideau  Canal  or  the  Tulip  Festival  or 
the  Parliament  Buildings;  you  can  save  those  for  when  your  parents 
visit.  We're  talking  about  body-abusing  fun  on  the  cheap. 

We've  done  our  best  to  let  you  know  about  the  best  places  in  town 
to  get  free  food,  where  to  get  your  thrills  for  cheap,  what  bars  to 
frequent  and  which  ones  to  avoid. 

Plus,  we've  included  an  easy  to  read,  Handi-Save™  map,  suitable 
for  framing. 

Whatever  you  decide  to  do  with  your  university  life,  don't  let  the 
bastard  institutions  drag  you  down  to  the  level  of  a  pissing  ant. 
And  hey,    let's  be  careful  out  there.  □ 


September  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  13 


How  to  make  friends  and  influence  people 

"the  Char  Cat  an' s  handy  lo-point,  12-step  guide 


by  David  Hodges  and  Mike  Rappaport 

Chaff  strut  Staff 

So  you're  lonely  and  maybe  you're  a 
bit  of  aloser.  Well,  don't  despair.  Making 
friends  isn't  always  easy  —  especially  in 
a  new  environment  —  but  what  you  are 
about  to  read  will  forever  change  your 
life. 

Now  hold  on,  we  know  what  you're 
thinking,  "I've  tried  other  so-called  meth- 
ods for  making  friends  before,  but  they 
never  work.  Afterward,  I  feel  even  more 
dejected  and  crappy." 

These  are  legitimate  gripes.  The  ma- 
jority of  these  methods  rely  upon  age-old 
techniques  that  are  out  of  touch  with 
today's  modem  student. 

For  instance,  maybe  you've  heard  of, 
or  even  tried,  the  old  "Poke  and  Tease" 
method  where  you  continually  poke  and 
tease  someone  with  a  stick,  or  prodding 
object.  The  belief  was  that  this  would 


eventually  endear  you  to  that  person. 
Our  research  shows  that  this  method 
does  not  work.  More  than  likely  it  will 
leave  you  friendless,  with  a  stick  or  prod- 
ding  object  lodged  up  your  ass. 

This  method,  and  many  others  like  it, 
have  continually  left  people  friendless 
and  miserable. 

But  now,  using  a  life's  worth  of  accu- 
mulated wisdom,  scientific  techniques 
approved  by  the  Canada  Safety  Associa- 
tion, various  complicated  models  and 
mathematical  equations,  we  have  for- 
mulated  a  10-step  plan  thatwill  enhance 
your  amicable  aura,  drawing  friends  to 
you  like  bees  to  honey. 

1)  Brag  about  how  much  money 
yoa  have  and  how  high  above  your 
surroundings  you  are. 

This  never  fails  to  impress.  By  letting 
people  know  how  superior  you  are  to 


them,  they  will  be  amazed  and  left  speech- 
less by  your  selfless  action  of  lowering 
yourself  to  their  level. 

2)  Give  people  cute  nicknames. 
Lumpy  is  always  a  crowd  pleaser. 

3)  Remember,  you  can  pick  your 
Mends  and  you  can  pick  your  nose, 
but  you  can't  pick  your  friends' 
noses. 

This  should  be  obvious. 

4)  fust  keep  hugging  people. 
Somebody  is  bound  to  like  it.  If  that 

doesn't  work,  wear  a  button  that  reads, 
"Hug  me,  I'm  Irish." 

5)  Drink  like  a  fish. 

The  ability  to  be  both  an  alcoholic  and 
a  university  student  is  a  sure  way  to 
impress  people  with  your  multi-dimen- 
sional personality:  Monday  night,  The 
Royal  Oak;  Tuesday  night,  Zaphod 
Beeblebrox;  Wednesday  night,  Oliver's; 
Thursday  night,  Yucatan  Liquor  Stand; 


Friday  night,  On  Tap;  Saturday  night, 
Houlihan's;  Sunday  night,  drink  moder- 
ately, do  homework. 

6)  Tell  people  you  have  a  car. 

7)  Raise  your  hand  to  ask  ques- 
tions during  lectures. 

8)  When  you  pass  acquaintances 
in  the  tunnels  and  they  say,  "Hi, 
how  are  you,"  tell  them  in  graphic 
detail. 

9)  Make  sound  effects  to  accom- 
pany all  your  movements. 

Remember  the  bionic  man?  He  was  so 
cool. 

10)  Carry  a  large  block  of  cheese 
around  with  you. 

If  there's  one  thing  people  can  appre- 
ciate, it's  cheese. 

If  however,  this  program  doesn'twork 
for  you,  don't  come  whining  to  us.  □ 




Only  Scotiabank  chalks  up  a 
no-fee"  banking  package  for  students. 


If  there's  one  thing  we  know  about  students, 
it's  that  sometimes  they  run  on  a  tight  budget. 

And  since  we  were  the  first  Canadian  bank  to 
introduce  a  student  package  three  years  ago,  it's 
something  we've  kept  in  mind. 

If  you're  a  full-time  college'  or  university  student, 
you're  eligible  for  the  Scotia  Banking  Advantage' 
package.  This  package  includes  a  daily  interest 
chequing  account,  an  automated  banking  machine 
card,  a  Classic  VISA  card'  and  for  qualified  gradu- 
ating students,  an  auto  loan. 

With  Scotia  Banking  Advantage,  you  can  also 


start  establishing  a  good  credit  rating.  Something 
that  will  be  useful  in  the  future. 

So  drop  by  your  nearest  Scotiabank  branch 
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Ottawa: 
home  of  the 
best  damn 
music  in 
Canada 


Ottawa's  live  music  scene  is  thriving. 
Fumaceface  have  finally  arrived  In  a 
major  way,  being  signed  to  MCA,  and 
several  other  bands  have  been  picked  up 
by  Cargo,  an  MCA  subsidiary. 

These  bands  are  pro.  There's  a  great 
diversity  among  the  bands,  from  the  pol- 
ished hard  rock  of  The  Age  of  Paith  to  the 
happy,  loud-guitar  emocore  of  Heaven 
Dog  to  the  laid-back  sounds  of  Fun  For 
Malakai. 

Spacing  restrictions  don't  allow  even  a 
brief  description  of  each  band.  Likewise, 
this  list  is  by  no  means  complete. 

There's  something  for  everyone,  so 
support  live  music  in  Ottawa  and  don't 
miss  these  bands. 

Age  of  Faith 
Black  Boot  Trio 
Block  Triangle 
Barstool  Prophets 
Extreme 
Fishtoles 
Freeway  Bond 
Fun  For  Malakai 
Fumaceface 
Heaven  Dog 
illegal  Jaa  Poets 
Incity  Dreams 
Motley  Crue 
Mystic  Zealots 

Neanderthal  Sponqe 

Ratboy 

Red  Dawn 

Resin  Scraper 

Skatterbrains 

Tongues  and  Bones 

Anyone  interested  in  the  city's  music 
will  want  to  pick  up  P,U9!,  Q  CO  f™ 

Records.  Ifs  the  definitive  guide  to  the 
Ottawa  scene.  Ptugl  is  avaUablea most 
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14  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  2,  1993 


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NOW  OPEN  AFTER  HOURS 

Friday  till  2  •  SATURDAY  till  3 

OTTAWA 

Welcomes  the  Gay  and  Lesbian  community 


Sunday,  Sept.  5,  1993 

Jerry  Lewis 
Variety  Show 

Proceeds  to  Jerry  Lewis  Telethon 


Wednesday,  Sept.  15, 1993 

Casino  Night  , 
Beat  the  Dealer 
&  WIN 


Enjoying  your  Orientation 


by  Rorl  Caffrey 

Charlatan  Staff 

Your  hosh  year— q  time  of  education, 
maturation  and. . .  exploration. 

First  year  is  traditionally  a  "coming 
out"  time  for  non-heterosexuals.  It's  an 
opportunity  for  young  queers  to  pry  open 
the  closet  door  and  escape  the  confines  of 
parents  and/or  small-town  mentalities. 

But  first  year  can  also  be  a  difficult 
and  dangerous  time  for  out-and-proud 
dykes  and  fags.  Carleton  has  witnessed 
homophobia  on  campus,  through  graf- 
fiti in  the  washrooms  or  rhymes  found  in 
a  rugby  team  chant  book  last  year. 

Froshweek  can  be  an  especially  pain- 
ful trial  for  the  non-het.  Last  year,  come- 
dians Mike  Wilmot  and  Tim  Steves  made 
offensive  jokes  about  homosexuals  and 
incest  survivors  that  reduced  some  stu- 
dents to  tears.  Despite  being  strongly 
discouraged,  homophobic  comments 
have  been  heard  within  different  frosh 
groups  in  the  past. 

But  fear  not,  my  queer  comrade!  Be- 
low is  a  list  of  suggestions  of  how  you, 
despite  your  re-hashed  summer  camp 
surroundings,  can  enjoy  your  orienta- 
tionweek, 

FROSH  WEEK 

First  off,  don't  take  any  shit.  This  is 
good  advice  for  anyone.  If  you're  catch- 
ing homophobic  heat  from  other  frosh 
(in  the  form  of  cheers  or  comments  or 
whatever),  tell  your  head  facilitator  — 
the  upper-year  student  in  charge  of  your 
frosh  group.  They  have  been  trained  to 
curb  any  racist,  sexist  or  homophobic 
behavior,  tj 

If  the  problems  persist,  go  straight  to 
Richard  Stanton,  the  orientation  com- 
missioner.  He  can  be  reached  through 
the  office  of  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association  (CUSA). 

Frosh  week  comedians  may  resort  to 
"fag  jokes"  for  cheap  laughs.  By  all 
means,  don't  let  this  deter  you  from  at- 
tending a  concert!  just  be  sure  to  go  well- 
armed  with  snappy  heckles. 

After  an  offensive  joke,  it  may  suffice 
to  yell  "One  in  lOpeople  in  this  crowd  are 
gay  and  we  didn't  find  that  funny!"  or 
"AIDS  jokes  died  with  Freddy  Mercury!" 
That  may  hit  home  with  the  masses  of 
Wayne's  WortdrBohemian  Rhapsody" 
disciples. 

If  the  homophobic  jokes  continue, 
bring  out  the  big  guns.  Yes,  it's  low,  it's 
infantile,  but  they  gave  you  no  option 
but  to  start ...  the  father  jokes:  "Funny, 
your  dad  doesn't  seem  to  mind!"  or  "I 
don't  think  my  boyfrien  —  I  mean,  your 


dad,  would  appreciate  you  saying  that! " 

Dykes  can  really  sock  it  to  the  male 
homophobe  by  taking  a  shot  at  his  girl- 
friend. Yelling:  "She's  found  somebody 
she  doesn't  have  to  fake  orgasm  with," 
may  reinforce  the  myth  that  women  be- 
come lesbians  after  disappointing  en- 
counters with  men,  but  it  does  get  the 
point  across. 

As  far  as  music  goes,  check  out  the 
fag-friendly  Fumaceface  Sunday,  Sept.  5, 
in  the  parking  lot  behind  the  Unicentre. 
Their  song  "Can't  Help  Who  You  Love" 
has  been  mistaken  as  a  gay  anthem. 
Although  none  of  the  band's  members 
are  gay  (sob),  they  don't  mind  the  tune's 
homo-interpretation. 

Remember  at  all  times  that  CUSA  is 
paying  for  orientation  week  with  $32,000 
of  your  money.  You  are  paying  to  be 
entertained,  not  insulted. 

UNIVERSITY  LIFE 

Residence  is  like  a  huge  Petri  dish 
which  breeds  ignorance  and  hatred  — 
definitely  a  dangerous  place  to  be  out. 
Unless  you  want  to  lose  a  roommate  fast, 
or  assure  private  usage  of  the  communal 
washroom,  stay  low-key.  Don't  lie  or 
attempt  to  hide  your  pride  —  just  wait  a 
little  before  breaking  out  the  judy  Gar- 
land albums. 

Despite  their  homoerotic  initiation 
rites  and  Greek  brotherhood  overtones, 
fraternities  are  bad  news.  Generally, 
they're  not  gay-positive.  Avoid  them  like 
the  plague. 

Tune  in  to  "People  Like  You,"  the 
weekly  queer  news  show  on  CKCU,  Carle- 
ton's  campus  radio  station.  It  airs  Wednes- 
day at  6:30  p.m. 

The  university  also  has  a  Gay,  Lesbian 
and  Bisexual  Centre  on  the  first  floor  of 
the  Unicentre,  just  past  the' off-campus 
lounge.  Check  it  out  for  pamphlets,  peri- 
odicals and  community  events. 

A  WORD  FOR  EVERYONE 

Taking  a  public  stand  against 
homophobia  is  a  difficult  task,  especially 
for  frosh.  You're  new,  you  need  friends, 
you  don't  want  to  rock  the  boat. 

But  you  —  straights  included  —  must 
decide  what  type  of  environment  you 
want  your  academic  career  to  take  place 
in.  Speaking  up  against  anti-gay  senti- 
ments won't  magically  change  anyone's 
attitude,  but  it  will  let  them  know  they 
have  a  vocal  opposition.  It  will  make 
them  think. 

So  if  that  boat  does  need  a  good  rock- 
ing, feel  free  to  make  some  waves.  □ 


10  PLACES  YOU  CAN  EAT  FOR  FREE 

1.  LOEB IGA  Saturday  afternoons  (Plenty  o'  free  samples). 

2.  Make  friends  with  someone  who  lives  at  home  with  their  parents. 

3.  Faculty  functions. 

4.  CUSA-catered  affairs. 

5.  Unguarded  Saga  food  trucks  are  a  godsend  for  the  hungry  student 

6 .  Tamper  with  breaks  of  pizza  delivery  boy's  truck,  making  i  t  impossible  for  him 
to  deliver  pizza  within  30  minutes. 

7.  Tell  peole  you'r  Bob  Rae  (Great  for  acquiring  produce). 

8.  Go  to  Unicentre  Store,  say  Lucy  sent  you. 

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4.  Masturbate  in  shame. 

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September  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  15 


The  Charlatan's  Handi-Sav 


Sifting  through  the  rabble:  Bars  in  Ottawa 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Chart  alan  Srart 

Although  the  trendier  donee  bars  In 
Ottawa  can  be  pathetic,  it's  important  to 
rememberthey  are  best  experienced  when 
drunk. 

Me,  I've  lived  in  Ottawa  all  my  life  and 
have  been  going  to  bars  for  four  years.  I 
started  drinking  just  this  year  because  of 
the  deep  boredom  I  felt  frequenting  these 
establishments  for  so  long. 

Students  coming  here  from  other  cit- 
ies may  find  Ottawa  bars  a  fresh  experi- 
ence at  first,  but  I'm  sure  after  a  while 
even  the  most  sober  of  you  will  take  up 
drinking.  On  the  other  hand,  if  you're 
coming  from  Toronto,  good  luck  finding 
anything  abnormal  or  interesting. 

Cafe  Deluxe  (283  Dolhousie)  is  a 
nice  but  pretentious  place,  suitable  for 
sipping  cappuccino  and  talking  with 
people  sporting  sideburns  and  Club  Mo- 
naco clothing. 


Wednesdays  are  the  domain  of  On 
Tap  (160  Rideau).  This  is  a  favored  uni- 
versity hangout,  mainly  because  of  its 
famous  buck  a  draft.  The  music  is  a 
mixture  of  everything,  but  mostly  rock 
and  roll.  There's  also  a  large  pool  room 
upstairs. 

For  those  who  like  their  nights  out  to 
be  a  little  less  intellectual,  check  out  the 
Yucatan  Liquor  Stand,  Houlihan's, 

or  Spo  dee  Od-ee's. 

At  Yucatan's  (34  Clarence)  you'll  hear 
talk  of  relationships,  one  night  stands, 
school  or  jobs,  and  plans  to  meet  else- 
where the  same  night  or  the  next  day. 
Tuesdays  is  the  most  popular  day  since 
you  pay  just  over  $2  for  most  drinks. 

Houlihan's  (110  York)  has  a  slightly 
older  crowd.  The  DJ's  usually  play  new 
releases  but  tend  to  stick  to  old  dance 
music.  The  busiest  nights  are  Friday 
through  Monday. 

Spo-dee  Od-ee's  (1 30  York)  features  a 


dance  floor  and  a  pool  hall.  The  bar  used 
to  be  popular  last  winter,  but  has  since 
died  down. 

If  you  think  these  clubs  are  meat  mar- 
kets, wait  until  you  step  in  to  Indigo  (360 
Elgin).  This  place  is  out  of  hand.  Married, 
divorced,  and  single  people  go  to  this  bar 
to  watch  or  to  be  watched. 

On  the  plus  side,  the  drinks  are  strong, 
the  music  is  more  current  than  most  and 
people  dance  not  only  on  the  dance 
floor,  but  also  on  the  patio,  the  balcony 


Where  to  eat,  where  to  drink 


Bagel  Bagel  (92  Clarence)  Bagels  + 
open  24  hours  (Fridays  and  Saturdays) 
=  fun! 

Club  SAW  (67  Nicholas)  It's  a  small 
room  and  the  sound  isn't  that  great,  but 
the  local  bands  that  play  there  more 
than  make  up  for  these  shortcomings. 

Creeque  Alley  (207  Rideau)  Thebest 
thingaboutthisroom  is  the  atmosphere. 
Its  wooden  interior  resembles  a  large 
cottage.  The  sound  is  excellent  and  there's 
nothing  blocking  the  stage. 

Duke  of  Somerset  (352  Somerset 
W.)  This  is  one  of  the  coolest  pubs  in 
Ottawa.  With  its  comfy  couches,  this 
Carleton  hangout  is  more  like  a  refur- 
bished basement  than  a  bar.  Sundays, 
check  out  the  sounds  of  Jimmy  George, 
Celtic  band  extraordinaire.  But  it  fills  up 
quickly,  so  get  there  early. 

Irene's  (885  Bank)  The  Lonesome  Paul 
legend  lives  on  Sunday  nights.  You'll  see. 
Amazing  veggie  burgs  part  of  the  magic. 

The  Manx  Pub  (370  Elgin)  Super 
casual  hangout  for  the  trendy  alterna- 
tive set.  Red  velvet  booths  and  black 
paintings  make  this  place  way  cool.  Plus, 
there'sliveCelh'cmusicon  Saturdays.  It's 
always  packed,  so  go  before  the  others 
get  there. 

Mike's  Place  (2nd  Floor  Unicentre) 


Cute  bartender  alert!  The  only  truly  mel- 
low and  cool  place  to  hang  on  campus. 
It's  run  by  the  Graduate  Students'  Asso- 
ciation, but  you  don't  have  to  show  your 
thesis  at  the  door  or  anything,  just  look 
real  smart. 

The  Pit  (160  Rideau,  below  On  Tap) 
My  God!  Disco  lives!  Come  share  the 
shame  of  a  decade  with  Hammerheads 
every  Thursday.  Tuesdays  witness  one  of 
the  funkiest  music  nights  in  town  with  Dj 
Trevor's  acid  jazz. 

Stone  Angel  (314  Lisgar)  Enjoy  po- 
etry, herbal  tea  and  that  communal  spirit 
thing  in  Ottawa's  hippie  coffeehouse. 

Taktiks  (151  George)  Ottawa's  most 
popular  gay  dance  club  has  some  of  the 
most  danceable  tunes  in  the  market  and 
some  of  the  cutest  babes  in  the  city  on  the 
dance  floor.  If  you're  straight,  don't  flaunt 
it  and  no  one  will  care  that  you're  there. 
But  you  won't  score  like  others  do. 

Zaphod  Beeblebrox  (27  York)  The 
coolest  bar  in  town  for  live  music.  Thurs- 
days through  Saturdays,  from  8  p.m  un- 
til 1 1  p.m.,  they  feature  live  music  cover- 
ing the  entire  spectrum  of  innovative 
rock.  Everyone  from  evil  rocksters  Mon- 
ster Magnet  to  the  country-influenced 
Lost  Dakotas  plays  here.  Plus,  they  spin 
the  best  "alternative"  music  Tuesdays 
through  Sundays.  □ 


Music  for  the  Masses:  The  best  of  I 


by  Adam  Seddon 

Charlatan  Slat) 

As  in  all  cities,  you  can  And  large 
record  chains  in  nearly  all  malls  and 
shopping  centres.  In  the  downtown  area, 
there  is  an  abundance  of  chain  stores 
where  you  can  find  mainstream  music. 
But  here's  the  low-down  on  stores  if  you're 
looking  for  something  else: 

Birdman  Sound  (593-B  Bank)  The 
Birdman  specializes  in  used  compact  discs 
and  vinyl  but  also  sells  brand  new  vinyl 
and  CDs.  It's  not  on  overly  large  store  but 
nevertheless,  it  is  an  ideal  place  to  locate 
those  hard-to-find  underground  bands 
or  the  latest  release  on  vinyl  if  any 
pressings  are  put  into  circulation. 

Bonehead  Music  (288  Bank)  This 
used-record  store  has  an  impressive  stock 
of  used  cassettes  and  rare  and  bootleg 
recordings.  It  also  has  a  fair  selection  of 


used  CDs  and  vinyl. 

Downtown  Records  (201  Dolhousie) 
is  the  place  to  go  for  cheap  discs.  While 
they  do  offer  a  wide  assortment  of  new 


CDs  at  very  competitive  prices,  their  used 
CDs  are  to  die  for.  Boasting  a  large  di- 
verse collection,  used  CDs  cost  about  $  10 
and  can  be  traded  in  two  for  one.  They 
also  peddle  vinyl  and  cassettes. 


16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  2,  1993 


Pull-Out  Guide  To  Ottawa 

On  the  culture  front,  here's  where  to  take  your  parents. 

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jhariatan  Staff 

Don't  let  Ottawa  fool  you.  Believe  it  or 
qot,  this  seemingly  conservative  city  has 
i  thriving  artistic  community  that  ex- 
ends  from  the  National  Gallery  to  the 
mailer,  more  alternative  galleries  such 
is  Gallery  101  and  the  SAW  Gallery. 

The  building  which  is  the  National 
;allery  is  a  spacious  architectural  won- 
ler,  well-lit  by  natural  lighting.  Outside 


light  streams  in  through  the  numerous 
windows  of  this  glass  structure. 

The  gallery's  collection  has  both  clas- 
sical and  contemporary  art.  If  s  always 
featuring  innovative  special  exhibitions 
in  addition  to  its  extensive  permanent 
collection. 

Don't  forget  to  check  out  some  of  its 
controversial  purchases  like  Voice  Of  Fire 
and  No.  16. 

The  SAW  Gallery  (67Nicholasacross 
from  Rideau  Centre)  is  one  of  Ottawa's 


mainaltemaUve  galleries,  featuring  per- 
formance, contemporary  and  multi-me- 
dia art  that  will  be  sure  to  challenge  you. 
Housed  in  a  basement,  this  gallery  has  a 
true  underground  feeling. 

Gallery  101  (3 1 9  Lisgar)  has  a  studio 
dance  floor,  specifically  for  the  perform- 
ance art  pieces  displayed  here.  The  exhi- 
bitions and  events  held  by  this  gallery 
usually  attract  small,  intimate  audiences. 
Currently  featured  at  this  gallery  is  an 
exhibition  in  progress:  Land  Art  on  Victo- 


ria Island  and  Richmond  Landing. 

On  campus,  check  out  theCarleton 
Art  Gallery  located  within  the  St. 
Patrick's  building.  This  small  gallery, 
which  opened  last  September,  features 
mostly  contemporary  Canadian  art. 
Throughout  the  year  well-known  Cana- 
dians artists  and  their  work  are  profiled 
in  exhibitions.  If  you're  in  need  of  a 
mental  break,  visiting  the  gallery  is  a 
great  way  to  get  away  from  the  hectic 
pace  of  university  life.  □ 


INDEX 


1.  Cafe  Deluxe 

2.  On  Tap 

3.  Yucatan  liquor  Stand 

4.  Houlihan's 

5.  Spa-dee  Od-ee's 

6.  Bagel  Bagel 

7.  Club  SAW 

8.  Creeque  Alley 

9.  The  Pit 

10.  Takriks 


1 1 .  Zaphod  Beeblebrox 

12.  Mellos 

13.  Chateau  Lafayette  House 

14.  Mad  Platters 

15.  Record  Runner 

16.  Spinables 

17.  SAW  Gallery 

18.  Bytowne  Cinema 


We  would  like  to  thank  the 
Carleton  University  Map  Li- 
brary for  the  useof  their  mate- 
rials. 


And  for  the  theatre  buff. 


m's  independent  music  stores. 


Mad  Platters  (193  Rideau)  Here's 
another  used-record  dealer.  Their  selec- 
tion of  alternative  music  isn't  as  diverse 
as  that  offered  by  ofherstores  but  they  do 
offera  substantial  selection  of 1970s  music 


Radio  J 


on  vinyl.  They  also  offer  a  huge  selection 
of  posters,  probably  one  of  the  best  in 
Ottawa. 

Record  Runner  (214  Rideau)  offers  a 


huge  selection  of  new  CDs,  audio  tapes 
and  video  tapes.  The  store  has  broken 
down  music  into  different  categories  such 
as  metal/hardcore,  rap,  etc.  This  makes 
shopping  for  your  favorite  group  that 
much  easier.  The  prices  are  pretty  good. 

Shake  Records  (ISO  Laurier  W.)  of- 
fers new  and  used  music.  Shake  pays 
quite  well  for  used  CDs.  They  carry  a  wide 
variety  of  imports,  local  and  "alterna- 
tive" music.  As  an  added  bonus,  Shake 
has  listening  booths  where  you  can  sam- 
,  pie  the  latest  releases.  The  prices  are 
i  exceptional.  You  can  often  find  new  do- 
;  mestic  CD  releases  for  under  $14. 

Spinables  (406  Dalhousie)  sells  new 
and  used  CDs,  used  vinyl  and  tapes.  It 
maybe  small,  but  it  has  the  best  selection 
of  used  vinyl  in  town.  If  you  browse 
around  for  a  few  minutes,  you  can  usu- 
ally find  something  of  interest.  □ 


by  Renata  Manchak 

Charlatan  Staff 

Ottawa's  theatre  community  has  a  lot 
to  offer  for  those  of  you  into  live  perform- 


Great  Canadian  Theatre  Com- 
pany (910  Gladstone)  The  Great  Cana- 
dian Theatre  Company  is  beginning  its 
1 9th  season  of  primarily  Canadian  plays. 
From  Sept.  1 S  to  Oct .  2  if  s  offering  Clutch- 
ing The  Heat.  There  is  a  reduced  rate  of 
$10  for  students  and  Sundays  are  pay- 
what-you-can. 

National  Arts  Centre  English 
Theatre  (S3  Elgin)  The  NAC  English 
Theatre  isbeginning  its  25  th  anniversary 
season  with  Dancing  at  Lughnasa  from 
Nov.  25  to  Dec.  1 1 .  It  offers  reduced  rates 
for  tickets  purchased  on  the  day  of  the 
performance  and  student  rates  for 
matinees. 

Orpheus  (300  Rochester)  Open  since 
1 906  andbasedinthe  Adult  High  School 
at  the  comer  of  Rochester  and  Gladstone, 


Orpheus  Operatic  Society  of  Ottawa  per- 
forms threemusicalsperyear.  From  Nov. 
26  to  Dec.  4  Guys  and  Dolls  is  playing. 
Tickets  are  $  1 5  for  orchestra,  $  10  for  first 
balcony  and  $5  for  second  balcony. 

Ottawa  Little  Theatre  (400  King 
Edward)  The  female  version  of  Neil 
Simon's  The  Odd  Couple  opens  Ottawa 
Little  Theatre's  season  and  runs  from 
Sept.  20  to  Oct.  9.  Ticket  price  is  $9.00. 

Sock  'N'  Buskin  (Theatre  A,  Carle- 
ton  University)  Carleton's  student-run 
theatre  group  performs  two  main-stage 
productions  peryear.  Look  around  Carle- 
ton  for  notice  of  performances. 

Ottawa  University's  Drama  Guild 

(Academic  Hall,  133  Seraphin-Marion) 
The  Drama  Guild  performs  36  plays  a 
year.  Shakespeare's  Merchant  of  Venice  in 
Auschwitznms  from  Sept.  21  to  26,  except 
for  Sept.  24.  Tickets  are  $  1 2  for  students. 

□ 


September  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  17 


Cheap  Ottawa  eats  that  won't  make  you  sick 


by  Doug  Johnson 

Charlatan  Stafi 

Welcome  to  Ottawa,  Canada's  capital 
and  home  to  some  really  fine  restau- 
rants. 

As  a  university  student  you  can  forget 
about  eating  at  any  of  them  (and  don't 
put  nose  prints  on  the  glass,  thank  you 
very  much). 

Hy's,  Cafe  Henry  Burger  or  the  Rideau 
Club  are  all  hangouts  for  the  rich  and 
powerful  here  in  our  fine  city.  As  a  stu- 
dent, you  do  not  qualify. 

But  don't  despair.  We  at  The  Charlatan 
are  here  to  tell  you  all  about  the  wonder- 
ful culinary  adventures  awaiting  you  in 
Ottawa's  eateries  of  the  poor  and  disen-. 
franchised. 

There  are  several  points  we  have  ad- 
hered to  in  selecting  these  eateries: 

1)  You  shouldn't  feel  like  vomiting 
after  or  before  leaving  the  establishment. 
Making  sidewalk  pizza  is  not  only  social 
no-no  (see  vomiting  etiquette,  below), 
but  it  is  also  a  waste  of  the  five  bucks  you 
just  dropped  for  a  meal. 

2)  Stoking  the  ol'  furnace  shouldn't 
cost  more  than  $5  ($3.50  for  breakfast). 

3)  The  restaurant  receives  extra  points 
if  the  furniture  is  padded  and  food  is  not 
left  out  on  the  counter. 

4)  A  further  bonus  if  it  is  open  all 
night. 

5)  The  place  gets  even  more  points  if  it 
is  licensed. 

6)  And  it  is  a  sure  winner  if  you  are  not 
afraid  of  sitting  down  when  you  go  to  the 
loo. 

Let's  begin  our  tour  of  student-grade 
noshitoriums  right  here  on  campus.  The 
only  place  on  campus  which  gets  an 
unanimous  thumbs-up  from  Charlatan 
staff  is  the  Oasis,  on  the  ground  floor  of 
Glengarry  residence. 

For  about  the  cost  of  a  pack  of  lined 
paper  at  the  campus  bookstore,  you  can 
get  a  hamburger  and  fries.  A  cheese 
sandwich  with  potato  chips  costs  J1.30 
and  an  added  bonus  is  free  television. 

As  you  move  off  campus,  the  nearest 
low-cost  place  to  chow  down  is  the  chip 
wagon,  at  the  comer  of  Bank  Street  and 
Sunnyside  Avenue.  There,  a  cheeseburger 


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Imperial  Pizza:  Where's  Mama? 


with  oodles  of  fixin's  runs  for  $2.75,  the 
same  cost  as  a  bratwurst  on  a  bun  from  a 
cart  on  Sparks  Street. 

It's  worth  noting  that  chip  wagons 
and  hot  dog  carts  can  provide  a  low-cost 
alternative  to  the  more  traditional  feed- 
o-ramas,  but  you  have  to  shop  around 
for  the  best  prices. 

An  excellent  belly  filler  is  poutine  —  a 
concoction  of  french  fries,  cheese  curds 
and  gravy.  If  s  both  good  and  good  for 
you.  Some  of  the  best  (as  well  as  some  of 
the  worst)  poutine  can  be  found  from 
these  eateries  on  wheels.  But  searching 
for  the  best  poutine  in  Ottawa  is  an 
excellent  way  to  learn  your  way  around 
the  city. 

Moving  north  along  Bank,  the  next 
place  to  nosh  that  won't  strain  your 
budget  i s.the  Avenue  Restaurant  (777 
Bank)  in  the  Glebe.  It's  a  very  bare  bones 
place  with  booths  and  a  counter  with 
stools.  The  food  isserved  out  of  a  hatch  at 
the  back  of  the  restaurant.  A  traditional 
cholesterol-laden  breakfast  costs  $2.40. 

Though  not  pricey  by  most  standards, 
most  of  the  other  Glebe  eateries  can  put 
a  real  strain  on  the  old  budget,  especially 


if  your  student  loan  went  towards  some- 
thing besides  tuition  or  housing.  A  good 
try  would  be  Irene's  (885  Bank),  a  popu- 
lar left-wing  bar  just  north  of  the  Civic 
Centre. 

Continuing  north,  the  next  purveyors 
of  low-cost  edibles  can  be  found  near 
where  Bank  intersects  Somerset  Street. 
Here,  one  can  dine  at  establishments 
such  as  Imperial  Pizza  (315  Bank)  and 
the  venerable  Lockmaster  (352  Somer- 
set St.  W.)- 

The  Lockmaster  scores  big  not  only  as 
an  excellent  place  to  grab  a  burger,  but 
as  a  provider  of  some  of  the  lowest  cost 
beer  in  town.  As  a  tavern  it  tends  to  draw 
a  mixed  crowd.  Plus,  there's  karaoke 
every  Wednesday  night,  anexcellentway 
to  pass  an  evening  when  you  are  really 
wasted. 

Imperial's  big  draw  is  Mama,  who 
owns  the  place.  Mama  is  a  rather  lively 
characterwho  will  make  you  feel  rightat 
home.  They  also  serve  a  homemade-style 
burger,  good  pizza  and  donairs.  Again, 
it's  good  and  good  for  you. 

From  Bank  Street,  we  move  on  to  the 
Byward  Market  in  Lowertown  (north  of 


the  Bay  at  Rideau  Centre). 

The  market  is  a  major  draw  for  stu- 
dents, but  most  of  its  establishments  can 
put  a  hole  in  your  budget  big  enough  to 
drive  a  truck  through.  However,  there  are 
three  worth  noting:  Mellos  (290 
Dalhousie,  open  24  hours),  Cafe  Wim 
(53  7  Sussex)  and  the  Chateau  Lafayette 
House  (42  York). 

Mellos  can  attract  a  very  interesting 
crowd  around  the  clock,  but  the  best  time 
to  visit  is  between  two  and  three  in  the 
morning.  Here,  the  best  bet  is  the  club- 
house and  fries  with  coffee. 

The  prices  at  Cafe  Wim  are  on  par 
with  the  rest  of  the  places  in  the  market, 
but  it  rates  a$  a  budget  establishment  if 
you  want  to  spend  the  whole  afternoon 
g  drinking  a  coffee.  So  if  you  and  some 
£  friends  are  looking  for  a  place  to  have  a 
i  deep  discussion  about  the  world's  prob- 
z  lems,  this  is  the  place. 
o     The  Chateau  Lafayette  is  not  a  place 
to  go  for  food.  It's  only  draw  is  that  it 
serves  the  cheapest  beer  in  Ottawa.  A 
quart  of  domestic  costs  $4.35.  The  Laf  has 
a  reputation  as  a  rough  place,  but  most 
of  the  time  we've  only  seen  University  of 
Ottawa  students  in  there. 

The  final  stops  on  our  tour  of  low-cost 
eateries  are  along  Elgin  St.  Here  we  have 
the  Party  Palace  (252  Elgin),  the 
Bytown  Tavern  (292  Elgin)  and  Bagel 
Classics  (380  Elgin)  to  choose  from. 

Both  the  Party  Palace  and  Bagel  Clas- 
sics come  highly  recommended  by  Char- 
latan editor-in-chief  Mo  Gannon.  The 
Palace  is  a  standard  diner  while  Bagel 
Classics  provides  an  alternative  to  burg- 
ers and  donairs  when  you've  got  the 
munchies  late  at  night.  The  Bytown  Tav- 
ern provides  traditional  bar  fare  along 
with  cheap  beer  and  good  wings  on  Tues- 
days. 

We  round  out  our  culinary  tour  of 
Ottawa's  low-cost  pit  stops  with  a  cau- 
tion. It  is  best  to  avoid  mall-style  food 
courts  as  the  quality  is  regularly  low 
while  the  prices  are  routinely  high.  It's 
also  best  to  avoid  places  that  serve  food 
in  unique  geometric  designs.  □ 


Vomiting  Etiquette:  how  to  heave  in  polite  society 


It  is  quite  common  for  orang-utans  to 
regurgitate  their  food  and  then  ingest  it 
again.  This  helps  their  digestive  process. 
However,  hairy  though  you  may  be, 
please  remember  you  are  several  centu- 
ries removed  from  the  orang-utan. 

Vomiting  etiquette  may  not  be  the 
most  pleasant  subject,  but  it's  something 
you'll  have  to  face  sooner  or  later  and 
you  might  as  well  know  how  to  deal  with 
the  reality  of  vomiting  in  polite  society. 

1.  Never  vomit  in  YOUR  sink.  Although 
it  may  seem  like  a  good  idea,  cleaning 
out  a  vomit-clogged  sink  is  not  the  party 
it's  made  out  to  be. 

2.  Vomiting  on  that  special  someone 
rarley  wins  you  points. 

3.  Here's  an  old  master's  trick:  Keep  your 
head  tilted  forward  (not  backwards)  to 
avoid  soiling  yourself. 

4.  If,  God  forbid,  you  do  vomit  on  your 
shirt,  try  and  arrange  the  regurgitants  in 
a  partem  pleasing  to  the  eye. 

5.  Don't  try  to  cover  your  mouth.  This 
only  induces  projectile  vomiting. 

6.  For  you  wild  types  out  there,  puking 
into  a  beer  glass  is  not  cool. 


7.  Like  your  mother  told  you,  chew  your 
food  well  so  as  to  avoid  chunky  bits. 

8.  Never  eat  pizza  if  you  plan  to  vomit,  as 
the  cheese  may  get  caught  in  your  throat 
and  you'll  have  to  pull  it  out  manually. 
Actually,  spaghetti  isn't  such  a  hot  idea 
either. 

Of  course,  you  could  avoid  all  this  by 
simply  avoiding  the  impulse  to  drink 
yourself  into  an  incoherent  stupor,  but 
why  would  you  want  to  do  that?  □ 


18  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  2,  1993 


Man-hunting  at  Carleton:  some  helpful  hints 


by  Naomi  Bock 

Queen  ol  the  Scana 

So  you've  arrived  here  at  Carleton,  the 
young,  vibrant,  rarin'-to-go  female  frosh 
that  you  are,  and  it's  time  to  find  out  if 
university  men  are  really  more  mature 
than  high-school  guys. 

Well,  1  don't  want  to  be  the  one  to  kill 
your  naive  optimism,  so  you'll  have  to 
find  out  on  your  own. 

Regardless,  before  you  venture  out  into 
that  testosterone  jungle,  here  are  a  few 
friendly  tips  on  the  fine  art  of  picking  up 
men. 

1.  You  might  want  to  ditch  your 
"Men  Are  Scum"  T-shirt. 

[ust  a  thought. 

2.  As  with  any  art,  research  is  a 


must. 

You  must  know  your  prey.  Carleton 
President  Robin  Farquhar's  little-known 
book  Secrets  of  the  Male  Mind  is  a  definite 
must-read. 

3.  Subtlety,  subtlety,  my  dear. 
Table  dancing  at  Oliver's  to  "I  Need  a 

Man"  may  be  a  good  way  to  draw  atten- 
tion, but  all  that  will  land  you  is  a  BURP 
(Big  Ugly  Rude  Pig).  Likewise,  Madonna- 
esque  beer-cup  breast  cones  may  be  a  tad 
too  much. 

4.  Retain  that  sense  of  mystery. 

Revealing  your  hidden  talent  for  drink- 
ing beer  through  your  nose  —  even  if  it  is 
with  straws — may  be  a  bit  much  for  that 
first  encounter. 

5.  Be  careful  not  to  scare  him 


write  al!  aboul  It 


Biq^h  BOOK  EXCHANGE 


BRING  IN  YOUR 
BOOKS!! 


Book  Collection  occurs  September  7,8,9,  from  10  am  to 

8  pm,  September  10  from  10  am  to  4  pm  in  Baker 
Lounge.  After  the  10  and  until  September  20,  bring  your 
books  to  the  Book  Exchange  Office,  room  424  Unicentre. 

Bring  in  your  used  textbooks,  set  your  own  price,  and  we'll  take 
care  of  the  rest.  A  service  charge  of  20%  will  be  deducted  to 
cover  operating  costs. 


away. 

The  human  male  startles  easily.  Con- 
fiding in  him  about  your  dream  of  that 
perfect  little  villa  on  the  Rideau  River 
with  the  charming  picket  fence  may  re- 
veal in  him  that  common  condition 
known  as  Male  Fear  of  Commitment. 

6.  Don't  play  too  hard  to  get. 
Males  are  not  only  easily  startled,  they 

are  also  easily  confused.  If  you  run  and 
hide  in  the  bathroom  every  time  he  looks 
your  way,  he  may  take  that  as  a  sign  of 
disinterest. 

7.  Suggest  new  and  exciting 
things  to  do. 

Imagination  is  the  key,  butstay  within 
reasonable  limits.  Skinny  dipping  in  the 
canal  or  taking  a  parachute  love  jump 


off  Dunton  Tower  may  have  unforeseen 
negative  consequences. 

8.  Understand  the  male  ego. 
Tell  him  his  earlobes  are  really  groovy. 

9.  Cheesy  but  clever  pick-up  lines 
do  work  on  them. 

Whereas  we  would  roll  our  eyes  and 
say  something  beautifully  cruel,  they  tend 
to  eat  this  stuff  up. 

But  beware,  come-on  lines  can  back- 
fire badly.  "How's  it  hangin',  hot  stuff?" 
has  been  known  to  be  answered  with  "A 
little  to  the  left,  but  how  'bout  you  finding 
out  for  yourself,  sweet  mama"  and  a  big 
cheesy  grin  that  will  give  you  nightmares 
for  months.  □ 


Q"  How  can  I  help  make  my  campus  a 
■  safer  place?  • 

Al  By  Volunteering  for  the  Foot  Patrol! 


We  need  women  and  men  to  volunteer. 
We  only  need  you  to  work  5  hours  per  month. 
It's  a  great  way  to  meet  people! 

Applications  are  now  available  at: 
Foot  Patrol  Office  (461  Unicentre),  CUSA  Office  (401  Unicentre) 
R.R.R.A.  Office  (Res  Commons),  Volunteer  Bureau  (128  Unicentre) 
Women's  Centre  (308  Unicentre) 

Applications  are  due  at  4  pm,  September  15,  1993.  Interviews  will  be 
held  September  16,  17,  20,  21.  Any  Questions?  Call  the  Foot  Patrol 
office  at  788-4066  for  more  information. 


Physical  Recreation 
and  Athletics 

Program  Registration 


Fitness  Classes 
Aquatics 
Ballet,  Jazz,  Folk  Dance 

Karate,  Aikijujutsu 
Women's  Self  Defence 
Table  Tennis 
Rock  Climbing,  Canoeing 
Caving,  Hiking 


Tuesday,  September  14,  1993 
4:45-6:00  pm 
Gymnasium 
Doors  open  at  4:00  pm 


Registration  done  on  first  come,  first  served  basis 
Vou  must  have  your  I.D.  card 
(students,  faculty,  staff,  members)  to  get  members'  rates. 
Fees  payable  at  time  of  registration 


September  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  19 


(f  \ 
DENTAL  OFFICE 

DR.  PAUL  GREENACRE 
&  ASSOCIATES 

Convenient  Location 
Emergency  Care 
Flexible  Hours 
Gum  Problems 
Wisdom  Teeth 
fillings 
Braces 

WE  CATER  TO  COWARDS! 

Fisher  Heights  Plaza  225-3594 
780  Baseline  Road  at  Fisher  Ave 
(Beside  The  Lone  Star  Cafe] 


V 


A  non-sexist  guide  to 
picking-up  the  babes 


Orientation 
Mail-out 

Tyreil  Press  was  falsely 
credited  for  printing  the 
CUSA,  R.R.R.A.,  and 
Administration  joint 
orientation  mail-out. 
Lowe-Martin  Group 
graciously  and  professionally 

printed  that  publication. 
The  phone  number  listed  for 
the  Safety  Commissioner 
(page  5)  is  incorrect.  The 
correct  number  is  788-2600 
ext.  2895, 


by  David  Hodges 

Love  Machine 

The  art  of  babe  hunting  has  often 
been  compared  to  meeting  God.  While 
the  road  to  true  absolution  may  be  a 
long,  narrow,  twisting  path,  filled  with 
angst  and  some  real  scary  shit,  the  final 
destination  is  worth  the  harrowing  jour- 
ney. 

The  same  can  be  said  for  scoring  with 
the  babes.  The  peril  men  and  women 
face  when  trying  to  score  with  babes  is 
just  part  of  the  territory,  for  with  great 
adversity  comes  great  reward. 

While  there  are  no  guarantees  with 
babe  hunting,  here  are  some  basic  rules 
to  lighten  your  load  on  the  road  to  babe 
heaven: 

Today's  women  are  a  special  breed. 
They  are  no  longer  easily  pleased  with 
simple  trinkets  or  bon-bons.  At  a  time 
when  drugs,  sex  and  politics  are  out,  the 
pick-up  line  is  more  important  than  ever. 

Traditional  pick-up  lines  such  as,  "Hey 
baby,"  just  don't  have  what  it  takes 
anymore.  In  previous  decades,  conven- 
tional lines  like  this  were  considered  to  be 
simple  and  effective.  Like  a  pair  of  faded 
jeans,  they  felt  oh-so-right.  But  times 
have  changed  and  so  has  the  pick-up 
line. 

Today's  generation  has  a  much 
funkier,  get-down-with-it-bro'  kind  of 
attitude.  So,  here  are  three  pick-up  lines 
which  reflect  this  hipper  style. 


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testing  programs,  documenting  problems,  checking  for 
terminal,  micro  and  printer  malfunctions  and  reporting 
them.  Some  visits  to  computer  labs  on  campus  will  be 
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Software:   Statistical  packages  e.g.  SPSS,  TPS,  Minitab 
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1)  "Come  O'"  —  This  pick-up  line  is 
commonly  referred  to  as  the  alternative 
approach.  At  its  most  basic  level,  it  is  a 
throwback  to  the  traditional  "Hey  Baby . " 
It  combines  the  abrasive,  straightforward 
nature  of  the  original  with  a  fresh,  deli- 
cious, youthful  zing. 

In  essence,  it  is  an  intermingling  of 
both  new  and  old.  It's  a  modem  term 
which  harkens  back  to  the  past.  Sort  of 
like  those  new/old  plastic  Coke  bottles. 

2)  "Nice  Skin"  —  Complimenting 
women  isn't  always  easy.  When  offering 
a  compliment,  one  runs  the  risk  of  of- 
fending the  woman  in  question.  No  one 
likes  to  be  referred  to  as  a  piece  of  meat 
(except  maybe  men) .  Because  of  the  long 
history  of  men's  lewd  gestures  towards 
women,  one  must  be  very  sensitive  about 
this  issue. 

In  recent  years  this  controversy  has 
been  fuelled  by  Malcolm-Jamal  Wamer 
of  Cosby  Show  fame.  In  his  role  as  Theo,  he 
on  several  occasions  referred  to  attractive 


women  as  burgers.  Truly  disgusting. 

Most  people  constantly  overlook  the 
obvious.  We  all  have  skin,  so  why  not 
compliment  women  on  that?  By  calling 
attention  to  a  woman's  clear  and  beau- 
tiful complexion,  she  will  be  dazzled 
and  left  in  awe  of  your  greatness. 

3)  "How  Much?"  —  If  all  else  has 
failed,  try  humor.  This  approach  really 
tests  the  waters  by  showing  your  pro- 
spective companion  your  zany  sense  of 
wit.  Even  if  it  doesn't  work,  you've  at 
least  been  mildly  entertained  by  getting 
a  cheap  laugh  at  someone  else's  ex- 
pense. However,  I  have  yet  to  meet  a 
woman  who  was  not  charmed  by  this 
particular  pick-up  line. 

There  you  have  it  —  three  sure-fire 
pick-up  lines  designed  to  work  for  any- 
body. You  may  not  be  a  perfect  physical 
specimen.  Maybe  your  personality  is 
less  than  adequate.  It  doesn't  matter.  If 
you  have  a  pulse,  there  is  no  reason  why 
my  methods  will  not  work  for  you.  □ 


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20  •  77ie  Charlatan  ■  September  2,  1993 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Sandbox 
standoff 


Maybe  now  the  summer's  over  and  if  s  back- 
to-school  for  the  CUS  A  kiddies,  they  won't  have 
time  to  muck  around  with  each  other  in  the 
sandbox  anymore. 

But  it's  doubtful. 

It  has  been  a  summer  of  rumors,  huddles, 
closed  lips  and  finger-pointing  in  the  standoff 
between  some  service  co-ordinators  and  their 
supervisors  on  the  executive  of  the  Carleton 
University  Students'  Association. 

The  struggle  peaked  in  Toronto  the  last 
week  of  August,  when  both  sides  appeared 
before  the  Ontario  Labor  Relations  Board.  The 
board  will  determine  if  service  co-ordinators 
Wayne  Ross  and  Renee  Twaddle  were  unjustly 
fired  by  CUSAforattempting  to  unionize  CUSA 
employees  and  if  all  CUSA  employees  should 
be  automatically  certified  asabargaining  unit. 

That's  the  easy  part.  The  rest  of  the  story  just 
doesn't  add  up  —  yet. 

Service  co-ordinators  Ross  and  Twaddle  were 
fired.  They  say  it  was  because  they  were  organ- 
izing a  union  drive.  CUSA  says  it  was  because 
there  was  "just  cause."  Some  accusatory  letters 
have  been  sent  back  and  forth  between  both 
sides.  Three  service  offices  and  the  CUSA  office 
were  illegally  entered  and  some  office's  files 
were  tampered  with.  Office  locks  were  changed. 
The  Unicentre  halls  are  rife  with  rumours. 
Peoples'  tales  on  both  sides  change  with  the 
wind. 

Perhaps  not  enough  students  have  been 
around  this  summer  to  remind  people  who 
they're  really  here  to  serve. 

Example:  the  CUSA  executive  and  some 
service  co-ordinators  spent  the  better  part  of 
the  last  CUSA  council  meeting  Aug.  11  lobbing 
accusations  and  sarcastic  remarks  at  one  an- 
other. Council  went  into  two  closed  sessions  to 
talk  in  private  about  the  labor  dispute. 

Then  council  hurriedly  debated  CUSA's  en- 
tire yearly  $2-million  operating  budget  for  just 
over  an  hour  before  the  meeting  ended  at  11 :30 
p.m. 

Personal  politics  may  be  a  lot  more  sexy 
than  a  boring  old  budget,  but  that  money  — 
students'  money  —  makes  CUSA  and  its  serv- 
ices go  'round. 

Watson  has  refused  to  state  publicly  why 
Ross  and  Twaddle  were  fired,  but  is  adamant 
that  she  has  "just  cause"  for  firing  them.  So 
what  is  it?  The  executive  must  be  publicly 
accountable  for  all  its  actions.  Otherwise,  they 
can  just  hire  and  fire  willy-nilly. 

Furthermore,  it  was  clear  from  the  Aug.  1 1 
council  meeting  that  councillors  weren't  con- 
sulted before  any  of  these  decisions  to  fire  co- 
ordinators were  made.  Some  councillors  weren't 
even  aware  there  was  a  union  drive  being 
organized. 

Judging  from  the  past  couple  of  meetings, 
councillors  are  there  only  to  serve  as  rubber 
stamps  for  whatever  budget  the  executive  has 
decided  to  pass. 

We'd  also  like  to  know  how  services  can  be 
running  at  full  capacity  and  be  ready  to  deal 
with  the  fall  rush  of  students  when  co-ordinators 
are  busy  testifying  at  hearings,  meeting  be- 
hindclosed  doors  and,  according  to  at  least  one 
co-ordinator,  holding  union-organizing  meet- 
ings during  their  office  hours. 

Members  of  the  CUSA  executive  aren't  im- 
mune from  long  meetings  and  closed-door 
sessions  either.  In  fact,  going  in-camera  has 
become  a  regular  part  of  council  meetings 
these  days.  Let's  hear  it  for  openness  and 
accountability. 

A  union  drive  isn't  the  issue  here.  What's 
important  is  the  atmosphere  of  suspicion  and 
mistrustwhich  has  taken  over  the  Unicentre.  It 
makes  you  wonder  how  any  work  got  done  this 
summer.  It  makes  you  question  if  any  will  get 
done  in  the  fall  when  it  really  counts. 

We're  about  to  find  out.  MG  &  KJ 


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FOR  9  DAYS  IN  A  ROW 


OPINION 


Summertime  blues  at  Carleton 


id  urban  studies  student  at  Ce/leton. 


by  Doron  Aronson 

Doron  Aronson  is  a  fourth-year  political  science  a 

The  long,  hot  Ottawa  summer  was  one  in  which  some 
undergraduate  students  in  political  science  at  Carleton  suffered 
through  inefficient  and  poorly  managed  courses. 

My  experiences  made  me  wonder  if  the  university  sees  its 
summer  courses  as  cash  cows,  existing  only  to  make  money  for 
the  university  with  quality  education  as  a  secondary  priority. 

I  took  two  second-year  sociology  courses  this  summer.  I 
found  those  courses  to  be  adequate  in  that  I  learned  new  things, 
even  though  there  were  no 
teaching  assistants. 

I  also  took  a  second-year 
political  science  course  involv- 
ing computer-oriented  re- 
search which  required  a  loi  of 
tutorial  assistance. 

That  assistance  was  lack- 
ing. The  classes  were  sched- 
uled for  three  hours  and  rarely 
lasted  more  than  an  hour  and 
45  minutes.  The  professor  was 
rarely  available  for  help  out- 
.side  class.  He  even  said  he 
dealt  primarily  with  graduate 
students  and  had  no  office 
hours  to  help  undergraduate 
students. 

1  went  to  speak  to  the  un- 
dergraduate supervisor  for  po- 
litical science  three  weeks  into 
the  course  to  ask  why  our 
course  in  quantitative  politi- 
cal science  research  methods 
had  not  given  outthe  name  of 
the  teaching  assistant. 

Until  then,  most  students 
thought  we  didn't  have  one. 
That  night,  the  professor  re- 
vealed the  name  of  the  teach- 
ing assistant,  who  was  only 
there  to  mark  assignmentsand 
exams.  The  teaching  assist- 
ant held  office  hours,  but  only 
for  two  weeks  because  he  said 
he  wasn't  getting  paid  to  hold 
them. 

When  I  spoke  to  the  undergraduate  supervisor  he  was 
cordial,  but  quite  sarcastic  with  some  of  his  remarks.  He  said, 
"Don't  blame  our  department,  blame  Bob  Rae!"  What  type  of 
patronizing  response  is  that? 

I  was  extremely  disturbed  to  hear  a  professor  in  such  a 
position  of  responsibility  tell  me  to  put  the  blame  on  the  premier 


of  the  province.  I  expected  a  little  less  cynicism  and  a 
little  more  acceptance  of  responsibility.  In  my  opinion, 
the  first  step  in  fixing  a  problem  is  to  realize  you  have 
one. 

And  Carleton  does.  The  problem  is  not  so  much  the 
teaching  itself.  The  problem  has  to  do  with  the  univer- 
sity's willingness  to  provide  enough  time  and  money  to 
make  summer  courses  worth  taking. 

Just  as  any  service  in  the  common  market  involves  an 
exchange  of  equal  funds  for  an  equal  receipt  of  service, 
this  should  be  the  case 
when  it  comes  to  courses. 
Carleton's  only  commod- 
ity to  sell  is  its  courses  and 
summer  students  aren't  re- 
ceiving equal  educational 
value  compared  to  fall  and 
winter  courses. 

The  political  science  de- 
partment at  Carleton  Uni- 
versity blames  the  admin- 
istration. The  teaching  as- 
sistants blame  the  politi- 
cal science  department  for 
notallocating  theirbudget 
so  as  to  accommodate  sum- 
mer courses.  When  ap- 
proaching administration, 
I  was  sent  back  to  the  po- 
litical science  department 
for  help. 

So,  once  again  the  bit- 
ter irony  in  all  this  is  that 
everyone's  policy  at  Carle- 
ton University  is  to  trans- 
fer responsibility  to  other 
departments  rather  than 
dealing  with  itthemselves. 

Administration,  the  po- 
litical science  department 
andtheteachingassistants 
have  created  one  insensi- 
tive vicious  circle  in  which 
nobody  seems  to  care  for 
anyoneelse.  Revenue-gen- 
eration, profit  and  passing 
off  responsibility  are  more  important  priorities  than 
students'  education. 

It  appears  that  Carleton  considers  summereducation 
a  part-time  task  done  exclusively  for  the  income.  But 
students  should  be  receiving  the  same  education  for  their 
money  in  the  summer  as  they  get  during  the  rest  of  the 
year  □ 


September  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  21 


LETTERS 


Shots  from  the 
grassy  knoll 

Editor: 

Re:  "Baa  baa 
councillors,  have 
you  any  spine,"  The 
Charlatan,  June  24, 
1993. 

Oliver  Stone  and 
the  conspiracy  theo- 
rists are  correct. 

You're  absolutely 
right,  that  is  "what 
happens  when  you,1)! 
letsomeonebecome  I 
council  chair  who, 
as  the  vice-president 
internal,  wanted  to 
abolish  CUSA  council  two  years  ago." 

In  fact,  "quickly"  adjourning  council 
when  we  were  "just  a  few  councillors" 
short  of  quorum  was,  and  still  is,  all  part 
of  the  plan  to  continue  my  crusade  of 
abolishing  council. 

But  that's  not  all  —  being  hired  as 
CUSA  chair  by  the  same  person  I  hired  for 
the  same  position,  those  same  two  years 
ago,  was  also  part  of  the  plan;  my  contin- 
ued presence  on  campus,  despite  having 
been  awarded  a  bachelor  of  arts  degree 
1 2  months  ago,  is  also  part  of  the  plan; 
and  my  relationship,  in  1992,  with  a 
then  Charlatan  cub-reporter,  who  has 
since  risen  to  the  esteemed  position  of 
news  editor,  was  also  part  of  the  plan. 

Thanks,  Karin,  for  restoring  to  the 
prestigious  Charlatan  editorial  column 
the  cause  of  my  long  struggle.  As  a  result 
of  yourfactual,  well-written,  well-argued, 
well-researched,  well-intentioned  and 
positively  insightful  editorial  which  made 
the  same  point  editors  have  been  mak- 
ing since  way  back  in  the  late-sixties  (see 
"Don't  rock  the  boat,"  The  Carleton,  Sept. 


30,  1966),  my  cause  has  once  again  been 
brought  to  the  forefront  of  student  debate 
on  campus.  This,  too,  has  all  been  part  of 
the  plan. 

Long  live  the  revolution. 

Dave  Gregory 
B.A.  '92 

More  Touchtone 
frustration 

Editor: 

I  consider  it  my  obligation  as  a  Carle- 
ton  University  student  to  point  out  the 
shortcomings  of  the  computerized  regis- 
tration system  so  that  it  may  be  rectified 
for  better  service  to  all  students  and  re- 
duce the  administrative  cost  and  frustra- 
tions endured  by  students,  professors, 
department  secretaries  and  the  univer- 
sity. 

The  system  permits  pre -determined 
groups  of  students  to  register  at  consecu- 
tive periods.  However,  there  is  no  provi- 
sion in  the  system  to  distribute  the  avail- 


I  was  informed  that  there  is  a  proce- 
dure in  place  to  give  all  students  equal 
opnortunity.  However,  from  my  experi- 
ence and  from  the  experiences  of  other 
students  I  have  spoken  with,  the  proce- 
dure has  little  or  no  success  in  achieving 
its  goal.  Although  I  have  no  expertise  to 
suggest  ways  to  rectify  the  system,  there 
are  more  than  a  few  possibilities:  a) 
allocate/reserve  the  available  seats  in 
equal  amounts  for  all  groups;  b)  allow  all 
students  of  a  particular  year  to  register  at 
the  same  time;  c)  find  a  more  effective 
procedure  (better  randomization)  of  form- 
ing groups  such  that  all  students  get  a 
chance  to  register  early  at  some  point. 

I  and  many  other  students  would  ap- 
preciate some  initiative  in  resolving  this 
situation. 

H  Karen  Lorette 
Psychology  III 

Outside  and 


able  seats  in  a  course  equally  among 
these  groups.  Students  who  are  sched- 
uled to  register  at  a  later  time  are  usually 
unable  to  find  available  seats  in  courses 
of  high  demand. 


insecure 

Editor: 

Although  Carleton  University  has  im- 
proved safety  inside  the  tunnels  and 
buildings,  there  are  no  security  resources 
outside  of  the  Carleton  campus  build- 
ings. There  are  no  pay  phones,  no  emer- 
gency phones,  no  signs  saying  where 
security  is  and  no  signs  with  the  emer- 
gency security  number.  I  was  stunned  by 
these  observations. 

If  someone  is  attacked  or  injured  out- 
side a  campus  building  they  must  first 
find  an  open  building  (not  all  buildings 
and  doors  are  open  at  night),  find  a 
phone  and  then  find  the  number  for 
security.  The  security  number  is  very 
difficult  to  find  in  the  phone  book  since 
their  department  changed  names  and 
the  emergency  number  (788-4444)  is  not 
listed  in  the  white  pages. 


The  head  of  security  told  me  the  sign 
committee  has  not  authorized  funds  for 
security  signs,  yet  the  university  just  put 
up  new  signs  prior  to  the  Leameds  Con- 
ference. Why  was  security  information 
not  included  on  th"e  new  signs?  Why  are 
there  no  outdoor  pay  phones,  emergency 
phones  or  alarms?  I  rode  all  over  campus 
at  1:30  a.m.  to  see  whether  I  could  find 
anything  that  would  connect  or  direct 
me  to  security.  I  found  nothing  and  I  did 
not  see  any  security  vehicles  or  security 
people. 

If  anyone  is  attacked  or  injured  on 
campus  at  night  they  are  in  serious  dan- 
ger. 

David  Thomasson 
M.A.  Political  Science  II 

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22  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  2,  1993 


SPORTS 


Silver  lining  found  in  hard  work 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

From  May  until  August,  third-year 
Carleton  students  Suzanne  Bird  and  Krista 
Wilson  were  going  to  Toronto  every  week- 
end. 

To  train. 

As  promising  members  of  the  Carle- 
ton  field  hockey  team,  the  two  women 
attended  the  Ontario  field  hockey  club's 
weekly  training  and  tryout  sessions  hop- 
ing for  a  chance  to  represent  the  province 
at  the  Canada  Games. 

Held  every  four  years,  the  Games  are  a 
showcase  and  springboard  for  about 
3,800  athletes  who  have  nevercompeted 
on  a  national  level  for  Canada. 

In  the  end,  the  lost  weekends  were 
worth  it. 

Bird,  a  midfielder,  and  Wilson,  a  for- 
ward, made  the  Ontario  team  and  cap- 
tured silver  at  this  year's  Games  in 
Kamloops,  B.C.,  from  Aug.  8  to  Aug.  21. 

Also  participating  was  second-year 
Carleton  link  Vicki  Wilcox,  a  member  of 
the  New  Brunswick  squad. 

"I'll  never  forget  it, "  says  Bird,  recall- 
ing the  experience.  "The  stands  were  full. 
The  feeling  of  pride  you  get  when  the 
play  stops  and  people  start  cheering  was 
incredible.  I  had  fans  coming  up  to  me 
afterwards  shaking  my  hand,  wishing 
me  well,  even  asking  me  for  my  auto- 
graph. It  was  just  the  best  time." 

Wilcox  agrees. 

"It  was  an  unforgettable  experience 
because  the  competition  and  calibre  of 
play  was  so  high,"  she  says.  "I've  never 
been  in  a  competition  where  an  entire 


Carleton  placed  two  members  on  the  podium  at  this  year's  Canada  Games. 


week  was  spent  with  people  who  talked 
about  field  hockey.  There  was  this  excite- 
ment in  the  air  that  just  made  you  feel 
good  about  the  sport  you  were  playing." 

In  round  robin  play,  Ontario  finished 
first  in  their  pool  while  New  Brunswick 
placed  second  in  their  division.  That  set 
up  an  Ontario-New  Brunswick  semi-fi- 
nal showdown  which  Ontario  won  2-0. 

In  the  finals,  Ontario  finished  second, 
losing  gold  to  the  B.C.  team  1-0.  The  New 
Brunswick  squad  lost  the  bronze  medal 
match  2-0  to  Calgary. 


Winning  silver  was  satisfying,  says 
Bird,  but  more  important  was  the  pas- 
sion she  rediscovered  for  the  sport. 

"We  had  to  train  in  40  degree  weather 
down  in  Toronto, "  she  says.  "That  really 
tested  us  and  made  us  push  and  train 
harder  just  to  get  to  go  to  the  Games.  And 
then  the  experience  of  having  played  in 
the  Games  really  rekindled  our  love  for 
the  game." 

That  experience  also  bodes  well  for 
the  upcoming  field  hockey  season. 

"You  have  to  look  at  it  from  a  time 


point  of  view,"  says  field  hockey  coach 
Suzanne  Nicholson.  "Those  two  months 
preparing  for  (the  Canada  Games)  is  like 
two  years  of  training  and  coaching  at 
Carleton.  It  accelerates  their  develop- 
ment. It  also  lifts  our  program  up  a 
notch.  Most  other  schools  have  national 
and  provincial  team  members  on  their 
squads.  Carleton's  now  beginning  to  join 
that  upper  echelon." 

Last  year,  the  field  hockey  team  fin- 
ished eighth  out  of  10  teams  in  the  On- 
tario Women's  Interuniversity  Athletic 
Association  with  a  3-6-4  record. 

However,  they  also  reached  the 
playoffs  for  the  first  time  since  1989  and 
improved  to  10  points  from  their  total  of 
five  the  year  before. 

The  Bird-to-Wilson  duo  was  instru- 
mental last  year  and  should  click  as  a 
unit  even  more  this  year, 

"We've  seen  how  much  more  we  can 
do  together  just  from  playing  together  all 
summer,"  says  Wilson.  "It'll  be  great  to 
see  what  we  can  accomplish  if  we  play 
just  as  hard  during  the  school  year." 

Their  goal  as  unofficial  team  leaders 
this  year  is  to  lead  by  example. 

"You  can  only  play  your  way,"  says 
Wilcox.  "I  don't  think  we  can  elevate  the 
team's  play  by  ourselves.  We  can  only 
come  out  with  the  energy,  concentration 
and  focus  to  play  at  a  high  intensity  and 
hope  our  teammates  will  see  that  and 
subconsciously  start  playing  that  way 
too.  If  we  go  about  our  game  in  our  own 
quiet  little  way,  maybe  they'll  follow."  □ 


Bootcamp  begins  for  football  Ravens 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  1993  Ontario-Quebec 
Interuniversity  Football  Conference  sea- 
son kicked  off  Aug.  20  without  a  touch- 
down, without  a  victory  and  without  a 
loss. 

Instead  the  Carleton  Ravens  and  their 
cross-town  rivals,  the  University  of  Ot- 
tawa Gee-Gees,  opened  punishing  two- 
week  training  camps  full  of  team  meet- 
ings, equipment  fittings,  practice  drills 
and  gruelling  two-a-day  practices. 

The  Gee-Gees  are  hoping  to  improve 
on  last  year's  3-4  record,  while  the  Ravens 
are  looking  to  post  a  victory  in  the  win 
column  after  an  0-7  campaign  last  fall. 


Defensive  linesmen  practise  blocking 
techniques  during  a  training  session. 


Raven  coach  Donn  Smith  invited  ap- 
proximately 120  players  to  camp  and 
has  stated  publicly  that  every  job  is  open 
on  the  Raven  roster. 

"If  anybody's  coming  here  thinking 
they  have  their  position  locked  up,  they're 
in  for  a  very  rude  awakening  come  train- 
ing camp,"  said  Smith,  "because  I'm 
looking  for  people  who  have  the  ability 
to  turn  a  page  on  what's  been  going  on 
5  here  and  understand  that  there's  a  new 
«  regime  and  a  new  opportunity." 
£      Halfway  through  camp,  about  75  ath- 
>  letes  remain.  Some  have  dropped  out 
U  and  some  have  been  asked  to  leave. 
Also  attending  the  camp  is  Rob  Dunn, 
the  Raven  player  who  spent  nine  days  in 


hospital  with  a  broken  jaw  and  severe 
concussion  after  taking  a  vicious,  illegal 
hit  in  last  year's  Panda  Game. 

Dunn  and  the  Ravens  travelled  to 
Cornwall  to  scrimmage  with  the  national 
champion  Queen's  Golden  Gaels  this 
past  Saturday,  Aug.  28,  with  positive 
results,  Smith  said. 

"Our  objective  here  was  to  be  competi- 
tive and  get  in  as  many  players  as  we 
could  for  the  purposes  of  evaluation," 
said  Smith.  "We  achieved  both  those 
objectives." 

The  Ravens'  next  goal  is  a  pre-season 
win  against  the  University  of  Guelph 
Gryphons  on  Sept.  4.  □ 


Athletics  responds  to  Pedro's  Panda  Game  Prayer 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Chartalan  Staff 

Dear  Carleton  Athletics, 

I'm  just  a  small  stuffed  bear. 

I  don't  know  much  about  politics, 
money  or  sex. 

In  fact,  I  don't  even  know  anything 
about  football. 

But  I  do  know  that  the  Panda  Game  in 
my  honor  -  a  tradition  between  the  Uni- 
versity of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  and  the  Car- 
leton Ravens  for  38  years  -  was  in  jeop- 
ardy earlier  this  month  because  of  finan- 
cial and  scheduling  problems  surround- 
ing the  two  available  weekend  dates. 

Boy,  was  I  ever  worried.  In  fact,  I  was 
almost  too  upset  to  eat  my  bamboo  shoots. 

I  was  told  the  Sept.  18  meeting  be- 


tween the  Gee-Gees  and  Ravens  in  Frank 
Clair  stadium  was  unacceptable  as  the 
Panda  date  because  it  would  conflict 
with  the  Home  Show  at  Lansdowne  Park. 
Bummer. 

The  Gee-Gee  horse-thingy  then  told 
me  that  holding  the  game  on  Oct.  23 
would  result  in  a  $7,500  overtime  clean- 
up bill  to  the  two  universities  because  of 
a  Riders  CFL  game  in  the  stadium  the 
night  before. 

Bigger  bummer. 

I  understand  both  universities  lost 
money  on  the  past  two  Panda  Games, 
including  deficits  of  about  $4,000 each  in 
last  year's  match,  which  the  Gee-Gees 
won  17-6. 

When  I  think  of  how  expensive  bam- 
boo shoots  are  these  days,  even  my  little 


brain  could  understand  your  financial 
worries. 

But  even  though  I'm  just  a  silly  little 
bear  and  not  very  bright,  I  still  didn't 
understand  why  this  would  put  my  spe- 
cial game  in  peril.  Couldn't  we  have  it  on 
another  day?  Couldn't  we  have  it  at 
Raven  field  instead?  Couldn't  we  ante  up 
the  overtime  money  and  have  it  at  Frank 
Clair  stadium?  Couldn't  we  ...  ? 

Oh,  my  head  hurts  from  all  this  think- 
ing. 

After  hearing  about  all  these  awful 
no-game  scenarios,  I  was  relieved  to  find 
out  there  were  meetings  last  week  among 
representatives  of  the  city,  the  stadium, 
the  Rough  Riders  and  the  universities. 

Seems  everyone  was  in  agreement  that 
my  big  day  was  pretty  important  and 


that  it  would  be  a  travesty  to  let  it  die  a 
slow  and  lingering  death. 
That  was  good  to  hear. 
Then,  just  this  past  weekend  I  found 
out  that  a  decision  was  reached  -  the  city 
and  the  two  universities  would  split  the 
$7, 500  clean-up  bill,  raise  ticket  prices  by 
a  dollar  and  have  the  game  at  Frank 
Clair  stadium  on  Sunday,  Oct.  24. 
Boy,  was  I  relieved. 
I  know  I'm  just  a  small  stuffed  bear 
whose  opinion  really  doesn't  matter  in 
the  big  scheme  of  things,  but  I  really  am 
glad  my  big  game  didn't  get  lost  in  ad- 
ministrative red  tape.  I'm  glad  things 
have  been  resolved  and  finalized. 
Thank  you. 
Sincerely, 

Pedro  the  Panda.  □ 


September  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  23 


Positive  sell  nets  recruitment  results 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

About  twice  a  week  during  the  year, 
women's  volleyball  coach  Peter  Biasone 
sits  down  at  his  desk  and  starts  making 
phone  calls. 

He  refers  to  it  as  making  contact.  Oth- 
ers coaches  call  it  recruitment.  And  if  s 
probably  the  most  important  element  of 
a  varsity  team's  success. 

"  1  'd  say  it  amounts  to  between  65  and 
75  percent  in  determining  how  well  your 
team  does,"  says  Biasone. 

At  Carleton  and  other  universities 
across  the  country,  recruiting  athletes  is 
becoming  an  increasingly  important  as- 
pect of  a  coach's  job. 

"If  you  don't  recruit,  I  don't  know  how 
you  can  survive,"  says  women's  soccer 
coach  Dave  Kent.  "Because  if  1  don't  go 
out  and  recruit  and  entice  and  offer  to  the 
students  what  we  have,  who's  going  to 
play  for  me?" 

Although  it's  as  old  as  the  hills,  re- 
cruitment is  now  experiencing  a  revival 
of  sorts  as  talent-starved  universities  fight 
for  a  finite  pool  of  gifted  recruits.  In 
Ontario,  17  universities  compete  for 
graduating  athletes  each  and  every  year. 

"It's  getting  more  competitive  all  the 
time,"  says  Biasone.  "And  getting  an 
edge  on  other  schools  is  difficult  because 
we're  all  bound  by  the  same  rules." 

While  there  are  a  myriad  of  recruiting 
guidelines,  these  complex  regulations  ba- 
sically boil  down  to  simple  rules  govern- 
ing the  conduct  of  universities  in  their 
approach  to  prospective  athletes. 

Universities  are  restricted  from  entic- 
ing athletes  with  money,  gifts,  guaran- 
teed roster  spots,  or  anything  else. 

Schools  are  also  supposed  to  refrain 
from  trashing  other  universities.  The  right 
to  extol  the  virtues  of  their  own  facilities 


and  programs  is  the  only  recruiting  tool 
schools  are  permitted. 

And  that  one  weapon,  many  Carleton 
coaches  agree,  is  the  key  to  successful 
recruiting. 

"The  first  thing  you  have  to  do  is  sell 
the  school,"  says  Biasone.  "If  I  can  influ- 
ence a  student  to  come  to  Carleton  and 
study  science,  then  I've  done  well.  The 
volleyball  aspect  is  a  selling  point,  sure, 
but  the  school  has  to  come  first." 

On  the  phone,  Biasone  follows  a  set 
pattern.  First  an  introduction.  Then  a 
series  of  questions  —  do  you  want  to  play 
volleyball  at  a  university  level?  What 
programs  are  you  interested  in?  Other 


questions  follow.  That 
call  is  followed  by  an 
information  package 
and  likely  another 
phone  call. 

"You  have  to  get 
out  there  and  make 
as  many  contacts  as 
you  can,"  he  says. 
"You  have  to  talk  to 
coaches,  talk  to  ath- 
letes, go  to  tourna- 
ments and  see  as 
many  of  these  kids  as 
possible.  Then  you 
have  to  give  them  as 
much  information  as 
you  can  about 
Carleton  and  sell  the 
school  on  them." 

The  scenario  is 
similar  among  other 
coaches. 

"I  call  the  coach 
first  and  ask  the  coach 
to  pass  on  my  interest 
to  the  student,"  says 
Kent.  "If  the  player  is 
interested,  I'll  send 
them  a  Raven  kit,  invite  her  to  see  one  of 
our  games,  meet  with  the  student,,  her 
parents  and  talk  to  them  about  Carleton . 
That's  my  strategy." 

For  Carleton  athlete  Kathy  Keegan, 
the  approach  worked. 

"They  (the  coaching  staff)  just  did  a 
nice  job  of  selling  Carleton,"  says  the 
third-year  Carleton  student  and  soccer 
midfielder  from  Sudbury.  "My  priority  is 
school,  and  when  Dave  (Kent)  came  up 
to  see  me  play,  he  impressed  me.  The 
attention  was  important.  How  can  you 
not  like  that?  Then  he  brought  me  down 
to  Ottawa,  showed  me  the  campus,  the 
field,  the  uniforms,  everything." 


That  personal  attention  is  important. 

"Everyone  knows  that  if  a  coach  but- 
ters you  up  it  helps,"  she  says.  "A  coach 
that  calls  you  up,  'ho  hum,  thank  you 
very  much,'  that's  not  going  to  get  me 
excited." 

Building  that  rapport  is  also  key  to 
women's  basketball  coach  Marg  Jones. 

"It's  a  three-  to  four-year  process,"  she 
says,  commenting  on  her  recruitment 
philosophy.  "It's  not  something  that  can 
be  done  in  six  months. 

"You  have  to  be  involved  with  them. 
You  have  to  know  the  athletes  for  a 
couple  of  years  through  training  camps 
and  contact.  That's  the  approach  (to 
recruitment)  that's  worked." 

For  the  most  part,  schools  operate 
within  the  rules  of  promoting  their  own 
programs  and  facilities. 

But  not  always. 

At  the  University  of  Manitoba  last 
year,  the  school's  athletic  director  and 
football  coach  were  fired  after  it  was 
discovered  they  were  illegally  awarding 
athletic  scholarships  to  incoming  recruits. 

Even  within  the  rules,  methods  vary. 

"Some  coaches  can  be  pretty  under- 
handed and  establish  a  relationship  over 
a  short  period  of  time  without  spending 
time  with  athletes,"  says  (ones.  But  I 
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Although  such  recruiting  practices  do 
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"Most  coach's  are  pretty  upfront  and 
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"You  don't  get  very  far  by  defrauding 
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"The  coaches  who  do  their  homework 
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24  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  2,  1993 


 ARTS  Sc  ENTERTAINMENT  

Sweltering  heat,  bad  sound  mar  show 


by  Christine  McConnell 

Chaflalan  Staff 


Pearl  |am  and  Doughboys 

August  17 

Robert  Guertin  Arena 


sea  of  long-haired,  Doc- 
Martened  teens  suffered  the 
suffocating  heat  of  this  Hull 
arena  to  witness  the  coming 
L  of  Seattle's  gurus  of  grunge, 
■  Pearl  Jam. 
True  to  grunge  style,  the  stage  setup 
was  kept  to  a  minimum:  basic  black  with 
a  spotlight  in  the  shape  of  a  barrel  of  a 
gun  in  the  background. 

Montreal's  Doughboys  opened  the 
show.  Recently  signed  to  A&M  and  tour- 
ing to  support  their  fourth  full-length 
release  Crush,  they  managed  to  drum  up 
quite  a  frenzy. 

They  played  11  songs,  both  old  and 
new.  Then  the  audience  ate  it  all  up  and 
was  surprisingly  familiarwith  their  songs. 

On  the  fashion  front,  Pearl  [am 
frontman  Eddie  Vedder,  whose  video  and 
concert  appearances  suggest  he  owns 
only  two  sets  of  clothes,  was  predictably 


decked  out  in  the  brown  and 
khaki  outfit  he  wore  in  their 
video  for"!eremy."  Hisother 
set  of  clothes,  a  plaid  uni- 
form, was  probably  still  dirty 
from  lastyear's  Lollapalooza 
gigs- 
Audience  reaction  to  their 
set  was  mixed  as  Pearl  lam 
chose  the  Hull  audience  to 
test  out  some  new  material. 
If  the  concert  was  any  indi- 
cation, watch  for  the  band's 
next  release  to  be  a  radical 
departure  from  their  previ- 
ous material. 

Faced  with  unfamiliar 
songs,  the  crowd  didn't  get 
into  the  show  as  much.  There 
was  less  bouncing  around 
and  nobody  sang  along  (of 
course). 

However,  the  band  didn't 
disappoint  fans  who  wanted 
to  hear  the  hits.  They  played 
"Even  Flow"  and  "Alive," 
from  the  epic  debut  release 
Ten. 

Their  20-minute  encore 


And  now  I'll  make  a  bunny. 


was  highlighted  by  "State  of  Love  and    Trust"  from  the  soundtrack  to  the  i 


Singles  and  a  cover  of  the  Who's  "Baba 
O'Riley." 

By  the  endof  the  show,  the  arena  was 
so  hot  that  T-shirts  were  shed  and  the 
place  became  a  sea  of  bare  male  backs. 

The  biggest  downfall  (apart  from  the 
sweltering  heat)  was  the  arena's  poor 
sound  quality.  It  was  almost  impossible 
to  understand  anything  saidby  the  band 
members  between  songs. 

The  sound  was  so  bad  that  when 
Vedder  held  up  a  water  bottle  in  one 
hand  and  a  wine  bottle  in  the  other  to 
make  some  kind  of  deep  philosophical 
statement,  nobody  had  a  clue  what  he 
was  going  on  about. 

The  crowd  was  well-controlled.  The 
mosh  pit  wasn't  dangerous  and  there 
was  only  one  measly  attempt  at  stage 
diving.  There  was,  however,  an  abun- 
dance of  crowd  surfers. 

Vedder,  who  is  known  for  climbing 
i  his  stage  sets  (as  he  did  at  Lollapalooza 
1992),  took  a  more  subdued  approach 
and  remained  in  one  spot  most  of  the 
time. 

In  retrospect,  the  heat,  the  sound  and 
the  unfamiliar  material  made  the  sold- 
out  concert  less  than  the  event  it  should 
have  been.  □ 


General  Idea:  good  concept  bad  execution 


Videotapes  by  General  idea 

National  Gallery  of  Canada 
Aug.  12  — Oct.  10 


) 


by  FJIayne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Staff 

irst,  let's  give  creditwhere  credit 
is  due:  any  piece  of  art  that  in- 
volves painting  with  poodles 
merits  special  attention. 
The  painting  with  poodles  idea  is  typi- 
cal of  General  Idea's  videos.  They  have 
plenty  of  good  ideas  and  promise,  but 
they're  very  inconsistent. 

General  Idea  is  a  Toronto-based  artis- 
tic collective.  Formed  in  1968  by  A. A. 
Bronson,  Felix  Partez  and  Jorge  Zontal, 
their  goal  as  performance  artists  is  to 
take  over  the  structures  of  popular  cul- 
ture —  for  instance,  television  or  maga- 
zines —  and  inject  the  "germ  of  art  dis- 
course." This  is  accomplished  by  parody- 
ing the  media  they  inhabit. 

From  this  point  of  view,  they  can  be 
most  easily  compared  with  Monty  Py- 
thon. Both  groups  took  their  medium 
(television)  and  parodied  it. 

Monty  Python  mimickedstupid  broad- 
casters and  rarely  ended  their  sketch  with 
a  clean  punch  line.  General  Idea  paints 
with  poodles  and  talks  about  products 
like  "Nazi  Milk." 

On  view  at  the  National  Gallery  are 
seven  General  Idea  videos  as  well  as  a  few 
copies  of  their  File  magazine.  A  take  off 
on  Life  magazine,  it  celebrates  nostalgia 
in  reverse  and  is  generally  silly. 

A  gallery  is  probably  not  the  best 
place  to  see  General  Idea's  work.  Televi- 
sion is  for  watching  in  your  living  room, 
not  in  a  bare  room  in  a  gallery.  Perhaps 
if  they'd  done  the  room  up  . . . 

From  the  television,  General  Idea  lay 
out  their  manifesto  in  their  28-minute 
television  program,  "Test  Tube." 

"Test  Tube"  is  set  at  the  Color  Bar, 
(with  a  test  pattern  background  — 
geddit?)  where  the  three  artists  mix  revo- 
lutionary cocktails  and  muse  about  the 
nature  of  TV. 

Interspersed  with  these  comments  are 
parodies  of  commercials  and  a  soap  op- 


Nazi  milk:  far  intolerant  racists  everywhere. 

era-ish  bit  about  an  artist  having  a  crisis 
of  conscience. 


Overall,  this  sounds  like  a 
worthwhile  clip.  It  has  a  sen- 
sible critique  (that  TV  needs 
some  artistic  sensibility  to  get 
rid  of  its  banality),  an  inter- 
esting format  and  some  com- 
edy. 

In  parts,  it  does  well.  The 
commercials  (especially  the 
Nazi  Milk  one)  come  off  well 
and  the  soap  opera  part  is 
strange  enough  to  be  amus- 
ing. 

What  kills  these  ideas  is 
the  execution.  Even  though 
this  is  "art, "  it  must  be  judged 
on  the  same  criteria  that  we 
use  to  judge  other  television 
programs.  The  acting  is  not 
very  good  and  the  scenes 
don't  really  flow.  As  a  parody, 
it  doesn't  fly. 

It  comes  across  as  a  bit 
stilted,  as  if  was  made  for 
broadcast  in  a  gallery  and 
not  for  broadcast  on  Dutch 
TV,  which  it  was. 

Another  of  the  seven  clips, 
"Shut  the  Fuck  Up"  has  the 
same  problems.  It  starts  off 
with  a  scene  from  the  1960s'  Batman 
television  show  where  the  Joker  wins  a 


painting  contest  with  a  completely  blank 
canvas.  Of  course,  all  the  judges  pounce 
on  it  as  a  marvellous  work  of  art. 

Throughout  the  rest  of  the  clip,  they 
poke  fun  at  different  art  mediums,  point- 
ing out  the  absurdity  of  some  of  them.  Of 
course,  there's  the  painting  with  stuffed 
poodles  that  mimics  a  piece  of  perform- 
ance art  called  "XXX  Blue,"  in  which  an 
artist  covers  several  young  women  in 
blue  paint  to  make  a  unique  canvas. 

They  also  parody  beauty  contests  with 
a  great  piece  called  "Mondo  Cane"  where 
the  artists  dress  up  as  poodles  and  dance 
like  ballerinas,  all  vying  for  the  honor  of 
being  Miss  General  Idea.  The  live  poodle, 
covered  with  blue  paint  and  standing  on 
the  podium,  is  a  nice  touch. 

In  all  though,  it's  just  too  little.  All 
these  ideas  sound  like  old  Monty  Python 
sketches.  Because  the  acting  was  better 
and  the  sketches  funnier,  Python  prob- 
ably did  a  better  job  at  subverting  and 
parodying  television. 

Good  acting  and  good  television  are 
essential  to  getting  ideas  like  General 
Idea's  across.  Only  when  the  acting  and 
stories  are  entertaining  will  General  Idea's 
parody  reach  those  of  us  forwhom  televi- 
sion is  used  more  for  entertainment  than 
for  education.  □ 


This  week.  • . 

1.  House  of  Blessing  Inc. 

2.  House  of  Canvas  Products 

3.  House  of  Cheese  Ltd. 

4.  House  of  Hope  and  Healing 
House  of  Lasagna 


We  Read  the  Phone  Book 

#1  The  Houses  of  Ottawa 

6.  House  of  Kraft  Orthopaedic  Innovations  Ltd. 

7.  House  of  Masters 

8.  House  of  Selective  Researchers 

9.  House  of  Speculative  Fiction 

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September  2,  1993  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  25 


Just  leave  us  alone! 

Patronizing  boomers  screw  up  again 


by  Mo  Gannon 

Charlatan  Star! 


"r?th  Gen:  Abort,  Retry,  Ignore,  FuH^ 

Neil  Howe  and  Bill  Strauss 


Random  House 
229  pages 
$12.50 


've  seen  the  best  minds  of  my 
I  generationreducedto  Kraft  Din- 
ner and  fast  sound  bytes  by 
Baby  Boomers  who  like  to  pon- 
tificate about  people  in  their 
I  20s. 

But  13th  Gen:  Abort, Retry,  Ignore,  Fail?, 
the  latest  schlock  written  by  Boomers,  is 
just  about  as  much  as  I  can  swallow. 

Not  because  I'm  22  with  an  attitude, 
not  because  I  have  an  aversion  to  thought 
or  the  printed  word,  not  because  I  hate 
Boomers  or  I'm  too  hard  to  care,  as  au- 
thors Neil  Howe  and  Bill  Strauss  might 
have  you  believe. 

The  book,  which  sets  out  to  document 
the  plight  of  Generation  X — or  whatever 
else  they're  calling  us  this  week  —  is  rife 
with  gross  generalizations,  overdone 
stereotypes  and  "I'm-so-with-it"  lingo 
which  tries  much  too  hard. 

Putting  up  with  these  guys  trying  to 
sound  like  Douglas  Coupland  is  like 
watching  your  Dad  trying  to  talk  like 
Wayne  or  Garth  —  goofy  and  painfully 
embarrassing  for  the  poor  old  guys. 

The  difference  between  this  and 
Coupland's  Generation  X  besides  the  au- 
thors' ages?  Coupland's  firstbookrelated 
something  new  about  this  generation's 
situation  in  a  way  which  had  seldom 
been  done  before,  while  13th  Gen  is  a 
tired  rehash  of  easy  truisms. 

After  the  success  of  Generation  X, 
Boomers  caughta  whiff  of  its  best-selling 
potential  and  turned  it  into  a  formula  of 
their  own,  spawning  shows  like  Melrose 


"BUY  A  SECOND  BEEMER?  I  CAN'T  EVEN  RENT  OUT  MY  VACATION  CONDO 
HEY,  IS  IT  ME  OR  IS  THERE  SOMETHING  WRONG  WITH  THE  SERVICE  HERE7" 


Place  or  movies  like  Singles.  When  will 
this  become  old  news? 

Howe  and  Strauss  begin  the  book  by 
"loading"  their  text  onto  a  computer 
bulletin  board,  in  case  boring  old  books 
aren't  sexy  enough  for  you.  A  23-year- 
old  crasher  (author  Ian  Williams)  inter- 
rupts the  text  in  sidebars  with  predictable 
snarky  reactions  like,  "Don't  you  know 
that  categorizing  and  defining  stuff  you 
have  no  clue  about  is  one  of  the  fatal 
flaws  of  being  a  Baby  Boomer?" 

That  didn't  stop  them,  though.  Reviv- 
ing the  tiresome  old  name-that-gene  ra- 
tion debate,  Howe  and  Strauss  decide  on 
1 3  as  the  unlucky  number  to  describe  the 
13th  generation  since  American  inde- 


pendence. 

"More  than  a  name,  the  number  13  is 
a  gauntlet,  a  challenge,  an  obstacle  to  be 
overcome,"  they  write.  Blech. 

The  authors  divide  this  supposedly 
like-minded  generation  of  1 1-  to  31-year- 
olds  into  the  older  "Atari"  wave  and  the 
younger  "Nintendo"  wave.  Cute  guys, 
very  cute. 

They  then  tell  you  much  of  what  you 
know  already  —  older  people  have  it 
better,  it's  hard  to  find  a  job  if  you  don't 
work  at  McDonald's  or  teach  English  in 
fapan,  you  can't  buy  a  house  so  you  buy 
CDs  instead,  you're  emotionally  disturbed 
because  your  parents  got  divorced,  your 
future  is  a  wasteland,  blah,  blah,  blah. 


While  they  do  provide  stats  related  to 
their  musings  in  nifty  USA  Today-style 
sidebars,  Howe  and  Strauss  blatantly 
admit  their  lack  of  evidence  to  the  crasher: 
"You  wouldn't  be  reading  this  if  every- 
thing we  said  came  with  a  long  footnote, 
but  all  this  is  relentlessly  researched,  we 
promise  you." 

Give  us  some  credit,  puh-leez! 
However,  unlike  other  Boomer  scribes 
who  gripe  about  how  dumb  the  young'uns 
are  today,  these  guys  try  to  defend  "a 
generation  with  a  PR  problem."  They 
argue  that  older  Americans  give  13ers  a 
bad  rap  to  "rekindle  a  sense  of  national 
community"  in  a  post-Cold  War  world. 

The  authors  claim  13ers  are  used  un- 
fairly by  their  elders  as  the  "caricatured 
image  of  our  collective  woes,  the  indel- 
ible icon  of  national  decline,"  and  "a 
metaphor  for  America's  late-twentieth- 
century  loss  of  purpose." 

But  Howe  and.Strauss  entangle  them- 
selves in  their  own  criticism  by  construct- 
ing a  different  image  to  suit  the  purpose 
of  their  defence  —  the  1 3er  as  the  Noble 
Savage,  a  "postmodern  hunter  and  gath- 
erer" who  is  "damaged — but  surviving. " 
Their  image  doesn't  come  closer  to  real- 
ity than  any  other  13er  stereotype  per- 
petuated by  Boomers. 

Waxing  romantic  about  the  plight  of 
the  13th  generation  for  a  tiresome  229 
pages,  the  authors  conclude  it  will  lead 
America  to  salvation  after  an  apocalyp- 
tic war  between  the  generations. 

"We,  their  elders,  will  never  live  to  see 
how  their  story  turns  out.  They  will.  The 
rest  of  us  can  only  imagine  how,  when 
their  job's  done,  they'll  look  history 
straight  in  the  eye,  give  a  little  smile,  and 
move  on." 
Abort. 
Abort. 

Abort.  □ 


20-Something:  ambiguous,  annoying  and  useless 


by  David  Bartolf 

Charlatan  Staff 


20-Someth  i  ng,  Floundering,  and 
Off  the  Yuppie  Track:  A  Self  Hel  p 
Guide  to  Making  It  Through  Your 
Twenties 

by  Steven  Gibb 
Fawcett  Crest 
195  pages 


J 


h  please.  Just  what  the 
world  needs  —  another 
self-help  book.  Worse  yet, 
this  one's  aimed  at  Doug- 
las Coupland's  favorite 
demographic  cluster,  peo- 
ple under  30. 
Steven  Gibb,  the  author,  is  now  study- 
ing at  Purdue  University's  graduate  school 
in  the  United  States.  While  having  the 
advantage  overthe  typical  "what-is-with- 
this-generation?"  piece  written  by  co- 
cooning  Baby  Boomer  hacks,  Gibb  still 
falls  into  the  trap  of  trying  to  be  all- 
inclusive  when  writing  about  our  diffuse 
generation. 

It  seems  beyond  the  grasp  of  those  in 
the  mass  media  —  especially  in  publish- 
ing —  that  our  generation,  like  no  other 
before,  is  individualistic  to  an  extreme. 
Any  attempt  by  an  author  to  character- 
ize us,  even  when  using  social  and  cul- 
tural sub-groupings,  is  far  too  sweeping, 


13THGEN 


te^eneration 
Noting  generation 


BEA 


5? 


THOSE  GRUNGERS 


resentfully  so. 

The  book  suffers  from  many  other 
flaws,  the  main  one  resting  with  its  na- 
ture. 

Self-help  writers  are  cloyingly  indul- 
gent. The  reader  is  never  told  to  smarten 
up  in  no  uncertain  terms.  If  you  relapse, 
that's  okay,  you'll  bounce  back.  Here  is 
my  advice,  but  you  can  wilfully  ignore  it; 


your  situation  may  be  one 
of  the  many  exceptions 
to  what  I  write. 

For  example,  Gibb 
writes,  "(Sex)  can  be  one 
of  the  most  grandly  sen- 
sual, replenishing,  and 
beautiful  experiences  in 
life.  But  at  the  same  time 
sex  is  frightening  because 
it  can  make  us  feel  so 
vulnerable." 

Admittedly  the  world 
has  never  had  clear-cut 
divisions,  but  this  re- 
peated negation  of  ad- 
vice counters  any  value  it 
might  have  had  in  the 
first  place.  It's  like  say- 
ing, "It  may  rain  today, 
or  it  might  not." 

Most  annoying  about 
this  genre  is  the  "it's- 
other-peoples'-fault- 
your-life-isn't-better"  mo- 
tif. "I'm  okay,  you're 
okay, "  as  one  of  the  most 
famous  self-help  books  is  titled.  The  reader 
is  always  okay  —  it's  others  who  are  the 
pinheads. 

Most  self-help  manuals  advise  people 
to  talk  it  out,  preferably  with  a  therapist. 
Amazingly,  Gibb  writes,  "Find  a  good 
therapist,"  in  his  last  list  of  recommenda- 
tions. 

Like  too  many  self-help  books,  20- 


Something  is  filled  with  too  many  excla- 
mation points  ("Sex  is  fun!  Sex  is  compli- 
cated! Sex  is  profound!"),  well-duh  obvi- 
ous statements  like  "Economic  pain  can 
be  harsh,"  and  slogans  like  "Half  of  the 
battle  in  figuring  out  what  you  want  is 
figuring  out  what  you  don't  want." 

This  book  does  offer  a  few  shards  of 
worthwhile,  tough-headed  guidance. 
Gibb  condemns  divorce,  New  Age  phi- 
losophy and  the  "Yuppie  Icon"  of  career 
success  and  thinness  above  all  else. 

Hidden  amongst  all  the  dross  are  two 
good,  solid  chaptersof  useful,  unroman- 
tic  advice:  one  on  job-hunting  and  the 
other  on  how  to  live  off  entry-level  wages. 

Gibb  ends  the  book  with  a  sensible 
chapter-long  discussion  of  the  typical 
confusion  tied  to  this  time  of  life.  He 
finishes  with  a  recommendation  to  read 
William  Styron's  Darkness  Visible,  a  short 
memoir  on  the  crippling  strength  of  de- 
pression. 

Darkness  Visible  is  what  more  self-help 
books  should  be.  Styron  writes  about 
what  he  knows  —  how  he  survived  the 
tangible  pain  of  depression.  A  reader 
gains  more  listening  to  someone  who 
has  actually  been  through  such  a  condi- 
tion than  from  any  self-help  book.  □ 

David  Bartoll  has  a  bachelor  of  journalism  degree  wiih 
combined  honors  in  political  science.  He  does  no!  live  at  his 
parents'  home  and  owns  his  own  car.  He  is  cuirently  between 
occupational  and  emotional  relationships.  Hours  and  rates  ol 
pay  and/or  affection  very  flexible. 


26  •  The  Charlatan  .  September  2,  1993 


Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good. 


Coming  to  terms  wit  ft  the  sperms 

JAn  J-CistoricaC guide  to  the  meaning  of  sperm 


by  Dave  Hodges  and  Andrea  Smith 

Spemiologists 

hey're  all  around  us,  but  we 
can't  see  them.  This  might 
explain  why  such  an  impor- 
tant substance  as  sperm  has 
been  relatively  overlooked  in 
popular  culture.  Who  are 
they?  Why  are  they  here?  Where  do  they 
come  from? 

These  tadpoles  of  love  have  been  navi- 
gating scorn,  ridicule  and  misunderstand- 
ing throughout  the  history  of  the  West- 
em  world,  while  being  misrepresented 
and  shrouded  in  myth. 

In  modem  times,  the  mythology  of 
sperm  has  been  taken  over  by  modem 
cinema,  as  Hollywood  has 
turned  sperm  into  fodder  for 
the  commercial  imagination. 
But  to  understand  the  cinematic 
portrayal  of  sperm,  it  is  first 
necessary  to  examine  the  tra- 
dition from  which  these  fellows 
have  emerged. 


punishes  auto-eroticists  (masturbators). 
As  the  story  goes,  Onan  spilt  his  seed 
upon  the  ground  instead  of  sleeping  with 
his  wife  and  was  duly  punished  by  God. 

As  sperm  moved  onto  the  centre  stage 
in  Hollywood,  they  took  on  a  life  of  their 
own.  Movies  add  another  layer  of  my- 
thology —  this  time  of  more  liberated 
sperm,  damaged  but  surviving. 


BECOMING  YOUR  SPERM 

In  the  late  eighties,  the  movie  Look 


THE  HISTORY  OF  SPERM 

Sperm  are  not  just  the  foot 
soldiers  of  procreation  -  they're 
little  messengers  carrying  our 
political  and  historical  bag- 
gage. 

The  Greeks,  like  Hippocrates 
and  Aristotle,  had  some  pecu- 
liar beliefs  about  semen,  in  his 
treatise  The  Seed,  Hippocrates 
wrote  that  semen  was  the  "the 
foamy  substance  of  the  blood, " 
resulting  from  the  "intertwin- 
ing of  bodies."  Heated  by  the 
"natural  warmth  ofthe  male," 
a  froth  would  form  in  the  blood, 
spreading  through  the  "sper- 
matic veins." 

Aristotle  believed  semen  was 
precious  to  the  body  as  a  mate- 
rial for  growth.  He  thought  the 
discharge  of  semen  could  take 
away  essential  nutrients  that 
might  have  gone  to  all  parts  of 
the  body.  Sperm,  therefore,  were 
not  to  be  wasted. 

The  Book  of  Leviticus  in  the 
Old  Testament  reads,  "When 
any  man  has  a  discharge  from 
his  penis,  the  discharge  is  un- 
clean." For  that  matter,  any 
discharge  of  the  nasty  stuff  made  a  man 
"unclean  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord." 

Leviticus  goes  on  to  say  if  a  man 
ejaculates  (no  matter  why  or  how)  he 
should  bathe  his  whole  body.  Even  doing 
so,  he  remained  unclean  until  evening. 
Anyone  unfortunate  enough  to  come 
into  contact  with  the  masturbator  was 
also  required  to  bathe. 

Despite  the  unclean  nature  of  these 
emissions,  the  ludeo-Christian  tradition 
also  teaches  the  wickedness  of  wasted 
seed. 

In  the  Lost  Books  of  Eden,  apocryphal 
texts  not  included  in  the  Hebrew  Bible, 
the  story  of  Onan  tells  how  the  good  Lord 


In  Everything  You  Always  Wanted  to  Know 
About  Sex  But  Were  Afraid  to  Ask,  Woody 
Allen  portrays  an  angst-ridden  sperm. 

In  this  masterpiece,  Allen  breaks  the 
stereotype  of  mindless  sperm  with  only 
one  thing  their  agenda:  egg  egg  egg. 

"I'm  scared,"  says  the  tiny  Woody 
spermatozoa  with  glasses,  as  the  vessel 
in  which  he  travels  prepares  for  ejacula- 
tion. "What  if  he's  masturbating?  I  might 
end  up  on  the  ceiling." 

"Hey,  when  you  joined  thesperm  corps 
you  took  an  oath,"  says  one  of  Allen's 
chromosome-toting  colleagues,  "to  ferti- 
lize that  egg  or  die  trying." 

Aside  from  the  obvious  implications 
for  spermkind,  this  is  also  a  brilliant 


SPERM  HATH  NO  COLOR 

The  issue  of  sperm  as  forbearers  of 
racial  acceptance  is  explored  again  in 
Made  in  America.  This  is  a  gripping  melo- 
drama which  describes  the  plight  of  an 
Afro- American  woman  played  by  Whoopi 
Goldberg  who  discovers  she  has  been 
artificially  inseminated  with  the  sperm 
of  a  cheesy-used-car-sellin',  bad-cowboy- 
suit-wearin'  white  man,  played  by  none 
other  than  Sam  Malone  himself  —  Ted 
Danson. 

"You  know, "  says  Danson's  character 
at  one  point,  "sperm  are  funny. " 

While  apparently  not  quite 
funny  enough  to  carry  an  entire 
movie,  the  sperm  in  Made  In 
America  are  little  political  lobby- 
ists who  deliver  the  message, 
"Hey,  it  doesn't  matter  if  you're 
black  or  white,  'cause  we  all 
look  the  same." 

The  movie  also  subtly  breaks 
an  age-old  stereotype  that  dic- 
tates that  men  must  be  ashamed 
of  masturbating.  In  a  glorious 
scene,  "Fresh  Prince"  Will  Smith 
smiles  with  delight  after  caress- 
ing and  stroking  his  unit.  We 
see  for  the  first  time  a  depiction 
of  a  man  who  will  not  be  chas- 
tised or  ridiculed  by  the  menac- 
ing constructs  of  society  for  sim- 
ply pleasuring  himself. 


Who 's  Talking  featured  Bruce  Willis  as  the 
voice  of  the  one  lucky  sperm  to  fertilize 
Kirstie  Alley's  ovum.  With  child-like  in- 
nocence and  a  brooding  intensity,  he 
throws  away  millennia  of  historical 
stigma  portraying  an  exuberant,  strong, 
proud  spermatozoa  before  he  takes  on 
the  role  of  the  baby. 

Willis  conveys  a  powerful  message  to 
the  audience,  affirming  the  bittersweet 
bond  between  a  man  and  his  semen  — 
he  tells  us  we  should  celebrate  these  little 
swimmers  in  the  race  for  life  and  exalt  in 
the  wonder  of  procreation. 

In  his  stunning  narration,  Willis  delves 
into  himself,  embracing  his  spermness. 


metaphor  for  the  Vietnam  conflict. 

In  another  clever  scene,  Allen  deals 
with  racial  prejudice. 

"Hey!  What  am  I  doing  here?"  asks  a 
black  sperm  awash  in  a  sea  of  white 
sperm. 

Regardless  of  his  confusion,  he  is  ac- 
cepted by  his  fellow  sperm.  Skin  color  is 
simply  not  an  issue.  If  sperm  can  get 
together  despite  having  different  colored 
skin,  it  seems  absurd  that  we,  as  organ- 
isms much  more  complex  than  a  single 
sperm,  should  continue  to  quibble  over 
racial  differences. 


J? 


SPERM  ARE  GOOD,  BUT 
NOT  THAT  GOOD 

Monty  Python  rebel  against 
the  Biblical  notion  of  sperm  in 
their  brilliant  satire:  The  Mean- 
ing of  Life.  In  the  film,  they  sati- 
rize this  notion  in  a  skit  depict- 
ing a  Catholic  woman  con- 
stantly doing  laundry,  in  a  house 
overrun  with  children,  who  no 
longer  notices  when  she  gives 
birth. 

The  hundred  orso  of  her  chil- 
dren then  break  into  song: 

"Every  sperm  is  sacred,  every 
sperm  is  great, 

If  a  sperm  is  wasted,  God  gets 
quite  irate. 
Let  the  heathen  spill  theirs 
On  the  dusty  ground, 
God  will  make  them  pay  for  each 
sperm  that  can't  be  found." 

After  millennia  of  use  and  abuse  by 
theologians,  philosophers  and  movie 
producers,  it's  time  for  sperm  to  be  recog- 
nized for  what  they  are:  the  indispensa- 
ble worker  bees  of  reproduction.  There's 
been  enough  mythology  and  misinfor- 
mation. It's  time  we  shut  up  and  let  the 
little  critters  do  their  job.  □ 


Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good.  Sperm  are  good. 


September  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  27 


Trashcan  Sinatras:  Intentionally  Obscure 


by  Jane  Tattersall 

Charlatan  Slafl 

he  Trashcan  Sinatras  could 
be  known  as  a  band  that  con- 
sciously avoids  attention. 
Their  dreamy,  guitar-laden 
melodies  and  cryptic  lyrics 
make  them  the  perfect  alter- 
native for  those  who  are  tired 
of  the  current  grunge-metal  scene. 

With  the  [une  release  of  their  second 
album,  I've  Seen  Everything,  the  five  lads 
from  Irvine,  Scotland,  should  receive  a 
lotmore  of  the  spotlightin  North  America. 

So  far  the  album  has  spawned  two 
singles,  the  title  track  and  "Hayfever," 
both  of  which  have  made  the  college 
charts  across  Canada  and  the  United 
States.  Plus,  their  mini-tour  of  North 
America  this  summer  was  very  well-re- 
ceived. 

Formed  in  late  1987  by  brothers  John 
and  Stephen  Douglas,  the  Trashcans 
originally  started  out  as  a  school  project. 

"We  were  all  in  a  communications- 
type  class  together  and  got  this  assign- 
ment to  do  a  project,"  recalls  guitarist 
David  Hughes.  "We  had  no  idea  what  to 
do  so  we  just  started  banging  away  on 
anything  we  could  get  our  hands  on,  and 
Frank  (Read)  sang  over  it." 

One  of  the  instruments  they  used  was 
a  garbage  can.  Later,  when  they  were 
learning  to  play  their  instruments,  one  of 
the  first  songs  they  mastered  was  an  old 
Sinatra  song.  Hence  their  unusual  name. 

"It  was  more  of  a  joke,  really,  "protests 
David.  "We  were  never  a  Frank  Sinatra 
cover  band,  but  we  have  been  known  to 
cover  a  few  of  his  songs,  especially  when 
we  didn't  know  how  to  play  anything 
else." 


Wow!  A  relatively  clear  photo  of  those  obscure  Scottish  fellows. 

Afterthat  strange  beginning,  they  were 
hooked.  The  Douglas  bothers,  along  with 
Read  and  guitarist  Paul  Livingston  set 
about  practising  and  writingsongs.  When 
they  hit  the  road,  however,  Hughes  elected 
not  to  go  on  and  was  replaced  by  George 
McDaid.  The  band  wasted  no  time  in 
gaining  a  following  andsigning  with  Go! 
Discs. 

Their  first  album,  Cake,  was  released 


in  1989,  and  the  single  "Obscurity 
Knocks"  was  an  instant  hit  in  the  U.K. 
Twisted  melodies  combined  with  wistful 
lyrics  like,  "I  like  your  poetry  but  I  hate 
your  poems,"  propelled  the  band  onto 
the  British  music  scene. 

After  following  that  single  with  the 
well-received  "Only  the  Tongue  Can  Tell" 
and  the  beautiful  "january's  Little  joke," 
they  disappeared  from  sight  until  this 


year's  release.  Now  they're  back, 
Hughes  replacing  the  departed  McDojj 

The  Trashcan  Sinatras  have  alwQys 
been  conscious  of  theirimage.  They  cQtl, 
fully  monitor  all  artwork  and  design 
that  go  into  each  release.  On  Cake,  u, 
cover  is  an  abstract  oil  painting  resern. 
bling  a  blurred  landscape;  the  photos  i„ 
the  liner  notes  are  unfocused  so  none 
the  band  members  are  identifiable. 

This  was  deliberate,  says  Livingston 
"We  wanted  to.be  seen  as  a  band,  nott, 
have  individuals  picked  out  and  spot, 
lighted." 

Despite  their  greatest  efforts  to  stay 
obscure  as  individuals,  the  band  man. 
aged  to  make  the  cute  band  alert  column 
in  Sassy  magazine.  The  Sassy  article  rav^ 
about  their  "clear-skinned,  crew-cuttej 
Scottish  beauty." 

At  the  mention  of  this,  David  smile 
thinly. 

"Yeah,  we  heard  about  that." 

Another  factor  in  the  Sinatras'  appeo] 
is  undoubtedly  their  live  show.  Their  sht. 
dio  work  is  relatively  passive,  with  soft 
tuneful  guitar  rhythms  layered  over 
Read's  mournful  voice.  Live,  however, 
the  tunesbecome  a  little  rougher,  guitars 
jangle  more,  and  Read  becomes  the  per. 
feet  image  of  tortured  anguish. 

Evidence  of  this  appeal  could  be  seen 
at  their  Toronto  date  in  June.  Crowd 
response  to  their  emotional  show  was  sc 
overwhelming  that  the  band  decided  to 
play  an  unplanned  second  encore. 

Their  choice  of  song?  A  Frank  Sinatro 
tune,  of  course,  dedicatedto  Toronto  bond 
The  Nancy  Sinatras. 


NOW  HIRING  FOR  1993-94 

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AREA 

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Cleaners 

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Attendants 

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RATE 

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Entertainment  Productions 

Set-up  Crew 

Rooster's 

Bartenders 
Assistant  Bartenders 
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GENERAL  HIRING  PROCESS  INFORMATION 

1 .  Positions  to  be  filled  for  the  period  of  September  1 993  to  April  1 994 

2.  Most  positions  will  offer  approximately  12  to  15  hours  of  work  per 
week. 


3.  Applicants  must  present  proof  of  registration  for  academic  year 
1993-94  and  must  have  a  valid  Social  Insurance  Number.  Canadian 
citizens,  landed  immigrants  and  foreign  students  may  apply. 

4.  Job  descriptions  and  a  copy  of  the  CUSA  Hiring  Procedure  will  be 
available  in  the  CUSA  Office,  401  Unicentre. 

5.  Completed  applications  must  be  returned  to  the  Area  Manager 
at  the  location  listed  on  the  application,  in  person,  by  4:00  pm 
Tuesday,  September  21,  1993. 

6.  Applicants  will  be  pre-screened  and  the  names  of  those  selected  tor 
an  interview  will  be  posted  outside  the  CUSA  offices  by  4:00  pm 
Friday,  September  23. 

7.  Should  your  nanie  appear  on  the  list  to  be  interviewed,  make  an 
appointment  with  the  Front  Office  staff  in  401  Unicentre  by  4  00  pm 
Monday,  September  27,  1993. 

8.  Interviews  will  occur  from  Tuesday,  September  28  through 
Thursday,  September  30,  1993.  It  is  the  applicant's 
responsibility  to  check  whether  an  interview  has  been  granted, 
to  make  an  appointment  for  the  interview  and  to  arrive 
punctually  for  it. 


Final  results  will  be  posted  outside  the  CUSA  Offices  bv  4  00  cm 
Friday,  October  1,  1993.  '   '  v 


Applications  will  be  available: 

•  from  Thursday,  Sept.  2  through  Tuesday,  Sept.  21 ,  1993 

•  from  8:30  am  to  4:30  pm 

•  outside  the  Carleton  University  Students'  Association  office, 
room  401  Unicentre.  Phone:  788-6688. 


28  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  2,  1993 


ARTS  INSIGHT 


Playing  (live)  music  while  the  sun  still  shines. . . 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Staff 

Evenings  in  Ottawa  just  got  a  lot  ear- 
lier. 

Zaphod  Beeblebrox,  the  mainstay  of 
live  alternative  music  in  Ottawa,  now 
has  a  new  format. 

In  the  past,  Zaphod's  featured  live 
musicstarting  around  10p.m.  from  Thurs- 
day to  Saturday.  Wednesdays  and  Sun- 
days were  the  sole  domain  of  the  Electric 
Ballroom,  Zaphod's  popular  cover-free 
DJ  nights. 

Now,  the  Electric  Ballroom  will  run 
Tuesdays  through  Sundays.  Thankfully, 
there's  still  live  music  Thursday  to  Satur- 
day, but  with  earlier  starting  times.  The 
first  band  will  be  on  at  8  p.m.,  the  head- 
liner  at  9  p.m.,  with  Electric  Ballroom  to 
follow.  There's  a  cover  charge  before  10:30 
p.m.  except  for  the  nights  there  are  no 
bands. 

According  to  Eugene  Haslam,  the  man 
who  is  Zaphod  Beeblebrox,  these  changes 
are  not  the  result  of  any  financial  diffi- 
culties or  small  crowd  turnouts. 

"We're  not  responding  to  problems. 
We  want  to  do  the  best  we  can  do  and  be 
the  best  we  can  be." 

Haslam  says  he  feels  this  is  a  very 
positive  move,  both  for  the  crowds  and 
for  the  bands,  making  the  club  more  user 
friendly. 

The  bands  will  like  this  change, 
Haslam  says,  because  the  earlier  time 
slot  means  the  "band  could  still  shmooze 
with  the  crowd"  when  their  gig  is  over. 
This  is  in  contrast  to  what  happened 
before  when,  as  Haslam  points  out,  a 
band  came  out  of  the  dressing  room  at 
1 :30  a.m.  and  nobody  was  around. 

He  also  sees  the  change  as  one  that 
will  benefitZaphod's  clientele,  especially 
those  who  need  to  hire  babysitters  or 
who,  like  myself,  live  in  the  suburbs  and 
usually  have  to  leave  a  show  before  it's 
ended. 

Live  music  at  Zaphod's  will  now  be  the 
beginning  of  an  evening  instead  of  its 
culmination. 

"Once  you've  seen  something,  you're 


feeling  pretty  damn  good.  You'll  want  to 
stick  around,"  Haslam  says. 

Doubtless  this  is  true  for  many  people 
in  Ottawa  who  enjoy  dancing  and  listen- 
ing to  recorded  music.  For  those  of  us  out 
there  who  would  rather  check  out  some 
live  music  than  drink  and  dance  and 
check  out  the  crowd,  it's  not  really  that 
positive  a  change. 

Concerts  that  end  at  11  p.m.  may 
mean  I  can  catch  that  last  bus  home  and 
save  a  two-hour  walk.  It  may  mean  that 
people  who  have  to  work  the  next  day 
will  get  a  sound  sleep. 

But  it  also  means  that  another  site  in 
Ottawa  rolls  up  its  live-music  sidewalks 
way  too  early. 

The  scheduling  puts  students  in  a  spe- 
cial quandary.  Night  classes  and  part- 
time  jobs  often  run  into  the  early  evening. 
This  means  you  might  miss  the  early  live 
show  at  Zaphod's. 

Of  course,  if  it's  your  favourite  band, 
you'll  skip  the  class  in  an  instant.  To 
quote  Haslam,  "If  you  want  to  see  Pearl 
lam,  you'll  go  see  Pearl  fam." 

However,  if  it's  just  a  band  you've 
heard  plenty  about,  you'll  probably  take 
a  miss.  I  wasn't  a  big  enough  Superchunk 
fan  to  skip  class  for  an  8  p.m.  gig  on  a 
Wednesday.  As  a  result  I  missed  what 
was  called  one  of  the  best  Ottawa  con- 
certs in  years. 

Late  one  Tuesday  evening  I  did  check 
out  the  Dharma  Bums,  whom  I'd  never 
heard  of  before.  I  had  a  blast. 

People  into  live  music  don't  just  go  see 
bands  they're  fanatical  about.  They  check 
out  bands  they've  heard  good  things 
about.  Sometimes  they'll  go  to  a  live  club 
because  of  its  reputation,  regardless  of 
who's  playing. 

Zaphod's  does  deserve  credit  for  diver- 
sifying its  Electric  Ballroom  nights,  which 
used  to  be  the  same  Wednesdays  and 
Sundays.  Now,  Tuesdays  will  feature  in- 
dustrial music,  Thursdays,  hard-edged 
guitar  music,  Fridays,  world  music,  and 
Saturdays,  tribal  funk  and  hip  hop.  But 
there  are  already  enough  places  in  town 
playing  recorded  music,  even  if  it  doesn't 


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have  that  Zaphod's  edge. 

There  are  both  positive  and  negative 
points  to  this  change.  Unless  Zaphod's 
becomes  a  permanent  dance  club,  there's 
no  reason  to  worry  about  a  shortage  of 
good  live  music  in  Ottawa. 


For  some,  perhaps,  live  music  is  just 
part  of  an  evening  out.  Others,  like  my- 
self, feel  that  live  music  is  best  heard 
indoors,  in  a  club,  late  at  night,  when  the 
sun  is  down.  This,  in  essence,  is  what  is 
being  lost  here.  □ 


Hey  Kids! 


It's  time  to  play  the  big  "Come 
and  Grab  What's  in  My  Drawer" 
Contest! 

All  you  have  to  do  is  answer  a  skill-testing  ques- 
tion. The  first  person  who  comes  up  to  The  Charla- 
tan's office  (531  Unicentre  Building)  with  the  cor- 
rect answer  will  receive  their  choice  of  a  free  CD  or 
cassette  from  the  Arts  Desk  Drawer! 

There's  loads  of  stuff  to  choose  from,  so  hurry  on 
up! 

Here's  today's  skill-testing  question: 
What  is  original  Cure  band  member  Lot  Tolhurst 
doing  with  himself  these  days? 

That's  it.  Get  off  your  butts  and  come  on  up  to  The 
Charlatan  to  claim  your  prize. 

Oh  yeah,  one  last  thing.  Charlatan  staff  aren't 
eligible  for  this  contest. 

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Tasmln  Archer 

great  expectations 
EMI 

Great  expectations  are  exactly  what  I 
had  for  this  release  after  seeing  the  soul- 
ful, unhappy  videos  for  "Sleeping  Satel- 
lite" and  "In  Your  Care." 

Unfortunately,  these  songs  turn  out  to 
be  unrepresentative  of  the  album  as  a 
whole.  A  good  deal  of  the  music  is  up- 
beat, happy  and  overproduced. 

However,  as  far  as  top-40  pop  music 
goes,  great  expectations  has  about  10  times 
more  musical  content  than  the  crap  that 
somehow  gets  to  the  top  of  the  charts 
these  days.  Tasmin  Archer's  material  re- 
minds me  of  Deborah  Holland's  music 
from  her  days  with  Animal  Logic. 

Archer  has  a  powerful  and  unyielding 
voice  that  doesn't  seem  to  realize  its  full 
potential.  On  "Steeltown"  and  "In  Your 
Care,"  hervocals  are  strong  andsolid  but 
they  betray  the  fact  that  her  voice  can  do 
much  more.  It's  almost  a  let-down. 


Other  songs,  like  "Lords  of  the  New 
Church"  have  lyrics  whose  depth  is  lost 
in  the  pop-sounding  instrumentation. 
How  can  you  notice  deep  lyrics  when  the 
music  is  singing  "Happy  happy,  joy  joy?" 

The  album  lends  itself  well  to  casual 
listening,  but  it  is  not  the  melancholic 
feel-shitty  music  you  might  expect.  The 
best  tracks  are  "Sleeping  Satellite"  and 
"Halfway  to  Heaven"  which  combine 
good  musical  production  with  the  som- 
breness  of  the  subject  matter. 

It's  good  music  if  you're  in  a  good 
mood;  if  not,  you  may  find  it  cheerily 
annoying. 

Dave  Carpenter 

Captain  Hollywood  Project 

Love  is  Not  Sex 
Imago 

The  title  Love  is  Not  Sex  sucked  me  in 
like  a  guy  who  once  told  me  the  same  — 
the  album  comes  across  as  being  just  as 
slick  and  rehearsed. 


I  had  my  suspicions  when  I  noticed 
their  hair  stylist  got  a  credit  in  the  liner 
notes.  They  were  confirmed  by  the  music 


—  your  usual  brand  of  time-to-get-off- 
the-dance-floor  hip  hop  music  and 
mushy,  predictable  lyrics  like  "If  there's 
one  thing  we  need  in  this  world,  it's  to 
rain  love." 

Like  the  guy,  it's  not  worth  your  time. 

Mo  Gannon 

Fishtales 

Ulysses 
Independent 

In  some  places,  describing  a  band  as 
local  is  the  kiss  of  death.  It  usually  comes 
across  as,  "Great,  another  grunge  re- 
hash. Good  effort,  thanks  for  showing 
up." 

Ottawa  is  lucky  to  have  so  many  tal- 
ented and  diverse  bands  that  describing 
a  band  like  Fishtales  as  local  no  longer 
has  that  negative  connotation. 

With  Ulysses,  their  debut  CD  release, 
they've  managed  to  create  some  fine  pop 
music. 

Good  pop,  as  Fishtales  demonstrate, 
has  two  characteristics.  It  sounds  good 
(like  the  opening  minute  of  "So  Simple") 
and  it's  memorable.  A  song  like  "Funny 
Thing,"  with  its  dance  beat  and  Dave 
Draves'  distorted  vocals,  is  a  prime  ex- 
ample of  what  a  good  pop  song  should 
be. 

Their  overall  sound  is  a  second  cousin 
to  British  guitar  pop,  meaning  the  gui- 
tars are  alternately  hollow-sounding  and 
light,  almost  bell-like.  Think  of  early  Cure 
songs  without  the  accompanying  two 
tons  of  angsf  and  you'll  get  the  idea. 

Anotherworld-class  effort  from  a  scene 
bursting  with  talent. 

(Available  at  the  finer  independent 
outlets  around  town.) 

Blayne  Haggart 

V2 

Zooropa 
Island 

Bowie  made  this  album  16  years  ago. 

U2  have  ripped  off  Low,  the  first  of 
David  Bowie's  Eno-influenced  trilogy. 

Low  was  Bowie's  first  collaboration 
with  Brian  Eno.  As  with  many  previous 
U2  albums,  Eno  shares  production  credit 
on  Zooropa. 

Eno's  hand  in  crafting  Zooropa  is  more 
evident  than  with  any  earlier  U2  efforts. 
The  music  bears  all  of  Eno's  hallmarks.  It 
is  very  soft  and  ambient,  withdrawn, 
almost  taciturn.  Synthesizers  proliferate. 

Continuing  with  the  Low  mimicry  run- 
down, "Daddy's  Gonna  Pay  For  Your 
Crashed  Car"  echoes  "Always  Crashing 
the  Same  Car."  Edge's  plodding  rap  on 
"Numb"  echoes  the  emotional  disengage- 
ment  of  "Breaking  Glass."  U2's 
"Babyface"  is  like  Bowie's  "What  in  the 
World."  Both  these  songs  are  cliched 
bubble  gum  odes  asking  for  the  love  of  a 
young,  vulnerable  girl  in  a  cold  world. 

When  Zooropa  does  not  imitate  Low,  it 
offers  some  interesting  experiments.  It 
sounds  like  more  of  a  collective  effort 
than  previous  U2  albums,  with  Bono 
stepping  back  from  front  stage  and  al- 
lowing The  Edge,  Adam  Clayton  and 
Eno's  music  to  softly  entrance  the  lis- 
tener. 

"Some  Days  Are  Better  Than  Others" 
has  U2  sounding  almost  like  The  Smiths. 
And  the  band  saves  the  best  for  last, 
backing  johnny  Cash  on  "The  Wanderer." 
Cash,  with  his  great,  grave,  gravelly  voice 
narrates,  like  an  old-time  preacher,  a 
beautiful,  desolate  parable  of  a  modem 
search  for  the  Lord. 

David  Bartolf 


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Get  A  Life 

a  THUHSDAY,  SEPTEMBER  2  TO  WEDNESDAY  SEPTEMBFRlS  ■ 


Thursday  September  2 

Sneezy  Waters  is  playing  for  free  at 
the  National  Gallery  of  Canada 
Amphitheatre  at  12:30  p.m.  and  2  p.m. 
as  part  of  the  Cultures  Canada  festival. 
He  plays  a  mix  of  country-folk,  blues, 
rock  and  zydeco.  But  the  real  reason 
we're  going  to  see  him  is  because  we  want 
to  see  someone  named  Sneezy. 

Tongues  and  Bones  bring  their 
groovin'  sounds  to  Zaphod  Beeblebrox 

tonight  with  Ohio's  The  Twist-Offs 
opening.  First  band's  on  at  8  p.m.,  with 
Tongues  and  Bones  starting  at  9  p.m. 
Five  dollars  at  the  door. 

Friday  September  3 

like  Water  for  Chocolate  is  playing 
at  the  Bytowne  tonight  at  9:20  p.m. 
This  fantasy  is  all  about  love,  food  and 
sex.  Tix  are  $4  for  members  and  $6.50  for 
everyone  else. 

Last  night  to  catch  Song  of  ChifcJ, 

performed  by  the  Jigsaw  Theatre  Com- 
pany, an  Ottawa-based  multicultural 
theatre  group.  It's  at  8  p.m.  at  the  U  of 
O's  Academic  Hail.  Tickets  are  $5  and 
are  available  at  the  Ottawa  Women's 
Bookstore. 

Saturday  September  4 

Fred  J.  Eaglesmith  and  the  Flying 
Squirrels  continue  the  Cultures  Canada 
tradition  of  presenting  bands  with  silly 
names.  Mr.  Eaglesmith  has  been  com- 
pared to  John  Mellencamp.  12:30  p.m. 
and  2  p.m.  at  the  National  Gallery 
Amphitheatre.  It's  free. 

Cancel  the  dinner  plans,  forget  about 
heading  to  Houlihan's.  The  Age  of  Faith 
are  playing  at  Creeque  Alley  tonight. 
As  cliche  as  it  sounds,  these  guys  rock.  A 
must  see. 

Sunday  September  5 

Angstones.  2  p.m..  Grand  Hall,  Ca- 
nadian Museum  of  Civilization.  $4.50 
for  Adults.  $3  for  seniors  and  youths  aged 
1 6  to  2 1 .  Cover  gets  you  into  the  museum 
as  well.  Nice  hats,  boys. 


After  that,  head  on  down  to  the  Duke 
of  Somerset  around  9  p.m.  for  the  Celtic 
sounds  of  Jimmy  George,  the  best  bar 
band  in  Ottawa.  Not  recommended  for 
claustrophobia. 

Monday  September  6 

The  Shuffle  Demons  close  out  Cul- 
tures Canada  (same  times,  same  place  as 
the  other  bands).  If  you  want  to  pick  up 
some  hints  on  how  to  dress,  check  'em 
out. 

A  Clockwork  Orange  is  playing  at  7 
p.m.  tonight  at  the  Mayfair. 


do  is  give  Sloana  hall.  Oh,  well,  that's  the 
U  of  Zero  foryou.  Tickets  are  available  at 
Records  on  Wheels,  Record  Runner  and 
the  U  of  O  Student  Federation  office. 

Thursday  September  9 

It's  double  bill  night  at  the  Canadian 
Film  Institute,  located  at  the  Cana- 
dian Museum  of  Civilization  in  Hull. 
At  7  p.m.  it's  The  lodger,  Alfred 
Hitchcock's  first  Hitchcockian  movie.  At 
9  p.m.  it's  Legal  Memory,  a  film  about 
the  events  surrounding  the  1959  execu- 
tion of  Leo  Mantha,  who  was  convicted 
of  murdering  a  young  man  who  was  also 
his  lover. 


Sloan:  "Hey,  this  doesn't  look  like  the  PeppermilL" 


Tuesday  September  7 

Stay  home.  Read  a  book. 

Wednesday  September 
8 

Now  that  they're  on  MCA,  you'd  fig- 
ure that  Halifax's  Sloan  would  be  play- 
ing the  Congress  Centre.  But  you  can  see 
them  tonight  at  the  University  of  Ot- 
tawa Cafeteria  at  7  p.m.  for  only  $7. 

Cafeteria?  Geez,  the  least  they  could 


Friday  September  10 

The  Holly  Cole  Trio  plays  two  shows 
at  the  NAC  Theatre  at  7  p.m.  and  9:30 
p.m.  Tickets  are  $20  and  $24. 

San  Francisco's  Tempest  bring  their 
killer  Celtic  riffs  to  Zaphod's  tonight. 
They've  been  described  as  a  Celtic  Spinal 
Tap  by  B.C.'s  Rogue  Review.  Seven  dollars 
will  get  you  in  to  this  musical  extrava- 
ganza. 

Saturday  September  1 1 


What  to  do,  what  to  do.  You  have  the 
choice  of  checking  out  some  punk  rock 
courtesy  of  Washington,  D.C.'s  no-sell- 
out kings  Fugazi,  with  the  killer  Shud- 
der to  Think  and  Ottawa's  Lockjaw. 
It's  at  Porter  Hall.  Tickets  are  $6  at  the 
usual  independent  outlets. 

Or  you  can  check  out  the  excitement 
of  monster  truck  races  (7:30  p.m.  at 
Lansdowne  Park).  Tickets  are  $17.86 
for  adults  and  $10.86  for  kids  between 
the  ages  of  two  and  12. 

Truckasaurus!  Truckasaurus! 

BARBECUE!  UNIVERSITY  SOCCER 
FIELD!  BEGINNING  AT  2  P.M.!  COUR- 
TESY OF  CARLETON'S  GRADUATE  STU- 
DENTS! FACE  PAINTING!  LIVE  MUSIC 
BEER  GARDEN! 

Sunday  September  12 

The  Nepean  Visual  Arts  Centre  is 

holding  an  open  house.  Among  the  high- 
lights is  Children's  magician  "Roy 
Cottee."  Wow. 

If  you  missed  those  monster  truck 

races  last  night,  you  can  see  them  at  2 
p.m.  today. 

Monday  September  1 3 

Buy  Cracker's  new  cassette,  Kero- 
sene Hat.  Listen  to  it  until  your  ears 
bleed.  Repeat. 

Tuesday  September  14 

The  National  Ballet  of  Canada 

starts  a  three-day  run  of  The  Taming  of 
the  Shrew,  at  8  p.m.  in  the  NAC  Opera. 

Tickets  are  $22,  $35  and  $47.50.  If  you 
want  to  see  a  ballet,  go  now.  In  a  few 
months  you  won't  have  this  kind  of  cash 
to  throw  around. 

Wednesday  September 
15 

Stay  at  home!  Listen  to  In  a  Mellow 
Tone  (CKCU  93.1  FM)  as  BemardStepien 
plays  selections  from  recordings  Sonny 
Rollins  made  during  the  eighties. 


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SPORTS 

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On  the  cover.. 


Jean  Chretien  would  be  proud 
of  Carleton's  frosh,  who  launched 
themselves  into  poutine,  that  sta- 
ple of  French-Canadian  cuisine, 
at  last  week's  frosh  activities.  First- 
year  students  hit  classes  a  bit 
"fried"  this  week,  but  find  that  af- 
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K°!?fro$h  C|,ash  orientation  event 


by  Tonya  Zelinsky 

Charlalan  Staff 

Non-frosh  students  crashed  an  orien- 
tation party  at  Oliver's  bar  on  Sept.  5 
says  the  co-ordinator  of  the  Carleton 
Women's  Centre. 

Renee  Twaddle  says  she  received  two 
or  three  complaints  from  orientation  week 
facilitators  about  the  crashers'  treatment 
of  female  frosh  students  in  the  bar. 

Although  the  party  was  an  event  only 
forfrosh  and  facilitators,  about  15  mem- 
bers of  Carleton's  football  team  were  let 
in  by  Oliver's  bar  security  staff,  says  Rene 
Faucher,  finance  commissioner  for  the 
Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion (CUSA),  who  attended  the  party. 

Faucher  says  the  team  didn't  know  it 
was  a  frosh  only  event,  but  he  told  them 
they  could  stay  as  long  as  they  behaved 
themselves. 

"They  were  in  control  of  themselves," 


he  says. 

But  Richard  Stanton,  CUSA's  orienta- 
tion commissioner,  says  he  told  his 
facilitators  to  keep  the  frosh  as  far  away 
from  the  football  players  as  possible. 

Stanton  says  some  facilitators  com- 
plained to  him  about  the  football  players 
because  "they  were  trying  to  hit  on  every 
frosh  that  came  by." 

Stanton  says  he  did  not  remove  the 
football  players  for  fear  of  a  confronta- 
tion. 

"That  would  have  been  suicide,  trying 
to  kick  out  15  big  guys  out  of  a  bar  at  one 

time.  Those  guys  are  a  little  more  forward 
than  the  average  frosh." 

The  football  coach,  Donn  Smith,  did 
not  want  to  comment  about  the  incident. 

When  CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson 
was  asked  about  the  event,  she  replied 
that  she  was  "aware  of  a  couple  of  men 
who  were  causing  problems  on  the  foot- 


ball team.' 

In  terms  of  who  gets  into  frosh  events, 
Watson  says  there  are  "a  few  things  we 
have  to  iron  out  for  next  year." 

In  order  to  participate  in  frosh  activi- 
ties, students  were  required  to  wear  wrist- 
bands, which  were  included  in  a  $50 
frosh  kit.  Faucher  says  people  buying 
frosh  kits  were  not  asked  to  prove  they 
were  in  first  year. 

While  the  non-frosh  students  were  not 
asked  to  leave  Oliver's  on  Sept.  5,  an 
upper-year  Carleton  student  says  he  was 
thrown  out  of  Rooster's  Coffeehouse  dur- 
ing a  frosh  week  event. 

Rob  Stratham  got  into  Rooster's  with  a 
wristband  from  a  frosh  kit  he  purchased. 
However,  as  Stratham  left  to  go  to  the 
washroom,  he  says  he  was  stopped  by 
Faucher,  who  was  later  joined  by  Watson 
and  CUSA  vice-president  internal  Rob 
(amieson. 


Stratham  says  he  was  then  asked  to 
hand  over  his  wristband  and  give  up  his 
frosh  kit.  Watson  says  Stratham  was  ap- 
proached to  give  up  his  frosh  kit  earlier  in 
the  day,  and  was  presented  with  his  re- 
fund, but  refused  it.  She  says  after  mak- 
ing sure  he  was  not  a  first-year  student  or 
a  new  student  to  Carleton,  the  executive 
decided  to  pull  his  frosh  kit  and  reim- 
burse him. 

Faucher  says  while  there  is  no  official 
policy  for  selling  frosh  kits,  "it's  never 
been  a  problem. "  He  says  Stratham  is  an 
isolated  example  of  a  person  determined 
to  take  part  in  orientation. 

"I  could  pay  for  a  blimp  to  float  over 
campus  saying  'orientation  is  for  frosh' 
and  he'd  still  want  to  take  part,"  says 
Faucher. 

Faucher  says  Stratham  was  fired  as  a 
facilitator  last  year  and  wasn't  selected 
this  year.  □ 


Board  rules  CUSA  violated  labor  act 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlalan  Stall 

The  Ontario  Labor  Relations  Board 
has  ruled  that  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association  (CUSA)  violated  the 
Ontario  Labor  Relations  Act  when  it  fired 
two  employees  in  July. 

Renee  Twaddle,  co-ordinator  of  the 
Carleton  Women's  Centre,  and  Wayne 
Ross,  co-ordinator  of  the  Student  Aca- 
demic Action  Bureau,  were  permanently 
reinstated  to  their  positions  after  the 
board's  Sept.  2  decision. 

CUSA  fired  Ross  July  15  and  Twaddle 
luly  29,  giving  no  reason  except  "just 
cause. "  The  board's  decision  came  after  a 
week  of  hearings  held  in  Toronto  in  late 
August. 

"We  have  carefully  considered  the  evi- 
dence and  submissions  of  the  parties  and 
have  concluded  thatthe  responding  party 
(CUSA)  violated  the  Labor  Relations  Act 
by  discharging  Renee  Twaddle  and  John 
Wayne  Ross, "  the  board's  decision  reads. 

The  decision  was  made  under  Section 
91  of  the  Act,  which  deals  with  unfair 
labor  practices. 

The  board  also  ruled  that  CUSA  must 
"post  for  60  consecutive  days  in  con- 
spicuous places  in  the  workplace"  a  no- 
tice to  employees  which  says  the  associa- 
tion violated  the  Labor  Relations  Act. 

The  notice  also  says  CUSA  will  not  do 
anything  to  interfere  with  any  workers' 
rights  set  out  in  the  act,  such  as  the  right 
to  organize  and  participate  in  trade  un- 
ion activities. 

CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson  says  the 
notices  to  employees  were  received  Sept. 
?  and  were  posted  the  morning  of  Sept  8. 
She  was  away  Sept.  7  and  the  posters  had 
to  be  signed  by  her,  so  they  did  not  go  up 
until  Sept.  8. 

Watson  says  the  decision  of  the  board 
was  neither  a  surprise  nor  an  embarrass- 
ment to  the  association. 

"We  believe  everything  wasdone  ethi- 
cally and  appropriately.  However,  that 
was  not  the  finding  of  the  board  and  we 
anticipated  that, "  Watson  says. 

"I  regret  the  fact  that  people  have  not 
been  able  to  deal  with  this  responsibly 
and  adult-like.  1  think  it's  a  really  serious 
.  issue  and  I  think  some  people  have  at- 
tempted to  make  it  a  farce." 

CUSA  presented  no  evidence  at  the 
board's  hearing. 

"It's  really  tempting  to  give  our  side  of 
the  story,"  says  Watson,  "but  I  don't 
think  it  would  be  responsible  of  me  to 
start  doing  that  because  these  people  are 
our  employees,  and  as  a  responsible 


employer  I  don't  think  it  would  be  a  good 
move  to  begin  criticizing  them  publicly." 

The  Canadian  Union  of  Public  Em- 
ployees (CUPE)  Local  1281  also  applied 
for  automatic  certification  of  all  CUSA 
employees  as  a  bargaining  unit  under 
Section  9.2  of  the  Ontario  Labor  Rela- 
tions Act. 

Under  this  section,  the  board  can  or- 
der the  automatic  certification  of  all 
employees  in  a  workplace  if  it  rules  the 
employer  interfered  with  their  attempts 


to  unionize. 

Theboardhasnotmadeadecisionon 
that  application,  and  no  time  has  been 
set  for  that  ruling. 

Both  Ross  and  Twaddle  refused  to  com- 
ment until  the  board  has  ruled  on  the 
certification  application. 

The  board  denied  CUPE's  request  that 
CUSA  offer  Fouad  Kanaan  his  job  back. 
Kanaan  resigned  from  his  position  as 
Volunteer  Bureau  co-ordinator  |uly  29. 
In  his  letter  of  resignation  to  CUSA  direc- 


tor of  services  Theresa  Cowan,  Kanaan 
writes  that  "I  feel  that  I  no  longer  can 
work  in  an  atmosphere  of  such  mistrust, 
fear  and  conspiracy." 

The  board  also  denied  CUPE's  request 
that  CUSA  pay  its  travel  and  accommo- 
dation costs  in  travelling  to  and  attend- 
ing the  hearing. 

Watson  says  CUSA  won't  have  their 
final  legal  bill  for  the  dispute  until  the 
end  of  the  month,  but  says  The  Charlatan 
will  be  able  to  see  the  bill.  □ 


Unicentre  may  bear  Aykroyd's  name 


by  John  Sternbachs 

Charlatan  Staff 

CKCU,  Carleton's  campus  radio  sta- 
tion, wants  the  Unicentre  to  be  renamed 
after  the  comedian  Dan  Aykroyd. 

Aykroyd  was  a  Carleton  student  in  the 
1970s  who  was  involved  in  CKCU  and 
Sock  'n'  Buskin,  Carleton's  independent 
theatre  group. 

The  station  wants  to  initiate  a  student 
referendum  in  next  month's  byelection 
for  the  undergraduate  students'  associa- 
tion to  change  the  Unicentre's  name  to 
the  Dan  Aykroyd  Student  Centre. 

"There  may  be  opposition  to  this  move 
because  he  never  graduated, "  says  CKCU 
station  manager  Max  Wallace.  "But 
there's  more  to  university  than  academ- 
ics and  we  think  Dan  Aykroyd  personi- 
fies the  principle  of  never  letting  school 
interfere  with  your  education." 

Aykroyd's  father,  Peter,  says  he  likes 
the  idea  of  naming  Carleton's  student 
building  after  his  son.  "It's  a  marvellous 
honor  to  be  given  to  Dan." 

Susan,  Aykroyd's  mother,  says  "it's  an 
honor  and  recognition  of  Dan's  work  and 
acceptance"  at  Carleton. 

ButAykroyd'suncle,  Maurice  Aykroyd, 
isn't  sure  how  his  nephew  will  feel  about 
the  referendum. 

"He  never  finished  university,  and  he's 
not  too  happy  about  that.  You'd  have  to 
look  at  those  issues." 

Kim  McCuaig,  Carleton's  director  of 
alumni  relations,  says  Aykroyd  left 
Carleton  for  greener  pastures. 

"He  didn't  graduate,  but  he  was  a 
student  in  good  standing.  It  was  just  that 
he  got  an  offer  to  go  to  Toronto  to  work 
with  Second  City  {Comedy  Troupe)." 

Lucy  Watson,  president  oftheCarleton 
University  Students'  Association  (CUSA), 
says  she  is  hesitant  about  the  name 
change. 


"Before  we  do  anything  we  should 
look  at  the  contribution  he  has  given  to 
Carleton  students  both  academically  and 
socially." 

Wallace  says  "Aykroyd's  family  has 
been  a  regular  and  generous  contributor 
to  CKCU's  annual  funding  drive  for  many 
years." 

Rob  Jamieson,  CUSA  vice-president 
internal,  says  CKCU  must  submit  a  pro- 
posal for  a  referendum  question.  CUSA 
council  will  then  vote  on  whether  to  hold 
the  referendum  and  decide  on  the  word- 
ing of  the  question. 

But  the  referendum  may  be  a  moot 
point,  says  McCuaig.  "Students  are  not 
authorized  to  name  buildings  on  cam- 
pus. Buildings  are  named  by  the  board  of 
governors  of  the  university,"  he  says. 

Charles  Watt,  secretary  of  the  board  of 
governors,  says  any  proposals  for  a  name 
change  must  be  presented  to  the  presi- 
dent in  writing.  The  president  presents 
the  proposal  to  the  board  of  deans,  who 
may  pass  it  to  the  executive  of  the  board 
of  governors.  The  executive  may  then 
decide  to  send  it  to  the  board  of  gover- 
nors, who  can  pass  it  with  a  majority 
vote.  Once  passed  by  the  board  of  gover- 
nors, the  name  change  is  official. 

Carleton  students  have  mixed  feel- 
ings about  the  proposal. 

"He  didn't  actually  graduate  from  the 
school,"  says  Carleton  student  Amanda 
Blaine.  "We  should  name  it  after  an 
actual  graduate  who  did  something  with 
their  life." 

In  1989  McGill  students  voted  to  name 
theirstudent  centre  after  McGill  alumnus 
William  Shatner,  who  is  best-known  for 
his  role  as  Captain  Kirk  in  Star  Trek,  and 
who  currently  hosts  the  TV  program  Res- 
cue 91 1 .  The  university  refused  to  change 
the  name  because  of  a  policy  against 
naming  buildings  after  people  who  are 


still  alive. 

"We  should  at  least  wait  until 
(Aykroyd's)  dead, "  says  Carleton  student 
Aaron  Archibald.  □ 


Dapper  Dan. 


September  16,  1993  .  The  Charlatan  .  3 


Chris  Rock's  show  disappoints  many 


by  Ron  Orol 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  show  by  Saturday  Night  Live  come- 
dian Chris  Rock  didn't  live  up  to  the 
expectations  of  orientation  organizers, 
says  Rene  Faucher,  finance  commisioner 
■  of  the  Carleton  University  Students'  As- 
sociation (CUSA). 

And  it  definitely  didn't  live  up  to  the 
expectations  of  many  audience  mem- 
bers either. 

Matthew  Holden,  a  first-year  arts  stu- 
dent, says  he  and  others  present  at  the 
show  were  offended  by  Rock's  insensitive 
jokes :  "Many  girls  and  guys  left  because 
of  his  sexist  remarks  about  hitting  women. 
In  one  joke,  Rock  explained  that  it  didn't 
matter  how  many  masters  degrees  a 
woman  had,  men  would  always  rule 
because  they  could  punch  women  out," 
says  Holden. 

The  Sept.  7  show  was  supposed  to  be 
the  headline  act  for  Carleton 's  frosh  week 
activities,  says  Faucher.  CUSA  paid  Rock 
$13,000  Canadian  for  the  show,  which 
was  free  for  new  studentsand  orientation 
facilitators. 

FauchersaysAndrewWadden,CUSA's 
entertainment  production  manager,  con- 
tacted Rock's  agent  in  the  summer  and 
got  a  demo  tape.  The  tape  was  played  for 
the  orientation  advisory  forum,  which  is 
made  up  of  some  CUSA  service  co- 
ordinators. The  group  screens  acts  being 
brought  in  for  frosh  week.  The  group 
agreed  that  Rock's  material  was  accept- 
able and  they  booked  him,  says  Faucher. 

Richard  Stanton,  CUSA's  orientation 
commissioner,  says  the  people  on  the 
forum  "were  all  in  favor  of  bringing  in  a 
budding  black  comedian. " 


Faucher  says  "we  were  not  originally 
looking  fora  comedian  but  more  of  a  big- 
name  attraction.  We  had  already  booked 
many  ban ds  so  a  comedian  with  a  name 
like  Chris  Rockwas  exactly  what  orienta- 
tion week  needed. 

"Then  about  three  days  before  the 
show  we  found  out  that  Chris  Rock  had 
previously  done  a  show  at  Western  Uni- 
versity in  London,  Ont,  and  bombed 
terribly,"  says  Faucher. 

Faucher  says  he  heard  that  the  West- 
em  show  "just  wasn't  funny, "  although 
he  didn't  hear  that  Rock  told  offensive 
jokes.  He  says  Rock's  show  at  Carleton 
started  out  as  expected. 

"Rock's  act  was  the  same  as  the  demo 
tape  for  the  first  half  of  the  show  at 
Carleton,  but  then  people  started  to  has- 
sle him  and  he  lost  his  cool  and  started 
telling  offensive  jokes.  After  an  hour  and 
half  he  just  gave  up  and  got  off  the 
stage,"  says  Faucher. 

He  says  the  crowd  was  rowdy  at  the 
beginning  of  Rock's  show.  "There  was 
heckling,  and  people  trying  to  be  part  of 
the  show." 

Faucher  says  frosh  groups  were  cheer- 
ing at  one  another,  which  he  says  threw 
Rock  off  his  routine.  "At  the  very  end  of 
theshow.hegot  offensive,  "says  Foucher. 
"He  just  stood  around  without  any  rou- 
tine." 

CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson  says  she 
had  the  authority  to  pull  Rock  from  the 
stage  and  was  on  her  way  to  do  so  "when 
he  left  of  his  own  volition." 

Faucher  says  he  has  spoken  with 
Wadden,  who  says  Rock  fulfilled  his  con- 
tract with  Carleton.  But  Faucher  says  he 
"has  a  problem  with  that.  He  strayed 


from  what  was  on  the  tape."  Wadden  is 
away  right  now  and  is  expected  back 
soon. 

Renee  Twaddle,  co-ordinator  of  the 
Carleton  Women's  Centre,  says  she  origi- 
nally favored  bringing  Rock  to  Carleton. 

"I  was  pushing  for  Chris  Rock  to  come 
because  he  was  the  first  black  man  act  to 
come  to  Carleton  in  51  years,  with  the 
one  exception  of  Ice-T,  but  paying  him 
$  1 0,000  (American)  for  a  pathetic;  offen- 
sive act ...  it  was  scandalous,"  she  says. 

Saturday  Night  Live  regulars  Adam 
San  dlerand  Kevin  Nealon  were  also  avail- 
able for  the  Sept.  7  performance,  says 


Stanton. 

Twaddle  says  she  wants  to  develop  a 
CUSA  board  which  will  better  review  po- 
tential acts  for  offensive  material. 

"1  want  to  wipe  out  acts  that  are  slam- 
ming women,  gays,  black  people,  disa- 
bled people,  etc.,"  she  says. 

"Last  year  Carleton  had  brought  in 
lesser-known  comedians  which  had  the 
same  offensive  manner,"  says  Twaddle. 

CUSA  received  similar  complaints 
during  last  year's  orientation  week  about 
comedians  Mike  Wilmot  and  Tim  Steves, 
who  made  offensive  jokes  about  homo- 
sexuals and  incest  survivors.  □ 


Shiny  happy  frosh  raise  cash 


by  Drew  Edwards 

Charlatan  StaK 

Frosh  dodged  traffic  and  got  down 
on  their  hands  and  knees  to  shine  shoes 
for  Shinerama,  the  annual  national 
fundralsing  event  for  the  Canadian 
Cystic  Fibrosis  Foundation. 

Carleton  frosh  students  canvassing 
onFriday,Sept.l0,raisedabout$47,500 
for  cystic  fibrosis  research  and  treat- 
ment, says  Carleton  UniversityStudents' 
Association  President  Lucy  Watson. 
While  that  kind  of  money  is  substan- 
tial, it  falls  short  of  this  year's  goal  of 
$60,000  and  is  down  from  last  year's 
total  of  $55,000. 

Myra  Sweeney,  a  first-year  political 
sdencestudent,  says  students  may  have 
been  burned  out  by  the  orientation 
activities  of  the  previous  week.  "Every- 
body was  exhausted  from  having  so 
much  fun."  says  Sweeney. 

I  he  ability  Sh  inc-ramo  has  to  inspire 


students  to  dodge  dangerously  between 
cars  while  canvassing  for  charity  is 
unique,  she  says. 

"Most  people  liked  us  because  we 
were  excited,  running  aroundand  stuff, " 
says  frosh  Sweeney.  "We  didn't  get  much 
negative  response. " 

Watson  says  bad  weather  and  eco- 
nomichardship,  may  have  been  factors 
in  the  decline  of  donations.  She 
downplayed  the  cumulative  effects  of 
orientation  week. 

"Shinerama  is  always  held  on  the 
lastFriday  of  frosh  Week,"  says  Watson. 

Pio  Pietrangeli,  president  of  the  Ot- 
tawa chapter  of  the  Canadian  Cystic 
Fibrosis  Foundation,  says  "Shinerama 
is  seen  as  one  of  our  most  important 
fundraising  projects,  not  only  because 
of  the  money  that  it  raises,  but  also 
because  it  exposes  a  group  of  people  to 
cystic  fibrosis  that  normally  wouldn't 
be."  □ 


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4  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  16,  1993 


Flashinglncident  third  in  Loeb  building 

h\i  Naomi  Bock  .■  :J  *.■=  ^     .        ...  . 


by  Naomi  Bock 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  woman  working  alone  in  a  compu- 
ter lab  of  the  Loeb  building  was  repeat- 
edly grabbed  by  a  man  wearing  only 
running  shoes  on  the  night  of  Sept.  4. 

A  safety  poster  circulated  about  the 
incident  says  "the  victim  believes  she 
knows  the  suspect." 

The  poster  describes  the  man  as  Cau- 
casian, five  feet  10  inches,  170  pounds, 
with  short,  dark,  wavy  hair.  He  could  not 
pronounce  the  letter  "s." 

Len  Boudreault,  assistant  director  of 
the  department  of  university  safety,  says 


the  incident  is  under  investigation. 

This  is  the  third  case  of  indecent  expo- 
sure and  the  second  assault  in  the  Loeb 
building  which  have  been  publicized  on 
a  safety  poster  at  Carleton  since  June. 

An  earlier  incident  of  indecent  expo- 
sure including  physical  assault  involved 
two  women.  It  occurred  on  the  night  of 
June  18,  in  the  same  lab  room  (room 
C460)  as  the  Sept.  4  incident.  According 
to  another  poster,  abearded  man  only  in 
a  T-shirt  and  running  shoes  "indecently 
touched"  one  of  the  women. 

Six  days  previously,  on  )une  1 2,  a  man 
indecently  exposed  himself  to  a  woman 


studying  in  the  lounge  in  room  B743  of 
the  Loeb  building  at  6:40  p.m. 

Marilyn  Marshall,  the  dean  of  social 
sciences,  suggests  women  working  late  at 
night  should  work  in  pairs  or  teams. 

She  says  the  Loeb  building  is  generally 
safe  for  women.  "1  don't  think  it's  differ- 
ent than  any  other  building." 

Marshall  says  limited  security  re- 
sources are  part  of  the  problem.  "There 
are  not  enough  patrol  people  to  ad- 
equately . . .  patrol,  by  a  long  shot."  She 
says  her  office  is  looking  into  installing 
emergency  buttons  beside  eachmachine 
in  the  computer  lab. 


'Meanwhile,  we're  just  telling  people 
to  be  careful." 

Boudreault  says  it  is  impossible  to  step 
up  security  around  the  Loeb  building, 
because  the  department  doesn't  have 
any  extra  staff.  "We're  doing  what  we 
can  with  what  we've  got." 

On  June  23,  a  34-year-old  man  was 
arrested  and  has  since  been  charged  with 
two  incidents  of  indecent  exposure.  The 
incidents  occurred  by  the  Rideau  River. 

The  man  was  identified  by  a  woman 
who  recognized  him  from  an  incident  on 
a  different  occasion. 

FLASHER  cont'd  on  page  6. 


COUNCIL  SPY 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  University  Students  As- 
sociation (CUSA)  held  an  emergency 
council  meeting  Sept.  8  to  "stop  the 
rumors,  because  there  have  been  ripe 
rumors  running  around,"  according  to 
CUSA  vice-president  internal  Rob 
lamieson. 

So  right  away,  President  Lucy  Watson 
and  the  rest  of  CUSA  council  went  in 
camera,  that  means  behind  closed  doors 
. . .  again. 

Councillors  dutifully  followed  Watson 
from  Baker  Lounge  to  a  fifth-floor  confer- 
ence room,  marking  the  fourth  time  in 
two  months  that  council  has  gone  in 
camera. 

Although  we  may  never  know  for  sure 
what  was  said  once  the  door  was  closed, 
since  councillors  can't  talk  about  what 
was  said,  Watson  said  in  the  open  that 
the  matter  was  "staff-related, "  which  has 
become  a  buzzword  for  "the  union"  and 
the  Ontario  Labor  Relations  Board  hear- 
ings that  concluded  recently  in  Toronto. 

Two  weeks  ago,  the  board  decided 
CUSA  violated  the  Ontario  Labor  Rela- 
tions Act  by  firing  two  of  its  service  co- 
ordinators this  summer  and  has  yet  to 
decide  if  it  interfered  with  the  employees 
trying  to  unionize. 

After  council  went  in  camera,  some 


CUSA  service  co-ordinators  involved  in 
the  labor  dispute  surrounded  the  deserted 
meeting  table  in  Baker  Lounge,  waiting 
anxiously  for  council  to  return. 

Co-ordinators  Wayne  Ross  of  the  Stu- 
dent Academic  Action  Bureau,  Renee 
Twaddle  of  the  Carleton  Women's  Cen- 
tre, Peter  Nogalo  of  the  Gay,  Lesbian  and 
Bisexual  Centre,  and  Brenda  Kennedy  of 
the  Foot  Patrol,  were  less  than  pleased 
with  the  turn  of  events. 
.  Twaddle  called  the  co-ordinators'  law- 
yer, Michael  Church. 

She  says  he  told  them  to  knock  on  the 
door  and  ask  council  to  let  them  into  the 
meeting,  or  to  bring  the  meeting  into  the 
open,  because  the  labor  hearings  were  a 
public  matter. 

The  co-ordinators  knocked  on  the  door 
and  asked  to  be  let  in.  After  a  short 
discussion  by  council  behind  closed  doors, 
architecture  rep  Sheldon  Baker  told  the 
co-ordinators  that  council  would  like  to 
continue  the  meeting  as  it  was,  with  only 
councillors  present. 

In  the  meantime,  councillor  Renee 
Gallant  left  the  meeting.  Since  council 
waited  almost  20  minutes  before  the 
meeting  while  it  scrambled  to  scrape 
together  the  required  18  councillors  for 
quorum,  it  was  presumably  lost  when 
Gallant  walked  out  the  door. 

But  when  The  Charlatan  interrupted 


the  meeting  to  ask  if  the  meeting  had 
quorum,  council  chair  Dave  Gregory  only 
said  "no  one  has  called  quorum." 

Rob  Jamieson,  CUSA's  vice-president 
internal,  says  a  meeting  can  continue 
even  if  less  than  18  councillors  are  present, 
though  no  voting  can  take  place. 

A  councillor  can  "call  quorum, "  which 
requires  the  council  chair  to  take  a  head 
count  of  how  many  councillors  are 
present. 

If  the  chair  finds  out  the  meeting  has 
lost  quorum,  Jamieson  says  the  meeting 
can  either  continue  "as  an  informal  dis- 
cussion," can  recess  until  enough  coun- 
cillors return  to  the  table  to  regain  quo- 
rum, or  can  be  adjourned. 

Watson  said  later  that  the  meeting 
adjourned  because  quorum  was  called 
but  that  was  close  to  half  an  hour  after 
The  Charlatan  knocked  on  the  door. 


Watson  said  later  that  the  "councillors 
are  our  board  of  trustees,  and  they'd  been 
approached  by  a  couple  of  employees 
and  they'd  been  fed  the  wrong  informa- 
tion, and  it's  our  obligation,  as  people 
who  are  privy  to  this  information,  to  clear 
up  the  rumors  with  the  trustees. 

"I  wanted  to  make  sure  the  trustees 
knew  what  was  happening  and  get  their 
feedback  in  a  confidential  situation,  where 
everything  was  private  and  people  could 
voice  their  minds,  because  that  is  what 
happened  during  the  in  camera  session." 

And  if  one  is  not  a  "trustee?"  Well, 
thafs  just  too  bad.  Rumor  and  "wrong 
information"  rule  the  day. 

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September  16,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  5 


Hidden  fees  can  add  up  for  students 


by  Pamela  Paterson 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  Carleton  student  could  pay  the  uni- 
versity's administration  up  to  $  1 ,300  on 
top  of  tuition  this  year  because  of  ancil- 
lary fees  that  are  not  regulated  by  the 
provincial  government. 

Tuition  fees  are  regulated  by  the  pro- 
vincial government,  but  ancillary  fees 
for  such  things  as  parking,  locker  rentals 
and  tuition  deferrals  are  not. 

This  year,  the  university  plans  to  make 
$2.4  million  more  than  last  year  in  ancil- 
lary fees.  Last  year,  the  university  made 
about  $33.08  million  from  the  fees. 

Administration  can  set  its  own  prices 
for  services  like  late  fee  payments  or 
faxing  of  transcripts,  says  Kristine 
Haselsteiner,  vice-president  external  for 
the  Carleton  University  Students'  Asso- 
ciation. 

"CUSA  has  had  a  number  of  talks 
(with  administration).  Unfortunately, 
there's  nothing  we  can  do  about  it.  The 
government  hasn't  put  any  block  on 
ancillary  fees,"  says  Haselsteiner. 

Gary  Anandasangaree,  CUSA's  vice 
president  of  academics,  says  CUSA  fought 
to  have  these  fees  cut  last  year  at  board 
of  governors  meetings,  but  failed.  He 
says  CUSA  will  continue  lobbying  the 
board  this  year. 

Jack  Kettles,  Carleton's  director  of  fi- 
nance, says  increases  in  ancillary  fees  are 
administration's  attempt  to  meet  rising 
operating  costs. 

"(Students)  must  recognize  the  price 
involved  and  that  the  fees  are  in  line  with 
other  institutions,"  says  Kettles.  "It  is  a 
recognition  of  reality  and  the  services  the 
university  has  to  provide." 

Kettles  says  an  expansion  in  the  On- 
tario Student  Assistance  Program  will 


help  some  students  offset  the  increased 
costs.  But  regardless,  students  can  be  hit 
with  several  costs  everywhere  they  turn. 
Here's  where. 
Beginning  the  Year 

Tuition,  which  ranges  from  $2,372.55 
to  $2,980.05  for  an  undergraduate  year, 
depending  on  the  program,  includes  com- 
pulsory miscellaneous  fees  of  $346.55  to 
$361.55.  The  exact  fee  also  depends  on 
the  program.  The  fees  cover  services  such 
as  health  insurance  and  a  Unicentre 
maintenance  fee.  You  will  be  charged  an 
extra  $40  if  you  pay  your  tuition  in  two 
instalments.  Missing  the  Sept.  10  dead- 
line for  payment  means  a  late  registra- 
tion charge  of  $120. 

Getting  a  parking  permit  can  empty 
your  pockets  of  anything  between  $280 
and  $700,  including  taxes.  Getting  a 
locker  costs  $15. 
Hidden  Costs 

Writing  a  supplemental  or  grade-rais- 
ing exam  costs  $50  for  an  on-campus 
exam  and  $100  for  an  off-campus  one. 
Requests  for  grade  reviews  also  cost  $50. 

Charging  students  for  supplemental 
and  grade-raisers  may  make  these  serv- 
ices inaccessible  to  students  who  don't 
have  the  money,  says  Anandasangaree. 

"This  is  saying  only  upper-class  stu- 
dents can  take  supplemental, "  says 
Anandasangaree.  "It  should  be  a  stu- 
dent's right  to  write  a  supplemental  or 
grade-raiser  without  any  fees. 

"Our  priority  right  now,  because  it 
seems  the  university  is  reconsidering  of- 
fering grade  raisers  and  supplemental 
exams,  is  to  ensure  that  we  have  them 
offered.  After  that,  we  will  continue  to 
fight  additional  fees  on  these  exams," 
says  Anandasangaree. 

Colleen  O'Connell,  a  second-year  com- 


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leam  writing  a  supplemental  cost  $50. 

"I  can  understand  charging  because 
it's  extra  paperwork,  but  $50  is  a  little 
excessive,"  she  says. 

Taking  courses  at  another  university 
and  applying  the  credits  to  your  program 
requires  a  letter  of  permission  from 
Carleton,  which  costs  between  $25  and 
$  100,  depending  on  the  course.  Transfer- 
ring credits  from  anotheruniversity  costs 
$150  per  course. 

While  students  can  get  their  final 
grades  on  the  touchtone  registration  sys- 
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costs$6.  It  is  mailed  free  of  charge.  Faxing 
costs  between  $3.25  and  $8.50,  depend- 
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for  books,  $  1  per  day  for  five-day  reserve 
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pay  immediately.  Otherwise  you'll  have 
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which  will  cost  $3  plus  the  amount  of  the 
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FLASHER  cont'd  from  page  5. 

Boudreault  says  the  man  was  in  no 
way  connected  to  Carleton  University. 
He  says  he  can't  release  the  name  of  the 
man  charged  because  he  didn't  know  the 
status  of  the  charges.  The  case  is  being 
handled  by  the  Ottawa  Police. 

Boudreault  could  notsay  if  the  suspect 
is  connected  with  the  June  incidents  in 
the  Loeb  building.  He  says  there  have 
been  no  more  incidentsof  indecent  expo- 
sure along  the  Rideau  River  and  attributes 
it  to  more  frequent  university  safety  pa- 
trols and  Ottawa  Police  horse  patrols  in 
the  area. 

Brenda  Kennedy,  co-ordinatorof  Car- 
leton's Foot  Patrol,  says  women  should 
take  Hashers  seriously. 

"There  is  a  misconception  that  flash- 
ers  are  harmless  exhibitionists,  but  there 


are  cases  of  escalated  actions  that  can  go 
as  far  as  assault." 

Renee  Twaddle,  the  Carleton  Wom- 
en's Centre  co-ordinator,  recommends 
getting  away  from  the  assailant  and 
making  a  report  with  a  detailed  descrip- 
tion. "They  are  not  just  thrill  seekers," 
she  says. 

The  experience  can  be  extremely 
frightening,  says  Nancy  Adamson,  co- 
ordinator for  the  Status  of  Women  Office 
at  Carleton.  "Although  indecent  expo- 
sure is  technically  not  assault,  some 
women  feel  very  upset,  very  frightened, 
very  assaulted." 

Last  year,  her  office  set  up  a  meeting 
for  victims  of  indecent  exposure  to  dis- 
cuss their  experiences  and  feelings.  "It  is 
serious.  You  don't  know,  in  a  moment, 
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6  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  16,  1993 


1 


the/  Secret  Diary  of Ale4oth& froth 


by  Alex  Bustos 

Charlatan  Staff 

I  felt  like  a  cow  as  I  was  herded  through 
frosh  week. 

Accepting  all,  I  nodded  and  obeyed 
every  order.  When  I  was  instructed  to 
scream,  "Attitude  check:  Fuck  you!"  I 
complied. 

Remember,  a  good  frosh  eats,  drinks, 
looks  totally  lost,  and  moves  only  when 
told  to  do  so. 

So,  screw  Nietzsche  and  Plato,  we  had 
a  poutine  tank  dive.  After  a  week  of 
proudly  proclaiming  my  ignorance,  I  can 
shout  with  a  heart  full  of  pride,  "I'm  a 
Blues  Brother  and  I'm  on  a  mission  from 
God!" 

This  year's  frosh  theme  was  Carleton 
Nights  Live.  Frosh  groups  were  named 
after  famous  skits  from  the  TV  show 
Saturday  Night  Live. 

My  group,  glory  be  thy  name,  was  the 
Blues  Brothers. 

Being  a  dedicated  journalist,  I  arrived 
late  on  the  first  day.  After  waiting  in  line 
in  a  parking  lot  for  roughly  40  minutes, 
I  got  my  frosh  kit. 

Contents  were  as  follows:  mug,  poster- 
size  Carleton  calendar,  boxer  shorts,  green 
wristband  (frosh  event  pass),  T-shirt,  pam- 
phlets and  condom. 

Cows  must  fornicate  safely,  you  know. 

They  also  have  to  lose  their  voice. 
Screaming,  yelling,  mooing  and  howl- 
ing, the  various  frosh  groups  declared 
their  right  to  exist. 

It  seems  that  all  frosh  must  perform 
destructive  surgery  on  their  vocal  cords. 

Ditto  for  the  liver. 

Due  to  discriminatory  drinking  laws 
and  a  nasty  cold,  I  didn't  participate  in 
this  year's  drinking  orgy.  As  for  my  fellow 


Unknown  frosh  plucks  tag  from  poutine  tank  (he  won  a  phone). 


frosh,  their  livers  suffered  the  equivalent 
of  the  Exxon  Valdez  disaster. 

Fuck,  people  drink  like  fishes  here!  It 
was  like  watching  the  biggest  boozehead 
in  high  school  mutate  into  3,000  people. 
I'm  amazed  that  the  sewers  of  Ottawa 
weren't  backed  up  with  the  spew  that 
went  down  many  a  toilet.  - 

Speaking  of  vomit  repositories,  Chris 
Rock's  show  at  Carleton  was  the  blowout 
of  the  week.  His  show  was  recycled  trash 
in  the  tradition  of  Andrew  Dice  Clay. 

Let's  face  facts:  the  show  stunk.  Kevin 
Hughes,  another  comedian  who  per- 
formed for  frosh,  had  jokes  resembling 
Rock's. 

But,  unlike  Rock,  Hughes  read  the 
crowd,  had  original  material  and  didn't 


come  across  as  a  jerk. 

Hughes's  joke  about  his  wife  sticking  a 
broomstick  up  his  ass  sounds  crude  on 
paper.  However,  he  made  it  humorous. 

After  his  broomstick  joke  he  said,  "I 
don't  know  how  gays  can  do  it."  Many 
raised  the  concern  that  this  joke  was 
homophobic.  I  did  not  feel  he  was  insult- 
ing gay  people.  Hughes  made  it  clear  he 
was  going  to  make  fun  of  everyone:  male, 
female,  gay,  straight,  but  wasn't  going  to 
demean  these  groups. 

There's  a  fine  linebetween  poking  fun 
and  insulting  others  in  order  to  attain 
laughs.  Rock  based  his  show  on  abusing 
others.  Hughes  did  not. 

Minipalooza,  featuring  the  Head- 
stones from  Kingston  and  local  acts  Ille- 


gal Jazz  Poets  and  Fumaceface,  was  an- 
other crowd-please  r. 

The  Illegal  Jazz  Poets  started  things  off 
with  theirmellow sound.  The  Headstones 
took  over  with  an  excellent  show  that 
moved  the  audience  to  scream  and  dance 
along. 

By  the  time  Fumaceface  took  the  stage, 
the  call  of  Oliver's  had  reduced  the  crowd 
significantly.  The  300  to  400  people  who 
stuck  around  got  to  see  what  the 
Fumaceface  hype  is  all  about. 

The  week  was  not  totally  devoted  to 
being  an  idiot.  Movies  on  date  rape  and 
homophobia  were  shown  to  frosh  and 
talks  were  held  after.  Both  movies  were 
welcomedwarmly.  However,  mygutfeel- 
ing  told  me  that  some  of  the  crowd 
clapped  due  to  fears  of  being  labelled  a 
redneck. 

This  doesn't  mean  frosh  are  narrow- 
minded.  It  just  indicates  that  we  have 
had,  in  many  cases,  very  little  exposure 
to  discussions  focusing  on  homophobia 
and  sexism. 

These  educational  talks  were  informa- 
tive and  necessary.  Remember,  some  of 
us  have  gone  to  schools  where  sex  educa- 
tion is  still  frowned  on. 

On  a  brighter  note,  I  did  sense  that  a 
good  majority  were  sincere  in  theirdesire 
to  eradicate  prejudice  on  campus. 

The  educational  presentations  told  us 
it's  okay  to  admit  your  biases,  for  only  by 
doing  so  can  you  remove  hate  and  igno- 
rance. 

In  retrospect,  frosh  week  was  informa- 
tive, insane,  interesting,  and  in  some 
cases,  downright  stupid. 

I  was,  in  the  truest  sense,  a  lost  cow 
being  led  through  the  meadows  of  Carle- 
ton. □ 


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September  16,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  7 


J 


PLACEMENT 

&  Career  Services 

Programs  and  services  of  interest  to  undergraduates,  graduating  students,  as  well  as  alumni. 


Check  the  posting  boards  at 
the  Placement  Centre  for 
more  job  listings. 


508  Unicentre  •  788-6611 
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ON-CAMPUS  RECRUITING 

Permanent  full-time  positions  are 
directed  towards  graduating  students 
(available  May  '94).  Dates,  unless 
specified,  refer  to  deadlines. 

To  find  out  the  types  of  positions, 
how  to  apply  and  where  to  find 
more  information  on  the  companies, 
please  contact  the  office. 

Deloitte  &  Touche 

Sept.  27,  1 2  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Students-In- Accounts 

Arthur  Andersen  &  Co. 

Sept.  28,  12  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Students-In-Accounts 

Peat  Marwick  Thorne 

Sept.  29,  1 2noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Students-ln-Accounls 

BDO  Dunwoody  Ward  Mallette 

Sept.  30,  12  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Studenls-ln- Accounts 

Nothern  Telecom/BNR 

Oct.  1,12  noon 

Engineering,  Computer  Science, 
Math,  Physics, Information  Systems 
Positions:  See  Job  Postings  Booklet 


Office  of  the  Auditor  General 

Oct.  1 ,  Mail  Direct 

Commerce,  Finance,  Economics, 

Administration 

Positions:  Audit  Trainee  Program 

Ernst  &  Young 

Oct.  6,  12  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Students-In-Accounts 

EXOCOM  Systems  Corp. 
Oct.  7,  1 2  noon 

Computer  Systems  Engineering, 
Computer  Science,  Commerce-MIS 
Positions:  Various 

Coopers  &  Lybrand 

Oct.  8,  12  noon 
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Positions:  Students-In-Accounts 

Bank  of  Canada 

Oct.  8,  1 2  noon 
Computer  Science 
Positions:  Various 

Welch  &  Company 

Oct.  12,  12  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Students-In-Accounts 

Object  Technology  International 

Oct.  13,  12  noon 
Computer  Science 
Positions:  Software  Engineers 


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Program,  preparation  of  application  forms,  skill  identification, 
interviews,  employer  expectations,  and  job.  search  in  general.  The 
sessions  are  targeted  towards  specific  disciplines,  however,  students 
from  all  disciplines  are  welcome  to  attend  any  session. 


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Sept.  14,  1 :00pm -2:30pm 
CI  64  LA 

Computer  Science 

Sept.  17,  10:00am-  11:30am 
308  PA 

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Sept.  20,  2:30pm  -  4:30pm 
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Sept.  20,  10:30am  -  12:30pm 
3269  ME- 

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Sept.  21,  2:30pm  -4:30pm 
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Sept.  22,  11:30am-  1:30pm 
4276  ME 


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tems/All 

Sept.  24,  1 1 :30am  -  1 :30pm 
4236  ME 

Arts  &  Social  Sciences 

Sept.  27,  9:30am-  11:30am 
403  SA 

Sciences 

Sept.  28,  9:30am  -  11:30am 
254  HP 

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Sept.  30,  1:30pm  -  3:30pm 
4332  ME 

Arts  &  Social  Sciences 

Oct.  1,9:30am-  11:30am 
308  PA 


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Oct.  14,  12  noon 

Electrical  Engineering,  Computer 
System  Engineering,  Computer 
Science 

Positions:  Hardware  &  Software 
Designers  &  Developers 

Bank  of  Canada 

Oct.  15,  12  noon 
Commerce 
Positions:  Various 

Unum  Canada 

Oct.  20,  12  noon 
Commerce,  Arts 

Positions:  Disability  Sales  Consult- 
ant Trainees 

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Sign  Up  Deadline:  Oct.  26,  12  noon 
Interview  Dates:  Oct.  27  &  28 
Commerce,  Arts,  Social  Science 
Positions:  Sales  Reps  . 

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Oct.  27,  12  noon 

Engineering:  Electrical,  Mechanical, 
Systems 

Commerce:  General,  Info  Systems 
Computer  Science 
Math,  Statistics 

Positions:  Systems  Engineering 
Development  Program 

Bank  of  Canada 

Nov.  19,  12  noon 
Economics 
Positions:  Various 

INFORMATION  SESSIONS 


MPR  Teltech 

Sept.  23,  11:30-  1:30,  3328  ME 
Disciplines:  Engineering,  Computer 
Science 

JET  Program 

Sept.  27,  1:30-  3:30,3235  ME 
Positions:  Assistant  English  Teach- 
ers in  Japan 

NT  &  BNR 

Sept.  28,  6:00pm  -  8:00pm 
Westin  Hotel,  "Les  Saisons"  Room 
Disciplines:  Engineering,  Computer 
Science,  Math,  Physics 

PSC  -  Management  Trainee 
Program 

Sept.  30,9:30-  11:30,C164LA 
Disciplines:  Masters  &  PhD,  All 
Disciplines 

PSC  -  Financial  Officer  Recruit- 
ment 

Sept.  30,  1 2:00  -  1 :00,  C 1 64  LA 
Disciplines:  Commerce 


Commerce  Society  Wine  & 
Cheese 

Oct.6,  7:00  p.m. 

Disciplines:  Commerce  Society 

Members  Only 

Unum  Canada 

Oct.  12,  2:00-4:00,  404  S A 
Disciplines:  Commerce,  Arts 

PART-TIME  /  CASUAL 
EMPLOYMENT 

At  present  a  number  of  part-time 
and  casual  employment  opportuni- 
ties are  posted  in  the  Centre. 
Students  interested  in  obtaining 
this  type  of  work  are  strongly 
advised  to  consult  our  job  boards. 

JOB  SEARCH  SESSIONS 

Group  Sessions:  Graduating 
students  should  take  note  of  the 
group  sessions  offered  by  Place- 
ment &  Career  Services.  Please 
sign  up  for  the  sessions  at  the  front 
desk. 

Networking/Job  Search:  This 
session  focuses  on  networking, 
researching  the  labour  market,  the 
visible  and  hidden  job  market, 
various  job  hunting  approaches, 
developing  a  job  search  system  and 
common  pit  falls. 
The  Resume/Covering  Letter: 
This  session  discusses  self 
assessment,  the  purpose  of  a 
resume,  how  to  prepare  a  resume, 
skill  identification,  components  of 
a  resume,  resume  styles,  as  well  as 
the  covering  letter.  Samples  are 
reviewed  to  determine  how  to 
mazimize  effectiveness. 
Interview  Techniques:  This 
session  reviews  the  purpose  of  the 
interview,  the  employer's  and  the 
candidate's  goal,  the  stages  of  an 
interview,  commonly  asked 
questions  and  preparation  tips. 

CAREER  FAIR  '93 

Approximately  40  different  public 
and  private  sector  employers  and 
associations  will  be  on  campus 
Wednesday  October  6th  and 
Thursday  October  7th,  1993  to 
provide  company  information  and 
to  discuss  career  opportunities. 
The  Career  Fair  will  be  held  in 
Porter  Hall  (2nd  Floor  Unicentre) 
between  10:00  am  and  4:00  pm. 
All  students  should  take  advantage 
of  this  opportunity  to  obtain  career 
information. 


8  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  16,  1993 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


NAC  president's  talk  slams  racism 


by  Karin  Jordan 

Charlatan  staff 

Sunera  Thobani's 
bottom  line  is  equal- 
ity. 

Thobani,  president  of  the  National 
Action  Committee  on  the  Status  of 
Women  (NAC),  outlined  the  organiza- 
tion's view  of  the  struggle  for  equality  in 
a  speech  at  Carleton  Sept.  13. 

NAC  is  an  umbrella  group  which  rep- 
resents about 500 women's  groups  across 
the  country.  It  lobbies  the  federal  govern- 
ment on  issues  concerning  women  in 
Canada. 

About  100  people  attended  the  talk, 
entitled  Equality  is  the  Bottom  Line  — 
NAC  Election  Strategies. 

Thobani  focused  on  racism  and  other 
forms  of  discrimination,  leaving  NAC's 
election  strategy  to  The  NAC  Voter's  Guide, 
which  was  being  sold  at  the  speech. 

The  132-page  guide  outlines  issues 
women  can  question  candidates  about, 
including  child  care,  social  programs, 
violence  against  women,  breast  cancer, 
lesbian  and  gay  rights  and  electoral  re- 
form. The  guide  was  co-authored  by 
former  NAC  president  Judy  Rebick  and 
Huguette  Leger. 

Thobani  said  Canadians  must  chal- 
lenge economic  and  social  inequality. 

"NAC  is  going  to  . . .  make  sure  issues 
of  equality  are  not  put  on  the  back- 
burner."  Challenging  systemic  racism  is 
an  important  part  of  NAC's  agenda,  she 
said. 

"We  live  in  a  society  which  has  been 
structured  around  the  lines  of  race ...  so 
of  course  racism  permeates  every  aspect 
of  our  society, "  she  said. 


Thobani 
said  the 
women's 
movement 
must  focus 
on  challeng- 
ing racism,. 
"The  ques- 
tion is  not 
does  (rac- 
ism) exist 
within  the 
women's 
movement . 
...The  ques- 
tion is  how 
do  we  stop 
the  women's 
movement 
from  con- 
tinuing to 
maintain 
racism?" 

Some  in 
the  audience 
wanted  to 
hear  more 
about  con- 
crete strate- 
gies for 

change.  Krista  James,  a  fourth-year  phi- 
losophy student  at  the  University  of  Ot- 
tawa, found  Thobani's  speech  had  "too 
much  rhetoric  and  not  enough  practical 
suggestions.  She  didn't  tell  us  how  to 
unite. 

"I  felt  she  was  being  overly  optimistic 
about  our  capacity  to  work  together," 
said  James. 

But  Ravi  Malhotra,  a  fourth-year  po- 
litical science  and  law  student  at  Carle- 


t 


n 


NAC 

Voters'  Chicle 

W  p 


thought 
Thobani 
did  her  best. 

"1  think 
she  had  a 
very  impor- 
tant mes- 
sage. Her 
focus  on 
race  and 
class  in  a 
very  open 
and  direct 
way  was  re- 
freshing. 
She  tries  to 
link  up  the 
issues." 

Thobani 
was  critical 
of  the 
present 
govern- 
ment's 
record.  "It's 
been  a  very 
hard  deci- 
sion for 
NAC  to 

come  out,  but  what  has  pushed  us  is  the 
Tory  track  record. 

"I  think  what  we  have  seen  with  this 
federal  government  is  that  they  have 
declared  a  war  on  democracy  and  on 
equality,  and  they  have  declared  a  war 
on  the  rights  of  women." 

Thobani  said  while  Prime  Minister 
Kim  Campbell  isn't  merely  Brian 
Mulroney  in  a  skirt,  she  cannot  escape 
the  Tory  legacy. 


"At  the  end  of  the  day,  Ms.  Campbell 
is  running  as  the  head  of  the  Tory  party." 

Thobani  was  critical  of  Tory  cuts  to 
social  programs,  increasing  unemploy- 
ment and  the  "absolute  no-discussion  of 
a  national  child-care  program." 

Although  Thobani  said  NAC  is  main- 
taining a  non-partisan  stance,  some  au- 
dience members  were  all  too  eager  to 
take  a  partisan  stance.  During  a  question 
period,  representatives  of  the  federal  New 
Democratic  Party,  the  National  Party  and 
the  Canadian  Party  for  Renewal  all  took 
the  microphone  to  promote  their  cause. 

Ottawa  South  NDP  candidate  Ursule 
Critoph  said  Thobani  wasn't  encourag- 
ing women  to  take  action. 

"I  feel  women  have  to  do  more  than 
ask  questions.  They  have  to  get  active 
and  influence  what's  going  on,"  she  said. 

Thobani  said  NAC's  strength  lies  in 
bringing  women  together  from  different 
backgrounds. 

"If  we  are  committed  to  democracy 
and  if  the  women's  movement  is  com- 
mitted to  equality  for  all  women,  then 
there  is  no  choice  but  to  work  together," 
she  said.  "Because  as  long  as  we  tolerate 
any  level  of  inequality,  we  will  never 
have  a  society  that  is  based  on  social 
justice." 

Thobani  said  young  women  had  a 
role  to  play  in  working  for  change  and 
suggested  they  join  NAC.  After  her  speech, 
Thobani  told  The  Charlatan  women 
should  challenge  course  curriculaattheir 
universities  to  make  sure  courses  are  in- 
clusive and  representative. 

The  speech  was  co-sponsored  by  the 
Carleton  Women's  Centre  and  the  Insti- 
tute of  Women's  Studies.  □ 


Shut  up  and 


Carleton  students  speak  out  on  the  federal  election 

by  Steve  Dobrenski 

Charlatan  Stall 

Canada  has  been  plunged  into  a  federalelection  campaign  for  the  first  time  in  five  years. 
As  part  of  The  Charlatan's  election  coverage,  students  will  get  a  chance  to  voice  their 
opinion  on  the  issues  and  personalities  affecting  the  Oct.  25  vote. 

The  Charlatan  caught  up  with  some  students  Sept.  1 0,  two  days  after  the  election  call, 
and  asked  the  following  question: 

What  is  the  most  important  issue  to  you 
in  the  upcoming  federal  election? 


"Tome,  one  of  the 
most  important  is- 
sues, one  that  should 
be  pulled  out,  is  im- 
proving education 
for  young  black  peo- 
ple." 

Tlferanji 
Malithano, 
Arts  III 


"The  economy  is 
the  big  one.  A  lot  of 
people  say  they  will 
try  and  do  things,  but 
whether  or  not  they 
will  do  it  is  another 
thing.  They  say  the 
recession  is  over,  but  I 
don't  buy  that." 

Kris  Schimmec, 
Arts  1 


"The  environ- 
ment. Without  that 
we're  nowhere." 
Steve  Bold t, 
Arts  II 


Photos  by  Steve  Dobrenski 


"The  most  impor- 
tant issue  would  be 
the  employment  is- 
sue. Hopefully,  they 
will  create  jobs  for 
students  while  they 
are  in  school,  so  they 
get  working  experi- 
ence while  they  are 
training. 

Khuan  Iran, 
Computer  Science 


Students  may  vote  at  home 
or  at  university  in  election 


by  Steve  Dobrenski  and  Arn  Keeling 

Charlatan  StaH 

Before  making  a  decision  at  the  polls 
in  the  upcoming  federal  election,  many 
students  must  decide  where  they  are 
eligible  to  cast  their  ballot  for  the  Oct. 
25  vote. 

Students  away  from  home  who  are 
qualified  to  vote  In  this  coming  election 
may  register  to  cast  their  ballot  in  their 
home  riding  or  in  the  local  riding  of 
their  university. 

Elections  Canada  has  started  a  cam- 
paign to  inform  students  about  how  to 
vote  in  the  Oct.  25  federal  election. 

Information  packages  will  be  dis- 
tributed on  university  campuses  across 
the  country  to  encourage  students  to 
vote  where  they  want,  says  Denise 
McCulloch,  community  relations  officer 
and  youth  liaison  for  Elections  Canada. 

"Registration  is  so  easy,  it  isn't 
funny, "  McCulloch  says. 

To  vote,  a  student  must  be  a  Cana- 
dian citizen  who  has  turned  18byOct 
25.  Students  away  from  homewillneed 
to  register  for  a  special  ballot. 

The  registration  can  be  found  in  a 
booklet  available  at  any  post  office. 
McCulloch  says  it  important  to  register 
soon  in  order  to  receive  your  ballot  tn 
time. 

A  completed  registration  form  must 
be  received  by  Elections  Canada  by  Oct. 
20,  the  Wednesday  before  the  election, 
and  your  completed  ballot  must  reach 
Elections  Canada  by  4  p.m.,  on  Friday, 
Oct.  22. 


If  you  want  to  vote  where  you  are 
attending  school  and  you  were  enu- 
merated for  last  year's  federal  referen- 
dum in  your  school's  riding,  you  are  on 
this  year's  voters'  list.  If  not,  McCulloch 
says  you  are  able  to  register  at  the  poll 
in  your  school's  riding  on  voting  day. 

Last  year.  Elections  Canada  organ- 
ized a  large  student  awareness  cam- 
paign for  the  October  referendum  called 
Voting's  a  Breeze.  Elections  Canada  of- 
ficials visited  universities  including 
Carleton  to  publicize  student  participa- 
tion. 

Thisyear,  McCulloch  says,  the  onus 
to  inform  students  will  be  put  more  on 
student  councils. 

"We  hope  that  student  associations 
will  do  some  sort  of  information  ta- 
bles," she  says. 

The  Carleton  University  Student's  As- 
sociation (CUS  A)  plans  to  helpstudents 
find  out  their  voting  eligibility,  says 
Kristine  Haselsteiner,  CUSA's  vice-presi- 
dent external. 

"  1  think  it's  one  of  our  main  priori- 
ties," she  says. 

HaselsteineT  says  CUSA  wants  Elec- 
tions Canada  to  set  up  an  enumeration 
booth  on  campus  to  inform  and  enu- 
merate students  who  will  be  first-time 
voters  in  this  election. 

"1  think  there  has  to  be  special  con- 
cern given  to  students,"  she  says. 

If  you  have  any  questions  you  can 
contact  Elections  Canada  at  1 -800-267- 
8683,  or  1-800-361-8935  for  the  hear- 
ing-Impaired. Q 


September  16,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  9 


93 


Hurtig  promises  free  tuition  if  elected  PM 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charfafan  Staff 


In  the  Oct.  25  fed- 
eral election,  new 
parties  may  have  an  unprecedented  im- 
pact on  the  outcome  because  of  wide- 
spread voter  disenchantment  with  the 
established  parties. 

If  this  happens,  Mel  Hurtig  and  his 
National  Party  of  Canada  are  hoping  to 
be  in  the  thick  of  the  fight. 

Hurtig,  a  successful  Edmonton  book 
publisher,  was  elected  leader  of  the  new 
National  Party  when  it  was  formed  by  45 
members  last  November.  Hurtig  was  one 
of  the  key  forces  behind  the  party's  estab- 
lishment. 

Party  membership  has  grown  to  6,500 
since  its  founding  convention  in  Ottawa. 
Hurtig  says  the  party  originally  wanted 
to  run  50  candidates,  but  now  hopes  to 
run  155  candidates  in  all  10  provinces, 
including  John  Foster  in  the  riding  of 
Ottawa  Centre.  The  deadline  for  nomi- 
nations for  the  election  is  Sept.  27. 

Hurtig  also  wrote  the  party's  policy 
book,  A  New  and  Better  Canada,  which 
outlines  some  of  Hurtig'sambitious  ideas: 

•  The  party's  fundamental  economic 
policy  is  full  employment. 

•  National  standards  in  health  care, 
social  programs,  the  environment, 
multiculturalism  andbilingualism. 

•  Reduced  taxes  for  individuals  and 
families  and  increased  taxes  for  large 
corporations. 

•  Cancellation  of  the  Free  Trade  Agree- 
ment and  the  North  American  Free  Trade 
Agreement. 

•  The  party  would  legislate  against 
increases  in  foreign  ownership  and  cor- 
porate concentration  and  would  provide 
government  aid  to  small-  and  medium- 


sized  Cana- 
dian - 
owned 
businesses. 

•  The 
party 
would  out- 
law corpo- 
rate and 
union  do- 
nations to 
political 
parties  in 
political 
c  a  m  - 
paigns,  in- 
cluding cor- 
porate and 
govern- 
ment  dona- 
tions from 
outside 
Canada.  It 
would  also 
limit  third- 
party  elec- 
tion spend- 
ing, which 
is  advertis- 
ing by  na- 
t  i  o  n  a  1 
lobby 
groups  for 

or  against  political  parties. 

•  The  party  would  reform  federal  elec- 
tions by  implementing  a  system  of  pro- 
portional representation,  where  political 
parties  would  receive  about  the  same 
number  of  seats  as  their  popular  vote. 

•  The  party  also  advocates  binding 
referendums  on  major  issues,  including 
the  Free  Trade  Agreement  and  NAFTA. 

Hurtig  says  his  party's  election  budget, 


National  Party  Leader  Mel  Hurtig . 


$1.8  mil- 
lion, is  a 
"fraction 
of  what  the 
traditional 
parties 
spend." 
Hurtig  says 
his  fund- 
ing comes 
from  pri- 
vate dona- 
tions from 
individu- 
als rather 
than  from 
corpora- 
tions or 
unions. 

The  offi- 
cial spend- 
ing  limit 
for  each 
party  dur- 
ing the 
campaign 
is  $10.6 
million. 

"The 
old-line 
parties 
spend  a 
bundle  in 

advance  (of  the  campaign)." 

In  a  telephone  interview  with  Hurtig 
less  than  an  hour  after  the  election  was 
called  Sept.  8,  TheCharlatan  askedHurtig 
about  his  party's  positions  on  the  issues. 

Charlatan:  Let's  start  with  economic 
policy. 

MH:  The  fundamental  policy  of  the 
party  is  full  employment  and  putting 


y 


Canadians  back  to  work. 

After  the  hole  that  the  Liberals  and 
the  Conservatives  put  us  in,  we  have  to 
make  major  changes.  That  includes  re- 
form of  interest  rate  policy,  exchange 
rate  policy,  trade  policy,  manufacturing 
policy,  natural  resources  policy  and  taxa- 
tion policy. 

We  don't  think  you  have  to  spend 
money.  The  changes  are  fundamental  to 
the  whole  Canadian  economy. 

Charlatan:  Are  you  going  to  "soak 
the  rich?" 

MH:  Average  Canadians  pay  way  too 
much  tax.  Big  corporations  pay  way  too 
little.  They  must  pay  their  fair  share  of 
taxes. 

[A  New  and  Better  Canada  says  the 
National  Party  would  increase  corporate 
taxes  to  the  average  rate  of  the  other  23 
countries  of  the  Organization  for  Eco- 
nomic Co-operation  and  Development.] 

Charlatan:  Will  the  National  Party 
get  rid  of  the  Free  Trade  Agreement  and 
NAFTA? 

MH:  The  FTA  has  been  horrendously 
negotiated  and  its  results  have  been  dis- 
astrous. In  the  four  years  before  the  FTA 
was  negotiated,  the  Canadian  economy 
created  1  million  24  thousand  jobs.  In 
the  four  years  since,  we've  lost  246,000 
jobs. 

If  you  takepeople  off  unemployment 
insurance  and  welfare,  you  can  reduce 
the  deficit. 

In  the  four  years  before  the  FTA,  new 
investment  increased  38  per  cent.  In  the 
four  years  since,  it  has  decreased  by  four 
per  cent. 

HURTIG  cont'd  page  11 


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WHO  SAYS  YOU  CANT  FIGHT  CITY  HATL  ? 


VOLUNTEERS  NEEDED! 

Come  &  Join  the 
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a  group  that  advises  me  on  issues  of 
interest  to  students  like: 
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Housing 
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Urban  Safety 
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 s 

Tuesday  ,  September  21 
11:am  -  225  Res  Commons 


WELCOME  ! 

My  name  is  Jim  Watson  and  I  am  the 
city  &  regional  Councillor  for  Capi- 
tal Ward  -  the  ward  that  includes 
Carleton  University. 

Please  feel  free  to  contact  me  if  you 
have  any  questions  or  concerns 
about  civic  issues. 


Jim  Watson 

Carleton  University's  City  Councillor 

1 1 1  Sussex  Drive  ,  Ottawa 
564-1308 


10  ■  The  Charlatan  •  September  16,  1993 


HURTJC  cont'd  from  page  10 

Given  their  economic  record,  I  don't 
think  the  Conservatives  could  run  a  cor- 
ner drug  store  for  six  months. 

Charlatan:  What  about  education? 

MH:  Young  people  are  our  most  pre- 
cious resource.  But  there  are  young  peo- 
ple who  can 't  afford  to  go  to  school,  who 
can't  get  in,  and  classes  that  are  too  big. 


Education  is  absolutely  a  top  priority. 
We  are  adamant  that  there  should  be  no 
tuition  fees  and  the  cost  of  a  student's 
education  would  be  paid  back  through 
the  income  tax  system.  They  would  pay 
nothing  while  in  school.  We  think  that's 
an  infinitely  fairer  way. 

Charlatan:  Eliminating  tuition  fees 
would  take  a  massive  amount  of  money 


DEWAR  HITS  THE  CAMPAIGN  TRAIL 


from  the  operating  budget  of  post-sec- 
ondary institutions.  How  do  you  make 
up  for  that  loss? 

MH:  That  amount  could  be  easily 
made  up  through  changes  to  the  tax 
system. 

Charlatan:  Education  is  a  provincial 
responsibility.  How  does  the  federal  gov- 
ernment improve  the  quality  of  educa- 
tion? 

MH:  Well,  for  one  thing,  we  won't 
decrease  transfer  payments  the  way  the 
Conservatives  have. 

We  can  influence  post-secondary  edu- 
cation and  we  will  increase  federal  spend- 
ing on  post-secondary  education. 

Charlatan:  You're  trying  to  attract 
thevotesof  ordinary  Canadians,  butyou 


Ready,  set,  go!  Marion  Oewar.  the  NDP  candidate  for  Ottawa 
Centre,  got  a  jump  on  the  competition  Sept.  13  by  schmoozing  with 
students  in  Stormont  and  Dundas  residences  at  Carleton.  Students 
will  be  seeing  quite  a  bit  of  Dewar.  Liberal  candidate  Mac  Harb  and 
Conservative  candidate  Ian  Lee  over  the  next  few  weeks  as  they 
wrestle  for  campus  votes.  □ 


Does  politics  make  your 
stomach  churn  with  bile, 
your  head  throb  with 
pain  and  your  hands 
shake  with  violent  anger? 
Then  The  Charlatan 
wants  you!! 


The  Charlatan  is  putting  together  an  election  supplement  featuring  stories  on 
student  Issues,  local  candidates  and  other  butt-kicking,  antl-establlshment 
stories.  The  deadline  for  submissions  is  Oct.  14  and  the  supplement  will  appear 
Oct.  21. 

If  you  are  interested  in  contributing  to  the  supplement  by  writing  or 
producing,  there  will  be  an  organizational  meeting  Friday  Sept  17  at  4  p.m.  at 
The  Charlatan,  Room  53 1  Unlcentre.  □ 


yourself  are  anything  but  ordinary,  as  a 
successful  book  publisher  and  officer  of 
the  Order  of  Canada.  How  do  you  attract 
the  ordinary  Canadian? 

MH:  Most  of  our  members  have  never 
belonged  to  a  political  party  before.  Our 
party  is  not  made  up  of  stars,  or  people 
who  are  looking  for  a  government  ap- 
pointment or  contract,  i  have  no  trouble 
relating  to  a  farmer  or  a  nurse. 

Our  party  also  has  a  higher  percent- 
age of  its  members  as  young  people  than 
any  other  because  young  people  are  at- 
tracted to  two  issues,  sovereignty  and 
cleaning  up  Ottawa. 

We  loved  what  happened  last  Oct.  26, 
with  the  defeat  of  the  Charlottetown  ac- 
cord. It  was  important  for  democracy  in 
Canada,  where  one  side  had  all  the 
money,  andstill  lost.  □ 


CLASS     BY  ITSELF 


1    9   9   1     -     1    9   9  4 


September  16,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  11 


Local  gay  bookstore  has  books  seized 


by  Clayton  Wood 

Charlatan  Staff 

David  Rimmer  knows  first-hand  the 
power  Canada  Customs  has  to  decide 
what  reading  material  gets  into  this  coun- 
try. 

Rimmer  operates  After  Stonewall,  an 
Ottawa  bookstore  that  specializes  in  gay 
publications. 

He  says  Canada  Customs  is  playing 
the  role  of  judge  and  jury  at  the  border 
when  it  comes  to  deciding  if  gay  erotica 
and  other  controversial  material  should 
enter  the  country. 

"It's  perfectly  okay  to  sell  material  in 
this  country  that  shows  two  guys  having 
sex.  You  just  can't  bring  it  across  the 
border,"  says  Rimmer. 

His  bookstore  experienced  its  latest 
row  with  Canada  Customs  in  July.  Cus- 
toms stopped  a  shipment  of  1 30  books  to 
After  Stonewall,  51  of  which  were  de- 
tained. The  books  contained  gay  erotica 
without  pictures,  although  Rimmersays, 
"1  wouldn't  call  this  stuff  educational." 

Most  of  the  material  detained  at  the 
border  does  not  contravene  the  obscenity 
law  as  set  out  in  the  Criminal  Code  of 
Canada.  This  law  prohibits  the  distribu- 
tion of  material  deemed  obscene,  which 
includes  the  undue  exploitation  of  sex  or 
sexual  material  depicted  with  crime,  vio- 
lence or  degradation. 

However,  it  is  Canada  Customs'  inter- 
pretation of  the  obscenity  law  that  an- 
gers Rimmer. 

While  portraying  anal  sex  between 
consenting  adults  is  perfectly  legal,  some 
Canada  Customs  employees  have  used  a 
department  memorandum  to  seize  some 
imported  descriptions  of  acts  it  deems 
obscene. 

Memorandum  D9-1-1  is  Customs' 


guideline  for  what  is  acceptable  sexual 
material  to  cross  the  border.  Imported 
depictions  or 
descriptions  of 
anal  penetra- 
tion are  prohib- 
ited unless  they 
are  in  the  con- 
text of  commu- 
nicating educa- 
tional informa- 
tion, such  as  pre- 
venting the 
spread  of  AIDS. 

Exception  is 
also  made  if  the 
material  "com- 
municates in  a 
rational  and 
unsensational 
manner  infor- 
mation about  a 
sexual  activity 
that  is  not  un- 
lawful .  .  .  (or) 
goods  which 
communicate 
i  n  forma  tion 
about  anal  pen- 
etration committed  in  private  between  a 
husband  and  wife  or  between  two  con- 
senting adults  . . . ." 

Rimmer  says  the  memorandum  al- 
lows politicians  to  wash  their  hands  of 
any  potential  blame  for  censorship,  since 
"the  memorandum  is  an  order-in-coun- 
cil  from  the  representatives  of  several 
ministries,  and  never  went  to  Parliament. 
No  one  has  to  take  responsibility." 

The  memorandum,  adopted  at  the 
cabinet  level  in  1991,  did  not  require 
parliamentary  approval  because  the 
Criminal  Code  itself  was  not  amended. 


Canada  Customs  can  sometimes  de- 
tain a  shipment  for  as  long  as  eight 


weeks  to  determine  if  questionable  mate- 
rial violates  their  obscenity  guidelines.  In 
the  meantime,  a  bookseller  can  be  caught 
in  the  trap  of  not  being  able  to  sell  the 
books  and  raise  the  funds  necessary  to 
pay  off  suppliers  and  ordernew  material. 

In  the  case  of  magazines,  the  mate- 
rial, even  if  released  by  Customs,  maybe 
out  of  date  and  difficult  to  sell. 

Rimmer  says  fighting  the  process  is 
unfeasible  since  an  appeal  can  cost  sev- 
eral hundred  dollars. 

Rimmer  says  other  gay  and  lesbian 
bookstores  in  Vancouver  and  Toronto 


have  also  had  material  detained  under 
the  memorandum. 

But  Canada  Customs  denies  it  is  sin- 
gling out  material  bound  for  gay  and 
lesbian  bookstores. 

Don  Labelle  is  a  spokesperson  for  Cus- 
toms. He  says  some  of  the  blame  for 
border  hold-ups  lies  with  the  shippers. 

He  says  books  in  a  shipment  that  are 
not  detained  are  released  right  away, 
and  "it's  the  shipper  who  waits  to  send  all 
the  books  up  at  once,  rather  than  have  to 
make  two  trips.  It's  just  good  business 
sense  on  their  part." 

Technology  is  making  the  job  of  stop- 
ping sexual  material  at  the  border  more 
difficult.  There  are  currently  no  restric- 
tions on  the  electronic  transmission  of 
material  into  Canada.  This  loophole 
allows  gay  and  lesbian  erotica  to  be 
beamed  electronically  into  the  country 
and  then  reprinted. 

Rimmer's  store  carries  magazines  that 
are  printed  in  Canada  but  carry  stories 
and  photographs  that  originate  in  the 
U.S. 

"It's  an  area  where  technology  is  way 
ahead  of  the  law, "  says  Jessie  Goldman, 
a  student  working  in  the  legal  services 
division  of  Canadian  Heritage,  the  fed- 
eral department  that  inherited  the  former 
responsibilities  of  the  Department  of  Com- 
munications in  July.  The  department  is 
inchargeofgovemmentinvolvementin 
broadcasting,  culture,  arts  and  heritage. 

"It's  very  much  a  grey  area.  No  regu- 
latory regime  of  electronic  transmissions 
exists,"  says  Goldman. 

Goldman  said  prior  to  the  reorganiza- 
tion of  the  department,  the  government 
was  studying  ways  of  monitoring  elec- 
tronic transmissions.  □ 


WHAT  IT  IS: 


Student  representatives  voicing  your  academic  concerns  at  departmental  and  faculty  levels. 


NUG  reps  have  voting  power  equal  to  that  of  any  faculty  member. 

They  attend  faculty  board  meetings  and  vote  on  such  issues  as: 

•  Fair  exam  scheduling 

•  Struggle  for  more  Teaching  Assistants 

•  Guarantee  of  supplemental  exams 

•  Equal  academic  access  to  all  students 


'  Decisions  made  at  faculty  levels  affect  you 
throughout  your  university  years  and  beyond! 

■  There  is  one  seat  for  every  department,  every 
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•Vote  in  the  NUG  elections!! 


This  is  official  notification  that  Elections  Carleton  will  be  holding  NUG  Elections. 
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and  28,  campaigning  from  September  29  to  October  4, 1 993,  and  voting  from  October  5 

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12  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  16,  1993 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Just  a  little  ^atmdn*]^ catching  upon  the  'lost  dears'.. 


respect, 
please. 


Welcome  to  Carleton.  This  year's  frosh  have 
been  given  a  swell  introduction  to  the  univer- 
sity during  orientation  week. 
If  they  weren't  being  offended  by  comic  Chris  Rock, 
they  were  being  hassled  at  their  friendly  campus  bar. 

Rock,  a  Saturday  Night  Live  comedian,  performed  for 
frosh  on  Sept.  7  and  offended  some  audience  members 
with  his  sexist  jokes. 

To  add  to  the  merriment,  some  Carleton  football 
players  were  admitted  to  a  frosh  party  at  Oliver's. 
Facilitators  were  warned  to  keep  frosh  away  from  some 
of  the  team's  members,  as  some  players  were  using  the 
opportunity  to  hit  on  anyone  available. 

So,  now's  the  time  to  call  for  changes  to  be  made, 
wrongs  to  be  set  right.  Let's  find  somewhere  to  lay  the 
blame  on  thick,  right? 

Of  course,  there  are  precautions  that  might  have 
stopped  such  problems  from  happening. 

For  example,  in  the  case  of  the  incident  at  Oliver's, 
strictly  apply  the  rule  that  frosh  events  are  for  FROSH 
only.  That  way,  if  problems  doarise.atleast  facilitators 
could  step  in  and  take  charge  of  the  situation. 

In  the  case  of  booking  comedians,  couldn't  there  be  a 
line  in  their  contract  which  says  if  they  don't  live  up  to 
specific  guidelines,  then  they  don 't  get  paid?  If  they  can't 
promise  they  won't  offend  people  in  a  major  way,  why 
book  them  at  all? 

But,  regardless  of  whatever  measures  are  taken,  they 
won't  really  strike  at  the  heart  of  the  matter.  Any 
preventative  measures  are  only  reactions  to  problems, 
but  they  won't  solve  the  problems  themselves:  namely, 
how  do  you  get  rid  of  all  the  offensive  crap  in  the  world? 
Blame  could  be  piled  higher  and  deeper  all  over  every- 
one at  Carleton,  but  it  still  wouldn't  get  rid  of  it. 

Comedians  at  frosh  week  last  year  offended  some 
people  and  it  happened  again  this  year.  There  were 
incidents  of  harassment  on  campus  last  year  and  sadly, 
there  will  probably  be  more  this  year.  Screening  comedi- 
ans or  holding  sensitivity  seminars  may  make  people 
aware  of  the  problem,  but  it  doesn't  solve  the  problem 
itself. 

No  matter  how  well-screened  comedy  acts  are,  no 
matter  how  safe  we  try  to  make  our  little  university 
world,  the  solution  lies  in  changing  peoples'  attitudes 
and  that  may  be  near  to  impossible. 

There  will  probably  always  be  people  who  want  to 
cause  trouble.  There  will  probably  always  be  comedians 
like  Chris  Rock  and  people  that  want  to  laugh  at  his 
jokes.  There  are  some  things  that  you  just  can't  change 
by  setting  up  a  committee. 

Since  it's  the  beginning  of  the  year,  let's  stay  idealis- 
tic. While  we're  not  all  swamped  with  work,  why  not  try 
and  change  the  world?  There  are  three  things  that  can 
be  done  to  help  get  rid  of  the  evil  that  runs  rampant  in 
the  world. 

Instead  of  calling  for  heads  to  roll,  look  inside  your 
own  and  try  to  figure  out  what  needs  fixing.  No  one  but 
you  can  change  your  own  attitudes. 

Also,  if  you  see  something  you  don't  like,  try  and  fix 
it.  Don't  let  people  get  away  with  it.  Kudos  go  to  all  those 
who  walked  out  on  Chris  Rock  or  otherwise  disturbed  his 
performance. 

Finally,  have  respect  for  one  another.  Perhaps  too 
simplistic  a  message  in  the  dirty  world  today,  but  why 
not  give  it  a  try?  It  certainly  couldn't  hurt.  SK 


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ESSAY 


Wild  times  in  the  big  city 


by  Stephanie  Garrison 

Charlatan  Staff 

Last  May,  my  options  for  the  summer  looked 
pretty  grim.  Staying  at  home  and  working  a 
non-career- related  Mcjob  while  fighting  with 
the  folks  didn't  appeal  to  me. 
Rather  than  partaking  in  these  pleasures,  I  chose  an 
obvious  solution:  get  the  hell  outta 
town  and  escape  to  New  York. 
Finding  a  nice  apartment  in  the  East  Village  took 
patience,  balls,  and  a  lot  of  cash.  Rent  for  my  three 
bedroom  was  over  $2,000-monfhly,  exterminations  in- 
cluded. After  subsidization,  my  cut  per  month  was  $650 
American  for  a  medium-sized  bedroom  with  high  ceil- 
ings —  almost  triple  what  I  pay  in  Ottawa. 

I  lived  on  the  edge  of 
ultra-violent  Alphabet 
City.  Just  like  any 
schlocky  inner-city  TV 
show,  gunfire  spats 
would  rock  me  to  sleep 
during  June  heatwaves. 

Weirdshitwouldhap- 
pen  at  crazy  times.  I 
never  thought  that  I'd 
help  put  out  a  fire,  and 
people  falling  out  ofwin- 
dows  was  something  I 
was  used  to  seeing  only 
on  television.  They  were, 
however,  the  surreal  ex- 
periences, that  just  sort 
of  happened  when  I'd 
walk  home  at  dawn  af- 
tera  long  night  out  danc- 
ing. 

Despite  increased 
commercialization  (a 
Gap  store  recently  in- 
vaded the  space  previ- 
ously housing  the  alternative  St.  Mark's  theatre),  there 
were  still  cool  shops  and  cafes  nestied  between  tacky 
souvenir  shops  on  the  tree-lined  streets. 

Almost-famous  people  like  Quentin  Crisp,  the  eccen- 
tric British  dilettante/party-goer  (famous  for  being  "out" 
decades  before  it  was  "acceptable"),  lived  two  blocks 
away,  a  few  doors  down  from  the  Manhattan  chapter  of 
the  Hell's  Angels.  Filmmaker  Jim  Jarmusch  would  hang 
out  with  the  owners  of  Atomic  Passion,  a  fifties  furniture 
store  across  the  street  from  my  apartment. 

Entertainment- wise,  New  York  has  both  advantages 
and  downfalls.  Quality  is  elusive,  even  if  you  are  seeing 


someone  who  is  usually  considered  talented.  Case  in 
point:  Sonic  Youth's  Kim  Gordon  performed  with  her 
boring  and  amateurish  side-project  Free  Kitten  at  Club 
Nell's,  but  was  followed  with  a  great  set  by  Luscious 
Jackson,  a  fabulous  all-girl  band  you'll  soon  hear  more 
about. 

Venues  and  ticket  prices  are  large  and  expensive 
compared  to  other  cities;  the  flip  side  of  this  is  that  you'll 
see  shows  that  would  never  be  performed  anywhere  else. 
I  was  fortunate  enough  to  see  the  avant-garde  Diamanda 
Galas  sing  a  wondrous  new  work  that  was  mind-blow- 
ing. 

Club  culture  is  taken  seriously  in  New  York,  and 
action  passes  at  a  fierce  pace.  The  nightlife  is  infested 
with  droves  of  vacuous  club  kids.  Keeping  up  with  the 
cutting  edge  of  hip  is 
their  occupation. 

A  club  will  enjoy  an 
intense,  star-packed 
night,  only  to  become 
unpopular  a  few  weeks 
later.  Promoters  and 
DJs  hop  from  base- 
ment dives  to  ware- 
house locales  to  get  in- 
volved in  as  many 
happening  clubs  as 
possible,  before  fading 
into  obscurity. 

Some  clubs  do  last 
for  more  than  a  brief 
spell,  largely  due  to  the 
strength  of  a  particu- 
lar scene.  Most  "alter- 
native" ciubs  fit  this 
bill,  and  they  were 
where  I  felt  most  in  my 
element.  Most  nights 
I'd  hang  out  at  aear- 
famous  joints  like  the 
Knitting  Factory. 

It  was  my  craziest  summer,  and  I  befriended  an 
eclectic  mix  of  brilliant  minds  and  low-lifes,  mostly  by 
accident.  The  first  person  I  met  was  a  guy  who  pulled  me 
out  of  the  path  of  an  oncoming  cab.  I  never  expected  to 
meet  sane  and  interesting  people  in  such  a  hostile 
environment,  but  somehow  I  did. 

Keeping  track  of  daily  events  was  impossible.  There 
always  was  something  going  down.  It  was  an  intense 
love/hate  experience  that  I  don't  want  to  repeat,  but  I 
plan  to  return  to  New  York  City  next  summer.  □ 


September  16,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  13 


by  Christina  Wolaniuk 

Charlatan  Statl 


arijuana. 

To  legalize  it  or  not  to  legalize  it:  that 
is  the  question. 

The  legalization  of  marijuana  became  a 
dead  issue  after  the  "Dust  Say  No"  campaigns 
of  the  '80s. 

But  watch  out  '90s  -  the  issue  has  been  reborn. 
With  politicians  admitting  to  their  experimenta- 
tion with  marijuana,  average  citizens  are  question- 
ing why  they  can't  legally  smoke  up  too. 

Especially  when  they  consider  the  possible 
scenario  involved  with  marijuana  use:  In  a  window- 
less  room  several  people  hover  over  a  bright  orange 
flame.  They  pass  a  joint  from  lip  to  lip,  covertly 
inhaling  the  illegal  plant.  Sitting  on  the  cool 
cement  floor  they  savor  their  sweet  high  until  .  . 
.  raid:  the  cops  bust  the  party,  fingerprints, 
criminal  record,  no  job,  burnt  dreams. 

This  hypothetical  scene  raises  the  blood  pressure 
and  sends  ripping  streaks  of  frustration  through 
the  body  of  former  MP  Dim  Fulton  (NDP  -  Skeena) ,  who 
introduced  a  marijuana  bill  (C-140)  in  the  House  of 
Commons  win  late  April. 
The  Mil  has  two  main  clauses:  the  Campbell/ 
clause  and  the  Clinton  clause. 
ampbell/Charest  clause  proposed  amendments 
Canadian  Human  Rights  Act  to  prevent  "out  of 
ose#' marijuana  users  from  being  discrimi- 
inst  on  the  basis  of  their  admission  to 
na  use,-  The  clause  is  named  after  Prime 
OiSfftKSKfm  Campbell  and  deputy  prime  minister 
3ir-Char£st  because  they  both  admitted  to  trying 
the  drug  in  the  past. 

"Kim  Campbell  and  Jean  Charest  are  hypocrites  for 
thinking  they  could  smoke  marijuana  and  not 
others,"  says  Fulton. 

The  Clinton  clause  proposed  changes  to  the>Canada 
Immigration  Act  to  allow  admitted  mari juana  tN<rs 
entry  into  Canada.   This  would  ens, 
American  president,  who  smoked  th£.dT 
inhale  it,  would  not  be  turned  aWa, 
border.  - 
Fulton,  prior  to  becomii 
for  six  years  as  a  proba 
Columbia.  He  says  it  pu*  him  in 
doctors,  lawyers  and  other  profes 
penalized  for  publicly  admitting 

The  bill   was   rexeived  with 
ambiguity,  with  MPs  like  Dawn 
support  within  Fulton's  own  pa 
Axworthy  and  Conservatives  Di 
Boyer  said  they  wouldn't  co; 
examining  the  bill . 


16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  16,  1993 


WI 

!   -,  i  u       1  s  notu  runn1  na  tor  hi  s  seat  1  n  the  next  tedera  I  e  I  ecti  on , 
a"n^V-  ,  l5,1"  thre  Process  of  being  debated  prior  to  it  have  been 
nullified.  Unless  Fulton  can  convince  another  MP  to  present  C-140 
it  is  a  dead  bill . 

But  the  issue  of  legalization  rages  on,  and  is  far  from  dead. 
Last  year,  Line  Beauchesne,  a  professor  of  criminology  at  the 
University  of  Ottawa  published  a  paper  on  drugs  and  civil  rights  in 
Canada,  which  cites  the  prohibition  of  marijuana  as  the  reason  why 
20 , 000  young  peopl  e  are  arrested  each  year  for  mari  juana  possessi  on 
Beachesne  says  keeping  marijuana  illegal  is  the  same  as  the  old 
prohibition  laws  on  alcohol  -  they  don't  work. 
:.      "Keeping  marijuana  illegal  isn't  stopping  people  from  using  it. 
j  It's  just  causing  users  to  hide  from  the  law,"  she  says. 
-.       Beauchesne  says  the  many  taboos  connected  wi  th  mari  juana  use,  such 
I    as  being  regarded  as  a  law-breaker  and  a  flower-power  stoner,  along 
with  years  of  anti -marijuana  propaganda  such  as  the  "lust  Say  No" 
r.    campaign,  have  made  many  people  leery  about  legal/zing  marijuana. 
'j//    Beauchesne's  own  stand  is  indecisive.  She  says/she  supports  the 
J     idea  of  removing  the  stigma  attached  to  admitted  mari  juana  smokers 
but  is  disturbed  by  some  of  the  health  rf  sks  J&ociated  with  drug 
use-  \      $     ffl  S 

Beauchesne  says  putting  an  OK  stAto  oitifth^ariigana  plant  would 
change  its  place  of  distribution  arid,  cin^HmptijJh .  In  this  case, 
marijuana  users  could  enjoy  a  better  quality  pf-o'duct  and  will  be  free 


cannabis  doesn't 
,  or  cause  any  case 
ith  the  legal  pharmaceutical 

raTtd-use  it  for 
upid  penalties,"  says  Mantha. 


to  smoke  in  public. 


Instead  of  smoking  pot  in  the  confines  df  a  vacant  basement,  you 
would  be  inhaling  it  at  the  bus  stop.  Rather  than  receiving  your  order 
of  marijuana  in  an  opaque  lunch  bag  stashed  between  the  layers  of 
a  salami  sandwich,  you  would  pick  up  the  drug  from  your  local 
pharmacist  or  purchase  it  on  the 
street  corner  in  a  clear  plastic 
bag.  This  way,  the  quality  of  the 
marijuana  could  be  regulated. 

"The  reality  is  that  we  are  a  drug 
using  society.  Our  culture  sanc- 
tions drugs  for  recreational  use," 
says  Philip  Moorman,  director  of 
the  David  Smith  Youth  Drug  and 
Alcohol  Centre  in  Ottawa. 

Moorman  says  the  legalization  of 
marijuana  will  not  lower  the  number 
of  users.  He  says  regardless  of 
mari  juana's  legal  status,  some  peo- 
ple will  always  have  addictive  drug 
habits,  and  his  centre  will  always 
be  in  business. 

There  is,  however,  a  budding 
entrepreneur  in  London,  Ont.,  who 
hopes  to  attract  many  buyers  to  the 
marijuana  plant.  Late  in  July,  The 
Great  Hemporium  was  puffed  into 

Twenty- two-year-ol d 
Christopher  Clay  is 
proud  to  be  the  first 
store  owner  in  the  city 
to  sell  hemp  products 
and  edible  treats  to 
his  customers.  While  it  is  illegal  to  sell 
the  mari  juana  plant,  it  is  legal  to  sell  the 
fibre  and  seeds  because  you  cannot  get  a  high 
from  them. 

"Cannabis  seed  is  high  in  protein,  and  the  oil  that  is  pressed  out 
from  the  seed  is  low  in  saturated  fat,"  says  Clay. 

The  strong  fibres  of  the  hemp  plant  can  be  processed  to  make  rope, 
clothing  and  environmentally  friendly  paper  products. 

The  store  attracts  mostly  high-school  students,  but  the  occasional 
senior  citizen  can  be  found  poking  around  -  nibbling  on  a  cannabis- 
seed  chocolate  chip  cookie,  buyi  ng  Mismp-made  dog  leash,  or  signing 
a  petition  to  legalize  the  medvc^fTTise  of  marijuana,  says  Clay. 

Lucia  Del-Santo,  a  di  recto/^f  Help  End  Marijuana  Prohibition 
(HEMP)  also  based  in  Londofl^re-^a^uad  like  to  see  the  medicinal 
value  of  marijuana  legal lyM^^patTetfes^o  recovery.  Del-Santo 
co-ordinates  the  organizat*)iWs^ppaign  to  give  doctors  the  legal 
right  to  prescribe  mari juafta  *p  tlie$K  patients. 

Del-Santo  wrote  a  lett<*r?in %»y  toi%i  Campbell,  defence  mister 
at  the  time,  asking  for  her  View\pn  the  Tegal i zati on  of  marijuana, 
after  Campbell  had  admitted  'to  ustqg  it  prioV  to  the  Tory  leadership 
conventi  on .  \ 

"Prime  Minister  Campbell  returned  our  letter,  when  she  was 
minister,  saying  that  doctor's  could  already  legally  prescribe 
marijuana  to  their  patients,"  says  Del -Santo. 

But  many  doctors  say  there  are  a  lot  of  legal  anti -nausea  drugs 
in  today's  market  that  far  exceed  the  usefulness  of  marijuana. 

Fifteen  years  ago,  Dr.  Anwar  Haq  of  Ottawa  prescribed  marijuana 
for  his  cancer  patients  undergoing  chemotherapy  treatments  as  an 
anti-nauseant  drug.  , 

He  says  patients  varied  in  their  responses  to  the  drug.  Some 
Ratients  who  reached  a  high  from  the  drug  liked  it,  but  others  qot_ 


no  high  from  the  marijuana  treatments,  and  were  not  relieved  ot  thei  r 
nausea. 

"Today,  the  medical  usefulness  of  marijuana  has  been  superseded 
by  more  effective  anti -nausea  drugs,  such  as  Zofran,"says  Haq.  "In 
medical  terms,  marijuana  is  a  passe  drug." 

But  some  peopl  e ,  1  i  ke  28-year-ol  d  Uni  versi  ty  of  Ottawa  student  Tom 
Mantha,  grit  their  teeth  in  anger  when  a  drug  they  believe  can  be 
used  to  treat  the  ill  is  described  by  doctors/as  "passe." 

If  marijuana  had  been  value*  for  its  ability  to  treat  glaucoma 
sufferers,  Mantha  says  his  auit  would  noXi&ve,  had  to  "go  under  the 
knife."  Glaucoma  is  a  disejafee  which  /lafises  pressure  to  build  up 
behind  the  eyes,  and  can  e\/eM:ually,^M  to  blindness. 

According  to  a  Harvard  UniWfrsi  ty/feWdy ,  cannabjs^a>'two  or  three 
times  as  effective  as  any  tirre^^edicine^tfgSgucing  oscular 
pressure.  "As  a  natural  prescript,' 
produce  toxic  side-effects  to\t  ' 
of  sudden  death  syndrome  assoc 
glaucoma  drugs. 

"People  should  be  able  to  ( 
personal  use  without  having  ' 

But  another  student,  Rowena  Hart/^ho  is  an  asthmatic,  tells  of 
her-  claustrophobic  experience  at  a  party  "that  was  rockin'  with  pot. 

"I  wasn't  smoking  the  drug  but  if  the  cops  came  in  I  too  would  be 
busted,  and  that's  what's  scary  about  the  illegality  of  marijuana,  " 
says  the  21-year-old. 

Sgt.  Richard  Marcoux  of  the  RCMP's  drug  awareness  co-ordinator  for 
the  National  Capital  region,  says  the  legalization  of  marijuana 
consumption  may  not  reduce  the  number  of  arrests  or  the  cost  of  law 
enforcement. 

Marcoux  says  law  enforcement  concentrates 

on  drug  traffickers 
rather  than  users ,  and 
that  as  wel  1  as  mari  - 
juana,  traffickers 
usually  deal  in  other 
hard  drugs  such  as 
heroin  and  cocaine. 

The  leading  problem  with 
decriminalization  is  the  health 
hazard  linked  to  marijuana,  he 
says.  Referring  to  marijuana's 
mood-  altering  properties,  "We 
can' t  expect  a  productive  society 
from  a  bunch  of  mari  juana  users.  " 
Marcoux  says. 

The  Addiction  Research  Founda- 
tion, a  provincial  government 
1  n  the  si  xti  eVto  deal  wi  th  peopl  e 
lost  in  hallucinogeni  c  deli  rium, 
but  it  has  since  become  an  infor- 
mation hotline  on  which  you  can 
speak  confidentially  to  an  anony- 
mous "information  specialist"  in 
regards  to  addictive  substances. 

When  The  Charlatan  called,  the 
information  agent  we  spoke  to 
emphasized  the  subjective  nature 
of  any  use  of  cannabis. 

According  to  the  agent,  where  the  marijuana  is  grown,  harvested, 
how  it  was  shipped,  how  old  it  is  and  even  what  effect  a  person  thi  nks 
it  has,  can  affect  the  user's  experience. 

Some  can  develop  a  "psychological  addiction,"  but  due  to  the 
variance  in  experience  this. teg  is_a  highTy  subjective  consequence. 
In  terms  of  health  risks  stemming  T^fcgQ^ri  juana  use,  the  agent 

.  The  chronic 
due  to  the 


made  the  distinction  between  chronic  an 
user  stands  a  much  greater  risk  of  developi 
amount  of  tar  accumulated  in  the  1  ungs 

But  Dr.   Louis  Morissette,  a 
rehabiT  i  tati  on  i  n  Ottawa 
term  relief  of  stress  r 
worth  a  defunct  flrjCTety. 

"Marijuana  chronically 
their  lives,"  says  Mor 
legalizing  mari  juana^wj^cost  t 
care  system  wouldjCTserin  ten 
atric  treatment 

"What  we  need  is  eduoHfjon.  We  need  to  edu 
deal  with  stress  in^a  more  productive  way 

But  the  questfon  remains  unanswered.  $6  1 
1 egal i  ze? 

For  some,  legal  highs  on  a  beach  towel  6r  a  nostalgic  inhale  with 
a  group  of  Baby  Boomers  are  considered/an  innocuous  pleasure. 

For  others,  the  fear  of  a  motivation-zapped  future  generation 
doesn't  seem  worth  the  right  to  publicly  roll  that  marijuana  joint. 
They  don't  see  responsible  members  of  the  community  being  produced 
from  a  cloud  of  illicit  smoke,  q 


al cohol 
e  short- 
jjfena.  i  s  not 

tpl  a  and 

/sayVby 
he  heal  t^h 
f  psydJiv 


parents  on  htff  to 
says, 
egalize  or  no!  to 


September  16,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  17 


Eaton's  has  lots  of  loose-fit,  comfortable 
Levi's  jeans  at  prices  you  can  afford. 

Men's  Levi's  535  Eurofit  Red  Tab  jeans. 
Waist  sizes  30  to  34,  36  and  38; 
leg  lengths  32  and  34.  (171)  44.99 

Men's  Levi's  Red  Tab  denim  shirt. 
S.,  M.,  L.,  XL.  (176)  44.99 

Levi's  leather  belts  in  even  sizes 
30  to  38.  (171)  19.99  to  24.99 

EATON 

Goods  Satisfactory  or  Money 


18  •  77ie  Charlatan  ■  September  16,  1993 


Kavens  tumblehomeopener 

;naJlatan  Stall  ~  I  .  L^IB^ 


by  Steven  Vesely 

CtiaJlatan  Staff 

A  little  respect. 

That's  what  the  Carleton  football  team 
is  looking  for  this  season.  And  just  one 
game  into  their  season,  they've  already 
found  it. 

The  Ravens  lost  22-17  to  the  McGill 
Redmen  Saturday,  Sept.  11,  in  front  of  a 
crowd  of  about  500  at  Raven  Field. 

Butitwasthewaytheylostthatshowed 
promise. 

Despite  falling  behind  22-3  while  com- 
mitting seven  turnovers,  the  Ravens  still 
managed  to  fight  back  to  respectability, 
displaying  defensive  composure,  offen- 
sive movement  and  scoring  two  late 
touchdowns  in  the  fourth  quarter. 

"We  will  win  games  as  soon  as  we  stop 
beating  ourselves,  "said  head  coach  Donn 
Smith.  "We're  a  team  of  SO  per  cent 
rookies  and  we  can't  win  if  we  turn  the 
ball  over  like  we  did  today." 

The  Ravens  fumbled  the  ball  five  times 
and  sophomore  quarterback  Sean  O'Neill 
threw  two  interceptions. 

"It  was  the  errors  that  did  us  in, "  said 
defensive  co-ordinatorGaryShaver.  "That 
gave  them  good  field  position  and  hurt 
our  chances. 

"But  the  key  term  for  this  game  and 
this  team  is  potential,  this  year  and  in  the 
f urure, "  he  said.  "We  lost  22- 1 7  to  a  good 
football  team  and  we  had  a  lot  of  miscues. 
For  us  to  be  this  close  in  a  game  with  that 
many  mistakes  is  a  positive  sign." 

McGill  coach  Charlie  Baillie  was  quite 
happy  to  escape  with  the  win. 

"They  gave  us  a  scare,"  he  said.  "It 
was  the  first  game  of  the  year  and  we 
didn't  know  what  to  expect.  I  figured  we 
had  the  game  in  control,  and  then  I  got 
concerned  we  would  give  the  game  away. " 

The  Redmen  scored  first  on  a  21-yard 
field  goal  from  Andrew  Boon.  Following 
a  turnover,  Boon  then  missed  a  34-yard 
attempt  and  McGill  settled  for  a  single. 

A  valiant  Carleton  defence  stuffed  the 
Redmen  twice  on  the  one  yard  line  before 
McGill  running  back  Chad  Luedtke 
punched  through  the  defensive  line  for 
the  game's  first  touchdown. 

The  Ravens  blocked  the  convert  at- 
tempt but  gave  up  another  single  when 
Boon's  70-yard  kickoff  sailed  through  the 
end  zone. 

Carleton's  first  score  came  on  a  34- 
yard  field  goal  by  Chris  Giacobbi  in  the 
second  quarter. 

Luedtke  gave  the  Redmen  an  18-3 
halftime  lead  following  an  eight  yard 
run  for  his  second  touchdown  game. 

In  the  second  half,  the  Redmen  added 
another  four  points  for  a  22-3  bulge  be- 
fore Carleton  mounted  a  comeback. 

Atoning  for  his  first-half  jitters  and 
miscues,  O'Neill  hit  rookie  running  back 
Chris  Dorrington  with  a  five-yard  TD  toss 


McGiH  hung  on  to  the  ball,  the  Ravens  didn't. 


and  then,  with  mere  seconds  left  on  the 
clock,  scampered  into  the  McGill  end 
zone  for  another  score.  Kicker  Giacobbi 
converted  both. 

With  a  roster  including  35  rookies 
facing  off  against  a  McGill  squad  that  is 
expected  to  contend  for  the  Ontario-Que- 
bec Interuniversity  Football  Conference 
Championship,  much  wasn't  expected 
from  this  young  Raven  squad.  But  aftera 
nervous  first  half,  the  Ravens  began  to 
show  discipline  and  poise. 

O'Neill  was  goodonl2ofl8passesfor 
111  yards  and  one  TD.  Besides  that  fairly 
impressive  67  per  cent  completion  rate, 
he  also  ran  six  times  for44  yards  and  one 
TD. 

"I  started  to  feel  comfortable  in  the 
second  half, "  said  O'Neill.  "My  offensive 
line  did  their  job.  For  the  most  part  I  felt 
protected  and  had  all  the  time  I  needed." 

Smith  was  pleased  with  the  poise 
O'Neill  demonstrated  in  his  first  football 
start  of  the  Canadian  Interuniversity  Ath- 
letic Union. 

"O'Neill  willbeaveryfine  quarterback 
as  soon  as  he  learns  to  minimize  turno- 
vers," said  Smith.  "He's  still  learning. 
He's  young.  As  the  game  wore  on,  he 
showed  more  and  more  composure,  and 
we'll  build  on  that  next  week." 

Einard  Jean-Francois  was  O'Neill's 


Football  Follies 

Year  W  L  T  PF  PA  PTS 

1986  1    0   0  30  0  2 

1992  0    1    0  7  53  0 

1993  0    1    0  17  22  0 

As  the  season  progresses,  we'll 
compare  this  year's  Raven  squad 
against  the  best  and  worst  Raven 
teams  of  the  past:  the  6-1  1986 
squad  and  the  0-7  1992  team. 


most  trusted  running  back,  carrying 
the  ball  16  times  for  46  yards.  On  the 
receiving  end,  running  back  Chris 
Dorrington  hauled  in  five  passes  for  56 
yards  and  one  TD. 

"The  confidence  was  there  in  the 
second  half,"  said  Jean- Francois.  "It 
was  nice  to  see  new  guys  here  who  can 
move  the  ball  down  the  field  and  make 
the  plays." 

Confidence  and  an  ability  to  finish 
a  drive  is  whaf  s  been  missing  on  Raven 
squads  in  recent  years.  The  Ravens 
were  0-7  last  year  and  have  won  only 
two  football  games  in  the  past  four 
years.  While  they  still  absorbed  a  loss 
in  their  first  game  of  this  new  season, 
at  least  they  gained  some  respect.  □ 


Raven  men  exact  revenge  in  victory 


by  Shannon  Fraser 

Charlatan  Staff 

With  revenge  on  their  minds,  the  Car- 
leton men's  soccer  team  walked  into 
Sudbury  to  face  the  Laurentian  Voyageurs 
"  the  team  that  defeated  them  in  divi- 
sional playoff  action  last  year. 

Revenge  was  sweet. 

Ravens  forward  Basil  Phillips  scored 
the  first,  only  and  decisive  goal  of  the 
game,  to  shut  out  the  Voyageurs  1-0  and 
avenge  that  playoff  loss. 

"It's  always  good  to  start  the  season 
with  a  win,"  said  head  coach  Sandy 
Mackie,  "particularly  when  playing 
Laurentian." 

About  400  Laurentian  fans  yelled 
names  and  taunted  the  Carleton  team  as 


the  Ravens  took  to  the  field. 

Carleton  opened  the  scoring  early  in  the 
game.  With  the  Voyageurs  line-up  still  be- 
ing announced,  forward  [ohn  Lauro  ran 
the  ball  down  the  centre  to  the  left  corner. 
He  then  crossed  it  over  to  Phillips,  who 
scored  on  a  header  leaving  the  Laurentian 
goalkeeper  stranded  on  his  goal  line. 

"It's  always  important  to  get  the  first 
goal  away  from  home  because  it  puts  pres- 
sure on  the  other  team  to  score  and  it  upsets 
their  rhythm,"  said  Mackie. 

For  the  rest  of  the  game,  neither  side  was 
able  to  muster  any  offence.  Although 
Laurentian  did  attack  frequently,  goal- 
keeper Steve  Ball  and  his  defence  ably 
protected  the  1-0  Raven  lead. 

The  win  was  especially  satisfying  be- 


cause Laurentian  is  always  a  strong 
contender  to  win  the  Ontario  Universi- 
ties Athletic  Association  east  division. 

Last  year  Laurentian  finished  sec- 
ond in  the  division  with  only  the  Ravens 
ahead  of  them.  Both  were  ranked  in 
the  top  10  nationally  for  most  of  the 
season. 

Carleton  is  expected  to  do  well  again 
this  year. 

"I  think  we  have  a  very  deep  team 
—  a  lot  of  depth,"  said  midfielder  Joe 
Gabor.  "There's  a  good  mix  of  veterans 
and  younger  players  on  the  team." 

The  Ravens'  next  two  games  will  be 
played  at  home  against  the  Ryerson 
Rams  on  Sept.  18  and  the  Queen's 
Golden  Gaels  on  Sept.  19.  □ 


Now  or  never 
for  the  men's 
soccer  team 

by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

This  is  their  year. 

A  year  of  expectations,  ability,  ex- 
perience and  revenge. 

They  are  the  Carleton  men's  soccer 
team  and  this  1993  season  is  their 
year  to  reach  the  national  soccer 
championship. 

Last  year  they  were  painfully  close. 
A9-1-1  regular  seasonrecordputthem 
at  the  head  of  the  Ontario  Universi- 
ties Athletic  Association  east  division . 
For  most  of  the  season,  the  Ravens 
were  nationally  ranked,  peaking  at 
number  five  in  the  country.  The  team 
was  blessed  with  an  abundance  of 
youth,  speed  and  talent. 

Onlyaheartbreaking  2-1  overtime 
loss  to  the  Laurentian  Voyageurs  in 
the  east  division  final  kept  Carleton 
from  advancing  to  the  national  stage. 

But  that  was  last  year.  It's  over, 
gone  and  done  with. 

This  is  a  new  year  -  their  year  to 
avenge  themselves. 

This  year's  squad  is  still  quick  and 
talented,  but  youth  has  been  replaced 
with  maturity  and  experience. 

Returning  to  the  Ravens  after  years 
away  from  university  soccer,  are 
defenceman  Marty  Lauter  who  has 
been  playing  with  the  Ottawa  In- 
trepid of  the  Canadian  Soccer  League, 
and  forward  John  Lauro,  who  won  a 
CSL  championship  with  the  Calgary 
Kickers. 

Along  with  the  spiritof  the  team  - 
-  stopper  Earl  Cochrane,  an  OUAA 
all-star  and  all-Canadian  -  the  Ravens 
have  one  of  the  most  experienced 
lineups  in  the  province. 

The  only  real  loss  for  this  team  will 
be  the  absence  of  all-star  midfielder 
Declan  Bonnar,  who  is  academically 
ineligible  to  remain  at  Carleton,  and 
forward  Robbie  Saxberg,  who  has 
played  out  his  five-year  eligibility  for 
a  varsity  team. 

When  all  is  said  and  done,  this 
years  men's  team  is  essentially  the 
same  --  but  stronger. 

It's  their  year  and  they  know  it. 

You  can  see  it  on  the  field  when 
they  practise.  There's  a  quiet  determi- 
nation evident  in  everything  they  do. 
Coach  Sandy  Mackie  pushes  them 
harder  every  practice.  Each  drill  taxes 
them  more,  drains  them  and  makes 
them  sweat.  And  then  another  exer- 
cise begins.  Again  and  again.  Over 
and  over.  Yet  there's  no  whining,  no 
grumbling  and  no  excuses  offered. 

It's  the  price  a  contending  team 
pays  to  remain  a  contender. 

And  the  Ravens  are  most  certainly 
a  national  contender. 

After  last  season's  painful  playoff 
exit,  the  Ravens  are  fully  aware  of 
their  potential.  It's  not  in  the  future. 
It's  now. 

This  is  their  year  to  win.  It's  not  a 
season  of  rebuilding,  of  making 
progress  or  settling  for  anything  less 
than  being  the  best. 

They  have  the  talent.  They  have 
experience.  If  they  have  the  desire, 
then  nothing  should  stop  them. 

This  is  their  year.  □ 


September  16,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  19 


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Raven  men  prepare  for  run  at  national  soccer  title" 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Staff 

It's  shaping  up  to  be  another  impres- 
sive season  for  Carleton  men's  soccer. 
The  team  is  coming  off  a  1-0  win  on  a 
hostile  pitch  against  their  stiffest  opposi- 
tion, the  Laurentian  Voyageurs.  And  it 
seems  that  what  the  Ravens  have  lost  in 
last  year's  players,  they  have  gained  in 
experience. 

Here's  a  pre-season  look  at  what  to 
expect  from  this  year's  team. 

COACHING:  After  coaching  his  team 
through  a  9-1-1  regular  season  and  los- 
ing to  Laurentian  by  one  heartbreaking 
goal  in  the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic 
Association's  east  division  finals,  the 
Great  Scot  -  head  coach  Sandy  Mackie  - 
-  returns  for  his  second  year  at  the  Ravens 
helm.  Mackie  will  be  assisted  by  former 
soccer  Raven  David  McFall. 


GOALKEEPING:  Veteran  Steve  Ball 
returns  to  the  Ravens  for  his  third  year  as 
goalkeeper.  The  six-foot-tall  Ball  is  at  the 
heart  of  the  Raven's  solid  defence,  hav- 
ing allowed  a  mere  six  goals  during  last 
year's  regular  season.  He  has  the  hands, 
the  confidence  and  the  strong  voice 
needed  to  be  a  superior  goalkeeper.  His 
weaknesses  are  goalkicks  and  crosses. 
Frankie  DeCaria  is  back  for  his  second 
year  as  substitute  keeper.  DeCaria  is  a 
capable  goalie  although  handicapped 
by  his  small  size. 

DEFENCE:  Mackie  says  he  does  not 
plan  to  make  any  changes  to  last  year's 
defensive  lineup.  Fifth  year  veteran  Earl 
Cochrane  will  backstop  the  Ravens  at  the 
stopper  position.  Cochrane's  formidable 
size,  skill  and  strategy  helped  earn  him 
the  title  of  all-Canadian  for  his  position. 

He'll  be  joined  by  20-year-old  Mike 


Zaborski,  whose  confidence  andabilities 
have  earned  him  a  spot  as  sweeper.  Join- 
ing them  on  defence  will  be  Andre  van 
Heerden,  a  four-year  veteran  whose  fit- 
ness ranks  with  Cochrane's  strength,  as 
well  as  former  Ottawa  Intrepid  Marty 
Lauter  who  will  be  replacing  the  de- 
parted Robert  Rogers. 

MID  FIELD:  Returning  to  the  midfield 
are  Jeff  Knight,  Les  Walden  and  Chris 
Scullatto.  Supporting  Raven  midfielders 
include  Joe  Gabor,  Mark  Baumgartner 
and  rookie  Daniel  Amieu. 

OFFENCE:  Faced  with  the  loss  of  of- 
fensive stars  Claudio  Escobar,  Declan 
Bonar  and  Robbie  Saxberg,  there  was 
some  question  as  to  who  would  replace 
their  offensive  output.  Enter  Naoki 
Ogasawara,  the  forward  who  sat  on  the 
bench  most  of  last  year.  He's  one  of  the 
most  skilled  players  on  the  team,  al- 


though he  may  suffer  in  heading  be- 
cause of  his  small  size.  His  agility  and 
skill  atcrossing  bodes  well  for  the  Ravens. 
Look  to  see  him  working  closely  with 
fullback  van  Heerden.  Forward  Basil 
Phillips  is  back  looking  fitter  and  trim- 
mer than  ever.  Phillips  wilt  be  joined  by 
former  pro  John  Lauro,  who  won  a  Cana- 
dian Soccer  League  championship  while 
with  the  Calgary  Kickers.  Second-year 
striker  Andrew  Wooldridge  will  also  pro- 
vide a  scoring  punch  if  he  can  stay  healthy 
and  avoid  knee  injuries. 

CONFIDENCE:  Despite  the  loss  of 
some  key  players  from  last  year's  line  up, 
Mackie  is  confident  his  1993  team  will 
contend  for  the  national  championship. 
When  asked  what  his  team's  greatest 
weakness  is,  he  responds  without  hesita- 
tion: "We  don't  have  any."  Q 


Women's  soccer  team  takes  aim  at  another  playoff  berth 


by  Bram  S.  Aaron 

Charlatan  Staff 

Still  a  puzzle. 

This  is  how  women's  soccer  coach 
David  Kent  describes  the  way  his  team  is 
shaping  up  for  the  coming  season. 

After  three  straight  fourth-place  fin- 
ishes in  the  six-team  Ontario  Women's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association  east 
division,  Kent  is  anxious  to  improve  on 
the  team's  complacent  record  this  year. 

"Our  goal  is  to  climb  out  of  fourth 
place  and  surpass  four  wins  for  the  sea- 
son," says  Kent. 

In  anticipation  of  that  goal,  here's  a 
preview  look  at  the  1993  edition  of  the 
women's  soccer  team. 

COACHING:  Kentis  back  forhis  sixth 
year  at  the  helm.  Assistants  Karen 
O'Connell  and  Fred  Juett  round  out  the 


coaching  staff.  They'll  be  looking  to  in- 
still some  life  intoa  program  that's  stand- 
ing still  with  a  five-year  22-26-2  record. 
Without  a  strong  and  imposing  offence, 
Kent  says  he  will  likely  adopt  a  defensive 
posture  and  hope  to  capitalize  on  oppo- 
sition miscues. 

GOALTENDING:  Rookie  Kristina 
Bacchi  will  handle  the  goaltending 
chores.  Her  size  and  punching  ability  will 
be  a  bonus  in  the  Raven  net.  Sarah 
Richards  and  Carrie  Harper  provide  ca- 
pable backup. 

DEFENCE:  Christine  Archibald,  a 
skilled  strategist,  returns  to  lead  the  five- 
person  defence.  Joining  her  are  returning 
defensive  stalwarts  Conine  van  Ryckde 
Groot  and  Ann-Marie  Irwin.  A  host  of 
rookies  are  vying  for  the  final  two  defen- 
sive spots. 


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MIDFIELD:  A  big  question  mark. 
With  all  of  last  year's  starting  midfielders 
gone,  rookies  will  be  expected  to  fill  the 
three-person  midfield  as  well  as  provide 
offensive  support. 

OFFENCE:  Offensively,  the  team  will 
miss  striker  Susan  Holmes  who  scored 
eight  goals  last  year  --  over  half  of  the 
team's  total  of  15.  Co-captains  Mary 
McCormick  and  Kathy  Keegan  will  at- 
tempt to  replace  her  on  the  attack.  They're 
both  veteran  players  who  work  well  to- 
gether and  will  be  expected  to  provide 
strong  leadership  to  a  young  squad. 
Newcomber  Genni  Lussier,  a  Concordia 
transfer  student  also  adds  offensive  sup- 
port. 

In  exhibition  play  in  Quebec  last  week- 


end, Carleton  lost  3-0  to  Sherbrooke  Uni- 
versity on  Sept.  10  and  then  rebounded  to 
beat  Bishop's  University  4-0  on  Sept.  12. 

Sherbrooke  dominated  the  first  game, 
capitalizing  on  Carleton  miscues. 

"It  was  our  first  game  together  as  a 
team, "  said  co-captain  Mary  McCormick. 
"We  were  a  bit  unorganized  at  the  start 
of  the  game." 

In  the  Bishop's  victory,  the  Ravens 
rebounded  to  dominate  the  Gaiters 
outshooting  them  by  a  20-to-l  margin. 

"We  controlled  the  play  from  the  first 
whistle  to  the  last  whistle,"  Kent  said. 
"The  players  played  as  a  unit." 

Scoring  for  Carleton  were  Angela  Code, 
Nancy  Sheppard,  Stacey  Doherty  and 
Jennifer  O'Brien.  □ 


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rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillacs. 

What  was  the  score  in  the 
Carleton  football  team's  last 
win? 


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dinner  for  two  coupon,  will  be  determined 
bya  supervised  draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by  Mon- 
day, Sept  20  1993.  The  winner  will  be 
contacted  by  phone. 

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20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  16,  1993 


Raven 
'Rumblings 

Friday,  Sapt.  17. 

HOCKEY-  The  Carieton  hockey  club 
will  be  holding  an  information  meeting 
for  anyone  interestedin  joining  the  team 
atnoon  in  Baker  lounge.  Tryoutswill  be 
held  at  the  R.A.  Centre  at  1 :30  p.m.  on 
Sept  20, 22, 27  and 29  at  1:30p.m.  The 
hockey  club  plays  in  the  senior  league  of 
the  R.A.  Centre.  It  also  plays  exhibition 
games  against  other  Canadian  and 
American  colleges  and  universities. 

Saturday,  Sap  1. 18. 

FOOTBALL  -  The  Carieton  Ravens 
football  club  will  kick  off  against  the 
crosstown  University  Of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees 
this  weekend  at  Frank  Clair  Stadium. 
There  will  be  an  admission  charge  of  $4 
for  adults  and  $2  for  students  with  ID. 
Game  time  is  1  p.m. 

SOCCER  -  The  Carieton  men's  soc- 
cer team  will  host  their  home  opener  at 
1  p.m.  against  the  Ryerson  Rams  look- 
ing to  improve  their  record  to  2-0. 

The  women'ssoccerteam  will  follow 
with  their  season  opener  against  the 
Ryerson  Lady  Rams  at  3  p.m. 

RUGBY  -  The  Carieton  rugby  team 
will  open  their  season  in  Waterloo 
against  the  Laurier  Golden  Hawks. 

FIELD  HOCKEY  -  The  women's  field 
hockey  team  will  be  in  Kingston  on  the 
weekend  to  open  their  season  against 
the  Waterloo  Athenas  at  1:30p.m. 

Sunday,  Sapt.  IS. 

SOCCER-TheQueen's  Golden  Gaels 
will  be  in  town  for  a  1  p.m.  match 
against  the  men's  team  looking  to 
avenge  last  season's  semi-final  playoff. 

FIELD  HOCKEY  -  In  Kingston,  the 
women's  Held  hockey  team  will  face  off 
against  the  Guelph  Gryphons  at  9  a.m. 
followed  by  a  1:30  p.m.  match  against 
the  University  of  Western  Mustangs.Q 


Ravens  field  hockey  looking  ahead 


by  Ray  Verbyla 

Charlatan  Slarf 

Over  the  past  few  seasons,  the  Carle- 
ton  women's  field  hockey  team  has  be- 
gun to  show  improvement. 

Last  season  was  a  breakthrough  year, 
as  the  team  advanced  to  the  Ontario 
championships  for  the  first  time  in  three 
years. 

This  was  the  result  of  a  much  im- 
proved offence  which  scored  seven  goals 
during  the  season  -  four  more  than  the 
previous  two  seasons  combined. 

Riding  the  wave  of  this  offensive  im- 
provement, coach  Suzanne  Nicholson 
led  the  team  to  a  3-6-4  record.  She  also 
earned  the  coach  of  the  year  award  from 
the  Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity 
Athletic  Association. 

Now  the  team  is  looking  to  bring  their 
game  up  another  level. 

As  the  majority  of  this  team  is  now 
entering  their  third  year  together, 
Nicholson  says  their  maturity  level  is 
increasing.  She  hopes  to  betterlast  year's 
3-6-4  record  by  converting  on  more  scor- 
ing opportunities  in  close  games.  Last 
year's  three  wins  and  four  ties  could 
easily  have  been  seven  wins  and  no  ties 
with  a  little  bit  of  luck,  she  says. 

From  a  team  roster  of  15,  six  players 
have  returned  from  last  year's  squad 
including  midfielder  Suzanne  Bird,  for- 
ward Krista  Wilson  and  link  Vicki  Wilcox 
--  all  of  whom  participated  in  the  Canada 
Games  this  summer  on  provincial  field 
hockey  teams. 

Also  returning  to  Carieton  and  pro- 
viding experience  is  former  Raven 
goaltender  Julie  Sudds,  who  studied  at 
Guelph  University  last  year. 

That  core  should  provide  mature  lead- 
ership,  says  assistant  coach  Terry 


Wheatley. 

"We're  a  more  experienced  team  this 
year  as  opposed  to  being  an  inexperi- 
enced team  like  we  were  in  the  past." 

Although  final  cuts  have  yet  to  be 
made,  about  a  dozen  rookies  from  all 
over  Ontario  are  competing  for  the  re- 
maining four  starting  spots  and  four 
bench  spots  on  the  team  roster.  Nicholson 
doesn't  expect  to  make  final  cuts  until 
she  has  evaluated  the  rookies'  perform- 
ance during  the  next  two  weeks.  This  new 
wave  of  rookies  will  be  expected  to  fill  in 
the  gaps  left  by  eightteam  members  who 
have  moved  on. 

The  resulting  mix  of  veterans  and 
rookies  should  provide  a  balanced  team, 
says  Nicholson. 

Team  practices  began  at  the  end  of 
August  and  have  carried  through  to  the 
regular  season. 

The  Carieton  team  trains  off  campus 


at  Lansdowne  Park.  Practices  begin  at  6 
a.m.  Tuesday  to  Friday  on  the  astroturf  of 
Frank  Clair  Stadium.  Team  members 
warm  up  by  running  along  the  Rideau 
Canal  for  half  an  hour,  then  go  through 
drills  for  offence  and  defence. 

Divisional  play  has  been  scrapped  for 
the  upcoming  season  by  the  OWIAA. 
Instead  of  two  divisions,  all  eight  teams 
in  the  league  have  been  thrown  into  one 
pool.  Six  of  the  eightteamswill  make  the 
playoffs  and  Nicholson  hopes  the  Ravens 
will  be  among  them  for  a  second  straight 
year. 

The  regular  season  begins  on  Sept.  18 
when  the  Ravens  travel  to  Kingston  to 
face  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels.  The  fol- 
lowing weekend,  they  begin  a  three-game 
homestandonMinto  Field  at  the  Nepean 
Sportsplex  against  Toronto,  York  and 
Ryerson.  □ 


DEPUTY  ELECTORAL 
OFFICER  WANTED 

The  Deputy  Electoral  Officer  is  responsible  for 
assisting  the  Chief  Electoral  Officer  with  the 
running  of  all  NUG,  Senate,  and  CUSA  Elections. 

ELECTIONS 

CARLETON 


BLUISH 


Applications  are  available  in  Room  401  Unicentre. 
Applications  close  Tuesday,  September  21, 1993. 
For  more  information  contact: 

James  Rilett,  Chief  Electoral  Officer 
567-6772 

Or  leave  a  message  in  the  CUSA  office. 


Eiqsn 


R.R.R.A. 


AN  APOLOGY 


The  Carieton  University  Students' 
Association  and  the  Rideau  River  Residence 
Association  would  like  to  formally  apologize 
to  all  of  those  people  who  attended  the 
Comedy  Act  with  Kevin  Hughes  or  Chris 
Rock  Live.  It  was  not  our  intention  to  bring 
in  acts  that  would  offend  or  discriminate 
against  any  Carieton  University  students 
and  we  sincerely  regret  that  there  were 
many  of  you  who  left  feeling  that  way. 


Lucy  Watson 
President,  CUSA 


John  Woods 
President,  R.R.RA. 


September  16,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  21 


OC  Transpo  serves  Carleton! 


Try  new  route  19! 

Route  19  Riverside  is  a  new  route  serving 
Carleton.  It  leaves  Lebreton  in  the  morning 
every  15  minutes  between  7:35  a.m.  and 
9:08  a.m.  and  follows  the  same  route  on 
campus  as  the  route  7.  In  the  afternoon  it 
leaves  the  Davidson  Dunton  Tower  every  15 
minutes  between  3:52  p.m.  and  5:55  p.m. 
and  returns  to  Lebreton.  This  new  route  is 
a  fast  and  convenient  way  to  connect  to  the 
transitway  at  Lebreton  station. 

More  service 
on  route  118! 

Route  118  runs  every  eight  minutes  from 
Billings  Bridge  to  Carleton  in  the  morning  and 
afternoon  rush  hours  and  every  15  minutes 
during  the  day  and  after  7  p.m.  On  weekends, 
route  118  also  serves  the  campus  until  approx- 
imately 10  p.m.  Call  741-4390  and  we'll  mail 
timetables  to  you! 

Buy  a  Transpass 
and  save! 

A  student  Transpass  costs  $43.50  a  month.  If 
you  use  it  every  day  that  amounts  to  just  $1 .45 
a  day  for  unlimited  bus  travel  at  any  time. 

If  you  pay  cash,  the  one-way  off-peak  fare  is 
$1 .50  or  two  650  bus  tickets.  The  peak  fare  is 
$2.00  or  three  tickets.  Express  fares  cost  more. 
Peak  fare  hours  are  weekdays  from  6-8:30  a.m. 
and  3-5:30  p.m. 

Get  your  OC  Transpo 
photo  ID  in  the 
Baker  Lounge 

You  must  have  your  1993-94  OC  Transpo 
photo  ID  by  October  1 !  To  get  the  student 
deal,  you  have  to  be  a  full-time  student. 
You  need  both  a  monthly  student  pass  and 
an  OC  Transpo  student  photo  ID. 

You  can  buy  your  1993-94  ID  on  campus  in 
the  Baker  Lounge  on  September  14, 15  and 
16  from  9  a.m.  to  3  p.m.  It  costs  $3.50. 

If  these  dates  aren't  convenient,  you  can  also 
buy  a  student  photo  ID  at  any  of  OC  Transpo's 
three  public  offices.  Call  741-4390  for  info  such 
as  what  you  need  to  bring  and  the  hours  and 
location  of  the  office  nearest  to  you. 


m>  Quick  travel  tip 

If  you're  busing  to  Carleton  from  the  east, 
get  off  at  Hurdman  station,  transfer  to  route 
96  or  97  to  Billings  Bridge,  then  take  the  118 
to  Carleton.  This  is  quicker  than  travelling 
downtown  to  Bank  Street  and  transferring  to 
route  7. 


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22  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  16,  1993 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAI N  M  ENT 


Sonic  boom  detonates  in  Porter  Hall 


by  Kelly  Fines 

Chailatan  Statl  Punksr 

//Fugazi,  Shudder  to  Think, 
Lockjaw 

Porter  Hall 
y^Saturday,  Sept.  11 

Fugazi  kicked  all-ages  ass. 
True  to  the  hype  surround- 
ing their  arrival,  these  arche- 
types of  politically  correct 
punk  put  on  a  tight  and  in- 
tense performance.  In  the  case 
of  Fugazi,  go  ahead  and  be- 
lieve the  hype. 
The  band,  hailing  from  Washington, 
D.C.,  demands  and  deserves  a  fair  bit  o' 
respect.  Frontperson  Ian  MacKaye  did  his 
musical  teething  in  the  punk  band  Minor 
Threat.  Among  other  things,  Minor 
Threatrecorded  the  song  "Straight-edge," 
which  helped  to  define  an  alternative 
lifestyle  free  from  drugs  and  alcohol. 

MacKaye  has  carried  this  attitude  over 
into  Fugazi,  probably  one  of  the  few  truly 
politically  correct  bands  in  existence.  The 
band  members  are  strongly  anti-com- 
mercial and  don't  allow  themselves  to  be 
drawn  into  the  usual  gimmicks  of  the 
record  promotion  business. 

Fugazi  refuses  to  charge  more  than  $6 
for  a  show  and  only  plays  all-ages  shows. 
There  were  no  Fugazi  shirts  on  sale  at  the 
gig  on  Saturday  night  and  if  you  paid 
more  than  the  $  10  printed  on  the  back  of 
your  copy  of  In  On  the  Kill  Taker,  Fugazi's 
latest  disc,  theri  you've  probably  been 
ripped  off. 

Before  the  first  note  was  played, 
MacKaye  gave  the  mandatory  speech 
against  rough  moshing  during  the  show. 
What  was  different  here,  however,  is  that 
MacKaye  meant  every  word  he  said. 

"Let's  save  this  crowd-surfin'  phenom- 
enon for  Lol  iapalooza , "  MacKaye  shouted 
at  a  pair  of  red-headed  punks  in  the 
audience  who  wouldn't  settle  down. 
When  he  was  told  to  stop  preaching  and 
get  on  with  the  show,  MacKaye  responded 
without  hesitation.  "I'm  not  a  priest,  but 
I  can  preach  at  you  if  you  want. ..." 
Somehow,  1  got  the  impression  that 


MacKaye  was  much  more  sincere  than 
Eddie  Vedder's  "a-song-is-nothing-in- 
comparison-to-a-human-life-man" 
Lollapalooza  speech,  since  it  didn't  come 
across  as  an  ego-stroking  publicity  stunt. 


mented  with  the  dynamics  of  guitar 
sound,  volume  and  groove. 

As  a  whole,  the  experience  of  Fugazi 
playing  was  like  a  precisely  controlled 
sonic  boom.  It  goes  without  saying  that 
the  audience  wet  themselves  when,  half- 
way through  their  set,  Fugazi  launched 
into  the  Zaphod's  anthem  "Waiting 
Room,"  followed  by  "Bulldog  Front"  and 
"Bad  Mouth." 

Ottawa's  Lockjaw  and  D.C.'s  Shudder 
to  Think  were  worth  seeing  as  well,  and 
the  50-or-so  people  who  missed  their 
opening  sets  lost  out  big  time! 

Lockjaw's  set  was  dominated  by  their 
characteristic  crushing  tribal  rhythms. 
Earlier  on  in  their  career,  Lockjaw  had  a 
tendency  to  sound  disjointed  and  unco- 
ordinated, despite  the  talent  of  the  indi- 


TOP  TEN  REASONS  TO 
LOVE  FUGAZI 

1 .  Ian  MacKaye  isn't  just  the  president  of 
the  Hair  Club  for  Men,  he's  also  a  client 
2.1an'stheoriglnalEntertainmentBoy™ 

3.  The  enjoyable  fireside  chats  after  theii 
shows. 

4.  They  make  a  mean  Manhattan. 

5.  Their  knowing  fashion  savvy. 

6.  They  put  ignorant  crowd  surfers  in 
their  place,  which  just  happens  to  be  on 
the  lowest  rung  on  the  ladder  of  Hell 

7.  Cute  CKCU  security! 

8.  They're  not  on  Sony. 

9.  Two  words:  six  bucks. 
lO.Someone  in  this  world  has  to  have 
principles. 


Ian  MacKaye  works  up  a  sweat. 

The  band  barely  stopped  for  a  breath 
between  songs,  keeping  their  perform- 
ance strong  and  intense  until  they  ended 
their  75-minute  set. 

Most  impressive  was  the  way  all  the 
band  members  avoided  the  usual  rock 
star  poses  and  just  played,  although 
MacKaye  flung  himself  around  the  stage 
like  a  possessed  white  male.  Bassist  joe 
Lally  helped  keep  the  rhythm  with  his 
tight  control  over  the  direction  of  each 
song.  Throughout,  the  bass  lines  moved 
fluidly  from  a  slow,  ominous  rumble  to  a 
more  groove-oriented  rhythm. 

Instead  of  tedious  guitar  solos  full  of 
fretboard  masturbation,  Fugazi  experi- 


Where  ore  the  crowd  surfers? 


vidual  members.  Saturday,  everything 
came  together  for  the  band.  The  end 
result  was  a  non-stop  assault  of  raw  gui- 
tar and  drum  rhythm. 

In  contrast,  Shudder  To  Think  was 
slower  and  more  melodic,  which  seemed 
to  appeal  to  the  older  members  of  this  all- 
ages  audience.  The  singer  had  a  delicate 
voice,  which  provided  an  ear-pleasing 
balance  to  the  rest  of  the  music. 

The  young'uns  in  the  audience  were 
not  prepared  to  deal  with  anything  that 
did  not  openly  solicit  slamming.  Instead, 


they  chose  to  conserve  energy  and  sit 
against  the  walls  for  much  of  Shudder  To 
Think's  set.  Too  bad,  since  Shudder  To 
Think  proved  that  good  punk  doesn't 
have  to  assault  the  ears  to  be  entertain- 
ing. 

It's  not  hard  to  understand  why  so 
many  people  lined  up  for  three  hours 
outside  Porter  Hall  waiting  for  the  hand- 
ful of  tickets  made  available  immedi- 
ately before  the  sold-out  gig.  The  spirit 
and  intensity  of  Fugazi's  performance 
more  than  made  up  for  the  long  wait.Q 


Chris  Rock:  he  just  wasn't  funny,  folks 


by  Alex  Bustos 

Charlalan  Slaff 


Chris  Rock 

Administration  lawn 
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o  my  surprise,  Chris  Rock  is  a 
J  bad  comedian. 

For  years,  I  have  consid- 
ered  Saturday  Night  Live  to 
be  'a  mediocre  show.  Alongside  Dana 
Carvey  and  Mike  Myers,  I  thought  Rock 
was  the  only  performer  with  talent. 

That  was  until  his  frosh-week  show 
here  at  Carleton. 

It  wasn't  that  I  found  his  performance 
particularly  offensive.  The  problem  was 
that  he  had  no  routine  at  all.  His  show 
consisted  of  cheap,  poorly  told  locker- 
room  jokes. 

"Anybody  here  fuck  their  girlfriend  on 
their  period?"  isn't  funny  or  original. 

A  good  comic  shows  his  audience  a 
creative  view  of  the  world.  Rock  showed 
us  a  frat  party. 

To  make  matters  worse,  he  committed 
a  major  faux  pas:  he  pissed  off  his  audi- 
ence. 

Calling  a  pro-choice  rally  "a  great 
place  to  meetwomen"  and  an  easy  place 


to  get  laid  didn 'twin  him  any  fans.  Then, 
to  greater  scorn,  he  began  to  tell  the 


audience  that  he 
doesn't  use  a  con- 
dom "because  it 
gives  herachance 
to  change  her 
mind." 

As  the  show 
progressed  ever- 
so-slowly,  small 
groups  of  people 
began  to  leave.  I 
heard  one  audi- 
ence member 
heckle.  Others 
could  be  heard 
mumbling  that 
hewasasexistpig 
and  an  asshole. 

Chris  Rock 
isn't  being 
charged,  tried 
and  hung  by  the 
forces  of  political 
correctness.  He  is 
just  a  really  poor 
comedian  who 
was  reduced  to 
asking  his  audi- 
ence, "Any  ques- 
tions about  Saturday  Night  Live?" 
In  the  end,  his  show  was  annoying, 


not  offensive.  It's  just  a  shame  that  the 
undergraduate  students'  association 
shelled  out  $13,000  for  frosh  to  have  a 
really  bad  time. 

The  only  thing  there  was  to  cheer 
about  was  that  he  cut  his  losses  and 
performed  for  only  40  minutes,  instead 
of  the  scheduled  two  hours.  □ 


This  week: 


We  Read  the 
Phone  Book 


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Dwi  A  Bottle 
Biol  A  Cob 
Rol  A  Counsellor 
Kol  A  Helper 
Biol  A  law 

Biol  A  Moment  With  Chris! 
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September  16,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  23 


Not  quite  your  average  fairy  tale 

k„  uarta  Ahmi»H  i  .  til   ,  ,  !■  subtle  blend  of  the  whicharebroughttothephotographer' 


by  Hana  Ahmad 

Charlatan-  Staff 

(Photographing  Fairies 
Steve  Szilagyi 
Random  House 
321  pages 
$1-3.00 


The  old  adage  rings  true  once 
again.  You  can't  judge  a  book 
by  its  cover. 

Photographing  Fairies  is  defi- 
nitely not  your  average  fairy  tale. 
Although  the  reader  encounters  an 
enchanted  garden  furnished  with  inno- 
cent little  girls,  fairies  and  edible  magic 
flowers,  the  resemblance  ends  there.  There 
are  no  happy  endings  or  just  rewards, 
and  distinctions  between  good  and  evil 
become  very  blurred. 

The  strength  of  this  novel  lies  in  its 


subtle  blend  of  the 
believable  and  the 
fantastic.  The  au- 
thor uses  an  age-old 
children's  medium 
to  express  the  bitter 
reality  of  human  na- 
ture. 

This  combina- 
tion caught  me  off 
guard  and  held  my 
interestthroughout. 

The  novel  begins 
on  a  depressing  note 
as  the  narrator,  pho- 
tographerCharlesP. 
Castle,  recounts  the 
story  from  a  dingy 
London  prison  cell. 
The  plot  revolves 
around  a  set  of  al- 
leged fairy  pictures, 


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which  are  brought  to  the  photographer's 
studio  by  Walsmear,  a  hick  town  cop. 
Since  the  fairies  appear  only  as  tiny 
smudges  on  the  photographs  —  which 
can  be  caused  by  dust  or  pollen  —  the 
photos  don't  conclusively  reveal  their 
existence.  The  rest  of  the  novel  follows 
the  quest  undertaken  by  Charles  to  prove 
or  disprove  the  fairies'  existence. 

Not  surprisingly,  the  other  characters 
set  out  to  tamper  with  the  results  of  the 
investigation.  Sir  Arthur  Conan  Doyle 
(yes,  of  Sherlock  Holmes  fame)  and  his 
spiritualist  daughter  wish  to  have  the 
photographs  destroyed,  for  fear  they  will 
contradict  their  own  set  of  fairy  photo- 
graphs which  they  hope  to  release  to  the 
press. 

In  addition,  two  thieves,  Paolo  and 
Shorty,  want  the  photos  for  monetary 
gain. 

Charles  begins  hisquest  in  an  attempt 
to  find  adventure  but  later  develops  an 
interest  in  subjugating  the  fairies  for  sci- 
entific examination. 

Regardless  of  each  character's  motive, 
they  are  all  alternately  portrayed  as  evil 
as  a  result  of  their  obsession  with  fairies. 
Theirs  is  not  absolute  evil,  only  shades 
and  degrees  of  evil. 

For  instance,  Charles  watches  his  char- 
acter erode  until  he  observes,  "1  .  .  . 
couldn't  believe  my  ears.  I  sounded  like 
some  rough  type  being  shooed  off  astreet 
comer  in  the  north  end." 

Nobody  is  spared  the  corruptive  force 
of  the  fairies.  The  Tempelton  girls,  who 
are  described  by  Charles  as  full  of  "inno- 
cence, purity  and  the  springtime  of  life, " 
maliciously  break  the  spines  of  the  male 
fairies  in  order  to  protect  the  females. 

This  was  the  most  effective  plot  twist, 
illustrating  that  innocence  is  not  neces- 
sarily the  antithesis  of  evil,  reminiscent 
of  all  those  naive  Disney  classics. 

In  the  end,  even  the  fairies  are  vilified, 
as  they  are  the  root  cause  of  the  novel's 
tragic  ending. 

One  flaw  of  this  book  is  the  characteri- 
zation. Although  Charles's  character  is 
fully  developed,  Szilagyi  doesn't  delve  as 
deeplyintothemindsofmostoftheother 
characters. 

For  instance,  althougn  Paolo  and 
Shorty  represent  perhaps  the  most  sinis- 
ter forces  in  the  novel,  they  come  across 
like  Saturday  morning  cartoon  villains. 

Perhaps  the  message  to  be  taken  from 
this  novel  is  that  human  intervention  in 
the  world  of  the  fantastic  is  never  advis- 
able. 

Although  this  is  not  a  light  point,  the 
book  is  interspersed  by  ridiculous  comic 
interludes  reminiscent  of  Charlie  Chaplin 
or  the  Three  Stooges. 

In  one  scene,  Charles  has  his  valise 
stolen  by  a  pair  of  porters-cum-train  rob- 
bers. The  passengers  are  saved  when  the 
hoodlums  are  repulsed  by  photographic 
chemicals  that  are  thrown  in  to  their  eyes, 
following  a  prolonged  wild  goose  chase. 

Comic  relief  is  also  provided  by  the 
habits  of  the  outlandish  characters:  an 
exercise-crazed  reverend  and  his  young 
philandering  wife,  the  morally-chal- 
lenged local  barmaid,  and  Ron,  an  anally 
retentive  photographers  assistant. 

With  this  book,  Steve  Szilagyi  has  cre- 
ated a  sophisticated,  convincing  —  even 
realistic  —  version  of  the  quest  for  the 
fantastic,  one  which  weeds  out  the  stere- 
otypes so  that  no  single  character  is  left 
off  the  hook.  If  my  little  brother  ever  read 
it,  thisbookwoulddestroy  his  childhood, 
but  it  was  a  refreshing  change  from 
CinderellQ.  q 


24  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  16,  1993 


Fear  and  loathing  in  the  music  industry 


by  Joste  Bellemare 

Chartalan  Slati 

here's  a  battle  brewing  in  the 
^United  States  over  used  CDs. 

For  people  who  believe 
^compact  disc  prices  are  too 
high,  used  CDs  are  a  god- 
send. They're  cheap,  easy  to 
find  and  there's  rarely  any- 
thing wrong  with  them. 
Students  may  be  jumping  and  skip- 
ping at  this  opportunity  to  save  money, 
but  along  the  way,  record  labels  are  stick- 
ing their  foot  out  to  trip  them. 

But  don't  fear.  With  open  arms,  Cruz 
Records,  based  in  Long  Beach,  Calif.,  is 
attempting  to  catch  them  before  they 
fall. 

According  to  the  Los  Angeles  Times, 
American  record  labels  fear  the  sale  of 
used  CDs  because  they  suspect  a  reduc- 
tion in  purchases  of  new  ones. 

In  the  good  old  days  of  co-op  advertis- 
ing, record  labels  would  supply  part  of 
record  stores'  advertising  funds  to  pro- 
mote the  labels'  records,  increasing  the 
profiles  of  both  artists  and  music  stores. 
In  doing  so,  everyone  made  money. 

Times  have  changed.  Wesley  Hayden, 
Ontario  branch  manager  for  MCA 
Records,  says  music  labels  such  as  Time- 
Wamer's  WT.A,  MCA  Music  and  Sony, 
are  refusing  to  underwrite  print  and  ra- 
dio advertisements  for  American  stores 


How  much  would  you  pay  for  these  fine  discs? 


which  sell  used  discs  to  discourage  them 
from  doing  so. 

As  a  result,  used-CD  vendors  in  the 
United  States  will  be  stuck  with  an  adver- 
tising bill  costing  millions  of  dollars,  ac- 
cording to  the  Los  Angeles  Times.. 

"We  don't  like  it,"  says  Hayden  of  the 


sale  of  used  CDs.  "If  we  don't  get  money 
to  fund  the  new  artist  no  one  is  getting 
paid  for  that  used  CD." 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  debate  lies 
Cruz  Records,  an  independent  record  la- 
bel. To  combat  the  major  labels'  ven- 
detta against  used-CD  sales,  Cruz  set  up 


Well,  hey!  Used  CDs  are  really  popular 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Charlatan  Staff 

sed  compact  discs  are  ex- 
\  pected  to  account  for  up  to  20 
jper  cent  of  the  CD  market  in 
'  a  couple  years,  according  to 
the  Los  Angeles  Times,  and 
Ottawa  doesn't  buck  this 
trend. 

Peter  Allan  Wigney,  manager  of  the 
Ottawa  record  store  Spinables,  says  sales 
for  used  CDs  have  risen  more  this  year 
than  other  years. 

"Business  is  hiking  up  because  more 
and  more  people  are  learning  about  used 
CDs,"  he  says. 

What  they  learn  is  that  used  CDs  can 
retail  for  up  to  half  the  price  of  a  new 
compact  disc,  and  still  be  in  the  same 
condition. 

Sandie  Savaria,  a  student  at  Bishop's 
University  in  Quebec,  says  she  feels  grate- 
ful for  the  low  cost  offered  for  used  CDs. 

"They're  less  expensive,"  she  says. 


"They  usually  have  a  good  selection  and 
they're  in  good  condition." 

Matieu  Gagne,  a  junior  college  stu- 
dent in  Quebec,  is  a  bit  more  blunt.  "If  s 
a  sham,"  he  says  of  the  cost  of  new  CDs, 
which  can  run  up  to  $22.99.  "I  think 
they're  overpriced." 

For  some  though,  the  low  price  doesn't 
make  up  for  the  thrill  that  comes  from 
buying  a  new  CD. 

"It's  like  when  you  go  to  a.  store  and 
you  buy  underwear  and  a  hundred  other 
people  have  tried  it  on,"  says  Sophia 
Alleyne,  a  student  at  the  University  of 
Ottawa.  "It's  kind  of  personal." 

What  will  happen  to  the  used  CD 
business?  Will  it  flourish  or  will  the  major 
record  companies  stamp  it  out? 

Peter  Desserer,  manager  of  Shake 
Records  (which  sells  both  new  and  used 
CDs),  says  sales  of  used  discs,  which  is 
now  limited  to  smaller  stores  and  chains, 
can  only  go  up. 

"I  think  it's  just  going  to  get  bigger. 


Once  two  or  three  major  chains  do  it  (sell 
used  CDs)  -  because  it  does  well  -  all  the 
other  chains  will  be  forced  to  do  it, "  he 
says.  □ 


the  Getting  Even  Ad  Campaign  in 
August  to  help  stores  which  have 
been  cut  off  from  co-op  advertising 
money. 

Andy  Dunkley,  Cruz's  publicist, 
says  Cruz  supplied  co-op  ad  money 
to  stores  before,  but  decided  to  give 
their  co-op  venture  a  name  in  order 
to  call  attention  to  the  major  labels' 
non-sensical  actions. 

Dunkley  says  more  used-CD  ven- 
dors have  been  calling  to  get  their  co- 
op advertising  dollars  from  Cruz  as 
part  of  the  campaign. 

As  for  their  motivation  behind  their 
moves,  Dunkley  says  he  thinks  the 
major  labels  are  trying  to  take  all  the 
cash  for  themselves. 

"They  will  find  anything  they  can 
to  comer  100  per  centof  the  market," 
he  says.  "It's  like  trying  to  tell  a  car 
dealer  that  he  can't  sell  used  cars." 

Dunkley  says  the  major  distribu- 
tors are  making  a  big  fuss  for  such  a 
small  market.  He  says  0.5  per  cent  of 
music  sales  are  from  used  CDs. 
Hypocrisy  on  the  part  of  the  ma- 
jors also  comes  into  play.  Dunkley  says 
Columbia  House,  which  is  owned  by  the 
gargantuan  label  Sony,  sells  eight  CDs 
for  one  cent  and  they  don't  pay  any 
royalties  to  the  musicians  through  this 
offer. 

For  now,  this  problem  is  confined  to 
theUnitedStates.  However,  Dunkley  says 
if  the  major  labels  continue  with  their 
actions,  Canadian  used-CD  stores  could 
lose  their  co-op  advertising  money. 

"I'm  sure  if  the  major  labels  made  a 
stand  for  it,  the  Canadian  labels  would 
follow  suit."  □ 


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September  16,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  25 


Around  the  world  with  Mouth  Music 


by  Mario  Carlucci 

Charlatan  Staff 

hilesomebandsslitheriike 
snakes  into  pop's 
|  netherworld  of  convenient 
'  labels,  Scotland's  Mouth 
Music  delves  into  a  multi- 
dimensional foray  of  rau- 
cous rhythm  and  subtle 
melody  that's  very  acces- 
sible. 

On  Sept.  1 7,  Mouth  Music  will  initiate 
Ottawa  audiences  to  See  and  Hear  the 
World  '93,  the  Museum  of  Civilization's 
latest  concert  series  showcasing  an  inter- 
national cast  of  ethnically  diverse  bands. 

Their  latest  record,  Mo-Di,  is  less  of  an 
exercise  in  so-called  "world  music"  than 
their  earlier  self-titled  release,  but  still 
provides  a  thoroughly  eclectic  synthesis 
of  ancient  and  modem  approaches. 

The  world  music  moniker,  says  band 
member  Malcolm  Swan,  was  more  in- 
dicative of  their  earlier  approach  to  di- 
verse sounds  and  production. 

"It's  more  appropriate  for  our  first 
album.  Things  have  moved  away  from 
that>"  says  Swan. 

Swan  says  being  labelled  as  world 
music  has  "become  a  bit  dodgy, "  but  that 
the  label  has  allowed  Mouth  Music  to 
enter  the  stringently  categorized  halls  of 
the  major  record  stores. 

Along  with  standard  Scottish  melo- 
dies, Swan  says  the  band  melds  African 
drums  "because  they're  the  loudest"  with 
other  traditional  instruments  like  conga, 
flute  and  the  fiddle. 

The  use  of  sounds  indigenous  to  other 
countries  and  the  tendency  to  make  them 
your  own  can  be  construed  by  some  crit- 
ics as  appropriation,  but  Swan  disagrees. 

"Appropriate  is  a  very  loaded  word.  I 


Have  you  ever  seen  a  collection  oftrendier  individuals? 


don't  believe  in  cultural  property.  We're 
foremost  a  Scottish  band." 

Swan  says  artists  like  Peter  Gabriel 
and  Paul  Simon  get  accused  of  appro- 
priation because  their  tendency  is  to  use 
the  music  and  talent  of  other  musicians 
rather  than  play  the  music  themselves. 

Despite  a  global  theme  to  the  music 
itself.  Swan  says  it  makes  no  prophesies. 

"I  don't  think  we're  into  messages. 
We're  into  a  bit  more  energy.  Definitely 
strong  rhythm  and  definitely  strong  Scot- 


tish accents  in  the  melody.  We  like  to  see 
people  dance.  If  people  want  to  take  the 
music  at  a  deeper  level  than  that,  I  think 
the  songs  are  strong  enough  that  they 
can." 

While  Mouth  Music  has  been  well 
received  in  Europe  and  the  United  States, 
Swan  says  Canada  is  the  band's  best 
draw. 

"We've  sold  out  in  Toronto  and  we 
also  find  audiences  here  have  been  quick 
to  get  on  their  feet  and  dance." 


Swan  says  he  finds  Canadian  audi- 
ences to  be  more  receptive  to  the  diversity 
in  the  band's  sound.  He  conversely  char- 
acterizes Europe  as  "basically  a  rhythm 
desert." 

Mouth  Music  takes  thisxhythm  desert 
and  provides  listeners  with  an  oasis  of 
genre-defying  music.  If  you're  looking 
for  innovation  and  diversity  in  new  mu- 
sic, then  Mouth  Music  is  the  first  step 
towards  that  end.  □ 


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Celtic-African  dance  music  that  stirs 
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North  Indian  classical  flute  music 
on  the  bansuri,  a  bamboo  flute. 

$16  in  advance,  $19  at  the  door. 

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26  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  16,  1993 


Cheap  movie  nights! 

by  Am  "111  Kick  Slskel  &  Ebert's 
Butts"  Keeling 


The  Bytowne  (325  Rideau)  is  for  the 
more  culture-minded,  featuring  more 
first-run  foreign  films  and  alternative 
Alms.  However,  like  the  Mayfair,  it  also 
showcases  excellent  indie  Canadian  films 
like  (eon-Claude  Lauzon's  Leolo  and  the 
Noam  Chomsky  documentary  Manufac- 


Free  Willy,  playing  Sept.  24  at  the  Mayfair:  Every  one  loves  that  killer  whale! 


glamor  of  the  silver  screen  to  while  away 
those  pre-exam  evenings  or  grope  your 
partner  in  the  dark. 

Naturally,  you  can  pick  up  any  news- 
paper to  see  what  cheesy  Hollywood  ex- 
crement has  come  down  the  pipe  to  your 
local  corporate  eight-bucks-a-pop  movie 
theatre.  But  you're  better  than  that. 

There  are  at  least  four  places  to  catch 
some  cheap  off-the-wall  flicks  without 
the  added  distraction  of  guffawing  idiots 
and  stale  popcorn. 

REPERTORY  THEATRES 

Repertory  theatres  play  first-run  for- 
eign and  independent  films,  as  well  as 
major  films  after  they  leave  the  big  cin- 
emas. 

The  best  thing  about  these  places  is 
that  you've  got  plenty  of  choices,  since 
there's  a  high  turnover  of  films  and  two 
or  three  movies  are  featured  a  night. 

The  fare  at  the  Mayfair  (1074  Bank 
at  Sunnyside)  runs  from  the  bi-monthly 
showing  of  Rocky  Horror  Picture  Show  to 
independent  releases  like  Reservoir  Dogs. 
It's  close  to  Carleton  and  although  the 
seats  are  a  tad  uncomfortable,  the  inte- 
rior is  funky. 

Yearly  memberships  are  $10,  includ- 
ing one  free  admission.  If  you're  a  mem- 
ber, admission  is  only  five  bucks,  but  still 
only  seven  semolians  if  you're  a  non- 
member. 


turing  Consent.  It's  close  to  downtown  and 
features  a  classic  marquee  outside  and 
balcony  inside. 

A  Bytowne  membership  will  set  you 
back  seven  clams  and  admission  for 
members  is  $4.  Your  non-member  date 
will  cost  you  $6.50. 

Info  on  upcoming  films  at  these  cin- 
emas is  available  at  Info  Carleton  in  the 
Unicentre.  The  best  reviews  and  film  sug- 
gestions are  found — whereelse  —  in  The 
Charlatan. 

Other  choices  include  the 
Cinematheque  Canada  series  and  the 
IMAX/OMNIMAX  theatre,  both  at  the 
Museum  of  Civilization  in  Hull. 

The  Cinematheque  features  obscure 
Canadian  documentary  and  cinema  as 
well  as  international  films.  Membership 
is  only  10  bucks  a  year,  which  gets  you 
into  screenings  for  $4.  It'spretty  far  away, 
but  they  have  some  fascinating  titles. 

For  the  cinema  technology  buffs,  the 
IMAX/OMNIMAX  theatre  gives  your  sur- 
round-screen  shows  like  Rolling  Stones  at 
the  MAX  and  Titanica.  The  shows  vary  in 
price,  with  student  admission  ranging 
from  five  to  15  bucks. 

So  if  homework'sgotyoudown,  oryou 
want  to  take  your  date  somewhere  dark 
(for  whatever  reason),  check  out  your 
options.  There's  a  thousand  stories  in  the 
naked  city;  some  of  them  are  at  your 
local  alternative  theatre.  □ 


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All  you  have  to  do  to  win  a  tacky  promotional  nine-piece  puzzle  of 
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What  was  one  of  the  proposed  but  rejected  names  for  the  new 
Nirvana  album  In  Vtero? 

Here's  how  it  works:  deposit  your  answer  in  the  Arts  Mailbox  at  The 
Charlatan,  531  Unicentre.  The  winner  will  be  chosen  from  a  random 
draw  of  correct  answers  to  be  held  at  3  p.m.  Monday,  September  20. 
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CHECK  

THIS  LIST  ! 


AARON,  BRAM 

CREWS.  LAURA 

HEMMING,  KIMBERLEE 

MANTHA.  MELANIE 

ABDULLAHI,  ASNA 

CROTEAU,  SARHA 

HERZ-FISCHLER,  SELINE 

MARCELLUS,  JEFF 

ABERNETHY,  SARAH 

CUMMINGS,  MATT 

HETHERINGTON.  JEREMY 

MATOS,  TINA 

ABRAHAMS.  CRAIG 

"  CUNNINGHAM,  TANYA 

HIEBERT,  ISSAC 

MATULA,  CHRISTINE 

ADAMS,  SHANNON 

DALLE,  DAVID 

HINDLE,  JULIE 

MAVIS,  DAM  IAN 

ADDISON,  TANIA 

DAVIS,  ERIC 

HO,  LI  WEI 

MAY,  JEREMY 

ADORNATO,  ROB 

DAVIS,  JENNIFER 

HODGE,  KAREN 

MCALLISTER!  TODD 

AGNESI,  CARLA 

DE  FILIPPIS,  KRISTEN 

HODGSON,  JANINE 

McCAULEY.  CHRIS 

AGULNIK,  ADAM 

DELANEY,  LISA 

HOGAN,  STEVEN 

McGARVEY,  CHRIS 

ALLEN,  SIOBHAN 

DENNIS,  JEANNETTE 

HOWARD,  JASON 

McGILLUNAY,  D.SCOTT 

ALBRECHT,  RICHARD 

DERIKOZIS,  JASON 

HOWSE,  COREY 

MclNTYRE,  KEN 

AMELL,  KATIE 

DILWORTH,  JOHN 

HUDSON,  CHRIS 

McKALE,  MARTY 

ARBUCKLE,  DAVID 

DOBSON,  MIKE 

HUNT,  KRISTINA 

McMAHON 

ARBUS,  MARK 

DOLVANE,  JAISON 

INGHAM,  JAMES 

Mcmullen,  chuck 

ARMITAGE,  KATE 

DONNELLY,  CARL 

IP,  EDWARD 

MIDDLEBRO,  ALLEN 

ARTHUR,  TARA 

DOWDALL,  BRENT 

JABRI.  OMAR 

MIHELL,  DERRY 

BAKER,  SHELLEY 

DOYLE,  RYAN 

JACKSON,  JASON 

miller;  LISA 

BARNETT,  RYAN 

DUCASSE,  CATHY 

JACKSON,  TONY 

MINIELLI,  MIKE 

BARRY,  CHRISTI 

DUFFY,  GAVIN 

JARVIS,  ANDREW 

MORGAN,  NATALIE 

BEAR,  LORETTA 

DUKE,  ANGIE 

JASPER,  CHRISTIAN 

MOSES,  PAUL 

BECHARD,  SARAH 

DULLEMOND,  WILLIAM 

JEGANATHAN,  DINESHKUMAR 

MURPHY,  EVELYN 

BEHAR,  JEREMY 

DUNBAR,  NICOLE 

JEGANATHAN, SKAN 

MULVIHILL,  COREY 

BEIFUSS,  JASON 

DUNNE,  STEVE 

JIN,  JEFF 

MUNRO,  BART 

BENDRIEN,  BRETT 

EAST,  ELAINE 

JONES,  JAMES 

NANNITHAMBY, 

BERGERON,  LAURIE 

EGELSTAFF,  JULIAN 

JOHNSTON,  KATIE 

SATHLYALINGAM 

BERGERON,  MARC 

ELBOURNE,  ANDREA 

JORDAN, ANDREW 

NEEDHAM,  KEVIN 

BEUTEL,  LISE 

ELJABI,  LAINNA 

JURKAT,  LAURIE 

NEWMAN,  LYNNE 

BLACKSTEIN,  TOBIN 

ELLIS,  JOHANNA 

KANJI,  SHAMIR 

NGUYEN,  DAN 

BLAINE,  DIDI 

ESTAY,  LORETO 

KANTHASWAMY,  WAANI 

NGUYEN,  PETER 

BLOOMFIELD;  TRACI 

FANAIAN.  AREZOO 

KAUFFMAN,  MARCEL 

NKANSAH,  SUSAN 

BOCKING,  JAMIE 

FITZPATRICK,  DEANNA 

KEENAN,  BRAD 

NOEL,  MATTHEW 

BOBALJIK,  CHRISTINE 

FORREST,  ANDREW 

KELLY,  SHAWN 

OUELLETTE,  NATASHA 

BOMARDIERI,  PAOLA 

FOSTER-HUNT,  TARA 

KEMP,  RICHARD 

OUELLETTE,  TAHNEE 

BONITO,  MARIO 

FRYDMAN,  ELYCE 

KENNEDY,  BRENDA 

PANESAR,  SANDEEP 

BOTTRIL,  PAM 

FULTON,  GREGORY 

KENNINGTON,  DARLA 

PARTINGTON,  R.J. 

BOULD,  SAMANTHA 

GABBAY,  LAUREN 

KERVES,  AUDREY 

PATEL,  TUSHAR 

BOUSHEY,  CAROLINE 

GAGAN,  STEWART  , 

KETTLEWELL,  SUSAN 

PATERSON, ELLYSSA 

BOWERS,  ANTHONY 

GALANT,  DAVE 

KHOURI,  LISA 

PATRICK,  JEREMY 

BRADY,  KEITH 

GARWOOD,  MATT 

KING,  JASON 

PATTERSON,  PAUL 

BREMSAK.  DAVID 

GEDDES,  HEATHER 

KINSMAN,  SHELLEY 

PAUL,  WARREN 

BRIGHT,  DAMON  ' 

GELLIICH,  GABRIELLA 

KOCHANOWSKI,  JENNIE 

PAVAN,  CARLA 

BROOKING,  BRETT 

GERONAZZA,  DANINE 

KOSKI-HARJA,  ANDREW 

PETERSEN,  KIM 

BROWN,  BRIAN 

GIAGNOCAVO,  DOM 

KRAJEWSKI,  DAVID 

PETERSON,  TANYA 

BRUYERE,  GORD 

GIBBS,  JESSIE 

KREFIC,  GENNY 

PHILP,  ELIZABETH 

BRUYERE,  SCOTT 

GILIBERTI,  DANIELLE 

KUZNIUK,  MARY 

PHILLIPS,  JANE 

BUCHANAN, SEAN 

GONNERMAN,  MICHELLE 

LACASSE,  RENE  MARC 

PINEL,  DOUG 

BUCKTHOUGHT,  MIKE 

G0NSALVES,  CHUCK 

LAIRD,  GAVIN 

PIRACHA,  TARIQ 

BULLOCK,  MATT 

GORINSKY,  ALEX 

LANGSCHMIDT,  CARL 

POLLOCK,  FRASER 

BURGER,  DEREK 

GOW,  ROBERT 

LARGE,  KATHY 

POTVIN,  JACKIE 

CAMPBELL,  DEE 

GRANT,  DON 

LAU,  PONG 

POULTON,  IAN 

CAMPBELL,  IAN 

GRANT,  JASON 

LEDUC,  PIERRE 

POWELL,  LOUISE 

CAMPBELL,  JENNIFER 

GRANT,  MIKE 

LEGARE,  J.P. 

PRZYSIEZRY,  JANINE 

CANTRELL,  PETER 

GREENBERG,  T.LAWSON 

LEVESQUE.  MARTIN 

RAKOBOUCHUK,  DAVID 

CASSION,  CHRIS 

GREER,  PHILIP 

LEVETT.  MICHELLE 

RANALLI,  BONNIE 

CARPENTER,  NICOLE 

GRENIER,  PAUL 

LEWANOWICZ,  BARBARA 

REIMER,  DAVID  P. 

CARVER,  WAYNE 

GUSHULAK,  RICH 

LIFE,  STACEY 

REYNOLDS,  WHITNEY 

CHAMBERLAND,  MARK 

HACHEY,  PHILIP  J. 

LIN,  HEATHER 

RICHARDSON,  HEATHER 

CHAN,  NAOMI 

HADDOW,  KIMBERLY 

LITTLETON,  LORI 

RICHARDSON,  ROBERT 

CHAO,  STEVE 

HAIDARI,  LETLA 

LOLTIE,  ALANA 

ROB,  GEOFF 

CHINN,  NOAH 

WALL,  M  ELAN  IE 

LONG,  DAVID 

ROBERTSON.  HEIDI 

CHISHOLM,  ERIN 

HALSALL,  ALISON 

LU,  PAMELA 

ROBILLARD,  TONY 

CHURCHILL,  CHRIS 

HAMMOND,  PETER 

LUCIANI.AUX 

ROBINSON,  KIM 

CINELLI,  VINCE 

HANNA,  UDANDA 

MacGREGOR,  BLAIR 

RODRIGUE,  CATHY 

CLEGHORN,  DWAYNE 

HARDEO,  SHIOA 

MacKENZIE,  MARILYN 

ROGERS,  IAIN 

CLELAND,  TRACY 

HAWLEY,  HUGH 

MACKENZIE-SMITH,  KIM 

ROLLO,  SEAN 

COMEAU.AMY 

HAWTHORN,  JENNY 

MAHONY,  JOHN 

ROMAN,  KELLY 

COOMBS,  WADE 

HAY,  SEAN 

MALCOLM,  M.J. 

ROSS,  LEITH 

CORMIER,  BRIAN 

HEATH,  LAURA 

MAN Jl.  NATASHA 

RUBIN,  MEIRA 

CORRIGAN,  CHRISTINE 

HENDERSON, KELLY 

MANIKAVASAGAR,  NARESHAN 

RUTLEDGE,  SHAWN 

SAFAI,  JOSEPH 
SALMON,  BELINDA 
SCHILLING,  JENNIFER 
SCHRAM,  PETER 
SEAFIELD,  KEN 
SEGL'IN,  ANNE 
SHARMA,  KARINA 
SHILLINGTON,  LAURA 
SIBUL,  KYLE 
SILVA,  ELIZABETH 
SIVAGNANASUNDARAM, 

SUGANSHRN 
SKIDMORE,  LAURA 
SMITH,  DEBORAH 
SMITH,  HEATHER 
SO.  UNA 
SONIER,  JASON 
SOUKUP,  MARTIN 
STARK,  JAMES 
STIRLING,  TERESA 
STONE,  SHERYL 
SULEK,  CHRISTINE 
TAHARA,  JAMES 
TATTERSALL,  MIKE 
TAYLOR,  KATE 
TELKA,  ROBERT 
TEMPLETON,  MARK 
TETTELAAR,  TANYA 
THOMPSON,  SANDY 
THOMPSON,  TARAH 
TILTACK,  KURT 
TINLEY,  DAVE 
TODD,  RYAN 
TRIBE,  JENNIFER 
TULLETT,  SAMANTHA 
VAN  der  HEYDEN,  L.TODD 
VARDON, SHANNON 
VIRANEY,  KHALIL 
WALKER,  HANK 
WALSH,  MICHELLE 
WANSTNK,  MATT 
WARD,  RYAN 
WARNER,  BARBARA 
WARRIAN,  MEAGAN 
WATSON,  COREY 
WATSON,  LUCY 
WATT,  DEREK 
WATT,  EBEN 
WEATHERBE,  ERIC 
WELLS,  JOHN 
WHITEHORN,  PHILIP 
WHITSON.AUDRA 
WILLE,  ALLAN 
WILLEMSEN,  BRENDA 
WILLIAMS,  MICHELLE 
WILKINS,  ROBERT 
WILSON,  JOSLYN 
WILSON,  PAMELA 
WILLSON,  DALLAS 
WIRTHLIN,  RICK 
WONG,  ANSON 
WRIGHT,  ROB 
YOGARAMAM,  KUMANAN 
YOKOI,  MIO 
YUKE,  WENDY 
ZILBERMAN,  JULIA 
ZITA,  DAVE 
ZOLOK,  LORI 


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28  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  16,  1993 


The  Seventy  Two  Names 

of  Cod 


by  Blayne  Haggart  and  Dave  Carpenter 

Charlatan  Statl 

The  Seventy-Two  Mantes  of  God 

Gallery  101 
Sept.  9  to  Oct.  7 


rhat  can  one  expect  from  an 
exhibit  entitled  The  Seventy- 
Two  Names  of  Cod!  A  reli- 
gious work?  Something  of 
theological  importance  per- 
haps? 

How  about  photos  of  naked  bodies, 
with  sacred  religious  text  superimposed 
on  genitalia  for  good  measure? 

That's  pretty  muchwhatyougetfrom 
this  collection  of  five  works  by  Simon 
Glass,  a  Toronto-based  photographer. 
Using  mostly  nude  photos  of  himself 
posing  with  various  lewish  symbols,  he 
has  created  a  work  with  a  theological 
dimension,  the  point  of  which  can  be 
very  obscure  to  people  not  schooled  in 
ancient  Jewish  mysticism. 

AsGlasssaidinhistalkopeningnight, 
this  is  his  effort  to  come  to  terms  with 
|udaism  and  marks  for  him  a  personal 
journey  to  try  and  discover  a  part  of  the 
religion  that  doesn't  conflict  with  his 
world  view. 

As  for  his  world  view,  one  gets  the 
impression  that  it  is  a  bit  more  sexual 
than  Judaism  normally  goes  for.  After 
all,  strict  Judaism  forbids  the  making  of 
images  of  human  bodies,  which  is  tied 
into  the  commandment  against  making 
graven  images.  Likewise,  it's  common 
knowledge  that  the  Judeo-Christian  tra- 
dition isn't  exactly  made  for  hedonists. 

There  is  a  big  debate  going  on  within 


theological  circles  as  to  whetherthe  Judeo- 
Christian  tradition  has  lost  touch  with 
human  nature,  which  just  happens  to 
have  a  definite  sexual  side  to  it.  Glass 
exploits  this  side  to  the  fullest,  almost 
going  overboard. 

All  photos  are  of  the  chest  and  genita- 
lia only- —  no  heads,  no  feet.  His  hands 
caress  his  body  while  his  chest  in  some 
photos  juts  out.  As  one  person  at  the 
exhibit  remarked,  it  has  a  marked  resem- 
blance to  gay  pom. 

This  may  have  been  due  to  the  work 
"Shaddai:  Almighty, "  which  shows  Glass 
wearing  leather  straps.  These  straps  are 
actually  tefillin,  which  are  worn  by  pious 
Jewish  men  while  they  say  theirmoming 
prayers. 

In  his  photographs,  Glass  is  concerned 
with  exploring  his  effeminate  side;  thus, 
the  poses  are  those  that  one  usually  at- 
taches to  female  photos  found  in  adver- 
tising. Infact,  Glass  says  he  uses  the  Sun's 
Page  Three  for  inspiration. 

As  for  the  headless  pieces,  Glass  says 
this  is  his  effort  to  get  away  from  using 
his  photos  to  shoot  characters.  In  doing 
so  he  avoids  taking  pictures  of  subjects 
and  instead  makes  it  more  universal. 

This  he  does  quite  effectively.  The  main 
work,  "The  Seventy-Two  Names  of  God, " 
is  1 8  prints  wide  by  four  prints  high,  all  of 
either  his  naked  body  or  a  female's  na- 
ked body,  all  of  them  in  similar  poses. 

Viewed  very  quickly,  the  differences 
between  the  sexes  is  blurred.  As  with  all 
his  work,  this  goes  back  to  the  Judeo- 
Christian  creation  myths,  one  of  which 
holds  that  male  and  female  were  once 
one  and  there  are  elements  of  each  in  the 
other. 

"The  Seventy-Two  Names  of  God" 


ence  on  opening  night,  he  feels  that 
Judaism  has  as  its  basis  a  profound  re- 
spect for  procreation. 

The  otherworks  play  with  the  human 
body  and  Judaism  in  the  same  way. 
"Ezekiel's  Vision"  is  actually  the  story  of 
Ezekiel's  vision  of  God  with  the  words 
screened  onto  what  at  first  looks  like  a 
tablet  but  is  in  reality  another  of  Glass's 
self-portraits. 

Probably  the  coolest  part  of  the  ex- 
hibit is  "Book  of  Formation,"  which 
takes  letters  from  the  Sepher  Yetsira,  a 
Cabalistic  creation  myth.  Best  of  all,  fill- 
ing in  the  letters  are  photos  of  human 
flesh.  The  effect  is  fascinating. 

This  is  not  an  exhibit  that  anyone  can 
just  get  into.  If  you  don't  know  about 
Judaism,  this  will  just  look  like  someone 
took  some  strange-looking  characters  and 
putthemonsomeordinarynudephotos. 
It  helps  that  there  is  a  brief  overview  of 
each  of  the  five  works  on  hand. 

This  exhibit  may  be  the  result  of  Glass's 
effort  to  fit  Judaism  into  his  world  view, 
but  it  is  also  full  of  overtones  of  guilt  and 
effeminacy. 

It's  hard  not  to  be  impressed  by  the 
mystical  power  attributed  to  the  letters, 
combined  with  blatant  sexual  images 
that  are  traditionally  a  religious  no-no. 
They're  works  that  really  should  be  seen. 

□ 


draws  its  name  from  Cabala,  an  ancient 
form  of  Jewish  mysticism;  each  name  is 
derived  from  letters  from  three  specific 
verses  in  the  Bible.  These  names  have 
been  used  as  a  meditation  since  the  1 3th 
century.  On  each  of  the  72  photos  is  one 
of  the  names  of  God  placed  above  the 
genitalia  because,  as  Glass  told  the  audi- 


Lisa  Germano 

Happiness 
Capitol 

A  melding  of  soft  syncopation,  earthy 
mellow  tones,  and  vigorous  vocal  work, 
is  what  Lisa  Germano  offers  up  for  her 
new  album  Happiness. 

Germano  provides  a  sensitive  person's 
guide  to  romantic  healing  and  personal 
growth  without  ever  getting  preachy, 
whinyorsoft.  Her  talent  ishighlighted  by 
—  but  not  limited  to  —  her  fresh  and 
vindictive  version  of  Nancy  Sinatra's  good 
°1'  boots  ditty. 

The  sounds  on  this  album  vary  from 
driving  buoyancy  on  "Energy"  to  the 
melodic  forcefulness  of  "The  Darkest 
Night  of  All." 

Produced  by  Malcolm  Bum,  and  remi- 
niscent of  other  Bum-produced  work  like 
Crash  Vegas's  Red  Earth,  Germano's  ef- 
fort is  a  whirlwind  of  honesty,  humor  and 
Poise. 

Anyone  looking  for  intensely  surreal 
lyrics  and  brilliantly  understated  rhythm 
"ill  certainly  revel  in  this  passionate  yet 
focused  treat. 

Mario  Carlncci 


Juliana  Hatfield  Three 

Become  What  You  Are 
Mammoth/Attic 

With  her  second  album  Juliana 
Hatfield,  sometimes  a  Lemonhead  and 
former  member  of  the  Blake  Babies,  has 
released  another  compilation  of  soft, 
sweet-pitched  songs  with  elusive,  am- 
biguous lyrics. 

The  first  rime  out,  on  Hey  Babe,  Hatfield 
was  the  only  constant  element  on  the 
album.  Now,  she's  backed  by  two  friends, 
bassist  Dean  Fisher  and  Todd  Philips  on 
drums. 

In  her  first  single  "My  Sister,"  Hatfield 
—  who  has  two  brothers  but  no  sister  — 
imagines  what  it  would  be  like  to  have  a 
sister.  In  the  song,  she  contradicts  herself 
by  saying,  "I  hate  my  sister,  she's  such  a 
bitch,"  and  following  it  up  with,  "I  love 
my  sister,  she's  the  best."' 

"Supermodel"  plays  with  stereotypi- 
cal images,  demonstrating  that  Hatfield 
doesn't  want  to  be  recognized  as  just 
another  pretty  girl  with  a  guitar. 

In  all  the  songs,  her  great  melodic 
tone  is  matched  with  the  perfect  balance 
of  polished  and  heavy  guitars. 


This  CD  is  a  sweet  sing-along  combi- 
nation, capturing  Hatfield's  giddy  spirit. 
The  album  closes  with  "1  Got  No  Idols," 
which  contains  her  best  line,  "I'm  a  liar 
and  that's  the  truth." 

Joanne  Olszewski 

Atlantis  Bus 

Watering  Site 
Independent 

Are  they  pop?  Are  they  Celtic?  Are 
they  just  really  mellow? 

It  depends  on  which  song  you're  lis- 
tening to. 

On  what  is  only  a  six-song  tape, 
Atlantis  Bus  shift  effortlessly  from  the 
easy  Charlatans-meet-Simple-Minds 
groove  of  "The  Road"  to  the  pure  Celtic 
joy  of  "Sea  to  Sea." 

Plus,  they're  completely  at  ease  mov- 
ing from  sound  to  sound.  These  Vancou- 
ver folks  could  open  for  the  Wonder  Stuff 
one  night  and  play  the  next  at  the  High- 
land Games  in  Maxville,  Ont. 

The  rest  of  the  cassette  is  very  mellow 
and  very  good.  This  is  a  band  to  watch.  If 
they  stay  together,  they  could  go  far. 

(Tapes  are  $6. 1280  W.  16th  St.,  North 
Vancouver,  British  Columbia,  V7P  1R6) 
Blayne  Haggart 


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September  16,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  29 


Citrus  sounds  from  the  west  coast 


by  David  Bartolf 

Charlaian  Staff 


Rymes  With  Orange,  opening  for 
Acid  Test 

Zophod  Beeblebrox 
Saturday,  Sept.  18 


| 


ft  was  almost  like  a  scene  from 
Roadkill. 

Somewhere  in  the  Ontario 
hinterlands  —  just  between 
Brampton  and  nearby  Toronto 
an  independent  rock  band 
was  on  the  road.  The  OPP  had 
already  nailed  them  twice  for  speeding. 
The  van'stransmission  was  replaced  in  a 
Winnipeg  Canadian  Tire  parking  lot. 
And  I  couldn't  get  in  touch  with  them  to 
do  this  interview.  We  played  telephone 
tag  for  an  entire  week. 

Finally,  as  they  were  sitting  down  for 
a  Guinness  and  supper  in  an  unnamed 
pub  in  the  hinterlands,  and  as  my  Sun- 
day deadline  passed,  bassist  Nelson 
Sinclair  and  vocalist  Lyndon  Johnson 
called. 

The  Vancouver  group  has  had  a  heady, 
hectic  schedule  in  the  last  year:  inde- 
pendently releasing  theirfirst  album  Peel 
and  selling  7,000  copies  of  it,  filming 
three  videos  ("Marvin,"  a  cover  of  Small 
Faces'  "Itchychoo  Park"  and  "Memory 
Fade"),  touring  Western  Canada  in 
March,  touring  Eastern  Canada  in  June 
and  July.  They're  now  running  halfway 
through  a  50-club  cross-country  tour.  As 
well,  Johnson  and  Sinclair  did  a  quick 
European  summer  tour  as  a  duo,  visiting 
London,  Frankfurt,  Berlin  and  Amster- 
dam. 

"We've  only  been  around  for  two 
years,"  Johnson  says.  "We're quite  happy 
with  the  way  things  are  going." 

One  of  the  highlights  for  the  group 
was  the  Music  West  conference  held  in 
Vancouver  this  past  May.  At  last  year's 


Rymes  With  Orange:  they  may  not  be  able  to  spell,  but  oh,  what  fashion  savvy! 


conference,  Warner  Brothers  signed  Pure, 
and  Sloan  used  it  as  a  showcase  to  Geffen 
Records  before  negotiating  with  them. 

Earlier  in  the  week,  I  had  phoned  Bob 
D'Eith,  the  group's  lawyer  and  one  of  its 
keyboardists.  D'Eith  is  taking  a  break  in 
Vancouver,  the  group's  home  base,  as 
Steve  Hennesey  handles  synths  on  tour. 

"It  was  really  good,"  says  D'Eith  of  the 
conference.  "We  had  a  totally  different 
approach.  Last  year  we  were  looking  to 
get  noticed,  but  it  was  all  'Thank  you  very 
much,  we'll  give  you  our  form  rejection 
letter  in  the  mail,'"  D'Eith  says. 


At  this  year's  conference,  the  group 
had  a  very  professional-looking  and  - 
sounding  album  to  promote,  which  they 
did  relentlessly. 

Rymes  spoke  with  several  record  com- 
panies, including  Hollywood,  the  new 
Disney- control  led  label,  but  didn't  com- 
mit to  anything. 

"At  the  moment,  we  believe  we  can  do 
all  this  by  ourselves,  within  Canada.  It's 
got  to  be  the  right  deal.  It  has  to  be  a 
situation  where  the  band  has  a  lot  of 
control,"  Johnson  says. 

For  example,  "Our  next  record  we're 


Luil.C 


LE     AT:NEON,     BYWARD  MARKET 


going  to  do  at  home,"  says  Johnson, 
"Instead  of  spending  $20,000  on  a  stu- 
dio, spend  $20,000  and  have  a  studio 
that  we  own.  Then  we  can  demo  and  do 
whatever  we  want." 

Plus,  as  D'Eith  says,  "It  was  neat  to 
turn  some  record  companies  away  this 
time." 

The  busy  pace  has  forced  the  group  to 
make  some  tough  decisions.  Star  Search, 
Ed  McMahon's  talent  search/variety 
show,  solicited  Rymes  for  this  autumn's 
taping,  but  tour  commitments  nixed  that 
idea  for  this  year. 

Rymes  also  declined  the  opportunity 
to  headline  the  opening  night  of  a  music 
conference  in  Manchester,  England,  to 
be  held  this  month. 

"Unless  you're  doing  a  European  tour 
—  which  we're  planning  to  do  soon  —  it 
doesn't  make  economic  sense.  It's  still 
the  high  season  (for  plane  ticket  prices),  " 
D'Eith  says.  He  added  that  they're  plan- 
ning an  American  tour  after  their  Euro- 
pean tour. 

Rymes's  music  is  rightly  compared  to 
British  synthesizer-heavy  pop.  The  band's 
songs  are  melodic  and  groovy.  Aptly,  in 
1992,  Rymes  opened  both  Peter  Murphy 
and  Echo  and  the  Bunnyrhen's  Vancou- 
ver shows. 

More  specific  comparisons  are  mads 
to  the  Manchester  synth-and-psychedelio 
scene.  This  is  courtesy  of  Johnson,  who 
grew  up  there. 

Johnson  traded  living  in  one  rainy  city 
for  another,  moving  from  Manchesterto 
Vancouver  10  years  ago.  Johnson  got 
together  with  the  other  band  members, 
who  were  playing  as  the  Nightwatchmen* 
and  formed  the  group  in  1990.  Johnson 
came  up  with  the  Rymes  With  Orange  — 
later  purposefully  misspelt. 

"People  start  to  think  about  the  nan* 
It's  a  good  thing  for  the  group.  People 
always  remember  thn  name,"  Johnson 
says. 

And  why  not?  The  group  has  been 
reinforcing  the  orange  motif  like  a  lona- 
running  joke,  using  orange  stationary' 
putting  orange  scent  in  their  on-stagc 
smoke  machine,  giving  away  orange- 
flavored  condoms,  and  looking  into  or- 
ange-smelling scratch  'n'  sniff  T-shirts.  0 


30  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  16,  1993 


Thursday,  September 
16 

Sandra  Shamas  does  her  bit  for  the 
environment  with  My  Boyfriend's  Back 
and  There's  Going  to  Be  Laundry  II . . 
The  Cycle  Continues.  It's  at  the  NAC 
Theatre,  tickets  are  $19  and  $27.50.  It 
runs  until  October  2. 

The  Rocky  Horror  Picture  Show  plays 
at  the  Mayfair  at  7  p.m.  We  don't  have 
to  explain  it  to  you,  do  we? 

Charlie  Sohmer  with  Particles  of 
Truth  play  their  brand  of  roots/soul 
music  at  the  Hog  Rock  Cafe  in  the 

Market  tonight  and  tomorrow. 

Montreal's  Dysfunctions  play  the 
Penguin.  Expect  some  avant-garde  rock 
stuff. 

Jimmy  George  play  their  oh-so-cool 
Celtic  stuff  at  Creeque  Alley. 

Grimskunk  rolls  into  Zaphod's  to- 
night to  play  some  loud  music.  Bring 
earplugs.  Six  dollars  get  you  in. 

Friday,  September  1 7 

Up  With  People  is  playing  at 
Nepean's  Centrepoint  Theatre.  Their 
show  is  described  as  "Suitable  for  the 
whole  family."  How  'bout  this  for  an 
evening  out  on  the  town:  McDonald's, 
free  Willy  and  Up  With  People.  Tickets  are 
$14  for  students. 

Black  Triangle,  Illegal  Jazz.  Poets 
and  another  band  play  a  benefit  for  the 
Food  Bank  at  the  Almonte  Arena.  If 

someone  can  understand  the  logic  be- 
hind this  lineup  at  this  venue,  please  call 
The  Charlatan  at  788-6680. 

54-40,  The  Waltons,  The  Arrogant 
Worms  and  The  Barstool  Prophets 
all  play  the  Congress  Centre.  It's 
brought  to  you  by  the  good  folks  at  the 
University  of  Ottawa,  the  same  people 
that  didn't  bring  you  Chris  Rock.  Tickets 
are  $  10  for  students  through  Ticketmaster. 
Show  starts  at  7  p.m. 

(Sure  it  does.  The  Sloan  show  put  on  by 
the  U  of  O  was  also  supposed  to  start  at 
seven  but  they  didn't  let  us  in  until  eight. 
Actually,  for  all  it  mattered,  they 
should've  just  locked  the  doors  until  Sloan 
took  the  stage  after  11.  Who  had  the 
brilliant  idea  of  getting  Sloan,  one  of  the 
biggest  underground  acts  in  Canada,  to 
play  a  cafeteria?  Sloan  was  pretty  cool, 
overcoming  bad  sound  in  a  bad  room, 
but  Thrush  Hermit  is  a  pale  Sloan  clone, 
Kif  Kif  played  bad,  cliched  70s  heavy 
rock,  and  Tongues  and  Bones  put  on  the 
worst  show  I've  ever  seen  them  play.  — 
ed.) 

Saturday,  September 
18 

The  Old  Sod  Folk  Music  Society  of 
Ottawa  presents  The  Friends  of  Fid- 
dler's Green  at  the  Glebe  Community 
Centre.  Music,  storytelling  and  more 
fun  than  an  Up  With  People  show.  Tick- 
ets are  $12  for  members  of  the  Old  Sod, 


$  1 4  for  everyone  else. 

Acid  Testbrings  cool  dance  sounds  to 
Zaphod's.  Opening  is  Vancouver's 
Rymes  With  Orange  (see  interview, 
page  30).  Cover  is  $6. 

Sunday,  September  19 

Gypsy  Soul  do  the  "high  energy 
funk'n'soul"  type  thing.  They're  at  The 
Pit  (underneath  On  Tap)  tonight. 

Monday,  September  20 

This  weeks  book  suggestion  is  John 
Ralston  Saul's  work  Voltaire's  Bas- 
tards. Anyone  wanting  to  make  sense  of 
the  world  shoud  read  this  tome. 

Tuesday,  September  21 

You're  on  your  own,  folks. 

Wednesday, 
September  22 

Listen  to  your  radio.  On  CKCU's  In  a 


Mellow  Tone  at  9  p.m.,  Charles  Skeete 
profiles  jazz  singer  Joe  Williams. 

Or  go  see  Lucky  Ron,  Ottawa's 
very  own  country  legend,  at  Creeque 
Alley  (recommended  by  Charlatan 
photo  editor  Tim  O'Connor). 

Thursday,  September 
23 

Love  violence?  Don't  see  nearly 
enough  callous  murders  these  days? 
Then  check  out  Resevoir  Dogs  at  the 
Mayfair  at  7  p.m.  Not  recommended 
for  Up  With  People  fans. 


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CHARLATAN 


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whole  lot  more  fun!  Everybody  welcome  to  come  and  go. 

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INDEX 


ARTS 

25 

CLASSIFIEDS 

14 

FEATURE 

16 

NEWS 

3 

NATIONAL 

9 

OP/ED 

13 

SPORTS 

19 

On  the  cover.. 


And  you  thought 
they'd  lose  .  .  . 

RAVENS  19 

GEE-GEES  18 


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till  12:30am 
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NEWS 


MacOdrum  library  forgives  and  forqets 

V  Andrea  Wiebe  „,  u,  ,  .     *J 


by 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton's  library  will  walk  softly  this 
week,  but  will  start  carrying  a  big  stick 
next  week. 

The  library  is  having  an  amnesty  week 
from  Sept.  23  to  Sept.  30.  During  this 
time,  borrowers  may  return  overdue 
material  without  being  fined. 

But  the  library  is  introducing  a  stricter 
sanctions  policy  which  will  go  into  effect 
Oct.  1- 

Under  the  new  policy,  borrowers  with 
three  or  more  overdue  items,  like  books 
or  instructional  television  tapes,  will  have 
their  borrowing  privileges  suspended  until 
all  overdue  materials  are  returned. 

Linda  Rossman,  the  library's  associ- 
ate librarian,  says  long-overdue  material 
is  the  main  reason  for  having  an  am- 
nesty week.  She  says  students  who  put  off 
returning  their  overdue  materials  "greatly 
inconvenience  other  users  who  are  wait- 
ing for  that  book  to  come  back  ....  It 
becomes  very  unfair." 

Rossman  says  between  1 ,500  and  2,000 
books  are  either  overdue  or  lost  right 
now,  and  at  least  40  instructional  televi- 
sion tapes  are  overdue. 

Rossman  says  if  the  sanctions  policy 
was  now  in  place,  1 65  people  would  have 
had  their  borrowing  privileges  suspended 


already. 

Gary  Anandasan- 
garee,  CUSA's  director 
of  academics,  says  he 
thinks  the  amnesty 
week  will  save  students 
money. 

He  says  the  new 
sanctions  policy  can 
also  help  students  "by 
getting  books  back  that 
have  been  out  for  a  long 
time,  because  they're 
books  that  students 
need." 

Allison  Cederholm, 
a  second-year  English- 
student,  says  she's  not 
sure  about  the  new  li- 
brary policy. 

"I  would  like  other 
students  to  bring  back 
their  books  because  if  I 
need  them  I 'd  like  them 
to  be  there  when  they're 
supposed  to  be. 

"But  on  the  other 
hand,  I  know  how  they 
feel  because  I  do  have  overdue  books, 
and  sometimes  you  just  don't  realize  that 
they  are  overdue,"  she  says. 

The  senate  library  committee  studied 


Students  are  countin'  their  lucky  I  oonies. 


and  approved  the  new  sanctions  last 
spring,  says  professor  Ian  Cameron,  the 
committee's  chair.  Cameron  says  the  new 
sanctions  are  "a  way  to  use  something 


other  than  fines  to  get  books  that  are  not 
circulating." 

He  says  the  sanctions  will  also  apply 
to  all  faculty  members.  Cameron  says 
faculty  and  students  are  often  willing  to 
pay  the  fines  in  order  to  keep  the  books, 
but  if  their  borrowing  privileges  are  sus- 
pended, they  are  likely  to  renew  the  books 
instead. 

The  idea  for  the  new  sanctions  policy 
came  from  the  library  staff,  says  univer- 
sity librarian  David  Holmes,  a  member 
of  the  senate  library  committee. 

The  committee,  made  up  of  students 
and  faculty  members,  plays  an  advisory 
role  when  any  change  in  library  policy 
will  affect  the  Carleton  community  at 
large. 

Holmes  says  the  committee,  "felt  there 
was  a  need  for  a  tougher  policy  to  get  the 
books  back  on  time  and  to  keep  them 
moving." 

Rossman  says  she  hopes  for  a  good 
response  to  the  amnesty.  The  last  am- 
nesty period  was  about  20  years  ago. 
Though  the  amnesty  week  may  reduce 
revenue  generated  by  library  fines, 
Rossman  says  this  is  not  the  library's 
primary  concern. 

"What  we're  most  interested  in  is  the 

LIBRARY  cont'd  on  pg.  12 


Summer  assaults  leave  postering  questions 


by  Prema  Oza 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  safety  poster  about  two  summer 
incidents  in  residence  was  not  distributed 
quickly  enough  and  should  have  been 
posted  all  over  campus,  say  three  service 
co-ordinators  for  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association  (CUSA). 

On  Aug.  10,  a  woman  living  in  resi- 
dence woke  up  to  discover  a  male  in- 
truder in  her  room  who  left  without  a 
word.  On  Aug.  15,  another  female  resi- 
dent was  taking  a  shower  when,  a  man 
entered  through  her  unlocked  room  door, 
exposed  himself  and  indecently  touched 
her. 

Both  incidents  were  reported  to  the 
department  of  university  safety.  A  poster 
publicizing  the  incidents  was  issued  Aug. 
16  and  posted  around  residence. 

EhabShanti,  co-ordinatorofthelnter- 
national  Students'  Centre,  and  Renee 
Twaddle,  co-ordinator  of  the  Carleton 
Women's  Centre,  say  that  if  a  poster  had 
been  circulated  sooner  about  the  first 
incident,  the  second  one  might  have  been 
avoided. 

Shanti  says  he  was  approached  by  the 
woman  involved  in  the  Aug.  1 0  incident, 
who  was  an  international  student.  He 
then  contacted  Twaddle  and  Foot  Patrol 
co-ordinator  Brenda  Kennedy. 

CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson  says  she's 
concerned  the  poster  only  went  up  in 
residence. 

"Concern  is  not  restricted  just  to  resi- 
dence students,"  says  Watson. 

Twaddle  says  the  poster  should  have 
gone  all  over  campus. 

"If  this  incident  happened  in  (the) 
Loeb  (building)  or  the  library,  you 
wouldn't  expect  posters  to  be  put  up  just 
in  Loeb  or  the  library." 

Nancy  Adamson,  co-ordinator  for  the 
university's  status  of  women  office,  says 
the  posters  were  distributed  only  in  resi- 
dence because  "what  was  going  on  per- 
tained only  to  residence." 

Mark  Tinlin,  director  of  university 
safety,  says  when  an  incident  occurs,  a 
safety  poster  committee  must  consider  if 
the  incident  is  a  threat  to  the  entire 
campus  and  if  the  poster  warrants  wide 


distribution  on  campus. 

The  committee,  which  is  made  up  of 
Tinlin,  Adamson,  Watson,  and  Pat 
O'Brien,  director  of  public  relations  and 
information  services,  co-ordinates  the  pro- 
duction of  safety  posters. 

Shanti  says  he  believes  the  posters  for 
the  first  incident  were  not  made  up  at  first 
because  the  issue  was  not  considered  to 
be  serious  enough. 

Tinlin  says  there  was  "some  discus- 
sion" about  whether  or  not  the  first  inci- 
dent should  be  postered. 

"There  is  always  a  review  of  whether 
the  poster  is  of  value,"  says  Tinlin. 

The  postering  policy  says  the  type  of 
incidents  to  be  reported  on  posters  are 
sexual  assaults,  physical  assaults,  exhi- 


bitionism, voyeurism,  hate  incidents  and 
"other  situations  determined  by  the  safety 
poster  committee  to  merit  an  announce- 
ment to  the  university  community." 

Heather  Brown,  associate  director  of 
public  relations  and  information  serv- 
ice^ says  she  spoke  to  the  department  of 
university  safety  on  Aug.  16  and  found 
out  about  the  incident  in  residence  that 
occurred  the  day  before.  She  says  she 
then  went  to  the  printers  and  stopped 
them  from  printing  the  Aug.  10  poster. 

"We  thought  that  since  both  inci- 
dents were  similar  we  would  just  incor- 
porate it  into  one  poster,"  says  Brown. 

"The  (purpose  of  the)  safety  poster  is 
to  caution  people  about  safety  issues," 
says  Brown.  "It  is  an  obvious  precaution 


to  lock  your  doors. 

"In  summer,  residence  is  a  different 
situation,"  she  says,  "it's  like  a  hotel. 
Tour  and  conference  services  have  peo- 
ple staying  there.  It's  not  just  students.  I 
think  these  are  just  judgments.  People 
can  agree  or  disagree." 

Kennedy  disagrees.  Saying  that  keep- 
ing doors  locked  is  an  obvious  precaution 
"puts  the  blame  on  the  victim, "  she  says. 

Shanti  says  many  international  stu- 
dents are  told  by  their  parents  that  resi- 
dence is  the  safest  place  on  campus  and 
many  of  them  are  not  accustomed  to 
locking  their  doors.  He  says  the  woman 
involved  in  the  Aug.  10  incident  has  left 
Carleton  because  of  the  incident  and  is 
attending  college  elsewhere.  □ 


Oliver's  lineups  revive  a  dead  Rooster's 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Charlatan  Staff 

People  got  to  drink  and  wait  instead  of 
stand  in  line  and  wait  to  get  into  Oliver's 
on  Sept.  15  —  the  first  night  the  bar  was 
open  to  the  general  public. 

They  were  sent  upstairs  to  Rooster's 
Coffeehouse  with  a  ticket  to  wait  about 
20  minutes  for  their  number  to  be  called 
to  get  into  Oliver's.  Both  places  are  owned 
and  operated  by  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association  (CUSA). 

CUSA  finance  commissioner  Rene 
Faucher  says  he  decided  to  use  this  sys- 
tem on  Wednesday  nights  when  it's  busy 
to  avoid  long  lineups  to  get  into  the  bar. 

"When  we  saw  the  huge  crowd  on 
Wednesday  the  eighth  (when  the  bar  was 
open  for  a  frosh-only  event),  we  knew  the 
15th  would  be  the  same,"  he  says. 

"Instead  of  having  students  waiting 
in  the  hallway,  they  can  wait  in  Roost- 
er's." 

Andrew  Murison,  a  third-year  Carle- 
ton student,  says  he  liked  the  system. 

"I  think  it's  good  because  you  don't 
have  to  stand  in  line,"  he  says.  "You  can 
drink  and  wait  instead  of  waiting  in 
line." 

Ron  Goldson,  a  second-year  Carleton 
student,  says  he  felt  confused  when  he 


was  handed  the  ticket. 

"I  felt  like  they  were  giving  me  a  coat 
check  ticket, "  he  says. 

When  Goldson  had  it  all  figured  out, 
he  had  bitter  words  about  the  system. 

"I  thought  it  was  another  way  for 
Rooster's  to  make  more  money  instead  of 
people  leaving  to  another  bar,"  he  says. 

Faucher  says  he  regretted  students 
didn't  know  about  the  system  before- 
hand. 

"There  were  a  few  people  surprised  but 
they  were  also  equally  surprised  the  line 
moved  rather  quickly,"  he  says.  "Stu- 
dents would've  had  to  wait  an  hour  and 
a  half  inline. 

But  the  problem  wasn't  completely 
solved  because  students  had  to  stand  in 
line  to  get  into  Rooster's. 

"When  people  wait  in  line  for  Roost- 
er's, that's  when  they  get  upset,"  says 
Faucher. 

He  says  CUSA  will  make  the  wait  more 
pleasurable  in  Rooster's  by  setting  up 
more  music  with  a  DJ  and  clearing  some 
of  the  tables  and  chairs  so  students  can 
dance. 

He  also  says  he  will  arrange  to  have 
more  employees  working  behind  the  bar 
at  Rooster's  so  the  wait  for  drinks  won't 
be  long. 


Despite  the  number  system,  Faucher 
says  there  was  some  mischief  going  on  in 
Rooster's. 

"There  was  a  lot  of  people  bartering 
for  tickets." 

He  says  he  heard  a  student  offering  to 
buy  a  ticket  for  $10  to  jump  the  queue, 
even  though  tickets  were  free. 

Faucher  says  the  night  brought  in  a 
gross  revenue  of  $23,000  for  both  Roost- 
er's and  Oliver's  liquor  sales.  He  says 
Rooster's  alone  brought  in  over  $6,000. 
Faucher  says  on  a  normal  Wednesday 
night,  Oliver's  brings  in  about  $10,000 
and  Rooster's  about  $  1 ,000. 

Nicole  Gibson,  an  employee  at  Roost- 
er's, says  she  loved  it  when  all  the  stu- 
dents came  into  Rooster's  that  night. 

"  It  was  great, "  she  says.  "Oliver's  steals 
all  of  the  people  Wednesday  night.  Peo- 
ple didn't  have  to  wait  in  line.  I  thought 
it  was  a  pretty  good  system."  □ 


We  goofed 

In  "Unicentre  may  bear  Aykroyd's 
name"  (The  Charlatan,  Sept.  23, 1993), 
we  called  Dan  Aykroyd's  motherSusan. 
Actually,  hernameis  Lorraine  Aykroyd. 
We  regret  any  inconvenience  our  mis- 
take may  have  caused.  □ 


September  23,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


CUSA  budget:  read  this,  it's  your  money 


by  Ryan  Nakashima 

Charlatan  Staff 

Just  what  has  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association  (CUSA)  done  with 
my  $80.40  undergraduate  student  fee? 

This  is  a  good  question,  since  it's  our 
$1.8  million  in  fees  that  make  up  most  of 
CUSA's  $2-million  operating  budget. 
CUSA  council  passed  this  budget  at  a 
council  meeting  on  Aug.  11. 

CUSA  made  a  profit  of  $375,592  last 
year  with  total  revenues  of  about  $6.5 
million  and  expenditures  of  about  $6.2 
million,  says  Rene  Faucher,  CUSA's  fi- 
nance commissioner. 

The  big  savings  came  from  not  reno- 
vating the  Unicentre,  for  which  CUSA 
had  budgeted  $317,000,  says  Faucher. 
The  maintenance  would  have  involved 
extensive  changes  like  replacing  win- 
dows and  repairing  walls,  says  Stan 
Britton  of  physical  plant. 

Faucher  says  university  administra- 
tion was  to  finance  half  the  project,  but  it 
pulled  out  last  February  because  it  lacked 
the  funds. 

This  year's  profit  is  going  to  be  put  into 
a  "building  Band-Aid  fund, "  because  the 
20-year-old  building  is  "falling  apart," 
says  Faucher. 

CUSA's  investment  fund  has  about 
$400,000  in  it  this  year  after  $340,000 
was  taken  out  for  Oliver's  renovations. 
Faucher  says  Oliver's  will  pay  back  the 
money  without  interest  over  seven  years. 
CUSA's  investments  are  in  insured  fed- 
eral government  treasury  bills,  provin- 
cial bonds  and  guaranteed  investment 
certificates,  says  Faucher. 

Oliver's  bar  lost  about  $100,000  last 
year,  an  amount  Faucher  says  was  made 
up  in  savings  in  other  parts  of  the  budget. 
For  instance,  CUSA  saved  $20,000  by 
cutting  and  freezing  parts  of  CUSA's 
budget. 

Even  though  Faucher  has  set  the  fund- 
ing allocations  with  this  budget,  he  says 


cuts  may  still  happen,  as  they  did  last 
year  in  March,  when  CUSA  services  had 
their  budgets  frozen.  The  operating  budget 
is  "only  a  guideline,"  says  Faucher. 

"The  only  thing  I  care  about  is  the 
bottom  line.  If  that  means  cutting  back 
in  their  areas  (student  services)  during 
the  year,  I'll  do  that." 

BREAKDOWN  OF  CUSA  EXECU- 
TIVE BUDGET 
(The  Charlatan  looked  at  areas  in 
the  budget  where  there  were 
changes  from  the  previous  year,  or 
where  it  wasn't  clear  what  the  area 
covered.  The  first  figure  quoted  for 
each  budget  line  is  the  actual 
amount  spent  in  1992-93.  The  sec- 
ond figure  is  what  has  been  budg- 
eted for  1993-94). 

President 

Alumni  Relations  $402.00/$ 300.00 

This  fund  pays  for  CUSA  executive 
members  to  attend  alumni  dinners  and 
fundraisers  which  can  cost  as  much  as 
$50  a  plate.  This  summer,  four  CUSA 
executive  members  went  to  a  summer 
event,  costing  $200. 
Conferences  $l,279.00/$3,000.00 

This  line  increased  for  every  executive 
member.  Last  year,  all  conferences  were 
lumped  into  a  discretionary  category  (a 
fund  that  required  council's  approval 
before  being  dipped  into).  This  year,  nec- 
essary conferences  are  in  the  operating 
budget  and  were  sanctioned  when  CUSA 
council  passed  the  budget.  CUSA  still  has 
an  $11,000  discretionary  fund  for  stu- 
dents who  want  to  go  on  conferences. 
Spending  from  this  fund  must  be  author- 
ized by  council. 

Special  Projects  $14,023.29/ 
$13,000.00 

This  covers  "the  whole  portfolio  of 
(the)  president,  except  for  fixed  costs, 


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(and)  is  essentially  what  the  person  takes 
on  as  a  pet  project,"  says  Faucher. 

Two  main  expenses  take  up  about 
$10,000  of  this  fund  already  —  experi- 
ence booklets  to  help  first-year  students 
in  the  transition  to  university,  and  an 
awards  book,  on  reference,  to  make  ap- 
plying for  awards  and  bursaries  easier. 
Each  costs  about  $5,000.  The  first-year 
booklets  are  available  this  year. 

Finance 
Commissioner 

Executive  Honoraria  $81,953.00/ 
$99,000.00 

Executive  Benefits  $11,473.42/ 
$13,860.00 

CUSA's  president  and  finance  com- 
missionermake  $18,000ayear.  The  vice- 
presidents  external  and  internal  make 
$  1 6,000  a  year  each .  The  director  of  aca- 
demics and  director  of  services  make 
$15,500ayear. 

Executive  benefits  covers  the  part  of 
salaries  paid  for  unemployment  insur- 
ance, 14  per  cent  of  their  total  salaries. 

Honoraria  andbenefittotals  haveboth 
increased  this  year  because  there  is  one 
more  executive  member  than  last  year. 
Executive  Tuition  $8,076.30/$8,200 

Fauchersays  every  executive  member 
gets  three  credits  paid  for. 
CUSA  Taxi  Chits  $542  $500 

Faucher  says  this  line  isn't  for  actual 
chits,  but  to  reimburse  students  who 
present  receipts  for  cab  rides. 

He  says  it's  for  people  required  to  work 
late  who  are  too  far  away  to  take  buses. 
CUSA  vice-president  external  Kristine 
Haselsteiner  also  gets  $400  for  taxi  rides, 
as  she  often  needs  to  be  off-campus  un- 
expectedly. CUSA's  vice-president  inter- 
nal Rob  lamieson  also  has  $  150  for  taxis. 
Special  Projects  Fund  $4,457.94/ 
$4,000.00 

Last  year,  much  of  Faucher's  fund 
went  to  the  Ravens  'R  Us,  a  social  club 
which  promotes  school  spirit  on  campus. 
$2,000  went  to  making  up  800  mugs  for 
the  members.  Another  $  1 , 1 00  was  spent 
on  Ravens  'R  Us  events.  Members  who 
brought  mugs  to  Oliver's  Thursday  nights 
got  "something  like  a  20-cent  discount" 
on  beer,  says  Faucher. 

He  says  the  funding  for  the  club  was 
an  incentive  to  get  them  to  have  their 
events  in  Oliver's  and  turn  around  the 
dead  Thursday  nights  in  the  bar.  Other 
clubs  generally  don't  get  this  funding. 

"The  first  event  went  well,  we  had 
about  500  people.  Then  it  wasn't  as  well- 
organized  later  on,"  says  Faucher. 

On  two  or  more  Saturday  nights,  bands 
were  brought  to  Oliver's  at  a  cost  of  $  300- 
$400  per  night.  DJs  were  also  brought  in 
at  a  cost  of  between  $150  and  $250  per 
night. 

Faucher  says  these  nights  were  gener- 
ally successful.  But  during  the  final  Ravens 
'RUsnightafterOliver'sclosedinMarch, 
"1  think  we  had  about  20  people  show 
up,"  says  Faucher.  His  special  projects 
fund  paid  for  Dj  and  staffing  costs  for  the 
event. 

Vice-President 
External 

Environment  Commissioner 
$4,532.55/S0.00 

The  commissioner's  salary  was  paid 
for  last  year  out  of  the  federal  govern- 
ment's Environmental  Partners  Fund.  The 
government  fund  has  been  cut,  so  CUSA 
has  budgeted  for  the  environment  com- 
missioner under  the  director  of  services 
portion  of  the  budget. 
Lobby  Days  $17.50/$1,030.00 

Last  year,  $1,800  was  budgeted  to 
lobby  the  federal  and  provincial  govern- 


ments on  behalf  of  students.  For  exam- 
ple, Haselsteiner  says  she  plans  to  lobby 
the  Ontario  government  about  the  pro- 
posed 50  per  cent  tuition  increase.  The 
money  goes  to  organizing  rallies,  adver- 
tisements and  paying  for  buses  to  events. 
National  Week  of  Action  $866.88/ 
$2,375.00 

Last  year,  $2,927  was  budgeted  and 
only  $867  was  spent.  This  year's  Na- 
tional Week  of  Action  should  happen  in 
February.  Haselsteiner  says  the  week  will 
deal  with  similar  issues  to  lobby  days. 
The  budget  also  pays  for  buses  to  and 
from  events  such  as  National  Student 
Day  Oct.  13,  which  was  cancelled  last 
year  because  of  a  lack  of  interest. 

"I  guess  students  were  happy  with 
their  federal  (and)  provincial  govern- 
ments," says  Faucher. 
Federal  Election  $0.00/$4,995.00 

Faucher  says  this  area  is  difficult  to 
budget  for  since  costs  can't  be  predicted 
in  advance.  There  is  enough  money  set 
aside  to  lobby  for  student  concerns  so 
that  Haselsteiner  says  she  "will  not  be 
dipping  into  anyone  else's  budget  line." 
The  money  will  cover  buses,  advertise- 
ments, banners,  and  other  unforeseen 
costs. 

CUSA  is  organizing  an  all-candidates 
debate  for  the  Ottawa  Centre  riding  Sept. 
28.  CUSA  is  paying  for  advertising,  staff- 
ing, and  equipment. 
Date  Rape  Campaign  $900.2  7 /  $0.00 

Last  year  the  Canadian  Federation  of 
Students  organized  this  campaign,  shar- 
ing the  cost  with  its  members.  CFS  sup- 
plied posters,  etc.,  but  is  not  doing  so  this 
year.  This  year's  campaign  will  be  run  by 
CUSA's  service  centres,  and  will  be  paid 
for  out  of  their  budgets. 

Vice-President 
Internal 

Staff  Appreciation  $4,255.04/ 
$5,500.00 

lamieson  says  this  should  read  "vol- 
unteer appreciation,"  instead  of  staff 
appreciation.  It's  for  things  like  pizzas 
and  pops  as  reimbursement  for  people 
who  volunteer  their  time  to  the  associa- 
tion. Last  year  $3,200  was  budgeted. 
Promotions  $0.00/$6,205.00 

This  new  line  in  the  budget  is  to  pro- 
mote CUSA  through  public  relations  and 
advertising,  making  students  aware  of 
the  services  available. 
Referendum  $0.00/$l, 500.00 

Every  year  a  referendum  is  budgeted 
for.  This  year,  there  will  probably  be  a 
vote  to  pay  for  an  anti-calendar  (see 
director  of  academics'  budget),  and  a 
referendum  asking  students  how  CFS 
should  be  funded.  Jamieson  says  every 
year  CUSA  council  sets  a  spending  limit 
for  referendum  campaigns.  Both  the  Yes 
and  No  committees  for  each  referendum 
question  get  an  amount  of  money,  de- 
cided by  council,  to  run  their  campaign. 
This  covers  the  cost  of  posters,  jamieson 
says  this  is  done  "so  there  is  no  financial 
constraint  in  running  a  campaign,  even 
if  only  one  student  is  opposing  a  ques- 
tion." The  referenda  take  place  during 
CUSA  elections. 

Director  of 
Academics 

Course  Evaluation  Guide  $0.00/ 
$5,311.00  (total) 

This  is  for  the  anti-calendar,  a  stu- 
dents' evaluation  describing  courses, 
workload,  and  teachers  from  the  stu- 
dents' perspective.  Director  of  academics 
Gary  Anandasangaree  says  he  will  sub- 
mit  a  referendum  question  for  the  CUSA 

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4  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  September  23,  1993 


NUG  rep  cries  foul  over  caucus  chair 


by  Franco  D'Orazio 

Charlatan  Stafl 

A  representative  from  the  New  Uni- 
versity Government  (NUG)  is  accusing 
Carleton's  undergraduate  students'  as- 
sociation of  trying  to  take  the  organiza- 
tion over  unconstitutionally. 

The  council  of  the  Carleton  University 
Students' Association  (CUSA)  approveda 
proposal  last  March  which  violates  NUG's 
constitution  as  well  as  one  of  the  associa- 
tion's own  policy  statements,  says  Corey 
Mulvihill,  a  NUG  representative  for  the 
department  of  classics. 

NUG  is  a  group  of  about  150  students, 
each  representing  their  respective  field  of 
study  and  year,  who  represent  student 
concerns  by  siting  on  department  and 
faculty  boards. 

According  to  the  minutes  of  a  March 
11  CUSA  council  meeting,  councillors 
approved  an  amendment  to  the  job  de- 
scription of  CUS  A's  director  of  academics 
which  made  him  the  NUG  chair. 

Council's  decision  to  endorse  the  pro- 
posal, which  CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson 
described,  at  the  meeting  as  "in  the  best 
interests  of  the  students,"  violated  an 
article  in  NUG's  constitution  which  gives 


it  sole  authority  over  its  composition, 
including  its  chair. 

The  councillors'  decision  also  violated 
a  CUSA  policy  statement  enacted  in  April 
1991,  which  states  CUSA  recognizes  "that 
the  NUG  Student  Caucus  has  sole  author- 
ity over  its  . ...  structure." 

"CUSA  has  taken  over  NUG  and  put 
their  people  on  it,"  says  Mulvihill. 

Gary  Anandasangaree,  thedirectorof 
academics,  says  according  to  the  CUSA 
constitution,  NUG  is  autonomous,  but 
CUSA  provides  it  with  financial  support 
and  office  space. 

During  the  previous  three  years,  the 
NUG  chair  has  been  chosen  by  a  hiring 
committee  consisting  of  CUSA  council- 
lors, and  the  appointment  must  be  en- 
dorsed by  CUSA  council. 

Anandasangaree  says  this  process  has 
never  been  challenged  and,  though  it  is 
not  part  of  either  the  CUSA  or  NUG 
constitution,  it  has  been  a  tradition  "for 
at  least  four  years." 

Watson  says  she  knew  the  proposal 
was  unconstitutional,  "but  I  didn't  think 
this  was  going  to  be  a  problem.  I  was 
following  past  practices,"  she  says. 
Mulvihill  says  the  decision  to  choose 


Anandasangaree  as  chair  was  made  to 
appease  the  university  administration. 

"NUG  is  the  only  body  on  campus  that 
agitates  the  university  administration," 
says  Mulvihill,  "and  CUSA  would  much 
rather  keep  their  nose  brown  and  shove 
it  up  their  (administration's)  asses." 

"That  sounds  mature,"  says  Watson. 
"I  have  no  intention  of  keeping  my  nose 
brown." 

Watson  says  she  added  the  responsi- 
bility to  the  director  of  academic's  other 
duties  because  last  year  the  NUG  chair 
rarely  met  with  last  year's  CUSA  vice- 
president  academic. 

"There  was  little  contact  between  the 
two,"  says  Watson,  who  was  NUG  chair 
last  year.  But  now  the  director  of  academ- 
ics can  bring  the  concerns  of  the  NUG 
caucus  to  CUSA  council,  she  says. 

Mulvihill  says  NUG's  power  to  influ- 
ence academic  policies  on  campus  has 
been  weakened  by  making  a  CUSA  ex- 
ecutive the  chair. 

"NUG  expresses  ideas  and  criticizes 
the  university,"  he  says,  "and  CUSA  pro- 
vides services  and  runs  a  few  bars.  CUSA 
is  there  to  provide  services,  not  to  agitate 
the  university  administration." 


Watson  doesn't  see  it  the  same  way. 
"This  is  just  an  interesting  angle  for  a 
few  individuals  to  attack  a  CUSA  execu- 
tive member,"  she  says,  alluding  to  the 
fact  that  Mulvihill  is  a  friend  of  Wayne 
Ross,  the  Student  Academic  Action  Bu- 
reau co-ordinator  who  is  involved  in  a 
labor  dispute  with  the  CUSA  executive. 

"I  find  it  interesting  that  (this  com- 
plaint) wasn't  brought  up  at  the  March 
11  council  meeting  to  make  the  neces- 
sary changes,"  Watson  says. 

According  to  the  minutes,  several 
councillors  asked  Watson  about  her  pro- 
posal, but  no  one  asked  if  it  was  uncon- 
stitutional. 

One  councillor  who  voted  in  favor  of 
the  proposal  sayshe  did  not  know  whether 
it  was  valid  or  not  because  he  had  just 
been  elected  to  council. 

"It  was  my  first  meeting  and  I  didn't 
know  too  much  about  it,"  says  arts  and 
social  sciences  representative  Ryan  Butt. 

When  asked  if  he  thought  the  manner 
in  which  he  was  made  NUG  chair  was 
valid,  Anandasangaree  responded,  "per- 
haps not."  But  he  declined  to  say  whether 
he  would  voluntarily  step  down  as  NUG 
chair.  □ 


Executive  membership  has  its  privileges 


by  Ryan  Nakashima 

Charlatan  Staff 

Gold  rings,  $80  agenda  refills  and 
cottage  retreats  are  some  of  the  expenses 
covered  in  the  executive  budgets  of  the 
Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion (CUSA). 

Take  CUSA  finance  commissioner 
Rene  Faucher.  On  his  finger  is  a  $273 
CUSA  ring,  on  his  desk  a  $210  Franklin 
day  planner. 

Each  of  the  six  CUSA  executive  mem- 
bers  has  the  Franklin  planner  already.  By 
the  end  of  the  year,  they  will  all  have  the 
gold  ring,  which  Faucher  got  last  year 
during  his  previous  term  as  finance  com- 
missioner. 

Faucher  says  executive  members  are 
expected  to  pay  for  their  own  leather- 
bound  cover  out  of  their  own  pockets, 

BUDGET  cont'd  from  pg.  4 

byelection  in  October  asking  students  if 
they  want  to  pay  a  levy  of  about  30  cents 
per  half-credit  (about  $3  for  full-time 
students),  to  have  the  anti-calendar 
made.  The  costs  above  are  for  gathering 
information  and  labor  costs.  Printing 
should  cost  $20,000  to  $30,000  to  create 
one  for  every  student,  which  CUS  A  would 
get  if  students  approved  the  levy. 
Grod  School  Fair  $0.O0/$l,S0O.OO 

Anandasangaree  says  10  other  uni- 
versities (so  far)  from  around  Canada 
will  be  coming  to  Carleton  to  publicize 
their  grad  schools  Oct.  S  in  Porter  Hall  — 
the  same  week  as  the  Careers  Fair  hap- 
pening Oct.  6  and  7.  He  says  it  gives 
students  the  option  to  stay  in  school  since 
the  economy  is  tough  now.  The  $1,500 
will  pay  for  the  rental  of  Porter  Hall, 
advertising  and  refreshments,  says 
Anandasangaree. 

Academic  Equity  Commissioner 
$0.00/$ 7 70.00  (total) 

The  commissioner  will  examine  cur- 
riculum to  find  ways  it  could  better  reflect 
all  students.  Anandasangaree  says  the 
commissioner  will  also  lobby  curriculum 
committees  and  faculty  boards  for 
changes.  The  academic  equity  commis- 
sioner has  yet  to  be  advertised  for,  nor 
have  terms  of  reference  yet  been  set. 
Anandasangaree  says  he  expects  one  to 
be  hired  in  mid-October. 

Director  of  Services 

Sensitivity  Commissioner  $0.00/ 
$750.00 

The  commissioner  oversees  payment 
for  speakers  to  train  CUSA  staff  on  sex- 
ism, homophobia,  racism,  ableism.  □ 

{With  files  from  Maurice  G.  Fonler) 


although  not  all  have  done  so  yet.  The 
covers  cost  $130  each. 

The  $80  starter  fillers,  which  include 
agenda  pages  and  plastic  dividers,  are 
covered  under  the  office  supplies  budget. 
Refill  pages  cost  $25  for  a  new  year. 

Faucher  says  the  rings  are  paid  for  out 
of  the  president's  special  projects  fund. 

CUSA's  director  of  academics,  Gary 
Anandasangaree,  has  the  leather-bound 
Franklin. "  I  know  I  didn't  pay  for  mine, " 
he  says.  "But  whether  it  will  be  deducted 
from  my  salary,  I  don't  know." 

Of  the  rings,  Anandasangaree  says, 
"what  the  ring  signifies  to  me  is  an  ac- 
knowledgement of  the  work  I've  done. 
Sentimentally,  there's  a  lot  of  value  in 
that  ring.  It  does  have  a  lot  of  ralue  that 
cannot  be  counted  by  money." 

Not  every  executive  member  is  thrilled 
about  the  day  planners  or  the  rings. 
CUSA  director  of  services  Theresa  Cowan 
says  she  could  do  without  the  rings. 

"I  don't  think  that  (the  ring)  is  neces- 
sary. I  wouldn't  be  upset  if  I  didn't  get 
one,"  says  Cowan.  "But  it's  a  nice  gesture 
because  we  do  work  very  hard." 

She  says  the  Franklin's  prices  are  "a 
bit  exorbitant"  and  that  although  execu- 
tive members  need  something  to  help 
them  plan,  it  doesn't  necessarily  have  to 
be  a  Franklin. 

The  Franklin  day  planners  have  day- 
by-day  agenda  pages  and  pockets  in  the 
cover.  The  planners  also  come  with  a 
book  on  how  to  use  the  planner  and 
organize  one's  life  effectively. 

CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson  says  the 
rings  are  a  "tradition,"  and  a  "memento 
that's  not  equal  to  the  amount  of  work" 
they  do. 

The  president  and  finance  commis- 
sioner each  make  $  1 8,000  a  year,  the  two 
vice-presidents  make  $16,000  each  and 
the  two  directors  make  $15,500  each. 

Watson  says  if  s  a  worthwhile  gift  for 
executive  members  who  are  leaving 
CUSA,  thanking  them  for  their  work. 

Eight  full-time  CUSA  staff  have 
Franklins.  CUSA  covered  the  cost  of  refill 
naqes  for  each  planner  but  no  new  covers 
were  bought  for  staff.  In  all,  14  CUSA 
employees  have  a  Franklin  planner. 

The  executives  aren't  likely  to  spend 
their  allotted  $1,000  on  an  executive 
retreat  this  year,  says  Faucher. 

"Some  of  them  have  been  disasters, 
he  says. 


"It's  one  thing  to  get  into  a  debate 
when  you're  in  your  office,  where  you  just 
go  home  after  work.  It's  another  thing  to 
get  into  a  heated  debate  or  get  angry  over 
an  issue  when  you're  stuck  in  a  cottage 
for  a  weekend." 

The  last  executive  spent  $664  on  a 
cottage  retreat  near  Ste.  jovite,  Que.,  in 
May,  1992.  If  any  retreat  happens  this 
vear,  savs  Faucher,  it'll  happen  this 


month. 

Watson  says  the  executives  often  work 
seven  days  a  week,  and  don't  get  a  chance 
to  meet.  She  says  the  retreat  is  a  way  to 
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Charlatan  Stall 

Students  shopping  around  fora  place 
to  keep  their  money  must  leave  campus 
to  explore  the  options. 

The  Scotiabank  in  Paterson  Hall  is 
Carleton's  only  bank  and  that  isn't  likely 
to  change  soon. 

Carleton  Scotiabank  manager  Don 
Bailey  says  past  leases  with  Carleton 
stipulated  that  it  be  the  only  bank  on 
campus. 

Its  current  lease  comes  up  for  renewal 
in  July  1994,  and  Bailey  says  if  the  uni- 
versity wanted  to,  it  could  choose  not  to 
renew. 

Scotiabank,  which  has  been  the  uni- 
versity's banker  since  1942,  opened  its 
campus  branch  in  1959.  The  bank's  leases 
with  the  university  run  an  average  of  five 
years. 

Don  McEown,  executive  assistant  to 
Carleton  President  Robin  Farquhar,  says 
the  university  considered  putting  another 
bank  on  campus  in  past  years,  "but  there 
isn't  enough  business  for  two  banks.  Stu- 
dents, as  business  for  banks,  aren't  a 
high  revenue  producer." 

Bailey  doesn't  think  it  is  likely  the 
university  would  consider  the  possibility 
again. 

"If  there  were  a  couple  of  other  banks 
on  campus  it  wouldn't  be  worth  our 
while,"  Bailey  says.  "We're  giving  the 
students  their  banking,  but  we  make  our 
funds  elsewhere." 

For  students  who  care  to  venture  off 
campus  to  pursue  a  banking  package, 
there  are  a  couple  of  banks  that  offer 
student  packages. 

Banking  policies  and  student  pack- 
ages are  the  same  at  the  campus 


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Scotiabank  as  its  other 
branches  in  the  city.  Other 
major  banks  have  com- 
parable policies,  but  none 
are  without  their  strings. 

Holds  on  cheques  are 
the  one  thing  most  banks, 
including  Scotiabank,  fail 
to  mention  when  they  ad- 
vertise their  student  pack- 
ages. 

Personal  cheques  de- 
posited in  personal  ac- 
counts at  Scotiabank,  TD 
Bank  and  the  Bank  of 
Montreal  face  holds  of 
three  to  10  business  days, 
depending  on  the  bank 
and  where  the  cheque  was 
written. 

Five  business  days  is 
the  normal  hold  period 
for  personal  cheques  de- 
posited in  all  accounts, 
including  those  of  stu- 
dents, at  any  Ottawa 
Scotiabank;  a  hold  of  up 
to  10  business  days  is  the 
norm  for  cheques  from 
small  banks  or  from 
across  the  country. 

The  Bank  of  Montreal 
holds  most  customers' 
persona]  cheques,  includ- 
ing those  deposited  by  stu- 
dents, for  an  average  of 
six  business  days.  The  bank's  senior  cus- 
tomer service  representative  says  there  is 
a  reason. 

"We  have  no  way  of  knowing  what 
sort  of  individual  has  issued  the  cheque, " 
says  Pat  Bauder.  "They  may  have  $2 


Scotiabank:  get  used  to  it. 


million  or  they  may  have  two  cents." 

Bailey  says  all  Scotiabank  branches 
put  holds  on  personal  cheques  in  case 
they  don't  clear. 

But  until  the  end  of  October,  the  Car- 
leton branch  will  waive  thatpolicy  for  its 


student  clientele  and  "take  a  calculated 
risk  so  that  students  are  able  to  pay  their 
tuition,  buy  their  books  and  cover  their 
immediate  expenses,"  says  Bailey. 

"Once  we  get  into  late  October  we 
revert  back  to  the  harder  line." 

The  Scotiabank  student  package  in- 
cludes no  service  fees,  a  free  chequing 
account,  unlimited  bank-machine  use 
and  a  $  1  charge  per  Interne  transaction. 
But  a  $500  Visa  card  limit  can  be  part  of 
the  package  only  if  the  student  has  a 
part-time  job  and  credit  is  approved. 

Service  charges  can't  be  avoided  at  the 
other  banks. 

For  $2.50  per  month,  students  who 
use  the  Toronto  Dominion  bank  get  no- 
charge  withdrawals  and  deposits,  two 
free  Interac  transactions  and  two  free 
cheques  per  month,  and  a  Visa  card  with 
a  $500  limit,  subject  to  credit  approval. 

Students  can  expect  five-day  holds  on 
personal  cheques  and  a  seven-day  hold 
on  any  cheque  deposited  in  a  bank  ma- 
chine. 

The  Bank  of  Montreal  is  the  only  other 
major  bank  with  a  student  banking  pack- 
age. Unlimited  use  of  Instabank  ma- 
chines, unlimited  cheques  and  withdraw- 
als and  two  free  Interac  transactions  are 
availablefor$2.75  permonth.  Mastercard 
applications  are  subject  to  credit  ap- 
proval. 

The  Scotiabank  has  Cashstop  ma- 
chines in  Residence  Commons,  the 
Unicentre  and  Paterson  Hall.  Students 
have  access  to  other  banks  through 
Interac  but  all  bank  machines  on  cam- 
pus belong  to  Scotiabank. 

The  University  of  Ottawa  and 
Algonquin  College  don't  have  banks  on 
their  campuses.  □ 


Student  loan  slowdowns 


by  CD.  LeBlanc 

Charlatan  Stall 

WHY  ARE  THERE  ONLY  TWO  PEO- 
PLE PROCESSING  THE  OSAP  LOANS 
AT  THE  SCOTIABANK  ON  CAMPUS? 

So  I'm  sitting  at  the  front  of  the  line  to 
pick  up  loans,  in  which  I've  just  spent 
THREE  AND  A  HALF  HOURS.  Most  of  that 
time  was  passed  by  bonding  with  my 
fellow  recipients,  griping  about  the  lineup. 

It  was  finally  my  turn  in  the  spotlight 
— 10  minutes  and  I'd  be  gone,  free  until 
lanuary  when  I'd  have  to  repeat  the  proc- 
ess for  my  other  loan. 

Maybe  it  was  the  great  feeling  of  relief 
I  felt,  or  maybe  it  was  the  hushed  com- 
plaints I  still  heard  behind  me.  Either 
way,  something  drove  me  to  ask  the  ques- 


tion that  preyed  upon  my  mind:  "Um, 
why  do  they  only  have  two  people  out 
here  handling  all  these  loans?" 

To  which  a  woman  processing  loans 
replied,  "Because  no  one  has  com- 
plained." 

It  seemed  unbelievable  that  no  one 
had  ever  asked  why  only  two  bank  em- 
ployees were  on  hand  outside  the 
Scotiabank  office  in  Paterson  Hall  last 
week  to  process  loans.  So  I  set  out  to 
discover  why. 

"I  guess  the  biggest  problem  is  the 
volume,"  says  Don  Bailey,  the  bank's 
manager. 

"We  are  concentrating  solely  on  the 
students,"  says  student  loan  officer  Bev 
Dillabough,  adding  she  has  had  little 


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loans. 

She  says  the  number  of  recipients  has 
risen  from  an  average  of  100  people  per 
day  last  year,  to  about  ISO  per  day  this 
year.  The  bank  has  been  processing  loans 
since  Sept.  7. 

Because  of  cuts  to  grants,  "almost  95 
per  cent  of  students  have  two  loans, "  says 
Dillabough,  referring  to  the  Canada  Stu- 
dent Loan  and  the  Ontario  Student  Loan. 
She  says  this  doubles  the  amount  of  pa- 
perwork which  has  to  be  done  for  each 
student. 

The  rush  lasts  for  about  the  first  week 
of  classes,  says  Bailey.  He  says  the  bank 
has  "ongoing  space  problems,"  which 
slow  things  down  too. 

He  says  the  bank  is  negotiating  with 
the  university  to  move  to  a  bigger  space, 
but  nothing  is  available  right  now. 

Dillabough  says  staff  members  are 
working  overtime  to  clear  the  lines  and 
complete  the  paperwork  needed  to  place 
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campus,  while  going  from  theUnicentre 
to  the  physical  recreation  centre,  was 
violently  pushed  from  behindat  around 
1:30  p.m.  on  Sept.  16. 

The  woman  was  not  seriously  in- 
jured by  her  unknown  assailant. 

Len  Boudreault,  asslstantdirectorof 
the  department  of  university  safety, 
says  the  incident  is  currently  under 
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6  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  23,  1993 


Students  don't  get  as  much  as  they  give 


by  Franco  D'Orazio 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton  students  will  add  to  the  uni- 
versity's coffers  $5.25  million  more  in 
tuition  fees  this  year  than  last. 

But  the  university  will  increase  its  con- 
tribution for  student  aid  by  only  $61 ,000, 
according  to  its  1993-94  budget. 

The  budget,  approved  by  Carleton's 
board  of  governors  April  27,  includes  a 
seven-per-cent  increase  in  tuition  fees  for 
this  year. 

The  board  voted  March  29  to  increase 
tuition  fees  by  seven  per  cent,  the  maxi- 
mum increase  allowed  by  the  provincial 
government.  At  that  meeting,  the  board 
rejected  a  proposal  from  student  repre- 
sentatives to  increase  tuition  fees  by  only 
three  percent. 

The  higher  fees,  coupled  with  an  an- 
ticipated enrolment  increase  of  600  stu- 
dents this  fall,  will  generate  $44.7  mil- 


lion in  income  from  tuition  this  year,  1 3 
per  cent  more  than  last  year's  total  of 
$39.5  million,  according  to  the  budget. 

Funding  for  student  aid,  however,  will 
rise  by  only  two  per  cent  to  $3.1  million 
from  $  3 .04  million,  a  figure  that  does  not 
please  Lucy  Watson,  president  of  the 
undergraduate  students'  association. 

"It  ($61,000)  is  a  very  tiny  amount  of 
what  we  pay  in  fees, "  she  said.  "(Student 
aid)  is  used  to  appease  students.  But  I've 
sat  on  committees  and  students  cannot 
afford  any  more  fee  increases." 

Student  aid  includes  undergraduate 
scholarships  and  bursaries,  as  well  as 
loans  given  to  students  in  need  by  the 
university. 

Bill  Pickett,  the  university'sdirectorof 
budgetplanning,  saidwithouttheseven- 
per-cent  tuition  increase,  Carleton's  $4.3 
million  debt  would  triple  within  five  years 
because  it  would  have  to  borrow  more 


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Mike's  Place? 


by  Anne  Showalter 

Chadataft  staff 

Because  Lester's  Place  didn't  sound 
right. 

Ron  Boyd,  manager  of  Mike's  Place, 
says  every  former  chancellor  of  Carle- 
ton  University  has  something  named 
after  them:  the  Tory  building,  the  Steacie 
building,  Paterson  Hall. 

The  only  chancellor  who  was  not 
given  a  building  in  his  name  is  Cana- 
da's former  prime  minister  Lester  B. 
Pearson,  says  Boyd. 

Mike's  Place  used  to  generically  be 
called  the  Graduate  Students'  Pub  or 
Bar,  says  Andrew  Prime,  the  assistant 
manager  of  Mike's. 

Prime  says  the  bar  was  renamed  in 
1973  after  Pearson  died  of  cancer  on 
Dec.  27,  1972.  Pearson  was  Carleton's 
chancellor  when  he  died  and  had  been 
since  1969. 

But  wait.  How  can  Mike's  Place  be 
named  after  someone  named  Lester? 
Good  point.  And  it  turns  out,  yourguess 
may  be  as  good  as  ours. 

According  to  the  Encyclopedia 
Canadiana,  Lester  B.  Pearson  was  nick- 
named Mike  while  he  was  a  student  at 


Oxford  University.  HefeltLesterwasnot 
a  strong  enough  name.  Obviously,  it  did 
not  hold  him  back  in  government. 

Inasimilarvein,  John  Robinson  Beal 
writes  in  Pearson  of  Canada  that  "it  was 
when  he  transferred  to  the  Royal  Flying 
Corps  that  he  picked  up  the  nickname 
'Mike.'" 

According  to  Beal,  when  Pearson  went 
for  flying  instruction,  a  senior  officer 
remarked  "Lester  —  that's  not  a  very 
belligerent  name  for  a  man  who  wants 
to  beafighter  pilot  We'ilcallyou  Mike." 

And,  straight  from  the  horse's  mouth 
(Pearson's  memoirs)  comes  this  refer- 
ence to  the  pseudonym  Michael 
Macdonald,  which  Pearson  writes  that 
he  "used  for  (his)  wireless  reports  to 
Canada  during  the  Battle  of  Britain." 

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Boyd  says  students  and  professors  go 
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money  to  pay  for  its  expenses. 

"It's  not  too  much  magic,"  he  said  in 
an  interview  earlier  this  summer. 

"Every  dollar  you  borrow  is  a  dollar 
more  on  the  deficit.  These  things  pile 

Pickett  explained  the  increase  was 
necessary  because  of  stagnant  provincial 
funding  and  resources  already  stretched 
to  the  limit. 

"There  is  no  other  area  to  cut  from  " 
he  said. 

The  $5.25  million  will  account  for  55 
per  cent  of  the  $9.5  million  in  new  in- 
come Carleton  will  generate  this  year. 

The  university  will  also  receive 
$755,000  more  in  government  grants 
from  the  Ontario  government,  a  one- 
per-cent  increase  from  last  year's  total  of 
$100.24  million. 

The  university  expects  to  generate 
$35.48  million  in  ancillary  fees,  $2.4 
million  more  than  last  year.  These  fees 
include  extra  charges  for  parking  per- 
mits, locker  rentals  and  late  registration. 

Carleton  also  expects  to  generate  $22.5 
million  in  research,  $  1  million  more  than 
last  year. 

Marion  Dewar,  vice-chair  of  the 
board's  personnel  committee,  said  rais- 
ing tuition  fees  every  year  amounts  to 
"discouraging  youngsters  from  coming 
to  university." 

Carleton  has  raised  its  tuition  fees  by 
23  per  cent  over  the  last  three  years. 

Dewar  says  she  is  concerned  cash- 
strapped  students  will  end  up  spending 
all  their  time  worrying  about  bills  in- 
stead of  books. 

"They  should  be  spending  more  time 
on  campus,"  she  said.  "But  if  they're 


working  at  part-time  jobs,  they  will  never 
stimulate  their  brains." 

Carleton  administered  more  than  $34 
million  in  financial  aid  and  awards  pro- 
grams last  year,  $31.9  million  of  which 
was  from  provincial  and  federal  govern- 
ment loan  programs. 

Including  thisyear,  monies  generated 
from  tuition  at  Carleton  will  have  in- 
creased 4  3  per  cent  in  the  last  three  fiscal 
years  to  $44.7  million  from  $31.3  mil- 
lion. 

The  university's  contribution  to  stu- 
dent aid  during  the  same  time  will  have 
increased  by  22  per  cent,  rising  to  $3.1 
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8  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  September  23,  1993 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Carleton  drops  out  of  Maclean's  survey 


by  Christina  Craft 

Charlalan  Staff 

Carleton  will  not  participate  in  this 
year's  annual  Maclean's  magazine  sur- 
vey which  ranks  Canadian  universities. 

In  a  press  release  issued  Sept.  16,  the 
university  cited  a  lack  of  staff  resources 
needed  to  update  the  information  for  the 
Maclean 's  survey. 

Carleton  President  Robin  Farquhar 
said  two  professional  staff  worked  almost 
full  time  in  the  summer  of  1992  to  fulfil" 
Maclean's  requirements  for  last  year's 
survey.  The  university  spent  about 
$100,000  collecting  the  data  and  organ- 
izing it  according  to  the  requirements  of 
the  survey. 

"I'm  not  going  to  be  bullied  around  by 
some  magazine  in  Toronto  against  the 
better  interests  of  this  university," 
Farquhar  told  The  Charlatan. 

Farquhar  said  although  the  Maclean 's 
survey  is  changing  little  from  last  year, 
updating  the  information  would  require 
the  same  amount  of  time  and  effort. 

Carleton  does  not  have  statistics  com- 
piled which  could  be  easily  tailored  to 
suit  the  Maclean's  survey,  said  Bill  Pickett, 
director  of  the  office  of  budget  planning. 

"We  had  to  collect  and  massage  data, " 
said  Pickett. 

Pickett  didn't  comment  on  how  much 
money  was  spent  to  compile  information 
for  the  1991  survey,  but  he  said  it  was 
poorly  done. 

Farquhar  said  Carleton  will  instead  be 
using  its  institutional  research  staff  to 
conduct  an  internal  study  of  studentsat- 
isfaction  with  the  university.  He  said  the 
study  is  in  the  planning  stages  and  he 
does  not  know  when  it  will  be  finished  or 
how  much  it  will  cost. 

Farquhar  said  an  internal  study  would 
be  just  as  useful  as  the  Maclean's  survey. 
He  said  the  study  will  be  made  public  and 
will  be  more  relevant  than  the  maga- 
zine's ranking  system. 

Ann  Dowse tt  Johnston,  assistant  man- 
aging editor  of  Maclean's,  said  she  is 
disappointed  with  Carleton's  decision. 

She  said  other  Ontario  universities  are 
faced  with  the  same  financial  constraints 
as  Carleton  but  are  still  participating. 

"Maclean 's  is  the  only  vehicle  to  reach 
a  broader  audience,"  said  Dowsett 
Johnston.  Last  year  the  magazine  sold 
over  63,000 copies  of  its  university  survey 
issue. 

She  said  students  have  a  right  to  com- 
prehensive information  when  choosing 
a  university. 

"Where  public  institutions  are  con- 
cerned, it  is  a  David  and  Goliath  thing. 
Someone  has  to  make  them  account- 
able," she  said. 

There  are  only  two  other  universities 
in  Canada  not  participating  in  this  year's 
survey  —  Memorial  University  in  St. 
[ohn's,  Nfld.,  and  University  of  Quebec's 
Montreal  campus.  Maclean 's  said  Memo- 
rial does  not  agree  with  the  methodology 
of  the  survey. 

Two  of  the  universities  who  declined 


to  participate  last  year,  University  Col- 
lege of  Cape  Breton  and  the  Montreal 
campus  of  the  University  of  Quebec,  were 
ranked  last  in  their  categories. 

Dowsett  Johnston  said  Maclean's  has 
not  made  a  decision  if  they  will  rank 
universities  who  did  not  participate  in 
this  year's  process. 

When  the  first  survey  came  out  in 
1991,  every  university  in  Canada  was 
ranked  together.  Carleton  placed  44th 
out  of  46  universities  who  participated. 

The  1991  ranking  caused  a  wave  of 
controversy  at  Carleton  because  admin- 


istration sent  incorrect  information  to 
Maclean  '$. 

Figures  on  the  number  of  full-time  arts 
and  science  faculty,  the  percentage  of 
PhDs,  undergraduate  scholarships  and 
the  amount  of  research  grants  were  all 
submitted  incorrectly. 

For  instance,  the  value  of  research 
grants  was  incorrectly  given  to  Maclean's 
as  over  $1.6  million,  while  the  correct 
number  was  close  to  $8  million. 

Dennis  Forcese,  then  the  vice-presi- 
dent academic,  resigned  following  a  re- 
port which  placed  him  with  the  responsi- 


bility of  collecting  andsending  the  faulty 
data  to  Maclean's. 

Following  harsh  criticism  from  some 
universities  including  Carleton  aboutthe 
survey's  criteria  and  methodology, 
Maclean's  changed  its  approach  for  the 
1 992  survey. 

Universities  were  ranked  within  three 
categories  according  to  their  size  and 
programs.  Maclean's  used  22  indicators 
to  rate  schools,  including  entrance  re- 
quirements, qualifications  of  the  faculty, 
scholarships  and  budgets.  In  1992, 
Carleton  placed  sixth  out  of  the  12  uni- 
versities in  the  "comprehensive  universi- 
ties" category. 

"People  would  think  we  were  crying 
sour  grapes  if  we  did  not  participate  last 
year,"  said  Farquhar.  "This  year  we  are  in 
a  much  more  graceful  position  not  to  be 
included." 

The  1993  survey  will  be  very  similarto 
last  year's,  says  Dowsett  Johnston.  She 
said  the  survey  tried  to  accommodate 
universities'  concerns  about  criteria  for 
ranking. 

A  three-hour  meeting  was  held  be- 
tween the  magazine  and  Farquhar  this 
summer,  said  Dowsett  lohnston.  She  said 
Maclean's  did  their  best  to  address 
Carleton's  concerns. 

However,  she  said  no  representatives 
from  Carleton  showed  up  to  meetings 
held  this  summer  between  the  Council  of 
Ontario  Universities  and  Maclean's  to 
discuss  the  survey.  □ 


Survey  says:  students  mixed  on  Maclean's 


Carleton's  decision  not  to  partici- 
pate in  the  upcoming  Maclean's  sur- 
vey may  or  may  not  affect  how  the 
university  is  perceived,  depending  on 
who  you  talk  to. 

Applications  actually  increased 
over  the  last  two  years  despite  Carle- 
ton's low  ranking  in  1991,  says  Presi- 
dent Robin  Farquhar. 

This  year,  the  number  of  high- 
school  applicants  to Carletonmcreased 
to  11,995  from  10,776,  according  to 
the  university 's  office  of  budget  plan- 
ning. 

loan  HoUingsworth,  a  fourth-year 
political  science  student,  says  the 
Maclean's  survey  isn't  important 

"I  don't  think  high-school  students 
put  much  weight  on  the  survey.  When 
I  was  applying  to  university  1  was 
more  into  the  work  of  the  faculty  and 
I  found  Carleton  has  a  superior  fac- 
ulty," she  says. 

Daena  Bilodeau,  a  first-year  student 
atCarieton.sayshersummerbossasked 
herwhyshewouldwanttogotoCarleton 
with  its  low  rating  in  the  Maclean's 
survey.  But  she  said  she  still  feels 
Carleton  shouldparticipate  in  the  proc- 
ess, "becauseitgivesstudentsanideaof 
what  a  university  is  like." 


Farquhar  says  the  survey  isn 't  valid. 


Sonia  Charbonneau,  also  a  first-year 
student,  says  her  high-school  teachers 
showed  students  the  survey  lastyear.  She 
says  she  disagrees  with  Carleton  drop- 
ping out  because  she  thinks  the  ranking 
is  useful. 

Farquhar  says  he  isn't  sure  if  high- 
school  students  know  how  flawed  the 
survey  is.  "You  cannot  possibly  take  an 


entire  university  and  boilit  down  to  one 
number.  Methodologically,  it  is  notvalid. " 

Aaron  Goldstein,  a  fourth-year  Carle- 
ton political  science  student,  agrees  with 
Carleton's  decision.  "Our  limited  re- 
sources can  be  better  spent  in  other  direc- 
tions  There  is  not  a  lot  of  merit  in  the 

survey". 

Lori  Berketa,  a  guidance  technician  at 
Confederation  high  school  in  Nepean 
says  she  tells  students  that  no  university 
is  a  bad  university. 

"We  didn't  find  (the  survey)  impor- 
tant. It  is  not  a  big  concern." 

She  says  it  is  important  to  choose  a 
school  for  its  atmosphere  and  programs. 

An  editorial  in  the  Ottawa  Citizen  on 
Sept.  17  says  Carleton's  decision  not  to 
participate  in  the  Maclean's  survey  sug 
ui  gests  "wrong-headed  defeatism." 
=  The  editorial  concludes, "...  by  drop 
ping  out  of  the  national  survey,  the  uni- 
versity looks  like  a  disappointed  spoil 
sport" 

Farquhar  says  hewasnotsurprisedby 
the  editorial,  just  disappointed.  He  calls 
the  editorial  "extremely  biased." 

He  says  Carleton  is  braver  far  not 
participating  because  it  is  going  against 
the  flow.  □ 


Ontario  universities  report  more  applications 


by  David  T.  Cole 

Brock  Press,  Brock  University 

Faced  with  a  small  and  competitive 
job  market,  high-school  students  are  flock- 
ing to  Ontario  universities  in  record  num- 
bers. 

As  well,  Carleton  has  seen  greater 
numbers  of  students  admitted  to  and 
confirmed  as  attending  the  university 
this  year. 

There  were  58,212  applications  for 
__48,000  first-yearpositions  at  universities 


in  Ontario,  according  to  the  Ontario 
University  Application  Centre. 

This  is  about  1,200  more  than  last 
year,  says  the  centre's  director  Greg 
Marcotte. 

"There  are  a  lot  of  desperate  students 
out  there,"  says  Marcotte.  "I'm  getting 
callsftom  parents.  There's  no  doubt  that 
hundreds  of  kids  with  A  averages  were 
disappointed  this  year." 

With  so  many  students  applying  for 
university,  the  entrance  requirements  for 


acceptance  to  university  are  rising,  says 
Marcotte. 

The  application  centre  reports  many 
high-school  students  took  up  to  1 1  Ontatio 
Academic  Coutses,  or  Grade  1 3  classes, 
(only  six  are  required)  or  repeated  courses 
to  obtain  a  higher  mark  to  increase  their 
odds  at  acceptance. 

At  Carleton  this  year,  the  number  of 
students  who  applied  to  first  year  from 
Ontario  high  schools  increased  to  1 1,995 
from  10,776  last  year,  says  Bill  Pickett, 


director  of  the  office  of  budget  planning. 

The  number  of  Carleton  students  ad- 
mitted to  first  year  increased  1 1  per  cent 
in  September  1993,  to  6,490  from  5,849 
in  1992. 

First-year  students  who  confirmed  that 
they  will  attend  Carleton  this  year  num- 
bered 4,034  as  of  August  1 993.  This  is  up 
13.7  per  cent  from  last  year's  confirma- 
tions of  3,547.  □ 

(with  tiles  Irom  Arn  Keeling,  Charlatan  Start) 


September  23,  1993  •  The  Charlatan 


Ottawa  students  part  of  anti-racism  protest 


by  Pat  Brethour 

Charlatan  Stall 

Ottawa  anti-racism  groups  travelled 
to  Montreal  on  Sept.  22  to  join  a  coalition 
of  50  groups  in  protesting  the  visit  of 
three  right-wing  politicians  from  France. 

Violence  was  not  expected  at  the  pro- 
test, despite  the  groups'  plans  toconfront 
neo-Nazi  organizations  which  they  ex- 
pect will  use  the  visit  as  a  rallying  point. 

But  Ottawa's  Anti-Racist  Action  and 
the  International  Socialists  said  they 
would  be  ready  for  any  clashes  which 
might  occur.  The  demonstration's  out- 
come was  not  known  before  The  Charla- 
tan went  to  press. 

The  International  Socialists  -  who 
chartered  a  bus  from  Ottawa  so  people 
could  attend  the  protest  -  said  they  were 
not  anticipating  any  rights  with  neo- 
Nazi  groups.  Organizers  expected  over 
5,000  people  at  the  Berri  Park  protest  in 
downtown  Montreal. 

"I  don't  expect  it  to  be  violent  at  all," 
said  Warren  McPherson,  third-year  Car- 
leton  studentand  International  Socialist 
member,  before  travelling  to  Montreal. 

"The  anti-racists  and  socialists  won't 
instigate  violence.  It's  always  the  fascists 


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that  instigate  violence." 

Jean-Yves  Le  Gallou,  Pascal  Delmas 
and  ]acques  Dore  are  French  municipal 
politicians  -  and  are  also  members  of  the 
extreme  right-wing  party  Front  National. 


The  three  are  part  of  a  delegation  to  the 
Metropolis  '93  conference  on  urban  is- 
sues which  is  being  held  in  Montreal  the 
week  of  Sept.  22. 

Although  the  trio  are  permitted  to 


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attend  the  conference,  Montreal  Mayor 
lean  Dore  said  they  weren't  invited  to  a 
Sept.  22  reception  at  city  hall. 

Deporting  North  African  immigrants 
and  discriminating  against  them  in  the 
areas  of  employment,  housing  and  so- 
cial services,  is  only  part  of  the  Front 
National's  racist  agenda,  saidMcPherson. 

The  Front  National  has  100,000  mem- 
bers and  received  over  3  million  votes 
(but  noseats)  in  France's  1993  legislative 
elections. 

)ean-Marie  Le  Pen,  the  Front's  leader, 
once  said  the  Holocaust  was  a  "minor 
detail  of  history." 

McPherson  said  he  did  not  know  if  Le 
Pen  would  visit  Montreal  during  the  con- 
ference. 

"We  can't  actually  say  Le  Pen  is  com- 
ing because  he  doesn't  announce  his 
travel  plans  more  than  24  hours  ahead  of 
time,"  said  McPherson. 

He  said  the  presence  of  the  Front  Na- 
tional politicians  -  even  if  Le  Pen  did  not 
make  an  appearance  -  would  serve  as  a 
rallying  point  forwhite  supremacists  like 
the  Toronto-based  Heritage  Front. 

"I  don't  imagine  they  are  coming  to 
sightsee, "  said  Sarah  Dore,  an  Anti-Rac- 
ist Action  member  who  is  also  a  Univer- 

"We  do  not  believe 
in  violence,  but  we 
do  believe  in  self- 
defense." 

-Sarah  Dore  of  Anti-Rac- 
ist Action 


sity  of  Ottawa  student. 

Representatives  from  Anti-Racist  Ac- 
tion said  violence  was  "quite  possible" 
but  the  demonstration  itself  would  be 
peaceful. 

"We  do  not  believe  in  violence,  but  we 
do  believe  in  self-defense,"  said  Dore. 

Anti-Racist  Action  is  an  international 
grassroots  human  rights  group  which 
sometimes  uses  violent  tactics  against 
white  supremacist  groups. 

"If  we  are  attacked,  we  are  not  going 
to  say  "Stop,  or  I'll  say  stop  again',"  Dore 
said. 

Anti-Racist  Action  will  "do  what  we 
can  do  to  stop  Le  Pen  and  groups  like  the 
Heritage  Front  (from)  gaining  any  sig- 
nificant foothold  in  the  community"  she 
said. 

If  not  a  foothold,  racist  groups  do  have 
a  toehold  in  Montreal. 

A  Rock  for  Racism  concert  the  night  of 
the  protest  had  the  potential  to  put  large 
numbers  of  neo-Nazis  and  anti-racists 
out  on  the  streets  together.  Whether  that 
combination  will  lead  to  violence  is  far 
from  sure. 

An  Aug.  14  anti-racist  rally  in  Mon- 
treal by  700  people  was  undisturbed  by 
violence.  But  at  a  similar  Ottawa  rally  on 
May  29,  Anti-Racist  Action  battled  with 
members  of  the  Heritage  Front. 

But  McPherson  said  he  believes  the 
large  numbers  of  anti-racist  protesters 
expected  this  time  around  would  ensure 
their  safety. 

"If  the  numbers  were  even,  I  don't 
think  we'd  march  right  up  to  them/'  he 
said. 

Even  with  the  possibility  of  violence, 
said  McPherson,  the  protest  has  to  go  on. 

"What's  important  right  now  is  to 
stop  the  fascists,"  he  said.  "If  you  don't 
confrontthem,  itdoesn'tstop  them."  □ 


10  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  23,  1993 


Charest  talks  politlcslo^arktonstudents 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Staff 


Deputy  prime  min- 
ister lean  Charest  vis- 
ited a  class  at  Carleton  Sept.  14,  telling 
students  not  to  be  cyni- 
cal about  politics  and 
politicians. 

"It's  a  grave  error  to 
be  cynical,"  said 
Charest  to  about  250 
students  in  professor 
George  Roseme's  politi- 
cal science  100  class. 

"Being  cynical 
means  you've  given  up, 
andthatyou're  leaving 
it  to  someone  else, 
which  at  your  age  is  ter- 
rible," said  Charest. 
"I've  had  my  ups  and 
I've  had  my  downs,  but 
I  believe  in  politics  to- 
day as  much  as  the  very 
first  day." 

Charest  got  several 
rounds  of  applause 
from  the  class,  despite 
spilling  coffee  on  him- 
self. He  spoke  for  about 
twenty  minutes  before  fielding  questions 
from  the  class. 

Roseme  said  he  got  the  request  for  the 
deputyprimerninister'sappearanceftom 
a  member  of  Charest's  "  entourage, "  who 
is  a  former  student  of  Roseme's. 

However,  some  students  told  The  Char- 
latan afterwards  they  were  not  impressed 
with  Charest's  performance. 

"He's  a  nice  guy  but  I  wouldn'tvote  for 
his  party,"  said  one  student. 


"He  was  supposed  to  talk  about  poli- 
tics and  what  happens  in  politics,  but 
instead  he  talked  about  himself  and  his 
party,"  said  another  student. 

Roseme  said  his  guest  speaker  was 


time. 

"Unlesspeoplegooutthereandmake 
their  choice,  people  are  going  to  make 
that  choice  for  them.  That's  what  the 
democratic  process  is  all  about, "  Charest 
replied. 

However,  he  also  said  politicians  have 
to  work  harder  to  be  more  responsible. 

"The  people  who  are  most  critical 
about  the  political  system  are  the  politi- 
cians themselves,"  Charestsaid.  "Ifwe're 
going  to  ask  citizens  to  support  us  then 
we  have  to  start  being  a  lot  more  respon- 
sible ourselves." 

One  student  asked  why  voters  should 
vote  for  Charest's  Conservative  party. 

"We  feel  the  election  is  about  leader- 
ship on  jobs  and  the  economy,"  Charest 
told  the  student. 

Charest  repeated  the  Conservatives' 
campaign  platform  themes,  including 
deficit  and  debt  reduction,  helping  small 
business,  more  emphasis  on  training  and 


Charest  schmoozed  with  Carleton  poli-sci  students 


successful  in  increasing  class  interest. 

"  Usually  after  the  course  introductions, 
I  try  to  stir  up  the  class's  interest  and 
usually  fail,  so  I  brought  in  the  deputy 
prime  minister  to  do  the  job, "  he  said.  "I 
wasn't  promoting  any  candidate.  I  saw 
him  as  a  specimen  of  the  political  ani- 
mal." 

During  a  question  and  answerperiod, 
one  student  asked  Charest  what  he  would 
say  to  young  people  voting  for  the  first 


Fun  Farquhar  Fact 

. . .  everything  you  wanted  to  know  about 
Sparky  but  were  afraid  to  ask. 


mft-r 

PIS6W7W6. 


by  David  Bartolf 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton's  venerable  President  Robin 
H.  Farquhar  has  announced  that  the 
university  administration  will  send  no 
information  to  Maclean's  magazine  for 
its  third  survey  of  Canadian  universities. 

It  seems  he  wants  to  prevent  another 
public  skewering,  like  Carleton's  1991 
ranking  of  44  out  of  46  universities. 

Looks  like  administration  decided  not 
to  spend  money,  like  last  year,  on  a 
number-crunching  committee  to  jig  the 
stats  to  assure  high  placement. 

As  our  good  man  Sparky  well  knows, 
from  his  background  as  a  member  and 
former  president  of  the  Canadian  Soci- 
ety for  the  Study  of  Education,  that  once 
again  Maclean's  is  using  irrelevant  fig- 
ures like  student-teacher  ratios. 

Instead,  Maclean's  should  be  looking 
at  the  following  criteria,  which  would 
have  incidentally  pushed  Carleton  up  to 
number  one: 

10.  Wildlife  population,  including 


those  lovable,  huggable  res  rats. 

9.  Per  capita  alcohol  consumption 

8.  Daily  frequency  with  which  "es- 
say, schmessay"  is  articulated. 

7.  Percentage  of  student  population 
wearing  underwear  over  long-johns  to 
the  res  cafeteria. 

6.  Percentage  of  student  population 
that  flips  channels  between  their  ITV 
class  and  Young  and  the  Restless  or 
Snelgrove  Snail. 

5.  Number  of  out-of-town  students 
sick  and  tired  of  relatives  or  co-workers 
telling  you  to  "straighten  out  that  damn 
Mulroney,"  as  if  you  and  he  brunch 
together  all  the  time. 

4.  Number  of  times  Rainbowhead  or 
that  guy  who  holds  the  John  3:16  sign 
shows  up  in  ITV  tapes.  (Look  for  them. 
It's  more  fun  than  Where's  Waldo?) 

3.  Money  spent  to  date  trying  to  im- 
press Maclean's. 

2.  Number  of  oxygen-free  buildings 
on  campus. 

1 .  Two  words:  Elvis  sightings. 


□ 


education,  research  and  developmentand 
trade  issues. 

"It's  no  coincidence  that  in  the  past 
nineyears  why  our  government  has  been 
so  preoccupied  with  trade  issues.  Trade  is 
critical,  not  only  to  the  overall  economy 
but  to  jobs,"  he  said. 

After  the  class,  some  students  sur- 
rounded Charest  to  talk  to  him,  while 
other  students  talked  to  Ottawa  Centre 
Tory  candidate  Ian  Lee,  who  is  also  an 
assistant  business  professor  at  Carleton. 
Not  surprisingly,  Lee  said  Charest's  per- 
formance was  "excellent". 

"Mr.  Charest  connects  and  resonates 
with  young  people,"  said  Lee. 

When  asked  about  the  Conservative 
education  record  by  The  Charlatan, 
Charest  said  transfer  payments  to  uni- 
versities have  been  increased  on  average 
of  5.1  per  cent  per  year  from  1984-85  to 
1990-91.  a 


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September  23,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  11 


CUSA  seeks  enumeration  booth  for  CU 


by  Michael  Malnville 

Charlatan  Staff 

Efforts  to  establish 
an  on-campus  enu- 
meration booth  for 
the  upcoming  federal 
election  have  been 
frustrated  by  the  Elections  Canada  office 
for  Ottawa  Centre. 

Kristine  Haselsteiner,  vice-president 
external  of  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association  (CUSA),  says  "having 
an  enumeration  booth  on  campus  would 
make  it  significantly  easier  for  students 
to  vote." 

The  booth  would  register  Carleton  stu- 
dents to  vote  Oct.  25  in  the  Ottawa  Cen- 
tre riding. 

Haselsteiner  says  although  she  has 
been  trying  since  mid-summer  to  have 
the  booth  set  up,  she  has  had  no  success 
so  far. 

As  yet,  Haselsteiner  has  not  convinced 
the  Elections  Canada  returning  officer 
for  Ottawa  Centre,  Marjory  Hamson,  to 
provide  this  service  for  Carleton  students. 

"The  returning  officer  does  not  want 
to  have  an  enumeration," 
Haselsteiner  says. 

Theresa  Little,  assistant  to  the  return- 
ing officer  for  Ottawa  Centre  says,  "an 
enumeration  booth  is  just  not  feasi- 


b  1  e  .  " 

She  says  the  booth  is  not  necessary 
because  off-campus  Carleton  students 
can  register 


alize  that  an  enumeration  booth  for  the 
Carleton  campus  is  a  dead  issue. 

"Little  Miss  Kristine  does  not  respect 
legislative  di- 


"I  feel  that  they  (stu- 
dents) are  being  ne- 
glected by  the  demo- 
cratic process,  specifi- 
cally by  the  returning 
officer  for  Ottawa  Cen- 
tre." -Haselsteiner 


through  the  mail 
to  vote  in  Ottawa 
or  in  their  home 
riding.  As  well, 
students  can  reg- 
ister at  the  polls 
on  Oct.  25  to  vote 
in  the  local  rid- 
ing of  their  uni- 
versity. 

Little  says 
Elections 
Canada  is  pro- 
viding a  door-to- 
door  enumera- 
tion service  forall 
residence  stu- 
dents, which  began  on  Sept.  20  and  runs 
until  Sept.  23.  It  also  set  up  an  informa- 
tion booth  for  students  on  Sept.  21  and  22 
in  Baker  Lounge. 

However,  Haselsteiner  says  this  is  not 
enough  for  Carleton  students. 

"I  feel  that  they  are  being  neglected  by 
the  democratic  process,  specifically  by 
the  returning  officer  for  Ottawa  Cen- 
t  r  e  .  " 

Hansom  says  Haselsteiner  doesn't  re- 


rectives  and 
does  not  re- 
spect the  duly 
appointed  of- 
ficerforthe  Ot- 
tawa riding," 
Hansom  says. 

Under  the 
Elections  Act,  a 
new  enumera- 
tion for  this 
election  isn't 
required,  since 
one  was  done 
for  last  Octo- 
ber's federal 
constitutional 

referendum. 

Haselsteiner  says  she  resorted  to  call- 
ing some  local  candidates  in  the  begin- 
ning of  September  and  asked  them  to 
speak  to  Hamson  on  her  behalf. 

While  the  appeals  by  the  candidates 
to  Hamson  had  no  effect,  Haselsteiner 
says  she  persisted  in  her  demands  for  the 
booth. 

Without  a  normal  enumeration,  some 
students  may  be  confused  about  where 


and  how  to  vote. 

For  most  first-year  students  of  voting 
age,  the  upcoming  federal  election  will 
be  their  first  chance  to  participate  in  the 
electoral  process. 

"I  have  no  idea  on  how  to  vote,  where 
to  vote,  who  to  ask  about  voting  and  I 
don't  know  who  is  running  in  this  rid- 
ing," says  Billy  Mintsopoulos,  a  first- 
year  arts  student. 

As  well,  students  who  are  away  from 
their  normal  residence  must  decide 
whether  they  want  to  vote  in  Ottawa 
Centre  or  their  home  riding. 

During  last  October's  federal  referen- 
dum, Elections  Canada  organized  a  large 
student  awareness  campaign  called  Vot- 
ing's a  Breeze. 

But  even  though  every  eligible  voter 
was  enumerated  for  last  year's  vote, 
Hamson  says  no  enumeration  booth  was 
set  up  on  campus  last  year.  Students  were 
enumerated  at  their  residence,  either  off 
campus  or  on. 

Haselsteiner  says  the  prospect  of  get- 
ting an  enumeration  booth  on  campus 
"seems  pretty  hopeless." 

Instead,  Haselsteiner  says  she  is  seek- 
ing to  organize  campaign  telling  stu- 
dents how  to  get  enumerated.  "We  will 
do  our  best  to  moke  sure  students  are 
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books  coming  back,  since  we  don't  keep 
the  fines  anyway,"  says  Rossman. 

The  new  sanctions  policy  may  also 
decrease  revenue,  she  says,  since  borrow- 
ing privileges  will  be  suspended,  result- 
ing in  fewer  overdue  materials. 

Library  fines  are  collected  as  part  of 
the  university's  general  revenue.  Lastyear, 
the  total  revenue  generated  from  library 
fines  was  $342,000  — two  tenths  of  a  per 
cent  of  the  university's  total  $  145-million 
revenue  for  the  year  ending  April  30, 
1993. 

In  the  1 992-93  school  year,  the  library 
collected  $163,000  in  fines  at  the  service 
desk,  an  increase  of  8.5  per  cent  from  the 
previous  year.  This  figure  does  not  in- 
clude the  fines  that  were  paid  at  the 
business  office. 

If  students  wait  over  six  weeks  to  pay 
fines,  they  are  charged  a  $65  replace- 
ment fee,  plus  the  $20  maximum  fine, 
plus  another  $10  administration  fee, 
which  they  must  pay  at  the  business 
office.  □ 


EXECUTIVE  cont'd  from  pg.  S 

executives)  are  constantly  interrupted," 
and  the  retreat  is  the  only  way  to  get  their 
"ideas  focused." 

And  as  for  the  rings,  Jamieson  says, 
"it's  another  form  of  appreciation.  (The 
government  is)  going  to  strip  away  $  3,000 
in  income  tax  mumbo  jumbo.  We  have 
employees  that  make  more  than  we  do, 
but  we're  the  ones  that  take  the  heat. 

"The  ring  is  only  a  couple  hundred 
dollars,"  says  Jamieson.  "It  really  doesn't 
matter."  □ 

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EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Admin,  zips  lip 

We  cannot  see  into  the  minds  of  Carleton  University's 
administrators,  so  we  may  never  know  what  really 
motivated  them  to  drop  out  of  the  Maclean's  magazine 
annual  ranking  of  Canadian  universities. 

But,  from  the  outside,  Carleton  is  beginning  to  look 
like  a  paranoid  institution,  hiding  statistics  and  secrets 
with  Soviet-like  efficiency. 

President  Robin  Farquhar  says  the  staff  resources 
allotted  to  compiling  figures  for  the  survey  would  be 
better  used  to  conduct  an  internal  survey  of  Carleton's 
performance. 

Could  it  be  that  administration  wants  to  be  in  full 
control  of  the  way  data  is  released  by  its  bureaucrats?  Is 
thefearofbad  publicity  so  deep  at  administration  that 
it  is  willing  to  risk  the  mistrust  that  will  come  from  hiding 
information? 

The  Charlatan  learned  this  summer  just  how  suspi- 
cious and  secretive  administration  has  become.  Some  of 
the  paper's  staff  were  recruited  to  submit  a  piece  about 
Carleton  to  Key  Porter  Books,  a  company  publishing  a 
guide  with  reviews  of  Canadian  universities. 

When  they  contacted  administration  for  some  statis- 
tics and  interviews  with  university  officials,  administra- 
tion clammed  up,  refusing  to  help  out  with  what  is 
essentially  a  promotional  entry  in  a  helpful  national 
guide.  In  fact,  administration  refused  to  confirm  facts 
gathered  independently  when  the  guide's  editor  tried  to 
check  them. 

Of  course,  if  you  had  the  tumultuous  past  that  Carle- 
ton has  had  in  surveys  and  rankings,  you  might  be  a  tad 
suspicious  as  well. 

In  1990  linda  Frum's  Guide  to  Canadian  Universities 
referred  to  Carleton's  nickname  "Last  Chance  U,"  a 
name  that  has  haunted  the  school  with  the  country's 
most  generous  admissions  requirements. 

Carleton's  haphazard  data  collection  for  the  Maclean 's 
survey  in  1991  earned  them  a  dismal  44th  ranking  out 
of  46  universities,  prompting  a  lot  of  soul-searching  by 
the  university.  Indeed,  Farquharhimself  pondered  resig- 
nation over  the  1991  survey  fiasco. 

Subsequently,  Carleton  poured  $100,000  worth  of 
staff  and  resources  into  compiling  data  for  the  1992 
survey. 

Maclean's  has  succeeded  in  intimidating  universities 
into  participating  in  their  survey  by  penalizing  universi- 
ties who  do  not  submit  complete  information. 

Last  year,  two  universities  who  did  not  co-operate 
with  Maclean's  requests  for  information  were  ranked 
dead  last  in  their  category. 

Despite  administration's  efforts,  Carleton  was  ranked 
as  a  mediocre  university  in  a  mediocre  category,  6th  of 
12  in  the  medium-sized  university  group. 

There  are  obvious  flaws  in  any  ranking  system.  Num- 
bers do  not  tell  you  a  lot  about  the  atmosphere  of  the 
school,  the  particular  strengths  and  weaknesses  of  its 
faculty,  or  the  quality  of  its  student  services.  You  don't 
even  know  if  the  student  paper  is  any  good. 

Maclean's  says  they  met  with  Carleton  this  summer 
and  addressed  any  concerns  administration  had  about 
the  survey.  So,  why  then  did  Carleton  wait  until  late 
September,  when  most  of  the  data  should  be  compiled, 
to  announce  to  the  world  its  defection  from  the  report? 

Did  Carleton  know  all  along  it  would  not  participate 
this  year,  as  part  of  a  new  agenda  to  guard  state  secrets? 
This  move  will  certainly  leave  Maclean's  little  choice  but 
to  leave  Carleton  out  of  the  survey  if  no  updated  data  is 
available  at  this  late  date,  as  the  universities  issue  is  due 
out  in  early  November. 

This  is  a  complete  reversal  from  last  year's  party  line 
at  administration,  when  Farquhar  admitted,  "Being 
ignored  would  be  worse  than  being  included."  Has  this 
attitude  changed  in  this  one  short  year? 

Despite  Maclean's  manipulation  of  universities  and 
despite  the  perils  of  being  compared  to  older,  more 
prestigious  universities  (or  even  just  better  ones),  Sparky 
was  right  last  year:  Carleton  must  participate. 

The  universities  issue  has  a  wide  readership  and  there 
is  a  perception  by  many  people  —  right  or  wrong — that 
'he  Maclean 's  survey  is  useful  and  accurate.  High-school 
students  hear  about  how  universities  compare  in  the 
survey,  whether  it  affects  their  final  choice  or  not. 

What  has  changed  is  the  attitude  of  administration 
towards  publicity  about  Carleton.  The  university  loses 
respect  and  prestige  when  it  can  no  longer  openly  and 
effectively  communicate  with  the  various  press  sources 
in  the  community. 

Like  the  former  Soviet  Union,  the  mistrust  bred  by 
extensive  secrecy  will  threaten  the  relationship  between 
administration,  students  and  the  community.  AK 


R>cfe  oaf:  'n'defte.WcW  fZde.codrdey^ 


OPINION 


Health  system  needs  help 


by  Clayton  Wood 

Charlatan  Statt 

Ask  someone  what  the  best  thing  about  Canada  is, 
and  more  often  than  not,  you'll  hear  them  singing  the 
praises  of  our  health  care  system.  And  why  not  —  you 
don't  have  to  pay  for  it  because  it's  free,  right?  Well,  as 
the  old  saying  goes,  you  get  what  you  pay  for. 

Unfortunately,  many  Canadians  fail  to  realize  that  in 
adopting  a  socialist-style  health  care  system,  they  have 
given  up  a  precious  freedom,  that  being  the  freedom  to 
choose  the  quality  of  their  own  health  care. 

Under  the  present  government  monopoly  on  health 
care,  people  are  prohibited  from  spending  their  own 
money  on  a  higher  level  of  service. 

I  need  eye  surgery,  and  had  to  wait  nine  months  to  see 
a  specialist.  He  told  me  I'd 
have  to  wait  another  eight 
months  before  I  could  be 
operated  on,  due  to  a  lack 
of  available  hospital  space 
in  Ottawa. 

Problem  is,  I  plan  to  be 
working  in  Europe  in  eight 
months.  The  operation  I 
need  isn't  urgent,  but  I 
should  be  able  to  get  it  done 
when  it's  convenient  for 
me.  I  explained  this  to  my 
doctor,  and  offered  to  pay 
out  of  my  own  pocket  for 
faster,  more  efficient  serv- 
ice. 

He  said  if  he  accepted 
my  offer,  Bob  Rae's  gov- 
ernment would  put  him  in 
jail  for  five  years.  This  claim 
is  an  exaggeration,  but 
doctors  who  charge  more 
than  the  set  fees  face  stiff 
fines  and  could  have  their 
licence  suspended. 

I  asked  my  doctor  to  recommend  a  specialist  I  could 
see  in  New  York.  I  was  told  to  go  look  in  the  yellow  pages. 
It  was  then  I  knew  our  health  care  system  was  really  in 
trouble.  When  it  comes  to  the  point  when  people  have  to 
start  consulting  the  yellow  pages  of  an  American  state 
just  to  get  some  basic  health  service,  you  know  the  system 
is  totally  messed  up. 

In  Canada,  the  government  prevents  people  from 
spending  their  own  money  on  better  quality  health  care. 
If  this  practice  was  allowed,  al!  those  nasty  rich  and 


middle-class  consumers  would  start  paying  for  their  own 
health  care.  God  forbid,  the  sacred  principle  of  equality 
would  be  violated. 

In  Canada,  it  seems  everyone  has  equal  access,  but  it 
is  access  to  a  bankrupt  system.  It  seems  the  only  way  to 
get  better  care  is  to  leave  the  country. 

A  recent  story  in  The  Globe  and  Moil  reported  that  a 
Toronto  hospital  tried  earning  extra  revenue  by  perform- 
ing late  night  CAT  scans  on  pets.  Meanwhile,  people 
were  having  to  wait  weeks  for  the  same  service. 

It  was  okay  to  pay  for  Fido's  CAT  scan,  but  not  his 
owner's.  When  the  media  exposed  this  practice,  the 
hospital  responded  by  banning  the  scans  for  pets  instead 
of  allowing  people  to  pay  for  the  same  service. 

This  farce  best  illustrates  the  shortcomings  of  our 
crumbling  health  care 
system.  Talkof  user  fees 
and  other  band-aid  ap- 
proaches to  fixing  the 
system  neglect  the  real 
problem. 

Canada's  health 
care  system  cannot 
continue  in  its  present 
form  because  it  is  fun- 
damentally flawed.  It 
is  founded  on  the 
premise,  now  discred- 
ited in  the  former  So- 
viet Union  and  most  of 
the  social  democracies 
of  Europe,  that  govern- 
ments can  make  eve- 
ryone equal.  The  gov- 
ernment is  guarantee- 
ing everyone  equal  ac- 
cess to  a  health  care 
system  that  is  no  longer 
working. 

  The  sooner  real 

change  occurs  in  Canada's  health  care  system,  the 
better.  We  should  institute  a  model,  similar  to  those  in 
Germany  and  Great  Britain,  which  guarantees  a  basic 
level  of  health  care  to  all  its  citizens,  but  ends  the 
government  monopoly  and  allows  people  the  freedom  to 
pay  for  a  higher  level  of  care  if  they  wish  to. 

The  days  of  unrealistic  and  unaffordable  social  pro- 
grams are  over.  If  fundamental,  structural  reform  is  not 
instituted  soon,  there  may  not  be  much  of  a  health  care 
system  left  for  anyone  in  this  country,  no  matter  how 
willing  they  are  to  pay  for  it.  □ 


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September  23,  1993 
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Handbook  Excludes 

Editor: 

I'm  feeling  a  little  left  out  and  I'm  sure 
a  lot  of  otherstudents  at  Carieton  are  too. 
You  see,  we  just  found  out  that  according 
to  the  Carieton  University  Students'  As- 
sociation, we  don't  exist  or  maybe  our 
images  just  don't  show  up  in  photo- 
graphs. 

The  CUSA 1993/94  Handbook,  which 
more  appropriately  should  be  called  "A 
Handbook  for  Some  of  Carleton's  Stu- 
dents," is  now  available  on  campus. 

If  an  alien  landed  on  the  Carieton 
campus  and  was  given  the  handbook  to 
leam  about  our  university,  itwouldthink 
that  Carieton  is  comprised  of  99  per  cent 
white/Caucasian  students  of  European 
descent.  Why  is  the  large  population  of 
"visible  minorities"  (for  lack  of  a  better 
term),  not  represented? 

There  are  some  in  the  handbook,  for 
example,  a  couple  on  the  cover,  but 
finding  them  is  like  looking  for  Waldo. 
Then  there's  the  posed  shot  in  the  library 
and  of  course,  most  importantly,  there's 
the  international  students  shot,  because 
all  of  us  colored  people  had  to  have  come 
from  somewhere  else. 

My  suggestion  forthe  production  team, 
who  can't  see  the  forest  for  the  trees,  is  to 
go  get  their  eyes  checked. 

Natasha  Gill 
Journalism  III 

No  more  Nov.  29th 

Editor: 

Re:  CUSA  '93/'94  Handbook 

I  was  really  pleased  to  get  my  free  copy 
of  the  student  planner.  I  thought:  hey, 
what  a  great  idea,  now  I  can  copy  down 
all  those  important  dates. 

Except  there's  a  problem.  Not  a  big 
one,  mind  you,  an  oversight,  really.  They 
forgotmybirthday.  Leftitrightout.  Now, 
I  won't  take  it  personally.  I'm  sure  there 
was  a  good  reason  and  there  probably 
aren't  too  many  other  people  with  birth- 
days on  Nov.  29. 

It  seems  that  leaving  Nov.  29  off  the 
calendar  was  done  to  accommodate  the 


introduction  of  Nov.  31. 1  hate  it  when  I 
miss  important  announcements. 

I  would  appreciate  any  advice  as  to 
when  to  celebrate  my  now  non-existent 
birthday. 

Andrew  Alexander 
Law  III 

Who  needs  a  life? 

Editor: 

Please  print  more  stories  with  Renee 
Twaddle  in  them.  1  just  can't  enough  of 
them.  Renee,  get  a  life,  and  stop  spend- 
ing so  much  time  in  Oliver's. 

John  Greenwood 
B.A.  '93 

Down  with  Dan 

Editor: 

Re:  "Unicentre  may  bear  Aykroyd's 
name,"  The  Charlatan,  Sept.  16,  1993. 

I  read  with  dismay  that  a  proposal  has 
been  put  forth  to  rename  the  Unicentre 
after  comedian  Dan  Aykroyd.  I  don't 
believe  the  issue  is  Aykroyd  at  all,  but 
rather  the  fact  that  we  (as  a  community) 
didn't  take  the  opportunity  to  rename 
the  Unicentre  after  Pauline  Jewett,  a 
prominent  contributor  to  Carieton  Uni- 
versity, Canadian  politics  and  Canadian 
education. 

It  was  less  than  a  year  ago  that 
Carieton  had  a  referendum  to  have  the 
Unicentre  renamed  after  Dr.  Jewett.  She 
was  the  first  woman  to  assume  the  role  as 
president  of  a  Canadian  university  in 
Bumaby,  B.C.  As  well,  she  was  a  promi- 
nent and  important  contributor  to  Cana- 
dian politics,  serving  in  the  House  of 
Commons  as  an  MP.  Most  importantly, 
Dr.  Jewett  served  as  a  faculty  member  for 
many  years  at  Carieton  and  her  final 
responsibility  was  as  chancellor  of  the 
university. 

Unfortunately,  students  at  Carieton 
failed  to  contemplate  the  impact  Dr. 
Jewett  had  at  Carieton  and  subsequently 
denied  her  the  honor  she  deserved.  It  is 
my  hope  this  can  be  accomplished  in 
other  fashion. 


Fraser  Valentine 
BA  '93 

Nice  keychain  at 
least 

Editor: 

The  following  letter  is  concerning  frosh 
week  '93  and  some  of  the  shit  that  ac- 
companied it.  I  found  that  this  event 
contained  its  good  as  well  as  its  bad 
points. 

Specifically,  the  green  wristbands.  I 
was  told  that  these  were  a  requirement  if 
I  wished  to  participate  in  the  planned 
events.  As  it  turned  out,  only  at  the 
Minipalooza  were  they  actually  checked. 
So,  I  spent  $54  for  a  T-shirt,  a  mug, 
calendar,  Minipalooza,  a  condom  and  a 
first-rate  key  chain. 

It  may  have  been  policy  to  only  permit 
frosh  with  wristbands,  but  it  was  not 
enforced. 

Secondly,  Chris  Rock  possessed  less 
skill  at  stand-up  humor  than  Joe  Clark. 
His  choice  of  material  could  not  have 
been  worse.  It  is  one  thing  to  make  fun  of 
a  racial  group,  gender  or  minority  and 
then  move  on  and  make  fun  of  another. 
Rock  began  with  women  and  ended  with 
them.  I  know  that  numerous  women  on 
my  residence  floor  left  the  "show"  out  of 
disgust. 

Lastly,  Mike  Mandel,  the  hypnotist.  I 
thought  this  show  was  a  gem.  He  was 
humorous  andfun.  He  made  asses  out  of 
some  friends  of  mine  and  I  thought  it  was 
great.  I  thoroughly  enjoyed  him  and  ex- 
pect him  back  next  year. 

I  think  that  frosh  week  on  the  whole 
was  a  success.  I  just  hope  that  nextyear's 
frosh  won't  have  to  put  up  with  some  of 
the  same  shit  as  we  did. 

Oh  yeah,  did  anyone  see  the  prizes  for 
the  poutine  tank?  I  was  told  there  would 
be  great  prizes.  All  I  saw  were  recycled 
frosh  kits  that  bore  the  words  "Orienta- 
tion '91."  This  sure  sucked  and  I  felt 
ripped  off. 

Robb  Campbell 
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September  23,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  15 


RODRIGUEZ'S 

Legal  battli 

Comes  to 

AN 


by  Franco  D'Orazio 
Charlatan  Staff 

One  week  from  today  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Canada  will  decide  how  a  woman  from 
Victoria,  B.C.,  who  suffers  from  Lou  Gehrig's 
disease,  will  die:  she  can  be  assisted  in 
committing  suicide,  or  choose  to  slowly 
starve  to  death,  as  she  becomes  too  weak 
to  swallow  and  her  body  succumbs  to 
paralysis. 

The  ramifications  of  the  decision  will  rever- 
berate throughout  the  country.  It  will  fuel 
the  current  ethical  debate  about  euthanasia 
among  academics  and  the  medical  commu- 
nity, and  could  inject  a  campaign  issue  into 
the  forthcoming  federal  election  that  the 
major  parties  are  doing  their  best  to  avoid. 
In  the  case  of  voluntary  euthanasia,  a  pa- 
tient who  is  severely  incapacitated  asks  a 
physician  to  take  his  or  her  life.  Involuntary 
euthanasia  is  when  a  physician  or  loved  one 
decides  to  take  the  life  of  a  patient  who 
they  believe  is  suffering,  without  the  pa- 
tient's request.  This  is  frequently  the  case 
when  a  patient  is  incapable  of  coherently 
requesting  euthanasia. 

But  Sue  Rodriguez  is  arguing  that  physician- 
assisted  suicide  is  not  euthanasia. 
"She  is  not  asking  to  receive  euthanasia," 
says  Rodriguez's  lawyer  Chris  Considine. 
"She  is  asking  for  a  physician-assisted 
suicide." 

Considine  says  if  the  Supreme  Court  finds  in 
her  favor  on  Sept.  30,  she  will  ask  to  have  a 
physician  place  a  lethal  amount  of  morphine 
into  an  intravenous  tube.  Rodriguez  would 
then  "activate"  a  mechanism  which  would 
administer  the  dosage  herself. 
"At  this  point,  she  is  still  capable  of  that," 
says  Considine. 

But  Section  241(b)  of  the  Criminal  Code  of 


Canada  makes  it  illegal  for  anyone  to  assist 
Rodriguez  in  taking  her  life.  It  states  very 
clearly: 

"Everyone  who  aids  or  abets  a  person  to 
commit  suicide,  whether  suicide  ensues  or 
not,  is  guilty  of  an  indictable  offence  and  is 
liable  to  imprisonment  for  a  term  not  ex- 
ceeding 14  years." 

Considine  says  Rodriguez  is  not  arguing  for 
the  legalization  of  euthanasia,  but  is  advo- 
cating the  access  to  the  tools  with  which  to 
commit  suicide.  Considine  argued  before 
the  Supreme  Court  that  as  it  stands,  the  law 
is  discriminatory  and  unconstitutional  to  the 
extent  that  it  prohibits  a  terminally  ill  per- 
son from  committing  suicide. 
Rodriguez  and  Considine  are  challenging 
Section  241(b)  under  Sections  7  and  15  of 
the  Canadian  Charter  of  Rights  and 
Freedoms.  Section  7  guarantees  that  every- 
one has  the  right  to  "life,  liberty  and  secu- 
rity of  the  person  and  the  right  not  to  be 
deprived  thereof  .  .  . ." 
Section  15  prohibits  any  discrimination 
before  the  law,  especially  discrimination 
based  on  race,  ethnicity,  color,  religion,  sex, 
age,  or  mental  or  physical  disability. 
Eike-Henner  Kluge,  a  former  director  of 
medical  ethics  and  legal  affairs  of  the 
Canadian  Medical  Association,  also  believes 
the  law  discriminates  against  Rodriguez. 
"She  has  two  options:  she  can  die  as  a 
result  of  her  disease  or  she  may  commit 
suicide  before  she  is  unable  to  do  so  by 
herself,"  Kluge  says. 

But  by  killing  herself  before  she  would  need 
assistance,  Rodriguez  would  not  enjoy  the 
extra  days  she  could  if  a  doctor  was  able  to 
legally  assist  her  in  committing  suicide, 
says  Kluge. 

"She  would  be  forced  to  sacrifice  her  free- 


dom by  doing  so,  and  this  is  differential 
treatment,"  he  said  in  a  telephone  interview 
from  his  home  oh  Vancouver  Island,  where 
he  teaches  philosophy  at  the  University  of 
Victoria. 

As  Kluge  wrote  in  a  recent  issue  of  the 
Canadian  Medical  Association's  Journal, 
"We  should  make  due  allowances  for  the 
differences  among  persons  if  these  differ- 
ences would,  or  would  likely,  prevent  these 
persons  from  taking  equal  advantage  of  the 
opportunities  that  are  open  to  other  mem- 
bers of  society. 

. .  Failure  to  provide  some  means  for 
overcoming  her  handicap  is  to  discriminate 
against  her  on  the  basis  of  her  disability." 
Rodriguez  has  been  fighting  in  court  to 
prove  this  for  the  past  10  months. 
She  received  some  financial  support  in  the 
beginning  of  her  legal  campaign  from  the 
advocacy  group  Dying  With  Dignity,  but  now 
relies  on  public  donations  and  the  goodwill 
of  her  legal  counsel. 
Rodriguez  first  appeared  in  the  Supreme 
Court  of  British  Columbia  in  December  1992, 
but  the  court  ruled  against  her  contention 
that  it  is  unconstitutional  to  prohibit  her 
being  assisted  in  committing  suicide. 
Rodriguez  then  appealed  the  decision  in  the 
B.C.  Court  of  Appeal  in  February  of  1993. 
Again,  the  court  ruled  against  her  and  it 
moved  on  to  the  Supreme  Court  in  August. 
For  Rodriguez,  who  turned  43  last  month, 
the  ruling  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Canada 
will  mark  the  final  episode  in  her  struggle  to 
control  her  own  life  and  to  choose  the 
manner  in  which  she  will  die. 
Last  year,  Rodriguez  told  The  Globe  and 
Mail  her  story.  She  described  how  her  hands 
began  to  twitch  in  October  1990.  She  said 
she  thought  it  was  a  result  of  too  many  long 


16  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  23,  1993 


hours  spent  tapping  away  at  a  word  proces- 
sor at  the  real-estate  agency  where  she 
worked. 

Ten  months  later,  after  the  twitching  had 
worsened  and  she  began  losing  control  of 
her  hands,  a  neurologist  told  her  the  bad 
news:  she  had  a  terminal  disease  called 
amyotrophic  lateral  sclerosis.  ALS  is  also 
called  Lou  Gehrig's  disease,  named  after  the 
New  York  Yankee's  first  baseman  who  died 
of  the  disease  in  1 936. 

There  is  no  known  cure,  and  no  one  knows 
what  causes  it.  But  as  Rodriguez  learned, 
ALS  affects  the  nerve  cells  which  control 
her  muscles.  As  the  nerve  cells  die,  her 
muscles  will  weaken. 

In  the  statement  she 
submitted  to  the  B.C. 
Court  of  Appeal, 
Rodriguez  said  she  no 
longer  wants  to  live 
when,  in  her  mind,  her 
life  is  devoid  of  any 
dignity,  such  as  when 
she  becomes  depend- 
ent on  machines  to 
live. 

But  by  then  her  diminished  physical  abilities 
would  prevent  her  from  committing  suicide 
without  any  assistance. 
Many  academics  and  members  of  the  medi- 
cal community  worry  about  the  implications 
of  legalizing  physician-assisted  suicide, 
fearing  it  would  eventually  lead  to  the 
legalization  ot  euthanasia,  both  voluntary 
and  involuntary. 

Andre  Lafrance,  president  of  the  Ottawa 
chapter  of  Canadian  Physicians  for  Life, 
says  by  granting  Rodriguez  the  right  to  an 
assisted-suicide,  the  Supreme  Court  would 
pave  the  way  for  the  needless  killing  of 
thousands  of  people. 
"It  is  the  foot  in  the  door  approach," 
Lafrance  says.  "At  first  you  have  a  desolate 
case  (like  Rodriguez),  and  then  the  next 
won't  be  as  serious." 

Lafrance  says  this  is  exactly  what  is  hap- 
pening in  the  Netherlands,  where  euthana- 
sia has  been  tolerated  for  the  last  20  years 
and  given  "quasi-legal"  status. 
A  Dutch  court  ruling  in  1973  recognized 
euthanasia  as  an  individual's  right  and  set 
out  procedural  guidelines  for  physicians,  but 
the  government  has  never  passed  any 
formal  legislation  to  the  same  effect. 
"Holland  has  opted  for  killing  people,"  says 
Lafrance. 

The  Remmelik  Commission,  a  1991  Dutch 
government  commission  which  conducted 
confidential  interviews  with  physicians, 
found  that  guidelines  laid  down  to  regulate 
euthanasia  are  being  "systematically" 
flouted. 

The  commission  claimed  this  was  happen- 
ing even  though  physicians  in  the  Nether- 
lands are  supposed  to  consult  their  col- 
leagues when  they  consider  administering 
euthanasia  and  submit  written  reports,  as 
well  as  having  it  be  requested  by  the  pa- 
tient. 

According  to  the  commission's  report, 
14,691  people  in  the  Netherlands  die  every 
year  because  physicians  administer  eutha- 
nasia "even  though  (their  patients)  make  no 
request  for  it." 

"What  we  have  found,  according  to  the 
commission's  report,  is  that  a  lot  of  physi- 
cians are  not  consulting  their  colleagues  or 
writing  their  reports.  In  fact,  a  lot  of  them 
are  falsifying  their  reports,  claiming  that  


their  patients  have  died  of  natural  causes," 
says  Ian  Gentles,  who  teaches  the  history  of 
population  at  York  University  and  is  re- 
search director  of  the  Human  Life  Research 
Institute  in  Toronto. 

"Doctors  are  assuming  they  know  what  is 
best  for  their  patients,"  says  Gentles. 

"What  we  have  is 
older  people  carrying 
written  notes  reading, 
'I  do  not  want  to  die. 
Please  revive  me  if  I 
am  found  uncon- 
scious.'" 

Lafrance  objects  to  euthanasia,  because  he 
says  instead  of  being  motivated  by  compas- 
sion for  the  terminally  ill,  it  may  serve  as  a 
cost-cutting  measure. 
Lafrance  says  it  is  no  coincidence  that  in 
the  Netherlands,  there  are  very  few  hos- 
pices or  palliative  care  programs,  places 
where  the  dying  are  cared  for  and  made  as 
comfortable  as  possible  before  they  pass 
on. 

"The  cheapest  way  to  treat  the  ill  is  to  kill 
them,"  he  says. 

Lafrance  says  within  30  or  40  years,  Cana- 
da's aging  population  will  place  a  great  deal 
of  stress  on  Canada's  health  care  system. 
"In  Canada,  care  for  the  elderly  accounts  for 
half  of  the  health  care  budget,"  he  says. 
"The  percentage  of  the  population  today 
aged  65  years  and  older  is  1 1  per  cent.  But 
in  three  of  four  decades,  that  figure  will  rise 
to  25  per  cent.  Just  imagine  the  cost." 
Serge  Lafond,  director  of  analysis  for  the 
health  insurance  directorate  of  Health  and 
Welfare  Canada,  estimates  that  roughly  $67 
billion  was  spent  on  health  care  in  Canada 
in  1991/92,  by  both  private  and  public  health 
insurance  programs. 
Despite  being  illegal,  euthanasia  is  prac- 
tised in  Canada  on  a  large  scale,  according 
to  Ted  Boadway,  the  director  of  health 
policy  for  the  Ontario  Medical  Association. 
Boadway  addressed  the  CMA's  annual 
convention  in  Calgary  on  Aug.  23,  saying 
that  Canadian  physicians  practise  euthana- 
sia as  discreetly  as  possible  to  avoid  at- 
tracting attention  which  could  possibly 
destroy  their  practices. 
At  the  convention,  the  medical  association 
released  the  preliminary  results  of  a  survey 
of  2,990  Canadian  physicians,  60  per  cent  of 
who  "support  some  kind  of  legislative 
change"  in  regards  to  euthanasia. 


"According  to  a  1989 
Gallup  poll,  77  per 
cent  of  Canadians 
support  one  form  of 
mercy  killing  or  an- 
other," 

says  John  Hosfess  an  executive  director  of 
The  Bight  to  Die  Society  of  Canada  based  in 
Victoria. 

However,  both  the  federal  Conservatives 
and  the  Liberal  opposition  are  not  willing  to 
discuss  the  issue  of  euthanasia. 
"The  government  simply  has  no  interest  in 
this,"  says  Hosfess.  "It's  an  uphill  battle." 
On  March  22,  New  Democratic  MP  Ian 
Waddell  introduced  a  motion  to  simply 
consider  "the  advisability  of  introducing 
legislation  on  the  subject  of  euthanasia." 


The  motion  was  soundly  defeated  by  the 
Tories  and  the  Liberals  in  a  141  to  25  vote. 
Liberal  MP  Don  Boudria  is  one  politician 
opposed  to  legislating  euthanasia. 
Boudria  says  he  has  "never  asked"  his 
Liberal  colleagues  what  their  views  are,  but 
his  opposition  is  based  on  several  grounds: 
"It  cheapens  human  life,  it  damages  and 
ruins  the  trust  between  doctors  and  pa- 
tients, and  it  is  morally  wrong." 
He  is  also  fearful  that  the  abuses  in  the 
Netherlands  will  repeat  themselves  in 
Canada. 

"If  voluntary  euthanasia  works  fine,  we'll 
move  to  the  next  step,  which  is  involuntary 
euthanasia,"  he  said. 

But  Hofsess  says  federal  politicians'  reluc- 
tance to  pass  euthanasia  legislation  for  fear 
of  abuses  occurring  in  Canada  is  not  justifi- 
able. 

"A  lot  of  bad  laws  are  passed,  but  they  are 
revised,"  he  says.  "If  people  acted  out  of 
goodwill  instead  of  (like)  adversaries,  we 
could  fashion  laws  for  people  like 
Rodriguez." 

Last  February,  Liesbeth  Rensman,  a  spokes- 
person for  the  Dutch  justice  depart  men 
announced  that  the  Dutch  parliament  will 
study  the  practices  of  physicians  adminis- 
tering euthanasia  for  three  months  to  as- 
sess the  severity  of  the  abuses  being  com- 
mitted. 

If  the  abuses  prove  to  be  minimal,  the  Dutch 
parliament  will  consider  introducing  guide- 
lines for  involuntary  euthanasia,  meaning 
that  physicians  could  legally  take  lives 
without  their  patients'  consent. 

But  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Canada  can- 
not take  into  consid- 
eration the  findings  of 
the  Remmelik  Com- 
mission in  the  Nether- 
lands, the  Canadian 
Medical  Association's 
deliberations,  or  a 
Gallup  poll  in  deciding 
Rodriguez's  case. 

Instead,  it  must  concern  itself  with 
Rodriguez's  claim  that  the  section  of  the 
Criminal  Code  prohibiting  assisted  suicide  is 
unconstitutional,  because  it  violates  her 
rights  enumerated  in  the  Charter  of  Rights 
and  Freedoms. 

The  Supreme  Court  will  render  its  decision 

Sept.  30  at  9:45  in  the  morning. 

"The  Supreme  Court  will  rule  against  her 

because  suicide  is  not  a  right,"  predicts 

Boudria. 

But  Kluge  will  "bet  you  dollar  for  doughnuts 
that  the  Supreme  Court  will  rule  that  the 
criminal  legislation  is  unconstitutional  and 
will  dump  it  onto  Parliament's  doorstep  for 
the  politicians  to  deal  with." 
The  irony  of  it  all  it  is  that  many  people 
suffering  from  ALS  and  other  terminal  dis- 
eases may  benefit  from  the  decision,  but 
Rodriguez  may  not. 

According  to  Kluge,  she  now  has  difficulty 
swallowing  food  and  requires  the  constant 
care  of  nurses. 

"It  is  exactly  the 
state  she  did  not 
want  to  be  left  in."  □ 


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Ravens  rebound  to  victory 

bv  Steven  Vesely  — — ■     J 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  StaH 

They're  probably  still  celebrating. 

The  Carleton  Ravens  football  team 
snapped  a  1 2-game  losing  streak  stretch- 
ing over  two  seasons  with  a  dramatic  and 
controversial  19-18  win  against  the  Uni- 
versity of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  on  Sept.  18  at 
Lansdowne  Park. 


Carleton  19  Ottawa  18 


With  17  seconds  left  in  the  game  and 
the  score  tied  at  18,  Raven  kicker  Chris 
Giacobbi  missed  on  a  24-yard  field  goal 
attempt  and  the  Ravens  eked  out  a  single 
point  win. 

But  the  win  was  tainted  by  poor  offici- 
ating. An  Ottawa  field  goal  in  the  last 
minute,  which  would  have  put  the  Gee- 
Gees  ahead  21-18,  was  disallowed  after  a 
line  judge  ruled  it  had  not  gone  through 
the  posts.  The  win  raises  the  Ravens' 
record  to  1-1  while  Ottawa  drops  to  0-2. 

"It  was  incredible.  It  was  so  satisfy- 
ing," said  linebacker  Hubie  Hiltz,  who 
has  suffered  four  years  of  Raven  frustra- 
tion. "Those  last  few  minutes,  we  just 
wanted  to  get  out  there  and  win  that 
game.  We  knew  we  could  do  it  and  we 
were  pumped  for  it." 

With  the  victory  sealed  and  the  last 
few  seconds  ticking  away,  the  Ravens' 
offensive  line  sacked  Gee-Gee  quarterback 
Wayne  Jacobs  three  straight  times  to  end 
the  game. 

"We're  just  going  to  live  this  up  for  a 
couple  of  nights, "  said  running  back  Chris 
Dorrington,  savoring  the  win. 

The  Ravens  dodged  bullets  the  entire 
game  to  pull  out  the  victory.  At  halftime, 
they  trailed  12-3  but  should  have  been 
down  much  more.  The  Gee-Gees  had  two 
touchdowns  called  back  on  penalties  and 
kicker  Rick  Melnyck  also  missed  a  field 
goal.  AH  told,  the  Gee-Gees  were  penal- 
ized 135  yards  on  15  penalties. 

"I'm  not  accustomed  to  losing  in  this 
stadium, "  is  what  head  coach  Donn  Smith 
said  he  told  the  Ravens  at  halftime,  al- 
luding to  his  championship  years  with 
the  Ottawa  Rough  Riders.  "It's  my  home 
park  and  I  told  them  that  if  they  couldn't 
win  it  for  themselves,  then  win  it  for  me." 

The  Raven  defence  stood  its  ground  in 
the  second  half  and  the  offence  finally 
began  to  move  the  ball. 

Raven  quarterback  Sean  O'Neill  tossed 
a  23-yard  TD  pass  to  slotback  Chris  Coul- 
ter to  narrow  the  gap  12-9  early  in  the 
fourth  quarter.  Following  a  timely  inter- 
ception by  Raven  linebacker  Martin  Smits, 
O'Neill  connected  with  Dorrington  on  a 


For  once,  the  Ravens  came  out  on  top  -  on  the  ground  as  well  as  in  the  score. 


17  yard  TD  pass-and-run  play  to  put 
Carleton  ahead  16-12  with  under  three 
minutes  to  play. 

Soon  after,  a  botched  Ottawa  punt 
forced  the  Gee-Gees  to  concede  a  safety, 
giving  the  Ravens  an  18-12  lead. 

Then  the  drama  began. 

On  the  ensuing  kickoff,  Ottawa  recov- 
ered a  fumbled  return  and  quarterback 
Wayne  Jacobs  tossed  a  25-yard  TD  to 
running  back  Angelo  Miceli  to  even  the 
score  at  18.  With  the  game  on  the  line, 
Gee-Gee  kicker  Melnyck  hit  the  uprights 
on  the  convert. 

Line  judge  John  Lamont  ruled  the  ball 
no  good  despite  Ottawa's  protests  that 
the  kick  was  good.  While  replays  show 
the  ball  did  indeed  go  through  the  posts, 
a  referee's  decision  is  final. 

"It  was  clearly  in,"  said  Ottawa  head 
coach  Larry  Ring.  "I  had  referees  calling 
me  on  Sunday  to  apologize." 

"We  worked  hard  to  overcome  our 
mistakes,  took  the  lead  and  kicked  the 
convert  to  win  the  game  and  then  had  it 
taken  away.  It  was  very  disheartening  to 
see  the  game  taken  away  like  that." 

Carleton  then  regained  the  momen- 
tum on  a  29-yard  punt  return  by  running 
back  Wayne  Wilson.  O'Neill  then 


Football  Follies 

Year  W  L  T  PF  PA  PTS 
1986  2    0  0  60  15  4 

1992  0    2  0  11  78  0 

1993  1    1   0  36  40  2 

As  the  season  progresses,  we'if  com- 
pare this  year's  Raven  squad  against 
the  best  and  worst  . Raven  teams  of 
the  past  the  6-1  1986  squad  and  the 
0-7  1992  team. 


soldiered  the  offence  down  to  field  goal 
range  and  kicker  Giacobbi  sealed  the 
victory  with  his  24-yard  single. 

Statistically,  O'Neill  was  good  on  1 1  of 
16  passes  for  a  total  160  yards  with  two 
interceptions.  Ottawa  starting 
quarterback  Steve  Clarke  and  backup 
Jacobs  tallied  200  net  yards  of  offence  on 
six  completions  in  23  attempts.  Each 
threw  an  interception. 

Dorrington  pulled  in  four  catches  for 
52  yards  and  one  touchdown  for  Carle- 
ton, while  Miceli  with  40  yards  on  two 
touchdown  receptions  was  Ottawa's 
favorite  receiver.  □ 


Carleton  sailors  launch  newest  club 


by  Shannon  Fraser 

Charlatan  Slat) 

It's  been  launched. 

Carleton's  newest  sports  team,  the 
soiling  club,  has  spent  several  busy  after- 
noons this  past  week  promoting  sailing. 

And  it  seems  to  be  working.  The  mem- 
bers list  now  numbers  45  and  it  continues 
to  grow  daily. 

"In  truth,  we  expected  10  to  15  people 
to  show  up  and  we  got  more  than  40  and 
interest  is  still  growing.  We're  hoping  to 
be  one  of  the  largest  and  most  dynamic 
clubs  on  campus, "  said  Cressida  Robsom, 
one  of  the  founding  members. 

The  group  is  still  not  an  official  club 
funded  by  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association,  but  hopes  to  be  after 
Q  Sept.  28  meeting  where  they  will  final- 
ize their  members  list  and  complete  a 
constitution  and  budget  as  required  for 
club  status; 


The  club  aspires  to  become  a  varsity 
team  at  some  point,  a  status  which  would 
bring  increased  funds  from  the  athletics 
department  and  more  support  from  Car- 
leton. 

In  the  meantime,  the  group  is  trying 
to  form  an  affiliation  with  the  Britannia 
Yacht  Club  on  the  Ottawa  River.  In  re- 
turn for  access  to  the  B  YC  clubhouse  and 
use  of  their  junior  dinghy  fleet,  the  sail- 
ing club  will  provide  the  BYC  with  an 
"infusion  of  keen  sailors  into  a  dying 
youth  program  at  their  club,"  said  sail- 
ing club  executive  Sean  Liddy. 

Sailing  was  rejuvenated  at  the  univer- 
sity level  in  1 99 1-92  by  the  Royal  Military 
College  in  Kingston  and  McMaster  Uni- 
versity. Both  these  teams  joined  the  Mid- 
dle Atlantic  Intercollegiate  Sailing  Asso- 
ciation (MAISA)  of  the  United  States  Inter- 
collegiate Sailing  League. 

Since  then,  Queen's  and  Western  have 


joined  and  the  Carleton  club  hopes  to 
followsuit.  The  club  plans  to  write  a  letter 
to  the  MAISA  executive  by  Nov.  6  in  order 
to  apply  for  associate  membership  for 
the  1994  season. 

As  associate  members,  they  would  be 
permitted  to  compete  in  MAISA  regattas 
and  be  responsible  for  hosting  one  re- 
gatta every  three  years. 

The  sailing  club  will  be  open  to  all 
interested  students.  Physical  fitness  and 
attendance  are  not  compulsory.  Mem- 
bers will  be  taught  by  certified  instruc- 
tors. 

"Carleton  sailing  is  for  everybody," 
said  Robsom.  "All  you  have  to  like  is  a 
little  bit  of  frostbite  and  some  ice  cubes  in 
the  water." 

There  are  four  upcoming  regattas  the 
club  hopes  to  participate  in  this  fall.  This 
first  one  is  the  Boulevard  Club  Invitational 
in  Toronto  on  the  Oct.  9  weekend.  □ 


New  attitude 
adjustment 
scores  results 

by  Steven  Vesely 

Chart  aian  Stan 

They  did  it. 

Aftera  1 2-game  losing  streak  span- 
ning two  seasons  of  frustration,  agony 
and  despair,  the  Carleton  Ravens  foot- 
ball team  finally  did  it  -  they  won  a 
game. 

Facing  off  against  the  University  of 
Ottawa  Gee-Gees  at  Lansdowne  Park 
this  past  weekend,  the  Ravens  eked 
out  a  thrilling,  and  it  must  be  admit- 
ted, lucky  19-18  win  against  their 
crosstown  rivals.  Now,  one  can  argue 
that  the  only  reason  why  the  Ravens 
won  is  because  the  Gee-Gees  threw  the 
game  away  with  countless  stupid  pen- 
alties --  15  for  a  loss  of  155  yards,  if 
you're  interested. 

Secondly,  if  you're  so  inclined,  you 
could  blame  the  win  on  the  officiat- 
ing. After  all,  it  was  a  referee's  call 
going  Carleton's  way  on  an  Ottawa 
convert  attempt  that  gave  the  Ravens 
a  second  chance  at  victory.  With  the 
game  tied  at  18,  Gee-Gee  kicker  Rick 
Melnyck's  kick  hit  the  uprights  and 
then  bounced  into  the  end  zone  before 
being  ruled  "no  good"  by  line  judge 
John  Lamont.  Talk  about  good  for- 
tune. 

Finally,  if  you're  more  in  touch 
with  the  cosmos,  you  could  also  rea 
son  that  it  was  about  time  the  law  of 
averages  kicked  in  and  swung  Carle 
ton's  way. 

Or,  considerthis:  maybe  the  Ravens 
pulled  this  one  off  for  another  reason. 
Maybe  they  did  it  because  there's  some- 
thing different  about  this  year's  team. 
Something  that's  been  missing  in  the 
past  --  forgotten,  unused  and  lost;  but 
something  that's  been  rekindled  this 
year. 

Something  called  attitude. 

Since  April,  when  new  head  coach 
Donn  Smith  stepped  in  to  take  con- 
trol, a  subtle  change  in  atmosphere 
has  taken  place  around  the  Raven 
locker  room  -  for  the  better. 

Smith  himself  exudes  confidence. 
And  why  shouldn't  he?  Everywhere 
he's  gone,  he's  come  up  smelling  like 
roses  --  two  Grey  Cups  with  the  Ottawa 
Rough  Riders,  three  Schenley  award 
nominations  as  the  outstanding  Ca- 
nadian in  the  CFL,  three  all-star  selec- 
tions and  a  national  junior  champi- 
onship with  the  Ottawa  Sooners  foot- 
ball club.  But  those  accomplishments 
are  in  the  past,  and  Smith  is  forever 
looking  to  the  future. 

What  he's  done  in  less  than  a  month 
since  training  camp  started  is  instill 
enthusiasm,  desireand  confidence  into 
a  Raven  squad  that  had  lost  so  many 
times  it  had  forgotten  how  to  win. 

Fresh  young  rookies  have  no  recol- 
lection of  the  lean  years.  Instead  they 
have  a  belief  in  their  system,  their 
coach  and  themselves. 

These  guys  believe  they're  going  to 
win. 

You  could  see  it  in  their  faces  even 
when  Ottawa  stormed  back  to  tie  the 
game  at  18.  No  despair  and  no  regret. 
Just  a  determination  to  get  their  of- 
fence back  on  the  field  for  a  final  drive 
to  victory. 

That  attitude  has  resulted  in  one 
victory  --  now  can  they  do  it  again?  □ 


September  23,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  19 


Raven  men  remain  undefeated  with  win 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Cha/lalan  Staff 

Two  steps  forward  and  none  back. 

That's  the  picture  for  the  2-0  Carleton 
men's  soccer  team  after  a  convincing  3- 
1  victory  overthe  Ryerson  Rams  Sept.  18 
on  the  Carleton  soccer  field. 


Carleton  3  Ryerson  1 


While  Carleton  had  the  majority  of 
chances  in  the  first  half,  the  Rams  were 
able  to  capitalize  on  a  lapse  in  the  Ravens' 
defence  to  post  the  first  goal  of  the  game. 

A  "defensive  blunder"  is  what  coach 
Sandie  Mackie  called  the  Ryerson  goal, 
adding  that  it  was  the  turning  point  of 
the  game.  "That  was  when  the  team 
realized  they  would  have  to  perform  a  bit 
better,"  he  said. 

The  Rams  pulled  out  what  tricks  they 
could  in  an  attempt  to  stave  off  a  Ravens' 
comeback,  with  delaying  tactics  ranking 
high  on  their  list. 

"They  were  smart,"  said  Ravens  lohn 
Lauro.  "When  the  ball  went  out,  the 
goalkeeper  would  walk  to  the  ball." 


But  thanks  to  a 
volley  by  right  full- 
back Andre  van 
Heerden,  the  Ravens 
were  able  to  leave 
the  pitch  at  halftime 
with  the  game  tied 
at  one  all. 

"lohn  (Lauro)  got 
the  ball;  he  couldn't 
rum  with  it,  so  he 
headed  it  back  out 
to  me,"  said  van 
Heerden.  "The  ball 
was  at  my  side,  and 
Ijustvolleyeditwith 
my  foot,  and  it  went 
to  the  top  comer" 

Five  minutes  into 
the  second  half,  the 
Ravens  scored  again 
when  Lauro's 
header  mixed  with 
a  cross  from  Basil 
Phillips. 

"It  was  fantas- 
tic,"saidLauro,  "be- 
cause it  took  the 


The  Ravens  stayed  on  top  of  the  ball. 


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pressure  off." 

The  Ravens  dominated  their  oppo- 
nents in  both  speed  and  ball  skill.  Their 
aggressiveness  helped  them  gain  posses- 
sion of  the  ball  in  most  one-on-one  situ- 
ations, while  theirspeed  essentially  neu- 
tralized the  Rams'  use  of  an  offside  trap. 

"(The  offside  trap)  worked  to  our  ad- 
vantage because  our  forward  line  was  a 
lotquickerthan  their  defence,"said  Raven 
fullback  Marty  Lauter. 

Perhaps  the  Rams  could  have 
benefitted  from  a  pre-game  pep  talk  from 
Lauter,  who  summed  up  his  team's  strat- 
egy- 

"Our  philosophy  is  don't  mess  around 
with  (the  ball)  in  our  end,  get  it  up,  put  a 
lot  of  pressure  on,  get  a  lot  of  crosses  in, 
and  try  to  get  some  knock-downs." 

Staying  true  to  his  tactics,  veteran 
Lauter  provided  the  Ravens  with  their 
third  and  final  goal  of  the  game  when  he 
]  knocked  the  ball  in  off  a  Lauro  header." 

The  Ravens'  next  game  is  Oct.  22, 
;  when  they  play  on  their  home  pitch 
I  against  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels.  Last 
year.  Queen's  was  the  only  team  to  beat 
the  Ravens  in  regular  season  action.  □ 


d  Trade  fdaik  oi  The  Bank  i 


Raven 
Rumblings 


QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"We  wiil  win  some  games  this  year. 
I  have  no  doubt  of  that.  How  many  i 
can't  predict,  but  we  certainly  won't 
go  0-7." 

Football  coach  Donn  Smith  pre- 
dicted this  past  weekend's  winbackin 
May  when  he  took  over  the  team. 

CALENDAR 

Friday,  Sept.  24. 

FILED  HOCKEY  -Thewomen'sfieid 
hockey  team  will  play  their  home 
opener  at  Minto  Field  in  the  Nepean 
Sporteplex  against  the  York 
Yeoworoen.  Game  time  is  2  p,m. 

Saturday,  Sept.  25. 

FIELD  HOCKEY  -  The  field  hockey 
team  continues  their  homestandwitb 
a  5  p.m.  game  against  the  University 
of  Toronto  Blues. 

FOOTBALL  --  The  Carleton  Ravens 
football  team  will  travel  to  Kingston 
this  weekend  to  kick  off  against  last 
year's  Vanier  Cup  champion  Queen's 
Golden  Gaels.  Game  lime  is  1  p.m. 

SOCCER -The  Carleton  men'ssoc- 
cer  team  will  host  the  University  of 
Toronto  Varsity  Blues  at  1  p.m.  look- 
ing to  Improve  their  record  to  3-0. 

The  women's  soccer  team  will  fol- 
low with  a  3  p.m.  match  against  the 
Varsity  Blues  women's  team. 

RUGBY— The  Carleton  rugby  team 
will  host  their  home  opener  against 
the  Brock  Badgers  at  1  p.m.  on  the 
rugbv  field. 

Sunday,  Sept.  26. 

FIELD  HOCKEY  -  Still  at  Minto 
Field,  the  women's  field  hockey  team 
will  finish  their  three  game  horaestand 
with  a  noon  game  against  the  Trent 
Excalibur. 

ROWING  -  The  rowing  club  will 
participate  in  their  first  event  of  the 
year  this  weekend.  They  will  co-host 
the  Head  of  the  Rideau  regatta  on  the 
Rideau  Canal.  Racingbegmsat8  a.m. 
near  the  NAC  and  finishes  by  the 
Dows  Lake  Pavilion . 

Wednesday,  Sept.  29. 

RUGBY-The  rugby  team  will  host 
the  Royal  Military  College  Redrnen  on 
the  rugby  field  at  4  p.m.  □ 


20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  23,  1993 


Injuries  plague  team  but  women  prevail 

by  Bram  S.  Aaron  ID^— —i_  


by 

Charfatan  Staff 

Ouch. 

Injuries  were  the  issue  of  the  day  as  the 
Ravens  women's  soccer  team  shut  out 
the  Ryerson  Lady  Rams  1-0  Sept.  18  on 
the  Carleton  soccer  field  in  their  season 
opener. 


Carleton  1  Ryerson  0 


Rookie  defender  Stacey  Doherty  in- 
jured her  eye  in  the  second  minute  of 
play  against  Ryerson  when  a  soccer  ball 
hit  herin  the  eye  andburstablood  vessel. 
She  was  taken  to  the  Ottawa  Civic  Hospi- 
tal and  will  be  out  of  the  lineup  until 
October. 

"It's  a  pretty  bad  loss  because  she's  a 
very  strong  player,"  said  forward  Mary 
McCormick.  "Her  size  is  important  and 
we  don't  have  many  fullbacks,  which  is 
what  she  plays." 

Doherty  joins  a  long  list  of  Ravens 
already  suffering  with  injuries  -  Genny 
Lussier,  Susie  Lussier,  Corrine  van  Ryckde 
Groot,  Ann-Marie  Irwin  and  Kathleen 
Annis. 

"My  biggest  concern  right  now  is  inju- 
ries," a  flustered  coach  David  Kent  said 
after  the  match.  "They're  really  scaring 
me.  I  want  us  to  be  a  full  team." 

On  the  field,  Carleton  scored  the  first 
and  only  goal  early  in  the  first  half  when 
walk-on  rookie  sweeper  Nicole  Menard 
scored  off  a  comer  kick  by  Christine 
Archibault. 

Goalie  Kristina  Bacchi  did  a  fine  job 
preserving  ashutoutin  the  highly  defen- 
sive match  but  she  was  relatively  un- 
tested. The  Lady  Rams  only  managed 
five  shots  on  the  Carleton  net. 

Team  play  was  acceptable,  but  could 


The  women's  soccer  team  had  an  open  field  against  Ryerson  but  injuries  slowed  them  down. 


have  been  better,  said  Kent.  "Technically 
we  did  fine,  but  we  should  have  had  more 
shots  on  goal,"  he  said. 

Co-captain  McCormick  agreed. 

"We  didn't  play  as  well  offensively. 
We  didn't  capitalize  on  our  chances  as 
much  as  we  should  have, "  she  said.  "The 
score  should  have  been  much  higher.  In 
the  past,  we've  beaten  them  by  incred- 
ible goal  margins." 

Last  year  Carleton  defeated  Ryerson 
5-1  and  3-0  in  two  regular  season  matches. 

McCormick  said  she  saw  some  posi- 
tive signs  though.  "We  were  playing  very 
well  together.  And  I  have  confidence  in 
(our  rookies),"  she  said. 

McCormick  mentioned  midfielder  Jen- 
nifer Price  and  striker  Doherty  in  particu- 
lar. "They're  both  strong  rookies.  Stacey 
(Doherty)  is  a  strong  defensive  player. 
They'll  make  a  big  difference  on  the 
team,"  she  said. 

The  Ravens'  next  game  will  be  Sept. 
22  when  they  host  the  Queen's  Golden 
Gaels  on  the  soccer  field.  □ 


CLASS 


T  S  E  L  F 


Field  hockey  team  falls  flat 

One  point  in  three  game  series  on  the  road 


by  Ray  Verbyla 

Charlatan  Staff 

Two  heartbreakers  and  a  nail-biter 
amounting  to  two  losses  and  one  tie 
turned  the  field  hockey  Ravens'  first  week- 
end of  the  season  into  a  nightmare. 

The  Ravens  lost  3-1  to  the  Waterloo 
Athenas  in  their  first  game,  2-1  to  the 
Guelph  Gryphons  in  their  second  and 
salvaged  a  point  in  a  scoreless  tie  against 
the  University  of  Western  Ontario  Mus- 
tangs  in  game  three. 


Waterloo  3  Carleton  1 
Guelph  2  Carleton  1 
Western  0  Carleton  0 


The  Ravens  started  quickly  in  their 
first  game  against  Waterloo,  striking  in 
the  first  minute  of  play  on  a  goal  by 
midfielder  Suzanne  Bird. 

This  lifted  the  confidence  level  of  the 
team,  said  coach  Suzanne  Nicholson. 

Waterloo  tied  the  game  at  one  later  in 
the  first  period.  The  Warriors  then  pulled 
away  in  the  second  period  with  two  goals, 
capitalizing  on  poor  Raven  defence,  said 
Nicholson. 

Having  stayed  close  during  much  of 
the  first  game,  Nicholson  was  confident 
the  Ravens  could  hold  their  own  against 
Guelph,  who  finished  third  last  year  in 
the  Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity 
Athletic  Association  field  hockey  league. 

The  Gryphons  jumped  out  quickly, 
surprising  Carleton  goaltender  julie  Sudds 
with  a  goal  in  the  second  minute  of  play. 

The  Ravens  though,  hung  tough, 
grinding  it  out  to  break  the  shutout  on  a 
goal  late  in  the  first  period  by  forward 


Nathalie  Chychrun.  With  halftime  loom- 
ing and  the  momentum  in  their  favor, 
the  Ravens  promptly  coughed  up  a  sec- 
ond goal  to  Guelph. 

"We  just  lost  our  concentration  for  a 
moment,"  said  Wilson.  "And  they  took 
advantage  of  that." 

Trailing  2-1  in  the  second  half,  the 
Ravens  defence  shut  down  the  Gryphon 
forwards,  but  a  sputtering  Carleton  of- 
fence couldnot  capitalize  on  any  scoring 
chances. 

"Offence  has  to  start  in  your  own 
backfield,"  said  Nicholson. 

"If  your  defence  can't  get  the  ball  to 
the  wingers,  you  won't  score." 

Moving  the  ball  up  the  field  will  be  a 
priority  for  the  Ravens  in  upcoming  prac- 
tices, Nicholson  said. 

Grinding  it  out  in  their  third  game,  the 
defence  clamped  down  against  Western, 
allowing  no  goals.  This  would  have  been 
a  victory  and  two  points  for  Carleton  had 
they  been  able  to  score,  but  Western  was 
up  for  the  challenge,  allowing  no  goals 
as  well. 

The  result:  a  0-0  double  shutout. 

Nicholson  was  pleased  with  the  per- 
formance of  all  her  rookies.  But  she 
stressed  again  the  urgency  with  which 
the  defence  has  to  start  moving  the  ball 
up  the  field  more  effectively. 

The  Ravens  limped  home  with  an  0-2- 
1  record  in  tow. 

Carleton  will  have  only  two  practices 
before  they  head  straight  back  to  King- 
ston to  face  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels  on 
Sept.  22.  The  Ravens  then  come  home  to 
Minto  Field  at  the  Nepean  Sporstplex  for 
the  Sept.  25  and  26  weekend  to  face 
Toronto,  York  and  Trent.  □ 


September  23,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  21 


Rugby  team  comes  from  behind  to  win 


Kicker  Mike  Rys  knocks  in  four  field  goals  for  the  win 


by  Matt  Shurrie 

Charlatan  Slalf 

Defence  stands  tall. 

The  rugby  Ravens  headed  into  Water- 
loo to  play  the  University  of  Laurier 
Golden  Hawks  on  Sept.  18,  and  demon- 
strated that  defence  would  be  their  call- 
ing card  in  the  upcoming  season. 


Carleton  12  Laurier  7 


The  Ravens  defeated  the  Golden  Hawks 
12-7,  moving  into  a  first-place  tie  with 
Trent  and  the  Royal  Military  College  in 
the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation's second  rugby  division. 

"  For  their  first  game  of  the  season,  the 
team  performed  well,"  said  coach  Lee 
Powell.  "However,  they  also  showed  me 
where  areas  of  improvementare  needed." 

Powell  specified  aggressiveness  among 
the  forwards  and  concentration  on  ball 
possession  among  the  defence  as  areas 
where  the  team  needs  practice. 

Rookies  were  a  positive  force  in  the 
victory. 

"With  a  lot  of  the  veterans  from  last 
year's  team  gone,  this  year's  new  crop  of 
young  rookies  stepped  up  to  fill  the  holes, " 
said  four-year  veteran  Mike  Rys.  "There 
are  a  bunch  of  great  new  guys  on  this 
year's  team,  and  their  contribution  will 
be  important  for  us  to  contend  for  first 
place  in  the  second  division." 

Jason  Hann,  a  third-year  member  of 
team,  said  he  thought  the  team  played 
"quite  well  by  incorporating  a  mixed 
offensive  effort  with  a  good  defensive 


style." 

Carleton  opened  the  scoring  with  a 
three-point  penalty  kick  before  the  Golden 
Hawks  stormed  back  with  a  five-point  try 
and  two-point  convert  to  take  a  7-3 
halftime  lead. 

"At  this  point  in  the  game,  Laurier 
was  leaning  on  us,"  said  Mike  Rys,  "but 
in  the  second  half,  we  turned  up  the 
pressure  on  Laurier  a  bit." 

Rys  came  through  for  Carleton  with 
three  more  penalty  kicks  in  the  second 
half  to  give  the  Ravens  the  lead. 

Then  the  defence  took  over. 

With  under  five  minutes  to  play  and 
Laurier  driving  down  the  field,  the  Ravens 
defence  prevented  the  Golden  Hawks  from 
scoring.  After  having  goofed  on  two  pre- 
vious attempted  interceptions,  outside 
centre  Rick  Haldane  finally  succeeded. 
With  the  ball  rolling  off  his  arm  and 
down  his  back,  Haldane  ran  down  the 
field  trying  to  get  control  of  the  fumbling 
ball. 

"It  was  a  funny  play.  Everyone  on  the 
sideline  was  watching  himtryingtohang 
on,"  said  Powell.  "It  took  us  out  of  our 
own  end  and  relieved  the  pressure." 

In  other  rugby  action,  the  rugby 
Ravens'  second  team  tied  Laurter's  sec- 
ond team  7-7. 

"They  showed  a  lot  of  promise,"  said 
Powell.  "I  expect  some  of  them  to  move 
up  to  the  varsity  squad  later  on  in  the 
year." 

The  Ravens  will  play  their  next  game 
on  Sept.  25  at  home  on  the  rugby  field 
against  the  Brock  Badgers.  Kickoff  is 
scheduled  for  1  p.m.  □ 


The  Ravens  outhustled  and  outmuscled  the  Golden  Hawks  when  they  had  to. 


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OPIRG-Carleton 

Working  Together  for  Change 


22  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  23,  1993 


Get  off  your  lazy  butt 


by  Suzanne  Izzard 

Charlatan  Slaff 

Vegetables  can  do  one  of  two  things. 
They  can  flourish  and  grow  or  they  can 
stagnate  and  whither. 

There's  nothing  wrong  with  being  a 
bad  vegetable.  Not  everyone  can  be  a 
Silken  Laumann  or  a  Nolan  Ryan.  But 
the  Carleton  athletics  centre  can  help 
keep  you  from  looking  and  feeling  like  a 
total  potato  head. 

Besides,  your  tuition  fees  include  an 
athletic  fee  of  $127  that  automatically 
grants  you  certain  free  services  and  dis- 
counts not  available  to  the  public. 

So  take  advantage  of  them. 

Dependingon  what  strikes  yourfancy, 
you  can  register  for  a  variety  of  fitness 
classes.  Dancefit  is  a  course  that  will 
make  you  sweat  to  choreographed  moves. 
Step  aerobics  classes  can  provide  a  low- 
stress  workout.  If  you're  a  super  keen 
fitness  freak,  the  high  energy  "phytness" 
course  is  for  you. 

Now  don't  be  afraid  you  won't  be  able 
to. keep  up  with  those  energetic  instruc- 
tors --  because  they're  highly  paid  profes- 
sionals who  will  be  happy  to  demon- 
strate all  aerobic  moves. 

If  bouncing  around  to  music  doesn't 
inspire  you,  check  out  the  bodybuilding 
courses.  Separate  classes  are  available 
forboth  men  and  women.  If  classes  aren't 
yourthing,  you  can  also  workout  on  your 
own  time  at  the  fitness  centre  for  free.  It 
includes  weight  training  machines,  exer- 
cise cycles,  rowing  machines  and  an  in- 
door track. 

For  a  real  heavy  workout,  there's  also 
a  heavy  weight  training  room  and 
nautilus  centre.  Both  will  cost  extra. 

The  heavy  weight  room  includes  a 
power  rack  for  squats,  Olympic  bars  and 


benches,  heavy  fixed  weight  dumbbells 
and  curl  bars  for  a  school-year  fee  of  $  70. 
The  nautilus  centre  will  set  you  back 
$165. 

Maybe  competition  turns  you  on,  or 
you  just  like  to  hit  things  with  a  racket. 
If  so,  you  can  book  a  tennis  or  squash 
court  in  advance  and  pound  out  life's 
frustrations  on  a  little  ball. 

An  hour  slot  on  the  tennis  courts  can 
be  booked  through  the  tuck  shop  for  a 
paltry  $2.14.  If  that's  too  rich  for  your 
blood,  you  can  play  on  a  court  for  free 
until  someone  with  a  booking  kicks  you 
off.  Courts  are  open  from  7:30  in  the 
morning  till  7:30  at  night. 

Squash  court  bookings  are  divided 
into  prime  and  non-prime  time  slots. 
The  prime-time  fee  of  $3.75  for  40  min- 
utes applies  to  weekend  mornings  up  to 
and  including  noon,  weekdays  during 
the  noon  hour  and  all  weekday  slots 
from  4:40  p.m.  till  closing  at  10  p.m.  All 
other  times  are  non-prime  and  cost  $2. 14. 

If  running,  sweating,  or  competition 
aren't  for  you,  there's  always  the  swim- 
ming pool,  sauna  and  whirlpool.  Carle- 
ton  has  an  Olympic-  size  pool  open  daily 
for  recreational  swimming.  And  if  you 
don't  know  how  to  swim  -  take  lessons! 

Depending  on  the  program,  the  cost 
will  range  from  a  minimum  of  $  1 9.26  for 
Red  Cross  level  courses  and  a  maximum 
of  $107  forinstructor  level  courses.  Might 
be  worth  it  if  you  fall  into  the  canal 
without  a  life  preserver. 

You  can  register  for  all  courses  at  the 
athletics  office  on  the  second  floor  of  the 
athletics  centre  if  there's  still  space  left  in 
the  course. 

So  no  more  excuses  and  no  more 
regrets.  Why  be  a  couch  potato  when 
you  could  be  the  cream  of  the  crop?  □ 


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September  23,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  23 


Does  a  Vanier  Cup  await  an  O-QIFC  team? 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlalan  Staff 

Bishop's  Gaiters 

LAST  YEAR:  Finished  first  in  the  O- 
QIFC  division  during  the  regular  season 
with  a  perfect  7-0  record.  Beat  the  Univer- 
sity of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  21-13  in  semi- 
final action,  but  fell  apart  in  the  confer- 
ence final  losing  32-6  to  Queen's. 

STRENGTHS:  Consistency  and  talent. 
Bishop's  appeared  in  the  O-QIFC  cham- 
pionship game  for  the  seventh  rime  in 
eight  years  last  season.  In  awards'  cer- 
emonies, the  talent-rich  Gaiters  placed 
eight  players  on  the  conference  all-star 
team  and  two  on  the  all-Canadian  squad. 
Head  coach  Ian  Breck  captured  the  1 992 
CIAU  coach  of  the  year  award. 

WEAKNESSES:  The  choke  label.  De- 
spite being  a  perennial  conference  pow- 
erhouse and  Vanier  Cup  contender,  Bish- 
op's has  never  advanced  past  the  na- 
tional semi-finals  to  the  big  game.  It 
appears  the  Gaiter's  might  not  have  the 
"bite"  it  takes  to  be  a  champion. 

PROGNOSIS:  After  having  52  return- 
ing veterans  show  up  in  training  camp 


Correction: 

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this  season,  Bishop's  is  sure  to  place  an- 
other strong  contending  team  on  the 
field.  A  6-1  record  is  likely  to  lead  to  a 
conference  championship.  But  no  more. 

Queen's  Golden  Gaels 

LAST  YEAR:  Finished  6-1  in  regular 
season  play.  Defeated  McGill  24-21  in 
semi-finals  and  then  avenged  their  only 
loss  of  the  regular  season  by  trouncing 
Bishop's  32-6  in  the  conference  final. 
Advancing  to  the  Churchill  Bowl,  the 
Golden  Gaels  beat  the  Ontario  Universi- 
ties Athletic  Association  Conference  win- 
ner Guelph  23-16  to  move  on  to  the 
national  final.  Queen's  flattened  the  Saint 
Mary's  Huskies  31-0  to  win  the  1993 
Vanier  Cup. 

STRENGTHS:  Tradition  and  defence. 
Another  perennial  contender,  Queen's 
has  gone  to  the  Vanier  Cup  four  times  in 
the  past  24  years  and  won  three.  Last 
year's  defence  held  the  opposition  to  a 
mere  102  yards  and  they're  back  this 
year  as  strong  as  ever. 

WEAKNESSES:  Offence.  Last  year's 
Canadian  Interuniversity  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation sensation,  running  back  Brad 

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Elberg  is  back,  but  eight  members  of  the 
Queen's  offensive  juggernaut  have  de- 
parted. Eager  talent  alone  won't  fill  that 
void. 

PROGNOSIS:  Only  two  teams  have 
won  back-to-back  Vanier  Cup  titles,  Mani- 
toba (1 969  and  1 970)  and  Western  (1 976 
and  1977),  so  history  isn't  on  Queen's 
side.  A  4-3  record  will  be  good  enough  for 
third  place,  but  don't  expect  the  Golden 
Gaels  to  escape  their  conference  this  year. 

McGill  Redmen  , 

LAST  YEAR:  Finished  third  in  the  O- 
QIFC  with  a  3-4  record.  Lost  24-21  to 
Queen's  in  semi-final  playoff  action. 

STRENGTHS:  Maturity.  The  Redmen 
were  within  grasp  of  first  place  last  year, 
but  lost  three  games  by  seven  points  or 
less  in  the  dying  minutes.  Now  they're  a 
year  older  and  wiser.  They  won't  let  the 
close  games  slip  from  their  grasp  as  eas- 
ily this  year. 

WEAKNESSES:  Defence.  Thebackfield 
is  a  mix  of  returning  starters  and  fresh 
neophytes.  Until  this  unit  begins  to  mesh, 
it  can  be  manipulated. 

PROGNOSIS:  Expect  the  Redmen  to 
challenge  for  the  conference  title.  A  4-3 
record  is  likely  but  this  team  still  needs 
more  seasoning  before  celebrating  a 
playoff  victory. 

Ottawa  Gee-Gees 

LAST  YEAR:  A  2-4-1  record  was  good 
enough  to  clinch  the  last  playoff  berth 
but  no  more.  The  Gee-Gees  lost  their 
semi-final  playoff  game  2 1-1 3  to  the  con- 
ference champion  Bishop's. 

STRENGTHS:  Sound  fundamentals  and 
speed.  Head  coach  Larry  Ring  is  in  the 
second  year  of  his  rebuilding  program 
and  football  fundamentals  are  now  un- 
derstood. Both  the  offence  and  defence  is 
blessed  with  speed  at  most  positions. 

WEAKNESSES:  Despite  a  year's  matu- 
rity, this  is  still  a  young  and  inexperi- 
enced team.  Only  10  players  on  this 
year's  roster  were  with  the  team  when 
coach  Ring  took  over  in  June  of  '91.  The 
talent  and  depth  have  improved  but  the 
expertise  is  missing. 

PROGNOSIS:  A  3-4  record  would  con- 
stitute a  successful  season,  especially  con- 
sidering the  strong  opponents  the  Gee- 
Gees  have  to  face  in  their  rebuilding 
efforts. 


Concordia  Stingers 

LAST  YEAR:  A  2-4-1  record  was  good 
enough  for  fifth  place  finish  in  the  O- 
QIFC  after  Concordia  lost  the  last  playoff 
berth  to  Ottawa  on  tie-breaker  rules.  The 
Gee-Gees  racked  up  more  points  on  of- 
fence so  they  snatched  the  last  playoff 
spot.  It  was  the  first  time  the  Stingers  had 
missed  the  playoffs  in  four  years. 

STRENGTHS:  Defence.  The  backfield 
was  what  kept  the  Stingers  competitive 
last  year  when  their  offence  failed  them. 
That  core  is  back  and  ready  to  punish. 

WEAKNESSES:  Inconsistency. 
Concordia  beat  nationally  ranked  Guelph 
in  pre-season,  lost  a  hard-fought  13-8 
decision  to  the  eventual  national  cham- 
pion Queen's  Golden  Gaels  in  their  sea- 
son opener,  and  registered  a  dramatic 
25-24  come-from-behind  victory  overthe 
McGill  Redmen  in  the  annual  Shrine 
Bowl.  Yet  despite  their  apparent  com- 
petitiveness, they  only  managed  to  win 
two  games  during  the  season. 

PROGNOSIS:  If  the  defence  holds 
steady  and  the  offence  finds  itself,  a  3-4 
record  isn't  out  of  the  question.  But  any- 
thing more  is  wishful  thinking. 

Carleton  Ravens 

LAST  YEAR:  After  a  1-6  season  two 
years  ago,  the  Ravens  hit  rock  bottom 
last  year,  falling  to  0-7.  Carleton  missed 
the  playoffs  for  a  fifth  straight  year. 

STRENGTHS:  The  future.  The  Ravens 
believe  the  worst  is  behind  them.  New 
head  coach  Donn  Smith  brings  a  cham- 
pionship aura  to  Carleton  -two  Grey 
Cups  with  the  Ottawa  Rough  Riders,  and 
a  national  junior  championship  with  the 
Ottawa  Sooners  --  and  he  will  try  to  infuse 
the  Ravens  with  that  winning  spirit. 

WEAKNESSES:  Inexperience.  Part  of 
Smith's  off-season  revamping  was  a 
threat  that  no  spot  on  the  roster  was  safe. 
Consequently,  while  there  are  returning 
veterans  on  the  squad,  the  Ravens  will 
sport  a  lineup  composed  of  numerous 
fresh  faces.  Elementary  mistakes  will  take 
their  toll  on  the  team. 

PROGNOSIS:  "Back  to  the  basics"  will 
be  new  head  coach  Donn  Smith's  rally- 
ing cry  as  he  attempts  to  rebuild  the 
Ravens  from  scratch.  One  win  would 
render  the  season  a  success.  And  a  1-6 
record  isn't  out  of  the  question  -  whoever 
heard  of  a  back-to-back  winlessseasons?Q 


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drafted  in  the  first  round  of 
the  NFL? 


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for  two  coupon,  will  be  determined 
by  a  supervised  draw  of  all  correct 
answers. 

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by  Monday,  Sept.  27,  1993.  The 
winner  will  be  contacted  by  phone, 
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tan. 

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24  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  23,  1993 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


When  bad  art  happens  to  good  people 


by  Rob  Clements 

Cha/latan  Staff 


Wilt  On  ^ 

Sophie  Bellissent 

Canadian  Museum  of  Contemporary 
Photography 
Sept.  15  —  Nov.  7 

.  all  me  a  closed-minded  and 
ignorant  hick  from  small 
town  Ontario,  but  I've  always 
thought  that  one  of  the  main 
purposes  of  art  is  to  commu- 
nicate a  message  or  convey  a 
feeling,  on  whatever  level,  to 
other  people. 
That's  why  this  exhibit  is  a  failure. 
This  installation  consists  of  1 2  moody 
black-and-white  photographs  with  a  low, 
murmuring  soundtrack  complete  with 
i  ndustrial-type  hissing  and  the  occasional 
muffled  shout.  The  creator  of  the  exhibit, 
Montreal  artist  Sophie  Bellissent,  has  al- 
ready had  other  shows  in  several  Cana- 
dian cities  and  Mexico. 

According  to  Bellissent,  the  spontane- 
ous images  in  the  photos  were  selected 
from  about  five  years  of  work.  The  im- 
ages are  pretty  eclectic,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  several  prints  of  nude  women  — 
something  that  seems  to  be  a  compul- 
sory requirement  for  all  exhibits  in  this 
museum. 

In  the  exhibit's  ridiculously  obtuse 
explanation,  mounted  on  the  wall, 
Bellissent  writes  that  Wilt  On  is  the  (take 
a  deep  breath,  folks)  "result  of  a  fascina- 


tion with  the  ideological  slips  occurring 
in  different  morphological  and  physi- 
ological phenomena,  making  them 
somehow  visible  or  invisible  socially.' 


an's  genitalia. 

Although  she  did  not  seem  very  inter- 
ested in  answering  my  questions  or  ex- 
plaining  any  of  the  images  or  their  rela- 


Don't  ask  u 


I  had  the  chance  to  speak  with 
Bellissent  at  the  exhibit. 

"I  photograph  what  I  see, "  she  says,  as 
a  way  of  explaining  just  what  Wilt  On's 
about.  "There  are  a  lot  of  things  that 
happen  all  the  time  but  people  never 
photograph." 

This  is  true,  I  thought  to  myself,  as  I 
noticed  the  photo  of  some  pregnantwom- 


tionship  to  each  other,  Bellissent  will  be 
returning  to  the  museum  on  Oct.  13  at  7 
p.m.  to  give  a  multi-media  presentation 
in  the  theatre  and  "expand  upon"  Wilt 
On. 

I'm  not  sure  how  enlightening  that 
will  be,  seeing  as  she  gave  me  the  impres- 
sion that  the  theme  of  the  exhibit  was 
self-explanatory. 


Coming  from  someone  who  has  abso- 
lutely no  qualifications  or  experience  in 
photography  criticism,  I  thinklcan  safely 
say  that  the  theme  linking  the  images  - 
regardless  of  what 
Bellissent  says  —  is 
not  inherently  ob- 
vious from  the  pho- 
tographs  them- 
selves. 

One  of  the  ex- 
hibits is  a  photo- 
graph of  four  men 
standing  in  a 
scrapyard.  I  asked 
her  how  that  was 
related  to  what  she 
calls  the  "un- 
healthy irretriev- 
able ambiguities 
present  in  male/fe- 
male relations." 

She  told  me  she 
could  see  it.  1  guess 
I'm  just  stupid  or 
something  because 
it  didn't  say  any- 
thing to  me.  This 
may  seem  a  little 
critical,  but  I  think 
art  that  people  can't  relate  to  makes  a 
real  dud  of  an  exhibit. 

Even  so,  I'll  confess  that  the  mundane 
and  desolate  images  combined  with  the 
soundtrack  certainly  did  bring  words  like 
"wilt,"  "decay,"  and  "degenerative"  to 
my  mind.  The  exhibit  is,  if  nothing  else, 
appropriately  titled.  □ 


Bagels,  goatees  and  (briefly)  music 


by  Tim  ( 

Charlatan  S 


Pryor 


We  were  wondering  if  he  was  into  doing 
stuff  that  was  a  little  more  unsafe. 


ughboys  guitarist  Jonathan 
Cummings  is  taking  his  new- 
found popularity  in  stride. 

"i'vebeen  doing  interviews 
all  day  so  I  haven't  had  a 
chance  to  eat  my  bagels." 
A  few  years  ago,  Cummings  could 
probably  have  eaten  all  the  bagels  he 
wanted  without  interruption.  Not 
anymore. 

The  Doughboys'  major  label  debut 
Crush,  is  their  first  full-length  album  since 
1989's  Happy  Accidents.  It's  getting  rave 
reviews  —  the  first  single,  "Shine,"  is 
getting  radio  airplay  and  the  video  is  in 
regular  rotation  on  Much  Music. 

After  three  independent  releases  on 
Restless  Records,  and  touring  across  the 
globe,  Montreal's  favourite  pop-core  sons 
are  finally  flirting  with  the  mainstream. 
Cummings  could  not  be  happier. 

"Crush  is  the  definitive  Doughboys 
record.  It's  a  really  live-sounding  record, 
and  that's  basically  what  we  wanted  to 
do.  With  previous  records  like  Happy  Ac- 
cidents, we  were  getting  a  little  too  self- 
serving.  1  think  there  was  a  certain  level 
of  masturbation,  musically  and  lyrically, 
that  is  not  really  evident  on  the  new 
record." 

After  working  with  several  different 
producers  on  previous  records,  including 
members  of  All,  California's  emocore 
kings,  the  band  tried  producer  Daniel 
Ray  of  Ramones  fame  for  this  record. 

Cummings  gives  credit  to  Ray  for 
making  Crush  such  a  great  sounding 
record. 

"Daniel's  whole  thing  was  like  work- 
ing with  the  Ramones  and  stuff  like  that, 
which  made  a  lot  of  sense  for  us,  because 
a  lot  of  the  stuff  on  the  record  is  influ- 
enced by  the  Ramones,  but  there's  also 
songs  that  are  a  little  more  challenging. 


Cummings  and  Kastner:  Hair,  Everywhere! 

"Daniel  finally  came  down  from  New 
York  to  watch  us  jam,  and  we  were  get- 
ting such  a  cool  vibe  off  him,  and  (he) 
understood  where  we  were  coming  from 
and  where  we  wanted  to  go.  He  was  not 
one  of  those  people  who  produces  just  to 
pay  the  rent.  We  didn't  have  to  worry 
about  some  guy  who  produced  Kriss  Kross 


coming  in  and  saying  'I  want  you  to  do 
this. '  Danny  wanted  to  do  d  punk 
record,  and  we  wanted  to  make  a 
punk  record,  and  it  really  worked 
out." 

Cummings  hasn't  had  time  to 
concentrate  on  the  hoopla  sur- 
rounding a  major-label  release. 
The  band  just  finished  a  Euro- 
pean tour  and  they  start  a  Cana- 
dian tour  this  week. 

"We  don't  really  know  about 
it,"  says  Cummings  of  the  media 
hype.  "We've  been  in  Europe  for 
the  past  three  weeks.  We've  been 
getting  the  transatlantic  phone 
call  saying  'You  guys  are  the  next 
Beatles!'  or  whatever,  you  know, 
record  company  stroking.  We 
don't  see  it.  We'll  probably  see  it 
on  this  Canadian  tour.  But  you're 
just  being  told  that,  you're  not 
really  seeing  it." 

Cummings  has  even  managed 
to  avoid  seeing  Shine  on  Much 
Music,  no  small  feat  these  days. 
While  he  is  doubtful  that  videos 
have  much  artistic  merit,  he  does 
admit  they  expose  the  band  to 
new  fans. 

"The  record  and  the  shows  are 
5  the  important  things.  Videos  are 
^  just  like  advertisements.  It  makes 
«  [oe  Average  go  out  and  buy  our 
|  record,  instead  of  actual  musical 
J|  enthusiasts  that  will  go  seek  out 
records.  I  hate  making  videos.  The 
only  way  I  would  be  comfortable 
making  a  video  is  if  I  wasn't  in  it.  Picture 
yourself  putting  a  big  plank  of  wood  in 
front  of  you,  calling  it  a  guitar,  com- 
pletely not  plugged  in,  and  you  lip-synch 
to  a  camera.  And  then  all  your  friends 
watch  it. " 

The  music  and  touring  are  important, 
but  true  Doughboys  fans  want  to  confirm 


the  rumor:  did  Cummings  recently  cut 
off  his  infamous  goatee? 

"I  did.  I  could  no  longer  eat  soup  any 
more.  I  was  known  as  'the  guy  with  the 
beard  on  his  face,'  and  you  don't  know 
how  crappy  it  is  having  a  conversation 
piece  on  your  face  all  the  time.  My  girl- 
friend kept  saying  'Shave  it  off,  you  look 
like  some  sort  David  Koresh  follower:-' 

"RightafterwefinishedtheSnine  video, 
I  thought  'Okay,  it's  documented.'  So  I 
shaved  the  thing  off,  and  my  girlfriend 
freaked!  I  got  somewhat  of  a  goatee  now, 
but  that's  because  I've  been  on  tour, 
though.  Facial  hair  is  our  idea  of  fun 
when  we're  on  tour."  □ 


This  week: 
We  Read  the 
Phone  Hook 

#2  Hair  Salon  Names  that  Should 
Be  Outlawed  (Part  I) 

1.  A  Head  of  Time 

2.  Blue  Shears 

3.  Creative  Curl 

4.  Cutting  Hair  Care 

5.  European  flair  for  Hair 

6.  Gold  Scissors 

7.  Guy's  Hair  Creations  Tres 
Vous 


9.  Hair  by  Ken 

10.  Hair  Cut  100 


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September  23,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  25 


L 


Bad  play  earns  regretful  slagging 


by  Drew  Edwards 

Charlatan  Slatt 


Clutching  The  Heat 

t  Canadian  Theatre  Company  | 
5  through  Oct.  2 


The  problem  with  theatre  in 
Canada  is  that  there  isn't 
enough  of  it. 
At  a  time  when  Canadian 
cultural  is  under  constant  at- 
tack from  outside  sources,  and 
when  Canadian  artists  have 
trouble  breaking  into  there  own  domes- 
tic market,  something  like  the  Great  Ca- 
nadian Theatre  Company  (GCTC)  here 
in  Ottawa  is  a  rare  gem  indeed. 

And  the  fact  that  the  GCTC  is  one  of 
the  few  venues  in  Ottawa  which  provides 
an  opportunity  for  Canadian  talent  to 
strut  their  stuff  makes  it  all  the  more 
difficult  to  criticize  the  work  done  there. 

But  cultural  protection  notwithstand- 
ing, there  are  some  harsh  realities  about 
the  GCTC's  latest  production  Clutching 
the  Heat,  not  the  least  of  which  is  that  it 
isn't  a  very  good  play. 
In  fact,  it  sucks. 

The  play,  written  by  Maristella  Roca, 
attempts  to  examine  the  relationship 
between  the  members  of  an  Italian  im- 
migrant family,  focusing  on  the  father's 
family  past  and  the  effect  it  has  on  the 
raising  of  his  own  children. 

This  is  nota  particularly  original  story 
and  the  characters  are  punched  out  of 
the  same  boring  and  timeless  mould. 

The  father  is  a  tortured  but  misguided 
asshole  who  yells  at  his  kids  while  vainly 
attempting  to  bestow  his  knowledge  upon 
them.  The  mother  is  dedicated  to  her 


husband  and  children  to  the  point  of 
sacrificing  her  own  happiness  for  them. 

The  daughters  are  the  usual  stere- 
otypes: there's  the  good-looking,  popu- 
lar eldest,  daddy's  little  girl  in  the  middle, 
and  the  troublesome  youngest  child. 

The  latter  sees  her  father  for  what  he 
is.  She  unwittingly  torments  him  because 
she  Is,  to  him,  his  mother  reincarnate. 
She  represents  the  prodigal  daughter. 


scenes,  which  attempt  to  portray  the 
emotions  of  the  characters.  This  too  would 
be  fine,  except  that  it's  impossible  to 
figure  out  what  the  hell  they  mean.  Ex- 
actly what  do  the  naked  blue  guys  on 
stage  represent? 

If  the  play  had  been  either  a  conven- 
tional narrative  or  a  bizarre  expression 
of  family  members'  emotions,  it  could 
have  been  good.  Instead,  it  tries  to  be 


Clutching  f/ieHeattypes,  looking  understandably  cheezed. 


The  story  line  and  the  characters  pro- 
vide all  the  essential  ingredients  for  a 
Neil  Simon  comedy-drama  about  the  in- 
terrelations of  a  family.  It  would  almost 
work,  if  it  wasn't  such  standard  fare. 

To  muck  things  up  further,  the  play's 
flow  is  interrupted  by  unconventional 


both  and  becomes  two  and  a  half  hours 
of  boring,  confusing  and  sometimes  silly 
garbage. 

There  are  some  redeeming  elements. 
The  staging  and  set  design  are  interest- 
ing and  use  some  snazzy  techniques  like 
flashing  scene  dates  and  titles  on  the 


back  wall  of  the  stage  and  using  actors 
and  a  film  projector  to  simulate  home 
movies.  These  and  a  few  other  set  design 
quirks  are  highly  effective. 

A  large  portion  of  Clutching  the  Heat's 
score  is  performed  live  by  Rob  Frayne. 
From  his  vantage  point  in  the  audience, 
he  plays  a  variety  of  instruments  (sax, 
accordion,  drums,  flute)  in  conjunction 
with  the  performances.  He  is  a  tremen- 
dous musical  talent,  and  the 
live  music  adds  an  edge  of  style 
to  the  otherwise  dreary  experi- 
ence of  watching  this  play. 

The  acting  is  generally  pass- 
able, with  some  excellent  per- 
formances by  Tracy  Wright  as 
the  youngest  daughter  and  by 
Diane  Fajirasl  as  the  mother. 
Fajirasl  speaks  alternately  in 
Italian  and  English  with  an  ac- 
centthroughouttheentireplay, 
and  whether  the  accent  is  real 
or  faked  is  indeterminable. 

Unfortunately,  Chip 
Chuipka  as  the  father  fails  to 
muster  the  necessary  intensity 
to  make  his  character  believ- 
able. So  central  is  his  part  to  the 
feel  of  the  play,  that  if  his  per- 
formance had  been  better,  the 
entire  play  would  have  been 
much  improved. 

Roca  has  put  many  of  her 
eggs  into  this  character  and  un- 
fortunately, Mr.  Chuipka  drops 


them  and  they  break.  It's  messy. 

The  theatre,  on  the  second  night  of  the 
play,  was  less  than  half  full.  As  audience 
numbers  dwindle,  so  do  independent 
theatre  companies  like  the  GCTC,  so  go 
see  some  plays  there. 

Just  not  this  one.  □ 


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26  ■  The  Charlatan  •  September  23,  1993 


True  Romance: 

by  JaneTattersall 

Charlatan  Staff 


No  sir,  I  didn't  like  it. 


If 


True  Romance 

U.S.A.,  1993 
Directed  by  Tony  Scott 


f  *  j  really  wanted  to  see  this  flick. 
^— ^  Not  that  I'm  the  biggest  Chris- 
tian Slater  fan,  but  with  a  sup- 
porting cast  that  includes  Dennis 
Hopper,  Gary  Oldman, 
Christopher  Walken,  and  Brad 
Pitt,  I  figured  this  movie  couldn't 
miss. 

"The  Bonnie  and  Clyde  of  the  90s, "  as 
it's  being  advertised,  actually  translates 
into  the  biggest  waste  of  my  time  this 
month  (and  that  includes  lining  up  to 
pay  tuition  at  the  gym).  This  movie  suf- 
fers from  unconvincing  characters  and  a 
weak  plot  line. 

Slater  and  Patricia  Arquette  (Rosanna's 
sister)  play  the  heroes,  Clarence  and  Ala- 
bama. They  meet  at  a  Kung  Fu  triple  bill, 
and  go  home  together. 

Afterwards,  Clarence  finds  out  that 
Alabama  is  a  hooker  with  a  heart  of  gold 
and  they  fall  in  love.  The  action  starts 
when  Clarence  decides  to  kill  Alabama's 
pimp  (played  by  Oldman)  on  the  advice 
of  Elvis  (can  you  imagine  pitching  this  to 
a  movie  exec?).  When  the  pair  gets  mixed 
up  with  a  suitcase  full  of  drugs,  some 
mafia-types  start  chasing  them.  Ulti- 
mately, they  end  up  in  Hollywood. 

Slater  portrays  Clarence  in  the  same 
manner  he  portrays  all  his  characters  — 


as  a  cocky, 
self-assured 
kid.  As  Ala- 
b  a  m  a  , 
Arquette  gig- 
gles and  sim- 
pers her  way 
through  the 
film  in  right 
bodices.  She 
tries  to  be  cute 
but  just  ends 
up  being  an- 
noying. 

All  her  out- 
fits show 
plenty  of 
cleavage, 
which  the  di- 
rector makes 
the  most  of  in 
every  shot.  Ul- 
timately, she 
is  a  reinforce- 
ment of  the 
Hollywood 
"dumb 
blonde"stere- 
otype  —  her 
response  to 
every  situa- 
tion is  to  gig- 
gle stupidly. 

One  of  the 
film's  basic    r    .  , 
problems  is  worshipper  meets  dumbblonde  —  total  Hollywood! 

that  the  audience  is  supposed  to  like  ble  because  they  are  two  of  life's  big 
Clarence  and  Alabama.  This  is  impossi-    losers.  The  film  doesn't  give  us  any  rea- 


son to  like  or  respect  them,  and  conse- 
quently, you  don't  even  care  when  they 
come  close  to  getting  killed.  They  are 
definitely  not  the  types  that  should  be 
glamorized  in  a  movie,  and  that  is  what 
True  Romance  attempts  to  do. 

Another  reason  the  film  is  so  weak  is 
that  all  of  the  best  actors  are  underused. 
Dennis  Hopper  is  convincing  as  Clarence's 
straight-edge  policeman  father,  and  his 
scene  with  mafioso  Christopher  Walken 
is  unforgettable.  As  a  coke-snorting  pro- 
duction assistant,  Bronson  Pinchot  pro- 
vides some  of  the  lighter  moments  in  the 
film,  as  does  Pitt  who  plays  an  eternally 
stoned  guy. 

The  director  tries  to  hide  the  movie's 
faults  by  using  lots  of  graphic  violence. 
People  are  sliced,  beaten,  and  shot.  In 
one  scene  Arquette  brandishes  common 
bathroom  products  in  a  decidedly  non- 
hygienic  manner. 

The  violence  is  both  unnecessary  and 
disturbing,  because  it  doesn't  fit  the  up- 
beat tone  of  the  movie. 

True  Romance  flows  to  a  predictable, 
kind  of  funny  climax,  complete  with  lots 
more  blood.  Most  of  the  time  though,  itis 
disjointed  and  unconvincing. 

It's  hard  to  understand  how  a  film 
about  two  pathetic  individuals  could  earn 
the  amount  of  hype  this  one  has.  The 
makers  of  this  film  are  operating  on  the 
assumption  that  the  IQ  of  the  average 
viewer  is  about  SO,  so  if  you  like  movies 
with  a  point  you  are  bound  to  walk  out 
feeling  disappointed.  Wait  for  the  video 
instead.  □ 


Home  Alone  brat  goes  on  murderous  rampage 


by  James  Q.  Stansfield 


Charlatan  Staff 


CThe  Good  Son 
U.S.A.,  1993  ) 
Directed  by  Joseph  Rubin 

&onsidering  Macaulay 
Culkin's  short  movie  career, 
it  was  hard  to  grasp  the  idea 
of  him  playing  any  type  of 
character  outside  his  Home 
Alone  persona. 
Culkin  has  pretty  much  been  stere- 
otyped in  different  roles  as  a  smart  little 
bratty  kid  left  to  deal  with  extraordinary 
circumstances.  These  roles  have  left  him 
with  very  little  to  act  upon. 

Since  most  children  find  it  easy  to  act 
like  children,  Culkin's  job  as  an  actor  has 
not  been  stressed  at  all.  To  be  honest,  he 
appeared  not  to  act  at  all  during  his  first 
movies. 

When  I  first  heard  of  his  role  in  The 
Good  Son,  I  really  didn't  want  to  see  the 
movie.  He  plays  a  bad  kid  in  the  movie 
and  with  the  obviously  ironic  title,  I  as- 
sumed it  would  be  another  Problem  Child 
movie. 


Culkin  plays  a  bad  kid,  but  not  of  the 
garden  variety  —  the  kind  who  spites  his 
parents  and  breaks  all  the  rules  for  the 
fun  of  it. 

Culkin  as  Henry  goes  beyond  bad. 
This  boy's  psychotic.  Infatuated  with  un- 
derstanding death  and  its  implications, 
Henry  takes  his  "scientific  discoveries"  to 
their  logical  extreme  and  people  start 
dying. 

Culkin  has  a  remarkable  grasp  of  this 
character.  It  was  especially  nice  to  see  the 
director  found  no  reason  to  include 
Culkin's  patented  hands-pressed-against- 
his-face  scream. 

The  movie  oddly  enough  does  not 
centre  around  Henry,  but  rather  his  cousin 
played  by  Elijah  Wood,  of  Lorenzo's  Oil 
fame.  Wood  plays  Mark,  who  loses  his 
mother  for  some  untold  reason.  His  fa- 
ther leaves  Mark  in  the  care  of  his  brother 
Wallace's  family  for  two  weeks  while  he 
plays  executive  in  Japan. 

Mark  settles  in  with  his  relatives  and 
he  and  Henry  become  fast  friends.  It's 
winter  break,  and  for  two  young  boys,  the 
world  is  theirs.  Henry  proves  the  honesty 
of  his  friendship  with  Mark  by  showing 
him  all  his  secrets  —  his  treehouse,  a 


slightly  modified  crossbow  bolt  gun  and 
a  sobering  cliff  face  at  the  edge  of  town. 

Mark  soon  discovers  Henry's  fixation 
with  death  and  he  is  disturbed  by  it. 
Henry  is  able  to  dance  around  his  cousin 
with  clever  words,  perfect  timing  and 
execution.  Henry  turns  out  to  be  a  great 
manipulator,  using  his  childhood  inno- 
cence as  a  backbone. 

Mark,  left  seemingly  alone,  is  power- 
less to  stop  Henry  and  tries  his  best  to 
thwart  his  plans. 

The  only  thing  standing  in  his  way  is 
the  fact  that  no  one  will  believe  him. 
Henry  worms  his  way  into  everyone's 
confidence  and  subtly  manipulates  each 
confrontation  against  Mark. 

The  acting  is  superb  all  the  way  around 
with  the  plot  running  at  a  fast  pace.  Each 
character  is  well-conceived  and  except 
for  the  small  subtleties  in  dialogue  mak- 
ing the  kids  sound  older  than  their  age, 
the  screenplay  is  brilliant. 

Surprisingly  good  acting  on  the  part 
of  Culkin  adds  just  the  right  mix  of  sus- 
pense. After  seeing  him  in  this  new  light, 
I  can  only  imagine  what  may  lie  ahead 
for  this  actor.  The  only  thing  holding  him 
back  now  is  his  age. 


Technically,  this  film  came  off  with  a 
great  run  of  special  effects  and  the  plot 
was  akin  to  a  rampant  boar  -  once  it 
started  it  was  not  going  to  stop  until  it 
was  damn  ready  to  stop. 

The  only  mistake  I  found  in  this  movie 
is  that  a  safety  wire  is  not  only  clearly 
shown  when  someone  falls  off  a  cliff,  but 
when  the  said  person  stops  their  descent, 
a  nice  closeup  shot  actually  shows  the 
person  holding  on  to  the  wire.  This  is  a 
monumental  error  which  could  have  been 
easily  concealed. 

Twentieth  Century  Fox  probably  spent 
all  their  money  landing  Culkin  and  had 
little  left  for  special  effects.  This  type  of 
error  should  have  been  left  on  the  editing 
room  floor. 

The  act  of  saving  a  buck  in  this  film 
destroys  the  entire  credibility  of  the  story 
to  this  point,  as  we  are  no  longer  led  to 
believe  that  the  person  is  in  any  real 
danger. 

Regardless,  the  film  is  worth  seeing  if 
you  enjoy  a  good,  suspenseful  movie. 
The  story  will  keep  your  mind  on  the  edge 
about  this  kid  who  has  proved  that  a  cute 
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September  23,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  27 


Fishbone 

Give  a  Monkey  a  Brain  and  He'll  Swear 
He's  the  Centre  of  the  Universe 
Columbia 

Within  seconds  of  listening  to  the  lat- 
est release  from  L.A.'s  Fishbone,  those 
already  familiar  with  them  will  realize 
something's  up  —  Fishbone  have  gone 
thrash. 

Then  again,  anyone  the  least  familiar 
with  the  band  won't  be  all  that  surprised 
since  they're  known  for  their  musical 
experimentation. 

Once  you  get  through  the  first  couple 
of  songs,  it  becomes  evident  that  Fishbone 
haven't  completely  abandoned  theirjazz 
and  ska  roots.  They've  merely  altered 
and  matured  them. 

Tracks  like  "Unyielding  Conditioning" 
and  "Lemon  Meringue"  are  reminiscent 
of  some  of  the  stronger  material  found  on 
Truth  and  Soul.  Much  of  the  album  takes 
off  from  where  segments  of  The  Reality  of 
My  Surroundings  left  off. 

But  if  thrash  isn't  your  cup  of  tea, 
don't  fret.  Fishbone  continue  to  offer  an 
abundance  of  musical  diversity.  Their 
latest  effort  is  certainly  Fishbone's  finest 
piece  of  work  yet. 

It's  not  as  dry  or  boring  as  Fishbone's 
Truth  and  Soul  and  is  easier  to  digest  than 
the  jumpy  The  Reality  of  My  Surroundings. 

Give  a  Monkey  a  Brain  was  co-produced 
by  Terry  Date,  renowned  for  his  work 
with  both  Pantera  andSoundgarden,  and 
was  mixed  by  Andy  Wallace,  who  has 
mixed  albums  for  the  Rollins  Band,  Slayer 
and  Helmet.  There  is  little  doubt  that 
both  Wallace  and  Date  have  been  a 
factor  in  the  heavy  guitar  sounds  Fishbone 
experiment  with  on  their  latest  release. 

What  continues  to  make  Fishbone  such 
a  great  band  is  their  honest  passion  for 
their  music,  a  shortcoming  of  so  many 
other  bands  today. 

Give  a  Monkey  a  Brain  is  not  merely 
Fishbone's  finest  album  to  date,  it  is 
among  the  best  albums  to  have  been 
released  by  any  band  in  quite  some  time. 

Adam  Seddon 

Genitorturers 

120  Days  of  Genitorture 
I.R.S. 

The  three-word  capsule  review: 

Limpid  Ministry  rip-off. 

The  longer  commentary: 

Violence  on  TV  has  finally  done  it.  I 
don't  consider  myself  jaded,  but  this 
group,  like  a  even  more  putrid  hard-core 
version  of  Blondie,  doesn't  do  anything 
to  shock  or  excite  me. 

The  tens  of  thousands  of  murders  and 
acts  of  violence  the  tube  dropped  in  front 
of  me  since  childhood  immemorial  must 
have  truly  numbed  me.  1  was  not  in  the 
least  bit  disturbed  by  120  days  of 
genitorture. 

Because  the  warning  sticker  —  "ex- 
plicit lyrics  and  graphics"  —  completely 
covered  the  front  of  the  cassette,  1  ex- 
pected something  truly  upsetting.  But 
thecoverwasGen,the  buxom  blond  lead 
vocalist,  only  piercing  a  metal  rod  through 
her  tongue  or,  more  likely,  just  licking  it. 

Gen  plays  the  part  of  fetishist  and 
dominatrix.  I  have  enough  people  tell- 

28 


'ing  me  what  to  do.  I  don't  need  Gen 
huskily  demanding  worship.  When  she 
isn't,  she's  singing  lame  lyrics  like  "Jack 
me,  smack  me,  bend  me  over  and  spank 
me"  or  "make  it  harder,  make  it  hurt." 
Other  songs  have  similarly  intellect-free 
choruses,  such  as  "Force  Fed"  or  "Crack 
Track.". 

The  band's  anger,  hostility  and  wit- 
lessness  may  be  connected  to  the  band's 


Ouch! 


locale.  They  hail  from  Orlando,  Fla.,  home 
of  the  Magic  Kingdom. 

Such  a  reaction  against  the  Disney 
attitude  of  ceaseless  happiness  could  be 
expected,  almost  enjoyed,  if  it  hadn't 
been  done  better  many  times  before. 

David  Bartolf 


Lost  City 

Watching  You 
Scotti  Brothers/Attic 

Not  a  single  bad  word  to  say  about 
this,  Lost  City's  debut  album.  Lost  City 
has  a  really  unique  style  of  music,  melding 
funky  guitar  solos  with  songs  that  range 
from  heavy  rock  'n'  roll  to  light  and  airy 
ballads. 

The  musical  grapevine  suggests  that 
Lost  City  is  considered  (by  some)  to  be 
sort  of  a  Cream  rip-off,  which  is  arguable. 
After  listening  to  their  tape  Watching  You 
at  least  46  times,  I  feel  that  they  have 
their  own  distinct  sound  and  are  not 
trying  to  become  what  once  was. 

I  think  that  every  song  on  this  album 
is  great  and  would  never  compare  their 
talents  to  Cream,  let  alone  any  other 
musical  greats.  Actually,  that's  a  lie.  The 
beginning  of  "Life"  has  a  tinge  of  Pink 
Floyd-ish  sounding  rhythms.  If  you  want 
to  talk  about  big  band  rip-offs  though, 
take  a  look  at  Queensryche's  "Silent  Lu- 
cidity." Now  that  sounds  tres  Pink  Floyd. 

Watching  You  has  1 1  songs  which  are 
all  commendable,  "Believer,"  "Last  Cre- 
scendo" and  "I'll  Be  Watching  You"  to 
name  a  few.  And  the  children 's  harmony 


in  "Tears  &  T-Cells"  adds  a  sweet,  soft 
touch.  These  guys  are  a  great  band  and 
all  I  can  say  is,  I'm  glad  that  Lost  City  was 
found. 

Jodi  Batori 

Smashing  Pumpkins 

Siamese  Dream 
Virgin 

Smashing  Pumpkins  seem  to  be  the 
"alternative"  band  of  the  moment.  This 
being  their  sophomore  release  and  their 
first  album  for  a  major  label,  it  should  do 
very  well  in  the  sales  department. 

That  said,  there  are  a  few  things  I 
noticed  about  this  album.  First,  it  sounds 
more  like  hard  rock  than  what  is  usually 
deemed  alternative. 

Second  is  the  presence  of  Butch  "Nir- 
vana" Vig  as  producer.  He's  doing  for 
alternative  rock  what  Bob  Rock's  doing 
for  the  metal  crowd  by  making  their 
music  more  accessible.  Vig's  trademark 
sound  of  polished  yet  abrasive  guitars 
(chew  on  that  contradiction  for  awhile)  is 
quite  evident. 

He  and  the  band  journey  from  the 
crashing  guitars  of  "Geek  U.S.A."  to 
"Soma,"  a  song  which  manages  to  avoid 
the  cliches  of  the  rock  ballad  by  having 
some  growl  in  there  next  to  the  strings. 

As  for  the  question  as  to  whether  Mr. 
Vig  managed  to  capture  the  band's  soul, 
I'm  not  entirely  convinced.  Although 
Siamese  Dream  will  probably  gamer  a  few 
listens  by  yours  truly,  it's  lacking  some- 
thing. It's  missing  that  emotional  at- 
tachment that  separates  the  seminal  re- 
cordings from  the  good  recordings. 

It  doesn't  take  my  heart  and  rip  it  out 
of  my  chest.  Oh  well,  that  may  come  in 
time.  It's  probably  too  much  to  ask  of 
every  band  anyway. 


This  may  be  the  end  product  of  the 
mainstream  co-opting  of  the  Seattle 
sound,  but  it  still  sounds  good,  even  if  it 
isn't  angelic. 

Blayne  Haggart 


I  Mother  Earth 

Dig 
EMI 

If  you  crossed  the  rough  style  of 
Soundgarden  with  the  mood  and  psych- 
edelic feel  of  early  Pink  Floyd,  you'd  prob- 
ably end  up  with  a  band  that  sounds  like 
I  Mother  Earth. 

The  tracks  on  Dig  are  generally  well- 
written  and  diverse  in  style  and  structure. 
Mostofthel2songs  make  use  of  numer- 
ous time  changes,  alterations  in  mood 
and  in  tempo  which  all  result  in  rather 
lengthy  songs. 

The  album's  cause  is  helped  by  the 
strong,  tribal  style  drumming  of  Chris- 
tian Tanna. 

Lyrically,  the  album  is  obscure,  ab- 
stract and  unpredictable.  The  distinct 
lyrics  are  backed  by  the  fairly  unique 
vocals  of  Edwin.  At  times,  though,  he 
does  sound  a  bit  like  Perry  Farrell. 

Although  Dig  is  a  pretty  good  debut 
album,  it  seems  to  lack  a  coherent  musi- 
cal focus.  The  band's  experiment  with 
many  musical  genres  leaves  the  album 
sounding  jumpy  in  spots. 

The  album  is  well  produced  by  Mike 
Clink,  known  for  his  work  with  Megadeth 
and  Guns  N'  Roses.  He's  probably  re- 
sponsible for  giving  the  album  what  it 
has  in  the  way  of  musical  focus. 

It  should  prove  interesting  to  see  where 
I  Mother  Earth  progresses  to  musically  in 
the  future. 

Adam  Seddon 


Hey  Kids! 


Boy  have  we  got  a  prize  for  you  this  week! 

It's  won  the  Governor  General's  Award  and  the  Booker  Prize.  Maclean 's  says  it's 
"One  of  the  finest  Candian  novels  ever  written,"  and  for  once,  they're  right! 

It's  Michael  Ondaafje's  The  English  PatientX 

All  you  have  to  do  to  acquire  this  fine  piece  of  Canadian  literature  isanswerthls 
skill-testing  question: 

In  the  Blue  Rodeo  song  "Outskirts,"  what 
two  hotels  are  mentioned? 

That's  it  Dropyour  answer  off  alongwithyour  name  andphonenumberln  the 
Arts  Editor's  mailbox  by  3  p.m.  Monday,  September  20.  The  winner  will  be 
selected  in  a  random  draw.  Charlatan  staff  aren't  eligible  for  this  wonderful 
contest. 

Good  Luck! 

Congratulations  to  Corey  Harper  who  knew  that  one  of  the  rejected  names  for 
the  new  Nirvana  album  was  /  Hate  Myself  and  I  Want  To  Die.  Corey  wins  a  tacky 
nine-piece  puzzle  of  Garth  Brooks.  Come  on  in  and  pick  up  your  prize  Corey' 


The  Charlatan  •  September  23,  1993 


Teen  tales  and  a  visit 
from  Brian  de  Palma 


by  Sharon  Boddy 

Charlatan  Staff 


t's  great  to  see  Carleton  students 
—  especially  arts  students  —  go 
on  to  some  degree  of  success. 

Just  look  at  James  E.D.  Stewart, 
who  took  film  studies  in  these 
hallowed  halls  "She  just  opened 
up  her  life  to  me,  "recalls  Stewart 


with  a  trace  of  incredulity  in  his  voice.  ■ 
guess  strangers  make  good  listeners.  There's 
no  history  or  future. " 


Stewart  remembers,  "I  had  met 
Brian  de  Palma  briefly  at  the  Toronto 
film  festival  last  year.  When  I  saw  him 
at  the  Montreal  festival,  I  went  up  to 
him  and  said,  'You  may  not  remem- 
ber me  but  '  We  talked  for  awhile 

and  then  I  very  casually  introduced 
him  to  a  friend  of  mine  and  said,  'This 
is  Brian  de  Palma,  he'll  be  coming  to 
the  film  with  us.'" 

De  Palma  viewed  Stewart's  film  and 
even  gave  him  a  critique. 


fames  Stewart  directs  his  Teens. 


After  conducting  research  at  the  Cana- 
dian Centre  for  the  Prevention  of  Child 
Abuse,  among  other  places,  Stewart  wrote 
the  script. 

"It's  not  autobiographical  in  the  sense 
that  I  wasn't  sexually  abused  as  a  teen- 
ager," says  Stewart,  "but  I  remember  hear- 
ing stories  ofkidslknewathigh  school.  If  a 
kid  was  nerdy  or  dorky,  perhaps  there  was 
another  reason  for  it.  Kids  are  very  judg- 
mental and  more  image-conscious  than 
adults.  But  they  interact  with  each  other 
more  than  they  do  with  their  parents,  so 
they  put  on  a  front,  sort  of 'everyone's  weird 
but  me.'" 

Stewart  grew  up  in  Ottawa  and  attended 
Gloucester  High  School.  "Gloucester  was  a 
big  school  and  catered  to  a  lot  of  different 
groups  of  people.  There  are  more  social 
groups  now  than  when  I  went  to  school; 
they're  much  more  defined." 

Stewart,  a  Carleton  University  film  stud- 
ies graduate,  moved  to  Toronto  in  1987.  He 
works  as  freelance  writer,  producer  and  di- 
rector of  corporate  and  music  videos,  and  on 
his  own  film  projects  when  he's  able. 

The  actors  in  Teen  are  students  from  the 
Cawthra  Park  Secondary  School  for  the  Per- 
forming Arts  in  Mississauga.  Working  with 
teenagers  was  a  different  experience  for 
Stewart. 

"Adults  (playing  teenagers)  remember 
what  it  was  like  to  be  a  teen.  They  have  a 
larger  base  to  work  with,"  says  Stewart.  "It's 
different  than  someone  who's  actually  liv- 
ing it." 

Unfortunately,  Teen  was  not  picked  up  by 
the  Toronto  Festival  of  Festivals.  On  men- 
tion of  this,  Stewart  becomes  animated. 
"Teen  was  made  by  a  Toronto  film-maker, 
the  actors  are  from  Toronto  and  the  film  was 
shot  around  Toronto." 

Sowhywasn'tit  picked  up  by  this  prestig- 
ious festival? 

In  Stewart's  opinion  it  was  because  in 
Teen  "there  were  no  homosexuals  and  no 
masturbation.  And  you  can  print  that,"  he 
adds. 

Having  never  before  attended  the  Mon- 
treal festival,  Stewart  says  he  was  a  "nerv- 
ous wreck  "  at  the  screening.  But  it  did  afford 
him  a  specific  treat. 


"He  told  me  what  he  liked  about 
the  film  and  what  he  didn't  like.  He 
thought  I  ping-ponged  too  much  be- 
tween the  drive-in  and  the  interviews. 
I  don't  think  it's  his  kind  of  film." 

De  Palma  also  used  his  own  video 
recorder  to  interview  Stewart. 

"Someday,"Stewartmuses,  "some- 
one will  find  the  lost  Brian  de  Palma 
tapes. ..."  Q 


The  Charlatan  Bar  Crawl 

Hormone  Heaven! 


by  Ian  McLeod 

Charlatan  aas 

Over  the  years,  Oliver's  has 
held  a  colorful  reputation  on 
campus. 
Before  its  closure  last 
March,  it  was  a  Wednesday 
night  tradition  for  many  stu- 
dents to  put  in  at  least  an 
appearance  at  this  meat 
market. 

Unfortunately  for  bar  management, 
the  Carleton  University  Students'  Asso- 
ciation (CUS  A),  there  was  little  reason  to 
recommend  it  the  other  six  nights  of  the 
week.  Described  by  oneformer  patron  as 
"a  high-school  gym  with  beer  taps,"  the 
decor  was  functional  but  pretty  ugly. 

This  aesthetic  problem  seems  to  have 
been  one  of  the  major  reasons  for  Oliver's 
lack  of  financial  success  (the  bar  lost 
about  $95,000  last  year),  and  its  subse- 
quent closure. 

Before  Oliver'sreopened  this  fall,  CUSA 
finance  commissioner  Rene  Faucher  and 
the  powers-that-be  decided  that  in  order 
to  bring  business  into  the  bar,  itwouldbe 
a  good  idea  tocreate,  in  Faucher's  words, 
"more  of  an  English-pub-like  atmos- 
phere." 

A  reported  $320,000  later,  this  job 
appears  to  have  been  accomplished. 
Faux-mahogdny  panelling,  cushy  sofas 
anda  long,  curvingbar  create  something 
of  apubby  feel,  with  the  intriguing  choices 
of  pastel  upholstery  and  frosted-glass 
partitions  tossing  In  an  element  of  the 
yuppiefern-and-spTitzerbaratmosphere 
to  the  main  room. 

The  second  room  is  divided  between 
the  billiards  area  (eighttables.notmuch 
waiting)  with  comfortable  seating.  Afdirly 
large  dance  floor  will  also  double  as 
performance  space  for  bands  that  man- 
agement intends  to  bring  in  on  a  fairly 
regular  basis. 

On  the  nights  when  bandsaren'tplay- 


Ing,  Djs  will  try  and  get  you  gyrating  to  a 
bouncy  mix  of  dance  and  danceable 
pop/rock  music. 

Ifs  a  good  thing  people  can  sit  and 
chat  on  the  sofas,  hit  the  dance  floor,  or 
shoot  some  stick,  because  getting  to  the 
bar  on  a  Wednesday  night  was  sheer 
hell.  Massed  throngs  clamored  for  the 
attention  of  the  overextended  wait-  and 
bar-staff,  a  situation  which  bar  manager 
Claire  Campbell  says  she  intends  to  rem- 
edy as  soon  as  possible. 

Hopefully,  it  will  be  soon,  because  the 
value  of  drinks  ranges  from  good  ($3.35 
for  a  shot  of  Southern  Comfort)  to  fantas- 
tic ($8.50  fora  pitcherof  Toby),  and  with 
the  introduction  ofmunchiestothemenu 
(prepped  by  Capital  Foods,  but  cooked 
on  site)  it  can  only  get  busier. 

The  lineups  at  the  bar  were  long,  but 
they  were  nothing  compared  to  the 
lineups  to  get  into  the  bar.  Be  prepared  to 
take  a  number  and  wait  upstairs  at  Roost- 
er's foryour  turn  to  come.  Itlookslike  it'll 
be  standard  operating  procedure  when 
the  lines  get  too  long. 

And  yes,  the  reputation  that  Oliver's 
has  held  over  the  years  still  holds  true. 
The  place  was  throbbing  with  hormones! 
Many  women  sported  the  expected  big 
hair,  although  1  was  disappointed  by  the 
lack  of  the  stereotypical  gold  chains  and 
well-fluffed  chest  hair.  Still,  it  was  gel 
heaven  all  around, 

Basedstrictly  on  observation,  the  best 
place  to  try  and  pick  someone  up  is  not 
on  the  dance  floor,  but  rather  at  the 
billiards  tables.  The  hand-eye  co-ordina- 
tion  and  skill  required  to  play  poo!  trans- 
late well  to  the  world  of  dating,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  concepts  of  "balls"  going 
into  "pockets,"  or  "getting  behind  the 
eight  ball." 

Cheap  beer.  Big  hair.  Dance/pop  D]s. 
Cushy  sofas.  Long  lineups.  Not  to  men- 
tion the  meat  market.  This  is  Oliver's. 
You  be  the  judge — it's  your  social  life.  Q 


September  23,  1993  ■  The  Charlatan  •  29 


Shamasarama! 


by  Mo  Gannon  and  Karin  Jordan 

Charlatan  Stan 


(My  Boyfriend's  Back  and 
There's  Gonna  Be  Laundry  II . 
. .  The  Cycle  Continues 
Sandra  Shamas 
NAC  Theatre 
Sept.  14  — Oct.  2  

If  you  haven't  seen  the 
prequel  to  Sandra  Shamas's 
My  Boyfriend's  Back  and 
There's  Gonna  Be  Laun- 
dry H  .  .  .  The  Cycle  Con- 
tinues, don't  go  expecting 
your  typical  love-hate  rela- 
tionship play  with  a  plot. 
What  you  get  is  a  chucklehead 
(read:  makes  you  laugh  so  hard 
you  blow  snot  out  your  nose)  one- 
woman  show  resembling  a  standup 
act  about  periods,  prophylactics 
and  penises.  Expect  to  hoot  and 
holler  with  recognition  at  the  situ- 
ations she  pokes  fun  at. 

MG:  No  offense  to  you,  Karin,  but  I 
wish  Sandra  Shamas  was  my  best  friend. 
She  kinda  reminds  me  of  the  sort  of 
person  who  would  make  you  pee  your 
pyjamas  at  sleepovers  in  high  school. 

KJ:  Hey,  what  makes  you  think  I'm 
not  funny  enough  to  do  that ....  Any- 
how, I  agree.  But  I  think  the  thing  I  like 
most  about  her  isn't  her  ability  to  induce 


urination  on  a  moment's  notice,  though 
that  is  an  admirable  quality.  What  I  like 
best  is  how  she  mentions  the  unmen- 
tionables loud  and  clear  in  her  show. 
How  many  people  have  the  courage  to 
admit  they  only  wash  their  hands  in  the 
can  if  someone  else  is  in  there  with  them? 

MG:  Yeah,  or  who  would  own  up  to 
having  a  pair  of  period  panties?  The 
woman's  got  balls,  I'm  sure  of  it.  She 
readjusts  her  bag  on  stage  better  than 
I've  seen  some  guys  do  it  for  real. 

KI:  I  don't  know  about  balls,  but  her 
ovaries  certainly  are  tough.  And  she 
makes  it  pretty  clear  her  humor  is  more 
than  just  something  to  make  people  wet 
their  jammies.  (That's  enough  urine  jokes! 
-ed.) 

Like  when  she  describes  how  she  knew 
her  partner  was  the  right  man  for  her 
because  he  laughed  at  her  jokes,  instead 
of  just  expecting  her  to  blow  a  lung  over 
his  jokes. 

Funny  women  are  still  less  than  the 
norm  in  our  society,  so  it's  really  cool  for 
me  to  see  a  woman  in  front  of  a  packed 
room,  telling  jokes  about  going  to  the 
gynecologist.  And  1  like  Shamas's  humor 
because  it  isn't  of  the  slag-'em-insult-the- 
crap-out-of-'em  abusive  variety,  a  la 
Andrew  Dice  Clay  or  Chris  Rock,  either. 

MG:  Surely,  but  I  noticed  the  women 
in  the  audience  were  laughing  the  loud- 
est and  longest,  'specially  during  the 
stuff  about  her  pap  test  and  the  stainless 
steel  dim  sum  cart.  I  thought  I  felt  the 
older  guy  next  to  us  squirming  in  his  seat. 


PURCHASE  AT  LEAST  ONE  ELIGIBLE 
TAPE  OR  CD  SHOW  YOUR  STUDENT 
1.0.  AT  ANY  PARTICIPATING 
MUSK  STORE  AND 

GET  A  FREE 
'I.D.  THIS!"  SAMPLER 


This  was  just  about  the  only  shtick  I 
recognized  from  her  first  show,  and  even 
this  was  still  spontaneous.  And  she  han- 
dled the  crowd  well,  especially  the  heck- 
ler who  decided  it  would  be  hilarious  to 
ask  her  if  she'd  gone  to  the  washroom 
during  the  intermission.  She  shut  him 
down  with  grace  and  snark  by  asking, 
"Can  I  do  my  show  now?".  Right  on, 
sister. 

MG:  I'm  so  glad  she  gave  it  to  that 
losebag.  She  was  in  your  face  all  the  way 
through  the  show,  strutting  and  thrust- 
ing and  grabbing  her  boobs.  I  thought 
the  ending  sucked  though. 

I  love  herdevoted-and-miserable-but- 
loving-it  sense  of  humor,  but  as  soon  as 
anyone  gets  into  married  jokes,  they  lose 


me.  I  don't  get  why  she  would  get  cheesy 
on  us  at  the  end,  all  wrapped  up  cosy  in 
pre-marital  bliss.  Makes  me  fear  her 
upcoming  show  in  the  trilogy,  Wedding 
Bell  Hell  or  whatever  it  is. 

K  J:  Yah.  Unless  her  irony  was  so  sharp 
I  totally  missed  it,  the  end  left  me  cold.  I 
hope  she  hasn't  sold  out.  Maybe  she's 
cleverly  set  us  up  for  another  realistic 
look  at  her  relationships  in  part  three. 

Who  knows?  Maybe  the  next  show 
will  be  jokes  about  who  heats  the  baby 
formula  at  three  in  the  morning.  No  I 
won't  be  busting  a  kidney  about  that. 

MG:  Ditto.  Marriage  just  isn't  funny. 
But  then  again,  neither  are  periods,  and 
she  made  me  blow  snot  out  my  nose 
about  those.  □ 


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Thursday,  September 
23 

Go  see  Thomas  Trio  and  the  Red 
Albino  and  opening  band  Tongues  and 
Bones  at  Fenn  Lounge.  It  only  costs  $7 
and  tickets  are  available  at  the  door  and 
at  the  residence  store,  among  otherplaces. 
Show  starts  at  9  p.m. 

Tonight  at  Creeque  Alley  it's  a  ben- 
efit for  the  Ottawa  Linkage  Committee. 
They're  a  group  that  promotes  Third 
World  Trade  Union  solidarity.  They've 
lined  up  the  best  in  Ottawa  Valley  coun- 
try for  tonight's  show:  Lonsome  Paul, 
Lucky  Ron  and  Sneezy  Waters!  Tick- 
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at  the  OPIRG  office,  among  otherplaces) 
or  10  dollars  at  the  door. 

Friday,  September  24 

At  12:30  p.m.  in  the  Alumni  Thea- 
tre, it's  Glimpses  of  Gala,  "a  multi- 
media presentation  combining  dance, 
narration,  slides  and  electronic  music" 
featuring  Anjali,  an  East  Indian  classi- 
cal dancer.  As  if  this  wasn't  enough  to 
convince  you  to  go,  it's  also  free. 

It's  the  concert  of  the  decade  at 
Zaphod's  tonight.  Well,  that  may  be  a 
bit  of  an  exaggeration,  but  you'll  still 
enjoy  some  fine  ska  courtesy  of  Toronto's 
Skaface  and  those  wacky,  wacky  Mon- 
treal funsters  Me,  Mom  and 
Morgentaler.  Seven  bucks  gets  you  in. 

Under  the  "I  Can't  Believe  They're  Still 
Around"  column . . .  The  Royal  Cana- 
dian Air  Farce  is  staging  a  benefit  for 
Interval  House  tonight  at  the  National 
Arts  Centre  Opera  at  8  p.m.  Tickets  are 
available  throught  Ticketmaster  for  $17, 
$22  and  $27. 

Critical  Acclaim,  part  of  the  Great 
Canadian  Theatre  Company's  NightHowl 
series,  plays  Fridays  and  Saturdays  at  1 1 
p.m.  until  October  2.  It's  a  play  about  a 
bunch  of  actors  who  kidnap  a  hostile 
critic. 

At  the  Stone  Angel  Institute  (314 
Lisgar),  it's  a  benefit  for  the  Coalition  to 
Preserve  Hudson  and  fames  Bay.  Gracing 
the  stage  is  Willie  Dunn,  Dario 
Domingues,  Iain  Rohahes  Phillips 
and  Heather  Farrow.  Tickets  are  $5  in 
advance  and  $6  at  the  door. 

Soul  Train,  who  sound,  exactly  like 
their  name  suggests,  are  playing  tonight 
and  tomorrow  at  Creeque  Alley.  Go  see 
a  white  guy  belt  out  some  James  Brown. 
What  could  be  more  entertaining? 

Plus,  Carleton's  Geography  Society  and 
the  Rowing  Club  are  holding  a  pub  at 
Oliver's.  Two  dollars  will  get  you  in  to 
this  high  culture  event. 

Saturday,  September 
25 

We've  heard  lots  of  good  things  about 
1  Mother  Earth,  who  are  playing  to- 
night at  Zaphod's  ($7  cover).  They're 
loud  and  retro. 


It's  the  Air  Farce  Ottawa  weekend!  At 
the  Nepean  Centrepoint  Theatre,  ex- 
Farce  guy  Dave  Broadfoot  surprises 
everyone  with  his  character  sketches  of 
Big  Bobby  Clobber  and  the  MP  for  Kick- 
ing Horse  Pass.  It's  $18.50  for  tickets. 

The  Old  Sod  Folk  Music  Society  presents 
Janet  Russell  and  Christine  Kydd, 
"two  Scottish  singers  in  sublime  har- 
mony," whatever  that  means.  It's  at  the 
Glebe  Community  Centre  and  tickets 
are  $10  for  members  and  $12  for  non- 
members. 

Sunday,  September  26 

Last  day  to  catch  Theatre  Distincf  s 
production  of  Shakespeare's  Merchant 
of  Venice  in  Auschwitz  at  the  University 
of  Ottawa's  Academic  Hall.  Students  get 
in  for  $12  and  the  show's  at  3  p.m. 

I  don't  know  about  you  folk,  but  when- 
ever I'm  feeling  a  little  down  in  the  dumps, 
nothing  cheers  me  up  like  a  rousing 
organ  and  gregorian  chant  recital.  That's 
why  I'll  be  at  Patricia  Phillips's  8  p.m. 
show  at  the  Eg  Use  St-  Francois-d  Assise 
at  the  comer  of  Wellington  and  Fairmont. 
And  it  costs  only  $8  for  students.  Wow! 

For  those  whose  taste  in  entertain- 
ment runs  more  to  Ukrainian  dance,  try 


the  HOPAK  Ukrainian  Dance  Com- 
pany's show  at  the  National  Arts  Centre 
at  3  p.m. 

Like  poetry?  Want  to  support  the  Ot- 
tawa Food  Bank?  Go  to  the  National 
Library  at  7:30  p.m.  Diana  Brebner, 
Elisabeth  Harvor  and  Gary  Geddes 

will  do  the  reading.  Just  bring  $4  and  if 
you  bring  a  food  donation  you'll  be  eligi- 
ble for  door  prizes! 

Monday,  September  27 

Damage,  the  Jeremy  Irons  sexual-po- 
litical-thriller-type-thing  plays  tonightat 
the  Bytowne  at  9:15  p.m. 

Tuesday,  September  28 

This  week's  literature  selection  is  The 
Long  Goodbye  by  Raymond  Chandler. 

Raves  Charlatan  production  manager 
Kevin  McKay,  "It's  probably  the  best  de- 
tective fiction  Chandler  ever  produced!" 

Wednesday,  September 
29 


If  you  still  have  faith  in  humanity, 
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Bytowne  at  9: 15  p.m.  Actually,  the  warn- 


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some,  sexual  content,  drug  and  alcohol 
use."  Sounds  like  a  family  movie  to  me. 

On  In  A  Mellow  Tone  (CKCU  93.1 
FM),  Ron  Sweetman  profiles  recent  jazz 
and  blues  releases. 

Thursday,  September 
30 

It's  Martin  Scorsese  night  at  the  May- 
fair.  The  fun  gets  underway  at  7  p.m. 
with  Raging  Ball  and  continues  with 
GoodFellas  at  9:25.  Before  heading  out, 
listen  to  King  Missile's  "Martin  Scorsese" 
to  get  yourself  into  the  mood. 

I've  never  heard  of  Maria  Hawkins, 
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Rugby  video  scores  low  with  some 


by  Kathleen  Jacobs 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  video  designed  to  increase  under- 
standing among  Carleton  athletes  of  rac- 
ism, sexism  and  homophobia  disap- 
pointed some  service  co-ordinators  who 
viewed  it. 

The  video  was  recommended  by  the 
final  report  of  a  university  investigation 
into  a  complaint  made  last  winter.  The 
complaint  alleged  that  Carleton 's  rugby 
team  was  using  a  chant  book  as  part  of 
initiation  which  contained  sexually  vio- 
lent, racist  and  homophobic  lyrics. 

The  complaint  was  filed  by  the  Carle- 
ton University  Students'  Association 
(CUSA)  on  behalf  of  an  anonymous  com- 
plainant. 

Produced  by  Carleton's  Instructional 
Media  Services,  the  video  is  expected  to 
cost  the  department  of  university  athlet- 
ics $  1,000,  says  the  department's  director 
Keith  Harris. 

It  will  now  be  mandatory  viewing  for 
all  members  of  Carleton's  sports  teams. 


The  video  was  shown  to  the  football  team 
Sept.  2  and  other  athletes  Sept.  24. 

"I  think  the  plan  is  to  show  it  every 
year,"  Harris  says,  but  screening  dates 
will  vary  depending  on  the  team  and 
when  its  season  starts. 

The  video  is  about  six  minutes  long, 
and  consists  of  speeches  by  Harris  and 
Carleton  President  Robin  Farquhar.  It  was 
screened  by  Theresa  Cowan,  CUSA's  di- 
rector of  services,  members  of  the  Peer 
Counselling  Centre  and  the  Gay,  Lesbian 
and  Bisexual  (GLB)  Centre  on  Sept.  23. 

Peter  Nogalo,  co-ordinator  of  the  GLB 
centre,  says  the  video  treated  the  issues 
superficially. 

"The  video  was  lauded  as  a  saving 
grace  that  would  prevent  these  problems 
from  ever  happening  again  (but)  I  can't 
really  see  that,"  he  says. 

Renee  Twaddle,  co-ordinator  of  the 
Carleton  Women's  Centre,  says  she  feels 
Harris  owes  an  explanation  to  the  centre. 

Twaddle  says  although  the  centre 
helped  bring  the  chant  book  issue  to  the 


university's  attention,  they  were  not  con- 
sulted in  the  making  of  the  video. 

She  says  the  collective  feels  "left  out  of 
the  process,"  and  has  sent  a  letter  to 
Harris  expressing  their  disappointment. 

Nogalo  says  his  centre  was  not  con- 
sulted either. 

Twaddle  did  not  attend  the  screening 
with  the  other  service  co-ordinators  be- 
cause she  has  requested  a  private  view- 
ing for  the  women's  centre  collective 
instead. 

She  says  the  problems  of  racism,  sex- 
ism and  homophobia  are  too  broad  to 
address  in  a  video  and  athletics  has  "to 
take  this  as  seriously  as  the  groups  that 
are  being  oppressed  in  the  (chant)  book. " 

In  the  video,  Farquhar  tells  athletes 
he  is  proud  of  them  and  they  are  "am- 
bassadors" of  the  university.  He  says 
Carleton  strives  to  create  "an  atmos- 
phere that  is  comfortable  ...  in  a  safe 
and  non-threatening  way"  for  all  groups. 

Cowan  says  she  doesn't  think  the  is- 
sue of  harassment  was  taken  seriously 


enough.  She  says  she  was  unhappy  with 
Farquhar's  appeal  to  the  athletes  as 
ambassadors. 

"I  think  they  should  have  given  guide- 
lines as  to  how  exactly  people  are  sup- 
posed to  be  acting,  not  necessarily  as 
ambassadors  of  Carleton  but  as  men  and 
women." 

In  the  video,  Farquhar  says  "it  is  es- 
sential that  we  conduct  ourselves  as  a 
non-violent  community." 

In  the  video,  Harris  says  athletes  are 
"special"  people  and  encourages  them 
not  to  take  "cheap  shots." 

While  Farquhar  does  not  mention  the 
rugby  chant  book,  Harris  says  a  chanting 
incident  occurred  "some  time  ago." 

"Whatever  their  (the  chants')  intent, 
they  have  no  place  at  Carleton,"  Harris 
says  in  the  video. 

Dawn  Fallis,  co-ordinator  of  the  Peer 
Counselling  Centre,  says  the  rugby  team's 

RUGBY  cont'd  on  pg.  4 


Rebick  calls  for  fundamental  change 


by  Naomi  Bock 

Charlatan  Staff 

Canada's  present  governmental  and 
electoral  systems  are  "undemocratic," 
says  Judy  Rebick,  past  president  of  the 
National  Action  Committee  on  the  Sta- 
tus of  Women  (NAC). 

Rebick  outlined  her  proposals  to  re- 
structure government  and  the  electoral 
process  in  a  speech  to  an  audience  of 
about  90  people  Sept.  28  in  Porter  Hall. 

A  freelance  writer  and  activist,  Rebick 
continues  to  sit  on  the  NAC  executive. 
NAC  is  an  umbrella  group  representing 
over 500 women 's  groups  across  Canada 
and  lobbies  the  federal  government  on 
their  behalf. 

"What  people  are  feeling  is  a  lot  of 
anger, "  said  Rebick  of  the  state  of  politics 
in  Canada  today. 

She  said  the  current  electoral  system  is 
fundamentally  undemocratic  because  in 
order  to  get  nominated,  you  have  to  be 
part  of  the  party  elite. 

"It  creates  tremendous  barriers  to 
women  and  minorities  because  a  very 


small  group  within  the  riding  tends  to 
control  who  gets  nominated,"  she  said. 

Rebick  proposed  changes  to  parlia- 
mentary representation,  where  voters 
could  choose  as  many  candidates  as  they 
wanted  from  a  list  covering  a  larger  area. 
She  said  votes  would  not  be  wa,sted  and  it 
ensures  the  popular  vote  would  prevail. 

"Making  fundamental  changes  in  rep- 
resentation has  an  impact  on  issues,  an 
impact  on  changing  power  relations. 

"This  is  why  major  parties  don't  make 
changes.  They  feel  more  comfortable  in  a 
situation  where  they  have  control  of 
power  and  we're  outside  screaming  and 
yelling." 

This  may  create  instability,  but  Rebick 
said  she  prefers  that  to  "a  government 
that  gets  elected  and  goes  against  the  will 
of  the  people  on  almost  every  issue,  and 
we  can't  get  rid  of  them  for  another  five 
years.  That  to  me  is  not  democracy." 

Rebick  said  she  favors  minority  gov- 
ernments. "Smaller  parties  not  obsessed 
with  achieving  power,  focused  on  issues, 
help  the  bigger  parties  to  be  more  honest 


That  wascally  Webick. 


and  more  accountable." 

Rebick  said  she  isn't  optimistic  that 
women  leading  two  major  federal  politi- 
cal parties  will  mean  progress  for  all 
women. 

"We  have  a  situation  where  two 
women  leaders  are  in  an  election  where 
women's  issues  have  . . .  gotten  so  little 


attention,"  she  said. 

Rebick  said  she  supported  referendums 
because  they  produce  legislation  which 
is  democratic,  whether  it  be  right  or 
wrong.  "People  will  choose  the  right  way, 
and  if  they  don 't,  they'll  learn  the  lesson, 
unlike  those  with  vested  power.  There's 
this  cynicism  because  we  don't  get  to 
debate  as  a  citizenry  between  elections. 
When  (voters)  feel  their  voice  is  heard, 
they  are  more  responsible  and  willing  to 
compromise." 

Rebick  also  called  for  a  reform  of  gov- 
ernmental structure. 

"No  matter  how  good  a  person  you 
are,  no  matter  how  strong  a  feminist  you 
are,  no  matter  how  much  you  want  to 
challenge  that  (status  quo)  focus,  ifs 
almost  impossible  to  resist  the  forces  that 
are  at  work  in  government  unless  you 
change  the  structure  of  government." 

Rebick  says  under-representahon  of 
youth  is  also  a  concern.  "We  have  to 
listen  to  what  young  people  are  saying 

REBICK  cont'd  on  page  5 


New  daycare,  no  new  subsidized  spaces 


by  Matt  Skinner 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  new  day-care  centre  at  Carleton,  to 
be  finished  by  late  December,  will  pro- 
vide five  new  spaces  but  none  of  them 
will  be  subsidized,  says  one  of  the  centre's 
directors. 

Margot  Henderson  says  the  new  spaces 
"will  go  to  full-fee  paying  parents. 
Whether  they're  university  or  off-cam- 
pus is  difficult  for  me  to  say." 

The  existing  Colonel  By  Day  Care  fa- 
cilities on  campus  at  Renfrew  House  and 
the  Loeb  building  have  spaces  for  52 
children.  These  will  be  combined  under 
the  roof  of  the  new  centre,  which  will 
have  room'  for  57  in  the  new  building 
near  the  athletics  complex.  Right  now, 
42  of  the  52  existing  spaces  are  subsi- 
dized, says  Henderson. 

The  waiting  list  for  subsidized  day 
care  at  Carleton  is  presently  a  two-and-a- 
half-year  wait,  says  Kathy  Parlee,  acting 
director  of  the  Renfrew  facility.  She  esti- 
mates there  are  about  160  names  on  the 
subsidized  day-care  waiting  list  at  the 
Renfrew  facility.  There  were  no  estimates 
for  the  Loeb  facility. 

The  centre  applies  for  additional  sub- 
sidized spaces  from  the  Regional  Munici- 


Carleton's  new  day-care  centre  under  construction. 


polity  of  Ottawa-Carleton  each  year,  says 
Henderson,  but  they  haven't  received  any 
new  ones  for  1994,  when  the  new  centre 


is  scheduled  to  open. 

"I'm  not  surprised  (that  none  of  the 
.new  spaces  will  be  subsidized),"  says 


Wendy  Gold,  a  second-year  student  and 
single  mother  of  a  two-year-old  girl.  "I've 
been  on  the  waiting  list  for  over  two 
years. 

"When  I  called  them  (Colonel  By  Day 
Care)  two  years  ago  I  said  'When  do  you 
think  I'll  get  in?'  They  said:  'Well,  if 
you're  in  a  four-year  program  you  might 
get  in  your  last  year.'" 

Gold  says  priority  should  be  given  to 
students,  because  the  day-care  centre  is 
on  campus.  "I'm  disappointed, "  she  says. 

There  is  no  set  allotment  of  spaces  for 
students,  says  Henderson. 

"Because  these  are  regional  dollars, 
the  region  would  not  purchase  our  serv- 
ice at  Carleton  University  if  we  discrimi- 
nated against  (non-Carleton  students)," 
she  says. 

Applicants  for  subsidized  day-care 
o  spaces  undergo  a  needs  test  by  the  region 
|  to  determine  the  level  of  subsidization, 
g  says  Henderson.  The  province  and  the 
2  region  determine  how  many  day-care 
H  spaces  will  be  subsidized. 

The  majority  of  subsidized  families 
pay  $25  per  month,  says  Henderson.  But 
the  subsidies  can  range  from  zero  to  100 


DAYCARE  cont'd  on  page  5 


September  30,1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


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Carleton  gets  a  new  elder 


by  John  Steinbachs 

Charlatan  Staff 

"An  elder  is  a  guy  with  lots  of  wis- 
dom," says  Wilfred  Peltier,  Carleton's 
new  Native  elder-in-residence. 

"It  has  nothing  to  do  with  age.  I  once 
talked  to  a  92-year-old  man  who  said  he 
didn't  know  the  answer  to  my  question, 
so  I  better  talk  to  his  elder." 

Peltier,  an  Odawa  Native  person,  has 
been  hired  by  the  Canadian  studies  de- 
partment as  an  educational  and  spir- 
itual advisor  on  Native  issues  and  cul- 
ture, says  Victor  Valentine,  a  professorof 
Canadian  studies. 

Peltier  says  he  will  create  an  aware- 
ness of  Native  culture  among  students  at 
Carleton.  For  example,  he  is  taking  a 
Canadian  studies  class  to  Dunrobin,  near 
Ottawa,  for  a  pipe  ceremony  in  a  teepee 
on  Sept.  30. 

Peltier  is  accessible  to  all  students  and 
staff  throughout  the  university,  says  Val- 
entine. He  has  office  hours  every  Tuesday 
and  Thursday  from  1 1  a.m.  to  2:30  p.m. 

"I'm  all  for 
alternative  ways 
of  knowing  and 
Wilfred  repre- 
sents that." 

— Madeline  Dion  Stout 


in  Room  D775  of  the  Loeb  building. 

Madeleine  Dion  Stout,  co-ordinatorof 
Carleton's  Centre  for  Aboriginal  Educa- 
tion, Research  and  Culture,  says  a  Native 
elder  was  needed  on  campus.  "I'm  all  for 
alternative  ways  of  knowing  and  Wilfred 
represents  that." 

Peltier  says  more  elders  are  needed  at 
Carleton.  He  says  many  elders  have 
knowledge,  but  they've  been  cast  aside  in 
institutions  such  as  universities. 

"The  air  is  hardly  worth  breathing, 
the  land  is  being  raped,  the  waters  pol- 
luted, the  animals  are  dying,  the  fish  are 
dying.  The  whole  society  is  screwed  up. 
We  can  find  the  wisdom  we  need  in  the 
elderly." 

Peltier  was  bom  on  the  Wikwemikong 


Wilfred  Peltier  —  elder,  teacher,  storyteller. 


reserve  on  Manitoulin  Island,  Ont.,  in 
1927.  He  got  a  masters  in  Canadian 
studies  from  Carleton  in  1 990,  which  he 
says  made  him  familiar  with  the  Carle- 
ton community. 

"  I  know  my  way  around.  Like,  I  know 
Mike's  Place." 


Scotiabank  won't 
follow  TD  bank's  lead 


by  Clayton  Wood 

Charlatan  Slafl 

The  Toronto  Dominion  Bank  is  trying 
to  improve  its  service  by  promising  cus- 
tomers five  dollars  if  they  have  to  wait  in 
line  more  than  five  minutes. 

The  bank  adopted  the  policy  in  a  bid 
to  give  it  a  competitive  edge  over  its  rivals 
in  the  area  of  customer  service,  says 
Hugh  Fox,  manager  of  administrative 
services  at  the  TD  main  branch  in  Ot- 
tawa. 

One  of  its  many  rivals,  the  Scotiabank 
at  Carleton  University,  has  no  plans  to 
start  a  similar  policy. 

"If  we  introduced  it  during  registra- 
tion week,  we'd  run  out  of  money,"  says 
Scotiabank  manager  Don  Bailey. 

The  policy  was  piloted  at  about  1 00  of 
TD's  1,000  branches  over  the  past  year 
and  introduced  nationally  this  month. 

"The  bank  saw  a  need  to  be  upfront 
with  customers.  A  five-minute  wait  is 
unreasonable,"  says  Fox. 

Bailey  says  lineups  at  his  branch  often 
fluctuate  as  a  result  of  students'  sched- 


ules. "We  have  wild  swings  between 
classes  and  during  noon  hour,"  says 
Bailey. 

He  says  there  are  usually  three  to  five 
tellers  on  duty.  Longer  lineups  can  take 
up  to  a  half-hour  and  are  usually  due  to 
the  processing  of  student  loans  or  open- 
ing new  accounts. 

Bailey  calls  the  TD  move  a  "competi- 
tive gimmick."  He  says  the  recent  addi- 
tion of  another  bank  machine  in  the 
Unicentre  to  the  fouralready  on  campus 
will  make  it  easier  for  people  to  process 
transactions  without  waiting  in  line  at 
the  branch. 

Fox  says  the  policy  helps  put  pressure 
on  staff  to  look  closer  at  areas  where 
service  can  be  improved,  such  as  having 
more  tellers  on  duty,  depending  on  the 
time  of  the  day  or  week. 

Some  branches  in  Ottawa  may  pay 
out  anywhere  from  $45  to  $250  a  week, 
says  Fox.  The  policy  runs  on  an  honor 
system,  with  the  customer's  word  being 
enough  to  receive  the  five  dollars.  □ 


Peltier  says  he  was  involved  in  Native 
political  issues  when  he  was  younger  but 
has  now  grown  tired  of  all  the  politics.  He 
now  concentrates  on  Native  social  issues. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Centennial 
Commission,  which  investigated  native 
issues  for  the  federal  government  in  1 967 . 
He  also  worked  with  Young  Canadians,  a 
program  which  placed  young  people  as 
role  models  on  reserves  in  the  late  1960s. 

Peltier  ran  an  Indian  Ecumenical  Con- 
ference in  Alberta  which  hosted  almost 
10,000  delegates  in  1 970.  The  conference 
dealt  with  young  Native  people  trying  to 
find  their  roots. 


Peltier  says  there  are  a  lot  of  Native 
people  who  have  been  taught  not  to 
express  their  Native  culture. 

"There  are  people  here  who  talk  their 
own  language,  but  they  won't  talk  it  in 
public." 

Peltier  has  five  books  published.  A 
Wise  Man  Speaks,  published  in  the  late 
'70s,  is  a  collection  of  Peltier's  talks.  Two 
other  books,  Who  is  the  Chairman  of  this 
Meeting  and  For  Every  North  Americon 
Indian  Who  Disappears  I  Also  Begin  to 
Disappear,  are  collections  of  Peltier's  po- 
etry and  prose. 

No  Foreign  Land,  published  in  1973,  is 
Peltier'saccountofhislife"tothatpoint." 
He  proudly  points  out  that  the  book  is 
used  in  universities  across  Canada,  as 
well  as  in  Germany  and  Switzerland.  He 
has  also  written  a  book  about  his  child- 
hood. Two  Articles,  which  was  published 
in  1969.  Peltier  says  the  book  is  "about 
growing  up  in  an  Indian  village,  and 
how  we  were  raised.  It's  very  different 
from  this  society." 

Peltier  is  also  a  storyteller.  He  says 
when  he  was  young  his  elders  told  stories 
on  winter  nights.  Peltier  says  as  he  grew 

"Storytelling  is 
like  myth  and  in 
myth  there  is 
truth." 

-Wilfred  Peltier 


older,  he  began  telling  the  stories  he 
could  remember. 

Peltier  says  storytelling  is  a  great  way 
o  to  get  a  message  across.  "Storytelling  is 
g  like  myth  and  in  myth  there  is  truth.  "We 
gwere  always  taught  through  stories," 
j  says  Peltier. 

He  recalls  a  story  his  mother  told  him 
about  the  "Binysuck,"  a  leprechaun-type 
creature  he  says  is  traditionally  found  in 
Native  lore. 

"One  day  (Peltier  and  his  siblings) 
were  making  a  sandwich  or  something 
and  we  left  out  the  butter  and  it  all 
melted.  My  mother  asked  us  'who  left 
out  the  butter?' 

"We  all  said  'not  me  mom.'  So  she 
grabbed  a  broom  and  started  sweeping, 
poking  underthe  stove  and  things.  When 
we  asked  what  she  was  doing,  she  said 
the  Binysucks  must  have  left  it  out  and 
she  was  sweeping  them  out  of  the  house. 
,  After  a  while  you  sort  of  put  down  your 
head  and  said 'it  was  me,  I  left  the  butter 
out.'"  □ 


RUGBY  cont'd  from  pg.  3 

alleged  inappropriate  behavior  "seems 
pushed  under  the  carpet"  when  referred  to 
as  "some  time  ago"  and  not  specifically 
dated. 

Harris  says  the  video  did  not  use  the 
words  "last  year"  because  the  department 
plans  to  use  the  video  in  upcoming  years. 

Rea  Ghvidito,  a  first-year  basketball 
player  who  watched  the  video,  says  he 
didn't  know  what  "the  songbook  thing" 
was  about  but  that  Harris  was  "stem"  in 
the  video. 

"He  said  the  songbook . . .  was  not  to  be 
used  because  it  was  biased, "  says  Ghvidito. 

Cowan  says  she  would  like  to  see  sensi- 
tivity training  for  coaches  and  have  them 
held  responsible  if  teams  act  out  of  line. 

She  says  coaches  should  be  chosen  by 
"what  kind  of  example  they're  going  to  set 
and  what  kind  of  crap  they're  going  to 
tolerate." 

But  Harris  says  he  thinks  this  is  asking 
too  much. 


The  Charlatan  ■  September  30,1993 


"I  find  it  very  hard  to  say  in  addition 
to  coaching  soccer  and  so  forth,  you 
must  try  and  do  all  these  other  things . . 
.  date  rape,  aboriginal  needs,  etc."  says 
Harris.  He  adds  there  are  only  four  full- 
time  coaches  and  "by  and  large,  our 
staff  are  good  people." 

Harris  says  coaches  cannot  answer 
for  everything. 

"Is  it  just  coaches  that  are  responsible 
for  this?  Today  it  appears  institutions 
are  responsible  for  teaching  people  right 
from  wrong  ...  it  used  to  be  parents," 
says  Harris. 

Harris  says  he  does  not  see  the  video 
as  capable  of  changing  "deep-rooted 
convictions"  but  hopes  it  will  help  ath- 
letes understand  that  issues  such  as  rac- 
ism, sexism,  and  homophobia  are  "to- 
day's taboo." 

Cowan  says  the  video  should  not  be 
dismissed  outright.  "It  could  have  been 
a  lot  better,  but  this  is  better  than  noth- 
ing" □ 


Fun  Farquhar  Fact 

Everything  you  wanted  to  know  about  Sparky 
but  were  too  apathetic  to  ask. 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charialan  SleM 

I  wouldn't  have  believed  itif  1  hadn't 
seen  itwithmyown  eyes.  Uberpresidem 
Robin  Farquhar  is  a  somebody. 

He's  right  there  in  the  pages  of  the 
1992  edition  of  Who's  Who  in  Canada, 
sandwiched  in  between  true  Canadian 
heroes  William  Alexander  Farlinger 
and  John  Stewart  Farquharson,  And 
not  only  his  name,  but  his  vital  statis- 
tics too. 

From  the  first  line  of  his  write-up  we 
realized  we'd  misjudged  the  man  all 
these  years. 

For  instance,  we  at  The  Charlatan 
knew  he  was  president  and  vice-chan- 
cellor of  Carleton  University  (described 
os  "a  comprehensive  national  univer- 
sity in  the  nation's  capital,  Ottawa"  — 
good  thing  they  identified  thecity.  Oth- 
erwise we'd  have  a  lot  of  confused 
Torontonians  on  our  hands). 

But  we  had  no  idea  that  Dr.  Robin 
Hugh  (Hugh?)  Farquhar,  BA,  MA,  PhD, 
FCCEA,  DAE,  was  born  Dec.  I,  1938, 
shurely  the  next  national  holiday. 

Or  that  presidenting  in  universities 
runs  in  the  family.  Pop  Hugh  E. 
Farquhar  was  president  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Victoria. 

We  can  just  imagine  the  hikes 
through  Clayoquot  Sound,  as  father 


DAYCARE  cont'd  from  pg.  3 

per  cent  of  the  cost,  she  says. 

Without  subsidized  spaces,  people  are 
left  with  full-fee  spots.  The  full  monthly 
fee  for  an  infant  or  toddler  at  Renfrew 
House  is  $1,189  while  the  fee  for  a  pre- 
schooler at  the  Loeb  building  is  around 
$820,  says  Parlee.  Fees  for  next  year 
have  yet  to  be  approved  by  the  province 
and  region,  say  Henderson. 

Katherine  Main,  executive  assistant 
to  the  university's  vice-president  of  fi- 
nance, says  "the  full-fee  spaces  are  quite 
expensive.  It's  quite  difficult  to  find  peo- 
ple that  can  afford  it. 

"We  find  it  more  difficult  on  campus 
to  fill  the  non-subsidized  spots  and  so  we 
reach  out  to  the  community  to  people 
who  would  like  to  have  children  located 
here  in  the  child  care,"  says  Main. 

Statistics  compiled  by  the  finance  of- 
fice in  December  showed  two  full-fee 
spaces  out  of  the  1 0  were  available  in  the 
day-care  program,  says  Main. 

At  that  time  there  was  an  almost  even 
split  in  enrolment  between  children  of 
students  and  those  of  Carleton  staff,  says 
Main,  and  95  per  cent  of  the  students 
with  children  in  the  day  care  were  single 
mothers. 

Twenty-four  of  the  children  belonged 
to  students,  while  20  children  belonged 
to  staff.  She  says  six  of  the  eight  full-fee 
spaces  were  occupied  by  children  of  par- 
ents who  do  not  work  at  or  attend  Carle- 


passed  on  a  lifetime  of  accumulated 
knowledge  to  the  budding  technocrat 
son. 

SPARKY  JR.:  Dad,  when  I  grow 
up,  I  want  to  run  a  mid-size  univer- 
sity, |ust  like  you. 

SPARKV  SR.:  Well,  son,  let  me 
give  yon  just  one  word  of  advice. 
There'll  be  a  time  in  your  life  when 
the  chips  are  down .  The  media  will 
advance  on  all  fronts,  questioning 
your  resolve.  When  they've  got  you 
in  the  corner  and  you  have  no  place 
to  turn,  do  the  honorable  thing  — 
plead  lack  of  resources. 

SPARKY  JR.:  Dad,  you're  the 
greatest. 

Thaf  s  not  all.  Ever  wonder  about 
Sparky's  road  to  the  big  time?  It  all 
started  in  1962,  when  he  was  a  teacher 
ot  Edward  Milne  Secondary,  in  Sooke, 
B.C. 

From  there  it  was  on  to  a  lifetime  of 
administration,  degrees,  and  torment 
from  a  mediocre  Time  rip-off  

Actually,  there's  enough  info  in  his 
Who's  Who  entry  for  50  Fun  Farquhar 
Facts.  CoroingsoomFarquhar'scarefree 
days  as  a  Beta  Theta  Pi!  Sparky's  adven- 
tures as  an  Honorary  Citizen  of  Winni- 
peg! Lt.  Sparky  of  the  Royal  Canadian 
Navy  Reserves  —  the  lost  years! 

Sparky,  man  of  a  thousand  lives.  □ 


ton,  while  the  other  two  were  empty. 

Henderson  says  the  application  for 
the  construction  of  the  new  centre  was 
originally  filed  in  1991,  but  the  plans 
were  delayed  until  last  October,  when  the 
provincial  government  announced  it 
would  fund  80  per  cent  of  the  project. 

The  region  and  the  City  of  Ottawa 
announced  their  support  for  the  centre  in 
January  of  this  year,  and  together  will  be 
providing  the  remaining  20  per  cent  of 
the  cost  of  the  new  centre.  The  cost  of 
building  the  new  centre  is  $937,000. 

When  the  city's  support  of  the  centre 
was  announced,  Jim  Watson,  city  coun- 
cillor for  Capital  Ward,  said  in  a  press 
release  "with  growing  numbers  of  ma- 
ture students  at  Carleton,  adequate  child 
care  must  be  made  a  priority.  Child  care 
is  an  important  part  of  a  truly  accessible 
education  system." 

•  Watson  says  this  is  the  first  time  the 
City  of  Ottawa  has  contributed  to  a  uni- 
versity day-care  centre,  and  says  Carle- 
ton was  chosen  because  of  its  blatantly 
inadequate  facilities. 

"A  proper  facility  for  child  care  at 
Carleton  is  long  overdue,"  he  says. 

Henderson  says  the  playground  at  the 
Loeb  facility  is  three  floors  away  and  it  is 
necessary  to  bring  30  pre-schoolers  there 
by  an  elevator. 

The  washroom  is  located  outside  of 
the  centre  in  the  hall  and  the  only  run- 
ning water  comes  from  a  six-by-eight- 
inch  sink,  she  says.  □ 


RBBICK  cont'd  from  pg.  3 

more." 

When  asked  about  employment 
chances  for  young  female  graduates,  she 
said  there  needed  to  be  more  employ- 
mentstrategies,  "managed  trade"  rather 
than  free  trade,  and  more  jobs  in  the 
public  sector. 

One  woman  asked  how  she  could  make 
herself  heard,  to  which  Rebick  said  she 
believed  in  local,  grassroots  organizing 
rather  than  lobbying  at  the  federal  level. 

"The  primary  route  to  change  is  not 
parliament.  Parliament  mostly  reflects 
what's  already  going  on  in  society." 

Mike  Dufrensy,  a  political  science  stu- 
dent, said  Rebick's  ideas  "are  not  new, 
but  they're  simply  not  issues  in  this  elec- 
tion." 

Carleton  President  Robin  Farquhar 
called  Rebick's  talk  stimulating. 

"I  was  particularly  interested  in  the 
young  men  and  thequestions  they  asked. 


It's  a  very  confusing  time  for  men,  trying 
to  sort  out  a  new  set  of  values." 

One  man  who  spoke  during  the  ques- 
tion period  said  women  were  not  willing 
to  invest  the  amount  of  hours  needed  to 
succeed,  since  they  wanted  to  raise  fami- 
lies, and  that  more  should  be  done  for 
them.  "I  feel  for  these  women,"  he  said. 

Rebick's  response  received  applause 
from  the  audience.  "Women  work  in  the 
home  and  workplace  much  longer  than 
men." 

She  added  that  the  reality  of  politics  is 
a  male  agenda,  where  women's  issues 
are  dropped.  Rebick  said  under  propor- 
tional representation,  this  would  change. 

Farquhar  said  Rebick  told  him  this 
was  the  first  time  she'd  spoken  about 
electoral  reform. 

"  Her  thinking  hasn 't  gone  through  to 
the  fine  details  of  solutions,  but  at  least 
she's  identifying  the  problems  and  rais- 
ing the  questions,"  he  said.  □ 


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by  Mark  Lukac 

Chsnatsn  SlaN 

Why  does  the  CUSA  executive 
get  free  coffee  at  Rooster's 
Coffeehouse? 

The  executive  of  the  Carleton  Uni- 
versity Students'  Association  gets  free 
coffee  at  Rooster's  because  of  conven- 
ience, says  Rene  Faucher,  CUSA's  fi- 
nance commissioner. 

Rooster's  is  run  by  CUSA.  Faucher 
says  CUSA  made  their  own:  coffee  up 
untjlayear  anda  half  ago,  Hesays  a  lot 
of  coffee  was  being  wasted  when  made 
in  the  CUSA  office. 

"It's  a  lot  s;mpli>r  We  don't  need 
equipment  here.  Now  if  you  want  one 
cup  you  don't  have  to  make  a  whole 
pot,"  says  Faucher. 

He  says  he  can't  estimate  how  many 
cups  this  courtesy  (tree  coffee)  adds  up 
to  each  year. 

Mike's  Place  Pub,  whichis  run  by  the 
Graduate  Students'  Association,  occa- 
sionally gives  free  coffee  to  its  regulars 
and  to  executive  members  of  the  GS A, 
says  Mike's  Place  manager  Ron  Boyd. 

"For  our  regulars,  If  they  come  In 


before  we  open,  they  might  get  a  free 
coffee.  Instead  of  paying  they'll  just 
make  a  contribution  to  the  charity 
we're  collecting  for,"  says  Boyd. 

He  says  the  charities  Mike's  Place 
collects  for  include  the  Children's  Hos- 
pital of  Eastern  Ontario,  the  Children's 
Wish  Fund,  the  Cancer  Society  andthe 
Food  Bank. ; 

Boyd  says  common  courtesy  is  the 
reason  for  the  free  coffee.  He  says  even 
his  staff  members  "under  most  cir- 
cumstances gettreecoffeeallmetirhe." 

Courtesy  (free  coffee)  is  also  given 
to  CUSA's  executive  members  for  the 
time  they  put  in  every  day working  at 
the  office/  says  Faucher. 

"People  are  in  the  office  from  9:30 
in  the  morning  to  9:30  at  night."  says 
Faucher.  ■ 

Fauchersays  the  courtesy  (free  cof- 
fee) at  Rooster's  is  limited  to  CUSA 
executive  members  only. 

"That's  one  thing  we're  really  strict 
about,  it's  coffee 

"No  alcohol  and  no  friends,  other- 
wise then  it  gets  out  of  control,"  says 
Faucher.  I  □ 


Carleton  University  Students'  Association 


STUDENT  HEALTH  INSURANCE 

ARE  YOU  COVERED? 


"Well,  if  I'm  lucky,  1  should  be  able  to  get  off  th»  irung  u 
about  six  more  weeks." 


All  full-time  students  (4  credits  or  more)  are  automatically  covered. 

K'^"time  students  (3  5  credits  or  less)  can  opt  into  the  plan  by  payinq 
$49.05  at  the  CUSA  office  before  October  1 .  ~ 

Family  coverage  is  available  by  paying  an  additional  $45.05  at  the  CUSA 
office  before  October  1 . 

Full-time  students  may  opt  out  before  October  1  by  providinq  proof  of 
similar  coverage. 

Bulld^orSs-BW^       PamPh'et  in       CUSA  °ffiCe'  401  UniC6ntre 


DEADLINE:  OCTOBER  1 


6  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  30,1993 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Local  candidates  debate  at  Carleton 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Slatf 

The  Ottawa  Centre 
electoral  roadshow 
passed  through  Carleton  Sept.  28,  with 
an  all-candidates  debate  among  the  10 
local  candidates  running  in  the  Oct.  25 
federal  election. 

About  250  students  and  members  of 
the  public  filled  Baker  Lounge  and  others 
stopped  to  look  as  the  candidates  spoke 
about  their  platforms. 

The  candidates  were  asked  questions 
by  students  on  various  issues,  including 
the  North  American  Free  Trade  Agree- 
ment, abortion,  deficit  reduction,  job  crea- 
tion, social  programs,  racism  and  immi- 
gration. 

Each  candidate  had  equal  time  to  give 
opening  and  closing  statements.  The 
debate  was  moderated  by  Kristine 
Haselsteiner,  vice-president  external  of 
the  Carleton  University  Students'  Asso- 
ciation. 

Here's  a  brief  summary  of  what  the 
candidates  said  in  their  opening  state- 
ments and  responses  to  questions,  in  the 
order  in  which  they  spoke: 

•  Ian  Lee  (Progressive  Conserva- 
tive Party) 

"Education  is  the  only  source  of  com- 
petitive advantage  in  the  new  economy, " 
Lee  said  in  his  opening  remarks. 

Lee  said  the  federal  government  should 
force  every  university  to  go  to  trimester 
and  co-op  programs  in  order  to  use  uni- 
versities' facilities  year-round.  He  also 
proposed  opening  student  loan  avail- 
ability to  any  student  without  need  as- 
sessments, and  loan  payback  through 
the  tax  system  based  on  a  percentage  of 
a  person's  income  after  graduation. 

Lee  expressed  support  for  NAFTA,  say- 
ing jobs  in  the  old,  resource-based 
economy  are  disappearing,  but  new  jobs 
are  being  created  in  the  area  of  high 
technology. 

He  also  said  he  opposed  health  care 
user  fees,  but  also  opposed  universality  of 
social  programs  for  those  who  don't  re- 
ally need  the  help. 

•Frank  Thompson  (Green  Party) 

Thompson  said  economic  develop 


Marion  Dewar  and  Neil  Paterson  at  the  great  debate. 


ment  and  en- 
vironmental 
protection  can 
be  achieved  at 
the  same  time. 
He  said  the 
party  would 
abandon  free 
trade  and 
NAFTA,  and 
promote  sus- 
tainable devel- 
opment with 
environmen- 
tal technolo- 
gies. 

He  also  the  party  would  encourage 
job-sharing  and  replace  all  social  assist- 
ance programs  with  a  guaranteed  an- 
nual payment  to  support  those  who  have 
trouble  supporting  themselves. 

•John  Foster  (National  Party) 

"We  need  a  clear,  new  sense  of  direc- 
tion," said  Foster.  "We've  had  all  the 
excuses  and  solutions  from  the  old-line 
parties.  We  need  a  government  that  lis- 
tens to  the  people." 

He  opposed  NAFTA,  and  called  the 
Free  Trade  Agreement  "disastrous." 

Foster  said  he  supported  universality 
of  all  social  programs,  but  rich  Canadi- 
ans should  have  their  social  benefits  taxed 
back  and  more  taxes  have  to  be  collected 
from  corporations. 

•  Keith  Ashdown  (Independent) 

Ashdown,  a  member  of  the  Ottawa 
Coalition  to  Save  Clayoquot  Sound,  said 
he  and  some  friends  were  sitting  around 
and  they  decided  to  run  a  candidate  "to 
make  their  voice  heard." 

Clayoquot  Sound  is  an  old-growth  for- 
est area  in  British  Columbia,  which  the 
B.C.  government  allowed  to  be  selec- 
tively logged  this  year. 

"Clayoquot  Sound  is  very  important 
to  discuss.  It's  basically  become  a  case 
study  for  all  environmental  issues  we're 
going  to  face. 

"The  corporate  community  says  jobs 
and  the  environment  can't  mix  —  well, 
yes,  they  can." 

He  opposed  NAFTA  because  he  said 
environmental  activities  could  be  seen  as 


restraining  trade  under  the  agreements. 

•  Marion  Dewar  (New  Democratic 
Party) 

"I  think  it's  a  watershed  election  for 
Canada,"  said  Dewar.  "I  think  it's  really 
important  that  we  start  to  take  our  coun- 
try back." 

She  said  the  NDP  policy  is  full  employ- 
ment, funding  for  small  business  and 
general  reduction  of  the  deficit.  She  said 
the  NDP  would  restore  transfer  payments 
from  the  federal  government  to  the  prov- 
inces for  health  and  education  to  the 
level  they  were  at  before  1978. 

"It's  time  to  stop  talking  about  our 
young  people  as  a  deficit  and  refer  to  you 
as  an  investment,"  she  said. 

Dewar  opposed  NAFTA.  "If  s  giving 
away  our  sovereignty, "  she  said. 

•  Neil  Paterson  (Natural  Law 
Party  Leader) 

"We  believe  the  best  government  is 
nature's  government,  natural  law  which 
governs  our  universe  with  perfect  order 
and  without  a  problem,"  Paterson  said, 
always  serenely.  "We  all  know  that  natu- 
ral law  has  that  power  to  put  everything 
in  the  direction  of  evolution,  progress 
and  growth." 

Paterson  said  he  would  appoint  com- 
missions to  study  issues  affecting  Cana- 
dians. He  said  his  programs  are  scientifi- 
cally proven  to  work. 

•  Len  Tucker  (Reform  Party) 
Tuckersaid  Reform  would  revamp  the 

Canada  Student  Loans  program.  He  said 
it  would  bring  in  income  contingent  re- 
payment, where  students  would  borrow 


enough  for  expenses  in  university  and 
pay  their  loans  back  as  a  percentage  of 
their  income. 

Reform  would  also  give  a  credit  or 
voucher  to  each  student  so  the  universi- 
ties would  have  to  compete  with  each 
other  to  attract  students  and  their  dol- 
_  lars.  He  said  this  would  make  universities 
*  and  the  students  more  competitive. 
|     He  also  said  Reform  would  stop  gov- 

0  emment  overspending  and  "balance  the 
£  books  in  three  years. 

1  Tuckersaid  the  Reform  Party  supports 
<  trade  deals  that  improve  access  to  new 

markets,  but  said  they  would  not  sacri- 
fice environmental  or  labor  standards. 

•  Mac  Harb  (Liberal  Party) 
"Only  through  education  can  we  guar- 
antee and  secure  the  kind  of  jobs  required 
for  our  economy,"  Harb  said,  "fobs  offer 
hope.  This  election  is  about  providing 
people  with  vision." 

He  said  the  Liberals  are  the  only  party 
with  a  comprehensive  plan  to  improve 
the  economy,  by  "investing  in  people." 

Harb  said  Canada  should  "expand  on 
free  trade  around  the  world. "  But  he  also 
said  the  Liberals  would  renegotiate 
NAFTA  because  there  are  problems  with 
the  agreement. 

He  also  talked  about  "free  trade  in 
Canada,"  by  removing  inter-provincial 
trade  barriers. 

•  Hardial  Bains  (Marxist-Leninist 
Party) 

Bains  said  the  most  important  issue 
"is  the  empowerment  of  the  people,"  just 
as  it  was  last  year,  referring  to  the  demise 
of  the  Charlottetown  Accord  in  last  Octo- 
ber's referendum. 

Bains  said  there  have  to  be  changes  to 
the  electoral  laws,  such  as  recall  of  MPs 
andselection  of  candidates  by  the  people 
rather  than  the  party.  He  also  opposed 
NAFTA.. 

•  Pauline  Morrissette  (Abolition- 
ist Party) 

The  Abolitionist  Party,  only  three 
weeks  old,  is  running  80  candidates 
around  Canada. 

"We  stand  for  old  Social  Credit  and 


DEBATE  cont'd  on  page  9. 


OSAP  applications  on  the  rise  around  Ontario 


by  Jill  Mahoney 

Charlatan  Staff 

An  increase  in  the  number  of  students 
applying  for  financial  aid  in  Ontario  and 
at  Carleton  seems  to  indicate  that  times 
are  still  tough  for  students. 

There  has  been  an  increase  of  about 
800  applications  at  Carleton  to  the  On- 
tario Student  Assistance  Program  (OSAP) 
from  this  time  last  year,  says  Carol  Fleck, 
the  university'sdirectorofstudentawards. 

"Last  year,  we  had  about  6,200  appli- 
cations, this  year  we  have  about  7,000," 
she  says. 

Students  still  have  until  Jan.  1  to  apply 
to  the  provincial  government  for  OSAP 
loans. 

Fleck  says  she  believes  that  after  all 
applications  have  been  received,  there 
will  be  an  increase  of  between  10  to  12 
per  cent  over  1992. 

"I  think  last  year  was  about  the  same. 
We  were  running  about  700  to  800  over 
the  previous  year  (1991)." 

The  trend  to  more  applications  is  not 
confined  to  Carleton  alone. 

"I  don't  know  about  each  individual 
university,  but  I  know  that  the  total 
number  of  applications  the  ministry  is 
processing  has  increased,"  says  Fleck. 

As  of  Sept.  20  last  year,  the  student 
services  branch  of  the  Ministry  of  Educa- 
tion andTraining  had  processed  153,000 
OSAP  applications.  On  the  same  date 
this  year,  1 69,000  applications  have  been 


received. 

The  increased 
size  of  Carleton's 
1993  first-year 
class  may  be  af- 
fecting the  num- 
bers of  OSAP  ap- 
plicants, says  Bill 
Pickett,  the  uni- 
versity's director 
of  the  office  of 
budget  planning. 

Pickett  says 
641  more  stu- 
dents have  en- 
tered first  year  at 
Carleton,  repre- 
senting an  in- 
crease of  about  1 1  per  cent  over  Septem- 
ber 1992. 

"Certainly  there's  a  connection  be- 
cause a  good  deal  of  students  getting 
OSAP  are  in  first  year,"  he  says.  "So, 
everything  else  being  equal,  if  first-year 
enrolment  increases,  you  can  expect 
OSAP  applications  to  increase." 

But  Gary  Anandasangaree,  director  of 
academics  for  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association,  says  any  kind  of 
increase  in  OSAP  applications  is  a  sign 
students  are  in  trouble. 

He  says  there  are  several  reasons  why 
students  can't  afford  to  pay  all  the  costs 
of  their  post-secondary  education. 


"This  summer 
was  one  of  the  worst 
years  for  students  to 
get  a  job.  The  ones 
some  did  get  were 
very  low-paying," 
says  Ananda- 
sangaree. 

Student  unem- 
ployment in  Ontario 
for  May  and  I  une  this 
year  was  20  per  cent 
in  Ontario,  accord- 
ing to  the  Canadian 
Federation  of  Stu- 
dents. In  the  sum- 
mer of  1992,  it  was 
20.3  percent. 
Karolina  Strutek  knows  first-hand  how 
hard  it  was  to  get  a  job  this  summer.  She 
planted  trees  in  May  and  June  in  On- 
tario, but  when  her  contract  ran  out,  she 
couldn't  find  work  for  the  rest  of  the 
summer. 

"That's  why  I  applied  for  OSAP,"  she 
says.  "If  I'd  gotten  a  job  in  those  two 
months,  I  would  have  been  able  to  pay 
my  tuition." 

Strutek,  a  second-year  Carleton  film 
studies  student,  says  this  was  the  first 
year  she  applied  for  OSAP.  She  received  a 
loan  of  $ 1 ,400 that  will  keep  her  in  school 
and  also  in  debt  to  the  government. 

Anandasangaree  also  says  many  par- 


ents cannot  afford  to  support  their  chil- 
dren in  school,  forcing  them  to  apply  for 
government  loans  to  pay  for  their  educa- 
tion. 

Pickett  agrees,  saying  that  while  the 
cost  of  education  continues  to  rise,  many 
people's  incomes  have  remained  stag- 
nant. He  also  says  the  seven-per-cent 
tuition  hike  this  year  is  a  blow  to  stu- 
dents. 

The  burden  of  student  debt  has  in- 
creased not  only  due  to  higher  costs,  but 
also  because  of  the  absence  of  student 
grants.  Ontario's  NDP  government  an- 
nounced the  elimination  of  the  OSAP 
grant  program  last  November. 

Fleck  says  the  government  cut  the 
OSAP  grant  program  in  order  to  save 
money,  which  left  students  with  only 
interest-free  loans  for  financial  assist- 
ance. She  says  this  has  resulted  in  stu- 
dents requiring  larger  loan  amounts  in- 
stead of  loan/grant  combinations. 

Anandasangaree  says  he  feels  the 
government  is  losing,  not  saving  money. 
He  says  education  fosters  upward  mobil- 
ity and  enables  society  to  improve  its 
infrastructure. 

"Access  to  post-secondary  education 
is  restricted  because  of  financial  con- 
straints," he  says.  "Education  still  contin- 
ues to  be  for  many  people  who  do  have 
money.  It's  an  elite  institution."  □ 


September  30,1993  ■  The  Charlatan  •  7 


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J  _    r.L_.>_:  „f  ,-\.,„uamnH    nnp  of  the  maaazine's  most  popi 


by  Sara-Lynne  Levine 

Chajlatan  Statl 

Carleton  will  be  included  in  this  year's 
Maclean's  magazine  university  survey, 
but  last  year's  data  could  be  used  to 
determine  the  university's  new  ranking. 

Ann  Dowsett  Johnston,  the  magazine's 
assistant  managing  editor,  says  while  a 
final  decision  has  not  been  made,  the 
magazine  will  probably  use  last  year's 
figures  on  Carleton. 

-  Last  year,  Maclean's  ranked  Carleton 
sixth  out  of  12  universities  in  a  category 
which  contained  schools  with  compre- 
hensive undergraduate  and  graduate 
programs.  The  year  before,  it  was  ranked 
44th  out  of  46  universities,  partly  be- 
cause of  incorrect  data  submitted  by 
Carleton. 

On  Sept.  16,  Carleton  announced  it 
would  not  participate  in  this  year's  sur- 
vey by  refusing  to  provide  the  magazine 
with  new  data.  The  university  cited  fi- 
nancial reasons  and  a  "lack  of  staff  re- 
sources" for  opting  out  of  the  survey. 

Carleton  spent  a  lot  of  time  working 
on  the  social  contract  negotiations  this 
summer  and  didn't  want  to  use  staff  to 
collect  data  for  the  magazine's  survey, 
says  Pat  O'Brien,  director  of  public  rela- 
tions and  information  services.  The  so- 
cial contract  is  the  Ontario  NDP  govern- 
ment's plan  to  reduce  public  sector  ex- 
penditures, including  those  by  publicly 
funded  universities. 

O'Brien  defended  Carleton 's  decision. 

"We  are  not  going  to  be  dictated  to  by 
Maclean's,"  he  says.  "Since  when  did 
Maclean's  become  the  dictatorial  author- 
ity on  ranking  schools?" 

O'Brien  also  says  the  university  has 
never  felt  that  the  survey  is  methodically 
correct. 


Dowsett  Johnston  says  Carleton  is  the 
only  university  complaining  about  the 
cost  of  the  survey. 

"  All  Ontario  universities  faced  the  pres- 
sures of  social  contract  negotiations  this 
year, "  she  says.  "Why  was  Carleton  Uni- 
versity the  only  Ontario  university  to 
back  out?" 

She  says  the  number  of  universities 
participating  in  this  year's  survey  is  up 
from  last  year,  despite  financial  con- 
straints. Several  universities  are  partici- 
pating this  year,  bringing  the  total 
number  of  universities  to  49  from  45  in 
1992. 

Two  other  universities,  the  Montreal 


campus  of  the  University  of  Quebec  and 
Memorial  University  in  St.  John's,  Nfld., 
also  declined  to  participate  this  year. 

Last  week,  Carleton  President  Robin 
Farquhar  told  The  Charlatan  the  univer- 
sity would  undertake  an  internal  survey 
instead  of  compiling  information  for  the 
magazine's  ranking. 

But  Dowsett  Johnston  says  the  maga- 
zine is  fulfilling  a  public  demand  for 
information.  She  says  the  process  for 
collecting  information  and  ranking  the 
schools  is  a  "very  open  exercise"  where 
the  magazine  has  "revealed  the  method- 
ology and  rating  system." 

The  Maclean's  university  edition  is 


one  of  the  magazine's  most  popular  is- 
sues, selling  over63,000 copies.  Lastyear's 
issue  was  the  second-highest  seller  of  all 
time,  behind  the  issue  featuring  former 
prime  minister  Pierre  Trudeau  talking 
about  last  year's  referendum. 

"Cynics  say  we  are  minting  money, 
but  I  counter  this  by  saying  people  need 
this  information  and  are  really  serious 
about  it." 

Nextfall,  Madean'swillbe  publishing 
a  guidebook  to  Canadian  universities, 
she  says.  The  book  will  feature  two-page 
reviews  of  each  Canadian  university,  in- 
cluding Carleton.  □ 


Ottawa  U.  students  stage  "study-in" 


by  Clayton  Wood 

Charlatan  Slat! 

Students  at  the  University  of  Ottawa 
staged  a  "study-in"  protest  at  a  campus 
library  last  week  to  protest  the  reduction 
in  the  building's  hours  of  operation. 


Assistant  director  leblanc  talks  to  protestors  in  library. 


On  Sept.  22,  about  150  students  re- 
fused to  leave  the  Morisset  library  at  10 
p.m.,  the  library's  new  closing  time. 

This  summer,  the  university  an- 
nounced earlier  closing  times  for  the 
Morisset  library,  used  primarily  by  stu- 
dents in  arts  and 
social  sciences.  Be- 
fore, the  library 
stayed  open  until 
midnight. 

"It  discrimi- 
nates against  part- 
time  students. 
Many  of  them  work 
full-time  from  nine 
to  five  and  have 
classesfrom7tol0 
p.m.,"  said  Krista 
James,  who  helped 
organize  the  pro- 
test. 

James,  a  fourth- 


year  philosophy  student,  said  this  means 
part-time  students  will  only  have  access 
to  the  library  during  the  weekend.  She 
said  the  university  did  a  poor  job  of 
consulting  students  about  the  decision. 

"Some  people  thought  we  were  over- 
reacting, but  I  felt  we  needed  the  study-in 
to  get  the  attention  of  the  administra- 
tion." 

The  students  at  the  protest  remained 
in  the  library  until  midnight,  then  left 
without  further  incident,  said  James. 

James  also  helped  circulate  a  petition 
last  week,  which  over  3,000  students 
signed. 

Jean  Leblanc,  the  assistant  director  of 
the  library,  met  with  the  students  during 
the  protest.  He  said  he  sympathizes  with 
them,  but  he  has  to  deal  with  a  $200,000 
cut  to  the  library's  budget. 

"I  explained  to  them,  'I  understand 
your  problem,  but  the  library  has  prob- 
STVDY-IN  cont'd  pg.  9. 


Life  after  Graduation... 


Have  you  thought  about  what  you  want  to  do  after  you  graduate? 

If  you  are  interested  in  furthering  your  studies,  then  come  to 
the  GRAD  FAIR  to  explore  the  opprotunities  of  graduate  school. 

GRAD  FAIR 

OCTOBER  5,  1993  PORTER  HALL 
10  am  -3  pm 

Universities  from  across  Canada  will  be  providing 
information  about  their  graduate  programs. 

Come  by  and  check  it  out;  there  will  be  something  there  for  you! 

The  Grad  Fair  is  organized  by  the  Carleton  University  Students'  Association  _ 
and  Counselling  and  Student  Life  Services.  For  information  contact  Gary               1  B  UC|| 
Anandasangaree,  Director  of  Academics,  at  788-6688.  ^^^M 

8  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  30,1993 

Protesters  rally  against  racism 


by  Pat  Brethour  and  Arn  Keeling 

Charlatan  Slatl 

On  Sept.  22,  protestors  marched  peacefully  in  downtown  Montreal  to 
protest  a  visit  by  right-wing  municipal  politicians  from  France.  Mem- 
bers of  Anti-Racist  Action  in  Ottawa  travelled  to  Montreal  to  join  over 
1,000  other  people  who  marched  between  7  and  8  p.m. 

About  20  police  cars  patrolled  the  area  of  the  protest,  but  director  of 
police  Gilles  Dallaire  said  members  of  the  French  right-wing  Front 
National  party  were  never  in  the  area. 

The  Front  National  is  a  controversial  group  which  advocates  dis- 
crimination against  and  deportation  of  North  African  immigrants  in 
France.  The  party's  politicians  were  in  Montreal  to  attend  a  conference 
on  urban  issues.  □ 


Shut  up  and  listen! 

Carleton  students  speak  out  on  the  federal  election 

by  Steve  Dobrenski 

Charlatan  Staff 

Once  again,  The  Charlatan  caught  up  with  some  students  in  front  of  the  Unicentre 
to  ask  them  for  their  point  of  view  on  the  upcoming  election. 

But  it  seemed  some  of  them  had  a  greater  interest  in  the  free  Cokes  and  Pop  Tarts 
at  the  Campus  Fest  than  discussing  the  future  leadership  of  their  country.  Perhaps 
their  reactions  say  something  about  the  state  of  political  leadership  in  Canada. 

This  is  part  two  of  our  survey  of  students'  opinions  on  the  issues  and  personalities 
surrounding  the  35th  general  election,  set  for  Oct.  25. 

What  federal  leader  do  you  feel  would 
best  represent  students'  interests? 


STUDY-IN  cont'd  from  pg.  8. 

lems,  too,'"  said  Leblanc. 

A  reduction  in  funds  by  the  university 
meant  several  permanent  staff  had  to  be 
laid  off,  which  resulted  in  the  shorter 
hours  of  operation. 

Richard  Greene,  the  University  of  Ot- 
tawa chief  librarian,  said  university  offi- 
cials met  with  student  representatives 
Sept.  27  to  review  the  library  hours.  □ 


"I  believe  jean 
Chretien  would  be 
best  to  represent  stu- 
dents' interest  be- 
cause if  you  look  at 
the  Tory  govern- 
ment, they've  cut 
OSAP  grants.  If  you 
give  the  Liberals  a 
chance  maybe  they 
can  do  something  else." 

Derek  Kaufman 
Political  Science  II 


DEBATE  cont'd  from  pg.  7. 

what  we  want  to  do  is  abolish  interest 

rates,"  she  said. 

She  held  up  computer  diskettes  which 
she  said  contained  a  plan  to  provide  jobs 
and  give  everyone  a  $100  dividend. 

She  would  not  say  exactly  what  was 
on  the  diskettes  and  answered  only  a  few 
questions  from  students.  □ 


"1  can't  answer 
this  because  I  have 
no  opinion  on  poli- 
tics." 

Zahra  O.  Egal 
Chemistry  I 


"Preston  Man- 
ning is  the  only  one 
who  recognizes  the 
connection  between 
jobs  and  the  deficit. 
Hewon'tspendmore 
money  to  create 
short-term  employ- 
ment like  the  Liber- 
als want.  He  will 
tackle  the  root  prob- 
lem." 

Charlie  Burroughs 

Science  III 
"I  like  the  Liberal 
party  the  best.  1  feel 
Jean  Chretien  would 
§|  do  a  good  job.  I  don't 
really  know  if  he 
would  best  represent 
the  students." 

Jennifer 
Curkovic 
Biochemistry  IV 


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INTERNATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Intimidation  in  South  African  schools 


by  Denise  Babin 

The  Link.  Concordia  Univoreity 

JOHANNESBURG — Army  dogs  on  the 
Wits  University  campus  don't  do  alge- 
bra. They  are  trained  to  bite. 

Trained  to  bite  students  who  dare  to 
challenge  the  racist  administration. 

Campus  life  in  South  Africa  is  nothing 
like  in  Canada.  Of  course,  there  are  lec- 
tures and  labs,  beer-drinking  contests 
and  a  chess  club. 

But  tear  gas  and  army  tanks  are  as 
much  part  of  student  life  as  exams.  Even 
the  canine  soldiers  have  marched  many 
times  over  the  football  field,  marking 
their  territory. 

Attending  a  Wits  student  council  meet- 
ing is  a  challenge  in  itself.  On  Aug.  19, 
116  students  were  arrested  after  the  po- 
lice and  trained  dogs  surrounded  their 
outdoor  gathering  and  shoved  as  many 
as  they  could  into  a  paddy  wagon. 

The  students  were  released  by  three 
o'clock  the  next  morning  but  more  were 
arrested  several  days  later  and  1 30  stu- 
dents were  in  court  Sept.  1 4  facing  charges 
of  public  violence  and  contempt  of  court. 

The  students  atthe  meeting  were  plan- 
ning a  series  of  actions,  including  a  class 
boycott,  to  force  the  university  adminis- 
tration to  listen  to  their  demands. 

The  first  demand  was  the  lifting  of  a 
Supreme  Court  injunction  against  any 
meeting  of  the  South  African  Students 
Congress  (SASCO)  on  campus.  The  sec- 
ond called  for  the  disbanding  of  the  un- 
democratic university  council.  None  of 
the  demands  have  been  met. 

SASCO  is  the  principal  student  union 
in  South  Africa.  Its  goal  is  a  non-sexist 
and  democratic  South  Africa. 

Students  under  the  SASCO  banners 


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say  the  administration  is  a  remnant  of 
the  apartheid  education  system  and  they 
want  to  change  it.  Apartheid  education 
created  separate  schools  and  funding 
schemes  for  "blacks  only"  and  "whites 
only"  schools. 

Only  about  30  per  cent  of  Wits  stu- 
dents are  black.  Most  of  them  are  in  the 
arts  faculties,  while  only  nine  per  cent  of 
engineering  and  science  students  are 
black. 

Some  student  activists  at  Wits  think  of 
their  university  council  as  a  group  of 
white  people  protecting  their  assets. 

"The  council  met  and  believes  it  is, 
and  will  continue  to  be,  a  legitimate 
structure,"  said  June  Sinclair,  the  only 
woman  on  council.  "We  are  representa- 
tive of  students'  interests." 

And  Wits  is  considered  to  be  a  liberal. 


open  university  in  the  South  Afri- 
can context. 

The  University  of  Pretoria,  in 
the  capital,  is  a  breeding  ground 
for  young  racist  minds,  despite 
the  scrapping  of  apartheid  laws 
that  restricted  access  to  the  school 
to  white  people  only.  Apartheid  is 
still  the  way  of  life  there.  More 
than  10,000 studentslive  on  cam- 
pus yet  only  one  residence  houses 
black  students.  Black  students 
have  been  threatened  with  vio- 
lence and  chased  out  of  "whites 
only"  residences. 
jj      "There's  no  rule  telling  us  where 
|  we  are  supposed  to  stay,  "said  one 
m  black  student.  "It's  just  a  question 
*  of  survival  tactics." 
s      The  University  of  the  North,  or 
g  "Turfloop,"  as  it  is  called  by  the 
students,  is  built  like  a  fort.  Most 
buildings  on  campus  have  an  outer  wall 
with  holes  just  the  right  size  for  the  Hp  of 
anAK47. 

The  hill  on  the  northern  side  serves  as 
a  watch  tower.  Barbed  wire  and  high 
fences  are  everywhere.  When  things  get 
bad,  there's  even  tripwire. 

"It  has  to  be  built  like  a  fort,"  said 
Oscar,  a  student  activist  at  Turfloop  and 
a  SASCO  member.  "Our  administration 
and  our  SRC  (Student  Representative 
Council)  are  democratic,  and  that  scares 
the  shit  out  of  the  government." 

The  South  Africa  Defence  Force  has  an 
army  base  less  than  a  kilometre  away, 
just  north  of  the  main  gates. 

"When  they  come  in  looking  for  stu- 
dent activists,  sometimes  we  run  like 
hell.  Other  rimes,  we  shoot  back, "  Oscar 
said. 


Campus  clubs  yet  to  come  together 


by  Ryan  Nakashima 

Charlatan  Slaff 

The  recent  signing  of  a  Palestinian- 
Israeli  peace  accordhasn'tsparked  friend- 
ship between  the  Jewish  and  Palestinian 
groups  at  Carleton. 

MembersofthePro-PalestineStudents' 
Association  (PSA)  and  the  Jewish  Stu- 
dents' Union  (JSU)  say  they  can't  offi- 
cially support  or  oppose  the  agreement. 
But  members  of  both  groups  weren't 
ready  to  call  it  a  success. 

"I  don't  know  if  it's  going  to  work," 
says  Rami  Al-Hussieni,  a  PSA  member. 
"I'm  not  against  it.  It's  a  step  for  peace. 
If  it's  going  to  work,  we'll  go  for  it.  But  I 
don't  think  so." 

Dan  Wolfish,  community  director  of 
the  JSU,  described  his  reaction  to  seeing 
Yasser  Arafat,  the  leader  of  the  Palestine 
Liberation  Organization,  and  Israeli 
Prime  Minister  Yitzhak  Rabin,  shake 
hands  on  the  White  House  lawn. 

"Amazement.  Shock.  Confusion.  But 
happiness  and  hope.  And  fear.  One  day 
you  wake  up  and  you're  in  an  emotional 
disagreement.  The  next  day,  you  don't 
wake  up  in  love." 

The  agreement  calls  for  mutual  rec- 
ognition and  limited  Palestinian  self  rule 
in  the  Israeli-occupied  West  Bank  and 
Gaza  Strip. 

But  there  is  still  a  difference  of  opin- 
ion in  the  clubs  as  to  how  the  agreement 
should  proceed. 

Al-Hussieni  says  most  of  his  relatives 
live  in  Palestine.  To  demonstrate  where 
he  meant,  he  took  out  the  map  of  Israel, 
and  indicated  the  entire  region.. 

"That's  our  land.  From  the  east  to  the 
west,  and  from  the  south  to  the  north. 
That's  my  opinion." 

Wolfish  says  the  club's  policy  is  to 
support  the  state  of  Israel.  But  he  says  it 
does  not  formulate  views  on  particular 
policies,  because  it  is  a  social  club,  not  a 


political  one. 

"We  are  not  the  Israeli  club,  we're  the 
Jewish  club.  That  includes  Israel,  but  it's 
not  the  limits  of  Judaism  or  the  club," 
says  Wolfish. 

Dalia  Diab,  president  of  the  PSA,  says 
she  believes  the  negotiations  should,  in 
the  end,  include  debate  over  who  owns 
Jerusalem. 

The  two  Carleton  groups  have  had 
their  own  disagreements  in  the  past.  In 


Dan  Wolfish 


January,  there  was  a  demonstration  by 
pro- Palestinian  protesters  at  Carleton 
during  Israel  Day  and  Palestine  Day. 

Mirit  Avram,  a  JSU  member,  says  she 
remembers  the  RCMP  presence,  there  to 
protect  an  Israeli  embassy  official  who 
was  speaking  on  campus  for  Israel  Day. 

The  Charlatan  reported  that  a  brief 
shoving  match  took  place  between  a 
Jewishstudentandapro-Palestinian  pro- 
tester, after  the  protester's  microphone 
was  turned  off  during  a  question  and 
answer  period  after  the  official's  talk. 

Shawn  Rapley,  then  president  of  Car- 
leton's  undergraduate  students'  associa- 
tion, turned  off  the  microphone  because 
he  said  the  "remarks  became  abusive." 

"For  both  sides  it  was  an  emotional 


time,"  says  Avram. 

Members  from  the  PSA  and  the  JSU 
say  there  has  been  no  enmity  between 
the  groups  since  the  conflict.  But  they 
also  say  there  is  no  real  friendship. 

Avram  says  she  doesn't  have  any  bad 
feelings  towards  the  PSA  students,  but  "I 
don't  really  know  them.  Not  out  of  per- 
sonal reasons.  It  just  hasn't  happened." 

Diab  says  she  sometimes  exchanges  a 
few  words  with  people  she  recognizes 
from  the  JSU. 

"I  say  'Hi'  and  they  say 
'Hi',"  says  Diab,  although 
she  says  she  doesn't  know 
the  )SU  members  by  name. 
"I  have  nothing  against 
the  Jewish  people  person- 
ally." 

After  the  conflict,  the 
groups  tried  to  meet  for- 
mally, says  Wolfish,  but  it 
was  late  in  the  second  se- 
mester and  time  ran  out 
before  it  actually  hap- 
pened. He  says  the  groups 
have  met  in  the  past,  how- 
ever, but  doesn't  remem- 
ber when. 

The  clubs  were  recently  in  close  quar- 
ters, crammed  among  tables  with  other 
clubs  and  societies,  during  their  drive  for 
memberships  in  Baker  Lounge  and  Por- 
ter Hall  last  week.  But  the  atmosphere 
was  more  relaxed  than  during  last  year's 
protest. 

At  the  event  in  Porter  Hall,  Wolfish 
blew  his  shofar,  or  ram's  horn,  as  a  sym- 
bol of  peace,  as  part  of  the  10  days  of 
celebrating  the  Jewish  new  year  which 
began  Sept.  16. 

The  sound  could  be  heard  throughout 
the  hall.  Fifteen  feet  away  was  the  Pro- 
Palestine  Students'  Association,  the  Pal- 
estinian flag  hanging  from  the  front  of 
the  table.  □ 


South  Africa  is  transforming  itself, 
slowly  but  surely.  Apartheid  laws  were 
scrapped  in  February  1990  after  intense 
pressure  from  groups  like  the  African 
National  Congress  and  from  an  interna- 
tional business  and  culture  boycott.  But 
laws  are  only  one  part  of  the  racist  re- 
gime. 

The  black  majority  in  the  country  will 
vote  in  the  national  elections  in  April  of 
next  year.  They  will  vote  to  change  the 
government. 

Maybe  the  education  system  will  fol- 
low. People's  minds  will  be  the  hardest  to 
change.  □ 


GAINESVILLE,  FLA.  (CPS)  —  African 
National  Congress  founder  Nelson 
Mandela  may  be  offered  an  honorary 
doctoral  degree  by  the  University  of 
Florida  for  his  work  for  human  rights  in 
South  Africa. 

A  formal  invitation  will  be  sent  to 
Mandelaif  he  is  interested  in  accepting; 
said  Peter  Schmidt  director  for  the  Cen- 
tre for  African  Studies  at  U  of  F.  □ 


VILLAGE 


Thursday,  September 30 

"Why  Is  Islam  the  Fastest  Grow- 
ing Religion  in  America?''  will  be 
the  subject  of  a  lecture  by  Imam  Siraj 
Waii ha  j  at  2: 15  p.m.  in  Baker  Lounge- 
Thursday,  September  30 

Women  from  minority  groups  are 
encouraged  to  join  a  discussion  on 
racism,  sexism  and  violence.  The 

event  will  be  held  at  the  University  of 
Ottawa's  Alumni  Auditorium  from  6-1 1 
p.m.  The  event  is  sponsored  by  the  Fed- 
eration of  the  University  of  Ottawa. 

Friday,  October  1 

The  Jewish  Students'  Union  will  be 
hosting  a  JSU-Hillel  Opening  Bash  at 

Sammy's  Cellar,.  202  Sparks  St.  just  off 
Bank.  The  party  will  feature  a  live  jazz 
band,  a  rockin'  DJ  and  drink  specials. 

Thursday,  October  7 

Dave  Cooke,  the  Ontario  minister  of 
education  and  training  and  deputy  min- 
ister Charles  Pascal  will  be  participating 
in  a  community  forum  on  anti-rac- 
ism and  ethnocultural  equity  at  the 
Adult  High  School  Auditorium,  on  300 
Rochester,  7-9  p.m. 


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Speaker  Series  &  Events 

Monday  -  Thursday 
October  4  -  October  7 


Wednesday,  October  6 
Thursday,  October  7 
10  am  -  4  pm 
Porter  Hall,  2nd  floor  Unicentre 


MONDAY  OCTOBER  4 

"Chilly  Climate  lor  Women  In  Acidemia  S  the  Workplace" 

Jane  Keeler.  Human  Rights  Educator— video,  panel  and  discussion 
301  Dunton  Tower,  2:00pm  -  4:00pm   •  Sign  up  in  Placement  &  Career  Services  (508  UC) 

TUESDAY  OCTOBER  S 

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Irom  CUSO,  Canada  World  Youth,  and  Canadian  Crossroads  will  be  on  campus  lo  share  their 
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Graduate  Fair 

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Porter  Hall,  11:00am  -  3:00pm 

WEDNESDAY  OCTOBER  6 

"Employment  Issues  Facing  Aboriginal  Students" 

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12  ■  The  Charlatan  •  September  30,1993 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


"Free"  costs 
more  than 
it  used  to 


Students  roamed  from  tent  to  tent,  collecting  free 
samples  from  various  corporations  at  the  Campus  Fest 
carnival  of  promotions  held  outside  the  Unicentre  Sept. 
27  and  28. 

It  seems  like  a  great  deal  with  no  strings  attached  — 
the  companies  want  to  give  away  free  stuff  and  students 
ore  more  than  happy  to  take  it.  Generally,  getting  free 
stuff  is  fabulous,  but  just  how  "free"  are  all  those  sam- 
ples? 

When  you  consider  the  questionable  records  on  hu- 
man rights  and  the  environment  of  some  of  the  compa- 
nies pitching  their  wares,  it's  debatable  if  their  products 
are  free  at  all. 

Products  given  away  at  Campus  Fest  included  Tampax 
tampons,  Always  maxi  pads,  Neilson  Crunchie  bars, 
Kellogg's  Corn  Pops  and  Pop  Tarts,  popcorn,  Clover  Leaf  . 
tuna,  Apple  computers,  Edge  Gel  shaving  foam  and 
aftershave  lotion,  Coca  Cola,  Krunchers  chips,  Mennen 
speedstick  deodorant,  and  countless  others  running  con- 
tests with  prizes  from  T-shirts  to  software  packages. 

The  university  bookstore  sponsors  the  annual  event. 
Bookstore  manager  Joe  Gosset  says  Campus  Fest  '93  is  a 
"gesture  to  students,  a  goodwill  thing  ..."  on  behalf  of 
the  bookstore. 

Some  of  the  participating  companies  may  be  showing 
a  lot  of  goodwill  to  students,  but  less  so  to  the  environ- 
ment and  foreign  countries. 

For  example,  Proctor  and  Gamble,  the  makers  of 
Always  maxi-pads,  owns  a  pulp-processing  plant  in 
Salem,  Florida.  According  to  a  December  1991  issue  of 
the  Multinational  Monitor,  dumping  from  that  plant  has 
virtually  killed  the  Fenholloway  River,  choking  it  with 
grease,  arsenic  and  dioxins.  The  pollution  spills  into  the 
local  water  table  as  well  as  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 

loy  Towles  Cummings  is  the  co-ordinator  of  Help  Our 
Polluted  Environment  (HOPE),  an  organization  commit- 
ted to  fighting  pollution  caused  by  Proctor  and  Gamble. 

The  Fenholloway,  she  says,  is  the  only  class  five  river 
in  the  United  States,  meaning  that  the  amount  of  pollut- 
ants in  it  are  virtually  unlimited.  She  says  in  Salem, 
Florida  where  she  lives,  the  rate  of  leukaemia  is  twice  as 
high  as  normal. 

Just  to  add  to  the  list  of  corporate  offenders: 

Coca-Cola  has  investments  in  Indonesia,  a  country 
which  has  violated  mandates  handed  down  by  the 
United  Nations  to  pull  its  troops  out  of  East  Timor  and 
stop  the  genocide  of  the  people  there. 

Tampons  have  been  linked  to  toxic  shock  syndrome, 
a  condition  which  can  result  in  damage  to  the  major 
organs  and  even  death. 

Campus  Fest  seems  like  a  simple  concept:  students  get 
something  for  nothing.  The  companies  want  to  promote 
their  products  in  the  hopes  of  making  you  look  twice  at 
them  in  the  grocery  or  department  store. 

Next  time  you're  out  shopping,  look  again. 

Try  to  see  more  than  the  products  on  the  shelves  and 
think  about  what  they  may  represent:  suffering  for 
people,  animals  and  the  environment.  Happy  Campus 
Fest.  AS 


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OPINION 


What  the  poster  didn't  say 


by  Jason  T.  Ramsay 

Jason  Ramsay  is  a  second-year  masters  psychology  student  who  is  telling  ol  his 
friend's  sexual  assault  expehence  with  her  permission. 

I  am  too  angry  not  to  write. 

My  friend  was  working  late  one  Saturday  night  on 
Sept.  4  in  the  computer  lab  located  at  Loeb  C460.  She 
found  herself  in  that  empty  lab  at  10  at  night  because 
shecouldnotsendelectronicmailto  her  colleagues  from 
the  computer  in  her  graduate  lab. 

There  was  nobody  in  the  lab,  or  in  the  lab  across  the 
hall.  The  building  was  deserted.  No  people,  no  Foot 


And  then  enough,  without  warning,  he  gave  up,  he 
was  gone.  Where  the  fuck  did  he  come  from?  Ran  back 
to  her  lab,  shivering,  elated  it  was  over.  Bolted  into  the 
room  like  a  spooked  deer.  What  happened?  How  long? 
Two,  five  minutes.  Christ,  who  to  call .... 

The  second  wave  of  trauma  came  when  she  stopped 
in  front  of  the  safety  poster  a  few  days  later.  The  date  and 
time  of  night  was  correct,  but  she  wondered:  "Is  this  the 
poster  about  my  attack?" 

After  hours  of  questioning  by  Carleton's  department 


sound  from  the  people  in  the 

graduatecomputinglabafew  £ainpu<,  Stcuritu  is  DtllakicA  to  report 

footfalls  down  the  corridor.  r  I  -»  1 

She  was  alone,  but  she 
wasn't  nervous.  As  a  gradu- 
ate student  she  was  used  to 
the  long  nightly  hours  spent 


at  the  computer,  processing  appeared 


data  in  order  to  leave  the  day 
free  for  classes  and  school 
work.  With  a  bottle  of  Evian 
and  a  computer,  she  would 
work  for  hours. 

That  nightshe  glanced 
casually  at  the  orange  and 
white  safety  poster  on  the  lab 
door.  It  told  about  a  man  ex- 
posing himself  to  two  women 

as  they  worked  in  that  very  lab  on  June  1 8,  grabbing  one 
and  then  fleeing. 

She  had  nothing  to  fear,  she  thought.  There  were 
people  just  down  the  hall. 

She  would  only  be  there  for  a  few  minutes.  And 
besides,  he  just  exposed  himself.  What  were  the  chances? 
She  was  almost  done. 

And  then  he  appeared.  Naked  but  for  gym  shoes.  She 
said  he  looked  like  a  National  Lampoon  photo.  But  the 
caricature  growled:  "I  want  to  fuck  you." 

Notcartoon  like.  Fierce.  Horrid.  He  grabbedheron  the 
shoulders,  his  thumbs  digging  into  the  hollow  beneath 
her  collarbones.  She  twisted,  bolted  for  the  door.  He 
grabbed  her,  crucified  her  against  the  door  frame.  No 
personal  space.  Breathing  too  close  and  clutching  hands. 
Thank  God  she  had  that  big  leather  belt  on— he  wanted 
her  shorts  off  —  no,  his  hands  were  somewhere  else. 
Scream,  twist,  kick,  grunt. 

Swearing,  Jesus  Christ,  she  couldn't  help  but  look  at 
his  face.  But  that  was  good  —  identify  the  bastard.  Oh 
shit,  his  nails  were  scraping  her  thighs.  Kicking  wher- 
ever. His  hissing  breath.   


/Vfi  Cause,  feron  a/em-  /fe'i  Aarr»Usi 
/fore,  at  r\t'cjc  <d^y  ! 


Ottawa  Police,  what  she  con- 
sidered a  vicious  and  delib- 
erate attempt  at  sexual  as- 
sault had  become  almost  a 
non-event. 

She  stared  at  the  poster  in 
disbelief,  thinking  she  had 
missed  something.  She 
hadn't,  but  the  publishers  of 
the  poster  had. 

Why  did  the  poster  eu- 
phemize  the  attack  with 
phrases  like:  "The  female  was 
grabbed  several  times  before 
the  male  fled?"  In  essence, 
the  poster  was  a  lie. 

The  lie  was  extended 
.when  The  Charlatan,  having 
only  the  poster  to  go  on,  reported  it  as  another  "flashing" 
incident.  Without  her  consent,  her  experience  had  been 
taken  from  her  and  turned  into  something  less  disturb- 
ing, less  alarming. 

Her  concerns  are  larger  now.  How  will  the  campus  at 
large  respond  if  the  truth  is  not  made  public?  The 
administration  has  played  its  hand  by  playing  down  the 
attack  with  a  euphemized  poster.  If  there  is  no  informa- 
tion, there  is  no  danger.  Ignorance  is  blissful,  until  the 
"flasher"  breaks  character,  pins  you  to  the  wall,  and  tries 
to  rip  your  clothes  off. 

Perhaps  the  reports  on  the  preceding  posters  went 
through  the  same  "soft  censorship."  If  this  is  the  case, 
then  she  wonders  whether  a  more  descriptive  poster 
would  have  led  her  to  take  extra  precautions. "  Definitely 
yes"  she  concludes. 

It  is  time  that  administration  starts  dealing  with  the 
prevalence  of  sexual  assault  in  an  accurate  manner. 
Until  then,  the  campus  population  will  have  no  cause  for 
alarm.  We  can  handle  the  truth.  We  are  university- 
educated  adults.  □ 

September  30,1993  •  TheCharlatan  •  13 


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LETTERS 


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September  30,  1993 


VOLUME  23  NUMBER  7 


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Just  a  nice  bunch 
of  guys 

Editor: 

This  letter  is  being  .written  in  response 
to  a  paragraph  found  in  Rori  Caffrey's 
article  ("Enjoyingyourorientation,"  The 
Charlatan,  Sept.  2,  1993). 

In  the  article  Caffrey  writes: 

"Despite  their  homoerotic  initiation 
rites  and  Greek  brotherhood  overtones, 
fraternities  are  bad  news.  Generally, 
they're  not  gay-positive.  Avoid  them  like 
the  plague." 

It  has  been  said  that  ignorance  breeds 
contempt.  Caffrey  has  given  us  the  quin- 
tessential example  supporting  this  theory. 
Caffrey  writes  that  fraternities  should  be 
avoided  like  the  plague.  Perhaps  if  he 
had  taken  the  time  to  stop  by  a  chapter 
house,  or  attend  an  event,  he  would  be  in 
a  better  position  and  able  to  avoid  mak- 
ing such  libellous  comments. 

Caffrey  and  TheChartatan  might  have 
considered  the  fact  that  libel  and  slander 
are  punishable  by  law.  Severe  penalties 
for  such  careless  journalism  have  long 
been  established  to  protect  the  integrity 
and  reputation  of  all  organizations. 

Over  the  years,  Sigma  Pi  Fraternity 
has  helped  the  Ottawa  community  in 
many  ways:  annual  work  with  the  Mul- 
tiple Sclerosis  society,  volunteering  time 
with  senior  citizen  residences  and  food 
drives  for  the  Ottawa  Food  Bank. 

Sigma  Pi  Fraternity  is  one  of  many 
Greek  groups  helping  in  the  community. 
If  one  were  to  look  at  the  complete  work 
of  Greek  groups  as  a  whole,  it  would  be 
far  from  possible  to  label  fraternities  as 
"bad." 

Any  responsible  non-fiction  writer 
strives  for  veracity.  With  no  clue  as  to  the 
operation  of  a  fraternity,  Caffrey  has 
made  himself  a  fiction  writer  and  The 
Charlatan  has  been  reduced  to  little  more 
than  a  cheap  tabloid. 

In  future,  Caffrey  and  The  Charlatan 
should  consider  whether  or  not  they  are 
printing  fact  or  fiction.  They  should  also 
consider  whether  or  not  they  are  being 
defamatory. 

Dave  Rigby 
President,  Sigma  Pi 
Matthew  Olivier 
Fourth  Counsellor 
Robert  Kisielewski 
Founding  Father 

The  comments  about  fraternities  in 
this  article  and  the  Sept.  16  review  of 
Chris  Rock  were  the  opinions  of  the  writ- 
ers and  were  not  intended  to  insult  mem- 
bers of  fraternities.  —  Ed. 

Dan  is  our  man 

Editor: 

In  response  to  the  letter  in  last  week's 
Charlatan  about  our  efforts  to  rename  the 
Unicentre  after  Dan  Aykroyd,  I  would 
agree  that  Pauline  Jewett  deserves  to  have 
a  building  named  after  her. 

However,  the  Unicentre  is  dedicated  to 
student  life  and  Jewett  had  little  to  do 
with  Carieton  student  life,  which  is  why 
the  referendum  likely  failed. 

If  the  university  wants  to  honor  lewett, 
it  would  perhaps  be  more  fitting  to  re- 
name the  administration  building  after 
her.  (Universities,  however,  usually  like 
to  reserve  such  honors  for  people  who 
contribute  a  million  dollars  or  more.) 

By  contrast,  Aykroyd's  time  at  Carle- 
ton  embodies  the  ideals  of  university 
student  life.  He  was  an  excellent  student 
who  got  involved  with  CKCU  and  Sock 
'N'  Buskin  to  refine  his  comedy  and  act- 
ing talents.  It  was  these  extra-curricular 
activities  which  brought  him  to  the  at- 
tention of  Toronto's  Second  City  comedy 
troupe,  which  lured  him  out  of  Carieton, 


and  the  rest  is  history. 

Some  careers  require  a  university  de- 
gree, others  don't.  I  think  it's  safe  to  say 
that,  as  an  Academy  Award-nominated 
actor,  the  hours  Aykroyd  spent  refining 
his  craft  in  the  Unicentre  were  valuable 
and  educational.  Naming  the  building 
after  him  would  be  a  fitting  example  to 
future  generations  of  students.  A  large 
portion  of  the  university  community 
seems  to  agree,  as  we  already  have  more 
than  2,000student  signatures  calling  for 
the  name  change. 

Max  Wallace 
CKCU  Station  Manager 

Wait  your  turn 

Editor: 

Clayton  Wood's  experience  with  the 
Canadian  health  care  system  failed  to 
evoke  much  sympathy  on  my  part 
("Health  System  Needs  Help,"  The  Char- 
latan, Sept.  23,  1993). 

Here  is  why.  Wood's  appeal  for  justice 
is  that  a  prosperous  Canadian,  namely 
himself,  should  be  getting  what  he  wants, 
when  he  wants  it.  The  crux  of  his  argu- 
ment is  basically  as  follows:  "1  should  be 
able  to  get  it  done  (the  eye  operation) 
when  it's  convenient  for  me."  In  other 
words,  since  the  external  world  does  not 
coincide  with  his  wishes,  it  should  be 
adjusted  accordingly. 

Frankly,  I  am  getting  tired  of  this 
solipsistic,  this-world-is-my-idea  kind  of 
attitude  regarding  social  programs.  The 
world  that  Mr.  Wood  proposes  is  one 
where  rights  correspond  to  one's  wealth 
which  is,  no  doubt,  not  the  kind  of  world 
which  most  Canadians  would  envision 
as  fair. 

The  reason  Wood  feels  that  a  social- 
ized-style  health  care  system  doesn'twork 
is  because  people  are  forced  to  give  up  a 
"precious  freedom,"  in  that  people  such 
as  himself  "are  prohibited  from  spending 
their  money  on  a  higher  level  of  service. " 
Let's  take  a  closer  look  at  what  Wood's 
loss  of  "precious  freedom"  actually 
means. 

In  reality,  buying  his  turn  means  that 
another  person,  one  who  lacks  similar 
financial  means,  has  to  give  up  his  or  her 
turn  and  consequently  wait  that  much 


longer.  Seen  in  this  light,  the  freedom  of 
the  majority  of  Canadians  would  be  af- 
fected negatively  by  adding  this  sort  of 
selectivity  to  the  medical  system. 

Wood  fails  to  generate  much  sympa- 
thy, as  in  essence  he  is  lamenting  the  fact 
that  the  Canadian  health  system  dis- 
criminates against  everyone  equally,  in- 
cluding the  rich. 

Peter  Urmetzer 
MA  Sociology  I 


The  Invisible 
Woman 

Editor: 

Why  does  our  CUSA  president  get 
$18,000  a  year  when  tuition  fees  are  on 
the  rise,  most  students  don't  have  jobs 
and  most  parents  of  students  are  losing 
their  jobs? 

Not  so  long  ago  I  phoned  the  prestig- 
ious CUSA  office  to  speak  to  the  $  1 8,000 
woman  and  I  was  told  she  had  gone 
home.  If  she  had  gone  home,  fine,  be- 
cause 1  don't  expect  her  to  live  in  her 
office  —  it  can  get  quite  stuffy  in  there. 

The  thing  is,  I  know  she  was  there 
because  I  was  at  the  CUSA  office  less  than 
five  minutes  before  my  phone  call.  Upon 
hearing  about  the  absence  of  my  presi- 
dent, being  only  two  minutes  away,  I  ran 
back  to  the  CUSA  office.  Low  and  behold, 
to  my  surprise  (and  hers,  too),  there  she 
was  watching  TV  with  her  comrades. 

I  had  only  wanted  to  speak  to  her 
about  a  small  problem.  It  would  have 
taken  her  less  than  two  minutes  to  speak 
to  me,  but,  oh  no,  my  problem  was  dis- 
missed as  irrelevant  before  it  was  even 
heard. 

I  would  expect  this  behavior  from 
anyone,  even  myself  when  I  am  at  home 
watching  my  own  TV,  but  not  from  a 
person  who  gets  paid  to  handle  student 
concerns. 

Now  that  I  know  I  pay  for  our  presi- 
dent's salary,  when  I  phone  to  speak  to 
the  Lucy,  give  herthe  damn  phone  please. 

Michael  Congress 
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by  Angie  Gallop 

Charlatan  Stall 

aybe  you've  only  had  sex  once,  or  maybe  you've  been 
active  for  20  years.  Maybe  you  were  irresponsible  or 
maybe  your  birth  control  failed.  Every  experience  is 
different.  But  regardless  of  the  situation,  it's  the  same 
initial  sinking  feeling  and  tightness  in  the  chest  as  you 
sit  in  a  tiny  office  or 
sterile  examining  room  and  the  nurse  tells  you  you're  pregnant. 
What  are  you  going  to  do? 

"They  (the  women  who  find  out  they  are  pregnant)  are  pretty 
fragile,  emotionally  vulnerable,  the  emotions  all  play  into  it,"  says 
Frances  McEvoy,  a  nurse  on  staff  at  Carleton  University's  Health 
Services. 

"You  sit  down  (with  the  women)  for  a  long  time  because  actually, 
the  person  does  not  wanl  to  move  most  of  the  time.  It's  too  much 
of  a  shock.  They  want  to  know  what's  next." 

Women  have  three  options.  They  can  carry  the  pregnancy  to 
term  and  keep  the  child,  give  the  child  up  for  adoption,  or  choose 
to  have  an  abortion. 

Abortions  are  performed  at  three  hospitals  in  Ottawa:  the  Civic, 
the  Riverside,  the  Queensway-Carlelon,  and  at  a  clinic  in  Hull. 

But  a  "Needs  and  Assessment  Report"  on  abortion  services  in 
Eastern  Ontario,  released  in  February  and  drawn  from  the  Ontario 
Ministry  of  Health  data  for  1990  and  1991,  found  that  about  500 
women  travelled  to  Toronto  and  Montreal  from  the  Ottawa  area  for 
abortions  during  those  two  years. 

The  report  also  found  a  shortage  of  physicians  willing  to  perform 
abortions  in  Eastern  Ontario.  According  to  the  report,  the  shortage 
is  reaching  crisis  proportions  as  gynecologists  who  perform 
abortions  retire  or  change  their  practices. 

Based  on  this  report,  plans  for  an  abortion  clinic  in  the  Ottawa 
area  to  service  Eastern  Ontario  were  announced  by  Ontario's 
health  minister  Ruth  Grier  last  July 

Proposals  for  a  clinic  have  lo  be  submitted  by  applicants  by  Oct. 
8,  to  be  reviewed  by  a  Ministry  of  Health  evaluation  committee  and 
the  district  health  councils  in  Eastern  Ontario. 

Because  the  deadline  for  applications  hasn't  passed,  the  Ministry 
of  Health  is  not  able  to  name  applicants  or  talk  about  any  of  the 
proposals. 

Vera  Hrebacka,  a  member  of  the  Pro-Choice  Network,  says  her 
organization  exists  to  work  towards  making  abortion  services 
available  to  women  and  lo  guarantee  their  reproductive  freedom. 

The  organization  started  the  campaign  for  an  abortion  clinic  in 
Ottawa  a  little  over  a  year  ago.  when  it  discovered  Dr.  Henry 
Morgentaler  had  proposed  a  clinic  in  the  Ottawa  area  in  1991. 

"It  wasn't  the  bureaucrats  who  gave  us  the  clinic."  says  Denise 
Lachance,  another  member  of  the  Pro-Choice  Network.  "It  was  the 
women  and  men  who  organized  and  fought  for  it." 

The  women  and  men  of  the  Pro-Choice  Network  fought  for  a 
clinic  because  they  saw  there  was  a  desperate  need  for  one. 

"The  many  tests  involved  and  the  length  between  appointments 
can  cause  women  to  wait  an  average  of  five  weeks  or  longer  for  a 
hospital  abortion."  says  Christine  Fretwell,  another  member  of  the 
Pro-Choice  Network. 

Catherine  Colombo,  assistant  to  the  medical  director  of  the 
Morgentaler  Clinic  in  Toronto,  says  women  who  attend  her  clinic  do 
not  experience  a  long  wait. 

"An  appointment  can  be  made  within  the  week,"  says  Colombo. 
"The  procedure  can  be  a  one-time  affair  unless  the  woman  wishes 
lo  have  counselling  before,  and  if  she  wishes  there  is  free  counselling 
after," 

Lachance  says  a  long  wait  is  unacceptable,  because  it  is  more 
dangerous  to  have  an  abortion  later  in  a  pregnancy  and  because 
women  can't  have  an  abortion  after  20  weeks  in  Canada. 

But  Sue  Hierlihy.  public  affairs  director  of  the  Campaign  for  Life 
Coalition,  does  not  agree. 

"Hospitals  offer  more  safeguards,"  she  says.  "Often  women 
complain  about  the  time  lag  but  perhaps  this  may  give  them  more 
time  to  seek  help,  to  see  it  other  solutions  can  solve  the  problems 
they  will  experience  carrying  the  child  to  term  " 

Another  problem  is  with  the  anaesthetic  used,  according  to  the 
Pro-Choice  Network.  In  hospitals,  many  women  are  put  to  sleep 
with  a  general  anaesthetic,  while  in  many  situations  only  a  local 
anaesthetic  is  needed. 

"The  abortion  itself  is  a  short  procedure  which  lasts  onty  five  to 
10  minutes, '  says  Colombo.  "Often,  depending  on  the  person,  it 
can  take  a  woman  24  to  48  hours  to  recover  from  a  general 
anaesthetic." 

Hrebacka  says  general  anaesthetics  are  more  expensive  than 
local  ones  and  not  necessary  for  women  who  are  healthy, 

"What  happens  is  thai  women  often  go  through  a  gynecologist, 


who  booksoperating  room  time  at  a  hospital  to  perform  the  procedure," 
says  Hrebacka.  "Here  is  where  the  general  anaesthetic  is  used." 

Colombo  says  her  clinic  never  puts  anyone  to  sleep  with  ageneral 
anaesthetic,  but  uses  a  local  anaesthetic  which  freezes  the  area 
instead. 

At  a  clinic,  a  woman  is  usually  offered  a  choice  of  two  drugs.  One 
isSublimaze.apain-killer  The  other  is  nitrous  oxidegas.  which  helps 
her  to  relax. 

During  an  actual  abortion,  the  cervical  opening  is  dilated.  Then 
"curettage,"  a  gentle  wiping  of  the  uterus,  is  followed  by  suction.  If 
the  cervix  doesn't  dilate  easily,  "laminaria."  which  are  like  toothpicks 
of  seaweed,  are  inserted  to  gently  dilate  the  opening. 

Because  of  the  simplicity  of  the  procedure,  Lachance  says 
hospital  abortions  are  unnecessarily  taking  up  time  in  the  operating 
room. 

This  is  time  which  could  otherwise  be  used  for  people  who  are 
"  she  says.  "Plus  the  hospitals  are  more  expensive,  so  a  clinic 
ild  be  a  better  health  dollar  option." 

Hrebacka  explained  that  there  is  more  involved  in  hospital 
abortions  because  they  are  large  institutions. 

"There  are  many  more  steps  to  getting  anything  done  in  a 
hospital,  for  example  dealing  with  admitting  and  booking,"  she  says. 
"A  clinic  is  cheaper  just  by  virtue  of  being  smaller," 

Hrebacka  also  said  the  general  anaesthetic  was  also  a  significant 
factor  in  the  expense  of  a  hospital  abortion. 

"A  general  anaesthetic  means  two  doctors  must  be  present 
because  it  must  be  administered  by  an  anaesthetist." 

Lachance  says  women  also  prefer  clinics  over  hospitals,  because 
some  of  the  staff  at  hospitals  can  come  across  as  anli-choice, 

"In  the  hospitals  the  staff  rotates  so  if  a  person  is  assigned  to  care 
giving  for  an  abortion  they  can't  say  'don't  put  me  there  because  of 
my  political  views,'"  says  Fretwell,  "But  the  woman  has  obviously 
made  up  her  mind  to  get  that  far.  Questioning  her  judgment 
undermines  her  viewpoint.  It  takes  the  decision  process  away  from 
her  " 

The  Charlatan  sought  a  comment  from  hospitals  on  these 
complaints,  but  those  called  either  could  not  or  would  not  release 
information  surrounding  abortions. 

Colombo  says  the  principle  embraced  by  the  Toronto  clinic  staff 
is  that  women  have  a  freedom  to  choose. 

"At  the  clinic  you  get  as  much  support  as  you  need,"  she  says.  "No 
one  here  perceives  you've  done  anything  wrong." 

But  Hierlihy  says  she  believes  clinics  do  not  require  women  to; 
think  or  be  counselled  enough  on  their  decision. 

"Women  have  abortions  because  they  feel  they  can't  carry  the 
child  to  term,"  she  says,  adding  that  clinic  counsellors  may  not 
present  them  with  all  their  options. 

But  for  women  who  do  choose  to  have  an  abortion,  a  clinic  in 
Ottawa  will  probably  make  things  a  little  easier. 

Two  women  who  have  had  abortions  shared  their  experiences 
with  The  Charlatan  on  the  condition  of  anonymity.  They  answered  an 
advertisement  on  a  bulletin  board  asking  for  their  experiences  and 
opinions  about  a  new  clinic.  These  cases  are  individual  and  do  not 
speak  for  the  experiences  of  all  women  who  seek  abortions  at 
hospitals  or  clinics. 

Lena  is  a  21 -year-old  Carleton  student. 


eing  pregnant  other  than  being  careless." 

Lena  says  she  went  to  a  gynecologist  and  then  a  hospital .  At  each 
step  in  the  process  she  had  to  have  an  internal  examination —where 
the  cervix  is  dilated  and  the  woman  is  checked  to  make  sure  there 
are  not  any  abnormalities  like  bumps  or  cysts  in  her  uterus—  before 
she  could  proceed  to  the  next. 


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Lena  says  she  first  became  pregnant  because  she  was  not 
practising  safe  sex,  but  then  became  pregnant  a  second  time  while 
she  was  on  the  pill. 

She  sought  another  abortion  within  seven  months  of  the  first. 


Lena  says  she  felt  the  hospital  was  busier  this  time.  She  says 
before  the  operation,  the  porter  wheeled  her  bed  into  the  hallway 
leading  to  the  operating  room,  where  she  had  to  wait  alone  for  about 
10  minutes.  She  says  it  was  a  long  time  she  had  to  think  about  getting 
up  and  running  away. 


leeded  to  make  sure  the  infection  would  not  return.  I  finally 
so  disillusioned  I  went  to  (another)  hospital  where  I  had  a 
nan  gynecologist  who  was  wonderful.  She  made  me  stay  for 
ast  two  weeks  and  gave  me  a  lot  of  antibiotics;  but  in  the  end 


Lena's  story  is  exceptional  because  she  experienced  severe 
complications.  Although  a  hospital  would  not  comment,  Colombo 
says  incomplete  abortions,  while  extremely  rare,  are  the  most 
common  complication  that  happens. 

Lena  has  a  lew  suggestions  about  what  she  would  like  to  see 
in  a  clinic.  She  says  she  didn't  like  being  put  to  sleep  and  found 
the  waking  up  a  bit  traumatic.  Also,  she  says  she  would  have 
liked  a  more  supportive  atmosphere 

Lena  says  she  felt  it  was  important  to  tell  women  they  have 
the  right  to  ask  for  antibiotics  after  the  procedure  to  fight 
possible  infection. 

"The  doctors  don't  have  to  give  it  to  you  but  you  do  have  a 
right  to  ask." 

Kari  is  a  1 7-year-old  Carleton  student  who  had  an  abortion  at 
a  clinic  in  Toronto  when  she  was  13  She  found  out  about  the 
clinic  through  a  classmate. 


assembly  line  —  I  knew  the  le  woman  ahead  of  me 

?hind  me  having  abortions. 
I  had  overheard  someone  say  they  were  supposed  to  do 
five  that  day.  Because  of  that.  I  didn't  trust  them  to  give  me 
special  care,  I  felt  they  wanted  me  out  of  thei  ould 
overhear  them  talking  about  me.  The  doctor  wanted  me  to 
go  home  but  the  nurse  was  saying  no.  I  was  sent  horr. 
instructions.  I  went  straight  to  bed." 


According  to  Fretwell  and  Laohance,  the  atmosphere  of  being  on 
an  "assembly  line"  is  not  uncommon  for  women  who  have  hospital 
abortions 

Lena  talked  about  a  sense  of  "lurch"  after  her  first  abortion .  "When 
you  go  home  you  are  not  a  part  of  anything  anymore.  If  something 
happens,  you  go  to  emergency  like  everyone  else." 

After  her  first  abortion  she  experienced  a  fever  and  chills  which 
were  soon  cleared  up  by  antibiotics.  The  side  effects  of  her  second 
experience  were  more  serious. 


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Amen  I  did  go  (to  the  clinic)  I  saw  a  counsellor  right  away.  They 
e  leery  because  of  my  age  and  they  wanted  me  to  tell  my 
ents  but  I  was  adamant  that  I  wouldn't.  They  gave  me  my  main 
ions.  I  was  the  one  who  brought  up  the  possibility  of  abortion, 
i  only  time  I  had  second  thoughts  was  when  I  had  the 
asound. !  heard  the  heartbeat  and  I  found  out  it  was  a  girl.  I  too 
ng  time  to  decide.  Finally  I  sat  dow  d  out  all  the  pros 

cons  on  paper.  The  procedure  itself  was  very  simple, 
jything  was  explained  beforehand  and  carried  out  like 
ained.  They  didn't  put  me  to  sleep  like  I  had  expected  before, 
had  a  feeling  of  something  leaving  my  body.  Not  just  physically, 
iul  emotiona:ly  as  well." 


Kari  says  the  option  of  abortion  was  not  pushed  on  her  by  the 
clinic  counsellor. 

The  one  thing  Kari  did  not  like  about  the  clinic  was  the  waiting 

room. 

"I  would  rather  not  sit  and  wait  in  a  waiting  room.  If  you  have 
the  appointment  you  should  just  get  right  into  the  procedure," 
she  says.  "I  would  prefer  not  to  see  people  during  the  procedure 
I  think  when  you're  at  the  clinic  you  just  want  to  get  it  over  and 
done  with." 

Kari  says  if  she  were  to  be  in  the  same  situation  now  that  she 
is  older,  she  would  probably  decide  not  to  abort. 

Iways  think  of  what  a  baby  would've  looked  like  and 
ould've  affected  your  life  in  a  positive  way  s  I've  had . 
>  about  having  a  baby,  but  I  am  a  very  practical 
would  never  go  thr  ough  with  a  pregnancy  for  nine 
o  give  the  baby  away  and  I  would  never  keep  a  baby 
Vt  realistically  and  financially  feasible.  Now  it  has 
3w  years  and  I  don' t  think  I'd  have  an  abor  tion  now 
ne  pregnant.  Now  I  do  value  life.  But  you  can' t  think 


You're  pregnant. 

What  are  you  going  to  do? 

Although  a  new  abortion  clinic  may  nottake  away  the  anxiety 
you  may  feel  when  faced  with  this  decision,  it  may  make  sure  you 
have  easier  access  to  all  of  your  options 

"Make  sure  you  have  somebody  —  a  good  sounding  board 
around  you,  somebody  you  can  trust,  willing  to  listen,  be  non- 
judgmental,"  says  McEvoy.  "Your  decision  is  yours  and  yours 
alone  and  ultimately  the  consequences  are  yours  no  matter 
which  way  you  go." 


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SPORTS 


Toronto  sings  the  soccer  blues 


Ravens  ranked  second  in 
country  after  strong  win 

by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Staff 

Toronto  may  have  the  Blue  Jays  base- 
ball team,  but  Carleton  has  the  Ravens 
men's  soccer  team. 

And  when  it  comes  to  winning,  the 
Ravens  are  proving  to  be  just  as  success- 
ful as  their  feathered  friends. 


Carleton  2  Toronto  0 


The  Carleton  men's  soccer  team  beat 
the  University  of  Toronto  Varsity  Blues  2- 
0  on  Oct.  25,  improving  their  record  to  an 
undefeated  4-0. 

"(Toronto)  justdidn'tseem  motivated 
-  I  don't  think  they  like  playing  the 
tough  teams,"  said  Raven  goalkeeper 
Stevie  Ball.  Besides  the  polished 
goaltending  of  Toronto's  George  Radan, 
the  Blues  put  on  a  somewhat  lacklustre 
performance.  They  were  unable  to  pen- 
etrate Carleton's  defence  in  the  first  half 
despite  having  a  strong  wind  at  their 
back. 

It  was  Carleton  that  came  closest  to 
scoring,  when  at  20  minutes,  defenceman 
Earl  Cochrane's  shot  chipped  the  bottom 
of  Toronto's  crossbar.  The  ball  wobbled 
on  the  goal  line,  but  crowding  around 
the  net  prevented  Raven  forward  Naoki 
Ogasawara  from  tapping  it  in.  The  teams 
were  left  scoreless  at  halftime. 

Offensively,  the  Basil  Phillips-Iohn 
Lauro  combination  has  provided  excel- 
lent Raven  scoring  chemistry  early  in  the 
season.  That  continued  against  Toronto. 
When  the  first  goal  of  the  game  was 
posted  in  the  second  half,  the  two  for- 
wards were  the  initiators. 

"John  kicked  a  through  ball  over  (the 
Toronto  defenceman's)  head.  I  ran  in 
behind  the  defender,  got  the  ball,  took  a 
couple  of  touches  and  hit  it  into  the  far 
comer,"  said  Phillips. 

The  Toronto  goalkeeper  was  left  with 
little  chance  to  make  a  save. 

Solid  defence  allowed  Carleton's  goal- 
keeper Ball  to  avoid  any  major  confron- 


Raven  defender  Marty  Lauter  marks  a  Toronto  player  in  Carleton's  2  0  win. 


tations  during  the  game.  But  when  he 
was  called  upon  to  make  a  spectacular 
save,  he  rose  to  the  occasion. 

Raven  lan  Roe  brought  down  a  Blues 
player  in  Ball's  goaltender  box  and  the 
81ues  were  awarded  a  penalty  kick. 

"It  was  a  fifty-fifty  call.  It  was  kind  of 
an  awkward  call,"  said  Ball. 

The  waist-high  shot  was  stopped  by 
Ball,  who  correctly  guessed  to  dive  to  his 
right. 

"Everyone  told  me . . .  that  they  thought 
he  was  going  the  other  way  and  I  sort  of 
thought  he  was  too,  but  I  don't  change 
my  mind,"  said  Ball  of  his  decision. 

A  fatal  mistake  by  Toronto's  defence 
eliminated  any  chances  of  a  Blues'  come- 
back. Cochrane  was  left  unmarked  on 
the  far  goal  post  despite  the  calls  of  the 


Soccer  Shots 

Here's  how  the  Raven  men  rank 
against  the  country's  best 

1  UBC  Thunderbirds 

2  Carleton  Ravens 

3  Victoria  Vikings 

4  McGill  Redmen 

5  Alberta  Golden  Bears 


Toronto  coach  for  his  players  to  cover 
him.  Cochrane  connected  with  defender 
Marty  Lauter's  kick  before  the  Blues  could 
fill  the  hole  and  scored  the  Raven's  sec- 
ond goal.  a 


Rugby  team  demolishes  Brock  in  win 


by  Matt  Shurrie 

Charlatan  Staff 


If  you  can't  find  the  Brock  Badgers 
rugby  team,  go  look  under  a  rock. 

After  the  humiliating  50-0  beating 
they  received  from  the  Raven  men's  rugby 
team  at  Carleton  on  Sept.  25,  there's  no 
other  place  they  could  be.  


Carleton  50  Brock  0 


With  the  victory,  the  Ravens  improved 
to  2-0  and  remain  tied  with  Royal  Mili- 
tary College  atop  the  Ontario  Universi- 
ties Athletic  Association's  second  rugby 
division. 

"The  team  was  impressive,  and  I  no- 
ticed a  change  in  attitude,"  said  coach 
Lee  Powell. "  It  was  very  evident  there  was 
a  high  level  of  intensity  and  a  desire  to 
win." 

All-star  kicker  Mike  Rys  led  the  team 
with  an  incredible  23  points  on  two  tries, 
five  converts  and  a  penalty  kick. 

"The  fullbacks  played  at  the  level  we 
think  they  can  and  the  rookies  continue 
to  shine,"  Rys  said  modestly. 

Aside  from  Rys,  much  of  the  Ravens' 
success  could  also  be  attributed  to  new 
game  strategy,  said  coach  Powell. 

"We  were  able  to  incorporate  new 
techniques  with  added  twists,"  he  said. 


The  Ravens  soared  above  the  crowd  in  their  game  against  Brock 


Of  these  new  strategies,  a  fullback 
pass  fake  was  the  most  successful  be- 
cause it  created  a  hole  for  the  fullback  to 
run  through. 

Raven  fullback  Bruce  Maxwell  used 
the  play  to  perfection,  scoring  two  tries. 

Carleton  dominated  Brock  in  the  first 
half,  building  a  26-0  halftime  lead.  The 
second  half  was  a  repeat  of  the  first, 
highlighted  by  missed  opportunities  for 
Brock  and  a  continued  Carleton  offen- 
sive onslaught.  . 

Although  Brock  threatened  early  in 
the  second  half  to  break  the  shutout 
moving  the  ball  downfield  into  sconng 


position,  Raven  defence  held  them  back. 

Then  Raven  players  Sam  Manaiso 
and  Rick  Haldane  broke  out.  Relying  on 
the  pass  fake  technique,  both  scored  a  try 
a  piece.  Mancuso  had  an  excellent  20- 
yard  run  for  a  score.  Following  him, 
Haldane  was  able  to  fake  out  the  Badgers 
and  run  30  yards  for  another  score. 

In  other  rugby  action,  the  rugby 
Ravens'  second  team  defeated  Bishop's 
second  team  by  a  score  of  27-9. 

"The  second  team  is  moving  along 
very  well,  making  it  very  difficult  choos- 
ing players  to  move  up  and  down, "  said 
coach  Powell.  '-' 


The  difference 
a  year  makes 

by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

Excuse  me. 

But  is  this  Carleton  University? 
You  know,  the  university  the  worst 
sports  teams  in  the  country  call 
home?  The  place  where  the  losers 
live?  Some  team  called  the  Ravens? 
Because  if  it  is  I'm  a  mighty  confused 
puppy  -  'cause  I  can't  seem  to  find 
them  anymore. 

Glancing  at  this  year's  first-month 
Raven  results  in  comparison  to  the 
same  figures  recorded  last  year,  shows 
something  previously  only  dreamed 
about  in  recent  years  --  improve- 
ment among  Carleton  teams. 

Well  almost  ~  let's  take  a  look  at 
the  difference  a  year  makes. 

In  men's  soccer,  after  their  first 
four  games,  last  year's  Ravens  were 
in  second  place  in  their  OUAA  east 
division  with  a  3-1  record.  Later  on  in 
the  season  they'd  move  into  the  na- 
tional rankings  peaking  at  the 
number  five  spot.  Not  bad.  Not  bad 
at  all.  Tough  to  improve  on  that,  one 
would  think. 

Uh-huh.  This  year  after  four 
games,  the  men's  soccer  team  is  sit- 
ting pretty  with  a  tidy  4-0  record, 
they're  first  in  their  division,  and  the 
CIAU  already  has  them  ranked  as 
the  second  best  team  in  the  country. 

In  women's  soccer,  the  Ravens 
were  fourth  in  their  OWIAA  east 
division  after  three  games  last  sea- 
son with  a  1-2  record. 

This  year  the  record  remains  the 
same  but  they've  allowed  eight  fewer 
goals.  Last  year's  team  allowed  12 
goals  in  their  first  three  games.  This 
year's  they've  reduced  that  figure  to 
four.  For  the  women's  soccer  team, 
the  improvement's  not  in  the  actual 
results,  but  the  margin  of  victory. 

Nowhere  is  this  turnaround  of 
Raven  fortunes  more  noticeable  than 
in  the  football  team.  Lastyear's  woe- 
ful squad  staggered  through  their 
first  three  games  compiling  a  0-3 
record,  bringing  up  the  rearin  the  O- 
QIFC  the  entire  season.  After  just 
three  games  they'd  already  given  up 
121  points  and  had  only  managed  to 
score  14  themselves. 

What  a  difference  a  year  makes. 
This  year's  squad  issitting  third  in 
the  O-QIFC  after  three  games  with  a 
2-1  record.  They've  halved  their 
points  against  to  60  and  scored  61 . 

Then  there's  the  rugby  team.  Last 
year's  club  was  alone  in  first  in  the 
OUAA  rugby  second  division  with  a 
2-0  record.  Dejd  vu.  This  year's  club 
posts  the  same  record.  So  it's  not  an 
improvement,  but  it's  not  a  decline 
either  now,  is  it? 

Finally  we  come  to  the  women's 
field  hockey  team  --  the  deviant  one 
in  this  month's  positive  curve. 

Last  year's  club  posted  a  2-1-2, 
fourth-place  record  after  five  games. 
This  year's  team  is  currently  sitting 
seventh  after  seven  games  with  a  1- 
4-2  record.  Less  wins.  More  losses.  So 
they're  not  perfect.  I'm  willing  to 
forget. 

Because  this  is  Carleton  Univer- 
sity. Where  some  team  called  the 
Ravens  is  reversing  long-standing 
past  trends. 

This  month  anyway.  □ 


September  30,1993  ■  The  Charlatan  •  19 


Vanier  Cup  champs  humbled  by  Ravens 

I     =1    when  Elberg  romped  for  145 


Football  team  registers  another  comeback 


by  Derek  DeCloet 

Charlatan  Staff 

As  the  Carleton  Ravens  left  the  Meld 
on  Sept.  25,  one  thing  was  apparent  to 
the  fans  at  Kingston's  Richardson  Sta- 
dium. 

A  new  era  had  arrived  for  Carleton 
football.   


Carleton  25  Queen's  20 


Backed  by  a  strong  running  game  and 
a  sterlingsecond-half  defence,  the  Ravens 
shocked  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels,  last 
year's  Vanier  Cup  champion. 

It  wasn't  easy.  In  what  is  becoming  a 
weekly  occurrence,  the  Ravens  fell  be- 
hind early,  and  had  to  scramble  back 
from  a  1 7-3  halftime  deficit. 

"We  just  kept  plugging  away  like  we 
have  in  our  other  two  games, "  said  start- 
ing quarterback  Sean  O'Neill,  who  was 
replaced  by  backup  Shawn  Thompson  at 
the  start  of  the  third  quarter.  "We  just 
kept  scoring  and  itseemedlikeitwouldn't 


stop." 

"I  think  it  shows  that  we've  got  a  lot  of 
character  in  us,"  said  Thompson  of  the 
comeback.  "There's  no  death  in  us.  We 
never  give  up." 

The  workhorse  for  the  Ravens'  offence 
was  running  back  David  Bosveld,  who 
amassed  145  yards  on  29  carries.  He 
scored  one  touchdown  on  a  20-yard  pass 
from  Thompson  and  ran  for  two  more  — 
including  a  35-yard  TD  rush  in  the  fourth 
quarter,  to  put  the  Ravens  ahead  21-20. 

"He  read  the  holes  well,  and  the  offen- 
sive line  made  some  big  holes  for  him," 
said  Thompson. 

Defensively,  the  Ravens  buckled  down 
and  shut  down  Brad  Elberg,  the  Gaels' 
star  running  back,  in  the  second  half. 

Elberg,  an  all-Canadian  last  year, 
opened  the  scoring  less  than  three  min- 
utes into  the  game  with  an  85-yard  touch- 
down pass  from  quarterback  Steve  Othen. 
But  the  Ravens  contained  Elberg  after 
that,  holding  him  to  99  yards  rushing 
and  no  touchdowns. 

"In  thefirsthalf . .  .we  kind  of  dragged 


Football  Follies 

Year  W  L  T  PF  PA  PIS 

1986  3  0  0  99  33  6 

1992  0  3  0  14  121  0 

1993  2  1  0  61  60  4 

As  the  season  progresses,  well  com- 
pare tfits  year's  Raven  squad  against 
the  best  and  worst  Raven  teams  of 
the  past;  the  6-1  1986  squad  and  tfie 
Or?  1992  team. 


him  down,  we  kind  of  chased  him  down, 
but  we  didn't  tackle  him,"  said  Raven 
defensive  back  Jason  Mallett.  "In  the 
second  half,  we  made  some  hits.  We  let 
him  know  we  were  ready  to  play  the 
game." 

"We  had  people  in  Brad  Elberg's  face, " 
said  Raven  coach  Donn  Smith. 
"(Linebackers)  |oey  Ducharme  and  Hubie 
Hiltz  were  really  smacking  him. 

"I  wouldn't  say  we  stopped  him,  but 
we  did  minimize  him." 

It  was  another  indication  of  how  far 
the  Ravens  have  come  since  last  year. 


when  Elberg  romped  for  145  yards  and 
four  touchdowns  in  a  43-3  rout. 

With  solid  defence,  the  Ravens  were 
able  to  trap  the  Gaels  in  their  own  terri- 
tory, creating  better  field  position  for  the 
offence. 

"We  had  good  field  position  all  second 
half,"  said  Thompson.  "It  seemed  like 
even  when  we  didn't  score,  we  were  mov- 
ing the  ball." 

O'Neill  struggled  in  the  first  half,  com- 
pleting just  four  of  11  passes  behind  an 
erratic  offensive  line.  But  he,  not 
Thompson,  will  start  against  Bishop's  on 
Oct.  2,  said  Smith. 

"I  think  it  will  be  a  boost  for  Sean 
O'Neill  to  know  we  have  that  backup  (in 
Thompson),"  said  Smith. 

Smith  said  Queen's  may  have  under- 
estimated the  Ravens'  comeback  ability. 

"I  think  Queen's  probably  felt ...  in 
the  back  of  their  mind  that  it  was  pretty 
well  out  of  reach  for  us,"  he  said. 

O'Neill,  meanwhile,  thinks  the  Ravens' 
days  as  a  laughing  stock  in  the  Ontario- 
Quebec  Intercollegiate  Football  Confer- 
ence are  over. 

"Now  they'll  take  us  for  real, "  he  said. 
"That's  for  sure."  □ 


Lacrosse  club  falls  short  in  high-scoring  shootout 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Staff 

What  a  downer. 

The  Carleton  lacrosse  club  lost  a  close, 
late  6-5  decision  to  last  year's  lacrosse 
champion  Brock  Badgers  on  Sept.  25  at 
Brewer  Park. 


"It  was  just  adowner,"  said  co-captain 
Wayne  Paddick.  "We  fought  so  hard, 
scored  a  goal  in  the  fourth  quarter  to  he, 
and  then  they  scored  the  winner." 

It  was  a  difficult  loss  to  swallow  pre- 
cisely for  that  reason  -  the  Ravens  could 
have  pulled  off  an  upset  victory. 

"It  was  not  a  very  highly  skilled  game," 
said  Paddick.  "It  was  just  full  of  sloppy 
play.  We  just  had  a  whole  bunch  of 
missed  opportunities  that  we  should  have 


done  something  with." 

Carleton  opened  the  scoring  in  the 
first  quarter  but  trailed  3-2  at  halftime. 

The  third  quarter  was  a  story  of  deja 
vu  as  Carleton  stormed  back  to  tie  the 
game  at  three.  And  then  again  at  four. 
And  then  again  at  five.  And  then  .  .  . 
Brock  finally  ended  the  seesaw  match 
with  a  cheap  goal  late  in  the  game. 

"It  infuriated  me,"  said  co-captain 
Brye  Briggs.  "They  pretty  well  did  what 


we  wanted  to  do  -  shoot  the  puck.  If  we 
had  taken  more  shots  I'm  sure  we  could 
have  turned  the  game  around." 

Scoring  for  Carleton  were  midfielder 
Greg  Moroski,  attack  Steve  Simenovic 
with  two  and  attack  Dan  McWhirter  with 
the  other  pair. 

The  lacrosse  club  will  play  its  next 
games  on  the  weekend  in  Guelph  Oct.  2 
and  Hamilton  Oct.  3  against  the  Gryph- 
ons and  Marauders.  □ 


Baxter's 

Hockey  Pool 

ON  BANK 

1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

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Rules 


Prizes  Available 


The  contestant  with  the  highest  point 
total  at  the  end  of  the  season  will  win 
the  first  place  prize. 
The  prize  has  not  yet  been  determined 
but  you  can  bet  your  booties  you're 
gonna  like  it. 

Every  week  the  contestant  with  the 
highest  point  total  will  be  awarded  a 
dinner  certificate  for  two  worth  $25  at 
Baxter's. 

No  contestant  may  claim  the  weekly 
prize  more  than  once.  In  the  event  that 
a  previous  winner  qualifies  for  the  din- 
ner, the  prize  will  be  awarded  to  the 
contestant  with  the  next  highest  total. 


1  -  This  contest  is  open  to  anyone  with 
a  Carleton  University  student  card. 
Charlatan  Staff  are  not  eligible. 

2  -  All  entries  must  be  received  by  the 
Charlatan,  room  531 ,  the  Unicentre  by 
noon  Monday  Oct.  4,  1993 

3  -  Only  one  official  entry,  per  person, 
clipped  from  the  Charlatan  will  be  ac- 
cepted. The  Charlatan  reserves  the 
right  to  disqualify  any  entry  that  has  not 
been  properly  completed,  and  we  will 
not  be  held  responsible  for  any  lost  or 
misplaced  entry  forms. 

4  -  If  one  of  your  players  is  traded  to 
another  team,  his  point  total  will  still  be 
included.  If  your  player  is  released, 
retired,  injured,  benched,  demoted  to 
the  minors,  arrested,  killed  or  quits 
hockey  to  write  for  the  Charlatan  — 
tough.  No  compensation  will  be  made. 

5  -  If  the  final  standings  result  in  a  tie, 
it  will  be  broken  by  a  supervised  draw. 

6  -  Weekly  prizes  can  be  picked  up  at 
the  Charlatan.  Bring  your  ID  card. 

7  -  All  entrants  agree  to  have  their 
names  and  scores  printed  in  the  Char- 
latan. 

8  -  A  copy  of  these  rules  will  be  posted 
at  the  Charlatan  for  you  to  admire.  If 
you  have  any  questions  concerning 
the  rules  of  your  entry,  place  your 
enquiry,  name  and  phone  number  in 
the  sports  editor  box  at  the  Charlatan. 


CENTRAL  FORWARDS 

□  Mike  Modano         Dal  93 

□  Dino  Ciccarelli        Det  97 

□  Brendan  Shanahan  StL  94 

□  Dave  Andreychuk    Tor  99 

□  Sergei  Federov       Det  87 


PACIFIC  FORWARDS 

□  Gary  Roberts         Cgy  79 

□  TonyGranato         LA  82 

□  Kelly  Kisio  SJ  78 

□  Murray  Craven        Van  77 

□  Geoff  Courtnall       Van  77 


CENTRAL  DEFENCE 

PACIFIC  DEFENCE 

a 

Mark  Tinordi 

Dal 

42 

□ 

Dana  Murzyn 

Van 

16 

□ 

Niklas  Lidstrom 

Det 

41 

□ 

Trent  Yawney 

cgy 

17 

□ 

Yves  Racine 

Det 

40 

□ 

Frantisek  Musil 

Cgy 

16 

□ 

Todd  Gill 

Tor 

43 

□ 

Luke  Richardson 

Edm 

13 

□ 

Dave  Ellett 

Tor 

40 

□ 

Doug  Zmolek 

SJ 

15 

Name 
Phone 
CUID 


NORTHEAST  FORWARDS 

□  Dale  Hawerchuk      Buf  96 

□  Jaromir  Jagr  Pbg  94 

□  Vince  Damphousse  Mtl  94 

□  Ron  Francis  Pbg    1 00 

□  Joe  Sakic  Que  105 


NORTHEAST  DEFENCE 

□  Glen  Wesley  Bos  33 

□  Richard  Smehlik      Buf  31 

□  Patrice  Brisebois      Mtl  31 

□  Curtis  Leschyshyn    Que  32 

□  EricWeinrich  Hfd  36 


SUPERSTARS 

□  Pierre  Turgeon        NYI  132 

□  Alexander  Mogilny    Buf  127 

□  Luc  Robitaille  LA  125 

□  TeemuSelanne       Wpg  132 

□  DougGilmour         Tor  127 


BRUISERS 

□  Brad  May  Buf  26 

□  Ronnie  Stern  Cgy  25 

□  Shane  Churla         Dal  21 

□  Mike  Peluso  NJ  25 

□  Kris  King  Win  19 


ATLANTIC  FORWARDS 

□  Claude  Lemieux      NJ  81 

□  Steve  Thomas  NYI  87 
Q   Rod  Brind' Amour      Phi  86 

□  Brian  Bradley  TB  86 

□  Peter  Bondra  Wsh  85 


ATLANTIC  DEFENCE 

□  Bruce  Driver  NJ  54 

□  Scott  Stevens         NJ  57 

□  Greg  Hawgood        Phi  46 

□  Vladimir  Malakhov    NYI  52 

□  SylvainCote  Wsh  50 


SUPERSTARS 

Q   MatsSundin  Que  114 

□  Kevin  Stevens        Pbg  1 1 1 

□  Pavel  Bure  Van  110 

□  Rick  Tocchet  Pbg  1 09 

□  Jeremy  Roenick       Chi  107 


ROOKIES 

□  Alexei  Yashin         Ott  0 

□  Chris  Pronger         Hrt  0 

□  Chris  Gratton          TB  0 

□  Alexandre  Daigle     Ott  0 

□  Victor  Kozlov          SJ  0 


20  •  The  Charlatan  •  September  30,1993 


Raven 

Rumblings 


Women's  soccer  looking  for  offence 

One  goal  in  three  games 


QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

-We're  averaging  on  ambulance  a 
game." 

Women's  soccer  coach  Daw  Kent 
on  the-  injuries  plaguing  hl>  team. 


CHE  S 

C  beets  to  freshman  running  buck 
David  BosveW  who  was  named  the  O- 
QIK  player  of  the  week  after  his  hero- 
ics in  Carletoo's  25-20  vu  tory  over  the 
Queen's  Golden  Gaels.  Bosvelcl  *  aught 
a  20-yard  pass  for  a  touch-town  and 
rushed  Cor  two  more,  In  total,  be  cor- 
ned the  ball  29  time  tor  345  yards 
niching,  averaging  S  yards  per  carry 

tern  to  McGUI  defensive  lineman 
lohn  Fevec  for  testing  positive  for 
itunuzol  after  on  unscheduled  doping 
test  was  conducted  after  a  Sept  i  pra< 
tu  e  the  Ottawa  Citizen  reportedearliei 
this  week.  Pevec  was  suspended  for 
lour  years  ami  hod  until  Sept  29  to 
oppeal  the  decision. 


CALENDAR 

Friday  Oct.  I. 

FIELD  HCX  KEY  The  women's  field 
hockey  team  will  travel  to  Kingston 
looking  to  Improve  on  their  l-t-2record 
against  the  3-4  Queen's  Golden  Gaels 
in  a  1:10  p.m.  match. 

Saturday  Oct.  2. 

RUGBY  rhe  rugby  team  will  travel 
to  Peterborough  to  take  on  the  Trent 
Excaltbui  on  Trent  Field  at  t  p  m 

SOCCER  -  Thi-  Carleton  men's  soc- 
cer team  will  travel  to  York  University 
looking  to  i  c  n  th  ,  ^Oreconl 
nuuinst  the  Y<  i       i  a  1  p  tt< 

gome  at  th    1  I  itadlum 

The  women's  soccer  team  will  fol- 
low with  a  i  p.m.  mulch  against  the 
York  Yecwomen's  tram 

FQOTBALl  •-  The  surprising  2-1 
Ravens  football  team  will  host  the  con- 
ference-leading Bishop's  Gaiters  on 
Raven  Fieldat  i  p  m.Ticketsarf  J2for 
students  with  ID  lords  one!  i-i  for  all 
others. 

WATERPOLO  -  The  men'swoterpol.  • 
leamopens  Us  season  In  Kingston  with 
a  gam*  against  the  Queen's  Golden 
Gaels  at  12:50p  m. 

Sunday,  Oct.  3 

SOCCER  -  The  men's  soccer  team 
concludes  its  road  trip  with  a  1  p.m. 
game  against  the  Ri  rot  Rams. 

IT,,  women  -  team  will  follow  with 
o  3  p.m.  game  against  the  Ryerson 
Lady  Rams.  a 


by  Bram  S.  Aaron 

Cha/lalan  Stall 

Where,  oh  where,  has  the  offence 
gone? 

The  Carleton  Ravens  women's  soccer 
team  lost  3-0  to  the  University  of  Toronto 
Blues  on  Sept.  25,  dropping  their  season 
record  to  1-2. 

True  to  early  season  form,  the  Raven 
defence  excelled  while  the  Raven  offence 
disappeared. 


Toronto  3  Carleton  0 


"Our  defence  looks  strong,  said  co- 
captain  Mary  McCormick.  "And  when 
(defender  Stacey)  Doherty  comes  back 
we'll  be  even  stronger."  Doherty  suffered 
an  eye  injury  a  week  ago  in  a  match 
against  the  Ryerson  Rams  and  likely  won't 
rejoin  the  team  until  mid-October. 

But  in  the  meantime,  offensive 
changes  are  necessary,  said  coach  David 
Kent. 

"We  have  to  change  the  system  so 
that,  without  sacrificing  defence,  we  can 
shoot  some  balls  at  their  net,"  he  said. 

How  that  is  to  be  accomplished  re- 
mains to  be  seen. 

Against  Toronto,  an  early  goal  by  the 
Blues  set  the  tone  for  the  entire  game. 

"We  had  good  spirits  going  into  the 
game,  but  after  they  scored  their  first 
goal,  we  went  downhilland  lost  morale, " 
said  McCormick.  "We  were  all  disap- 
pointed." 

"We  played  well  in  the  first  half,"  said 
Kent.  "But  they're  (Toronto)  a  strong, 
explosive  team.  In  the  second  half  they 
slowed  us  down  because  they  were  able  to 
keep  the  pressure  up  and  we  weren't  able 
to  stay  with  them." 

Aggressive  play  by  Toronto  and  a  lack 
of  intensity  by  Carleton  was  another  con- 
tributing factor  in  the  Raven  loss. 

"They  (Toronto)  played  physical  for 
the  whole  90  minutes,  and  we  only  played 
for  60,"  said  Kent. 

The  Blues  scored  twice  in  the  second 
half,  including  a  goal  on  a  penalty  kick, 
to  seal  the  victory. 

Despite  the  loss,  there  were  positive 
signs  of  improvement,  said  Kent.  Goal- 
keeper Kristina  Bacchi  was  solid  in  net. 
Midfielder  Conine  van  Ryckde  Groot  was 
a  lone  aggressive  force  and  defender  Sarah 
Richards  provided  strong  defence. 

Rookie  play  was  another  plus,  said 
Kent. 

"We  have  1 1  rookies  on  this  team  and 
we're  holding  our  own  and  improving  at 
the  same  time,"  he  said.  "That's  g  tre- 
mendousaccomplishment."  □ 


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PLACEMENT 

&  Career  Services 

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Check  the  posting  boards  at 
the  Placement  Centre  for 
more  Job  listings. 


Programs  and  services  of  interest  to  undergraduates,  graduating  students,  as  well  as  alumni. 


ON-CAMPUS  RECRUITING 

Permanenl  full-time  positions  are 
directed  towards  graduating  students 
(available  May  '94).  Dates,  unless 
specified,  refer  to  deadlines. 

To  find  out  the  types  of  positions, 
how  to  apply  and  where  to  find 
more  information  on  the  companies, 
please  contact  the  office. 

BDO  Dunwoody  Ward  Mallette 

Sept.  30,  1 2  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Studenls-ln-Accounts 

Northern  Telecom/BNR 

Oct.  1 ,  12  noon 

Engineering,  Computer  Science, 
Math,  Physics,  Information  Systems 
Positions:  Sec  Job  Postings  Booklet 

Office  of  the  Auditor  General 

Oct.  I,  Mail  Direct 

Commerce.  Finance.  Economics, 

Administration 

Positions:  Audit  Trainee  Program 

Ernst  &  Young 

Oct.  6,  1 2  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Students-ln-Accounts 

EXOCOM  Systems  Corp. 
Oct.  7.  12  noon 

Computer  Systems  Engineering. 
Computer  Science,  Commerce-MIS 
Positions:  Various 

Coopers  &  Lybrand 

Oct.  8,  12  noon 

Commerce,  Other  Disciplines 

Positions:  St utlents-ln- Accounts 


Bank  of  Canada 

Oct.  8,  1 2  noon 
Computer  Science 
Positions:  Various 

Bell  Canada 

Oct.  12,  12  noon 

Computer  Science,  Computer  Math, 
Commerce,  Systems,  Electrical, 
Mechanical  &  Civil  Engineering 
Positions:  Various 

Welch  &  Company 

Oct.  12,  12  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Studenls-ln-Accounts 

Newbridge/Crosskeys 

Oct.  13,  1 2  noon 

Electrical  &  Systems  Engineering, 
Computer  Science,  Commerce(MlS) 
Positions:  Various 

Object  Technology  International 

Oct.  13,  12  noon 
Computer  Science 
Positions:  Software  Engineers 

Brytech 

Oct.  14,  12  noon 
Electrical  Engineering 
Position:  Electrical  Design  Engi- 
neer 

MPR  Teltech 

Oct.  14,  12  noon 

Electrical  Eng.,  Computer  System 
Engineering,  Computer  Science 
Positions:  Hardware  &  Software 
Designers  &  Developers 

Bank  of  Canada 

Oct.  15,  12  noon 
Commerce 
Positions:  Various 


CAREER  WEEK 

Speaker  Series/Events 


"Chilling  Climate  for  Women 
in  Academia  &  the  Workplace" 

Video,  Panel  and  Discussion 
Oct.  4,  301  DT.  2pm-4pm 

Interested  in  working  abroad? 

Representatives  from  CUSO, 
Canada  World  Youth  and  Canadian 
Crossroads  will  be  on  campus  to 
share  their  experiences,  discuss 
how  to  get  involved  and  provide 
literature. 

Oct.  5,  315  PA,  10:30am-12:30pm 


Graduate  Programs 

Representatives  from  graduate 
programs  from  various  univer- 
sities will  be  available  to  speak 
with  you  about  graduate  pro- 
grams at  their  institutions. 
Oct.  5,  Porter  Hall,  1  lam-3pm 

"  Employment  Issues  Facing 
Aboriginal  Students" 

Oct.  6,  281  TB,2pm-4pm 


"Marketing  a  Liberal  Arts 
Degree" 

Oct.  5,  404  SA,  2pm-4pm 


Career  Fair 

Representatives  from  private  and 
public  sector  companies  and 
associations  will  be  on  hand  to 
discuss  career  opportunities  in 
their  fields.  Bring  a  resume  and 
dress  professionally. 

Sign  up  for  Speaker  Series 
in  Placement  &  Career  Services 

508  UNICENTRE 


TD  Bank 

Oct.  18,  12  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Commercial  Account 
Managers,  Personnel  Account 
Managers,  Customer  Service  & 
Sales. 

Andersen  Consulting 

Oct.  19,  12  noon 

Computer  Science,  Computer  Math, 
Engineering  (Systems  &  Electrical), 
Commerce  (MIS),  Other  Disciplines 
Positions:  Staff  Consultant 

London  Life 

Oct.  19,  12  noon 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Marketing  Reps. 

V  mini  Canada 

Oct.  20,  1 2  noon 
Commerce,  Arts 

Positions:  Disability  Sales  Consult- 
ant Trainees 

ATI  Technologies  Inc. 

Oct.  21,  12  noon 
Comp.  Science,  Comp.  Math, 
Electrical  &  Comp.  Systems  Eng. 
Positions:  Various 

Canada  Life 

Sign  Up  Deadline:  Oct.  26,  12  noon 
Interview  Dates:  Oct.  27  &  28 
Commerce,  Arts,  Social  Science 
Positions:  Sales  Reps 

EDS  Canada 

Oct.  27,  12  noon 

Engineering:  Electrical,  Mechanical, 
Systems 

Commerce:  General,  Info  Systems 
Computer  Science 
Math.  Statistics 

Positions:  Systems  Engineering 
Development  Program 

Investors  Group 

Oct.  29,  12  noon 

Commerce,  Arts,  Social  Sciences 
Positions:  Financial  Planner 

Public  Service  Commission 

Nov.  12,  Mail  Direct 

All  Disciplines-Masters  or  PhD 

Positions:  Management  Trainee 

Program 

Public  Service  Commission 

Nov.  12,  Mail  Direct 
Commerce,  Public  Admin.,  Compu- 
ter Science 

Positions:  Financial  Officer/Inter- 
nal Auditor 

Public  Service  Commission 

Nov.  12,  Mail  Direct 
Economics,  Public  Admin.-  Masters 
Positions:  Accelerated  Economist 
Training  Program 

Bank  of  Canada 

Nov.  19,  12  noon 
Economics 
Positions:  Various 


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September  30,  1993 

Embassy  of  Japan 

Dec.  3,  Mail  Direct 

All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Assistant  English 

Teacher 

OCR  BRIEFING  SESSIONS 

Engineering-Mechanical/All 

Sept.  30,  l  :30pm - 3:30pm, 4332  ME 

Arts  &  Social  Sciences 

Oct.  1 ,  9:30am  -  1 1 :30am,  308  PA 

EMPLOYER  INFORMATION 
SESSIONS 

PSC  -  Management  Trainee 
Program 

Sept.  30,  9:30  -  1 1 :30,  C 1 64  LA 
Disciplines:  Masters  &  PhD,  All 
Disciplines 

PSC  -  Financial  Officer  Recruit- 
ment 

Sept.  30,  12:00-  1:00,  CI  64  LA 
Disciplines:  Commerce 

Commerce  Society  Wine  & 
Cheese 

Oct.  7.  7:00pm 
Faculty  Club.  4th  fl.  UC 

Disciplines:  Commerce,  Society 
Members  Only 

Unum  Canada 

Oct.  12,  2:00-4:00,  404  SA 
Disciplines:  Commerce,  Arts 

SUMMER  EMPLOYMENT 


Parliamentary  Guide  Program 

Oct.  22,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Parliamentary  Tour 
Guide  1994 

National  Defence 

Nov.  30,  Mail  Direct 
Biochemistry,  Biology,  Chemistry, 
Computer  Science,  Economics, 
Engineering,  International  Rela- 
tions, Math/Stats,  Microbiology, 
Operations  Research,  Physics, 
Psychology 

Positions:  Defence  Research 
Assistants 

I.A.E.S.T.E 

Dec.  2,  Mail  Direct 
Engineering,  Science 
Positions:  Summer  &  Fall  Ex- 
change Positions 


22  .  The  Charlatan  ■  September  30,1993 


Rys-ing  to  the  occasion  simple  for  Rys 


Rugby  team  captain  hoping  to 
lead  Ravens  to  playoff  berth 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Charlatan  Staff 

He  wears  a  black  shirt,  faded  after 
three  years  on  the  rugby  squad,  and 
almost  every  afternoon  of  the  week,  in  a 
cold  September  wind,  you  can  spot  him 
wearing  that  shirt  on  the  rugby  field. 

He's  Mike  Rys  and  it  could  be  argued 
he's  the  Carleton  rugby  team's  most  valu- 
able player. 

"If  he  were  to  leave  the  team,  we 
would  lose  80  per  cent  of  our  energy," 
says  rugby  coach  Lee  Powell.  "Over  the 
past  four  years,  the  energy  he's  shown, 
tied  in  with  his  maturity  towards  how  the 
game  is  played,  has  made  him  an  excel- 
lent player." 

That  energy,  maturity  and  all-round 
excellence  are  what  make  him  such  an 
imposing  offensive  force. 

Just  look  at  these  figures: 

-  11  points  in  a  35-6  trouncing  over 
Trent  University  in  league  action  two 
years  ago. 

-11  points  in  a  1 1-0  victory  last  year 
over  the  Royal  Military  College  Redmen. 

-  and  just  this  past  Saturday,  Rys 
accounted  for  a  career  high:  23  points  in 
a  50-0  thrashing  of  the  Brock  Badgers. 

For  numbers  like  these,  and  others  like 
them,  Rys  was  finally  rewarded  last  year 
when  he  was  named  to  the  Ontario  Uni- 
versities Athletic  Association's  rugby  all- 
star  team. 

Sports  for  Rys  started  early  when  his 
father  played  with  himasachild.  Hockey. 
Football.  Soccer.  If  it  was  a  sport,  he 
played  it. 

And  as  grew  up  in  a  Walkerton,  a 
small  town  two  hours  north  of  Toronto, 
under  his  father's  watchful  eye  he  began 
developing  the  powerful  kick  playing 
soccer  which  makes  him  such  an  integral 
part  of  the  rugby  Ravens'  offence. 

"I  developed  my  kicking  when  I  was 
young,"  he  says.  "My  father  was  a  very 
big  influence  on  my  life." 

Soccer,  however,  fell  by  the  wayside, 
as  did  his  desire  to  play  football  when  Rys 
entered  the  local  high  school. 

Football  wasn't  offered.  Rugby  was. 

"It's  a  different  style  of  game  because 
you're  playing  without  equipment,"  he 
says,  commenting  on  the  difference  be- 
tween the  two  sports.  "You  don 't  have  the 
rests  like  you  do  in  football.  And  if  there's 
a  scrum,  there's  a  lot  of  times  you  get 
kicked  and  pushed  around." 

Despite  the  bruises  and  punishment, 
Rys  realized  right  away  he  loved  rugby. 

"It's  more  of  a  team  sport  —  you  can't 
be  by  yourself,  you  have  to  count  on 
everybody  else,"  he  says. 

It  may  be  a  team  sport,  but  Rys  is  the 
undisputed  team  leader.  And  that  means 
work. 

"Mike  is  a  vital  part  of  this  team,"  says 
Raven  centre  Andre  Mihelic.  "He's  a 
motivator  --  a  hard-nosed  player." 

He  practises  constantly.  Before  games. 
After  games.  With  the  team.  Alone.  Even 
during  the  summer  when  rugby  is  not  in 
season,  Rys  says  he  practised  twice  a 
week. 

"I  make  every  effort  possible  to  make 
every  game  and  practice, "  he  says. "  I  feel 
if  I'm  missing  practices,  I'm  cheating 
myself  by  not  being  there." 

Besides  rugby,  if  there  is  such  a  thing 
for  the  fourth-year  student,  22-year-old 
Rys  is  finishing  off  a  sociology  degree  -  a 
goal  he's  learned  the  importance  of. 

"In  my  first  year,  I  felt  my  schooling 
was  hurt,"  he  says,  referring  to  his  less 
than  stellar  grades.  "I  learned  that  1  have 


"If  he  were  to  leave 
the  team,  we  would 
lose  80  per  cent  of 
our  energy." 

Coach  Lee  Powell 


At  the  centre  of  every  huddle,  that's  where  you'll  find  rugby  Raven  Mike  Rys. 


to  balance  them  equally. 

"If  I  want  good  marks,  I  have  to  put  a 
lot  of  time  into  it.  If  I  want  to  be  a  good 
player,  I  have  to  put  a  lot  of  time  into  it." 

Now  Rys  is  putting  time  into  another 
goal  —  a  playoff  berth  for  the  rugby 
team  in  the  second  division  of  OUAA 
rugby. 


Two  years  ago,  the  Ravens  finished 
third  in  their  division.  Last  year,  they 
moved  up  to  second.  Neither  was  good 
enough  for  a  playoff  berth.  Only  the  first- 
place  team  moves  on  to  the  playoffs 
against  the  top  three  teams  of  the  first 
division. 

"In  the  last  couple  of  years,  there  were 


a  lot  of  disappointments, "  Rys  says. "  I  get 
disappointed  because  everybody  works 
hard." 

But  maybe  with  Rys  in  charge,  things 
will  be  different  this  year. 

"The  main  goal  is  to  win  this  season," 
he  says.  "You  take  the  good  with  the  bad 
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September  30,1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  23 


Rowing  club  wins  some,  loses  some,  in  first  regatta 


by  Alec  Maclaren 

Charlatan  Staff 

It  was  mixed  results  for  the  Raven 
men's  and  women's  rowing  crews  in  their 
first  regatta  of  the  season  -  the  Head  of 
the  Rideau  --  held  within  grunting  dis- 
tance of  Carleton  on  the  Rideau  Canal. 

The  novice  men's  eights  took  top 
honors  in  their  race  against  the  Univer- 
sity of  Ottawa  Gee-Gee  crew,  while  Carle- 
ton  sculler  Rob  Bennett  finished  third 
among  seven  racers  in  the  lightweight 
men's  single  scull. 

"Sometimes  we  were  just  flying"  said 
John  Nisbet  of  the  novice  men's  eight. 
They  beat  the  Gee-Gee  novices  by  14 
seconds  after  more  than  23  minutes  of 
racing.  The  win  was  a  huge  victory  for  the 


crew,  as  it  had  only  been  set  four  days 
earlier. 

The  highlight  on  the  women's  side 
was  the  thrilling  third-place  finish  by  the 
varsity  women's  coxed  four,  ahead  of 
their  "down  water"  rival  Ottawa  Gee-Gees. 

Rowing  Raven  Trevor  MacKay  pulled 
a  23:12  time  against  the  clock  in  his 
varsity  men's  single  scull  race,  winning 
by  default  when  no  other  sculler  entered. 

While  some  Carleton  rowers  were  able 
to  show  their  metal  right  off  the  bat, 
others  talked  in  terms  of  perspective. 

Brian  Jules,  of  the  varsity  men 's  coxed 
four  which  finished  second  of  two,  said 
"we  have  a  lot  of  potential  ...  we  just 
need  to  get  in  better  condition." 

Jules  described  the  disappointing  last- 


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place  finish  of  the  varsity  men's  eights,  in 
which  the  varsity  women's  four  and  a 
lightweight  four  raced  together  for  the 
first  time  as  "a  bit  of  a  science  project." 

John  Ossonski,  the  Ravens'  women's 
rowing  coach,  was  pleased  with  the  ca- 
pabilities of  his  rowers. 

"I  see  a  lot  of  potential  here,  a  lot  of 
good  rowers." 

Ossonki  said  he  was  not  concerned 
with  the  women's  mixed  results  because 
they  had  only  been  together  for  two  weeks. 
a:  Among  other  finishes,  the  women's 
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m     The  Ravens'  next  challenge  is  the  Trent 
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24  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  30,1993 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Feds,  Dreads  and  Toasted  Breads 

Breakfast  with  Mr.  Poopyhead 


by  Andrea  Smith 

Chariatan  Staff 

Tom  Stewart  is  soooo  cuuuuuute. 

At  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning,  over 
a  non-healthy  yet  inexpensive  breakfast, 
the  bassist/singer  for  Fumaceface  dis- 
cussed the  band's  new  CD  single,  "No- 
body To  Vote  For." 


Tom  Stewart:  he's  sooo  cuuuute! 


While  he  spoke,  he  tried  to  keep  a 
piece  of  fried  egg  from  sliding  off  his  toast 
as  he  lifted  it  to  his  mouth. 

Stewart  says  musically  the  band  has 
come  a  long  way  since  the  last  album  fust 
Buy  It. 

"We've  played  a  lot  more  so  we're  a 
better  band.  We  sing  a  little  bit  better," 
says  the  blue-eyed  rock  god,  who  at  30, 
seems  remarkably  spry. 

"Marty  (keyboards/guitar)  plays  gui- 
tar on  a  lot  of  the  songs  in  the  new  record. 
It  tends  to  be  kinda  heavier,  more  black. 
And  there's  no  songs  like  'My  Girlfriend 
Thinks  She's  Fat.'" 

The  single's  official  launch  happened 
in  simulcast  on  CKCU  and  CHUO  Sept. 
27. 

"Nobody  To  Vote  For,"  which  has  a 
limited  release  of  1,000  copies,  features 
two  tracks  from  Fumaceface's  album  set 
for  release  in  (anuary:  the  title  track  as 
well  as  "Beg  The  Question." 

Stewart  says  Fumaceface  decided  to 
release  the  single  not  just  as  a  promo  for 
the  new  album,  but  because  of  the  gen- 


eral lack  of  outrage  over  the  poor  choice 
of  candidates  in  the  impending  federal 
election. 

"Usually  I  can  bear  it,  but  this  time, 
oooh  man,  it'ssooobad."  says  Stewart.  "1 
can't  vote  for  any  of  those  people,  and 
everybody  I  talk  to  says  'Yeah,  you're 
right.'" 

He  dips  his  toast  in  his  egg 
yolks. 

He  says  he  doesn't  know  of 
any  other  bands  doing  any- 
thing like  "Nobody  To  Vote 
For." 

"Maybe  people  are  just 
ground  down  and  worn  out 
enough  that  they  feel  they 
can't  make  a  difference, "  says 
Stewart.  "Maybe  you  can't 
make  a  difference,  but  you 
can  make  a  statement.  That's 
what  this  song  is,  I  guess — or 
maybe  it's  just  entertain- 
ment." 

Apparently,  you  can  get 
pretty  far  with  entertainment. 

The  news  media,  in  a 
shocking  breach  of  protocol, 
have  frenzied  around  this  sin- 
gle act  of  critical  thought. 

"There's  so  much  hype 
about  it,"  says  Stewart. 
"Maclean's  phoned  me  this 
morning.  And  we're  going  to 
be  on  the  Ralph  Benmurgi 
show." 

Much  Music,  "Canada's 
music  station,"  was  so  in- 
spired by  "Nobody  To  Vote 
For"  that  the  station  offered 
to  shoot  a  video  for  free. 

According  to  Stewart,  all 
the  electoral  candidates  re- 
ceived press  releases  regard- 

  ingthesingle.buthehashad 

no  reactions  from  any  of  them. 

The  Charlatan  tried  to  reach  all  the 
major  parties  for  a  reaction  to 
Fumaceface's  manifesto,  but  only  the 
Reform  party  called  back. 

Betty  MacDonald  is  in  charge  of  pub- 
lic relations  for  the  Reform  party  in  Ot- 
tawa. 

"Oh  for  heaven's  sake,  isn't  that  an 
awful  cynical  attitude,"  she  said  after 
hearing  the  title  of  the  CD. 

But  when  read  the  lyric  "Why  is  it  all 
we  ever  get  are  short-  sighted,  power- 
hungry  jerks?"  MacDonald  perked  up. 

"I  think  they're  absolutely  right,"  she 
says.  "They're  looking  out  for  the  future 
generation." 

MacDonald  then  launched  into  a 
speech  on  how  politicians  of  the  past  20 
years  have  mortgaged  our  future. 

"That's  why  I  joined  the  Reform  party, " 
she  said. 

Regardless,  Stewart  won't  be  encour- 
aging anybody  to  vote  for  the  Reform 
party. 

"I  think  I'm  going  to  spoil  my  ballot 


and  encourage  other  people 
to  do  the  same,"  he  says. 

"All  I'm  saying  is  give  me 
some  options.  I  mean,  I'm 
not  saying  I  have  solutions, 
or  that  I  know  somebody  bet- 
ter. I'mjust  saying  thatright 
now  the  people  who  are  be- 
ing offered  don't  cut  it." 

At  that  point  Stewart  had 
to  leave  the  restaurantto  go 
help  the  rest  ofthebandload 
equipment.  They  were  leav- 
ing that  morning  to  play  Lon- 
don and  Hamilton,  and  to 
shoot  the  Much  Music  video 
in  Toronto  over  the  week- 
end. 

The  Charlatan  was  invited 
to  continue  the  interview 
with  the  rest  of  the  band  at 
the  Sound  Of  One  Hand  stu- 
dio, with  a  ride  on  the  new 
Fumaceface  bus  as  a  bonus. 

Stewart  knows  how  to 
handle  a  bus. 

He  parked  it  illegally  in 
front  of  Sound  of  One  Hand, 
with  the  left-rear  tire  wedged 
up  on  the  edge  of  the  curb. 

He  was  greeted  by  the 
band's  patchy-blue-haired 
guitarist/singer  Pat  Bannis- 
ter. 

Inside  'the  studio's  posh 
surroundings,  Bannisterech- 
oed  Stewart's  sentiment  be- 
hind the  single. 

"We  had  this  song,  we 
kind  of  wrote  it  awhile  ago, 
and  we  couldn't  get  the 
record  done  before  the  election,  so  we 
decided  to  release  it  as  a  single,"  says 
Bannister.  "There  doesn'tseem  to  be  any- 
one else  saying  anything  good  or  bad 
about  what's  going  on." 

He  says  his  dissatisfaction  with  the 
electoral  candidates  stems  from  their  lack 
of  honesty. 

"If  I  could  just  believe  that  everyone 
was  saying  what  they  meant,"  he  says, 
"instead  of  saying  what  they  think  they 
should  be  saying." 

And  what  of  Friday  Night  with  Ralph 
Benmurgi? 

"I  don't  know,  I  don't  know,"  says 
Bannister  of  what  he  intends  to  do  on  the 
show.  "I  think  we're  just  going  to  play  the 
song  —  thank  God.  I  don't  know.  It's  live, 
anything  can  happen." 

Jones  is  the  owner  of  Sound  Of  One 
Hand,  aswell  Fumaceface's  keyboardist/ 
guitarist.  He  didn't  seem  interested  in 
answering  questions.  He  spent  a  lot  of 
time  joking  around  with  the  other  band 
members.  I  asked  him  one  question,  and 
he  just  joked  around  some  more. 

At  one  point  he  did  a  Tom  Waits-like 
thing  on  the  piano,  and  afterward  busied 
himself  getting  things  ready  to  be  loaded, 
singing  something  like,  "theCaptain  was 


"The  Captain  was  a  one-eyed  dwarf." 


a  one-eyed  dwarf." 

"I  think  some  people  will  take  it  a  lot 
more  seriously  than  maybe  we  take  it," 
says  drummer  Dave  Dudley  of  the  new 
single. 

But  as  Stewart  pointed  out  during  the 
course  of  the  conversation,  it  would  be 
easier  for  Dudley  to  take  the  single  less 
seriously,  because  he  can't  actually  vote. 
The  drummer  has  had  landed  immi- 
grant status  for  the  past  25  years. 

"I'm  from  England.  I've  lived  here  all 
my  life,  1  just  haven't  become  a  citizen, " 
he  says.  "But  I  certainly  agree  with  the 
sentiment  that  there's  a  serious  problem 
with  how  people  you  elect  get  to  the 
positions  they  do,  and  how  little  choice 
we  actually  have  in  that  decision-mak- 
ing process." 

As  a  whole,  the  band  claims  they're 
not  actually  suggesting  anybody  do  any- 
thing, they're  just  making  their  point. 

In  one  brief  burst  of  speech,  [ones 
summarized  their  position  nicely. 

"We  wouldn't  ever  want  to  suggest 
that  the  Canadian  public  do  anything. 
We  wouldn't  want  to  throw  a  complete 
spanner  into  the  works,"  he  says.  "We 
don't  suggest  that  people  actually  get  off 
their  asses  and  do  anything."  □ 


This  week: 

We  Read 
the  Phone 
Book 


#4:  Hair  Salon  Names  that 
Should 
Be  Outlawed  (Part  II) 


1.  THE  HAIR  PEAR 

2.  In  Touch  2000  Hair 
Design  &  Beauty  Centre 

3.  Mane  line  Hair  Studio 

4.  Master  John  Unisex  Salon 

5.  Shear  Heaven 


6.  Shock-Out  Barber  & 


7. 


ue 


Silver  Scissors  Hair  Studio 
Yo's  Beautique 

9.  Vern'sVlp 

10.  Teeze  Hair  Studio 


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September  30,1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  25 


Playing  music  in  the  big  city 


by  Stephanie  Garrison 

Cha/iatan  Staff 

7  s  you'd  probably  expect,  Lus- 
'  /~7_y  cious  Jackson,  a  groovily  slack 
V/^  new  band  from  New  York, 
picked  up  its  name  from  a 
sports  trivia  book  that  had 
misspelt  basketball  player 
Lucious  Jackson's  name. 
The  band  is  currently  one  of  Manhat- 
tan's big  underground  draws.  Jill,  Gabby 
and  Kate  played  their  first  show  together 
just  over  a  year  ago,  and  keyboardist 
Vivian  was  a  May  addition. 

Right  now,  they're  at  that  point  in 
theircareer  where  the  stage  is  small,  the 
buzz  is  big,  and  financial  backing  is 
almost  non-existent.  None  of  the  band 
members  hold  day  jobs  any  more,  and 
they've  released  their  first  EP,  In  Search  Of 
Manny. 

Rumors  that  In  Search  Of  Manny  was 
named  after  a  guy  who  used  to  own  a 
record  store  in  Soho  before  disappearing 
are  unfounded.  The  Manny  of  this  record 
was  a  1 7-year-old  boyfriend  Cabby's  then 
35-year-old  mother  used  to  date  in  the 
seventies. 

This  seven-song  album  is  the  second 
release  put  out  by  Grand  Royal,  the  Beastie 
Boys-created  label  that  also  produced  the 
Beasties'  Check  Your  Head.  Kate  is  old  pals 
with  the  band,  and  was  drummer  on  the 
Beasties'  first  two  EPs,  Pollywog  Stew  and 
Cookie  Puss. 

Drawing  on  their  love  for  disco,  punk 
and  hip  hop  music,  Luscious  Jackson's 
EP  is  a  seventies-heavy  stew  heated  by 
the  band's  lazily  sexual  stage  persona. 
Their  sexuality  is  not  always  a  key  issue 
to  the  music,  but  it's  impossible  not  to 
notice  just  how  sassy  this  band  sounds. 


They're  even  more  potent  live,  and  never 
fail  to  compel  the  audience  to  dance.  In 
New  York  City,  this  is  a  feat  in  itself. 

The  members,  all  in  their  late-20s, 
aren't  bothered  by  the  "all-girl"  tag  that 
inevitably  follows  the  band  around. 

"It's  obvious  that  someone's  going  to 
mention  it  because  it's  still  a  novelty," 
Jill,  the  lead  singer,  notes.  "We're  not  at 


taking  back  the  pit,"  Jill  says.  "We're  a 
bit  more  mellow." 

Kate  says  although  their  music  and 
lyrics  have  a  feminine  point  of  view 
"because  that's  (our)  experience,"  they 
are  not  a  pushy,  in-your-face  band  loudly 
proclaiming  that,  'we're  women,  we  can 
rock!'" 

"Luckily,  we  grew  up  with  enough 


Luscious  Jackson  (left  to  right):  Vivian,  Jill,  Kate,  Gabby. 


that  point  where  it's  considered  com- 
monplace, so  you  have  to  expect  it." 

Luscious  Jackson  is  more  concerned 
with  making  a  record  that  sounds  "cool 
and  original,"  than  with  infusing  their 
music  with  loads  of  meaning. 

"A  lot  of  bands  have  female  aggres- 
sion as  an  angle,  you  know.  Riot  Grrrls 


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people  to  encourage  us  that  it  was  not 
unusual  to  be  playing  music,"  Jill  says. 
"All  our  favorite  bands,  the  first  bands 
we  saw,  had  women  in  them."  Bands  like 
Talking  Heads  and  Blondie. 

At  an  early  age,  they  were  exposed  to 
the  cultural  going-ons  of  their  native 
city  via  parental  influence. 

It's  probably  no  coincidence  that  Jill 
told  Mean  Street  Magazine  that  the  EP  is 
about  "searching  for  our  childhood  in 
the  seventies  in  New  York  City ...  all  the 
stuff  we  felt  and  the  music  we  listened  to 
and  the  freedom  we  had  running  around 
the  city." 

Around  the  mid-eighties,  the  various 
band  members  began  to  get  very  de- 
pressed. The  club  scene  got  stale.  It  was 
no  longer  geared  towards  live  music,  but 
drinking,  drugs,  and  trends. 


"It  was  all  about  fashion  and  the  art 
world,  cocaine,"  Jill  sighs. 

"The  art  scene  didn't  engage  us, "  Kate 
deadpans. 

The  women  reacted  to  the  cultural 
changes  surrounding  them.  They  rejected 
the  Wham  dance,  avoided  clubs  and 
started  doing  well  in  art  school.  Gabby 
escaped  to  Paris  during  one  year  of  col- 
lege just  to  be  somewhere  else. 

"  We  j  ust  bummed  out,  "Gabby  laughs. 
"I  was  so  depressed  in  '84,  oh  my  God." 

Kate  recalls  a  long,  discouraging 
stretch  of  time  looking  in  the  Village  Voice 
for  live  music  clubs.  But  indie  rock  and 
the  slow  resurgence  of  live  guitar  music 
helped  the  band  members  gravitate  back 
to  music. 

According  to  Kate,  the  scene  has  im- 
proved considerably  since  then,  and  clubs 
are  more  willing  to  book  bands  that 
aren't  in  a  particular  genre. 

"It  seems  like  the  whole  world  is  much 
hipper  now  for  some  reason,  or  more 
open-minded.  I  don't  know  why,"  says 
Jill. 

"People  in  their  20s  are  kind  of  run- 
ning shit  now,"  Kate  says.  "That  might 
be  it.  They  have  a  lot  of  the  same  influ- 
ences and  wentthrough  the  same  phases 
we  did." 

Luscious  Jackson  has  no  master  plan 
to  forcibly  take  the  industry  by  the  balls 
in  the  near  future. 

"I  think  we're  kind  of  over  the  goal 
thing  because  it's  really  depressing,"  Jill 
says.  "People  promise  you  things  and 
they  let  you  down." 

She's  all  too  aware  of  the  danger  of 
naivete  in  the  music  business.  Although 
their  focus  is  a  little  more  long-term  than 
mere  daily  aspirations,  any  projections 
more  than  a  few  months  ahead  are  de- 
scribed in  tentative  language. 

"We're  not  in  that  position  yet  where 
we  can  say  which  tour  we  want  to  go  on; 
now  we're  just  fishing  for  who  wants  us 
to  go  on  tour,"  Jill  says.  "Who  knows? 
That  (uncertainty)  is  part  of  being  a  New 
Yorker." 

"A  little  jaded,"  Kate  says. 

"Not  really,  "Jill  concludes,  "just  more 
realistic."  □ 


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by  Alex  Bustos 

Charlatan  Staff 


Ali  Farko  Toure  (See  and  Hear 
the  World  '93) 
Sept.  24 

Museum  of  Civilization  Theatre 


Last  Friday,  I  spent  an  evening  with  a 
musical  storyteller. 

Ali  Farka  Toure,  a  blues  guitarist  from 
Mali,  spun  his  notes  around  400  people 
Sept.  24  at  the  Museum  of  Civilization. 

Backed  by  only  two  drummers,  Toure 
treated  the  audience  to  an  eclectic  musi- 
cal delight,  blending  blues  with  West 
African  rhythms.  At  times  it  was  like 
listening  to  John  Lee  Hooker  with  an 
African  beat. 

At  another  point  in  his  performance, 
he  layered  his  music  with  a  combination 
of  a  tropical  beat  and  echoes  of 
psychedelia  and  "space  rock"  (d  la  Steve 
Vai)  riffs,  singing  in  various  African  dia- 
lects. Even  later,  echoes  of  Caribbean 
music  and  memories  of  Venezuelan  tunes 
came  to  mind. 

This  made  the  end  result  surprising. 
Instead  of  his  performance  being  a  mix 
of  clashing  styles,  his  collage  of  sound 
came  together  into  a  constant,  funky 
groove.  Like  Paco  de  Lucia  (one  of  the 


most  famous  flamenco  guitarists  in  the 
world),  Toure  can  blend  various  riffs, 
melodies  and  beats  into  a  homogenous 
sound  unlike  anything  you've  ever  heard. 

It  was  a  sound  the  audience  ate  up. 
The  couple  in  front  of  me  were  swinging 
and  swaying  in  their  seats.  When  the 
crowd  was  instructed  to  clap  their  hands, 
they  obeyed,  keeping  up  the  beat  for  the 
entire  five-minute  song.  When  the  next 
tune  started,  they  picked  up  where  they 
had  left  off  and  kept  the  beat.  Then, 
when  the  show  ended,  they  clapped  for 
an  encore. 

For  those  who  have  never  attended  a 
concert  at  the  Museum  of  Civilization, 
engendering  the  reaction  Toure  did  is  no 
small  feat. 

Picture  this:  an  audience  composed  of 
mainly  ex-hippies  who  look  like  they 
work  for  the  CBC  and  a  sprinkling  of 
university  students.  They  are  civil  -  but 
"cool"  —  and  are  always  very  proper. 
Now  picture  this  group,  yelling  and 
screaming  for  an  encore. 

Trust  me,  you  have  to  be  a  great 
musician  to  do  this. 

And  Toure  is  a  great  musician.  At  one 
point  in  his  performance  he  commented 
in  French,  "The  guitar  has  accepted  us," 
a  great  metaphor  for  how  the  audience 
felt  about  him.  □ 


26 


•  The  Charlatan  ■  September  30,1993 


The  Way  I  feel 


BY  DAVID  HODGES 

Charlatan  Outpatient 


"Talking  about  the  lack  of  caring  in  the  world  is  often  a  way  to  forge  a  special  bond 

with  that  certain  person.  This  is  so  stupid.  Why  am  I  alive?  Was  my  life  not  intended  for  greater  purposes? 
Look  at  me,  I'm  talking  to  a  computer. 

God,  I  feel  stupid.  Oh  my  God,  you've  Shot  my  husband.  I  can't  believe  you  haven't  left 

yet.  Why  can't  you  just  leave  us  alone?  Mother  of  all  Saints,  the  sheep  have 
come  home.  Where  can  we  possibly  put  them?  Well,  once  an 

old  man  told  me  that  sheep  have  a  great  fondness  for  dust.  Why  not  place  them  under  the  beds? 
Did  you  know  that  another  name  for  dust  is  slutswool?  1  find  that  rather  fascinating.  Of  course,  I  always 
didn't.  I've  acquired  quite  a  fondness  for  liking  things  that  once  repulsed  me.  Why  now,  I  even  like  eating 
lots  of  milk.  Ha  Ha.  That  didn't  even  make  sense.  For  one,  I've  always  liked  milk.  Second,  you  don't  eat  milk, 
you  drink  it.  Well,  factually  speaking,  I  suppose  you  could  freeze  it,  but  who  would  want  to  suck  on  milk.  Wow, 
I  really  got  you  there.  The  world  is  going  to  hell,  the  world  is  going  to  hell,  you  need  a  whole  lot  of  milk,  the 

world  is  going  to  hell.  Speaking  of  simple  things  (hell),  did  you  know  that  if  VOU  Were  to  djOV 

an  egg  off  a  (huCdirig  it  wouCd6reak  operu  andthe  yoCk  wouCdbe 
exposed.  In  fact,  if  it  was  summer,  ana  it  was  reaCCy  hot,  that 

sucker  wouldy>ro6aBCyfr\f.  You  could  scramble  it,  saute  it,  do  whatever  you  want,  garnish 
it,  and  bring  it  home  to  your  dad.  lust  think  now  glorious  it  would  be  to  watch  him  eat  that  egg,  not  knowing 
that  it  was  fried  on  the  ground.  I  bet  dogs  probably  shit  on  that  section  of  the  ground,  people  spit  there,  old 
men  drained  the  water  retention  of  their  feet  there.  You'd  be  laughing  so  hard  watching  him  eat  it.  He'd  say, 

"Son,  what  is  so  damned  funny.  Did  you  fry  this  ego  Oil  the  sidewalk?  Ha  Ha.  of  course 
you  wouldn't.  After  all,  I  am  your  father.  So,  just  what  is  so  funny?"  Then  you  would  say, 

"Oh  nothing  father,  I  was  just  thinking  of  an  old  episode  of 

Three's  Company. "  He  would  keep  on  eating  that  egg,  and  you'd  just  keep  laughing.  Why, 
you  might  laugh  so  hard  that  you  might  die,  but  that  wouldn't  be  so  bad.  After  all,  why  are  we  so  afraid  of 
death.  It's  not  like  there  wouldn't  be  any  ice  cream.  My  face  is  sore,  my  face  is  sore.  Why  can't  I  have  an 

unsore  face.  La  la  la  la  la  la  la  la  la  la  la  la  la  la  la  la  la.  I'm  listening  to  the  Tragically  Hip  They 
are  so  hip.  They  are  so  tragic.  It's  so  bitterly  ironic  that  they  are  so  hip,  but  are  so  tragic.  Why  can  t  they  be 
more  positive  about  their  outlook  on  life.  Being  hip  is  great,  and  here  is  nothing  tragic  about  that.  They 
should  call  themselves  the  loyfully  Hip.  That  would  inspire  a  whole  generation  to  be  so  happy  and  full  ot 
lole  Th^  th'nking  'why  is  my  hand  so  pink?  Blah.  Chicken  boy,  your  feathers 

are  a  rustling,  Chicken  boy  . . .  Chicken  boy,  come  back  to  the  hen  house,  Chicken  boy . . .  YOU 

are  just  a  Chicken  boy  and  not  a  Chicken  man.  pon't 

sacrifice  your  freedom  for  foolish  pride.  Chicken  boy,  it  s  time  to  eat 
your  corn, 

Chicken,  boy.  Corn  is  good,  buttoo  much  canned  com  isn't.  Thot-srightwhoeverwouid-ve 
Com,  it  seems  so  perfect,  SO  free.  It's  not  though,  it 


thunk  it 


Will  take  VOU  and  SUCk  VOU  in.  SlOWly  draining  yourbrain.  Iris known 
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28  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  30,1993 


Grandmother  shakes  the  Hog  Rock 


by  Christopher  Nuttal-Smith 

Charlatan  Staff 


f  

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Maria  Hawkins 

Thursday  nights 

Hog  Rock  Cafe 

^  

1 1  didn't  seem  like  the  greatest 
'place  to  listen  to  Maria 
Hawkins  sing  the  blues. 
*  t/J  I  wasn't  expecting  a  lot  as 
I  walked  into  the  Hog  Rock 
J"  Cafe  last  Thursday.  Judging 
from  the  chipped  paint  and 
grimy  mirrors,  the  place  is 
pretty  old.  Prehistoric  liquor 
bottles  and  neon  beer  signs  provide  the 
only  decor  and  the  near-empty  bar  reeks 
of  stale  smoke  and  fresh  beer. 

But  after  talking  with  Hawkins,  I 
warmed  up  to  the  place  a  little.  A  36- 
year-old  mother  of  three  and  a  grand- 
mother, Hawkins  is  a  relative  newcomer 
to  the  Ottawa  bar  scene,  having  per- 
formed for  only  two  years.  She's  the  only 
woman — notto  mention  the  only  grand- 
mother —  in  Ottawa  with  a  weekly  gig. 

Her  unique  status  has  provided  her 
with  some  obstacles  to  overcome.  "It's 
rough  being  a  singer  when  you're  also  a 
mother  and  grandmother . . .  even  more 
'cause  I'm  not  part  of  the  clique,  I'm  not 
established,"  she  says. 

But  that  doesn't  keep  her  from  putting 
on  a  good  show.  Hawkins  fronts  a  pro- 
gressive, down-and-dirty,  thigh-slapping 
gig  that  leaves  her  audience  feeling  good 
and  pleading  for  more. 

Her  band  lept  into  action  at  9:30  p.m. 
with  "Bonehead  Blues,"  a  down  and 
dirty,  hard-driving  tune  led  by  the  in- 
spired handsof  guitarist  lohn  Yemensky. 
As  the  players  wiped  away  the  kind  of 


sweat  that  can 
only  be  earned 
through  a  phe- 
nomenal jam, 
Hawkins  saun- 
tered on  stage 
and  took  over  a 
warming  crowd. 

Hawkins  — 
part  diva,  part 
blues-evangelist 
— delivered  a  per- 
petual surge  of 
music  that  ex- 
plored every  crev- 
ice of  the  blues, 
from  KoKo  Taylor 
to  )anis  Joplin. 

Het  stage  per- 
formance, equal 
parts  banter  and 
song,  hinted  at 
how  she  hitched 
up  with  the  blues. 
"One  day  I  went 
out  to  a  blues  jam 
and  the  music 
started  to  come," 
she  says  from  the 
stage.  "I  need  to 
makealivin'and 
this  here'-s  the 
best  thing  I  can 
do." 

And  she  did  it 
well.  Hawkins' 
euphoric,  growl- 
ing high  notes 
could  be  heard 
halfablockaway 
from  the  bar.  As  the  gig  progressed,  on- 
lookers entered,  often  ather  behest.  Busi- 
ness and  professional  types  trickled  in, 
mixing  with  the  Hog  Rock's  working- 


Blues  singer,  grandmother. . 


it's  really  dark  in  here, 


class  crowd.  And  they  were  all  thrilled  by 
the  music. 

As  the  band  played  on,  the  Hog  Rock 
started  to  look  a  lot  better.  I  realized  that 


it's  the  paradigm  of  a  blues  bar:  no  glitz, 
no  strobe  lights,  no  shit,  with  cheap  beer 
and  plastic  glasses. 

Hawkins  poured  so  much  effort  and 
emotion  into  her  music  it's  obvious  that 
she's  lived  with  the  pain  that  her  music 
satirizes.  "The  Fishing  Song"  is  about  a 
lying,  cheating  boyfriend  who  goes  on  a 
fishing  trip  in  a  new  suit  and  shoes. 
When  he  returns  five  months  later,  his 
girlfriend  asks,  "And  just  what  did  you 
catch  on  this  fishing  trip?" 

As  she  introduced  the  tune,  some  of 
the  audience  giggled  and  a  few  regulars 
clapped  in  anticipation.  Hawkins  said, 

"  If  s  a  sad  story  of  my  life  I  don 't  know 

how  you  (guys)  can  get  so  much  enjoy- 
ment (out  of  it)!" 

Obviously,  much  of  her  inspiration 
comes  from  life  experience.  A  single 
mother  at  16,  Hawkins  quickly  learned 
she  "couldn't  run  home  between  classes 
to  feed  (her)  babies." 

While  most  teenagers  were  at  school 
orexperiencing  the  world,  she  was  work- 
ing dead-end  jobs  trying  to  support  her 
family.  Hawkins  quips,  "I've  even  got  my 
own  collection  of  hairnets  and  name 
tags." 

Her  brand  of  blues  is  hardly  the  sad, 
twangy  blues  of  the  1930s,  though.  She 
may  have  experienced  the  tougher  side 
of  life,  but  she  doesn't  show  it.  She  is  a 
:  storyteller  who  sings  about  love  and  sex 
and  divorce.  She's  an  evangelist  who 
preaches  the  power  of  self. 

Now  that  she's  got  a  regular  gig, 
Hawkins  is  already  joking  about  reno- 
vating the  bar  to  expand  the  stage.  "I 
want  a  recording  contract,  I  want  my 
own  TV  show  . . . ." 

1  couldn't  tell  if  she  was  joking.  □ 


Actors  kidnap  hostile  theatre  critic! 


by  Prema  Oza 

Ghanaian  Start 


/Critical  Acclaim 

t  Canadian  Theatre 
Company's  Night  Howl  Series 
I  and  Oct.  2  at  11  p.m. 


vy  companion  and  I  were  com- 
pletely psyched  to  see  this 
j)play. 

The  novel  premise  of  a  play 
reviewer  doomed  by  his  own 
pen  lured  us  into  the  GCTC 
this  late  Friday  night. 
It  managed  to  overcome  a  slow  begin- 
ning and  in  the  end  was  almost  grip- 
ping. (Whew!  I  hope  this  will  detract 
reality  from  mimicking  the  play's  plot . 
.;..) 

This  piece  of  theatre  is  actually  a  play 
within  a  play.  When  a  theatre  critic 
named  Mike  Loomis  gives  a  "hurtful" 
review  of  a  play  staged  by  a  small  theatre 
company,  it  results  in  the  play's  cancel- 
lation and  the  destruction  of  the  lives  of 
people  involved. 

To  exact  revenge,  three  members  of 
the  company  —  the  playwright  Johnny 
and  two  of  his  actors,  Rita  and  Andy  — 
kidnap  the  reviewer  intending  to  kill 
him,  but  not  until  they  make  him  under- 
stand the  play  and  its  message.  "You're 
going  to  understand  this  even  if  it  kills 
you,"  says  Johnny. 

That  said,  the  beginning  almost  killed 
me.  Loomis  describes  how  Johnny's  play- 
ers are  "more  interested  in  entertaining 
themselves  than  anyone  else."  At  the 
risk  of  bodily  harm,  this  seems  to  hold 
true  for  the  actual  production. 


The  play  takes  off  rather  slowly.  Inter- 
estingly enough,  Loomis  says  the  same 
thing  about  Johnny's  play.  However,  the 
plot  quickly  gains  momentum  as  the 
kidnappers  become  more  violent  and 
the  reviewer  gets  more  indignant  and 
unyielding  in  the  face  of  their  attempts 
to  sway  him. 

In  addition  to  this,  the  reviewer  and 
the  actual  audience  are  repeatedly  sub- 
jected to  tortuous  scenes  of  |ohnny's  play 
enacted  in  front  of  Loomis,  who  is  bound 
to  a  chair. 

The  script  is,  however,  boundless. 
Writer  GATD  Caplan  (who  also  directed 
the  play)  comes  up  with  some  great  lines. 

After  Johnny  goes  on  a  rant  in  defense 
of  one  of  his  character's  lines,  Loomis 
exclaims,  "Oh  my  God!!!  You  really  talk 
like  this,  don't  you!!!" 

Another  such  line  in  the  play  Loomis 
reviews  makes  a  reference  to  a  charac- 
ter's relation  to  nature  being  like  Robert 
Bateman's  to  roadkill. 

At  one  point,  when  the  kidnappers 
hesitate  to  take  the  reviewer  to  the  bath- 
room, he  says  if  they  don't  comply  he 
will  shit  right  there.  Andy,  the  most 
tortured  of  the  kidnappers,  says  rather 
glibly,  "you've  shit  on  us  before." 

The  set  design  was  cheap.  It  had  to  be. 
We're  talking  about  a  bunch  of  strug- 
gling actors  afterall.  Talk  appeared  to  be 
cheap  as  well.  The  dialogue  was  stiff  and 
rehearsed,  staged  even.  Perhaps  this  was 
part  of  the  postmodern  connotation  of 
the  play  within  a  play  premise.  I  dunno 

On  a  more  serious  level,  this  play 
takes  a  very  personal  look  at  the  lives  of 
each  character  as  they  regale  each  other 
on  how  they  ended  up  being  actors, 


playwrights  and  reviewers.  For  instance, 
Loomis  admits  that  he  could  never  act  or 
put  on  a  play. 

Also,  upon  hearing  that  one  of  the 
actors  committed  suicide,  Loomis  asks 
quietly  if  it  was  his  review  that  did  it. 
"No,"  says  Andy,  "she  was  a  heroin  ad- 


dict." 

The  conclusion  is  also  quite  uncon- 
ventional in  that  the  ending  has  a  in- 
triguing twist.  All  in  all,  it  was  a  good 
effort,  but  I  wouldn't  contort  myself  all 
out  of  shape  to  see  this  play.  □ 


Hey  Kids! 

What's  with  you  people? 

Maybe  the  question  was  too  hard,  but  nobody  won  the  fabulous 
prize  offered  in  this  space  last  week.  So,  we'll  give  you  one  more 
chance  to  pick  up  the  award-winning  novel. . . 

The  English  Patient  by  Michael  Ondaatje! 

All  you  have  to  do  to  acquire  this  fine  piece  of  Canadian  literature 
is  correctly  answer  this  slightly  easier  skill-testing  question: 

What's  your  favourite  color? 

That's  it.  Drop  your  answer  off  along  with  your  name  and  phone 
number  in  the  Special  Prize  Box  at  the  Charlatan's  office  (Room 
531  Unicentre)  by  3  p.m.  Monday,  September  20.  The  winner  will 
be  selected  in  a  random  draw.  Charlatan  staff  aren't  eligible  for 
this  wonderful  contest. 

Good  Luck! 


September  30,1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  29 


JACCdbpfs  ffo  to  heaven 


by  Rori  Caffrey 

Charlatan  Staff 


^Heaven  Dog  —  opening  for 
Doughboys  and  Redd  Kross 
Oct.  1 
v.  Porter  Hall 

nsert  tape.  Press  PLAY.  The 
Ned's  Atomic  Dustbin-in- 
spired bass  line  enters,  fol- 
lowed by  a  crackling  sam- 

I  pled  voice  complaining  "Doc, 

II  keep  seeing  this  girl  wher- 
'ever  I  go  —  and  I  hear  her 

voice  too."  The  guitar  and 
drums  crash  down,  soon 
joined  by  a  high-strung  voice  singing 
"You  just  make  me  think  I'm  the  great- 
est/If you  knew  me  or  my  life  you'd  say 
I'm  a  loser . . . ." 

That,  the  first  32  seconds  of  Heaven 
Dog's  Holy  Cow  cassette,  is  like  the  Coles 
Nores  on  Heaven  Dog  itself. 

Those  first  32  seconds  display  power- 
pop  finesse,  suburbia-bred  angst,  teen- 
age self-deprecation  and  raging  hor- 
mones; that,  folks,  is  Heaven  Dog. 

This  local  suburban  foursome  of 
Damian  Brody  (bass),  Chris  Crabtree 
(voice),  Oliver  Marsh  (guitar),  and  Ted 
Wilson  (drums),  has  existed  for  only  a 
year.  In  that  year  though,  they  have 
shared  the  stage  with  Ottawa  biggies 
such  as  The  Skatterbrains,  Mystic  Zeal- 
ots, Fishtales,  and  Fumaceface,  as  well  as 
out-of-town ers  like  Bliss,  Screeching  Wea- 
sel, and  Bad  Brains. 

Holy  Cow,  their  debut  cassette,  was 
quickly  picked  up  by  local  label  One 
Handed  Records,  has  sold  around  500 
copies  (150  within  a  week  of  its  release 
this  spring)  and  has  gotten  considerable 
local  campus  radio  airplay. 

What  is  the  secret  to  their  success? 
"Being  young  probably  helps,"  says 
Bromby,  who,  at  20,  is  the  eldest  member 
of  the  band.  "Everyone  likes  seeing  some- 
one as  young  as  them  up  on  stage." 


Heaven  Dog,  sealed  for  freshness . 


Their  youth  is  undeniably  a  factor  in 
their  popularity.  Heaven  Dog  shows  seem 
to  double  as  conventions  for  14-  to  18- 
year-olds  with  a  penchant  for  plaid  and 
baggy  trousers.  Fresh-faced  fans,  male 
and  female,  cram  the  front  of  the  stage, 
dancing,  thrashing,  and  singing  along. 
It's  like  a  high-school  dance,  only  with 
cool  music  and  without  the  weenies. 

"Part  of  the  reason  why  we're  so  popu- 
lar with  the  high-school  audience,"  says 
Wilson,  "is  —  well,  speaking  from  a 
high-school  kid's  point  of  view,  high- 
school  kids  don't  want  to  hear  about 
political  problems.  They  want  to  hear 
about  stuff  that  deals  with  them. 

"We  don't  write  about  logging  prob- 
lems in  Victoria,"  he  adds,  "because  we 
can't  relate  to  that.  The  only  things  on 
our  minds  are  school  and  girls." 

Makes  you  think  high  school  isn't 
that  bad.  □ 


10  fun  Heaven  Dog  Facts 


10)  Guitarist  Oliver  Marsh  is  the  mas- 
termind behind  local  indie  label  Wet 
Records.  He  has  done  engineering  and 
production  work  for  local  young  bucks 
like  Lemon  Weapons,  Mushroom  Explo- 
sion, Poopookakandthebumbums, 
Cowpint  and  Trip  Hammer. 

9)  Bandmates  claim  Marsh's  body  is 
incapable  of  producing  adrenaline,  thus 
explaining  his  often  sedate  stage 
behavior. 

8)  Bassist  Damian  Bromby  admits  to 
"honking"  (i.e.  throwing  up,  for  those  of 
us  who  don't  live  in  Kanata)  prior  to 
going  onstage  at  Furnacefest,  last 
month's  orgy  of  indie  music  at  Lansdowne 
Park. 

"It  was  partially  because  I  was 
hungover,"  says  Bromby,  "but  mainly 


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AVALIABLE  ATrNEON 


BYWARO  MARKET 


because  I  was  nervous." 

7)  Vocalist  Chris  Crabtree  was  kicked 
out  of  Circle  Square  Ranch,  a  Christian 
summer  camp,  for  "pooning"  (ie.  rucking, 
for  those  of  us  who  don't  live  in  Kanata) 
a  fellow  camper. 

6)  Crabtree  was  also  kicked  out  of 
Beaver  Scouts  —  hopefully  not  for  the 
same  reasons  as  the  Circle  Square  Ranch 
incident. 

5)  Drummer  Ted  Wilson,  on  the  other 
hand,  was  a  model  Cub  Scout  and  earned 
all  his  merit  badges. 

"I  didn't  go  on  to  Scouts  though, "  says 
Wilson.  "1  was  scared  of  those  winter 
camping  trips." 

4)  Bromby  didn't  participate  in  Bea- 
ver Scouts,  Cub  Scouts,  or  Circle  Square 
Ranch. 

"Damian's  childhood  was  a  blur  of 
rock  'n'  roll  and  BMX-ing,"  says  Wilson. 

3)  Heaven  Dog  enjoyed  their  15  min- 
utes of  fame  at  the  aforementioned 
Furnacefest.  They  were  asked  to  sign  a 
female  fan's  cast,  and  Crabtree  was  given 
a  "wonky  thing"  (i.e.  a  cylindrical  noise- 
making  toy,  for  those  of  us  who  don't  live 
in  . . .  actually,  for  anybody  other  than 
from  Crabtree)  with  "I  Love  You  Chris" 
written  on  it. 

2)  Wilson  financed  the  Holy  Cow  cas- 
sette with  money  he  made  from  having 
green  slime  poured  onto  his  head. 

In  the  mid-to-late  eighties  he  was  an 
actor  on  the  television  series  You  Can 't  Do 
ThatOn  Television,  a  kid-comedy  in  which 
characters  were  drenched  with  a  myste- 
rious goo  upon  mention  of  a  secret  word. 

"  I  made  lots  of  money  off  that  because 
it  was  a  big  show,"  says  Wilson.  "I  got 
really  lucky  when  I  was  young  so  now  I 
don't  have  to  work  through  my  teenage 
years." 

Incidentally,  the  show  received  many 
complaints  from  parents  due  to  scenes 
involving  young  boys  stripping  down  to 
their  underwear  and  being  shackled  to  a 
prison  wall. 

1)  They'll  be  opening  for  Montreal's 
Doughboys  on  Oct.  1  at  Carleton's  Porter 
Hall.  All  Heaven  Dog  members  are 
Doughboys  disciples  and  are  thrilled  to 
share  the  stage  with  Canada'scandycore 
gurus.  Crabtree  jokingly  says  he  hopes  to 
take  advantage  ofthe  huge  show's  "fringe 
benefits." 

"I'm  hoping  I  can  get  lots  of  chicks' 
phone  numbers  after,"  says  Crabtree. 

"Yeah,"  says  Bromby.  "Ones  he  doesn't 
have  to  pay  for  by  the  minute. "  □ 


30  •  The  Charlatan  ■  September  30,1993 


Thursday,  September 
30 

Cinematheque  Canada  in  the  Mu- 
seum of  Civilization  presents  Black- 
mail, Alfred  Hitchcock's  first  ever  film 
with  sound.  Show  starts  at  7  p.m. 

Friday,  October  1 

Today's  free  noontime  concert  (12:30 
p.m.,  Alumni  Theatre)  features  David 
Irving  of  jazz  piano  fame.  International 
Socialists:  don't  picket  this  event!  It's  not 
that  David  Irving. 

It's  the  show  of  the  month! 
Doughboys!  Redd  Kross!  Heaven 
Dog!  At  Porter  Hall!  Tickets  are  $  10  in 
advance,  $12  at  the  door.  They're  avail- 
able at  the  usual  independent  outlets 
and  the  Unicentre  Store. 

At  Zaphod's,  it's  a  Youth  Challenge 
International  Benefit  with  Ottawa's 
Stone  Soul  Picnic  and  Atomic  Or- 
ange. Five  dollars  will  get  you  in  to  this 
worthy  cause. 

Far  From  Vietnam,  "one  of  the  most 
important  films  of  the  sixties,"  is  de- 
scribed by  the  Cinematheque  Canada 
guide  as  a  "collage/fresco  by  seven  French 
directors  on  the  subject  of  the  Vietnam 
war."  Sounds  good.  It's  at  the  Museum 
of  Civilization,  at  9  p.m. 

Running  today  through  next  Thurs- 
day it's  the  Best  of  the  Bytowne  series, 
featuring  the  best  movies  from  the  cin- 
ema's five  years  of  existence.  The  cel- 
ebration starts  off  tonight  at  7  p.m.  with 
a  party  for  Bytowne  members,  including 
contests,  movie  previews,  free  popcorn 
and  a  screening  of  the  definitive 
androgyny  epic  The  Crying  Game.  It's 
free  for  members. 

It's  the  "hottest  blend  of  dancehall, 
soca  and  reggae  straight  from  Barba- 
dos!" Or  so  raves  Spice  and  Co.'s  press 
release.  They're  playing  tonight  at 
Creeque  Alley. 

Saturday,  October  2 

The  late  show  at  the  Mayf air  tonight 
is  the  always  entertaining  Craserhead, 

David  Lynch's  first  film.  It  starts  at  11 
p.m.  and  tickets  are  a  very  reasonable 

$5. 

It's  the  infamous  traditional  sounds 
of  Killiecrankie  at  the  Glebe  Com- 
munity Centre  at  8:30  p.m.  It's  put  on 
by  the  Old  Sod  Folk  Music  Society,  so  you 
know  what  to  expect.  As  always,  tickets 
are  $10  for  members  and  $12  for  every- 
one else,  available  at  the  Ottawa  Folk- 
lore Centre  and  at  the  door. 

The  annual  Take  Back  the  Night 

rally  takes  place  tonight  at  7:30  p.m.  at 
the  National  Gallery  of  Canada,  with 
a  march  to  follow. 

Sunday,  October  3 

The  Irish  Rovers  play  tonight  at  the 
Centrepointe  Theatre  ($22.50  for  tick- 
ets). Twenty-somethings'  eyes  well  up 


with  tears  as  memories  of  that  unicorn 
song  conjure  up  images  of  a  time  when 
things  were  simpler  and  they  didn't  have 
to  pay  rent. 

Monday,  October  4 

For  all  you  cool  types  out  there,  the 
May-fair  showing  a  double  bill:  Sid 
and  Nancy,  a  homage  to  a  drug-ad- 
dicted, talentless  media  creation.  At  9: 1 5 
p.m.,  Rude  Boy  is  a  movie  featuring 
concert  footage  of  The  Clash.  Hooray. 

As  part  of  its  Quinzaine  Acadienne, 
which  runs  until  the  1 7th,  the  National 
Arts  Centre  presents  singer  Edith  But- 
ler through  Oct.  9.  It's  in  support  of  the 
Congres  Mondial  Acadien  that'll  be  hap- 
pening in  New  Brunswick  next  summer. 
It's  at  the  N  AC  Studio  and  tickets  are  $20 
though  the  NAC  Box  Office  or 
Ticketmaster. 


Ali  Farka  Toure :  the  man  himself. 

Tuesday,  October  5 

Today's  reading  hp,  courtesy  of  Char- 
latan production  manager  Kevin  McKay, 
is  W.P  Kinsella's  baseball  classic  Shoeless 
foe.  Says  Kevin:  "It's  the  best  book  about 
the  American  pastime  ever  written  — 
and  it's  written  by  a  Canadian!" 

It's  a  BBQ!  Go  to  the  fountain  in 
front  of  the  admin  building  between 
noon  and  1  p.m.  Bring  $5.  It  won't  get 
you  much  —  just  a  burger  or  a  hot  dog, 
chips  and  a  drink,  but  there'll  be  enter- 
tainment and  door  prizes  (where  are 
they  going  to  put  the  door?).  It's  all  to 
kick  off  Carleton's  United  Way  thing. 

Wednesday,  October  6 

Big  band  around  Toronto,  Lowest 
of  the  Low  graces  the  Zaphod's  stage 
this  early  evening.  Opening  the  show  is 
Winnipeg's  Acoustically  Inclined. 

Tickets  are  eight  bucks  at  the  door. 

(Is  it  just  me,  or  are  Zaphod's  cover 
charges  going  up?  It  used  to  be  that 
every  show  except  perhaps  a  big-name 
American  act  was  five  dollars.  This 
month,  out  of  13  bands,  only  six  cost 
five  dollars,  just  asking.  —  edO  


Spend  time  with  your  radio.  This  week, 
In  A  Mellow  Tone  (CKCU  93.1  FM,  9 
p.m.  —  11  p.m.)  features  music  from 
Memphis. 

Thursday,  October  7 

Here's  another  chance  to  relive  the 
seventies.  It's  Disco  Thursday  with  the 
Hammer  Heads,  at  The  Pit,  below  On 
Tap. 


If  you've  got  a  listing  you 

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2  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  7,  1993 


NEWS 


Security  officers  get  special  status 

»v  Brandie  Weikle  *^ 


by  Brandie  Weikle 

Charlatan  Staff 

Four  of  Carleton's  security  officers  re- 
ceived special  constable  status  on  Oct.  4. 

"They  will  have  the  power  to  make 
arrests,  to  detain  people,  and  to  lay 
charges,"  says  Mark  Tinlin,  director  of 
the  department  of  university  safety. 

The  special  constables  will  not  carry 
guns  or  billy  clubs. 

People  detained  by  the  constables  will 
be  held  at  the  patrol  office,  says  Len 
Boudreault,  assistant  director  of  the  de- 
partment of  university  safety. 

Security  officers  who  do  not  have  this 
status  can't  lay  charges  and  are  only  able 
to  make  citizen  arrests,  says  Tinlin. 

Larry  Sampson,  Alan  Parker,  Mike 
Warner,  and  Rick  Percival  spent  three 
months  training  to  be  special  constables 
at  Ontario  Police  College,  in  Aylmer, 
Ont,  near  London. 

Parker  says  the  new  special  constables 
will  help  make  things  go  a  lot  smoother. 

"It's  going  to  be  a  lot  better  for  our 
staff,"  says  Parker. 

"We  can  deal  with  the  small  problems 
on  sight,  instead  of  having  to  wait  for  the 
Ottawa  Police  to  arrive. 

We  can  deal  with  the  trespassers  and 
disturbances  ourselves.  We  will  still  be 
having  the  police  in  for  more  serious 
incidents." 

Tuition  for  the  course  cost  the  depart- 
ment $4,000  per  officer,  says  Tinlin.  The 
officers  were  paid  their  usual  salaries 
while  they  were  trained. 

Because  the  new  special  constables 
will  now  fall  under  a  new  employment 


Two  of  Carleton's  new  special  constables. 

classification,  they  will  be  paid  $34,000 
annually,  while  the  regular  security  offic- 
ers are  paid  $32,000,  says  Tinlin. 

He  says  all  the  new  special  constables 
entered  the  program  by  choice. 

"No  one  was  forced  to  take  the  course, 
but  they  have  to  be  able  to  pass,"  says 
Tinlin. 

Requirements  to  pass  include  "a  back- 
ground check,  a  psychological  test,  physi- 
cal fitness  testing  and  the  passing  of  the 
actual  course  in  Aylmer,"  says  Tinlin. 

While  the  officers  were  away  on  train- 
ing, no  new  officers  were  hired. 

"It  would  take  three  months  to  get 
them  trained  and  uniformed, "  says  Tinlin. 
"The  workload  is  spread  among  the  other 


(officers)." 

Carle  ton 
President 
Robin 
Farquhar 
says  the  con- 
stables 
learned 
about  mat- 
ters relating 
to  culture, 
multicul- 
tural ism 
and  sensitiv- 
es ity  at  the 
|  police  col- 
§  lege,  as  well 
w  asQcominu- 
jjj  nity  ap- 
w  proach  to 

 policing. 

"I  should 

think  that  not  only  are  they  going  to  be 
more  sensitive  and  knowledgable,  but 
also  more  authoritative.  As  a  result,  I 
think  they'll  quickly  earn  the  respect  of 
people  on  campus,"  Farquhar  says. 

Lucy  Watson,  president  of  the  Carle- 
ton  University  Students'  Association,  is 
not  convinced  this  will  solve  the  problem 
of  campus  safety. 

"I  think  there  are  a  lot  of  improve- 
ments that  need  to  be  made  throughout 
the  entire  university  structure,"  says 
Watson.  "We  need  more  lighting  and  we 
need  more  security  phones.  We  need  to 
look  at  the  parking  garage. 

"I  think  we  need  to  hire  more  women 
in  the  department  of  university  safety, 


more  people  of  color  and  people  with 
disabilities." 

Watson  says  the  greater  efficiency  that 
security  officers  can  now  have  as  special 
constables  will  be  a  benefit  to  everyone, 
but  says  it  still  doesn't  stop  incidents 
from  happening  on  campus. 

Foot  Patrol  co-ordinator  Brenda 
Kennedy  says  she  thinks  the  new  consta- 
bles will  be  helpful.  "What  I'm  concerned 
about  is  flashers  and  sexual  assailants 
which  can  now  be  arrested  immediately." 

Now,  nine  of  Ontario's  16  universities 
have  security  staff  with  special  consta- 
bles. As  well  as  Carleton,  these  universi- 
ties include  Windsor,  Western,  Guelph, 
McMaster,  Brock,  Toronto,  Trent  and 
Laurentian. 

Carleton  has  20  security  staff.  Four  of 
them  are  trained  as  dispatchers,  and  16 
are  security  officers.  Four  of  these  officers 
are  now  special  constables. 

Two  are  in  training,  and  another  two 
have  been  chosen  to  go  to  police  college 
in  January. 

None  of  the  new  special  constables  are 
women  or  people  of  color,  says  Tinlin. 
The  department's  agreement  with  the 
union  stipulates  that  special  constables 
must  be  chosen  by  seniority,  he  says. 

"Unfortunately,  a  long  time  ago,  when 
most  of  the  people  were  hired,  they  were 
all  men,"  says  Tinlin. 

He  says  a  woman  will  train  in  the 
upcoming  course.  No  people  of  colorare 
represented  yet,  he  says. 

"I  hope  that  ail  my  patrol  staff  will 
eventually  take  the  training  and  receive 
the  status,"  Tinlin  says.  □ 


TA  union  member  calls  for  equity 


by  Matt  Skinner 

Chad  at  an  Staff 

A  motion  intended  to  ensure  that  peo- 
ple of  color  would  be  represented  at  an 
upcoming  national  convention  of  the 
Canadian  Union  of  Public  Employees 
received  only  one  vote  at  Local  2323's 
general  membership  meeting. 

The  local's  membership  includes 
teaching  assistants,  research  assistants, 
student  computer  consultants  and  stu- 
dent sessional  lecturers  at  Carleton. 

Robin  Browne,  a  teaching  assistant 
for  the  school  of  journalism  who  made 
the  motion,  says  the  Sept.  14  meeting 
was  the  first  meeting  he  had  attended. 

At  the  meeting,  local  members  were 
preparing  to  choose  two  members  to  send 
to  a  national  CUPE  convention  in  Van- 
couver from  Nov.  14-19. 

"I  put  up  my  hand  and  I  said  'I  see  that 
I'm  the  only  brown  person  in  the  room.  I 
assume  there  are  more  brown  TAs,  and  if 
there  are  they  should  be  represented  also. 
So  I'd  like  to  make  a  motion  that  one  of 
these  two  people  has  to  be  a  person  of 
color,'"  Browne  says. 

"There  are  concerns  that  (people  of 
color)  have  that  really  only  we  would 
know  how  to  push  at  a  meeting." 

Browne  says  he  was  the  only  person 
who  voted  for  the  motion.  About  30  peo- 
ple attended  the  meeting. 

Initially  a  lot  of  people  spoke  in  favor 
of  the  motion,  says  local  president  Michel 
Roy. 

"As  a  result  of  the  debate  that  went  on, 
I  guess  they  changed  their  minds." 

Paul  Whiteley,  the  local's  vice-presi- 
dent internal,  says  he  thinks  some  mem- 
bers felt  there  were  only  two  positions 
available  and  the  only  issue  the  motion 
dealt  with  was  that  of  skin  color. 

An  amendment  to  Browne's  motion, 
as  found  in  the  minutes  of  the  meeting, 
says  that  at  least  one  representative  of  a 
minority  or  oppressed  group  be  nomi- 


nated for  each  of  the  positions.  The 
amended  motion  was  carried. 

An  oppressed  group  includes  anyone 
who  "does  not  occupy  a  traditional  posi- 
tion of  privilege  or  authority,"  says  Roy. 

This  includes  women,  gays,  lesbians 
andbisexuals,  people  of  color  and  people 
with  disabilities,  he  says. 

Browne  says  he  feels  that  the  union 
needs  some  sort  of  affirmative  action  pro- 
gram to  go  out  and  meet  TAs  who  are 
people  of  color,  because  they  feel  alien- 
ated. 

He  says  this  could  be  something  as 
simple  as  members  of  the  executive  going 
and  talking  to  members  who  are  people 
of  color. 

Whiteley  says  Browne's  proposal  is  a 
good  idea  and  something  the  local  has  to 
work  at. 

"It  seems  to  me  that  we,  as  a  union,  do 
have  a  problem  in  making  our  meetings 
accessible  and  seem  relevant  to  people 
from  minority  communities.  I  think  that 
is  a  problem." 

Roy  says  there  are  about  1,200  mem- 
bers in  the  local  but  does  not  know  how 
many  of  them  are  people  of  color.  He  says 
there  were  more  people  than  usual  at  the 
meeting. 

Whiteley  says  due  to  the  September 
meeting,  the  local's  human  rights  advi- 
sory committee  will  "recommend  consti- 
tutional changes  for  the  local,  in  order  to 
better  accommodate  the  empowerment 
of  various  oppressed  groups  both  within 
the  local  and  in  our  representations  to  the 
university  and  elsewhere." 

After  Browne's  motion  was  defeated 
and  the  amending  motion  carried,  both 
Whiteley  and  Browne  were  nominated  to 
attend  the  convention,  butboth  declined. 

Browne  says  he  wanted  to  make  it 
known  that  he  was  angry  when  the  mo- 
tion was  defeated  and  he  didn't  want  it  to 
seem  like  his  motive  for  the  motion  was  to 
get  nominated  for  the  trip. 


"To  me  it  felt  very  much  like  taking 
the  crumbs  instead  of  the  cookie,"  says 
Browne. 

Whiteley  says  he  declined  for  a 
number  of  reasons. 

"I  didn't  think  that  I  would  be  the 
most  effective  person  to  carry  these  bat- 
tles forth  within  CUPE's  structures," 
Whiteley  says.  "I  felt  that  in  this  case  it 


was  probably  more  effective  to  send  peo- 
ple who  could  do  the  necessary  shit  dis- 
turbing at  the  level  of  the  national  un- 
ion." 

The  only  two  delegates  to  accept  their 
nomi  nations  were  Roy  andanother  mem- 
ber, Pam  Scholey,  says  Whiteley.  They 
will  represent  CUPE  Local  2323  at  the 
national  convention  in  November.  □ 


Student  says  CUSA 
hiring  practices  unfair 


by  Andrea  Wiebe 

Charfaian  Staff 

A  student  who  was  turned  down  for  a 
job  with  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association  claims  he  was  dis- 
criminated against  because  he  is  disa- 
bled. 

Kevin  Kinsella,  a  mature  student  who 
uses  a  wheelchair,  has  complained  to 
CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson  that  CUSA 
discriminated  against  him  on  the  basis 
of  his  disability  because  he  was  not  hired 
as  CUSA's  deputy  chief  electoral  officer. 

Kinsella  says  he  plans  to  take  the 
issue  to  the  Ontario  Human  Rights  Com- 
mission. He  says  he  has  contacted  a 
human  rights  officer  about  the  situa- 
tion, and  will  file  a  complaint  next  week. 

Watson  says  Kinsella's  accusation  is 
unfounded.  "I  will  state,  for  the  record, 
that  the  students'  association,  particu- 
larly theexecutive,  has  been  striving  this 
year  towards  ensuring  that  people  of 
color,  women,  and  people  with  disabil- 
ities are  given  an  opportunity  over  and 
above  (others)." 

Kinsella  says  he  applied  for  the  posi- 
tion on  Sept.  20  and  was  interviewed  on 
Sept.  23.  He  was  notified  on  the  same 
afternoon  that  he  didn't  get  the  job. 


Colleen  Felstead  was  hired  for  the  posi- 
tion. 

The  deputy  chief  electoral  officerhires 
the  poll  clerks  and  deputy  returning  of- 
ficers, and  is  responsible  to  the  chief 
electoral  officer.  The  position  lasts  from 
the  byelection  in  November  until  until 
the  end  of  CUSA  elections  in  February. 

Watson  says  she  sees  no  discrimina- 
tion within  the  hiring  board. 

"I  have  been  assured,  and  I  am  quite 
certain,  that  the  person  with  the  best 
qualifications  was  hired  for  this  position. 
However,  I  am  not  at  liberty  to  disclose 
any  of  the  information  that  was  dis- 
cussed during  hiring  boards,  or  resumes. 
They're  all  confidential,"  says  Watson. 

Kinsella  says  he  has  been  involved  in 
politics  and  in  the  electoral  process  since 
he  was  very  young.  "I've  been  around 
politics  since  I  was  a  little  kid,"  Kinsella 
says. 

At  the  age  of  1 3,  Kinsella  was  the  first 
chair  of  the  children  and  youth  advisory 
committee  for  the  City  of  Ottawa.  He  has 
assisted  in  municipal  election  campaigns 
and  has  served  on  committees  such  as 
Ottawa's  disabled  citizen's  advisory  com- 
mittee and  CUSA's  committee  on  the 

HIRING  cont'd  on  page  5 


October  7,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  -  3 


First-year  students  stuck  on  theatre  floor 


by  Naomi  Bock 

Cha/lalan  Staff 

First-year  engineering  students  sitting 
on  the  floor  of  their  class  in  Bell  Theatre 
aren't  getting  a  quality  education,  says 
their  professor  Peter  Frise. 

The  dean  of  engineering's  office  re- 
ports 433  students  enrolled  in  first-year 
engineering,  72  more than-lastyear.  Bell 
Theatre  only  holds  400  students. 

"Every  single  seat  is  full,  and  there  are 
people  sitting  in  the  flippin'  aisles.  It's 
just  not  right, "  Frise  says.  "A  whole  bunch 
of  people  showed  up  at  the  end  of  the 
summer  that  we  didn 't  expect.  The  infra- 
structure of  our  program  isn't  able  to 
cope  with  that." 

Frise  says  he  wasn't  told  about  the 
new  admissions,  and  wasn't  able  to  pre- 
pare for  them  with  teaching  staff  or 
materials. 

"1  don't  have  any  more  TAs  for  this 
and  I  have  50  more  people  than  I  figured 
I'd  have.  So  the  TAs  I  have  are  working 
pretty  dam  hard." 

Frise  says  the  bookstore  wasn't  in- 
formed of  the  increase  either,  and  didn't 
have  enough  books  until  the  fourth  week 
of  classes. 

"We  were  photocopying  workbook 
sheets  and  that's  breaking  the  copyright 
law,"  says  Frise. 

Vic  Chapman,  Carleton's  director  of 
admissions,  says  the  vice-president  aca- 
demic and  the  dean  of  engineering  tar- 
geted an  enrolment  of  450  students  for 
this  year. 

Tom  Wilkinson,  the  university's  as- 
sistant vice-president  academic,  says  the 
problem  is  the  unpredictable  number  of 
responses  to  offers  of  admission. 

"Lastyear  we  undertargeted,  thisyear 
we  overtargeted.  We  don't  know  what 
the  response  will  be  from  year  to  year." 


Chapman  told  The  Charlatan,  through 
hisassistant  Barbara  Brady,  that  it  would 
take  "too  much  time  to  calculate"  how 
many  offers  of  admission  were  sent  out 
this  year,  or  how  many  were  accepted. 

Wilkinson  says  more  students  means 
more  money  for  the  university.  But  he 
says  while  this  year's  target  rate  was 
"revenue-related,"  it  also  matched  the 
faculty's  capacity. 

Chong  Chan,  the  associate  dean  of 
engineering,  says  "once  offers  of  admis- 
sion are  accepted,  we  have  to  honor 
that." 


He  says  this  year's  sharp  increase  was 
due  to  a  "last-minute  rush  that  no  one 
can  explain." 

Booking  lecture  halls  must  be  done 
months  in  advance,  says  Chan.  "But 
there  needs  to  be  a  reminder  of  the  num- 
bers (of  students)." 

Chan  says  his  office  has  few  alterna- 
tives at  this  point. 

"We  are  addressing  the  problem,  how- 
ever poorly  equipped  we  are." 

Frise  says  he  doesn't  object  to  an  in- 
crease in  numbers,  but  to  the  fact  he 
wasn't  warned  and  the  university  wasn't 


organized  for  the  increase.  "There  is  a 
pretty  serious  lack  of  communication," 
he  says. 

"They  didn't  tell  me,  they  didn't  tell 
the  dean,  they  didn't  tell  the  bookstore.  I 
just  don't  understand  it." 

Frise  says  there  is  also  a  safety  issue 
with  overcrowding.  "If  there  was  a  fire 
and  somebody  tripped  because  there  was 
a  knapsack  in  the  aisle,  I'd  be  responsi- 
ble. 

"But  what  really  bugs  me  is  that  the 
CLASS  cont'd  page  6 


by  Drew  Edwards 

Charlatan  Staff 

Why  is  the  OC  Transpo  student 
bus  pass  only  available  to  full-time 
students  and  not  part-timers? 

Well,  the  answer  to  this  humdinger  is 
basically  in  the  numbers. 

A  student  bus  pass  for  one  month 
costs  $43.50. 


If  a  part-time  student  travelled  to  the 
university  four  times  inaweek,  atotal  of 
eight  trips,  it  would  cost  $13  if  four  trips 
were  during  peak  hours  and  four  were 
off-peak. 

Multiply  that  by  four  weeks  and  it  is 
$52  a  month.  That  is  about  $10  more 
than  the  bus  pass,  which  hardly  seems 
right,  considering  many  part-timers  are 
part-timers  because  they  are  stone  broke 
and  may  need  the  bus  for  other  things 
like  making  money  to  go  to  school. 

But  consider  further.  Most  full-time 
students  only  purchase  bus  passes  for 
September,  October  and  November  be- 
cause December  is  exam  time  and  doesn't 
justify  the  expense.  Same  applies  in  the 
winter  semester. 

So  actually,  bus  passes  are  only  worth 
it  for  six  months  of  the  year,  seeing  as 
they  are  not  available  during  the  sum- 
mer (another  scam,  but  that's  another 
story).  So  really  part-timers  might  pay 
only  $60  more  than  full-time  students  for 
the  entire  year. 

And  if  they  do  use  the  bus  more  than 
four  rimes  a  week,  then  they  can  buy  a 


regular  bus  pass  for  $53,  which  is  the 
regularprice.  And  they  are  still  only  hit 
for  about  $60  more  than  a  full-time 
student  would  pay. 

So  are  part-timers  getting  the  shaft 
from  OC  Transpo?  Yes,  butonly  moder- 
ately. Says  AJ  Crippen,  co-ordinator  for 
■  the  Mature  and  Part-Time  Students' 
Centre,  "I  haven't  heard  complaints 
from  anyone  that  was  strictly  a  part- 
time  student." 

And  there  are  other  concerns  for  all 
students  concerning  bus  service.  Says 
Jim  Watson,  city  councillor  and  OC 
Transpo  board  member,  "you  can't 
have  a  hundred  priorities,  and  you 
have  to  determine  what  is  the  most 
attainable  and  what  is  going  to  help 
the  greatest  number  of  people." 

Those  concerns  include  improving 
the  frequency  and  number  of  buses  so 
that  people  that  don 't  live  in  the  Glebe 
can  get  service  too  and  so  students 
aren't  crammed  into  the  buses  like 
small,  smelly  fish. 

Part-timers  are  treated  like  smelly 
fish  too,  ya  know.  □ 


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COUNCIL 


by  Brent 
Dowdall 

Charlatan  staff 

"CUSA 
council  is 
like  q 
Hyundai 
in  a  win- 
ter storm  in  Ottawa.  It  goes  nowhere." 

The  author  of  this  quotation?  No,  not 
Kim  Campbell.  A  Charlatan  staffer?  Good 
guess,  but  wrong.  Sparky?  Strike  three. 

It  was  none  other  than  CUSA's  own 
magician  of  math,  sultan  of  statistics, 
finance  commissioner  Rene  Faucher,  who 
let  everyone  around  him  know  early  in 
the  meeting  that  he  would  rather  be  in  a 
winter  storm  on  Sparks  Street  than  at  the 
CUSA  council  meeting  held  in  Baker 
Lounge  on  Sept.  30. 

Surprisingly,  some  interesting  things 
arose  from  the  meeting.  It  just  took  a 
long  time  to  get  there. 

Councillors  spent  45  minutes  debat- 
ing the  meeting's  agenda,  because  some 
councillors  wanted  to  move  a  motion  up 
on  the  agenda  to  remove  nine  delin- 
quent councillors  who  haven't  shown  up 
to  meetings. 

Arts  rep  Todd  McAllister,  who  just 
happened  to  be  on  the  list,  argued  for 
moving  it  up,  saying  that  he  wouldn't  be 


Anybody  know  a  good 


able  to  do  his  job  with  the  axe  poised  over 
his  head.  But  that  was  defeated. 

Councillors  spent  just  as  long  arguing 
over  when  and  how  to  drop  the  byelection 
writ,  the  procedural  motion  to  hold  No- 
vember's CUSA  byelection. 

They  were  in  a  classic  catch-22  situa- 
tion. Because  if  council  dropped  the  writ 
before  getting  to  that  nasty  delinquent 
councillor  item,  they  wouldn't  know  how 
many  seats  were  vacant  for  the  writ. 

But  if  council  got  rid  of  the  delinquent 
councillors  first,  then  they  would  lose 
quorum  and  wouldn't  be  able  to  move 
the  writ  at  all. 

Faucher  tried  to  jump-start  the 
Hyundai  by  suggesting  that  council  move 
the  writ  and  fill  in  the  number  of  seats 
later.  Council  compromised  by  agreeing 
to  this. 

During  question  period,  arts  council- 
lor John  Edwards,  1  'enfant  terrible  of  CUSA 
council,  grilled  Faucher  and  President 
Lucy  Watson  over  executive  perks  such 
as  the  $273  gold  rings  each  executive 
member  receives  atthe  end  of  their  term, 
and  $80  refills  for  their  day  planners.  "If 
someone  asked  me,  how  could  I  possibly 
justify  these  perks?"  asked  Edwards. 

"Don't  justify  it.  Tell  them  to  come  to 
me  and  I'll  justify  it,"  Faucher  replied. 

After  two  hours  of  this  type  of  ex- 


change, the  fun  started. 

Councillors  debated  that  nasty  delin- 
quent councillor  motion  moved  by  vice- 
president  internal  Rob  Jamieson  (coun- 
cillors skipped  over  about  30  items  in 
between,  but  most  of  them  had  been 
tabled  at  past  meetings  anyway). 

The  list  started  with  nine  naughty 
councillors,  but  since  three  had  already 
resigned  and  the  five  who  managed  to 
make  the  meeting  were  forgiven,  it  quickly 
dwindled  to  one  —  arts  rep  Chris  Rogers, 
who  had  not  been  seen  at  council  for 
many  months. 

To  impeach  a  councillor,  council  needs 
a  majority  vote  of  at  least  18  members. 
There  were  only  18  councillors  present. 

Council  first  voted  on  whether  to  vote 
by  secret  ballot.  That  was  defeated.  Then 
they  debated  whether  to  vote  in  favor  of 
vacating  Rogers's  seat,  and  judging  by 
the  course  of  debate,  it  looked  as  if  Mr. 
Roger's  neighborhood  would  be  deserted. 

Council  chose  to  vote  by  roll  call,  so 
each  councillor's  vote  wouldbe  recorded. 
Council  voted  16-0  with  2  abstensions  to 
impeach  Rogers,  butthatwasn'tenough 
to  remove  him. 

The  abstainers  were  architecture  rep 
Sheldon  Baker  and  arts  rep  Tom  Golem. 

What  followed  belongs  in  the  proce- 
dural Hall  of  Fame.  Councillors  tried  to 


reconsider  the  matter,  but  they  couldn't 
because  to  do  so  someone  who  voted 
against  the  motion  had  to  reconsider  it, 
and  no  one  had  voted  no. 

So  council  threw  out  Robert's  Rules  of 
Order  (which  guide  standard  meeting 
procedure)  so  they  could  reconsider  the 
Chris  Rogers  question.  Councillors  voted 
to  conduct  a  secret  ballot  when  they 
voted  again. 

After  a  second  vote  on  Rogers's  seat, 
by  secret  ballot,  council  voted  18-0  to 
declare  the  seat  vacant.  Golem  said  later 
he  abstained  on  the  first  vote  because  it 
wasn't  right  to  vote  publicly  on  a  matter 
such  as  a  councillor's  future. 

But  it  still  wasn't  over  yet.  Some  coun- 
cillors and  Anandasangaree,  the  proxy 
for  Watson  after  she  left  the  meeting, 
moved  a  motion  to  destroy  the  minutes 
of  the  roll  call,  arguing  that  the  circum-  t 
stances  were  different  after  the  second 
vote  than  they  were  after  the  first  vote, 
namely  that  the  roll  call  exposed  how 
councillors  voted  the  first  time.  But  that 
motion  was  defeated  without  a  formal 
vote.  This  was  probably  a  good  thing 
since  TheChartatan  had  been  taking  notes 
the  whole  time  and  destroying  the  min- 
utes would  look  pretty  silly. 

Better  rev  up  those  Hyundais.  The 
storm  could  get  bad.  □ 


HIRING  cont'd  from  page  3 

status  of  students  with  disabilities. 

Kinsella  says  he  feels  he  had  the  expe- 
rience needed  for  the  job.  "I've  been 
working  in  more  elections  than  these 
people  have  been  voting  in." 

In  a  letter  of  complaint  sent  to  Watson, 
Kinsella  requested  a  copy  of  the  winning 
candidate's  resume.  "I  don't  think  they 
wanted  a  disabled  person  on  the  job,"  he 
says. 

According  to  Kinsella,  he  was  given 
no  explanation  as  to  why  he  was  not 
hired  even  though  he  requested  an  ex- 
planation on  Sept.  27  in  a  letter. 

"Their  (CUSA's)  hiring  policies  may 
notfit  with  their  practice.  All  you  have  to 
do  is  took  around  and  see  how  many 
white  people  are  working  for  CUSA. 
They're  all  white;  they're  all  able-bodied. 
Not  that  I  believe  in  affirmative  action, 


but  when  they're  all  that  way,  you  sort  of 
wonder." 

Watson  says  she  has  responded  to 
Kinsella's  letter  by  defending  the  hiring 
board's  decision. 

Rob  jamieson,  CUSA's  vice-president 
internal,  says  there  were  three  people  on 
the  hiring  board  for  the  position  of  deputy ' 
chief  electoral  officer —  jamieson,  CUSA 
vice-president  external  Kristine 
Haselsteiner,  and  James  Rilett,  CUSA's 
chief  electoral  officer. 

"It  was  not  an  official  hiring  board;  it 
was  more  of  an  advisory  board  to  the 
chief  electoral  officer,"  says  jamieson. 

Watson  confirms  this,  saying,  "This  is 
one  of  the  only  times  that  the  CEO  (chief 
electoral  officer)  has  actually  held  hiring 
boards.  In  the  past  they  have  appointed 
the  individual  because,  in  our  constitu- 
tion, the  CEO  is  given  the  power  to  ap- 


point the  DEO  (deputy  chief  electoral 
officer)'. 

"In  our  situation,  we  actually  went 
through  interviews  and  a  formal  hiring 
process  to  ensure  that  everything  was 
above  board,"  she  says. 

Watson  says  no  one  on  the  hiring 
committee  feels  they  acted  inappropri- 


ately. 

"  I  think  everybody  was  really  surprised 
actually,  when  they  found  out  about  the 
complaint.  However,  Kevin  has  yet  to 
take  this  on  to  formal  complaint  stage." 

She  says  to  formally  complain  with 
CUSA,  Kinsella  must  write  to  the  chair  of 
council  and  lodge  a  complaint.  □ 


Time  is  Running  Out!!! 

Ask  Yourself: 

Are  my  valuables  Insured? 
Do  I  have  Personal  Liability  Coverage? 

The  Graduate  Students'  Association  has  made  special 
arrangements  this  year  so  that  all  students  at  Carleton  (grads  & 
undergrads)  can  purchase  this  valuable  coverage  at  well  below 
market  prices. 

Brief  Outline  of  Coverage 

1.  Contents  -  Limit  of  Loss  -$10,000 

-Deductible  -$150 

2.  Personal  Liability  -  Limit  Per  Occurrence  -$1,000,000 

Annual  cost  of  the  important  coverage  is  only  $75.60  (inc.  PST) 

For  more  information  &  enrollment  instructions 
contact  the  Graduate  Students'  Association 
in  Room  511 A  Unicentre  or  phone  788-6616 
before  October  31,  1993. 


APPLE  SADDLERY 

The  Largest  Western  Boot  Store  in  Canada. 

INNES  ROAD  JUST  EAST  OF  THE  417  (NEAR  THE  PRICE  CLUB) 


October  7,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  5 


CUSA  legal  bill  for 
summer  finally  in 

by  Brent  Dowdall 

Cha/lalan  SlaH 

The  Carleton  University  Students'  As- 
sociation has  spent  over  two-thirds  of  its 
legal  budget  with  eight  months  left  to  go 
in  the  school  year,  says  CUSA  finance 
commissioner  Rene  Faucher. 

Faucher  says  legal  bills  from  May  to 
August  amounted  to  $21,144.13  and 
CUSA  has  budgeted  $30,000  in  legal  fees 
for  the  year. 

Mostofthattotal,  $17,793.81,  was  for 


CAMPUS  BRIEFS 


bills  CUSA  incurred  in  the  labor  dispute 
with  some  of  its  service  co-ordinators.  But 
it  does  not  include  the  costs  of  represent- 
ing CUSA  at  the  Ontario  Labor  Relations 
Board  hearings,  which  were  to  determine 
if  CUSA  unjustly  fired  two  co-ordinators 
for  trying  to  organize  a  union. 

Faucher  says  the  bill  includes  legal 
fees  for  any  staff-related  matter  and  ne- 
gotiation on  any  union-related  matter 
before  the  hearings  in  late  August. 


National  Student  Day  Oct.  1 3 

Rally  at  11:30am  on  Parliament  Hill. 

For  more  information,  contact  Kristine  Haselsteiner  at  788-6688 


...  If  you  are  a  Canadian  citizen  1 8  years  of  age  or  older 
on  the  day  of  the  federal  election. 

There  are  three  ways  to  exercise  your  right  to  vote: 
— ►  In  person  on  polling  day 
— ►  At  an  advance  poll 

— ►  By  special  ballot  if  you  wish  to  vote  in  your  home 
riding 

Are  you  on  the  voters  list? 

— ►  You  can  be  put  on  the  voters  list  up  until  October  20th 

For  the  riding  of  Ottawa  Centre  go  to  460 
O'Connor  St.  Suite  100,  Monday  to  Friday  9-9; 
Saturday  9-6;  Sunday  12-4. 

-or-  To  the  respective  Elections  Canada  office  for 
your  electoral  district. 

For  more  information  in  Ottawa-Centre  call  237-4036. 
For  other  information  call  1-800-267 -VOTE. 

On  October  25 


Make  Your  Mark 


If  you  have  any  questions  or  concerns  contact 
Kristine  Haselsteiner,  CUSA  VP  External  at  788-6688 


"The  bill  is  higher  than  in  the  past 
because  there  has  been  more  activity  in 
those  areas  than  usual,"  Faucher  says. 

He  says  there  will  be  one  more  "size- 
able" billing,  which  will  include  the  legal 
fees  for  the  hearing.  The  Canadian  Union 
of  Public  Employees  covered  the  service 
co-ordinators'  legal  fees. 

He  says  CUSA's  final  legal  bill  should 
be  under  $40,000  for  the  year,  "unless 
something  else  comes  up.  Knock  on 
wood,"  he  says. 

But  Faucher  says  the  fees  are  not  an 
irresponsible  use  of  funds. 

"If  we  didn't  spend  extra' money  for 
proper  legal  representation  itwouldhave 
cost  more  in  the  long  run.  This  is  the  bare 
minimum  we  could  spend."  □ 

Byelection  date  set 

by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  University  Students'  As- 
sociation will  hold  byelections  on  Nov.  9 
and  10  to  fill  vacancies  on  CUSA  council 
and  undergraduate  student  seats  for  the 
university's  senate. 

The  positions  available  for  representa- 
tives on  CUSA  council  are:  one  computer 
science,  three  science,  two  engineering, 
one  architecture,  one  arts,  one  industrial 
design,  three  special  students  and  three 
commerce. 

The  positions  available  on  the  senate 
are:  two  social  science,  one  architecture/ 
industrial  design  and  two  science/com- 
puter science. 

Nominations  must  be  made  between 
Oct.  19  and  27.  Chief  electoral  officer 
James  Rilett  says  he  will  hold  a  nomina- 
tion information  meeting  on  Oct.  19. 

Referendum  questions  are  due  Oct.  1 9 
so  CUSA  council  can  vote  on  them. 

The  campaign  opens  Nov.  2  and  the 
results  should  be  known  on  Nov.  11.  □ 


Computer  thief  caught 
in  Loeb  building 

by  Charlatan  Staff 

A  man  was  charged  with  theft  on  Oct. 
4  after  campus  security  responded  to  an 
alarm  in  "a  restricted  area"  of  the  Loeb 
Building,  says  the  assistant  director  of 
the  department  of  university  safety. 

Len  Boudreault  says  a  Carleton  stu- 
dent was  apprehended  at  9:30  p.m.  by  a 
campus  security  officer,  who  was  assisted 
by  another  officer  at  the  scene. 

The  man  was  caught  with  two  com- 
puters, two  desk  monitors  and  two  key- 
boards from  a  computer  lab  in  the  Loeb 
Building,  says  Boudreault. 

The  individual  was  held  in  the  patrol 
office  for  10  to  15  minutes  until  the 
Ottawa  Police  arrived,  he  says. 

Boudreault  says  the  matter  is  still  un- 
der investigation  and  he  doesn't  think  it 
is  concluded  yet.  "The  incident  is  normal 
for  this  time  of  year,"  says  Boudreault. 

Boudreault  says  he  doesn't  know  how 
many  cases  of  theft  there  have  been  this 
year.  However,  he  says  "thefts  increase 
around  the  beginning  of  the  year." 

Boudreault  also  says  other  computer 
equipment  has  been  stolen  from  build- 
ings on  campus  this  year.  □ 

Debating  update 

by  Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  Debating  Society  showed 
its  resolve  at  the  University  of  Western 
Ontario's  novice  invitational  tournament 
Oct.  1-3. 

More  than  80  teams  representing  15 
universities  took  part.  The  Carleton  De- 
bating Society  sent  seven  teams. 

Team  member  Julie  Shouldice  placed 
first  as  an  individual  speaker,  while  Gavin 
Laird  placed  13  out  of  165  as  an  indi- 
vidual speaker.  Shouldice  and  Laird  made 
it  to  the  quarter  finals  as  a  team.  They 
placed  sixth  overall  out  of  82  teams,  says 
Elaine  Silver,  the  debating  society  presi- 
dent. □ 


CLASS  cont'd  from  page  4 

students  are  being  hurt  here.  They're  not 

getting  a  good  deal,"  says  Frise. 

Delina  Campbell,  a  first-year  engi- 
neering student,  says  the  problem  is  also 
particulary  noticeable  in  her  physics  and 
chemistry  classes.  "If  you  don't  get  there 
right  on  time  you  sit  on  the  floor." 

Campbell  says  her  chemistry  class  was 
so  crowded  they  changed  the  room,  but 
in  the  confusion  forgot  to  post  a  room 
change  notice. 

Campbell  says  Frise's  class  is  quite 
crowded  and  some  people  don't  show  up. 


"If  you  put  more  students  in  the  thea- 
tre than  it  can  hold,  you're  sending  a 
subliminal  message  to  students  that  we 
really  don't  expect  them  to  show  up," 
Frise  says. 

"Those  students  don't  know  who  the 

admissions  office  is  All  they  know  is, 

'Frise  is  up  at  the  front  of  the  class,  I  can't 
get  a  textbook  at  the  bookstore,  and  he's 
the  prof.  Who's  fault  is  it  —  it  must  be 
his.'  Well,  it  isn't  my  fault." 

Campbell  says,  "It's  all  new,  so  I  don't 
know  what's  the  norm.  Except  it's  not 
normal  for  people  to  sit  in  the  aisles."  □ 


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NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


93 


McKenna  stumps  for  Harb  at  CU 


by  Stefanka  Kirincich 
and  David  Docking 


Charlatan  Start 


New  Brunswick  Pre- 
mier Frank  McKenna  visited  Carleton  on 
Sept.  30  with  Ottawa  Centre  incumbent 
candidate  Mac  Harb  to  promote  the  cause 
of  the  Liberal  party  in  the  federal  elec- 
tion. 

McKenna,  touted  by  some  as  a  future 
candidate  for  the  leadership  of  the  fed- 
eral Liberals,  gave  a  short,  bilingual 
speech  before  about  50  people  in  Baker 
Lounge. 

Though  McKenna  said  the  purpose  of 
his  talk  was  to  "provide  insight  into  what 
it's  like  to  run  a  Liberal  government  and 
the  kind  of  difference  it  can  make,"  he 
concentrated  mostly  on  why  students 
should  vote  for  the  Liberals  in  the  Oct.  25 
federal  election. 

McKenna  said  lean  Chretien  is  the 
only  leader  who  has  had  experience  in 
dealing  with  fiscal,  constitutional,  abo- 
riginal and  international  issues. 

"To  deny  him  the  chance  to  be  prime 
minister  of  Canada  because  he  is  experi- 
enced would  be  like  denying  Paul  Molitor 
the  chance  to  play  in  the  World  Series 
because  he  is  experienced  and  going  into 
the  Hall  of  Fame,"  said  McKenna. 

McKenna  said  he  was  pleased  to  sup- 
port Harb,  whom  he  described  as  an 
activist. 

"I  like  the  fact  that  he  is  on  the  side  of 
education  issues . . .  because  I  believe  that 
if  Canada  is  really  going  to  meet  the 
challenge  of  the  20th  century,  then  edu- 


cation is  going  to  be  far  and  away  our 
most  important  investment,"  said 
McKenna. 

During  a  question  and  answer  period, 
Harb  said  his  party  would  be  in  favor  of 
removing  the  seven-per-cent  Goods  and 
Services  Tax  from  books.  He  also  said  the 
Liberals  would  not  tamper  with  the  level 
of  transfer  payments  to  the  provinces  for 
education. 

A  Liberal  govemmentwould  also  make 
sure  any  tuition  fee  increases  at  the  pro- 
vincial level  would  not  take  place,  Harb 
said. 

Student  reaction  to  McKenna's  talk 


was  mixed.  Many  commented  on  the 
new  Liberal  plan  McKenna  endorsed, 
which  includes  majorspending  to  create 
jobs  through  improving  infrastructure — 
roads,  sewers  and  other  public  works. 

Steve  Dolorenski  said  he  liked 
McKenna  "but  the  Liberals'  proposed  plan 
to  rebuild  infrastructure  ...  is  not  our 
main  concern  right  now.  It's  the  high 
taxes  that  are  killing  jobs  and  preventing 
businesses  from  hiring  people." 

Meredith  Armstrong  agreed,  saying 
"it  was  interesting  having  him  at  school, 
but  I  am  going  to  support  the  Conserva- 
tives, so  I  don't  feel  that  building  roads 


and  infrastructure  is  going  to  help  the 
country." 

However,  |ohn  Manning  said  he 
thought  McKenna  did  a  great  job  at 
addressing  education-related  issues. 
"I  was  enlightened  by  the  fact  that 
they  would  remove  the  GST  on  books." 

David  Gourlay,  president  of  the 
Carleton  Young  Liberals,  said  he  was 
pleased  with  the  interest  shown  by  the 
students  who  came  to  the  event. 

When  asked  if  he  brought  McKenna 
to  Carleton  in  response  to  Harb  losing 
at  all  four  residence  polls  in  the  last 
election,  Gourlay  said  he  invited 
McKenna  because  he  is  one  of  the  top 
premiers  in  Canada  and  he  has  an 
|  excellent  social  and  economic  track 
i8  record. 

As  to  the  residence  poll  results  in 
the  last  election,  Gourlay  said,  "it  is  a 
concern  of  ours ...  I'm  not  going  to  say 
that  we  expect  to  take  it  all.  We're  not, 
but  we  are  going  to  do  what  we  can." 

Harb  also  said  he  wants  to  do  a  lot  of 
campaigning  on  campus  because  of  his 
poor  showing  here  in  the  last  election, 
adding  he  is  concerned  about  students. 

Harb  said  the  Tory  record  on  educa- 
tion has  been  poor. 

"We  want  to  remind  students . . .  that 
the  Tories  have  not  delivered  on  their 
promises." 

Harb  also  criticized  the  NDP's  Ottawa 
Centre  candidate  Marion  Dewar.  Hesaid 
students  "should  not  forget  what  the 
NDP  did  to  them  in  Ontario  by  increas- 
ing tuition  fees."  □ 


Student  groups  join  the  election  fray 


by  Sara-Lynne  Levine 

Charlatan  Staff 

With  the  federal  election  less  than 
three  weeks  away,  the  Carleton  Univer- 
sity Students'  Association  is  switching 
into  campaign  mode. 

On  Oct.  5,  CUSA  began  its  campaign 
to  promote  student  issues  and  awareness 
with  the  help  of  the  Canadian  Federation 
of  Students,  a  national  student  lobby 
group. 

CUSA  President  Lucy  "Watson  says  it  is 
"imperative  that  we  start  to  address  the 
concerns  of  the  450,000  students  across 
Canada.  That  is  a  substantial  voting 
block  that  is  being  ignored." 

Watson  says  CUSA  and  the  CFS  have 
developed  a  variety  of  strategies  to  in- 
form students  about  election  issues. 

Kristine  Haselsteiner,  CUSA  vice-presi- 
dent external,  says  the  students'  associa- 
tion has  budgeted  $4,995  for  its  cam- 
paign expenses.  CUSA  is  getting  no  fi- 
nancial help  from  CFS,  which  has  only 
$15,000  to  spend  on  a  national  cam- 
paign, Haselsteiner  says. 

On  Oct.  5,  a  table  with  election  infor- 
mation was  set  up  in  Baker  Lounge. 
Watson  says  the  table  includes  the  vot- 
er's guide  published  by  the  Nation  Ac- 
tion Committee  on  the  Status  of  Women 
and  letters  about  student  issues  for  peo- 
ple to  send  to  candidates.  The  table  will 
be  set  up  each  day  until  after  the  election 
on  Oct.  25. 

Beginning  on  Oct.  5,  Watson  says 


CFS  chair  Gitlis:  "investing  in  education. 


students  can  play  phone  tag  with  the 
candidates  every  Tuesday  using  free  tel- 
ephones setup  by  CUSA  in  Baker  Lounge. 

"Students  will  have  access  to  tel- 
ephones so  they  can  call  candidates  in 
their  riding  and  ask  questions  about  what 
they  propose  to  do  about  education," 
says  Watson.  The  phone  campaign  is 
happening  at  universities  all  over  On- 


tario, she  says. 

As  well,  every  Thursday  from 
now  until  the  election,  CUSA 
will  encourage  students  to  use 
its  phones  to  call  the  local  me- 
dia. Watson  says  this  is  impor- 
tant because  "students  can  ask 
the  media  why  they  are  not  ad- 
dressing student  issues." 

As  well,  Watson  says,  "CUSA 
is  putting  togethera  voting  guide 
with  facts  on  education  and 
other  student  concerns  as  well 
as  commonly  asked  questions 
with  answers." 

Trade  Osier,  a  first-year  jour- 
nalism student,  says  she  thinks 
CUSA's  campaign  will  help  stu- 
dents make  an  informed  deci- 
sion. But  she  says  the  money 
CUSA  is  spending  may  be  a  bit 
too  much. 

"I  don't  know  if  I'd  put  that 
much  into  it,"  she  says. 
.-■  ^     Osier  says  she  thinks  student 
<  issues  have  been  adequately  ad- 

dressed in  the  election  campaign 

so  far. 

Jane  Christie,  an  English  and  wom- 
en's studies  major  in  second-year,  disa- 
grees, saying  politicians  "don't  really 
address  students  and  we're  the  first  peo- 
ple to  get  cut." 

She  says  CUSA's  campaign  is  good  to 
imoh'  vate  students  to  vote,  but  could  prob- 
ably be  conducted  for  less. 


From  Sept.  26  to  Sept.  28,  Watson  and 
Haselsteiner  attended  a  national  CFS  con- 
ference outside  Toronto  to  discuss  elec- 
tion strategy. 

"Approximately  80  student  repre- 
sentatives from  across  the  country  came 
to  discuss  election  strategy",  says  CFS 
chair  Carl  Gillis. 

The  conference  included  information 
seminars  on  student  assistance,  access  to 
universities  and  summer  employment 
programs.  It  ended  with  a  free  public 
concert  called  Rock  the  Vote,  which  fea- 
tured Bob  Wiseman,  the  Bourbon  Taber- 
nacle Choir  and  Scott  Thompson.  Gillis 
says  there  were  about  300  or  400  hun- 
dred people  at  the  Opera  House  in  To- 
ronto. 

He  says  all  the  artists  played  for  free 
and  the  Opera  House  donated  the  thea- 
tre for  the  night.  He  says  it  was  "great  to 
get  the  message  out  and  it  was  very  well 
received. " 

According  to  Watson,  the  conference 
was  very  "motivational,  it  really  got  us 
going." 

Watson  says  ads  will  be  placed  in  The 
Charlatan  and  the  Ottawa  Citizen  encour- 
aging student  voting.  As  well,  the  CFS  is 
running  a  national  advertising  campaign 
on  television,  radio  and  in  newspapers. 

Gillis  says  the  focus  of  the  CFS  ads  is 
"bringing  attention  to  investing  in  edu- 
cation and  how  it  makes  sense  to  invest 
in  youth,  people  and  education."  □ 


October  7,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  7 


First  Nations  group  makes  trek  to  Parliament 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Staff 

"We  walked 
700  kilometres 
for  our  home." 

Clifford 
George  was  re- 
ferring to  the 
arrival  on  Par- 
liament Hill  of 
about  50  mem- 
bers of  the 
Stoney  Point 
First  Nations 
band,  some  of 
whom  walked 
729  km  from  the 
shores  of  Lake 
Huron  to  de- 
mand their  res- 
ervation back. 

The  three- 
square-mile  reservation  was  taken  from 
them  by  the  Department  of  National 
Defence  in  1942 
under  the  War 
Measures  Act  and 
never  returned. 
The  band  was  up- 
rooted and  forced 
to  join  the  Kettle 
Island  reserva- 
tion, two  miles 
away. 

On   May  5, 
1993,  thebandre- 
occupied  the  res- 
ervation and  in  " 
August  there  was 

an  incident  where  shots  were  fired  at  a 
Canadian  Forces  helicopter.  The  inci- 


Canada  in  1942  when  the  Canadian 
military  first  took  over  the  land  because 
the  War  Measures  Act  gave  it  the  power 
to  seize  property.  He  said  he  received  a 
letter  from  his  father  saying  the  army 
had  taken  over  the  land  but  the  band 
would  get  itback  when  the  war  was  over. 

"The  government  tries  to  divide  and 
conquer  the  people, "  said  band  council- 
lor Glen  George.  "We  went  to  war  so  the 
people  could  be  free.  But  we  found  out 
the  government  was  the  real  enemy  be- 
te cause  they  took  our  homes." 
1     Stoney  Point  band  elder  Rose  Man- 
8  ning  said  she  was  10  when  she  and  her 
s  family  was  forcefully  evicted  from  their 
t-  reservation. 


Stoney  Point  bond  members  drum  away  on  Parliament. 


dent  is  still  under  investigation. 

"On  May  5,  we  walked  into  our  home 
to  stay,"  said 
~~~ ~ ~  George.  "We 
don't  care  about 
the  money.  We 
want  our  land." 

The  marchers 
walked  up  to  the 
Parliament  Build- 
ings around  2 
p.m.  Several  peo- 
ple then  spoke, 
hugs  were  ex- 
changed and  the 
■ "  "  1  band  put  on  a 
demonstration  of 

Native  drumbeats. 

George  was  in  Britain  fighting  for 


"We  went  to  war  so  the 
people  could  be  free. 
But  we  found  out  the 
government  was  the 
real  enemy  because  they 
took  our  homes." 
Clifford  George 


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A  band  member  speaks  on  the  Hill. 

"I'm  back  at  our  old  home,  50  years 
later." 

Band  Chief  Carl  George  said  the  walk 
was  undertaken  to  force  the  government 
to  answer  the  band's  demands  for  the 
return  of  its  land. 


The  public  has  a  right  to  know  if  the 
government  will  respond,"  he  said.  . 

Defence  minister  Tom  Siddon  said  in  a 
letter  to  NDP  Aboriginal  affairs  critic 
Robert  Skelly  in  August  that  the  military 
was  still  using  the  land  and  would  return 
it  when  they  are  finished. 

Carleton  elder-in-residence  Wilfred 
Peltier  said  he  helped  cook  food  and  took 
it  out  to  the  walkers  Sept.  29  when  they 
were  staying  at  the  Nepean  Tent  and 
Trailer  Park. 

Peltier  said  there  was  little  support 
from  Native  groups  such  as  the  Native 
Council  of  Canada  and  the  Assembly  of 
First  Nations.  He  also  said  the  timing  of 
the  march  was  bad. 

"It  was  very  bad  tim- 
ing, with  the  election  go- 
ing on  and  they  didn't  get 
any  press  attention,"  he 
said. 

Murray  Angus,  commu- 
nications co-ordinator  for 
the  Native  Council  of 
Canada,  confirmed  there 
\  was  no  involvement  by  the 

organization  and  it  was 
not  represented  on  the  Hill. 

"We  were  occupied  on 
other  fronts.  Our  energies 
were  spent  elsewhere,"  he 
said. 

Angus  said  the  council 
was  involved  in  preparing 
criticisms  of  the  federal 
parties  for  ignoring  Native 
-    issues  during  the  cam- 
paign and  the  leaders'  debates. 

While  waiting  for  a  government  re- 
sponse, the  band  plans  to  return  to  its 
land  and  continue  occupying  the  reserve. 

□ 

With  files  from  Doug  Johnson, 


Grits'  kiddie  camp  plan 

Some  students  wary  of  Liberals'  Youth  Corps  pro- 
posal- will  the  government  have  the  cash? 


by  Jennifer  Boyle 

Chariatan  Stalf 

Some  Carleton  students  are  critical  in 
their  reviews  of  the  youth  corps  proposal 
released  last  month  by  the  federal  Lib- 
eral party. 

Liberal  leader  Jean  Chretien  released 
a  proposal  Sept.  21  to  create  a  Canadian 
Youth  Corps  he  says  will  provide  much- 
needed  jobs,  training  and  experience. 

The  l  iberals  propose,  if  elected,  to 
tnvestSIQOrniUionperyear  by  the  third 
year  of  the  youth  program  and  expect 
that  10,000youth  wouldparticipate  each 
year. 

Youth  Corps  participants  from  ages 
15  to  24  would  spend  up  to  a  one-year 
term  assisting  in  community  projects 
such  as  the  tourism  Industry,  services  for 
senior  dtizens,  environmental  projects 
and  local  literacy  projects. 

The  costs  of  food,  lodging,  transpor- 
tation and  training  wouldbe  covered  by 
the  program  and  participantswould  also 
receive  a  weekly  allowance  for  personal 
expenses. 

Mac  Harb,  Liberal  candidate  for  Ot- 
tawa Centre,  says  he  believes  the  Youth 
Corps  would  benefit  Ottawa's  two  uni- 
versities and  community  college  tremen- 
dously. 

"The bottom  line  is  thatit  isa  strategy 
by  the  Liberal  party  that  could  get  our 
youth  back  on  track,"  Harb  says.  "More 


than  anything,  we  have  to  invest  In  our 
youth." 

But  at  Carleton,  some  students  had 
mixed  reviews. 

Sean  Carson,  a  second-year  history 
major,  says  he  believes  the  idea  of  a 
Youth  Corps  is  only  a  "farce." 

"When  you  look  at  it  clearly  and  cut 
through  all  the  crap,  there  really  is  not 
much  that  is  new  here.  It  is  window 
dressing  for  old  ideas . . . lets  slap  a  new 
label  on  it  and  call  it  the  Youth  Corps," 
he  said. 

Sean  Kidd,  a  second- year  psychology 
student,  says"Youth  training  programs 
are  basically  a  good  idea,  but  they  are 
only  profitable  in  an  economy  in  which 
the  training  can  actually  be  put  into 
practice." 

The  proposal  also  calls  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  community  service  coun- 
cil to  co-ordinate  federal  support  for  the 
work  projects  and  establish  the  guide- 
lines for  selection  of  participants. 

The  program  wouldbe  financed  with 
no  new  money,  according  to  the  pro- 
posal, but  through  the  reallocation  of 
existing  federal  budgets. 

As  well,  a  Liberal  government  would 
soUdtdonatlorisfrom  community  groups 
and  companies  who  could  benefit  from 
the  training  the  participants  would  re- 
ceive, p 


8  •  The  Charlatan  •  October  7,  1993 


VIEWPOINT 


Big  bucks  for  beer?  Blame  the  government 


by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Charlatan  Stan 

Beer  drinkers  looking  for  a  greater 
variety  will  be  pleased  to  find  an 
increased  flow  of  American  brands 
coming  into  Canadian  beer  stores. 

But  those  looking  for  cheaper  beer 
prices  will  have  to  wait  for  a  change 
in  the  Ontario  government's  poli- 
cies. 

Beer  prices  in  the  United  States  are 
about  three-fifths  of  the  cost  of  beer  in 
Canada.  That's  because  of  a  tariff 
battle  between  the  provincial  gov- 
ernments and  the  American  govern- 
ment as  well  as  the  monopoly  on 
beer  sales  in  Canada. 

Beer  prices  in  the 
United  States  are  about 
three-fifths  of  the  cost  of 
beer  in  Canada. 

American  beer  companies,  in  par- 
ticular Heileman  Brewers  Co.  and 
Stroh  Brewers  Co.,  have  been  behind 
a  fight  against  Canadian  foreign  beer 
policies  foryears.  The  companies  con- 
tend that  they  don't  have  free  access 
to  the  Canadian  market  due  to  unfair 
tariffs  levied  by  provincial  govern- 
ments. 

Their  complaint  was  first  taken  to 
the  General  Agreement  for  Tariffs 
and  Trade  in  the  late  1980s  and  the 
issue  escalated  into  a  cross-border 
trade  war.  It  peaked  in  the  summer 
when  the  U.S.  levied  a  retaliatory 
three-dollar  tax  on  every  Canadian 
24-pack  of  beer.  But  the  battle  has 
since  cooled. 

Instead  of  trying  to  break  into  the 


market  themselves,  some  American 
companies  now  have  their  brands 
brewed  and  distributed  in  Canada  by 
Canadian  companies. 

So,  although  provincial  govern- 
ments have  budged  little  on  foreign 
beer  policies  and  tariffs,  U.S.  brands 
have  finally  won  access  to  provincial 
beer  stores. 

Provincialbeertaxes,  however,  are 
still  being  levied  on  American  beer 
companies.  Even  with  the  Free  Trade 
Agreement  in  place,  U.S.  companies 
are  faced  with  stiff  surcharges  in 
Ontario,  the  site  of  about  one-third  of 
all  beer  sales  in  Canada. 

In  May  1992,  the  NDP  govern- 
ment issued  a  10-cent  environmen- 
tal tax  on  beer  cans  to  increase  the 
use  of  bottles  even  thouqh  cans  are 


just  as  easily  recycled.  Bottles  are  far 
more  expensive  to  transport  and  U.S. 
beer  companies  have  been  suscepti- 
ble to  the  tough  Ontario  levy  because 
of  their  use  of  cans. 

In  August,  the  Ontario  govern- 
ment changed  beer  pricing  systems 
from  a  minimum  flat  rate  for  all 
beers  to  a  price  reflective  of  alcohol 
content.  This  was  done  in  response  to 
American  complaints  to  GATT. 

Regular  Canadian  beer  price  mini- 
mums  were  dropped  to  $23.70  for  a 
case  of  24  bottles  from  $24.95,  while 
light  beers  now  start  from  $22.80. 

The  minimum  price  in  Ontario  for 
U.S.  brands,  which  contain  less  alco- 
hol than  regular  Canadian  brews,  is 
now  $23. 15  for  24  bottles  and  $26.55 
for  24  cans.  Stroh  is  the  first  U.S. 


brewer  to  directly  enter  the  Ontario 
Beer  Stores  and  is  selling  their  Old 
Milwaukee  beer  at  $26.90  for  24  cans. 

These  lower  prices,  however,  fall 
far  short  of  some  early  anticipation 
that  price  drops  from  free  trade  would 
be  as  much  as  one-quarter  of  the 
average  beer  price. 

There  are  two  explanations  for  the 
higher  Canadian  prices,  besides  tar- 
iffs. Some  market  analysts  blame  the 
provincial  government's  theory  that 
higher  beer  prices  will  translate  into 
less  drinking.  The  other  reason  is  that 
Brewers'  Retail  Stores,  the  major  On- 
tario distributor,  is  owned  by  the  two 
Canadian  brewing  front-runners, 
Labatt  and  Molson. 

Some  market  analysts 
blame  the  provincial  gov- 
ernment's theory  that 
higher  beer  prices  will 
translate  into  less  drink- 
ing  

There  is  no  such  monopoly  in  the 
States.  Instead,  American  brewers 
ship  beer  independently  to  different 
supermarkets  and  comer  stores,  as 
well  as  beer  stores.  The  result  is  a 
competitive  market  with  cheaper 
prices. 

Maybe  Canadian  beer  stores  and 
provincial  governments  can  make  a 
move  to  do  the  same.  □ 


HATE  HURTS 


I 


Quotable  Politicos 

"We  believe  we  have  to  take  meas- 
ures to  make  our  economy  grow  and 
to  create  jobs." 

— jean  Chretien  on  the  Liberals' 
$5.3  billion  public  works  plan. 

"Any  politician  who  believes  you 
can  stimulate  a  $700-billion  economy 
with  a  few  sewer  projects,  would  be- 
lieve you  could  start  a  747  with  a 
flashlight  battery. " 

-  Preston  Manning  on  the  Liberal 
plan  on  the  Oct  4  televised  leadership 
debate.  □ 


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October  7,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  9 


93 


Government  slammed  in  local  issues  fair 


by  Anthony  Pangalos 

Charlatan  Siaft 

Talk  of  grassroots 
politics  and  disappoint- 
ment in  politicians  dominated  an  after- 
noon-long discussion  held  by  Ottawa- 
area  interest  groups  on  Oct.  3  at  the 
Sandy  Hill  Com- 


munity  Centre. 

Organized  by 
the  Ottawa  Coa- 
lition for  Social 
Justice,  "Agenda 
Day"  was  an  op- 
portunity for 
community 
members  and 
various  interest 
groups  to  exchange  views 
on  election  issues,  including  post-sec- 
ondary  education.  


"Government  doesn't 
care  and  government  is 
getting  farther  away  from 
the  people." 
-Linda  Lalonde 


Many  speakers  expressed  dismay  at 
the  widening  division  between  the  public 
and  politicians. 

"Government  doesn't  care  and  gov- 
ernment is  getting  farther  away  from  the 
people, "  said  Linda  Lalonde  of  the  Social 
Assistance  Recipient  Council,  a  lobby 
group  represent- 
ing people  on  so- 
cial assistance. 

Also  on  hand 
were  organiza- 
tions such  as  the 
Ottawa  and  Dis- 
trict Labor  Coun- 
cil, the  Coalition 
to  Oppose  the 
Arms  Trade  and 
the  Ontario  Public  Interest  Research 
Group.  About  45  people  visited  the  com- 
munity centre  to  pick  up  information 


Social  justice  groups  discussed  election  issues  in  Sandy  Hill 

and  hear  speakers. 


"This  is  an  opportunity  for  us  to  pull  it 
all  together  and  have  one  forum  where 


ARE  YOU 
HAVING 
SEX  IN 
THE  DARK? 


Some  say  ignorance  is  bliss. 

When  it  comes  to  sex,  ignorance  is  far 
from  bliss.  It's  just  plain  dangerous. 

If  you  want  to  do  the  smart  thing, 
get  out  of  the  dark. 

Find  out  how  HIV/ AIDS  and  other 
STDs  are  transmitted. 

Use  condoms.  Not  occasionally, 
not  usually,  but  always. 

Talk.  Talk  to  your  partner.  Your  friends. 
Your  doctor. 

If  you're  embarrassed  about  buying  condoms, 
remember  that  after  you've  bought  them  once 
it  will  be  much  easier.  Being  embarrassed 
is  a  small  price  to  pay  for  your  health. 

If  you  know  someone  with  HIV  infection  or  AIDS, 
reach  out  to  them  and  break  the  silence. 
No  more  fear.  No  more  ignorance. 


©Ontario 

For  more  information  call  the  Ontario  Ministry  of  Health  AIDS 
Hotline:  563-2437 


people  can  present  the  materials  they 
have  developed  for  the  election,"  said 
Debbie  Ferren,  a  social  justice  coalition 
member. 

Post-secondary  education  was  a  ma- 
jor issue  at  the  event.  According  to  the 
Canadian  Federation  of  Students,  the 
government  has  cut  $6.8  billion  in  fed- 
eral transfer  payments  to  provinces  and 
territories  since  1986. 

The  result  of  the  lost  revenue  is,  "a 
deterioration  of  buildings,  less  courses 
offered,  overcrowded  classrooms,  inad- 
equate libraries  and  a  reduction  in  re- 
search and  development,"  said  Carole 
Sauve,  vice-president  external  of  the 
Student  Federation  of  the  Univerisity  of 
Ottawa,  who  represented  CFS. 

About  41  per  cent  of  students  rely  on 
student  loans  and  they  are  also  affected 
by  less  government  funding,  said  Sauve. 

"They  (the  Tories)  are  becoming  less 
and  less  involved  with  the  administra- 
tion of  student  loans  because  they  are 
handing  it  over  to  the  banks, "  she  said. 
"Students  will  have  to  go  negotiate  their 
loans  and  (the  banks)  will  take  into  con- 
sideration the  courses  and  the  financial 
situation  of  that  student." 
Day  care  for  students  was  also  on  the 
agenda  "because  the  government  failed 
to  implement  a  new  subsidization  policy, " 
said  Sauve.  "There  is  very  little  space  to 
absorb  the  mothers  with  children." 

At  Carleton,  a  new  day-care  facility  is 
being  built  but  the  waiting  list  for  subsi- 
dized day  care  is  two  and  a  half  years. 

Another  issue  Sauve  raised  was  stu- 
dent unemployment. 

"Over  the  past  summer  20  per  cent  of 
students  were  unemployed,"  said  Sauve. 
"193,000  jobs  were  lost  between  1985 
and  1992." 

Marja  Kagis  from  the  Somerset  West 
Community  Health  Care  Centre  said  cuts 
to  transfer  payments  to  the  provinces  is 
hurting  health  care. 

The  federal  government  "pays  one- 
quarter  of  the  cost  of  health  care,"  Kagis 
said.  "The  government  downloaded  the 
public  debt  onto  the  provinces." 

Cuts  to  Canadian  social  assistance 
plans,  such  as  daycare,  welfare,  social 
housing  and  unemployment  insurance, 
were  discussed  by  Lalonde.  Instead  of 
continuing  inequality,  "society  should 
pick  these  people  up  and  help  them, "  she 
said. 

Only  two  candidates  for  the  election 
—  NDP  candidates  Marion  Dewar  (Ot- 
tawa Centre)  and  Willie  Dunn  (Ottawa 
East)  —  made  an  appearance  at  the 
community  centre  although  all  were  in- 
vited, according  to  Judi  Varga-Doth,  co- 
ordinator of  OPIRG  at  University  of  Ot- 
tawa. 

Other  groups  and  organizations  that 
were  represented  included  the  East  Timor 
Alert  Network,  the  Great  Canadian  Thea- 
tre Company,  and  the  Political  Action 
Committee.  Q 


10  •  The  Charlatan  •  October  7,  1993 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Six  minutes 
with  sock 
puppets 

Try  to  address  2,000  years  of  racist,  sexist, 
patriarchal  culture  in  six  minutes. 
We  don't  think  so. 
And  obviously  neither  does  the  department 
of  athletics. 

The  department  has  produced  a  video  for  $1,000 
which  is  supposed  to  educate  new  and  returning  athletes 
about  racism,  sexism,  violence  and  homophobia.  But 
last  week,  directorof  athletics  Keith  Harris  said  he  thought 
the  video  wasn't  capable  of  challenging  "deep-rooted 
convictions"  about  these  issues. 

After  seeing  it,  we  tend  to  agree. 

All  athletes  mustwatch  the  video  as  part  of  a  seminar 
discussing  the  use  of  steroids  and  other  performance- 
enhancing  drugs.  Then  they  must  sign  a  statement 
saying  they  took  part  in  the  seminar. 

The  video  was  produced  in  the  wake  of  last  year's 
investigation  into  a  chant  book  of  explicit  sexually 
violent,  racist  and  homophobic  chants  allegedly  usedby 
the  rugby  team .  Two  years  ago,  the  university  found  that 
the  lacrosse  club  had  chanted  similarly  sexually  violent 
songs  late  at  night  in  September  of  1991. 

While  we  agree  with  Harris  that  a  video  isn't  enough, 
we  think  it  could  at  least  have  been  a  starting  point.  A 
video  which  actually  deals  with  why  racism,  sexism  and 
homophobia  are  harmful,  followed  up  with  a  discussion, 
could  have  gone  a  lot  further  in  challenging  athletes' 
beliefs. 

Making  people  think  is  far  more  effective  than  just 
telling  people  not  to  do  something  because  it's  "today's 
taboo, "  as  Harris  called  racism,  sexism  and  homophobia 
in  an  interview  with  The  Charlatan  last  week.  That's  just 
sweeping  hate  under  the  carpet  where  it  will  continue  to 
fester  and  poison  the  atmosphere  at  Carleton. 

This  is  exactly  what  the  video  does,  dismissing 
discriminatory  and  harassing  behavior  in  a  few  short 
sound  bitesfrom  our  illustrious  leader,  Carleton  President 
Robin  Farquhar,  and  his  sidekick  Harris. 

In  the  video,  both  have  as  much  personality  as  badly 
made  sock  puppets. 

First  they  massage  the  athletes'  egos,  calling  them 
"the  most  physically  skilled  athletes  on  the  entire 
campus."  Athletes  are  told  they  are  looked  up  to  as 
"leaders"  on  campus. 

Then  Farquhar  addresses  the  burning  question  of 
campus  landscaping,  saying  "what  an  attractive  physical 
setting"  we  have  at  Carleton.  He  also  mentions  our  "fine 
library"  and  resource  centres. 

Oh  yeah.  He  says  that  sometimes  bad  things  happen 
too. 

In  the  video,  Harris  talks  about  how  an  unspecified 
team  chanted  "vulgar  songs"  at  an  unspecified  "some 
time  ago."  By  leaving  the  event  this  vague,  it  is  easy  to 
ignore  the  entire  incident.  It's  easy  for  new  athletes, 
especially  new  rugby  team  members,  to  miss  the 
connection.  The  video  makes  it  seem  like  it  was  somebody 
else's  team. 

Both  talking  heads  mouth  some  platitudes  about  how 
"to  learn,  we  must  be  free,  and  to  be  free  you  must  not  be 
afraid  —  of  abuse,  or  harassment,  or  ridicule  or 
discrimination  of  any  kind, "  and  how  "it  is  essential  that 
we  conduct  ourselves  as  a  non-violent  community." 

One  can't  help  but  think  how  these  hard-hitting 
lectures  would  be  received  by  a  room  full  of  athletes  who 
have  been  given  an  ultimatum  —  watch  this  and  sign  a 
Paper  saying  you  saw  it,  or  you  can't  play. 

No  doubt  they  would  all  be  hanging  on  Sparky's  every 
word. 

But  if  the  video  is,  as  Harris  says,  only  to  "introduce" 
athletes  to  the  issues  of  sexism,  racism  and  homophobia, 
we  suppose  it  doesn't  matter  if  they  watch  it  or  not. 

The  $  1 ,000  it's  expected  to  cost  to  produce  the  video 
could  have  been  much  better  spent  on  seminars  led  by 
People  who  have  experience  dealing  with  racism,  sexism 
and  homophobia. 

It's  not  enough  to  tell  someone  what  they're  doing  is 
wrong.  You  have  to  tell  them  why  it's  wrong. 

It's  much  harder  to  dismiss  someone  who's  in  your 
face. 

Six  minutes  with  Farquhar  and  Harris  doesn't  cut  it. 

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Health  care  system  isn't  a  7-1 1 


by  Steven  Pruner 

SlBven  Pruner  is  a  second-year  masters  ol  social  work  student  at  Carleton. 

Re;  "Health  system  needs  help,"  The  Charlatan,  Sept. 
23,  1993. 

Clayton  Wood  may  very  well  have  the  economic 
resources  at  his  disposal  to  purchase  health  care,  but 
what  about  the  rest  of  us  who  cannot  afford  to  privately 
buy  it? 

Wood  says  he  would  like  to  have  eye  surgery  when  it 
is  convenient  for  him  -  before  he 
goes  to  Europe.  But  health  care 
should  not  necessarily  be  like 
going  to  a  convenience  store  to 
have  needs  immediately  satisfied. 
Universal  health  care  should  be 
about  equal  access,  not  about 
jumping  the  line  because  one  has 
the  money. 

Iflneededeyesurgeryatacost  r^-^^i 
of  $3,000  or  more,  1'dbe  waiting  |^«i'V£.* 
a  long  time  before  I  could  afford  ^ 
it.  In  a  true  free  market  economy, 
I  would  have  to  forgo  eye  surgery. 

WeALLbenefitfrom  universal 
health  care  and  other  social 
programs.  Withoutthem,  any  at- 
tempt to  create  equal  opportuni- 
ties, regardless  of  social  class,  is 
lost,  only  to  be  replaced  by 
Darwin's  "survival  of  the  fittest" 
principle. 

For  health  care,  this  would 
mean  that  those  who  can  afford 
it  will  have  the  best  care  and 
those  who  can 't  afford  it  will  have 
to  make  do  with  a  lower  quality  of 
care. 

Wood  is  suggesting  that  we  create  a  two-tier  health 
care  system  —  a  lower  tier  that  provides  "basic"  services 
for  everyone  and  a  higher  tier  of  first-class  premium 
services  for  those  who  can  afford  to  pay  for  it.  I  have  some 
concerns  with  this  kind  of  system. 

Wood  suggests  instituting  a  model  similar  to  Great 
Britain's.  This  is  not  a  good  idea.  One  needs  only  to  look 
at  what  is  happening  there  now:  those  who  can  afford 
private  insurance  receive  the  fastest  and  best  quality  of 
care  while  those  who  are  dependent  on  the  public  health 
system  often  have  to  wait. 

Many  British  doctors,  particularly  specialists,  have 
opted  out  of  the  public  health  system  to  set  up  their  own 
private  practice  to  make  more  money.  As  more  doctors 
opt  out  of  the  public  system,  who  will  be  left  to  provide 


service  for  those  who  can't  afford  private  care? 

If  a  system  like  Great  Britain's  was  used  in  Canada,  I 
imagine  the  same  thing  would  happen. 

Based  on  my  understanding  of  how  money  works  in 
our  economy,  the  best  physicians  and  the  best  medical 
equipment  and  care  would  naturally  gravitate  towards 
the  higher  tier.  The  rest  of  us  would  have  to  make  do  with 
the  "basics"  that  would  be  available  in  the  lower  tier. 
Knowing  the  kindof  assistance  thatsociety  affords  the 
poor  through  social  service 
programs,  I  can  only  imagine  that 
"basic  services"  would  mean  the 
absolute    minimum.  That 
minimum  would  mean  a  longer 
wait  for  services  provided  by  doc- 
tors who  lack  the  necessary  skills 
and  talents  to  make  it  in  private 
practice.  Granted,  there  would  be 
some  altruistic  doctors  who  would 
remain  in  the  public  system,  but 
how  many  would  really  stay? 

If  reform  is  needed  in  our  health 
care  system,  let's  look  at  other 
issues  first.  For  example,  the 
overuse  and  abuse  of  services;  the 
incredible  pricescharged  by  phar- 
maceutical and  medical  equip- 
ment suppliers  who  make  huge 
profits;  the  oversupply  of  medical 
professionals  who  encourage 
overuse  of  the  system  through 
unnecessary  tests  and  interven- 
tions; and  lack  of  resources  in  the 
community  to  practise  preventa- 
tive medicine  to  stop  illness  before 
it  starts. 

In  addition  to  this,  the  majority  of  our  health  care 
dollars  are  spent  during  the  first  few  years  and  the  final 
few  years  of  one's  life.  Why  are  we  spending  thousands 
upon  thousands  of  dollars  unnecessarily  replacing  hips 
and  knees  in  people  who  are  in  nursing  homes  dying  of 
otherillnesses  from  which  they  will  neverrecover?  Many 
of  them  won't  benefit  from  getting  new  hips  and  knees. 

We  must  get  our  priorities  right.  Medical  interven- 
tions that  enhance  and  prolong  the  quality  of  life  should 
come  first. 

Wood  writes  that  "the  days  of  unrealistic  and 
unaffordable  social  programs  are  over."  I  guess  we 
should  say  goodbye  to  universal  health  care,  unemploy- 
ment insurance,  income  assistance  and  pensions,  too. 
Maybe  it's  time  we  cut  the  rope,  sink  or  swim.  I  hope  not! 


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Hurray  for  hemp! 

Editor: 

We  found  your  article  on  the  legaliza- 
tion of  marijuana  (The  Charlatan,  Sept. 
16, 1993)  to  be  far  too  heavily  focused  on 
hemp's  use  as  a  recreational  drug.  There 
are  far  more  significant  social  and  envi- 
ronmental benefits  to  be  had  by  legaliz- 
ing hemp. 

Forexample,  hemp  fibre  is  an  ecologi- 
cally and  economically  healthy  source 
for  paper  and  fibre  board.  According  to 
the  Business  Alliance  for  Commerce  in 
Hemp,  "one  acre  of  hemp  produces  as 
much  pulp  as  4.1  acres  of  forest." 

Hemp  also  has  a  variety  of  useful 
medical  applications.  Dr.  Lester  Grinspon 
and  James  B.  Bakalar  discuss  these  uses 
in  their  book  Marijuana,  the  Forbidden 
Medicine,  describing  the  effects  of  mari- 
juana on  glaucoma,  migraines,  men- 
strual cramps,  chronic  pain,  asthma, 
mood  disorders  and  other  conditions. 

Hemp  seed  is  a  good  food  source  as 
well  —  "second  only  to  soybeans  in 
nutritional  value,"  according  to  the 
Whole  Earth  Review. 

It's  not  just  "potheads"  calling 
for  the  legalization  of  hemp.  The  Globe 
and  Mail,  ("Canadian  farmers'  pipe 
dream?"  April  12,  1993),  says  "the 
head  of  the  largest  provincial  farmers' 
group  is  asking  the  federal  government 
to  lift  its  70-year-old  ban  on  hemp  .  .  . 
citing  the  economic  potential  it  holds  for 
the  beleaguered  agricultural  sector." 

Although  your  article  did  touch  on 
some  of  these  uses,  it  barely  scratched  the 
surface  and  readers  are  not  directed  to- 
wards more  detailed  writings  on  the  de- 
bate. The  Hemp  and  Herb  Working  Group 
at  OPIRG  Carieton  is  slowly  compiling  a 
file  of  articles  on  hemp  and  its  legaliza- 
tion. We  urge  your  readers  both  to  bring 
in  (or  suggest)  to  us  their  own  favorite 
articles  on  hemp,  and  to  read  the  articles 
on  hemp  presently  in  the  OPIRG  resource 
centre. 

fieid  Cooper 
Mike  Panesar 
Hemp  and  Herb  Working  Group 
OPIRG  Carieton 

Tasteless  'toon 

Editor: 

As  the  writer  of  the  opinion  piece 
"What  the  poster  didn't  say,"  The 
Charlatan,  Sept.  30, 1993, 1  met  with  the 
editorofthatsectionseveral  times.  When 
I  saw  my  article  in  print,  and  read  the 
graphic  placed  in  the  middle  of  the  text, 
I  was  horrified. 

The  graphic  was  tasteless,  and  al- 
though it  was  perhaps  meant  as  a  satiri- 
cal piece  of  humorto  accenttheconcems 
raised  by  my  article,  it  had  the  opposite 
effect. 

In  fact,  many  of  my  colleagues  were 
confused  as  to  the  meaning  of  the  graphic 
and  I  had  no  answers  to  offer. 

The  victim  of  the  original  attempted 
assault  was  distressed  over  the  lack  of 
judgment  that  The  Charlatan  displayed. 
In  addition,  we  were  both  alarmed  that 
after  reading  my  article,  the  graphic  art- 
ist felt  it  was  necessary  to  blame  campus 
security  for  the  poster.  If  the  artist  would 
have  done  minimal  research  and  read 
the  security  poster,  he/she  would  have 
realized  campus  security  does  not  have 
its  extension  number  on  the  poster. 

In  fact,  campus  security's  responding 
officer,  Michael  Warner,  was  helpful,  sen- 
sitive, and  active  on  the  victim's  behalf. 
Campus  security  deserves  much  more 
recognition  and  support  than  they  cur- 
rently receive. 

If  I  would  have  known  that  such  a 
juvenile,  uninformed  attempt  at  humor 
would  accompany  my  article,  I  would 
not  have  allowed  it  to  be  printed.  The 
Charlatan  may  now  add  its  name  to  the 


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agencies  which  perpetuate  the  second- 
ary trauma  that  makes  victims  of  assault 
hesitate  when  faced  with  the  decision  to 
pursue  the  apprehension  of  their  aggres- 
sors. 

Jason  Ramsay 
MA  II 

Graphic  ridicules 

Editor: 

That  hideous  "warning"  plas- 
tered in  the  middle  of  Jason  Ramsay's 
serious  editorial,  ("What  the  poster 
didn't  say,"  The  Charlatan,  Sept.  30, 
1993),  disgusted  me.  The  thrilling  ad 
about  the  return  of  Freddy  the  Flasher. 
The  individual  responsible  for  such  hate 
literature  used  words  like  "tickle" 
and  "harmless."  Sexual  assault  is 
not  tickling  or  harmless,  it  is  violent  -- 
violating. 

I  pose  a  question  to  The  Charlatan  staff 
who  permitted  the  publication  of  such 
repugnant  journalism:  Would  any  of  you 
confront  the  woman  or  any  woman  who 
was  brutally  assaulted  with  these  words 
to  her  face? 

It  is  much  easier  to  remain  anony- 
mous and  hide  behind  deadlines,  throw- 
ing journalistic  responsibility  and  ethics 
to  the  wind.  Imagine  yourselves  looking 
into  the  eyes  of  a  sexually  assaulted 
woman,  what  would  you  say?  "No 
cause  for  alarm  ..."  Yeah,  now  that 
he  has  disappeared  for  the  time  being, 
yet  such  words  do  not  heal  pain. 

Instead  of  drawing  attention  to  the 
critical  problem  of  campus  safety,  The 
Charlatan  ridiculed  it,  alienating  an  as- 
saulted woman  and  all  of  those  women 
who  endure,  violating  their  bodies  even 
further,  notwithapenis,  but  with  words. 

Stuart  A.  Shein 
'  MA  II 

Dan  -  he's 
everywhere 

Editor: 

Unicentre  =  boring.  Aykroyd  Centre  = 
flair. 

Why?  Why  not! 

I  think  that  the  Dan  Aykroyd  Student 
Centre  is  a  fine  name.  It  sounds  much 
better  than  the  plain  old  Unicentre. 

Here  are  10  good  reasons  to  rename 
the  centre: 

1 .  He  was  a  student  in  good  standing. 

2.  His  parents  contribute  regularly  and 
generously  to  CKCU. 

3.  We  have  a  better  chance  at  getting 
him  to  visit  Carieton  than  getting  Bruce 
Springsteen,  or  anyone  else. 

4.  He  went  to  my  old  high  school  on 
Fisher  Avenue,  St.  Pius  X. 

5.  People  of  Ottawa  should  make  up 
for  the  Paul  Anka  scandal. 

6.  He  brings  laughter  through  movies 
(I  have  an  illegal  copy  of  Ghostbusters). 

7.  He  did  do  something  with  his  life. 

8.  One  of  our  frosh  groups  this  year 
was  named  after  a  skit  he  did  about  the 
Boss-o-matic.  . 

9. 1  haven't  heard  any  better  sugges- 
tions. 

10.  If  we  wait  until  he's  dead  we'll  still 
have  a  boring  student  centre  name. 

So,  you  see,  he's  everywhere.  He's  fa- 
mous. So  what  if  he  wasa  bit  of  a  trouble- 
maker. Students  can  relate  to  his  image 
and  I  bet  they  even  like  the  name  too. 

I  think  it  would  be  a  nice  change. 
Maybe  next  year  we  can  name  our  frosh 
groups  after  movies  he's  been  in. 

Luke  Read 
English  III 

Learn  the  lingo 

Editor: 

Re:  "Scotiabank  only  place  to  sock 
your  loot,"  The  Charlatan,  Sept.  23, 1993. 


An  error  was  made  by  Tanya  Work- 
man in  her  article  which  outlined  stu- 
dent packages  offered  by  several  char- 
tered banks. 

Workman  stated  that  the  Toronto- 
Dominion  Bank'sstudentplan  offers  "no- 
charge  withdrawals  and  deposits . . .  and 
two  free  cheques  per  month  ..."  What 
Workman  neglected  to  mention  is  that 
no-charge  withdrawals  are  only  no- 
charge  when  made  through  the  bank's 
automated  teller  machines. 

Upon  further  investigation,  Workman 
would  have  found  that  the  plan  offers 
two  free  cheques  or  in-branch  withdraw- 
als per  month.  "In-branch  with- 
drawal" is  a  withdrawal  processed  by 
a  teller.  Therefore,  a  student  can  only 
make  two  such  debit  transactions:  two 
cheques,  two  in-branch  withdrawals  or 
one  cheque  and  one  in-branch  with- 
drawal per  month.  Any  subsequent  debit 
transactions  not  made  through  the  bank's 
automated  teller  machines  will  be  sub- 
ject to  service  charges. 

It  is  to  the  benefit  of  the  students, 
when  shopping  around  from  financial 
institution  to  financial  institution,  to  have 
bank  lingo  explained  and  to  have  under- 
stood all  applicable  service  charges.  This 
will  eliminate  or  lessen  unpleasant  sur- 
prises, frustration  and  time  consump- 
tion. 

Christine  Tenn 
Former  Toronto-Dominion  customer  service 
officer 

Bike  racks  lacking 
at  Loeb 

Editor: 

As  I  was  locking  my  bike  to  a  parking 
meter  outside  the  Loeb  building,  a  cam- 
pus security  officer  came  up  and  ordered 
me  to  unlock  my  bike  immediately.  I  told 
him  that  the  one-and-only  bike  rack  in 
the  immediate  area  was  full  and  that 
there  was  nowhere  else  to  lock  my  bike. 
Hesaidthathedidn'tcare,  andthatlhad 
to  move  my  bike.  Parking  meters  cost  a 
lot  you  see,  and  my  bike  might  damage 
it. 

My  bike  costs  a  lot  of  money  too,  and 
I'm  not  prepared  to  sacrifice  it  so  that  a 
parking  meter  may  remain  unscuffed. 

Perhaps  it  would  be  in  the  university's 
best  interest  to.invest  in  a  few  more  bike 
racks,  since  I'm  not  the  only  one  who  has 
to  lock  my  bike  to  a  parking  meter  on  a 
regular  basis. 


Matthew  Bruce 
Psychology  IV 

Waiting  list  woes 

Editor: 

Re:  "Health  system  needs  help,"  The 
Charlatan,  Sept.  23, 1993. 

Clayton  Wood,  in  his  opinion  piece  on 
the  Canadian  health  care  system,  says 
that  he  is  concerned  about  the  quality  of 
our  health  care.  However,  when  you  read 
what  he  has  written  you  see  that  what  he 
is  really  concerned  with  is  the  waiting  list 
for  services. 

While  I  agree  that  this  is  a  problem,  I 
do  not  feel  that  the  solution  lies  in  offer- 
ing bribes  to  bud  in  line. 

His  system  of  paying  for  "better"  service 
would  not  work  to  shorten  lines  or  im- 
prove service  for  the  majority  of  users.  It 
would  only  mean  that  those  people  with 
money  would  get  priority  while  the  rest  of 
us  are  pushed  further  down  the  list. 

What  is  needed  is  better  and  faster 
health  care  services  for  everyone,  not  just 
the  wealthy. 

AnnetfeZ.ee 
MA  Philosophy 


Twist  in  with 
Orville 

Editor: 

Re:  "Who  needs  a  life?"  The  Charlatan, 
Sept.  23, 1993,  by  John  Greenwood  a.k.a. 
Grimm. 

I'm  glad  you  like  stories  about  me  - 1 
do  too!  I've  got  a  life  and  no  longer  go  to 
Oliver's.  I  didn't  even  realize  that  I  was 
there.  In  fact,  I  thought  I  was  at  my  third 
cousin's  wedding  in  Smiths  Falls.  The 
music  was  the  same  -  who  knew?  I  was 
justwaiting  for  my  great-uncle  Orville  to 
come  and  ask  me  to  dance  a  jig.  I  did 
come  to  my  senses  and  told  the  D|  (if  you 
can  call  him  that),  the  music  sucked. 
Don'tyou  remember,  John?  Keepspinnin' 
those  tunes  —  go,  grease  lightning! 

Renee  Twaddle 
Ph  ilosophy  III 

Access  for  all 
essential 

Editor: 

This  letter  is  in  response  to  "Health 
system  needs  help,"  The  Charlatan, 
Sept.  23,  1993.  An  article  such  as  this 
saddens  me  more  than  anything  else.  It 
is  unfortunate  that  certain  Canadians 
such  as  Clayton  Wood  fail  to  realize  that 
we  do  have  one  of  the  best  and  most 
accessible  medical  systems  in  the  world. 
-  Wood  talks  about  the  inefficiency  of 
our  "crumbling"  system.  Again, 
this  is  partially  true.  The  health  system  is 
currently  in  a  state  of  financial  instabil- 
ity across  the  country.  However,  this  is 
not  because  our  system  is  too  costly  in 
general.  It  is  because  hospitals,  particu- 
larly in  Ontario,  have  been  misman- 
aged. 

People  have  also  used  our  system  to 
obtain  many  services  they  don't  need. 


Even  with  this,  our  system  is  still  more 
cost  efficient  than  the  U.S.  health  care 
system. 

To  say  that  we  should  adopt  a  health 
care  system  like  Great  Britain  is  complete 
rubbish.  The  national  health  system  in 
England  is  a  very  inferior  system  to  ours. 
No  one  there  with  any  capital  uses  it.  This 
is  because  all  the  good  physicians  are  in 
private  health  care. 

I  am  not  trying  to  say  that  our  system 
does  not  have  problems.  It  is  obvious  that 
it  does.  Yet  the  basic  principle  of  access  to 
all  in  such  an  important  thing  as  health 
care  is  really  the  only  way  to  go.  With 
better  administration  and  understand- 
ing we  can  make  our  system  cost  efficient 
and  long-lasting. 

Fraser  Needham 
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October  7,  1993  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  13 


An 


Interview  with 

poet  and 

playwrigh 

Joseph 


Dandurai 


by  Rob  McLennan 
Charalatan  Staff 

Joseph  Oandurand  is  a  28-year-old  local  poet  and  playwright.  He  is  a  Salish 
Indian  originally  from  Fort  Langley,  B.C.,  and  up  until  September  was  living  and 
writing  in  Texas  for  four  months. 

Dandurand  returned  to  Ottawa  with  a  performance  of  a  short  scene,  Touches, 
as  part  of  the  SAW  Gallery's  "Rushes"  series,  held  every  third  Sunday  to  show- 
case works-in-progress  by  local  artists. 

His  first  performance  was  a  reading  of  his  play  No  Totem  for  My  Story,  as 
part  of  an  evening  of  Native  story-telling  on  Sept.  24,  1 992,  by  the  Theatre 
Distinct  Theatre  Company  at  the  University  of  Ottawa. 

His  second  reading  was  of  his  play  Crackers  and  Soup,  at  the  National  Arts 
Centre  Atelier  Theatre  last  April. 

He  will  be  presenting  the  first  full-length  production  of  one  of  his  own  plays 
Where  Two  Rivers  Meet,  by  his  fledging  One  Crow's  Theatre  Company  at  the 
SAW  Gallery  on  Oct.  28, 29  and  30. 

Dandurand's  most  recent,  and  only,  chapbook  is  titled  The  Upside  Down 
Raven.  A  poetry  chapbook  is  a  thin  booklet  of  poetry,  usually  made  up  on  a 
photocopier  and  stapled  together  by  the  author. 


Dandurand  is  part  of  a  collective  of  Native  writers  called  the  Writer's  Inde- 
pendent Native  Organization  (WINO),  a  group  which  encourages  and  supports 
Native  writers  in  the  Ottawa  region. 

He  is  also  one  of  four  interns  taking  part  in  the  Aboriginal  Training  Program 
in  Museology  at  the  Museum  of  Civilization  in  Hull.  The  program  is  designed  to 
give  those  who  are  developing  their  own  cultural  centres  or  museums  on  Native 
and  Inuit  reserves  the  training  to  gain  greater  control  over  the  presentation  and 
preservation  of  their  own  cultural  histories. 

Dandurand  will  be  working  closely  with  David  Parry,  who  is  head  of  interpre- 
tive programs  at  the  museum,  on  various  writing  projects  including  a  theatrical 
presentation  on  some  of  the  pieces  in  the  Great  Hall,  such  as  the 
Kwakwak'wakw  feast  dish. 

Parry  says  he  is  confident  the  eight-month  program  will  culminate  in  a 
completed  theatrical  presentation  to  be  performed  as  part  of  an  international 
symposium,  called  languages  of  live  Interpretation,  at  the  museum  next  May. 
After  that,  the  performance  will  be  open  to  the  public. 

I  was  finally  able  to  catch  up  with  Joseph  in  the  middle  of  his  busy  schedule 
over  breakfast  two  weeks  ago.  The  following  is  from  an  hour  of  interview, 
between  cups  of  bad  coffee. 


14  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  7,  1993 


Dandurand:  What  om  I  do'mg?  I'm  working  on  o  play  I've  written,  producing  it  ol  SAW  Gallery.  II 
runs  the  28, 29, 30  of  October.  It's  called  Where  Tm  Hirers  Meet  mi  it's  kind  of  a  spiritual  thing.  It's  not  really 
Native.  Very  deeply  spirituoL  It's  about  love.  I'm  trying  to  finish  a  book  of  poetry,  four  poems  short  and  I'm  oho 
finishing  some  plays  that  are  half-finished. 

McLennan:  Tell 'me  about  your  internship  at the  Museum  of "Civilization. 

Dandurand  !  Yeah,  I'm  starting  there  on  September  30,  but  getting  thereon  the  ISth,  doing  some 
work  for  them,  working  on  a  symposium  for  children  and  some  other  things.  Basically,  I'm  there  to  work  with 
their  theatre  company,  to  create  stories,  and  to  leam.  It's  a  learning  experience  for  eight  months.  And  from  there, 
I've  applied  to  go  to  York  University,  to  study  plays,  to  gel  my  masters  in  playwriting,  so  hopefully  I  can  leach 
someday.  At  Ottawa  It,  I  finished  my  BA  in  theatre. 

McLennan:  Have  you  produced  any  previous  work? 

Dandurand:  I  haven't  produced  any  (ploys).  I've  produced  some  readings  and  some  workshops, 
that's  about  it.  This  is  the  first  full-length  production. 
This  play,  actually,  the  NAC  bought  the  rights  to  it.  Yeah,  just  until  January,  Ihey  gave  me  a  thousand  dollars 
and  they  want  a  copy  of  the  script  when  it's  done.  Which  is  cool,  you  know.  It's  a  good  theatre. 

McLennan:  Why  is  this  only  your  first  full-length  play? 

Dandurand  !  Why?  Why  not?  I  think  it's  because  I've  been  waiting  for  people  to  produce  my  work 
and  it  hasn't  happened  in  this  city,  so  I  decided  to  create  a  theatre  company  and  produce  this  play,  which  is  my 
own  work. 

The  theatre  group  is  loosely  hosed  on  theatre  groups  in  the  sixties,  the  voice  of  their  generation,  and  that's 
what  we  all  are,  because  I'm  the  oldest  and  the  other  people  in  the  company  are  in  their  early  twenties,  so  we're 
just  fresh,  and  want  to  do  something  outside  university  theatre.  Almost  sort  of  semi-professional.  Make  a  run  at  it, 

you  know? 

McLennan:  You  told  me  once  that  you  have  moved  around  a  lot. 

Dandurand:  I've  been  around.  I've  been  in  Ottawa  for  1 0  years.  My  dad  was  in  Ihe  oir  force  and 
ended  up  here,  but  my  mother's  family  'is  from  B.C,  a  reservation  called  Fort  Langley.  It's  nice,  a  little  island  on 
ihe  Fraser  River  —  good  fishing.  Salish,  Slolo  Nation.  My  mother  is  a  full-blooded  Indian  and  my  dad's  French. 

McLennan:  How  has  that  influenced  your  work? 

Dandurand:  It  has  in  Ihe  sense  that  I  can  write  in  both  perspectives  and  not  hove  to  justify  either  of 
them.  The  characters  in  my  plays  lake  on  a . . .  Ihey  can  have  either  race  —  Ihey  can  he  white,  or  Ihey  can  be 
Native.  Ifs  not  a  story  about  race,  it's  a  story  about  human  beings,  I  guess. 

McLennan:  From  what  I've  seen  of  your  poetry,  your  first  chapbook  Ihe 
Upside  Down  Raven,  I  was  wondering  about  your  use  of  Native  mythology  in 
your  work. 

Dandurand:  I  love  writing  about  animals,  is  thai  what  you  mean?  I  just  love  it.  I  think  it's  just  so 

easy  to  do.  That's  when  I'm  at  my  most  comfortable. 
Right  now  I'm  finishing  a  book  of  poetry  called  Running  ley,  Where  Did  fou  So7.  (I'm)  four  poems  short,  (I 
hove)  about  40 1  guess.  It's  about  a  young  Indian  boy  running  around  the  work)  from  his  reservation,  in  o  big 

circle. 

I  guess  half  my  plays  are  Native,  that  would  mean  Native  actors.  That's  one  of  the  biggest  problems  I  have, 

living  in  Ottawa,  is  the  lack  of  Native  actors,  so  I  do  my  other  plays. 
I'm  still  involved  in  WINO.  We  have  an  anthology  coming  out.  I'm  not  sure  when,  we're  still  working  on  B . . . 

no,  it's  done.  They  just  need  enough  money  to  print  it. 
Thai's  with  six  other  writers,  such  as  Anne  Acco,  Alan  leary.  Yeah,  we've  been  together  for  years.  Writer's 
Independent  Native  Organization. 
Ifs  a  group  lhat  originally  got  together  to  workshop  each  other's  works,  and  basically  now  is  just  on 
organization  that  promotes  Native  writing  in  the  Ottawa  area.  And  we  do  Ihe  Ottawa  Volley  Book  Festival  every 
year.  And  other  things,  (like)  help  each  other  with  our  books,  ond  lhat.  Tney  helped  me  with  my  first  chapbook. 

McLennan:  Do  you see a lot of 'people  interested 'in  Native writing? 

Dandurand:  Yeah,  I  guess  so.  Yeah,  there's  a  market  for  it,  you  know,  lhat  whole  granolo  thing. 
Walk  down  Glebe,  there,  I  could  probably  sell  all  my  books  there.  I  think  there  is  a  voice.  We're  searching  for  H. 
I'm  searching  for  mine.  Art  h  art,  right? 


McLennan:  I've  noticed }in  your plays  you use  a lot of 'angry characters. 

Dandurand:  (laughter)  Why,  I  don't  know.  Angei?  I  wouldn't  say  they're  angry.  I'd  say  they're  frustrated. 
Ifs  whal  I  see,  I  guess.  I  just  think  that  as  a  new  writer,  it's  much  easier  to  write  characters  like  that,  instead  of 
someone  who's  compassionate  and  weak.  Passive,  yeab.  I  don't  know,  1  don't  find  Ihem  as  interesting  as 
someone  who's  got  an  edge  to  them,  /know?  Who's  ready  lo  fight  Ihe  world. 

McLennan:  Crackers  and  Soup,  whal  was  that? 

Dandurand:  Crackers  and  Soupms  definitely  onger.  Thofs  weird.  I  don't  know  how  you  write,  but 
when  I  write  plays,  when  I  write  poetry,  it's  like  an  escape  for  me.  Ifs  like  a  different  world,  so  it's  hard  for  me  to 
talk  about  it  r.jhl  now. 

Whenever  I  write  a  play,  I  go  inlo  that  world  for  a  week,  or  whatever  it  tokes  for  me  lo  write  one,  ond  I'm 
there,  and  Ihen  I  come  out  of  it  and  I  try  lo  get  bock  into  it.  But  that's  what  my  plays  are.  They're  dreams. 


Dandurand: 


McLennan:  Do  you  escape  into  anger? 


Sure.  Why  not?  I  hold  it  in  all  Ihe  way  through  life,  might  as  well  escape  into  it. 


McLennan:  Are  you  angry? 


Dandurand  .  Am  I?  Isn't  everybody?  (laughter)  Why  am  I  angry?  Oh,  I  feel  like  I'm  being  analyzed 
here.  Why  am  I  angry,  why  am  I  angry.  I  don't  know,  I  just  om.  I  just  always  have  been.  There's  no  profound 
reason  far  my  onger,  I  guess. 
I'm  not  always  angry.  God,  I  try  lo  write  serious  plays  and  when  I  stage  them,  halfway  thiough  Ihem  people 
are  laughing,  you  know,  laughing  at  Ihe  wrong  moment.  I'm  sitting  there  almost  crying,  and  they're  sitting  there 
laughing.  Whkh  is  great,  because  I  think  that's  one  of  Ihe  reasons  I  write  plays,  is  to  sit  there  in  Ihe  audience  ond 
watch  people  read.  Thai's  what  I  enjoy  doing,  creating  a  reaction.  You  know,  whether  it's  anger,  or  compassion 
for  my  characters,  sympathy  or  empathy. 
I've  seen  a  lot  of  plays.  I  love  going  inlo  a  theatre.  That's  what  it's  all  about,  Ihe  act  of  illusion,  Ihe  art  of 
creating  a  new  world. 

That's  why  I  write  plays,  because  I  want  lo  create  an  hour  of  escape  for  people  ond  try,  once  the  script  is 
there,  and  then  as  a  director,  lo  create  this  world  by  using  the  set  ond  Ihe  lighting  and  the  actors  and  staging  a 
world  for  them. 

Ifs  hard,  for  at  any  moment  they  might  snap  out  of  il  and  realize,  "Hey,  I'm  watching  a  play,"  you  know,  it 
'isn't  real.  So  that's  why  I  enjoy  writing  and  trying  lo  perfect  Ihe  art  of  telling  a  story,  making  il  as  real  as 
possible. 

I've  seen  almost  everything  in  the  city  —  try  not  lo  pay,  go  lo  previews  and  GCTC  Sundays,  pay  what  you 
can,  take  two  bucks,  pay  a  buck  and  buy  a  Nanaimo  bar  with  Ihe  other  dollar.  But  other  companies  that  are 
failing  I  pay.  I  pay  the  full  prke  to  help  Ihem  out.  Thai's  whal  it's  all  about. 
I'm  harmless.  God,  I'm  harmless,  (laughter)  I  was  in  Europe  lor  four  years,  Winnipeg  for  seven . . . 

McLennan:  Do  you  think  this  has  anything  with  your  need  to  escape? 

Dandurand  :  No,  I  escape  because  I'm  crazy,  (laughter)  I  have  to  write.  My  head  feds  like  it  will 
explode  if  I  don't  write.  Ifs  weird.  I  just  gotta  write  when  I  can't  deal  with  things  One  day  111  go  to  an  analyst 
who  will  tell  me  I'm  sane.  For  now,  I'll  play  Ihe  mank. 

McLennan:  Are  you  making  any  sort  of  living  from  mis? 

Dandurand:  No,  I've  got  to  make  money  olhei  ways.  I  work  as  a  professional  stage  hand  at  the 

National  Arts  Theatre.  I've  been  there  foi  foui  years. 
Ifs  great.  I  see  things  there,  I  see  how  ifs  done,  and  when  I  go  to  produce  things,  I  know  exactly  how  it's 
done.  The  greatest  formula  for  theatre,  for  writing,  is  lo  keep  il  simple.  You  know,  use  whal  you've  got. 
We  got  Ihe  spoce  at  SAW  Gallery  for  free.  Scrounged  my  set-up,  just  collecting  favors,  just  knowing  people 
who  owe  me  favors.  Yeah,  it's  running  three  days,  Ihen  I'll  pock  9.  Il  fits  1 25  people  in  there,  five  dollars  a  head. 
I  have  Ihe  theatre  community,  the  literary  community,  people  who  like  my  stuff.  Well,  maybe  not  like  my 
stuff  but  appreciate  3, 1  guess.  Ifs  great.  Ifs  whal  I  need. 
I'm  going  to  apply  for  an  Explorations  grant  (from  the  Ontario  Arts  Council  foi  new  artists}.  The  next  deadline 

is  January  1 5,  so  I  om  going  to  do  that.  And,  I  don'l  know. 
I  might  try  Thelus  Books  (lo  publish  the  poetry  manuscript),  which  is  a  Native  publishing  company  out  West, 
see  if  they'll  jump  at  it.  I'll  probably  end  up  self-publishing  it,  you  know. 

Rob  McLennan  is  a  poet  who  lives  and  writes  in  Ottawa.  His  last  lost  chapbook  was  entitled  August. 
He  also  edits,  publishes  and  distributes  the  Free  Verse  Anthology,  os  well  os  being  a  co-editor  of  the 
Corleton  Arts  Heview. 

photo  by  Andre  Belief euille 


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16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  7,  1993 


SPORTS 


The  truth  rears  its  ugly  head 

Jmwnc    hnmhorl   In      ■HBIWJiHBar      . 


Ravens  bombed  in 
loss  to  third-ranked 
Bishop's  Caiters 

by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

It's  about  time  they  lost. 

After  two  straight  dramatic  come-from- 
behind  victories,  the  bubble  burst  on  the 
Carleton  Ravens  football  team. 

No  miracle  finish.  No  win.  fust  a  34-1 
trouncing  at  the  hands  of  the  Bishop's 
Gaiters  on  Oct.  2  at  Raven  Field. 


Bishop's  34  Carleton  1 


With  the  loss,  the  2-2  Ravens  fall  into 
a  three-way  tie  for  second  place  in  the 
Ontario-Quebec  Interuniversity  Football 
Conference  with  the  McGill  Redmen  and 
the  Concordia  Stingers.  Bishop's  improves 
to  4-0  and,  with  three  games  remaining 
in  the  season,  has  first  place  virtually 
locked  up. 

"I  hope  theguys  will  remember  how 
this  feels, "  said  Raven  wide  receiver  [ames 
Tickell,  who  led  the  team  offensively  with 
59  yards  on  three  receptions.  "It  feels 
shitty.  If  we  can  remember  this  feeling, 
maybe  we  won't  let  it  happen  again. 
Maybe  we  just  thought  we  didn't  have  to 
go  out  and  work  hard  for  the  win.  But 
that's  not  true.  We  have  to  practise  hard 
and  play  hard  like  we  did  last  week  (in  a 
25-20  win  against  Queen's)." 

True  to  past  form,  the  Ravens  started 
slowly,  allowing  the  Gaiters  to  build  a  1 7- 
0  halftime  lead. 

"It  seems  every  game  we  try  to  play 
catch-up,"saidTickell.  "And  against  good 
teams  like  Bishop's,  you  can't  do  that." 

No  kidding. 

"Past  history  dictates  this  team  doesn't 
believe  they're  ever  out  of  it,"  said  Bish- 
op's coach  Ian  Breck.  "They  showed  a  lot 
of  confidence  to  come  from  behind  and 
beat  Ottawa  and  Queen's.  That's  a  sig- 
nificant accomplishment.  We  knew  we 
had  to  take  control  and  get  out  at  them. " 

And  Bishop's  did  just  that  when  they 
stuffed  a  Raven  third  and  goal  drive  late 
in  the  third  quarter,  preserving  a  com- 
fortable 1 7-1  lead. 

"  It  would  have  been  a  big  score, "  said 
Raven  running  back  Einard  Jean- 


Let's  see,  three  Gaiters  pummelling  one  Raven  -  no  wonder  we  lost. 


Francois,  who  had  the  ball  knocked  out 
of  his  hands  in  the  end  zone  on  the  play. 
"It  would  have  brought  us  up .  Instead  we 
made  mistakes  that  made  us  look  bad. 
They  dominated.  They  played  better  than 
we  did  so  they  won  the  game  --  but  it 
looked  worse  than  it  really  was." 

After  the  goal  line  stand,  Bishop's 
then  pulled  away  in  the  fourth  quarter, 
amassing  1 7  points  en  route  to  the  win. 

Offensively,  Raven  starting 
quarterback  Sean  O'Neill  was  only  able 
to  make  one  completion  in  10  attempts, 
including  one  interception.  He  was  re- 
placed in  the  second  quarter  by  backup 
Shawn  Thompson,  who  was  only  some- 
what better  in  amassing  104  yards  on  10 
completions  in21  attempts.  Healso  threw 
four  interceptions. 

"We  were  unable  to  consistently  make 


Football  FoOies 

Year  W  L  T  PF  PA  PTS 
1986  4    0  0  139  65  8 

1992  0    4  0  20  138  0 

1993  2    2  0  62    94  4 
As  the  season  progresses,  we'd 
compare  this  year's  Raven  squad 
against  the  best  and  worst  Raven 
teams  of  the  past:  the  6-1  1986 
squad  and  the  0-7  1992  team. 


long  drives  this  week  and  we  left  our 
defence  out  on  the  field  too  long,"  said 
Raven  coach  Donn  Smith.  "The  guys 
were  resting  on  a  win  from  last  weekend. 
This  was  a  wake-up  call."  □ 


Rugby  team  rolls  along  undefeated 


by  Matt  Shurrie 

Chaitalan  Staff 

Two  more  games.  Two  more  wins. 
And  the  rugby  Ravens  are  on  a  roll. 

On  Sept.  29,  the  Ravens  defeated  the 
top-ranked  Royal  Military  College 
Redmen  17-10  and  then  trounced  the 
Trent  Excalibur  26-3  on  Oct.  2,  to  im- 
prove to  4-0. 


Carleton  17  RMC 10 
Carleton  26  Trent  3 


This  makes  them  the  only  remaining 
undefeated  team  in  the  Ontario  Univer- 
sities Athletic  Association's  second  rugby 
division. 

"The  skill  level  of  the  team  has  defi- 
nitely improved  over  the  past  few  weeks, " 
said  coach  Lee  Powell.  "However,  the 
players  seem  to  be  working  individually, 
at  times  causing  the  progress  of  the  team 
to  be  held  back." 

At  halftime  against  the  Redmen,  the 
two  teams  were  locked  in  a  3-3  tie.  The 
Ravens  then  turned  the  tables  on  RMC 
with  back-to-back  tries  by  rookie  outside 


centre  Rick  Haldane  and  kicker  Mike  Rys. 

Rys  led  the  Ravens  against  the  Redmen 
with  a  try,  two  converts  and  one  penalty 
kick  for  11  points. 

The  Redmen  countered  with  a  try  of 
their  own  later  in  the  second  half  to  close 
the  gap  to  17-10,  but  then  the  Raven 
defence  clamped  down  and  took  over. 

With  RMC  driving  down  the  field  in 
the  final  minutes  of  the  second  half,  the 
Ravens  shut  the  Redmen  out  with  excel- 
lent ball  control  and  a  concentration  of 
tackles. 

In  Saturday's  game  against  Trent,  the 
Ravens  again  performed  well  defensively, 
holding  the  Excalibur  to  a  meagre  3 
points. 

"The  chemistry  was  a  little  off  for  most 
of  the  first  half  and  we  really  didn't  gel," 
said  Haldane.  "(But)  in  the  second  half, 
the  team  came  together  and  played  ex- 
cellent-controlled ball." 

Trent  pressured  Carleton  early  on,  scor- 
ing first  and  threatening  to  score  on  two 
other  occasions. 

"It  took  us  a  while  to  get  going",  said 
inside  centre  Dave  Howard."This  allowed 
them  to  really  pressure  our  defence  and 
in  rum  forced  us  to  rum  it  up  a  notch  in 


the  second  half." 

Following  the  defence's  lead,  the  of- 
fence began  to  click  in  the  second  half. 
Flanker  Mike  Row  hadatryforthe  Ravens, 
and  Rys  added  another. 

The  victory  allowed  trie  Ravens  to  re- 
main the  only  undefeated  team  in  their 
division  and  let  the  coaching  staff  assess 
the  club's  play  so  far. 

With  three  games  remaining  this  sea- 
son, Powell  said  he  is  pleased  with  the 
team's  progress,  but  cautioned  there  still 
is  room  for  improvement. 

"The  players  need  to  perform  as  a 
team  rather  than  as  individuals.  When 
the  team  works  as  individuals,  they  seem 
to  take  an  extra  two  or  three  steps  and  get 
caught  up  field  trying  to  make  the  big 
play." 

Two  injuries  occurred  in  the  rugby 
games  this  week.  Mark  Morrison  left  the 
match  against  RMC  with  an  injury  to  his 
right  leg.  It's  doubtful  if  he'll  play  in  the 
Oct.  7  rematch  against  RMC  in  Kingston. 
Against  Trent,  Dave  Howard  suffered  an 
injury  to  his  neck,  and  he's  doubtful  for 
the  rematch  as  well. 

In  other  action,  the  Ravens'  second 
team  beat  Trent's  second  team  56-0  □ 


Lesson  learned 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Stall 

They  are  like  children,  these  foot- 
ball Ravens  -  fumbling,  bumbling 
and  stumbling  along  one  moment, 
and  then  showing  off  confidence 
and  poise  in  a  comeback  victory  the 
next. 

And  this  football  season  is,  as 
much  as  anything,  the  story  of  their 
struggle  to  mature. 

For  them,  this  season  is  like  a 
finishing  school.  Head  coach  Donn 
Smith  is  the  teacher.  They  are  the 
students.  And  each  and  every  game 
provides  them  with  a  new  lesson  to 
be  learned. 

In  their  first  game  of  the  season 
against  the  McGill  Redmen,  they 
discovered  the  comeback.  Trailing 

17-  3  at  halftime,  the  Ravens  re- 
bounded in  the  fourth  quarter  to 
make  a  game  of  it  before  losing  22- 
1 7.  But  the  lesson  was  understood. 
We  can  do  it,  they  realized.  We  can 
be  competitive. 

So  they  went  back  to  school  and 
studied  some  more.  And  in  their 
second  game  against  the  University 
of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees,  they  put  into 
practice  the  lessons  they  had 
learned.  Trailing  12-3  at  the  half, 
this  time  they  rebounded  to  take  an 

18-  12  lead  -  their  first  of  the  year. 
They  must  have  been  nervous 

then,  those  Ravens,  and  it  showed. 
Because  late  in  the  fourth  quarter, 
four  Ravens  misplayed  a  kickoff  re- 
turn and  allowed  Ottawa  to  recover 
a  fumble.  You  could  almost  predict 
what  was  about  to  happen. 

Sure  enough,  the  Gee-Gees 
stormed  back  to  tie  the  game  at  18 
apiece  and  then  set  up  to  kick  a 
game-winning  convert.  Thekickhit 
the  uprights  and  bounced  through 
into  the  end  zone.  But  the  referee 
didn't  see  it  go  through;  the  game 
remained  tied.  And  the  Ravens 
mastered  another  lesson  -opportu- 
nity. 

Like  little  army  ants,  they 
marched  down  the  field  and  won 
the  game  1 9-1 8  on  a  single  with  1 7 
seconds  left  in  the  game. 

It  was  their  first  win  in  two  years. 
Lesson  accomplished. 

Moving  on  to  their  third  game 
against  last  year's  Vanier  Cup  cham- 
pions, the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels, 
the  Ravens  had  another  exercise  in 
mind  --  maintaining  momentum. 
And  even  though  they  fell  behind 
once  again  trailing  1 7-3  at  halftime, 
they  remembered  the  lesson,  and  a 
second-half  offensive  outburst  pro- 
pelled them  to  a  25-20  victory. 

They  must  have  been  feeling 
cocky,  those  Ravens,  after  two 
straight  come-from-behind  wins  like 
that.  School's  a  breeze,  they  must 
have  thought.  What  more  do  we 
need  to  learn? 

A  little  humility  perhaps. 

And  that's  exactly  what  they  dis- 
covered as  they  were  trounced  34-1 
by  the  fourth-ranked  Bishop's  Gai- 
ters in  their  latest  game  this  past 
weekend.  No  miracle  comeback.  No 
win.  Just  the  humble  feeling  that 
remains  afteryou've  been  shellacked 
by  a  better  team. 

They're  learning  all  right,  the 
hard  way. 

And  the  lesson  continues.  □ 


October  7,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  -  17 


Soccer  men  rebound  after  humbling  tie 


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Soccer  Shots 

Here's  how  the  Raven  men  rank 
against  the  country's  best 

1  UBC  Thunderbirds 

2  Carfeton  Ravens 

3  McGiii  Redmen 

4  Alberta  Golden  Bears 

5  Victoria  Vikings 


that  are  scrappy  and  out  of  control  like 
Trent  --  it  just  doesn't  work  the  same. 
Trent  plays  all  over  the  place,  and  you  get 
a  lot  of  unexpected  things  happening." 

The  Trent  goal  came  in  the  second 
half,  when  a  scramble  in  front  of  the 
Ravens'  net  allowed  the  Excalibur  to 
equalize  forward  |ohn  Lauro's  first-half 
goal. 

The  one-all  tie  against  Trent  shocked 
many,  including  the  Trent  goalkeeper. 
Serge  Desbienssaidthe  Ravens  were  "very 
predictable." 

He  did,  however,  admit  that  Carleton 


was  unlucky  on  several  occasions.  One 
such  chance  came  from  a  goal  by  Phillips. 
Although  the  linesman  did  not  raise  the 
flag  to  indicate  an  offside  player,  the 
referee  overruled  the  call  and  disallowed 
the  goal. 

"Maybe  we  needed  that  tie  to  get  us 
back  on  track,"  said  Raven  sweeper 
Michael  Zaborski.  "For  us,  a  tie  is  a  loss." 

But  the  Ravens  won  both  their  week- 
end games. 

Four  minutes  into  their  Sunday  match 
against  Ryerson,  the  Rams  were  fetching 
the  ball  out  of  their  net  on  a  goal  by 
defender  David  Rowntree.  Phillips  scored 
three  goals  and  midfielder  Chris  Scuccato 
scored  as  well. 

Ryerson  scored  on  a  penalty  kick  after 
Raven  stopper  Earl  Cochrane  fouled  in 
the  box  setting  up  the  penalty.  Another 
goal  in  the  second  half  rounded  out  the 
Rams'  scoring. 

The  day  before,  the  Ravens  shut  out 
the  York  offence  to  win  2-0.  In  his  second 
game  for  the  Ravens,  composed  rookie 
Marty  McCaffrey  scored  when  he  chipped 
the  ball  over  the  York  goalkeeper. 
Rowntree  scored  the  second  goal.  □ 


Seven  goals  in  seven  games  for  forward 
Basil  Philips  after  three  against  Ryerson 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Start 

Call  it  a  lesson  well  learned. 

After  four  straight  victories  to  start 
their  season,  the  Carleton  men's  soccer 
team  was  humbled  with  a  1-1  tie  against 
the  last-place  Trent  Excalibur  on  Sept.  29 
in  Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Associa- 
tion's east  division  soccer  action. 


Carleton  1  Trent  1 
Carleton  2  YorkO 
Carleton  5  Ryseron  2 


The  Ravens  rebounded  on  the  week- 
end with  a  2-0  victory  against  the  York 
Yeomen  on  Oct.  2  and  a  5-2  thrashing  of 
the  Ryerson  Rams  on  Oct.  3. 

The  Ravens  are  now  ranked  second  in 
the  country  with  a  record  of  6-0-1. 

"Their  egos  were  inflated  and  they 
thought  they  could  go  out  and  win  with- 


out playing  the  system  that  (coach)  Sandie 
(Mackie)  has  taught  them,"  said  assist- 
antcoach  Hugh  Campbell.  "They  wanted 
to  play  tippy-tappy  football." 

Several  Raven  players  gave  their  own 
explanations  behind  the  tie.  Rookie  for- 
ward Marty  McCaffrey's  agreed  with 
Campbell. 

"We  were  a  little  over-confident,  be- 
cause we  heard  they  weren't  a  strong 
team,  and  they  had  given  up  a  lot  of 
goals.  Before  the  game  players  were  say- 
ing they  would  score  certain  goals." 

But  forward  Basil  Phillips  partly  disa- 
greed with  Campbell's  explanation,  say- 
ing that  although  the  Ravens  played 
poorly,  they  played  a  system  nonethe- 
less. The  Ravens'  strategy  is  to  have. the 
back  four  defencemen  dear  the  ball  up  to 
their  two  forwards  and  have  their  four 
midfielders  come  up  to  provide  offensive 
support. 

"I  think  we  played  a  system,  but  it 
works  best  against  good  teams.  Teams 


Lacrosse  club  fights  back  for  an  overtime  win 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Staff 

They  are  not  as  bad  as  the  Ottawa 
Senators. 

The  Carleton  lacrosse  club  avoided 
total  defeat  this  weekend,  losing  1 1-5  to 
the  first-placed  Guelph  Gryphons  and 
rallying  to  an  8-6  overtime  win  against 
the  McMaster  Marauders. 


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The  lacrosse  club  is  now  1-3  on  the 
season  and  tied  for  third  with  Brock  Uni- 
versity among  five  teams  in  the  Ontario 
Universities  Field  Lacrosse  Association 
League. 


Guelph  11  Carleton  5 
Carleton  8  McMaster  6 


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On  Oct.  2  in  Guelph,  the  team  played 
the  3-0  Gryphons,  fell  behind  early  and 
never  caught  up.  They  trailed  10-2  at  the 
half. 

"When  we  played  against  Guelph,  we 
were  very  unorganized.  We  fell  behind  in 
the  score,"  said  rookie  attack  Shawn 
Murphy.  "At  least  we  got  Guelph  out  of 
the  way  so  we  can  concentrate  on  beat- 
ing the  other  teams." 

The  lacrosse  club  has  been  unorgan- 
ized in  recent  games  because  they've 
been  playing  without  their  coach  Glen 
Harrison,  who  has  been  busy  organizing 
the  Canadian  national  lacrosse  champi- 
onships. 

"I've  been  organizing  the  champion- 
ships for  some  time  and  at  least  1  will  be 
returning  for  the  team's  next  game," 
said  Harrison. 

Playing  without  coach  Harrison  has 
definitely  hurt  the  Carleton  team.  Without 
the  stability,  leadership  and  coaching  he 
provides,  too  many  players  have  been 
playing  selfishly  and  without  a  team 
focus. 

"Many  guys  want  to  do  their  own 
thing  and  without  a  coach,  it's  hard  to 
play  as  a  team,"  said  lacrosse  attack 
Jason  Tasse. 

As  a  result,  Carleton  lost  to  Guelph. 
Tasse  led  the  club  with  two  goals.  Attacks 
Dan  McWhirter,  Steve  Simenovic  and 


Scott  Covin  each  added  singles. 

Following  that  loss,  the  0-3  lacrosse 
club  faced  off  against  the  0-3  McMaster 
Marauders  in  a  basement  battle  to  es- 
cape last  place. 

At  the  half,  Carleton  clung  to  a  5-3 
lead,  but  McMaster  stormed  back  in  the 
second  half,  scoring  three  straight  goals 
and  taking  a  6-5  lead. 

"We  thought  we  were  down  but  we 
weren't  out  and  we  fought  for  the  win," 
said  Tasse. 

With  30  seconds  remaining  in  the 
game,  McWhirter  netted  his  first  of  the 
game  to  tie  the  contest  at  six. 

In  overtime,  Shawn  Murphy  netted 
the  winner  and  an  insurance  marker 
completing  a  hat  trick  and  giving 
Carleton  the  8-6  win. 

"Our  team  was  passing  the  ball  around 
and  I  saw  an  opening  so  I  took  it,"  said 
Murphy.  "We  will  be  a  force  to  be  reck- 
oned with  if  we  play  like  we  did  Sunday. 
There  is  still  a  long  way  to  go  and  we 
could  come  out  ahead  in  the  end." 

Murphy  led  the  club  with  three  goals, 
Tasse  scored  twice  and  singles  went  to 
midfielder  Pat  Murawski  and  attack 
Shawn  Gilmour. 

The  club's  next  game  is  Oct.  16  at 
McMaster  and  Oct.  1 7  at  Brock  Univer- 
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"For  us,  a  tie  is  a  loss." 

Raven  sweeper  Michael  Zaborski 
on  the  humbling  1-1  tie  the  men's 
soccer  team  split  with  the  Trent 
Excalibur.  At  the  time,  the  4-0  Ravens 
were  ranked  second  in  the  country 
while  the  1-3  Excalibur  were  sitting 
second-last  in  the  Ontario  Universi- 
ties Athletic  Association's  east  divi- 
sion. 

BRIEFS 

The  Carleton  hockey  club  lost  4-3 
to  the  Royal  Military  College  Redmen 
in  exhibition  play  on  Oct.  3  at  the 
R.A.  Centre. 

Scoring  for  the  hockey  club  were 
forward  Rob  Carleton,  forward  Adam 
McGuire  and  defenceman  Ken  Pa- 
gan. 

CORRECTION 

We  goofed.  Our  apologies  to  wom- 
en's soccer  defender  Christine 
Archambault,  whose  name  we 
mispelt  for  two  weeks  straight. 
Archibald  was  wrong.  Archibault 
was  wrong.  But  from  here  on  in  - 
Archambault  will  be  right. 

CALENDAR 

Thursday,  Oct.  7 
SOCCER -The  6-0-1  men's  soccer 
team  will  be  in  Kingston  tonight 
gunning  for  another  victory  against 
the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels.  Two  weeks 
ago,  the  Ravens  beat  Queen's  1-0. 

WATERPOLO  -  The  Raven  men's 
waterpolo  team  will  host  the  Univer- 
sity of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  tonight  in 
the  annual  Seal  Game. 

Game  time  is  7:30  p.m.  at  the 
Carleton  pool.  Last  year  the  Ravens 
won  their  first  Seal  Game  in  seven 
years. 

RUGBY  -  The  4-0  men's  rugby 
team  will  travel  to  Kingston  tonight 
to  kick  off  against  the  2-2  Royal 
Military  College  Redmen. 

Friday,  Oct.  8. 
FIELD  HOCKEY  -  The  women's 
field  hockey  team  will  face  off  against 
the  McGill  Redmen  on  Minto  Field  at 
3  p.m.,  looking  to  improve  on  their 
1-6-2  record. 

Saturday,  Oct.  9. 

FOOTBALL  -  The  2-2  Ravens  foot- 
ball team  will  host  the  Queen's 
Golden  Gaels  in  a  1  p.m.  match  on 
Raven  Field.  Two  weeks  ago,  the 
Ravens  surprised  last  year's  Vanier 
Cup  champions  with  a  come-from- 
behind  25-20  victory. 

Tickets  are  $2  for  students  with  ID 
cards  and  4$  for  all  others. 

Wednesday,  Oct.  13 
SAILING  -  The  sailing  club  will 
be  meeting  in  the  Loeb  lounge  on 
the  second  level  by  the  tunnel  at 
5:30  p.m.  New  members  are  wel- 
come. 

HOCKEY  -  The  Carleton  hockey 
club  will  open  their  season  in  the 
R.A.  senior  hockey  league  against 
the  Abloom  hockey  club  tonight  at 
7:30  p.m.  in  the  R.A.  Centre.  □ 


Field  hockey  drops  another  pair 

Frustration  mounts 
as  losses  pile  up 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  staff 

The  losses  just  keep  piling  up  and  the 
frustration  just  keeps  growing  for  the 
Carleton  women's  field  hockey  team. 

At  Minto  Field  last  weekend,  the 
Ravens  lost  1-0  to  the  Queen's  Golden 
Gaels  on  Oct.  1  and  then  went  down  to 
defeat  2-1  against  the  McGill  Redmen  on 
Oct.  3  at  Lansdowne  Park. 


Queen's  1  Carleton  0 
McGill  2  Carleton  1 


The  losses  drop  the  Ravens'  record  to 
1-6-2  midway  through  the  season  and 
leaves  them  in  eighth  place  among  nine 
teams  in  the  Ontario  Women's 
In  teruni  versity  Athletic  Association's  field 
hockey  league.  * 

But  despite  the  losses,  there's  another 
more  serious  and  underlying  problem 
threatening  the  Ravens  field  hockey  team 
—  a  lack  of  intensity. 

"I  was  thinking  it  was  just  going  to  be 
a  matter  of  time  before  they  scored,"  said 
coach  Suzanne  Nicholson,  referring  to 
the  Gael's  offensive  spark  in  the  first 
game.  "We  just  didn't  seem  to  want  to 
win  as  much  as  Queen's  did.  They  (the 
Ravens)  have  to  decide  they  want  to  beat 
these  teams.  It  looked  like  they  almost 
stopped  trying.  To  me  it  was  just  a  matter 
of  time  before  one  (Queen's  shot)  went 
into  the  net." 

And  so  one  did. 

Early  in  the  second  half,  a  Queen's 
shot  deflected  off  Raven  link  Vicki  Wilcox 
into  the  Carleton  net. 

"It  was  a  shot  our  goalie  wasn't  ready 
for,"  said  Raven  forward  Krista  Wilson. 
"One  of  our  players  tried  to  get  to  it  and 
it  changed  directions  and  deflected  off 
her  so  that  our  goalie  couldn't  react." 

Trailing  1-0,  the  Ravens  had  the  op- 
portunity to  mount  a  comeback  but  the 
desire  to  win  wasn't  there. 

"There  was  so  much  time  left,"  said  a 
frustrated  Wilson.  "But  people  have  to 
want  to  win.  It  was  just  the  beginning  of 
the  second  half  and  people  were  giving 
up  already.  You  can't  stop  playing  until 
the  second  half  is  over." 

The  intensity  was  gone.  And  unfortu- 
nately, the  same  scenario  eventually 
played  itself  out  in  the  McGili  game. 

Carleton  opened  the  scoring  on  a  beau- 
tiful  breakaway  goal  by  midfielder 
Suzanne  Bird  10  minutes  into  the  game. 

"She  was  on  a  break,  and  as  she  got 
close  to  the  goalie,  the  goalie  knocked 
her  feet  out  from  under  her, "  said  Wilson. 
"But  the  ball  was  still  loose  and  as  she 
was  down  on  the  ground  she  reached 
over  and  sweeped  it  in." 

And  so  it  was.  The  only  problem  was 
that  McGill  twisted  Carleton's  momen- 
tum-swinging goal  into  a  challenge  for 
themselves.  And  just  two  minutes  later, 
the  game  was  tied. 

"With  McGill,  our  goal  gave  them  the 
strength  to  come  back  and  score,"  said 
Nicholson,  commenting  on  the  Redmen's 
quick  equalizer. 

McGill  scored  again  in  the  second  half 
and  the  Ravens  lost  heart. 

"We  get  down  one  goal  and  almost 
assume  we've  lost  even  though  there's  a 
whole  half  to  go,"  said  Nicholson. 

Players  agree  there's  an  intensity  prob- 
lem, but  the  agreement  stops  there. 

"It's  a  mental  thing,"  said  Wilson, 
who  won  a  silver  medal  with  the  Ontario 
field  hockey  team  at  the  Canada  Games 
this  summer.  "There's  not  much  of  a 
difference  between  us  and  these  other 


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last  week,  the  Ravens  beat  Trent  40,  lost  7-0  toToronto  and  tied  11  with  York 


teams.  It's  not  a  talent  thing,  it's  more  of 
a  mental  thing.  Sometimes  it  takes  a 
while  to  leam  how  to  win." 

Not  so,  says  Nicholson.  She  says  the 
veterans  need  to  show  more  leadership. 

"They're  very  good  players  but  I  could 
be  getting  a  lot  more  out  of  them,"  she 
said,  referring  to  her  upper-year  players. 
"The  rookies  have  been  doing  all  I  can 
expect  of  them,  but  I  need  more  effort  out 
of  some  of  the  stronger  veteran  players. 
They're  certainly  good  players  but  I  know 


they  have  more  to  offer." 

Defender  Suzanne  Lachapelle  sees  it 
differently. 

"Maybe  some  people  are  more  com- 
petitive than  others,"  she  said.  "And  it's 
hard  to  bring  all  of  us  together  on  the 
same  intensity  level  because  we're  all  so 
different." 

The  Ravens  will  attempt  to  regroup 
Oct.  8  at  Minto  Field  with  a  rematch 
against  the  Redmen  at  3  p.m.  □ 


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October  7,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  19 


Rowing  club  strokes  to  improvement 


by  Alec  Maclaren 

Charlatan  Staff 

There  were  signs  of  life  on  the  Trent 
River  Oct.  2. 

At  the  Head  of  the  Trent  regatta  in- 
volving universities  and  clubs  from  across 
southern  Ontario,  the  Carleton  rowing 
club  improved  on  the  results  from  its  last 
regatta  in  Ottawa. 

Rowers  Trevor  MacKey  and  Rob 
Bennett  dominated  both  the  individual 
and  double  lightweight  competitions. 

"They  smoked  everybody  --  Ottawa  U, 
Queen's,  Toronto  and  Western,"  said 
rower  and  club  president  Dave  Lewis. 
MacKey  and  Bennett  won  the  men's  light- 
weight double  in  a  time  of  19:4  7  over  the 
4.5  kilometre  course.  In  the_single  light- 
weight sculls,  MacKey  took  top  honors 
while  Bennett  finished  in  third. 

The  varsity  men's  coxed  four  came  in 
third  out  of  five  boats.  Their  time  of  18:23 
was  just  28  seconds  behind  the  winner, 
Queen's. 

The  varsity  men's  eight  finished  in 
sixth  and  last  place  by  eight  seconds. 

The  Ravens'  rowing  results  after  two 
regattas  are  an  improvement  over  previ- 
ous years. 

"It's  because  we  have  more  boats  in 
the  events,"  said  Lewis.  "A  lot  of  return- 
ing athletes  have  come  back  to  build  the 
program  and  help  the  sport  at  Carleton 
University." 

Lewis  says  much  of  this  improvement 
can  be  attributed  to  a  maturation  of  the 
Carleton  rowing  club  itself.  While  much 
of  the  management  has  been  in  place  for 
a  few  years,  experienced  coaches,  such  as 
ex-Olympian  John  Ossowski,  are  help- 
ing out  the  program. 

Furthermore,  there's  a  large  number 
of  both  novice  and  experienced  rowers  in 
Raven  colors  this  year.  □ 


The  varsity  men's  eight  finished  last  among  six  crew^at  the  Head  of  the  Trent  regatta  in  Peterborough  this  past  weekend. 

Swim  team  gets  wet  behind  the  ears 


by  Mark  Cotgrave 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  Ravensswim  team,  along 
with  the  University  of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees 
and  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels,  partici- 
pated in  a  pre-season  swim  meet  Oct.  2  in 
Montpetit  Hall  at  Ottawa  University. 

It  may  not  have  been  the  Olympics, 
but  this  small  "swim  meet  suited  the 
men's  and  women's  swim  teams  just 
fine.  The  loosely  run  relay  tournament 
almost  looked  like  a  friendly  game  of 
pool  tag.  There  was  no  point  system  and 


no  times  were  recorded. 

"We  didn 't  care  if  we  won  or  lost, "  said 
women's  swim  coach  Jitka  Kotler.  "We 
have  a  lot  of  first-year  swimmers,  and  we 
needed  to  introduce  them  to  swim  meets 
at  the  university  level.  It  was  a  lot  of  fun, 
and  we  believe  we're  off  to  a  good  start  for 
the  upcoming  year." 

A  highlight  of  the  meet  was  the  men's 
4  X  100-metre  relay.  The  Carleton  squad 
came  from  behind  to  take  the  race  in  the 
last  200  metres  —  something  that  didn't 
escape  the  watchful  eyes  of  the  men's 


coach  Brian  Johnson. 

"It  was  the  last  event  of  the  day 
and  we  wanted  to  leave  with  a  win," 
he  said.  "So  we  put  in  a  couple  of 
young  guys  and  a  couple  of  big  guys  and 
they  won  it  in  the  end." 

Most  of  the  time  an  athletic  competi- 
tion is  judged  on  concrete  results.  Simply 
put,  wins  and  loses.  But  this  swim  meet 
could  be  evaluated  on  a  different  level. 
The  coaches  can  now  address  the 
strengths  and  weaknesses  in  their  teams 
and  build  a  strong  swimming  unit.  □ 


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The  contestant  with  the  highest  point 
total  at  the  end  of  the  season  will  win 
the  first  place  prize. 
The  prize  has  notyet  been  determined 
but  you  can  bet  your  booties  you're 
gonna  like  it. 

Every  week  the  contestant  with  the 
highest  point  total  will  be  awarded  a 
dinner  certificate  for  two  worth  $25  at 
Baxter's. 

No  contestant  may  claim  the  weekly 
prize  more  than  once.  In  the  event  that 
a  previous  winner  qualifies  for  the  din- 
ner, the  prize  will  be  awarded  to  the 
contestant  with  the  next  highest  total. 


1  -  This  contest  is  open  to  anyone  with 
a  Carleton  University  student  card. 
Charlatan  Staff  are  not  eligible. 

2  -  All  entries  must  be  received  by  the 
Charlatan,  room  531 ,  the  Unicentre  by 
noon  Friday  Oct.  8,  1993 

3  -  Only  one  official  entry,  per  person, 
clipped  from  the  Charlatan  will  be  ac- 
cepted. The  Charlatan  reserves  the 
rightto  disqualify  any  entry  that  has  not 
been  properly  completed,  and  we  will 
not  be  held  responsible  for  any  lost  or 
misplaced  entry  forms. 

4  -  If  one  of  your  players  is  traded  to 
another  team ,  his  point  total  will  still  be 
included.  If  your  player  is  released, 
retired,  injured,  benched,  demoted  to 
the  minors,  arrested,  killed  or  quits 
hockey  to  write  for  the  Charlatan  — 
tough.  No  compensation  will  be  made. 

5  -  If  the  final  standings  result  in  a  tie, 
it  will  be  broken  by  a  supervised  draw. 

6  -  Weekly  prizes  can  be  picked  up  at 
the  Charlatan.  Bring  your  ID  card. 

7  -  All  entrants  agree  to  have  their 
names  and  scores  printed  in  the  Char- 
latan. 

8  -  A  copy  of  these  rules  will  be  posted 
at  the  Charlatan  for  you  to  admire.  If 
you  have  any  questions  concerning 
the  rules  of  your  entry,  place  your 
enquiry,  name  and  phone  number  in 
the  sports  editor  box  at  the  Charlatan. 


□ 

Mike  Modano 

Dal 

93 

□ 

Gary  Roberts 

Cgy 

79 

□ 

Dino  Ciccarelli 

Det 

97 

a 

Tony  Granato 

LA 

82 

□ 

Brendan  Shanahan 

StL 

94 

□ 

Kelly  Kisio 

SJ 

78 

□ 

Dave  Andreychuk 

Tor 

99 

□ 

Murray  Craven 

Van 

77 

□ 

Sergei  Federov 

Det 

87 

a 

Geoff  Courtnall 

Van 

77 

CENTRAL  DEFENCE 

PACIFIC  DEFENCE 

□ 

Mark  Tinordi 

Dal 

42 

□ 

Dana  Murzyn 

Van 

16 

a 

Niklas  Lidstrom 

Det 

41 

□ 

Trent  Yawney 

cgy 

17 

□ 

Yves  Racine 

Det 

40 

a 

Frantisek  Musil 

Cgy 

16 

□ 

Todd  Gill 

Tor 

43 

□ 

Luke  Richardson 

Edm 

13 

□ 

Dave  Ellett 

Tor 

40 

□ 

Doug  Zmolek 

SJ 

15 

NORTHEAST  FORWARDS 

ATLANTIC  FORWARDS 

□ 

Dale  Hawerchuk 

Buf 

96 

□ 

Claude  Lemieux 

NJ 

'81 

□ 

Jaromir  Jagr 

Pbg 

94 

□ 

Steve  Thomas 

NYI 

87 

□ 

Vince  Damphousse 

Mtl 

94 

□ 

Rod  Brind'Amour 

Phi 

86 

□ 

Ron  Francis 

Pbg 

100 

□ 

Brian  Bradley 

TB 

86 

a 

Joe  Sakic 

Que 

105 

□ 

Peter  Bondra 

Wsh 

85 

NORTHEAST  DEFENCE 

ATLANTIC  DEFENCE 

□ 

Glen  Wesley 

Bos 

33  . 

□ 

Bruce  Driver 

NJ 

54 

a 

Richard  Smehlik 

Buf 

31 

□ 

Scott  Stevens 

NJ 

57 

□ 

Patrice  Brisebois 

Mtl 

31 

□ 

Greg  Hawgood 

Phi 

46 

□ 

Curtis  Leschyshyn 

Que 

32 

□ 

Vladimir  Malakhov 

NYI 

52 

□ 

Eric  Weinrich 

Hfd 

36 

□ 

Sylvain  Cote 

Wsh 

50 

SUPERSTARS 


SUPERSTARS 


Name 
Phone 
CUID 


□ 

Pierre  Turgeon 

NYI 

132 

□ 

Mats  Sundin 

Que 

114 

a 

Alexander  Mogilny 

Buf 

127 

□ 

Kevin  Stevens 

Pbg 

111 

□ 

Luc  Robitaille 

LA 

125 

□ 

Pavel  Bure 

Van 
Pbg 

110 

□ 

Teemu  Selanne 

Wpg 

132 

□ 

Rick  Tocchet 

109 

a 

Doug  Gilmour 

Tor 

127 

□ 

Jeremy  Roenick  ' 

Chi 

107 

BRUISERS 

ROOKIES 

□ 

Brad  May 

Buf 

26 

□ 

Alexei  Yashin 

Ott 

•0  1 

□ 

Ronnie  Stern 

Cgy 

25 

□ 

Chris  Pronger 

Hrt 

0 

□ 

Shane  Churla 

Dal 

21 

□ 

Chris  Gratton 

TB 

0  1 

□ 

Mike  Peluso 

NJ 

25 

□ 

Alexandre  Daigle 

Ott 

0 

□ 

Kris  King 

Win 

19 

□ 

Victor  Kozlov 

SJ 

0 

20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  7,  1993 


Waterpolo  men  surprised  in  season-opening  loss 


by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Charlatan  Staff 

In  sports,  frustration  is  an  uncontrol- 
lable emotion  that  usually  has  a  ten- 
dency to  explode. 

For  the  men's  waterpolo  team,  that 
frustration  was  being  down  a  man  in  the 
final  quarter,  which  led  to  a  season- 
opening  loss  to  the  Queen 's  Golden  Gaels 
on  Oct.  3. 


Queen's  11  Carleton  5 


After  defeating  Queen's  twice  last  year, 
the  Ravens  strode  into  the  game  with 
plenty  of  confidence.  After  a  quick  score, 
it  appeared  the  Ravens  would  have  little 
trouble  with  the  Gaels. 

Over-confidence,  though,  quickly  led 
to  mistakes  and  lackadaisical  play.  At 
halftime,  the  Ravens  trailed  5-3. 

"There  was  a  lot  of  good  work,  but 
there  were  basic  things  that  were  not 
being  done,"  said  head  coach  John 
Pankiw.  "We  needed  better  execution 
with  the  extra  man  as  well  as  better 


checking  and  one-on-one  play  on  de- 
fence." 

In  the  second  half,  the  Ravens  kept 
themselves  within  two  goals  of  Queen's. 
A  couple  of  posts,  though,  and  some  hot 
Queen's  goaltending  by  Mark  Bason, 
prevented  the  Ravens  from  tying  the 
game. 

Then,  early  in  the  final  quarter,  the 
Ravens'  top  offensive  threat,  driver  Dave 
Bason,  reacted  to  a  cheap  foul  from  a 
Gaels  defender  and  the  referee  whistled 
in  a  controversial  brutality  call  to  the 
cries  of  the  opposition's  bench. 

"Dave  lost  his  temper  and  we  were 
down  one  man  from  there,"  said  cap- 
tain/goaltender  Allemander  Pereira. 

Bason  was  ejected  from  the  game  and 
will  also  miss  the  Ravens'  next  match. 

From  there,  things  fell  apart  and  the 
Gaels  pulled  ahead  for  an  11-5  victory. 

"Frustration  led  to  the  Dave  Bason 
brutality  call,"  said  Pankiw  after  the 
game.  "It's  tough  to  come  back  when 
you're  a  man  down  and  you've  lost  your 
top  scorer." 


Oooh,that  sinking  feeling. 


Coming  off  their  best  season  in  years, 
the  defending  bronze  medal  champions 
will  be  looking  for  little  less  than  last 
year's  prize.  Even  with  a  turnover  of  three 
of  the  team's  starting  veterans,  Pankiw 
and  his  players  believe  they  have  the 
talent  to  return  to  the  final  four  playoff 
round  to  be  held  at  McMaster  University 


this  November. 

"The  game  was  really  frustrating  be- 
cause we  knew  we  were  a  better  team 
man  for  man, "  said  fourth-year  veteran 
(effMcGrath. 

The  Ravens'  discipline  this  year  will 
have  to  come  from  team  play.  Although 
a  lot  of  individual  talent  graduated  from 
last  year,  there  are  underlying  stars  such 
as  the  sophomore  Bason  and  ex-Brazil- 
ian National  team  member  Pereira. 

"Maybe  it  was  good  we  lost  game 
one,"  said  McGrath.  "Now  we'll  know  to 
work  hard  for  our  victories  and  nothing 
will  be  taken  for  granted.  It  kind  of  acted 
as  a  reality  check." 

The  Ravens'  next  game  is  Oct.  7against 
the  University  of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees:  the 
Seal  Game,  which  is  waterpolo's  equiva- 
lent to  football's  Panda  Game  rivalry. 
Carleton  won  the  Seal  Game  for  the  first 
time  in  seven  years  last  season  and  are 
favored  again  this  year.  The  Gee-Gees 
have  few  experienced  players  this  season 
and  could  prove  weak  in  net  after  a 
season  opening  10-3  loss  to  Queen's.  □ 


Two  road  victories  vault  soccer  women  into  second 


Raven  offence  discovers  scoring  finesse 

InearlierOWIAAaction  lastweek,  the 
Ravens  hammered  the  Trent  Excalibur  7- 


by  Bram  S.  Aaron 

Charlatan  Staff 


The  Carleton  Ravens  women's  soccer 
team  picked  up  three  points  on  a  road 
trip  to  Toronto  this  past  weekend,  im- 
proving their  record  to  3-2-1  and  moving 
into  second  piace  in  the  Ontario  Wom- 
en's Interuniversity  Athletics  Association 
east  division  soccer  league.  After  tying 
the  undefeated  York  Yeowomen  1-1  on 
Oct,  2,  Carleton  shut  out  the  Ryerson 
Lady  Rams  3-0  on  Oct.  3. 


Carleton  7  Trent  1 
Carleton  1  York  1 
Carleton  3  Ryerson  0 


1  on  Sept.  29  at  home. 

The  Trent  game  marked  the  first  ap- 
pearance of  coach  David  Kent's  new  4-3- 
3  field  alignment.  The  previous  5-3-2 
alignment  featured  five  defenders,  three 
midfielders,  and  two  forwards.  The  new 
arrangement  has  three  forwards  and  only 
four  fullbacks. 

"It's  giving  us  more  offensive  opportu- 
nities (to  score)  up  the  middle,"  said  co- 
captatn  Mary  McCormick.  "We're  im- 
proved as  a  team.  I'm  pretty  happy  with 
the  way  we  played." 

It  must  have  worked.  The  Ravens  ex- 
ploded for  a  season  high  of  seven  goals 
against  Trent.  Previously,  Carleton  had 
only  scored  one  goal  in  three  games. 


Against  York,  the  Ravens  played  most 
of  the  game  one  player  short.  Within  the 
first  10  minutes  of  the  game,  sweeper 
Anne-Marie  Irwin  received  a  red-card 
ejection  for  an  alleged  handball  in  the 
goalie's  1 8-yard  box.  The  resulting  pen- 
alty shot  netted  York's  only  goal. 

"The  team  was  shocked  at  the  red 
card,"  said  Kent.  "But  each  of  them 
reached  back  for  something  inside  and 
they  played  a  hundred  per  cent  better." 

Carleton  trailed  the  game  until  the 
75th  minute,  when  Nancy  Sheppard 
scored  to  gain  the  tie. 


"It's  the  best  game  we've  played 
against  York  in  years, "  said  Kent. 

Finally,  in  their  last  match  of  the  week- 
end, the  Ravens  defeated  a  Ryerson  squad 
slightly  improved  over  past  years. 

"They're  one  of  the  better  Ryerson 
teams  I've  seen,"  said  defender  Christine 
Archambault.  "Usually  we  defeat  them 
quite  handily." 

Last  year,  Carleton  defeated  Ryerson 
5-1  and  3-0  in  two  regular  season  matches. 

The  Ravens  resume  action  Oct.  7  with 
an  away  game  in  Kingston  against  the 
Queen's  Golden  Gaels.  □ 


Northwestern  College  of  Chiropractic 

is  now  accepting  applications  for  its  next  three  entering  classes. 
(April  1994,  September  1994,  January  1995) 

General  requirements  at  time  of  entry  include: 

•  Approx.  2-3  years  of  college  in  a  a  life  or  health  science  degree  program. 

•  A  minimum  G.P.A.  of  2.5.  A  more  competitive  G.P.A.  is  favored. 

•  A  personal  interest  in  a  career  as  a  primary  care  physician. 

Northwestern  offers: 

•  A  professional  school  of  500  students  with  student  faculty  ratio  of  12:1. 

•  A  well-rounded  education  in  Basic  and  Clinical  Sciences,  Diagnosis,  X-ray, 
and  Chiropractic. 

•  Full  accreditation  by  North  Central  Association  of  Colleges  and  Schools 
and  the  Council  on  Chiropractic  Education. 

Call:  1-800-888-4777  or 
Write:  Director  of  Admissions 

2501  West  84lh  Street,  Minneapolis,  MN  SS431 


SPEAK  OUT! 


DEFICITS, 
FOREIGN  AID  AND  PEACEKEEPING 

(Panel  &  All  Candidates '  Meeting) 


Moderator 
Judy  Morrison, 

CBC  National  Radio's 
"TheHouse" 


Panelists 


Maureen  O'Neil, 

The  North-South 
Institute 


Mark  Drake, 

Canadian  Exporters' 
Association 


Rene  Gutknccht, 

Lieut.  General 
(retired) 


Peter  Langille, 

Defense 
Analyst 


and  the 

Federal  Candidates  for  Ottawa  Centre 

Ottawa  Main  Public  Library  Auditorium 

(corner  of  Metcalfe  and  Laurier) 
Thursday,  October  14,  7:30  pm 


NORTH-SOUTH  FORUM  '93  is  a  national  series  of  public  discussions  on 
Canadian  foreign  policy  relating  to  developing  countries,  sponsored  by 
The  North-Soutb  Institute  If  you  would  like  a  summary  of  the  results  of  the 
ibrams  please  write  to  The  North-South  Institute,  55  Murray  St.,  Suite  200, 
Ottawa,  Canada,  Kl  N5M3,  (613)  236-3535. 


October  7,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  21 


National  Student  Day  Oct.  1 3 

Rally  at  11:30am  on  Parliament  Hill. 

For  more  information,  contact  Kristine  Haselsteiner  at  788-6688 


-►  In  the  past  years  the  federal  government  has  cut  6.8 
BILLION  dollars  in  federal  transfer  payments  to  the 
provinces  and  territories, 

THEREFORE  less  money  is  spent  on 
post-secondary  education. 

The  6  month  post-graduation  interest  subsidy  has 
been  eliminated. 

-►  A  poor  system  of  Canada  Student  Loans  Programme 
reduces  accessibility  to  post-secondary  education. 

-►  This  summer  the  percentage  of  UNEMPLOYED 
students  between  the  ages  of  1 5  and  24  reached 
over  20%. 

On  October  25 


Make  Your  Mark 


Vote  Education 


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Does  gold  lie  at  the  end 
of  the  waterpolo  pool? 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

University  of  Toronto  Varsity  Blues 

LAST  YEAR:  Finished  first  in  the  league 
with  McMaster.  Defeated  Carleton  in 
semi-final  action  before  losing  the  gold 
medal  game  to  McMaster. 

STRENGTHS:  The  "ocean"  and  experi- 
ence. The  Blues  practise  in  the  league's 
largest  pool  --  a  20  by  30  metre  pool  as 
opposed  to  the  smaller  15  by  22  metre 
ones  most  other  schools  use  --  and  they're 
a  stronger  swimming  team  as  a  result. 
The  Blues  are  led  by  the  experienced  core 
of  driver  Brian  Turner,  who  has  a  cannon 
for  an  arm  and  holeman  John  Szabo. 

WEAKNESSES:  Bench  strength.  Take 
away  the  Blues'  starting  lineup  and  holes 
exist  because  they  have  no  quality  re- 
serves to  fill  their  places. 

McMaster  Marauders 

LAST  YEAR:  Finished  tied  for  first  with 
Toronto  during  the  regular  season  but 
placed  second  on  tie-breaking  rules.  De- 
feated the  Western  Mustangs  in  semi- 
final action  before  winning  the  Ontario 
Universities  Athletic  Association's  cham- 
pionship game  against  Toronto. 

STRENGTHS:  Training  and  confidence. 
Most  team  members  are  used  to  training 
10  months  a  year  in  the  Hamilton  aqautic 
club  waterpolo  system,  as  opposed  to  two 
months  like  most  other  league  teams. 
Confidence  is  another  strong  suit.  In  the 
last  10  years,  the  Marauders  have  only 
lost  two  championships. 

WEAKNESSES:  None,  If  you  really  want 
to  beat  McMaster,  you  need  two  things: 
luck  and  more  luck.  This  team  has  no 
real  weakness  so  to  win,  you  just  have  to 
catch  them  on  an  off  day. 

University  of  Western  Mustangs 

LAST  YEAR:  Finished  third  in  the  OUAA 
men's  waterpolo  league.  Lost  to  the 
McMaster  Marauders  in  semi-final  playoff 
action  and  then  lost  the  bronze  medal 
final  to  Carleton. 

STRENGTHS:  Fitness.  Western  is  a  well- 
skilled  andstrong  swimming  team  -  and 
that  makes  it  difficult  for  opponents  to 
exploit  a  weakness. 

WEAKNESSES:  Leadership  and  coach- 
ing. On  this  team,  nobody  stands  out. 
Two  veterans,  drivers  Rob  Mcloud  and 
Doug  Klein  lead  the  team,  but  neither  is 
a  dominant  superstar  who  can  single- 
handedly  win  a  game.  Coaching  conti- 
nuity is  also  a  problem.  The  Mustangs 
have  had  three  different  coaches  in  each 
of  the  past  three  seasons. 

Carleton  Ravens 

LAST  YEAR:  Fourth  in  regular  season 


play  with  a  6-5-1  record.  Lost  to  the 
University  of  Toronto  Varsity  Blues  in 
semi-final  action.  Defeated  the  Western 
Mustangs  for  the  bronze  medal  ~  their 
first  top- three  finish  in  eight  years. 

STRENGTHS:  Bench  strength  and  left- 
ies. The  Ravens  lost  three  starters  to  gradu- 
ation last  year  and  they  can  still  field  a 
competitive  team.  Lefthanders  are  a  rar- 
ity in  the  league  but  Carleton  boasts  two 
in  drivers  Dave  Bason  and  Dave 
Creaghan.  They  bring  a  unique  scoring 
punch  to  the  Carleton  side. 

WEAKNESSES:  Depth  and  swimming. 
Last  year's  bench  is  now  the  starting 
lineup.  That  leaves  the  reserve  core  inex- 
perienced. 

Queen's  Golden  Gaels 

LAST  YEAR:  Fifth  in  the  league. 

STRENGTHS:  GoaltenderMark  Bason 
and  holechecker  Mike  Greenwood  were 
both  members  of  the  junior  men's  na- 
tional waterpolo  team.  They  provide  lead- 
ership to  a  young,  mostly  second-year 
team. 

WEAKNESSES:  Inexperience.  After 
Bason  and  Greenwood,  the  talent  level 
drops.  It  might  take  the  Golden  Gaels  a 
full  season  to  develop  their  younger  and 
less  talented  players. 

University  of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees 

LAST  YEAR:  Sixth  in  the  league  be- 
hind Queen's  University. 

STRENGTHS:  Coaching  andspeed.  Ot- 
tawa coach  Jim  O'Malley  was  a  member 
of  the  national  team  and  a  well-respected 
coach.  He  will  be  counting  on  fourth- 
year  driver  Matthieu  Lebreque  to  lead  the 
team  along  with  converted  speed  swim- 
mer Matt  de  Vleiger,  who  was  a  force  in 
last  year's  juvenile  championships. 

WEAKNESSES:  Inexperience  and  strat- 
egy. Despite  having  a  top-notch  coach, 
the  Gee-Gees  don't  have  the  skill  to  ex- 
ecute smart,  strategic  waterpolo. 

York  Yeomen 

LAST  YEAR:  Seventh  and  last  in  the 
OUAA. 

STRENGTHS:  None.  Okay,  maybe 
that's  a  little  too  harsh.  The  Yeomen  are 
coached  by  junior  national  team 
waterpolo  coach  Ross  McDonald  and  they 
have  recruited  left-handed  Dennis 
Milenov  to  lead,  but  after  that? 

WEAKNESSES:  Everything.  There's  a 
reason  why  York  has  finished  last  in  the 
OUAA  for  the  past  two  years.  The  team 
has  no  outstanding  players,  they  train  in 
a  small  pool  which  impedes  their  swim- 
ming ability  and  they're  the  punching 
bag  for  the  rest  of  the  division.  □ 


Sports  Trivia 


Answerthe  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a 
$25  dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's 
Saloon. 


Which  CFL  coach  has  wan  the 
most  Grey  Cup  rings  and  how 
many  did  he  win? 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper 
and  submit  it  to  TheCharlatan  sports 
editor,  room  531  Imicentre.  The  re- 
cipient of  the  prize  will  be  deter- 
mined by  a  supervised  draw  of  all 
correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  Oct.  12,  1993.  The  winner 
will  be  contacted  by  phone,  by  the 
sports  editor  of  the  Charlatan. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only 
one  entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and 
their  families  are  not  eligible  to  par- 
ticipate. 

Wake  up  people.  No  one  knew 
the  answer  to  last  week's  question  so 
we're  running  it  again. 


22  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  7,  1993 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Tibetan  monks  share  spirituality 


by  Roy  Fu 

Charlatan  Staff 


(  Monks  of  Ganden  Jangtse 

Benefit  Concert  for  Tibetan  Refugees 
Canadian  Museum  of  Civilization 
,  Sept.  29 


I) his  group  of  10  monks  from 
the  Ganden  Jangtse  Mon- 
astery in  India  is  touring 
around  the  world  to  raise 
^awareness about  the  politi- 
cal situation  in  Tibet  and 
raise  money  for  its  monas- 
tery in  exile  in  South  India, 
which  is  home  to  more  than  800  monks 
and  receives  between  70  to  90  refugees 
from  Tibet  each  year. 

The  original  Ganden  Monastery  was 
founded  in  1409  in  Tibet.  It  was  the 
first  and  regarded  as  one  of  the  most 
important  monasteries  in  the  Gelugpa 
tradition  of  Tibetan  Buddhism.  It  was 
demolished  in  1959,  when  the  Chinese 
invaded  Tibet. 

I  have  to  admit,  during  most  of  the 
performance  i  did  not  connect  with  what 
the  monks  were  doing  on  stage.  I  was  lost 
and  my  mind  was  wandering. 

There  were  a  couple  of  reasons  for  this. 
First,  there's  my  ignorance  of  Tibetan 
Buddhist  philosophy  and  how  it  was  sym- 
bolically represented  in  the  rituals  per- 
formed. 

Second,  I  was  distracted  by  the  worry 
of  making  any  association  with  my  own 
Chinese  culture.  That  would  have  been 
no  big  deal,  save  for  the  current 
unfavorable  political  situation  between 
the  two  people,  or  to  put  it  more  bluntly, 
the  oppression  of  the  Tibetans  by  the 
Chinese  state. 

And  seeing  how  I'd  already  once  of- 


fended a  Tibetan  with  a  natural,  albeit 
naive,  association  between  the  two  cul- 
tures (doing  something  so  simple  as  ask- 
ing her  if  she  spoke  Chinese),  I  did  not 
want  to  do  it  again  via  this  mass  me- 
dium. 

However,  after  unpacking  all  that,  the 
show  was  enlightening. 

Before  the  backdrop  of  a  giant  tapes- 
try of  the  Potala  Palace  in  Tibet,  and  with 
the  presence  of  the  Dalai  Lama  in  a 
black-and-white  portrait,  the  Ganden 


(symbol  of  compassion),  cymbals  and 
drums. 

The  chanters  welcomed  the  spirit  of 
the  Dalai  Lama  and  asked  the  Buddhas 
andBodhisattvas  (gods)  to  bless  and  pro- 
tect the  rituals.  Five  dakinis,  goddesses  of 
five  wisdoms,  entered  onto  the  stage. 
They  invited  the  Buddhas  to  the  Pure 
Land.  The  monks  chanted  and  offered 
the  universe  to  the  dakinis,  so  in  return 
the  Wise  Ones,  or  Buddhas,  would  be 
allowed  to  stay  in  the  world.  The  dakinis 


Is  that  the  Dali  Lama  or  Dizzy  Gillespe?  Who  can  tell. 


Jangtse  monks  chanted. 

A  hypnotic  continuous  chant.  The 
monks  stood  on  stage,  sometimes  sitting, 
at  times  accompanied  by  instruments: 
the  Dungchen,  a  long  trumpet;  the  Drilbu, 
a  bell  (symbol  of  wisdom);  the  Dorje 


agreed. 

The  music  was  rhythmic  but 
unmelodic,  usually  constituting  only  two 
or  three  notes.  Up  and  down,  up  and 
down,  accompanied  by  the  unrhythmic 
clashing  of  cymbals  and  knocking  of 


Raffi,  kids  and  the  environment 


by  Drew  Edwards 

Charlatan  Staff 

Boby  beluga  in  the  deep  blue  sea,  you 
swim  so  wild  and  you  swim  so  free .... 

In  the  early  part  of  1990  renowned 
children's  musician  Raffi  announced  he 
was  no  longer  going  to  perform  for  kids. 
He  was  going  to  become  a  "serious" 
musician,  doing  songs  with  an  environ- 
mental message.  Raffi  was  giving  up  the 
kids  to  become  a  tree  hugger.  Everyone 
thought  he  had  lost  his  marbles. 

Heaven  above  and  the  sea  below  and  the 
little  white  whale  on  the  go. 

He  was  not  very  successful.  1990's 
Evergreen  Everbluesold  only  150,000  cop- 
ies. Raffi  went  for  radio  airplay,  Raffi 
made  videos  and  as  he  says  "the  cross 
over  into  other  mediums  didn't  work  too 
well."  Hugging  trees,  it  would  seem,  is 
not  a  career  enhancing  experience  if 
you're  a  kids'  musician. 

Baby  beluga,  baby  beluga,  is  the  water 
warm,  is  your  mama  home  with  you  so 
happy. 

So  now  he's  back  with  the  kids.  He's 
just  released  his  1 1th  album,  a  live  offer- 
ing called  Raffi  on  Broadway.  It  contains 
all  the  old  favorites  like  "Brush  Your 
Teeth"  and  "Baby  Beluga"  as  well  as  new 
stuff  that  is  more  environmental  in  its 
message. 

And  Raffi,  though  his  last  album  didn't 
set  sales  records,  is  a  definite  success  as 
an  environmentalist.  He  received  the 


United  Nations'  Environmental  Achieve- 
ment Award  in  1992  and  attended  the 
Earth  Summit  in  Rio  last  year. 

Way  down  yonder  where  the  dolphins 
play,  where  you  dive  and  splash  all  day.  The 


waves  roll  in  and  the  waves  roll  out,  see  the 
water  squirting  out  of  your  spout. 

Raffi's  message  in  his  concerts  is  sim- 
ple: "Why  we  love  the  earth  and  how  we 
can  preserve  it,"  hesays.  Butto  university 
students  his  message  is  a  little  less  festive. 

"Students  should  ask  why  there  is  so 
much  denial  about  the  environment," 
he  says.  "There  is  a  federal  election  less 
than  a  year  after  the  conference  in  Rio, 
yet  nobody  is  saying  anything  about  the 


environment. 

Baby  beluga,  baby  beluga,  sing  your  little 
song,  we  like  to  hear  you. 

Raffi  left  children's  music  to  educate 
himself  and  others. 
"The  baby  beluga 
whales  that  I  sang 
about  are  now  an 
endangered  species. 
When  they  die  the 
toxins  in  their  body 
are  at  the  level  of  a 
toxic  waste  site, "  he 
says.  "I  couldn't 
know  about  things 
likethatandnotdo 
something  about 
it." 

And  so  he  did. 

Baby  beluga  in  the 
deep  blue  sea,  swim 
so  wild  and  you  swim 
so  free . . . 

When  examined 
from  that  perspective,  Raffi's  tree-hug- 
ging no  longer  seems  so  strange.  While  it 
may  have  not  garnered  him  the 
Muchmusic  audience  he  was  looking  for, 
he  made  a  good  personal  decision  to  do 
something  about  an  issue  which  trou- 
bled him.  That's  further  than  most  of  us 
get. 

In  the  long  run,  passing  on  an  envi- 
ronmental message  to  a  young  audience 
may  do  more  for  his  earthy  cause  than 
anything  else  he  could  possibly  do.  □ 


drums. 

The  chanters  showed  their  aspiration 
and commitmentto  realizing  the  essence 
of  Buddha-dharma  (the  spiritual  path) 
through  the  Lama,  by  offering  all  good 
things,  including  theirmind,  theirspeech 
and  body .  The  universe  is  purified  through 
prayer andmeditation.  The  monks  asked 
Karma  Yama,  a  wrathful  protector,  to 
dispel  all  negative  energies  and  protect 
theirgood  intentions. 

More  deep,  hypnotic  chanting.  The 
monks  moved  off  and  on  stage  with  a 
natural  gracefulness  and  ease,  as  if  the 
stage  had  been  transformed  into  their 
monastery. 

The  second  part  was  less  solemn,  more 
festive,  with  dancers  in  elaborate  cos- 
tumes, a  dramatic  sketch,  and  ended 
with  a  prayer  for  peace. 

The  dances  included:  Durdru  Dakpo 
(dance  of  death),  where  the  Enlightened 
Ones  appeared  as  two  skeleton  lords,  to 
help  realize  the  truth  of  impermanence 
and  destroy  worldly  attachment;  the  Sha- 
nag  Garcham  (Black  Hat  Dance)  and 
Palden  Lhamo  tso  Khorsuum  (Palden 
Lhamo  and  her  two  disciples)  celebrated 
other  aspects  of  Tibetan  history/mythol- 
ogy- 

With  offerings  of  incense  and  rice, 
music  and  song,  the  Ganden  Jangtse 
monks  concluded  their  performance  with 
"Victory  of  Goodness  and  Enlighten- 
ment," praying  for  the  success  of  all 
spiritual  practice  and  the  happiness  of 
all  sentient  beings. 

My  favorite  moment  of  the  evening 
was  after  the  show  when  the  house  lights 
came  on.  Theaudience  continued  to  clap. 

Finally  the  monks  reappeared  on  stage. 
As  they  stood  at  the  back  of  the  stage  with 
great  humility,  they  smiled  at  the  audi- 
ence, held outtheir  hands,  bowed  repeat- 
edly and  waved.  It  seemed  they  were 
saying:  Thank  you  for  letting  us  show 
you  a  bit  of  our  lives,  even  though  you 
may  not  understand  all  of  it,  we  who  are 
from  such  a  distant  place. 

That  was  when  I  finally  connected.  □ 

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October  7,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  23 


Sugar  and  spice  and  everything  soca 


by  Sean  Site  off 

Chajlaian  Staff 


ce  and  Co.  with  Outcry 

ue  Alley 


pice  and'Co.  came  to  Creeque 
Alley  last  week  to  show  Ot- 
tawa thatthe  latest  Caribbean 
export  is  a  little  soca  with  a  lot 
of  sugar. 

The  soca-dancehall  band 
from  Barbados  played  their 
infectious  tunes  (a  new  hybrid 
of  familiar  Caribbean  styles) 
to  an  appreciative  crowd,  but  underneath 
the  hip-shaking  groove  wasa  slick,  sugar- 
coated  stage  show  that  could  have  passed 
as  standard  wedding  or  bar  mitzvah  fare. 

It  didn't  help  that  lead  singer  Alan 
Sheppard,  a  dead  ringer  for  Billy  Ray 
Cyrus,  delivered  his  songs  in  a  trite,  af- 
fected manner.  His  over-the-top  emo- 
tional rendition  of  "Bob's  Song,  "a  ballad 
dedicated  to  a  certain  dead  Jamaican 


superstar,  came  complete  with  clenched 
fists  and  unconvincing  contemplative 
upward  glances,  while  the  dander  num- 
bers were  recited  as  if  by  rote. 

The  band  was  hampered  by  shallow, 
cliche-ridden  song  titles,  like  "It's  Just  an 
Irie  Feeling,"  "Rastaman"  and  "Island 
Woman,"  and  dumb  lyrics  ("Cause  the 
only  gun  I  got/Is  the  gun  inside  me 
pants."). 

The  music  also  had  a  commercial  air 
to  it,  slick  in  packaging  and  professional 
in  execution. 

But  since  this  is  feel-good  dance  mu- 
sic, it's  doubtful  that  such  things  as  lyrics, 
song  titles  and  presentation  really  mat- 
ter. What's  more  important  was  the 
band's  ability  to  get  everybody  on  their 
feet  and  keep  them  there. 

In  that  regard,  Spice  and  Co.  delivered 
big  time. 

Within  90  seconds  of  hitting  the  stage, 
the  band  had  packed  the  dance  floor.  By 
the  end  of  the  first  song,  Sheppard  re- 
ceived hearty  confirmation  from  all  at 
Creeque  Alley  that  everyone  wanted  to 
"party  tonight." 


Sheppard  maintained  a  good  rapport 
with  the  crowd,  prompting  them  to  wave 
their  hands,  sing  along  and  keep  up  the 
good  spirits.  The  snaky  tempo  of  the 
soca-dancehall  beat  ensured  that  legs, 
hips  and  heads  were  in  constant  motion, 
even  at  the  back  of  the  club. 

So  what  if  the  show  seemed  more  like 
a  West  Indies  revue,  a  Star  Search  version 
of  a  Caribbean  band?  So  what  if  you 
expected  a  conga-line  of  suited  fifty-some- 
thing family- of-the-bride  members  to 
come  crashing  through  the  door  at  any 
minute? 

Spice  and  Co.  were  more  concerned 
with  inflicting  a  good  time  on  everybody 
than  squeezing  musical  excellence  out  of 
their  thin  material. 

The  package  may  have  been  glossy 
and  trite,  but  everyone  seemed  to  have  a 
good  time. 

Local  reggae  outfit  Outcry  opened  the 
show,  showing  the  promise  of  a  band 
with  better  days  ahead.  This  young  band 
(all  but  one  of  its  members  are  still  in 
high  school)  played  mostly  originals, 
demonstrating  a  good  ear  for  melodic 


roots-reggae  stylings. 

The  band's  songs,  which  frequently 
mentioned  conflicts  in  Central  America 
and  the  former  Yugoslavia,  may  have 
seemed  like  pretentious  politicking  on 
the  part  of  these  teenagers. 

But  the  group  is  seasoned  by  its  inter- 
national diversity.  Most  of  the  players 
are  from  outside  Canada,  including  Q 
Bosnian  drummer  and  a  Trinidadian  lead 
singer.  This  lent  a  certain  credence  to 
their  calls  to  "Raise  your  fist  in  the  air  for 
the  victims  in  Bosnia/Guatemala/South 
Africa." 

The  band  also  covered  familiar  reggae 
territory,  managing  to  shoehorn  the 
words  "Babylonians,"  "exploitation"  and 
"soldier  man"  into  one  song. 

The  band's  smooth  tempo  and  me- 
lodic ear  made  up  for  a  complete  lack  of 
stage  presence.  Each  band  member  was 
so  preoccupied  with  his  instrument  that 
the  group  seemed  to  forget  it  was  per- 
forming in  front  of  other  people. 

Outcry  received  a  polite  reception  from 
the  crowd.  One  can  expect  them  to  re- 
ceive more  attention  in  the  future.  Q 


The  skinny  tie  that  binds 


by  Ian  McLeod 

Charlatan  SlaH 

□ onald  Trump  announces  his 
new  and  grandiose  business 
plans.  A  television  mail-or- 
der music  collection  offers 
hits  by  —  among  others  — 
A-ha,  the  Bangles,  and  the 
Pet  Shop  Boys.  A  major 
magazine  proclaims  that 
legwarmers  are  the  height 
of  fashion. 
Is  it  1 983  or  1993?  Believe  it  or  not,  the 
time  is  now,  and  the  eighties  are  back  in 
style. 

It  all  started  to  dawn  on  me  the  other 
day.  I  was  sitting  at  home,  watching  TV, 
when  all  of  a  sudden,  a  certain  ad  came 
on.  Some  generic  dude,  sitting  in  comfy 
Scandinavian  splendor,  offers  this  soft 
pitch  for  a  CD  collection  featuring  the 
greatest  hits  of  the  1980s. 

Clips  from  various,  basically  inter- 
changeable eighties'  bands  followed,  fill- 
ing my  living  room  with  the  sounds  I 
sometimes  confess  to  having  grown  up 
on  (I  found  myself  humming  "Walk  Like 
An  Egyptian"  for  the  next  three  days). 
Yes,  Totally  '80s  can  be  yours  now  -  in 
case,  God  forbid,  you've  thrown  this  stuff 
out  in  the  past  three  years. 

This  appalling  lapse  in  taste  started 
me  thinking— whatif  the  eighties  make 
a  comeback?  Then  I  remembered  things 
that  I  had  seen  or  heard,  but  which  my 


MW  efo  tjou 

{fie       ?o  S  fook 

is  Aid  ?! 


mind  hadn't  fully  registered:  "The 
Donald"  announcing  his  attempt  at  a 
comeback,  now  thathe's  out  ofthe  multi- 
million-dollar hole  he  had  dug  himself 
into  during  the.eighties,  Duran  Duran's 
spectacular  comeback  earlier  this  year, 
all  those  rollerbladers  out  on  the  streets 
(remember  the  roller  disco  craze  of  1 980- 
81?  Ugh.)  and  the  like. 

I  voiced  my  concerns  about  this  to 
Charlatan  editor-in-chief  "The  Mo" 
Gannon  and  she  noted  that  Sassy  maga- 
zine had  announced  that  legwarmers 
were  coming  back  into  style.  I  mentioned 
this  as  a  possible  story  idea  to  the  arts 


editor,  and  when  I  responded  to  his  sub- 
sequentphone  message,  hewas  listening 
to  the  Pet  Shop  Boys!  More  evidence  in 
my  favor,  thought  I. 

So,  it's  pretty  well  official.  The  eighties 
are  staging  a  revival.  Never  mind  that 
the  decade's  barely  over  to  begin  with  — 
three  years  seems  to  be  enough  time  to 
regurgitate  that  fateful  decade  back  into 
mass  culture. 

This  is  not  a  good  thing.  I  was  really 
starting  to  enjoy  the  seventies'  revival  — 
you  know,  disco,  bell  bottoms,  platform 
shoes  and  pot.  Now  comes  the  time  in 
which  we  are  supposed  to  celebrate 


WE'RE  STILL  THE  BEST  JOKE  IN  TOWN! 

BRING  IN  THIS  AD  FOR  2  FOR  1  ADMISSION  WEDNESDAY  TO  FRIDAY 
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IN  OTTAWA 

236-5233 


Europop,  shoulder  pads,  skinny  New 
Wave  ties,  and  Perrier?  I  don't  think  so. 

My  friends  do,  though.  Mere  moments 
into  my  tirade  about  the  "greed  decade" 
coming  back,  I  was  interrupted  mid-sen- 
tence by  two  of  them  launching  into  an 
appreciation  ofthe  "really  great"  clothes 
that  we  wore  in  the  eighties:  Peter  Pan 
booties,  designer  jeans,  and  rugger  pants, 
to  name  but  a  few.  I  protested,  complain- 
ing about  the  whole  lack  of  ethics  and 
morality  in  the  eighties,  summarized  in 
the  movie  Wall  Street  as  "greed  is  good." 

Not  to  mention  the  music,  I  pro- 
claimed. This  started  them  off  on  the 
"cool"  music  that  we  listened  to  back 
then  and  how  much  fun  it  would  be  to 
have  Totally  '80s  for  parties.  Then  an- 
other realization  struck  me  —  these  peo- 
ple are  part  of  the  same  group  of  my 
friends  who  want  to  start  an  eighties' 
band  called  the  Blue  Cheese  Generation, 
intending  to  perform  both  covers  and 
original  works. 

Worse  yet,  I  remembersupportingthis 
idea. 

I  AM  AN  EIGHTIES  TRAITOR!!! 

All  right,  perhaps  I  should  rethink 
this.  The  eighties  may  not  have  been  as 
bad  as  I've  been  portraying  them.  A  lot  of 
the  music  has  held  up  nicely.  Duran 
Duran's  closet  fans  came  out  of  hiding  to 
help  make  their  comeback  a  success, 
David  Bowie's  Let's  Dance  is  one  of  my 
favorite  albums  of  all  time,  and  the 
Smiths'  "How  Soon  Is  Now?"  is  being 
used  to  sell  "eis-bier."  ■ 

I  would  also  like  to  admit  to  a  secret 
fetish  for  Bananarama's  cover  of  "Ve- 
nus," and  to  a  not-so-secret  one  for  the 
Cure. 

Some  of  the  clothes  weren't  too  bad 
either:  patterned  sweaters,  leather  bomber 
jackets  and  the  Gap  were  all  very  stylish 
products  of  the  eighties  (and  sexist  though 
it  may  be  to  admit,  1  think  women  look 
very  nice  in  miniskirts).  Okay,  so  "greed 
is  good"  is  a  terrible  philosophy,  but  so 
was  "Burn,  baby,  bum!" 

And  maybe  every  woman  I  know  is 
gagging  with  a  spoon  at  the  thought  of 
everwearing  legwarmers  again  exceptin 
direst  times  of  freezing  cold.  There  must 
be  someone  out  there  who  will  embrace 
them.  Everything  old  is  new  again.  It's 
just  a  matter  of  time. 

What  was  the  number  for  Totally  '80s 
again?  Never  mind,  I'll  find  out — it's  all 
a  matter  of  networking  .  □ 


24 


The  Charlatan  ■  October  7,  1993 


Cracker 

Kerosene  Hat 
Virgin 

Excuse  me  if  I  sound  like  I'm  going 
overboard  in  my  praise  of  this,  Cracker's 
second  CD.  I've  had  this  album  for  sev- 
eral weeks  and  I've  been  listening  to  it 
non-stop. 

Cracker  captures  the  essence  of  Ameri- 
can rock  and  they  make  it  sound  good. 
They've  got  the  authenticity  that  pre- 
tenders like  the  Spin  Doctors  only  dream 
about  and  people  like  Bruce  Springsteen 
used  to  have.  Plus,  unlike  these  fellows, 
they  have  a  wicked  sense  of  humor. 

They  also  sing  country  better  than 
anyone  else  around.  Take  the  country 
track,  "Lonesome  Johnny  Blues."  I  love 
it.  Me,  who  hates  all  country  except  for 
Johnny  Cash. 

And  "  Loser, "  a  Grateful  Dead  cover.  I 
can't  stand  the  Grateful  Dead  and  I'm 
completely  sucked  into  the  morose  angst 
of  this  tale. 

Then  there's  "Low,"  "Movie  Star," 
"Sweet  Potato"  and  "Let's  Go  For  a  Ride. " 
Pardon  the  expression,  but  this  is  hard 
rockin'  feel-good  music  for  when  you're 
driving  the  pickup  truck. 

And  the  lyrics.  They're  alternately 
witty,  absurd  and  sometimes  downright 
poetic,  with  flashes  of  true  brilliance. 
Nowhere  else  will  you  hear  the  lines, 
"The  chief  of  police  kept  the  crime  off  the 
streets/Deep  in  his  heart,  we  all  knew  he 
felt  differently/We  all  knew  he  was  an 
anarchist."  It's  music  you  can  just  spit 
out  as  you're  driving  too  fast  down  the 
highway. 

There's  more,  including  some  hidden 
tracks,  but  I  don't  want  to  ruin  all  your 
fun. 

Even  though  there's  still  a  couple  of 
months  to  go,  this  album  has  my  vote  for 
release  of  the  year. 

Blayne  Haggart 
Dinner  is  Ruined 

Songs  from  the  Lubritorium 
Raw  Energy 

Lubritorium:  the  1950s  equivalent  of 
an  automobile  oil  change  facility. 

If  you  think  the  title  is  weird,  you 
should  hear  the  music.  This  Toronto- 
based  band's  debut  CD  isn't  comparable 
to  anything  1'veever  heard  before.  There's 
no  three-chord  wonders  on  this  one,  folks. 
A  little  beyond  alternative,  it's  pretty 
much  unorthodox. 

Aside  from  the  traditional  distorted 
guitar,  bass  and  drums,  there  are  traces 
of  banjo,  mandolin,  rainstick,  recorder, 
cello,  violin,  a  cheesy  organ,  tuba,  trum- 
pet and  trombone. 

While  the  instrumentation  sounds  a 
bit  folkish,  the  music  is  anything  but.  It  is 
disturbingly  dissonant  and  sometimes 
lacks  a  lot  normal  things  —  a  well-de- 
fined key,  for  example. 

Lyrical  content  is  good.  You've  got  to 
admire  any  band  who  can  sing  about  the 
Heritage  Front  and  Harry  the  Burger  Man 
(a  guy  obsessed  with  dead  meat)  on  the 
same  CD.  Unfortunately,  it's  hard  to  ap- 
preciate the  lyrical  depth  unless  you  ac- 
tually read  the  lyrics  on  the  liner  notes  — 
singer  Dale  Momingstar'svocals  are  com- 
pletely unintelligible. 

While  this  release  scores  big  points  on 
originality,  it's  not  for  everyone.  Beware 
unless  you're  into  left-wing  alternative  or 
experimental  music. 

Rob  Clements 


Definition  FX 

Light  Speed  Collision 
RCA 

You  can't  label  Definition  FX.  Fusing 
together  elements  of  jazz-metal-dance- 
pop-trash  and  techno  on  this,  their  first 
album,  they  have  produced  a  fresh,  inno- 
vative sound. 

Formed  in  1990  in  Sydney,  Australia, 
Definition  FX  quickly  found  themselves 
in  the  spotlight.  After  being  together  for 
only  three  months,  they  became  finalists 
in  a  major  band  competition  and  ended 
up  performing  two  songs  (they  knew 
only  four  at  the  rime)  on  national  televi- 
sion. 


A  collage  of  sound  is  the  only  way  to 
describe  Definition  FX.  Jazz,  metal  and 
pop  riffs  are  thrown  on  top  of  a  techno 
beat  with  splashes  of  dance  and  trash. 
The  end  result:  songs  that  sound  hyp- 
notic, and  then,  a  few  bars  later,  are 
spurting  with  uncontrolled  fury. 

Notable  tracks  include  "This  Is  The 
Place,"  "Something  Inside  (No  Time  For 
Nowhere)"  and  "Crystalise." 

If  you  want  something  fresh  and  origi- 
nal, this  is  the  album  for  you. 

Alex  Bustos 

Ren  &  Stimpy 

You  Eediot! 
Crock  O'  Christmas 
Nickelodeon 

You  like  the  old  Ren  &  Stimpy  stand- 
ards —  the  opening  and  closing  music, 
"Happy,  Happy,  Joy,  Joy,"  the  "Log 
Theme,"  the  "Muddy  Mudskipper 
Theme,"  "Don't  Whiz  on  the  Electric 
Fence,"  —  you  buy  You  Eediot! 

All  the  music  and  most  of  the  running 
jokes  are  there,  with  one  unforgivable 
exception:  nary  a  mention  of  Powdered 
Toast  Man. 

Several  tracks,  like  "Firedogs,"  "Space 
Madness"  and  "Sven's  Theme"  are  noth- 
ing more  than  culled  sound  material 
from  the  show,  set  to  simplistic  R  &  B  riffs. 
If  you  have  a  CD  player,  program  it  to 
avoid  these  tracks  —  they  really  blow. 
"Nose  Goblins,"  however,  with  its  subtle 
wit,  kicks  ass. 

You  like  to  hear  new  material,  you  buy 
Crock  O'  Christmas. 

It  also  has  the  same  running  jokes  — 
body  hair,  fecal  matter  (both  solid  and 
gaseous),  shaven  yaks  flying  in  enchanted 
canoes  through  the  winter  sky,  stay-put 
socks,  meat  by-products,  circus-midget- 


beating  firemen,  and  everyone's  favorite 
holiday  highlight,  old  drunken  bums  — 
put  to  those  annoyingly  saccharine 
Christmas  carols.  Ren  singing  "I  Hate 
Christmas"  is  the  album's  sole  saving 
grace. 

But  hurry,  only  30  shopping  days  left 
before  these  fine  products  become  "that's 
so  10-minutes-ago." 

David  Bartolf 

Iggy  Pop 

American  Caesar 
Virgin 

He's  back.  Back  from  the  edge  of  the 
abyss,  going  back  over  the  edge,  kicking 
the  abyss's  ass,  and  making 
it  back  more  zombified  than 
alive. 

Punkdom's  favorite  bag  of 
bile  and  sinew,  still  looking 
like  a  wiry,  mummified 
Jeremy  Irons,  has  put  out  an 
Iggy  Pop  album  as  it  should 
be:  meandering,  belligerent, 
malevolent,  and  totally  lack- 
ing  in  synthesizers  and 
bullshit. 

Dangerous  as  ever,  Ig  can 
still  half-croon,  half-yell  the 
most  malicious  lyrics  you'll 
ever  hear.  He  opens  with 
"Character,"  a  growling  la- 
ment for  the  lost  attribute  of 
moxie  in  today's  world:  "One 
good  thing  at  least  about 
some/Of  these  junkies  was/ 
They  had  some  character . . . 
At  least  when  they  played/ 
The  damn  guitar  they'd  play  it/Like  they 
meant  it.  These  white  bread  boys  nowa- 
days/Knowin'  all  the  score/Don't  even 
know  how  to  puke." 

On  "Plastic  and  Concrete"  he  husks, 
"I'm  a  nightmare  child/Stuck  on  my  own 
knife/I'm  glad  my  mother  loved  me/I'm 
sick  and  paranoid." 

With  "Fuckin'  Alone,"  Ig  has  put  out 
the  strongest  song  about  feeling  alien- 
ated and  disconnected  I  have  heard  in 
years;  listening  to  it  I  kept  on  saying, 
"Damn straight,"to myself.  It'ssotrue.  It 
has  replaced  John  Cale's  "Fear"  as  my 
favorite  song  of  loathing. 

Rollins  fans  be  warned.  Here's  the 
extent  of  his  contribution  to  the  album: 
two  "yeahs"  and  a  knee-jerk,  jingoistic 
phrase  "I'd  just  like  to  say  at  this  point 
that  I'm  a  24-hour,  7-days-a-week,  365- 
day-a-year  American. " 

For  those  wanting  a  reprise  of  "Wild 
Child,"  there's  "Boogie  Boy"  and  "Wild 
America." 

The  last  two  tracks  are  killers.  Iggy 
does  a  wicked  cover  of  the  tune  "Louie 
Louie"  and  winds  the  record  down  with 
an  epic,  rambling,  decadent  role-playing 
of  Nero  in  "Caesar." 

David  Bartolf 


Dog"  and  the  very  guitar-based  "Psych- 
edelic Billy  and  the  Zanies"  and  "Crazy 
Little  World"  are  also  worth  listening  to. 

The  rest  of  the  songs  are  either  down- 
right boring  or  are  ruined  by  the  imita- 
tive vocals  of  Danny  Michel  and  Mike 
Blanchard — at  points,  they  come  across 
like  they're  trying  to  imitate  Bono. 

The  band  is  made  up  of  five  members 
who  use  several  guests  on  the  album, 
including  vocalist  Errol  Blackwood  who 
guestson  the  song  "Celebrate  Life. "  Funny 
that  it  is  one  of  the  better  songs  on  the 
tape.  Hmmm  .... 

It's  too  bad  that  they  don't  really 
sound  as  melodious  as  other  great  Cana- 
dian artists,  but  they  do  have  potential. 
Their  unused  talent  could  create  mira- 
cles if  it  was  to  ever  erupt. 

Ali  lafri 


The  Rhinos 

Fishing  In  The  Fountain  of  Youth 
Sonihr 

The  Rhinos  possess  talent  but  don't 
use  it. 

They've  got  a  whisper  of  UB40  in  their 
sound  in  songs  like  "Celebrate  Life"  and 
"Slow  Easy  Groove."  These  songs  are 
among  the  few  decent  tracks  on  this 
album. 

The  humorous  "Dancing  With  My 


Twilight  Rituals 

Nazca  Runway 
EMI 

This  album  starts  off  with  "The  Top," 
a  melange  of  deep  vocals,  heavy  guitars, 
mellow  humming  and  pop-like  mid- 
range  vocals.  Forget  the  mellow  fade  out 
that  most  songs  end  with.  This  has  a 
powerful,  poignant,  killerending.  POW. 
You'll  never  see  it  coming  ...  at  least  the 
first  few  times.  But  then  you'll  start  pay- 
ing attention,  learning  the  lyrics  and 
when  you  get  that  last  note  right  on  . . . 
boy,  does  it  feel  good. 

The  Rituals,  with  great  spirit,  are  able 
to  successfully  meld  many  musical  ele- 
ments together.  These  songs  seem  influ- 
enced by  the  likes  of  13  Engines  mixed 
with  a  jazz  feel.  From  beginning  to  end, 
the  more  I  listen  to  this  album  the  more 
I  enjoy  it. 

Twilight  Rituals,  based  outof  Toronto, 
have  produced  some  singles  in  the  past 
as  well  as  an  independent  release,  but 
this  is  their  full-fledged  debut  on  a  major 
label.  Forme,  eightsongsarenotenough. 
These  guys  are  going  to  be  around  for  a 
while. 

Ron  Orol 


October  7,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  25 


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by  Jane  Tattersall 

Charlatan  Start 


^a^CS.  haos.  That  was  the  first  word 
\*>^<J  to  enter  my  mind  as  I  entered 
f?  the  Muchmusic  studios  for  the 

^  1993  video  awards  on  Sept. 

30. 1  had  expected  the  awards 
V  An  £j>  to  be  in  some  sort  of  "show" 
format,  as  most  awards  shows 
are. 

Leave  it  up  to  the  people  at  Muchmusic, 
however,  to  run  the  show  as  an  open 
concept  and  throw  everybody  in  the  stu- 
dio together,  with  little  indication  ofwhat 
was  going  on. 

Sure  we  got  a  list  of  what  awards  were 
being  presented  and  when,  but  who  could 
find  the  "Much  Area"  or  the  "Much  Ori- 
entation," or  Denise  Donlon's  office  for 
that  matter?  That  was  part  of  the  reason 
we  missed  some  of  the  presentations  we 
wanted  to  see. 

When  we  walked  in,  we  immediately 
became  lost  in  the  crowd,  and  the  first 
part  of  the  evening  turned  into  an  adven- 
ture exploring  the  maze  of  hallways  and 
rooms.  It  was  an  "anything  goes"  men- 
tality, where  you  could  turn  a  comer  and 
find  a  video  camera  in  your  face,  or  a  bar 
(an  open  bar  at  that),  or  a  Barenaked 
Lady. 

Those  Barenaked  Ladies  were  pop- 
ping up  everywhere.  They  were  there  as 
we  walked  in.  When  we  were  at  the  bar, 
taking  full  advantage  of  the  liquid  re- 
freshments, there  they  were. 

If  you  were  the  upwardly  mobile  am- 
bitious type,  the  night  was  a  great  oppor- 
tunity to  schmooze.  Performers  mingled 
with  record  company  execs,  video  direc- 
tors hung  with  industry  types  and  lots  of 
up-and-coming  bands  like  Vancouver's 
Rymes  With  Orange,  and  the 
Gravelberries  kinda  crashed  the  party 
and  talked  to  the  press. 

However,  the  best  meetings  were  those 
that  happened  by  chance,  and  it  was 
way  more  fun  just  hanging  out  and  peo- 
ple-watching. Example  of  a  cool  chance 
meeting  with  "Somebody  Important:" 

Strange-But-Pretty-Cool-Guy:  So 
what's  your  excuse  for  being  here? 

Charlatan:  We're  press  from  Ottawa. 

(General  discussion  about  alternative 


music,  Fumaceface,  and  public  radio  fol- 
lows.) 

Strange-But-Pretty-Cool-Guy:  So 

how  do  you  like  Ottawa? 

Charlatan:  It's  pretty  cool,  it's  got  a 
great  music  scene,  but  it  would  be  perfect 
if  we  had  City-TV. 

Strange-But-Pretty-Cool-Guy : 
Thank  you.  Did  I  mention  I'm  the  presi- 
dent of  City-TV? 

Of  course,  some  attention  should  be 
paid  to  the  award  recipients  that  night. 
Best  Alternative  Video  went  to  Pure,  who 


was  nominated  twice  and  also  performed 
live.  Perennial  favorites  The  Tragically 
Hip  won  three  awards  but  didn't  deign  to 
put  in  an  appearance.  Oh  well,  it  was 
their  loss.  Maybe  Gord  Downie  had  to 
wash  his  hair  or  something. 

The  triumph  of  the  evening,  however, 
was  undoubtedly  Fumaceface  beating 
out  faves  Moxy  Friivous  in  the  Best  Inde- 
pendent Video  category  with  "About  To 
Drown. "  The  Fumaceface  video  was  shot 
partly  underwater  and  was  far  more  in- 
spired than  Moxy's  sing-a-long-in-the- 


Improv  madness  in  Baker  Lounge!!! 


streets  "King  of  Spain,"  so  credit  to 
Muchmusic  for  actually  judging  the  vid- 
eos and  not  being  swayed  by  the  Friivous 
following  in  Toronto.  (Was  that  a 
Barenaked  Lady  standing  in  the  back- 
ground when  Fumaceface  accepted  their 
award?) 

The  evening  may  have  seemed  out  of 
control,  but  it  worked.  We  had  a  great 
time,  met  some  neat  people,  and  saw 
some  great  live  performances.  Next  year, 
a  map  of  the  awards  area  would  make 
things  easier,  but  compared  to  holding  a 
sit-down  ceremony,  this  was  far  better. 

For  example,  I  was  able  to  be  inside 
and  very  far  away  when  Moxy  Friivous 
performed  "King  of  Spain"  on  the 
sidewalk  outside  the  Much  building.  Con- 
gratulations also  goes  to  security  at  the 
show  for  never  getting  impatient  with 
people  asking  for  directions  ("Where  is 
the  orientation  area?  "  "This  IS  the  orien- 
tation area,  ma'am.")  and  always  being 
nice. 

If  you  watched,  you  got  an  idea  of  how 
things  were  happening  and  maybe  a 
better  perspective  on  the  presentations, 
but  being  there  was  half  the  fun. 
Muchmusic,  in  its  own  way,  showed  the 
absurdity  of  treating  music,  a  form  of 
entertainment,  as  something  very  seri- 
ous. Instead,  they  made  it  fun.  The  Ameri- 
can music  industry  should  take  note.  □ 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Slalt 

I  must  say  that  it  got  more  laughs 
than  the  last  CUSA  council  meeting. 

The  Sock  'N'  Buskin  Theatre  Com- 
pany held  a  five-hour  improvisational 
marathon  Oct.  1  in  Baker  Lounge. 

When  I  first  sat  down  to  see  the  show 
I  didn't  know  what  to  expect  from  a 
bunch  of  actors  getting  up  on  stage  and 
acting  out  skits  based  on  ideas  provided 
randomly  by  the  audience. 

By  the  end  of  the  show  I  had  this 
unexpected  urge  to  watch  a  sitcom. 

This  event  served  as  a  kickoff  and 
fundraiser  for  the  plays  that  Carleton's 
theatre  company  will  be  staging  overthe 
next  two  months.  


When  they  weren't  selling  tickets  or 
popcorn,  the  actors  involved  did  a  great 
job  and  they  all  showed  an  uncanny 
ability  to  think  on  their  feet. 

Most  of  the  actors  will  be  appearing  in 
the  company's  first  production  of  the 
year,  Hell  of  A  Mess,  which  premieres  Oct. 
27. 

Taking  suggestions  from  the  audience 
and  mixing  in  their  own  personal  ideas, 
the  group  put  on  a  spectacle  that  was 
amazing.  Throughoutthey  demonstrated 
a  great  versatility,  acting  out  everything 
from  sailing  on  a  three-hour  tour  to  walk- 
ing down  a  catwalk  at  a  fashion  show. 

Despite  the  various  bizarre  sugges- 
tions coming  from  the  ever-expanding 
crowd  —  they  made  one  actor  bark  like  a 


ra 


IK  WAREHOUSE 


dog — the  cast's  imagination  never  dried 
up. 

Plus,  their  impressions  of  the  charac- 
ters they  played  (like  Goldilocks  and  her 
furry  friends)  were  astounding. 

Another  bonus  was  the  music.  There 
was  keyboard  accompaniment  for  many 
of  the  sketches,  playing  everything  from 
the  funeral  march  to  hockey  organ  tunes. 

The  audience  was  with  them  through- 
out the  five  hours,  especially  when  vari- 
ous audience  members  were  taken  up  on 
stage  to  act  out  some  scenes.  This  gave 
the  audience  a  sense  of  being  a  part  of  the 
show. 

Although  the  show  was  generally  en- 
tertaining, it  could  have  done  without 
some  parts.  For  instance,  while  the  em- 
cee stuck  his  head  in  a  bucket  of  water  for 
some  scenes  to  wait  until  they  finished, 
he  couldn't  do  it  all  the  time.  This  raises 
the  question,  "Why  bother  with  this  gim- 
mick in  the  first  place?" 

Despite  this,  the  improv  was  excels 
lent.  □ 


Huh? 

Life  is  a  monotonous,  confusing  en- 
tanglement of  truth,  emotion  and  de- 
ception, whereby  morals,  ethics,  love, 
hurt  and  the  realities  of  life  combine 
together  to  produce  what  some  may  call 
human  —  or  so-called  human  —  life 
where  men  and  women,  or  mostly  (as  far 
as  the  majority  goes)  boys  and  girls  get 
together  in  what  is  supposed  to  be  a 
harmonious,  monogamous  and  healthy 
relationship  where  differences  as  well  as 
similarities  blend  together  into  what  we 
sometimes  call  happiness  —  But  is  it 
ever?;  : 

Martin  I  David 

The  Charlatan  wants  to  hear  your  mo- 
rose tales  of  angst.  Honest,  just  scribble 
your  thoughts,  along  with  your  name 
and  phone  number,  on  a  piece  of  paper 
anddropitoffintheartseditor'smailbox, 
Room531,  Imicentre.  Justplease  keep  it 
short.  Jf  you  can  work  a  computer  and 
have  access  to  an  IBM-compatible  and 
WordPerfect  5.1,  put  your  rarft  on  a  disc 
with  your  name  and  phone  number.  All 
submissionsbecome  property  of  TheChar- 
latan. 


26  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  7,  1993 


THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  7  TO  THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  14 


Recognize  the  chicken? 


Thursday,  October  7 

What  a  megafabulous  double  bill  at 
the  Mayfair  tonight!  At  7  p.m.  it's  the 
Sean  Connery  turkey  Rising  Sun.  At 
9:2S  it's  the  inexplicably  popular  High- 
lander. As  always,  it's  $7  for  non-mem- 
bers, $5  for  members. 

The  hip  sounds  of  Whetherman 
Groove  Tube  shake  Zaphod's  tonight. 
Cover  is  five  bucks.  Toronto's  Uncle 
Chaos  open. 

Friday,  October  8 

The  lunch-time  concert  at  12:30  p.m. 
in  Carleton's  Alumni  Theatre  features 
a  piano  recital  by  Elaine  Keillor,  a 

professor  at  this  very  university.  The  music 
for  today's  show  includes  compositions 
inspired  by  and  based  on  the  musical 
traditions  of  the  First  Nations  in  North 
and  South  America.  And  it's  free. 

The  Carleton  Film  and  Video  Society  is 
staging  a  Buster  Keaton  festival  in 
Room  100  of  the  St.  Patrick's  Build- 
ing. It'll  cost  ya  $2  if  you're  a  non- 
member.  Show  starts  at  7  p.m. 

Bo  Diddley  (yes,  that  Bo  Diddley) 
plays  two  shows  at  the  Penguin.  You 
may  want  to  call  ahead  to  make  sure 
they're  not  sold  out. 

Goober  and  the  Peas  play  way  cool, 
stylish,  silly  electric  country  stuff  at 
Zaphod's  tonight.  Cover  charge  is  $8. 
Toronto's  the  Pariahs  (quite  the  week 
for  Toronto  bands,  huh?)  are  opening. 

If  you  feel  you  haven't  been  getting 
your  fill  of  flamenco  lately,  you'll  want  to 
be  at  Nepean's  Centrepointe  Theatre 
tonight  at  8  p.m.  to  see  guitarist  Ottmar 
Liebert  do  his  thing.  Tickets  are  $23.50. 

All  weekend  at  the  Central  Experi- 
mental Farm,  the  only  place  to  go  for 
fun  in  Ottawa,  they're  having  a  fall 


festival  featuring  many  different  horses 
doing  horse-type  stuff.  It's  fun  for  the 
whole  family  and  it  costs  only  $2  for 
adults,  $1  for  children  and  $5  for  fami- 
lies. Food,  horses  and  fun.  What  more 
could  any  sane  being  want? 

Saturday,  October  9 

Fans  of  Belgian  choreographer/direc- 
tor Wim  Vandekeybus  will  want  to  catch 
Her  Body  doesn't  fit  her  soul  at  the 
National  Arts  Centre  Theatre.  Tick- 
ets are  $20  to  $24  at  the  usual  outlets. 

Catch  the  French  Caribbean  dance 
music  of  Haiti's  Phantoms.  They're  play- 
ing in  the  grand  hall  of  the  Museum  of 
Civilization  tonight  as  part  of  the  See 
and  Hear  the  World  series.  Tickets  are 
$  1 6  in  advance  (through  the  museum)  or 
$19  at  the  door. 

Sunday,  October  10 

If  s  Thanksgiving  weekend.  Stay  home. 
Eat  turkey.  Recover  on  Monday. 

Monday,  October  1 1 

Enjoy  cartoons?  Then  you'll  probably 
find  yourself  at  the  Mayfair  for  tonight's 
showing  ofWatership  Down  and  Akira. 

People  who  think  there  is  too  much  vio- 
lence in  cartoons  may  want  to  consider 
waiting  for  Free  Willy  to  come  out. 

Tuesday,  October  12 

At  7  p.m.  at  the  Mayfair  it's  the  Mike 
Myers  classic  So  I  Married  An  Axe  Mur- 
derer. 

This  week's  reading  tip,  courtesy  (as 
always)  of  Charlatan  production  man- 
ager Kevin  McKay,  is  Michael  Ondaatje's 
In  the  Skin  of  the  Lion.  Says  McKay: 
"The  prose  is  as  excellent  as  in  The  Eng- 
lish Patient,  but  it's  easier  and  more 
enjoyable  to  read!"  The  Charlatan  liter- 
ary critic  can  be  seen  every  Wednesday 
night  at  1 1  p.m.  holding  court  in  Mike's 
Place. 

Wednesday,  October 
13 

WhatdoTerryGibbs,  LeeKonitz,  julia 
Lee  and  Art  Tatum  have  in  common? 
Well,  theywereall  bom  today  and  they're 
all  being  profiled  tonight  on  In  A  Mellow 
Tone  (CKCU  93.1  FM). 

The  Developing  World:  An  Intro- 
ductory Course  on  Issues  and  Pros- 
pects is  a  series  of  lectures  organized  by 
Oxfam  Canada.  It  kicksofftonightat  the 
Sandy  Hill  Community  Centre.  To- 
night's lecture  is  about  media  and  devel- 
opment. It  runs  from  7:30  to  10  p.m.  The 
cost  for  this  seven-week  course  is  $30  for 
the  employed;  less  for  the  unemployed. 
To  register  sign  up  at  Arbour  Recycled 
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Thursday,  October  14 

Hey!!!  It's  OPIRG's  general  meeting 


from  5:30  to  7  p.m.  at  a  location  to  be 
announced.  Elections!  Nominations!  De- 
bates! And  oh,  those  refreshments! 

Running  today  through  Nov.  11  at 
Gallery  101  it's  The  Men's  Room,  an 

exploration  of  images  of  men  in  society. 
Tonight  at  7:30  p.m.  Charles  McLean 
will  perform  a  theatrical  monologue  and 
the  other  artists  will  be  present  to  answer 
questions. 


If  you've  got  a  listing  you 

want  to  appear  in  this 
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That's  it.  Drop  your  answer  off  along  with  your  name  and  phone 
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Library  lets  borrowers  off  hook 


by  Andrea  Wiebe 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  library  let  delinquent  faculty,  staff 
and  students  off  the  hook  to  the  tune  of 
almost  $11,000  in  unpaid  fines  during 
its  amnesty  week. 

Library  patrons  had  the  chance  to 
return  overdue  material  without  paying 
any  fines  from  Sept.  23  to  Sept.  30. 

The  library  counted  2,111  books  re- 
turned during  the  amnesty  week,  com- 
pared to  1,258  books  during  the  same 
time  period  last  year  when  there  was  no 
amnesty,  says  Linda  Rossman,  the  asso- 
ciate librarian. 

Of  the  books  returned  during  the  am- 
nesty period,  142  of  them  were  consid- 
ered "seriously  overdue,"  which  means 
they  were  at  least  six  weeks  late,  says 
Rossman. 

"We'd  sent  the  people  the  replace- 
ment bill,  but  they  hadn't  paid  the  bill 
and  they  hadn't  returned  the  books,  so 
we  count  them  as  lost,"  says  Rossman. 
She  says  the  2,111  books  that  were  re- 
turned would  have  brought  in  $10,900 
in  fines. 


Of  the  142  seriously  overdue  books 
that  were  returned  to  the  library,  6  7  came 
from  staff  and  faculty,  and  75  came  from 
students,  says  Rossman.  They  were  re- 
turned by  39  patrons,  23  of  whom  were 
students,  and  16  of  whom  were  staff  or 
faculty.  The  most  books  returned  by  a 
student  was  27. 

"That  person  saved  himself  $2,280  in 
fines,"  says  Rossman.  The  most  books 
returned  by  a  staff  or  faculty  member  was 
15,  saving  them  $978. 

The  most  overdue  book  returned  was 
due  lune  6,  1980.  According  to  Diane 
Gavin,  at  the  circulation  desk,  the  book 
was  probably  returned  by  a  staff  or  fac- 
ulty member. 

"A  few  came  back  from  1987,  1988, 
and  1990,  but  really,  most  of  the  books 
that  came  back  were  from  1992-93," 
Rossman  says. 

None  of  the  instructional  television 
tapes  that  were  considered  lost  came 
back  during  the  amnesty  week.  "We  had 
25  in  that  category,  and  none  of  them 
were  returned,"  says  Rossman. 

She  says  the  library  usually  gets  some 


seriously  overdue  books  returned  each 
year.  "We  got  back  142  long-overdue 
books  compared  to  57  in  the  same  week 
last  year." 

The  number  of  lost  books  has  also 
decreased  this  year  compared  to  previous 
years,  Rossman  says. 

Last  year,  the  library  considered  1,500 
books  lost.  Rossman  says  this  year,  after 
amnesty  week,  there  were  about  670 
books  considered  lost.  She  says  higher 
fines  may  play  a  role  in  the  lower  figure. 

"We  also  think  there  were  fewer  lost 
books  because  we  raised  our  fines  this 
year,  including  the  replacement  charge, 
it  went  up  quite  a  bit,"  says  Rossman. 

The  fines  for  overdue  books  were  in- 
creased last  November  to  50  cents  for 
each  day  the  book  is  overdue,  from  35 
cents  a  day.  The  replacement  charge  for 
a  lost  book  rose  to  $65  from  $55. 

The  library's  new  sanctions  policy  be- 
gan on  Oct.  1 .  Students,  staff  and  faculty 
who  have  more  than  three  books  or  in- 
structional television  tapes  overdue  will 
have  their  borrowing  privileges  sus- 
pended until  all  overdue  materials  are 


returned. 

Lisa  Martin,  a  second-year  psychol- 
ogy student,  says  she  sees  the  sanctions 
as  an  annoyance.  "If  you're  doing  a 
project,  and  you  have  all  these  things 
due  at  the  same  time,  the  last  thing  on 
your  mind  is  returning  books.  It's  a  total 
inconvenience  if  you  have  something 
due  and  you  need  those  books.  I  think  the 
limit  shouldn't  be  three.  I  think  the  limit 
should  be  a  little  bit  higher." 

Rossman  says  1 62  library  patrons  had 
their  privileges  suspended  Oct.  1. 

According  to  Deven  Thakrar,  a  sec- 
ond-year law  student,  people  are  finding 
ways  around  the  system. 

"The  fines  are  too  tremendous  for  me 
to  pay,  and  1  can'ttake  out  books  now,  so 
I  have  to  use  otherpeople'slibrary cards," 
says  Thakrar. 

Though  Rossman  says  she  had  ex- 
pected many  more  books  to  come  in,  she 
says  she  thinks  the  amnesty  week  was 
still  a  success. 

"Any  time  you  get  a  book  back  that 
you  thoughtyou'dneversee  again,  that's 
a  success."  □ 


Faculty  network  helps  fix  curriculum 


by  Prema  Oza 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  new  group  at  Carleton  is  working  to 
help. faculty  members  make  the  curricu- 
lum at  the  university  more  inclusive. 

The  Curriculum  Transformation 
Teaching  Support  Network  was  designed 
to  provide  support,  for  faculty  members 
who  support  including  material  by  and 
about  people  of  color,  women,  people 
with  disabilities,  gays,  lesbians  and  bi- 
sexuals  in  their  courses. 

"(We're  looking  at) ...  a  curriculum 
that  reflects  the  diversity  of  the  human 
race  instead  ofthe  Euro-centric  or  white, 
male  view  of  the  world,"  says  Carole 
Dence,  director  of  Carleton's  teaching 
and  resource  centre  and  network 
facilitator. 

The  network  was  formed  after  a  group 


of  faculty  members  attended  a  confer- 
ence on  curriculum  transformation  in 
the  United  States  earlier  this  year. 

Its  goals,  although  not  yet  formally 
defined,  will  be  to  address  any  shortcom- 
ings ofthe  curriculum  at  Carleton,  says 
Dence. 

"The  current  curriculum  does  not  take 
into  account  all  experiences, "  says  Susan 
Gottheil,  a  network  spokesperson. 

Gottheil  says  concerns  about  the  cur- 
rent curriculum  come  not  only.from  fac- 
ulty but  students  and  administrators. 

"There  are  accusations  that  the  cur- 
riculum is  heterosexist,  ignores  women's 
experiences  and  is  class-biased  in  that  it 
ignores  the  working  class, "  says  Gottheil. 

Gary  Anandasangoree,  director  of 
academics  for  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association,  says  "from  my 


perspective,  it  (Carleton's  curriculum) 
doesn't  represent  me. 

"In  political  science,  I'm  taughtevery: 
thing  from  a  European,  North  American 
perspective,"  he  says. 

The  network  will  focus  on  everything 
from  course  readings  to  alternative  re- 
search sources  and  is  open  to  students 
and  faculty. 

Right  now  there  are  a  few  faculty 
members  and  some  former  students  in 
the  group,  says  Gottheil. 

"The  network  is  in  the  process  of  emerg- 
ing and  taking  shape, "  she  says.  "Its  role 
has  not  been  fully  determined  yet." 

Gottheil  says  she  is  waiting  for  input 
from  faculty  and  students  at  a  meeting 
Nov.  1  before  making  more  plans.  The 
meeting  will  be  the  first  formal  one  after 
the  network  was  struck. 


Gottheil  says  she  and  a  group  of  Car- 
leton professors  went  to  a  conference  on 
curriculum  transformation  in  New  Jersey 
in  April. 

"The  group  went  and  we  were  excited 
by  the  keynote  speakers  and  workshops," 
says  Gottheil.  "We  felt  good,  and  we 
wanted  to  meet  to  share  ideas  we  were 
exposed  to." 

The  state  of  New  Jersey  is  a  model  for 
Carleton's  network,  says  Dence.  Twenty 
years  ago,  the  state  implemented  a  pro- 
gram to  make  all  levels  of  education 
more  gender-equitable.  This  was  then 
expanded  to  incorporate  other  under- 
represented  communities. 

Fran  Klodawsky.directorof  Carleton's 
institute  of  women's  studies,  says  she 

CURRICULUM  cont'd  on  page  6 


CKCU  establishes  sexual  harassment  policy 


by  John  Steinbachs 

Charlatan  Staff 

CKCU,  Carleton's  radio  station,  has 
introduced  its  own  sexual  harassment 
policy.  The  policy  was  ratified  by  the 
station's  board  of  directors  in  September. 

Max  Wallace,  CKCU's  station  man- 
ager, says  the  policy  is  "part  of  an  inter- 
nal clean-up  at  CKCU." 

Wallace  says  when  he  arrived  at  CKCU 
in  April  1992,  he  inherited  a  number  of 
problems  among  staff  and  volunteers  at 
the  station,  one  of  them  being  sexual 
harassment.  Carleton's  sexual  harass- 
ment policy  did  not  apply  to  CKCU  be- 
cause the  station  is  not  under  the  control 
of  the  university. 

Wallace  says  the  station  had  to  de- 
velop its  own  policy  because  it  deals  with 
more  than  350  volunteers,  not  all  of 
whom  are  students  or  staff  at  the  univer- 
sity. He  says  the  most  common  form  of 
harassment  is  one  volunteer  harassing 
another. 

"It's  not  necessarily  taking  place  by 
someone  with  power  over  someone  else," 
he  says.  "Sexual  harassment  is  every- 
where. The  question  is  do  you  recognize 
it?  And  what  do  you  do  about  it?" 

Wallace  says  CKCU  put  together  a 
group  ofvolunteers  from  the  station  and 
took  a  year  to  complete  the  policy.  The 
group  looked  at  over  100  policies  from 
different  organizations  across  Canada, 


with  the  help  of  Nancy  Adamson, 
Carleton's  sexual  harassment  adviser. 

Wallace  says  a  major  part  of  dealing 
with  sexual  harassment  is  education. 
"It's  an  ongoing  educational  process.  The 
definition  of  sexual  harassment  will  al- 
ways be  posted  in  the  office,  saying  it  will 
not  be  tolerated." 

Wallace  says  the  number  of  com- 
plaints has  "significantly  decreased"  since 
the  notice  was  posted  a  year  ago. 

Sexual  harassment  has  been  defined 
to  the  staff  in  general  meetings  and  work- 
shops on  sexual  harassment  are  planned. 
Wallace  says  he  plans  to  incorporate  the 
workshops  into  other  events,  such  as  the 
station's  monthly  general  meetings.  He 
also  plans  to  have  workshops  at  quar- 
terly meetings,  which  are  mandatory  for 
all  volunteers. 

Wallace  says  new  volunteers  will  get 
information  about  sexual  harassment 
"right  from  day  one.  The  second  they 


walk  in  the  office,  they  will  know  what 
our  policy  is  on  sexual  harassment,  and 
that  it  isn't  tolerated  here." 

CKCU's  policy  contains  a  framework 
for  disciplinary  action  including  media- 
tion, counselling  and  dismissal,  says 
Wallace. 

CKCU's  policy  not  only  defines  what 
sexual  harassment  is,  it  also  defines  what 
it  is  not.  Wallace  says  mutual  flirtation 
and  hugs  between  friends  are  not  consid- 


ered sexual  harassment. 

Jane  Keeler,  Carleton's  human  rights 
educator,  says  sexual  harassment  in  uni- 
versities and  the  workplace  is  evident 
and  serves  as  a  way  to  keep  women  down 
by  making  them  feel  uncomfortable. 

"I  want  women  to  go  into  the 
workplace  with  some  encouragement  that 


CKCU  cont'd  on  page  6 


Clarification 

In  "NUG  rep  cries  foul  over  caucus 
chair"  (The  Charlatan,  Sept.  23, 1 993)  a 
quotation  attributed  to  Corey  Mulvihlll 
was  an  off-the-record  remark  which 
should  not  have  been  reported.  The 
quotation  dealt  with  the  Carleton  Uni- 
versity Students'  Association  "brown- 
nosing"  with  administration.  □ 


A  rock  'n  roll  legend 
and  he  reads  The 
Charlatan... 
The  man's  got  class. 


arts 

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classifieds 

16 

feature 

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news 

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national 

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op/ed 

11 

sci/health 

10 

sports 

17 

October  14,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  3 


Debate  over  transcripts  lingers 


by  Margaret  Wilson 

Charlalan  Staff 

The  debate  surrounding  withdrawing 
from  courses  at  Carleton  isn't  over  yet. 

On  June  8,  the  university  senate  passed 
a  motion  removing  the  WDN  notation 
from  all  official  transcripts  sent  out  since 
that  date. 

Before,  WDN  appeared  on  your  tran- 
script if  a  student  pulled  out  of  a  course 
after  the  final  date  to  add  a  course,  but 
before  the  final  date  to  withdraw  from  a 
course  without  academic  penalty. 

This  year,  the  final  date  to  add  a 
course  was  Sept.  24  and  the  final  date  to 
withdraw  without  academic  penalty  is 
Nov.  15  fora  half  credit  and  March  11  for 
a  full  credit. 

A  task  force  was  set  up  in  September  to 
deal  with  "concerns  expressed  during  the 
discussion  of  that  motion,"  says  Les 
Copley,  Carleton's  vice-president  aca- 
demic. 

Professor  Robert  Lovejoy,  the  chair  of 
the  senate  committee  on  admission  and 
studies  policy,  says  one  question  the  task 
force  will  consider  is  whether  to  make  the 
final  dates  to  withdraw  from  a  course 
earlier  in  the  year. 

Lovejoy  says  the  Nov.  15  and  March 
1 1  dates  may  be  unfairbothto  professors 
and  to  students  who  want  to  get  into  a 
course  that  is  full. 

"Faculty  members  complain  some- 
times because  they've  done  all  the  mark- 
ing and  then  the  student  withdraws,"  he 
says.  "As  well,  they're  taking  another 
student's  space." 

Copley  says  he  is  concerned  with  the 
impact  a  change  in  the  withdrawal  date 
may  have  on  Carleton's  budget. 


He  says  a  motion  to  make  the  date  for 
withdrawal  without  academic  penalty 
earlier  was  actually  passed  in  the  senate 
as  long  as  two  years  ago,  but  was  never 
implemented  "because  of  possible  finan- 
cial implications." 

Bill  Pickett,  director  of  the  office  of 
budget  planning,  says  an  earlier  dead- 
line could  cost  the  university  in  tuition 
refunds  as  well  as  incurring  a  lower  level 
of  government  funding. 

Funding  for  each  university  in  On- 
tario is  calculated  based  on  the  number 
of  students  enrolled  at  that  university  on 
the  "reporting  date,"  the  date  when  each 


university  tells  the  provincial  govern- 
ment how  many  students  are  enrolled, 
says  Pickett. 

This  year  the  reporting  date  in  On- 
tario is  Nov.  1,  so  the  university  is  un- 
likely to  require  withdrawals  be  com- 
pleted before  that  date,  says  Copley. 

Schools  such  as  Trent,  Queen's,  the 
University  of  Toronto,  Brock,  Lakehead 
and  Wilfrid  Laurier  generally  have  an 
earlier  deadline  for  withdrawal  without 
academic  penalty  than  Carleton. 

A  survey  of  available  university  calen- 
dars showed  half-course  deadlines  rang- 
ing from  Nov.  12  for  Trent  students  this 


year  to  Sept.  30  for  Queen's  students  last 
year. 

Copley's  vice-presidential  task  force 
on  transcripts  and  related  matters  will 
also  study  whether  other  information 
currently  given  in  transcripts  should  be 
removed,  or  whether  relevant  informa- 
tion exists  which  could  be  added  to  the 
present  format. 

Senate  clerk  Michel  Gaulin  speculated 
that  the  award  of  Canada  Scholarships 
might  be  one  piece  of  information  that 
the  task  force  may  consider  worth  includ- 
ing on  the  transcript.  Presently,  some 
undergraduate  scholarships  appear  on 
transcripts,,  but  not  graduate  scholar- 
ships. 

In  addition,  this  task  force  may  decide 
that  the  concept  of  "withdrawn  in  good 
standing"  requires  re-definition,  says 
Copley. 

Lovejoy  says  rightnow,  astudentwho 
withdraws  from  a  course  with  an  F  will 
still  have  the  ^notation  "withdrawn  in 
good  standing""  on  his  or  her  internal 
audit,  seen  by  students  and  their  aca- 
demic advisors  or  counsellors. 

One  thing  the  task  force  will  not  con- 
sider is  the  motivation  which  prompts  a 
student  to  withdraw  from  a  course,  says 
Copley. 

He  says  he  hopes  to  fill  this  gap  by 
introducing  a  program  of  exit  interviews 
to  be  administered  to  students  withdraw- 
ing from  courses  or  programs  given  at 
Carleton.  The  interview  would  try  to  de- 
termine why  a  student  has  withdrawn 
from  a  course  or  program,  says  Copley. 

Although  there  is  no  deadline  for  the 
task  force's  report,  it  is  expected  to  be 
ready  by  the  end  of  this  academic  year.  □ 


A  safety  guide  to  Carleton's  not-so-safe  spots 


Here  is  a  list  of  safety  tips  com- 
piled by  the  Carleton  Women's  Cen- 
tre and  the  Foot  Patrol. 

BUS  STOPS 

Try  not  to  use  bus  stops  on  campus 
alone  at  night.  If  you  must,  try  and  wait 
at  a  stop  with  a  friend.  If  you  are  alone, 
the  Foot  Patrol  will  escort  you  to  a  stop 
and  wait  until  a  bus  comes. 

TUNNELS 

Don't  use  them  unless  the  weather  is 
really  bad.  Familiarize  yourself  with  the 
tunnels  by  touring  around  them  in  the 
daytime  with  a  friend  to  find  out  where 
the  security  phones  and  exits  are  located. 

QUADRANGLE 

Don't  cross  through  the  quad  between 


the  library  and  the  Tory  Building  alone  at 
night. 

LIBRARY 

Study  on  the  second  floor  in  the 
evening  —  it  is  the  busiest  floor.  Stay 
away  from  empty  floors.  Don't  use  the 
new  bathrooms  in  the  newer  extension 
to  the  library  building  —  they  are  iso- 
lated from  the  rest  of  the  building. 

LOEB  BUILDING 

Avoid  Loeb  lounge  in  the  evening.  Try 
and  use  the  computer  labs  with  a  friend. 
Give  the  Foot  Patrol  a  call  when  you  go. 

ATHLETICS  BUILDING 

Use  the  pedestrian  tunnel  running 
under  the  train  tracks  when  going  to  and 
from  the  athletics  building,  as  opposed  to 


crossing  over  the  tracks. 

ST.  PAT'S  BUILDING 

Don't  use  the  road  behind  the  build- 
ing. 

PATERSON  HALL 

Try  to  avoid  Paterson  Hall  at  night  as 
well.  Keep  the  Foot  Patrol  in  mind. 

RIDEAU  RIVER  PATH 

This  is  a  deserted  area  where  daytime 
use  is  as  dangerous  as  at  night.  Walk 
along  the  sidewalk  running  along  Colo- 
nel By  instead. 

RESIDENCE  BUILDINGS 

Follow  the  lit  path  in  between  the 
residence  buildings.  The  spaces  between 
the  buildings  are  very  dark  and  isolated. 


Use  the  lit  entrances  and  ALWAYS  lock 
your  doors.  Don't  leave  the  building  doors 
ajar  either. 

THE  NORTH  40  PATH  FROM  RESIDENCE 
TO  BR0NS0N  AVENUE 

Don't  let  the  lights  fool  you.  Don't 
walk  on  this  path  alone  at  night.  The 
Foot  Patrol  will  escort  you  across  this  area 
to  Bronson  Avenue. 

PARKING  LOTS 

Lot  6,  by  Stormont-Dundas  residence, 
is  not  safe,  it  is  too  big  and  isolated.  The 
parking  garage  and  lot  by  the  athletics 
building  are  unsafe  for  the  same  reason. 

Try  and  use  lot  1  (by  Oliver's,  behind 
the  Unicentre)  or  Lot  2  (behind  the  li- 
brary). □ 


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Tunnel  gets  overhaul 

by  Doris  Gutenkunst 

Charlatan  Star) 

The  pedestrian  tunnel  under 
the  railway  tracks  by  the  athletics 
building  has  been  renovated  to 
make  it  safer. 

The  changes  cost  $30,000  and 
came  from  the  budget  of  Carle- 
ton's  presidential  advisory  com- 
mittee on  personal  safety. 

Renovations  to  the  tunnel  in- 
cluded painting  it  white  and  the 
addition  of  lighting  to  the  inside 
and  outside  of  the  tunnel. 

The  committee  gets  a  $42,000 
yearly  grant  from  the  Ontario  Min- 
istry of  Colleges  and  Universities 
to  work  on  campus  safety,  says 
Nancy  Adamson,  co-ordinator  of 
the  university's  status  of  women 
office. 

In  past  years  the  university  has 

usedsimilargrantstoimproveresi-  D  ,   .  .   

dence  security,  educate  people  Pedestnan  *"""*> "  >«  brighter  at  night. 
aboutsafety  and  install  phones  in  teach-    Building,  says  Adamson. 
ing  assistants'  offices,  says  Adamson. 
This  is  the  third  year  the  university  has 
received  a  grant.  - 

There  are  also  plans  to  put  a  safety 
mirror  at  the  parking  lot  side  of  the 
tunnel  and  a  chain  link  fence  above  the 
tunnel,  says  Tom  Novosedlick,  project 
co-ordinator  for  construction  services.  The 
fencing  is  to  stop  pedestrians  from  cross- 
ing the  tracks,  he  says. 

Last  year  the  university  worked  mostly 
on  the  section  of  the  tunnels  from  the 
residences  to  the  Unicentre,  painting  the 
walls  white  and  yellow,  installing  better 
signs  and  adding  mirrors  at  intersec- 
tions. This  year  renovations  will  con- 
tinue from  the  Unicentre  to  the  Loeb 


First-yearstudentChristineVan  Dusen 
says  students  can  feel  isolated  walking 
across  campus,  especially  at  night. 

She  says  she  feels  services  like  the  Foot 
Patrol  are  inconvenient  because  you  must 
either  book  an  escort  in  advance  or  drop 
by  the  Foot  Patrol  office  to  have  someone 
escort  you. 

Brenda  Kennedy,  co-ordinator  of  the 
Foot  Patrol,  says  use  of  the  Foot  Patrol 
has  risen  over  the  past  year  by  about  a 
quarter. 

"(We  escort)  anywhere  from  15  to  20 
people  every  night,"  she  says.  In  spite  of 
the  changes  to  the  tunnel,  Kennedy  says 
"there's  no  such  thing  as  enough,  until 
campus  is  completely  safe. "  □ 


HATE  HURT! 

this  sticker  was  taken  off  a  phone 
pole  on  elgin  street,  if  this  and 
other  forms  of  hate 
make  you  ^^-^^\es- 


contribute  to  the 
charlatan's  hate  supplement, 
the  deadline  for  submissions  is 
Wednesday,  november  10th.  if 
you  are  interested  in  contributing, 
contact  the  charlatan  at  788-6680. 


Fun  Famuhar  Fact  ~ 

..everything  you  wanted  to  know  about  Sparky  but  were  too 
athletic  to  ask 


by  David  Bartolf 

Charlatan  Start 

As  we  put  Oemo-Corleton  Man's 
life  further  under  the  microscope,  we 
realize  the  awful  truth:  Sparkomatic 
is  a  jock. 

Sparkomatic  jogs  daily.  He  annu- 
ally punts  or  pitches  for  the  United 
Way.  In  his  Who's  Who  In  Canada 
entry,  hisonly  listed  hobbiesare  sports 
swimming,  golf,  cross-country  skiing 
and  jogging. 

What  didn't  make  the  list  are  .'he 
sports  he  secretly  indulges  in  on  cam- 
pus: 

•  Kite-flying  in  the  wind  tunnel 
entrance  to  the  library 

•  Bob-sledding  down  Library  Road, 
whizzing  past  the  bus  stop,  or  luging 
with  Spruce  when  their  Jamaican  com- 
patriots are  busy 

•  Skinny-dippinginCarleton'sonly 


year-round  outdoor  pool,  conveniently 
located  behind  the  admin  building 

•  The  parking  Lot  6  to  Southam  Hall 
marathon  (also  popular  amongst  the 
students  rich  enough  to  own  a  car,  but 
too  poor  to  pay  any  more  than  $4  for 
parking) 

•  Dunton  Tower  bungee-juraping 

•  Sidewalk  skating  (available  only 
for  the  11  days  between  any  snowfall 
and  when  buildings  and  grounds  fi- 
nally gets  around  to  cleaning  it  up) 

•  Glengarry  camp-outs  (scheduled 
immediately  after  friendly  midnight 
fire  alarms  to  meet  with  the  residence 
population) 

•  Tunnel  spelunking 

•  Doing  thewaveandcrowd-surflng 
during  Psych  101  lectures  in  Theatre  A 
wearingonlyaRainbbwheadwig,  stra- 
tegically holding  a  john  3:16  cardboard 
sign.  □ 


to 


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INNES  ROAD  JUST  EAST  OF  THE  417  (NEAR  THE  PRICE  CLUB) 


October  14,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  5 


School  rings  in  the  new 

by  Susie  Haley 

Chatlalan  Staff 

Carleton's  school 
of  industrial  design 
has  created  a  ring  to 
"promote  and  en- 
courage the  visibility 
of  our  profession 
among  other  disci- 
plines,"  says  (on  Buss, 
president  of  the 
school's  student  asso- 
ciation. 

The  winning  ring 
was  designed  by  Steve 
Jones,  whograduated 
from  Carleton  s 
school  of  industrial 
design  in  1993.  It 
costs  about  S25. 

According  to  Buss, 
the  sterling  silver  ring  represents  the  refinement  of  material,  going 
from  rough  to  smooth  design. 

Buss  says  he  hopes  the  ring  will  become  a  symbol  of  the  industrial 
design  as  a  profession.   Q 


Eat  your  heart  out,  Green  l  antern  and  Hercules. 


CKCU  cont'd  from  page  3 

something  can  be  done,"  says  Keeler, 
who  gave  a  seminar  at  Carleton  on  sexual 
harassment  on  Oct.  4. 

Keeler  says  Carleton's  sexual  harass- 
ment policy,  which  covers  students  and 
university  employees,  concentrates  on 
women  and  defines  two  types  of  sexual 
harassment. 

The  first  is  the  "trading  favors"  type  of 
sexual  harassment,  in  which  the  victim 
is  forced  to  trade  sexual  favors  for  ad- 
vancement. 

The  second  definition  includes  sexual 
comments,  jokes  or  inappropriate  touch- 
ing. Keeler  says  this  is  the  most  common 


type  of  sexual  harassment.  "It  doesn't 
matter  if  you're  male  or  female,  you've 
seen  it." 

Nancy  Adamson,  Carleton's  sexual 
harassment  advisor,  says  Carleton  has 
had  three  or  four  formal  sexual  harass- 
ment complaints  this  year. 

Most  women  who  talk  to  her  about 
sexual  harassment  do  not  followthrough 
with  their  complaints  because  they're 
worried  about  the  possible  ramifications, 
says  Adamson.  She  says  these  include 
fall-out  from  the  complaint  and  self- 
doubt. 

Keeler  says  men  and  women  need  to 
work  together  to  address  sexual  harass- 


by  Karin  Jordan 

Charlatan  Staff 

Here  at  The  Charla- 
tan we  getlots  of  mail 
—  pressreleases,  junk 
mail,  hate  mail  and 
news  tips.  But  by  far 
our  favorite  inter-of- 
fice communican'onis 
that  from  the  senate. 

No,  not  the  house 
of  sober  second 
thought  on  Parlia- 
ment Hill,  but  that 
haven  of  contempla- 
tion on  the  sixth  floor 
of  the  administration 
building  here  on  cam- 

yg^r  pus' 

Xl.  Not  iust  because 

^Si  we  love  getting  moil, 
but  because  the  mail 
from  the  senate  constantly  challenges 
our  linguistic  prowess.  Take  this  ex- 
cerpt from  the  Sept.  20  account  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  216th  meeting  of 
the  Council  of  Ontario  Universities, 


dealing  with  whether  to  participate  in 
Maclean 's  magazine's  annual  ranking 
of  Canadian  universities. 
Adminspeak: 

"The  Committee  {on  Government 
and  Community  Relations)  had  con- 
curred in  the  recommendation  of  the 
Committee  on  Accountability,  Perform- 
ance Indicators,  and  Outcomes  Assess- 
ments, a  committee  of  COU's  Council 
on  University  Planning  and  Analysis 
(CUPA),  thatOntariouniversities  refuse 
to  participate  in  the  survey,  but  com- 
mit themselves  to  making  public,  on 
an  annual  basis,  some  standard  infor- 
mation developed  in  accordance  with 
recommendations  which  the  Commit- 
tee on  Accountabili  ty  etc.  had  made  to 
the  provincial  Task  Force  on  University 
Accountability." 

Whew.  Say  that  one  three  firnesfast. 

Translation: 

The  committee  thinks  Ontario  uni- 
versities should  tell  Maclean's  to  get 
lost,  and  instead  should  publish  their 
own  data  which  will  make  them  look 
better.  Q 


ment.  For  example,  often  people  don't 
respond  to  jokes  which  put  down  women, 
she  says. 

"A  lot  of  things  go  by  and  people  say 
'is  that  for  real,'"  says  Keeler.  "You  blink 
and  the  moment  passes." 


9m 


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Keeler  says  people  have  to  speak  out 
against  sexist  comments.  She  says  fears 
which  men  have  that  their  workplace  is 
being  restricted  by  the  threat  of  sexual 
harassment  complaints  are  unfounded. 

Women  have  a  right  to  work  in  an 
atmosphere  which  is  comfortable  and 
respectful,  says  Keeler.  □ 

CURRICULUM  cont'd  from  page  3 

hopes  to  see  courses  and  curriculum 
change  as  a  result  of  the  group's  work. 

"I'd  like  to  see  more  support  for  change 
and  more  discussion  among  faculty," 
says  Klodawsky. 

Gottheil  says  she  believes  one  of  the 
main  problems  with  improving  the  cur- 
riculum is  a  lack  of  discussion  among 
faculty  about  curriculum  issues. 

"  A  lotof  things  have  been  happening, 
but  they  (faculty)  are  doing  them  in 
isolation.  They  don't  know  what  other 
faculty  is  doing.  This  network  could  pro- 
vide them  with  a  space  to  discuss  what 
they  tried  to  do,"  says  Gottheil. 

Dence  says  professors  should  try  to 
share  their  experiences  and  ideas  with 
one  another  and  the  network  may  be 
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6  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  14,  1993 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Natural  Law:  not  a  bunch  of  flakes 


by  Ian  McLeod 

Chart  at  an  start 

Neil  Paterson  says  he 
is  not  just  another  flake. 

The  leader  of  the  Natural  Law  Party  of 
Canada  passionately  believes  in  the 
powerof  transcendental  meditation  and 
the  group  practice  of  Yogic  flying  as  a 
cure-all  for  society's  ills.  Everything  from 
the  mental  and  physical  health  of  the 
population  to  the  battered  economy,  and 
even  war,  can  be  healed  by  Natural  Law's 
programs,  says  Paterson,  the  party's  can- 
didate for  the  Ottawa-Centre  riding. 

Yogic  flying  is  a  process  of  transcen- 
dental meditation  which  can,  when  prac- 
tised by  a  group  of  7,000  people,  exert  a 
positive  influence  on  society,  says 
Paterson,  a  native  of  Saskatchewan. 

The  Natural  Law  Party  has  hit  the 
ground  running  since  its  inception  a  year 
and  a  half  ago  and  is  fielding  231  candi- 
dates across  the  country  in  this  election. 

Among  the  candidates  is  illusionist 
Doug  Henning,  running  in  Toronto's 
Rosedale  riding,  who  promises  in  his 
television  commercials  to  be  able  to  make 
the  deficit  disappear  much  as  he  would 
an  elephant. 

Many  of  those  involved  with  the  party 
use  the  title  of  "Doctor,"  including 
Paterson  himself.  But  in  his  case,  Qnd  in 
that  of  Henning,  the  title  is  misleading. 

Both  are  listed  in  Natural  Law's  media 
information  as  PhD  graduates  of  the 
Maharishi  European  Research  Univer- 
sity in  Switzerland.  But  according  to  the 
Swiss  Embassy  in  OttQwa,  those  doctor- 
ates are  from  an  institute  for  private 
study  and  are  not  recognized  as  legiti- 
mate degrees  by  the  Swiss  government. 

The  university  teaches  the  philosophy 
of  the  Maharishi  Mahesh  Yogi,  a  spir- 
itual leader  from  India.  Natural  Law  is 
founded  on  the  Maharishi's  principles. 

A  Charlatan  reporter  caught  up  with 
Paterson  last  week  as  he  was  filming 
television  commercials  in  a  downtown 
hotel. 

Charlatan:  A  lot  of  people  seem  to  be 
dismissing  the  Natural  Law  Party  as  a 
group  of  "flakes. "  What  would  you  like  to 
say  to  people  to  dispel  this  perception? 

Paterson:  The  Natural  Law  Party  is 
the  only  party  that  offers  scientifically 
proven  programs  to  solve  many  of  Cana- 


Neil  Paterson:  an  all-around  serene  guy. 


da's  prob- 
lems, such  QS 
crime,  vio- 
lence and  the 
lack  of  good 
health,  or  bet- 
ter health, 
among  Cana- 
dians.  No 
other  party 
can  make 
such  a  claim. 
We  have  sci- 
entific re- 
search to  back 
up  what  we 
have  to  offer 
and  I  think 
that  we  have 
already  seen 
in  surveys 
that  were  con- 
ducted that 
the  people  of 
Canada  are 
very  inter- 
ested in  our 
programs. 

So  we  have  very  specific  programs  to 
.  .  .  eliminate  problems  in  the  country 
that  others  are  completely  at  their  wits' 
end  about.  They  don't  have  any  solution 
...  to  improve  the  health  of  Canadians, 
whereas  we  offer  complete  knowledge  of 
prevention.  We  would  introduce  these 
prevention-oriented  health  courses 
which,  we  believe,  could  reduce  disease 
by  as  much  as  50  per  cent  within  three 
years  if  they  are  adopted  widely  through- 
out the  country. 

Charlatan:  Where  did  the  Natural 
Law  Party  originate? 

NP:  Well,  the  Natural  Law  Party  was 
first  established  in  Great  Britain  —  1 
believe  that  was  last  April,  and  the  rea- 
son it  was  established  (is)  more  and  more, 
people  are  seeing  that  our  whole  ap- 
proach to  administering  the  country  is 
inadequate  and  that  governments  are 
not  able  to  solve  the  pressing  problems, 
they're  not  able  to  prevent  problems  and 
they're  becoming  less  andless  effective  in 
administering  society. 

As  a  result,  of  course,  in  this  country, 
there'sgrowing  disillusionment  with  poli- 
tics as  usual.  There's  growing  dissatisfac- 
tion and  frustration  amongst  the  people 


that  their  gov- 
ernment is  not 
effective.  And 
when  we  heard 
that  in  Great 
Britain,  some  of 
our...uh,  those 
people  who 
practise  tran- 
scendental 
meditation, 
they  thought 
"well,  why 
don'twe  forma 
party  ,"and  take 
to  the  people 
directly  these 
programs  that 
can  solve  the 
problems  of  the 
country." 

Charlatan. 
On  the  subject 
u  of  unemploy- 
z  ment,  in  your 
information 
package  there 
is  a  statement  that  "everything  in  crea- 
tion has  a  function."  It's  a  logical  state- 
ment and  a  lovely  thought,  but  the  fact 
remains  that  everyone  in  creation  does 
not  have  a  job.  What  sort  of  job  creation 
strategies  does  the  Natural  Law  Party 
have? 

NP:  Well,  we  immediately  would  en- 
gage the  unemployed  in  a  national  pro- 
gram of  reconstruction  in  the  country. 
And  this,  we  would  organize  on  the  local 
levels  with  the  mayors  in  each  constitu- 
ency —  that  the  unemployed  get  job 
retraining  and  participate  in  a  kind  of 
national  service  to  improve  the  infra- 
structures of  the  country. 

On  a  long-term  basis,  what  we  are 
proposing  (are)  a  number  of  things.  First 
of  all,  we  would  introduce  programs  to 
develop  the  full  creative  potential  of  the 
citizens.  Transcendental  meditation, 
again,  has  been  shown  in  scientific  re- 
search to  develop  the  full  creativity,  and 
...  we  believe  all  problems  of  economy, 
including  unemployment,  have  their  base 
in  lack  of  creativity  of  the  individual. 

And  also,  we  would  encourage  stu- 
dents to  spend  more  years  in  education, 
to  gain  higher  degrees,  and  also  to  have 
one  year  or  two  years  of  on-the-job  train- 


ing . . .  technical  training  in  specific  skills 
in  the  profession  which  they're  going 
into,  so  they're  more  qualified  when  they 
enter  into  the  workforce. 

We  would  also  want  to  create  a  situa- 
tion in  the  country  that  will  give  the 
opportunity  for  mothers  not  to  have  to 
work  out  of  the  home,  so  that  they  can  be 
at  home  to  nourish  the  next  generation 
and  care  for  their  children,  so  that  the 
next  generation  is  very  strong  and  vital. 

Charla  tan:  Would  itnecessarily  have 
to  be  mothers? 

NP:  (pause)  Well,  no  one  can  replace 
a  mother.  Mother  is  mother,  and  particu- 
larly in  the  early  years  the  child  needs,  we 
believe,  the  attention  of  mother.  You 
know,  there's  no  replacement  for  it. 
There's  just  no  replacement. 

So,  we're  not  saying  that  this  is  some- 
thing we  would  enforce.  We're  just  say- 
ing we  would  create  an  economic  climate 
in  which  it  would  not  be  necessary,  or 
mothers  would  have  the  opportunity . . . 
they'd  not  feel  forced  that  they  have  to  go 
out  of  the  home  to  work. 

Charlatan:  But  how  can  the  economy 
be  influenced  by  meditation? 

NP:  All  problems  of  economy,  as  I  just 
said,  are  due  to  lack  of  creativity.  And 
stress  in  the  individual  blocks  their  crea- 
tive potential.  On  a  national  level,  with  a 
group  of  7,000  Yogic  flyers,  this  would 
dissolve  the  collective  stress,  the  stress  of 
society,  which  also,  when  it  builds  up  in 
society,  blocks  the  national  creativity, 
and  that's  why  we  have  economic  reces- 
sion and  depression. 

Charlatan:  You've  stated  support  for 
higher  education,  but  education  funding 
is  being  cut  across  the  board.  What  would 
the  Natural  Law  Party  propose  to  do 
about  that? 

NP: . . .  We  can  save  the  government 
up  to  $121  billion  annually,  because  of 
wastage  (and)  the  lack  of  efficiency  in 
government  and  the  problems  in  the 
country. 

So,  by  reducing  problems,  what  we're 
then  able  to  do  is  shift  more  of  the  re- 
sources of  government  to  that  which  is 
most  important,  to  give  every  student  in 
Canada  the  opportunity  to  study  and 
even  gain  a  degree,  or  into  higher  educa- 
tion, at  least  to  have  a  bachelor's  degree 

NATURAL  cont'd  on  page  9. 


New  student  group  promotes  higher  tuition 


by  Lisa  Young 

Charlatan  Staff 

Some  Ontario  students  will  vote  this 
year  on  membership  in  a  new  under- 
graduate lobby  group  which  advocates 
higher  tuition  and  automatic  loans  for 
every  student  enrolled  in  university. 

At  least  five  Ontario  university  stu- 
dent councils  will  hold  referendums  to 
decide  whether  or  not  the  Ontario  Under- 
graduate Student  Alliance  can  represent 
students  better  than  the  national  student 
lobby  group,  the  Canadian  Federation  of 
Students. 

The  University  of  Toronto,  Queen's 
University,  the  University  of  Western 
Ontario  and  Waterloo  University  will  hold 
referendums  on  OUSA  membership  this 
year.  These  schools  have  all  left  CFS  in 
the  last  few  years. 

"The  CFS  has  not  concentrated  on  the 
right  issues  .  .  .  and  this  has  distracted 
them  from  concerns  important  to  stu- 
dents," says  OUSA  spokesperson  Rick 
Martin.  "The  structure  of  the  CFS  has 
made  it  unresponsive  to  students." 

OUSA  was  formed  last  year  by  a  group 
of  student  councillors,  some  from  8rock 


and  U  of  T,  who  were  unhappy  with  CFS's 
representation  of  students. 

Students  at  U  of  T  voted  to  withdraw 
from  CFS  last  year.  Meny-LN  Unan,  ex- 
ternal commissioner  for  U  of  T's  student 
council,  says  one  of  the  reasons  she's 
opposed  to  the  CFS  is  its  unrealisdc  aim 
of  wiping  out  tuition. 

Unan  says  she  supports  OUSA's  man- 
date of  a  30  per  cent  hike  in  tuition  as 
long  as  it  is  coupled  with  an  increase  in 
money  given  to  member  universities  by 
private  corporations. 

"One  thing  OUSA  has  always  made 
clear  is  that  (it)  will  not  support  tuition 
hikes  in  isolation ....  OUSA  feels  the  cost 
of  education  should  not  be  borne  by 
students  alone,"  she  says. 

In  September,  the  student  council  at  U 
of  T  decided  to  delay  their  referendum 
until  the  spring  to  coincide  with  their  the 
student  council  election. 

Brock  is  already  a  member  of  OUSA. 
Student  council  President  Mike  Zywicki 
says  he  hopes  students  will  confirm  this 
in  an  upcoming  referendum  on  Oct.  21. 

He  says  tuition  increases  are  a  reason- 
able demand  and  can  only  have  a  posi- 


tive effect  on  students. 

"I  think  any  change  will  be  positive," 
says  Zywicki.  "The  university  will  be  reap- 
ing the  benefits  of  the  30  per  cent  in- 
crease ...  it  goes  directly  towards  the 
quality  of  education." 

OUSA  intends  to  lobby  governments 
to  share  the  cost  of  post-secondary  edu- 
cation more  evenly  among  students,  gov- 
ernment and  the  private  sector.  Under 
their  plan,  students  would  pay  more  in 
fees  but  corporations  would  donate  fa- 
cilities such  as  computer  labs  and  re- 
search grants. 

Martin  says  OUSA  also  supports  a  new 
system  of  student  aid  called  income-con- 
tingent loans,  which  would  guarantee  a 
loan  to  every  student  not  less  than  the 
amount  of  tuition  fees. 

Students  would  then  take  out  a  loan 
based  on  their  own  assessments  of  how 
much  money  for  expenses  they  would 
need  for  each  school  year.  No  repay- 
ments would  be  requested  if  the  student 
made  less  than  $22,000  per  year  after 
graduation.  If  the  graduate  got  no  in- 
crease in  salary  for  15  years,  the  loan 
would  be  totally  forgiven. 


"No  one  would  have  to  pay  more  than 
a  set  amount  of  their  income,  no  one 
would  have  to  pay  for  longer  than  a  set 
period  of  time  ...  if  anything  it  will  be 
disadvantaging  the  rich,"  says  Martin. 

But  OUSA  is  attacked  by  pro-CFS  stu- 
dent politicians  who  say  the  new  loan 
system  means  higher  debt  loads  for  stu- 
dents. Lucy  Watson,  president  of  the 
Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion, says  the  university  will  "definitely 
not"  become  a  member  of  OUSA. 

"I  think  the  CFS  has  always  believed, 
in  the  student,  whereas  OUSA  seems  to 
be  pushing  for  something  that  could  hurt 
students  financially  and  academically," 
says  Watson. 

focelyn  Charron,  communications  co- 
ordinator for  CFS,  says  the  current  system 
of  Ontario  loans  leaves  students  with  an 
average  debt  load  of  $16,000  after  four 
years. 

"Already  we  think  that's  too  much," 
he  says. 

Under  OUSA's  proposed  loan  system, 
Charron  says  students  can  run  up  a  debt 

OUSA  cont'd  on  page  8. 


October  14,  1993  •  The  Charlatan 


Res  debate  focuses  on  student  assistance 


93 


by  Oavfd  Docking  and 
Stefanka  Kirincich 

Charlatan  Staff 


ability  of  the  loan  program  to  more  stu- 
dents by  eliminating  the  means  test, 
which  evaluates  student  need  based  on 


Lee  said  he  is  unsure  how  to  encour- 
age accessibility  for  people  entering  uni- 
versity because  he  is  a  professor  and 


Local  candidates  pro- 
posed different  ways  of  improving  fed- 
eral student  assistance  at  the  second  Ot- 
tawa-Centre all-candidates  debate  held 
on  campus. 

About  60  students  and  members  of 
the  public  filled  Fenn  Lounge  in  resi- 
dence on  Oct.  7  to  hear  the  nine  candi- 
dates, and  one  Natural  Law  representa- 
tive standing  in  for  absent  leader  Neil 
Paterson,  speak  about  themselves  and 
their  platforms. 

After  the  candidates  gave  brief  open- 
ing statements  focusing  mainly  on  stu- 
dent issues,  audience  members  had  an 
opportunity  to  ask  questions  for  over  an 
hour. 

Questions  were,  for  the  most  part, 
directed  atthe  four  main  parties — Liber- 
als, Conservatives,  Reform  and  NDP  — 
and  ranged  from  the  Goods  and  Services 
Tax  to  the  legalization  of  marijuana,  but 
several  focused  on  student  assistance. 

One  student  asked  what  specific 
changes  the  three  traditional  parties 
would  make  to  the  student  loan  program 
to  make  it  more  open  to  women,  visible 
minorities  and  mature  or  part-time  stu- 
dents. 

Ian  Lee,  the  Conservative  candidate, 
said  the  Tories  would  open  up  the  avail- 


Harb:  offered  no  specifics. 


their  own  and  their  guardians'  incomes. 
He  also  said  the  government  should  in- 
crease the  maximum  amount  students 
may  draw  each  year  for  loans. 

"Campbell  almost  doubled  the  limits 
to  $5,400,  but  I  think  they  are  going  to 
have  to  be  increased  further  than  that," 
Lee  said. 


Lee:  favors  income  contigent  loans. 


deals  with  students  who  are  already  in 
the  post-secondary  system.  But  he  said 
he  supports  programs  that  encourage 
women  to  stay  in  math  and  science  classes 
in  secondary  school. 

While  Liberal  incumbent  Mac  Harb 
agreed  that  "the  Canada  student  loan 
has  to  be  arranged  in  such  a  way  where 


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it  enhances  the  access  to  education"  for 
special  groups,  he  didn't  offer  any  spe- 
cific details.  However,  Harb  said  in  his 
opening  address  that  he  would  reinstate 
student  grants  for  education. 

Marion  Dewar,  the  NDP  candidate, 
said  the  loan  program  is  inaccessible  to 
certain  groups  because  itlacks  additional 
supports,  like  day  care  and  English-as-a- 
second-language  training,  to  encourage 
them  to  enrol  in  university  and  apply  for 
student  loans. 

"The  student  loan  program  (must)  be 
increased  to  the  point  where  we  can 
make  sure  that  post-secondary  educa- 
tion is  available  to  all,"  she  said. 

Although  the  question  of  loans  was 
not  directed  to  him,  the  Reform  Party's 
Len  Tucker  said  his  party  would  open  up 
funding  to  students. 

"You  borrow  based  on  your  expected 
lifetime  earnings  and  not  on  the  means 
test,  what  your  parental  income  might 
be,"  he  said. 

Another  student  questioned  the  Re- 
form and  Conservative  policies  propos- 
ing income-contingent  loans,  whereby 
students  repay  their  loans  based  on  their 
income  after  graduation.  The  student 
said  a  similar  program  in  Australia  failed 
and  h  urt  those  in  a  lower  income  bracket, 
especially  women. 

Tucker's  only  response  was  that  Re- 
form would  revamp  the  Canadian  Stu- 
dent Loans  program  so  that  students 
only  pay  back  a  portion  of  their  loan 
when  they  are  working  at  a  pre-set  salary 
level. 

Lee,  who  favors  loan  repayment  based 
on  a  percentage  of  a  student's  income 
after  graduation,  said  the  income  contin- 
gency plan  "does  not  affect  your  debt 
load,  it  affects  the  repayment  of  the  debt 
you  incur." 

Student  reaction  towards  the  perform- 
ance of  the  candidates  ranged  from 
pleased  to  perplexed. 

"The  Reform  guy  answered  my  ques- 
tions the  best,"  said  Steve  Jefferys,  a  sec- 
ond-year aerospace  engineering  student. 

Paul  Ferreira,  in  second-year  journal- 
ism, said,  "Marion  Dewar  put  in  a  fine 
performance.  I  was  also  impressed  by  Ian 
Lee  but,  unfortunately,  the  PC  Party  is 
not  viewed  very  highly." 

Kevin  Glew,  a  second-year  journalism 
student,  agreed,  saying  it  was  an  "excel- 
lent debate  . .  .  the  Conservative  candi- 
date did  very  well." 

Other  students  were  not  as  impressed, 
however. 

"The  candidates  didn 't  always  answer 
the  questions  the  way  they  should  have, " 
said  Tim  McNamara,  a  fourth-year  po- 
litical science  student. 

Kevin  Lacey,  in  first-year  political  sci- 
ence, said  "I  think  I'm  more  confused 
now  than  I  was  before  the  start  of  the 
debate." 

In  the  end,  cynicism  prevailed  for  at 
least  one  student  -  Christine  Gough,  in 
first-year  journalism,  said,  "As  we  know, 
politicians  are  apt  to  say  whatever  they 
think  the  voters  would  agree  with  and 
then  to  immediately  contradict  that  once 
they  get  to  the  House  of  Commons."  □ 


OUSA  cont'd  from  page  7. 

of  $30,000,  a  demand  he  says  he  consid- 
ers unreasonable  for  students  given  the 
poor  job  market. 

"The  people  we  represent  don't  think 
they're  able  to  pay  more  and  don't  like 
the  idea  that  tuition  will  go  up,"  Charron 
says. 

Martin  says  OUSA  has  no  plans  to 
become  a  national  organization,  but  they 
might  consider  joining  a  reformed  CPS. 
He  says  OUSA  has  no  immediate  plans  to 
lobby  other  Ontario  universities  to  join 
the  organization.  Q 


Western  s  dying  J  school  may  end  up  at  Carleton 


by  Sara-Lynne  Levine 

Charlatan  Statf 

Carleton's  journalism  school  may 
absorb  faculty  members  from  the  gradu- 
ate journalism  program  atthe  University 
of  Western  Ontario  if  the  program's  clo- 
sure is  finalized  on  Oct.  29. 

On  Sept.  29,  Western's  university  sen- 
ate voted  45-34  to  close  its  graduate  school 
of  journalism  as  of  April  1994.  This  vote 
was  the  second-last  step  in  closing  the 
door  on  the  only  other  graduate  journal- 
ism school  in  Canada  besides  Carleton's. 
Western's  board  of  governors  will  meet 
on  Oct.  29  to  finalize  the  decision. 

Western's  university  administration 
said  the  school  is  a  low  academic  priority 
and  cutting  it  will  save  $1.1  million  over 
10  years. 

Michael  Gourley,  Western's  vice-presi- 
dent academic,  blamed  underfunding 
from  the  province  for  the  need  to  cut 
programs  at  the  university. 

"The  provincial  government  will  re- 
duce money  further  by  cutting  transfers 
to  universities.  This  leaves  universities 
with  no  option,"  Gourley  said. 

The  initial  proposal  to  close  the  school, 
announced  in  April,  sparked  fierce,  on- 
going opposition  from  the  school's  stu- 
dents and  faculty. 

Western  dean  of  journalism  Peter 
Desbarats  condemned  the  proposal,  say- 


ing it  was  "ridiculous  that  a  university 
would  close  a  respected  program  like  the 
J-school." 

Members  of  the  journalism  school's 
class  of  1 994 — the  final  graduating  class 
if  the  program  closes  —  staged  an  early- 
morning  protest  at  the  university's  gates 
on  Sept.  27,  but  they  were  unable  to  sway 
the  votes  of  the  university's  senators. 

Carleton's  journalism  department 
may  hire  some  faculty  from  the  Western 
program,  said  Peter  Johansen,  director  of 
Carleton's  school  of  journalism. 

johansen  said  Western's  administra- 
tion contacted  Carleton's  university  ad- 
ministration with  the  news  of  the  pro- 
posed closure  in  April. 

"Atthatpoint,  itwassaid  that  Carleton 
would  consider  making  some  offer  to 
Western,"  he  said.  "That  decision  was 
announced  to  our  faculty  the  same  time 
Western  found  out  the  school  would  be 
-  closed." 

johansen  said  Carleton's  administra- 
tion has  set  two  conditions  for  an  amal- 
gamation proposal. 

"The  first  is,  that  it  wouldn't  cost 
Carleton  anything,"  he  said.  Since  West- 
em  has  already  agreed  that  it  would  pay 
the  salaries  of  those  who  left  for  the  rest 
oftheircareer,  "salary  was  not  an  issue," 
said  johansen. 

He  said  other  costs  would  include  reno- 


vating the  radio  and  television  studios, 
finding  faculty  offices  and  increasing  the 
amount  of  classroom  space.  He  said  these 
costs  would  have  to  be  covered  by  the 
provincial  government. 

"Informally,  the  province  let  Carleton 
know  that  they  would  do  so." 

Johansen  said  the  second  condition  is 
that  faculty  at  Carleton's  journalism 
school  must  agree  to  accept  the  new 
faculty  members. 

"It  was  made  clear  by  vice-president 
(academic  Les)  Copley  that  it  was  up  to 
us  whether  we  accept  or  not,"  said 
Johansen. 

Johansen  said  the  Carleton  journal- 
ism faculty's  decision  will  be  based  on 
three  factors:  whether  the  background  of 
Western's  faculty  is  appropriate,  whether 
future  enrolment  demands  would  out- 
weigh the  increase  in  faculty  and  whether 
journalism  school  would  have  the  facili- 
ties to  deal  with  the  undetermined  in- 
crease in  students. 

"What  it  boils  down  to  is  the  quality  of 
education,"  said  Johansen. 

Carleton 's  faculty  is  already  consider- 
ing inviting  Western's  professors  to  teach 
at  Carleton. 

"At  least  three  faculty  meetings  have 
been  held  on  the  issue,"  said  johansen. 
"The  most  recent  was  on  Oct.  1,  three 
days  after  the  Western  senate  vote." 


Johansen  said  Carleton  has  currently 
adopted  a  "position  of  neutrality,  be- 
cause it  is  still  an  internal  matter  at 
Western." 

While  the  Carleton  journalism  school 
has  adopted  a  neutral  stance,  negotia- 
tions have  still  been  taking  place. 

"The  hope  of  the  upper  administra- 
tion at  Carleton  and  Western  is  that  a 
decision  will  be  arrived  at  so  that  if 
Carleton  makes  an  offer,  individual  West- 
em  professors  will  accept  the  offer  by  the 
end  of  January,"  he  said. 

The  Western  administration's  decision 
to  close  the  journalism  school  was  met 
with  harsh  criticism.  Over 500  letters  and 
petitions  were  sent  to  the  school  by  June 
5. 

Before  the  Sept.  29  senate  vote,  Jeffrey 
Shearer,  publisher  of  Saturday  Nigh  tmaga- 
zine  and  Ted  Eadinger,  vice-president 
and  general  manager  of  CFPL-TV,  met 
with  Western  President  George  Pederson 
to  try  and  convince  him  to  withdraw  the 
proposal. 

Shearer's  letter  to  Pederson  was  signed 
on  behalf  of  11  Ontario  media  execu- 
tives, including  TV-Ontario  chair  Peter 
Hemdorf  and  Keith  Kincade,  president  of 
Canadian  Press.  In  the  letter,  they  ex- 
pressed disappointment  with  the  admin- 
istration's plan  to  cancel  the  program.  □ 


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Local  Reform  candidates  hear  hecklers  at  open  forum 


by  David  Docking  and  Stefanka 
Kirincich 

Charlatan  Start. 

The  Reform  Party's  Ottawa-area  can- 
didates were  given  a  rough  ride  by  some 
students  on  racism  and  language-rights 
issues  at  an  open  forum  held  by  the 
candidates  on  Oct.  7. 

Four  Reform  Party  candidates  from 
the  Ottawa  area  came  to  Carleton  to 
answer  questions  from  a  large  crowd  of 
students  crammed  into  Baker  Lounge. 

Peter  Boddy  (Ottawa  West),  Sam 
Dancey  (Ottawa-Vanier),  Gus  Klovan 
(Nepean)  and  Doug  Walkinshaw  (Ot- 
tawa South)  came  to  Carleton  to  "intro- 
duce the  students  to  the  Reform  Party," 
said  Max  Fishman,  president  of  the 
Carleton  University  Reform  Party  Club. 

Notably  absent  from  the  forum  was 
Ottawa  Centre  Reform  candidate  Len 
Tucker.  He  could  not  attend  the  event 
because  he  was  preparing  for  the  all- 
candidates  debate  in  residence  later  that 
evening,  said  Ian  Whyte,  the  vice-presi- 
dent external  for  the  Reform  club. 

For  the  most  part,  students  were  quiet 
at  the  open  forum,  interrupting  the  can- 
didates only  when  they  weren't  answer- 
ing the  questions  put  to  them. 

But  at  one  point  the  forum  was  loudly 
interrupted  by  a  student  who  disagreed 


with  Reform's  policy  of  treating  all  Cana- 
dians equally  in  employment  and  pro- 
motional situations.  The  student  seemed 
to  contend  that  because  employers  are 
racist  in  their  hiring  practices,  it  is  neces- 
sary to  implement  hiring  quotas. 

Walkinshaw  responded  by  reiterating 
the  Reform  policy  of  the  equality  of  all 
Canadians,  saying  merit  was  the  best 
qualification  for  hiring. 

The  student  refused  comment  to  The 
Charlatan  after  the  forum. 

Another  student  questioned  Reform's 
stand  on  bilingualism,  saying  Canada 
should  have  a  national  bilingualism 
policy  because  the  French  and  English 
are  the  two  founding  nations. 
Walkinshaw,  as  well  as  some  students  in 
the  audience,  argued  Canada  was 
founded  by  Native  peoples  and,  later, 
other  immigrants  who  were  not  exclu- 
sively French  or  English. 

When  the  candidates  were  pressed 
further  on  the  issue  of  bilingualism  and 
the  difficulty  francophones  have  finding 
French  services  outside  Quebec,  Klovan 
said  a  simple  solution  was  for  people  "to 
leam  English." 

In  general,  student  reaction  to  the 
forum  was  positive,  but  many  commented 
that  a  few  students  seemed  to  be  there 
only  to  harass  candidates,  turning  the 


NATURAL  cont'd  from  page  7. 

before  they  take  their  technical  training. 
And  also,  we  would  introduce  educa- 
tional programs  whereby  students  can 
develop  the  full  potential  of  their  con- 
sciousness. This  is  something  that's  been 
missing  in  education  so  far  and  that's 
why  education  has  been  inadequate,  and 
in  many  cases  unsatisfactory,  to  the  stu- 
dents. 

Charlatan:  In  Britain,  1  don't  believe 
that  anyone  was  elected  from  the  Natu- 
ral Law  Party. 

NP:  That's  right. 

Charlatan:  The  attempts  in  Alberta 
and  Nova  Scotia  were  also  unsuccessful. 
What  do  you  think  your  chances  are  of 
getting  elected  at  the  federal  level  here? 

NP:  Well,  first  of  all,  just  to  comment 
on  those  previous  elections.  For  example, 


in  Alberta  and  Nova  Scotia,  actually,  the 
Edmonton  lournal  said  that  we  were  re- 
ally the  big  winner  of  the  election  in 
terms  of  the  other,  smaller  parties  be- 
cause even  though  we  had  been  in  exist- 
ence only  three  weeks,  we  did  get  one  per 
cent  of  the  vote  in  Alberta. 

In  this  election,  though,  in  my  per- 
sonal opinion  ...  I  feel  that  Canadians 
are  more  intelligent  and  more  wise  and 
thatif  they're  able  to  hearaboutwhatthe 
Natural  Law  Party  has  to  offer ...  if  the 
media  takes  it,  and  the  people  under- 
stand it,  that  they  will  vote  for  the  Natu- 
ral Law  Party  because  the  one  thing  they 
know  for  certain:  other  parties,  the  exist- 
ing parties,  the  Conservatives,  Liberals, 
the  NOP,  they  don't  have  answers  to 
these  problems.  They  don't  have  solu- 
tions to  the  problems  of  the  country.  □ 


discussion  into  a  bit  of  a  free-for-ali. 

Marty  Rubenstein,  a  third-year  com- 
merce student  who  had  come  "to  find  out 
more  about  the  Reform  Party,"  said  he 
foundsome  students  "  pretty  rude . . .  they 
were  asking  their  questions  but  they 
weren't  listening  to  the  answer." 

Ron  van  Shaik,  a  student  in  third-year 
economics,  agreed,  saying  "the  hostility 
of  the  audience  shouldn't  have  ever  been 
accepted  by  the  Reform  Party."  But  he 
thought  the  event  was  valuable  for  "just 
making  people  think  ....  I  think  that's 
the  most  important  part." 
-  However,  Gifty  Gyimah,  a  first-year 
law  student,  was  displeased. 

"I  don't  think  my  question  was  an- 
swered. I  don'tthink  I  got  much  info  from 
this  that  I  didn't  already  have,"  he  said. 
"I  think  the  goal  of  the  debate  wasn't 
accomplished  at  all." 

Other  questions  to  the  candidates  at 
the  forum  ranged  from  Reform's  plan  to 
reduce  the  deficit  to  its  policy  on  educa- 
tion. 

As  for  student  issues,  the  candidates 
said  deficit  reduction  would  stimulate 
the  creation  of  new  jobs  in  the  private 
sector  and  that  these  new  jobs  would 
obviously  benefit  students. 

Fishman  said  while  there  may  have 


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crowd  ....  I  think  we  can  say  that  was 
accomplished."  □ 


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SCIENCE  &  HEALTH 


The  enviro-friendly  sewage  system 


by  Debbie  Poon 

Charlatan  Siaft 

A  recently  developed  water  treatment 
system  which  is  environmentally  friendly 
can  recycle  sewage  instead  of  dumping  it 
into  the  environment. 

The  system,  not  yet  in  use  in  Ottawa, 
uses  natural  ways  to  break  down  domes- 
tic and  industrial  sewage. 

Professor  Bryan  Hollebone  of  Carle- 
ton's  chemistry  department  has  been 
working  on  the  system  for  10  years,  de- 
veloping detectors  that  check  the  quality 
of  the  water  throughout  the  process. 

Hollebone  says  the  system  is  better 
than  the  current  water  treatment  sys- 
tems. Unlike  current  systems,  this  one 
retrieves  metals  and  makes  fertilizers  for 
resale  and  produces  clean  water  for  re- 
use. It  also  produces  heat. 

"If  you  try  and  make  a  river  do  this 
job,  you're  depending  on  the  accidental 
capacity  of  the  river,  and  it  may  not 
always  be  able  to  do  the  sewage  treat- 
ment, "  says  Hollebone. 

In  the  new  system,  initial  breakdowns 
by  bacteria  occur  in  the  very  first  tank. 
The  bacteria  break  down  waste  chemi- 
cally without  using  oxygen.  They  are  the 
first  step  in  this  process,  just  as  in  nature. 
After  that,  the  sewage  moves  into  the 
second  set  of  tanks,  where  different  kinds 
of  detox ifi cants  work. 

These  detoxificants  can  be  bacteria, 
plants,  or  animals,  depending  on  the 
detoxifying  process  in  each  tank. 

In  the  end,  digestible  substances  be- 
come non-toxic  and  are  converted  to 
biomass,  which  can  be  sold  as  fertilizer. 
Poisonous  metals  such  as  mercury  and 


lead  and  precious  metals  such  as  silver 
are  trapped  by  specific  plants.  Heat  pro- 
duced as  a  byproduct  may  be  used  to  heat 
buildings. 

Hollebone  says  this  environmentally 
friendly  alternative  is  also  cheaper,  be- 
cause it  costs  one-tenth  of  the  current 
systems  to  install  and  one-fith  of  the  costs 
to  run.  He  says  one  traditional  $30-mil- 
lion  sewage  system  in  the  United  States 
was  replaced  by  this  new  one  for  a  cost  of 
$3  million. 

The  system  is  being  used  in  some  parts 


of  the  United  States  and  Toronto.  Repre- 
sentatives from  the  Ministry  of  the  Envi- 
ronment and  the  Regional  Municipality 
of  Ottawa-Carleton  did  not  want  to  com- 
ment on  the  viability  of  the  system. 

While  current  systems  involve  expen- 
sive underground  concrete  networks,  this 
system  can  be  contained  in  a  greenhouse. 
Greenhouses  are  easier  to  build  and 
change  around  than  a  constructed  water 
treatment  plant,  so  the  system  can  be 
manipulated  easily  as  the  needs  of  the 
community  change. 


Hollebone  says  the  major  problem 
with  this  new  system  is  that  people  may 
not  believe  the  treated  water  is  clean .  To 
show  the  public  that  contaminants  in 
the  water  are  below  the  trace  level,  which 
is  the  level  harmful  to  people,  Hollebone 
has  been  developing  analysis  equip- 
ment. 

These  detectors  check  the  quality  of 
the  water  as  it  moves  through  15  eco- 
logical tanks.  When  there  is  a  problem, 
water  is  diverted  into  a  holding  tank. 
The  old  system  only  checks  water  at  the 
end  of  the  treatment.  □ 


Science  Billboard 

Ongoing 

The  Ottawa-Carleton  Institute  for 
Computer  Science hosts  seminarse  very 
second  weekat  1:30  p.m.  in  Room  536 
of  the  Herzberg  Building.  On  Thurs- 
day, Oct.  14,  Homa  Atabakhs  of  the 
Institute  for  Advanced  Manufacturing 
Technology  at  the  National  Research 
Council  will  present  "ExTool:  Interac- 
tive Expert  System  Toolkitin  Smalltalk." 
Graduate  studentsin  Carleton's  school 
of  computer  science  are  expected  to 
attend.  □ 

Saturday,  October  16 

The  first  annual  Carieton 
Algorithruriic  Theory  Symposium  will 
be  held  between  9:30  am.  and  4  p.m. 
in  the  Steacie  Building.  Admission  is 
free  and  it  includes  a  lunch  buffet.Q 

Please  send  any  notices  of  any 
science  and  health  events,  activi- 
ties, speakers  or  seminars  to  The 
Charlatan,  Room  531  Unicentre. 


Whereas,  pursuant  to  section  5.1  of  the  CUSA  Consolidated 
Electoral  Code,  the  Chief  Electoral  Officer  shall  issue  a  Writ  of 
the  By-Election.  Be  it  hereby  known  that  Elections  Carieton 
intends  to  hold  elections  for  the  positions  below  for  the  CUSA 
Council  and  the  University  Senate  on  November  9  and  10,  1993. 

ELECTIONS  CARLETON 


CUSA  POSITIONS  AVAILABLE: 


Architecture  (1) 
Arts/Social  Science  (1) 
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Computer  Science  (1) 
Engineering  (2) 
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Science  (3) 
Special  Student  (3) 


SENATE  POSITIONS  POLLING  LOCATIONS: 
AVAILABLE: 


Science/Computer  Science  (2) 
Architecture/Industrial  Design  (1) 
Social  Science  (2) 

ELECTION  DATES: 

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Validation... October  28  to  November  1 
Campaigning... November  2  to  November  10 
VOTING...  November  9  and  November  10 

SPENDING  LIMITS: 

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All  other  CUSA  Constituency  Candidates:  $55.00 

ATTENTION! 

There  will  be  a  Potential  Candidates  meeting  October 
19,  from  12  to  2  pm,  in  room  427  Unicentre. 

For  further  information,  please  contact 
James  Riiett,  CEO,  at  127-D  Unicentre 
(788-2895). 


Loeb  Tunnel  Entrance  Mackenzie  Building 
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Office  (127-D 
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Tuesday,  October  19 
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at  127-D  Unicentre 
(788-2895). 


DEADLINE: 
Wednesday,  October  27 
(noon). 


FEEL  LIKE  THE 
WORLD  IS  ON  YOUR 
SHOULDERS? 


THEN  COME  AND  HELP  OUT  WITH  THE  SCIENCE 
AND  HEALTH  PAGE.  WE  COME  OUT  THE  SECOND  THURS 
DAY  OF  EVERY  MONTH.  WE  NEED  IDEAS  AND  THE 
PEOPLE  TO  GETTHEM  DOWN  IN  PRINT. 
NEXT  ISSUE  IS  NOVEMBER  11. 


"Marion  has  always 
been  a  strong  voice  for 
students.  I  trust  her, 
and  I  know  she  will 
work  hard  to  represent 
us  on  national  issues." 

-Kim  Newton 
former  CUSA  vice  president 


MARION  DEWAR 

A  Strong  Voice  for  Students 

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10  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  14,  1993 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Proposals 
fail  to  root 
out  racism 


If  a  tree  is  rotten  at  the  roots,  do  you  continue  to 
prune  the  upper  branches  or  do  you  just  chop  the 
whole  thing  down? 
The  Ontario  Ministry  of  Education  proposals  forstop- 
ping  racism  and  discrimination  on  university  campuses 
suggest  you  just  keep  pruning. 

Lastweek,  Ontario's  education  minister,  Dave  Cooke, 
announced  that  colleges  and  universities  will  have  to 
develop  policies  calling  for  "zero  tolerance  of  harass- 
ment and  discrimination." 

While  the  ministry's  proposals  look  promising  at  first 
glance,  they  don't  go  far  enough  in  challenging  racism 
and  discrimination  at  universities. 

The  ministry  has  two  main  proposals.  One  is  that 
universities  have  guidelines  that  ensure  governing  boards 
are  representative  of  the  community  itserves.  This  would 
mean  guaranteeing  spots  on  the  board  for  students, 
faculty  and  under-represented  groups,  such  as  people 
with  disabilities. 

The  other  is  that  universities  develop  a  "harassment 
and  discrimination  prevention  policy."  These  policies 
would  give  people  a  way  to  complain  about  specific 
instances  of  harassment  and  discrimination  on  campus. 

A  big  problem  with  the  ministry's  proposals  is  that 
universities  who  already  have  similar  policies  in  place 
are  given  no  guidelines  on  how  they  can  improve  fur- 
ther. This  lets  universities  who  already  have  some  type  of 
discrimination  policy  off  the  hook. 

For  example,  if  an  university  already  had  guaranteed 
spots  on  their  board  of  governors  for  students,  faculty 
and  under-represented  groups,  it  would  be  awfully  easy 
for  them  to  say  "We  meet  the  minimum  standards,  and 
that's  all  we're  going  to  do  about  racism." 

The  other  problem  is  that  while  the  policy  would  allow 
overt  incidents  of  racism  and  discrimination  to  be  at- 
tacked, nothing  addresses  the  much  more  difficult  issue 
of  systemic  discrimination. 

Racism  and  discrimination  don't  just  happen  on  an 
incident-to-incident  basis.  A  lot  of  discrimination  at 
universities  is  built  right  into  the  system,  making  it 
difficult  to  root  out.  While  overt  racism  should  not  be 
tolerated,  it  is  as  important  to  deal  with  the  ingrained 
racism  that  exists  at  universities. 

While  the  ministry's  proposals  are  valid,  they  don't 
strike  at  the  real  problem.  Fundamental  issues,  such  as 
a  curriculum  that  teaches  almost  everything  from  a 
Euro-centric  viewpoint,  are  not  even  touched  upon  in  the 
ministry's  proposals. 

The  ministry's  proposals  are  a  good  start  for  universi- 
ties which  don't  have  any  policies  in  place.  What  the 
ministry  should  have  done  is  make  suggestions  for 
further  steps.  For  example,  ways  to  integrate  philoso- 
phies, other  than  the  standard  Western  point  of  view, 
into  courses  and  course  material.  While  the  ministry 
can't  dictate  what  is  taught  to  students,  they  could  at 
least  suggest  that  universities  take  a  look  at  it. 

Instead,  they  suggest  trying  to  save  a  dying  tree  by 
treating  only  the  top  branches.  Most  people  know  that  if 
you  want  a  tree  to  flourish,  it  has  to  have  healthy  roots. 


CHECTm  TARZ^N  LOST  IN  BAKER  LOUNGE  JUNGLE 


OPINION 


Vegetarian  for  a  healthy  world 


by  Paula  du  Hamel 

Paula  du  Hamel  Is  in  her  last  year  ol  a  double  major  in  English  and  anthropology  at 
Carieton. 

When  we  think  of  being  environmentally 
friendly,  we  gather  our  tin  cans,  newspapers 
and  paper  products  to  dump  in  the  recycling 
bin.  Some  of  us  may  extend  our  practices  to 
shutting  off  the  lights  when  they're  not  needed,  tighten- 
ing taps  to  prevent  leakage  and  reducing  water  waste. 

However,  what  we  do  not  tend  to  admit,  or  control,  is 
our  attitude  towards  the  animals  we  serve  on  our  dinner 
table  and  the  way  they  are  raised  as  feed  for  our  world. 

1  was  taught  that  cattle 
roamed  in  pastures  and  were  pro- 
vided to  me  by  the  Creator  for 
food.  I  lived  with  that,  because  I 
was  not  about  to  go  out  and  hunt 
when  I  could  go  to  my  local  gro- 
cery store.  What  I  did  not  know 
(and  probably  should  have  in- 
vestigated many  years  ago),  is 
how  our  meats  are  raised  and 
slaughtered  for  human  consump- 
tion. 

After  attending  a  lecture  on 
vegetarian  ideology  held  by  Car- 
ieton's  Vegetarian  Club  a  couple 
of  weeks  ago,  I  was  shocked  when 
they  showed  a  film  of  the  farm- 
ing techniques  some  people  use 
to  raise  animals. 

The  film  showed  baby  chicks 
in  the  United  States  being  held 
up  to  a  mechanism  similar  to  a 
bottle  opener.  Their  tiny,  soft 
beaks  were  wedged  in  to  fit  be- 
tween the  opening  and  snipped 
at  the  joining  of  the  beak  to  their 
face.  This  technique  is  used  to 
prevent  them  from  pecking  each 
other  in  their  cramped  storage  quarters. 

Some  of  these  babies  could  not  withstand  the  shock 
and  died.  Others  bled.  Their  eyes  were  filled  with  unbe- 
lievable devastation  at  this  predetermined  course  exist- 
ence had  in  store  for  them. 

One  comment  made  by  a  farmer  in  the  film  was  that 
the  procedure  was  "just  like  cutting  toenails,"  an  illogi- 
cal statement  because  toenail- cutting  never  killed  any 
living  thing.  Here,  we  saw  baby  chicks  dying. 

Some  farms  keep  their  animals  boxed  in  a  rectangu- 
lar stall  with  their  necks  and  head  encircled  by  yet 
another  cage  which  thrusts  their  faces  into  the  feed.  This 
is  to  keep  them  continually  eating.  These  animals  never 


see  daylight  or  exercise  their  legs  in  a  pastoral  setting. 

The  film  also  made  me  aware  of  the  chemicals  and 
antibiotics  fed  to  animals  to  prolong  their  lives.  Animals 
being  trucked  to  their  destination  often  develop  various 
ailments  that  hinder  their  survival  and  therefore  de- 
crease their  market  profitability.  Hence  the  drugs. 

While  travelling  in  New  Zealand,  1  was  guilty  of 
tasting  as  many  lamb  burgers  as  were  offered  my  way. 
Somehow,  I  could  justify  my  gluttony  by  assuring  myself 
these  creatures  lived  a  full  and  healthy  life.  Since  viewing 
the  film,  I've  changed  my  mind  and  I've  become  a 
vegetarian. 

As  a  Native  person,  I  was  taught 
to  honor  the  animal  and  to  thank 
the  animal  for  providing  its  body 
for  my  earthly  sustenance.  Nota- 
bly, most  powwows  I've  attended 
serve  wild  meats.  Interestingly 
enough,  however,  I  was  speaking 
to  a  Mohawk  friend  who,  when  1 
asked  if  there  could  be  a  broader 
vegetarian  diet  offeredatnextyear's 
Montreal  powwow,  agreed  that  this 
idea  would  be  taken  into  consid- 
eration. 

My  friend  informed  me  that  the 
ancient  teachings  of  the  Mohawks 
had  included  a  vegetarian  diet  and 
that  there  were  some  who  were 
strict  vegetarians. 

Today,  we  have  supermarkets 
available  to  us  if  we're  in  the  city 
and  if  we  have  some  land  in  the 
country  or  a  city  garden  we  may 
grow  vegetables.  Any  other  things, 
such  as  grains  to  make  bread,  are 
easily  available.  Why  then  should 
we  insist  on  buying  meat,  when 
animals'  feed  includes  cement  and 
drugs,  yes,  cement  and  drugs,  used 
to  speed  up  the  process  of  fattening  the  calf  and  to  bulk 
it  up. 

Why  not  develop  better  methods  for  the  farming  of 
vegetation  and  grains? 

We  have  enough  food  to  feed  the  hungry  now,  but 
somehow,  governmental  systems  are  against  those  whose 
bellies  are  empty.  Much  food  goes  only  to  the  highest 
bidder,  not  to  those  who  need  nourishment. 

We  are  definitely  out-of-sync  with  nature  and  it's 
affecting  our  planet.  We  should  all  be  aware  of  it,  so  let's 
fix  it,  and  treat  other  living  entities  with  the  respect  we 
know  they  deserve.  The  baby  chicks  did  it  for  me.  What 
will  it  take  to  convince  you?  Q 

October  14,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  11 


LETTERS 


CHARLATAN 


iMETOl'SIIWEIDEII  STUD£KT  K  EWSFAPEK 

October  14,  1993 

VOLUME  23  NUMBER  9 

Editor  In-Chief 

Mo  Cannon 

Production  Manager 

Kevin  McKay 

Business  Manager 

Jill  Perry 

NEWS 

Editors 

Contributors 

Doris  Gutenkunst 
Prema  Oza 
Andrea  Wiebe 

Mario  Carlucci 
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Do  it  defensively 

Editor: 

There  are  some  really  bad  cyclists  out 
there  who  give  the  rest  of  us  a  bad  name. 
You  know  the  kind  —  they  bike  on 
sidewalks  and  ignore  stop  signs.  It's  get- 
ting pretty  bad.  Here's  an  example. 

A  few  weeks  ago,  my  friend  was  biking 
down  Library  Road  ata  fairly  fast  clip.  He 
was  approaching  another  cyclist  who 
wasn't  going  too  fast.  My  friend  decided 
to  pass. 

Without  signalling,  without  even  a 
glance  overhisshoulder,  the  otherdamn 
cyclist  turned  left.  My  friend  was  toast. 
He  ploughed  right  into  him  and  went 
head-over-handlebars  onto  the  pave- 
ment. He  landed  on  his  back  and  had  to 
be  taken  to  hospital  by  ambulance. 

Fortunately,  he  was  not  injured  seri- 
ously, but  what  gets  me  is  the  sheer 
stupidity  of  that  cyclist.  What  if  there  was 
a  car  coming  instead  of  my  friend?  What 
if  a  car  had  been  following  behind  my 
friend  when  he  was  thrown  from  his 
bike? 

What  the  hell  fuels  the  irresponsible 
behavior  of  some  people?  Riding  a  bike  is 
like  driving  a  car  -  you've  got  to  do  it 
defensively. 

With  all  the  hoopla  over  the  helmet 
law,  I  question  whether  or  not  the  money 
would  be  better  spent  on  education  and 
skills  development.  Helmets  can  reduce 
injury,  but  proper  skills  could  prevent 
them. 

Neil  Seto 
Engineering  IV 

Don't  curse  the 


captain 


Editor: 

I  was  extremely  offended  by  Marty 
jones's  lyrics,  "The  Captain  was  a  one- 
eyed  dwarf,"  in  "Feds,  dreads  and  toasted 
breads,"  The  Charlatan,  Sept.  30,  1993. 

Such  close-mindedness  regarding  Visu- 
ally and  Vertically  Challenged  Persons  of 
a  Nautical  Persuasion  (ViVeChaPe- 
NauPers)  is  unacceptable,  especially  from 
an  artist  of  Jones's  stature. 

Ash  Asudeh 
Mass  Communication  II 

Haywire  heating  a 
health  hazard 

Editor: 

Three  years  ago  The  Charlatan  head- 
lined a  story  on  "Colds  and  claustropho- 
bia in  Carieton  res, "  (Health  Supplement, 
The  Charlatan,  Oct.  25, 1990).  It  included 
stories  about  university  buildings  and 
how  they  affect  students'  health. 

The  situation  seems  to  have  changed 
little.  For  three  weeks  students  have  had 
to  sit  with  their  jackets  on,  in  a  cold 
classroom.  Others  have  been  in  boiling 
classrooms.  It  is  a  great  atmosphere  for 
learning,  as  the  pedagogical  specialists 
with  their  comfortable  offices  in  the  ad- 
ministration building  well  know. 

Worse,  however,  is  the  situation  of  the 
university  administration,  which  is  ap- 
plauding the  discovery  of  underground 
water  to  heat  the  university.  It  is  not 
enough  that  the  first  system  still  mal- 
functions; we  now  will  have  a  second  to 
reinforce  it. 

How  much  will  that  cost?  Students 
had  their  fees  increased  dramatically. 
That  has  not  improved  the  heating  or 
health  situation. 

In  this  period  of  restraint,  has  the 
university  borrowed  money  to  pay  for 
this  new  system  that  might  work  as  well 
as  the  old  one?  If  so,  how  much  ond  what 
will  be  the  repayment  cost?  Will  students 
fees  increase,  staff  and  faculty  wages  be 
reduced,  and  fewer  faculty  and  staff  hired 


in  order  to  provide  for  this  magnificent 
system  which  does  not  work  effectively  or 
efficiently?  Does  it  mean  the  old  system  is 
impossible  to  fix? 

Why  is  the  university  administration 
being  so  secretive?  Why  is  the  staff  and 
the  faculty  and  their  unions  so  reluctant 
to  ask  questions  about  this  costly  im- 
provement? Why  are  the  students  or  their 
representatives  so  silent?  Is  it  managerial 
prerogative  with  a  vengeance? 

It  is  not  surprising  to  see  upper  man- 
agement blithely  endorsing  spending 
while  crying  penury;  students,  faculty 
and  staff  remain  frozen  (or  boiled)  in 
their  classrooms.  Must  be  a  question  of 
empire  building  priorities. 

Foster  Griezic 
Associate  professor 
of  history 

No  happy  end  to 
discount  deceit 

Editor: 

Maybe  The  Charlatan  isn't  the  right 
channel  to  make  the  following  complaint, 
but  it  surely  reaches  enough  people  to  stir 
the  matter  up. 

As  an  international  student,  prior  to 
my  arrival  in  Canada,  like  everyone  else, 
I  received  a  batch  of  pamphlets,  bro- 
chures, booklets  and  bulletins  bragging 
about  Carleton's  services,  including  heavy 
advertising  telling  us  to  purchase  the 
residence  association's  discount  card.  The 
card  was  intended  to  give  us  discounts  at 
Abstentions,  a  residence  store. 

I  bought  the  card.  Only  $5. 

So  far,  no  discount  to  be  seen.  I  am 
paying  full  prices. 

Now,  I'm  not  going  to  ask  for  a  five- 
dollar  refund.  That's  not  the  point.  The 
point  is  the  residence  association  lied, 
whoever  runs  Abstentions  lied,  and  a  lot 
of  advertising  led  miserable,  ignorant 
international  students  to  believe  this  was 
a  bargain.  We  took  the  time  to  fill  a  form 
out.  Every  time  I  go  to  Abstentions  to 
claim  a  discount,  I  sound  like  a  nut, 
pursuing  a  vain  hope. 

Some  of  the  chaps  at  the  residence 
association  are  really  willing  to  help  set- 
tle this  matter,  claiming  the  discounts 
will  be  in  force  "next  week"  and  apolo- 
gizing. Nevertheless,  they  can't  seem  to 
get  whomever  is  in  charge  to  write  a 
happy  end  to  this  story. 

Abstentions  won't  mind  my  quitting 
shopping  there. 

Carlos  Pheysey 
MA  International  Affairs  I 

Halting  Student 
Hunger 

Editor: 

ThisyeartheQueen's  University  Alma 
Matter  Society  has  created  the  "Hidden 
H  uriger  Committee."  We  don't  often  think 
of  how  hunger  affects  people  in  our  uni- 
versity community. 

It's  pretty  easy  to  miss  the  students  on 
campus  who  are  struggling  to  provide  for 
basic  needs  like  food  and  shelter.  Yet, 
there  are  hungry  students  who  suffer 
from  improper  diets  and  malnourishment 
and  they  aren't  nameless,  faceless  peo- 
ple. They  may  be  your  friends,  neighbors, 
classmates  or  housemates. 

Students  are  feeling  the  effects  of  these 
strained  economic  times.  Some  aren't 
able  to  get  a  part-time  job  or  their  parents 
are  unable  to  provide  financial  assist- 
ance. Government  grants  and  loans  con- 
tinue to  face  funding  cuts.  This  all  adds 
up  to  the  reality  of  some  students  being 
in  serious  need. 

Unfortunately,  there's  no  real  way  to 
identify  who  needs  help.  Hungry  stu- 
dents don't  fit  any  stereotype  of  age, 
personality  or  appearance.  But  some- 


thing can  be  done. 

At  Queen's  University,  the  Hidden 
Hunger  Committee  is  attempting  to  not 
only  raise  awareness  of  this  issue,  but  to 
giving  concrete  help  by  organizing  weekly 
food  drives  and  setting  up  a  hotline  for 
students  who  need  help. 

We  ask  that  Carieton  students  help 
our  cause  by  setting  up  their  own  com- 
mittee and  join  our  nationwide  cam- 
paign to  give  the  issue  of  hunger  a  stu- 
dent voice  across  the  province. 

Matthew  W.  Blake 
Queen's  University 
Hidden  Hunger  Committee 

Deciding  what  is 
right  and  wrong 

Editor: 

Re:  "You're  pregnant,"  The  Charlatan, 
Sept.  30,  1993. 

Consider  the  statistic:  "Number  of 
aborted  fetuses  at  a  Bombay  clinic  out  of 
8,000  that  were  female:  7,999."  ("The 
violence  index,"  The  Globe  and  Mail,  Dec. 
5,  1992) 

Is  this  right?  If  you  say  yes,  anyone 
who  holds  men  and  women  as  equally 
valuable  will  tell  you  that  it  isn't.  If  you 
say  no,  ask  yourself,  why  is  it  wrong? 

Well,  violence  against  women  and 
mass  discrimination  against  the  female 
gender.  The  only  reason  the  proportion  is 
such  is  because  female  life  is  so  little 
respected  in  that  Third  World  city. 

Ah!  Life.  Female  life.  Yet,  it  is  not 
respected  in  our  society,  not  when  female 
fetuses  can  be  aborted  just  because  an- 
other female,  who  votes  and  pays  taxes, 
wishes  it  so. 

Solomon  Slazenger 
English  I 

Everyone's  a  Tory 

Editor: 

After  the  leaders'  debates  it  has  be- 
come clearer  how  this  election  is  to  be 
fought.  Attacks  on  Quebec,  the  Bloc 
Quebecois  and  on  the  legitimate  wishes 
of  Quebecers  are  now  the  common  theme 
of  all  other  parties,  including  (tragically), 
the  NDP. 

The  International  Socialists  hope  that 
these  attacks  will  be  opposed  by  English- 
Canadians.  Other  Reform  Party  policies 
have  become  common,  such  as  their 
targeting  of  immigrants  as  a  cause  of 
crime  and  unemployment.  The  Tory  Bill 
C-86  entrenches  this  attack  by  curtailing 
the  right  of  people  to  live  and  work  where 
they  choose. 

There  is,  on  the  federal  stage,  no  real 
opposition  to  the  various  shades  of  Tory- 
ism. All  parties  accept  the  need  to  make 
some  sacrifice,  our  sacrifice,  to  fight  the 
deficit.  It  is  not  our  deficit,  but  rather  the 
deficit  of  undertaxed  corporations  and 
their  Tory  politicians. 

Voting  in  this  election  represents  a 
rejection  of  old  politics.  Rather  than  this 
dissatisfaction  turning  into  a  basis  of 
political  self-activity,  many  people,  in- 
cluding those  on  the  left,  are  rejecting 
policies  altogether,  and  even  abandon- 
ing the  only  party  of  the  working  people 
in  Canada,  the  NDP. 

We  in  the  International  Socialists  feel 
this  is  a  mistake.  The  election  provides  an 
opportunity  to  remember  the  despised 
Tory  record  and  to  expose  the  repressive 
economic  plans  of  the  Reform  Party. 

We  can  make  our  voices  heard  by 
people  who  might  otherwise  hear  noth- 
ing but  mainstream  politicians.  Come 
start  an  opposition  that  must  continue 
regardless  of  the  election  results. 

Linda  Ripley 
Carieton  International  Socialists 


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by  Kira  \  crnuincl 
jHrflfeves  lists.  She  make-  all  kinds  "I  lists.  I  "here  arc  shopping 
lis(s  and  "Books-l-nave-Yet-to-Read"  lists.  She  makes  clothes-to- 
huj  lislSyond  food-lo-htiv  lisls.  Clara  usually  writes  tint  lists  For 
.hfflffthat  she  knows  will  slay  on  paper  lorcv  er.  The  list  ol  condos 
to  buy  outside  of  Canada  is  one  example. 

Clara  is  a  waitress  at  a  kids'  hangout  joint.  even  though  no  cme 
calls  them  that  anj  more.  The  restaurant  is  really  called  "The  Purple 
Palm"  and  Clara  must  wear  purple  from  head  to  ankle.  Her  shoes  are 
while.  \snvvaitrcss. Clara  usually  only  has  enough  money  Intake  her- 
from  one  week  to  the  nest.  Although  sometimes  when  the  kids  are 
extra  generous  with  the  lips  I  maybe  only  a  buck  more  —  but  they  add 
up).  Clara  sa\es  the  loonies  and  quarters  in  a  jar  so  at  the  end  ol  the 
(ear  she  can  lake  a  vacation.  Sometimes  she  even  drives  by  some  ol 
(he  condos  she  circled  the  previous  fall  while  visiting  Florida  or 
California.  But  that's  as  close  as  she  comes  to  being  a  serious  buyer. 

Still,  she  makes  lists.  Clara's  favorite  is  the  MAN  LIST.  That  list 
is  more  complicated.  She  places  her  men  into  categories.  There  is  the 
"past  list."  the  "present  list,"  the  "long-term  list"  and  the  "fling  list." 
The  men  she  had  sex  with  are  given  five-pointed  stars.  The  kind  she 
learned  to  draw  in  Grade  I. 

Clara  is  22  and  has  been  inv  olv  ed  vv  ith  1-4  men  in  the  last  fiv  e  years 
I  any  before  that  don't  count ).  It  works  out  to  2.S  mcna  year,  although 
she's  unsure  how  she  managed  the  .X  part.  Whenever  she  has  been 
dumped  or  cheated  on  or  forgotten  about  she  looks  at  the  M  AN  LIST 
and  pauses  over  the  names  and  realizes  that  if  she  dates  for  eight  more 
years  there  are  still  22.4  men  to  go.  That  tends  to  cheer  Clara  up. 

Clara  has  also  managed  to  stay  close  friends  with  all  but  one  of  her 
past  boy  friends.  They  call  her  up  on  Tuesday  nights  to  w  atch  mm  ies 
and  to  drink  a  beer  afterwards  at  a  local  bar.  They  tell  her  about  their 
love  lives  or  the  lack  thereof  and  she  sits  at  the  end  of  her  scat,  eyes 
wide,  a  half-mouth-smile  that  says  "Oh,  I'm  listening  and  your  story 
is  the  most  important  thing  on  my  mind."  Meanwhile.  Clara  ponders 
the  list  she  wants  to  write  up  when  she  gets  home.  She  is  already 
thinking  about  the  next  day. 

The  end  of  the  "dale"  always  ends  the  same  way,  regardless  of  the 
man. 

"Clara,  win  didn't  it  work  out  for  us?  What  did  vve  do  wrong?" 
A  gentle  pleading.  A  flutter  of  prodding  lo  get  through  her  door. 
Clara  doesn't  like  this  lime.  They  always  say  I  he  word  "we"  as  though 
she  was  pari  of  I  he  problem.  As  though  she  was  partially  lo  blame  for 
the  wanderings,  Ihe  quickies  in  her  kitchen  with  her  best  friends 
w  hile  she  went  out  for  groceries. 

Clara  {Iocs  not  have  best  friends  any  more.  She  thinks  it's  rather 
ironic  I  hat  she  becomes  so  furious  with  her  female  friends  while  the 
ex-buy  friends  always  weasel  their  way  into  her  life  again.  In  a 
different  form  maybe,  but  they  always  come  back.  Maybe  Clara 
expects  more  from  her  girl  friends.  With  men.  she  thinks,  at  least  she 
can  dismiss  I  heir  mistakes  as  emotional/sexual  'social  stupidity  .She 
picks  Ihe  one  most  suited  depending  on  Ihe  offence  and  the  offender. 
Clara  thinks  Ihe  women  are  supposed  lo  be  on  her  side. 

The  mnsl  elaborate  list  and  Ihe  longest  running  is  Ihe  "Where-I- 
Want-to-Mov.  e-and-Why  "  list.  Clara  has  written  (low  n  Sydney.  Aus- 
tralia. San  Franciscu  I  for  (he  houses  alone!  I.  Yancnuv  er  and  Iceland. 
\  ancouver  would  be  Ihe  easiest  destination  to  move  lo  because  she 
doesn't  need  w  ork  permils  or  v  isas  and  she  doesn't  have  to  prove  to 
Ihe  government  of  the  country  thai  she  has  enough  money  lo  live  on 
lor  two  months.  The  Vustiailian  Embassy  expected  her  to  hav  e  four- 
thousand  dollars.  Iceland.  Clara  decided,  would  be  loo  depressing 
after  she  got  over  the  initial  excitement  of  actually  being  there. 
Toronto  is  had  enough  in  Ihe  winter. 

She  realizes  thai  she  w  ould  like  lo  be  in  Iceland  to  say,  "I've  lit  ed 
in  Iceland."  and  that  is  all.  So.  Vancouver  it  is.  1 1  he  American  Green 
Card  for  San  Francisco,  too  lengthy  a  process.]  Besides.  Ihe  only 
bov  friend  vv  ho  does  not  remain  a  friend  vv  ould  be  far  aw  a  v  and  Clara 
would  never  have  to  worn  abuut  humping  into  him  in  a  restaurant 
or  bar  ev  er  again.  That  giv  es  Clara  peace  of  mind. 

Clara  is  seeing  a  new  man  now.  He  is  only  a  little  taller  than  her 
and  smokes  self-rolled  cigarettes  and  worries  that  she  vvill  move  to 
Vancouver  and  forget  about  him.  He  has  never  told  her  Ibis  because 
he  senses  she  wouldn't  want  to  hear  about  il.  He  is  right.  He  also 
worries  about  Ihe  Tuesday  mov  ie  and  drink  dates  Clara  goes  on. 
This,  he  does  toll  her  and  she  laughs  il  off  and  swallows  a  few  times. 
Clara  skids  off  Ihe  car  seal,  gently  closing  Ihe  door  behind  her  and 
never  calls  Ihe  new  man  again.  She  knows  he  will  make  an  excellent 
mov  ie  partner. 

lew  people  have  ever  gotten  very  angry  with  Clara.  She  is  always 
punctual  and  rarely  backs  down  on  previously  made  plans.  She 
rarely  raises  her  voice  above  a  conversational  level  and  says  please 
and  lhank  von  ai  all  Ihe  riglil  limes.  When  Clara  shows  up  al  a  party 
people  pick  their  way  over  to  her  one  at  a  time  so  thai  Clara  is  always 
listening  lo  other  's  lives,  l  ew  people  al  these  parlies  leave  knowing 


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eyes.  - 

David  is  at  oncofthe.se  parties.  \\  lien  Clara  finally  sees  hint. she 
is  standing  liesidc  hi  in  and  linds  ii  impossible  to  move.  He  looks  at 
her.  crinkling  his  eyes  like  broken  accordions,  all  wrinkles  and  mi 
music.  She  lets  (ail  a  moan,  sways  fo  the  right  and  rolls  her  eyes  up 
inlu  her  head.  She  pushes  her  way  past  a  lew  acquaintances  and 
heads  for  Che  door.  \\  hen  she  is  in  her  ear  she  decides  tn  go  home. 

Clara  can't  sleep  for  tun  nights  and  rubs  old  bruises  and  shakes 
in  her  slippers  as  she  wobbles  In  the  bathroom  to  he  sick.  Her  buss 
is  concerned  and  calls  a  few  times  to  make  surect  cry  thing  isalrighl. 
Clara  can  not  be  taking  —  not  with  a  voice  like  that. 

When  she  finally  dues  lull  asleep,  days  later.  Clara  has  dreams. 
Clara  \sdr  cuius  arc  unlike  Anyone  else  *s  she  knows.  Thev  arc  larger 
than  life  movies.  The)  have  a  beginning,  middle  and  end.  Clara's 
dreams  replav  life,  but  n  ith  inure  colors.  In  these  dreams  though. 
Clara  always  knows  how  the  stun  will  end. 

In  the  dream,  Clara  sits  across  from  David  at  her  kitchen  table 
and  the)  are  arguing.  He  complains  about  the  number  of  male 
voices  he  hears  on  her  telephone.  He  says  he  cannot  trust  her 
anymore.  He  says  she  lies  to  him  and  screws  other  men.  David  is 
getting  angry.  Clara  has  Celt  his  anger  before.  It  is  stinging  and  hot. 
David's  anger  is  a  bullet  ricocheting  off  the  kitchen  walls.  Some- 
times Clara  gets  hit. 

In  the  dream  she  is  thrown  down  on  the  kitchen  floor  of  her 
apartment.  It  is  checkered,  black  and  White.  Clara  s  nails  tear  into 
Dai  id's  neck  and  she  is  choking  on  her  nw  n  surprise.  Her  eves  are 
blurrv  and  she  thinks  about  the  crumbs  on  the  Floor  that  her  head 
is  crushing.  Another  dutv  she  must  add  to  the  cleaning  list  —  sweep 
the  floor.  She  wonders  if  she  will  come  out  of  it  alive.  The  dream  is 
o\  er  w  hen  he  leav  es  her  apartment. 

Of  course  the  arguments  with  David  were  more  three  dimen- 
sional in  real  life.  Il  wasn  't  just  all  macho  jealousy  that  started  it. 
Sometimes  Clara  still  blames  herself  tor  the  \vu\  the  arguments 
began,  It  was  usually  a  black  shot  at  him  —  something  stupid  he  had 
done  in  the  past,  like  the  lie  she  overheard  him  telling  one  of  his 
friends  about  their  sex  life.  He  had  never  made  her  orgasm  17  limes 
in  a  row.  He  rare!)  was  into  il  enough  to  go  for  a  double  header. 
Afterwards  Clara  hated  il  when  bis  friends  looked  at  her  with  new 
interest,  searching  out  signs  of  her  unnatural  power  In  the  waj  she 
ate  or  sal  or  walked  to  the  bathroom.  Clara  haled  how  their  laces 
turned  to  each  other  as  she  left  the  room  lo  get  them  a  drink. 
Sidelong  glances,  a  flick  of  a  cigarette,  a  well-placed  smile.  I>a\  id's 
friends  si  ill  have  nothing  had  lo  sa)  about  Clara. 

Fighting  w  ith  l)av  id  cost  ( 'lara  six  jobs.  W  hen  she  was  all  bruises 
and  puss  she  didn't  don  cov  crop  and  dark  glasses.  Clara  called  in 
sick.  The  jobs  lasted  no  longer  than  two  months  apiece  hut  she  never 
worried  about  finding  a  new  one.  Clara  had  lists  of  places  tn  applv 
to.  Within  days  she  had  a  new  uniform  and  new  trays  lo  earn. 
Finallv .  after  a  fight  she  knew  would  result  in  going  ov  er  the  job  list 
again  looking  for  job  number  seven.  Da\  id  left  the  apartment  and 
never  called  her  again.  He  began  living  with  a  friend  of  a  friend.  She 
had  introduced  them  to  each  other  a  lew  weeks  before.  Clara's 
withdrawal  w  as  painful.  She  rarel)  ate  or  slept  and  hoped 'feared  he 
would  show  up  in  her  bed.  Sometimes  she  wondered  wh)  she  had 
Stayed  w  ith  Dav  id  for  so  long.  Itol  that  was  later.  Towards  the  end. 
Clara  could  make  jokes.  She  once  told  her  last  remaining  female 
friend  that  she  didn't  see  red  «  hen  she  was  angry,  onlv  black  and 
while  checkers  like  Ihose  on  the  kitchen  floor.  Her  friend  onlv 
crunched  her  forehead  and  did  not  smile. 

Clara  saw  David  at  the  part)  ov  era  week  ago  and  is  hack  at  "The 
Purple  Palm"  again.  Her  dreams  have  stopped  and  she  is  circling 
newspaper-houses  to  bu)  in  Florida,  (  "lara  is  making  lists  again. 
The)  have  lilies  like  "How  lo  (Jet  Moncv  I  Need  to  Move"  and 
"People  to  See  Before  1  Leave." 

She  is  in  her  bedroom  making  these  lists.  Her  feel  are  sore  from 
standing  on  them  all  dav.  There  arc  fain!  traces  of  blue  veins 
running  up  and  (low  n  both  of  her  legs  as  she  crosses  them.  When  the 
lists  are  completed,  Clara  goes  to  the  dresser  to  find  a  clean  T-shirt 
to  sleep  in.  I  ndcr  one  oi  lier  shirts  she  sees  her  old  jew  eh\v-bo\-wilh- 
a-hallerina  and  opens  it.  Clara  lifts  a  fistful  of  dried  crumbs  from 
the  box.  She  had  taken  them  from  her  kitchen  floor  and  saved  them 
for  over  a  year.  The  crumbs  are  all  crushed  to  sand. 

(  lara  opens  the  door  lo  the  balconv  and  looks  out  to  the  streets 
from  14  floors  up.  Every w  here  there  are  lights;  stars  ahov  e  her  and 
street  lights  below  her.  Clara  pushes  a  slick  of  hair  from  her 
soldered  mouth  and  releases  the  crumbs  from  her  hand,  allowing 
the  wind  to  earn  them  to  Iceland.  □ 

Kira  Vermond  is  a  third  year  journalism  student  at 
Carleton.  Her  short  story  Seeing  Red  recently  won 
third  place  in  the  Books  Canada  Student  Writer 
contest.  She  won  $250,  and  had  her  name  mis- 
spelled by  the  Globe  and  Mail. 


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 SPORTS 

Anita  stays  put  with  Raven  win 

Driver  Corry  Burke 
scores  five  to  pace 
team  to  victory 


by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Charlatan  Staff 

Anita  Phoque  likes  Carieton. 

The  Ravens  men's  waterpolo  team 
defeated  the  Ottawa  Gee-Geesll-9inthe 
Seal  Game  Oct.  7  to  capture  its  prized 
trophy  —  Anita  Phoque  —  for  a  second 
straight  year. 


Carieton  11  Ottawa  9 


The  Seal  Game  is  waterpolo's  equiva- 
lent to  football's  Panda  Game,  celebrat- 
ing Carleton's  cross-city  rivalry  with  the 
University  of  Ottawa.  The  trophy  is  a 
stuffed  seal  named  Anita  Phoque 
awarded  to  the  winner  each  year. 

After  a  disappointing  season-opening 
loss  to  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels  Oct.  3, 
Carieton  wanted  to  even  their  record  at  1  - 
1  by  winning  their  second  straight  Cup. 

In  front  of  Rodney  the  Raven  and  an 
energetic  crowd  of  Carieton  fans,  driver 
Cony  Burke  scored  five  times  and  driver 
Stewart  Mackie  scored  a  hat  trick,  as  the 
Ravens  defeated  the  Gee-Gees  in  their 
first  of  two  meetings  this  year. 

But  the  Ravens  did  not  score  an  easy 
victory  against  the  far  less  experienced 
Gee-Gees.  Through  the  first  three  quar- 
ters, the  Ravens  teased  the  Gee-Gees, 
never  pulling  ahead  by  more  than  two 
goals.  In  fact,  the  Ravens  allowed  the 
Gee-Gees  to  swim  so  close  that  the  game 
was  tied  7-7  for  part  of  the  third  quarter. 

"They  did  what  they  were  supposed  to 
do  on  offence,"  said  Raven  coach  John 
Pankiw,  "but  they  didn't  follow  our  strat- 
egy on  defence." 

Finally,  in  the  fourth  quarter  the 
Ravens  flared  up  the  opposition's  net 
and  scored  three  straight  times. 

But  after  that  quick  outburst,  the 
Ravens  again  had  problems  controlling 
the  Gee-Gees  and  maintaining  their  11- 
7  lead.  The  Gee-Gees  scored  twice  more 
before  the  clock  ran  out. 

"They  didn't  play  as  well  as  I  hoped, " 
said  Pankiw.  "They  gave  up  the  ball  too 
much." 

With  the  Seal  Game  over,  the  Ravens 
will  now  look  to  improve  their  record 


fe^MT  WEN 


Okay,  so  it's  not  a  genuine  Seal  Game  photo  -  at  least  it's  a  pretty  cool  shot. 


against  the  tougher  teams  in  the  Ontario 
Universities  Athletic  Association's 
waterpolo  league  at  the  University  of 
Toronto  tournament  Oct.  16-17.  This 
weekend,  the  Ravens  will  play  Toronto, 
Western  Ontario,  McMaster  and  York 
universities. 

Last  season,  the  Ravens  were  0-5-1 
and  outscored  73-38  against  the  combi- 
nation of  Toronto,  Western  and 
McMaster.  Only  in  the  playoffs  did  they 
squeezea  10-9victoryagainstWestem  in 
the  bronze  medal  playoff  game. 

"We're  a  much  better  team  than  we 
have  been  in  the  last  two  games,"  said 
Raven  driver  Steve  Bell.  "The  game 
(against  Ottawa)  should  never  have  been 
that  close." 

The  return  of  top  offensive  threat  Dave 
Bason,  who  was  suspended  for  the  Ot- 
tawa game  because  of  a  brutality  mis- 
conduct in  the  Ravens'  11-5  loss  to 


Seal  Stats 

1993  Ravens  11  Gee-Gees  9 

1992  Ravens  14  Gees-Gees  5 

1991  Gees-Gees  12  Ravens  $ 

1990  Gee-Gees  23  Ravens  5 

1989  Gee-Gees  1 7  Ravens  3 

1988  Gee-Gees  14  Ravens  6 


Queen's,  should  prove  helpful. 

But  the  Ravens  will  still  need  to  gear 
up  their  intensity  to  win  games  against 
the  top  teams  of  the  league  this  year.  The 
team  will  need  to  improve  their  ball 
control,  their  breaks  and  quick  shots  and 
most  importantly  —  their  team  play. 

"We're  improving  with  each  game," 
said  captain  Allemander  Pereira,  "but 
we  still  need  to  play  with  each  other 
more."  □ 


Field  hockey  fights  back  to  fie  McGill 


Team  winless  in  six 

by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  step  in  the  right  direction. 

After  their  latest  game,  a  1-1  he  with 
the  McGill  Redmen  on  Oct.  8  at  Minto 
Field,  that's  how  one  could  characterize 
the  effort  of  the  Carieton  women's  field 
hockey  team. 


Carieton  1  McGill  1 


The  tie  raises  Carleton's  record  to  1-6- 
3  but  leaves  them  in  eighth  place  among 
the  nine  teams  in  the  Ontario  Women's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association.  The 
tie  also  runs  the  Ravens'  winless  streak  to 
s'x  games  —  two  ties  and  four  losses. 

Carieton  came  out  extremely  flat  early 
on  and  McGill  opened  the  scoring  at  2:22 
»n  the  first  half.  Redmen  midfielder 
Stephanie  Wollin  capitalized  on  sloppy 
Play  in  front  of  Carleton's  net. 

The  Ravens  trailed  1  -0  at  halftime  but 
evened  the  score  at  the  30-  second  mark 
°f  the  second  half,  when  Raven  midfielder 
^zanne  Bird  poked  in  a  shot  after  a  pass 
""am  forward  Krista  Wilson. 


Bird,  like  her  basketball  namesake, 
was  a  force  the  rest  of  the  game. 

"Sue  really  helped  out  today.  She  made 
a  good  overall  contribution,"  said  head 
coach  Suzanne  Nicholson,  commenting 
on  Bird's  performance. 

The  Ravens  created  tons  of  scoring 
opportunities,  but  they  couldn't  capital- 
ize on  any  with  the  exception  of  Bird's 
goal-  


"Even  though  we  missed  some  oppor- 
tunities, we're  really  starring  to  see  the 
spaces  well, "  said  Bird.  "We  played  really 
strong,  much  like  we  did  against  York  (in 
a  1-1  tie)." 

Even  McGill,  whobeatCarleton2-l  on 
Oct.  3,  noticed  the  improvement. 

"Carleton's  improved  a  lot  over  the 
season,"  said  Wollin.  "They  really  came 
on  (in  the  second  half)-  If  we  hadn't  have 
scored  early  on,  who  knows  what  would 
have  happened." 

The  match  left  everyone  enthusiastic, 
including  Nicholson,  who  noted  the  team 
is  really  starting  to  gel  and  play  well 
together. 

But  Nicholson  does  admit  the  rest  of 
the  schedule  isn't  favorable  to  the  Ravens, 
who  are  hoping  to  land  the  sixth  and 
final  spot  in  the  OWIAA  field  hockey 
league. 

"We're  playing  Toronto,  which  is  one 
half  of  the  national  team,  and  then  we've 
got  York,  which  is  the  other  half  of  the 
national  team,  so  we're  definitely  in 
tough." 

The  Ravens  play  the  league-leading 
University  of  Toronto  Blues  on  Oct.  15 
and  the  York  Yeowomen  on  Oct.  16.  □ 


Overconfidence 
leads  Ravens  down 
the  dark  path 

by  Sarah  Richards 

Charialan  Staff 

Yes,  they  are  human. 

Despite  the  undefeated  6-0-2  record 
in  the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic 
Association's  east  division,  the  media 
attention,  and  the  general  hype 
around  the  Carieton  men's  soccer 
team,  one  thing  is  clear —  they  have 
weaknesses  just  like  any  other  sports 
team. 

"There's  a  lot  of  talk  about  us  be- 
ing very  experienced  just  because 
we've  been  to  big  games.  But  just 
because  you've  been  playing  for  five 
years  doesn't  mean  you're  mature 
enough  to  handle  the  situation  on 
your  own, "  says  five-year  veteran  stop- 
per and  twice  all-Canadian  Earl 
Cochrane. 

And  in  a  period  of  seven  days,  a 
lack  of  maturity  has  resulted  in  a  lack 
of  discipline.  The  overconfident 
Ravens  tied  two  of  the  eastern  divi- 
sion's weakerteams —  the  1-5-1  Trent 
Excalibur  and  the  3-4-1  Queen's 
Golden  Gaels. 

"Sometimes  we  think  we  can  lapse 
with  these  teams  and  they  won 't  pun- 
ish us,  but  they  have  managed  to," 
says  Raven  goalkeeper  Stevie  Ball.  "I 
don't  know . . .  (the  ties  are)  a  bit  of  a 
mystery." 

The  ties  leave  some  players  like 
midfielder  Joe  Gabor  saying  the  style 
of  soccer  the  Ravens  play  is  geared 
more  towards  stronger  teams  like  To- 
ronto and  Laurentian. 

"The  style  we  play  sometimes  works 
against  us,"  says  Gabor. 

In  soccer,  if  s  all  too  easy  to  aban- 
don game  strategy  and  sink  down  to 
the  level  of  inferior  teams.  Before  you 
know  it,  crisp  ground  passes  disinte- 
grate into  unthinking  boots  upfield. 

But  the  Trent  and  Queen's  set- 
backs go  beyond  that  mistake,  be- 
yond the  black  and  white  chalkboard 
of  game  strategy  and  technique. 

"  It  almost  seems  like  immaturity  is 
creeping  in,"  says  Cochrane.  "(The 
players)  need  someone  there  to  be  on 
them  all  the  time,  need  someone  yell- 
ing at  them.  It's  annoying  at  times,  to 
see  it  from  the  bench.  People  have  to 
start  realizing  what  they  have  to  do  as 
individuals." 

And  what  they  have  to  do  as  indi- 
viduals doesn't  include  locker  room 
predictions  on  how  many  goals  will 
be  scored  against  weaker  teams  like 
Trent. 

Whatever  the  reasons  behind  the 
two  mysterious  ties  by  the  Ravens, 
there  is  some  irony  in  the  whole  thing. 
In  their  drive  towards  the  OUAA  east 
division  playoffs,  and  maybe  even  in 
their  grail-like  quest  for  the  CIAU 
national  championship,  the  Ravens 
have  stopped  concentrating  on  the 
little  games  that  may,  in  the  end, 
count  most.  "I  think  people  have  to 
start  focusing  on  the  game  at  hand 
and  not  worry  about  two  games  down 
the  road,"  says  Cochrane. 

Weaknesses  are  acceptable.  A  lack 
of  maturity  is  not. 

And  if  the  Ravens  truly  do  dream 
of  a  national  title,  they  better  start 
taking  these  so-called  little  games 
against  weaker  teams  a  little  more 
seriously. 

Or  their  dream  might  turn  into  a 
nightmare.  □ 


October  14,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  17 


Ravens  we  remember  come  out  to  play 


Golden  Gaels  win 
rematch  easily 

by  Derek  DeCloet 

Charlatan  Staff 

For  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels,  revenge 
was  like  an  after-dinner  mint  that  some- 
one just  spit  out. 

Sweet  and  sloppy  wet. 

The  Gaels  avenged  their  25-20  loss  to 
Carleton  Sept.  25  by  drubbing  the  Ravens 
26-8  on  a  rain-soaked  Raven  Field  Oct.  9. 

"I  guess  it  kind  of  was  a  little  bit  of 
revenge,"  said  Queen's  quarterback  Steve 
Othen,  who  was  13  for  29  with  three 
touchdown  passes.  "They  beat  us  on  our 
home  turf,  so  we  wanted  to  beat  them 


Queen's  26  Carleton  8 


here." 

Carleton  was  beaten  in  every  aspect  of 
the  game,  but  especially  on  offence. 

"All  phases  of  the  offence  were  just  not 
functioning  today,"  said  Raven  coach 
Donn  Smith  after  the  game.  "The  receiv- 
ers were  dropping  the  passes  (when)  they 
were  wide  open,  the  quarterbacks  weren 't 
finding  (the  receivers),  and  the  running 
backs  just  weren't  hitting  the  holes.  And 
on  top  of  all  that,  the  offensive  line  just 
wasn't  blocking." 

The  Ravens  could  musteronly  78yards 
on  offence,  compared  to370forQueen's. 
In  fact,  Carleton  used  almost  as  many 
quarterbacks  —  three  —  as  they  had  first 
downs  —  five. 

"We're  just  going  to  have  to  re-evalu- 
ate who  will  be  starting  quarterback  next 
week  (against  Concordia),"  said  Smith. 

Shawn  Thompson,  who  engineered 
the  comeback  win  at  Queen's  on  Sept.  25, 


made  his  first 
start  of  the 
year  and  was 
ineffective. 
He  com- 
pleted just  4 
of  15  passes 
and  threw  an 
interception 
that  set  up 
the  Gaels' 
first  touch- 
down, a  24- 
yard  pass 
from  Othen 
to  his  brother 
Paul  in  the 
second  quar- 
ter. 

Sean 
O'Neill  took 
over  to  start 
the  second 
half  with  the 
Ravens  trailing  13-1  and  threw  an  inter- 
ception to  end  the  Ravens'  first  posses- 
sion. Soon  after,  Othen  hooked  up  with 
Gaels'  receiver  Paul  Kozan  for  a  63-yard 
score  and  a  19-1  lead. 

After  the  catch,  Kozan  found  himself 
quickly  surrounded  by  several  Raven  de- 
fenders, but  managed  toelude  them  until 
Queen's  could  give  him  some  blocking 
help.  When  that  help  arrived,  Kozan 
scampered  the  rest  of  the  way  for  the 
touchdown. 

"1  stopped  because  I  knew  if  I  contin- 
ued on  straight,  (a  Raven)  would  have 
tackled  me  from  behind,"  said  Kozan. 
"(They)  sort  of  ran  past  and  then  I  kind  of 
danced  around.  The  blockers  down-field 
did  a  great  job." 

Ten  minutes  later,  O'Neill  connected 
with  linebacker  Stephen  White  for  the 


It  was  a  crappy  day  for  the  Ravens  even  though  they  managed  to  stay  on  top  on  this  play. 


Ravens'  only  touchdown  to  narrow  the 
gap  1 9-8.  Butany  hopes  of  another  come- 
back were  quashed  when  the  Othen  broth- 
ers linked  up  for  another  20yard  TD  pass. 

Matt  Tickell  took  over  for  the  Ravens 
in  the  fourth  quarter,  but  couldn't  sus- 
tain any  drives  heading  into  a  suddenly 
brisk  wind. 

The  2-3  Ravens  are  now  tied  with 
McGill  and  Queen's  for  third  place  in  the 
Ontario-Quebec  Intercollegiate  Football 
Conference.  Their  next  game,  at 
Concordia  on  Oct.  16,  will  be  critical  to 
their  playoff  hopes.  Only  the  top  four 
teams  in  the  O-QIFC  make  the  playoffs.  □ 


Football  Follies 

Year  W  L  T  PF  PA  PTS 
1986  5    0  0  192  87  10 

1992  0    5  0  30  182  0 

1993  2    3  0  70    120  4 
As  the  season  progresses,  we'll 
compare  this  year's  Raven  squad 
against  the  best  and  worst  Raven 
teams  of  the  past  the  6-1  1986 
squad  and  the  0-7  1992  team. 


The  Carleton  University  Alumni  Association 
invites  students  to  come  out  and  join  in  the  fun  of 
Homecoming  '93. 

SATURDAY,  OCTOBER  23 

I  p.m.    Ultimate  Frisbee  Match 

Students  vs  Alumni 
Carleton  Football  Field  (Free) 

6  p.m.    Reception,  Dinner  and  Dance 

Featuring  the  music  of  Soul  Train 
Chateau  Laurier  Ballroom  ($45/person) 

SUNDAY,  OCTOBER  24 

II  a.m.  Chancellor's  Breakfast 

Guest  Speaker  Ruth  Lifeso,  BSc/63 
Assistant  Dean  and  Registrar, 
Faculty  of  Science 

Chateau  Laurier  Hotel  ($15/person) 


Call  Kelly  for  information  and  reservations 
788-3636 


Football  men  remembered 


Saturday's  game  was  dedicated  to 
the  memory  of  two  football  men  who 
died  lost  week. 

Aformer  Raven  offensive  linesman, 
Sudbury  Const.  Joseph  MacDonald 
was  shot  several  times  and  left  to  die 
beside  his  police  carafterpullingover 
a  car  on  Oct.  7  in  northeast  Sudbury. 
The  father  of  two  young  girls  died 
shortly  after  arriving  at  the  hospital. 

MacDonald,  who  graduated  from 
Carleton  in  1988,  was  a  member  of 
the  famed  McHog  line  of  the  mid- 
1980s,  when  the  Raven  football  pro- 
gram was  a  force  in  the  country. 


A  moment  of  silence  was  observed 
and  the  Ravens  all  wore  MacDondld's 
old  number,  Number  55,  on  their  hel- 
mets in  his  honor. 

Earlier  in  the  week,  Frank  Tindall, 
the  legendary  coach  of  the  Queen's 
Golden  Gaels,  died  on  Oct  5.  He  was 
84.  Tindall  died  as  a  result  of  head 
injuries  from  o  fall  two  weeks  earlier. 
Tindall,  a  former  coach  of  the  team, 
led  the  Golden  Gaels  to  a  111-84-2 
record  over  29  years.  Under  his  guid- 
ance, the  Golden  Gaels  won  eight  con- 
ference champtonshipsand  the  Vanier 
Cup  in  1968.  □ 


WATCH  THE 
GAME! 


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18  ■  The  Charlatan  •  October  14,  1993 


~*^j>  Raven 
Mumblings 

QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"They  can  play  with  the  best  of  them, 
but  they  hove  to  score  a  goal  to  win.." 

'  Women's  soccer  coach  David  Kent  on 
his  team's  lack  of  offence. 

BRIEFS 

The  Carleton  Ravens  rugby  team  lost 
1 7-9  to  the  Royal  Military  College  Redmen 
on  Oct.  7.  It  was  their  first  loss  against 
four  wins  and  the  team  must  now  win 
their  last  two  games  against  Toronto  and 
Trentto  guarantee  themselves  first  place 
in  the  OU  AA  division  II  rugby  league  and 
an  appearance  in  post-season  action. 

The  Carleton  hockey  team  opened 
their  new  season  in  the  senior  R.  A.  league 
the  same  way  the  ended  their  last  one  — 
with  a  loss  to  the  Abloom  hockey  club. 

Abloom  bounced  Carleton  in  the  first 
round  of  last  year's  playoffs  and  contin- 
ued the  punishment  Oct.  6  at  the  R.A. 
Centre  with  a  4-2  win  over  Carleton. 

"It's  tough  when  you  have  18-year- 
olds  playing  against  30-year-olds,"  said 
general  manager  Paul  Correy. 

Carleton's  new  sailing  club  placed 
last  in  the  All-Star  Invitational  Intercol- 
legiate Regatta  in  Toronto  Oct.  9- 10,  com- 
peting against  university  sailing  clubs 
from  Queen's,  Brock  and  Western  On- 
tario, Carleton  fielded  one  team  in  the 
lightning  class  boats  and  competed  in  six 
races.  Queen's  won  the  regatta. 


CALENDAR 
Friday,  Oct  IS. 

HOCKEY  -  The  Carleton  hockey  club 
will  face  off  against  Brock's  St.  Lawrence 
College  in  exhibition  action  at  the  R.A. 
Centre.  Game  time  is  1:30  p.m.  Tickets 
are$l  at  the  door. 

FIELD  HOCKEY  -  The  women's  field 
hockey  team  will  be  in  Montreal  looking 
to  improve  on  their  1-6-3  record  against 
the  10-0  University  of  Toronto  Blues  in  a 
4:30  p.m.  match. 

Saturday,  Del.  16. 

FOOTBALL  -  The  2-3  Ravens  football 
team  travels  to  Montreal  this  weekend  to 
kick  off  against  the  3-2  Concordia  Sting- 
ers. With  only  two  games  remaining  in 
the  season,  the  Ravens  need  a  win  to 
keep  their  playoff  hopes  alive. 

FIELD  HOCKEY  -  The  women's  field 
hockey  team  will  continue  its  road  trip  in 
Montreal,  facing  off  against  the  7-0-2 
York  Yeowomen  at  9  a.m.  and  following 
that  up  with  a  1 :30  match  against  the  0- 
1 1  Trent  Excalibur. 

RUGBY  -  The  4-1  rugby  team  will  host 
the  3-2  University  of  Toronto  Blues  on  the 
Carleton  rugby  field  at  1  p.m.  The  Ravens 
must  win  their  remaining  two  games  to 
make  the  playoffs. 

SOCCER  -  The  6-0-2  Raven  men's 
soccer  team  will  host  the  5-3-1  Laurentian 
Voyageurs  on  the  soccer  field  at  1  p.m. 

WATERPOLO  -  The  men's  waterpolo 
team  travels  to  Toronto  this  weekend  to 
take  on  the.McMaster  Marauders  at  1 :30 
p.m.  and  the  Western  Mustangs  at  6  p.m. 

SAILING  «  The  sailing  club  will  be 
launching  the  first  ever  Wet  Panda  Re- 
gatta between  the  sailing  clubs  of  Carle- 
ton and  Ottawa. 

Sunday,  Oct  17. 

SOCCER  -  The  3-3-1  women's  soccer 
team  will  kick  off  against  the  4-1-1  York 
Yeowomen  in  a  home  game  at  3  p.m. 

The  men's  soccer  team  will  continue 
their  home-stand  against  the  York  Yeo- 
men in  a  1  p.m.  match. 

WATERPOLO  -  The  waterpolo  team 
continues  its  road  trip  with  games  against 
the  Toronto  Blues  at  10:30  a.m.  and  the 
York  Yeomen  at  3  p.m.  □ 


Sooner  spirit  inspires  Ravens 

Former  junior  champs  brings  winning  attitude  to  the  dressing 


by  Derek  DeCloet 

Charlatan  Staff 

They  are  about  as  varied  a  group  as 
you're  likely  to  find  on  a  university  foot- 
ball team. 

The  difference  between  the  heaviest 
andlightestplayersis  nearly  100  pounds. 
Tallest  and  shortest?  Seven  inches.  There 
is  a  speedy  comerback  and  a  stocky 
linebacker  and  a  lanky  kicker,  and  just 
about  everything  in  between. 

But  there's  one  thing  these  former 
Ottawa  Sooners  all  have  in  common:  a 
winning  attitude. 

"You  can't  help  but  appreciate  the 
fact  that  you  can  bring  players  in  that  do 
know  what  it  takes  to  win, "  says  Ravens' 
head  coach  Donn  Smith. 

Smith  has  ties  to  1 1  ex-Sooners,  in- 
cluding six  rookies,  who  are  now  on  the 
Raven  roster  of  56.  He  spent  the  last  two 
years  with  the  Sooners,  as  a  co-offensive 
co-ordinator  and  offensive  line  coach. 

The  Sooners  play  in  the  Ontario  Foot- 
ball Conference,  a  league  made  up  of 
players  under  23. 

Most  are  university-age  players  who, 
for  a  variety  of  reasons,  have  elected  not 
to  attend  university  and  play  varsity  foot- 
ball. For  the  playoffs,  the  OFC  joins  with 
other  leagues  like  it  in  Canada  to  form 
the  Canadian  junior  Football  League. 

The  Sooners  made  it  to  the  champion- 
ship game  in  each  of  Smith's  two  years. 
In  1991,  they  losttoSaskatoon.  Lastyear, 
they  beat  the  Surrey  Rams  to  claim  the 
CjFL  title. 

Smith  says  experience  helps  those 
players  now. 

"These  guys  have  been  to  the  top 
twice,  so  they  know  what  it  takes." 


room 


Wayne  Wilson  returns  a  kickoff. 

The  attitude  is  contagious  around  the 
locker  room,  says  Raven  quarterback 
Shawn  Thompson. 

He  should  know.  Thompson  played 
for  the  Ravens  in  1991,  jumped  to  the 
Sooners  last  year  after  a  poor  academic 
year,  and  has  returned  to  the  Ravens' 
nest  this  year. 

"You  bring  guys  that  have  won  na- 
tional championships . . .  they  bring  that 
(experience)  with  them  and  they  pass  it 
around  the  locker  room, "  he  says,  noting 
that  players  who  haven't  had  the  Sooners' 
winning  experience  often  ask  him  about 
it. 

With  Carleton 's  early  success  this  year, 
and  with  Smith's  connection  to  Sooner 
head  coach  Greg  Marshall,  one  can  be 
sure  the  Ravens  will  continue  to  put  ex- 
Sooners  on  the  field. 

"He  (Marshall)  is  a  full  supporter  of 
the  Raven  program,"  says  Smith.  "He 
will  do  his  utmost  to  make  sure  that  any 
of  his  players  who  wish  to  go  on  to  school 
will  be  coming  to  Carleton."  □ 


i.  7 


I 


Quarterback  Shawn  Thompson  has  been  mighty  effective  in  a  back-up  role 


Ex-Sooners  have  been  instrumental 
in  the  Raven  football  team's  early  suc- 
cess. Here,  then,  are  the  11  former 
Sooners  who  now  wear  Raven  black: 

Chris  Giacobbi,  kicker:  Lastyear, 
he  led  the  team  in  scoring  with  a  measly 
14  points.  This  year,  he  already  has  18. 

Shawn  Thompson,  quarterback: 
Thompson  replaced  struggling  starter 
Sean  O'Neill  at  Queen's  and  rallied  the 
Ravens  to  a  come-from-behind  victory. 

Wayne  Wilson,  comerback:  A 
speedster  who  handles  kickoff  returns. 

Sean  Baptiste,  free  safety 
(rookie):  Baptiste  has  taken  over  as 
"quarterback  of  the  defence"  for  Mark 
Senyshyn,  an  O-QIFC  all-star  in  1992. 

loey  Oucharme,  linebacker 
(rookie):  He's  one  of  those  guys  you're 
happy  is  on  your  team,  not  on  the 
opponent's  team. 


Brace  Bachelder,  centre:  In  his 

second  year  with  the  Ravens,  Bachelder 
is  one  of  the  team's  offensive  captains. 

Harry  Van  Hofwegen,  defensive 
end  (rookie) :  Van  Hofwegen  is  off  to  a 
monster  start,  leading  the  conference 
with  five  quarterback  sacks 

Scott  Bishop,  nose  tackle:  A  pleas- 
ant surprise.  "We  had  no  idea  he  was 
going  to  be  able  to  play  the  level  he's 
playing  right  now,"  says  Smith. 

Greg  kenney,  wide  receiver 
(rookie):  Smith  says  Kenney  has  sure 
hands.  "He'll  make  the  big  catch  foryou 
when  you  need  it." 

Jeff  Koradi,  running  back 
(rookie)  and  Mike  Lavery,  defen- 
sive end  (rookie):  Koradi  and  Lavery 
are  both  former  Sooners  who  practise 
with  the  team,  but  are  not  playing  be- 
cause  they  are  not  full-time  students. 


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Raven  men  lapse  leads  to  a  soccer  tie 


Stopper  Cochrane 
missed  on  the  field 

by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Start 

The  field  conditions  were  right.  Per- 
sonnel was  not. 

Whenthe6-0-l  Carleton  men'ssoccer 
team  kicked  off  against  the  3-4-0  Queen's 
Golden  Gaels  on  Oct.  7  in  Kingston,  there 
was  a  lazy  sun  warming  the  still  air  and 
the  pitch  was  in  good  shape. 

But  missing  from  the  Carleton  lineup 
were  forward  )ohn  Laura  and  stopper 
Earl  Cochrane.   


Soccer  Shuts 

Here's  how  the  Raven  men  rank 
against  the  country's  best 

1  UBC  Thunderbirds 

2  Carleton  Ravens 

3  McGill  Redmen 

4  Alberta  Golden  Bears 

5  Victoria  Vikings 


Carleton  2  Queen's  2 


Lauro  had  the  flu  and  Cochrane  was 
suspended  for  the  Queen's  game  after 
taking  his  third  yellow  card  against 
Ryerson  on  Oct.  3. 

It  shouldn't  have  mattered.  But  it  did, 
as  the  Gaels  fought  back  from  a  two-goal 
deficit  to  tie  the  Ravens  2-2. 

Carleton  scored  first  at  the  1 4-minute 
mark  when  rookie  striker  Marty 
McCaffrey  beat  two  defenders  in  the  cor- 
ner and  scored  a  low  shot  to  the  far  post 


"I  was  thinking  of  shooting  earlier 
because  the  goalie  was  off  his  line,  but  i 
decided  to  try  to  take  (the  ball)  in  and 
beat  the  defender,"  said  McCaffrey.  "If 
we  had  more  chances,  we  should've  tried 
to  get  the  ball  over  the  keeper,  because  he 
was  really  moving  off  his  line  a  lot." 

Two  minutes  later,  the  Ravens  heeded 
his  advice. 

McCaffrey  crossed  the  ball  to  mi  dfielder 
Chris  Scuccato  sitting  in  front  of  the  net. 
The  Queen's  goaltender  was  left  out  of 
position  for  the  save. 

"The  keeper,  for  some  reason,  was 
way  out  of  his  net, "  said  McCaffrey.  "For 
a  shot  from  that  far,  I  don 't  know  what  he 
was  doing." 


Cochrane  was  a  force  the  last  time  the 
Ravens  played  the  Gaels  winning  4-1, 

The  Ravens  dominated  the  first  half  of 
the  match,  but  the  second  half  was  a 
different  story. 

"The  guys  sat  back,  took  it  easy  and 
felt  that  two  goals  were  enough  to  seal 
the  win,  but  it  wasn't,"  summed  up 


midfielder  Andrew  Wooldridge.  Call  it 
deja  vu  of  the  Trent  game  when  the 
Ravens  tied  the  last-place  Excalibur  1-1. 

Queen's  may  have  been  less  skilled  on 
the  ground,  but  they  were  dangerous  in 
the  air.  The  Gaels'  centre-midfielder 
placed  his  long  throw-ins  perfectly  be- 
tween Ball  and  the  Raven  fullbacks. 

"We  lost  two  balls  in  the  air,  and  those 
cost  us  the  goals,"  said  Ball. 

It  wasn't  long  after  their  first  goal  that 
the  Gaels  evened  the  score. 

"They  just  got  up  after  that  goal,  and 
itwas  like  a  domino  effect.  They  just  kept 
getting  better,"  said  Wooldridge. 
g     Despite  commending  the  work  of 
stand-in  stopper  Ian  Wright,  some  play- 
=i  ere  said  the  outcome  may  have  been 
|  different  had  stopper  Cochrane  played. 
z     "Earl  just  has  a  presence  on  the  field. 
e  Those  two  plays  might  not  have  hap- 
"  pened  because  Earl  would  have  got  his 
head  on  it  or  he  would  have  been  first  to 
get  to  the  ball,"  said  midfielder  Joe  Gabor. 
Said  Cochrane  afterwards: 
"I  thing  the  calming  effect  (of  my 
presence)  would  have  helped." 

Cochrane  and  Lauro  will  be  in  uni- 
form when  the  6-0-2  Ravens  take  on  the 
4-2-1  Laurentian  VoyageursonOct.  16.Q 


Soccer  women  lose  game  and  stifl  make  playoffs 


by  the 


by  Natasha  Rapchuk 

Charlatan  Stall 

You  take  the  bad  with  the  good. 

That's  the  latest  lesson  learned  by  tl 
Carleton  women's  soccer  team. 

Even  though  the  Ravens  suffered  a  1- 
0  loss  to  the  top-ranked  Queen's  Golden 
Gaels  on  Oct.  7  in  Kingston,  they  still 
clinched  a  playoff  spot  in  the  Ontario 
Women's  Interuniversity  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation's east  division. 


Queen's  1  Carleton  0 


Last  week,  the  Trent  Excalibur  lost  2-0 
to  the  University  of  Toronto  Blues  and  the 


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THE  SHIT 
COMES  DOWN 
OCT.  25. 

Don't  get  caught 
unaware,  like  this 
poor  soul. 

Read  The  Charlatan's 
election  supplement,  which 
hits  the  newsstands  Oct.  21 
You'll  find  hard-hitting 
questions  for  local 
candidates,  university  poll 
results  and  analysis  of 
student  issues. 
No  shit. 


Ryerson  Rams  lost  3-0  to  the  York 
Yeowomen.  With  only  three  games  re- 
maining in  the  season,  neither  team  has 
any  hope  of  catching  the  Ravens  for  the 
fourth  and  final  playoff  spot. 

The  Ravens  held  the  Gaels  until  the 
20-minute  mark  of  the  second  half,  when 
Queen's  forward  Deb  Cancian  slipped 
through  the  Carleton  defence  to  score. 

The  Ravens,  not  renowned  for  their 
scoring  prowess,  were  unable  to  respond 
—  missing  two  open-net  chances  and 
hitting  a  crossbar. 

"They  can  play  with  the  best  of  them, 
but  they  have  to  score  a  goal  to  win,"  said 
Kent  of  his  team.  "That's  1993's  Achilles 
heel,  that  no  one  on  the  team  has  come 
forward  and  become  a  scorer." 

But  Carleton's  scoring  record  is  an 
improvement  over  last  year.  This  time 
last  year  the  Ravens  had  scored  seven 


goals.  They've  scored  12  so  far  this  year. 

Kent  is  proud  of  that  progress,  but  sees 
a  problem  with  it. 

"No  one  has  taken  charge,"  he  said. 
"There  are  six  different  people  who  have 
scored  the  12  goals.  That's  a  wide  spread. " 

Despite  the  lack  of  scoring  finesse,  the 
Ravens  did  manage  to  pepper  the  Gaels' 
goalkeeper  with  some  difficult  shots. 

"(Carleton)  had  some  chances,"  said 
Queen's  assistant  coach  Marco 
Giacomello.  "Our  keeper  made  a  great 
stop  in  the  first  half.  Otherwise,  Carleton 
would  have  been  one  up  on  us,  and  it 
would  have  been  hard  to  come  back." 

The  offence  may  have  been  lacking, 
but  the  defence  was  not. 

Kent  praised  the  play  of  his  defensive 
players,  especially  goalie  Kristina  Bacchi, 
who's  averaging  less  than  a  goal  a  game. 

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20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  14,  1993 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Bo  Diddley  does  the  blues,  and  then  some 


by  Chris  Nuttall-Smith 

Charlatan  Staff 


Bo  Diddley 

Penguin  Rock  Bar 
Oct.  8 


=-orthe  most  part,  Bo  Diddley's 
performance  was  incredible. 
His  dancing,  playing  and 
singing  had  the  full  house  at 
the  Penguin  hooting  with 
laughter  and  screaming  in 
approval  for  most  of  his  Fri- 
day night  gig. 
Diddley  warmed  up  the  worshipping 
crowd  with  "I'm  A  Man,"  dancing  and 
shaking  his  knees  better  than  Elvis  ever 
could.  His  satirical  rendition  of  a  less- 
than-romantic  husband  in  "Shut  Up 
Woman,"  with  equal  parts  talking  and 
singing,  had  the  crowd  roaring.  It  was 
shaping  into  a  historic  event. 

The  historic  feeling  continued  into  the 
next  tune,  which  was  hardly  characteris- 
tic of  Diddley's  usual  blues  and  classic 
rock.  No  one  expected  to  hear  country 
from  Bo,  but  with  help  from  his  cracker- 
jack  band  and  lots  of  communication 
with  the  crowd,  he  pulled  off  "Promises, 
Promises"  with  gusto  —  bragging  "I  jus' 
wrote  that  song  a  week  ago." 

Switching  genres  once  again,  Diddley 
didn't  really  impress  with  his  rap  song 
"I'm  Gonna  Get  Your  Girlfriend."  The 
song's  only  redemption  was  its  hilarious 
lyrics  and  primal  Jungle  Book  beat. 
The  rock  and  roll  legend  moved  back 


to  familiar  ground  with  a  short  rendition 
of  "I'm  a  Roadrunner,  Baby"  be- 
fore blowing  the  roof  off  the  house  with  a 
25-minute  epic  instrumental,  complete 
with  strumming,  hip  shaking  and  the 
occasional  "Come  on,  Come  on!" 
into  the  mike.  Only  Diddley  could  have 
had  middle-aged  women  dancing  in  the 
aisles  amidst  a  frenzied  audience,  with- 
out him  singing  one  note. 

The  next  bit  was  a  show-stopper.  With 
his  grassroots  blues  voice  and  twangy 
guitar,  Diddley  delivered  the  ultimate 
blues  performance.  This  had  to  be  it.  He 
was  finally  playing  the  classic  Diddley 
the  crowd  came  to  hear  —  maybe  he'd 
even  do  "Hey  Bo  Diddley." 

But  he  didn't. 

Diddley  closed  what  had  been  an  in- 
credible show  with  a  10-minute,  out  of 
place,  overly  paternal  lecture  about  kids 
and  society  today  and  a  third-rate,  bleed- 
ing heart  rap  called  "Kids,  Don't  Do  It." 
Rap's  hard  enough  to  listen  to  when  it's 
good.  Unfortunately,  Bo  don't  know  rap. 

Talking  with  Diddley  after  the  show 
was  almost  as  hard  as  listening  to  him 
rap.  The  man  was  more  interested  in 
raving  on  about  the  problems  with  kids 
today  and  how  the  hippie  generation  is 
to  blame  for  them  than  talking  about  his 
music. 

Back  to  more  familiar  music  territory, 
he  didn't  seem  confident  about  the  fu- 
ture of  guitar:  "Unless  we  rum  around 
and  go  back,  we're  movin'  out  of  the 
plain  electric  guitar;  we're  movin'  more 
into  the  electronic  stuff,"  he  said. 

When  asked  how  long  he  would  be 


playing  he  said  "I'm 
not  lookin'  to  go 
anywhere  soon. 
You're  gonna  be 
botherin'  me  a  long 
time." 

Diddley  was  ex- 
cited to  tell  of  how 
he  discovered  the 
guitar.  "I  took  violin 
lessons  for  years 
when  1  was  a  kid;  all 
I  ever  did  was  play 
scales." 

He  sang  a  scale 
and  laughed.  "Then 
I  discovered  the  gui- 
tar," he  said.  "My 
mother  didn't  like 
the  guitar  though, 
she  said  it  was  devil 
music.  All  I  said  was 
'The  devil  never  paid 
me.'  I  was  on  the 
move  when  I  said  it." 

And  after  46 
years  of  shaping 
rock  and  roll, 
Diddley  is  still  on  the 
move.  Aside  from 
being  weighed  down 
by  a  disappointing 
lastnumber,  his  per- 
formance was 
amazing.  That  it 
took  place  in  such  a 
personal  venue 
made  it  unforgetta- 
ble. □ 


Bo  plays  the  box. 


Fires  of  Kuwait  light  up  screen 


by  Dahila  Tanasoiu 

Charlatan  Staff 

if  Fires  of  Kuwait 

II  Cineplus  (Museum  of  Civilization) 
II  Directed  by  David  Douqlas 

ires  of  Kuwait  is  a  stunning 
documentary,  where  a  small 
film  crew  follows  a  team  of  a 
dozen  professional  firefight- 
ers into  the  oily,  dark  desert 
of  fire.  And  it's  all  brought  to 
you  on  the  larger-than-life 
I  MAX  screen. 
As  the  Iraqi  troops  were  retreating  at 
the  end  of  the  Gulf  War,  dictator  and 
pyromaniac  Saddam  Hussein  ordered 
more  than  600  oil  wells  to  be  sabotaged. 

As  the  war  ended,  another  battle  was 
beginning. 

Originally,  David  Douglas,  the  direc- 
tor of  B/ueP/anerand  Rolling  Stones  At  The 
Max,  needed  only  some  short  footage  for 
a  segment  on  air  pollution  for  another 
movie.  Douglas  and  co-producer  Di 
Roberts  were  encouraged  by  their  pro- 
ducer to  bring  along  extra  film.  They 
soon  realized  that  the  plains  of  fire  were 
more  than  just  an  environmental  disas- 
ter. 

Ata  press  screening  for  the  film,  Doug- 
las salD  he  made  the  movie  to  document 
the  heroes  that  risked  their  lives  putting 
out  those  fires.  He  also  wanted  people  to 
realize  the  true  "cost  of  victory." 

The  film  crew  followed  Texan  Wild 
Well  teams,  led  by  veteran  oil  well  fire- 
fighter Joe  Bowden  Sr.,  depicting  the  ex- 
traordinary conditions  these  men  and 
one  woman  endured. 

Throughout,  they  wore  only  long  johns 
and  thin  coveralls  that  were  usually 
soaked  in  water  and  crude  oil.  In  order  to 
get  close  enough  to  extinguish  the  un- 


controllable fires,  they  had  to  withstand 
tremendous  heat.  Oil  fires  bum  at  about 
a  thousand  degrees  Celsius. 

The  biggest  risk  to  the  firefighters  came 
when  the  fire  was  out,  but  the  oil  contin- 
ued to  shoot  up  from  the  ground.  This  is 
the  most  critical  time,  with  a  whole  area 
just  waiting  to  flash  into  flames  again. 

In  one  instance,  a  Romanian  team 
lost  some  of  its  crew  when  natural  gas 
built  up  and  ignited  the  area.  Although 
teams  from  other  countries  were  profiled 
briefly,  it  would  have  been  nice  to  see 
more  of  the  international  teams.  The 


film  focused  very  much  on  the  Texan 
team,  while  other  teams  had  worthwhile 
stories  of  their  own. 

The  Hungarians  had  an  innovative 


system  to  put  out  fires.  They  converted  an 
old  Russian  T-34  tank  by  replacing  the 
gun  turret  with  two  jet  engines  from  a 
MiG21  fighter  plane.  This  contraption 
literally  blows  out  a  fire  with  a  high 
powered  stream  of  water  and  wind.  The 
Canadian  team  invented  a  prototype 
called  "Foamy  One,"  but  unlike  the  Hun- 
garian contraption,  you  won't  see  it  here. 

The  roar  of  the  images  on  the  screen 
was  punctuated  with  quiet,  moving  scenes 
of  what  was  left  behind  in  the  desert  after 
the  war. 

In  one  scene,  there  was  an  abandoned 
truck  in  the  desert,  the  sand  around  it 
littered  with  lost  valuables  and  a  rusty 
sewing  machine  sitting  upright  and 
ready.  Douglas  represented  the  impact  of 
the  war  on  the  Kuwaiti  people  without 
the  traditional  "suffering  population" 
clips,  but  the  point  was  well  taken  none 
the  less. 

From  the  clips  of  the  empty  trucks  to 
the  scenes  of  a  machine  scanning  the 
beaches  for  land  mines,  it  was  made 
clear  that  the  people  of  Kuwait  are  just 
starting  to  reclaim  their  skies.  Their  land, 
economy,  and  society  lie  in  ruin.  When 
the  thick  clouds  gave  way  to  the  sun,  the 
true  extent  of  the  damage  was  visible. 
The  desert  was  a  landscape  of  tar  and 
lakes  of  oil. 

This  movie  moves  the  viewer  with 
touching  and  frightening  images.  The 
narration  is  kept  to  a  minimum,  letting 
the  images  speak  for  themselves.  Doug- 
las is  a  master  with  the  IMAX  camera;  his 
handiwork  only  adds  to  the  story. 

I  left  the  theatre  changed  by  the  movie 
because  it  wasn't  just  a  movie.  It  was  an 
experience. 

When  Bowden  was  asked  to  describe 
the  oil  fields,  he  said  with  his  southern 
drawl,  ".  .  .  there's  no  words  around  to 
describe  what  we  saw  when  we  came 
here."  □ 


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6.  Goldiggers  Escort  SeF 
vice 

7.  Mature  Escorts 

8.  Moon  Flowers 

9.  Ebony  and  Ivory 

10.  Kimmy  (A  Discreet  Fe- 
male Escort) 


J 


October  14,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  21 


Got  up  early,  earned  some  respect 


by  Mike  Peters 

Charlatan  Start 


Lowest  of  the  Low  with 
Acoustically  Inclined 

Zaphod  Beeblebrox 
Oct.  6 


J 


The  high  point  of  the  evening  came 
with  the  final  song,  the  immensely  popu- 
lar "Henry  Needs  A  New  Pair  of  Shoes," 
which  transformed  the  stage  and  crowd 
alike  into  a  flailing,  singing  mob. 

The  Low's  independent  CD,  Shake- 


We  talked  to  everybody.  (LSD)  were  the 
only  ones  who  weren't  knobs." 

Three  thousand  copies  of  a  special 
numbered  edition  of  their  new  CD 
Hallucenigenia  will  be  available  at  their 
shows  starting  Nov.  13  ("for  our  real 


owest  of  the  Low  is  riding  a 
wave  of  success  that  brought 
them  splashing  into  Ottawa 
for  part  of  their  "I  Oughta  . . 
.  #!@%!  Tour." 
And  they  didn't  disappoint. 
Winnipeg's  Acoustically  Inclined 
opened  up  the  evening  with  their  own 
special  blend  of  music,  which  combines 
folk,  bluegrass,  rock  and  a  healthy  dose 
of  punk.  When  asked  where  their  musi- 
cal roots  lie,  they  are  quick  to  name  Nu 
Grass  Revival  as  their  principal  inspira- 
tion. 

The  high  points  of  their  performance 
were  the  intricately  carved  and  aggres- 
sive violin  solos  and  country  reels.  Watch 
for  this  upbeat  group  on  CBC's  Ear  To  The 
Ground  in  January,  and  a  return  to  Ot- 
tawa shortly  thereafter. 

The  beginning  of  Lowest  of  the  Low's 
set  was  uncharacteristically  subdued. 
They  apologized  to  the  crowd,  saying, 
"We're  not  usually  up  this  early,"  refer- 
ring to  Zaphod's  policy  of  starting  shows 
precisely  at  eight  o'clock  so  they'll  be 
over  by  11  p.m.  in  time  for  dancing. 

After  this  slow  beginning,  they  quickly 
warmed  up  to  the  crowd  and  the  crowd 
quickly  warmed  up  to  them.  By  the  fourth 
song,  the  Low  was  delivering  theirtypical 
high-energy  performance,  bleeding  every 
ounce  out  of  their  down-to-earth  thrash- 
rock. 

The  set  was  divided  equally  between 
material  from  Shakespeare  My  Butt  and 
new  material.  The  crowd  sang  along  to 
old  favorites  such  as  "Eternal  Fatalist" 
and  "Bleed  a  Little  While  Tonight."  The 
new  songs,  from  an  upcoming  album, 
were  well-received,  especially  the  hard- 
edged  "Pistol"  and  "Gambles." 


little  harder." 

The  band  was  featured  on  Ear  To  The 
Ground  this  month  and  have  just  re- 
leased their  first  video  for  "Eternal  Fatal- 
ist." Also  in  the  works  for  the  Toronto 
four-piece  is  a  possible  Australian  tour 
with  Weddings,  Parties,  Anything. 

With  their  schedule  packed  with  tour- 
ing, recording,  filming  and  countless 
other  projects,  has  this  little  indie  band 
from  Toronto  finally  earned  some  re- 
spect? 

"We're  The  Lowest  of  the  Low,"  says 
Hawkins.  "We  don't  deserve  respect."  □ 


My  guitar:  oh  yes,  it's  my  friend' 


speare  My  Butt,  has  sold  over  25,000  cop- 
ies, one  of  the  most  successful  indie  re- 
leases in  Canadian  history.  Based  on 
that  success,  it  is  somewhat  surprising 
that  they  decided  to  sign  with  a  label. 
They've  just  recently  signed  with  Van- 
couver's LSD  Music. 

When  asked  about  their  decision,  gui- 
tarist and  vocalist  Ron  Hawkins  would 
only  say,  "It  may  sound  like  a  cliche,  but 
it's  true-  the  music  industry  is  a  bio,  scam. 


fans,"  says  Hawkins)  with  a  national 
release  scheduled  for  Jan.  13.' 

"Hallucenigenia, "  explains  road  man- 
ager John  Brooks  with  a  grin,  "is  a  kind  of 
those  fish  that  lives  on  the  bottom  of  the 
ocean.  You  know  —  the  lowest  of  the 
low." 

Hawkins  says  the  new  album  will  be 
much  stronger  than  Shakespeare,  My  Butt. 

"The  fast  stuff  is  a  little  faster,  the  slow 
stuff  is  a  little  slower,  the  hard  stuff  is  a 


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lid 


ar- 


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AVALIABLE     A  T  :  N  E  O  N  ,     BYWARD  MARKET 


This 
Fudds 
for  U 


by  Jeff  Zavitz 

The  Imprint.  University  of  Waterloo 

Consider  this.  Elmer  Fudd  as  mass 
man.  White.  Male.  Crew  cut.  Alliter- 
ate. Gratuitous  hunter.  Homophobic. 
Balding.  Unemployed.  Dim-witted. 
Prone  to  stammering.  Seeking  to  con- 
trol nature.  Out  of  touch  with  his 
inner  self.  Sexually  repressed.  Over- 
weight. Obsessive.  Violent.  The  man 
can't  catch  a  rabbit.  Worse  yet,  he 
won't  stop  trying. 

Is  the  rabbit  a  metaphor  for  non- 
conformism?  The  imagery  of  an 
exponentially  multiplying  warren  of 
bunnies,  each  doing  their  own  thing, 
hopping  uncontrollably  in  blatant  dis- 
regard of  any  established  order,  must 
be  quite  terrifying  to  such  a  servant  of 
the  status  quo. 

Although  such  fears  may  be  some- 
what understandable,  things  are  get- 
ting seriously  out  of  hand.  The  intrac- 
table nature  of  this  adversarial  rela- 
tionship seems  to  have  become  de- 
void of  any  causal  raison  d'etre.  This 
is  aimless  rage.  Volatile  testosterone 
without  restraint  or  understanding. 
Unquestioned  need  to  stamp  out  any- 
thing revolutionary  or  exploratory. 
Drone. 

As  a  cartoon,  this  is  cute,  funny 
and  seemingly  harmless.  It  parades 
itself  around  as  fictional  and  isolated. 
But  as  an  army,  bureaucracy  or  cul- 
ture, the  mindset  becomes  most  dis- 
quieting. 

Elmer  Fudd  runs  the  LAPD.  Elmer 
Fudd  is  a  Grand  Dragon,  KKK.  Elmer 
Fuddloves  the  Super  Bowl  and  always 
smiles  while  he  beats  his  wife.  Elmer 
Fudd  calls  war  a  "theatre"  —  he  cho- 
reographed Desert  Storm  then  rushed 
home  to  catch  it  on  CNN.  Fudd  has 
Nintendo  thumb. 

Fudd  pushed  drugs,  pulls  strings 
and  punches  the  clock.  Fudd  opposes 
immigration,  censors  high-school 
texts  and  knows  right  from  wrong. 
Fudd  makes  policy  and  Fudd  makes 
history.  More  importantly,  Fudd 
makes  more  Fudd  makes  more  Fudd 
makes  more  Fudd. 

Fudd  is  the  lowest  common  de- 
nominator. Upstanding  citizen.  Old 
boy.  Immune.  The  Fudds  are  the  ones 
who  multiply  like  bunnies.  They  don't 
beat  you  with  intelligence.  They 
swamp  you  with  numbers  and  ho- 
mogenous intolerance. 

Don't  laugh  rabbits,  run  for  the 
hills.  □ 


22  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  14,  1993 


Intertext:  Making  paperobsoTete 


by  Alex  Bustos 

Charlatan  Slarf 

ason  SnelUs  offering  the  fu- 
ture today. 

A  second-year  masters  stu- 
dent of  journalism  at  Berkeley 
University  in  California,  Snell 
is  the  editor  of  Intertext,  a 
fiction  magazine  available 
only  on  the  Internet,  the  international 
computer  network  of  networks. 

Like  any  kind  of  magazine,  Intertext 
accepts  unsolicited  manuscripts,  edits  the 
work,  and  publishes  what  it  considers  the 
best  stories.  However,  all  transactions, 
from  the  sending  of  manuscripts  to  the 
sending  of  the  magazine  to  subscribers, 
are  done  via  e-mail  ( the  "e"  stands  for 
electronic). 

Three  people  run  intertext.  There's 
Snell,  assistant  editor  Jeff  Duncan,  an 
employee  of  a  computer  firm  in  Seattle, 
and  Jeff  Quan,  an  illustrator  for  the 
Oakland  Tribune,  does  the  cover  art.  Amaz- 
ingly, Duncan  and  Snell  have  never  met 
face  to  face,  while  Quan  and  Snell  had 
their  first  and  only  meeting  just  recently. 

So,  one  asks,  how  did  the  three  meet 
and  how  do  they  work  together? 

Before  Intertext,  there  was  Athene,  a 
non-genre  magazine  that  published  the 
stories  of  network  users  on  e-mail.  When 
the  editor  decided  to  stop  doing  the  maga- 
zine, Snell  contacted  him  via  e-mail  ask- 
ing if  he  could  continue  the  magazine 
under  a  different  name.  Soon  after, 
Duncan  e-mailed  the  editor  of  Athene, 
who  told  him  about  Snell.  Quickly,  an 
electronic  correspondence  between  the 
two  began.  A  cover  artist  joined,  butwas 
later  replaced  by  Quan. 

Once  the  group  was  formed,  all  work 
was  done  through  e-mail.  Copy  editing 
was  done  by  printing  the  file,  editing  on 
paper  form,  and  then  sending  the  cor- 
rected story  via  e-mail. 

"I  like  editing,"  confesses  Snell,  the 
former  editor-in-chief  of  The  Guardian, 
the  student  paper  at  the  University  of 
California  at  San  Diego. 

"We  are  doing  all  we  can  do  with  the 
medium,"  he  says,  commenting  on  the 
magazine's  venture  in  the  emerging  field 
of  electronic  publishing. 

Snell  told  The  Charlatan  about  some 
otherelectronic  magazines,  pointing  out 
that  Intertext  is  not  the  first  magazine  to 
appear  on  the  net,  the  name  used  by 
computer  users  for  the  Internet. 

Inthemid-'80s,  thenowdefunctmaga- 
zine  FSFnet  (Fantasy  Science-Fiction  Net- 
work) was  available  on  Bitnet  (a  compu- 
ter network).  Put  out  by  the  University  of 
Maine,  the  magazine  published  science- 
fiction. 

Following  in  this  genre  is  Quanta.  Pub- 
lished by  Dan  Applequist,  who  presently 
presides  in  Washington  D.C.,  the  maga- 
zine is  readily  available  on  the  net. 

The  first  issue  of  Intertext  came  out  in 
March,  1991,  with  plans  to  publish  bi- 
monthly. The  second  issue,  however, 
came  out  July  2, 1991,  but  ever  since  the 
magazine  has  published  every  two 
months. 

The  latest  issue  came  out  on  Sept.  15. 

Snell  has  high  hopes  for  electronic 
publishing.  When  asked  if  electronic 
publishing  will  survive,  Snell  commented, 
"There  are  parts  of  the  Internet  which  are 
going  to  go  the  way  of  the  dinosaur  . . . 
however,  as  for  electronic  publishing,  no 
way." 

The  number  of  people  who  read 
Intertext  is  impossible  to  know.  Snell  has 
1,200  individual  subscribers,  who  ask  to 
have  it  sent  to  their  e-mail  accounts 
directly  instead  of  going  through  bulletin 
boards.  However,  Intertext  is  available 
through  a  variety  of  FTP  sites  (machines 
that  store  files  which  can  be  downloaded, 
FTP  stands  for  File  Transfer  Protocol), 
bulletin  board  services  and  networks  like 


Compuserve. 

For  example,  I  accessed  Intertext  on  a 
bulletin  board  service  that  the  National 
Capital  Freenet  has  for  electronic  publi- 
cations. 

Hence,  thousands  of  people  have  ac- 
cess to  Intertext  everyday. 

"I  was  told, "  says  Snell,  "that  for  every 
one  reader  (on  his  subscription  list)  there 
are  eight  others." 

Magazines  like  Intertext  are  a  great 
way  for  aspiring  writers  to  practise  their 
craft  and  be  read  by  thousands  of  read- 
ers. 

Snell  argues  that  even  though  Intertext 
doesn't  pay  its  writers,  it's  sometimes 
better  forsomeone  to  publish  with  Intertext 
or  Quanta. 

"Few  magazines  pay  well,"  he  says, 


adding  it's  very  hard  to  get  submissions 
acceptedby  main  stream  magazines.  Snell 
says  /  Uertext  publishes  roughly  50  per 
cent  o  submissions  and  has  a  "reader  on 
every  single  continent  except  Antarc- 
tica." 

Computer  networking  is  the  way  of 
the  future.  This  is  no  longer  a  prediction 
but  an  established  fact. 

Magazines  like  Intertext  and  Quanta 
are  pioneers  in  the  field  of  electronic 
publishing.  However,  as  electronic  pub- 
lishing becomes  more  commercial,  maga- 
zines like  Intertext  could  disappear. 

Can  a  magazine  who  offers  its  readers 
a  free  source  of  entertainment  survive  up 
against  a  fancier  Internet  magazine  that 
charge  its  customers  a  small  price? 
Perhaps.  But  thedayoffancier  Internet 


magazines  has  yet  to  come,  and  anyone 
with  access  to  the  Internet  (an  account, 
at  no  charge,  with  the  National  Capital 
Freenet  allows  access)  can  enjoy  both 
Intertext  and  Quanta. 

Intertext  can  be  reached  at  FTP  site 
network.ucsd.edu 

The  e-mail  address  of  Jason  Snell  is 
jsnell@acf.berkely.edu 

Dan  Applequist,  Quanta  editor,  e-mail 
address  is  dan@porsche.visix.com 

Posts  on  Intertext  are  made  by  Snell  on 
alt.etext,  alt.zines,  and  rec.mag.  He  also 
posts  on  newsgroups  dealing  with 
cyberpunks,  Star  Trek,  and  anything  re- 
motely relevant  to  the  magazine.  □ 


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win,  a  person  must  be  a  resident  of  Canada  who  has 
reached  the  age  to  purchase  beverage  alcohol  and  who 
is  not  an  employee  of,  or  a  member  of  the  immediate 
family  of,  or  domiciled  with,  an  employee  of  FBM 
Distillery  Co.  Ltd.,  its  affiliated  companies,  the  Provincial 
Liquor  Boards,  their  licensees,  agencies,  Roll  Magazine 
Inc.,  advertising  and  promotional  agencies,  prize  suppli- 
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winning  depend  on  the  number  of  correct  entries 
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October  14,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  23 


PLACEMENT 

&r  Career  Services 

Programs  and  services  of  interest  to  undergraduates,  graduating  students,  as  well  as  alumni. 


Check  the  posting  boards  at 
the  Placement  Centre  for 
more  job  listings. 


508  Unicentre  •  788-661 1 
October  14, 1993 


ON-CAMPUS  RECRUITING 

Permanent  full-time  positions  are 
directed  towards  graduating  students 
(available  May  '94).  Dates,  unless 
specified,  refer  to  deadlines. 

To  find  out  the  types  of  positions, 
how  to  apply  and  where  to  find 
more  information  on  the  companies, 
please  contact  the  office. 

Brytech 

Oct.  1 4,  1 2  noon 
Eleclrical  Engineering 
Position:  Eleclrical  Design  Engi- 
neer 

MPR  Teltech 

Oct.  1 4,  1 2  noon 

Electrical  Eng.,  Computer  System 
Engineering,  Computer  Science 
Positions:  Hardware  &  Software 
Designers  &  Developers 

Bank  of  Canada 

Oct.  15,  12  noon 
Commerce 
Positions:  Various 

TO  Bank 

Oct.  18,  12  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Commercial  Account 
Managers,  Personnel  Account 
Managers,  Customer  Service  & 
Sales. 

Andersen  Consulting 

Oct.  19,  12  noon 

Computer  Science,  Computer  Math, 
Engineering  (Systems  &  Electrical), 
Commerce  (MIS),  Other  Disciplines 
Positions:  Staff  Consultant 


London  Life 

Oct.  19,  12  noon 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Marketing  Reps. 

ATI  Technologies  Inc. 

Oct.  21,12  noon 
Comp.  Science,  Comp.  Math, 
Electrical  &  Comp.  Systems  Eng. 
Positions:  Various 

Norcen  Energy  Resources  Ltd. 

Oct.  22,  1 2  noon 

Geology,  Mechanical  Engineering 
Positions:  Geologists,  Geophysi- 
cists,  Engineer  in  Training 

Unum  Canada 

Oct.  25,  12  noon 
Commerce,  Arts 

Positions:  Disability  Sales  Consult- 
ant Trainees 

Note:  Deadline  Extended  from 
Oct.  20 

Unum  Canada 

Oct.  25,  12  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Group  Sales  Representa- 
tives 

Great  West  Life 

Oct.  26,  12  noon 
Commerce 

Position:  Sales  Representative 
Canada  Life 

Sign  Up  Deadline:  Oct.  26,  12  noon 
Interview  Dates:  Oct.  27  &  28 
Commerce,  Arts,  Social  Science 
Positions:  Sales  Reps 


 ON-CAMPUS  RECRUITING  PROGRAM  

Employers  from  both  the  private  and  public  sectors  visit  Carleton  University 
to  recruit  graduating  Carleton  students  interested  in  obtaining  permanent 
employment  at  the  end  of  the  academic  year.  Positions  sought  through  the 
On-Campus  Recruitment  Program  are  of  a  professional  nature.  Applying  for 
positions  involves  the  completion  of  an  Application  Employment  Form 
(ACCIS)  accompanied  by  a  photocopy  of  the  applicant's  most  recent  Aca- 
demic Transcript  (not  an  Academic  Audit)  and  a  list  of  courses  currently  in 
progress.  There  are  two  application  methods: 

1.  Pre-Screening:  All  applications  must  be  submitted  to  Placement  & 
Career  Services,  508  UC,  to  be  forwarded  to  the  respective  employers.  Late 
applications  will  not  be  accepted.  Employers  pre-screen  all  applications 
and  select  a  limited  number  of  applicants  for  on-campus  interviews.  All 
students  selected  for  an  interview  will  be  notified  by  the  employer.  It  is  the 
responsibility  of  the  students  selected  for  an  interview  to  contact  Place- 
ment &  Career  Services  to  arrange  an  interview  time  for  the  day(s)  on 
which  the  employer  will  be  interviewing. 

2.  Direct  Sign  Up:  Some  employers  do  not  choose  to  pre-screen  prior  to  their 
on-campus  interviews.  To  arrange  an  interview  with  such  an  employer,  it  is 
necessary  to  visit  the  Centre  and  sign  your  name  beside  a  time  slot  on  the 
employer's  interview  schedule.  At  the  time  of  sign-up  a  completed  ACCIS 
form  must  be  submitted.  This  application  will  be  presented  to  the  recruiter 
prior  to  your  actual  interview. 


EDS  Canada 

Oct.  27,  12  noon 

Engineering:  Electrical,  Mechanical, 
Systems 

Commerce:  General,  Info  Systems 
Computer  Science 
Math,  Statistics 

Positions:  Systems  Engineering 
Development  Program 

MacDonald  Dettwiler 

Oct.  28,  12  noon 

Computer  Science,  Computer  Math, 
Electrical  Engineering,  Computer 
Systems  Engineering 
Positions:  Various 

Cognos 

Oct.  28,  12  noon 
Computer  Science,  System  Engi- 
neering, Electrical  Engineering 
Positions:  New  Products  Business 
Unit 

Investors  Group 

Oct.  29,  12  noon 

Commerce,  Arts,  Social  Sciences 
Positions:  Financial  Planner 

Prudential  Assurance 

Nov.  2,  12  noon 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Sales  Representatives 

Metropolitan  Life 

Nov.  3,  12  noon 

Computer  Science,  Commerce-MIS 
Position:  Computer  Programmer! 
Analyst 

Export  Development  Corp. 

Nov.  10,  12  noon 
Commerce 

Positions:  Financing  Services 
Officers,  Underwriters,  and  Treas- 
ury Officers 

Metropolitan  Life 

Nov.  10,  12  noon 
Commerce,  Other  Disciplines 
Positions:  Account  Representatives 

Public  Service  Commission 

Nov.  12,  Mail  Direct 

All  Disciplines-Masters  or  PhD 

Positions:  Management  Trainee 

Program 

Public  Service  Commission 

Nov.  12,  Mail  Direct 
Commerce,  Public  Admin.,  Compu- 
ter Science 

Positions:  Financial  Officer/Inter- 
nal Auditor 

Public  Service  Commission 
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24  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  14,  1993 


Fantasy,  innovation  and  symbolism 

&G^°m,n°  the  short  film  E/ba  and  Frederico,  that    background:  bats.  darinpr  hnm  nnH  v^A.v^ 


Her  Body  doesn't  fit  her  soul 

II  National  Arts  Centre  Theatre 
\£ct.  9  - 

n  this  performance,  Belgian  cho- 
rm  i  reographer/director  Wim 
I    Vandekeybus  has  created  some 
I    imaginative  and  incredible 
/J  scenes. 

Sometimes,  though,  creativity  doesn't 
completely  pay  off,  because  too  many 
conclusions  obout  the  show  can  be  as- 
sumed and  none  may  actually  be  in  sync 
with  the  creator's  concept. 

Throughout  the  production,  I  kept  try- 
ing to  link  the  title  to  the  show.  Perhaps 
Vandekeybus  meant  that  people  are  not 
being  sensitive  enough  to  what's  not 
obvious  and  so  he's  handing  the  audi- 
ence something  that's  unclear  so  people 
have  to  work  at  understanding  it. 

As  best  as  I  could  figure,  this  produc- 
tion was  about  a  blind  woman  trying  to 
compensate  for  her  lack  of  eyesight  by 
journeying  into  a  world  of  fantasy,  which 
is  where  the  show  seemed  to  take  place. 
The  nine  other  dancers  seemed  to  repre- 
sent characters  in  her  imagination. 

Being  blind,  perhaps  her  body  didn't 
fit  her  soul  because  she  had  aspirations 
and  dreams  that  couldn't  be  fulfilled  in 
the  real  world. 

The  only  two  things  on  the  stage  at  the 
beginning  of  the  show  were  two  wires, 
one  suspended  over  the  other,  from  left  to 
right. 

When  the  blind  woman  walked  onto 
the  stage,  she  was  stopped  by  the  bottom 
rope.  She  turned  around,  sat  down  and 
began  to  watch  a  film  on  the  big  screen  at 
the  back  of  the  stage  (which  is  actually 


the  short  film  Elba  and  Frederico, 
Vandekeybus  directed  in  1993). 

After  this,  the  other  dancers  came  on 
and  acted  out  scenes  from  her  subcon- 
scious. 

All  10  dancers  danced  much  more 
than  they  spoke.  Even  though  they  said 
little,  one  could  determine  their  person- 
alities by  their  actions.  For  instance,  one 
male  dancer  with  really  short  hair  came 
across  as  innocent  and  strange.  He  said 
and  did  such  odd  things  that  he  was 
contagiously  funny. 

Atone  point,  he  said,  "Onetime,  I  had 
a  pair  of  shoes  on.  One  was  black,  and 
the  other  one  brown .  And  this  was  pointed 
out  to  me  by  someone.  I  said,  'Yeah,  I 
know,  I  have  another  pair  at  home.'" 

There  were  also  some  amazing  and 
bizarre  scenes.  Picture  aboutfive  dancers 
suspended  horizontally  in  the  air,  hold- 
ing very  still. 

Later,  these  ropes  were  cut,  and  the 
dancers  were  freed. 

Perhaps  symbolic  of  the  desire  to  just 
end  it  all,  a  woman  came  onto  the  stage 
with  a  bucket  of  water,  placed  it  on  the 
floor  and  dunked  her  head  in  it  for  sev- 
eral minutes.  She  was  then  "saved"  by 
another  dancer. 

One  actor  even  spoke  to  the  audience 
exclusively  in  some  Arabic  language. 

The  rope  that  was  present  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  show,  that  prohibited  any- 
one from  crossing  it,  was  burned  by  all 
the  dancers  in  the  end. 

Technically,  the  dancing  was  very  crea- 
tive and  energetic,  although  they  did  not 
come  across  as  sensual  as  they  might 
have  wanted. 

Throughout  the  production,  the  audi- 
ence was  struck  with  bolts  of  fantasy, 
stark  dark/light  contrasts  and  subtle  hints 
of  a  message.  Music  was  playing  in  the 


Sky  Cries  Mary 

A  Return  to  the  Inner  Experience 
World  Domination 

Sky  Cries  Mary  is  a  band  that  doesn't 
fit  into  any  of  the  conventional  music 
categories.  It  definitely  breaks  free  from 
the  recycled  grunge-rock  stereotype  at- 
tached to  most  other  bands  hailing  out  of 
Seattle. 

A  Return  To  The  Inner  Experience,  their 
newest  release,  transports  the  listener  to 
an  elevated  plane  of  musical  awareness. 

The  seven-member  band  draws  its 
musical  inspiration  from  every  type  of 
musical  background  imaginable,  from 
industrial,  rock  and  pop  to  jazz,  classical 
and  even  country. 

The  first  track  off  of  the  album  is  an 
instrumental  piece  entitled  "Walla 
Walla. "  The  song  is  soothing  and  uplift- 
ing, setting  the  mood  for  the  rest  of  the 
album. 

The  musical  trip  continues  with  "Mov- 
ing Like  Water,"  a  psychedelic  mosaic  of 
musical  tones  and  colors.  Sky  Cries  Mary 
manages  to  tap  into  a  spiritual  pool  that 
runs  deep  with  hypnotic  rhythms  and 
melodies.  The  lyrics  are  refreshingly  posi- 
tive, rejoicing  in  the  power  of  the  human 
mind  and  spirit. 

It's  nice  to  find  an  alternative  band 
true  to  the  sense  of  the  word.  They  are 
attempting  something  totally  new  and 
original,  ignoring  the  formula  forsuccess 
that  is  currently  spreading  like  the  plague 
throughout  the  music  industry. 


Sky  Cries  Mary  is  a  band  that  should 
definitely  be  checked  outby  anyone  look- 
ing forsomething  new  and  original.  This 
is  an  experience  on  the  leading  edge  of 
trippy,  New  Age,  spiritually  based  music. 

Gavin  Power 


The  Tear  Garden 

Sheila  Liked  the  Rodeo 
Nettwerk 

Sheila  Liked  the  Rodeo  would  like  to 
come  off  as  a  psychedelic-electronic  hy- 
brid by  a  couple  of  tortured  artists. 

Unfortunately,  theendresultsuggests 
members  of  the  Tear  Garden  are  neither 
tortured  enough  nor  terribly  artistic. 

Rather,  the  album  comes  across  as  a 
poor  cousin  of  the  band  MC  900  Foot 
Jesus'  Welcome  to  My  Dream,  which  is 
itself  a  bit  of  a  yawner. 

The  Tear  Garden  seems  to  strive  for 
some  sort  of  deconstrucrionist  machine- 
driven  musical  ideal.  But  the  band  is 
either  not  trying  that  hard,  or  else  is  not 
very  good  at  it  —  what  we  end  up  with 
sounds  like  a  couple  of  guys  goofing  off 
with  a  mixer,  a  sampler  and  a  multi- 
track  tape  deck. 

This  has  been  done  a  lot  better,  by 
artists  as  diverse  as  the  Beatles,  De  La 
Soul  and  B.A.D.  II.  • 

This  murky,  overwrought  effort  is  a 
waste  of  time. 

Sean  Silcoff 


background:  bass,  clarinet,  hom,  and 
drums. 

The  lights  knew  how  to  visually  roar, 
and  the  music  would  change  just  as 
quickly  as  moods  and  fantasies  do:  from 
classical,  to  modernly  instrumental,  to 
jazz-like,  which  may  have  been  too  loud 
for  a  few  members  of  the  audience. 

Her  Body  doesn't  fit  her  soul  was  defi- 
nitely different,  wonderfully  confusing 
(hopefully  on  purpose;  I  assume  this  was 


Vandekeybus's  way  to  get  us  to  think), 
and  very  entertaining. 

At  times,  the  show  was  very  poetic  and 
artistically  reminiscent  of  Twin  Peaks.  If  s 
too  bad  this  performance  was  a  one- 
timer.  I  would  have  enjoyed  seeing  it 
again,  so  that  I  could  look  for  more 
details  that  could  have  clued  me  in  as  to 
what  Vandekeybus  himself  actually  in- 
tended. Q 


Confusion  bubbles  through  our  thought  channels. 


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October  14,  1993  -  The  Charlatan  •  25 


by  Mo  Gannon 

Charlatan  Slat 


a  n 


The  Charlatan  Pub  Crawl  Extravaganza 

x  Magnificence! 


actually  got  to  sit  down  at  the 
Manx  Pub  the  other  night. 
That's  a  big  deal,  you  know. 
Most  nights,  you  have  to 
squeeze  in  with  a  merry  bunch 
of  mainly  regular  Manx- 
goers,  who  seem  quite  con- 
tent to  stand  hip  to  hip. 
Perhaps  that's  because  they  know  this 
pub  is  a  very,  very  good  thing.  After 
passing  by  the  all-dressed-up-and-noth- 
ing-to-do-but-cruise  in  the  other  bar 
lineups  on  Elgin,  the  Manx  is  like  coming 
home. 

Reminiscent  of  the  days  of  gas 
streetlamps  and  leather-bound  books, 
the  small,  dimly-lit  salon  with  red  plush 
couches  and  hammered-copper  tables 
lies  unpretentiously  low  a  few  steps  un- 
der the  Elgin  sidewalk. 

The  pub's  unpretentious  atmosphere 
seems  to  brush  off  on  the  staff  and  its 
patrons  —  or  maybe  it's  the  other  way 
around.  Regardless,  it's  as  clear  as  a  flat 
gin  and  tonic  that  no  one  is  there  to  do 
anything  but  make  good  conversation 
over  a  drink  or  two. 

That's  sort  of  what  owners  Chris  Swail, 
David  Dorey,  Marcia  Lea  and  John 
Archibald  had  in  mind  when  they  came 
up  with  the  idea  for  the  Manx. 

"It's  almost  like  a  community  centre," 
says  Lea.  "It's  not  just  a  place  to  drink.  It's 
a  place  to  meet  people." 

Among  the  odd  but  comfortable  mix 
of  sweatshirts  and  second-hand  cloth- 
ing, it's  pretty  hard  to  pick  out  the  staff 
because  they're  apt  to  sit  down  at  a  table 
to  chat  as  they  make  their  rounds. 


"The  people  that  are  regulars  here 
become  your  friends,"  Swail  says.  "There 
is  a  definite  appreciation  between  us  and 
the  staff  and  the  people  who  come  in." 

Another  good  thing  about  this  place  is 
the  lack  of  obnoxious  boozers  bent  on 
ruining  your  good  time.  Swail,  who  is 
intent  on  maintaining  a  safe  and  non- 
confrontational  atmosphere  in  the  pub, 
makes  it  known  that  no  one  welcomes 
buttheads  at  the  Manx. 

Otherwise,  the  doors  are  open.  "I  think 
anyone  who  comes  in  would  feel  com- 
.  fortable,"  he  says. 

Swail  says  he  appreciates  the  amount 
of  faith  people  have  invested  in  the  pub 
by  coming  back  over  and  over,  and  that 
makes  him  want  to  give  them  more. 

Thaf  s  why  if  someone  wants  another 
name  added  to  the  list  of  34  scotches, 
he'll  do  his  damnedest  to  get  it.  Giving 
people  some  input  into  the  pub  makes 
them  feel  at  home. 

"This  place  grows  with  them,"  Swail 
says.  "They  feel  like  they're  part  of  the 
wealth  behind  this  pub." 

Swail  is  also  part  of  that  wealth  and 
thankful  for  it.  Whether  he  ever  gets  to 
sleep  is  the  question.  When  the  23-year- 
old  Carleton  student  is  not  working  at  the 
Manx  or  going  to  school,  he's  fronting 
the  local  band  Fun  for  Malakai'. 

Swail  hooked  up  with  Lea  and  Dorey 
when  they  were  all  working  at  the 
Mayflower,  a  restaurant  and  pub  down 
the  road.  The  idea  came  up  in  December 
and  they  found  the  location  to  lease  a 
month  later. 

"We  just  got  together  and  figured 
through  all  of  our  experiences  we  could 
probably  run  a  pub,"  says  Dorey. 


From  there,  they  got  to- 
gether investors  amongst  their 
friends  and  families  and  kicked 
in  shares  themselves.  For  20- 
hour  days  over  three  weeks, 
about  30  friends  volunteered 
their  time  to  renovate  the  place 
and  have  it  ready  for  its  open- 
ing April  14. 

Manx,  an  old  Celtic  lan- 
guage spoken  in  the  Isle  of 
Man,  was  chosen  to  reflect  the 
Celtic  character  of  the  pub, 
while  avoiding  any  stereotypi- 
cal references  to  St.  Patrick, 
harps  and  shamrocks. 

"The  genesis  of  the  pub  tra- 
dition has  come  from  Celtic 
countries,"  Lea  explains. 

While  the  owners  hadbudg- 
eted  at  first  for  the  Manx  to 
survive,  that's  no  longer  a 
worry.  "We've  overshot  tre- 
mendously, "  says  Dorey. 

The  owners  say  they're  com- 
mitted to  the  place  for  at  least 
five  years  —  the  length  of  the 
first  lease  —  although  they'd 
like  to  see  it  stick  around  for 
longer. 

"I'd  like  to  see  this  place 
become  sort  of  a  positive  insti- 
tution," says  Swail. 

None  of  the  owners  are  too 
keen  to  actively  promote  the 
place,  because  they  believe  in 
the  power  of  word  of  mouth 
and  the  strength  of  the  pub's 
reputation  to  travel  that  way. 

Pass  it  on.  □ 


Such  a  lovely  place. 


In  the  past  years  the  federal  government  has  cut  6.8 
BILLION  dollars  in  federal  transfer  payments  to  the 
provinces  and  territories,  THEREFORE  less  money  is 
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This  summer  the  percentage  of  UNEMPLOYED  students 
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26  •  The  Charlatan  •  October  14,  1993 


Thursday,  October  14 


Delicatessen,  a  movie  about  meat  in 
post-apocalypse  France,  plays  tonight  at 
the  M  ayfair. 

We  told  you  about  it  last  week,  but 
here's  a  reminder  anyway.  OPIRG's  an- 
nual general  meeting  is  happening  to- 
night from  5:30  to  7  p.m.  Where  is  it,  you 
ask?  We're  not  sure.  Call  OPIRG  to  find 
out. 

Tonight  at  7  p.m.  at  Cinematheque 
Canada  at  the  Museum  of  Civiliza- 
tion, it's  a  screening  of  Kanehsatake: 
270  Years  of  Resistance.  This  film,  di- 
rected by  Alan  is  Obomsawin,  focuses  on 
the  1 1-week  standoff  at  Oka.  Voted  Best 
Canadian  Film  at  the  1993  Festival  of 
Festivals  in  Toronto,  this  should  not  be 
missed. 

Friday,  October  15 

Tonight  and  tomorrow  at  the  Glue 
Pot  Pub,  if  s  groove  rock  courtesy  of  the 
Saddledogs.  Opening  for  them  is  the 
grungalicious  sounds  of  Last  Call.  Show 
starts  at  9:30  p.m. 

The  Pursuit  of  Happiness  bring 
their  brand  of  phallo-rock  to  Creeque 
Alley  tonight. 

Sky  Cries  Mary  play  Zaphod's  to- 
night. They're  a  Seattle  band  without  all 
that  grunge  baggage. 

Saturday,  October  16 

India's  Harlprasad  Charurasia, 

one  of  the  world's  greatest  flautists  (sez 
the  press  release),  appears  at  the  theatre 
of  the  Museum  of  Civilization  tonight 
as  part  of  the  See  and  Hear  the  World 
series. 

It's  a  Black  Boot  Trio  foot-stom  pin ' 
rock-a-rama  at  Zaphod's  tonight,  cel- 
ebrating the  release  of  their  first  CD, 
PonyRide.  Plus,  there's  bagpipes  on  this 
album!  Kingston's  Inbreds  open.  Show 
starts  at  8  p.m. 

Jazz  fans  won't  want  to  miss  this 
evening  of  jazz  devoted  to  Duke  Ellington, 
"Jelly  Roll"  Morton  and  others,  featuring 
some  of  the  best  jazz  talent  in  Canada. 
How's  this:  Guido  Basso,  Ed  Bickert, 
Sim  Galloway  and  Rob  McConnell, 
among  others.  It's  all  at  the 
Centrepointe  Theatre  at  8  p.m.  Tick- 
ets, though  are  a  veeeery  steep  $24.00  for 
students  . . . 

And  we  thought  they  had  spontane- 
ously combusted!  Teenage  Head  play 
Creeque  Alley  tonight  and  the  eighties 
revival  is  in  full  swing. 

Sunday,  October  1 7 

Puppets!  Live  action!  It's  all  in  the 
Mermaid  Theatre  of  Nova  Scotia's  pro- 
duction of  Gulliver  at  2  p.m.  at  the 
Centrepointe  Theatre.  Go.  Have  fun. 

It's  the  Humane  Society's  Seventh 
Annual  10K  Run  For  The  Animals 

today  at  1  p.m.  It  starts  at  the  arboretum 


at  the  Experimental  Farm.  You  know, 
if  you  reversed  a  few  letters  in  that  an- 
nouncement, it  would  be  the  10K  Run 
From  The  Animals.  Now  that  is  some- 
thing we'd  pay  to  see. 

Something  else  we'd  pay  to  see  is  Ot- 
tawa Mayor  (acquelin  Holzman,  X- 
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They'll  be  participating  in  a  "dance  crea- 
tion" as  part  of  City  Moves  '93.  Tickets 
are  $50  and  proceeds  go  to  the  Ottawa 
Food  Bank  and  Le  Groupe  de  la  Place 
Royale. 

Stone  Temple  Pilots.  Congress 
Centre.  If  it  isn't  sold  out,  go  see  'em. 

Monday,  October  18 

At  the  Mayfair  at  7  p.m.  it's  the 
stunning  director's  cut  of  Blade  Runner. 

Tuesday,  October  19 

Leam  everything  you've  ever  wanted 
to  know  about  elephants.  Doctor  Iain 
Douglas-Hamilton,  world-renowned  lec- 
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neer, will  be  talking  about  elephants  at 
the  Canadian  Museum  of  Nature  at  2 
p.m.  As  a  special  bonus,  Dr.  Douglas- 
Hamilton  will  be  autographing  hisbook, 
Battle  for  the  Elephants'. 

Thisweek's  reading  tip,  courtesy  of  (as 
always)  The  Charlatan's  lovely  and  tal- 
ented production  manager  Kevin  McKay, 
is  Ragtime  by  E.L.  Doctorow. 

Says  McKay,  "Even  though  I  haven't 
read  it  yet,  it's  high  on  my  reading  list 
and  I  hear  great  things. "  About  the  book 
presumably. 

Wednesday,  October 
20 

Author/architect  Indra  MacEwan 

will  be  discussing  "Philosophy  and  Ar- 
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Good  Luck! 

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pit  of  Carleton's  architecture  build- 
ing. Now  you  know  as  much  as  we  do. 

Thursday,  October  21 

Jimmy  George  venture  out  of  their 
basement  haunt  for  a  gig  at  Creeque 
Alley.  This  is  a  rare  chance  for  jimmy 
George  aficionados  to  see  the  band  in  a 
spacious  environment.  Claustrophobes, 
rejoice! 


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Watson  a  no-show  at  BOG 


by  John  Steinbachs 

Charlatan  Stafl 

The  president  of  the  Carleton  Univer-  ■ 
sity  Students'  Association  has  failed  to 
attend  any  board  of  governors'  meetings 
or  events  since  September. 

Lucy  Watson  was  elected  as  a  board 
governor  student  representative  last  Feb- 
ruary. 

Watson's  term  as  a  board  member 
began  July  1.  Since  then,  she  has  failed  to 
attend  a  board  orientation  meeting  on 
Oct.  1 3,  a  board  of  governors'  meeting  on 
Sept.  29,  a  board  of  governors'  retreat  on 
Oct.  18,  a  board  finance  committee  meet- 
ing Sept.  22  and  a  board  reception  for 
new  members  which  followed  the  Sept. 
29  meeting. 

Watson  says  even  though  she  didn't 
attend  the  meetings  she  has  kept  in  touch 
with  the  other  board  members. 


"Although  to  this  date  my  attendance 
record  has  not  been  stellar,  I  certainly 
have  been  involved,"  says  Watson. 

Watson  says  she  was  unable  to  attend 
the  monthly  board  meeting,  the  board 
reception  and  the  finance  committee 
meeting  because  she  has  a  class  on 
Wednesday  afternoons. 

She  says  she  missed  the  Oct.  13  orien- 
tation because  of  National  Student  Day 
and  couldn't  attend  the  Oct.  18  retreat 
due  to  "internal  problems"  of  a  staff- 
related  nature. 

The  board  of  governors  is  comprised  of 
university  administration  officials,  com- 
munity representatives,  business  people 
and  Carleton  students.  There  are  three 
student  seats  out  of  33.  The  board  votes 
on  issues  which  directly  influence  the 
university  and  students,  such  as  tuition 
hikes. 


Watson  says  she  had  to  take  the  course 
on  the  same  day  as  the  board  meetings 
because  she  needs  it  to  finish  her  degree 
and  it  is  only  offered  on  Wednesdays,  but 
says  she  has  spoken  to  her  professor  and 
will  now  attend  the  meetings. 

Watson  says  she  is  unhappy  that  the 
board  is  not  very  accommodating  to  peo- 
ple who  are  trying  to  balance  their  stud- 
ies. 

Board  meetings  were  set  for  Wednes- 
days last  June,  says  Charles  Watt,  secre- 
tary to  the  board  of  governors.  He  says  all 
members  of  the  board  were  notified  of 
the  change  through  a  letter  from  his 
office  which  was  mailed  at  the  beginning 
of  |uly. 

Watt  says  all  board  members  are  no- 
tified one  week  before  the  meetings  by  a 
phone  call  from  his  office.  He  says  this  is 
done  to  ensure  the  board  has  quorum. 


lim  Watson,  Ottawa  city  councillor 
for  Capital  Ward,  also  cannot  attend  the 
Wednesday  meetings  because  he  has  re- 
gional council  meetingsat  the  same  time. 

Elaine  Silver,  who  occupies  another 
student  seat  on  the  board,  says  she  re- 
ceived a  notice  on  |uly  5  that  the  board 
and  committee  meetings  would  be  held 
on  Wednesdays. 

Silver  says  she  has  been  to  all  the 
board  meetings  and  events.  She  says  she 
found  the  retreat  and  the  orientation  an 
"invaluableexperience"becauseshewas 
able  to  meet  the  other  board  members 
and  understand  how  they  feel  about  cer- 
tain issues. 

She  says  the  orientation  allowed  her 
to  understand  her  role  as  a  board  mem- 
ber. "It's  difficult  to  take  over  a  task  with 
a  history  and  you  don't  know  the  his- 
tory," says  Silver.  □ 


Students  upset  over  tunnel  locker  removal 


by  Tonya  Zelinsky 

Charlatan  Staff 

Do  you  have  a  lot  of  books  to  cany 
around  with  you  this  year?  Thinking  of 
getting  a  locker?  Well,  get  in  line. 

This  summer  1,623  lockers  were  re- 
moved in  response  to  a  1 972  report  and 
"due  to  the  growing  numberof  students," 
says  Stan  Britton,  manager  of  construc- 
tion services,  which  leaves  3,633  in  total. 
Of  those  lockers,  765  were  in  the  quad 
area  around  Dunton  Tower  and  the  li- 
brary. 

When  the  lockers  were  removed,  how- 
ever, the  parking  and  lockers  depart- 
ment received  about  160  complaints, 
says  Pat  Barker,  a  member  of  the  Clerical 
staff  for  Carleton 's  parking  and  lockers 
office.  She  says  many  students  were  un- 
able to  get  a  locker  in  the  area  they 
wanted. 

Tara  Wagg,  a  second-year  linguistics 
student,  is  upset  by  the  locker  removal.  "I 
can  tell  you  that  last  year  I  had  a  locker 
near  the  library  and  it  was  very  conven- 
ient for  me.  Now  it's  by  the  Unicentre 
which  is  inconvenient,"  says  Wagg. 

Liza  Castro,  a  second-year  political 
science  student,  says  she  was  upset  about 
the  changes. 

"Last  year  I  didn't  really  need  one  (a 
locker).  But  this  year  rolled  around  and  I 
have  about  a  thousand  books  and  all  my 
teaching  assistants  are  in  Dunton  Tower. 
When  I  went  to  the  business  office,  they 
j  ust  didn 't  have  any  lockers  available  for 
me  or  in  the  area  I  wanted." 

There  are  still  about  100  lockers  avail- 
able in  the  tunnels  under  the  Mackenzie 
Building. 

In  1972,  a  report  made  by  the  univer- 
sity traffic  consultants  "strongly  recom- 
mended" that  all  lockers  in  the  tunnel 
between  the  library  and  Southam  Hall  be 
removed.  The  year  is  now  1993  and  the 
changes  have  been  made.  Britton  wasn't 
sure  why  the  report  was  first  made  in 
1972. 

"It  had  to  do  with  two  things.  The  halls 
were  already  congested;  there  was  that 
safety  aspect.  There  was  a  safety  alarm 
raised  by  the  (university  traffic)  commit- 
tee, so  a  report  was  made,"  he  says. 

Barker  says  the  parking  and  lockers 
.office  was  told  by  construction  services 
the  renovations  were  "for  safely  and  fire 
regulations."  With  the  growing  number 
°f  students  and  vehicles  using  the- tun- 
nels, lockers  had  to  be  removed  to  widen 
the  space,  she  says. 

She  says  the  locker  situation  "didn't 
look  good.  People  were  complaining  it 
^as  crowded.  There  were  so  many  people 
m  the  area  that  It  was  congested." 


Less  lockers  mean  more  room  for  traffic. 


The  parking  and  lockers  office  was 
informed  by  construction  services  in  the 
first  week  of  August  about  the  locker 


removals,  which 
began  a  week  later. 

The  office  was 
left  with  little  no- 
tice because  mid- 
August  was  the 
most  convenient 
rime  to  fit  in  the 
work,  says  Tom 
Novosedlik,  co- 
ordinator of  con- 
struction services, 
m  He  says  the  goal 
d  was  to  have  the 
£  work  done  for  Sep- 
j  tember. 

m     "The  tunnelsare 
g  used  for  people  go- 
I  ing  back  and  forth, 
and  the  width  has 
to  be  maintained. 
Other  vehicles  there  are  travellingaround 
all  the  time.  It's  far  too  congested." 
Students  were  not  notified  by  con- 


struction services  about  the  renovations. 
Novosedlik  says  because  it  was  summer- 
time there  was  "no  need  to  notify  stu- 
dents. The  lockers  removed  were  not  in 
use."  Students  attending  school  during 
the  summer  used  one  block  of  lockers 
which  was  not  touched  until  the  end, 
says  Novosedlik. 

The  parking  and  lockers  office  did  not 
notify  students  of  the  changes  either. 

"We  were  in  charge  of  selling  lockers," 
says  Barker.  She  says  the  department 
wasn't  responsible  for  informing  students 
about  the  changes. 

Britton  could  not  determine  the  cost  of 
removing  the  lockers.  He  says  the  money 
for  locker  removals  came  from  the  Dunton 
Tower  elevator  restoration  project  and 
the  library  elevatorconstruction  project. 

Renovations  on  the  entrances  to  the 
tunnels  between  Dunton  Tower  and  the 
library  were  made  to  provide  an  elevator 
which  will  improve  the  accessibility  of 
the  library,  says  Britton.  □ 


No  contested  seats  in  NUC  election 


by  Mario  Carlucci  and  Matt  Skinner 

Charlatan  Staff 

Twenty-seven  candidates  were  ac- 
claimed as  New  University  Government 
representatives  in  an  election  held  Oct.  5 
and  6. 

Since  none  of  the  seats  were  contested, 
the  candidates  automatically  claimed 
their  seats  without  students'  votes. 

The  27  students  represent  15  per  cent 
of  the  available  NUG  positions.  There 
were  about  180  positions  available,  says 
Gary  Anandasangaree,  the  NUG  caucus 
chair. 

NUG  representatives  sit  on  university 
department  boards  and  committees  as 
voting  members  on  academic  decisions 
made  by  those  bodies.  In  the  past,  these 
academic  decisions  have  dealt  with  the 
curriculum,  class  size  and  the  use  of 
instructional  television. 

"There  are  quite  a  number  of  vacant 
positions, "  says  Anandasangaree,  who  is 
also  director  of  academics  forthe  Carleton 
University  Students'  Association. 

"Law,  public  administration,  mass 
communication,  film,  computer  science 
—  just  to  name  a  few  —  have  seats 
available  to  be  filled,"  says 
Anandasangaree. 

Ron  Saunders,  chair  of  the  depart- 
ment of  law,  says  he's  not  surprised  that 
only  27  students  applied.  He  says  law 
students  weren't  told  of  the  upcoming 
NUG  election  in  classes  because  no  one 


from  NUG  told  him  when  they  were  go- 
ing to  be  held. 

Saunders  says  he  wasn't  made  aware 
of  the  NUG  election  until  he  was  ap- 
proached about  it  by  a  Charlatan  reporter 
a  week  after  they  were  held. 

Paul  Attallah,  associate  director  for 
the  school  of  journalism  and  communi- 
cation, says  he  wasn't  notified  of  the 
election. 

"In  previous  years  there  has  been  a 
very  similar  outcome, "  says  Senthooran 


Sridas,  the  deputy  NUG  chair.  "Beyond 
the  election  process,  whatever  seats  were 
empty,  we'd  just  write  to  the  department 
and  the  faculty  would  announce  it  (to  the 
students)  at  the  lectures,"  he  says. 

"One  of  the  things  NUG  has  to  do  this 
year  is  get  more  people  involved,  build 
more  enthusiasm  for  NUG,  and  it's  some- 
thing all  NUG  reps  can  play  an  effective 
role  in,"  says  Anandasangaree. 

NUG  cont'd  on  page  4 


The  day  of  reckoning  is 
near,  according  to  this 
San  Franciscan  prophet. 
Maybe  so . . .  see  our 
election  supplement. 


arts  29 

classifieds  1 2 

national  9 

news  3 

opinion  1 3 

sports  23 
supplement  15 


October  21,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


CUSA  to  hire  new  safety  commissioner 


by  Tanya  Workman 

Charlatan  Staff 

After  six  months  of  operating  without 
a  safety  commissioner,  the  Carleton  Uni- 
versity Students'  Association  has  finally 
decided  to  hire  one. 

The  new  commissioner  will  work  10- 
15  hours  a  week  and  will  be  in  charge  of 
conducting  campus  safety  audits,  talk- 
ing to  students  about  safety  issues,  sitting 
on  safety  committees  and  lobbying  ad- 
ministration to  improve  conditions  on 
campus,  says  CUSA  finance  commis- 
sioner Rene  Faucher. 

Since  May,  CUSA  President  Lucy 
Watson  has  been  responsible  for  thesafety 
commissioner's  duties.  She  announced 
Oct.  1 8  at  a  council  meeting  that  a  safety 
commissioner  will  be  hired  during  the 
first  week  of  November.  She  said  the 
reason  for  the  delay  in  hiring  for  the 
position  was  that  she  was  busy  in  Sep- 
temberand  "the  month  just  disappeared." 

The  announcement  was  made  shortly 
after  Kristin  Russel,  a  councillor  for  the 
Graduate  Students'  Association,  com- 
plained to  CUSA  council  about  the  lack 
of  concern  she  felt  it  had  towards  campus 
safety. 


Russel  is  the  GSA  representative  on 
the  presidential  advisory  committee  on 
personal  safety,  and  there  is  a  place  for 
CUSA.  Russel  says  she  was  disappointed 
no  one  from  CUSA  attended  the  commit- 
tee's last  meeting  Oct.  14.  Watson  was 
supposed  to  attend,  but  says  she  was 
unable  to  because  of  her  involvement  in 
hiring  for  Oliver's  pub. 

Russel  says  she  met  with  Watson  a 
couple  of  weeks  before  the  committee 
meeting  and  told  her  she  was  not  im- 
pressed with  CUSA's  involvementinsafety 
issues. 

At  that  time,  CUSA  still  had  not  made 
plans  to  hire  a  safety  commissioner. 
Faucher  says  it  was  up  to  Watson  to 
decide  if  she  wanted  to  hire  one. 

"What  we  did  this  year  was  that  we 
made  plans  so  that  in  the  event  that  Lucy 
wanted  a  part-time  safety  commissioner 
during  the  school  year ...  we  have  funds 
put  aside  to  hire  someone  and  pay  for 
their  wages." 

Last  year,  safety  commissioner 
Samantha  Sheen  had  her  own  portfolio 
in  the  CUSA  budget.  This  means  she  had 
a  budget  of  more  than  $20,000  for  ex- 


penses like  office  supplies  and  safety  fly- 
ers, including  $8,800  for  her  salary. 

The  new  commissioner  is  expected  to 
earn  between  $3,500  and  $3,800.  This  is 
considerably  less  than  what  Sheen  earned, 
because  she  also  worked  full-time  in  the 
summer  before  the  1992-93  school  year. 
The  new  commissioner's  term  will  run 
until  the  end  of  the  academic  year. 

Faucher  says  when  he  was  preparing 
the  budget  in  the  summer,  he  wasn't  sure 
whether  CUSA  would  be  hiring  a  commis- 
sioner and  so  a  portfolio  was  not  neces- 
sary. 

Watson  says  there  was  never  a  question 
of  whether  a  commissioner  would  be  hired 
and  that  she  had  been  planning  for  one 
all  along. 

The  money  for  the  commissioner's  sal- 
ary will  be  coming  out  of  CUSA's  discre- 
tionary fund,  which  is  used  for  "anything 
that  comes  up  that  wasn't  planned," 
Faucher  says. 

The  fund,  in  the  operating  budget,  is 
budgeted  at  $39,565  and  Faucher  says  it 
hasn't  been  dipped  into  yet.  He  says  he 
doesn't  anticipate  more  than  $1,000  in 
office  expenses  for  this  year's  safety  com- 


missioner. 

Watson's  involvement  in  safety  is- 
sues was  one  reason  a  full  portfolio  was 
not  needed,  says  Faucher.  "Safety  has 
been  one  of  her  priorities  over  the  last 
couple  of  years.  So  she  wanted  to  deal 
with  a  lot  of  the  issues  herself." 

Russell  says  she  wants  CUSA  to  lobby 
university  administrators  to  improve 
conditions  on  campus  so  they  are  safer 
for  students  at  night. 

"1  expect  to  have  emergency  phones 
on  campus. . .  There  are  no  emergency 
phones;  there's  minimal  lighting." 

The  presidential  advisory  committee 
would  like  to  have  outdoor  emergency 
phones  and  well-lit  designated  walk- 
ways across  campus,  but  they  only  have 
$30,000  to  do  this  with.  Phones  cost 
$6,000  each,  says  Nancy  Adamson,  co- 
chairof  the  committee,  andspecial  light- 
ing costs  over  $12,000  per  light. 

"I  want  to  get  some  sort  of  support 
from  the  undergraduate  students  that 
yes,  this  is  an  issue  and  we're  not  going 
to  letitdie,  because  it's  far  from  finished 
now,"  says  Russel.  □ 


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by  Mario  Carlucci 

Chariatan  Start 

A  man  assaulted  a  woman  while  she 
was  studying  on  the  third  floor  of  the 
library  on  Sunday,  Oct.  17. 

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blue  eyes  and  short,  curly  grey  hair,  a 
moustache  and  is  over  40  years  old. 

A  safety  poster  was  circulated  about  the 
incident  on  Tuesday,  Oct.  19.  □ 

Man  exposes 
himself  on  Heron 
Road  Bridge 

A  man  indecently  exposed  himself  to  a 
female  student  walking  alone  along  Colo- 
nel By  Drive  at  around  7:30  p.m.  on  Tues- 
day, Oct.  12. 

The  woman  noticed  the  man  on  the 
stairs  of  the  Heron  Road  Bridge. 

"It  was  at  a  distance  as  1  recall  (from  the 
report).  She  was  in  no  danger,"  says  Len 
Boudreault,  assistant  director  of  the  de- 
partment of  university  safety. 

The  man  is  described  as  a  slim,  English- 
speaking  Caucasian,  with  long  grey  hair 
and  balding.  He  is  believed  tabe  in  his  late 
forties  and  between  5  feet  seven  inches 
and  5  feet  10  inches. 


While  the  incident  occurred  off  cam- 
pus, Boudreaultsaysmanystudentsuse 
the  walkway  along  Colonel  By  to  the 
Heron  Road  bridge. 

A  safety  poster  was  circulated  about 
the  incident  on  Friday,  Oct.  15. 

"(The  notice)  is  up  there  because  of 
the  concern  for  the  students,"  says 
Boudreault.  The  matter  was  turned  over 
to  the  Ottawa  Police.  □ 

Campus  car  thefts 
up  for  October 

Car  thefts  are  increasing  on  campus, 
says  Len  Boudreault,  assistant  director 
of  the  department  of  university  safety. 

"  I  haven't  seen  any  (car  thefts)  since 
I  came  in  here  in  January,"  says 
Boudreault,  but  "there  have  been  car 
thefts  recently." 

He  says  he  doesn't  think  there  is  a 
professional  theft  ring  operating  on  cam- 
pus, but  says  thefts  have  happened  in 
the  parking  garage  near  the  adminis- 
trationbuilding. 

Boudreault  says  some  precautions 
can  help  prevent  car  thefts: 

•  Keep  your  car  locked  at  all  times. 

•  Lock  all  valuables  in  the  trunk. 

•Report  any  suspicious-looking  peo- 
ple to  the  department  of  university  safety 
at  788-3612.  Q 


4  •  The  Charlatan  •  October  21,  1993 


NUG  cont'd  from  page  3 

But  the  past  few  years  haven't  been 
stellar,  he  says. 

"Traditionally,  the  response  for  NUG 
hasn't  been  enormous.  In  my  three  years 
here,  there  have  only  been  two  seats  con- 
tested in  NUG  elections.  That  was  in  jour- 
nalism and  political  science  (two  years 
ago),"  says  Anadasangaree. 

"I  think  for  one  thing,  a  lot  of  students 
don't  know  what  NUG  reps  can  do.  And  a 
lot  of  people  are  sceptical,"  he  says.  "Some 
people  may  feel  intimidated  by  that  proc- 
ess of  working  with  people  who  may  mark 
you  in  the  future." 

He  says  the  students  represent  IS  per 
cent  of  the  votes  in  each  department,  with 
faculty  representing  the  other  85  per  cent. 

Sridas  says  he  thinks  if  all  the  NUG 
positions  were  filled  and  the  students  rep- 
resented the  full  15  percentoftheirvoting 
power,  they  would  have  a  good  chance  of 
raising  issues  that  are  important  to  stu- 
dents. He  says  with  just  a  fraction  of  the 
180  seats  filled,  this  won't  be  possible. 


"When  the  student  representation 
goes  down,  the  voice  of  the  students  is 
not  loud  enough,"  Sridas  says. 

Anandasangaree  says  he  can  now 
appoint  students  as  NUG  representa- 
tives, if  they  are  interested. 

Sridas  says  about  nine  students  have 
volunteered  since  the  election.  "It's  an 
ongoing  process,"  he  says.  "We  expect 
the  number  (of  student  reps)  tocome  up 
to  at  least  75." 

Michel  Gaulin,  clerk  of  the  university 
senate,  says  the  poor  rum  out  for  NUG 
is  indicative  of  student  priorities. 

"I  think  students  right  now  are  pre- 
occupied with  a  number  ofthings — the 
economic  situation,  combination  of 
studies  and  work,  and  they're  preoccu- 
pied about  jobs,"  he  says. 

"The  work  of  the  university  contin- 
ues and  academic  decisions  are  being 
made,"  says  Gaulin.  He  says  student 
inputisn'trestrictedtoNUGalone.  "The 
leadership  of  CUSA  and  GSA  provide 
input  as  well."  □ 


Native  elder  shares  wisdom  and  wit 


by  Naomi  Bock 

Charlatan  SiaH 

Wilfred  Peltier  sat  silent  and  blinking 
beneath  a  Stetson  hat  covered  in  eagle 
pins  and  feathers. 

The  room  was  filled  with  about  30 
people  sipping  tea  and  waiting  for  his 
talk  on  education  and  traditional 
knowledges  to  begin,  at  the  Oct.  15  ses- 
sion of  the  "Tea  and  Cultural  Studies" 
series. 

Taking  off  his  hat  and  glasses,  he 
pulled  a  braid  of  sweetgrass  out  of  a 
plastic  bag  and  lit  it.  The  room  fell  silent, 
mesmerized,  as  he  touched  his  braided 
hair  and  the  back  of  his  head,  shaking 
the  grass  until  the  sweet,  smoky  smell 
filled  the  room.  He  explained  that  it  is 
used  in  Native  ceremonies  for  spiritual 
purification.  Then  he  paused. 

"I'm  not  comfortable.  And  I'm  not 
comfortable  because  people  are  sitting 
behind  me."  The  room  was  rearranged  so 
all  could  see. 

Peltier,  Carleton's  Native  elder-in-resi- 
dence,  began  to  talk  about  his  early  life 
on  Manitoulin  Island,  when  he  was  given 
"a  sentence  for  school"  and  taken  from 
"the  fields  with  the  birds  and  animals," 
where  he  said  the  real  learning  is. 

"  Learning  is  as  old  as  life;  there's  noth- 
ing new  about  it." 

He  talked  about  the  knowledge  of 
nature,  the  instincts  of  the  plants  and 
animals.  "A  tree  knows  how  to  grow.  It 
knows  when  to  put  on  leaves  and  when 
not  to  ... .  We're  the  only  ones  that  are 
messed  up." 

The  Native  way  of  learning  is  by  expe- 
riencing and  discovering  the  world 
around  you,  said  Peltier.  "I  learned  by 
touch,  by  hearing,  from  all  that  flowed 
from  within  me."  In  school,  Peltier  said, 
"everything  was  discovered  for  me. 

"Our  education  is  for  survival.  (Main- 
stream education)-  is  in  the  hands  of 


Wilfred  Peltier  gets  comfortable. 


those  totally  ignorant  of  survival.  Every- 
thing there  is  to  know  in  this  world  every 
one  of  you  already  knows;  you  just  have 
to  experience  it.  That,  too,  I  know." 

Peltiersaid  he  saw  a  sign  in  the  univer- 
sity aimed  at  Native  people  that  read, 
"  Discover  who  you  are  —  stay  in  school. " 
He  exclaimed,  "My  God,  that's  where 
you  lose  your  identity  —  in  an  institu- 
tion!" 

Peltier  talked  about  the  misguided 
nature  of  modem  self-discovery.  "Most 
people  I  know  are  hying  to  discover  who 
they  are  by  a  process  of  becoming,  by 
naming  some  category."  He  said  univer- 
sities encourage  this  because  students 
work  toward  a  goal  or  occupation  with 
their  studies. 

Peltier  said  people's  connection  with 
nature  is  lost,  and  this  loss  will  destroy  us. 
"As  you  lose  your  relationship  with  the 
land  because  you're  trying  to  become 
something,  you're  going  to  destroy  your- 
self, and  take  us  along  with  you." 

Peltier  talked  ironically  about  the  mis- 


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conceptions  of  a  society  that  believes 
Native  peoples  are  poor.  "Maybe  we're 
struggling  to  find  something  to  eat,  but 
all  these  people  trying  to  get  a  million 
dollars  and  then  they're  not  satisfied  — 
they  want  two.  That's  poverty." 

People  today  are  run  by  time,  said 
Peltier.  "There  is  no  more  time  of  the 
seasons,  no  more  time  of  wild  strawber- 
ries, of  the  ducks  or  the  moose." 

Peltier  said  technology  is  dangerous. 
"We're  all  at  odds,  caught  up  in  a  big 
machine  we've  built ....  We've  got  that 
monster  running  loose,  a  technological 
monster." 

Peltier  recounted  one  of  his  stories, 
called  "The  Board  and  the  Mountain." 

He  once  went  up  to  a  mountain  with 
a  friend.  It  was  a  beautiful  moment, 
amidst  the  poplars  with  the  song  of 
meadowlarks  in  the  air.  His  friend  asked 
him  what  changes  he  would  make  if  he 


had  the  power.  Peltier  looked  up  and  saw 
adistantcloud.  Hesaid  maybe  he'dbring 
half  the  cloud  closer,  but  decided  it  was 
perfect  where  it  was. 

Then  he  listened  to  the  meadowlarks, 
and  thought  of  making  more  of  them, 
but  again  decided  there  were  just  enough . 
Then  he  looked  down  and  saw  a  board 
that  had  been  pushed  aside.  He  decided 
to  move  it  back  where  it  had  been. 

Peltier  reached  down  and  picked  up 
the  board,  and  to  his  surprise,  millions  of 
insects  angrily  squirmed  at  his  action. 

"  I  was  stunned.  I  had  lifted  the  cap  off 
the  world  with  good  intentions.  All  those 
people  who  came  into  our  reserves  lifted 
the  cap  off  the  world  with  good  inten- 
tions. They  said  we  had  no  recreation,  so 
they  gave  us  games  so  we  could  fight 
each  other.  And  not  any  one  of  them 
know  what  they're  doing." 

Peltier  said  sharing  within  Native  com- 
munities has  given  way  to  competition 
and  suspicion  which  didn't  exist  in  the 
past. 

"We  had  no  lists  but  everything  got 
done  anyway.  We  didn't  have  what  they 
have  now  —  stress,  I  think  they  call  it. 

Peltier  said  our  society  needs  more 
openness.  He  once  heard  another  Native 
man  say,  "The  pine  grows  with  the  birch, 
the  birch  with  the  elm,  so  all  are  welcome 
in  my  lodge.  Trees  don't  discriminate,  so 
how  can  I?" 

Part  of  the  problem  is  the  nature  of 
language,  said  Peltier.  "Words  separate. 
What  is  the  spoken  language  for?  For  the 
sake  of  control. "  Peltier  laughed.  "That's 
what  I've  been  doing,  so  !  better  shut  up. 
I  was  going  to  tell  you  about  my  teeth  but 
I  won't."  □ 


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Alan 


by  Angie  Gallop 

Chartalan  Staff 

Alan  Shain  has  spent  his  life  chal- 
lenging barriers. 

.  At  25,  he  is  a  Carleton  political  sci- 
ence/sociology graduate.  Besides  his  job 
at  Statistics  Canada,  he  is  a  comedian 
and  a  poet.  He  has  been  doing  comedy 
for  four  years  now,  working  regularly  for 
the  past  two  years,  often  doing  opening 
spots  at  Yuk  Yuk's. 

Shain  has  had  cerebral  palsy  since  he 
was  injured  at  birth.  He  uses  either  a 
walker  or  a  motorized  scooter  to  get 
around  and  his  speech  is  impaired,  caus- 
ing what  he  calls  his  "funny  accent." 

Shain  has  been  using  comedy  to  break 
the  ice  and  teach  people  who  do  not 
share  his  condition  about  the  needs  and 
feelings  of  the  disabled  community. 

"My  accent  scares  people  away  and  at 
times  I  might  be  ignored  or  people  as- 
sume I  can't  understand  before  they  even 
try,"  he  says.  "I  often  have  to  deal  with 
this  mindset  more  than  my  heavy  ac- 
cent." 

He  describes  himself  as  "someone  who 
wants  to  do  it  all."  He  has  just  been 
selected  to  go  to  Costa  Rica  to  work  on 
development  projects  with  the  Youth 
Challenge  International  Program.  Past 
Youth  Challenge  International  projects 
have  included  building  bridges  and  roads. 

Although  Youth  Challenge  has  had  a 
deaf  woman  participate,  Shain  is  the 
first  participant  to  have  a  mobility  dis- 
ability. 

Grant  Hogg,  youth  director  of  the  pro- 
gram, says  he  was  first  in  touch  with 
Shain  through  a  past  participant,  Mike 
Gifford.  Hogg  says  Shain  became  inter- 
ested during  one  of  Gifford's  presenta-' 
tions  on  his  experiences  in  Guyana. 

Since  then  Hogg  says  he's  talked  with 
Shain  about  the  program  opening  its 
doors  to  the  physically  disabled. 

"One  reason  for  going  was  to  promote 
some  disability  awareness  among  devel- 
opment projects  because  people  with  dis- 
abilities get  left  out,"  says  Shain.  "So  I 
want  to  see  if  1  can  perhaps  change  some 
attitudes  within  the  communities  I  will 
be  working  in." 

Shain  says  one  of  his  main  concerns  is 
that  all  too  often  people  with  disabilities 
in  developing  countries  are  hidden  away. 

"We  are  very  much  an  invisible  group, 
partly  because  things  are  inaccessible  so 
we  can't  get  around,  but  also  because  of 
religious  or  community  beliefs,"  he  says. 

Shain  says  in  a  lot  of  cultures,  a  dis- 
ability is  seen  as  a  punishment  to  the 
family,  so  often  children  and  older  fam- 
ily members  with  disabilities  are  hidden, 
away  to  escape  ostracism. 

"The  experience  of  poverty  and  lack 


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of  education  and  lack  of  employment  is 
greatly  enhanced  by  the  experience  of 
disability,"  he  says.  "Even  the  United 
Nations  considers  people  with  disabili- 
ties the  most  impoverished  and  exploited 
social  group  in  the  world." 

Because  Youth  Challenge  is  a  very 
physically  strenuous  program,  Shain 
must  work  hard  to  make  the  experience 
positive. 

"  It  takes  a  lot  of  effort  on  both  sides, " 
says  Gifford.  "Al  doesn't  know  exactly 
what  to  expect  and  Youth  Challenge 
doesn't  have  a  lot  of  experience  in  ac- 
commodating disabilities,  so  it  will  be  a 
good  experience  for  both." 

Hogg  says  he  hopes  Shain  will  deter- 
mine if  Youth  Challenge  is  able  to  ac- 
commodate mobility-disabled  workers 
and  how  to  adjust  the  program.  He  says 
both  sides  are  aware  of  the  possibility 
that  Youth  Challenge  might  not  be  able 
to  accommodate  the  needs  of  workers 
with  disabilities. 

"  I  am  interested  and  excited  about  the 
potential  but  we  must  take  it  one  step  at 
a  time,"  Hogg  says. 

Shain  says  he  will  have  to  make  his 
group  aware  that  he  will  need  their  sup- 
port. 

"I  walk  with  a  walker  right  now  so  that 
means  I  am  slower  than  average,"  he 
says.  "Also  the  terrain  will  be  a  problem 
and  so  I  will  need  physical  support  from 
the  group  to  help  me  get  around  the 
worksite  or  the  community." 

But  Shain  will  need  more  than  physi- 
cal support. 

"Not  to  say  the  project  itself  will  be  a 
negative  experience,  but  until  the  com- 
munity gets  used  to  me  they  might  se- 
clude me,  not  speak  to  me,  speak  over  my 
head  or  ignore  me  when  I  speak  to  them, " 
he  says. 

"So  I'll  need  my  fellow  crew  members 
to  say  "Hey,  did  you  hear  what  he  said?' 
when  this  happens." 

Hogg  says  although  Shain  may  pose 
different  challenges  for  his  group,  group 
members  must  work  together  to  accom- 
modate individual  differences. 

"When  someone  (who  does  not  have  a 
mobility  disability)  twists  an  ankle,  the  • 
team  must  work  together  to  make  sure 
that  person  makes  it  to  the  next  site,"  he 
says.  "Because  he  has  a  strong  spirit, 
(Shain)  will  be  a  great  role  model  for  both 
his  co-workers  and  the  people  in  the 
community." 

Gifford  says  he  hopes  Shain's  experi- 
ence will  encourage  other  people  with 
disabilities  to  participate  in  things  like 
Youth  Challenge  International. 

"It's  about  time  they  are  included  in 
these  experiences,  like  everyone  else,"  he 
says.  "Hopefully  this  will  be  a  good  start. " 


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Despite  the  ob- 
stacles Shain 
must  overcome, 
he  is  confident 
because  of  his 
successes  in 
Canada  in  bridg- 
ing the  barriers 
he  faces. 

"It's  interest- 
ing because  peo- 
ple quickly  find 
outthat  it  doesn't 
take  long  to  get 
used  to  the  way  I 
speak,"  he  says. 
"Some  people 
come  up  to  me 
and  say  'Hey  Al! 
Youknow,  I  think 
you're  really  im- 
proving!' And  I 
say'Youknowits 
not  me  that's  im- 
proving, -it's 
you!'" 

Shain's  poem, 
"The  girl  with  the 
blanket,"  de- 
scribes the  frus- 
tration he  some- 
times feels  be- 
cause of  his  dis- 
ability. 

"sometimes  i 
cannot  deal  with  It 
(my  Cerebral 
Palsy) 


Alan  Shain  will  raise  awareness  in  Costa  Rica. 


and  i  need  to  go  somewhere  where  It  will 
not  follow" 

Although  he  cannot  change  his  real- 
ity, he  is  accommodating  it  and  not  let- 


ting it  limit  his  life  experiences.  □ 
Alan  Shain  is  having  a  benefit  night  of  folk 
music  and  comedy  at  Mike's  Place,  Thursday, 
Oct.  22,  at  8  p.m. 


Without  going  on  to  describe  to  TRAWG  in  macro-economic 
terms  the  benefits  of  his  new  bus  wheel,  nor  stopping  to 
explain  its  harmonic  relationship  to  environmental  purity  and 
general  green-ness,  GROG  simply  noted  that,  ceteris  paribus*, 
Voyageur's  S59  student  return  fare  is  the  cheapest  way  to 
travel  between  Ottawa  and  Toronto. 

Unfortunately  in  the  general  evolutionary  scheme  of  things 
this  offer  is  relatively  short  term,  i.e.  it  ends  December  15th, 
1993.  He  also  said  that  he  feels  students  should  support  him  in 
his  efforts  to  keep  his  wheels  rolling. 

'All  other  things  being  equal. 


238-5900  Uwu' 


CONDITIONS: 

You  must  be  25  years  ol  age  or  less  and  present  a  valid  1933*34 
fulltime  studies  Student  1.0  carrikords  issued  in  previous  school 
years  must  be  validated  lor  93-34)  or  a  Registrar's  Confirmation  of 
Enrollment  No  discounted  One-way  lare  available.  Taxes  ss  applic- 
able ate  extra.  Al!  travel  must  be  completed  by  December  15th.  1393. 


October  21,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


J 


Where  the  Buffalo  Roam 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Innu  camp  on  the  Hill  to  protest  policy 


by  Prema  Oza 

Chaiiatan  siaf) 

Despite  cold  weather  and  an  even 
colder  initial  reception  from  the  federal 
government,  about  50  men,  women  and 
children  from  the  Innu  community  in 
Hew  Davis  Inlet  and  Sheshatshui  in  Lab- 
rador set  up  camp  on  Parliament  Hill 
from  Oct.  5-10. 

But  despite  finally  meeting  with  offi- 
cials from  the  Department  of  Indian  and 
Northern  Affairs,  the  Innu's  plight  is  far 
from  resolved. 

The  main  event  of  the  protest  was  a 
rally  on  the  third  day,  Oct.  7,  where 
many  native  leaders  spoke  out  against 
the  government.  Among  the  speakers  at 
the  rally  were  Assembly  of  First  Nations 
representatives,  political  candidates  and 
Ron  George,  the  president  of  the  Native 
Council  of  Canada. 

The  Innu  protest  was  to  draw  atten- 
tion to  the  inhumane  conditions  they 
have  been  forced  to  live  in  since  being 
relocated  from  Old  Davis  Inlet  to  New 
Davis  Inlet  by  the  federal  government  in 
1967. 

"The  issue  is  colonization.  We  feel 
that  we  have  a  responsibility  to  ourselves 
to  deal  with  our  own  issues  and  our  own 
problems,"  said  Innu  nation  president 
Peter  Penashue. 

The  Innu  also  say  the  government  has 
not  fulfilled  its  promises  to  address  issues 
like  unfit  housing,  improper  heating  con- 
ditions, poor  health  conditions,  social 
decay  and  a  lack  of  job  opportunities  in 
the  New  Davis  Inlet  settlement  in  New- 
foundland. 

According  to  a  report  on  the  com- 
plaints by  the  Innu  of  Labrador  to  the 
Canadian  Human  Rights  Commission 
released  in  August,  these  promises  have 
not  been  kept. 


Peter  Peshanue  addresses  the  rally  on  Parliament  Hill 


The  report  says  poor  housing  and  serv- 
ice conditions  led  to  a  decline  in  the 
social  structure  of  the  Innu  community. 
The  Innu  say  this  was  "discrimination" 
and  a  violation  of  their  human  rights. 

They  say  they  wish  to  relocate  to  Little 
Sango  Bay  on  the  mainland  of  Labrador. 
Despite  initial  approval  by  the  federal 
government,  the  re-settlement  has  not 
yet  gone  ahead. 

Indian  and  Northern  Affairs  says  it  is 
studying  the  site's  water  resources  and 
possible  job  opportunities  to  assess 
whether  or  not  the  area  is  a  good  alterna- 
tive for  re-settlement.  Those  who  support 
the  Innu,  however,  feel  the  group's  re- 
quests are  being  ignored  by  the  federal 
and  Newfoundland  governments. 

"Clyde  Wells  and  his  Liberal  govern- 
ment in  Newfoundland  want  to  tell  the 
Innu  where  to  go.  I'd  like  to  tell  Clyde 
Wells  where  to  go.  Maybe  he  could  try 
living  at  Davis  Inlet, "  said  Cindy  Moriarty , 


a  candidate  from  the  NDP  in  the  Carle- 
ton-Gloucesterriding  who  addressed  the 
rally. 

Above  all  is  the  long-standing  debate 
over  both  the  federal  and  provincial  gov- 
ernment's desire  to  have  the  Innu  regis- 
tered as  Status  Indians  under  the  Indian 
Act.  The  government  says  the  Innu  must 
register  to  receive  social  benefits  under 
the  act. 

As  well,  the  government  says  the  Innu 
must  register  out  of  fairness  to  other 
Aboriginal  groups  who  are  already  regis- 
tered. But  the  Innu  maintain  that  they 
have  the  right  to  self-government. 

"We  want  a  process  where  we  can  start 
dealing  by  a  bilateral  process  with  the 
federal  government  and  the  federal  gov- 
ernment has  said  that  we  have  to  go 
under  the  Indian  Act,"  says  Peshanue. 

"Any  kind  of  a  system  based  on 
whether  you  have  a  number  or  not,  any 
kind  of  a  system  that  will  only  give  you 


rights  if  you  subjugate  your  sovereignty 
to  them,  can  be  called  nothing  other 
than  an  apartheid  government,"  said 
George  at  the  rally. 

"Apartheid  is  alive  and  well  in  Canada 
and . . .  they  are  trying  to  get  the  Innu  to 
subjugate  themselves  under  the  Indian 
Act,  which  everybody  knows  is  archaic 
and  has  to  be  dismantled.  It  has  to  be 
replaced  by  the  inherent  right  to  self 
government ....  Give  us  the  self-determi- 
nation we  deserve." 

On  Oct.  10,  a  representative  of  Indian 
and  Northern  Affairs  met  with  the  Innu. 
The  next  day,  the  Innu  left  the  Hill. 

"It  is  my  understanding  that  the  Innu 
would  not  have  left  unless  their  original 
proposal  was  looked  at, "  said  Karen  Issac, 
media  relations  spokesperson  for  the 
Assembly  of  First  Nations.  "They  must 
have  received  some  assurances  that  their 
file  would  be  given  the  priority  that  it 
deserves." 

According  to  an  Indian  and  Northern 
Affairs  spokesperson,  the  government 
assured  the  Innu  that  it  would  give  their 
concerns  priority  and  promised  funds  to 
help  them. 

"One  portion  of  the  money  is  to  go  to 
study  registration  under  the  Indian  Act, " 
said  Toni  Bramley,  the  deputy  director  of 
communications  for  the  department. 
"The  other  portion  is  to  go  to  (the  study 
of)  social  issues.  Now  it  is  up  to  them." 

Bramley  did  not  disclose  the  exact 
amount  of  money  given  by  the  govern- 
ment. 

At  the  rally,  Elizabeth  Penashue,  an 
elderly  member  of  the  Innu  community, 
summed  up  the  Innu's  sentiment. 

"  Our  struggle  is  not  for  ourselves,  it  is 
for  all  our  people,  all  the  children  who 
will  be  born  years  from  now.  It  is  for  their 
health  and  their  well-being."  □ 


Harb  is  the  invisible  candidate  on  CU  campus 


by  Jodi  McKenzie 

Charlatan  Slaff 

Although  Mac  Harb  says  he  has  been 
supportive  of  student  issues  as  the  Liberal 
Member  of  Parliament  for  Ottawa  Cen- 
tre, Carleton  students  seem  oblivious  to 
his  efforts. 

And  for  a  candidate  who  lost  all  four 
residence  polls  in  the  1988  election,  that 
can't  be  good  news. 

Harb,  who  is  running  for  re-election, 
says  he  has  been  very  active  in  promot- 
ing student  issues  during  his  term. 

"I  have  done  a  good  job  for  students, " 
Harb  says.  It  was  due  to  his  influence,  he 
says,  that  the  Liberal  Party  adopted  na- 
tional policies  to  set  up  apprenticeship 
programs  and  promote  literacy  that  were 
unveiled  in  this  election. 

Harb  introduced  three  private  mem- 
ber's bills  to  Parliament  regarding  edu- 
cation and  literacy  during  his  term.  A 
private  member's  bill  is  proposed  legisla- 
tion submitted  to  the  House  of  Commons 
by  an  MP  who  is  not  acting  on  behalf  of 
a  party. 

Harb  introduced  a  bill  on  educational 
standards  in  I  une  1991,  but  it  did  not  get 
pastits  first  reading  because  the  House  of 
Commons  went  on  itssummer  break.  Bill 
C-318  sought  to  "achieve  access  to  qual- 
ity education  for  all  Canadians,"  says 
Harb. 

At  the  time,  Harb  told  The  Charlatan 
he  wanted  to  establish  national  stand- 
Qrds  for  all  levels  of  education  because  of 
the  high  dropout  rate  in  Canadian  uni- 
versities. He  said  the  standards  would 
ensure  everyone  had  an  equal  opportu- 
nity  to  get  a  quality  education. 

Harb's  second  private  member's  bill 
sought  to  ensure  that  federal  transfer 


payments  to  the  provinces  for  health  and 
post-secondary  education  are  used  for 
those  specific  purposes.  Although  Bill  C- 
426  also  failed  to  become  law,  Harb  says 
he  will  propose  it  again. 

"The  government  should  not  give  the 
money  if  it  is  not  going  to  be  used  for 
education  properly,"  says  Harb. 

BillC-435,  another  of  Harb'sbills  which 
also  did  not  pass,  would  have  set  stand- 
ards for  national  literacy. 

Despite  these  efforts,  many  students 
in  his  own  riding  do  notrecognize  him  as 
someone  who  has  done  a  lot  for  them 
since  his  election. 

The  great  majority  of  the  Carleton 
students  who  talked  to  The  Charlatan  had 


no  idea  who  Harb  was.  Those  who  did 
had  no  idea  what  he  had  done  for  them. 

One  student  who  did  know  something 
about  Harb's  performance  was  sympa- 
thetic. 

"If  (the  Liberals)  weren't  in  opposition 
he  might  get  (his  bills)  through,"  said 
Mike  Tobson,  a  third-year  history  stu- 
dent. Although  he  says  he's  not  a  sup- 
porter, he  says  he  "has  no  problem  with 
Harb." 

As  well  as  his  work  in  Parliament, 
Harb  says  he  has  worked  with  the  Cana- 
dian Federation  of  Students  for  some 
time. 

Harb  "has  not  been  extremely  closely 
linked"  with  the  federation,  says  Jocelyn 


Charron,  CFS  communications  director, 
but  he  has  been  "constant"  in  regard  to 
student  issues. 

Harb  has  worked  with  the  CFS  to  de- 
velop programs  for  student  apprentice- 
ship training  and  literacy.  Charron  also 
says  Harb  "has  been  active  among  the 
Liberals  on  student  issues." 

Harb  says  education  is  in  his  cam- 
paign platform  now,  as  it  was  in  1988. 

Harb  says  students  should  support  him 
in  the  upcoming  election  because  he 
"plans  to  continue  to  stand  up  for  stu- 
dent issues  and  concerns." 

But  he  seems  to  have  failed  to  make 
himself  visible  to  many  students  here  at 
Carleton.  □ 


National  Student  Day  flops  again  this  year 


by  Carolyn  McBain 

Chartata/i  Staff 

The  Carleton  University  Students'  As- 
sociation invested  about  $500  in  Na- 
tional Student  Day,  but  the  student  inter- 
est rate  was  extremely  low  at  the  Oct.  1 3 
rally  on  Parliament  Hill. 

Less  than  20  Carleton  students  joined 
studentsfrom  the  University  of  Ottawa  at 
the  annual  event  to  protest  issues  such  as 
increasing  tuition  fees  and  cuts  to  stu- 
dent loans.  Only  about  31  students  In 
total  appeared  at  the  rally. 

CUSA  rented  two  buses  to  take  stu- 
dents from  campus  to  the  Hill,  but  the 
second  bus  was  turned  away  due  to  the 
poor  turnout. 

KristJne  Haselsteiner,  CUSA's  vice- 
president  external,  organized  the  event. 


She  says  the  students'  association  ex- 
pected a  larger  turnout. 

"Students  kept  saying  they  were  com- 
ing," she  says. 

last  year,  only  the  seven  organizers 
showed  up  to  board  the  three  buses  char- 
tered to  take  students  to  the  rally.  The  trip 
to  the  rally  was  cancelled  and  CUSA  was 
left  with  a  $  1 70  bill  for  the  bus  rentals. 
Kim  Newton,  then-vice-president  exter- 
nal, blamed  the  poor  showing  on  poor 
promotion  of  the  rally. 

This  year,  CUSA  advertised  the  rally  in 
The  Charlatan  in  addition  to  posters  and 
leaflets  distributed  in  residence.  Mem- 
bers of  the  CUSA  executive  also  spoke  to 
several  classes,  encouraging  them  to  at- 
tend the  rally. 

Gary  Anandasangaree,  director  of 


academics  for  CUSA,  says  he  believes 
students  wanted  to  come  but  they  were 
too  busy. 

"A  lot  of  people  didn't  come  because 
they  have  part-time  jobs.  It's  not  because 
they're  not  interested." 

President  Lucy  Watson  agrees. 

"Students  have  to  make  choices  — - 
work,  school  or  attending  the  rally.  A  lot 
of  students  are  busy  with  work  and 
school,"  she  says. 

Haselsteiner  has  a  different  theory. 

"Students  don't  think  their  voice  re- 
ally matters,"  she  says.  "We  need  to 
motivate  them." 

She  says  she  hasn 't  come  up  with  any 
ideas  on  how  to  accomplish  this  yet. 

"But  I'd  love  to  hear  from  someone 
who  has  "  Q 


October  21,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  9 


VIEWPOINT 


Election  TV  ads:  the  slick  and  the  silly 


by  Eric  Langenbacher 

Every  four  years  or  so, 
Canada's  boring  and  uneventful  national 
image  is  shattered. 

The  occasion  is  the  federal  election 
campaign  and  the  deluge  of  political 
advertisements  that  accompany  it. 

This  time  around,  the  ads  run  the 
whole  gamut  of  styles,  from  the  slick 
Madison  Avenue  type  to  the  amateur 
ClOHtype. 

In  case  you  didn't  have  time  to  watch 
the  tube,  I  spent  hours  psychotically 
switching  channels  in  order  to  catch  all 
the  ads.  Hopefully  this  effort  will  help 
you  decide  who  to  vote  for. 

Progressive  Conservative — PC  ads 

are  as  slick,  commercialized  and  vicious 
as  in  the  past.  Most  of  them  have  stressed 
the  leadership  factor  of  the  Prime  Minis- 
ter, Kim!  Campbell. 

Tory  viscousness  has  also  surfaced, 
most  notably  in  the  brouhaha  surround- 
ing the  anti-Chretien  spots.  Actually, 
these  two  ads  are  my  favorite  Tory  ones. 
Some  very  unflattering  mugs  of  Chretien 
were  shown  with  voices  questioning  his 
leadership  abilities.  The  ads  ended  with 
the  question,  "jean  Chretien  for  Prime 
Minister?"  andtheslogan  "Think  Twice." 

I  give  this  ad  an  A+.  It  was  concise  and 
to  the  point.  Sure,  it  could  be  viewed  as 
vicious,  but,  let's  face  it,  Chretien  is  not 
the  most  photogenic  candidate  who  has 
ever  run. 

I  also  give  the  Liberals  credit  for  seiz- 
ing this  opportunity  and  creating  a 
pseudo-event  for  the  media.  Chretien's 


remark,  "God  gave  me  this  defect,"  was 
the  chance  politicians  and  media  types 
dream  of. 

The  most  fascinating  aspect  of  the 
event  is  the 
Liberals 
have  used 
Chretien's 
"look"  in 
their  own 
ads  for  him 
in  his  riding 
of  St. 
Maurice 
with  a  slo- 
gan to  the 
effect  of 
"funny 
face,  but 
good  poli- 
cies." How  quickly  we  forget. 

Most  of  the  Tories'  ads,  however,  sim- 
ply show  Campbell  talking.  New  images 
of  the  PM  are  portrayed:  the  slick  busi- 
nesswoman with  her  KC  pin  has  passed 
and  lately  a  haggard  au  nature/Campbell 
image  has  dominated.  The  sheernumber 
of  Tory  commercials  attest  to  the  their 
increasing  desperation  in  the  face  of 
unflattering  polls. 

Liberals — The  Liberals  know  they're 
winning  and  their  ads  show  it.  Well, 
they've  had  almost  a  decade  out  of  power 
to  work  on  them.  Most  of  their  ads  have 
a  very  patronizing,  almost  magisterial 
tone  to  them,  as  if  they  have  already 
formed  a  government. 

But  the  ads  send  out  conflicting  sig- 
nals, as  the  commercials  themselves  mir- 


ror Chretien's  folksy  style  (although  there 
is  subject/verb  agreement,  unlike  his 
speeches)  and  the  issue  the  Liberals  find 
important:  jobs.  The  Grits  stress  their 
Pplan  inces- 


this  the  image  the  "man  of  the  people" 
wants  to  convey? 

The  Liberals'  best  ad  is  in  black  and 
white  and  has  some  sort  of  inspirational 
elevator  music.  Young  and  sullen  faces 
presumably  show  the  effects  of  Tory  policy 
and  the  simple  slogan  "Give  'em  back 
their  dignity"  merits  an  A. 

New  Democratic  Party  —  Is  the 
NDP  a  political  force  anymore?  The  polls 
say  they  are  not,  but  their  commercials 
are  actually  the  most  professional. 

Audrey  McLaughlin's  little  talk  in  the 
hospital  waiting  room  about  medicare 
reveals  one  of  two  major  NDP  themes. 
The  other,  free  trade,  attacks  the  Liberals' 
position.  Both  spots  end  with  a  slick  Zorro- 
like  X  and,  then,  boom!  —  NDP. 

I  found  these  commercials  well-engi- 


neered and  concise.  But  perhaps  these 
ads  show  what  the  electorate  already 
know:  the  NDP  is  just  not  "with  it,"  qs 
they  have  not  chosen  issues  that  are 
central  to  voters  in  this  election. 

Reform  —  Preston  Manning  is  por- 
trayed as  a  beaming  leader  with  victori- 
ous fist  raised  high  in  triumph.  Any  simi- 
larities  with  certain  rightist  self-promo- 
tion in  the  past,  or  with  the  Bloc 
Quebecois? 

My  favorite  Reform  ad  was  the  super- 
market check-out  one,  with  all  the  Tories' 
financial  mistakes  being  tallied,  adding 
up  to  an  oversized  grocery  bill  for  Cana- 
dians. A-. 

Finally,  here's  the  best  and  worst  com- 
mercials of  all. 

The  worst  are,  by  far,  the  pathetic  and 
completely  unsuitable  local  ads.  Hector 
Clouthier's  independent  "Hello  seniors" 
ads  and  Barbara  Clark's  NDP  ads  are  so 
bad  words  cannot  express  it.  Well,  what 
can  one  expect  from  local  TV? 

The  best  overall  ad  is  for  the  Marxist- 
Leninist  party.  A  t  prim,  middle-aged 
woman  in  a  tweed  suit  with  glasses  and 
a  bob  hardly  conveys  the  image  of  many 
campus  radicals.  Their  slogan  is  "Give 
yourself  a  break."  I  give  them  credit  for 
pirating  the  old  Kit-Kat  commercial  but 
laugh  at  their  anti-capitalist  hypocrisy. 

Now  that  we've  shown  you  the  best 
and  worst  of  the  bunch,  here's  a  word  of 
warning:  don't  sit  too  close  to  the  televi- 
sion. Q 

(Eric  Langenbacher  is  a  fourth-year  German/political  science 
major  at  Carielon  with  a  sore  re  mole-control  thumb. } 


10  -  The  Charlatan  ■  October  21,  1993 


Local  candidate  doesn't  want  votes  Oct.  25 


by  Tim  Pryor 

Charlatan  Staff 

Keith  "Clayoquot" 
Ashdown  has  no  cam- 
paign manager,  no  volunteers  working 
for  him  and  no  political  party  backing 
him.  He  doesn't  even  have  a  platform. 
But  he  wants  your  vote  Oct.  25. 
The  21-year-old  Ashdown  is  running 
as  an  independent  candidate  in  the  Ot- 
tawa Centre  riding  to  help  raise  aware- 
ness about  Clayoquot  Sound,  the  British 
Columbia  rainforest  he  says  is  in  danger 
of  being  clear-cut. 

The  only  independent  candidate  in 
this  riding,  Ashdown  has  no  party  affili- 
ation and,  like  many  independents,  is 
running  to  raise  awareness  of  a  particu- 
lar issue.  In  1988,54  independents  ran  in 
ridings  across  Canada  and  there  were  1 0 
independent  Members  of  Parliament 
when  the  election  was  called  Sept.  8. 

According  to  Ashdown,  the  B.C.  gov- 
emmentdecided  on  April  13thatalarge 
portion  of  old-growth  forest  at  Clayoquot 
Sound  on  Vancouver  Island  would  be 
opened  to  logging. 

By  July  5,  protestors  had  erected  block- 
ades to  stop  loggers  from  entering  the 
area.  Australian  rockers  Midnight  Oil 
played  a  benefit  concert  there,  which 
helped  bring  international  attention  to 
the  plight  of  the  forest. 

"There's  been  a  lot  of  fights  in  the 
forests  around  the  world  and  there's  been 
dozens  of  these  occurrences,  such  as 
Clayoquot  Sound,"  says  Ashdown. 

"Clayoquot  Sound  is  the  last  straw  for 
many  people.  Seven  hundred  people  have 
gotten  arrested  there.  It  is  the  last  low- 
lying  temperate  rainforest  in  the  world. 
There  are  trees  that  are  1 700  years  old." 

It's  not  only  environmental  damage 
that  will  be  done  if  Clayoquot  is  lost,  he 
says. 

"It'sourheritage.  Wedon'thave  build- 
ings as  in  Europe;  we  have  trees.  You 
have  to  protect  it." 

The  decision  by  the  Ottawa  Coalition 
to  Save  Clayoquot  Sound  to  field  a  candi- 
date in  the  election  was  made  at  the  last 
minute. 

"We  decided  (to  run)  the  Friday  before 
Sept.  28,  which  was  the  last  day  you 
could  apply  to  run  in  this  election, "  says 
Ashdown.  "The  Ottawa  Coalition  to  Save 
Clayoquot  Sound  decided  to  run  a  protest 
candidate  in  this  election  so  at  every  all- 
candidates  meeting  and  in  the  media 
(they'd)  be  bringing  up  the  issue  of 


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Clayoquot 
Sound,  be- 
cause it  has 
been  ignored 
by  all  the  po- 
litical par- 
ties." 

But  don't 
expect 
Ashdown  to 
have  a  100- 
page  book 
explaining 
ways  to  re- 
duce the  defi- 
cit, a  plan  to 
keep  health 
care  down,  or 
a  solution  to 
the  constitu- 
tional crisis. 

"We  all 
have  our 
world  views," 
says 
Ashdown, 
"But  the  only 
thing  we  are  running  on  is  the  Clayoquot 
.Sound  issue.  That  is  our  only  platform." 

The  coalition  raised  the  $  1 ,000  to  get 
Ashdown's  name  on  the  ballot.  The  de- 
posit to  run  increased  $800  since  the  last 
election  under  new  election  legislation 
passed  in  May. 

"It's  undemocratic,"  he  says  of  the 
increased  fee.  "There's  a  lot  of  other  peo- 
ple that  would  love  to  run  in  this  election, 
but  they  can't  because  of  economic  rea- 
sons and  they're  not  in  a  situation  where 
they  can  leave  a  job.  Running  for  election 
is  a  privilege.  (The  candidates)  can  take 
time  off  and  leave  a  job  and  the  majority 
of  Canadians  can't  do  that." 


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Ashdown  "Clayoquot  Sound  is  the  last  straw. " 


age. 


Ashdown 
says  there  are 
several  reasons 
an  independent 
would  have  dif- 
ficulty getting 
elected  and  be 
effective  once  in 
power. 

"An  inde- 
pendentwill  not 
have  the  kind  of 
power  within 
the  House  of 
Commons.  You 
don't  have  peo- 
ple working  for 
you,"  says 
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None  of  the  students  The  Charlatan 
spoke  to  were  even  aware  that  Ashdown 
was  running  for  election  in  Ottawa  Cen- 
tre. But  they  did  have  opinions  on  the 
effectiveness  of  voting  for  an  independ- 
ent candidate. 

Frank  Semrau,  a  PhD  student  in  politi- 
cal science,  says  he  thinks  voting  for  an 
independent  candidate  might  be  better 
way  of  expressing  discontent  with  the 
traditional  parties  than  spoilinq  your 
ballot. 

"It  depends  on  how  important  you 
think  your  single  vote  is.  If  you  think  it  is 
very  important,  you  should  not,  in  a  way 


spoil  it,  in  terms  of  giving  it  to  an  inde- 
pendent candidate,"  he  says. 

"I'd  vote  for  an  independent  candi- 
date if  he  or  she  were  worthy  of  my  vote. 
Everyone's  got  a  right  to  run,"  says  Lor- 
raine Gabor,  a  third-yearlaw  and  politi- 
cal science  student. 

But  others  disagree. 

"I  would  probably  only  go  with  the 
political  parties,"  says  jason  Craig,  a 
second-year  economics  student.  "I  be- 
lieve in  theirstability  more  than  an  inde- 
pendent. If  you  vote  for  an  independent, 
it  doesn't  really  do  much.  It's  a  waste  of 
a  vote." 

"I  wouldn't  vote  for  a  candidate  run- 
ning independently,  because  I  know  they 
won't  get  elected.  It  would  be  a  waste.  I 
would  stick  to  the  main  three  or  four 
(parties)  that  I  know,"  says  Namjoo 
Hashemi,  a  third-year  international  re- 
lations and  business  major. 

Ashdown  says  he  doesn't  subscribe  to 
any  political  doctrine.  "I  disagree  with 
political  dogma.  I  can't  put  myself  into  a 
box  like  that." 

Although  Ashdown  says  he  realizes 
his  chances  of  getting  elected  are  remote, 
he  has  a  plan  in  that  unlikely  event. 

"First  of  all,  I  would  cut  my  salary  in 
half,1'  he  says.  "I  don't  know  what  the 
citizens  of  Ottawa  Centre  want.  Itsounds 
political,  but  I  would  start  knocking  on 
doors  to  see  what  people  do  want  in  this 
region." 

Apparently,  his  experience  in  politics 
has  made  Ashdown  even  more  cynical 
about  the  electoral  process. 

"Politics  suck,"says  Ashdown.  "There's 
a  lot  of  things  you  can't  do.  I  don't  like  it. 

"But  it's  a  reality  in  our  system  and 
we've  had  to  work  with  it  and  we're 
trying  to  use  it  to  our  success."  □ 


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Education 
ignored  in 
election 


I-n  every  election  campaign,  certain  issues  take 
the  spotlight.  The  1993  election  is  no  different. 
Unfortunately,  education  is  not  one  of  the  issues 
in  the  spotlight.  It  should  be. 
Every  Canadian  has  been  bombarded  with  a  lot  of 
talk  about  fighting  the  deficit  and  saving  the  economy 
over  the  past  few  weeks. 

Kim  Campbell  says  she  will  eliminate  the  deficit  in 
five  years  by  cutting  government  waste.  Jean  Chretien 
says  he  will  help  the  economy  by  pumping  money  into 
the  economy  which  will  create  jobs.  Preston  Manning 
thinks  he  can  eliminate  the  deficit  in  three  years  by 
cutting  federal  transfer  payments  to  the  provinces.  All 
say  they  will  preserve  our  current  social  system  while  in 
power. 

But,  these  plans  are  all  missing  one  crucial  ingredient: 
education. 

The  only  way  to  reduce  the  deficit  and  preserve  our 
social  system  is  through  a  healthy  economy.  A  healthy 
economy  is  one  that  is  competitive  in  world  trade.  This 
requires  a  highly  skilled  work  force,  which  can  only  be 
attained  through  education. 

However,  education  has  rarely  been  mentioned  in 
this  election.  When  education  has  been  discussed,  it  has 
usually  been  in  a  negative  way.  For  example,  talk  of 
cutting  federal  transfer  payments  to  the  provinces  for 
education. 

As  students,  we  are  the  first  generation  to  realize  just 
how  important  post-secondary  education  is.  Without  it, 
job  prospects  are  absolutely  dismal.  Yet,  every  year,  the 
government  makes  it  more  difficult  for  us  to  go  to  school. 
Tuition  continues  to  skyrocket,  loans  are  harder  to  get 
and  classes  are  overcrowded.  The  government  should  be 
making  it  easier  for  people  to  go  to  school,  not  harder. 

Education  is  an  important  investment,  not  just  for 
students,  but  for  the  future  of  Canadian  society  as  a 
whole.  Any  plan  to  cut  the  deficit  and  help  the  economy 
needs  to  include  education. 

Instead  of  talking  about  education,  politicians  are 
trying  to  offer  quick-fix  solutions  to  problems  like  job 
insecurity  and  the  deficit.  This  isn't  surprising,  as  politi- 
cians are  interested  in  eitherstaying  in  orgaining  power. 
So,  they  seek  out  the  broadest-based  group  for  support  - 
-  the  middle-class. 

Most  middle-class  Canadians  are  worried  about  pre- 
serving their  current  quality  of  life  in  these  difficult 
times.  Unfortunately,  the  solutions  politicians  offer  them 
do  not  look  toward  the  future. 

So,  what  can  students  do  as  far  as  the  upcoming 
election  is  concerned?  Quite  frankly,  not  too  much.  To 
vote  in  terms  of  who  is  best  representing  education  would 
be  foolish,  because  education  is  not  being  seriously 
addressed  by  any  of  the  parties. 

Yet,  there  is  always  something  you  can  do.  If  you  are 
unhappy  about  your  tuition  costs,  your  difficulty  in 
obtaining  a  loan,  or  the  general  quality  of  education, 
don't  be  afraid  to  phone  up  your  local  Member  of 
Parliament  and  ask  them  why  this  is  so. 

Also,  it  is  important  to  be  aware  and  supportive  of 
student  groups,  like  the  Canadian  Federation  of  Stu- 
dents, who  are  trying  to  stop  what  is  happening  to  the 
post-secondary  system. 

It  is  clear  that  education  is  of  utmost  importance  to 
our  future  and  the  future  of  the  country.  It  is  also  clear 
that  politicians  are  not  properly  addressing  the  issues.  It 
is  left  to  us  students  to  try  to  do  what  we  can.  If  we  don't 
stand  up  for  education,  no  one  else  will.  FN 


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Fraternities:  myth  and  reality 


by  Robert  K.  Kislelewski 

Robert  K.  Kisielewski  graduated  from  Carleion  in  1 992  with  a  pass  BA  in  law  and 
political  science  and  is  now  working  on  his  honors  6A  in  law.  He  helped  found  the  local 
Sigma  Pi  chapter  in  1992. 

Sexist,  beer-guzzling  rapists  with  homoerotic 
tendencies,  or  community  volunteers  who 
pledge  to  be  scholastic  achievers  and  to  better 
one's  self  and  society? 
Based  on  what  you  know  right  now,  which  terms 
would  you  use  to  describe  fraternity  members? 

Fraternities  are,  as  they  have  been  for  centuries, 
objects  of  shrouded  mystery.  In  an  unsuccessful  attempt 
to  uncoverthe  mystery,  people  outside  fraternities  create 
myths  and  rumors.  These  have  had  the  effect  of  discred- 
iting such  organizations. 

Myth  #1:  Joining  a  fraternity  is  a  way  of  buying 
your  friends. 

The  truth  is  dues,  which  are  about  $250-5350  annu- 
ally, are  applied  against  many  expenses,  including 
housing,  office  supplies,  clothing,  trips,  scholarships, 
mementoes,  insurance  and  charity.  Friendships  are  de- 
veloped over  time,  not  with  money. 

Myth  #2:  Fraternities  are  elitist,  homophobic  and 
discriminatory. 

Sigma  Pi's  policies  for  recruitment  of  potential  mem- 
bers is  they  must  be  people  who  get  along  with  other 
members  and  have  the  potential  for  leadership. 

This  forces  fraternities  to  accept  only  the  best  possible 
members,  rightfully  labelling  us  elitists.  However,  re- 
spect for  peers,  no  matter  what  their  sexual  or  religious 
preference,  is  supported. 

Visible  minorities  are  ever  present  among  our  broth- 
erhood. Co-ed  fraternities  exist  in  the  United  States  and  - 
it's  foreseeable  that  they  will  eventually  cross  the  border 
into  Canada.  In  the  mean  time,  our  sister  fraternities, 
sororities,  are  a  strong  group. 

Myth  #3:  Fraternity  houses,  members  and  parties 
are  a  great  combination  for  regular  bulk  alcohol 
consumption  and  obnoxious  "girlfriend-on-pe- 
riod" type  humor. 

The  days  of  "Animal  House"  are  gone.  Sigma  Pi's 
local  and  international  policies  encourage  non-alco- 
holic events.  Other  fraternities  have  identical  policies. 
Also,  local  chapters  are  forbidden  from  purchasing  alco- 
hol for  members. 

Myth  #4:  Fraternity  members  are  the  number-one 
rapists  on  campus. 

The  date  rape  video  shown  by  Carleton's  students' 
association  during  frosh  week  portrayed  fraternity  mem- 
bers as  rapists.  Although  there  have  been  links  between 
fraternity  members  and  rape  in  the  U.S.,  no  such  inci- 


dent has  occurred  at  Carieton.  If  such  an  incident  did 
occur,  the  local  chapter  of  the  fraternity  would  be  disas- 
sociated from  the  international  fraternity  which  certifies 
them. 

Sigma  Pi  is  one  fraternity  that  educates  its  members 
on  an  on-going  basis  about  rape  prevention,  AIDS  and 
safe  sex. 

Myth  #5:  Fraternities  have  homoerotic,  abusive 
and  degrading  initiation  rites. 

Please  see  Myths  #4,  3  and  2.  If  fraternities  work  hard 
to  be  better  people,  why  would  we  degrade  someone 
who's  coming  into  the  group? 

Myth  #6:  You  can't  graduate  from  Carieton  Uni- 
versity if  you  are  a  fraternity  member. 

This  rumor  is  untrue,  according  to  the  best  knowledge 
of  fim  Kennelly,  Carleton's  ombudsperson  and  Robin 
Farquhar,  the  university  president  and  also,  according  to 
my  research  that  turned  up  no  laws.  If  this  is  true,  the 
school  has  to  pull  my  degree.  Be  it  known,  Carieton  uses 
one  system  of  granting  degrees:  marks. 

Myth  #7:  Carieton  University  refuses  to  acknowl- 
edge the  existence  of  fraternities  on  campus  and 
encourages  an  active  disassociation. 

Carleton's  senate  and  board  of  governors  have  no 
written,  unwritten  or  implied  policies  to  discourage  join- 
ing such  groups.  Neither  is  there  any  policy  regarding 
the  hiring  of  fraternity  members  for  positions  on  cam- 
pus. 

According  to  Farquhar,  if  the  students'  association 
were  to  hold  a  referendum  asking  students  whether  or 
not  fraternities  should  be  acknowledged  and  a  majority 
of  the  students  answered  "yes,"  then  Farquhar,  although 
not  bound,  would  consider  associating  the  university 
with  fraternities  and  sororities. 

These  are  the  myths  surrounding  fraternities. 

So,  who  are  these  fraternity  members  nicknamed 
Riggs,  Lefty,  Mo,  Crash,  Walter  or  Slider?  Fraternity 
members  go  on  to  hold  respected  places  in  society.  They 
are  the  leaders  of  countries,  like  former  U.S.  president 
George  Bush,  Bill  Mensch,  the  engineer  that  helped 
pioneer  the  microprocessor  industry,  and  men  who  ex- 
plored space,  like  Walter  M.  Scirra,  Jr.,  astronaut  on 
Mercury  flight  "Sigma  7"  and  the  Apollo  missions. 

Fraternity  members  are  not  angels,  but  people  fallible 
to  human  thought  and  behavior.  Yet,  we  pledge  to 
believe  in  ourselves,  our  group.  United  in  brotherhood, 
we  advance  truth  and  justice  and  promote  scholarship, 
helping  society  progress.  Always  feel  free  to  approach  a 
member  and  ask  questions.  Maybe  together  we  can  help 
elevate  sceptics  from  blissful  ignorance.  □ 


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LETTERS 


India  helped  by 
Carleton 

Editor: 

I  would  like  to  take  this  opportunity  to 
thank  everyone  involved  in  helping  raise 
almost  $200  for  the  Indian  Earthquake 
Relief  Fund.  Thanks  to  Lucy  Watson, 
Sheri  Boyd,  Claire  Campbell,  Raj  Doobay, 
Song  Cho,  Tony  Monpturo  and  everyone 
at  OPIRG  Carleton. 

The  biggest  thanks  go  to  the  people 
who  donated  money  at  Oliver's  on 
Wednesday,  Oct.  6,  1993.  It  was  these 
people,  who  had  more  on  their  minds 
than  having  a  good  time,  who  helped 
save  lives  in  India. 

The  money  has  been  sent  to  India's 
high  commissioner  on  behalf  of  all 
Carleton  University  students. 

Natasha  Gill 
Journalism  III 

Jim  says  play  safe 
at  Panda 

Editor: 

Earlier  this  summer,  the  Panda  Game 
was  cancelled  for  a  number  of  reasons, 
including  scheduling  conflicts  at 
Lansdowne  Park  and  escalating  costs  in 
holding  the  game. 

As  someone  who  has  attended  every 
Panda  Game  since  1 980, 1  was  pleased  to 
intervene  in  an  effort  to  get  the  game 
back  on  track. 

Thanks  to  work  by  the  University  of 
Ottawa's  and  Carleton's  athletics  depart- 
ments and  Carleton's  student  associa- 
tion, the  game  was  saved.  I  look  forward 
to  attending  Panda  on  Sunday,  Oct.  24. 

Many  people  found  it  mildly  amusing 
that  as  the  councillor  for  Ottawa  South 
and  the  Glebe  I  would  be  pushing  to  keep 
the  Panda  Game  alive,  given  its  less  than 
positive  image  in  the  community.  I  stood 
up  to  defend  the  Panda  Game  because  I 
believe  it  is  one  of  the  best  traditions  that 
students  have  at  Carleton. 

Every  year,  many  neighbors  in  Ot- 
tawa South  and  the  Glebe  dread  Panda 
because  of  the  behavior  of  a  small  minor- 
ity of  students.  I  am  asking  students  to 
please  respect  the  neighborhoods  that 
you  travel  through  on  your  way  to  and 
from  Lansdowne  Park. 

If  you  are  planning  a  Panda  party, 
please  take  into  consideration  your 
neighbors.  This  will  help  keep  Panda 
alive  for  years  to  come. 

A  great  number  of  people  from  your 
students'  association,  Lansdowne  Park 
and  the  Ottawa  Police  work  very  hard  to 
ensure  that  the  Panda  Game  goes  off 
without  a  hitch.  I  am  seeking  your  co- 
operation in  making  Panda  a  success. 

Jim  Watson 
City  councillor 
Capital  Ward 

Committee  misses 
mark 

Editor: 

I  find  it  very  interesting  that  the 
Queen's  University  Alma  Mater  Society 
has  created  the  Hidden  Hunger  Commit- 
tee, ("Halting studenthunger,"  TheChar- 
latan,  Oct.  14,  1993)  while  actively  sup- 
porting a  student  group  that  advocates  a 
30  per  cent  tuition  increase,  coupled  with 
a  regressive  form  of  student  loans,  ("New 
student  group  promotes  higher  tuition," 
The  Charlatan,  Oct.  14,  1993). 

Studentpoverty,  hunger  and  inability 
to  meet  basic  needs  will  not  be  solved  by 
food  drives  and  hotlines.  These  are  Band- 
Aid  solutions.  I  suggest  that  Matthew 
Blake,  organizer  of  the  committee,  make 
the  link  between  student  poverty  and  the 


30  per  cent  tuition  increase  and  regres- 
sive student  loans  advocated  by  his  Alma 
Mater  Society. 

Kim  Newton 
Sociology  111 

Get  an  opinion 
and  vote! 

Editor: 

I  am  writing  with  regards  to  the 
"streeters"  inquiring  about  the  impend- 
ing federal  election,  ("Shut  up  and  lis- 
ten!" The  Charlatan,  Sept.  30, 1993).  I  find 
it  difficult  to  believe  that  the  students 
who  appeared  represent  the  average 
Carleton  student  voter.  In  the  very  least, 
I  hope  they  are  not  average. 

Two  students  were  opinion-less,  one 
said  he  would  vote  for  the  Reform  Party, 
and  the  other  was  a  Liberal.  As  I  under- 
stand, the  reporter  questioned  30  people 
before  finding  these  four  who  were  will- 
ing to  offer  their  opinion  or  lack  thereof. 

This  election,  like  all  federal  elections 
is  crucial  to  the  future  of  our  country.  It  is 
not  a  time  for  complacency. 

When  I  graduate  from  university,  1 
want  to  be  confident  that  there  will  be  a 
job  waiting  for  me.  While  I  am  still  here, 
I  want  the  security  of  low-income  hous- 
ing, quality  education  and  a  fair  and 
equitable  student  loan  program.  I  did  not 
have  to  look  far  to  find  the  candidate 
who  will  fight  for  these  rights  on  my 
behalf. 

That  candidate  is  Marion  Dewar. 
Marion  Dewar  is  the  only  candidate  in 
Ottawa  Centre  who  has  shown,  by  ac- 
tion, not  rhetoric,  that  she  is  committed 
to  the  issues  which  are  important  to  me. 

This  is  a  university,  a  place  of  educa- 
tion. So,  educate  yourself  about  this  elec- 
tion and  the  candidates  in  your  riding 
and  vote  for  the  one  who  best  represents 
your  views.  The  politicians  will  never 
care  what  becomes  of  students  if  the 
students  don't  care  who  becomes  their 
politicians. 


Why  not  a 
woman? 


Ali  Biggs 
Film  Studies  HI 


Editor: 

It  is  appropriate  President  Farquhar 
would  commemorate  the  administration 
building  by  naming  it  after  Gordon 
Robertson,  the  bureaucrat's  bureaucrat 
and  a  career  federal  bureaucrat  involved 
with  Carleton.  But,  are  there  not  other 
possibilities? 

Robertson's  career  is  instructive  and 
merits  close  scrutiny.  As  commissioner  of 
the  Northwest  Territories  from  1953  to 
1963;  was  Robertson  practising  white, 


liberal  imperialism? 

The  question  is  one  of  many  before  the 
Royal  Commission  on  Aboriginal  Peo- 
ples. He  and  the  Inuit  have  presented 
their  recollections  of  what  transpired. 

He  moved  13  Inuit  families  from  Hud- 
son's Bay  to  Grise  Fiord  in  the  Arctic, 
3,000  kilometres  closer  to  the  North  Pole. 
Living  conditions  were  considerably  dif- 
ferent from  what  they  were  accustomed 
to.  They  confronted  perpetual  nights. 
They  were  helped  by  having  three  Native 
families  from  Pond  Inlet  to  help  adjust  to 
the  change  and  the  RCMP  were  present. 

It  was  a  difficult  situation  for  the  Inuit. 
The  money  the  Inuit  made  from  theirfur 
trade  was  not  given  to  them,  but  was 
taken  by  the  federal  government. 

There  is  no  question  that  there  are 
different  interpretations  of  what  tran- 
spired during  that  10-year  period,  and 
the  Royal  Commission  report  may  not 
resolve  it  to  anyone's  satisfaction.  None 
the  less,  until  that  happens  should 
Farquhar  be  so  hasty  in  naming  the 
building  after  Robertson? 

As  well,  if  the  building  is  to  be  named 
after  someone,  why  not  Pauline  Jewett? 
Or  Dolores  Neilson?  Or  Jean  Loates?  The 
latter  two  knew  something  aboutadmin- 
istration  and  Carleton  from  first-hand 
knowledge,  as  they  were  both  long-time 
administrators  in  various  capacities  at 
Carleton  for  over  35  years.  There  is  not 
one  building  on  campus  named  after  a 
woman,  yet  Carleton's  administration 
prides  itself  on  its  equity  program. 

Foster  Griezic 
Associate  professor  of  history 

Doug  needs  help 

Editor: 

One  of  the  most  surprising  compo- 
nents of  the  election  has  been  the  Natu- 
ral Law  Party.  Even  more  surprising  is  all 
the  attention  they  seem  to  be  getting.  Its 
biggest  claim  to  fame  is  that  Doug 
Henning,  the  washed-out  seventies'  ma- 
gician, is  one  of  its  star  candidates. 
Henning  used  to  be  a  star;  now  his  head 
is  in  the  moon. 

When  celebrities  lose  their  status,  they 
often  seek  therapy  of  some  sort.  Unfortu- 
nately, for  a  failing  Canadian  magician, 
transcendental  meditation  was  the  cure- 
all.  If  the  Maharishi  Yogi  was  good 
enough  for  the  Fab  Four,  he  was  most 
certainly  competent  to  help  Dougie. 

Twenty  years  ago,  Henning  was  a 
magician.  Ten  years  ago  he  was  a  magi- 
cian pushing  cable  boxes  in  local  Ottawa 
TV  ads.  In  1993,  he's  just  pushing  it. 
What  goes  up  must  come  down.  That 
includes  flying  yogis  and  ex-celebrity 
magicians  who  need  a  haircut. 

Neil  Herland 
journalism  1 


14  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  21,  1993 


Save  this  House! 


The  Charlatan  Election  Supplement 


by  Brent  Dowdall  and  Blay  ne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Staff 

In  the  midst  of  an  election  campaign, 
the  attention  of  the  media  focuses  on  the 
day-to-day  activities  of  the  leaders  and  the 
candidates.  Things  like  the  silly  remarks 
by  the  prime  minister  and  the  number  of 
yogic  flyers  needed  to  reduce  the  national 
debt. 

These  petty  topics  overshadow  more 
basic  questions,  like  who  or  what  are  we 
voting  for?  Why  do  we  even  perform  this 
ritual  every  four  or  five  years? 

The  popular  belief  is  that  we  live  in  a 
glorious  democracy.  But  it's  not  at  all  clear 
that  we  do.  Power  is  wielded  by  the  few  non- 
directly  elected  offices,  such  as  that  of  prime 
minister.  Professional  lobbyists  huddle  in 
the  corridors  of  power  like  mercenaries, 
waiting  to  pounce  on  a  government  con- 
tract. 

Democratic  reform  has  hovered  on  the 
fringes  of  the  campaign  as  an  issue,  but  few 
people  have  taken  an  interest  in  raising  it. 

Democracy  Watch  is  a  two-week-old, 
Ottawa-based  organization  which  was 
formed  to  promote  citizen  participation  in 
the  democratic  process  in  Canada. 

The  group  is  financed  with  proceeds 
generated  by  a  book  entitled  Canada's 
Firsts:  Ralph  Nader's  Salute  to  Canada 
and  Canadian  Achievement,  which  Democ- 
racy Watch's  co-ordinator  Duff  Conacher 
co-authored  with  Nader  and  Nadia 
Milleron. 

Democracy  Watch  is  producing  a  report 
card  on  all  the  major  parties'  attitudes 
toward  democratic  reform.  Its  interim  re- 
port card  gives  the  new  National  Party  the 
highest  grade,  but  that's  only  a  C.  The 
Liberal,  New  Democrat  and  Reform  parties 
get  Ds,  while  the  Tories  and  the  Bloc 
Qu6becois  get  incomplete  grades  because 
they  have  no  position  on  most  of  the  group's 
criteria. 

The  group's  terms  for  a  better  democ- 
racy include  reforming  the  electoral  sysT 
tem,  changing  election  financing  to  better 
control  who  funds  campaigns  and  making 
MPs  more  accountable  to  their  constitu- 
ents. 

Conacher  says  he  supports  some  kind  of 
proportional  representation,  where  the 
percentage  of  seats  won  is  relatively  close 
to  the  percentage  of  the  popular  vote.  This 
is  in  direct  contrast  to  Canada's  system, 
where  a  party  can  win  a  majority  of  the  c 
seats  in  Parliament  with  a  minority  of  the 
popular  vote.  This  is  because  MPs  only  1 
need  the  most  votes  in  their  riding,  not  a 
majority. 

Carleton  political  science  professor  Glen 
Williams  is  also  a  supporter  of  proportional 
representation.  As  well,  he  favors  term 
limits  on  politicians.  ■ 

"We  would  be  better  served  if  there  were 
term  limits,  so  no  one  could  serve  more 
than  15  years,"  Williams  says. 

As  it  is,  Conacher  says  he  has  serious 
complaints  about  the  state  of  Canadian 
democracy. 

"I  don't  think  Canada's  very  democratic 
at  all:  politically,  socially  or  economically," 
he  says. 

He  points  to  the  lack  of  any  real  influ- 
ence backbenchers  have  in  Parliament  and 
election  financing  laws  which  sway  politi- 
cians to  favor  their  financial  backers. 

In  order  to  get  a  cabinet  job,  backbench- 
ers must  back  the  leader,  even  if  this  means 
Members  of  Parliament  supporting  poli- 
cies that  are  reviled  by  their  constituents. 
Like,  say,  the  Goods  and  Services  Tax. 


Because  of  this  system,  says 
Conacher,  "when  you  vote,  your  vote 
doesn't  count." 

Conacher's  doubts  about  the  system 
are  shared  by  many  people,  including 
students. 

"As  far  as  choosing  the  direction  that 
the  country  will  go,  there  is  no  democ- 
racy," says  a  Carleton  third-year  politi- 
cal science  student  Fred  Minna. 

"We're  democratic  in  name  and,  com- 
pared to  other  parts  of  the  world,  we  are, 
but  we  still  have  a  ways  to  go,"  says 
another  third-year  political  science  stu- 
dent, Aaron  Goldstein. 

But  others  disagree.  Carleton  politi- 
cal science  professor  Robert  Jacksonsays 
Canadian  democracy  is  no  t  in  dire  straits. 

There's  no  pure,  absolute  democ- 
racy," says  Jackson,  who  formerly  served 
as  an  advisor  to  former  Liberal  leader 
and  prime  minister  John  Turner. 
Jackson  is  also  regular  commentator  on 
Global  TV. 

"There  are  185  countries  in  the  world, 
and  relative  to  those  countries,  Canada 
is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  successful 
democracies  on  earth." 

Jackson  says  proportional  represen- 
tation would  lead  to  "an  even  more 
fractionalized  'pizza'  Parliament,"  be- 
cause he  says  regional  and  minor  par- 
ties would  hold  even  more  seats  than 
they  do  now. 

Jackson  also  brings  up  the  role  of 
leaders  in  the  Canadian  system.  In  con- 
trast to  advocating  more  influence  from 
the  grassroots,  he  says  leadership  from 
"the  top"  is  more  efficient.  Hesays  Cana- 
da's current  problems  stem  from  a  lack 
of  leadership  from  any  party  leaders. 

"We  have  weak  leadership,"  he  says. 
"Great  leadership  requires  a  coherent 
national  vision  and  high  executive  tal- 
ent." 

But  is  strong  leadership,  or  the  idea 
of  strong  leadership,  the  solution  or  the 
problem? 

At  least  one  person  would  say  that 
Canada's  struggle  for  democracy  is  hin- 
dered by  the  cult  of  "the  leader." 

Patrick  Watson  is  the  chairman  of 
the  CBC  and  narrator  of  the  acclaimed 
documentary  series  The  Struggle  For 
Democracy,  which  traces  the  history  of 
democracy  from  ancient  Athens  to  the 
present  day. 

Watson  says  Canada  has  the  best 
democratic  system  in  the  world,  but  the 
system  would  be  better  off  if  people 
would  stop  looking  for  a  strong,  charis- 
matic leader. 

"We  don't  hear  our  elected  leaders 
advising  people  about  their  ability  to 
proceed  as  individuals  (in  a  democracy)," 
says  Watson.  There  is  a  very  bad  hango- 
ver from  royal  tradition." 

He  says  the  royal  tradition  has  led  to 
cynicism,  and  cynicism  "lets  people  off 
the  hook"  when  it  comes  to  participating 
in  the  political  process. 

There  has  never  been,  and  probably 
never  will  be,  a  perfect  democracy.  This 
doesn't  mean  we  can't  make  Canada's 
better. 

Perhaps  that  change  lies  in  the  chang- 
ing the  way  we  elect  people.  Perhaps  it 
lies  in  changing  election  spending  laws. 

Wherever  it  lies,  there  is  no  denying 
Canada  is  a  democracy.  But  our  democ- 
racy does  need  improvement,  if  only 
because  many  people  simply  aren't 
happy  with  it. 

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16  •  The  Charlatan  •  October  21.  1993 


Students  could  care  less  about  apathy 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Charlatan  Staff 

Although  apathy  among  young  voters  has  been 
high  in  the  recent  past,  students  might  buck  the  trend 
this  year  with  increased  participation  in  the  1993 
election. 

According  to  Elections  Canada's  statistics,  the 
university  student  age  group  has  traditionally  had  the 
least  interest  in  voting  federally.  In  Canadian  national 
election  surveys,  voters  between  the  ages  of  18  and  25 
have  had  the  lowest  turnout  of  all  age  groups  in  the  last 
three  federal  elections. 

But  some  say  the  issues  in  the  1993  election,  such 
as  the  recession,  the  job  market  and  the  future  of  post- 
secondary  education,  seem  to  have  raised  student 
interest. 

"Students  are  getting  more  politically  conscious 
and  will  be  getting  out  to  vote,"  says  Denise  McCulloch, 
youth  liaison  for  Elections  Canada. 

Even  though  Elections  Canada  didn't  provide  an 
enumeration  booth  at  Carletonforoff-campus  students, 
McCulloch  says  she  feels  student  participation  in  the 
election  will  be  higher  than  in  the  past.  She  says 
students  seem  to  be  more  interested  in  voting.  ||j 

Most  of  Elections  Canada's  efforts  to  inform  students 
about  voting  have  been  directed  towards  First-time 
voters  and  those  who  have  recently  moved  to  a  new 
riding,  she  says. 

McCulloch  added  that  Elections  Canada's  promotion 


programs,  including  extensive  advertising  campaigns 
and  election  simulation  kits,  seem  to  have  had  a 
positive  effect. 

"There  seems  to  be  a  lot  of  political  movement  on 
Canadian  university  campuses,  I  received  a  lot  of 
phone  calls  from  student  councils  and  student  political 
groups,"  says  McCulloch.  "They  were  hoping  to  get 
more  material  to  be  handed  out  on  campuses." 

TheCanadian  Federation  of  Students  hasattempted 
similar  measures  during  the  campaign,  says  Jocelyn 
Charron,  communications  co-ordinator  for  the  national 
student  lobby  group. 

Charron  says  the  CP'S  hopes  it  reached  as  many 
students  as  possible  with  on-campus  posters  and 
national  advertising  in  print,  radio  and  on  television. 

"We tried  to  get  the  point  across  that  students  must 
vote,  that  something  is  at  stake,"  says  Charron. 

Although  they  have  had  some  success  informing 
students,  Charron  says  they  are  "fighting  a  trend  of 
distrust  in  politics  and  politicians  in  general." 

Charron  says  since  so  many  of  the  issues  in  the 
election  affect  students  directly,  they  should  get 
informed. 

But  students  are  aware  of  election  issues,  says 
Kristine  Haselsteiner,  vice-president  external  of  the 
Carleton  University  Students' Association. 

"Ithinkstudentsareextremely  informed  andcurious 
about  the  election,"  says  Haselsteiner. 

She  says  she  discovered  this  while  tending  an 


election  information  booth  in  Baker  Lounge  over  the 
past  three  weeks.  Haselsteiner  says  many  students 
used  the  telephones  CUSA  provided  at  the  booth  to  call 
up  local  candidates  and  ask  them  questions. 

Although  Haselsteiner  says  an  enumeration  booth 
on  campus  would  have  made  the  electionmuchsimpler 
for  students,  she  says  CUSA's  efforts  seem  to  be 
making  a  difference. 

"Even  though  cynicism  is  very  high,  1  think  there  is 
a  good  interest  in  the  election,"  she  says. 

Taking  their  interest  one  step  further,  some  students 
have  even  become  involved  in  the  electoral  process  by 
volunteering  for  the  various  candidates  in  Ottawa 
Centre. 

Cree  Lanbeck,  a  first-year  environmental  studies 
student  at  Carleton,  is  a  volunteer  for  NDP  candidate 
Marion  Dewar.  She  has  been  working  to  get  support  for 
Dewar  in  Carleton's  residences. 

Her  duties  include  canvassing  in  Lanark  residence, 
handing  out  pamphlets  and  answering  students' 
questions  about  NDP  policies. 

After  talking  to  numerous  residence  students, 
Lanbeck  says  she  thinks  "most  students  will  be  voting." 

This  feeling  is  echoed  by  Lanark  resident  and  first- 
year  arts  student  Miles  Cooke,  who  says  "most  of  the 
people  I  know  will  be  voting  in  the  election." 

So  it  seems  that  despite  the  apathy  of  the  past, 
many  Carleton  students  are  overcoming  their  doubts, 
getting  informed  and  registering  to  vote.  S 


Political  clubs  active  in  campus  campaign 


by  Jill  Mahoney 

Charlatan  Staff 

Membership  in  Carleton's  political  clubs  has  swelled 
because  of  students'  interest  in  the  federal  election, 
say  the  clubs'  leaders. 

As  of  September,  the  approximate  membership  of 
the  campus  political  clubs  was:  150  Conservatives,  56 
Liberals,  30  NDPers  and  10  Reformers.  All  figures  are 
up  from  this  time  last  year,  say  the  club  leaders, 
although  exactly  how  much  is  difficult  to  tell,  because 
membership  fluctuates  during  the  course  of  each  school 
year. 

Lucy  Sharratt,  co-chair 
of  the  Carleton  University 
New  Democratic  Youth 
Club,  credits  the  increases 
in  club  membership  to  the 
election  campaign. 

"I  think  it's  actually 
increased  interest  for 
people  to  be  involved  in  the 
party  because  they  realize 
there  is  an  election  and 
that  it's  an  important  time 
to  become  involved,"  she 
says.  "Lots  of  people  have 
signed  up  without  even 
questioning." 

All  the  leaders  say 
increased  membership  is 
positive  because  they  need 
more  people  to  help 
candidates  with  their 
campaigns. 

Max  Fishman, 
president  of  the  Reform 
Party  of  Canada  Club  of 
Carleton  University,  says 
the  election  has  changed 
the  attitudes  of  club  members. 

"Before  people  were  happy  to  be  members  and  to 
come  to  meetings,  but  now  with  the  election,  people 
want  to  become  more  involved  and  are  more  eager  to 
help,"  he  says. 

Campus  political  clubs  become  involved  in  their 
parties'  campaigns  in  different  ways,  but  all  say  they 
are  an  important  linkbetween  students  and  politicians. 

Dave  Gourlay,  presidentoftheCarleton  University 
Young  Liberal  Association,  says  his  club's  main 
responsibility  is  the  campus  campaign  to  re-elect 
Liberal  MP  Mac  Harb  (Ottawa  Centre). 

Club  members  have  done  pamphlet  drops  and 
canvassed  in  residence,  he  says,  and  some  are  involved 
in  Harb's  headquarters  as  well  as  canvassing  off- 
campus. 

"This  election  is  very  important  for  young  people," 


Gourlay  says.  "We're  talking  about  the  deficit  being 
eliminated  iniive  years  or  three  years  or  10  years.  We, 
this  generation,  will  have  to  deal  with  it." 

Mike  Bonser,  policy  chairperson  for  Harb's 
campaign,  says  Carleton's  Liberal  club  does  a  lot  of 
legwork  for  the  campaign. 

"They're,  more  than  anything,  a  link  between 
students  and  their  concerns  and  us.-  They're  our  eyes 
and  ears  because  they're  able  to  tell  us  what  happens 
at  Carleton.'*'  ■W^^^«»':^*^*;*32SKiM5Wi^ 

Katie  Robinette  is  vice-president  external  of  the 
Carleton  University  Progressive  ConservativeCampus 


Association.  She  says  the  whole  focus  of  the  club  has 
changed  because  of  the  election. 

"People  are  joining  because  they  want  to  work 
within  the  election  strategy  aspect  of  it,"  she  says. 
"They're  all  interested  to  learn  what  goes  on." 

Between  elections,  club  members  are  placed  on 
Parliament  Hill  to  volunteer  with  Tory  MPs.  But  now, 
she  says,  the  club  is  trying  to  get  its  members  involved 
in  lan  Lee's  campaign  in  Ottawa  Centre.  She  says 
people  take  part  by  helping  in  Lee's  office  or  by 
canvassing  in  the  residences. 

Robert  Fielder,  Lee's  campaign  manager,  says  the 
club  has  been  organizing  all  aspects  of  Lee's  campaign 
at  Carleton. 

"It's  ridiculous  for  fj^^^H  an  l"Jult  on  thL' 

outside  to  try  and  |    ,     |  provide 


lection 


ordination.  How  do  1  know  the  main  issues  of  concern 
students  are  facing?  The  club  has  been  vital  in  briefing 
Lee." 

Sharratt  says  the  New  Democratic  Party  club  is 
focusing  on  gaining  recognition  for  the  party  on  campus. 

"At  pre-election  time,  we  have  a  responsibility  to 
publicize  the  policies  of  the  NDP  and  support  candidates 
who  are  running,  and  to  be  a  presence  as  a  club." 

Sharratt  says  the  club  aims  to  make  people  aware 
of  the  different  issues  involved  in  the  election  by 
setting  up  tables  on  the  North  American  Free  Trade 
Agreement,  women's  issues  and  the  economy.  She  says 
the  club  is  focusing  on 
NAFTA  as  a  major  issue 
because  it  feels  free  trade 
is  not  receiving  enough 
attention  as  an  election 
issue. 

Sharratt  added  club 
members  are  also 
canvassing  in  residences 
and  making  sure  students 
know  they  can  vote. 

Fishman  says  the 
Reform  club  is  involved  in 
many  different  Ottawa- 
area  candidates' 
campaigns. 

"We  serve  as  a  link  to 
student  issues  and  the 
candidate,"  hesays.  "We're 
always  asked  by  candidates 
'what  do  students  want?' 
and  we  supply  them  with 
answers.  We  also  supply 
volunteers  for  various 
ridings,  whatever  their 
needs  may  be." 

He  says  the  club's  main 
goal  is  to  inform  people  about  what  the  Reform  Party 
stands  for  by  setting  up  information  tables  and  inviting 
local  Reform  candidates  to  speak. 

Fishmansays  the  people  involved  in  campus  politics 
gain  knowledge  in  all  areas  of  politics,  but  also  enjoy 
other  fringe  benefits. 

"Bluntly  put,  chances  of  employment  on  the  Hill 
become  better,  especially  if  you  have  experience,"  he 
says.  "MPs  on  the  Hill  look  for  young  people  with 
energy." 

Gourlay  says  involvement  in  campus  politics  has 
long-range  implications  for  Canada's  political  future. 

"I  just  want  young  people  to  get  involved,"  he  says. 
"If  young  people  are  not  involved,  we're  not  going  to 
have  a  political  system  in  10  or  15  years  because  no  one 
will  care."  ® 


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Rather  than  spoil  your  ballot.  .  . 


by  Ian  Mcleod 

Charlatan  Siafl 

Fed  up  with  the  state  of  politics  in  this 
country?  Do  the  blow-dried  blowhards 
stumping  for  the  major  parties  give  you 
the  heebie-jeebies?  Well,  don't  spoil  that 
ballot  just  yet;  you  do  have  a  few  options. 

There  are  13registeredparties  running 
in  this  election,  a  record  number.  A  party 
has  to  have  50  candidates  run  to  be  a 
registered  party  with  their  name  on  the 
ballot.  Some  of  these  folks  didn'tget  their 
say  at  the  two  big  televised  debates  and 
some  of  them  didn't  even  get  their  say  at 
the  fringe  debate  of  the  smaller  parties 
Oct.  5. 

Here  are  some  of  the  lesser  known 
parties  that  are  vying  for  the  electorate's 
attention,  as  well  as  a  brief  summary  of 
their  platforms. 

ABOLITIONIST  PARTY  Led  by 

Ottawa-areagamblingentrepreneurJohn 
Turmel,  the  Abolitionists  claim  to  stand 
for  the  abolition  of  interest  rates.  The 
party  is  only  six  weeks  old  but  is  fielding 
80  candidates,  primarily  in  Ontario. 

Ottawa  Centre  candidate  Pauline 
Morrissette  has  been  deliberately  evasive 
about  party  policy  and  Turmel  himself  is 
alleged  by  the  Ottawa  Citizen  to  have 
been  barred  from  the  fringe  debate  for 
refusing  to  follow  the  set  format  and 
demaiidingthreeminutestogiveaspeech. 

In  the  1988  election,  Turmel  ran  as  an 
independent  candidate  in  Ottawa  Centre 
and  generated  a  storm  of  controversy  when 
he  staged  a  sit-in  at  a  candidates  debate 
from  which  he  had  been  excluded. 

Candidates  claim  the  solutions  to  the 
country's  problems  are  to  be  found  on 
mysterious  diskettes  they  all  seem  to  carry 
around. 

CANADAPARTYJosephThauberger 

is  the  leader  of  this  Western-based  party, 
whose  platform  seems  to  revolve  almost 


exclusively  on  the  linchpin  of  monetary 
reform,  like  taking  monetary  control  away 
from  private  banks  and  putting  control  in 
the  hands  of  the  Bank  of  Canada.  They 
are  not  running  a  candidate  in  Ottawa 
Centre. 

CHRISTIAN  HERITAGE  PARTY 

Led  by  Heather  Stilwell,  a  mother  of  eight, 
the  Ten  Commandments  are  the  rule  of 
law  for  Christian  Heritage.  Despite  this 
Scripture- centred  belief,  and  their  anti- 
abortion,  anti-gay  stance,  Stilwell  claimed 
during  the  television  debate  that  their 
party  was  "not  exclusionary."  Go  figure. 
They  don't  have  a  candidate  in  this  riding 
either. 

GREEN  PARTY  Led  by  Chris  Lea, 
this  group  of  social,  environmental  and 
political  activists,  based  in  Vancouver, 
wants  to  create  an  "environmentally 
sustainable"  economy.  That  is,  they  want 
to  create  jobs  without  hurting  the 
environment.  They  would  replace  the 
Goods  and  Services  Tax  and  lower  current 
income  taxes,  replacing  them  with  taxes 


based  on  resource  use,  waste  disposal 
and,  generally,  environmental  damage. 
Their  candidate  in  this  riding  is  Frank 
Thompson.  They  are  affiliated  with  the 
international  Green  movement. 

MARXIST-LENINIST  PARTY 
Under  the  leadership  of  Ottawa  Centre 
candidate  Hardial  Bains,  the  Marxist- 
Leninists  would  try  to  bring  about 
democratic  change  and  empower  the 
people  through  referenda,  overhauled 
social  programs  (including  domestic  help 
for  all  at  least  once  a  week),  the  ability  of 
people  to  propose  legislation  and  direct 
responsibility  of  the  politicians  to  the 
electorate,  including  recall  of  MPs. 

NATURAL  LAW  PARTY  Neil 
Paterson  is  both  the  leader  and  Ottawa 
Centre  candidate  for  his  party.  This  party 
is  trying  to  bring  both  the  power  of 
transcendental  meditation  and  the 
teachings  of  Maharishi  Mahesh  Yogi  to 
government.  The  Maharishi  was  the 
spiritual  guru  of  the  Beatles  in  the  late 
1960s  and  developed  the  theories  of 


transcendental  meditation. 

According  to  their  campaign  promises, 
a  group  of  7,000  "yogic  flyers"  can  direct 
their  positive  mental  energies  into 
affecting  the  government.  Believe  it  or 
not,  they  are  fielding  231  candidates,  the 
fourth  largest  number  of  any  party. 

PARTY  FOR  THE  COMMON- 
WEALTH OF  CANADA  A  group  with 
links  to  arch-conservative  American 
politician  Lyndon  Larouche.  Their  local 
candidate  is  Marie  Therese  Costisella. 
The  party's  main  objective  is  to  create  a 
republic  commonwealth  of  Canada  where 
we  would  be  independent  politically  from 
England. 

PARTI  RHINOCEROS  Those  wacky 
men  and  women  of  the  Rhinos  have 
suffered  their  share  of  trials  and 
tribulations  since  the  last  election  and 
have  split  into  two  factions,  because  some 
party  insiders  wanted  to  treat  the  election 
as  more  than  just  a  joke. 

The  flippant  Montreal-based  Rhino 
Classique  wants  to  move  the  capital  of 
Canada  to  the  Ottawa  in  Texas,  so  it  will^ 
be  warmer  all-year  round  and  it  wants  to 
knock  down  the  Rockies  so  it  won't  be 
always  raining  in  Vancouver. 

The  Regina-basedBorn-Again  Rhino 
Force,  known  by  its  acronym  BARF, 
would  introduce  a  universal  credit  card, 
so  every  Canadian  could  buy  the  things 
needed  for  a  minimum  standard  of  living. 
"BARF  will  abolish  everything  that  cuts 
trees  except  old-fashioned  two-man 
bucksaws." 

The  original  Rhino  party  has  been  de- 
registered,  while  BARF  and  Rhino 
Classique  don't  have  enough  candidates 
to  qualify  as  official  parties. 

So,  if  Kim  and  Chretien  can't,  Preston 
seems  putrescent  and  you  want  to  "bloc" 
Bouchard  out,  think  about  one  of  these 
men  and  women.  It  may  not  count  for 
much,  but  that  vote  does  count.  S 


Undecided  but  not  apathetic 


by  Steve  Dobrenski 

Chariatan  Staff 

The  Charlatan  s  residence  election  poll 
may  notbe  as  scientific  as  one  done  by  the 
Decima  Research  group  or  Angus  Reid, 
but  it  gives  us  some  insight  on  the  politi- 
cal landscape  at  Carleton.. 

The  poll  was  a  random  sample  of  388 
students  who  were  approached  at  the 
entrance  to  the  residence  dining  room  on 
Monday,  Sept.  27. 

They  were  asked,  "Are  you  going  to 
vote  and  if  so,  for  what  party?" 

The  majority  of  those  interviewed  live 
in  residence,  but  a  few  are  off-campus 
students  using  the  meal  plan  offered  in 
residence. 

Sixteen  per  cent  of  the  decided  stu- 
dents said  they  would  cast  their  votes  for 
the  Liberals  and  the  Progressive  Con- 
servatives garnered  14.2  per  cent  to  fin- 
ish second  among  the  parties.  The  others, 
including  Reform,  the  NDP  and  National 
Party,  trailed  far  behind  the  big  two.  Only 
nine  per  cent  of  students  said  they  would 
not  vote. 

A  poll  with  50  per  cent  undecided  does 
not  give  any  clear  indication  on  the  out- 
come of  the  election.  Although  it  is  highly 
unlikely,  our  results  indicate  the  National 
Party  could  still  form  a  majority  govern- 
ment. Even  some  of  the  decided  voters 
claimed  they  might  change  their  minds. 

Our  research  does  tell  us  that  over  90 


per  cent  of  students  are  planning  on  vot- 
ing, compared  to  the  national  voter  turn- 
out of  about  75  per  cent  in  1988.  The  poll 


tion.  One  woman  figured  she  would  play 
"tic  tac  toe"  on  her  ballot.  Another  student 
wasn't  sure  who  he  would  vote  for,  but  he 


one  per  cent  in  our  poll.  But  it  might  be 
difficult  for  these  supporters  to  vote  for 
the  Rhino  Party,  seeing  as  it  isn't  running 

any  candidates  here  in 

this  election. 


50% 

Liberal  | 

(|  16  "i 

1 

P.C.  -| 

14.2"/ 

1 

No  Vote  H^BH 

9% 

Declined  1 

5)  3.4% 

Reform  -| 

§]  2.8% 

N.D.P.  -J 

1)  2.6% 

National  4 

J  1.3% 

Rhino  -| 

0.7% 

i  1  1  

0% 


10% 


20% 


30%  40% 
%  of  Students 


50% 


was  conducted  with  almost  a  month  still 
left  in  the  campaign,  prior  to  the  national 
debates  and  just  after  television  ads  hit 
the  airwaves. 

As  for  the  mood  of  students  towards 
the  campaign,  one  residence  stu- 
dent said  he  preferred  his  floor  party 
to  any  parties  running  an  the  elec- 


knew  it  would  be  "definitely  a  guy,"  while 
another  said  he  plans  to  make  the  trip  to 
the  polling  station  only  to  spoil  his  ballot. 
Many  people  still  wanted  to  hear  more 
party  positions  on  education  and  the  defi- 
cit. 

Surprisingly,  the  Rhino  Party 
isn't  dead  yet,  showing  up  at  almost 


If  Carleton  has  fol- 
lowed recent  Canadian 
poll  trends,  the  Reform 
Party  will  have  gained 
support,  while  the  Con- 
servatives will  have  lost 
some  ground.  The  Lib- 
erals and  NDP  will  still 
be  in  first  and  fourth 
place  respectively. 

In  the  1988  election, 
Mac  Harb  of  the  Liber- 
als lost  all  four  of  the 
voting  polls  in  Carle- 
ton's  residence,  despite 
winning  the  Ottawa 
Centre  riding  by  762 
votes. 

The  most  popular 
candidate  in  residence 
that  yeaf  was  Progres- 
sive Conservative  Bob  Plamondon,  who 
won  all  four  polls.  The  total  spread  in 
residence  between  Harb  and  Plamondon, 
however,  was  only  33  votes.  The  NDP 
trailed  in  third  spot,  155  votes  behind  the 
Tories. 

Data  waa  collected  by  Rob  Clements  and  Steve  Dobreauki. 


60% 


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election 


20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  21,  1993 


Women  get  the  NAC  of  voting 


by  Angie  Gallop 

Charlatan  Slatt 

When  asked  to  write  an  article  on  women  and 
the  vote  it  occurred  to  me  how  ironic  the  whole 
concept  was. 

Why  must  a  feminist  organization  like  the 
National  Action  Committee  on  the  Status  of 
Women  (NAC)  existto  further  the  special  interests 
of  women? 

Women's  groups  are  not  "special 
interest  groups,"  according  to  the 
organization's  voters'  guide,  which 
was  put  out  in  June  and  written  by 
former  NAC  president  Judy  Rebick 
and  Huguette  Leger,  a  member  of 
NAC's  executive. 

The  interests  of  52  per  cent  of  the  population 
are  not  special  interests  —  they  are  public 
interests. 

NAC  is  the  largest  feminist 
organization  in  Canada,  which 
represents  about  500  women's  groups 
and  receives  grants  from  the  Canadian 
government. 

The  guide  was  put  out  to  provide 
information  on  issues  relating  to 
women's  equality. 

So  why  must  an  article  on  women 
and  the  vote  be  written? 

According  to  Jill  Vickers,  a  professor 
of  political  science  and  Canadian 
studies  at  Carleton,  women  have  a 
differentrelationship  to  the  state  than 
men. 

Vickers  says  because  women  are  by 
and  large  still  left  with  the 
responsibility  of  child  care,  they  are 
more  dependent  on  federal  funding 
for  such  things  as  housing,  daycare, 
and  social  assistance. 

But  according  to  NAC's  voters' 
guide,  women  were  virtually  absent 
from  constitutional  reform 
negotiations  at  both  Meech  Lake  and 
Charlottetown,  and  the  media  is  still 
not  reporting  the  impact  of  federal 
policies  on  women. 

The  guide  criticizes  free  trade, 
taxation,  cutbacks  to  social  programs 
and  other  government  policies.  For 
instance: 

•  There  has  been  an  11  per  cent  reduction  in 
women's  employment  in  manufacturing  since  the 
Free  Trade  Agreement. 

•  Taxation  policies  allow  men  to  deduct  child 
support  payments  from  their  taxes  while  divorced 
women  receiving  these  payments  must  pay  taxes 
on  them.  The  average  amount  of  child  support  is 
half  the  cost  of  child  rearing. 

•  Cutbacks  to  social  programs  affect  women 
the  most  because  women  make  up  the  majority  of 
workers  in  the  social  and  health  services. 

•  Women's  unpaid  labor,  such  as  staying  home 
to  take  care  of  children,  tends  to  pick  up  the  slack 
from  funding  cuts  to  social  services  like  daycare. 

But  this  federal  election  promises  to  be  different 
because  we  have  two  women  as  leaders  of  the 
more  established,  traditional  parties. 

Or  does  it? 

"The  fact  that  you  have  women  leaders  does 
not  necessarily  mean  that  issues  of  particular 
concern  to  women  are  being  dealt  with  either  by 
political  parties  or  by  the  media,"  says  Vickers. 


Right  now,  out  of  25  cabinet  posts, 
women  hold  five  positions,  including 
Prime  Minister  Kim  Campbell.  Brian 
Mulroney's  last  cabinet  had  seven 
women  cabinet  ministers  out  of  35 
positions. 

Women  are  still  invisible  in  a  political  domain 
which  was  made  by  and  is  still  dominated  by  men, 
Vickers  says. 

"The  political  system  was  developed  by  men 
before  women  were  even  legally  allowed  to 
participate,"  she  says.  "It  was  a  very  narrow 
segment  of  men  who  were  competing  to  control 
the  instruments  of  the  state. 

"Women  now  have  the  vote  and  are  interested 
in  making  policy,"  says  Vickers.  "Those  women 
don't  just  want  to  choose  between  brand  A  and 
brand  B.  They  want  to  have  an  input  into  making 
actual  policy  decisions  —  and  they  want  political 
parties  and  politicians  who  do  what  they  say  they 


i  ne 

NAC 

Voters'  Guide 


are  going  to  do." 

While  speaking  at  Carleton  last  month,  Rebick 
said  she  supports  proportional  representation  as 
a  better  way  to  reflect  women's  issues  in 
parliament.  There  are  many  types  of  proportional 
representation,  but  it  basically  means  that  a 
citizen  votes  for  a  party,  not  for  a  candidate. 
According  to  Rebick's  proposal,  each  party  would 
be  required  to  be  "gender-,  racially  and  regionally 
balanced"  in  their  choice  of  proposed  candidates. 
In  a  representative  parliament,  the  party  gets 
the  same  percentage  of  seats  as  the  percentage  of 
votes  it  receives  at  the  polls. 

Rebick  says  this  system  would  increase  voter 
confidence  because  MPs  would  better  reflect  the 
interests  of  their  constituencies,  meaning  better 
representation  for  women  and  minorities  as  well 
as  better  chances  for  smaller  parties. 

Vickers  also  proposes  a  kind  of  modified  system 
of  proportional  representation.  Shesaysoneoption 
would  be  a  system  like  that  of  Germany,  where 
there  is  a  minimum  percentage  of  votes  required 
before  you  get  any  seats. 


election 


Right  now  we  have  a  "first  past 
the  post"  electoral  system.  The 
person  who  has  the  most  votes 
wins  —  even  if  the  total  number  of 
votes  for  other  candidates  may 
exceed  the  votes  the  winner 
receives. 

"Conventional  political  parties,  political  science 
and  the  media  define  politics  very  narrowly," 
says  Vickers.  "Women,  like  some  men,  share  ail 
alienation  from  official  politics.  .  .  .  Issues  that 
interest  most  women  are  not  being  debated  in 
official  politics,  but  are  being  debated  in  social 
movements." 

Vickers  says  this  "narrow  definition"  of  politics 
is  why  politicians  don't  talk  about  topics  like 
aboriginal  issues,  child-care  issues  or  the 
environment. 

Some  students  agree. 

"They  are  really  dealing 
in  a  patriarchal 
framework  and  they  are 
perpetuating  it,"  says  Pat 
Gentile,  a  student  in  her 
qualifying  year  for 
graduate  studies  in 
Canadian  studies.  "I  don't 
think  anything ...  to  make 

this  a  better  society  can 
ever  really  be  addressed  in 
a  patriarchal  framework." 

"The  agenda  has  to  be  rewritten, 
basically.  The  most  disappointing 
thing  about  Kim  Campbell  is  that  she 
assumes  we  have  to  keep  the  same 
agenda  which  totally  excludes  the 
needs  of  women,"  says  another 
student,  Nancy  Janovicek.  "We  are 
assuming  that  day  care  isn't  going  to 
help  because  it  doesn't  fit  into  the 
agenda  of  jobs,  jobs,  jobs." 

What  these  opinions  indicate  is  that 
invisibility  in  political  institutions  and 
the  mainstream  media  is  a  reality  for 
Canadian  women.  That  is  the  irony 
for52  percentofthe  population.  Until 
our  society  starts  to  make  and  report 
on  government  policy  with  the  interests  of  both 
women  and  men  in  mind,  ironic  articles  like  this 
one    will  continue  to  appear  and  women  will 
continue  to  have  a  separate  movement.  0 
Here  are  some  good  reads  on  the 
subject  of  women  and  politics  if  you  are 
interested: 
"Introducing  the  Feminine  into 
the  Body  Politic  -  and 
Experiencing  its  Allergic 
Reaction,"  by  Anne  Smart,  in 
Canadian  Women's  Studies,  Spring 
1992. 

"Ms.  Representing  Feminism? 
The  Troubling  Ascent  of  Kim 
Campbell,"  This  Magazine,  May 
1993. 

On  Being  Brown,  by  Rosemary 
Brown. 

Not  One  of  the  Boys,  by  Sharon 
Carstairs. 


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October  21,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  21 


Fumbling,  Bumbling  and  Campbell  Crumbling 


by  David  Docking  and  Stefanka 
Kirincieh 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  1993  election  campaign  has  been 
a  long  and  winding  road. 

So,  just  in  case  your  newspaper 
subscription  ran  out  or  your  telly's  on  the 
blink,  The  Charlatan  has  digested  the 
basic  issues  and  events  of  the  leaders' 
campaigns  covered  in  the  various  media. 


WEEK  I  (Sept.  8-11) 


The  campaign 
officially  begins  on  Sept. 
Sand  the  hot  topicquickly 
becomes  job  creation  for 
1.6  million  unemployed 
Canadians. 

Liberal  Leader  Jean 
Chretien  pledges  a 
"return  to  the  good  old 
days, "promising  to  revive 
the  economy  with 
massive  government 
spending  on  public  works 
programs. 

Prime  Minister  Kim 
Campbell  says  her 
priority  is  to  reduce  the 
deficit  and  once  that  is  done,  jobs  will 
come  naturally.  Unfortunately,  thismeans 
that  Canada's  unemployment  rate  may 
not  drop  below  10  per  cent  until  the  end  of 
the  century,  she  says. 

NDP  Leader  Audrey  McLaughlin 
reiterates  her  strategy  for  job  creation.  It 
includes  an  investment  fund  to  help 
finance  innovative  companies,  and 
measures,  such  as  removal  of  the  GST,  to 
trigger  consumer  spending. 

Reform  Party  Leader  PrestonManning 
begins  his  campaign  by  promising  to  let 
voters  dictate  his  agendafor  the  first  part 
of  the  campaign. 

He  says  Reform  sees  the  debt  as  a  root 
cause  of  many  of  Canada's  problems, 
including  high  unemployment. 

Bloc  Qu6becois  Leader  Lucien 
Bouchard  says  federalism  is  bad  and 
sovereignty  is  the  only  answer  for  Quebec. 

National  Party  Leader  Mel  Hurtig  files 
an  application  for  a  court  injunction  to 
include  his  party  in  the  television  debates 
on  Oct.  3  and  4. 


WEEK  II  (Sept.  12-18) 


Chretien  promises  to  create  1.6million 

jobs  over  four  years  as  he  unveils  the 

Liberal  economic  plan  on  Sept.  15. 
The  Liberals  take  an  unusual  step  by 

releasing  their  platform 

all  at  once.  It  promises  a 

national  apprenticeship 

plan,    public  works 

projects  to  build  roads  and 

sewers,  a  three-year  plan 

to  provide  up  to  150,000 

new  child-care  spaces,  a 

head-start  education 
I  program  for  aboriginal 

pre-schoolers  as  well  as 

grants  and  bursaries  for 

post-secondary 

aboriginal  students.  The 

plan  calls  for  increased 

investment  for  research 

and  development,  a  new 
j  venture  capital  fund  for 

innovative  small 

businesses,  and  the  cancellation  of  the 

multi-billion-dollar  military  helicopter 

purchase. 

I  Campbell  promises  never  to  criminalize 
abortion  and  disavows  the  abortion  bill 
she  supported  as  justice  minister. 

McLaughlin  promises  to  support  a 

j  Liberal  minority  government  if  it  agrees 


to  kill  the  free  trade  agreements.  She  also 
accuses  the  Tories  and  the  Liberals  of 
conspiring  with  multinational 
pharmaceutical  companies  to  keep  drug 
prices  high. 


WEEK  III  (Sept.  19-25) 


Campbell  comes  under  heavy  fire  when 
she  says  an  election  is  no  time  to  talk 
about  Tory  plans  for  social  programs. 
Campbell  is  also  attacked  over  her 
reluctance  to  outline  her 
deficit-cutting  plans.  She 
claims  government  books 
are  in  too  much  of  a  mess. 

Chretien  also  stirs  up 
controversy  when  he  tells 
students  at  a 
Newfoundland  college  he 
favors  experimentation 
with  "workfare"  — 
programs  in  which 
welfare  recipients  must 
work  for  their  payments. 
He  later  clarifies  his 
statementbysayingsuch 
a  system  wouldn't 
necessarily  include 
mandatory  work  for 
welfare  payments,  "but  nothing  is 
impossible." 

Manning  outlines  in 
detail  his  party's  plan  to 
eliminate  the  $35-  billion 
deficit  in  three  years 
through  cuts  to  programs 
including  federal  transfer 
payments, 
unemployment  insurance 
and  old-age  pensions.  The 
"zero-in-three"  plan  is 
given  prominent 
exposure  when  a  Sept.  23 
Globe  and  Mail  editorial 
endorses  it,  calling  it  "the 
only  deficit  plan  we've 
seen." 

In  a  bid  for  attention, 
McLaughlin  uses  a 
dinosaur  skeleton  as  a  backdrop  for  an 
anti-Senate  speech  at  the  University  of 
Saskatchewan. 

Bouchard  promises  if  the  Bloc  holds 
the  balance  of  power,  it  would  only  topple 
a  minority  government  in  order  to  protect 
Quebec  interests. 


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EXE 


Manning  runs  into  some  controversy 
over  Reform's  health  care  platform.  He 
clarifies  his  party's  position  by  stating 
that  federal  health  care  spending  would 
be  keptatcurrentorevenincreased  levels, 
but  he  would  allow  the  provinces  to  charge 
user  fees  if  they  wish. 


WEEK  V  (Oct.  3-9) 


There  is  no  clear  winner  in  the  Oct.  3 
French-language  leadership  debate  on 
television,  though 
Campbell  and  Chretien 
hold  their  own,  say  the 
pundits. 

On  Oct.  4,  the 
National  Party  fails  in  <vs 
its  bid  to  get  the 
Supreme  Court  to  force  "ifey-jitf 
the  TV  networks  to 
allow  Hurtig  in  the 
English- language 
debate  to  be  held  that 
evening. 

As  in  the  previous 
night's  debate,  no  leader 
makes  a  major  blunder. 
Chretien  and  Manning 
do  particularly  well, 
according  to  some  observers. 

Campbell  comes  under  fire  on  Oct.  6 
when  the  Liberals 
reveal  leaked 
government  documents 
which  give  details  of  her 
government's  plan  to 
privatize  two  terminals 
of  Pearson 
International  Airport  in 
Toronto.  The  $1.6biUion 
deal  would  transfer 
control  of  the  terminals 
to  a  private  consortium 
of  developers  with 
strong  links  to  the 
Tories. 

The  plan  is  called 
"immoral"  by  Chretien, 
who  vows  to  block  it. 
Campbell  insists  the  consortium  was 
chosen  through  public  tender  and  that 
14,000  jobs  would  be  lost  if  the  dealwas 
scuttled.  The  deal  is  approved  by  the 
government  on  Oct.  7. 

Chretien  has  his  own  problems  to 
contend  with  after  an  unannounced, 
exclusive  fundraiser  in  Montreal  is 
reported.  News  reports  say  200  guests 
paid  $1,000  each  and  were  promised 


private  meetings  with  "the  future  prime 
minister."  Chretien  defends  the  cocktail 
party  as  an  annual  fundraising  affair, 
which  gives  the  business  elite  no  special 
access  to  him  or  privilege  within  his  party. 

Hurtig  says  a  National  Party 
government  would  call  a  referendum  on 
whether  Quebec  would  like  to  leave 
Canada. 


WEEK  VI  (Oct.  10-16) 


Although  she  starts 
strong  at  the  beginning 
of  the  week,  the  PM  is 
forced  to  pull  a 
campaign  ad  that 
caused  widespread 
distaste  among  the 
public  and  fellowTories. 
The  ad,  which  depicts 
Chretien  with  crooked 
mouth  and  wild  eyes, 
has  a  voice  in  the 
background  that  asks 
"Is  this  a  Prime 
Minister?" 

On  Oct.  12,  Chretien 
vows  either  to  cancel  or 
rewrite  the  Tories'  deal 
to  privatize  Pearson  airport. 

Manning  warns  voters  that  they 
shouldn't  give  Chretien  a  blank  cheque  by 
awarding  the  Liberals  a  majority 
government.  He  says  a  minority 
parliament  with  fiscally  responsible 
Reformers  holding  the  balance  of  power 
would  keep  a  short  leash  on  the  tax-and- 
spend  Liberals. 

Like  Campbell,  Manning  finds  himself 
in  hot  water  when  the  Reform  candidate 
in  York  Centre  makes  controversial 
remarks  about  immigrants,  at  one  point 
comparing  them  to  criminals.  Manning 
quickly  forces  the  candidate  to  withdraw. 

McLaughlin  offers  a  three-point 
medicare  guarantee,  setting  out  conditions 
that  must  be  met  for  her  to  support  a 
minority  Liberal  government.  The 
declaration  demands  the  government 
restore  federal  transfer  payments  for 
medicare  and  other  social  programs  to 
past  levels,  ban  user  fees  and  repeal 
amendments  to  the  drug  patent  law. 

Sunera  Thobani,  president  of  the 
National  Action  Committee  on  the  Status 
ofWomen,  criticizes  the  five  major  parties 
for  ignoring  women's  issues  during  the 
election.  S 


Campbell  finally  outlines  her  strategy 
to  trim  government  spending  and  save 
$5.85  billion  over  the  next  five  years.  The 
savings,  she  says,  will 
come  from  a  freeze  in 
future  defence  spending 
and  international 
development  assistance, 
from  reducing  subsidies 
to  business  and  through 
further  trimming  of 
spending  for  government 
operations.  She  promises 
there  will  be  no  cuts  to 
health  care,  education 
and  social  assistance. 

Chretien  promises  to 
stop  the  government  re- 
organization Campbell 
began     during  the 
summer.     He  also 
promises  to  scrap  the  GST 
and  replace  it  with  an  unspecified 
alternative  that  would  generate  the  same 
revenue. 

On  Sept.  26,  the  parties"  TV  ads  begin. 
Advertising  experts  quickly  nominate  an 
unusually  calm  message  from  Chretien 
as  the  most  convincing. 


Don't  touch  that  dial!  This  is  what 
listen  to  after  you've  heard  enou 

Top  10  songs  to  listen  to  while  considering  your  vote  and  why,  according 
to  Charlatan  staff. 

10.  "Nobody  to  Vote  For" — FurnaoeFace.  'Because  there  isn't." 

9.  Dirty  Deeds  (Done  Dirt  Cheap)"  —  AC/DC.  "Strikes  a  chord  with 
politicians." 

8.  ""irforDemocracy"— Spirit  of  the  West.  "Because  of  poor  Mel  Hurtig.*' 

7.  "Call  it  Democracy"  —  Bruce  Cockburu.  "One  of  the  great  cynical 
musicians  of  our  time." 

8.  "Fuck  the  Vote"  —  25th  of  May.  "Fuck  it,  man,  just  fuck  it." 
5.  ^Revolution" — the  Beatles.  ""Cause  we  need  one." 

4.  "Youth  Against  Fascism"  —  Sonic  Youth.  "Evokes  the  angst  of  youth  in 
the  face  of  politics." 

3.  "No  More  Nervous  Breakdown" — Me,  Mom  and  Morgentaler.  "Because 
of  the  famous  Intro  speech  by  a  Free  Speech  Movement  representative  at 
Berkeley  in  the  late  '50s  that  just  sums  it  all  up." 

2.  "Get  Up,  Stand  Up"  —  Bob  Marley.  "Because  all  the  candidates  are  as 
white  as  the  PGA  golf  tour." 

l."Don*t  Worry  BeHappy"— Bobby  McFeirin.'Iteminiscentofacatatonia 
caused  by  fear,  which  conies  with  the  realization  that  one  of  the  brain-dead- 
Envi  ronics-pollin  g-produced  media  zombies  we  might  refer  to  a«  candidates 
will  be  at  the  helm  of 24  million  sq  ti  are  kilometres  of  natural  resources,  over 
26  million  citizens,  and  your  Canada  Student  Loan.  Blah." 


Top  solution  to  all  your  problems  —  two  words:  yogic  flyers. 


22  •  The  Charlatan  •  October  21, 1993 


Raven  women  singing  in  the  rain 

Cocky  Yeowomen 


humbled  in  loss 

by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

Oh,  how  sweet  it  is  to  watch  the  mighty 
fall  —  particularly  when  you're  not  the 
mighty. 

The  Carleton  women's  soccer  team 
defeated  the  first-place  York  Yeowomen 
3-2  at  home  on  a  cold,  wet  Oct.  17. 

The  win  improves  the  Ravens'  record 
to  4-3-1  andsolidifies  their  holdonfourth 
place  in  the  Ontario  Women's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association's  east 
division  soccer  league. 

I     Carleton 3  York2  I 


"We  were  really  pumped  for  this  game 
and  we  really  wanted  to  win  as  a  team," 
said  goalkeeper  Kristina  Bacchi.  "York  is 
a  team  known  to  have  attitude',  to  be  a 
very  cocky  team  and  we  wanted  to  show 
them." 

Show  them  they  did. 

Midfielder  Nicole  Maynard  put  Carle- 
ton up  1-0,  taking  advantage  of  poor 
Yorkgoaltending. 

"It  was  a  throw-in  and  I  just  turned  on 
it  and  went  to  the  net,"  said  Maynard.  "It 
hit  the  post,  hit  the  goalie  and  went  in." 

Immediately  momentum  swung  to  the 
Carleton  side.  Riding  that  wave,  Maynard 
scored  again  when  she  tapped  in  a  cross 
from  the  left  side. 

"The  (York)  goaltender  went  across 
the  net  and  misplayed  it.  I  just  put  my 
foot  in  there  and  kicked  it  in,"  she  said. 

York  closed  the  gap  a  minute  later  and 
trailed  2-1  at  halftime. 

"That  one  goal  they  got  just  proved  to 
us  that  we  had  to  keep  not  just  trying  for 
another  goal  but  defend  as  well,"  said 
Bacchi. 

And  that's  exactly  what  the  Ravens 
did  in  the  second  half.  Led  by  sweeper 
Ann-Marie  Irwin,  the  Ravens  settled  into 
a  defensive  shell  while  still  striking  when 
the  opportunity  arose. 

Striker  Mary  McCormick  gave  Carle- 
ton a  3-1  lead  and  Yeowomen  striker 
Clair  Ralston  scored  her  second  to  close 
the  gap  3-2. 

Then  Irwin  took  over  clearing  the  ball 
away  time  after  time. 


Chasing  the  ball  on  a  crummy  day  led  Carleton  to  a  satisfying  3-2  victory 


"I  just  like  playing  in  wet  conditions," 
said  Irwin.  "I  just  had  a  lot  of  good 
plays." 

"She  played  great,"  said  Bacchi.  "She 
was  reading  the  game  very  well  and  she 
knew  exactly  when  to  go  and  when  to 
tackle.  Everytime  she  tackled  someone 
she  got  the  ball."  - 

Even  York  coach  David  Bell  was  im- 
pressed with  her  play. 

"Their  sweeper  just  kept  making  one 
great  block  after  another  to  keep  them  in 
the  game." 

Nowhere  was  Carleton's  defence  more 
apparentthan  in  the  dying  minutes  with 
York  scrambling  for  a  tying  goal. 


"They  were  hungry  for  a  goal,"  said 
Bacchi.  "Those  last  couple  of  minutes 
were  really  intense.  The  ball  would  stop 
dead  (in  the  mud).  People  were  swinging 
and  missing,  and  the  referee  let  the  game 
go  an  extra  two  minutes  so  we  all  started 
panicking." 
Irwin  agreed. 

"It  was  just  a  big  mudbath.  We  were 
trying  to  keep  it  out  of  our  own  end 
because  we  knew  time  was  almost  up 
and  we  knew  that  we  could  win." 

The  whistle  finally  blew.  Game  over. 

The  Ravens  end  their  season  Oct.  24  in 
Toronto  against  the  third-place  Varsity 
Blues.  □ 


Polo  men  find  Toronto  to  their  liking 


by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Charlatan  Staff 

There  were  some  hot  birds  in  Toronto 
this  past  weekend  and  they  were  not  the 
Blue  lays. 

At  the  Oct.  16-17  waterpolo  tourna- 
ment at  the  University  of  Toronto,  the 
Carleton  Ravens  made  impressive  strides 
towards  the  final  four  playoff  round  next 
month. 


Carleton  5  McMaster  5 
Carleton  S  Western  4 
Toronto  8  Carleton  4 
Carleton  9  York  5 


The  Ravens  posted  a  2-1-1  weekend 
record  against  strong  competition  from 
the  universities  of  York,  Western  On- 
tario, Toronto  and  McMaster,  moving 
into  third  place  in  the  Ontario  Universi- 
ties Athletic  Association  waterpolo 
league. 

After  losing  1 9-5  and  1 1  -3  in  last  sea- 
son's meetings  against  McMaster,  the 
Ravens  opened  their  weekend  tourna- 
mentby  tying  the  defending  champs  5-5. 


Led  by  an  excellent  checking  perform- 
ance from  holechecker  Cony  Burke,  the 
Ravens  led  McMaster  from  start  to  finish. 
But  leading  5-4  in  the  last  quarter,  the 
Ravens  were  robbed  of  a  victory  when  the 
referee  allowed  a  controversial  McMaster 
goal  in  after  it  sat  on  the  goal  line. 

"There's  no  way  that  ball  crossed  the 
line,"  said  Raven  coach  John  Pankiw. 
The  ball  must  completely  cross  the  line  to 
be  counted  as  a  goal. 

The  Ravens  returned  to  the  pool  that 
nightto  face  the  Western  Mustangs,  who 
Carleton  beat  for  the  bronze  medal  in 
last  year's  playoffs.  Led  by  the  sparkling 
goaltending  of  captain  Allemander 
Pereira,  who  held  the  Mustangs  scoreless 


until  the  4:40  mark  of  the  third  quarter, 
the  Ravens  pulled  outa5-4  victory.  Burke 
scored  the  game  winner  on  a  penalty 
shot. 

After  the  surprising  McMaster  tie  and 
Western  Ontario  win,  the  Ravens  were 
hoping  to  do  the  same  to  the  Toronto 
Blues. 

No  such  luck. 

Last  year  the  Blues  outscored  the 
Ravens  27-15  in  two  regular  season 
games.  This  time  around,  Toronto  dou- 
bled up  Carleton  8-4. 

"There  were  a  lot  of  stretches  that  they 
didn't  score  (in)  and  we  played  right  with 
them,"  said  Pankiw. 

The  Ravens  then  finished  their  week- 
end with  an  easier  9-5  victory  over  the 
winless  York  Yeomen.  Against  the  weaker 
York  squad,  Carleton  played  some  of 
their  bench  players,  includinggoaltender 
Andy  Pohl,  who  saw  his  first  action  this 
season  in  the  fourth  quarter. 

The  3-2-1  Ravens  are  now  in  third 
place  behind  Toronto  and  McMaster.  The 
Ravens'  next  match  will  be  an  exhibition 
game  against  an  alumni  Carleton  team 
on  Oct.  30  and  their  next  league  game 
will  be  against  Queen's  on  Oct.  31.  □ 


Gillick  brains 
behind  Jays 
field  success 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Staff 

It's  October. 

Therefore  the  Toronto  Blue  fays 
must  be  in  the  WorldSeries— again. 

So  let  us  give  credit  where  credit  is 
due. 

Let's  thank  general  manager  Pat 
Gillick  for  the  Blue  Jays'  success. 

In  17  years  at  the  fays'  helm, 
Gillick  has  engineered  a  major- 
league-record  11  straight  winning 
seasons,  five  divisional  champion- 
ships, two  American  League  pen- 
nants and,  so  far,  one  World  Series. 

Not  bad  at  all.  That's  a  record  of 
success  far  superior  to  almost  any 
other  modem  day  general  manager. 

And  what  has  Pat  done? 

Year  after  year  Gillick  has  en- 
sured the  fays  remain  a  contender. 

After  winning  the  World  Series 
last  year,  Gillick  replaced  half  the 
Jays'  24-man  roster. 

The  key  men  gone  include 
Winfield,  Key,  Cone,  Henke,  Lee, 
Stieb  and  Gruber. 

In  their  place,  Gillick  recruited 
Molitor,  Stewart  and  Fernandez  and 
promoted  Hengten,  Sprague  and 
Ward. 

Then,  to  give  the  Jays  an  edge  in 
post-season  play,  Gillick  picked  up 
baseball's  greatest  all-time  leadoff 
hitter  Rickey  Henderson  as  this  year's 
rent-a-player. 

The  newly  melded  fays  only  man- 
aged to  win  their  third  straight 
American  League  east  division  title 
and  fourth  in  five  years. 

Not  bad  at  all. 

Thanks  to  Gillick's  astute  trading 
and  player  development,  the  Jays 
were  the  first  team  in  100  years  to 
have  three  players  —  Roberto 
Alomar,  Paul  Molitor  and  John 
Olerud  —  finish  1-2-3  in  the  batting 
race. 

On  top  of  that,  first  baseman 
Olerud  only  managed  to  flirt  with 
the  .400  mark  for  most  of  the  sea- 
son. That's  a  feat  that  hasn't  been 
accomplished  since  Ted  Williams  of 
the  Boston  Red  Sox  batted  .406  in 
1941. 

Thanks  Pat. 

And  thanks  for  manager  Cito 
Gaston. 

With  the  fays  floundering  at  12- 
24  early  into  the  1 989  season,  Gillick 
promoted  Gaston  to  the  manager's 
position  and  has  never  regretted  the 
decision. 

Few  people  realize  how  much 
Gaston  has  accomplished  in  so  little 
time  —  four  first-place  finishes  and 
one  second  in  five  years. 

With  those  results,  Gaston's  taken 
too  far  much  flak  over  the  years  and 
his  recognition  is  long  overdue. 

Only  Gillick  has  stood  by  him 
year  after  year. 

Gillick  has  been  the  architect. 
Gillick  has  been  the  genius. 

Maintaining  a  contenderfor over 
a  decade  has  been  his  legacy. 

Thanks  Pat  —  we  look  forward  to 
seeing  the  fays  play  in  October  again 
next  year.  □ 


October  21,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  23 


Voyageurs  battle  Ravens  to  soccer  tie 


First-place  battle  with  Toronto  next  week 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Staff 

Strong,  explosive  starts  are  considered 
an  asset  by  most  teams.  But  for  the 
Carleton  men's  soccer  team,  they've  been 
more  of  a  mixed  blessing. 

Sometimes  they  relax  and  settle  for  a 
tie.  Other  times  they  start  quickly  and 
roll  to  victory. 

The  former  happened  in  a  1-1  tie 
against  the  Laurentian  Voyageurs  in  a 
home  game  on  Oct.  18,  the  latter  in  a 
severe  5-0  mangling  of  the  York  Yeomen 
on  Oct.  19.  The  7-0-2  Ravens  are  now 
ranked  third  in  the  country. 


Soccer  Shots 

Here's  how  the  Raven  men  rank 
against  the  country's  best 

1  UBC  Thunderbirds 

2  McGill  Redmen 

3  Carleton  Ravens 

4  Alberta  Golden  Bears 

5  Victoria  Vikings 


Carleton  1  Laurentian  1 
Carleton  5  YorkO 


"We'll  start  off  the  game  strong  -  the 
last  few . . .  we've  been  scoring  early,  then 
we  lay  back,"  said  Raven  midfielder  lan 
Rowe  after  the  Laurentian  tie. 

The  moment  the  whistle  blew,  the 
Ravens  came  out  aggressive.  A  well-posi- 
tioned give-and-go  allowed  striker  Basil 
Phillips  to  take  advantage  of  a  sleeping 
Laurentian  defence  seven  minutes  into 
the  game.  Laurentian  goalkeeper  lohn 
Kowal  said  the  goal  was  a  result  of  a 
defensive  mix-up. 

"There  wasn't  a  clear  understanding 
of  who  was  doing  what."  . 

Now  the  question  remained  --  would 
they  relax  or  would  they  roll? 

It  seemed  like  the  answer  would  be  the 
latter  when  15  minutes  later,  Phillips 
had  a  second  chance  at  the  net  when  the 
Voyageurs  left  the  door  wide  open  for  the 


Raven's  offence.  His  shot  went  wide. 

Nevertheless,  the  first  half  was  pep- 
pered with  Raven  chances  with  another 
good  shot  coming  off  a  free  kick  taken  by 
sweeper  Michael  Zaborski.  Theball  sailed 
over  an  eight-man  Laurentian  wall,  but 
was  tipped  over  the  bar  by  Kowal. 

But  come  second  half,  the  Ravens  lost 
steam  and  relaxed. 

"Other  than  Marty  Lauter,  our  de- 
fenders couldn't  kick  it  over  the 
(Laurentian)  defence  today,  which  is  our 
game,"  saidassistant coach  David McFall. 
"That  hurt  us,  because  the  ball  was  get- 
ting kicked  into  midfield,  and  then 
Laurentian  was  winning  it." 

It  was  just  such  a  play  that  allowed  a 
cross  from  the  18-yard  line  to  meet  up 
with  Laurentian  striker  Tony  Giorgio's 
foot. 

"I  saw  the  lob  coming,  defence  was 
cheating,  so  I  just  went  on  the  outside  to 
stay  onside.  The  ball  lobbed  over,  they 
didn't  mark  up,  so  1  just  put  it  through 
the  keeper." 

Nearing  the  end  of  the  second  half, 


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Office  (531  Untcentre) 


One  Raven  against  two  Yeomen  was  more  than  enough  on  most  occasions. 


boot  and  bash  became  the  Raven's  domi- 
nant play  as  Laurentian  pressured  to 
score  the  tie-breaker. 

"Communication  started  to  go,  and 
everything  started  to  break  apart,"  said 
Rowe.  "Everyone  was  screaming  at  each 
other  in  the  end,  they  were  just  out  of 
control." 

In  the  dying  minutes  of  the  game,  the 
Voyageurs  came  close  to  marking  a  sec- 
ond point  when  they  struck  the  crossbar 
in  Carleton's  jammed  six-yard  box. 

"There  wasn't  a  lot  of  pretty  football 
played  today,"  said  Kowal  walking  off 
the  field  after  the  game. 

It  was  a  different  story  when  the  Ravens 


played  York  the  following  day.  Instead  of 
relaxing  and  settling  for  another  tie,  the 
Ravens  stormed  to  victory,  completely 
dominating  York's  weak  defence. 

Fullback  Lauter  scored  on  a  cross.  Min- 
utes later,  Phillips  scored  on  a  header 
past  a  shell-shocked  York  defence.  With 
two  minutes  left  in  the  first  half,  a  small 
chip  by  Phillips  to  forward  Marc 
Baumgartner  allowed  him  to  score  on  a 
waist-high  shot  to  the  left  of  the  net. 

And  the  carnage  continued  in  the 
second  half. 

Ravens  Zaborski  and  midfielder  foe 
Gabor  scored  a  goal  each,  leaving  York 
empty-handed  when  the  whistle  blew.  □ 


Fumble  blows  Raven  win 


by  Derek  OeCloet 

Chajlatan  Staff 

If  the  Carleton  Ravens  miss  the  playoffs 
again  this  year,  they  might  look  back  on 
Oct.  16  as  the  reason. 

Or,  the  Ravens  might  simply  remem- 
ber their  2S-21  loss  to  Concordia  as  the 
one  that  got  away. 

The  Ravens  seriously  jeopardized  their 
chances  of  making  the  Ontario-Quebec 
Intercollegiate  Football  Conference 
playoffs  blowing  a  21  -6  third-quarter  lead. 

The  Ravens  now  must  beat  the  Univer- 
sity of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  in  the  annual 
Panda  Game  Oct.  24  to  have  any  chance 
of  claiming  their  first  playoff  berth  in  six 
years.  They  also  need  a  McGill  victory  at 
Queen's  on  Oct.  23.  If  the  Ravens  get 
both,  they're  in. 

Concordia  wrapped  up  their  come- 
back victory  in  an  unusual  way.  Trailing 
2 1  •  1 8  with  less  than  two  minutes  to  play, 
the  Stingers  attempted  a  game- tying  field 
goal  —  and  missed. 

Raven  Wayne  Wilson,  the  team's  lead- 
ing kick  returner,  went  to  scoop  it  up  — 
and  dropped  it.  Concordia's  Mike  Noble 
fell  on  it  for  the  game-winning  touch- 
down with  1 : 38  to  play. 

Game  over. 

"It  wasn't  in  the  cards  for  us,"  said 
Raven  coach  Donn  Smith.  "We  played 
our  hearts  out  but  it  was  a  real  bitter 
lesson." 

Although  Wilson  dropped  the  big  one, 
he  wasn't  the  only  goat.  A  pile  of  Carle- 
ton mistakes  opened  the  door  for 
Concordia's  comeback. 

"I  think  the  guys  got  a  little  bit  com- 
placent and  thought  that  we'd  won  the 
game,"  said  lineman  John  Merry. 

The  Ravens  should  have  been  able  to 
trap  the  Stingers  in  their  own  end  in  the 
fourth  quarter,  said  Smith.  But  despite 
having  a  strong  wind  behind  them,  punt- 
ers Joey  Ducharme  and  Harry  Van 


Football  Follies 

Year  W  L  T  PF  PA  PTS 
1986  5    1  0  221  117  10 

1992  0    6  0  44  217  0 

1993  2   4  0  91  145  4 
As  the  season  progresses,  well 
compare  this  year's  Raven  squad 
against  the  best  and  worst  Raven 
teams  of  the  past  the  6-t  1986 
squad  and  the  0-7 1992  team. 


Hofwegen  booted  a  couple  of  poor  punts 
and  gave  Concordia  good  field  position 
for  the  final  drive. 

On  the  positive  side,  Carleton  finally 
showed  some  scoring  spark  after  two 
weeks  of  lacklustre  offence.  Ray  Hubbert 
started  for  the  first  time  at  quarterback 
and  threw  two  touchdown  passes.  He  was 
10  for  29  with  136  yards. 

This  year's  Panda  fight  will  be  espe- 
cially meaningful  because  both  Carleton 
and  Ottawa  are  2-4  and  fighting  for  the 
last  playoff  spot  in  the  O-QIFC. 

"There's  a  great  deal  of  optimism," 
said  defensive  back  lason  Mallett. 
"There's  no  question  that  this  Panda 
game  probably  means  more  to  us  than 
any  game  in  the  past  couple  of  years. 
We'll  be  on  fire  for  that  game." 

Of  course,  Carleton's  playoff  hopes 
will  have  already  vanished  by  kickoff  if 
Queen's  beats  McGill. 

"We  don't  like  to  look  at  it  that  way, 
and  I  don't  think  there  are  many  guys 
looking  at  it  like  that,"  said  Merry.  "We 
gotta  get  two  points." 

Smith  meanwhile,  just  hopes  for  a 
weekwith  as  little  distraction  as  possible. 

"We're  a  young,  gullible  team  easily 
influenced  by  distractions,"  he  said. 

And  that's  the  last  thing  the  Ravens 
need  for  Panda.  □ 


24  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  21,  1993 


Rumblings 

QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"I  think  the  guys  got  a  little  bit  com- 
placent and  thought  that  we'd  won  the 
game." 

Football  lineman  ]ohn  Merry  on  the 
Ravens'  25-21  fuck-up  in  their  game  with 
the  Concordia  Stingers. 

BRIEFS 

The  Carleton  swim  team  hosted  and 
lost  their  own  relay  exhibition  meet  on 
Oct.  16  against  the  University  of  Ottawa 
and  Queen's.  The  women's  team  lost 
154-48  to  Queen's  and  161-41  to  Ottawa. 

The  men's  team  did  slightly  better, 
losing  126-75  to  Queen's  and  143-78  to 
Ottawa. 


The  Raven  men's  basketball  team 
hosted  and  lost  their  annual  alumni  game 
on  Oct.  16  at  the  Ravens'  Nest.  The  alumni 
team,  led  by  Alex  Overwijk's  20  points, 
defeated  the  varsity  squad  80-61.  (ames 
Marquardt  led  the  Ravens  with  29  points. 

Bumpers  on  Bank  Street  will  be  hold- 
ing a  wing-eating  contest  on  Thursday, 
Oct.  21 ,  at  8  p.m.,  involving  six  Carleton 
Raven  football  players,  six  Ottawa  Gee- 
Gees  and  six  Ottawa  Rough  Riders.  A$l 
cover  charge  will  go  the  Children's  Hos- 
pital of  Eastern  Ontario. 

Carleton's  radio  station,  CKCU  93.1, 
will  be  broadcasting  this  year's  Panda 
Game  between  the  Carleton  Ravens  and 
the  University  of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  foot- 
ball clubs.  Air  time  is  2:45  p.m.  on  Sun- 
day, Oct.  24. 

CORRECTION 

Our  humble  apologies  to  Raven 
midfielder  lan  Rowe  who  we  mistook  for 
Ian  Wright  of  Liverpool  in  England's 
premier  soccer  league.  Sorry  Ian,  you'll 
just  have  to  go  back  to  being  plain  old 
Rowe  again. 

CALENDAR 

Friday,  Oct.  22. 

FIELD  HOCKEY  -  The  women's  field 
hockey  team  will  be  at  Minto  Field  facing 
off  against  the  University  of  Waterloo 
Athenas  in  a  5:30  p.m.  match. 

WATERPOLO  -  The  women's 
waterpolo  team  hosts  its  annual 
invitational  tournament  this  weekend  at 
the  Carleton  pool. 

Saturday,  Oct.  23. 

FIELD  HOCKEY  -  The  women's  field 
hockey  team  continues  its  homestand 
against  the  Guelph  Gryphons  in  an  11 
a.m.  game. 

ROWING  -  The  rowing  club  will  be  at 
the  McGill  Open  in  Montreal  today. 

RUGBY  -  The  5-1  Ravens  rugby  team 
hosts  the  Trent  Excalibur  in  a  1  p.m. 
match.  A  win  guarantees  them  first  place 
and  a  spot  in  the  Ontario  Universities 
Athletic  Association  playoffs. 

Sunday,  Oct.  24. 

FOOTBALL  -  The  Panda  Game,  the 
annual  fall  football  classic  between  the 
Carleton  Ravens  and  Ottawa  University 
Gee-Gees,  will  kickoff  at  3  p.m  at 
Lansdowne  Park.  Tickets  are  available  at 
the  Tuck  Shop  in  the  athletics  centre. 
Student  tickets  are  $8  in  advance  and  $9 
on  game  day.  Adult  tickets  are  $10. 

FIELD  HOCKEY  -  The  women's  field 
hockey  team  ends  its  season  with  a  10 
a.m.  game  against  the  University  of 
Western  Ontario  Mustangs. 

SOCCER  -  The  4-3-1  women's  soccer 
team  ends  it  season  against  the  Univer- 
sity of  Toronto  Blues  at  1  p.m.  in  Toronto. 

The  men's  soccer  team  also  ends  its 
season  in  Toronto  against  the  University 
of  Toronto  Blues.  □ 


Weird  and 


by  Jay  Tharayil 

Charlatan  start 

Jekyll  and  Hyde. 

That's  the  best  way  to  describe  the 
effect  mental  preparation  has  in  trans- 
forming Carleton  student  Chris  Coulter 
from  an  everyday  scholar  to  a  tight-end 
for  the  Carleton  Ravens  football  team. 

"You're  totally  focused,"  he  says.  "If 
there's  a  spot  on  the  wall,  you  totally 
focus  on  that  spot.  You  look  at  it,  but 
you're  really  looking  past  it,  trying  to  get 
your  mind  totally  free  of  everything  ex- 
cept your  job  and  what  you  have  to  do." 

By  preparing  himself  mentally,  Coul- 
ter allows  Mr.  Hyde  to  emerge  and  change 
his  entire  personality. 

"You  just  get  into  this  vicious  mindset 
thatyou're  going  to  kill  someone.  If  you 
don't  getinto  that  vicious  mindset,  you're 
going  to  get  bowled  over." 

Concentration.  Psyching  up.  Focus. 

Those  are  the  buzz  words  for  the  proc- 
ess Coulter  and  a  thousand  other  ath- 
letes go  through  before  each  and  every 
game. 

But  everyone  does  it  differently.  Some 
athletes  foreshadow  game  situations  in 
their  minds.  Others  work  themselves  into 
a  state  of  frenzy.  Some,  like  Coulter,  focus 
their  thoughts  on  a  single  thought  or 
emotion.  And  still  others  just  try  to  relax 
and  ignore  the  pressures  of  the  coming 
game. 

But  all  athletes,  in  some  way,  men- 
tally prepare  themselves. 

And  this  intense  concentration  is  not 
something  athletes  strive  for  just  before 
games.  It's  something  that's  instilled  by 
coaches  continuously  during  weekly 
training  sessions  and  throughout  a  long 
season. 

"It's  just  like  a  train,"  says  Coulter  of 
the  process. "  It  starts  out  slow,  but  by  the 
end  of  the  week,  it's  going  full  speed." 

Marg  fones  is  the  coach  of  the  worn- 


wacky  mind  games 


en's  basketball  team.  She  says  mental 
preparation  is  key  to  success  on  the  court. 
_  "If  you  have  no  doubt,  if  you've  gone 
through  the  situation  in  practice,  your 
confidence  level  goes  up  and  it  allows 
you  to  play  at  your  best." 

That  concentration  is  a  two-way  street, 
says  Jones.  It's  the  coach's  responsibility 
to  ensure  players  are  strategically  pre- 
pared for  the  game.  But  it's  also  an 
athlete's  responsibility  to  get  themselves 
focused. 

Towards  that  goal,  Raven  basketball 
guard  Erin  O'Grady  arrives  early  at  the 
gym  before  each  game. 

It's  in  this  time  period  she  thinks  of 
fundamentals,  of  what  the  coaching  staff 
said,  and  what  the  coach  expects  of  the 
team  in  that  game. 

While  some  coaches  like  lones  take  a 
passive  approach  to  mental  preparation, 
others  are  more  aggressive. 

Raven  fencing  coach  James  Ireland 
insists  each  of  his  athletes  listen  to  re- 
laxation tapes  for  15  minutes  each  night. 


These  tapes  consist  of  exercises  which 
induce  athletes  to  remain  calm  while 
competing. 

One  of  these  exercises  is  the  creation 
of  a  suggestion  word  that  athletes  can 
repeat  to  themselves  when  they  are  nerv- 
ous in  order  to  remain  calm. 

Although  Ireland  has  confidence  in 
the  methods  he  employs,  he  is  quick  to 
point  out  the  danger  of  putting  to  much 
faith  in  mental  preparation. 

"Sports  psychology  does  not  guaran- 
tee you  are  going  to  be  the  best  at  some- 
thing," he  says.  "It  guarantees,  thatwhen 
you  need  it,  you  are  going  to  be  the  best 
you  can  be." 

Ireland  also  says  each  athlete  is 
unique,  and  should  be  treated  as  such. 

"Everyone  is  different.  Our  system  is 
designed  behind  the  belief  that  everyone 
is  individually  developed.  It  caters  to 
peoples'  differences." 

Differentpeople.  Different  methods  of 
mental  preparation.  It  doesn't  matter 
what  you  do  --  as  long  as  it  works.  □ 


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October  21,  1993  -  The  Charlatan  ■  25 


Rugby  Ravens  one  win  away  from  playoffs 


Defence  doses  the  door  on  Blues'  offence 


by  Matt  Shurrie 

Charlatan  Slatf 

At  least  Toronto  can  be  proud  of  its 
professional  baseball  team. 

At  home  on  Oct.  16,  the  4-1  Carleton 
Ravens  dumped  the  3-2  University  of 
Toronto  Varsity  Blues  25-6,  closing  the 
door  on  any  Toronto  rugby  playoff 
dreams. 


Carleton  25  Toronto  6 


With  the  victory,  the  Ravens  improve 
to  an  impressive  5-1  and  remain  tied  for 
first  with  the  Laurier  Golden  Hawks  in 
the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Asso, 
ciation's  second  rugby  division. 

If  the  Ravens  win  their  game  against 
the  1-5  Trent  Excalibur  this  weekend,  it 


will  clinch  them  first  place  because  the 
Ravens  defeated  the  5-1  Laurier  Golden 
Hawks  12-7  on  Sept.  18. 

"The  club  came  out  slow  off  the  mark, 
and  they  continued  to  shoot  themselves 
in  the  foot  with  mental  mistakes,"  said 
coach  Lee  Powell,  commenting  on  a  slow 
Carleton  start.  "However,  the  club  turned 
it  up  a  notch  and  showed  me  the  way 
they  can  really  play  in  the  second  half." 

The  first  half  was  a  struggle  of  sloppy 
ball  control  and  ineffective  passing.  Only 
a  strong,  stand-tall  defence  held  an  im- 
posing Toronto  offence  in  check. 

At  halftime,  the  clubs  were  tied  at  six. 

But  in  the  second  half,  a  completely 
different  Raven  team  appeared.  Passing 
was  executed  to  perfection,  ball  control 
improved  and  the  defence  remained  — 
not  giving  up  any  second-half  points. 


If  you'd  like  a  booklet  about  Jack  Daniel's  Whiskey,  write  os  here  in  Lynchbufg,  Tennessee  37352,  U.S.A. 

KICK  A  BARREL  of  Jack  Daniel's  the  wrong  way 
and  no  one  will  ever  see  the  rewards. 

If  it  rolls  to  a  stop  with  the  bung  down, 
it'll  leak  whiskey  by  the  gallon.  But  our 
barrelman  knows  how  many  turns  and 
partial  turns  each  barrel  will  make  as  he 
fills  up  a  rick.  So  he'll  turn  the  bung 
to  just  the  right  position  before  he 
kicks  a  barrel.  And  it'll  stop  with 
the  bung  straight  up.  After  a  sip  of. 
our  Tennessee  Whiskey,  you'll  be 
glad  we  didn't  spill  a  drop. 

JACK  DANIEL'S  TENNESSEE  WHISKEY 


Kicker  Mike  Rys  was  a  force  as  usual. 


The  turning  point  of  the  game  oc- 
curred early  in  the  second  half  when 
second-row  Jason  Hann  broke  a  few  tack- 
les andscored  a  try,  increasing  the  Ravens' 
lead  to  a  more  comfortable  13-6  score. 

Defence  again  stood  out,  limiting  the 
Blues  to  only  two  penalty  kicks. 

Both  flanker  Dennis  Djonlich  and 
rookie  outside -centre  Rick  Haldane  had 
stand-out  games  at  defence.  Haldane 
especially  looked  like  a  man  on  a  mis- 
sion, showing  off  perfect  blocking  tech- 
niques. 

"(We've)  really  developed  since  our 
first  game  of  the  season,  with  the  backs 
and  forwards  settling  into  position,"  said 
kicker  Mike  Rys,  commenting  on  the 
S  team's  defensive  play. 
§      "The  club's  success  is  based  on  skill, 
g  performance  and  attitude.  Thisbunchof 
?  guys  has  really  worked  hard  to  improve 
each  game,  and  they  deserve  everything 
they  have  earned,"  said  Powell.  □ 


Wet  Panda  a  friendly  splash 

Sailing  club  defeats  Ottawa  in  regatta 


by  Shannon  Fraser 

Charlatan  Slafl 

Competitive  yet  friendly. 

That  was  the  atmosphere  surround- 
ing the  first  Wet  Panda  Regatta  between 
Carleton  University  and  the  University  of 
Ottawa  hosted  and  won  by  the  Carleton 
sailing  club  at  the  Britannia  Yacht  Club 
on  a  cold,  wet  and  windy  Oct.  16. 

In  sailing  competitions,  different  types 
of  boats  enter  different  classes,  In  this 
regatta,  Carleton  entered  three  boats  in 
the  420  class  "and  placed  first  in  all  five 
races. 

Ottawa  lost. 

Carleton  sailor  Dave  Nurse  won  four 
of  five  races  in  the  laser  class,  losing  only 
the  first  race  when  he  false-started. 

Ottawa  lost. 

Ottawa  was  unable  to  field  a  full  boat 
in  the  echo  class  and  a  combination 
Carleton/Ottawa  crew  defeated  a  second 
Carleton  crew. 


"That  worked  really  well,"  said  Carle- 
ton sailorGordon  Dewis,  about  the  shared 
win.  "Adam  (Voisin)  was  a  very  good 
sailor." 

Voisin,  an  U  of  O  sailor  on  the  combi- 
nation team,  was  equally  pleased  with 
the  way  the  race  turned  out. 

"It  doesn't  matter  who  I'm  sailing 
with,"  he  said.  "It  was  fun  anyway." 

This  sense  of  kinship  was  the  theme 
for  the  Wet  Panda  Regatta. 

"I  hope  they  do  this  again  next  year," 
said  Carleton  sailor  Jonathan  Hirst.  "I 
Icnow  I'll  be  back.  It's  good  there's  a  lot  of 
camaraderie  even  though  you're  sup- 
posed to  be  school  against  school." 

Race  organizers  Nurse  and  Gyllaum 
Godbout  of  Ottawa  U  hope  to  make  the 
Wet  Panda  Regatta  an  annual  event. 

"Nextyearwe'll  cream  Carleton,"  said 
Godbout  with  a  laugh,  reflecting  on  Ot- 
tawa's second-  and  last-place  finish.  □ 


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26  •  The  Charlatan  •  October  21,  1993 


1 


Injuries  sink  Ravens 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Staff 

One  win.  Two  losses.  Three  injuries. 

The  Carleton  women's  field  hockey 
team  ran  their  winless  streak  to  eight 
games  in  Montreal,  losing  8-0  to  the 
University  of  Toronto  Blues  on  Oct.  15 
and  losing  6-0  to  the  York  Yeowomen  on 
Oct.  16. 

That  streak  was  finally  broken  with  a 
4-1  victory  over  the  Trent  Excalibur  later 
that  afternoon  at  McGill  Field. 


Toronto  8  Carleton  0 
York  6  Carleton  0 
Carleton  4  Trent  1 


During  the  weekend,  three  players 
also  went  down  with  injuries.  Forward 
Vicki  Wilcoxsuffered  a  knee  injury  and  is 
out  for  the  year.  Goaltender  Julie  Sudds 
reinjured  her  back  and  defender  Chris- 
tina Morula  was  carted  off  to  the  Mon- 
treal General  Hospital  after  getting  hit 
above  the  left  eye. 

"It  was  a  little  bit  tough  at  this  time  of 
the  year  with  so  many  injuries  to  deal 
with,"  said  assistant  coach  Sandy  Roy. 
"Considering  all  the  changes  we  made 
and  all  the  injuries,  the  girls  really  han- 
dled it  remarkably  and  played  quite  well 
under  those  conditions." 

Against  Toronto,  the  Ravens  came  out 
fired  up  and  actually  held  the  14-0  Blues 
scoreless  through  the  first  10  minutes  of 
the  game.  Forward  Vicki  Wilcox  then 
went  down  with  akneeinjuryand  after  a 
long  delay  the  Ravens  followed  suit.  While 
defending,  Wilcox  partially  tore  her  left 
anterior  ligament,  the  spot  behind  her 
knee,  when  she  planted  her  left  foot  and 


turned  at  the  same  time  to  make  a  tackle. 

Even  if  Wilcox  had  continued  to  play, 
versatile  midflelderSuzanne  Bird  doubted 
it  would  have  made  a  difference. 

"Even  when  we're  playing  our  game, 
a  team  like  Toronto,  which  has  almost 
half  the  national  team  players,  seems  to 
force  their  game  on  us,"  said  Bird. 

Carleton's  contest  against  10-1-2  York 
Yeowomen  was  a  carbon  copy  of  their 
Toronto  loss. 

This  time  the  tide  shifted  when  Raven 
goalie  julie  Sudds  left  the  game  with  back 
spasms  and  defender  Christina  Matula 
was  hit  in  the  head  with  an  errant  shot.. 

"We're  not  normally  expected  to  beat 
teams  like  York, "  said  a  frustrated  Wilson, 
"but  when  you've  got  players  where  they 
normally  aren't  (supposed  to  be)  it  makes 
it  next  to  impossible." 

Still,  Carleton  went  into  their  match 
against  the  0-1 1  Trent  Excalibur  with  an 
upbeat  attitude. 

"The  girls  worked  hard  in  both  games 
and  that  carried  over  into  our  game 
against  Trent.  We  knew  we  could  com- 
pete with  them.  They  have  the  same  type 
of  team  as  us,"  said  coach  Suzanne 
Nicholson. 

Once  again,  the  Ravens  came  out 
firing  on  all  cylinders. 

Bird  opened  the  game  with  a  hat  trick 
and  Carleton  never  looked  back.  Rookie 
forward  Amanda  Mullin  capped  off  the 
scoring  for  Carleton  with  a  second-half 
goal. 

Carleton  endstheirseasononthe  road 
with  games  against  the  fourth-place 
Waterloo  Athenas  on  Oct.  22,  the  third- 
place  Guelph  Gryphons  on  Oct.  23,  and 
the  sixth-place  Western  Mustangs  Oct. 
24.  □ 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leader's  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 
Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Oct.  19,  1 993. 


1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 


1 

Donnalee  Bell 

76 

2 

Joseph  Kurikose 

75 

3 

Alex  Varki 

75 

4 

Jayson  Luiz 

73 

5 

Dan  Grant 

73 

6 

Edward  Kerr 

73 

7 

Carl  Chapman 

72 

8 

Scott  Rinn 

72 

9 

Edwin  Chock 

72 

10 

Guy  Nicholson 

72 

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The  Charlatan,  Room  531  Unicentre. 


Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a 
$25  dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's 
Saloon. 


What  was  the  attendance  of 
this  year's  Panda  Game? 
(Closest  answer  wins.) 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper 
and  submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports 
editor,  room  531  Unicentre.  The  re- 
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mined by  a  supervised  draw  of  ail 
correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  Oct.  26,  1993.  The  winner 
will  be  contacted  by  phone,  by  the 
sports  editor  of  the  Charlatan. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only 
one  entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and 
their  families  are  not  eligible  to  par- 
ticipate. 

Sorry  people.  We  forgot  to  run  the 
sports  trivia  question  last  week.  Our 
apologies. 


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October  21,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  27 


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NATURAL  LAW  PARTY 

Creating  a  Perfect  Government  that  Will  Prevent  All  Problems  and  Satisfy  Everyone 

^^''Tlicn  iialionnl  life  will  be  in 
harmony  with  Natural  Law,  and  every 


'^"Election  is  the  time' to  create  a  better 
government. 

'^"Thc  best  government  is  Nature's 
Government  —  Natural  Law  —  which 
governs  our  universe  with  perfect  order 
and  without  a  problem. 

'^"Natural  Law  governs  all  life  from  the 
galaxies  to  our  solar  system  to  our  planet 
earth,  and  certainly  our  individual  lives  are 
also  governed  by  Natural  I^aw. 

'^"I  have  the  knowledge  to  bring  the 
support  of  Natural  Law  to  my  dear 
Canadians  and  my  dear  Canada. 

^"1  will  establish  a  group  of  7,000 
experts  who  will  practice  Transcendental 
Meditation  and  Yogic  Flying.  This  group 
will  radiate  positivity  and  harmony 
throughout  the  nation  and  create  a  unified 
national  consciousness. 


Dr.  Neil  Paterson 

Party  Leader 
Candidate  for  Ottawa-Centre 

Custodian  of  the 
Constitution  of  the  Universe 
Ambassador  of  the 
Government  of  Nature 


Canadian  will  enjoy  peace,  happiness, 
and  prosperity. 

^f^'T  have  the  scientific  knowledge  to 
create  a  government  as  efficient  as  (lie  Gov- 
ernment of  Nature.  I  will  create  a  flourishing 
economy  and  a  problem-free  nation. 

^^"Oiir  dear  Canada  was  founded  on 
'principles  that  recognize  the  supremacy 
of  God  and  the  rule  of  law.' 

^r^'Thc  Natural  Law  Party  is  the  only 
party  that  can  fulfill  this  supreme  aspira- 
tion and  create  a  government  that  func- 
tions in  accord  with  Natural  Law,  which 
is  the  Will  of  God. 

^(^"With  the  full  support  of  Natural 
Law,  we  will  create  a  |>crfcct  government 
that  can  satisfy  everyone." 

—  Dr.  Neil  Paterson 


Winning  Points  of  the  Natural  Law  Party 

Our  Proven  Solutions  to  National  Problems 


ECONOMY 

•  All  problems  of  ihc  economy  are  basically  problems  of  lack 
of  crealivily.'I "lie Natural  Law  Parly  will  enliven  ihe  infinite 
organizing  power  of  Natural  Law  in  national  consciousness 
and  awaken  the  inner  creative  genius  of  every  Canadian, 
'litis  will  generate  economic  optimism,  job  growth,  and 
national  prosperity. 

JOHS 

•  Unemployment  demonstrates  the  failure  of  the  government  to 
organize  national  activity.  We  will  rapidly  reduce  unemploy- 
ment through: 

1.  increased  creativity  and  lower  taxes  to  sustain  economic 
growth;  2.  creating  new  jobs  at  home  and  abroad  —  recon- 
structing and  beautifying  the  nation;  increasing  production 
and  export;  3.  more  years  in  education;  4.  more  interesting  and 
effective  job  training,  with  special  care  for  dropouts;  S.  a  littic 
shorter  working  day  for  all;  6.  making  it  possible  for  mothers 
to  enjoy  tlic  comfort  of  home  and  nourish  the  coming  genera- 
tion, rather  than  getting  tired  at  work;  7.  special  commissions 
comprising  business  leaders,  engineers,  and  oilier  profession- 
als, to  design  programs  tliat  will  create  high  employment. 

DEFICIT 

•  llliminatc  lite  national  deficit  in  tlircc  years  by  saving  the 
federal  government  $57  billion  annually  through  eliminating 
problems;  disallow  future  governments  from  indebting  the 
nation;  invite  ministers  of  past  governments  to  lind  means  to 
repay  the  national  debt  they  created. 

TAX 

•  Immediately  abolish  GST;  gradually  reduce  personal  and 
corporate  income  taxes  as  expenditures  are  reduced;  simplify 
the  (ax  system  to  eliminate  waste  of  national  resources  in 
collecting  and  disbursing  taxes. 

HEALTH 

•  Reduce  disease  by  50%  in  three  years  through  Maharishi 
Ayur-Vcd  —  prevention-oriented  natural  health  care  —  sav- 
ing Canada  S35  billion  yearly  and  preventing  a  great  deal  of 
suffering. 


EDUCATION 

•  Unfold  the  full  creative  genius  of  every  student  through 
Maharishi's  Transcendental  Meditation  and  TM-Sidhi  pro- 
gram, while  developing  the  skills  necessary  for  professional 
success;study  and  research  in  consciousness  todcvelophighcr 
consciousness  so  that  everyone  lives  in  harmony  with  Natural 
Law  -   life  free  from  mistakes  and  suffering. 

ENVIRONMENT 

•  Create  a  pollution- free  nation  tlirougli  pollution-free  indus- 
tries, energy,  and  transportation;  education  for  higher  con- 
sciousness to  prevent  violation  of  Natural  Law  -  the  basis  of 
all  pollution. 

AGRICULTURE 

•  Promote  profitable,  sustainable  agriculture  to  produce  natural, 
healthy,  organically  grown  food;  bring  every  farmer  the  full 
support  of  Natural  Law  on  llic  level  of  the  soil.sccd, crops,  and 
seasons     to  ensure  abundant  yields. 

LAW  AND  JUSTICE 

»  Simplify  the  legal  system;  eliminate  the  basis  of  crime  -  stress 
in  the  individual  and  society;  introduce  proven  reliabi  Illation 
programs  tliat  reduce  recidivism  and  train  offenders  to  acl 
spontaneously  in  accord  wilh  Natural  Law. 

CULTURAL  INTEGRITY 

•  Uphold  the  social,  cultural,  and  religious  traditions  in  every  area, 
w  hile  insuring  the  perpetual  unity  of  our  ten  provinces. 

SENIOR  CITIZENS 

•  Improve  the  health  and  well-being  of  our  seniors  so  Ihcy  fully 
enjoy  life*  while  their  families  and  communities  benefit  from  their 
wise  guidance;  bring  peace  to  our  dear  elders  by  eliminating  the 
problems  of  our  nation  and  creating  a  government  that  will 
disallow  problems  from  arising. 

FAMILY  VALUES 

•  Create  an  upsurge  of  happiness,  stability,  and  harmony  in 
family  life  by  enlivening  bliss  and  harmony  in  national 
consciousness. 


DECENTRALIZATION  OF 
ADMINISTRATION 

•  Give  more  authority  and  power  to  local  governments  to 
prevent  problems;  when  local  problems  arc  prevented,  na- 
tional problems  will  never  arise. 

A  GROUP  FOR  A  GOVERNMENT 

•  Bring  the  full  support  of  Natural  I  .aw  to  Canada  by  establish- 
ing A  Group  for  A  Government  — 7,(10(1  Yogic  Flyers  —  who 
will  enliven  the  Unified  Field  of  Natural  Law,  creating  coher- 
ence, positivity,  and  harmony  in  national  consciousness. 

AU,-I»ARTY  GOVERNMENT 

•  Form  an  all-party  government  that  engages  the  greatest  ex- 
perls,  irrespective  of  parly,  lo  run  the  government;  bring 
efficiency  to  every  department  of  the  government  and  satisfac- 
tion to  all  Canadians. 

DEFENCE 

•  Create  invincible  defence  by  establishing  a  group  of  7,000 
Yogic  l-lycrs  to  generate  coherence  and  harmony  in  collective 
consciousness,  thereby  preventing  the  birth  of  an  enemy  — 
internal  enemy:  stress,  economic  depression  and  debi,  low 
productivity,  dissatisfaction,  sickness  and  suffering,  and  sepa- 
ratism threatening  the  nation's  integrity;  and  external  enemy: 
infiltration  of  crime  from  our  neighbour  and  overseas.  In  the 
absence  of  integrated  national  and  world  consciousness,  the 
possibility  of  war  or  invasion  can  never  be  ruled  out. 

"/  see  the  stability  and  progress  of  Canada  only  through  the 
government  of  the  Natural  //jw  Party.  I  invite  my  people  of 
Canada  to  listen  to  my  alarm  call  to  the  nation,  there  is  still  time 
for  voters  to  understand  the  scientifically  validated  programs  of 
the  Natural  Law  Party,  and  to  understand  that  there  is  no  other 
party  which  can  prevent  problems  from  arising. 
"Truly,  there  is  no  other  party  with  the  knowledge  to  create  a 
perfect  government,  a.\  effective  and  efficient  at  the  (iovernment 
of  the  Universe.  I  am  saying  this  from  theplatform  of  science.  My 
dear  ('anadians,  I  invite  you  not  to  lose  thii  chance  of  creating 
a  perfect  government  Oirough  Oie  Natural  Law  Party. " 

Dr.  Neil  I'titerson 


Over  500  scientific  studies  performed  at  215  research  institutions  in  27  countries  validate  the  programs 
of  the  Natural  Law  Party  for  improving  all  aspects  of  individual  and  national  life. 

DON'T  WASTE  YOUR  VOTE  ON  FAILURE.  SUCCESS  BELONGS  TO 
NATURAL  LAW.  VOTE  FOR  THE  NATURAL  LAW  PARTY. 

Read  the  Platform  of  the  Natural  Law  Party  —  Call  613-565-8517  for  a  copy  if  you  have  not  yet  received  one. 


NATURAL  LAW  PARTY  OP  CANADA  •  500  Wilbrod  Sued,  Ottawa,  Ontario  KIN  6N2  •  Tel:  (613)  565-8517  •  Pax:  (613)  565  6546 

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28  •  The  Charlatan  •  October  21,  1993 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Local  bands  stage  excellent  show 


by  Rob  Willbond 

Cha/lalan  Start 


Gogo  Rock-a-Roo 

Hall 


D 


\  f  you  missed  it  (and  if  you 
'were  over  17  you  probably 
did),  Songbird  Music  held  its 
fourth  Pogo-a-Gogo  Rock-a- 
*  Roo  music  fest  this  past  Sat- 
/  urday  in  Porter  Hall.  Perform- 
ing were  local  bands  Fishtales, 
Heaven  Dog,  Tongues  and  Bones  and 
Black  Triangle. 

1  arrived  roughly  40  minutes  before 
the  doors  opened,  hoping  to  trap  the 
ever-elusive  co-organizer  Tom  Stewart 


Socks  go  on  feet!  Socks  go  on  feet! 


for  a  brief  interview  on  the  evening's 
events.  This  poorindividual  didn'tpause 
for  an  instant  from  the  moment  I  walked 
through  the  doors.  Once  I  finally  man- 
aged to  confront  him,  Tom  happily 
brought  me  backstage  to  a  less  noisy 
venue  for  the  interview. 

According  to  Stewart,  Pogo-a-Gogo 
originated  in  the  minds  of  the  people  at 
Songbird  Music,  who  wished  to  create  a 
large  all-ages  show  with  local  talent.  It's 
designed  to  make  up  for  the  lack  of  all- 
ages  shows  in  Ottawa,  and  to  do  so  in  a 
really  large  way  with  good  equipment 
and  lots  of  people  attending. 

Stewart  says  he  feels  Pogo-a-Gogo  has 
had  a  good  effect  on  the  local  scene,  and 
that  it's  an  important  event,  with  the 
possible  upcoming  loss  of  the  SAW  Gal- 
lery as  an  all-ages  venue. 

My  last  impression,  before  the 
show  started,  was  Stewart  run- 
ning madly  about  the  hall 
searching  for  the  switch  to  turn 
off  the  main  lights.  Interesting 
prelude  to  what  was  an  excellent 
show. 

The  first  band  to  perform  was 
Fishtales.  They've  already  re- 
leased their  second  album, 
Ulysses,  and  can  they  perform. 
Their  music  radiated  a  positive 
and  happy  state  of  sonic  bliss. 
They  even  owned  that  much 
treasured  set  of  special  effects, 
the  strobe  light/smoke  machine 
combo.  Their  40-minute  set 
showcased  a  wide  spread  of  styles. 

Maybe  it  was  because  they 
were  the  first  band,  or  perhaps 
the  crowd  was  mellowed  by  the 
smoothness  of  the  music,  but 
there  was  relatively  no  dancing. 
At  most,  some  people  shook  their 
heads  and  moved  from  side  to 
side. 

p  A  few  times  the  band  exhorted 
o  the. crowd,  "Don't  be  afraid  to 
y  dance."  Their  wish  was  fulfilled 
w  best  when  they  performed 
|  "Untitled."  A  great  set  and  good 
~"  opening  band. 

Heaven  Dog  was  the  second 


Fire!  Fire! 

band  to  perform,  and  before  long  they 
had  the  crowd  up  and  moving.  They 
played  songs  off  their  current  release, 
Holy  Cow,  and  even  gave  the  audience  a 
few  hits  from  their  upcoming  CD. 

The  highlights  of  their  set  were  their 
pleas  to  use  Fishtales'  smoke  machine 
and  strobe  (which  they  didn't  get)  and 
some  reflections  on  the  eighties  marked 
by  their  set-ending  cover  of  A-ha's  great 
pop  hit  "Take  On  Me."  A  driving  mosh 
with  guest  appearances  from  the  lead 
singer  made  for  a  good  time. 

Up  next  was  Tongues  and  Bones.  They 
played  an  interesting  set  with  lots  of 
keyboard  fun.  The  crowd,  however, 
seemed  to  have  been  spoiled  by  the  punk 
action  of  Heaven  Dog  and  many  people 
just  sat  and  listened  to  the  less  aggressive 
music.  The  performance  was  decent,  but 
was  not  enough  for  the  audience. 

What  can  one  say  about  a  perform- 
ance by  Black  Triangle?  Perhaps  they 
said  it  best  themselves  with  the  promise 
of  20  songs  in  40  minutes.  One  moment 
I  felt  as  if  I  was  at  a  Dead  Kennedys' 
concert,  the  next  at  a  Celtic  rock  recital. 


And  it's  even  better  than  television 


by  Chris  Reid 

Charlatan  Stafl 


//I  Had  A  fob  J 

if  Great  Canadic 
\sgct.  13—  Oct. 


Liked.  Once. 

Canadian  Theatre  Company 
30 


ot  having  been  to  a  play  in  a 
while,  it  was  a  little  unusual 
experiencing  the  intimacy 
and  well,  liveness  of  a  stage 
play  again. 

1  found  myself  fighting  the 
urge  to  turn  up  the  sound  or 
flip  the  channels  all  the  time.  Not  that  I 
really  had  to.  Author  Guy 
Vanderhaeghe's  first  stage  effort  is  fairly 
entertaining  stuff. 

The  play  is  centred  around  RCMP  Sgt. 
Finestad,  an  aging,  tired  cop  becoming 
disillusioned  with  his  life  as  it  starts  to 
unravel  in  small  town  Saskatchewan  in 
1967. 

The  story  is  about  a  highly  political 
case  of  an  alleged  sexual  assault  on  the 
daughter  of  a  influential  local  pojitician. 
The  suspect  in  the  case  is  Les  Grant,  a  kid 
from  a  troubled  working  class  family. 
The  case  makes  Finestad  more  aware  of 
the  realities  of  his  job,  raising  questions 
about  corruption  and  his  own  faith  in  the 
law. 

While  the  play  isn't  as  heavy  as  itmay 


sound,  the  theme  of  the  law  does  tend  to 
dominate  things.  Finestad  is  likeable  but 
seems  a  little  too  preoccupied  and  philo- 
sophical for  a  cop  of  his  temperament 
and  experience.  On  the  other  hand,  it  is 
a  play  and  total  real- 
ism is  best  experi- 
enced by  hanging 
out  in  a  real  police 
station  somewhere. 

There  are  some 
other  problems  here 
also.  None  of  the 
characters  are  totally 
original.  These  in- 
clude the  standard 
stuck-up  bitch  and 
her  rich  father,  the 
poor  Canadian  kid 
with  an  attitude,  and 
the  aging  but  tough 
gravel-voiced  cop. 

On  the  plus  side, 
while  the  entire  play 
is  limited  to  the  con- 
fines of  Finestad's 
office  and  the  same 
props  are  used 
throughout,  effective 
staging  and  lighting 
and  use  of  music 
keep  things  from  be- 
coming dull.  can-t  we  ouy 


For  a  first  time  effort,  /  Hada/ob  I  Liked. 
Once,  is  pretty  good  entertainment.  It  has 
some  flaws  but  a  live  performance  has 
merits  on  its  own.  And  hey,  it's  better 
than  television.  □ 


This  band  melds  distorted  punk  rhythms 
and  a  frentic  violin,  and  all  you  want  to 
do  is  roll  around  merrily  in  the  mosh, 
which  is  exactly  what  happened. 

In  order  to  keep  their  promise,  they 
played  theirsongs  back  to  back,  stopping 
only  for  minor  guitar  adjustments.  Even 
then,  the  drums  and  base  pounded  on, 
keeping  the  crowd  busy.  Saved  for  last  for 
a  reason,  Black  Triangle  is  a  must  see. 

The  fourth  Pogo-A-Gogo  Rock-A-Roo 
was  quite  a  success.  The  crowd  was  good- 
sized,  appreciative  of  what  it  saw,  and 
the  music  was  fantastic. 

Hopefully  Songbird  will  continue  to 
sponsor  this  event,  allowing  Ottawa  to 
maintain  regular  access  to  a  well-man- 
aged all-ages  show.  □ 


This  week: 
We  Read 
the  Phone 
Book 

#7:  Discount  Stores 
in  Ottawa 

1.  A  Buck  or  Two  Store 

2.  Big  Ben  Discounts 

3.  Big  Bucks 

4.  Dollar  Bill's 

5.  Dollar  Bin 

6.  Dollar  Steals  Ltd. 

7.  Dollar's  Worth  4  U 

8.  Liquidator  Lou's 

9.  Roidu  Dollard 
10.1  Dollar  &  Plus 


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October  21,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  29 


The  Charlatan  Pub  Crawl  Extravaganza 

Meat  Market  Mayhem! 


by  Joanne  Olszewski 

Chariawn  smtt 

ot  being  one  who  is  enthralled 
about  listening  to  the  same 
[ram  machine  bearing  con- 
nuously  throughout  20 
ongs,  1  entered  level-headed 
andwilling  to  open  my  mind 
to  the  concept  Yucatan's  Liq- 
uor Stand  had  to  offer. 
Tuesday  nights  seem  to  be  a  popular 
and  attractive  night  to  university-aged 
students  who  are  trying  to  stretch  out 
their  OSAP  loans.  The  beer  and  mixed 
drinks  at  $2.25  were  pretty  cheap  and  if 
you  can  make  it  through  the  one  dollar 
cover  charge,  the  night  is  in  the  palm  of 
your  hands. 

By  1 1  o'clock,  the  venue  was  crowded. 
The  bartenders  were  hustling  away  pour- 
ing drinks,  opening  bottles.  It  was  remi- 
niscent of  Santa's  elves  on  the  night 
before  Christmas,  scurrying  around  to 
ensure  the  children's  happiness. 

The  walls  of  this  establishment  are 
quite  cleverly  decorated.  Abstract  objects 
hang  from  the  ceiling  while  complimen- 
tary junk  art  is  pasted  to  the  walls.  With 
more  standing  than  sitting  room,  club- 
goers  mingled,  tried  to  pick  each  other 
up,  attempted  to  find  their  soulmates, 
and  rekindle  friendships  from  their  past 
years  of  school. 

Being  a  pick-up  joint,  Yucatan's  is 
kinda  cheezy,  but  not  as  cheezy  as  the 
ones  you'd  find  in  Hull. 

Fashion-wise,  it's  not  the  place  to  go 
withoutpurdngonyourface.  Most  of  the 
girls  were  decked  out  in  those  trendy 
styles:  jeans,  with  either  black  or  white 


fitted  shirts,  cowboy  boots  or  brand  new 
Doc  Martens. 

A  few  grungies  couldbe  found  in  their 
Le  Chdteau  stripes  or  Gap  plaid  shirts. 
This  social  group  could  be  spotted  easily 
while  the  DJ  spun  the  Pearl  Jam  CD  and 
"Even  Flow"  came  crashing  out  from  the 
speakers,  in  between  club-hell  songs 
"Rhythm  is  a  Dancer"  and  "lump 
Around." 

Yucatan's  also  boasts  full-customer 
service.  An  employee,  dressed  like  Bozo 
the  Clown,  complete  with  a  sequined 
shirt,  striped  sarin  top  hat  and  unbear- 
able shoes,  provided  a  photo  service. 
Kind  of  a  "If  you  can't  remember  what 
you  did  the  night  before,  we'll  help  you." 
His  Polaroid  was  kept  busy,  taking  pic- 
tures mostly  of  drunken  women.  Quite 
the  deal  for  four  bucks,  mefhinks.  Or 
maybe  not. 

In  the  midst  of  the  evening,  a  buzzing 
screech  filled  the  air.  This  sound  wouldbe 
familiar  to  residence  folk,  but  Yucatan's 
patrons  paid  little  attention  to  the  fire 
alarm  as  it  buzzed  for  over  10  minutes. 
Nobody  left.  The  few  who  noticed  this 
annoying  sound  simply  took  a  few  steps 
away,  where  the  less-than-pleasant  tone 
could  be  avoided.  In  the  end,  It  turned 
out  to  be  a  false  alarm. 

So  If  you  and  your  pals  are  looking  to 
hang  out  at  a  drinking  establishment 
and  if  you  like  the  pick-up  scene  and 
lotsa  mind-numbing  dance  music,  your 
search  may  be  over.  Have  a  beer.  If  you 
don't  like  the  music,  have  another  beer. 
Have  fun,  but  don't  forget  about  those 
classes  Wednesday  morning.  □ 


Pearson  biography 
complete  but  boring 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Ctiariaian  Staff 


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The  Worldly  Years:  The  Life 
Lester  Pearson  1949-1972 

John  English 
Vintage  Books 

393  pages  , 
.$14,50  ^JJ 

he  latest  biography  of  Lester 
Pearson,  Canada'sfourteenth 
prime  minister  and  the  man 
they  named  Mike's  Place  af- 
ter, seems  to  be  yet  another 
/attempt  by  an  author  to 
harken  back  to  the  so-called 
"good-old  days,"  when  jobs  were  plenti- 
ful and  hope  sprung  eternal. 

With  a  federal  election  only  days  away, 
many  Canadians  wax  nostalgic  for  the 
Pearson  era.  Author  John  English  taps 
into  this  feeling  by  portraying  Pearson  - 
-  the  Nobel  Peace  Prize  winner  and  popu- 
lar prime  minister  --  as  a  giant  among 
Canadians. 

English  begins  the  book  with  Pearson's 
post  as  minister  of  external  affairs  in  the 
late  1940s  and  most  of  the  1950s.  It 
follows  the  successes  and  failures,  his 
election  to  the  leadership  of  the  Liberal 
party  in  1958,  his  rise  to  the  prime  min- 
istership in  1963  and  the  trials  of  his 
government 

English's  book  is  a  masterpiece  of  re- 
search. The  biography  is  an  impressive 
barrage  of  numbers,  dates,  cabinet  meet- 
ings and  papers.  For  example,  English 
has  obtained  private  letters  and  docu- 
mentation which  painta  convincing  pic- 
ture of  Pearson's  diplomatic  negotiations. 

However,  English's  book  fails  to  in- 
spire readers,  or  to  give  them  a  reason  to 
keep  reading.  English  hovers  around  the 
edge  of  Pearson's  personal  and  political 
life  but  seems  unable  to  make  the  reader 
feel  Pearson's  persona  in  the  book.  Eng- 


lish seems  unable  to  penetrate  Pearson's 
inner  thoughts,  visions  or  beliefs.  If  it 
wasn't  for  a  library  of  research,  English 
wouldn't  have  much  to  go  on. 

English's  overwhelming  body  of  facts 
also  keeps  the  reader  from  enjoying  this 
biography.  Because  the  text  is  so  full  of 
information,  the  writing  is  awkward  and 
difficult  to  follow. 

Forexample,  English  spends  30  pages 
describing  in  great  detail  the  French  presi- 
dent Charles  De  Gaulle's  visit  to  Canada 
in  1967,  when  he  shouted  "Vive  le  Que- 
bec libre." 

The  formal  negotiations  over  arrang- 
ing De  Gaulle's  visit  are  greatly  detailed. 
However,  the  details  don't  go  beyond  the 
formal  statements  of  the  various  govern- 
ments involved.  There  is  no  sense  of  what 
Pearson  thought  of  De  Gaulle  and  there 
are  no  personal  anecdotes  dealing  with 
this  period.  The  technical  details  bog 
down  the  reader's  interest. 

English  attempts  to  portray  Pearson 
as  a  hero,  doing  his  best  for  Canada  and 
the  world. 

There  is  no  question  that  Pearson  made 
errors  and  bungled  several  policy  mat- 
ters during  his  political  career.  English 
does  mention  these,  including  Pearson's 
disastrous  firstbudget.  However,  he  justi- 
fies and  makes  excuses  for  Pearson's  mis- 
takes. Pearson  hardly  needs  English  to 
defend  his  historical  image. 

If  you're  looking  for  dates  or  names 
for  a  research  essay,  this  book  will  suffice. 
If  you're  looking  for  an  enjoyable  biogra- 
phy, this  book's  not  for  you.  As  someone 
who  wasn't  around  during  Pearson's 
political  career,  this  biography  doesn't 
help  me  understand  him  much  better.Q 


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Music  from  the  past  enters  the  future 


by  Prema  Oza 

Charlatan  Stall 


f 


Pandit  Ha riprasod  Chaurasia 

:  I     Museum  of  Civilization  Theatre 


andit  Hariprasad 
Chaurasia,  the  interna- 
tionally acclaimed  flautist, 
played  before  a  breathless, 
packed  theatre  Saturday 
night. 

As  one  of  India's  foremost  classical 
Indian  artists  and  contemporary  master 
of  the  bamboo  flute,  or  bansuri,  as  it  is 
known  in  Northern  India,  Chaurasia  sees 
the  future  of  classical  Indian  music  as  a 
strong  one. 

"The  future  is  bright.  It  is  really  won- 
derful. It's  not  like  the  olden  days  when 
there  were  very  few  audiences,"  says 
Chaurasia.  "Nowadays,  you'll  find  (the 
theatres)  very  crowded.  More  people  lis- 
ten to  classical  music  and  they  enjoy  it." 

However,  he  does  perceive  the  need  to 
deter  young  minds  from  the  soundtrack 
songs  of  contemporary  mainstream  In- 
dian cinema,  where  music  is  most  acces- 
sible, most  popular  and  least  inspira- 
tional. 

"We  don't  get  any  historical  movies 
any  more  like  Mughal-E-Azam  or  Anarkoli, 
so  we  don't  get  that  kind  of  music  with  a 
classical  base.  We  must  approach  pro- 
ducers to  make  these  kind  of  movies  so 
that  we  will  have  this  classical  base." 

Chaurasia,  a  native  of  Uttar  Pradesh 
in  Northern  India,  was  accompanied  by 
sitar,  tambura  (which  is  like  a  mini  sitar  in 
appearance)  and  tablo  (drums).  The  tablas 
were  played  by  Subhankar  Banerjee  of 


If  this  was  Lolapalooza,  people  would  be  crowd  surfing. 


Calcutta,  an  accomplished  musician  in 
his  own  right. 

The  performance  began  with  a  ro- 
mantic, evening  raga.  A  raga  is  a  melodic 
form  of  music  which  follows  very  strict 
guidelines.  Theevening  performance  fea- 
tured Northern  and  Southern  Indian 
ragas. 

"The  basic  melodies  are  improvised 
with  the  structure  of  skill,  like  jazz," 
Chaurasia  says  of  the  ragas. 

An  example  of  this  would  be  the  tail 
end  of  the  performance,  where  Banerjee 
and  Chaurasia  engaged  in  a  bit  of  "call 


and  response, "  a  popular  jazz  technique. 

As  the  music  penetrated  the  audito- 
rium, I  felttransported  back  to  my  native 
homeland.  Back  to  my  parents'  farm  in 
Northern  India,  watching  the  cattle  re- 
turn home  from  the  fields  before  a  sooth  - 
ing  Rajasthani  sunset.  The  performance 
was  stirring,  and  served  as  an  inspira- 
tional reminder  that  there  is  more  to 
music  than  synthesizers  and  mass  pro- 
duction. More  than  a  grunge  guitarist 
playing  guitar  in  a  masturbatory  man- 
ner . . .  much,  much  more. 

Among  Chaurasia's  major  influences 


are  Indian  vocalists  and  other  musicians, 
both  Eastern  and  Western. 

"Musicians  who  play  jazz,  rock  and 
pop  music  also  influence  me,"  says 
Chaurasia. 

The  flautist,  who  was  introduced  as  a 
"legend  of  his  time,"  sees  music  as  devo- 
tion to  God. 

Religion  aside,  thismanistruly  blessed. 

The  music  wafted  from  the  wooden 
instrument  with  all  the  peace  and  tran- 
quillity of  a  lotus  flower.  I  soon  noticed 
the  audience  take  what  could  only  be 
considered  a  collective  sigh  as  they  eased 
into  their  chairs. 

Seeing  Chaurasia  in  action,  it  is  not 
difficult  to  see  how  he  acquired  his  fame. 
I  pitied  the  labia  player  who,  although 
quite  good,  had  difficulty  keeping  up 
with  the  elder  and  more  accomplished 
Chaurasia  and  was  therefore  subjected 
to  the  occasional  blank  stare  from  him. 
The  audience  seemed  to  find  this  rather 
amusing. 

Theaward-winning  virtuoso,  who  has 
studied  under  such  lauded  musicians  as 
Annapuma  Devi,  offers  this  advice  to 
struggling,  young  musicians:  in  order  to 
be  a  good  performer,  you  must  first  be  a 
good  listener.  □ 


Oops! 


In  lost  week's  article  about 
Intertext,  the  incorrect  email  address 
was  given  for  reaching  Intertext.  The 
correct  number  is  actually 
jsnell@ocf.berkeley.edu.  We  apolo- 
gize for  any  inconveniece  this  may 
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An  Affair  With  the  Moon  is  not  likely  to 
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Instead,  this  book's  appeal  lies  in  its 
ability  to  deliver  the  straight  goods,  a 
down-in-the-trenches  look  at  what  life  is 
really  like.  No  sugar  coating  here. 

The  story  is  told  through  the  eyes  of 
Christian  Blackwood,  a  part-time  teacher 
and  full-time  alcoholic  and  drug  user.  It's 
a  story  about  a  friendship  that  goes  awry 
when  his  friend  Harrow  Winncup  mur- 
ders someone. 

Blackwood  is  a  well-formed,  believ- 
able character,  but  the  story  suffers  at 
first  from  his  emphasis  on  dialogue  with 
othercharacters.  It's  not  until  later,  when 
we  begin  to  see  a  more  reflective 
Blackwood,  that  we  begin  to  understand 
what  makes  him  tick. 

However,  this  slow  development  is  not 
as  burdensome  as  it  might  seem.  It's 
actually  a  nice  reflection  of  Blackwood's 
transformation  into  a  sober,  successful 
television  arts  critic.  That  transforma- 
tion is  slow,  but  tantalizingly  so. 


This,  though,  brings  about  another 
problem:  the  book  bills  itself  badly. 

The  back  cover  lauds  it  as  the  story  of 
the  relationship  between  Blackwood  and 
his  longtime  friend  Winncup. 

Butwhile  the  bizarre  tale  of  theirfriend- 
ship  is  constant,  the  better  (though  more 
subtle)  story  is  Blackwood's  emergence 
as  a  heroic  figure  in  the  aftermath  of  the 
murder. 

Perhaps  it's  modesty  that  keeps 
Gilmour  from  promoting  Blackwood's 
internal  development  more.  Gilmour,  a 
CBC  film  critic,  has  admitted  that  the 
book  is  very  autobiographical. 

Winncup  is  also  a  believable  charac- 
ter, and  disturbingly  so.  He's  corrupt  and 
detestable,  a  manipulative  drug-addict 
who  shares  a  strange  bond  with 
Blackwood.  Sometimes  they  loathe  each 
other,  sometimes  they  don't,  but  they 
never  show  real  compassion  for  each 
other. 

Perhaps  that  is  just  Gilmour's  ugly 
interpretation  of  real  life.  He's  been  criti- 
cal of  the  Canadian  writing  community 
for  failing  to  deal  with  real  issues  and 
relationships  in  a  realistic  way,  andwon't 
be  caught  doing  the  same. 

Having  said  that,  there  are  two  rela- 
tionships that  are  underdeveloped  and 
unsatisfying. 

The  first  is  Blackwood's  relationship 
with  his  ex-wife,  Kalie.  It's  ambiguous 
throughout,  and  though  a  reader  may  be 
rooting  for  a  reconciliation,  it's  still  in 
doubt  at  the  end. 

The  other  is  Blackwood's  relationship 
with  Florence  Winncup,  Harrow's  mother. 
Gilmour  keeps  hammering  away  on  their 
hatred  for  each  other,  but  scarcely  illus- 
trates why. 

While  this  book  is  refreshingly  low  on 
sentimentality,  Gilmour  uses  emotion 
well.  This  isespeciallytrueof  Blackwood's 
relationship  with  his  son  Jesse,  who  lives 
with  Kalie.  It's  a  brilliantly  used  motif, 
sprinkled  throughout  the  story. 

In  sum,  An  Affair  with  the  Moon  is  less 
daring  than  Gilmour's  past  works,  but 
still  rewarding.  Just  don't  go  looking  for 
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Poseur  Pilots  lacidngln  originality 


Temple  Pilots 
ess  Centre 


) 


)his  was  a  very  unusual  spot  to 
have  a  concert.  The  Congress 
Centre  is  a  rather  posh  location, 
more  suitable  for  business  meet- 
ings or  perhaps  a  political  rally 
for  the  Conservative  Party. 
The  wall-to-wall  carpeting  would  have 
been  nice  on  bare  toes  but  was  not  really 
suitable  for  Dr.  Martens.  However,  the 
tuxedo-clad  bartenders  were  a  nice  touch, 
even  if  they  did  clash  with  the  sea  of 
plaid-on-plaid. 

Not  only  was  it  the  most  unlikely 
location  for  the  Stone  Temple  Pilots'  con- 
cert, but  the  room's  acoustics  were  terri- 
ble. The  sound  was  either  swallowed  by 
the  carpet  or  distorted  by  the  dozens  of 


chandeliers  on  the  ceiling.  A  lousy  loca- 
tion to  say  the  least. 

The  opening  band,  Boston's  Mighty 
Mighty  Bosstones  were  excellent;  even 
taking  into  account  the  horrible  loca- 
tion. They're  an  eight-piece  band  and 
they  play  a  variety  of  instruments,  in- 
cluding two  saxs  and  a  trombone.  Their 
sound  resembles  Fishbone's  earlier  mu- 
sic. They  have  two  lead  singers  both  with 
a  very  different  style  of  singing.  The  first 
— dressed  head  to  toe  in  plaid — sounded 
like  he  was  singing  through  a  voice  box. 
The  second — dressed  in  a  tux — was  a  bit 
more  melodic.  The  combo  produced  a 
funky  ska  set.  A  terrific  band  definitely 
worth  checking  out  next  time  they're  up 
this  way. 

The  Pilots  were  not  nearly  as  impres- 
sive as  the  opening  band.  The  light  show 
could  have  been  topped  by  most  high 
school  dances  —  they  had  maybe  five 
differentcoloredlights  and  way  too  much 
smoke. 


Where  did  all  the  CDs  go? 


by  David  Bartolf 

Charlatan  Staff 


shout  from  the  crowd  started 
the  show. 

"I  want  to  buy  a  CD!" 
"  I'd  like  to  apologize  about 
that,"  Steve  Fai,  Black  Boot 
Trio's  singer,  said  smiling. 
Thanks  to  Federal  Express's 
bumbling,  copies  of  Pony  Ride, 
the  group's  new,  still-long-awaited  CD, 
were  "somewhere  between  here  and  Mon- 
treal," as  the  trio  held  their  CD  release 
party.  So  Fai  spent  that  afternoon  assem- 
bling cassette  packages  for  impatient 
fans. 

Fai,  Stef  Bennett,  who  is  credited  as 
playing  "drums  and  power  tools"  on  the 
album,  and  bassist  John  Kanakis  put  on 
a  kick-ass  show,  mixing  songs  off  Pony 
Ride  and  their  "Everthing's  Gonna  Be  Al- 
right" cassette  of  two  years  ago. 

Again,  the  group  focuses  on  fast,  growl- 
ing songs  about  drinking,  love/hate  and 
murder,  as  if  sung  by  a  young,  electric 
guitar-playing  Johnny  Cash.  Spending 
four  months  from  June  to  September 
recording  Pony  Ride  sure  has  paid  off  in 
terms  of  how  tight  and  professional  the 
group  sounds,  both  on  the  album  and  on 
stage. 

"Bertie"  featured  a  wicked  guitar  riff 
with  all  the  powerof  gunning  the  engine 


of  a  '71  Buick  Skylark  with  no  muffler 
(trust  me  on  this,  I  know). 

Fai,  from  the  prairie  town  of  Bienfait, 
still  has  a  lot  of  that  Western  Canadian 
angst  to  workout.  "Kitty"  is  an  apocalyp- 
tic, seedy  tale  of  a  woman's  bus  ride  to 
Regina  and  visit  to  the  Hotel  Saskatch- 
ewan bar. 

At  the  show,  Fai  dedicated  "14-Foot 
Trail"  (which  will  be  on  the  CD  after  Pony 
Ride)  to  "fellow  Saskatchewan  refugees." 

Fumaceface  guitarist  Pat  Banister  and 
his  pal  Shane  Smith  hopped  on  stage  to 
play  a  mean  game  of  paddy-cake,  sort  of, 
and  sing  backing  vocals  on  "Drinking 
Too  Much."  Banister  also  does  backing 
vocals  on  the  recorded  version. 

Fai  introduced  one  song,  saying  mock- 
ingly that  Garth  Brooks  was  going  to 
record  it  on  his  next  CD  and  make  him  a 
rich  man. 

The  trio  encored  with  "Everything  Is 
Gonna  Be  Alright."  A  long-time  close 
friend  of  the  group,  as  he  jumped  and 
danced  around  the  floor,  accidentally 
dropped  a  beer  glass  and  shattered  it, 
adding  to  the  country/punk  texture  of 
the  song. 

The  group  ended  the  show  with  a 
rollicking  cover  of  Lou  Reed's  "Rock  'n' 
Roll  Heart."  Despite  Kanakis's  disclaimer, 
"Stef  and  I  are  doing  this  against  our 
wills,"  it  had  all  the  campy,  playful  en- 
ergy of  Fun  For  Malakai's  versions  of 
"Black  Cars"  or  "Stayin'  Alive." 

So,  as  with  all  good  things,  the  slightly 
premature  party  celebrating  Pony  Ride's 
release  was  worth  the  wait. 


Half  of  the  time  the  in- 
struments were  turned  up 
so  loud  that  they  drowned 
out  Scott  Wellland's  vocals. 
The  overall  sound  quality 
was  garbage.  The  music  was 
loud  and  distorted  at  the 
best  of  times. 

To  give  the  band  credit, 
they  did  perform  a  few  songs 
really  well.  They  did  a  slow 
version  oftheirhif'SexType 
Thing"  that  was  amazing. 
They  immediately  followed 
it  with  the  same  song,  only 
this  time  they  played  the 
faster  album  version.  Itwas 
a  nice  touch. 

Their  big  hit "  Plush  "  was 
exciting  to  see  live,  but  like 
the  rest  of  the  songs,  it  was 
very  distorted. 

The  San  Francisco  band, 
accused  by  some  of  being 
an  Alice  In  Chains/Pearl 
Jam  ripoff,  tried  far  too  hard 
tosoundhardcore.  Weilland 
danced  around  the  mike 
stand  as  if  he  were  possessed. 
This  would  have  been  fine  if 
it  was  even  the  slightest  bit 
believable.  The  entire  rou- 
tine looked  and  sounded  like 
an  act,  and  a  poor  one  at 
that. 

Most  people  can  appreciate  a  band 
attempting  to  connect  with  the  fans.  The 
fans  at  this  show  were  absolutely  nuts. 
The  pit  was  jumping  long  before  any 
band  hit  the  stage.  But  Weilland's  idea  of 
becoming  one  with  his  audience  was: 
"Take  care  of  each  other  cause  we're  all 
brothers  and  sisters  out  there,"  almost 
exactly  like  Eddie  Vedder's  sanctity  of  life 
speech  at  Lollapalooza  II.  Anyways,  he 
sounded  anything  but  sincere. 


A  Mighty  Bosstone:  "Where'd  everyone  go?" 


Overall  the  show  was  pretty  bad.  The 
lights  were  bad,  the  sound  was  bad,  the 
room  was  bad  and  Weilland  looked  like 
a  fake.  If  not  for  the  great  crowd  and  the 
Mighty  Mighty  Bosstones,  the  evening 
would  have  been  a  complete  writeoff. 

Weilland  summed  up  the  Stone  Tem- 
ple Pilots'  performance  best  when  he, 
said,  "Anyone  with  drugs  gets  a  free 
backstage  pass!"  That  may  explain  the 
lousy  show,  but  who  knows,  eh?  □ 


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CAJtLETON'S  lIDEPENDfMT  STUDENT  NEWSPAPEI 

PRODUCTION 
VOLUNTEERS!!! 

At  the  beginning  of  the  school  year  the  production 
department  was  inundated  with  a  goodly  number  of 
persons  eager  to  become  involved  in  the  production 
process.  Where  did  you  all  go?  I  am  very  keen  on  your 
return  as  your  assistance  is  needed.  Any  help  you  can 
offer  is  appreciated. 
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October  21,  1993  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  33 


Excitement,  adventure  and  real  wild  things 


by  Bram  S.  Aaron 

Cha/laian  Staff 


Demolition  Man 

Directed  by  Marco  Brambilla 


ell,  it's  about  time.  A  nice, 
quiet  Oscar  winner  from 
Sly  Stallone. 

Right,  andl'm  Gene  Siskel. 
The  year  is  1996.  Los  An- 
geles is  a  gang-controlled 
wasteland,  where  fearand 
chaos  rule. 
Stallone  plays  LAPD  Lt.  John  Spartan 
who,  while  attempting  to  arrest  the  sa- 
distically violentSimon  Phoenix  (played 
by  Wesley  Snipes)  during  a  hostage  stand- 
off, apparently  botches  the  rescue  and  all 
30  hostages  are  killed. 

Phoenix  and  Spartan,  as  punishment, 
are  sentenced  by  the  state  to  be  "repro- 
grammed"  and  frozen  for  75  years  in 
cryogenic  suspension,  with  no  chance  of 
parole  for  50  years. 

Jump  to  2032.  The  city  is  now  San 
Angeles,  a  merger  of  Los  Angeles,  San 
Francisco  and  San  Diego.  San  Angeles  is 
a  docile  and  peaceful  society  where  crime 
is  unheard  of.  All  "bad"  things,  includ- 
ing chocolate,  sex,  beer  and  profanity 
have  been  outlawed. 

At  his  own  parole  hearing,  Phoenix,  a 
martial  arts  expert,  escapes  from  the 
SAPD  cryogenic  prison  facility  into  the 
tranquil  streets  of  San  Angeles  and  be- 
gins a  violent  and  murderous  rampage. 
Due  perhaps  to  accidental  reprogram- 
ming,  however,  Phoenix  is  now  even 
more  vicious  and  brutal  than  before. 


Cashing  in  on  the  success  of  Free  Willy,  Sly  and  Snipes  release  the  Demolition  Man. 


Completely  baffled  about  how  to  deal 
with  Phoenix,  the  SAPD  decides  the  only 
way  to  stop  him  is  to  fight  fire  with  fire. 
Thus,  they  awaken  Spartan  and  begin 
the  manhunt. 

The  movie,  of  course,  features  lots  of 
gratuitous  violence  and  mass  destruc- 
tion. Although  not  too  gory,  there  is  one 
graphic  scene  involving  a  removed  eye- 
ball. 

Demolition  Man  features  a  hilarious 


script.  Most  jokes  involve  the  cute  but 
anal  dialect  the  San  Angeleans  use  in  the 
future. 


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The  plot  is  an  over-simplistic  one  of 
revenge  and  counter-revenge.  A  budding 
romance  between  Spartan  and  a  pretty 
SAPD  lieutenant  (played  by  Sandra  Bul- 
lock) is  thrown  in  for  good  measure. 

While  the  story  is  predictable  and  easy 
to  follow,  no  reason  is  given  at  all  for 
Phoenix  being  so  evil,  and  one  is  left 
wondering  how  the  feud  and  mutual 
hatred  between  Spartan  and  Phoenix 
began  in  the  first  place. 

Though  typical  of  the  genre,  one  is 
still  amazed  at  how  both  the  protagonist 
and  antagonist  can  fall  out  of  speeding 
cars  on  their  heads  and  take  hundreds  of 
rounds  of  machine-gun  rounds,  several 
dozen  laser  death-rays,  dozens  of  pistol 
bullets  and  stabbings,  too  many  punches 
and  kicks  to  count,  and  still  emerge  with 
nary  a  flesh  wound. 

The  action  is  fast-paced  and  thrilling. 
Combat  scenes,  both  armed  and  hand- 
to-hand,  move  at  a  dizzying  pace.  Spe- 
cial effects,  while  not  spectacular,  are 
nevertheless  impressive,  and  mostly  in- 
volve the  cryogenic  freezing  facility  or 
high-tech  laser  ray  guns. 

Overall,  this  film  was  entertaining 
and  enjoyable.  If  you're  looking  for  an- 
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you're  a  Stallone  or  Snipes  fan,  this  is  the 
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by  David  Hodges 

Cultural  Archaeologist 

Theyeor  was  1980,  and  I  was  all 
of  eight  years  old. 

It  was  the  dawn  of  a  new  decade, 
which  would  serve  to  be  the  long 
hangover  for  the  sins  of  a  previous 
generation.  I  was  young  and  free, 
unaware  of  the  disaster  which 
would  be  deemed  the  '80s  a  decade 
later.  This  did  not  matter  though, 
because  through  it  all  they  were 
there. 

While  I  was  bathing  in  a  sea  of 
ignorance,  dressed  to  the  height  of 
fashion  in  my  Empire Strikes  Backl- 
shirt,  red  corduroy  rugger  pants, 
and  a  hand-me-down  pair  of  North 
Star  sneakers,  they  were  there. 

Late  at  night,  long  after  my  par- 
ents thought  I  was  sound  asleep,  I 
would  He  restless  in  my  bed,  strum- 
ming away  feverishly  at  the  tennis 
racket  that  served  as  my  guitar.  As 
those  sweet  melodies  coarsed 
through  the  headset  of  my  Sears' 


deluxe  beginner'sstereo  set,  Iwould 
close  my  eyes,  entering  a  different 
reality  as  I  lip-synched  all  those 
lyrics  I  knew  so  well. 

Maybe  1  was  just  a  young  fool, 
caught  up  in  a  world  of  fantasy, 
living  out  my  dreams  through  the 
accomplishments  of  others — butit 
didn't  matter,  because  they  were 
there.  Yes,  those  pioneers  of  early 
'80s  cheese  glam-rock  were  there 
for  me.  Many  great  groups  may 
come  to  mind:  TROOPER,  FOR- 
EIGNER, AIR  SUPPLY,  TRIUMPH, 
HAYWIRE,  CHILLIWACK,  TOTO, 
but  I  am  of  course  speaking  of  . . . 
LOVERBOY. 

Friday,  Oct.  22, 1993.  Loverboy. 
At  the  Penguin.  Be  there.  Because 
they  were  there  for  me. 

"Turn  me  loose,  turn  me  loose, 
turn  me  loose. 

I  gotta  do  it  my  way,  or  no  way 
at  all."  □ 


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34  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  21,  1993 


THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  21  TO  THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  28 


Thursday,  October  21        Sunday,  October  24 


like  Water  For  Chocolate  is  playing 
tonightandtomoiTOwat7:15and9:15at 
the  May  fair.  It's  about  sex  and  cooking. 
•Yum! 

Friday,  October  22 

Carleton's  English  department  is  pre- 
senting Native  Canadian  writer  Jeanette 
Armstrong,  who  will  be  giving  thisyear's 
annual  Munro  Beattie  lecture  at  C264 
Loeb  Building.  She's  just  written  a  pa- 
per titled  "Writing  Visibility:  Life  Writing 
and  First  Nations  Identity, "  which  sounds 
informative.  It  starts  at  8:15  p.m.  Re- 
freshments will  follow. 

Sub  Pop  recording  artists  Eric's  Trip 
touch  down  at  Fenn  Lounge  in  resi- 
dence tonight  at  8  p.m.  Opening  are  Pig 
Out  and  Mushroom  Explosion,  who 

we  hear  are  big  fans  of  the  Natural  Law 
Party.  Tickets  are  $7  at  the  usual  inde- 
pendent outlets  or  $8  at  the  door.  For 
more  info,  call  234-PUNX. 

Loverboy,  those  heroes  of  cheese  rock, 
play  the  Penguin  tonight.  It's  now  offi- 
cial: the  nineties  have  become  the  eight- 


Saturday,  October  23 

It's  the  long-awaited  return  of  Ottawa 
emocore  demigods  Uncommon  Soci- 
ety, with  extra  special  guests  Kill  the 
Ego,  Fosseceptic  and  Trailer  Dickson, 
8:30  p.m.  at  Cafe*  Alternatif  at  the 
University  of  Ottawa.  Prepare  yourself 
for  a  surprise  announcement  from  Un- 
common Society.  What  will  it  be?  Are 
they  turning  into  a  John  Denver  tribute 
band?  Will  they  be  teaming  up  with 
Heaven  Dog  to  salute  the  eighties?  Go  see 
the  show  to  find  out. 

Spain's  Milladoiro  play  the  Museum 
of  Civilization's  Theatre  tonight  at  8 
p.m.  as  part  of  that  fun  See  and  Hear  the 
World  series.  They  play  Celtic  music  in  a 
way  that's  truly  exhilarating.  Go  see. 
Tickets  are  $16  in  advance,  $19  at  the 
door. 

The  Mahones,  from  Kingston,  are  at 
Zaphod's  tonight.  Expect  great  Celtic- 
type  music.  Cover  is  six  dollars. 


Comic  Debris  do  wacky,  wacky  sketch 
and  improv  stuff  every  Tuesday  night  at 
the  Glue  Pot  Pub.  But  tonight,  for  their 
adoring  fans,  they're  presenting  their 
show  Les  Miserable  Phantom  Cat  (and 
His  Amazing  TechnicolourDreamcoat) 
atCreeque  Alley.  Hint:  bring  200grams 
of  mild  cheddar  cheese  and  make  the 
actors  feel  very  special. 

Monday,  October  25 

Election  night.  Government  is  cap- 
tured by  a  tired  party  with  a  tired  leader. 
Much  is  made  of  how  the  popular  vote 
doesn't  represent  the  number  of  seats 
captured. 

Tuesday,  October  26 

It's  been  a  good  month  for  the  blues  in 
Ottawa.  Tonight,  at  the  Congress  Cen- 
tre, check  out  Buddy  Guy  and  John 
Mayall  at  7  p.m.  Tickets  are  a  whopping 
$25.50.  Then  again,  these  guys  are  blues 
legends. 

This  week's  reading  tip,  courtesy  of 
Charlatan  production  manager  Kevin 
McKay  is  Player  Piano,  by  Kurt 
Vonnegut.  Says  McKay, " Vonnegut's  first 
book  examines  what  happens  when  so- 
ciety displaces  every  person  except  for 
the  minute  numbers  of  the  elite  and  the 
millions  of  laborers.  It  asks  some  excel- 
lent questions." 

Wednesday,  October 
27 

OnCKCU's/nA  Mellow  Tone  (93.1  FM), 
stride  pianist  Donald  Lambert  is  profiled. 

Toronto's  clown  princes  of  comedy  (or 
something  like  that)  Corky  and  the 
Juice  Pigs  are  at  Zaphod  Beeblebrox 

tonight.  Watch  for  the  interview  in  next 
week's  Charlatan.  Cover  is  $7. 

Thursday,  October  28 

King  Cobb  Steelie,  Guelph's  best 
band,  have  a  new  bassist  and  they're 
playing  Creeque  Alley  tonight.  This 
marks  the  beginning  of  a  weekend  of  fine 
music,  courtesy  of  Fumaceface,  D.O.A. 
and  Mystery  Machine.  Check  out  next 


Hey  Kids! 

How  would  you  like  to  win  Carol  Shields's  book  The  Stone  Diaries? 

All  you  have  to  do  is  correctly  answer  this  skill-testing  question: 

Where  does  your  lap  go  when  you  stand  up? 

That's  it.  Drop  your  answer  off  along  with  your  name  and  phone  number  in  the 
arts  editor's  mailbox  at  the  Charlatan's  office  (Room  531  Unicentre)  by  3  p.m 
Tuesday,  Oct.  26.  The  winner  will  be  selected  in  a  random  draw.  Charlatan  staff 
aren't  eligible  for  this  wonderful  contest. 

Good  Luck! 

Congratulations  to  Nita  Boushey  who  knew  that  mega-rock  star  sellouts 
Ministry  ditched  their  integrity  to  sell  beer.  Come  on  up  Nita  and  claim  your 
prize! 


week's  Charlatan  for  more  details. 

Hooray!  The  Rankin  Family  are  play- 
ing tonight  at  5  p.m.  at  the  Festival 
Hall  in  beautiful  cosmopolitan 
Pembroke!  Contrary  to  rumors,  Black 
Triangle  will  not  be  opening.  (I  know  Rob 
already  reviewed  Black  Triangle's  show 
this  issue,  but  let  me  just  say  they  kicked. 
It's  been  too  long  since  I've  last  saw  them 
and  they've  really  improved,  playing  a 
really  tight  set.  When  I  first  saw  them 
open  for  the  Dead  Milkmen  in  1 989  they 


were  horrid.  Now,  well,  let's  just  say 
they're  totally  cool.  — ed.) 


If  you've  got  a  listing  you 

want  to  appear  in  this 
handy  calendar,  drop  us  a 

line  at  Room  531 
Unicentre  during  regular 
office  hours  or  fax  us  at 
788-4051.  Listings  must  be 
in  by  the  Friday  before 
publication. 


Eric's  Trip.  This  Friday.  Fenn  Lounge.  Don't  make  me  come  after  you. 


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2  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  28,  1993 


fire  alarm  system  malfunctions 

(...  Mall  QLinnar 


by  Matt  Skinner 

Cha/latan  Stall 

Carleton's  fire  alarm  system  has  been 
partially  inoperable  since  Oct.  16  and 
students  living  in  residence  were  not  no- 
tified of  the  problem  until  days  after  the 
malfunction  occurred. 

Bonnie  O'Neil-Small,  a  floor  rep  on 
the  fourth  floor  of  Stormont  House,  says 
she  was  not  aware  there  was  a  problem 
withthealarmsuntilshe  was  approached 
by  a  Charlatan  reporter  on  Oct.  22. 

She  says  students  pay  a  lot  of  money 
to  live  in  residence  and  should  be  made 
aware  of  situations  such  as  these,  just  like 
tenants  in  any  other  apartment  build- 
ing. 

"If  (residents)  weren't  told  of  the  situ- 
ation, that's  a  serious  problem,"  says 
Dave  Scott  of  the  Ottawa  Fire  Depart- 
ment's prevention  division. 

Kevin  Gallinger,  chief  operating  engi- 
neer of  the  central  heating  plant,  says 
the  problem  with  the  alarms  was  discov- 
ered on  Saturday,  Oct.  16. 

He  says  the  malfunction  affects  all  the 
buildings  on  campus  and  each  building 
was  informed  about  it  on  Monday,  Oct 
18. 

Mancel  Cummings,  superintendent  of 
buildings  and  grounds  services,  says  usu- 
ally when  a  fire  alarm  is  triggered  on 
campus,  either  at  a  pull  station  or  by  a 
smoke  detector,  the  alarm  will  sound  but 
the  fire  department  will  not  be  automati- 
cally notified  of  the  fire. 

Cummings  says  a  triggered  fire  alarm 
registers  on  a  warning  panel  at  the  uni- 
versity heating  plant  and  someone  from 
the  plant  calls  the  fire  department. 

He  says  the  problem  is  the  central 
processing  unit  has  broken  down,  but  a 
new  one  is  on  rush  order.  Without  it,  the 
heating  plant  is  not  automatically  told  of 
a  fire  on  campus,  and  therefore  cannot 
call  the  fire  department. 

Gallinger  says  the  new  unit  should 
have  arrived  Thursday,  Oct.  2 1 ,  but  when 
approached  by  The  Charlatan  on  Oct.  26, 
it  had  still  not  arrived. 

"It's  on  its  way,"  he  says. 


Gallinger  says  while  the  main  alarm 
panel  is  not  working,  each  building  on 
campus  still  has  an  individual  panel  that 
indicates  where  an  alarm  has  sounded  in 
the  building. 

But  Cummings  says  these  panels  are 
not  under  watch  24  hours  a  day  like  the 
warning  panels  in  the  heating  plant. 

Residence  fellows  were  told  of  the  prob- 
lem in  a  memo  issued  on  Oct.  21  by 
Beverley  Cruikshank,  assistant  director 
of  housing  and  food  services. 

The  memo  says  in  the  event  of  a  fire, 
members  of  residence  are  to  telephone 
the  residence  service  desk  rather  than  the 
fire  department.  The  service  desk  will 
then  contact  the  heating  plant,  and  the 
plant  will  call  the  fire  department. 

O'Neil-Small  says  when  floor  reps  were 
trained  prior  to  the  first-  year  students' 
arrival,  they  were  told  that  in  the  case  of 
any  emergency  they  are  not  to  call  911, 
but  rather  should  call  the  res  fellow  c 


campus  security. 

"It  goes  against  anything  we've  ever 
been  taught,"  she  says. 

Gallinger  says  there  is  nothing  wrong 
with  an  individual  calling  91 1  after  evacu- 
ating a  building,  but  says  the  heating 
plant  should  also  be  notified,  so  they  can 
also  contact  the  fire  department. 

Cruikshank  says  she  was  made  aware 
of  the  malfunction  immediately,  butshe 
did  not  pass  on  the  information  to  res 
fellows  until  Oct.  21  because  the  resi- 
dence security  and  maintenance  crews 
were  informed  of  the  problem  immedi- 
ately. 

"We've  got  people  in  the  building 
almost  24  hours  a  day,"  she  says. 

A  memo  distributed  throughout  the 
Unicentre  building  on  Oct.  18  by  Lucy 
Watson,  president  of  the  Carleton  Uni- 
versity Students'  Association,  says  the 
heating  plant  is  experiencing  serious 
problems  with  the  fire  alarm  panel  for  all 


buildings  of  the  university. 

The  temporary  procedure  outlined  in 
the  memo  requires  that  in  the  event  of  a 
fire,  each  office  is  advised  to  call  the 
university  heating  plant,  not  the  fire  de- 
partment. If  the  plant's  line  is  busy,  the 
procedure  is  to  call  the  university  emer- 
gency number,  so  they  may  call  the  plant. 
The  plant  then  telephones  the  fire  de- 
partment. 

Gallinger  says  the  heating  plant  is 
informed  beforehand  if  a  fire  alarm  is  a 
drill  and  they  can  pass  this  information 
on  to  the  fire  department. 

"Anytime  anyone  is  aware  of  a  fire, 
regardless  of  the  procedure,  you  can  al- 
ways call  the  fire  department,  "Scott  says. 

Watson  says  she  thinks  the  problem 
with  the  alarm  system  poses  a  minor  risk 
to  students  in  the  Unicentre  building.  She 
says  in  her  office  the  person  at  the  front 
desk  has  been  designated  to  call  the 
heating  plant  in  the  event  of  a  fire.  □ 


,  ,  _   ^  i  -.-—-••"i,™imi«iiu,         H&uutl^'piuui  III  GVCUl  Ul  I 

Muslims  seek  prayer  space 


by  Andrea  Wiebe 

Charlatan  Staff 

Muslim  students  at  Carleton  must  find 
a  new  place  to  pray  because  their  prayer 
room  in  the  International  Students'  Cen- 
tre is  too  small,  says  Ehab  Shanti,  the 
centre's  co-ordinator. 

"This  room  was  given  approximately 
seven  or  eight  years  ago  and,  at  that 
time,  the  (number  of)  persons  requiring  a 
place  to  pray  were  small  enough  so  that 
the  room  was  adequate  for  their  needs," 
says  Umar  Kabir,  president  of  the  Muslim 
Students'  Association. 

The  prayer  room  was  moved  to  the 
centre  about  eight  years  ago  as  a  tempor- 
ary measure,  until  another  space  could 
be  found. 

"The  problem  wasn't  solved  last  year 
because  there  wasn't  any  space  avail- 
able," says  Shanti. 

Now,  some  Muslim  students  are  work- 
ing with  the  centre  and  Theresa  Cowan, 
director  of  services  at  the  Carleton  Uni- 


versity Students'  Association,  to  make 
arrangements  for  a  new  prayer  room. 

"We  are  looking  at  different  options 
and  looking  at  finding  a  better  place  for 
the  prayer  room,"  says  Cowan.  "My  re- 
sponsibility is  to  make  sure  that  the  Inter- 
national Students'  Centre  is  operating  at 
its  fullest  capacity  and  to  help  the  Mus- 
lim students  find  a  room  that's  better 
than  the  International  Students'  Cen- 
tre." 

Kabir  says  about  50  people  come  into 
the  prayer  room  each  day. 

"What  has  happened  is  that,  over  the 
past  few  years,  growing  numbers  of  inter- 
national students  have  caused  this  room 
to  become  simply  too  small  for  their 
needs." 

Practising  Muslims  pray  five  times 
each  day.  The  students  who  use  the  prayer 
room  do  not  all  come  in  at  the  same  time 
but,  says  Kabir,  they  "come  in  waves, "  so 
the  room  gets  crowded  quite  often  during 
the  day.  Canadian  students  who  are 


Muslim  often  use  the  room  to  pray,  as 
well  as  international  students. 

There  have  been  other  problems 
caused  by  the  overcrowding,  says  Shanti . 
Since  Muslims  must  wash  before  pray- 
ing, they  have  to  use  the  washrooms 
beside  the  centre  which  accommodate 
only  one  person  at  a  time.  The  Mature 
and  Part-Time  Students'  Centre  shares 
the  washrooms  with  the  International 
Students'  Centre  and  the  line-up  can  get 
to  be  enormous. 

"You  can't  ask  a  90-year-old  man  to 
walk  downstairs  to  use  the  washroom," 
says  Shanti.  Some  men  have  even  started 
using  the  women's  washroom  because 
they  had  to  wait  so  long,  he  says. 

The  overcrowding  is  even  worse  dur- 
ing the  winter. 

"The  room  gets  quite  crowded,"  says 
Kabir,  "because  prayer-rime  is  according 
to  the  position  of  the  sun  and,  because 

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City  inspects  local  homes  to  enforce  bylaws 


by  Susie  Haley 

Charlatan  Staff 

Some  student  residences  in  Ottawa 
South  were  found  to  be  in  violation  of  the 
City  of  Ottawa's  property  standards  by- 
law during  property  inspections  con- 
ducted between  Oct.  1  and  Oct.  15. 

Out  of  about  1 ,900  homes  in  Ottawa 
South,  131  were  found  to  be  in  violation 
of  the  bylaw.  About  31  of  these  were 
thought  to  be  student  residences. 

The  City  of  Ottawa's  property  stand- 
ards office  has  responded  to  specific  hous- 
ing complaints  in  previous  years.  How- 
ever, this  is  the  first  year  they  have  initi- 
ated inspections,  says  Jim  Watson,  city 
councillor  for  Capital  Ward. 

Watson  says  he  has  observed  "a  trend 
over  the  last  several  years  of  student 
properties  falling  into  disrepair"  in  Ot- 
tawa South. 

"It  is  not  acceptable  that  landlords 
continue  to  extract  large  amounts  of  rent 
from  student  tenants,  but  in  many  cases 
allow  their  properties  to  deteriorate  to 
the  detriment  of  both  the  student  and  the 
neighbors,"  says  Watson. 

The  area  affected  by  these  inspections 
is  bordered  by  Bronson  Avenue,  Bank 
Street,  the  Rideau  Canal,  and  the  Rideau 
River. 

Joe  Cottitto,  an  inspector  for  the  city, 
says  the  first  step  in  the  inspection  proc- 
ess was  a  drive-by  visual  inspection.  He 
inspected  for  various  violations  set  out  in 


the  property  standards  bylaw. 

For  example,  the  bylaw  states  "a  yard 
should  be  kept  clean  and  free  from  rub- 
bish, or  other  debris,  refrigerators,  freez- 
ers, or  similar  appliances,  whether  oper- 
able or  inoperable  and  objects  or  condi- 
tions that  may  create  a  health  or  acci- 
dent hazard." 

The  bylaw  further  states  that  "every 
dwelling  shall  be  kept  free  from  rubbish, 
debris  or  any  condition  which  constitutes 
an  accident  hazard." 

While  the  legal  obligation  to  keep  a 
property  clean  is  the  landlord's,  students 
often  contribute  to  property  infractions 
by  littering  and  being  irresponsible,  says 
Catherine  Junop,  manager  of  property 
standards  and  site  plan  inspections  for 
the  city. 

Twenty-five  student  rental  properties 
in  violation  were  served  with  an  informal 
notice  that  they  were  in  violation  of  the 
bylaw,  following  a  closer  external  in- 
spection, says  Watson.  Jhe  owner  of  the 
property  then  had  48  hours  to  fix  any 
problems  before  the  city  intervened. 

The  property  owners  who  had  not 
made  repairs  in  that  time  received  a 
formal  notice,  which  legally  binds  to 
make  the  repairs. 

Of  the  student  properties  in  violation, 
two  landlords  received  formal  notices, 
says  Watson.  Owners  will  not  be  allowed 
to  appeal,  but  extensions  may  be  granted, 
says  Junop. 


Watson  says  student  housing  is  "one 
area  where  we  actually  do  have  leverage 
to  get  things  done." 

According  to  Watson,  the  city  may  opt 
to  repair  the  property  and  add  the  ex- 
pense of  the  repair  to  the  owner's  tax  bill, 
with  an  added  administration  fee.  It  is 
not  certain  whetherthis  will  happen  with 
any  properties  that  have  received  no- 
tices, because  the  landlords  have  "sev- 
eral weeks"  to  respond  to  the  formal 


notices  of  violation,  says  Watson. 

He  also  says  because  of  the  Landlord- 
Tenant  Act,  student  tenants  of  problem 
properties  cannot  be  punished. 

Junop  and  Watson  say  they  hope  the 
inspections  opened  dialogue  between  the 
student  residents,  property  owners,  and 
the  property  standards  office. 

Watson  says  the  inspections  were  "a 

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October  28,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


Curriculum  helps  perpetuate  racism 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Ch.3r1.iMn  siaH 

Carleton's  Euro-centric  curriculum 
might  help  perpetuote  racism,  says  the 
director  of  academics  for  the  Carleton 
University  Students'  Association. 

"The  school  system  does  a  lot  to  per- 
petrate racism  through  the  curriculum 
in  all  levels  of  education,"  says  Gary 
Anandasangaree. 

He  gives  the  example  of  a  second-year 
political  sciencecourse  aboutthe  history 
of  political  theory.  The  course  is  described 
in  the  university  calendar  as  "a  study  of 
Western  political  thought  from  classical 
times  to  the  nineteenth  century." 

Anandasangaree  says  this  is  too  nar- 
row a  perspective.  "The  only  thing  that 
they're  teaching  is  Western  political 
thought.  They're  not  even  considering  a 
thinker  like  (Mahatma)  Ghandi." 

Simon  Brascoupe,  Carleton's  race  re- 
lations advisor,  says  he  agrees  with 


Anandasangaree.  He  says  students  he 
has  met  with  feel  the  European  focus  of 
Carleton's  curriculum  is  inappropriate. 

Brascoupe  says  he's  trying  to  solve  the 
curriculum  problem  through  public  and 
private  consultations  of  a  university  needs 
assessment  committee.  He  says  public 
consultations  regarding  racism  were  con- 
ducted last  March  by  nine  committee 
members,  both  students  and  faculty. 

The  committee  was  formed  last  No- 
vember to  "address  systemic  racism  at 
Carleton,"  Anandasangaree  says. 

During  the  consultations,  speeches 
were  given  about  international  issues 
and  a  group  of  students  asked  questions 
concerning  the  curriculum,  teaching 
methods,  and  the  general  environment 
at  Carleton,  says  race  equity  co-ordinator 
Rashmi  Luther. 

Luther  is  a  professor  in  Carleton's 
school  of  social  work.  She  says  private 
consultations  are  still  provided  for  stu- 


dents who  donotwishtoask  questions  in 
public. 

Brascoupe  says  the  purpose  of  the 
consultations  is  to  make  people  more 
sensitive  to  issues  like  employment  eq- 
uity and  sexual  harassment.  He  says  the 
committee  provides  support  by  helping 
people  talk  about  their  concerns. 

"One  of  the  things  we've  been  told  by 
students  is  that  they  need  a  mechanism 
for  complaints, "  he  says.  "The  university 
will  have  to  develop  a  race  relations 
equity  policy." 

Luther  says  part  of  the  problem  with 
the  Euro-centric  curriculum  is  the  lack  of 
teachers  at  Carleton  who  come  from  dif- 
ferent ethnic  backgrounds. 

"I  think  related  to  that  are  the  lack  of 
sufficient  numbers  located  in  teaching," 
she  says.  "People  are  not  given  an  oppor- 
tunity to  hear  from  a  range  of  voices." 

Luther  says  the  committee  is  looking 
at  ways  to  improve  the  situation  at  Car- 


leton and  hopes  it  will  be  ready  to  make 
recommendations  to  administration 
starting  in  January. 

The  committee  will  have  an  interim 
report  ready  "very  soon,"  says 
Anandasangaree,  and  a  final  report  by 
the  end  of  March. 

Brascoupe  says  he  will  try  to  open 
more  doors  for  frustrated  students.  He 
says  he  will  recommend  that  Carleton 
establish  an  educational  program  on 
racism  nextfall  so  people  become  more 
aware  of  racial  issues. 

He  says  it  may  be  seminars  and  work- 
shops depending  on  what  staff  and  stu- 
dents need.  He  says  training  will  be 
provided  for  people  interested  in  build- 
ing better  approaches  to  racism  and 
race  relations.  Anandasangaree  says 
racism  won't  disappear  easily. 

"It's  a  long-standing  problem  and 
it's  going  to  take  a  long  rime  to  resolve," 
he  says.  Q 


Activist  shatters  misconceptions  about  disability 


by  Alexis  English 

Charlatan  StaH 

Robin  Smith's  "Disabled  and  Proud" 
seminar  was  a  light-hearted  approach  to 
relating  to  people  with  disabilities, 
whether  you  are  disabled  or  not. 

Smith  is  a  disability  rights  activist 
from  New  York.  Her  seminar,  held  on 
Oct.  15,  was  aimed  at  destroying  myths 
about  disabilities.  Between  25  and  30 
people  attended  Smith's  talk. 

A  poster  on  the  wall  at  the  seminar 
read,  "A  Disability  is  just  another  gr8t 
way  to  B  Alive."  To  help  people  focus  on 
positive  attitudes  about  their  bodies  and 
themselves,  Smith  had  them  repeat  state- 
ments like,  "1  love  making  mistakes." 

5mith  asked  the  group  to  recognize 
that  differences  exist  in  nature  and 
among  people  that  aren't  automatically 
good  or  bad. 

"There  is  no  such  thing  as  imperfec- 
tions in  nature, "  she  said.  "How  wonder- 
ful it  would  be  if  we  could  all  appreciate 
each  other  free  of  constraints  of  percep- 
tions about  what  is  perfect.  We  could  all 
just  be." 

She  emphasized  that  our  perceptions 
about  other  people  are  all  culturally  and 
socially  formed.  Smith  called  these  per- 
ceptions "recordings"  that  we  are  "hyp- 
notized" with  as  children. 

Group  members  offered  words  associ- 
ated with  misconceptions  about  the  disa- 
bled: "damaged,  helpless,  wheelchair- 
bound,  chains,  victim,  needy,  depend- 
ent." 

One  person  with  a  disability  offered 


the  word  "deformed,"  while  others  said, 
"slow,  incompetent." 

A  volunteer  sat  in  a  wheelchair  and 
draped  herself  in  a  sheet  of  paper  with 
the  negative  words  about  disabilities. 
Smith  pretended  to  hit  the  woman  over 
the  head  with  a  cardboard  stick  to  dem- 
onstrate the  oppression  of  these  negative 
perceptions  and  how  the  disabled  and 
non-disabled  internalize  this  oppression. 
She  said  we  do  the  most  damage  by 
pulling  ourselves  back  and  putting  up 
barriers. 

Smith  said  attitudes  about  disabilities 
prevent  us  from  getting  close  to  one 
another  and  to  ourselves. 

"Littlechildren  don't  care — they  will 
play  with  one  another  even  if  one  kid 
can  walk  and  one  can't.  But  parents  tell 
their  children  not  to  bother  people  who 
are  in  wheelchairs,"  she  said. 

Jane  Keeler,  human  rights  educator 
on  campus  for  Carleton's  status  of 
women  office,  was  at  the  seminar. 

"Sometimes  when  I  see  a  person  in  a 
wheelchair,  1  close  down  and  I  just  don't 
think  about  them  because  they're  differ- 
ent. 1  go  unconscious.  And  I  don't  realize 
how  they  may  have  a  whole  variety  of 
life  that  can  be  as  rich  and  different  as 
anybody  else's,"  she  said. 

Keeler  said  we  have  to  feel  comfort- 
able about  ourselves  before  we  can  over- 
come labels  in  our  minds  and  become 
closer  to  others  who  may  act  and  look 
different. 

At  any  moment,  we  may  all  have  to 
deal  with  a  disability.  A  woman  at  the 


Robin  Smith  doesn't  let  anybody  box  her  in. 


seminar  who  usesawheelchairdescribed 
hersituation  to  the  group  as  "a  challenge 
to  adapt,  and  constantly  figure  out  how 
to  get  from  point  A  to  point  B,  how  to 
park  on  hills." 

She  also  said  she  doesn't  like  people's 
reaction  to  her  and  having  to  always 
explain  things  to  people.  She  said  she 
doesn't  like  people  thinking  she  can't  do 


anything  —  like  speak,  think,  or  use  her 
hands. 

"In  case  you  didn't  all  know,  this  is  a 
very  intelligent  woman,"  said  Smith, 
which  prompted  laughter  from  the  group 
and  from  the  woman  as  well.  Smith  en- 
courages others  to  think,  listen  and  talk 
with  each  other  because,  "we  are  all 
interconnected  human  beings."  □ 


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4  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  28,  1993 


by  Anthony  Pangalos 

Charlatan  Staff 

Why  is  the  parking  garage  so 
ugly? 

When  I  look  out  my  classroom  win- 
dow at  the  visitor's  parking  garage  near 
the  administration  building,  my  mind 
begins  to  drift  and  the  faint  sounds  of 
gunfire,  mortar  explosions,  and  the  Roll- 
ing Stones'  "Paint  it  Black"  fill  my  head. 

This  has  gone  on  for  some  time  and  I 
thought  the  stress  of  post-secondary  edu- 
cation was  pushing  me  over  the  edge.  I 
began  to  believe  I  was  going  crazy,  deliri- 
ous, and  whompin'  mad! 

I'm  not  crazy.  Nor  do  1  take  pleasure  in 
listening  to  the  horrific  sounds  of  war. 

It's  because  Carleton's  parking  ga- 
rage looks  like  the  bombed  out  Sarajevo 
Hilton! 

Why  would  anyone  in  their  right  mind 
design  a  structure  that  foreign  journal- 
ists would  love  to  photograph  if  Canada 
was  being  blitzed  by  the  Luftwaffe? 

Aren't  post-secondary  institutions, 
including  parking  garages,  places  of 
beauty  and  serenity?  Aren't  they  sup- 
posed to  be  full  of  trees,  squirrels  and 
other  assorted  critters? 

Not  at  Carleton.  Here  we  believe  in 
grey,  boring  concrete  slabs. 

"It's  poorly  placed,"  says  Ben  Gianni, 
director  of  Carleton's  school  of  architec- 
ture. "It's  a  shame  that  one  of  the  nicest 
places  on  campus,  the  lawn  by  the  ad- 
ministration building,  has  to  be  taken  up 


with  that  structure." 

A  parking  garage  shouldn't  be  more 
than  four  stories  but  here  we  have  10, 
says  Gianni. 

"That's  what  happens  on  most  uni- 
versity campuses.  More  students  with 
cars  want  a  place  to  park  and  this  is  the 
result,"  he  says. 

Here's  the  history  of  Carleton's  dark 
and  morbid  structure. 

The  visitor's  parking  garage  was  built 
in  1969,  according  to  Bill  Radway,  project 
coordinator  for  physical  plant.  The  ar- 
chitect's firm  was  Murray  and  Murray 
and  the  contractor  is  unknown. 

It  has  received  many  renovations  and 
repairs  since  then,  says  Radway.  "From 
1989  to  1993  there  has  been  structural 
repairs  to  the  spinal  ramp  and  perimeter 
in  1989.  In  1990,  stairwell  renovations 
were  done  on  all  10  floors.  And  water- 
proof applications  have  been  done  on  all 
floors  between  1990  and  1993." 

It  holds  about  750  cars  and  maybe  a 
few  pockets  of  soldiers  that  think  the  war 
isn't  over  yet.  What  a  pity  that  the  visi- 
tor's parking  garage  ruined  it  for  build- 
ings like  the  Mackenzie  Building  and 
Paterson  Hall. 

Now,  every  time  I  look  at  the  grey 
walls  and  hollow  insides  that  make  up 
the  garage,  I  will  continue  to  feel  as  if  I 
am  at  the  front.  But  that's  okay,  because 
now  I  have  an  even  bigger  problem  —  I 
am  obsessed  with  counting  the  bricks  in 
Dunton  Tower.  □ 


Duh,  it's  a  divider,  dimwits 


1  Jj^ 

by  Ian 
McLeod 

Chaiiatan  Staff 

It's  Q  page 
divider. 

Forthepast 
four  weeks, 
glossy,  green, 
advertising- 
laden  slabs  of 
cardboard 
have  been 
flapping 
about  the 
campus. 
Available 
|  at  Rooster's, 
If  the  Unicentre 
3  Store,  and  the 
=  Carleton  Uni- 
g  versity  Stu- 
I  dents'  Asso- 
ciation head- 


quarters, students  are  snapping  them 
up,  with  but  a  single  question  —  "What 
the  hell  are  they?" 

Well,  according  toCUSA  publications 
officer  Stacy  Fietz,  it's  a  bookmark. 

No,  make  that  "a  page  divider,  'cause 
it's  bigger  and  better  than  a  bookmark." 

Originally  intended  to  accompany  this 
year's  student  handbook  which  was  dis- 
tributed free  at  the  beginning  of  Septem- 
ber, Fietz  says  "the  printer  took  three 
times  as  long  as  anticipated,"  hence  its 
delayed  debut. 

Renee  Gallant,  the  ad  and  sales  repre- 
sentative for  the  handbook,  adds  that  the 
divider  cost  CUSA  nothing. 

Indeed,  CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson 
says  the  production  cost  of  $5,704.29  is 
covered  by  the  ad  revenues  it  generated. 

However,  there  is  one  problem  for 
those  who  want  to  use  the  divider  for  the 
purpose  forwhich  it  is  intended  —  it  has 
a  tendency  to  slip  off  the  page.  1 


LET  IT  OUT! 

Love  the  fonts  but  hate  the 
Fun  Farquhar  Fact?  Come  let 
us  know  about  it  at  the: 
CHARLATAN  READERS' 
FEEDBACK  TABLE 
Thursday,  November  4 
10a.m.  to  4p.m.  Baker  Lounge 


Without  going  on  to  describe  to  TRAWG  in  macro-economic 
terms  the  benefits  of  his  new  bus  wheel,  nor  stopping  to 
explain  its  harmonic  relationship  to  environmental  purity  and 
general  green-ness,  GROG  simply  noted  that,  ceteris  paribus", 
Voyageur's  S59  student  return  fare  is  the  cheapest  way  to 
travel  between  Ottawa  and  Toronto. 
Unfortunately  in  the  general  evolutionary  scheme  of  things 
this  offer  is  relatively  short  term,  i.e.  it  ends  December  15th, 
1993.  He  also  said  that  he  feels  students  should  support  him  in 
his  efforts  to  keep  his  wheels  rolling. 

•All  olher  things  being  equal. 


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October  28,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  5 


Fun  ForOUnOr  FffCt ...  everything you wanted rto knowabout Sparky but 

were  too  apathetic  to  ask 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Cha/iaian  Stan 

Strange  things  come  in  the  moil. 
There  we  were,  just  finishing  off  our 


communal  bowl  of 
Life  cereal,  when  the 
mail  was  dropped  off 
on  a  Monday  morn- 
ing. It  contained  the 
usual  stuff:  numer- 
ous fan  letters,  bills, 
a  complementary 
packet  of  strawberry- 
flavored  ]ell-0  brand 
gelatin. 

Amidst  all  that, 
there  was  also  a  let- 
ter from  Maclean's. 

A  subscription  of- 
fer perhaps. 

Maybe  a  bill. 
We're  not  sure,  be- 
cause our  mothers 
always  told  us  never 
to  open  other  peo- 
ple's mail. 

Plus  we  weren't 
able  to  steam  itopen. 

All  in  all,  it  was 
just  a  regular  letter. 
Except  for  one  thing: 
it  was  addressed  to 
(and  we're  not  mak- 
ing this  up) 
Sparky 
Farquhar, 
Room  5311 
Unicentre, 
Ca  r  leton  Univ. 
What  could  this 

mean? 

Is  Sparky  con  versing  with  the  enemy? 
Has  his  Teen  Sent  subscription  expired 


and  he's  now  looking  for  a  similar  mag 
to  replace  it? 

Why  the  pseudonym?  And  why  the 
mailing  address  so  close  to  ours  (Room 
531  Unicentre)? 

We  have  a  few  theories: 

1)  Sparky  needs  a  new  clock  radio. 

2)  He's  a  closet  Maclean's  fan.  He 
enjoys  the  insightful  commentaries  and 
the  tasteful,  not-at-all  sexist  orexpioit- 
ive  "People"  page.  As  for  the  address. 
Sparky  fantasizes  aboutworking  for  The 
Charlatan  and  in  a  fit  of  imaginative 
bliss  gave  Maclean's  the  wrong  address. 

3)  Someone  in  the  Maclean's 
mailroom  has  a  keen,  if  pedestrian,  sense 
of  humor.  If  so,  this  person  should  be 
promoted  immediately  to  inject  some 
life  into  what  is  a  humorless  and  dull 
magdzine.  Editor-in-chief  would  not  be 
too  modest  a  promotion. 

4)  Someone  at  Maclean's  (or  some 
other  sick  individual)  thought  they'd 
have  a  cheap  laugh  at  Farquhar's  ex- 
pense by  mailing  said  envelope  to  Car- 
leton's  newspaper. 

If  so,  we  ay,  "Shame!"  We  at  The 
Charlatan  say  rally  'round  our  fearless 
leader  in  his  time  of  need.  If  he  wants  to 
read  a  magazine,  let's  all  chip  in  to  buy 
him  a  subscription  to  a  real  magazine,  a 
quality  magazine.  Like,  say,  Highlights 
Tor  Children.  □ 

Postscript:  after  Mr,  Haggart  nrote 
this  report  and  we  forwarded  the  un- 
opened envelope  to  Sparky,  a  copy  of 
Maclean's  magazine  arrived  at  The 
Charlatan  office.  Don't  ask  us*  We 
just  work  here. 


HOME  cont'd  from  page  3 

good  educational  process"  for  both  ten- 
ants and  landlords.  He  says  a  lot  of  land- 
lords were  not  aware  of  their  obligations 
under  the  bylaw. 

The  Ottawa  South  area  was  chosen  as 
the  first  to  be  tested  partly  due  to  the  large 
number  of  complaints,  says  Junop. 

If  successful,  Junop  says  the  inspec- 
tions could  spread  to  other  parts  of  the 
city,  including  areas  where  large  num- 
bers of  students  from  the  University  of 
Ottawa  live. 

While  the  city  is  aware  that  many 
students  live  outside  of  Ottawa  South, 
Junop  says  limited  funds  restrict  what 
areas  the  city  can  look  at.  □ 

PRAYER  cont'd  from  page  3 

the  days  are  shorter,  the  times  are  closer 

together." 

Kabir  is  hoping  to  find  a  central  loca- 
tion on  campus  for  the  prayer  room. 
"Last  year,  they  found  a  place  in  the 
gym;  however,  due  to  the  inaccessibility 
of  that  location,  it  was  impractical  for 
students  to  use,"  Kabir  says. 

Since  some  Muslims  pray  five  times 
each  day,  it  is  inconvenient  for  them  to 
walk  all  the  way  to  the  gym.  Shanti  says 
there  has  been  some  discussion  about 
moving  the  prayer  room  to  Room  225  in 
Residence  Commons. 

Cowan,  the  Muslim  Students'  Asso- 
ciation and  the  International  Students' 
Centre  will  meet  again  soon  to  decide 
whether  having  the  prayer  room  in  resi- 
dence is  a  practical  solution,  says  Shanti. 

"It's  a  problem  for  the  International 
Students'  Centre  and  a  problem  for  the 
Muslim  students  themselves, "  says  Kabir. 
"The  issue  should  be  resolved  as  quickly 
as  possible  and  hopefully  it  will  be  in  the 
near  future."  □ 


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This  is  official  notification  that  Elections  Carleton  will  be  holding 
NUG  By-Elections.  Nominations  will  take  place  from  October  28 
to  November  15, 1993,  validation  on  November  16  and  17, 
campaigning  from  November  18  to  23, 1993,  and  voting  on 
November  24, 1 993.  For  more  information,  call  Sen  Sridas  at 
788-2600  ext.1 266,  Gary  Anandasangaree  at  788-6688,  or  James 
Rilett,  Chief  Electoral  Officer  at  567-6772. 


Student  representatives  voicing  your  academic 
concerns  at  departmental  and  faculty  levels. 


I  BE  A  PART  OF  IT! 


•  Decisions  made  at  faculty  levels  affect  you 
throughout  your  university  years  and  beyond! 

•  There  is  one  seat  for  every  department,  every 
faculty,  in  every  year. 

•  If  you're  interested,  call  Sen  at  788-2600  m  1266 
or  Gary  at  788-6688. 


•  Vote  in  the  NUG  By-elections!! 


6  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  28,  1993 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Carleton  cool  on  Chretien's  majority 


by  Jill  Mahoney 

Charlatan  Staff 

Out  with  the  old  and  in  with  the  new? 
Well,  sort  of. 

The  Liberal  party  won  a  large  major- 
ity, taking  1 77  seats  in  the  Oct.  25  federal 
election,  more  than  60  per  cent  of  the 
possible  295  seats. 

The  Progressive  Conservative  govern- 
ment suffered  a  massive  defeat,  falling  to 
only  two  seats  in  the  House  of  Commons. 

Ottawa  Centre,  the  riding  that  in- 
cludes Carleton,  re-elected  the  same  Mem- 
ber of  Parliament  as  in  1988.  But  instead 
of  sitting  on  the  opposition  side  of  the 
House,  Mac  Harb  is  now  part  of  the 
majority  Liberal  government. 

Harb  won  the  riding  by  a  landslide 
over  his  closest  rival,  Marion  Dewar  of 
the  NDP,  with  19,576  votes  to  Dewar's 
8,530.  Carleton  business  professor  and 
PC  candidate  Ian  Lee  finished  third  with 
4,367  votes  and  the  Reform  candidate, 
Len  Tucker,  came  fourth  with  3,559  votes. 
All  vote  totals  are  still  unofficial  tallies, 
according  to  Elections  Canada. 

Around  Carleton,  reaction  to  both 
Harb's  victory  and  the  Liberal  majority 
was  mixed. 

"I  have  serious  concerns  with  the  fact 
the  Liberals  took  such  a  majority.  It  will 
have  a  profound  effect  on  students  and 
post-secondary  education,"  said  Lucy 
Watson,  president  of  the  Carleton  Uni- 
versity Students'  Association. 

Watson  says  the  Liberals  didn't  clearly 
define  a  specific  plan  for  students  in  the 
election  campaign  and  the  party's  un- 
willingness to  reinstate  student  grants 
will  adversely  affect  students. 

Watson  says  she  hopes  having  a  gov- 
ernment member  representing  Ottawa 
Centre  will  benefit  students,  but  has  res- 
ervations about  Harb's  commitment  to 
Carleton  students. 

"I  don't  think  Mac  Harb  has  played  a 


big  role  here.  He  has 
been  invisible  on 
campus.  Marion 
Dewar  was  very  ac- 
tive on  the  board  of 
governors  and  sup- 
ported the  initiative 
to  only  increase  tui- 
tion by  three  per  cent 
last  year." 

LucySharratt,  co- 
chairof  the  Carleton 
New  Democratic 
Youth  club,  says  she 
hasn't  felt  Harb's 
presence  on  campus, 
either. 

"I  can't  believe 
Mac  Harb's  back  in 
office.  I  thinkMarion 
Dewar  would  have 
been  such  a  brilliant 
person  in  Parlia- 
ment," she  says.  "I 
think  it's  disastrous 
for  students  that 
Marion  Dewar 
wasn't  elected.  I 
haven't  seen  Mac 
Harb  on  campus.  I  don't  know  what  he 
stands  for." 

Max  Fishman,  president  of  the 
Carleton  Reform  Party  club,  says  he 
doesn't  think  the  Liberal  majority  will 
make  any  significant  change  in  students' 
conditions. 

"If  students  hoped  for  a  dramatic 
change,  like  in  the  reduction  of  tuition,  it 
won't  happen." 

He  says  the  Liberal  plan  of  short-term 
job  creation  will  probably  increase  the 
deficit,  but  the  large  number  of  Reform 
members  elected  to  Parliament  will  work 
to  keep  the  Liberals  in  line.  The  Reform- 
ers won  52  seats  to  finish  third  behind  the 
BlocQuebecois. 


Chretien:  new  PM  gets  mixed  reviews  at  Carleton. 


"The  Liberals  have  a  history  of  wast- 
ing money.  Now  with  the  large  Reform 
representation,  the  Liberals  will  have  to 
be  more  responsible." 

But  he  says  there  will  be  short-term 
changes  in  Ottawa  Centre  with  a  Liberal 
government  member  that  will  affect  stu- 
dents. 

"I  have  a  certain  feeling  there  will  be 
an  abundance  of  government  contracts. 
The  Liberals  have  always  been  good  to 
Ottawa." 

He  says  this  could  be  in  the  form  of 
civic  work  projects  or  cultural  programs 
the  Liberals  might  develop  in  order  to 
create  employment.  He  also  says  the 
Liberals'  job  apprenticeship  program  will 


probably  be  tested  here. 

Dave  Gourlay,  president  of  the 
Carleton's  Young  Liberals,  said  the  elec- 
tion result  was  "just  phenomenal." 

Despite  Harb's  convincing  re-election, 
Gourlay  says  he  doesn't  believe  Harb  is  in 
line  for  a  cabinet  position.  But  he  said 
Harb  could  end  up  as  parliamentary  sec- 
retary dealing  with  literacy  and  educa- 
tion issues. 

The  Liberals  won  in  all  four  Carleton 
residence  polls,  although  the  official 
margin  is  not  yet  available  from  Elec- 
tions Canada.  Gourlay  says  this  positive 
reaction  from  students  represents  "a  sig- 
nificant change."  In  1988,  all  four  resi- 
dence polls  were  won  by  the  PC  candi- 
date, despite  Harb's  victory  in  the  riding. 

"This  election  will  be  one  that  political 
science  students  in  the  future  will  want  to 
study  and  analyze,"  says  Gourlay. 

[ill  Vickers,  professor  of  political  sci- 
ence and  Canadian  studies,  says  the  elec- 
tion result  represents  the  break-up  of  the 
traditional  right-wing  coalition  between 
the  East  and  West,  formerly  held  together 
by  "Mr.  Mulroney's  bag  of  patronage." 

Vickers  also  said  she  was  happy  the 
Liberals  received  a  strong  mandate. 

"I'm  very  pleased  we  have  a  majority 
government." 

Carl  Gillis,  chair  of  the  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students,  said  he  hopes  the 
Liberals  will  approach  student  issues  in  a 
differentway  than  the  Conservatives  and 
consult  more  with  students. 

Gillis  says  the  CFS  will  be  pushing  the 
Liberals  to  reform  the  Canada  Student 
Loan  program  and  to  increase  transfer 
payments  to  the  provinces  for  education. 

He  says  he  is  feeling  "cautiously  opti- 
mistic" with  the  thought  of  a  new  gov- 
ernment, but  it  is  too  early  now  to  know 
if  there  will  be  substantial  positive 
changes  for  students.  □ 


International  students  face  cuts  to  health  care 


by  Ryan  Nakashima 

Charlatan  Staff 

Some  university  students  in  Ontario 
are  petitioning  to  stop  the  provincial 
NDP  government's  plan  to  stop  paying 
for  foreign  students'  health  care  cover- 
age. 

The  plan  to  cut  Ontario  Health  Insur- 
ance Plan  (OHIP)  coverage  to  Ontario's 
temporary  residents  was  announced 
along  with  the  social  contract  in  April  as 
part  of  the  province's  overall  plan  to 
reduce  its  deficit.  Other  items  of  the  over- 
all package  have  been  implemented,  but 
the  government  has  only  recently  begun 
to  work  out  the  details  of  the  planned 
health  cuts. 

If  implemented,  the  cuts  would  save 
the  government  about  $50  million  per 
yearbycuttingOHIPtoOntario's  167,000 
temporary  residents,  says  Paul  Kilbertus, 
a  spokesperson  for  the  Ontario  Ministry 
of  Health. 

About  20,000  of  those  are  interna- 
tional students,  says  Kilbertus.  Refugee 
claimants,  people  who  are  applying  for 
landed  immigrant  status  and  temporary 
workers  will  also  be  affected. 

The  government  is  still  reviewing  the 
plan,  but  it  is  mainly  working  just  to 
"firm  up  numbers,"  not  to  redefine  the 
groups  thatwill  be  affected,  says  Kilbertus. 

"This  is  the  plan.  So  it's  not  for  me  to 
say  if  political  pressures  are  going  to 
change  their  plans,"  says  Kilbertus.  He 
also  says  the  plan  will  likely  take  effect  in 
the  next  two  years. 

Emechete  Onuoha,  chair  of  the  Cana- 
dian Federation  of  Students-Ontario,  says 


while  the  decision  can  be  made  by  the 
Ontario  cabinet,  the  proposal  has  not  yet 
been  discussed  in  the  NDP  caucus. 

Onuoha  is  organizing  a  petition  and 
letter-writing  campaign  among  over  26 
Ontario  universities  through  their  stu- 
dent associations  to  stop  the  plan.  He 
says  student  groups  were  not  consulted 
by  the  government  about  the  plan. 

"You  would  think  a  responsible  gov- 
ernment would  try  to  get  some  input 
from  those  who  will  be  affected,"  says 
Onuoha.  "Hopefully  we'll  be  able  to  avoid 
the  prescribed  decision  from  being  taken." 

Ehab  Shanti,  co-ordinatorofthelnter- 
national  Students'  Centre  at  Carleton,  is 
circulating  the  petition  at  Carleton,  along 
with  Dave  Hubka,  vice-president  exter- 
nal of  the  Graduate  Students'  Associa- 
tion. 

Hubka  says  over  500  people  have  al- 
ready signed.  Although  other  universi- 
ties have  already  been  sending  their  pe- 
titions and  letters  to  the  government, 
Hubka  says  Carleton's  will  be  sent  in 
about  a  month  when  more  signatures 
have  been  collected. 

Shanti  says  the  planned  cuts  are  un- 
fair to  international  students  who  al- 
ready pay  about  four  times  as  much  as 
other  students.  They  pay  higher  tuition 
(between  about  $7,000  and  $  11,000  per 
year)  and,  on  top  of  living  expenses,  they 
have  to  pay  for  visa  renewals  and  work 
permits. 

"This  is  adding  to  the  message  that  to 
be  an  international  student  in  Ontario, 
you  have  to  be  very,  very  well  off,"  says 
Shanti. 


Kilbertus  estimates  OHIP  coverage  is 
worth  about  $  1 , 700  per  person  per  year 
in  private  insurance,  a  number  the  min- 
istry got  by  taking  their  annual  OHIP 
budget  of  $  1 7  billion  and  dividing  it  by 
Ontario's  population  of  about  10  mil- 
lion. The  cost  of  universal  health  care  is 
currently  paid  for  by  deductions  from 
businesses  at  no  cost  to  individuals. 

But  Onuoha  says  the  CFS's  student 
health  network  estimates  private  cover- 
age would  cost  anywhere  from  $300  per 
year  if  an  Ontario-wide  group  plan 
among  international  students  is  organ- 
ized, to  $1,000  per  year  for  individual 
coverage. 

No  matter  the  cost,  says  Onuoha,  the 
planned  cuts  represent  a  "systemic  fi- 
nancial attack  on  international  students. " 

Shanti  says  while  some  students  are 
covered  under  plans  originating  in  their 
home  countries  or  by  the  Canadian  In- 
ternational Development  Agency,  many 
do  not  have  any  coverage  other  than 
OHIP. 

Some  students  say  they  may  opt  to  go 
without  coverage  if  the  NDP  plan  takes 
effect,  deterred  by  the  high  cost  of  private 
coverage. 

Gary  Lo,  a  second-year  Carleton  eco- 
nomics student  from  Hong  Kong,  says  he 
will  probably  not  pay  for  coverage  if 
OHIP  is  taken  away. 

"I  won't  buy  it.  I  don't  have  enough 
money,"  says  Lo.  He  says  he  already 
spends  about  $15,000  per  year  going  to 
school. 

He  says  if  he  loses  his  coverage  he  will 
be  "very  scared  if  I  get  into  an  accident. " 


Kilbertus  says  there  will  be  plenty  of 
advance  notice  forintemational  students 
to  secure  private  coverage  before  their 
OHIP  is  dropped. 

Butmany  insuranceagencies,  like  Blue 
Cross,  only  have  programs  that  supple- 
ment, notduplicate.OHIPcoverage.OHIP 
currently  provides  almost  all  Ontarians 
with  basic  health  insurance,  while  pri- 
vate insurers  cover  dental  procedures, 
prescriptions  and  share  some  other  spe- 
cial costs  with  the  province. 

fasmine  Mohamed,  a  customer  serv- 
ice representative  for  Blue  Cross,  says  to 
get  Blue  Cross  insurance  right  now,  you 
need  an  OHIP  card  and  number.  At  this 
point,  it  is  unclear  how  the  private  sys- 
tem would  be  adapted  to  provide  full 
health  coverage  to  those  without  OHIP  if 
the  plan  is  implemented. 

Jeff  Ische,  who  helps  organize  health 
plans  for  graduate  students  at  Carleton 
and  other  universities  for  Crown  Life  In- 
surance, agrees  the  present  system  relies 
on  OHIP  for  main  health  coverage. 

"At  this  point,  there's  obviously  not 
(other  alternatives),"  says  Ische. 

But  Ische  says  private  insurance  com- 
panies will  probably  take  up  the  slack  in 
primary  coverage  if  OHIP  is  cut,  because 
there  are  profits  to  be  made. 

While  Kilbertus  is  uncertain  of  the 
details  of  private  coverage,  he  says  if  the 
cuts  are  implemented,  health  coverage 
to  temporary  residents  will  be  out  of  the 
government's  hands. 

"From  what  I  understand,  there  is 
private  insurance  available.  That's  not 
really  our  end  of  things."  □ 


October  28,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  7 


BOG  subject  to  new  affirmative  action  policy 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Charlatan  Staff 

New  initiatives  proposed  by  Ontario's 
NOP  govemmen  t  to  make  university  gov- 
erning bodies  more  representative  of 
minority  groups  have  raised  concerns 
about  the  makeup  of  Carleton's  board  of 
governors. 

On  Oct.  7,  Dave  Cooke,  Ontario  min- 
ister of  education  and  training,  an- 
nounced new  initiatives  to  help  broaden 
university  and  college  board  representa- 
tion by  including  more  visible  minorities 
and  women. 

"Ontario's  society  is  changing  and  it's 
important  thatour  institutions  and  their 
governing  structures  reflectthatchange, " 
said  Cooke  in  a  press  release.  "The  initia- 
tives we're  proposing  will  make  govern- 
ing bodies  more  representative." 

To  this  end,  the  provincial  govern- 
ment has  come  up  with  new  guidelines 
for  theappointment  of  universities' board 
members. 

University  or  college  boards  are  the 
schools'  senior  governing  bodies  and  are 
usually  comprised  of  student,  faculty, 
staff,  administration  and  community 
representatives.  Boards  ratify  budgets  and 
vote  on  policy  decisions  which  affect  the 
schools. 

The  new  gui  ielines  are  based  prima- 
rily on  three  pmciples,  the  first  being 
"that  membership  should  reflect  the  va- 
riety of  perspectives,  backgrounds,  expe- 
riences and  skills  required  for  the  effec- 
tive functioning  of  the  body." 

The  second  guideline  states  "univer- 
sity governing  bodies  should  be  suitably 
representative  of  internal  communities, " 
which  includes  student,  faculty,  and  staff 
groups. 

Finally,  university  governing  bodies 


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of  groups  traditionally  under-represented 
on  boards,  such  as  women,  people  with 
disabilities,  Aboriginal  peoples, 
francophones,  and  racial  and  ethno-cul- 
tural  minorities." 

Carleton's  own  board  is  not  a  reflec- 
tion of  visible  minorities  in  the  commu- 
nity, says  Jim  Watson,  city  councillor  for 
the  Capital  Ward  and  a  member  of 
Carleton 's  board  of  governors.  He  says  he 
is  in  favor  of  the  government  directives. 

"It  makes  sense  for  the  board  to  be 
given  direction  to  better  serve  the  univer- 
sity's best  interests,"  says  Watson. 

Watson  says  his  personal  preference 
would  be  to  have  more  students  on  the 
board  because  "the  board  does  not  truly 
reflect  the  student  population." 

The  board's  members  are  all  elected, 
except  for  the  permanent  positions  held 
by  the  president  and  chancellor  of  the 
university. 

Currently,  the  university  community 


is  represented  by  three  faculty  members, 
three  students  and  two  staff  members. 
The  rest  of  the  board's  33  members  are 
chosen  from  the  community  outside 
Carleton  and  consist  mostly  of  profes- 
sionals and  senior  executives. 

Presently,  there  are  1 1  women  on  the 
board,  or  33  per  cent. 

That's  not  an  accurate  representation 
of  the  university  community,  says  Renee 
Twaddle,  co-ordinator  of  Carleton's  Wom- 
en's Centre. 

"Thirty-three  per  cent  is  not  repre- 
sentative. 1  don't  think  that  the  univer- 
sity consists  of  straight  white  men, "  says 
Twaddle. 

Twaddle  says  the  board  should  take 
steps  to  make  the  board  more  accessible 
to  women  and  minority  groups,  so  it  can 
be  "inclusive  of  all  perspectives." 

"I  think  that  maximum  affirmative 
action  is  something  all  universities  should 
follow,"  says  Twaddle. 

Ehab  Shanti,  co-ordinator  for  the  In- 


ternational Students'  Centre,  is  also  in 
favor  of  the  incentives  to  improve  acces- 
sibility to  the  board. 

"The  board  should  go  by  how  many 
international  students  are  in  the  Carle- 
ton community.  If  there  is  10  per  cent 
international  students,  then  there  should 
be  10  per  cent  on  the  board  of  gover- 
nors," says  Shanti. 

The  number  of  people  from  visible 
minorities  on  the  board  is  already  close 
to  10  per  cent,  says  Charles  Watt,  the 
board's  secretary. 

Watt  says  the  board  has  had  since  Oct. 
7  to  consider  the  new  initiatives  and  are 
taking  steps  to  follow  the  guidelines. 

"At  their  next  meeting,  the  university 
relations  committee  of  the  board  will  be 
considering  to  what  extent  we  will  con- 
form to  the  guidelines,"  says  Watt. 

All  universities  and  colleges  mustsub- 
mit  their  proposal  to  adhere  to  the  guide- 
lines by  March  1 994.  Q 


Ghiz  walks  around  the  Bloc  at  Carleton 


by  Derek  OeCloet 

Charlatan  Staff 

Quebec's  support  for  the  Bloc 
Quebecois  doesn't  mean  Quebecers  will 
choose  to  separate  from  Canada,  the 
former  premier  of  Prince  Edward  Island 
told  a  Carleton  audience  on  Oct.  20. 

"A  lot  of  the  people  who  are  support- 
ing the  Bloc  do  not  necessarily  support 
sovereignty,"  said  Joe  Ghiz.  "They  are 
supporting  the  Bloc  for  protest  reasons." 

But,  he  added,  it  may  mean  Canadi- 
ans will  soon  be  discussing  the  constitu- 
tion again. 

The  Bloc  gained  about  half  the  popu- 
lar vote  in  Quebec  and  54  seats  in  the 
election  Oct.  25. 

Ghiz's  lecture  gave  a  crowd  of  about 
70  people  an  inside  look  at  what  hap- 
pened during  the  constitutional  negotia- 
tions at  Meech  Lake  and  Charlottetown. 

Ghiz,  now  the  dean  of  law  at  Dalhousie 
University  in  Halifax,  was  the  Liberal 


premier  of  P.E.I,  from  1986  to  January 
1993  and  a  strong  supporter  of  both 
agreements. 

The  agreements,  both  of  which  failed, 
were  attempts  by  the  premiers  of  the 
other  nine  provinces  to  gain  Quebec's 
consent  to  the  Constitution. 

Politicians  realized  Canadians  were 
"fed  up"  with  the  constitution  and  didn't 
want  to  discuss  it  during  this  election 
campaign,  said  Ghiz. 

But  he  predicted  forces  such  as  the 
Bloc  and  the  aboriginal  community  will 
make  sure  the  issues  discussed  in  the 
Charlottetown  Accord  will  be  discussed 
again. 

"The  issues  have  not  disappeared  from 
the  Canadian  agenda.  They  are  at  the 
back  of  the  stove,"  said  Ghiz.  "And  sooner 
or  later  they  are  going  to  emerge. 

"How  long  do  you  think  the  aborigi- 
nal peoples  of  Canada  are  going  to  take 
a  back  seat?" 


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The  separatist  movement  in  Quebec 
was  given  a  big  boost  by  failure  of  the 
Meech  Lake  and  Charlottetown  constitu- 
tional accords,  said  Ghiz. 

"What  is  happening  in  Quebec  today 
is  a  direct  result  of  the  failure  of  the 
country  to  address  the  fact  that  Quebec  is 
a  distinct  society,"  he  said.  "The  failure  to 
recognize  that,  in  my  view,  imperils  the 
country." 

The  distinct  society  clause  was  one  of 

the  most  controversial  elements  of  both 

agreements. 

Ghiz's  speech  was  peppered  with 

amusing  anecdotes,  mostly  about  the 

Meech  negotiations. 

He  laughed  at  the  media's  notion  that 
the  premiers  were  in  a  "pressure  cooker" 
during  negotiations  to  save  Meech  in 
June  1990.  The  negotiations  were  really 
between  the  federal  government  and  the 
two  dissenting  provinces,  Newfoundland 
and  Manitoba,  said  Ghiz.  "We  (the  other 
eight  premiers)  were  sitting  around  talk- 
ing about  football  and  baseball." 

During  that  same  week,  Manitoba 
premier  Gary  Filmon  complained  that 
he  was  running  out  of  underwear,  be- 
cause the  scheduled  one-day  meeting 
had  turned  into  a  one-week  meeting. 

The  next  day,  a  dozen  pairs  of  under- 
wear arrived  for  Filmon,  each  with  the 
words  "Meech  Lake"  printed  on  them, 
sent  by  former  Tory  leader  and  under- 
wear manufacturer  Robert  Stanfield. 

There  would  not  have  been  another 
round  of  negotiations  after  the  death  of 
the  first  accord,  said  Ghiz,  if  former  Que- 
bec premier  Robert  Bourassa  hadn't  called 
for  a  referendum  on  sovereignty  to  be 
held  in  Quebec  by  October  1992.  That 
effort  led  to  the  Charlottetown  Accord, 
which  was  defeated  in  six  "provinces  in 
last  year's  referendum. 

Ghiz  said  former  prime  minister  Brian 
Mulroney  wanted  the  original  negotia- 
tions, between  the  premiers  of  the  nine 
English-speaking  provinces,  to  fail.  That 
way,  he  could  take  his  own  resolution, 
without  the  premiers'  input,  into  the 
House  of  Commons  for  approval. 

Butwhen  the  negotiations  eventually 
succeeded,  producing  the  Charlottetown 
Accord,  he  said,  Mulroney  became  a  li- 
ability to  the  referendum  campaign.  The 
resulting  no-vote  was  largely  an  anti- 
Mulroney  protest  vote,  said  Ghiz. 

During  the  speech,  Ghiz,  a  Liberal, 
couldn't  resist  taking  a  few  political  jabs. 

Federalists  in  Quebec  would  "waste 
their  vote"  if  they  voted  Conservative  in 
the  election,  he  said,  because  virtually  no 
Conservatives  were  expected  to  win  seats 
in  that  province.  He  said  they  should  vote 
Liberal,  to  give  that  party  a  majority.  □ 


8  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  28,  1993 


Clayoquotltump^rciJ 


by  Brandie  Weikle 

Charlatan  Stall 

A  4,000-kilogram  stump  was  parked 
outside  Dunton  Tower  on  Oct.  26. 

The  stump  has  been  on  tour  since 
Sept.  23  to  raise  awareness  about  logging 
in  its  former  home  in  Clayoquot  Sound, 
British  Columbia. 

Clayoquot  Sound  is  among  the  largest 
remaining  temperate  rainforestson  earth 
and  is  the  largest  rainforest  intact  on 
Vancouver  Island.  The  area  includes 
260,000  hectares  of  densely  forested  in- 
lets, valleys  and  islands  on  the  west  coast 
of  the  island. 

On  April  13,  the  NDP  government  in 
B.C.  announced  it  would  allow  logging 
in  a  large  portion  of  Clayoquot's  old- 
growth  forest.  MacMillan  Bloedel  and 
Interior  are  the  only  companies  which 
hold  licences  to  log  the  area. 

The  B.C.  government  owns  four  per 
cent  of  MacMillan  Bloedel's  shares.  A 
pamphlet  published  by  Greenpeace  said 
"this  makes  them  the  largest  single  share- 
holder in  the  corporation  they  are  re- 
sponsible for  regulating." 

The  stump's  tour  is  part  of  the  Western 
Canadian  Wilderness  Committee's  cam- 
paign to  draw  national  attention  to 
Clayoquot.  The  stump  is  making  its  way 
across  Canada  on  a  flatbed  trailer. 

Bernard  Schulmann,  who  left  his  job 
in  the  computer  industry  in  B.C.  to  cam- 
paign for  the  committee,  is  one  of  the  co- 
ordinators of  the  "Coast  to  Coast  for 
Clayoquot"  tour,  which  hit  Parliament 
Hill  Oct.  22. 

Schulmann  said  the  tour  arrived  in 
Ottawa  before  the  election  so  the  partici- 
pants could  draw  attention  to  Clayoquot 
as  a  national  issue.  He  said  the  stump 
tour  has  been  received  very  well. 

"Once  we  left  B.C.,  we  left  every  nega- 


■mif  Ottawa's 

▼leanest 

wings 


only  250  each. 


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every  night  after  9:00pm. 

Monday:  2  for  1  beef  fajitas 
Tuesday:  20?  wings 
1896  Prince  of  Wales  Dr. 
723-2096 
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five  comment  behind,"  said  Schulmann. 

While  at  Carleton,  the  committee  pre- 
sented a  slide  show  and  information  semi- 
narabout  Clayoquot  on  Oct.  27.  The  day 
before,  tour  participants  sold  buttons, 
calendars,  postcards  and  memberships 
to  the  Western  Canadian  Wilderness 
Committee  outside  Dunton  Tower.  They 
also  gave  away  complimentary  chunks 
of  wood  cut  in  Clayoquot  to  donors. 

The  funds  they  collect  are  used  to 
finance  the  tour  and  any  money  leftover 
will  go  to  the  Nuu-Chah-nulth  Tribal 
Council,  a  Native  group  on  Vancouver 
Island,  says  Schulmann.  Part  of 
Clayoquot  Soundis  a  Native  land  reserve 
and  much  of  the  rest  is  claimed  by  Native 
groups. 

"They  have  very  active  land  claims  in 
the  area  and  want  to  enter  negotiation 
with  the  provincial  government  and  the 
federal  government, "  said  Schulmann. 

Eighteen  people  from  the  Ottawa  Coa- 
lition to  Save  Clayoquot  Sound  were  ar- 
rested Oct.  19  after  a  sit-in  protest  at 
Progressive  Conservative  party  headquar- 
ters. 

Among  those  arrested  was 
"Clayoquot"  Keith  Ashdown,  who  ran 
for  Member  of  Parliament  in  Ottawa 
Centre  in  this  week's  election  to  raise 
awareness  about  the  issue.  All  those  ar- 
rested were  subsequently  released. 

The  Clayoquot  area  itself  has  seen 
widespread  civil  disobedience,  with  al- 
most 800  people  arrested  since  the  deci- 
sion, says  Valerie  Longer,  director  of  the 


WCWCmembers (L-R):JtariaMuhr,  Misty  Mac"™",  Vv^SirRolf^a^&cS 


Friends  of  the  Clayoquot  Sound,  a  B.C. 
environmental  lobby  group.  Blockades 
of  logging  roads  have  been -set  up  by 
environmentalists  to  disrupt  the  logging 
operations. 

One  woman  who  was  arrested  on  July 
27  has  been  sending  dispatches  describ- 
ing her  trial  for  contempt  of  court  through 
FreeNet,  a  national  public  computer  in- 
formation network. 

In  an  Oct.  25  dispatch  describing  the 
first  week  of  her  trial,  Gwethalyn 
Gauvreau  wrote  "there  have  been  almost 
800  of  us  arrested  andcharged  with  crimi- 
nal contempt  of  court  for  the  same  crime 
of  blocking  a  logging  road  in  a  remote 
part  of  Vancouver  Island." 

Gauvreau  said  the  people  on  trial  be- 
fore her  received  sentences  of  45  to  60 
days  in  jail  and  $1 ,000  to  $3,000  fines  for 


delaying  trucks  for  15  to  20  minutes. 

Another  national  awareness  effort  is 
the  Clayoquot  Express,  a  train  starting  in 
Halifax  that  is  travelling  "From  the  Ocean 
without  Fish  to  the  Forest  without  Trees, " 
according  to  its  slogan.  It  will  be  passing 
through  Ottawa  Nov.  2. 

Toki  Geurer,  a  Sierra  Club  member  in 
Ottawa,  said  she  will  be  among  about  50 
people  on  the  train  by  the  time  it  leaves 
Ottawa  and  expects  150  to  200  people  to 
be  on  it  by  the  time  it  arrives  in  B.C. 

"We  are  asking  for  a  moratorium  on 
all  road  building  and  logging  in 
Clayoquot  Sound,"  said  Geurer. 

The  first  stop  after  Ottawa  is  Toronto, 
where  Blue  Rodeo  and  other  artists  will 
give  a  benefit  concert  for  Clayoquot 
Nov.  3.  □ 


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October  28,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  9 


INTERNATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Spanish  Celtic:  Out  of  this  World 


by  Alex  Bustos 

Charlatan  Staff 

Outstanding!  Amazing!  Out  of  this 
world! 

Milladoiro,  a  Celtic  band  from  Spain, 
completely  blew  away  the  400  people 
that  gathered  to  listen  to  this  musical 
gem  at  the  Museum  of  Civilization.  The 
concert  was  part  of  the  museum's  See 
and  Hear  the  World  series. 

The  group  comes  from  Galicia,  a  re- 
gion located  in  northwest  Spain.  It  has 
served  as  an  important  religious  centre 
since  the  Middle  Ages,  as  Catholic  pil- 
grims from  every  country  in  Europe  have 
been  travelling  here  since  the  10th  cen- 
tury. 

"Galicia  is  within  the  area  of  influ- 
ence of  Celtic  countries  that  existed  be- 
forethe  Romanization  of  European  coun- 
tries and  the  extension  of  the  Roman 
Empire,"  says  Rodrigo  Romani,  harpist 
and  group  leader. 

He  says  the  region  has  also  been 
influenced  by  the  Persian  civilization, 
the  Latin  civilization,  and  the  Germanic 
People. 

"All  of  them  created  a  conglomerate 
of  a  strange  mixture  of  cultures  that 
reflect  in  the  traditional  music  today, "  he 
says. 

Unlike  the  south  of  Spain,  Galicia  was 
not  greatly  affected  by  the  Moors,  who 


Milladoiro  wowed  the  crowd  with  their  special  blend  of  Spanish  Celtic. 


conquered  Spain  in  the  8th  century. 

The  group's  name  comes  from  the 
small  piles  of  stones  left  by  pilgrims  en 
route  to  signify  that  their  journey  had  an 
historic  as  well  as  religious  significance. 

Romani  says  there  is  no  special  mes- 
sage in  Milladoiro's  music. 

"Traditional  music  transmits  a  part  of 


the  soul  of  a  nation  and  says  something 
about  its  history.  The  influences  that 
traditional  music  receives  are  historical 
influences  from  the  various  peoples  that 
constitute  the  traditional  soul  of  a  na- 
tion," Romani  says. 

"However,  there  is  a  generic  message 
that  today  you  can  live  tradition  in  a 


more  modem  way.  In  other  words,  it's 
like  cooking  recipes  with  modem  spices, 
and  it's  a  music  capable  of  reaching  the 
peopleand  entertain  and  amuse  a  public 
during  two  hours  in  a  theatre." 

And  did  it  ever  reach  the  crowd! 

The  crowd  gave  the  group  three  stand- 
ing ovations. 

The  music,  a  Celtic  sound  which  mixed 
jazz,  popularmusic,  and  medieval  tones, 
combined  to  produce  an  utterly  awe- 
some display  of  musicianship. 

When  the  concert  ended,  I  asked 
Romani  if  he  was  planning  to  come  back. 
He  responded,  "We  hope  to  be  back  every 
year." 

It  is  safe  to  say  that  everybody  in  the 
crowd  felt  the  same  way.  One  of  the 
recurrent  questions  asked  by  the  audi- 
ence during  the  intermission  and  at  the 
conclusion  of  the  concert  was,  "Where 
can  I  get  a  cassette?" 

The  Museum  of  Civilization  has  a 
sharp  eye  for  picking  brilliance. 

However,  this  time,  they  found  gen- 
ius. Milladoiro  is  a  group  that,  like  a 
spectacular  author,  deserves  to  be  in  the 
library  of  every  person  who  appreciates 
music. 

They  opened  the  eyes  of  the  crowd  to 
a  precious  part  of  Spain.  The  group,  is, 
without  a  doubt,  out  of  this  world.  □ 


Commentary:  Language  of  a  New  Fusion 


by  Vishnu  Som 

Charlatan  Siatf 

With  a  fusion  of  sounds  that  range 
from  Jamaican  reggae  to  rap  to  Indian 
bhangra,  Apache  Indian,  a  Manchester- 
based  singer  of  Indian  origin,  has  her- 
alded a  revolution  among  Indian  youth 
both  abroad  and  at  home. 

As  an  entire  gamut  of  singers  of  In- 
dian origin  are  becoming  more  popular, 
an  increasing  number  of  Indian  young- 
sters are  turning  to  western  forms  of 
music  to  express  their  discontent  with 
elements  of  Indian  culture  and  society 
which  they  find  constraining  and  restric- 
tive. 

Indian's  bhangramuffin  is  immensely 
popular  today  in  large  Indian  cities  as 
well  as  in  London,  Manchester,  Toronto 
and  Vancouver,  where  there  are  a  large 
number  of  youngsters  of  Indian  origin. 

Bhangramuffin  is  a  style  of  music;  a 
frenzied  fusion  of  lively  Indian  folk  known 
as  bhangra,  with  western  types  such  as 
hip-hop,  dance-hall,  reggae  and  rap.  The 
impact  of  this  truly  international  sound 
upon  urban  Indian  teenagers  the  world 
over  has  been  tremendous. 

To  the  casual  observer,  the  language 
of  bhangramuffin  and  rap  seems  silly  and 
meaningless,  as  when  Indian  proclaims 
himself  "hotter  than  the  Bhindaloo 
curry!"  and  yet  an  in-depth  look  reveals 
that  there  is  a  point  behind  this  ostensi- 
ble silliness. 

The  language  of  rap  is  a  language 
that  mirrors  the  contradictions  of  cul- 
tural identity  that  young  people  feel. 
Indo-Canadians,  forexample,  have  been 
dubbed  coconuts — brown  on  the  outside 
with  reference  to  their  original  identity 
and  yet  white  on  the  inside  with  regard  to 
their  acceptance  of  the  values  and  norms 
of  the  western  society  that  they  have 
been  bom  into. 

In  a  society  that  missed  the  sexual 
revolution  which  hit  the  west  through 
the  likes  of  Marilyn  Monroe,  issues  such 
as  dating  have  been  long  considered 
taboo.  "Ail  of  us  have  girlfriends  and 
boyfriends,  butwecan'ttalkaboutthisto 
our  parents,"  explained  Indian  in  an 
interview  with  India's  Sunday  magazine. 


"We  can't  talk  about  safe  sex  either." 

He  has,  however,  addressed  such  is- 
sues through  songs  such  as  "Arranged 
Marriage, "  where  he  has  touched  upon  a 
topic  that  highlights  the  difference  in 
attitudes  of  the  older  and  younger  gen- 
erations of  Indians.  The  last  line  of  the 
song  says  it  all  —  "About  me  arranged 
marriage,  me  have  a  problem.  When  is 
the  right  time  to  tell  me  girlfriend?" 

Today,  rap  is  fast  becoming  a  channel 
through  which  urban  youngsters  in  In- 
dia can  actually  rebel  by  addressing  top- 
ics that  have  for  long  been  considered 
taboo.  Raja,  for  example,  has  created  a 
stir  in  India  through  his  lyrics  that  de- 
scribe the  attributes  of  his  voluptuous 
dream  woman  more  graphically  than 
most  conservative-  minded  elders  would 
care  to  hear. 

As  the  older  generation  looks  on  in 
despair,  Tips,  a  company  in  the  music 
business  has  launched  the  album  Shree 
Ramayan  Mahatmya,  a  rapped  up  and 
satirical  translation  of  the  Ramayana, 
an  ancient  Indian  epic  with  profound 
religious  connotations. 

With  Indian  as  their  idol  and  the 
increasing  popularity  of  MTV  in  South 
Asia,  numerous  singers  and  groups  have 
come  up  in  India,  adding  a  distinctly 
ethnic  blend  to  rock,  pop,  reggae,  rap 
and  hip-hop. 

Hindi  rap  is  a  sensation  today  in  In- 
dia. Rappers  such  as  Raja  and  Baba 
Sehgal,  whose  album  Thanda  thanda  pani 
had  sold  over  1  million  copies  in  five 
months,  are  part  of  an  immensely  popu- 
lar industry  whose  slogan  is  fast  becom- 
ing "need  no  talent,  will  pay." 

Outside  India,  bhangramuffin  has  be- 
come symbolic  of  a  new  fusion,  a  fusion 
in  the  interests  of  different  ethnic  minori- 
ties, whether  West  Indian,  African,  or 
Asian,  who  are  trying  to  contend  with  the 
culture  of  the  majority.  It  is  a  language  of 
solidarity  through  which  these  disparate 
minority  groups  are  trying  to  search  for 
an  identity. 

Speaking  to  the  Illustrated  Weekly  of 
India,  Indian  says  —  "What  I  am  writing 
and  singing  about  makes  as  much  sense 
to  the  whites,  who  have  grown  up  in  a 


multi-racial  society,  as  it  does  to  the 
Jamaicans  who  have  grown  up  with  reg- 
gae. 

"When  black  people  understand  white 
people  and  white  people  understand 
black  people,  a  lot  of  problems  can  be 
solved"  he  adds. 

For  millions  of  Asian  youth  in  the 
west,  singers  such  as  Indian  are  a  symbol 


of  their  generation,  a  role  model  and 
theirown  Asian  hero  in  the  western  world. 

For  youngsters  in  the  big  cities  of  In- 
dia, the  explosion  of  western  music  has 
resulted  in  an  explosion  in  expression.  So 
while  the  older  generation  watches  in 
bewilderment  and  dismay,  young  Indi- 
ans sway  comfortably  to  the  beat  of  a 
Baba  Sehgal.  □ 


10  •  The  Charlatan  •  October  28,  1993 


October  31 

!f  you  are  a  Peruvian  citizen  with 
electoral  identification  issued  by  the 
consular  section  of  the  Peruvian 
Embassy,  don't  forget  to  vote  be- 
tween 9  a.m.  and  4  p.m. !  To  vote  just 
go  to  suite  1007  at  the  embassy  on 
170  Laurier  West. 

The  Constituent  Democratic  Con- 
gress of  Peruhascompletedthedraft- 
ing  of  a  new  political  constitution 
and  President  Alberto  Fujimori  has 
call ed  for  a  nation-wide  referendum. 

November  5 

If  you  are  interested  in  Polish  poli- 
tics, Tadeusz  Diem,  ambassadorof 
the  Repubticof  Poland,  will  be  speak- 
ing from  1:30-2:30  pjm.  in  A720  of 
the  Loeb  Building.  In  1989  he  was 
appointeddeputy  minister  of  educa- 
tion in  Poland.  He  will  be  speaking 
on  the  recent  political  and  economic 
developments  in  Poland. 

Nov.  29  to  Dec.  2 

The  Third  World  Bazaar  will 
be  held  in  Porter  Hall.  So  if  you're 
looking  for  a  big  cheap  sweater  for 
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EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Damn!  No 
yogic  flyer 
MPs 

Whatever  you  might  think  of  the  results  of  this 
election,  there's  no  denying  that  Canada  has 
never  seen  anything  quite  like  it  before. 
In  postelections,  we've  seen  births  of  parties  and  huge 
majority  governments,  but  never  have  we  seen  a  found- 
ing party  of  Canada  go  down  in  flames  and  a  separatist 
party  become  Her  Majesty's  Official  Opposition  with  a 
scary  ultra-right  party  nipping  at  their  heels. 

Not  that  these  are  all  necessarily  bad  things.  Let's  start 
with  the  Tories. 

Glory  be!  The  Tories  are  no  more  (for  the  time  being) 
and  does  anyone  really  care?  In  her  concession  speech 
Kim  Campbell  boasted  the  Conservatives  got  as  much  of 
the  national  popular  vote  (about  1 6  per  cent)  as  the  Bloc 
Quebecois,  a  party  that  ran  candidates  in  only  one 
province.  While  Kim  appeared  composed,  it  came  across 
as  a  desperate  bit  of  spin-doctoring. 

While  we're  all  dancing  on  the  Tory  grave,  let's  also 
make  a  toast  to  Canadian  democracy.  The  death  of  the 
Tory  party  shows  that  your  average  voter  can  actually 
accomplish  something. 

And  don't  believe  anyone  who  tries  to  play  down  the 
severity  of  their  defeat.  Right  now  they  have  about  as 
much  legitimacy  as  the  Natural  Law  Party  (and  only  two 
more  seats). 

They  deserved  what  they  got.  Campbell  and  her 
Progressive  Conservatives  have  finally  paid  for  nine 
years  of  arrogance,  ignoring  the  wishes  of  Canadians 
with  their  unpopular  policies.  The  GST,  the  sheer  hell  of 
constitutional  negotiations  and  Brian  Mulroney  have 
not,  and  will  never  be,  forgotten  or  forgiven. 

There's  a  valuable  lesson  for  all  the  other  parties  to 
leam  from  the  Tory  annihilation:  ignore  Canadians' 
wishes  at  your  peril. 

But  in  the  process  of  turfing  the  Tories,  Canadians' 
protest  votes  went  to  the  Bloc  and  the  Reform  party  —  a 
party  to  the  right  of  the  Conservatives. 

It's  understandable  in  tough  times  that  people  would 
vote  for  Reform,  a  party  which  promises  a  return  to 
traditional  values  and  democratic  reform.  But  as  a 
protest,  voting  for  Reform  makes  absolutely  no  sense. 
Reform  believes  in  things  the  Conservatives  only  wish 
they  could  implement,  like  the  dismantling  of  Canada's 
social  safety  net. 

There's  some  hope  though  —  the  nature  of  power  in 
Ottawa  is  such  that  any  party  that  desires  to  form  the 
government  must  move  their  policies  toward  the  centre. 
They  also  may  keep  their  promise  to  bring  in  democratic 
reform,  but  don't  hold  your  breath. 

A  better  protest  vote  would  have  been  for  the  NDP. 
Canada  is  home  to  views  that  span  the  entire  ideological 
spectrum  and  whatever's  left  of  the  left  needs  a  voice  in 
Parliament.  But  there's  no  reason  to  feel  sorry  for  the 
NDP — they're  just  paying  forseveral  years  of  invisibility 
on  the  federal  level  and  some  blatant  promise-  breaking 
by  certain  provincial  governments. 

As  forthe  BlocQuebecois — official  opposition?  Huh? 
While  it's  true  they  do  oppose  Canada,  this  is  probably 
not  what  the  founders  of  the  parliamentary  system  had 
in  mind  for  the  role  of  the  official  opposition. 

The  Bloc  has  only  one  goal:  the  destruction  of  the 
country  and  whatever  they  do  in  the  House  should  be 
viewed  in  this  context. 

It's  up  to  the  Liberals  to  check  the  Bloc  at  every  rum 
and  get  the  strong  federalist  message  out. 

Just  remember,  the  Liberals  set  the  stage  for  our 
current  fiscal  crisis  with  the  chronic  deficits  of  the  seven- 
ties. It  won't  be  a  total  shock  if  they  break  all  their 
promises,  but  if  they  actually  do  some  good,  (hey,  you 
never  know),  it  will  a  pleasant  surprise. 

Just  a  quick  bit  of  advice  to  Mac  Harb,  our  Liberal  MP 
for  Ottawa  Centre:  How  'bout  showing  up  on  campus 
every  now  and  then  and  telling  us  what  you've  been  up 
to  instead  of  waiting  until  the  next  election  and  just 
expecting  our  vote? 

It  was  a  historic  election  and  it  promises  to  be  an 
eventful  five  years.  The  only  thing  that  could  have  made 
this  Parliament  more  interesting  would  have  been  a 
Natural  Law  MP  yogic  flying  to  work  everyday.  BH 


KIM'S  NEW  TOB 


OPINION 


Why  can't  men  be  victims? 


by  David 

David  is  a  Carleton  student  who  was  abused  by  his  wile  lor  seven  years.  He  divorced 
her  mis  year.  The  author  was  willing  to  use  his  last  name.  However,  it  has  been  witheld 
to  avoid  identifying  his  ex-wile. 

Relationship  violence  is  becoming  less  and 
less  a  taboo  topic  these  days.  It's  in  the  news 
and  people  are  finally  talking  about  it  -- 
including  me. 
Before  I  met  my  wife  eight  years  ago,  I  had  known 
women  who  were  battered  by  men,  and  I  had  heard 
people  say  that  "men  are  violent  and  women  are  vic- 
tims." No  one  told  me  that  it  could  be  the  other  way 
around. 

Men  can  be  victims  of  relationship  abuse.  My  wife  was 
both  verbally  and  physically  vio- 
lent towards  me.  I  was  beaten  up 
everyday,  sexual  ly.assaulted  regu- 
larly, and  starved  to  the  point 
where  I  was  skin  and  bones  by  a 
woman  who  was  a  psychopath, 
sadist  and  pervert. 

People  noticed  there  was  some- 
thing wrong,  but  no  one  said  any- 
thing. I  guess  they  didn't  know 
what  to  do. 

Sometimes,  as  a  form  of  gang 
rape,  my  wife's  friends  would  hold 
me  down  while  my  wife  sexually 
assaultedme.  She  enjoyed  humili- 
ating me  before  my  friends  and 
relatives  by  grabbing  me  between 
my  legs  or  exposing  my  body  in 
front  of  them. 

I  wanted  to  preserve  the  mar- 
riage, so  I  never  hit  back.  Self- 
defence  was  limited  to  dodging 
her  blows  or  running  out  of  the 
room.  I  never  even  raisedmyvoice. 
I  tried  to  stop  her  anger  by  con- 
forming to  all  of  her  demands.  I  believed  that  if  I  tried 
hard  enough  to  be  the  perfect  man  then  she  would  stop 
beating  me,  but  she  was  still  violent. 

Several  times,  I  said  that  I  might  phone  the  police  and 
charge  her  with  spouse  abuse,  but  she  just  laughed  and 
said  no  one  would  believe  me.  I  also  thought  this,  so  I 
never  phoned  the  police. 

I  know  what  it  is  like  to  be  with  a  woman  who  is  so 
possessive  and  emotionally  dependent  on  me  that  she 
needed  to  control  my  thoughts,  feelings  and  behavior 
through  violence.  She  isolated  me  from  my  friends  and 
family,  so  I  had  no  support  network. 

She  either  trivialized  the  violence  or  blamed  me  for 
her  abusive  behavior.  She  repeatedly  told  me  "you  like  it 


when  I  hit  you"  even  though  I  was  worried  she  would  kill 
me.  But,  the  worst  thing  was  the  verbal  abuse,  because 
my  injuries  have  healed,  but  her  words  have  stayed  with 
me. 

Finally,  I  realized  there  was  nothing  I  could  do  to  save 
the  marriage,  so  I  divorced  her  on  the  grounds  of  cruelty. 

I'm  not  the  only  abused  man.  This  happens  to  other 
men,  too. 

Even  though  there  is  growing  acknowledgement 
amongsocial  scientists  thatequalpercentagesofwomen, 
men,  and  lesbians  are  beaten  up  by  their  intimates, 
violence  against  men  is  still  a  taboo  topic. 

Way  back  in  1978,  Murray  Straus,  in  his  article  "Wife 
Beating:  How  Common  and 
Why?"  published  in  Victimology: 
An  International  lournal.  found 
"the  data  on  severe  violence,  sug- 
gests that  the  wives  were  more 
violent"  than  husbands.  Although 
Straus  questions  whether  battered 
husbands  are  injured  more  seri- 
ously than  battered  wives,  the  in- 
escapable conclusion  is  that  wives 
are  at  least  as  violentas  husbands. 

Ever  since  then  the  literature 
on  battered  husbands  has  grown 
in  leaps  and  bounds. 

Douglas  Mould,  in  his  1990 
article  "Data  Base  or  Data  Bias?" 
in  American  Psychologist,  noted 
that  since  violent  women  often 
beat  up  non-violent  husbands,  you 
can't  assume  that  when  a  woman 
beats  up  a  man,  she  is  acting  in 
self-defence. 

L.R.  McNeely  and  Coramae 
Mann,  in  their  1990  article  "Do- 
mestic Violence  Is  a  Human  Issue" 
in  the  journal  of  Interpersonal  Vio- 
lence, explain  women  are  capable  of  injuring  men, 
especially  since  82  per  cent  of  male  victimizations  in- 
volve weapons  used  by  females. 

When  I  talk  with  people  about  abused  men  they 
almost  always  agree  battered  husbands  exist.  But,  some- 
times they  believe  abused  men  should  not  get  public 
attention .  They  fear  open  discussion  about  violent  women 
will  distract  attention  from  violence  against  women. 

But  why?  Working  to  eradicate  all  violence  does  not 
trivialize  the  horrible  tragedy  of  violence  against  women. 
Besides,  isn't  the  real  issue  whether  or  not  violence  is 
acceptable  behavior?  Cruelty  is  never  acceptable.  Lef  s 
end  all  violence.  □ 


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LETTERS 


For  shame  Alex, 
for  shame 

Editor: 

1  just  thought  that  Carleton  students, 
staff  and  alumni  would  like  to  know  that 
Carleton  University  was  slammed  on  tel- 
evision across  North  America  by  Cana- 
da's own  Alex  Trebek. 

Good  'ol  Al  had  a  contestant  from 
Ottawa  on  jeopardy  and  he  took  the  lib- 
erty of  asking  this  fellow  Canadian  if 
they  had  gone  to  the  "dreaded  Carleton." 
Thanks,  Alex. 

First  of  all,  it  is  a  wonderful  thing, 
(sarcasm  interlude),  that  Trebek  felt  the 
need  to  insult  those  of  us  in  the  pursuit  of 
higher  education.  Secondly,  it  is  just  as 
pleasant  thatit  is  an  insultagainst fellow 
Canadians. 

Alex  may  be  a  top-notch  spermologist 
(one  who  collects  trivia),  but  is  he  some 
sort  of  expert  regarding  the  Canadian 
university  system?  You  cannot  believe 
everything  you  read  in  Mac/ean'5,  Al! 

Personally,  1  am  offended  on  behalf  of 
a  school  that  I  am  proud  to  attend.  I  am 
equally  offended  that  a  Canadian  in 
high  international  standing  would  use 
his  influence  to  perpetuate  misinformed 
rumors. 

I  urge  anyone  else  who  feels  this  way 
to  write  CBS,  jeopardy's  parent  network, 
requesting  either  an  on-air  apology  or  a 
written  apology  to  those  in  any  way 
associated  with  Carleton. 

Perry  Simpson 
Political  Science/Law  IV 

Preston  'Fudd" 


Manning 


Editor: 

A  brief  comment  on  Jeff  Zavitz's  little 
tidbit,  "This  Fudd's  for  U, "  The  Charlatan, 
Oct.  14, 1993.  It  is,  in  my  opinion,  one  of 
the  more  enlightening  articles  I've  read 
in  The  Charlatan  to  date.  And  oh,  so  true! 

Imagine,  all  those  years  of  my  watch- 


Oops! 

Please  forgive  us  for 
the  error  in  last  week's 
24 1  Pizza  ad. 

24 1  Pizza's  phone 
number  is  234-0241 . 
We  regret  any  incon- 
venience this  may 
have  caused. 


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ing  endless  hours  of  The  Bugs  Bunny  Show 
and  Loony  Tunes,  never  realizing  the  pro- 
found ramifications  these  programs  were 
having  on  my  psyche.  1  remember  hat- 
ing, just  hating,  Elmer  Fudd  with  every- 
thing my  little  10-year-old  body  had. 

He  was  the  scariest  cartoon  character 
to  haunt  my  Saturday  mornings.  He  was 
a  maniac!  Where  did  he  get  off  chasing 
Bugs  around  like  that?  And  all  the  while 
wearing  that  stupid  fucking  hat  of  his 
andstroking  that  double-barrel  12  gauge 
likeitwas  his. .  .well,  I'm  sureyou  getthe 
idea. 

Anyway,  just  thought  I'd  letyou  know 
what  a  good  job  I  thought  Zavitz  did  in 
helping  me  realize  where  my  severe  para- 
noia of  Preston  Manning  stems  from. 
Although  Zavitz  did  not  state  outright 
that  Manning  and  his  Reformers  are 
"Fudds"  per  se,  parallels  can  easily  be 
drawn. 

Remember  what  Zavitz  so  rightfully 
pointed  out:  "They  don't  beat  you  with 
intelligence.  They  swamp  you  with  num- 
bers and  homogeneous  intolerance."  If 
Manning  gets  in  on  Oct.  25,  take  Zavitz's 
advice,  bunnies,  and  run  for  the  hills, 
'cause  th-th-that'll  be  all  folks. 

/ason  /.  Moreau 
English  III 

Hold  on  to  your 
steak 

Editor: 

Re:  "Vegetarian  fora  healthy  world," 
The  Charlatan,  Oct.  14, 1993. 

This  article  expounded  a  doctrine 
which  was  carefully  designed  to  elicit  a 
highly  emotional  response  by  glossing 
over  the  reason  certain  techniques  are 
used  on  animals.  Before  anyone  decides 


to  give  up  meat  forever,  they  should  have 
complete  information  and  not  j  ust  propa- 
ganda. 

Many  of  the  practices  which  this  arti- 
cle found  to  be  so  reprehensible  are  usu- 
ally necessary  for  the  good  of  the  animal. 
For  instance,  the  sharp  tips  of  chick  beaks 
are  removed  to  prevent  the  chicks  from 
pecking  each  other  to  death. 

These  pecks  are  thrusts  powerful 
enough  to  draw  blood  and  even  daze 
chicks  pecked  on  the  head.  Eventually 
some  of  the  chicks  die  from  the  abuse.  So, 
while  it  is  sad  that  some  chicks  die  from 
the  trauma  of  having  the  sharp  tips  re- 
moved, it  is  preferable  to  the  alternative 
of  even  more  chicks  suffering  far  worse 
deaths. 

But,  the  article  didn't  mention  that. 
Nordiditexplain  thatthe  way  the  "chemi- 
cals and  drugs  prolong  their  (the  ani- 
mals') lives"  is  to  make  the  animals  less 
susceptible  todisease  and  parasites  which 
weaken  them  and  at  times,  kill  them. 
Disease  would  run  rampant  in  domestic 
animals  withoutantibiotic  and  pesticide 
treatments  because  domestic  animals 
lack  natural  resistance.  So  while  the 
farmer  does  benefit  from  treating  the 
animals  with  drugs  and  chemicals,  so  do 
the  animals. 

On  our  family  farm  we  cared  for  our 
animals,  not  simply  because  they  were 
our  income,  but  because  we  were  truly 
concerned  with  their  well-being.  I'm  not 
suggesting  that  terrible  practices  do  not 
occur  on  larger  corporate  farms,  but  I 
think  it's  important  that  people  realize 
that  not  all  farming  practices  are  detri- 
mental to  the  animals  involved. 

Matthew  A.  R.  Lowry 
Masters  I  Biology  and 
Itinerant  Farmer 


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dudes,  dick  heads,  womanizers,  SNAGs,  husbands, 
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&  women. 


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8  00  pm 
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PLACEMENT 

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This  session  discusses  self  assess- 
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Networking/Job  Search 

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16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  28,  1993 


SMS* 


 —  

Football  men  kiss  Panda  goodbye 

3-0  lead  evaporates  in  final  quarter  failure 


by  Derek  DeCloet 

Ctia/latan  Staff 

With  only  15  minutes  of  football  sepa- 
rating them  from  their  first  playoff  spot 
in  six  years,  the  Carleton  Ravens  were 
struck  by  lightning. 

Not  once.  Not  twice.  Three  times. 

The  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  scored  three 
touchdowns  early  in  the  fourth  quarter 
en  route  to  a  21-3  Panda  victory  at 
Lansdowne  Park  Oct.  24. 


Ottawa  21  Carleton  3 


It  had  all  the  hype  and  implications  of 
a  playoff  game.  The  two  teams  entered 
the  game  with  identical  2-4  records.  The 
winner  would  finish  fourth,  make  the 
playoffs  and  play  Bishop's  on  Oct.  30. 
The  loser  would  go  home. 

The  Ravens'  collapse  was  as  quick  as  it 
was  decisive. 

"That's  the  sign  of  an  inexperienced 
team  that  cannot  keep  it  together  for  60 
minutes,"  said  Raven  coach  Donn  Smith 
of  the  fourth  quarter  collapse.  "Today, 
we  played  45." 

The  Ravens  had  been  hanging  on  to  a 
3-0  lead  since  early  in  the  second  quarter, 
when  kicker  Marco  Dinardo  hit  an  eight- 
yard  field  goal. 

But  even  that  play  epitomized  the 
Ravens' frustration  on  offence.  They  had 
the  ball  on  the  two-yard  line,  but  were 
stopped  on  two  consecutive  plays  and 
were  forced  to  settle  for  a  field  goal. 

"Maybe  some  of  the  guys  thought  that 
(lead)  was  enough  but  three  points ...  it's 


not  enough,"  said  Raven  tailback  Hien 
Phan,  who  led  the  Ravens  with  45  yards 
rushing. 

It  was  good  enough  until  the  second 
play  of  the  fourth  quarter,  when  Gee-Gee 
quarterback  Steve  Clarke  hit  wide  re- 
ceiver Warren  Grant  fora  20-yard  touch- 
down pass. 

Less  than  two  minutes  later,  Ottawa 
comerback  Chris  Barton  picked  off  a  pass 
by  Raven  quarterback  Sean  O'Neill  and 
returned  it  65  yards  for  the  touchdown. 

When  Grant  and  Clarke  hooked  up 
for  another  touchdown  three  minutes 
later,  the  Ravens  were  as  good  as  buried. 

"The  guys  got  a  little  rattled  (when  the 
score  was  3-0),"  said  Gee-Gee  coach  Larry 
Ring.  "Then  we  decided,  'Listen,  we've 
got  Warren  Grant,  he's  the  best  wideout 
in  the  league.  Lef  s  go  downtown  to  him.'" 

But  while  the  defence  faltered  in  the 
fourth  quarter,  it  was  bad  timing  on 
offence  that  ultimately  doomed  the 
Ravens. 

"We  had  some  untimely  intercep- 
tions," said  Smith.  "Our  passing  game 
was  really  hurting  us.  We  knew  we  had  to 
throw  (but)  we  continued  to  shoot  our- 
selves in  the  foot." 

Starting  quarterback  Ray  Hubbert  hurt 
his  elbow  in  the  first  quarter  and  did  not 
return. 

O'Neill  took  over  and  moved  the  ball 
well  at  first.  When  he  hit  Chris  Dorrington 
with  a  47-yard  pass— Carleton's  longest 
completion  of  the  year  —  the  Ravens 
appeared  to  have  the  momentum  in  the 
first  half.  But  they  were  unable  to  crack 
Ottawa's  defence  and  get  into  the  end 


Football  Follies 

Year  W  L  T  PF  PA  PTS 
1986  6    1  0  268  149  12 

1992  0    7  0  44  237  0 

1993  2    5  0  94  166  A 
As  the  season's  progressed,  we've 
compared  this  year's  Raven  squad 
against  the  best  and  worst  Raven 
teams  of  the  past:  the  6-t  1986 
squad  and  the  0-7  1992  team. 


zone. 

Overall,  Carleton 's  quarterbacks  were 
10  for  28,  with  three  interceptions. 

While  the  Ravens'  season  was  consid- 
erably better  than  last  year's  0-7  record, 
it  may  be  remembered  as  a  season  of  lost 
opportunity. 

The  Ravens  were  2-1  after  a  stunning 
comeback  win  over  Queen's  on  Sept.  25. 
And  they  could  have  entered  the  Panda 
Game  with  an  even  better  record,  had 
they  not  blown  a  21  -6  lead  at  Concordia 
on  Oct.  16,  ultimately  losing  25-21. 

"It's  a  success  compared  to  the  past 
few  seasons  but  some  of  the  games  we 
lost  this  year  were  really  close,"  said 
Phan.  "We  could've  went  5-2." 

While  Smith  has  reason  to  be  optimis- 
tic about  next  year  —  half  the  team  this 
year  was  rookies  —  he  couldn't  hide  his 
disappointment  with  the  Panda  loss. 

"It's  ended  on  a  bitter  note,"  he  said. 
"We  had  a  nice  opportunity  to  win  this 
game  but  we  let  it  slip  away." 

No  kidding.  □ 


Panda  Lore 


The  Panda  Game  was  bom  in  1955 
when  Bryan  McAnulty,  an  editor  at 
the  University  of  Ottawa  newspaper 
The  Fulcrum,  decided  there  was  a  defi- 
nite lack  of  rivalry  between  the  uni- 
versities of  Ottawa  and  Carleton. 

McAnulty  asked  a  local  jeweller  to 
donate  a  Panda  bear  as  the  Ottawa 
mascot  and  then  set  up  a  pre-arranged 
kidnapping  to  attract  newspaper  at- 
tention for  the  upcoming  football 
game.  The  bear  went  on  to  become 
the  trophy  for  the  winner.  Incredibly 
enough,  the  Ravens  actually  won  the 
first  Panda  Game  14-6. 

Pedro's  Exploits 

In  1956,  some  dimwit  nominated 
Pedro  for  President  of  the  Carleton 
Student's  Council.  The  Panda  lost. 

Responding  to  the  hippier  times  of 
1968,  Panda  organizers  changed  the 
traditional  Hate  Week  prior  to  the 
game  into  a  more  appropriate  Love 
Week.  Pedro  became  a  flower  child  at 
the  tender  age  of  13. 

During  half-time  in  the  1 977  con- 
test, five  pigs  were  released  onto 
Lansdowne  field  from  a  box  marked 
Carleton  Pork  Chops.  The  Ottawa  Hu- 
mane Society  pressed  charges  against 
the  Ottawa  students  responsible. 

After  a  24-year  career,  Pedro  re- 
tired in  1 979  to  the  Canadian  Football 
Hall  of  Fame  in  Hamilton.  A  copper 
replica  trophy  was  built  to  carry  on 
the  tradition. 

Hello,  Anybody  Out  There? 

Total  attendance  for  this  year's 
Panda  Game  was  about  3,500  people. 
Last  year's  attendance  was  5,324. 
Crowds  peaked  in  the  late  seventies, 
with  figures  exceeding  15,000. 

Good  Little  Boys  And  Girls 

Both  Ottawa  and  Carleton  univer- 
sities chipped  in  1  lOsafety  volunteers 
apiece  and  30  police  officers  were  on 
hand  to  keep  the  rowdy  crowd  —  not 
—  in  check.  Breaking  with  recent  tra- 
dition, only  one  student  stormed  the 
field.  Goof. 


1987 
1988 
1989 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1993 


Past  Panda's 

Ravens  8  Gee-Gees  4 
Gee-Gees  29  Ravens  9 
Gee-Gees  23  Ravens  10 
Gee-Gees  30  Ravens  17 
Gee-Gees  34  Ravens  15 
Gee-Gees  17  Ravens  6 
Gee-Gees  21  Ravens  3 


Overall,  since  theinaugural  Panda 
Game  in  1955,  the  Ottawa  Gee-Gees 
hold  a  27-12  victory  edge.  That  bites. 

Editorial  Comment 

"I'm  bitter.  I'm  going  to  graduate 
from  this  school  without  ever  having 
seen  those  bastards  win  this  game. 
That  bites." 

Charlatan  sports  editor  Steven  Ves- 
ely  on  the  angst  he  felt  watching  the 
Ravens  blow  the  big  one. 

A  Fitting  End 

On  the  last  play  of  the  game,  Car- 
leton quarterback  Sean  O'Neill  com- 
pleted a  beautiful  20-yard  pass  —  to  a 
wide  open  Gee-Gee.  That  bites.  □ 


October  28,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  17 


Rugby  men  bound  for  playoffs 


First  divisional 
title  since  1987 

by  Matt  Shurrie 

Cha/lalan  Staff 

Excoli-bumt. 

The  Trent  Excalibur  should  have  stayed 
at  home.  But  no,  foolishly  they  came  to 
Carleton  on  Oct.  23  and  were  soundly 
beaten  33-0  for  their  stupidity. 

With  the  victory,  the  rugby  Ravens 
win  the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic  As- 
sociation's second  division  for  the  first 
time  since  1987.  


Carleton  33  Trent  0 


"The  team  is  very  deserving  of  this 
honor, "  said  head  coach  Lee  Powell,  who 
was  a  first-year  coach  with  the  Ravens  in 
1987.  "We're  all  very  excited  that  the 
club  has  been  oble  to  work  hard  all 
season  long." 

Team  captain  Mike  Rys,  playing  in  his 
fourth  year  with  the  Ravens,  was  ecstatic 
about  the  club's  division  championship. 

"This  is  the  best  feeling  in  the  world," 
he  said.  "We  knew  from  the  beginning  of 
the  season  that  if  we  played  hard,  we 
could  get  the  job  done." 

The  Ravens  opened  the  scoring  early 
in  the  first  half  when  third-  year  winger 
|im  MacKay  scored  a  try  and  all-star 
kicker  Rys  added  a  successful  convert. 

Third-year  winger  Darryl  Bellamy 
scored  a  try  with  a  50-yard  run  later  in 
the  half.  Rys  closed  the  half  with  two 
successful  penalty  kicks,  giving  the  Ravens 
a  comfortable  20-0  lead. 

The  second  half  was  no  different. 
Rys  added  two  more  three-point  pen- 
alty kicks  and  hooker  Mike  White's  try 
rounded  out  the  scoring  33-0. 


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A  defence  not  afraid  to  tackle  will  help  the  Ravens  against  Queen's  this  weekend. 


Defence,  Carleton's  calling  card  this 
entire  season,  kept  Trent  off  the  board 
and  out  of  the  Raven's  zone  for  almost 
the  entire  game. 

"The  defence  is  very  important  for  our 
club,"  said  Powell.  "At  times,  there  ap- 
peared to  be  a  lack  of  concentration 
amongst  the  players,  but  whenever  Trent 
pressured  us,  they  turned  it  up  a  notch. " 

With  the  victory,  Carleton  advances 
to  the  playoffs  on  Oct.  30  against  the 


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Gaels. 

With  both  defence  and  offence  click- 
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tion. 

"  In  order  for  us  to  win,  we  must  go  out 
there  and  play  a  full  game,"  said  Rys.  "If 
we  go  out  on  the  field  and  concentrate 
and  do  what  we  can  do,  then  we  will  be 
able  to  show  the  first  division  why  we 
were  able  to  win  the  second  division. "  □ 


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Moving  up 
the  ladder 

by  Matt  Shurrie 

Chatlalan  Slatt 

They've  got  heart,  soul  and  char- 
acter. 

And  because  of  it,  this  year's  rugby 
Ravens  stepped  out  of  the  shadow  of 
past  failures  to  finally  finish  first  in 
the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic  As- 
sociation's second  rugby  division  and 
advance  to  the  league  playoffs. 

Unlike  pastyears  where  the  Ravens 
came  agonizingly  dose  to  a  playoff 
spot  only  to  come  up  empty  —  this 
year's  squad  came  through. 

They  began  the  season  with  a  per- 
fect 5-0  win  streak.  After  one  heart- 
breaking 1 7-9  loss  to  the  Royal  Mili- 
tary College  Redmen  on  Oct.  7,  the 
Ravens  rebounded  two  weeks  ago  to 
destroy  Toronto  and  Trent  this  past 
weekend,  clinching  the  division. 

With  a  record  of  6-1,  the  club  im- 
proved by  two  wins  over  last  season's 
disappointing  4-3  record  and  renewed 
varsity  interest  in  rugby. 

Who  could  have  predicted  it? 

Heading  into  this  season,  the 
Ravens'  coaching  staff  wondered 
whether  the  team  could  even  com- 
pete, let  alone  win  against  the  other 
teams  in  the  weaker  second  division. 

With  a  roster  half-filled  by  first 
year  rookies,  pessimists  wondered 
from  day  one  if  raw  rookies  could 
compete  at  an  intense  university  level. 

But  boy  did  they  perform. 

Players  like  Rick  Haldane,  Andrew 
Kay  and  Chad  Yates  practised  hard 
and  —  when  push  came  to  shove  — 
made  fans  forget  about  those  who 
graduated.  If  it  hadn't  been  for  the 
hard  work  and  determination  of  such 
a  strong  rookie  crop,  the  club  would 
have  been  hard-pressed  for  a  playoff 
berth. 

With  proven  veterans  like  Mike 
Roe,  Jim  MacKay  and  Dave  Howard, 
the  Ravens  also  had  a  solid  nucleus  of 
strong  leadership. 

With  an  explosive  offensive  at- 
tack and  a  brick-wall  defence,  there 
were  times  when  the  team  looked 
invincible.  With  mental  lapses  and 
rookie  mistakes,  there  were  also  times 
when  they  looked  quite  beatable.  Still, 
the  Ravens  worked  together  and  for 
the  most  part,  played  like  proven 
veterans  rather  than  inconsistent 
rookies. 

Mr.  Consistency  —  kicker  Mike 
Rys,  captained  this  year's  squad  and 
lifted  the  team  to  new  performance 
standards. 

Coach  Lee  Powell  and  the  entire 
coaching  staff  need  to  be  commended 
for  the  hard  work  time  they  put  into 
the  club  this  season. 

But  the  season's  not  over  yet. 

Playoff  territory  has  been  un- 
charted for  the  rugby  Ravens  since 
the  1987-88  season  when  the  club 
went  undefeated  7-0.  Like  the  Ravens 
of  that  season,  this  year's  club  de- 
feated Trent  to  clinch  the  division 
title. 

Like  the  1987  team,  the  Ravens 
will  also  encounter  the  5-1  Queen's 
Golden  Gaels  in  the  first  round  of  the 
playoffs. 

The  only  difference  is  this  year's 
club  hopes  to  avenge  the  perform- 
ance of  the  1987  team,  who  lost  21-6 
to  the  Golden  Gaels. 

Can  it  be  done? 

We're  waiting.  □ 


18  •  The  Charlatan  •  October  28,  1993 


Field  hockey  Ravens  shut  out  of  the  playoffs 

2-1 1-3  record  speaks  loud  and  dear 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Staff 

It  was  a  tough  way  to  end  a  disap- 
pointing season. 

The  Carleton  women's  field  hockey 
team  finished  their  season  with  three 
losses  the  weekend  of  Oct.  22-24. 

The  Ravens  lost  to  the  Waterloo 
Athenas  1-Oon  Oct.  22;  5-0  to  the  Guelph 
Gryphons  on  Oct.  23;  and  1-0  to  the 
University  of  Western  Mustangs  Oct.  24. 

The  losses  leave  the  Ravens  with  a  2- 
11-3  record,  in  eighth  place  out  of  nine 
teams  in  the  Ontario  Women's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association  field 


Waterloo  1  Carleton  0 
Guelph  5  Carleton  0 
Western  1  Carleton  0 


hockey  league,  and  out  of  the  playoffs. 

Againstthe  6-7-3  Athenas,  the  Ravens 
came  out  with  what  seems  to  be  their 
latesttrend.  That  is,  starting  strong  in  the 
first  half.  The  game  remained  a  scoreless 
tie  until  just  before  halftime  when  the 
Athenas  got  one  after  some  sloppy  play 
in  the  goaltender's  crease.  Waterloo 
banked  the  goal  in  off  goalie  Julie  Sudds. 

Unfortunately,  it  also  turned  out  to  be 
the  game  winner  for  the  Athenas. 

"That  was  a  tough  one  to  swallow  but, 
the  ball  really  should  not  have  been  in 
the  crease  to  start  off  with,"  said  head 
coach  Suzanne  Nicholson.  "Somebody 
missed  their  assignment  on  that  one. 
Overall  though,  we  played  quite  well." 

The  Ravens'  second  match  of  the  week- 
end against  the  9-5-2  Gryphons  saw  con- 
fusion reign  for  much  of  the  first  half. 
Carleton  continually  missed  defensive 
assignments  throughout  the  first  25  min- 
utes and  wound  up  allowing  three  goals 
in  that  span.  The  Gryphons  added  two 


more  in  the  second  half  and  cruised  to 
victory  from  there. 

"We  were  defensively  mucked  up  most 
of  the  first  half,"  said  Nicholson.  "I  told 
them  (the  Ravens)  at  halftime  that  I 
couldn't  help  them  out  there  and  that 
they  had  to  start  reading  and  reacting 
better.  That's  where  we  need  some  of  our 
veteran  leadership  to  come  through." 

Defender  Christina  Morula  saw  the 
game  differently. 

"I  thought  we  played  better  against 
Guelph,  butGuelph's  front  line  was  strong 
and  so  was  their  right  side,  so  it  was  hard 
to  defend  against,"  she  said. 

The  Ravens  rebounded  though,  with 
one  of  theirbest  efforts  of  the  year  against 
the  5-5-6  Mustangs.  Carleton  stymied 
the  Mustangs  with  some  tough  defence 
but  couldn't  make  good  on  any  of  their 
own  chances. 

"We  really  played  a  great  game.  We 
practised  our  passing  techniques  all  week 
and  it  really  paid  off.  We  just  couldn't 
score,"  said  injured  forward  Shannon 
Hawkins,  who  watched  the  game  from 
the  sidelines. 

The  0-0  stalemate  was  finally  broken 
with  10  minutes  left  in  the  second  half, 
when  Western  scored  a  beautiful  goal  off 
a  penalty  comer,  which  left  the  normally 
reserved  Nicholson  in  awe. 

"I  would' ve  loved  to  have  scored  that 
goal  —  it  was  that  beautiful,"  said 
Nicholson. 

Despite  the  loss,  Nicholson  called  it 
one  of  her  team's  best  efforts  all  year 
because  of  the  adjustments  that  had  to 
be  made. 

"I  had  to  move  Laura  (Morris)  to  wing. 
Sue  Bird's  shin  splints  were  bothering  her 
so  we  had  to  move  her  to  midfield,  which 
hurt  our  scoring.  Also,  Julie  Sudds'  back 
was  still  bothering  her,  so  it  was  good  to 
see  we  played  so  well,"  said  Nicholson.  □ 


Raven  Records  8  Results 


CIAU  FOOTBALL 
O-QIFC 


OWIAA  SOCCER 
East  Division 


W 

L 

T 

F     A  PTS 

W 

L 

T 

f 

A 

PTS 

Bishop's 

6 

I 

0 

176  91  12 

Queen's 

8 

1 

1 

32 

7 

17 

Cncordia 

4 

3 

0 

148  142  8 

York 

7 

2 

1 

23 

10 

15 

McQll 

4 

3 

0 

158  136  8 

Toronto 

5 

3 

2 

22 

7 

12 

Ottawa 

3 

4 

0 

114  109  6 

Carleton 

5 

3 

2 

16 

9 

12 

Queen's 

2 

5 

0 

1221684 

1  Trent;":' 

0 

8 

2 

5 

33 

2 

Carleton 

2 

S 

0 

94  166  4 

Ryerson 

O 

8 

2 

3 

35 

2 

OUAA  SOCCER 
East  Division 


OW1AA  FIELD  HOCKEY 
Ontario  Division 


Queen's 
Ryerson 
Trent 
York 


W  L 

T 

F 

A 

PTS 

Toronto  16 

0 

Q 

91 

1 

32 

8  1 

3 

31 

11 

19 

York  1Z 

2 

2 

43 

11 

26 

8  1 

3 

24 

8 

19 

Guelph  9 

5 

2 

28 

16 

20 

7  3 

2 

27 

9 

16 

Western  5 

5 

6 

22 

17 

16 

6  4 

2 

29 

15 

14 

Queen's  6 

6 

4 

20 

24 

16 

2  8 

2 

9 

27 

6 

Waterloo  6 

7 

3 

23 

24 

15 

2  9 

1 

9 

37 

5 

ycGill  4 

8 

4 

16 

27 

12 

2  9 

1 

9 

31 

5 

Carleton  2 

11 

3 

13 

40 

7 

Trent  O 

16 

0 

1 

97 

0 

OUAA  RUGBY 

East  Division  II 

W  L 

T 

F     A  PTS 

Carleton  6  i 

0 

17043  12 

Laurier    6  1 

0 

164  44  12 

RMC       5  2 

0 

98  73  10 

Toronto   3  4 

0 

130  99  6 

Trent      1  6 

0 

34  1702 

Brock      0  7 

0 

52  219  0 

Three  more  losses  ended  the  Ravens'  field  hockey  team  season  on  a  dark  note. 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leader's  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 
Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Oct.  26, 1993. 


1344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 


(ayson  LuLz  111 

MyrianBaes  107 

|osh  Ail  106 

Allan  Russ  106 

Kelly  McDonald  104 

Al  White  104 

DonnaleeBeil  103 

Dan  Grant  103 

Steve  Trudel  103 


10  (ason  Ling 


103 


Jayson  Luiz  can  pick  up  his  $25  dinner  certificate  for  Baxter's  restaurant  at  The 
Charlatan,  Room  531  Unicentre.  So  can  last  week's  winner  Donnaiee  Bell 


Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a 
$25  dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's 
Saloon. 


Name  the  two  coaches  of  the 
1972  team  Canada  which  beat 
the  Red  commies? 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper 
and  submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports 
editor,  room  531  Unicentre.  The  re- 
cipient of  the  prize  will  be  deter- 
mined by  a  supervised  draw  of  all 
correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  Nov.  2,  1993.  The  winner 
will  be  contacted  by  phone,  by  the 
sports  editor  of  the  Charlatan. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only 
one  entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and 
their  families  are  not  eligible  to  par- 
ticipate. 

Congratulations  to  Philip  Ander- 
son who  knew  that  about  3,500 
showed  up  to  this  year's  Panda 
Game. 


October  28,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  19 


Soccer  men  watch  as  the  bubble  bursts 


Undefeated  season  just  a  dream 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Staff 

They  picked  a  hell  of  a  time  to  lose. 

The  Corleton  men's  soccer  team  fi- 
nally confronted  the  spectre  of  defeat 
when  they  lost  3-1  against  the  University 
of  Toronto  Varsity  Blues  in  their  last 
regular  season  game  on  Oct.  24  in  To- 
ronto. 

The  loss  came  after  an  earlier  4-0  win 
on  Oct.  20  over  the  Trent  Excalibur. 


Carleton4  Trent  0 
Toronto  3  Carleton  1 


But  one  goal  was  all  it  took  for  the  7- 
1  -3  Ravens  to  snatch  the  Ontario  Univer- 
sities Athletic  Association  east  division 
title  for  a  second  consecutive  year. 

Prior  to  the  game,  Toronto  trailed  the 
first-place  Ravens  by  two  points  and  a 
win  by  more  than  three  goals  would  have 
propelled  them  into  first  place. "I'm  hop- 
ing the  loss  was  good,  because  then  that 
stigma  is  out  of  the  way,"  said  Raven 
goalie  Steve  Ball,  in  a  sense  relieved  the 
team  finally  lost  a  game  and  won't  have 


to  play  with  the  fear  of  blemishing  their 
undefeated  record  any  more. 

The  Blues  controlled  the  game  for  the 
first  half,  putting  away  all  their  goals  in 
the  first  25  minutes.  Two  goals  came  off 
headers  in  the  six-yard  box,  while  a  third 
came  off  a  sharp  kick  from  the  18-yard 
line.  Come  halftime,  the  Ravens  were 
down  a  stunning  3-0. 

It  was  all  or  nothing  in  the  second  half 
—  either  the  Ravens  scored  a  goal  or  lost 
their  league  title. 

"We  knew  we  needed  a  goal,  if  we  lost 
3-0,  we  would  have  finished  in  second 
place, "  said  Ball.  "Everyone  was  pushing 
up;  I  was  standing  at  half  with  about  five 
minutes  left . . .  we  were  so  dose." 

And  as  the  minutes  ticked  by,  so  did 
the  Ravens'  chances.  Forward  ]ohn  Louro 
missed,  sweeper  Michael  Zaborski  had  a 
try,  fullback  Marty  Lauter  hit  the  cross- 
bar —  the  ball  wanted  to  go  anywhere 
but  in  the  net. 

Then,  with  a  minute  left,  stopper  Earl 
Cochrane's  head  connected  with  the  ball 
to  score.  It  was  a  fitting  end  to  the  veter- 
an's five  years  of  regular  season  varsity 
soccer. 


Soccer  Shots 

Here's  how  the  Raven  men  rank 
against  the  country's  best 

1  UBC  Thunderbirds 

2  McGtH  Redmen 

3  Alberta  Golden  Bears 

4  Toronto  Varsity  Blues 

5  Carleton  Ravens 


"In  terms  of  being  undefeated,  it  would 
have  been  nice  (to  beat  Toronto),  but  in 
terms  of  the  big  picture,  it  was  a  win," 
Ball  said. 

The  loss  was  surprising,  considering 
the  comfortable  4-0  win  the  Ravens  man- 
aged at  Trent  University.  The  zestless 
Excalibur  began  the  game  as  if  the  score 
was  predetermined,  leaving  the  initia- 
tive to  the  Ravens. 

Raven  midfielder  Chris  Scuccato  was 
the  first  to  take  advantage  of  the  swiss 
cheese  Trent  defence,  when  he  sliced 
through  the  field,  chested  a  high  ball 
down  and  placed  the  ball  perfectly  in  the 
upper  left-hand  cornerofthe  net.  Scuccato 
scored  again  before  halftime  came. 


"They  didn't  have  a  genuine  striker;  1 
didn't  feel  threatened  during  the  game, " 
said  Ball.  He  has  five  shutouts  to  his 
credit,  equal  to  his  1992  tally. 

"They  didn't  seem  interested  in  jump- 
ing with  us  or  tackling,"  he  said.  "For  the 
most  part,  they  seemed  disinterested." 

Louro  scored  in  the  second  half  when 
Trent's  keeper  Serge  Desbiens  committed 
himself  when  he  came  out  to  cut  down 
the  angle  on  Raven  forward  Basil  Phillips. 
Phillips  passed  off  to  Louro  who  shot  a 
low  ball  to  the  right. 

Carleton's  final  goal  came  on  a  pen- 
alty shot  by  Cochrane.  Trent  was  fouled 
when  Louro  was  brought  down  in  the 
box.  Desbiens  said  it  was  an  unfortunate 
call  for  his  team. 

"All  the  referee  saw  was  our  player  go 
up  and  going  forward,  and  unfortunately 
the  Carleton  player  did  the  right  thing  — 
he  went  down.  I  wouldn't  say  he  dove, 
but  he  did  the  right  thing." 

After  the  game,  Trent's  head  coach 
Marvin  Buchan  was  disappointed,  say- 
ing the  team  played  to  only  60  percent  of 
its  potential. 

"We  don't  have  a  lot  of  talent,"  said 
Buchan.  "What  we  try  and  do  is  work 
very  hard." 

fust  not  hard  enough.  □ 


Scoreless  draw  leaves  soccer  women  sitting  in  fourth 

5-3-2  record  is  Ravensjbest  ever 


by  Bram  S.  Aaron 

Charlatan  Start 

The  Carleton  Ravens  women's  soccer 
team  has  some  good  news  and  some  bad 
news  and  some  more  good  news. 

The  good  news  is  that  the  team  played 
to  a  scoreless  tie  versus  the  5-2-2  Univer- 
sity of  Toronto  Varsity  Blues  in  Toronto 
on  Oct.  23  to  finish  with  an  overall  record 
of  5-3-2  —  their  best  in  the  six-year  his- 
tory of  the  team. 


Carleton  1  Trent  0 
Carleton  0  Toronto  0 


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The  tie  leaves  the  Ravens  in  fourth 
place  in  the  six-team  eastern  division  of 
the  Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity 
Athletic  Association. 

The  bad  news  is  the  Ravens'  failure  to 
win  the  game  means  they'll  finish  be- 
hind Toronto  and  have  to  play  the  8-0-4 
Laurier  Golden  Hawks,  who  finished  first 
in  the  OWIAA  west  division. 

Last  year  the  Golden  Hawks  won  the 
national  women's  soccer  title. 

The  two  will  meet  in  semi-final  playoff 
action  at  Windsor  University  Oct.  28-31. 
Winners  of  each  playoff  round  move  on 
to  the  next  one,  until  the  championship 
final.The  other  good  news  is  that  goalie 
Kristina  Bacchi  picked  up  her  fourth  shut- 
out of  the  season. 

"I  wasn't  really  tested,"  said  Bacchi. 
"It  was  a  hard  field,  not  like  the  muddy 
conditions  we  played  in  last  week  (against 
York).  (The  Blues)  only  had  five  or  six 


shots  on  our  net." 

"They  had  a  lot  of  comer  kicks, "  said 
striker  Mary  McCormick.  "But  Kristina 
always  managed  to  get  her  hand  on  the 
ball  or  something  to  clear  them  out." 

Coach  David  Kent  said  the  double 
shutout  was  the  first  in  team  history. 

"It  was  a  great  match  between  two 
excellent  teams  who  were  both  trying  to 
finish  third,"  he  said.  "Everybody  played 
well.  Ittook  the  full  effortof  all  19  women." 

"We  really  wanted  to  finish  in  third 
place,"  said  Bacchi.  "We  were  a  bit  down 
(after  the  game),  but  we're  happy  about 
the  results.  We  figured  we  did  what  we 
had  to  do." 

Looking  ahead,  Kent  is  cautiously 
optimistic  about  the  Ravens'  playoff 
chances. 

"There  can  be  more  accomplished  this 
season,"  he  said.  "If  we  stay  focused,  we 
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20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  28,  1993 


1 


Raven 
Rumblings 

QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"It's  sometimes  good  when  a  team 
like  Toronto  (16-0)  gives  us  a  good 
whipping.  It  brings  them  (the  veter- 
ans) back  down  to  earth." 

Field  hockey  coach  Suzanne 
Nicholson  on  the  internal  strife  plagu- 
ing her  team. 

BRIEFS 

In  exhibition  action  the  women's 
basketball  team  won  once  and  lost 
twice  at  the  Ravens'  Nest  on  the  Oct. 
23-24  weekend.  The  Ravens  defeated 
Dawson  College  57-49  with  forward 
Gillian  Roseway  leading  the  team  with 
15  points.  The  Waterloo  Athenas  de- 
feated Carleton  60-44  and  John  Abbott 
College  beat  Carleton  69-36. 

The  women's  waterpolo  team  won 
the  Carleton  Invitational  tournament, 
defeating  the  University  of  Ottawa  club 
6-4  in  the  final  at  the  Carleton  pool  on 
the  Oct.  23-24  weekend.  Asecond  Raven 
squad  defeated  Queen's  9-8  on  a  last- 
second  goal  to  win  bronze.  Carleton's 
Marianne  Illing  was  named  the  tour- 
nament's most  valuable  player. 

Four  members  of  the  Carleton  sail- 
ing club  participated  in  the  Canadian 
Nationals  on  Oct.  23-24  at  the  Toronto 
Sailing  and  Canoeing  Club.  Sailor  Dave 
Nurse  posted  Carleton's  best  finish  with 
a  third-place  result  in  the  laser  class. 

YEARBOOK  GOOF 

Take  a  peek  at  page  7  of  this  year's 
athletic  yearbook.  In  the  bottom  right 
comer  of  the  women's  rowing  write-up 
is  a  lovely  picture  —  of  canoeists. 

CORRECTION 

We're  not  having  any  luck  with 
spelling  among  members  of  the  soccer 
team.  First  it  was  Christine 
Archambault.  Then  it  was  Ian  Rowe 
Now  it's  forward  John  Louro,  whom 
we've  been  calling  John  Lauro  in  every 
issue  this  year.  Our  apologies. 

CALENDAR 
Friday,  Oct  28. 

BASKETBALL  —The  men's  basket- 
ball team  continues  its  exhibition  sea- 
son at  the  University  of  Ottawa  Tip:Off 
Tournament. 

Saturday,  Oct  30. 

ROWING  —  The  OUAA  finals  await 
the  rowing  team  at  the  Henley  Course 
in  St.  Catherines  today. 

RUGBY  —  The  division  two  cham- 
pion rugby  team  travels  to  Kingston 
today  to  kick  off  against  the  division 
one  champion  Queen's  Golden  Gaels 
in  their  first  playoff  game  since  1987. 

SOCCER  —  The  men's  soccer  team 
will  host  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels  in 
a  1  p.m.  match  in  semi-final  playoff 
action  on  the  Raven  Field. 

The  women's  soccer  team  will  travel 
to  Windsorto  face  the  Sir  Wilfh'dLaurier 
Golden  Hawks  in  semi-final  playoff 
action. 

SWIMMING  —  The  Carleton  swim 
team  will  participate  in  an  exhibition 
tri-meet  at  Queen's  University  along 
with  the  University  of  Ottawa. 
Sunday,  Oct.  31. 

WATERPOLO  —  The  men's 
waterpolo  team  faces  off  against  the 
Queen's  Golden  Gaels  in  a  noon  home 
game  looking  for  revenge.  The  Ravens 
lost  their  season  opener  11-5  to  the 
Gaels. 


Internal  squabbling  divides  team 


•jy  Kevin  Restivo 

Chaffatan  Staff 

A  huge  disappointment  is  how 
Suzanne  Nicholson,  the  head  coach  of 
the  Carleton  women's  field  hockey  team, 
describes  the  season  her  team  just  com- 
pleted. 

The  Ravens  finished  with  a  2-11-3 
record,  in  eighth  place  out  of  nine  teams 
and  out  of  the  Ontario  Women's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association  field 
hockey  playoffs. 

That  record  is  a  drop  from  their  3-6-4 
sixth  place  finish  just  one  year  ago. 

With  six  veterans  returning,  includ- 
ing three  provincial  team  members,  and 
an  influx  of  enthusiastic  rookies  coming 
in,  the  Ravens  had  every  reason  to  think 
that  they  could  improve  on  their  record 
of  last  year. 

Unfortunately,  they  never  got  on  track. 

Carleton  kicked  off  the  yearwith  three 
consecutive  losses  to  Waterloo,  Western 
and  Guelph,  and  their  problems  snow- 
balled from  there. 

Not  only  did  the  team  have  problems 
scoring  goals,  but  as  the  losses  piled  up, 
so  did  the  frustration. 

This  frustration  surfaced  at  the  mid- 
point of  the  season,  when  Nicholson  com- 
mented on  her  team's  lack  of  intensity 
after  a  1-0  loss  to  the  Queen's  Golden 
Gaels,  saying  that  "they  just  didn't  want 
to'win  as  much  as  Queen's." 

It  was  at  this  point  Nicholson  said 
veterans  needed  to  show  more  leader- 
ship. Veterans  like  forward  Krista  Wilson, 
defender  Suzanne  Lachapelle  and 
midfielder  Suzanne  Bird  agreed  there  was 
a  problem,  but  that  it  could  it  attributed 
to  lack  of  experience  and  different  levels 
of  competitiveness. 

"It's  not  a  big  thing,"  said  Bird,  after 

Lacrosse  wins 

by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Start 

It  is  a  strange  sight  seeing  a  top  team 
like  the  University  of  Western  Mustangs 
not  show  up  for  a  game  against  a  1-5 
team. 

But  it  happened. 

Due  to  a  scheduling  mix-up,  the  1-5 
Carleton  lacrosse  club  did'nt  have  to  play 
the  heavily  favored  Mustangs  on  Oct.  23. 

"I  was  a  little  disappointed  that  we 
didn't  get  to  play  Western,"  said  rookie 
attack  Shawn  Murphy.  "We  worked  on 
some  plays  that  would  prove  very  effec- 
tive in  the  game  and  we  could  have  given 
them  a  run." 

The  game  will  not  be  replayed  as  long 
as  Carleton  defeats  the  0-6  McMaster 
Marauders  at  Brewer  Park  on  Oct.  30.  A 
win  will  give  them  the  fourth  and  final 
playoff  birth  against  the  undefeated  6-0 
Guelph  Gryphons. 

"We're  confident  we  will  defeat  them 
like  we  did  earlier  this  season  (a  6-5  win 
on  Sept.  28),"  said  Carleton  coach  Glen 
Harrison.  "They  have  to  win  by  at  least 
two  goals  to  make  the  playoffs  so  we  are 
confident  we  will  do  well."  □ 

Hockey  ties 

by  Bill  Labonte 

Charlatan  Staff 

Half  of  last  year's  Carleton  hockey 
club  graduated  last  spring  and  left. 

But  they  couldn't  stay  away. 

Those  who  stayed  in  town  joined  to- 
gether to  form  the  senior  R.A.  hockey  - 
league's  newest  team  -  the  Carleton  kings. 

In  the  first  season  matchup  betwen 
the  old  and  the  new  -  no  one  won. 

The  Carleton  hockey  club  tied  2-2  with 
the  Carleton  graduate  kings  on  Oct.  20  at 
the  R  A.  Centre  to  improve  theirrecord  to 
0-2-1.  a 


KNOW  IN' 


two  losses  to  the  top-ranked  Toronto  and 
York  Oct.  15-16.  "Wecouldstill  use  some 
more  drive  on  the  team,  but  everyone  is 
generally  working  really  hard." 

Nicholson  disagrees  with  that  assess- 
ment. 

"Some  of  our  veteran  players  came 
back  from  provincial  play  this  summer 
with  many  unreal  expectations.  They've 
expected  the  rookies  to  step  right  in  and 
play  to  the  level  they're  used  to, "  she  said 
earlier  this  week.  "They  definitely  could 
have  contributed  a  little  more  leadership 
as  well  as  intensity  at  times." 

Nicholson  became  even  more  disen- 
chanted with  the  veterans  after  the  Oct. 
15-16  weekend  at  McGill,  even  going  as 
far  as  saying  that  "it's  sometimes  good 
when  a  team  like  Toronto  gives  us  a  good 
whipping.  It  brings  them  (the  veterans) 


back  down  to  earth." 

The  Ravens'  gloomy  season  did  have 
its  bright  spots,  even  though  they  were 
few  and  far  between:  Bird's  natural  hat 
trick  in  a  4-1  Carleton  win  against  the 
Trent  Excalibur  back  on  Oct.  16;  a  1-1  tie 
against  the  second-place  York  Yeowomen 
on  Sept.  24  was  also  a  pleasant  surprise 
even  though  York  was  missing  key  play- 
ers. 

But  despite  those  few  highlights,  inter- 
nal strife  reared  its  ugly  head  all  too  often 
and  this  season  was  a  disappointment. 

"There  must  be  more  team  unity  and 
we  have  to  get  rid  of  the  undercurrents  of 
our  problems  this  year, "  said  Nicholson, 
after  this  week  s  losses  to  Waterloo,  West- 
em  and  Guelph. 

If  they  don't  —  they  could  be  in  store 
for  another  long  season.  □ 


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Overweight  rowers  weigh  team  down 


by  Janine  MacDonald 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton's  rowing  crew  has  quick 
hands,  powerful  legs  and  long,  hard 
strokes. 

But  their  weight,  ill-luck  and  strong, 
wintry  winds  were  all  against  them  dur- 
ing the  Oct.  23  McGill  Invitational  Re- 
gatta in  Montreal  —  and  the  best  they 
could  do  was  come  away  with  three  third- 
place  finishes. 

The  problems  began  when  the  men's 
lightweight  four  hopped  on  the  scales. 
All  together,  they  were  overweight. 

"Cut-off  for  lightweightis  159  pounds. 
I  weigh  1 75  pounds,"  said  crew  member 
Shawn  Houghtlin. 

Rowers  like  Alyson  Chambers  were 


not  happy  with  the  men's 
weight  problem.  There's  a 
lot  of  pressure  on  a  rower  to 
maintain  their  weight,  but 
it's  part  of  the  commitment 
expected  in  the  sport,  she 
said. 

"The  guys  need  to  know 
they  can't  fool  around, "  said 
Chambers.  "They  need  to 
take  the  sport  more  seriously. 
I  had  to  diet  before  this  race 
or  we  weren't  going  to  row. 
The  guys  were  15  pounds 
over.  That's  crazy.  Commit- 
ment to  rowing  includes 


Rachel  Fallows  &  Nancy  Mariuz  raced  the  heavyweight  women  _$_double  sculls. 


weight.  If  you  don't  have  that  commit- 
ment, don't  row." 


Also  overweight  was  women's  novice 
eight  coxswain  Jillian  Kohl,  who  weighed 


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in  at  120  pounds.  The  coxswain  is  the 
little  person  with  the  loud  voice  who 
steers  the  boat  and  is  expected  to  weigh 
between  100  and  110  pounds. 

With  the  extra  weight,  the  women's 
novice  eight  crew  placed  last  among  five 
in  their  heat. 

Ill-luck  also  dodged  the  Carleton  crew. 
In  the  men's  novice  eight  race,  the 
McGill  boat  came  too  close  to  the  Carle- 
ton  shell  and  both  boats  crashed  oars. 
Carleton  was  forced  to  stop  and  re-start 
and  ended  up  placing  fourth  among  five 
boats  in  the  race. 

"We  were  cheated  out  of  a  good  race, " 
said  crew  member  Peter  Petrovic  "There's 
rules  to  games.  Rules  should  be  followed. 
McGill  hit  ourboat  and  they  should  have 
been  disqualified.  We  were  rowing  120 
per  cent  at  the  beginning  to  catch  up,  but 
we  just  couldn't." 

Carleton  wasn't  the  only  university 
with  rowing  problems. 

During  the  same  race,  as  Queen's 
rushed  through  the  course,  one  of  their 
rowers  was  launched  into  the  icy  water 
when  his  blade  got  caught  in  a  wave  — 
an  experience  rowers  call  "catching  a 
crab." 

In  the  finals,  three  Carleton  crews 
finished  with  top  three  results. 

The  men's  heavyweight  crew  consist- 
ing of  Brian  Brown,  Brian  Jewell,  Jim 
Luker,  Dave  Zieba  and  coxswain  Jenn 
Clarke  battled  with  Toronto's  Erindale 
College  for  third  place.  With  500  metres 
left  in  the  2,000-metre  race,  they  pow- 
ered on  into  third  behind  Trent  and 
Queen's. 

"I  wish  I  was  just  a  bit  fitter,"  said  Dave 
Zieba,  as  he  stepped  out  of  the  boat.  "The 
cross-wind  makes  it  hard  to  set  up.  I'm 
happy  about  our  performance.  We've 
come  a  long  way  in  a  short  time." 

After  placing  third  in  the  lightweight 
women's  four  with  cox,  rowers  Nicole 
Lebon,  Sarah  Mullin,  Josee  Paquette  and 
Chambers  had  mixed  emotions. 

"What  a  headwind,"  said  Lebon.  "It 
was  like  rowing  into  a  brick  wall.  But  we 
smoked  Ottawa  U,  and  that's  all  that 
counts." 

But  it  was  Trevor  MacKay's  third  place 
finish  in  the  men's  single  sculling  which 
capture?!  everyone's  attention  on  Satur- 
day. 

"I  was  very  impressed  by  Trevor 
Mackay,"  said  Carleton  rowing  head 
coach  John  Ossowski.  "He  was  the  out- 
standing performer  today." 

Earlierin  the  day,  Mackay  had  cruised 
to  a  single  scull  heat  victory  in  a  time  of 
8:59.22.  In  the  finals,  only  a  strong  cross 
wind  and  a  poor  lane  position  held  him 
back  from  repeating  that  feat. 

Ossowski,  with  rowing  expertise  from 
the  Commonwealth  Games,  the  World 
Championships  and  the  1988  Olympics, 
said  Carleton  performed  well  on  Satur- 
day considering  they've  only  been  to- 
gether for  six  weeks. 

"It's  always  an  experience-building 
progress,"  he  said.  "I  think  if  we  can  get 
the  crew  to  do  some  hard  work  over  the 
winter,  and  improve  the  fitness  level,  we 
should  have  a  really  competitive  crew  in 
the  spring."  □ 


—  ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT  

Loverboy,  you'll  never  be  lovermen 


by  David  Hodges 

Charlatan  SlaH 


Loverboy 

Penguin  Rock  Bar 
Oct.  22 


ff 


•^Qa  smallsidewalksignstoodpre- 
cariously  in  front  of  the  Pen- 
guin.The  sign  itselfwas  rather 
ugly,  but  what  it  had  to  say 
was  beautiful  —  LOVERBOY 
LIVE.  TONIGHT.  PLEASE  LINE 
UP  BEHIND  THE  SIGN. 

Oh  man.  could  this  be  true?  I've 
never  been  a  very  lucky  person.  Doom 
and  misfortune  seem  to  plague  me  like 
the  bastard  institutions  of  this  society 
plague  the  walkways  of  our  streets,  mak- 
ing it  unsafe  for  children  and  cats.  If 
LOVERBOY  was  actually  here,  this  was 
truly  the  sweetest  dream  from  which  I  did 
not  want  to  awaken. 

Walking  into  the  room,  one  could  not 
help  but  feel  the  tackiness  of  the  '80s 
revisited.  Memories  of  parachute  pants, 
acid  wash  jeans,  Peter  Pan  boots,  and 
various  zipper-accessorised  articles  of 
clothing  were  brought  back  to  startling 
life.  It  was  rather  frightening. 

Still,  among  all  this  goofiness,  there 
was  a  magical  presence  of  some  sort  in 
the  room,  an  indescribable  aura,  a  pul- 
sating electricity  if  you  will.  The  whole 
room  was  buzzing  with  anticipation  and 
expectation.  The  tension  was  so  thick 
you  could  cut  it  with  a  dull  spoon. 

Being  the  literary  evangelist  that  I 
am,  I  felt  there  was  something  newswor- 
thy about  this  event  of  the  millennium.  I 
had  to  let  the  rest  of  the  world  feel  the 
love  I  was  experiencing.  With  the  deter- 
mination of  a  moose,  I  began  asking 
people  to  describe  what  strange,  magical 
force  had  drawn  them  to  see  LOVERBOY. 

Ron  Strieper,  a  visiting  neighbor  from 
Holland,  described  the  concert  event  as 
the  realization  of  a  10-year  dream.  He 
stumbled  upon  a  cassette  of  LOVERBOY 


Mike  Reno  and  Loverboy:  next  stop:  Las  Vegas! 


10  years  ago  and  has  been  infatuated 
with  them  ever  since.  The  only  negative 
comment  he  had  was  that  hash  wasn't 
legal  here,  but  nothing  could  ruin  this 
nght. 

Annie  Bissonnette,  looking  back  on 
her  high-school  years  and  seemingly 
choking  back  tears  of  joy,  could  only  say, 
"Remembering  the  music!"  Atthat  point, 
she  seemed  embarrassed  by  her  sudden 
outburst  and  turned  away  from  me,  back 
into  the  dark  coolness  of  the  night  scene. 

It  was  10:23  p.m.  They  were  late.  But, 
in  a  truly  dramatic  entrance,  LOVERBOY 
became  one  with  the  stage.  Like  a  group 
of  well-seasoned  pros,  lead  singer  Mike 
Reno  led  the  band  into  a  musical  odyssey 
of  intangible  delights.  People  swayed  to 
the  magical  euphoric  beat,  and  the  room 
began  to  spin  with  deliciousness.  A  dingy 
tavern  had  been  transformed  into  a  gar- 
den of  love. 


Theopening  number  immediately  had 
the  crowdbegging  formore.  Playing  har- 
monica with  the  feverish  intensity  of  a 
man  on  fire,  Reno  delighted  the  crazed 
crowd.  This  was  certainly  a  much  harder, 
grittier  band. 

The  days  of  playing  stadiums  might 
be  behind  them,  but  my  God,  they  were 
awesome.  The  constant  pulsating  beat  of 
the  drummer  kept  the  crowd  fixated  — 
he  played  those  skins  like  a  wild  cheetah. 
The  crowd  could  be  heard  chanting  re- 
peatedly, "Ya  baby,"  "Go  baby,"  and 
"Oh,  baby." 

Though  at  times  Reno  looked  like  a 
pathetic  half-assed  version  of  Gordon 
Downie  and  Stevie  Wonder  combined, 
one  could  not  deny  the  sexual  energy  of 
this  rock  demigod.  Women  danced  madly 
around  him  while  men  admired  from 
afar. 

One  disappointed  female  fan  described 


Just  havin'  some  fun  in  the  elevator 


by  Mike  Ramanauskas 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  thief  dashes  into  an  elevator  hoping 
it  to  be  his  passage  of  escape.  A  pregnant 
woman  goes  into  labor  while  trapped  in 
the  elevator  of  a  hospital.  Two  children 
send  an  elderly  woman  on  a  tour  of  the 
Rideau  Centre  via  the  elevator. 

These  scenarios  are  part  of  a  short  film 
about  elevators  (yes,  elevators).  The  film, 
Going  Down,  is  being  produced  and  di- 
rected by  second-year  Carleton  film  stu- 
dent Bill  Melnyk. 

The  first  thing  I  wondered  was  what 
kind  of  crazed  person  would  be  so  in- 
spired by  elevators  that  he  would  go  as 
far  as  to  create  a  movie  about  them. 

Melnyk  remarks  he  was  always  fasci- 
nated by  how  unusually  people  behave 
in  their  actions  and  mannerisms  while 
riding  in  them. 

Putting  his  Sociology  100  training  to 
the  test,  he  decided  to  further  study  this 
phenomenon  of  human  behavior  with 
hands-on  research. 

Claiming  to  have  ridden  in  over  50 
elevators  watching  people  while  devel- 
oping the  script  for  this  film,  he  feels  he 
has  gained  quite  an  insight  in  the  area  of 
elevator  behavior. 

"There's  probably  not  an  elevator  in 
the  city  I  haven't  been  in,"  says  Melnyk. 

Chosen  by  the  Independent  Film  Co- 
operative of  Ottawa  (IFCO)  as  one  of  five 
productions  it  is  sponsoring,  Melnyk's 
project  is  still  in  the  early  stages  of  film- 
ing. He  is  hopeful  that  his  film  will  be  a 


finished  by  mid-December  and  will  be 
part  of  a  screening  of  IFCO-sponsored 
films  tentatively  scheduled  to  play  at  the 
Bytowne  for  the  beginning  of  next  year. 

Melnyk  hopes  to  eventually  enter  his 
work  in  the  Montreal  Film  Festival's  stu- 
dent film  competition  in  the  near  future 
and  from  there  he  sounds  enthusiastic  to 
enter  his  work  in  other  festivals.  □ 


success,  as  is  his  production  staff,  com 
posed  entirely  of  volunteers,  including 
Randy  Guest  as  first  assistant  director 
and  Mike  Tier  as  cameraman. 

His  somewhat  unorthodox  methods 
stray  from  typical  conventions  in  main- 
stream movie-making.  His  compilation 
of  five  scenarios,  filmed  in  both  black- 
and-white  and  color,  will  be  no  longer 
than  15  minutes  in  length. 

Going  Down  is  also  somewhat 
unique  in  that  it  has  no  speaking 
parts,  something  Melnyk  says  he 
wanted  to  stay  away  from  since  the 
film'sconception.  Instead,  itwillhave 
an  original  jazz  music  score  in  the 
background  composed  by  local  com- 
poser Rowle  Hugh.  This  choice,  he 
claims,  also  opens  his  options  to 
foreign  film  festivals,  where  dialogue 
in  English  can  act  as  a  language 
barrier. 

Filmed  on  location  throughout 
Ottawa,  Melnyk  even  went  as  far  as 
to  build  a  set  for  an  elevator  in  the 
garage  of  his  parents'  house,  com- 
plete with  collapsing  walls  so  that 
each  shot  can  be  different. 

In  doing  this  he  strove  to  get  the 
elevator's  perspective  of  how  it  would 
see  a  situation  unfolding  within  it. 

Melnyk  says  he  is  happy  that  short 
films  are  finally  getting  recognition. 
This  helped  by  outlets  like  the  short 
feature  Liquid  Television  spots  on 
Much  Music. 

Going  Down  is  scheduled  to  be    Your  normal  everyday  elevator  passenger. 


Reno  as  having  three  chins,  and  while 
this  band  was  certainly  showing  its  age, 
most  people  didn't  seem  to  care. 

An  excruciatingly  long  guitar  solo  was 
at  first  mildly  entertaining  but  eventu- 
ally made  me  want  to  vomit.  However, 
Reno,  being  the  master  that  he  is,  quickly 
won  back  the  crowd  with  this  statement, 
"The  only  way  you  can  tell  it's  Canada  is 
because  the  crowds  are  fuckin'  insane. 
Yea,  let's  go." 

When  it  seemed  nothing  could  top 
that  moment,  LOVERBOY  played  "Turn 
Me  Loose,"  "Lovin'  Every  Minute  of  It" 
and  "Everybody's  Working  For  The  Week- 
end." An  onslaught  of  this  magnitude 
could  only  be  compared  to  few  groups  — 
The  Beatles  and  Rough  Trade  come  to 
mind.  The  band  was  truly  in  fine  form, 
high -fi  ving  each  other  constantly. 
£      Before  anybody  could  even  react,  they 

0  were  gone.  A  standing  ovation  quickly 
«  brought  LOVERBOY  back  on  the  stage, 
^  and  then  they  really  blew  the  roof  off  the 

1  Penguin.  Reno  addressed  the  audience: 
"Ottawa,  nice  to  see  you  again.  I  mean 
that,"  with  the  most  heartfelt  warmth 
imaginable. 

Reno  found  it  quite  hot  up  on  stage 
during  the  encore,  but  didn't  seem  to 
mind  because  according  to  him,  "That's 
what  rock  is  all  about.  The  heat." 

LOVERBOY  finished  the  set  with  "The 
Kid  Is  Hot  Tonight."  The  perfect  finale. 
After  such  an  emotionally  draining  ex- 
perience, I  was  glad  it  was  over. 

But  then  something  happened.  Some- 
thing really  bad. 

They  wouldn't  stop.  They  came  back 
on  the  stage  again.  What  were  they  do- 
ing? They  started  doing  this  weird  key- 
board solo  that  seemed  to  last  an  eter- 
nity. Butitdidn't  end  there,  it  just  wouldn't 
stop.  I  don't  know  why. 

I  began  to  lose  every  semblance  of  my 
sanity.  This  band  wouldn't  go  away! 

After  finally  escaping  the  club,  I  con- 
fronted my  feelings  and  realized  that  was 
just  part  of  the  LOVERBOY  experience. 
LOVERBOY  takes  you  through  the  whole 
spectrum  of  emotions — love,  hate,  loath- 
ing, adoration,  nausea.  I'll  never  forget 
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October  28,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  23 


The  Charlatan  Pub  Crawl  Extravaganza 

b\G  SCARY  CITY 

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by  Josee  Bellemare 

Charlelaa  SlaH 

ttowa  and  Toronto  don't  even 
compare  when  it  comes  to 
the  bar  scene. 

After  spending  one  night 
a  of  clubbing  in  Toronto,  I'll 
0tkf  never  look  at  Ottawa  bars 

the  same  way. 
Tnefirst  club  I  went  to  In  Toronto  was 
RPM  on  larvis  Street.  The  cover  charge 
was  $5,  which  is  a  bit  more  expensive 
than  the  usual  $2  charged  by  Ottawa 
clubs,  but  it's  nothing  to  fret  over. 

This  huge  club  was  packed  with  col- 
lege and  university  students  all  staring 
in  one  direction  —  at  the  go-go  dancers. 
1  don't  know  why  they  were  bothering  to 
stare  since  they  weren't  very  good.  The 
dancers,  clad  in  short  shorts  and  black 
bras  and  standing  on  two  platforms  on 
each  side  of  the  DJ,  showed  very  little 
enthusiasm  in  their  dancing. 

In  the  meantime,  techno  and  house 
music  blasted  out  of  the  huge  speakers  at 
the  seemingly  bewildered  and  bored 
crowd. 

Standing  out  in  the  centre  of  the  dance 
floor  were  a  few  people  in  strange  cos- 
tumes. One  of  the  them  sported  a  floppy 
black  and  white  polka-dotted  hat,  black 
and  white  polka-dotted  bell  bottoms  and 
large  black  and  white  striped  platform 
shoes. 

A  tall  black  man  wearing  a  long  black 
home-made  skirt  with  running  shoes 
was  dancing  with  a  lady  in  a  yellow  and 
orange  flowered  dress  and  brown  clogs. 
Her  uncombed  hair  was  laced  with  pink 
barrettes.  Other  people  were  wearing 
fake  bright-colored  afros. 

If  people  dared  to  dress  this  way  in 
Ottawa,  they  would  be  laughed  out  of 
the  club.  Ottawa  clubbers  tend  be  much 
more  conservative.  Cafe  Deluxe  on 
Dalhousie  Street  and  The  Pit  on  Rideau 
Street  may  boast  a  more  extravagant 
clientele,  but  they're  still  not  as  wild  as 
some  of  the  people  at  Toronto  bars. 


walked  with  the  elephants 


At  about  2  a.m.,  I  left  this  club  and 
went  to  an  after-hours  party  at  Catch-22 
on  the  corner  of  Adelaide  and  Spadina. 
The  same  RPM  music  rumbled  through 
the  club. 

Bouncers  charged  whatever  they 
pleased.  Although  the  people  before  us 
were  charged  $2,  my  friend  and  I  had  to 
pay  $3.  Three  dollars  is  actually  cheap. 
A  private  club  party  in  Ottawa  can  cost 
up  to  $10. 

Catch-22  was  quite  the  place.  Itwas  a 
small  basement  with  many  of  the  same 
people  from  RPM,  including  the  polka- 
dot  man.  My  friend,  who  knows  the 
Toronto  club  scene,  mentioned  that  most 
of  the  people  in  the  club  were  using  the 
drug  ecstasy.  It  makes  people  very  happy 
and  gives  them  the  urge  to  dance  all 
night  long.  Afterwards,  an  urge  to  par- 
take in  sexual  activities  at  someone's 
house  is  not  uncommon,  or  so  1  hear. 

One  of  the  go-go  dancers  from  RPM 
was  at  Catch-22.  She  sported  thick  blue 
eyeshadow  with  fake  eyelashes.  Her  big 
lips  were  covered  generously  with  red 
shiny  lipstick.  Her  attire  was  scarce  — 
striped  shorts  revealing  half  of  her  but- 
tocks and  a  black  leather  bra.  She  sat  in 
a  chair  applying  lipstick  to  two  girls  with 
long  braids.  Afterwards  they  all  began 
kissing,  with  generous  amounts  of  tongue 
showing. 

One  of  the  girls  noticed  me  watching 
them.  This  very  happy  camper  came 
over  to  me  to  tell  me  the  go-go  dancer  she 
was  kissing  was  actually  a  man.  When 
she  finally  left  me  alone,  1  was  relieved. 

All  these  extravagant  happenings 
wouldn't  happen  in  Ottawa  clubs  unless 
it  was  a  gay/lesbian  bar.  Maybe  it  does  in 
some  clubs  or  house  parties,  but  I  haven't 
seen  it. 

It's  too  bad  people  in  Ottawa  seem  to 
be  afraid  to  express  themselves  as  freely 
as  they  do  in  Toronto.  It  would  make 
Ottawa  more  of  an  exciting  and  interest- 
ing place  to  live  In.  □ 


by  Susie  Haley 

Chariatan  Slat! 

"It  is  only  the  strongest  bulls  that  are 
able  to  mate  with  a  female." 

The  bull  gets  a  huge  rush  of 
testosterone  into  his  system  and  becomes 
aggressive  and  sexy. 

They  always  take  in  and  process  in- 
formation before  reacting. 

They  rumble  to  each  other  for  reassur- 
ance. 

When  they  meet,  they  "clash  tusks, 
mill  around  and  urinate." 

No,  this  is  not  a  description  of  Oliver's 
on  a  Wednesday  night 

These  are  actually 
excerpts  from  a  lec- 
ture called  Out  ofAf- 
rica:  Battle  for  the  El- 
ephants, conducted 
by  Dr.  Iain  Douglas- 
Hamilton  at  the  Mu- 
seum of  Nature  Oct. 
19. 

As  I  biked  to  the 
lecture,  1  had  images 
of  stuffy  old  profes- 
sors discussing  aver- 
age gestation  periods 
and  rates  of  food  con- 
sumption —  not  the 
best  way  to  kill  a 
Tuesday  afternoon. 
Instead,  I  entered  into 
the  world  that  Doug- 
las-Hamilton and  his 
wife,  Oria,  have 
shared  for  over  20  years. 

Douglas-Hamilton  is  like  the  lane 
Goodall  or  Dian  Fossey  of  the  elephant 
world.  And,  he  didn't  discuss  gestation 
periods,  although  I  did  get  to  see  a  slide 
of  copulating  elephants  —  pretty  im- 
pressive! 

Douglas-Hamilton,  who  has  written 
two  books  with  his  wife  called  Among  the 
Elephants  and  Battle  for  the  Elephants, 
started  off  by  describing  the  matriar- 
chal, tribe-like  behavior  of  the  animals. 

Elephants  live  in  large  family  units  of 
which  the  female  is  the  head.  They  are 
quite  similar  to  humans  in  that  they 


have  a  long  childhood,  followed  by  pu- 
berty in  their  teens,  and  can  live  to  be  60 
to  70years  old.  Douglas-Hamilton  main- 
tains that  elephants  have  a  sense  of  self 
and  death,  and  have  a  high  level  of 
communication. 

He  went  on  to  say  that  "there's  some- 
thing very  close  to  compassion  in  el- 
ephants." To  support  this,  he  told  a  story 
about  a  Somali  man  who  was  wounded 
by  an  elephant.  She  stood  over  him  for 
an  entire  day,  lightly  rubbing  his  face 
with  her  trunk,  to  protect  him  until  help 
could  arrive.  And  for  all  you  lovers  of 
Dumbo,  mother  elephants  really  can  lift 
their  babies,  espe- 
cially when  they 
are  in  danger. 

Douglas-Ham- 
ilton originally 
went  to  Africa  over 
20  years  ago  to 
study  population 
numbers  among 
the  elephants,  but 
he  became  deeply 
involved  when  he 
realized  the  extent 
of  elephant 
poaching.  At  one 
point,  the  accom- 
panying slide 
showed  a  field  of 
illegally  obtained 
tusks  that  would 
have  easily  filled 
Brewer  Park. 
The  good  news  is  that  poaching  is  on 
the  decline;  the  bad  news  is  that  there  is 
an  even  greater  problem:  human  over- 
population. "We're  set  for  an  extinction 
spasm  more  acute  than  anything  we've 
seen  since  the  dinosaurs,"  says  Douglas- 
Hamilton. 

The  human  overpopulation  on  the 
African  continent  has  greatly  limited  the 
space  elephants  have  to  roam  freely.  It 
has  also  limited  the  number  of  elephant 
watering  holes,  forcing  elephants  to  be- 
gin stealing  water  from  reservoirs. 

But  it's  not  only  the  elephants  that  are 
at  risk.  Douglas-Hamilton  drawsaparal- 
lel  between  the  elephant  and  the  canary 
in  the  coal  mine  warning  of  the  presence 
of  gas.  He  stated  if  the  elephant  is  going 
down,  so,  too,  is  the  environment. 

In  order  to  help,  Douglas-Hamilton 
recommends  that  we  keep  pressuring  the 
Canadian  government  to  support  Cana- 
da's ban  on  elephant  ivory  as  well  as 
providing  family  planning  services  for 
those  African  countries  that  request  it. 

My  advice  to  everyone  is  to  watch  out 
for  future  lectures  at  the  Museum  of  Na- 
ture. If  they're  as  good  as  this  one,  they're 
a  perfect  way  to  spend  a  Tuesday  after- 
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24  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  28,  1993 


The  (not  so)  dark  sounds  of  the  House  of  Love 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  new  House  of  Love  album  will 
come  as  a  shock  to  long-time  followers  of 
the  band.  Oh,  this  English  band  still  has 
Guy  Chadwick's  distinctive  vocals  and 
the  group  sounds  as  good  as  ever.  What 
will  shock  is  the  cover. 

More  specifically,  the  title  of  the  al- 
bum. As  in,  it  has  one.  Audience  With  the 
Mind  is  their  fifth  release  and  the  first 
album  that  isn't  self-titled. 

Until  now,  long-suffering  fans  have 
had  to  make  up  their  own  titles  based  on 
visual  clues  provided  by  the  album  cov- 
ers in  question.  For  instance,  their  last 
album  was  called  Babe  Rainbow  because 
that's  what  was  written  below  a  painting 
that  appeared  on  the  cover. 

"We  just  felt  it  was  necessary,"  says 
vocalist/guitarist/driving  force  Chadwick 
of  the  latest  album's  title.  "A  lot  of  people 
have  asked  us  that." 

Plus,  it's  not  like  the  albums  were 
bereft  of  a  name.  "All  the  albums  have 
some  kind  of  reference  point,"  he  notes. 

Putting  a  title  on  the  album  is  not  the 
only  change  that  has  been  happening 
for  Chadwick  and  Co.  Five  years  ago, 
they  started  off  as  a  quartet,  but  they  kept 
having  problems  keeping  a  second  gui- 
tarist. Happily,  Chadwick  says  they've 
managed  to  come  to  terms  with  their 
personnel  problems. 

"We're  a  three  piece  now  and  that's 
the  way  it'll  be  from  now  on,  says 
Chadwick.  "We've  always  had  lineups 
problems  in  the  past.  We've  always  had 
a  problem  trying  to  find  a  second  guitar- 
ist. 

"We've  done  one  tour  we  did  it  as  a 
three  piece  in  France  and  it  worked  really 
well." 


Chadwick  (centre)  and  Co.  have  finally  released  an  album  with  a  proper  title. 


This  means  no  session  musicians  fill- 
ing in  for  that  second  guitar. 

"Any  work  we  do  we'll  do  as  a  three- 
piece,"  he  says. 

Truth  be  known,  one  would  never 
guess  they  don't  use  a  second  guitarist  on 
Audience  With  the  Mind.  It  has  their  trade- 
mark emotional  vocals  and  full  guitar 
sound.  It's  your  "basic  guitar,  drums, 
bass,  singing,"  says  Chadwick. 

Having  said  that,  the  band  has  tink- 
ered with  their  sound  a  bit. 

''There's  more  of  an  acoustic  sound 
on  this  album,"  notes  Chadwick.  "It's 
something  we  haven't  pushed  as  much. 
It'sthe  fastest  album  we've  recorded  since 
our  first  album  and  I  think  that  made  it 
sounda  little  bitdifferent.  But  essentially 
it's  the  same  people  playing  the  songs 


written  by  the  same  person.  We  are  our 
own  style  and  we  try  to  develop  with  each 
album." 

Anyone  who's  ever  listened  to  the 
band  will  know  what  Chadwick  means 
when  he  talks  about  their  style.  House  of 
Love  songs  have  a  way  of  hitting  that 
emotional  funny  bone  with  the  listener, 
evoking  a  feeling  of  understanding  on 
one's  most  primal  levels.  The  music  is 
both  powerful  and  delicate. 

Chadwick,  who  writes  most  of  their 
songs,  has  a  gift  for  picking  out  a  certain 
age  in  life  and  capturing  its  emotional 
essence.  One  need  only  listen  to  songs 
like  "Beatles  and  the  Stones,"  "Shine 
On"  or  "Feel"  to  see  this  is  true. 

The  songs  themselves  sound  like  they 
were  written  with  someone  in  mind.  Ac- 


cording to  Chadwick,  this  couldn't  be 
further  from  the  truth. 

"No,  and  I  think  that's  the  very  reason 
why  they  are  quite  passionate — because 
I  don't  have  an  audience  in  mind  and  I 
don't  think  about  that." 

The  trio  of  Chadwick,  drummer  Pete 
Evans  and  bassist  Chris  Groothuizen, 
who  have  been  together  since  the  band's 
inception,  have  been  pretty  busy  over 
the  past  12  months.  It  has  only  been  a 
year  since  the  last  House  of  Love  album. 
They  followed  that  up  with  a  North 
American  tour  with  fellow  label  mates 
and  countrymen  Catherine  Wheel  and 
Ocean  Colour  Scene. 

Now  that  Audience  With  the  Mind  is  on 
the  shelves,  they're  about  to  begin  re- 
cording another  album  between  now 
and  Christmas,  with  a  very  tentative 
release  date  set  for  the  middle  of  next 
year.  This  will  probably  be  followed  by 
another  tour. 

"It's  going  to  be  poppier,"  says 
Chadwick  of  the  next  album.  "We  want 
to  make  a  record  that  you  can  play  on 
the  radio.  It's  not  a  very  radio- friendly 
album,  the  one  we've  done.  We  didn't 
want  ittobe,  although  'Hollow'  has  been 
played  on  the  radio." 

Hearing  this  makes  itsound  like  Audi- 
ence With  the  Mind  was  a  dark  epic,  but 
it's  all  relative.  Using  kettle  drums  on 
some  songs  and  slightly  heavier  guitars 
on  others  means  it  has  a  slight  edge  to  it. 
It  may  not  have  the  elegant  beauty  of  the 
last  album,  but  it  is  still  a  delicate,  stir- 
ring creation. 

With  all  their  creative  output,  it  looks 
to  be  a  good  year  for  House  of  Love 
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October  28,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  25 


Taking  pride  in  political  incorrectness 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Staff 

"The  magazine  is  racist,  sexist,  ageist, 
sizeist;  you  name  it.  It's  totally 
unpolitically  correct,  for  want  of  a  better 
term." 

Rather  than  an  indictment  of  it,  one 
gets  the  feeling  that  Frank  magazine 
editor  Michael  Bate  couldn't  be  prouder 
of  his  description  of  his  magazine. 

For  the  past  four  years,  Frank  maga- 
zine has  taken  sacred  cows  of  both  the 
right  and  left  and  desecrated  them,  be  it 
in  their  anonymous  news  morsels  or  in 
theirsometimes  subtle,  sometimes  crude, 
and  always  controversial  parodies. 

These  parodies  have  now  taken  on  a 
life  of  their  own,  in  Random  House's  Best 
of  Frank,  which  features  the  best  of  the 
past  four  years. 

As  a  result  of  this,  Bate,  who  seems  to 
be  more  comfortable  behind  the  scenes, 
has  been  promoting  this  compilation. 

Of  the  promotional  angle  of  the  new 
book.  Bate  says  he  finds  it  "a  little  too 
establishment.  It's  a  sign  that  the  maga- 
zine is  getting  a  little  too  institutional- 
ized, but  I  guess  that  goes  with  the  turf. 
We're  trying  to  generate  some  interest  in 
it  (the  magazine)." 

This  it  should  do.  Packed  into  128 
pages  are  some  very  deft  parodies,  in- 
cluding samplings  of  the  regular  fea- 
tureslike  "The  Puffster,"  "Low  Definition 
Television"  and  Charles  |affe's  always 
funny  cartoons. 

Conspicuous  in  its  absence  from  the 
collection  is  the  parody  ad  Frank  is  most 
infamous  for:  the  Deflower  Caroline 
faux-contest  that  caused  then-prime 
minister  Brian  Mulroney  (or  Muldoon, 
as  he's  known  to  Frank  readers)  on  na- 
tional television  to  threaten  to  shoot 


Bate.  This  has  dogged  Bate  and  Frank  for 
quite  a  while. 

When  asked  about  the  whole  inci- 
dent, he  replied,  "Oh,  Muldoon.  I  think 
he  misplaced  his  prescription  drugs  or 
something." 

He  also  doesn't  think  Mulroney  was 
serious  about  the  whole  incident. 

"I  think  it's  interesting  that  Mulroney 
waited  six  months  to  air  it  out  on  na- 
tional TV  because  he  thought  he  could 
use  that  to  score  points. 

"To  me,  it's  the  most  cynical  tactic  to 
try  and  gain  votes,  putting  his  daughter 
forward  at  the  G7  summit,  at 
Kennebunkport  (George  Bush's  residence 
in  Maine)  and  at  the  Tory  convention, 
all  within  a  three-month  span.  That  was 
what  triggered  us  doing  the  mock  ad. 

"It  was  not  by  any  stretch  of  the  im- 
agination an  incitement  to  (paraphras- 
ing Mulroney)  gang-rape  his  daughter 
on  the  cover  of  Trash  magazine.  It  was 
buried  on  page  20  and  a  lot  of  people  did 
get  it.  Subscription  sales  went  up  and  a 
lot  of  people  were  supportive  who  under- 
stood what  we  were  doing." 

As  for  its  absence  from  The  Best  of 
Frank,  Bate  says  it  just  wasn't  good 
enough.  "Itwas  controversial  butitwasn't 
good  satire.  It  wasn't  as  deft  as  it  should 
have  been.  Really  good  satire  to  me.  . . 
you  don't  throw  the  pie  and  hit  the 
victim;  you  don't  victimize  Caroline 
Mulroney.  We  did  that.  I  acknowledge 
that.  At  the  time  I  said  it  was  clumsy." 

Although  he  wishes  he  could  have 
had  more  time  to  get  the  ad  just  right, 
Bate  doesn't  have  any  regrets,  with  this 
or  with  the  news  content  of  the  bi-weekly. 
These  clippings,  which  have  covered  eve- 
rything from  the  trivial  details  of  Peter 
Mansbridge's  extra-marital  affairto  Glen 


SPELLBINDING.  ASTONISHING. 

Bridges'  portrayal  ranks  with  the  year's  finest.  'Fearless'  soars!'' 


Opening  October  29 


Kealey's  charges  of  cor- 
ruption against  promi- 
nent Tories,  get  a  lot  of 
heat  on  two  angles:  their 
rumor-like  nature  and 
their  seeming  irrelevance. 

"While  we  don't  have 
the  video  evidence,  if  it 
has  the  ring  of  truth  we 
print  it  anyways.  We  go 
out  on  a  limb,  which  most 
publications  won't."  As  a 
result,  Frank  often  gets  the 
stories  weeks,  if  not 
months,  before  other  pa- 
pers. 

Bate  points  to  their 
coverage  of  Pierre 
Trudeau's  latest  foray 
into  fatherhood,  which 
he  says  scooped  The  Globe 
and  Mail's  front  page  by 
eight  months. 

But  who  really  cares 
about  these  things?  Well, 
Frank  and  their  subscrib- 
ers do. 

Using  an  example 
taken  from  their  pre-elec- 
tion  issue,  Bate  says, 
"How    does  Wendy 
Mesley's  anorexia  or  her 
weight  loss  affect  us?  It 
doesn't.   But  Wendy 
Mesley     and  Peter 
Mansbridge  and  Pam 
Wallin  come  into  our 
home  every  night.  We  " 
know  them,  their  faces  and  something 
aboutthem  more  than  we  know  our  own 
neighbours,  so  it's  of  interest. 

"I'm  sorry,  but  I  think  there  are  a  lot 
of  people,  judging  by  our  circulation, 
who  are  interested  in  information  about 
Wendy  Mesley.  Maybe  to  some  people 
it's  a  gratuitous  thing,  but  so  what?  It's  of 
interest." 

It's  this  combination  of  irrelevant  fact, 
irreverent  humor  and  printed  rumor  that 
makes  Frank  such  a  great  read  and  gives 
it  an  edge  in  both  style  and  editorial 
content  that  most  papers  lack. 

"It  bothers  me  because  newspapers 
that  only  print  the  empirical  evidence 
and  scientific  proof  often  times  print 
stories  that  are  of  little  interest,"  says 
Bate. 

Summing  up  Frank's  mission  state- 
ment, Bate  says, "  I'd  much  rather  have  a 
story  that  is  speculative  that  makes  me 
think  than  have  some  institutional  news 
that  I  already  know.  How  do  you  sepa- 
rate truth  from  rumor  until  they  open  up 
the  diaries  of  Mackenzie  King  and  find 
out  he  was  talking  to  his  dog  and  his 
dead  mother?  We  wait  50  years  to  find 
out?    


ELECTIONS  CARLETON 


REFERENDUM  NOTICE 

A  meeting  for  anyone  interested 
in  forming  a  NO  Committee  will 
be  held  on  Tuesday  November 
2nd  at  8:30  am  in  Room  424 
Unicentre. 

The  YES  Committee  will  meet  at 
9:00  on  Tuesday  November  2nd 
in  Room  424  Unicentre. 

Anyone  may  attend  these 
meetings. 

For  more  information,  contact  the 
CUSA  office,  Room  401 
Unicentre,  788 


Michael  Bate  with  all  his  favorite  heroes. 


"We're  in  the  business  of  putting  out 
a  bi-weekly  magazine.  We  can't  wait  50 
years  to  find  out."  □ 


Frank  Speaks 
Out: 

ON  THE  NATURAL  LAW 
PARTY: 

"We  endorsed  the  Natural  Law 
party.  Doug  Henning's  our  kind  of 
guy.  Anybody  who  could  paint  the 
word  deficit  on  the  side  of  an  el- 
ephant and  make  it  disappear  is 
our  kind  of  guy." 

ON  THE  NOP: 

"I  don't  know,  maybe  Audrey 
McLaughlin  will  have  just  enough 
people  to  form  a  barber  shop  quar- 
tet (to)  sing  union  songs  to  seniors 
in  Regina.  We're  about  to  find  out 
how  many  disabled  lesbians  of 
color  there  are  in  Canada." 

ON  THE  LIBERALS: 

"It's  like  inviting  back  house 
guests  that  you've  forgotten  how 
they  wrecked  your  house,  stole  your 
sheets,  smashed  all  your  china  and 
spent  all  your  credit  cards." 

ON  THE  REFORM  PARTY: 

"These  guys  are  like  the  Rut 
coon  Lodge:  pale,  (with)  white  plas^ 
tic  shoes.  It's  going  to  be  good 
because  they're  oh,  so  green.  And 
Preston  Manning's  going  to  have 
to  become  a  politician.  He  got 
where  he  is  by  being  the  anti-poli- 
tician. Once  he  gets  to  Ottawa  he's 
going  to  have  to  become  a  politi- 
cian like  the  rest  of  them." 

ON  THE  LOSS  OF  BRIAN 
MULRONEY: 

"We  should  start  a  Draft 
Muldoon  movement  and  get  him 
back;  it  will  only  cost  us  the  price  of 
the  furniture." 


with  special  guest  jann  arden 

Sunday  nov  28  •  congress  centre 


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26  •  The  Charlatan  •  October  28,  1993 


Thursday,  October  28 


You  only  have  three  more  days  (in- 
cluding today)  to  catch  Sock  'n'  Buskin's 
presentation  of  A  Hell  of  A  Mess,  de- 
scribed as  a  satirical  comedy.  It's  in  the 
Alumni  Theatre  at  8  p.m.  each  night. 

CKCU  kicks  off  its  16th  annual  fund- 
ing drive  today  with  a  Pagan  Bash  at 
Zaphod'stonightWhattoexpect?  Prizes 
and  fun.  Oh  yeah,  wear  a  costume.  Five 
dollars  gets  you  in  and  the  fun  begins  at 
8  p.m. 

King  Cobb  Steelie,  the  best  damn 
band  Guelph's  ever  produced,  plays 
Creeque  Alley  tonight.  They  combine 
loud  guitars  and  some  groovy  bass  lines. 
This  show  is  a  must-see. 

Friday,  October  29 

This  week's  Friday  lunchrime  concert 
(Alumni  Theatre,  12:30  p.m.)  features 
flautist  Paula  Conlon  and  guitarist 
Douglas  Reach. 

Furnaceface,  a  band  that  needs  no 
introduction,  is  at  Creeque  Alley  to- 
night and  tomorrow.  If  you  haven't  seen 
them  yet,  this  is  your  big  chance. 

The  Freeway  Band  plays  an  unique 
style  of  retro-seventies,  groove-based  rock 
at  the  Penguin  tonight. 

Saturday,  October  30 

Lock  the  doors  and  hide  the  kids! 
D.O.A.  and  Mystery  Machine  play 
Zaphod's  tonight.  It  should  be  fun! 
Show  starts  at  eight. 

There's  a  new  rock  band  in  town. 
Strange  Danger  play  rock  and  roll  at 
Ozzie's  tonight. 

Quebecois  musical  sensation 
Laurence  (albert  brings  her  "husky 


yet  clear  voice"  (or  so  says  the  press 
release)  to  the  NAC  Opera  tonight  at  8 
p.m..  Tickets  are  $19.50,  $23.50  and 
$26.50.  (Husky  yet  clear?  Isn't  that  like 
rough  yet  smooth?  -ed.) 

Tongues  and  Bones  and  Sam  I  Am 

(the  Ottawa  version,  not  the  American 
one)  play  a  special  Halloween  show  at 
the  Equinox  at  the  University  of  Ottawa 
tonight. 

Sunday,  October  31 

It's  the  perfect  Halloween  double  bill 
at  the  Mayfair.  At  7  p.m.  it's  the  always 
popular  Rocky  Horror  Picture  Show, 
followed  at  9:05  p.m.  by  Jason  Goes  To 
Hell.  Yum! 

Monday,  November  1 

Comedy-wise,  itdoesn'tgetbetterthan 
this:  Monty  Python's  And  Now  For  Some- 
thing Completely  Different  and  The 
Adventures  of  Baron  Munchausen  at 
the  Mayfair  tonight  at  7  p.m. 

Media  sociologist  and  mass  commu- 
nications program  director  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  Berkeley  Todd 
Gitlin  delivers  a  talk  called  "The  Unifi- 
cation of  the  World  by  Arnold 
Schwarzenegger  and  Mickey 
Mouse."  Be  amazed  as  he  reveals  his 
stunning  thesis  that  American  pop  cul- 
ture is  overwhelming  the  world.  It's  at  8 
p.m.  in  Room  3380  Mackenzie.  It's  free. 

But  so's  Wisecracks,  a  film  featuring 
five  excellent  female  comics.  It's  at  7 
p.m.  in  the  Bell  Theatre.  It's  co-spon- 
sored by  OPIRG-Carleton  and  CKCU. 
There  are  free  refreshments,  too. 

Tuesday,  November  2 

Here's  the  reading  tip  of  the  week, 
courtesy  of  The  Charlatan's  as-of-yet 
unindicted  production  manager  Kevin 


Hey  Kids!   

Sorry  folks,  there's  no  contest  this  week  due  to  a  total  lack  of 
creativity  from  you  people.  Honestly,  you'd  think  in  an  institution 
the  size  of  Carleton  someone  would  know  where  you  lap  qoes 
when  you  stand  up.  See  you  next  week. 


McKay.  It's  Nobody  Nowhere  by  Donna 

Williams.  Says  McKay,  "For  the  first 
time,  the  general  public  receives  an  un- 
obstructed view  into  the  mind  of  an 
autistic  in  this  important  autobiogra- 
phy." 

Today  through  Saturday  at  8  p.m.  in 
the  Academic  Hall  of  the  University  of 
Ottawa,  it's  Vinegar  Tom,  a  play  put  on 
by  the  UniversityofOttawa  Drama  Guild. 

Wednesday,  November 
3 

I  don't  know.  Go  be  yourselves. 

Thursday,  November  4 

Wilde  About  Sappho  is  a  night  of 
gay  and  lesbian  literature  moderated  by 
Marion  Dewar.  It's  taking  place  to- 
night at  the  National  Library  of 
Canada  at  8  p.m. 


As  port  of  CKCU's  funding  drive,  the 
Bytowne  is  screening  John  Water's  cult 
classic  Polyester.  It's  in  Odorama  so  get 
there  early  to  get  your  very  own  scratch 
and  sniff  card!!!  Show  starts  at  9:20  and 
it  costs  $5  to  get  in  (CKCU  gets  $2  of  every 
$5). 

Carleton's  Centre  for  Aboriginal  Edu- 
cation, Research  and  Culture  presents 
acclaimed  Native  author  Tomson  High- 
way at  Porter  Hall  tonight  at  8  p.m. 
The  evening's  topic  is  "Rebuilding  Strong 
Communities  —  Aboriginal  Self-govern- 
ment." 


If  you've  got  a  listing  you 

want  to  appear  in  this 
handy  calendar,  drop  us  a 
line  at  Room  531  Unicentrc 
during  regular  office  hours 
or  fax  us  at  788-4051.  List 

ings  must  be  in  by  the 
Friday  before  publication, 


ACADEMIC  EXCHANGES  1994-95  FOR  STUDENTS 

Students  should  be  graduated  students  or  senior  undergraduates. 
Deadline  for  applications:  November  30th,  1993  unless  otherwise  indicated: 


United  States: 

•Stats  University  of  New  York  (SUNY)  system 
-University  of  Massachusetts 
University  ol  Copenhagen  (DIS) 
Poland 
Hungary 
Russia 
France 
Middle  East 
Tanzania 
Germany 
Spain 
The  Netherlands 
University  of  Edinburgh 
University  ol  Leeds  (Pol.  Sc.  students  only) 
University  ol  Bradford  (Business  students  only) 
Strathclyde  University  (Business  students  only) 
East  Anglia  (Computer  Science  students  only) 
Universite  des  Antilles  et  Guyana 


Italy 
Japan 
Cuba 
China 
Mexico 
Argentina 
Egypt 

Sweden 

Commonwealth  Universities  Study 
Abroad  Consortium  (CUSAC): 
Ghana,  Singapore.  Wesl  Indies,  Tanzania,  Australia 
Commonwealth  Scholarships 
(October  31,  1993  -  Australia  and 
New  Zealand  December  3 1 ,  1993) 
CIDA  Awards  for  Canadians  (Inl'l  Development) 
(February  1994) 
Foreign  Government  Awards  Program  (October  31 , 
1993) 


Further  information  arid  application  forms  now  available  from 
Carleton  International,  Room  1506  Dunton  Tower  -  788-2519 


Ontarlo/Baden-WOrrtemberg/Rhbne-Alpes  Student  Exchange  Programs  1993/M 

The  above  programs  are  open  to  all  students  in  all  fields  who  are  registered  in  an 
undergraduate  (2nd  yr.  or  higher)  or  graduate  degree  program  at  Carleton.  Successful 
applicants  will  be  required  to  attend  full-time  at  an  institution  either  in  France  or  Germany 

for  a  full  academic  year.  During  the  year  the  student  remains  registered  at  Carleton. 
Competence  in  the  language  of  instruction  i.e.  French  or  German  which  is  appropriate  to 
the  level  of  study  is  essential.  A  $1,500  bursary  is  awarded  to  defray  costs. 
Deadline:  November  30, 1993. 
Further  information  from  Carleton  International,  Dunton  Tower  1506. 


It's  Sock  n  Buskin's  first  production  o<  the  year,  a  stylish  bit  ot 
political  satire  called  A  Hell  of  A  Mess.  It  runs  through  Oct.  30. 
Tickets  are  SS  to  S7  and  are  available  at  Info  Carleton  and  the 
University  Bookstore.  Go  see  this,  if  for  no  other  reason  than  it  has 
a  Groberman  in  the  cast! 

Plus,  for  all  you  cash-conscious  types  out  there.  Sock  n'  Buskin's 
putting  on  a  special  4  p.m.  showing  on  Oct.  29  to  benefit  CKCU's 
funding  drive.  It's  pay  what  you  can.  J 


October  28,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  27 


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28  •  The  Charlatan  ■  October  28,  1993 


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2  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  4,  1993 


NEWS 


Board  rules  in  labor  dispute 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Ontario  Labor  Relations  Board 
has  ordered  certification  of  all  Carleton 
University  Students'  Association  employ- 
ees as  part  of  a  union. 

The  board  made  the  ruling  on  Nov.  2. 
This  means  300  to  350  CUSA  employees 
who  aren't  already  unionized  will  be  a 
bargaining  unit  which  will  negotiate  a 
collective  agreement  with  CUSA. 

The  decision  was  released  after  hear- 
ings before  the  board  in  Toronto  in  the 
last  week  of  August.  The  board  had  to 
rule  on  whether  CUSA  unjustly  fired  Stu- 
dent Academic  Action  Bureau  co- 
ordinator Wayne  Ross  and  Carleton 
Women's  Centre  co-ordinator  Renee 
Twaddle  and  whether  CUSA  interferedin 
a  union  drive. 

CUSA  fired  Ross  July  15  and  Twaddle 
July  29.  Both  were  re-instated  by  the 
board  in  September  after  it  decided  they 


were  wrongfully  dismissed. 

The  latest  decision  sets  a  precedent 
because  it  is  the  first  ruling  under  Section 
9.2  of  the  Ontario  Labor  Relations  Act, 
which  came  into  effect  on  Jan.  1,  1993. 
The  section  allows  the  board  to  auto- 
matically certify  all  employees  in  a 
workplace  if  it  determines  the  employer 
interfered  with  a  unionizing  drive. 

CUSA  employees  will  now  be  mem- 
bers of  the  Canadian  Union  of  Public 
Employees  Local  1281,  a  union  of  small 
units  of  employees  mostly  in  Ontario 
who  work  for  employers  such  as  student 
associations  and  student  organizations. 

"They  (CUSA)  fired  two  union  organ- 
izers," says  Twaddle.  "There  was  just  no 
way  in  my  mind  (the  board)  could  not 
certify.  That's  whatthe  legislation  is  for." 

Ross  says  he  has  already  received  about 
seven  complaints  from  CUSA  employees 
concerning  employment  conditions  since 
the  decision  was  handed  down. 


"I  think  what  this  shows  more  than 
anything  else  is  the  necessity  for  a  un- 
ion," he  says. 

The  union  guarantees  CUSA  employ- 
ees against  "intimidation  and  coercion 
by  anyone  in  the  workplace,"  says  Ross. 

"This  does  not  mean,  however,  that 
there  have  to  be  wage  increases  necessar- 
ily. What  it  means  is  that  rules  can  be 
established  so  people's  rights  do  not  get 
violated  as  they  have  been  in  the  past," 
he  says. 

CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson  says  she 
anticipated  the  board  would  order  auto- 
matic certification  of  CUSA  employees 
after  the  hearings. 

"I  think  (automatic  certification)  is 
great  because  we  can  move  on  and  start 
talking  about  getting  things  done,"  says 
Watson.  "1  think  the  right  to  vote  is  still 
a  right  that  has  to  be  protected  and 
fought  for  and  that  was  the  whole  reason 
we  were  at  the  board,"  she  says. 


Ross  says  CUSA  had  a  chance  to  avoid 
theboardhearings.  "Ironically,  they  had 
the  opportunity  on  Aug.  18  to  settle  the 
issue  through  arbitration.  We  were  will- 
ing to  settle  the  issue.  But  they  saw  fit  to 
fight." 

Brian  Robinson,  the  chief  steward  of 
Local  1281,  says  the  CUSA  employees  are 
the  largest  unit  in  the  local.  "The  board 
took  the  stance  that  you  can't  jump  all 
over  a  union  drive  and  get  away  with  it, " 
he  said.  "It  sends  a  message  to  employers 
that  whether  a  union  drive  is  happening 
or  not,  the  drive  is  none  of  their  damned 
business." 

Twaddle  says  CUSA  mishandled  the 
situation.  "They  just  weren't  learning 
that  they  are  accountable  and  that  they 
have  broken  the  labor  laws  of  Ontario." 

Ross  says  there  will  likely  be  a  meeting 
of  all  employees  in  the  third  week  of 
November  to  answer  questions  and  pro- 
vide information.  □ 


Local  business  seeks  space  at  Carleton 


by  Prema  Oza 

Charialan  Staff 

The  Carleton  University  Development 
Corporation  is  studying  a  proposal  to 
have  a  seasonal  entertainment  park  built 
on  the  northeast  side  of  campus  near 
residence. 

The  proposed  place  for  the  park,  in- 
tended to  operate  from  June  until  Au- 
gust, is  the  field  between  the  railway  and 
the  path  leading  to  Branson  Avenue. 

The  proposal  includes  a  "melody  tent" 
for  theatre  productions,  which  would  seat 
2,500  people  and  take  up  25,000  square 
feet.  There  would  also  be  an  outdoor 
dance  floor,  an  adult  theatre  and  a  chil- 
dren's theatre.  The  total  land  absorbed 
by  these  facilities  would  be  about  39,200 
square  feet. 

Additional  space  would  be  taken  up 
by  a  sports  activity  area,  a  beertent,  and 
space  for  food,  beverage  and  craft  ven- 
dors. 

The  field  area,  called  the  North  40,  is 
about  871,200  square  feet,  according  to 
Jim  Jones,  environmental  officer  andspe- 
cial  project  officerforCarleton's  physical 
plant. 

"The  university  is  currently  experi- 
menting with  how  to  make  the  best  use  of 
the  land, "  says  David  Brown,  president  of 
CUDC. 

CUDC  is  a  university-owned  corpora- 
tion which  attracts  and  investigates  cor- 
porate investmentproposals  for  develop- 
ment on  campus. 

Brown  says  the  university  was  ap- 
proached by  Bretton  Woods  Entertain- 
ment Inc.  in  March.  Bruce  Firestone, 
founderof  the  National  Hockey  League's 
Ottawa  Senators,  is  the  company's  presi- 
dent. 

"Bretton  Woods  contacted  the  univer- 
sity to  inquire  about  the  land.  Because 
the  land  is  community-based  the  univer- 
sity decided  to  seek  views  of  the  local 
area,"  says  Brown. 

The  initial  proposal  had  the  univer- 
sity and  the  entertainment  corporation 
sharing  the  profits  with  Bretton  Woods 
covering  the  operating  costs,  but  this  was 
rejected  by  the  university,  says  Bretton 
Woods  vice-president  Barry  Lette. 

Lette  says  the  university  also  wanted 
an  increase  in  the  proposed  rental 
amount. 

"We  have  offered  to  pay  the  university 
a  substantial  amount  for  rent, "  says  Lette. 
"It's  a  net  benefit  to  the  university  and  it 
is  guaranteed." 

Lette  declined  to  divulge  the  amount 
the  corporation  would  be  paying  the 


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FoTenn  Consultants,  hired  by  CUDC 
to  examine  the  proposal's  feasibility,  has 
met  with  community  groups  to  talk  about 
it,  although  students  have  not  been  con- 
sulted. FoTenn  declined  to  comment  on 
how  much  they  were  being  paid  by  the 
CUDC. 

According  to  Brown,  it  was  up  to 
Carleton  President  Robin  Farquhar  to 
determine  who  was  going  to  be  con- 
sulted. 

"The  matter  is  for  the  president,"  says 
Brown. 

FoTenn  director  Ted  Fobert,  says  its 
consultations  with  community  groups 
were  a  preliminary  attempt  to  test  the 
waters. 

"The  concern  was  on  the  impact  on 
the  neighborhood.  "It  was  important  to 
understand  how  they  felt." 

CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson  says  the 
proposal  will  be  brought  to  council  at  the 
next  meeting  on  Nov.  16. 

"We're  concerned  about  the  use  of 
green  space,"  says  Watson.  "It's  the  last 
area  that  large  on  campus.  We're  also 
concerned  that  we  might  need  that  land 
in  the  future  to  make  academic  build- 
ings, residence  buildings  or  for  parking." 

Watson  says  students  and  CUSA  coun- 
cillors she  has  spoken  to  fail  to  see  the 
need  of  such  facilities  on  campus. 

"The  response  I  got  was  that  it  is  a 
ridiculous  proposal  and  that  it  didn't 
seem  to  be  a  logical  one  for  a  university. " 

She  says  CUSA  hopes  to  draft  a  letter 
stating  their  position  on  the  preliminary 
proposal  as  well  as  schedule  meetings 


with  the  CUDC.  Watson  says  it's  impor- 
tant to  protest  the  proposal  before  it's  in 
the  final  stages. 

Nia  Challenger,  a  first-year  English 
student,  says  students  should  have  been 
consulted  about  the  proposal  and  the 
green  space  would  be  wasted  by  enter- 
tainment facilities. 

"It's  so  nice  in  the  summer,"  says 
Challenger. 

Catherine  Jordan,  a  first-year  psychol- 
ogy student,  finds  the  proposal  unneces- 
sary. 

"It's  part  of  the  Carleton  property. 
They  should  use  it  for  educational  pur- 


poses. That's  what  everybody's  here  for." 

Mike  Carroll,  vice-president  of  the 
Rideau  River  Residence  Association,  ques- 
tions the  use  of  the  property. 

"  I  know  that  in  the  future  the  North  40 
will  be  looked  at  for  residence  purposes," 
says  Carroll.  "During  the  summer  there 
are  approximately  60  students  in  res. 
The  noise  would  surely  bother  some  stu- 
dents. For  conferences,  it  might  deter 
some  people." 

Beverley  Cruikshank,  assistant  direc- 
tor of  Carleton's  housing  and  food  serv- 
ices department,  was  not  aware  of  the 
proposal  and  would  not  comment. 

"If  s  strange  to  hear  about  this  from 
The  Chorlotan,"  says  Cruikshank. 

Cam  Robertson,  vice-president  of  the 
Dow's  Lake  Residence  Association,  says 
the  community  has  a  number  of  con- 
cerns about  the  proposal. 

"The  association  is  concerned  that  it 
will  affect  the  quality  of  life  and  have  an 
impact  on  Dow's  Lake . . .  not  to  mention 
we'll  be  inundated  by  the  noise.  Is  this 
how  the  university  wants  to  make  use  of 
its  parkland?"  says  Robertson. 

The  concerns  of  nearby  residents  go 
further  than  noise  pollution. 

Michael  Lynch,  president  of  the  Ot- 
tawa South  Community  Association,  says 
the  university's  priorities  should  be  fo- 
cused elsewhere. 

"Why  is  the  university  getting  into  the 
business  of  entertainment?  There  are  not 
enough  residences  on  campus.  The  land 
could  also  be  used  for  academic  pur- 
poses," says  Lynch.  □ 


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men's  soccer  team. 
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November  4,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


CUSA  executive  outlines  year's  plans 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Charlatan  Slaff 

Ever  wondered  what  goes  on  in  that 
CUSA  bubble  on  the  fourth  floor  of  the 
Unicentre? 

Well,  we  often  do.  So  we  decided  to 
find  out  what  the  1993-1994  Carleton 
University  Students'  Association  execu- 
tive plans  to  do  this  year. 

The  six-member  executive  consists  of 
President  Lucy  Watson,  finance  commis- 
sioner Rene  Faucher,  vice-president  in- 
ternal Rob  lamieson,  vice-president  ex- 
ternal Kristine  Haselsteiner,  director  of 
services  Theresa  Cowan  and  director  of 
academics  Gary  Anandasangaree. 

While  each  executive  member  has  his 
or  her  own  ideas  for  this  year,  they  say 
certain  goals  are  shared  by  the  entire 
executive,  including  increased  awareness 
of  ethnic  diversity  on  campus  and  better 
communication  with  students. 


LUCY  WATSON 
CUSA  PRESIDENT 


parts  of  the  association. 

"A  lot  of  initiatives  come  forward  for 
cost  effectiveness,  but  then  CUSA's  poli- 
tics get  in  the  way  and  they  get  buried," 
says  Faucher. 

"CUSA  is  not  only  an  association.  It  is 
also  a  corporation." 

Faucher  also  deals  with  all  the  busi- 
nesses CUSA  operates,  including  the 
Unicentre  store,  the  pharmacy  and  Roost- 
er's Coffeehouse. 

One  of  the  things  Faucher  says  he  is 
working  on  this  year  is  to  make  sure  the 
newly  renovated  Oliver's  gets  off  on  the 
right  foot. 

"The  Oliver's  renovations  were  a  big 
risk,  but  so  far  this  year  has  been  a 
banner  year,"  says  Faucher.  "This  Sep- 
tember, Oliver's  made  $160,000.  We've 
broken  the  record  for  monthly  profits." 

Faucher  is  currently  working  to  change 
Oliver's  format  to  include  more  varieties 
of  food  and  by  making  it  more  accessible 
to  students  during  the  day. 

One  of  his  other  projects  is  a  proposal 
to  change  the  main  floor  of  the  Unicentre. 

"We  would  like  to  open  up  the  lower 
level,  build  some  sort  of  mini-mall  and 
establish  new  services, "  says  Faucher.  He 
says  this  could  be  done  at  a  low  cost. 

Faucher  says  he  is  also  trying  to  ex- 
pand the  Charity  Ball  by  getting  more 
room  at  the  Congress  Centre,  a  better 
coat  check  and  a  casino. 


KRISTINE  HASELSTEINER 
VICE-PRESIDENT  EXTERNAL 


ministration  to  make  sure  student  con- 
cerns are  well-represented. 

Watson  says  one  of  her  main  objec- 
tives thisyearisto  "increase  awareness  of 
student  issues,  including  the  student  pov- 
erty level."  She  also  deals  with  safety 
concerns  and  says  she  hopes  to  raise 
awareness  of  these  concerns  at  the  ad- 
ministrative level. 

Promoting  diversity  in  the  students' 
association  is  another  issue  on  top  of  her 
agenda. 

"We  feel  we  need  to  promote  the  asso- 
ciation to  people  of  color  and  women 
and  encourage  them  to  get  involved  with 
the  association  and  make  sure  their  voice 
is  heard,"  says  Watson. 

Watson  says  she  has  also  worked  with 
the  University  of  Ottawa's  students'  fed- 
eration to  write  a  proposal  called  "Myths, 
Lies  and  Half-Truths"  to  send  to  On- 
tario's NOP  government.  The  proposal 
criticizes  the  tuition  hike  of  up  to  50  per 
cent  proposed  by  the  Council  of  Ontario 
Universities. 

Watson  says  she  finds  it  difficult  to 
deal  with  office  bureaucracy  as  well  as 
scheduling  her  time  to  deal  with  every- 
thing. She  also  has  problems  finding 
enough  volunteers  to  help  out  at  various 
CUSA  events  throughout  the  year.  How- 
ever, she  says  she  will  continue  to  do  her 
best  to  represent  student  interests. 


RENE  FAUCHER 
FINANCE  COMMISSIONER 


Essentially,  Faucher1  s  long-range  goal 
is  to  ensure  CUSA  continues  to  experi- 
ence economic  growth. 

Faucher,  who  held  the  position  last 
year,  says  CUSA  is  growing  financially. 
He  says  he  is  continuing  to  bring  about 
growth  by  restructuring  the  organization 
to  make  it  more  efficient,  by  cutting  costs 
and  building  up  Oliver's,  the  bar  owned 
and  operated  by  the  students'  associa- 
tion. 

Fauchersays  he  also  hopes  to  improve 
CUSA's  image  by  emphasizing  the  sepa- 
ration between  the  political  and  business 


body. 

She  deals  with  various  organizations, 
such  as  community  groups  and  the  mu- 
nicipal, provincial  and  federal  govern- 
ments. 

Haselsteiner  also  co-ordinates  events 
for  the  Canadian  Federation  of  Students 
and  Canadian  Federation  of  Students  — 
Ontario  on  campus.  These  events  in- 
clude International  Students'  Week  and 
Pink  Triangle  Week. 

Haselsteiner  says  one  of  her  major 
concerns  was  informing  students  about 
the  federal  election  and  to  accomplish 
this  she  set  up  an  information  booth  on 
campus  with  telephone  lines  available 
for  students  to  call  local  candidates. 

Now  that  the  election  is  over, 
Haselsteiner  says  she  has  been  working 
towards  organizing  an  advisory  commit- 
tee to  meet  with  Mac  Harb,  the  Liberal 
MP  for  Ottawa  Centre. 

She  says  the  committee  will  attempt  to 
deal  with  issues  pertaining  to  post-sec- 
ondary education  and  Carleton's  involve- 
ment in  the  community. 

Dealing  with  the  community  at  large 
is  also  one  of  her  main  responsibilities, 
says  Haselsteiner. 

She  says  she  would  like  to  "open  the 
doors  of  what  Carleton  can  offer  to  the 
community." 

The  tuition  hike  proposed  by  the  Coun- 
cil of  Ontario  Universities  is  also  a  con- 
cern, says  Haselsteiner. 

She  says  she  has  met  with  representa- 
tives of  the  provincial  government  about 
this. 

Haselsteiner  says  she  is  also  in  the 
process  of  lobbying  the  municipal  gov- 


ernment to  have  the  Route  4  bus  pass 
through  Carleton. 

By  raising  awareness  at  all  levels  of 
government,  Haselsteiner  says  she  hopes 
many  student  issues  can  be  dealt  with. 


ROB  JAMIESON 
VICE-PRESIDENT  INTERNAL 


[amieson's 
main  re- 
sponsibility 
is  to  encour- 
age partici- 
pation in 
student  go  v- 
ernment 
and  help 
make  CUSA 
more  acces- 
sible to 
Carleton's 
student  body. 

He  also  works  with  alumni  and  uni- 
versity officials  on  different  committees. 

He  describes  his  main  duty  as  "dis- 
semination of  information."  In  other 
words,  he  is  supposed  to  pass  on  essential 
information  to  the  various  committees 
and  services  that  CUSA  operates. 

Right  now,  he's  trying  to  organize  and 
create  an  information  package  about 
CUSA. 

"It  will  be  about  20-25  pages  and  will 
be  available  at  the  CUSA  office  and  will 
give  a  brief  description  of  every  area 
(CUSA  is  involved  in),"  says  Jamieson. 

He  has  recently  completed  a  reorgani- 
zation of  CUSA's  constitution  which  sim- 
plified the  text. 

Jamieson  says  his  biggest  problem  is 
the  bureaucracy  he  has  to  deal  with  in 
the  CUSA  office.  For  example,  jamieson 
says  he  deals  with  many  small  bureau- 
cratic issues,  such  as  who  books  space  in 
Porter  Hall  or  Baker  Lounge.  He  says  this 
ends  up  consuming  a  lot  of  his  day. 

"The  red  tape  always  bogs  us  down." 


THERESA  COWAN 
DIRECTOR  OF  SERVICES 


tional  Students'  Centre.  She  says  she  also 
deals  with  issues  of  harassment  and  in- 
equality on  campus. 

"Increased  awareness  of  target  groups 
is  our  main  objective,"  says  Cowan. 

To  this  end,  she  says  she  is  trying  to 
organize  educational  workshops  for  CUSA 
staff  dealing  with  equal  treatment  for 
minority  groups. 

She  says  she  hopes  these  workshops 
will  help  the  association's  staff  deal  with 
the  public  more  effectively. 

Cowan  says  she  also  organizes  vari- 
ous events  throughout  the  year  to  in- 
crease awareness  on  campus,  such  as 
AIDS  Awareness  Week  and  Hate  Hurts 
Week. 

Cowan  says  she  is  lobbying  for  anony- 
mous AIDS  testing  on  campus,  in  which 
a  student  would  not  have  to  give  their 
name  or  health  card  number  in  order  to 
be  tested  for  HIV,  the  virus  believed  to 
cause  AIDS. 

Anonymous  testing  means  people 


don't  have  their  results  or  the  fact  that 
they  got  tested  appearing  on  their  medi- 
cal records,  which  they  may  want  to 
avoid  because  of  the  stigma  attached  to 
the  virus. 

This  kind  of  testing  is  available  off 
campus  but  Cowan  says  on-campus  test- 
ing would  be  more  accessible  for  stu- 
dents. 

"This  is  currently  in  the  initial  stages, " 
says  Cowan.  "We  are  mostly  hoping  to 
raise  awareness  with  this  project." 


GARY  ANANDASANGAREE 
DIRECTOR  OF  ACADEMICS 


Anandas- 
a  n  g  a  r  e  e 
says  many 
of  his  objec- 
tives for  this 
year  have 
already 
been  accom- 
plished. 
Accord- 
|  ing  to  Anan- 
dasangaree, 
this  year's 
Grad  Fair 
was  a  success  and  the  on-campus  book 
exchange  "managed  to  break  even  and 
even  make  a  slight  profit." 

His  next  project  involves  organizing  a 
course  evaluation  guide  that  would  be 
put  together  with  the  help  of  students. 

"It  would  be  done  through  a  survey, 
then  all  the  data  would  be  compiled  and 
put  into  a  format  that  would  be  very 
objective  and  useful  to  students,"  says 
Anandasangaree. 

Another  project  involves  bringing  ex- 
perts to  campus  to  give  seminars  about 
preparing  for  graduate  exams  like  ad- 
mission tests  for  law  and  medical  school. 

Anandasangaree  also  administers 
numerous  clubs  and  societies  on  campus 
and  is  in  charge  of  lobbying  the  admin- 
istration to  improve  the  quality  of  educa- 
tion at  Carleton.  a 


Clarification 

In  "CUSA  to  hire  new  safety 
commissioner,"  (The  Charlatan, 
Oct.  21, 1993),  it  was  stated  that 
Graduate  Students'  Association 
representative  Kristin  Russel  and 
Carleton  University  Students'  As- 
sociation President  Lucy  Watson 
had  met  before  an  Oct.  IS  CUSA 
council  meeting.  In  fact,  Russel 
and  Watson  did  not  meet  before 
the  Oct.  18  CUSA  council  meet- 
ing. Russel  says  she  tried  to  con- 
tact Watson  before  the  meeting 
but  was  unable  to.  □ 


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4  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  4,  1993 


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TAs  looking  for  collective  agreement 


by  Matt  Skinner 

Charlatan  Staff 

Negotiations  between  teaching  assist- 
ants and  Carleton's  administration  are 
at  a  standstill  and  a  strike  may  be  the 
only  solution,  says  Michel  Roy,  president 
of  Canadian  Union  of  Public  Employees 
Local  2323. 

"The  only  way  anything  is  going  to 
change  around  here  is  through  a  strike," 
says  Roy. 

The  local's  membership  includes 
teaching  assistants,  research  assistants, 
student  computer  consultants  and  stu- 
dent sessional  lecturers  at  Carleton. 

The  first  negotiating  session  between 
the  union  local  and  administration  was 
Oct.  14.  The  local's  collective  agreement, 


which  establishes  wages,  benefits  and 
working  conditions  with  the  university, 
expires  Aug.  31,  1994. 

At  the  Oct.  14  meeting,  university 
negotiators  proposed  a  freeze  on  the  col- 
lective agreement  which  would  freeze 
the  members'  wages,  says  Roy. 

The  university's  proposal  to  freeze 
teaching  assistants'  wages  is  unthink- 
able, he  says,  because  of  impending  tui- 
tion increases. 

Roy  says  the  local  proposed  a  five-per- 
cent wage  increase  for  next  year,  as  well 
as  a  tuition  freeze.  If  accepted,  a  tuition 
freeze  would  maintain  a  union  mem- 
ber's tuition  for  the  duration  of  their 
employment. 

Roy  says  he  was  insulted  at  adminis- 


by  Anne  Showatter 

Charlatan  Staff 

Why  are  there  video  cameras 
in  the  Unicentre  Arcade? 

"So  the  guy  working  in  the  booth 
can  scope  out  babes,"  according  to 
Dave  Fails,  a  first-year  student. 

Wrong, 

"Are  there  drug  deals  going  down 
in  there?"  asks  third-year  student 
Katelynn  Packner. 

Wrong  again. 

"I  know  why,"  says  Cyrus  Bulsara, 
another  first-year  student.  "Someone 
1  know  from  high  school  broke  a  joy- 
stick." 

Sorry  Cyrus,  you  too  are  incorrect. 
So  why  are  there  video  cameras  in 
the  arcade?  Well,  according  to  one  of 


the  managers,  Chris  Kupiro.  the  cam- 
eras are  there  to  monitor  high-school 
students  using  the  arcade,  since  some 
of  them  were  caught  stealing  change 
in  the  summer. 

Apparently  some  of  these  students 
were  attaching  a  magnet  to  a  string, 
dropping  it  down  the  money  slot  and 
pulling  up  quarters  one  at  a  time. 

When  asked  how  much  money  has 
been  taken  this  way,  Kupira  says  "not 
much  money  gets  taken;  it's  just  a  real 
pain  in  the  ass." 

Security  cameras  to  relieve  a  pain  in 
the  ass  .  . . 

If  they  can  install  a  few  cameras  in 
the  arcade  tomonitor  high-school  kids, 
why  can't  they  do  the  same  for  the 
tunnels?  □ 


To  All  Carleton  Students 

Ask  Yourself: 

Are  My  Valuables  Insured? 
Do  I  Have  Personal  Liability  Coverage? 

The  Graduate  Students'  Association  has  made  special 
arrangements  this  year  so  that  all  students  at  Carleton  (grads  & 
undergrads)  can  purchase  this  valuable  coverage  at  well  below 
market  prices. 

Brief  Outline  of  Coverage 

1.  Contents  -  Limit  of  Loss  -$10,000 

-Deductible  -$150 

2.  Personal  Liability  -  Limit  Per  Occurrence  -$1,000,000 

Annual  cost  of  the  important  coverage  is  only  $75.60  (inc.  PST) 

For  more  information  &  enrollment  instructions 
contact  the  Graduate  Students'  Association 
in  Room  511 A  Unicentre  or  phone  788-6616 
before  November  19,  1993. 


tration's  proposal  and  outlined  this  at  a 
second  meeting  with  administration  held 
Oct.  18. 

"We  think  that  if  they  want  to  freeze 
the  contract,  that's  fine,  but  not  without 
a  tuition  freeze,"  he  says. 

David  Van  Dine,  a  member  of  admin- 
istration's negotiating  team,  declined 
comment,  saying  he  wants  the  local  to 
hear  from  administration  directly,  not 
through  the  media. 

John  ApSimon,  dean  of  graduate  stud- 
ies, is  also  on  the  administrative  negoti- 
ating team.  He  also  declined  comment 
on  the  discussions,  saying  it  was  inap- 
propriate to  ask  questions  while  negotia- 
tions are  still  in  progress. 

lane  Fairhurst,  a  teaching  assistant 
for  Carleton's  German  department,  says 
she  thinks  a  favorable  settlement  for  the 
local  is  important. 

"1  think  this  issue  is  worth  striking 
over.  It  directly  affects  our  ability  to  re- 
turn to  university,"  she  says. 

Van  Dine  says  the  need  to  strike  is  a 
long  way  off. 

"As  long  as  we're  talking,  there's  the 
possibility  of  a  settlement,"  he  says. 

But  Roy  says  bargaining  is  almost  a 
useless  exercise  since  the  university  just 
wants  to  freeze  the  local's  entire  collec- 
tive agreement. 

"(Administration)  cites  the  persistent 
and  substantial  underfunding  of  the 
university  as  theirproblem,  and  we  raise 
the  issue  that  teaching  assistants  here 
are  suffering  from  some  pretty  severe, 
persistent  and  substantial 
underfunding,"  says  Roy. 

"Right  now,  after  tuition  is  calculated, 
our  level  of  earnings  is  less  than  in  1984," 


he  says. 

Graduate  student  teaching  assistants 
earn  $7,055  a  year,  which  is  equivalent 
to  $26.13  an  hour.  Undergraduate  teach- 
ing assistants  earn  $14.83  an  hour. 

Fairhurst  says  most  teaching  assist- 
ants currently  need  to  earn  at  least  $2,000- 
$3,000  more  than  they  presently  earn 
just  to  survive  through  the  year. 

"  If  the  wages  were  to  stay  the  same  for 
next  year,  and  tuition  were  togo  up,  then 
itwould  be  impossible  to  live  on  the  wage 
that  we  get  and  it  would  be  necessary  to 
earn  even  more  money  in  the  summer. 

"Given  the  current  economic  climate 
that  would  be  very  difficult,"  says 
Fairhurst.  "Even  now  it'salmost  impossi- 
ble." 

Roy  says  the  local  has  filed  for  concili- 
ation, with  the  support  of  the  member- 
ship. 

"We're  expecting  a  conciliation  date 
for  early  December,"  he  says. 

In  conciliation,  Ontario's  minister  of 
labor  appoints  a  conciliator  who  tries  to 
get  the  two  parties  to  agree  to  a  settle- 
ment. 

But  Fairhurst  says  she  thinks  most 
teaching  assistants  are  doubtful  that 
anything  will  be  settled  during  the  con- 
ciliation process. 

If  no  settlement  is  reached,  the  typical 
procedure  is  for  the  conciliator  to  file  a 
"no  board  report,"  says  Roy. 

This  means  the  parties  are  so  far  apart 
no  amount  of  conciliation  is  going  to 
help. 

Sixteen  days  after  a  report  is  filed,  an 
employer  is  in  a  position  to  lock  out 
employees  and  the  union  will  be  in  a 
position  to  strike.  □ 


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November  4,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  S 


Native  professor  shares  experiences 


by  Grace  Park 

ChailatHn  Staff 

Patricia  Monture-OKanee  has  a  pow- 
erful, personal  messageabout  contradic- 
tions aboriginal  people  experience  in 
academia  and  the  Canadian  justice  sys- 
tem. 

Monture-OKanee,  a  Mohawk  woman 
and  a  law  professor  at  the  University  of 
Ottawa,  spoke  to  a  group  of  around  30 
students  at  Carleton  on  Friday,  Oct.  29. 

The  lecture  was  called,  "Surviving  the 
Contradictions:  Academia  and  the  Abo- 
riginal Tradition."  Monture-OKanee 
added  the  subtitle  "Welcome  to  My  Life, " 
because  she  said  she  felt  it  was  important 
for  people  to  know  that  her  identity  as  a 
Mohawk  woman  is  an  inherent  part  of 
her  experiences. 

Aboriginal  peoples  are  faced  with 
many  cultural  contradictions  in  the  uni- 
versity system,  said  Monture-OKanee. 

"There'sthiswhole  system  of  expecta- 
tions of  academic  style-things  that  were 
created  without  the  participation  of  abo- 
riginal people." 

Monture-OKanee  said  the  aboriginal 
way  of  maintaining  knowledge  is  through 
an  oral  tradition.  Information  from  oral 
knowledge  is  not  usually  considered  a 
"real"  source,  because  it  is  not  frequently 
transcribed  into  books,  she  said. 

Monture-OKanee  expressed  frustra- 
tion over  the  lack  of  "legitimate"  reading 
materials  written  by  aboriginal  peoples. 
As  a  contributor  to  the  Royal  Commis- 
sion on  Aboriginal  Peoples,  Monture- 
Okanee  said  she  finds  herself  confronted 
with  a  lack  of  academic  sources  for  her 
research  on  aboriginal  women  and  the 
law. 

"1  certainly  can't  go  to  the  law  library 
and  look  up  'aboriginal  women  and  jus- 
tice' and  actually  find  aboriginal  women 
speaking. 


If  I  could  find 
one  or  two  things, 
they  probably  al- 
ready had  my 
name  on  them . . . 
.  Aboriginal  expe- 
rience does  not  fit 
into  the  legal 
paradigm." 

Monture- 
OKanee  said  she 
has  faced  numer- 
ous editorial  di- 
lemmas within 
university.  She  de- 
scribed how  she 
wrote  in  the  first 
person,  using  "I" 
for  an  article  on 
aboriginal  women 
and  violence  be- 
cause she  was  writ- 
ing from  personal 
experience. 

Her  editor 
erased  the  "I's"  be- 
cause itdidn'tcon- 
form  to  proper 
academic  standards. 

"Itwas  like  being  academically  raped. 
I  get  back  this  story  about  my  life,  my 
Mohawk  experiences,  my  woman's  ex- 
periences, and  I'm  gone.  I  didn't  even 
sound  like  me,"  she  said. 

Monture-OKanee  also  criticized  offi- 
cial meanings  in  legal  language.  For 
instance,  she  said  Mohawk  people  define 
the  word  'law'  as  "the  way  to  live  most 
nicely  together. "  In  contrast,  she  describes 
the  institutional  definition  of  law  as 
conflictual. 

"The  two  legal  systems  are  so  different 
because  the  dominant  system,  the  non- 
aboriginal  system,  presumes  that  there  is 
conflict  and  that  laws  are  going  to  be 


Patricia  Monture-OKanee  survives  cultural  contradictions 


about  those  conflicts  and  settling  those 
disputes." 

The  aboriginal  system  presupposes 
that  the  reason  there  is  law  is  because 
people  want  to  live  together  in  harmony, 
she  said. 

Monture-OKanee  said  she  does  not 
discourage  participation  in  progressive 
action. 

She  encouraged  people  to  challenge 
the  university  system,  to  make  curricu- 
lum more  representative  of  different  cul- 
tures. She  said  her  intention  is  to  make 
people  aware  of  the  harsh  realitips  of 
exclusion. 

"I'm  not  advocating  not  to  go  to  uni- 
versity and  become  a  professor.  I'm  say- 


ing know  the  reality  when  you  get  there 
and  understand  that  you're  not  getting 
out  of  the  trenches.  You're  getting  into  a 
bigger  trench  if  this  is  what  you're  plan- 
ning to  do." 

Monture-OKanee  said  she  is  aware 
her  position  as  a  professor  has  given  her 
privilege  and  legitimacy. 

She  said  it  has  allowed  her  to  main- 
tain her  integrity  as  a  Native  woman. 

"I  am  indeed  very,  very,  privileged 
when  I  think  about  where  a  lot  of  my 
sisters  sit,  where  my  brothers  sit ....  I 
think  about  the  poverty  of  reserves  or  the 
cold  realities  of  jail  cells.  That's  where  my 
heartrests."  □ 


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Man  charged  in 

library 

assault 

by  Angie  Gallop 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  man  was  charged  with  assault  and 
illegal  use  of  university  property  on  Thurs- 
day, Oct.  21. 

A  library  staff  member  spotted  a  man 
lying  on  the  floor  under  a  desk,  fondling 
a  woman's  legs  and  ankles,  says  staff 
sergeant  Bill  Blake  of  the  Ottawa  Police. 
The  man  was  apprehended  by  a  campus 
safety  officer  in  another  part  of  the  li- 
brary. 

A  security  poster  was  circulated  on 
Oct.  19  about  a  similar  incident  in  the 
library  Oct.  17. 

Len  Boudreault,  assistant  director  for 
the  department  of  university  safety,  says 
the  man  is  not  a  student  or  staff  member. 

Michael  Garvey,  a  40-year-old  Smiths 
Falls  man,  was  charged,  says  Blake.  Po- 
lice are  investigating  the  matter  and  fur- 
ther charges  may  be  pending.  □ 

Security  tightens 
up  on  false  alarms 

by  Angie  Gallop 

Charlatan  Start 

A  Carleton  student  has  been  charged 
with  false  alarm  of  fire  and  issued  with  a 
notice  to  appear  in  court,  after  a  fire 
alarm  was  pulled  in  Oliver's  pub  Sept.  25. 


Len  Boudreault,  assistant  director  of 
the  department  of  university  safety,  says 
although  the  offence  has  been  treated  as 
a  student  prank  in  the  past,  it  is  now 
being  taken  seriously  by  the  department. 

"In  the  future  we  will  be  laying  charges, 
and  the  charges  will  be  criminal,"  he 
says. 

Campus  security  will  be  actively  look- 
ing for  the  misuse  of  fire  alarms,  says 
Boudreault.  □ 

Car  thefts  on  rise 

by  Angle  Gallop 

Charlatan  Staff 

Thefts  of  cars  and  valuables  in  the 
parking  garage  are  becoming  a  problem, 
says  Len  Boudreault,  assistant  director  of 
the  department  of  university  safety.  Here 
are  seven  precautionary  steps  to  follow 
put  out  by  campus  security: 

1 .  Never  leave  your  vehicle  unattended 
with  the  engine  running. 

2.  Keep  your  vehicle  and  house  keys 
on  separate  rings.  Do  not  mark  keys  for 
easy  identification  and  do  not  attempt  to 
hide  extra  keys  in  your  vehicle. 

3.  Install  a  good  alarm  system  in  your 
car. 

4.  Never  leave  valuables  such  as  wal- 
lets, purses,  credit  cards,jewellery  or 
cheque  books  in  your  vehicle. 

5.  Never  leave  valuables  unattended 
on  roof  racks. 

6.  Engrave  identification  marks  on 
valuable  items  such  as  stereo  equipment, 
CB  radio,  speakers  etc. 

7.  Mount  tape  decks  and  other  stereo 
equipment  out  of  sight.  □ 


6  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  4,  1993 


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NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Western  j-school  saved  by  BOG  vote 


by  Sara-Lynne  Levine 

Charlatan  Staff 

In  a  surprise  decision  Oct.  29,  the 
board  of  governors  at  the  University  of 
Western  Ontario  voted  not  to  close  that 
university's  graduate  school  of  journal- 
ism. 

This  puts  to  an  end  plans  for  Carle- 
ton's  journalism  school  to  absorb  some 
of  the  faculty  from  Western's  school. 

Western's  board  voted  13-12  to  over- 
rule the  Sept.  29  decision  of  the  university 
senate  to  close  the  journalism  school. 

For  Peter  Desbarats,  the  dean  of  the 
graduate  school  of  journalism,  this  is 
good  news. 

"We  are  very  pleased,"  said  Desbarats, 
hours  afterthe  decision  had  been  reached. 
"Members  of  the  board  really  thought 
about  it  and  the  reasons  to  close  the 
school  just  weren't  there." 

Desbarats  said  the  decision  of  theboard 
solidifies  the  journalism  school's  place  at 
Western. 

"The  state  of  the  school  is  probably 
stronger  now  than  before  the  vote,"  he 
said. 

The  move  to  close  the  school  began  in 
April.  The  university  administration  said 
the  school  was  a  low  academic  priority 
and  cutting  it  would  have  saved  $1.1 
million  over  10  years. 

The  board's  decision  is  directly  in  con- 
flict with  the  senate  and  some  members 
of  the  administration.  Western  President 
George  Pedersen  had  campaigned  long 


the  senate." 

About 
Pedersen, 
Desbarats 
said,  "He 


and  hard  to  close  the  journalism  school. 

In  a  press  release  Oct.  29  after  the 
decision  was  announced,  Pedersen  said 
he  would  respect  the  board's  decision  but 
"it  is  as  chair  of  the  senate,  however,  that 
I  am  concerned  about  the  implications  of 
differing  judgements  of  the  two  govern- 
ing bodies  of  this  institution.  Senate  has 
principle  responsibility  in  the  academic 
sphere  and  some  reconciliation  of  these 
differences  will  have  to  be  achieved." 

Desbarats  said  it  "took  a  lot  of  courage 
from  members  oftheboardto  vote  against 


the  senate,  Barker  described  this  vote  as 
anti-climactic. 

"There  was  a  lot  of  talking  and  rea- 
soning, no  shouting.  They  did  two  counts 
and  people  started  cheering  once  it  was 
clear  the  vote  had  passed." 

The  euphoria  was  also  felt  by  the 
journalism  school's  students.  Barker  said 
the  journalism  students  were  "ecstatic. 
Once  they  found  out  about  the  verdict, 
they  opened  six  bottles  of  champagne.  It 
was  a  big  celebration." 

The  school  may  now  proceed  with 


screening  applicants  for  the  1 994-95  aca- 
demic year.  Desbarats  said  even  though 
the  school  was  scheduled  to  close,  it  has 
received  1 30  paid  applications  from  peo- 
ple "just  to  get  in  line  for  the  chance  to  be 
considered." 

The  board's  decision  also  puts  an  end 
to  any  speculation  that  Carleton's  jour- 
nalism school  would  absorb  or  be  amal- 
gamated with  any  part  of  the  Western 
program. 

Carleton  and  Western's  administra- 
tions have  been  formulating  plans  to 
amalgamate  the  programs  since  the  pro- 
posed closure  in  April. 

Peter  Johansen,  the  director  of  the 
Carleton  school  of  journalism,  said  he 
has  mixed  emotions  about  the  verdict. 

"I  am  delighted  to  see  journalism  has 
not  been  seen  as  a  discipline  which  is  on 
the  margins  of  the  University  of  Western 
Ontario.  On  the  other  hand,  I  think  the 
benefits  that  could  have  accrued  in  jour- 
nalism education  generally,  through  the 
development  of  our  own  school  towards 
PhD  studies,  is  a  temporary  set-back,"  he 
said. 

Johansen,  who  sits  on  Carleton's  sen- 
ate, called  the  conflict  between  the  West- 
em  board  and  senate  votes  "a  real  crisis 
arising  at  that  institution"  and  said  he 
would  be  "very  disappointed  in  the 
Carleton  university  board  of  governors  if 
it  were  to  overturn  the  decision  about  an 
academic  issue."  □ 


Be  more  civic-minded,  Nader  urges  students 


by  Sara-Lynne  Levine  . 

Charlatan  Star! 

Urging  students  to  become  civic  activ- 
ists, world-renowned  consumer  advocate 
Ralph  Nader  addressed  a  crowd  of  over 
100  people  at  the  University  of  Ottawa  on 
Oct.  31. 

.  Nader  was  one  of  the  speakers  in  town 
to  celebrate  the  15th  anniversary  of  the 
Ontario  Public  Interest  Research  Group 
at  U  of  O.  Nader's  appearance  was  part  of 
a  weekend-long  conference  called  "Ex- 
ploring Alternatives." 

Nader  has  spent  the  past  20  years  as 
the  United  States'  foremost  consumer 
advocate.  He  has  been  responsible  for 
spearheading  changes  in  consumer,  en- 
vironmental and  regulatory  legislation. 

His  group  of  lobbyists,  the  "Nader 
Raiders, "  issued  reports  in  the  1 960s  con- 
demning government  policies  and  pri- 
vate companies  forunsafe  practices,  mis- 
management and  poor  products. 

The  lanky,  59-year-old  watchdog  ar- 
rived at  Montperit  Hall  dressed  in  a  con- 
servative, navy  blue  suit,  burgundy  tie 
and  well-wom,  sturdy  black  shoes.  His 


besides  getting  good  grades,"  he  said. 

"It  is  extremely  important  in  what- 
ever you  do,  to  read  and  think  and  grow 
up  civic,"  said  Nader.  "Otherwise  you 
walk  through  life  with  invisible  chains, 
and  these  chains  are  corporate  chains." 

Students  should  become  more  knowl- 
edgeable about  what  is  going  on  in  the 
world,  said  Nader,  so  they  can  make  a 
difference. 

"It  is  important  to  ask  yourself:  how 
do  you  avoid  passivity,  resignation  and 
fatalism?  How  do  you  avoid  being  part  of 
a  huge  crowd  of  people  who,  when  asked 
what's  the  difference  between  ignorance 
and  apathy,  respond  'we  don 't  know  and 
we  don't  care?'"  Nader  spoke  with  a 
sincerity  and  a  manner  that  was  appre- 
ciated by  the  crowd.  Spontaneous  ap- 
plause was  frequent,  as  was  the  nodding 
of  heads  to  show  agreement.  He  received 
a  standing  ovation  when  he  was  fin- 
ished. 

Nader  was  invited  to  the  conference 
by  OPIRG  because  of  his  great  influence 
on  public  interest  groups  in  the  U.S.  and 
Canada,  said  Len  Bush,  a  co-ordinator  at 


"How  do  you  avoid  being  part  of  a 
huge  crowd  of  people  who,  when 
asked  what's  the  difference  between 
ignorance  and  apathy,  respond  'we 
don't  know  and  we  don't  care?'" 

—  Ralph  Nader 


close-cropped,  salt-and-pepper  hair  was 
windblown  and  turning  white  at  the  tem- 
ples. Like  his  shoes,  Nader  looked  trust- 
worthy and  dependable. 

Nader  said  he  wants  to  see  university 
students  getting  involved  in  the  political 
process.  "There  is  a  lot  to  do  at  university 


OPIRG-Carleton. 

"There's  a  dose  tie  between  the  PIRGs 
and  Nader,"  said  Bush. 

He  said  Nader  practically  founded  the 
PIRG  movement  by  organizing  advocacy 
groups  as  a  student  and  speaking  at 
universities  in  Canada,  which  inspired 


the  first  OPIRG  to  form 
at  Waterloo  University. 

To  illustrate  how  ef- 
fective student  activism 
can  be  today,  Nader 
cited  the  example  of 
Brown  University  in  the 
United  States,  where  the 
school  has  developed  a 
sophisticated,  campus- 
based  environmental 
program  encompassing 
recycling  and  conserva- 
tion. 

"You  must  believe 
how  much  waste  there 
is  on  campus  in  terms 
of  paper,  in  terms  of 
lighting,  in  terms  of 
heating,  in  terms  of  air 
conditioning,"  he  said. 
"You  hear  schools  say 
they  have  to  raise  tui- 
tion and  close  libraries 
and  impose  more  fees 
on  you,  and  they  are 
heating  the  heavens 
and  wasting  like  crazy. " 

Nader  urged  stu- 
dents to  do  things  to 
change  the  status  quo 
by  taking  part  in  the 
things  that  affect  them,  which  he  says  is 
important  because  when  students  gradu- 
ate, they  will  be  "leaders  from  experi- 
ence." 

Nader  said  students  should  acquire 
civic  skills  such  as  learning  how  to  de- 
velop strategies,  how  to  use  the  freedom 
ofinformationactandhowtohold  effec- 
tive news  conferences. 

"The  intellectual  challenge  of  civic 
skill  development  is  unparalleled,"  said 
Nader.  He  said  students  should  have  civic 
skills  courses  in  the  schools  as  part  of  the 
curriculum  in  history,  political  science, 
sociology  or  anthropology. 

Nader  suggested  setting  up  a  curricu- 
lum reform  committee  to  ensure  they 
leave  something  behind  to  the  students 


Ralph  Nader:  lookin'  good  for  an  old  radical 


coming  after  them. 

Bush  said  he  liked  the  speech  and  that 
Nader  has  an  important  message  for 
students. 

"Nader's  always  advocated  notions  of 
personal  empowerment  and  notions  of 
political  involvement,"  he  said. 

If  students  do  become  more  civic- 
minded,  said  Nader,  things  may  become 
better  in  the  future  despite  the  world's 
problems. 

"Looking  forward  to  the  next 50 years, 
in  addition  to  the  problems  of  mass  pov- 
erty, potential  war,  environmental  deg- 
radation, disease  and  artificial  intelli- 
gence, there  are  a  lot  of  promising  things 
to  look  forward  to."  □ 

With  files  from  Arn  Kaelng,  C/iarfararr  start. 


November  4,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


QueenVvotes  to  join  new  student  lobby  group 


by  Jeff  Gray 

The  Oueen's  Journal,  Queen's  University 

KINGSTON  —  Queen's  students  will 
be  paying  their  dues  in  the  Ontario  Un- 
dergraduate Student  Alliance  next  year 
and  the  president  of  the  Queen's  under- 
graduate student  council  is  breathing 
easy. 

Queen's  students  passed  a  95-cent  stu- 
dent levy  to  fund  OUSA  in  a  referendum 
Oct.  13  and  14  by  a  margin  of  273  votes. 
Aboutone  quarterof  eligible  voters  turned 
out,  casting  2,799  votes. 

"I'm  so  thrilled  that  OUSA  passed," 
said  Alma  Mater  Society  President 
Katherine  Phillips. 

OUSA  is  a  two-year-old  student  lobby 
group  whose  members  include  some 
groups  of  students  at  six  universities: 
Queen's,  the  University  of  Toronto,  Brock 
University,  the  University  of  Western 
Ontario,  Waterloo  University  and  Wilfrid 
Laurier  University. 


Queen's  students  were  the  first  to  vote 
for  membership  in  the  organization.  Not 
all  of  the  students  who  are  members  have 
voted  to  do  so.  Brock  students  voted  to 
join  OUSA  in  a  referendum  on  Oct.  21, 
but  not  to  increase  student  fees  to  pay  for 
membership.  The  other  universities' 
memberships  are  all  based  on  decisions 
made  by  their  student  councils. 

"I  really  didn't  know  what  to  expect," 
said  Phillips  of  the  vote  at  Queen's.  "The 
issue  ended  up  being  about  membership 
and  not  about  (OUSA's)  policy." 

Phillips  said  she  thought  there  was 
"no  comprehensive  discussion"  about 
OUSA  on  campus  and  blamed  this  on  "a 
lot  of  misinformation"  that  she  said  was 
circulating  during  the  campaign. 

"The  key  thing  is  that  nowwe  have  the 
money  and  we  will  be  able  to  be  effec- 
tive," she  said. 

The  levy,  which  she  said  will  amount 
to  about  $10,200  from  Queen's  under- 


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graduates,  will  be  used  to  set  up  an  ad- 
ministrative structure  for  OUSA,  with  one 
or  two  permanent  staff  members  and  an 
office  in  Toronto. 

OUSA's  first  statement  of  policy,  which 
came  out  when  it  was  formed  by  student 
councillors  from  different  universities, 
was  a  document  called  Students  for 
Change,  The  document  called  for  tuition 
hikes  to  help  solve  underfunding  at  uni- 
versities, aslong  they  were  accompanied 
with  student  loan  reform. 

OUSA  advocates  an  income-contin- 
gent loan  repayment  plan,  whereby  stu- 
dents would  repay  loans  as  a  percentage 
of  their  income  after  graduation.  As  well, 
OUSA  called  for  greater  contributions 
from  both  government  and  corporate 
coffers. 

A  new  report  is  due  to  be  released  this 


week,  said  Phillips.  Part  of  the  document 
will  be  a  response  to  the  Council  of  On- 
tario Universities'  proposal  to  increase 
tuition  up  to  50  per  cent  over  two  years. 
But  she  said  it  will  also  present  proposals 
which  deal  with  accountability,  accessi- 
bility, student  aid  reform  and  discretion- 
ary fees  charged  by  universities. 

The  report  will  tell  the  provincial  gov- 
ernment that  "our  student  aid  is  not 
adequate  to  allow  for  substantial  tuition 
increases,"  Phillips  said. 

She  also  said  she  hopes  "there  will  be 
more  discussion  about  the  policies  that 
OUSA  is  advocating,  and  more  student 
input — because  OUSA  is  supposed  to  be 
a  flexible  organization  that  responds  to 
the  current  needs  of  students."  □ 

With  files  from  The  Charlatan. 


Weekdays 

^Weeke^iclsj^olidays 


8AM  to  8PM 
10  AM  to  6PM 


Niccolo  MachiavellVs  advice 
on  getting  and  keeping  power 


The  Prince  himself. 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Chsrteian  ii'ir"  : 

The  Prince,  Niccolo  Machiavelli's 
16th-century  work  on  the  amoral 
nature  of  power  arid  how  to  ac- 
quire it,  has  in- 
spired generations 
of  aspiring  lead- 
ers, dictators  and 
businessmen. 

Its  basic  thesis, 
that  anything  goes 
as  far  as  getting 
and  maintaining 
power  is  con- 
cerned, is  of  obvi- 
ous interest  to 
power-mad  fas- 
cists everywhere. 

With  this 
thought  in  mind, 
we  wondered  if  old 
Nick  had  any  advice  he'd  like  to 
Share  with  Mr.  Chretien,  our  fear- 
less leader,  as  he  forms  his  cabinet, 
which  is  sworn  in  Nov.  4.  So  we 
drew  up  a  number  of  questions 
we'resure  leader  for  thr  ncxt-five- 
years-un  til -he-screws- up- really  - 
badly  Chretien  would  like  to  ask. 

Machiavelli's  answers  (taken 
from  Harvey  C.  Mansfield  (r.'s  1985 
translation,  available  at  the  Uni- 
versity Bookstore)  were  illuminat- 
ing, to  say  the  least. 

Q:  So  the  Bloc  Quebecois  swept 
Quebec.  Since  our  party  was  em- 
barrassed there,  can't  I  just  send  in 
the  army  and  subdue  the  seditious 
weasels? 

Niccolo  Machiavelli:  Even 
though  one  may  have  the  strongest 
of  armies,  he  always  needs  the  sup- 
port of  the  inhabitants  of  a  prov- 
ince in  order  to  enter  it.  (p.  8)  * 

Q:  Then  how  exactly  did  the  To- 
ries sweep  Quebec  In  1984? 

NM:  .  .  .  yoa  can  easily  enter 
there,  having  won  over  to  yourself 
some  baron  of  the  kingdom;  for 
malcontents  and  those  who  desire 
to  innovate  are  always  to  be  found, 
(p.  18) 


Q:  I  want  to  slash  the  army  some 
more.  After  all.  the  Americans  will 
protect  us. 

NM:  A  wise  prince . . .  has  always 
avoided  (auxiliary)  arms  and  tamed 
to  his  own.  (p. 
55) 

Q:  I'm  a  left- 
leaning  liberal 
and  believe  in 
our  sacred,  if 
expensive,  so- 
cial programs. 
Is  this  a  prob- 
lem? 

NM:...  there 
is  nothing  that 
consumes  it- 
self as  much  as 
liberality; 
while  you  use 
it,  you  lose  the  capacity  to  use  it: 
and  you  become  either  poor  and 
contemptible  or,  to  escape  poverty, 
rapacious  and  hateful.  Among  all 
the  things  that  a  prince  should 
guard  against  Is  being  contempt' 
ible  and  hated,  and  liberality  leads 
to  both.  (pp.  64-65) 

Q:  I  want  to  raise  taxes.  What  do 
you  think? 

NM;  This  will  begin  to  make  (you) 
hated  by  (your)  subjects,  (p.  63) 

Q:  What  did  you  think  of  those 
underhanded,  innuendo-filled 
sleazy  Tory  campaign  ads? 

NM:  A  prince  who  wants  to  main- 
tain his  state  is  often  forced  not  to 
be  good.  (p.  77) 

Q:  I  Just  want  to  be  loved.  Is  that 
so  wrong? 

NM:  It  is  much  safer  to  be  feared 
than  loved,  (p.  66) 

Q:  Should  1  keep  my  promises? 

NM:  A  prudent  lord  .  .  .  cannot 
observe  faith,  nor  should  he,  when 
such  observance  turns  against  him, 
and  the  causes  that  made  him  prom- 
ise have  been  eliminated,  (p.  69)  0 


Mediocribus  esse  poetis  non 
dii,  non  homines,  non 
concessere  columnae... 

But  you  are.  wanted  at  The  Charlatan', 
Come  see  what  we  mean,  Room  531 
Unicentre.  (with  apologies  to  Horace) 


8  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  4,  1993 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Today,  cuts 
to  OHIP, 
tomorrow..? 


Every  year,  the  cost  of  getting  a  university 
education  gets  higher  and  higher,  but  pro- 
posed increases  for  the  future  are  more  daunt- 
ing than  ever. 
The  Council  of  Ontario  Universities  earlier  this  year 
proposed  to  increase  tuition  by  as  much  as  30  per  cent 
over  two  years  for  undergraduate  students.  The  provin- 
cial NDP  government  will  soon  announce  if  the  increase 
will  take  place  and  by  how  much. 

But  the  latest  symptom  of  the  disease  that's  eating 
away  at  our  access  to  education  is  the  Ontario  NDP 
government's  plan  to  stop  paying  for  health  care  for  the 
province's  167,000  temporary  residents,  including  about 
20,000  international  students. 

This  will  add  even  more  to  the  cost  of  education  for 
international  students  by  making  them  pay  for  private 
health  insurance.  By  raising  the  costs  of  health  care,  the 
government  is  raising  barriers  to  education  as  well. 

This  cheap-shot  plan  is  not  worth  the  paper  it  was 
written  on.  The  NDP  government  announced  the  cuts  to 
the  Ontario  Health  Insurance  Plan  in  April  as  part  of  its 
deficit  reduction  scheme.  The  cuts  should  save  the  defi- 
cit-ridden province  about  $50  million  a  year  by  not 
covering  health  care  for  all  temporary  residents. 

But  cutting  health  care  for  temporary  residents  means 
universal  health  care,  once  a  pillar  of  the  Canadian 
identity,  may  no  longer  apply  in  Ontario. 

It  means  international  students  in  the  province  will 
have  to  fork  over  $300  to  $  1,000  for  private  insurance  to 
cover  check-ups  and  hospital  stays  if  they  get  sick  or  get 
into  an  accident. 

It  means  there  will  be  no  more  free  tests  and  follow-up 
treatment  for  tuberculosis  in  Carleton's  International 
Students'  Centre  for  people  who  come  from  countries 
where  the  disease  may  be  more  prevalent  than  in  Canada. 

It  means  some  international  students  will  go  without 
any  health  coverage  at  all.  After  all,  international  stu- 
dents already  pay  tuition  between  $  7,000  and  $  11 ,000. 
On  top  of  living  expenses,  they  have  to  pay  for  visa 
renewals  and  work  permits.  God  forbid  if  they  want  to  go 
home  for  the  summer  —  a  plane  ticket  overseas  can  cost 
around  $2,000. 

Emechete  Onuoha,  chair  of  the  Canadian  Federation 
of  Students  -Ontario,  was  right  when  he  said  the  cuts  to 
OHIPrepresent  "a  systemic  financial  attack  on  interna- 
tional students." 

Gladly,  though,  he  says  he's  going  to  do  something 
about  it.  He's  going  to  talk  to  David  Cooke,  the  Ontario 
minister  of  education.  He's  going  to  talk  to  Ruth  Grier, 
the  Ontario  minister  of  health. 

There's  also  a  petition  and  a  letter  opposing  the 
planned  cuts  that  Carleton  will  send  to  the  government 
in  the  hope  that  it  cancels  the  plan. 

The  government  is  being  lobbied  now,  because  the 
plan  hasn't  come  before  the  NDP  caucus  members  yet. 
They  are  the  ones  who  will  either  swing  the  axe  or  put  it 
aside.  So,  there's  still  a  chance  to  stop  this  plan  from 
happening. 

All  students,  not  just  international  students,  should 
be  worried  about  these  cuts. 

If  students  can't  unite  on  the  most  basic  thing  we  have 
in  common  —  that  a  lot  of  us  are  poor,  living  on  OSAP 
or  just  scraping  by  —  what  can  we  unite  about? 

Go  to  the  International  Students'  Centre.  For  God's 
sake,  it's  just  up  the  stairs  from  Mr.  Sub  in  the  Unicentre. 
Sign  the  petition.  Find  out  what  the  cuts  are  all  about  and 
how  they're  going  to  hurt  international  students.  Talk  to 
Ehab  Shanti,  the  centre's  co-ordinator.  Call  the  Ministry 
°f  Health.  Bark  in  someone's  ear. 

This  plan  is  just  a  symptom  of  the  big  disease  that  is 
eating  up  budgets  to  satisfy  the  deficit,  harming  univer- 
sal access  to  education.  By  putting  students  low  on  their 
list  of  spending  priorities,  the  NDP  seems  to  be  saying 
only  rich  kids  should  go  to  school. 

If  we  don't  fight  to  stop  this  plan  in  Ontario,  just  wait 
to  see  what  other  cuts  and  fee  increases  come  down  the 
Provincial  pipe.  Thirty-per-cent  tuition  increases  could 
be  coming  our  way. 


WHAT  MAD  STAJfTE-D  OUT  AS  A 
tfORMAL  DAY,  SWDSMY  H»K  AT«R/< 

For  the  v**k.  oa/ly  on*  «u€Stwn 
r€ma»n€p- wh<r€  vms 


OPINION 


Our  future:  just  us  and  algae 


by  Trina  Poots 

Charlatan  staff 

Man  is  more  powerful  than  he  is  intelligent;  and  he  interprets 
self-interest  as  something  entoiling  short-term  advantage 
rather  than  long-term  survival.  —  Isaac  Asimov,  science 
fiction  writer  and  essayist,  1972. 

In  the  past  hundred  years  there  have  been  a  count- 
less number  of  medical  and  technological  break- 
throughs that  have  supposedly  improved  life.  We 
have  drugs  that  can  do  things  like  alleviate  a 
headache  or  slow  the  spread  of  cancer  and  technol- 
ogy like  cars  and  computers  that  are  supposed  to  make 
our  lives  easier. 

My  question  is,  are  these  breakthroughs  really  im- 
provements or  are  they  actually  setbacks?  1  don't  think 
these  "advances"  are  as  wonderful  as  they  appear  to  be. 
Although  they  have  both  a  positive  and  negative  impact 
on  the  individual,  they  are  a  threat  to  humankind 
overall. 

Automobiles  are  an  obvious 
example  of  how  technology  has 
both  adverse  and  favorable  ef- 
fects on  individuals.  In  1 989,  there 
were  1,286  traffic  fatalities  in  On- 
tario. A  hundred  and  fifty  years 
ago,  cars  didn't  exist  so  no  one 
had  to  remember  to  buckle  up  for 
safety. 

In  spite  of  the  fact  that  thou- 
sands of  people  die  each  year  in 
traffic  accidents,  cars  do  have  their 
advantages.  A  car  will  get  you 
where  you  want  to  go  in  a  frac- 
tion of  the  time  it  takes  to  walk. 

Of  course,  cars  burn  gasoline 
which  releases  pollution  into  the 
air.  Exhaust  emissions  are  carci- 
nogenic and  destroy  the  ozone 
layer. 

There  is  the  argument  that  some  of  these  advances 
help  us  live  longer,  more  comfortable  lives.  We  have 
chemotherapy  to  help  fight  leukaemia,  central  heating 
to  keep  us  warm  and  X-rays  to  discover  injury  and  illness. 
But,  as  with  automobiles,  there  are  trade  offs.  You  may 
get  nauseated  from  the  chemo,  sick  building  syndrome 
from  poor  ventilation  and  radiation  from  the  X-rays. 

Despite  the  trade  offs,  these  and  other  advances  have 
made  life  longer  for  the  individual.  In  1950,  the  average 
lifespan  of  any  person  in  the  world  was  46  years;  in  1990, 
that  increased  to  63  years.  Every  year,  the  average 
lifespan  grows  by  about  2.4  years. 

But,  as  the  length  of  time  each  individual  spends  on 


the  planet  increases,  so  does  the  world's  population.  In 
1950,  the  number  of  people  on  the  planet  was  about  2.5 
billion.  In  1985,  itwas  almost  double  that  at  4.8  billion. 
If  the  current  growth  rate  continues  there  will  be  over  8 
billion  people  on  the  earth  in  2020. 

This  rapid  population  growth  is  what  makes  me 
question  the  value  of  technology  and  medicine.  As  the 
world's  population  grows,  so  does  the  area  that  we 
occupy.  As  cities  expand,  forests  and  lakes  get  destroyed 
—  if  acid  rain  doesn't  get  to  them  first 

We  can't  take  up  every  square  kilometre  of  land  on 
the  planet.  We  need  trees  to  produce  oxygen  and  land  to 
grow  food.  Not  to  mention  that  it  would  be  nice  to  leave 
some  room  for  wildlife. 

In  his  1972  essay,  "Man,  the  Overbalancer,"  Isaac 
Asimov  said  unless  something  is  done  to  slow  or  main- 
tain population  growth,  in  400  years  the  planet  will  have 
a  denser  human  population  than  Manhattan  Island. 
Because  there  will  no  space  available  for  anything 
besides  people,  the  planet  will 
only  be  capable  of  supporting 
one  type  of  plant  life:  algae, 
which  will  be  breakfast,  lunch 
andsupper.  Ifpopulation  growth 
continues  people  will  die  from 
starvation  and  malnutrition. 
What  little  food  there  is  avail- 
able will  cause  world-wide  ten- 
sion and  violence. 

So,  do  the  benefits  of  technol- 
ogy and  medicine  to  the  indi- 
vidual outweigh  the  costs  to  hu- 
mankind? If  something  isn't 
done  to  control  population 
growth,  then  no,  the  costs  to 
humankind  are  too  great. 

There  are  no  simple  solutions 
to  the  problem,  but  technology 
and  medicine  could  be  used  ef- 
fectively to  help  find  answers. 
For  example,  palliative  care  is  a  branch  of  a  medicine 
that  focuses  on  letting  a  terminally  ill  person  choose  to 
die  comfortably  instead  of  trying  to  make  them  live  as 
long  as  possible. 

I'm  not  saying  that  everyone  should  give  up  all 
modem  cures  and  luxuries.  These  breakthroughs  are 
only  part  of  the  reason  our  population  is  growing  so 
rapidly.  But,  the  problem  of  population  growth  should 
be  considered  when  we  decide  what  kinds  of  technologi- 
cal and  medical  research  to  pursue. 

Instead  of  being  concerned  with  making  life  longer  for 
the  individual,  we  have  to  think  about  making  life 
longer  for  humankind.  □ 


November  4,  1993  •  The  Charlatan 


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Keep  women  in 
CUSA  positions 

Editor: 

Re:  CUSA  to  hire  a  new  safety  commis- 
sioner, The  Charlatan,  Oct.  21,  1993. 

It  stated  in  your  article  that  Lucy 
Watson  has,  since  May,  been  responsible 
for  the  duties  of  safety  commissioner.  I'd 
like  to  ask  where  this  information  came 
from. 

Brenda  Kennedy,  the  Foot  Patrol  co- 
ordinator, from  my  understanding,  was 
given  the  duties  of  safety  commissioner 
in  May  until  it  was  decided  if  and  when 
a  new  commissioner  would  be  hired. 

She  fulfilled  these  duties  by  dealing 
with  Carleton's  department  of  safety  and 
public  relations,  sitting  on  required  com- 
mittees and  putting  up  safety  posters 
around  campus. 

While  CUSA  council  meetings  stated 
inconclusively  the  hiring  of  a  new  com- 
missioner, (Watson  "yes," Faucher,  "not 
sure")  throughout  the  summer,  Brenda 
Kennedy  continued  these  additional  du- 
ties (for  no  additional  pay). 

I  think  The  Charlatan  overlooked  this 
woman's  dedication,  effort  and  advo- 
cacy for  a  safe  campus. 

I'd  also  like  to  raise  the  issue  of  hiring 
policies  at  CUSA.  It  was  falsely  believed 
by  myself  and  others  that  the  position  of 
safety  commissioner  was  an  affirmative 
action  position. 

Considering  the  momentous  impact 
that  campus  safety  has  on  women  at 
Carieton,  why  would  CUSA  neglect  to 
incorporate  a  way  of  ensuring  that  a 
woman  (preferably  a  woman  who  falls 
under  affirmative  action  herself,  i.e.  of 
color,  lesbian,  disabled),  is  safety  com- 
missioner? The  same  arguments  can  be 
used  for  the  position  of  Foot  Patrol  co- 
ordinator. This  position  was  also  believed, 
even  by  Brenda  Kennedy  herself,  that  it 
was  under  affirmative  action.  All  Foot 
Patrol  co-ordinators  and  safety  commis- 
sioners have  been  women,  (though  white, 
straight  and  abled),  so  far.  Let's  ensure 
that  women  stay  in  these  positions.  An 
affirmative  action  policy  would  allow  for 
all  women  to  have  an  opportunity  at 
these  positions. 

Renee  Twaddle 
Women 's  Centre  co-ordinator 

Extra  weight  isn't 
rowers  lost 

Editor: 

Re:  "Overweight  rowers  weigh  team 
down,"  The  Charlatan,  Oct.  28,  1993. 

The  last-place  finish  of  the  women's 
novice  eight  crew  at  the  McGill 
Invitational  Regatta  was  by  far  and  away 
a  consequence  of  their  combined  team 
performance  and  the  type  of  boat  used 
and  not,  as  the  article  incorrectly  sug- 
gested, due  to  their  coxswain  weighing 
over  1 10  pounds.  It  is  hoped  that  future 
articles  on  rowing  will  be  written  with 
more  accuracy  and  sensitivity. 

Rachel  Fallows 
OmerMajeed 
Nancy  Mariuz 
Sarah  Mullin 
johnNesbit 
josee  Paquette 
Members  of  the 
Carieton  Rowing  Club 

Courses  have  non- 
Western  content 

Editor: 

Re:  "Curriculum  helps  perpetuate  rac- 
ism," The  Charlatan,  Oct.  28,  1993. 

That  article  highlights  comments  by 
CUSA  representative  Gary  Ananda- 
sangaree  which  criticize  the  curriculum 


why 


of  the  political  science  department  for 
supposedly  ignoring  non-European  or 
non-North  American  perspectives  on  the 
basis  of  the  fact  that  one  of  our  courses  in 
political  theory  focuses  on  Western  po- 
litical thought. 

The  department  of  political  science 
offers  the  following  courses  that  fall  pri- 
marilyintothenon-European,  non-North 
American  category: 

47.310  Government  and  Politics  in  Af- 
rica 

47.31 1  Government  and  Politics  of  Latin 
America 

47.312  Government  and  Politics  of  East 
Asia 

47.315  GovemmentandPoliticsofSouth 

and  South-East  Asia 
47.323  Government  and  Politics  in  the 

Middle  East 
47.332*  East  Asian  Political  Thought 

(China,  Japan,  Korea) 
47.345*  Comparative  Public  Policy  Analy- 
sis 

47.352*  Women  in  Politics:  Third  World 
47.414*  Theory  and  Practice  in  Third 

World  Development 
47.415*  Selected  Problems  in  Third  World 

Development 
47.423*  The  Politics  of  Southern  Africa 
47.440*  Comparative  Public  Adminis- 
tration 

47.482*  International  Politics  of  Africa 
47.483*  Foreign  Policies  of  Major  East 


Asian  Powers 
47.484*  International  Relationsof  South 

and  Southeast  Asia 
47.517*  Selected  Problems  in  African 

Politics 

47.518*  State,  Revolution  and  Reform  in 

East  Asia 
47.519*  Comparative  Public  Policy 
47.522*  Politics  of  Third  World  Develop- 
ment 

47.523*  The  Politics  of  Southern  Africa 
47.545*  Public  Administration  in  Devel- 
oping Countries 
47.581*  Foreign  Policies  of  African  States 

A  number  of  first-  and  second-year 
courses  also  deal  in  part  with  other  areas 
of  the  world.  In  addition,  our  MA  and 
PhD  programs  allow  specialization  in 
other  areas  of  the  world. 

I  find  it  deplorable  that  charges  of 
racism  or  ethnocentrism  are  thrown 
around  without  those  responsible  for 
making  them  providing  systematic  evi- 
dence and  without  your  reporter  bother- 
ing to  contact  the  victims  of  such  vicious 
remarks.  They  have  only  themselves  to 
blame  if  people  don't  take  them  very 
seriously  in  future. 

/on  H.  Pammett 
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by  Michelle  Watt 

CfwMan  Sufi 

Cuba  Is  a  fascinating  and  complicated 
country. 

Since  my  return  from  a  three-month 
exchange  with  the  University  of  Ha- 
vana this  past  July,  I  have  spent  many 
moments  digesting  thoughts  on  my  time 
in  Cuba. 

Latin,  Carribean  and  African  cultures 
are  fused  together  on  this  crowded 
island  of  1 0  million  people,  where  Fidel 
Castro's  socialist  politics  have  gov- 
erned the  country  for  the  last  34  years. 
Cubans  continually  feel  the  immense 
negative  economic  pressure  from  the 
United  States'  trade  embargo,  designed 
to  cause  Castro  to  step  down.  The 
influence  of  capitalism  in  the 
United  States,  not  100  kilome- 
tres away  from  the  island,  has 
been  intensifying  in  the  last  five 
years.  Coupled  with  the  fall  of 
communism  in  Eastern  Europe, 
Cuba  is  in  a  state  of  uncertain 
change. 

Despite  Cuba's  current  economic 
and  political  crisis,  academic  in- 
stitutions such  as  the  University 
of  Havana  maintain  intellectual 
ties  all  over  the  world. 
Carleton  International  started  an 
official  exchange  program  with 
the  University  of  Havana  last 
year  largely  due  to  the  work  of 
my  supervisors,  professors 
Margaret  McCully  and  Martin 
Canny  of  Carleton's  biology  de- 
partment, who  recognized  the 
potential  for  collaborations  in 
plant  research  with  the  faculty 
of  biology  at  the  University  of 
Havana. 

SCIEHCE  AHD  AGRICULTURE 
As  a  master's  student  in  biology, 
I  study  plant  roots  and  the  way 
they  interact  with  soil,  water 
and  micro-organisms. 
During  the  exchange  I  had  the 
opportunity  to  work  amongst  Cu- 
ban scientists  who  have  been 
studying  special  bacteria  found 
on  corn  roots  and  in  sugar-cane, 
which  have  been  shown  to  actu- 
ally improve  the  growth  of  these 
plants. 

I  worked  in  the  microbiology  de- 
partment and  plant  physiology 
laboratory  at  the  University  of 
Havana.  Despite  their  extreme  short- 
ages of  scientific  resources  and  such 
basic  things  as  running  water,  electric- 
ity, and  gas,  Cuban  students  and  pro- 
fessors gave  me  a  lot  of  help  and  often 
suggested  practical  alternatives  to  sci- 
entific procedures. 

I  was  immediately  struck  by  their  abil- 
ity to  work  with  very  little  equipment 
and  produce  scientific  work  which  is 
competitive  world-wide. 
I  also  saw  advanced  levels  of  science 
at  the  Cuban  Hational  Institute  of  Sci- 
ence and  the  Biotechnology  Institute. 
I  had  first-hand  experience  with  Cuban 
agriculture  when  I  went  for  two  weeks 
with  300  students  and  faculty  of  the 
biology  department  on  agricultural  duty. 


Although  this  Is  a  volunteer  experience 
often  enjoyed  by  many,  the  students  In 
the  faculty  of  biology  were  told  they 
would  not  graduate  if  they  failed  to 
participate.  n 

Agricultural  duty  Is  Cuba's  policy  of 
ensuring  that  each  and  every  Cuban 
contributes  the  production  of  the  na- 
tion's food  and,  in  the  process,  is  aware 
of  the  kind  of  labor  involved  in  agricul- 
ture. Cubans  leave  their  regular  jobs 
for  a  total  of  four  weeks  out  of  the  year 
and  go  to  field  stations  where  they  tend 
to  crops.  After  working  for  two  weeks 
at  a  field  station  planting  and  harvest- 
ing crops,  I  realized  that  Fidel  Castro's 
idea  of  economic  prosperity  coming 
through  advanced  science  and  tech- 


i  to  plant. 

The  Soviet  Union  may  have  given  Cuba 
much  aid,  but  it  seems  to  have  been 
accompanied  by  bad  agricultural  ad- 
vice. 

It  is  difficult  to  understand  why  a  sub- 
tropical country  that  should  be  grow- 
ing a  wide  range  of  fruits  and  vegeta- 
bles all  year  round  only  offers  such 
things  as  cabbage,  beet  roots,  carrots 
and  sweet  potatoes  to  the  people. 


MICHELLE  WATT 


The  Cuban  National  Academy  of  Science 
in  Havana  City. 


nology  has  not  played  a  positive  role  in 
providing  immediate  basic  needs,  such 
as  food,  for  the  people. 
Unfortunately,  technologically  ad- 
vanced agricultural  methods  are  used 
where  they  are  not  needed.  Instead  of 
planting  in  fertile  Cuban  soil,  we  planted 
in  cement  banks  filled  with  special 
rocks  and  sprayed  with  expensive,  elec- 
trically pumped,  nutrient  solution.  The 
process  was  costly  and  inefficient.  Plus, 
the  produce  all  went  to  tourism  and 
would  never  reach  areas  where  stu- 
dents and  faculty  received  their  food. 
Cuba,  at  one  point  in  the  mid  1 980s,  had 
the  highest  number  of  tractors  per 
capita  In  the  world.  These  tractors  can 
be  seen  today  sitting  unused  due  to 
lack  of  fuel,  broken  parts  or  lack  of 


EL  PERIODO  ESPECIAL 
The  Soviet  Union  withdrew  all  its  aid  to 
Cuba  in  the  late  1 980s,  which  amounted 
to  about  $4  billion  per  year.  It  also 
stopped  selling  Cuba  oil  at  reduced 
prices  and  buying  Cuban  sugar  at  el- 
evated prices. 

Since  then  Cuba  has  Increas- 
ingly felt  the  effects  of  the  strict 
trade  embargo  that  the  United 
States  began  31  years  ago, 
three  years  after  the  revolution 
in  1 959  led  by  Fidel  Castro.  This 
embargo  was  tightened  in  1 992 
to  prevent  not  only  businesses 
in  the  States  from  trading  with 
Cuba,  but  also  their  subsidiar- 
ies outside  the  United  States. 
To  add  to  Cuba's  economic 
woes,  a  severe  hurricane  this 
past  March  damaged  important 
sugar-cane  crops  and  caused 
about  $100  million  in  damage. 
In  an  attempt  to  preserve  its 
limited  resources  and  faced 
with  no  other  option,  the  gov- 
ernment was  forced  In  1990  to 
implement  a  program  called  El 
Periodo  Especial,  or  the  Spe- 
cial Period. 

There  is  nothing  special  about 
El  Periodo  Especial. 
There  are  food  shortages,  and 
people  receive  through  la  libreta 
(a  ration  book)  limited  amounts 
of  rice,  black  beans,  vegeta- 
bles such  as  cabbage  and  beet 
root  (occasionally  potatoes  and 
carrots),  almost  no  meat,  occa- 
sionally eggs,  and  only  some- 
times fruit,  such  as  oranges 
and  plantains,  at  their  local  dis- 
tribution stands.  Everyone  gets 
one  piece  of  bread  per  day, 
which  has  to  be  picked  up  daily. 
There  is  very  little  fossil  fuel 
and  thus  there  is  almost  no 
public  transportation.  Those  buses  still 
running  in  Havana  arrive  three  to  four 
hours  late,  so  crowded  that  people  are 
falling  from  the  doors. 
People  with  cars  very  rarely  receive 
gasoline  any  more.  When  I  left,  20  litres 
a  month  was  the  infrequently  received 
ration.  Fortunately,  Fidel  Castro  re- 
ceived 1  million  bikes  from  China  in  the 
late  1980s  and  started  a  bicycle  riding 
campaign.  Most  people  will  say  they 
enjoy  the  bicycle  as  a  mode  of  trans- 
port, but  in  hot  weather,  with  far  to  go 
and  not  enough  to  eat,  people  naturally 
complain. 

The  shortage  of  fossil  fuel  also  means 
little  electrical  power.  Depending  on 
the  region  of  the  country,  people  face 
10to16hoursofbl< 


12  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  4,  1993 


Cement  banks  for  growing  crops  at  a 
field  station  in  on  agricultural  duty  in 
Havana  province. 


cal  plants  are  breaking  down  and  there 

i  machinery  parts  for  repair. 
Material  things  such  as  clothing  are 
non-existent  In  Cuban  stores.  Medi- 
cine is  also  becoming  scarce  and  a 
doctor  friend  told  me  that  hospitals  are 
running  out  of  essential  supplies  such 
as  anesthetic. 

I  found  everyone,  students  and  employ- 
ees alike,  discussing  El  Periodo  Espe- 
cial all  the  time.  People  continually 
talk  about  food, 
where  they  get  It, 
when  they  will  re- 
ceive it,  cook  it,  eat 
it. 

Transportation  and 
blackouts  are  also 
a  continual  source 
of  conversation. 
People  are  so  con- 
sumed by  their 
daily  survival  that 
they  spend  less  and 
less  time  doing 
their  jobs  or  study- 
ing. This  problem 
has  recently  inten- 
sified since  govern- 
ment-run cafete- 
rias in  the  schools 
and  workplaces 
were  closed  down 
this  past  Septem- 
ber and  people  now 
take  additional 
travel  time  out  of 
their  day  to  go  home  for  lunch. 
Physically,  people  have  very  little  time 
and  energy  to  try  to  change  things 
constructively.  Notably,  some  people 
in  Havana,  those  with  small  yards  or 
patios,  have  tried  to  grow  food  and 
raise  such  animals  as  chickens  and 
even  pigs.  But  seeds  are  difficult  to 
get,  feed  for  the  animals  is  expensive 
and  leftover  meal  scraps  are  scarcer 
and  scarcer. 

The  government  has  offered  people  the 
opportunity  to  use  any  vacant  land  in 
the  outskirts  of  the  city  to  grow  things 
for  personal  consumption  but,  again, 
where  does  one  get  the  seeds,  equip- 
ment and  the  expertise  to  farm  the 
land? 

THE  CHANGING  ECONOMY 
In  an  attempt  to  restore  basic  things 
like  fuel,  electricity,  food  and  medical 
supplies  the  Cuban  government  is  try- 
ing, Ironically,  to  get  American  dollars 
to  use  on  the  foreign  market. 
Any  foreign  investor  is  welcomed  by 
the  Cuban  government  to  put  up  to  50 
per  cent  of  the  capital  involved  In  any 
business  venture  In  Cuba.  Joint  ven- 
tures in  tourism  with  Spain,  Mexico,  to 
some  extent  Canada,  and  now  Colom- 
bia, Venezuela  and  Panama  are  slowly 
bringing  in  some  money.  There  are  also 
promising  foreign  investments  In  off- 
shore oil  drilling,  nickel  mining  and 
tropical  fruit  growth. 
The  influx  of  tourism  and  the  American 
dollar  have  caused  many  changes  in 
Cuba.  Hotels  with  large  satellite  dishes 
on  their  rooftops  carry  American  tel- 
evision stations  like  CNN.  The  Cuban 


people  have  been  able  to  pick  up  these 
channels  and  are  exposed  to  a  news 
source  other  than  the  one  provided  by 
the  government. 

Special  tourist  stores  sell  such  things 
as  Coke,  western  jeans  and  Labatt's 
Blue  beer  In  addition  to  much  sought- 
after  food  products,  soap,  toothpaste 
and  shampoo,  all  for  American  dollars. 
American  dollars  are  very  valuable  in 
Cuba  because  they  can  buy  both  basic 

MICHEUE  WATT  .  * 

needs  and  the  lat- 


est western  fashion. 
Cubans,  especially 
young  people,  are 
not  immune  to  de- 
siring the  latest  run- 
ning shoes  or  trendy 
T-shirts. 

While  I  was  in  Cuba, 
only  foreigners  and 
tourists  could  use 
American  dollars  to 
eat  in  restaurants 
and  buy  things  in  the 
special  stores  that 
only  deal  in  Ameri- 
can currency.  This 
has  created  a  large 
black  market,  where 
products  that  can 
only  be  bought  in 
dollars  in  these  spe- 
cial stores  are 
resold  at  inflated 
prices.  On  the  black 
market  a  pair  of 
jeans  would  cost  a  Cuban  professor 
three  months'  salary. 
Also  available  on  the  black  market  are 
services  and  products  made  by  people 
in  their  homes.  These  range  from  plumb- 
ing and  hair  dressing  to  the  making  of 
sweets  and  earrings. 
In  an  attempt  to  in- 
ject illegally  held 
American  dollars 
into  the  official 
economy,  Cubans 
are  now  allowed  to 
use  this  currency  in 
tourist  stores  and 
restaurants. 
In  early  September 
the  government  le- 
galized the  "privati- 
zation" of  over  1 00 
small  businesses 
and  trades,  like 
plumbing,  hair 
dressing,  and  taxi 
companies.  But  the 
people  providing 
these  services  are 
still  not  legally  al- 
lowed to  be  paid  in 
dollars,  so  they  are 
still  operating 
within  the  black 
market. 

Only  people  who  do 
not  have  a  university  degree  can  own  a 
private  business.  This  widens  the  eco- 
nomic gap  between,  for  example,  a 
university  professor  and  a  taxi  driver. 
As  a  person  involved  with  tourism  and 
dollars,  the  taxi  driver  Is  a  rich  person 


In  Cuba. 


In  agriculture,  farmers  must  sell  their 
produce  in  pesos  to  the  government, 
who  in  turn  sells  to  the  people.  This 
does  not  increase  productivity  if  farm- 
ers can  sell  their  produce  on  the  black 
market  in  dollars. 

The  government  should  open  up  a  farm- 
ers' market,  like  one  the  government 
shut  In  the  early  1980s  because  It  was 
thought  they  were  getting  too  rich, 
where  farmers  directly  benefit  from 
their  labors. 

People  do  not  receive  enough  food  from 
their  local  government  food  stands, 
and  the  Cuban  government  cannot  ex- 
pect agricultural  duty  by  the  general 
public  to  be  productive.  Although  the 
surroundings  of  agricultural  duty  are  a 
break  from  day-to-day  city  life,  the  in- 
centive to  work  is  low,  the  cost  of 
mobilizing  and  feeding  people  while 
they  are  not  at  their  regular  jobs  is  too 
much  and  does  not  produce  the  amount 
of  food  required.  The  social  and  moral 
benefits  gained  from  the  experience  of 
knowing  the  labor  involved  in  produc- 
ing food  are  good,  but  are  outweighed 
by  present  economic  need  In  Cuba. 

THE  UNCERTAIN  FUTURE 
For  a  sheltered  Canadian  student,  the 
opportunity  to  experience  a  place  like 
Cuba  was  great.  Although  I  encoun- 
tered a  country  with  many  frustrating 
shortages,  I  returned  to  Canada  to  be 
repulsed  by  the  excesses  we  take  for 
granted. 

What  I  saw  was  a  country  paralysed  by 
a  complicated  economic  and  social 
situation.  The  economic  problems  are 
brought  on  by  both  the  trade  embargo 
by  the  United  States  and  the  strict 
internal  control  of  Cuban  markets,  such 
as  agriculture,  by  the  Cuban  govern- 
ment. 

The  social  envi- 
ronment is  a  re- 
sult of  34  years  of 
control  of  the  peo- 
ple. People  seem 
not  to  know  what 
their  alternatives 
are.  If  they  say 
they  do,  they  think 
it  is  the  capital- 
ism of  the  United 
States. 

Now  is  the  time  to 
preserve  all  the 
benefits  of  the 
Cuban  revolution: 
widespread  edu- 
cation, a  high 
standard  of  sci- 
ence and  technol- 
ogy and  universal 
medical  care. 
The  infrastructure 
for  a  First  World 
country  exists. 
Cuba  is  a  country 
with  highly  nationalistic  people,  but 
they  want  to  enjoy  an  acceptable  stand- 
ard of  living.  Hopefully  the  slow  but 
seemingly  progressive  changes  of  the 
government  will  mean  neither  of  these 
aspects  have  to  be  compromised  in 
Cuba's  future.  Hi 


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14  ■  The  Charlatan  •  November  4,  1993 


 SPORTS 

Overtime  thriller  ends  in  loss 

Playoffs  over  fa 
for  soccer  men 


-  ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 


The  Ravens  dominated  the  Gae/s  during  the  regular  and  overtime  periods. 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Staff 

After  over  two  hours  of  soccer,  a  soli- 
tary player  sat  on  the  field,  hands  on  his 
knees,  white  towel  draped  over  his  head. 

Only  the  white  jersey  with  the  black 
number  10  on  the  back  identified  him  as 
Raven  forward  Basil  Phillips. 

Buried  under  the  towel  was  the  disap- 
pointment and  frustration  of  Carleton's 
1-0  overtime  playoff  loss  against  the 
fourth-place  Queen's  Golden  Gaels. 


Queen's  1  Carleton  0 


The  Oct.  30  loss  on  penalty  kicks  ended 
any  dream  the  first-place  Ravens  had  of 
advancing  to  the  provincial  finals  and 
possibly  the  nationals. 

"I  think  I  felt  worse  today  than  when 
I  was  playing,  because  it's  out  of  your 
control.  It's  frustrating  to  lose  in  penalty 
kicks,"  saidassistant coach  David  McFall. 
He  played  last  year  when  the  Ravens  lost 
2-1  to  Laurentian  in  the  league  finals. 

The  Ravens  played  a  near-faultless  90 
minutes  against  Queen's,  pressuring  the 
Gaels'  defence  the  entire  game.  The  ball 
seldom  crossed  into  the  Ravens'  half,  and 
when  it  did,  Carleton's  defence  was  there 
to  send  it  upfield.  Queen's  goalie  Liam 
Stevenson  said  it  was  the  most  intense 
game  he  had  ever  played. 

"  It  makes  it  very  hard  to  defend  against 
them  because  the  defence  just  pumps  it 
back  up  so  you're  constantly  under  pres- 
sure just  being  bombarded  by  balls  all 
the  time,"  said  rookie  Stevenson. 

Had  it  not  been  for  the  many  saves 
made  by  Stevenson,  Carleton  would  be 
probably  heading  to  the  league  finals. 

On  numerous  occasions  the  Ravens 
were  presented  with  a  opportunity  to 
score,  but  the  decisive  goal  eluded  them. 
Raven  fullback  Earl  Cochrane  said  the 
team's  failure  to  score  was  not  the  fault  of 
any  particular  forward. 

"The  way  we  play,  there's  no  one 
person  you  should  be  saying,  'Oh,  you 
should  be  scoring  our  goals.'  We  end  up 
putting  five  or  six  guys  in  the  box;  prob- 


ably half  of  them  aren't  even  attackers." 

The  referee's  decision  to  disallow  two 
goals  added  salt  to  the  Raven  loss. 

A  throng  of  players  in  front  of  the 
Queen's  net  let  Carleton  tap  the  ball  in 
during  the  second  half.  The  referee,  who 
was  out  of  position  to  judge  if  the  ball  had 
crossed  the  goal  line,  disallowed  it. 

"The  ball  did  go  over  the  line.  We 
scored.  We  were  all  cheering  . . .  then  ol' 
gutless  didn't  call  it,"  said  fullback  Andre 
van  Heerden.  "I  think  we  were  robbed." 

The  second  disallowed  goal  came  in 
the  shootout,  which  capped  a  20-minute 
scoreless  overtime  period. 

Fullback  Marty  Lauter  was  the  second 
Raven  to  face  Queen's  goalkeeper 
Stevenson.  Lauter*s  shot  cuffed  the  bot- 
tom of  the  crossbarand  deflected  directly 
down  to  the  ground. 


"First  of  all  the  referee  said  it  was  in  . 
. .  so  of  course  everybody  celebrated,  and 
then  all  of  the  sudden  the  linesman  shook 
his  head,"  said  Lauter. 

After  four  penalty  shots  apiece,  both 
teams  had  scored  two  goals. 

On  the  Ravens'  fifth  shot,  Chris 
Scucatto  missed.  Golden  Gael's  Rich  Price 
didn't. 

Price  drove  a  low  ball  into  the  right 
side  of  the  net,  scoring  the  3-2  tie-break- 
ing goal  for  an  ecstatic  Queen's  team. 

The  Ravens  stood  numb  on  the  field. 

"  I  guess  if  you  believe  in  fate  a  little  bit 
...  it  wasn't  meant  to  be,"  said  Raven 
keeper  Stevie  Ball  afterwards.  "If  you 
have  a  game  like  that,  maybe  80  or  90 
per  cent  you  win  those  games  that  you 
dominate  . . .  then  it  really  sucks  the  10 
per  cent  when  you  don't."  □ 


Pedro  prays 
for  Panda 

by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

Dear  Carleton  Athletics, 
It's  me  again. 

You  know  -  the  Panda  your  football 
team  hasn't  won  since  way  back  in 
1987. 

And  I'm  writing  because  I've  heard  a 
scary,  scary,  scary  rumor. 

I  understand  Carol  Turgeon,  the  Uni- 
versity of  Ottawa  athletic  director, 
doesn't  want  to  hold  the  annual 
Lansdowne  Park  Panda  Game  any  more 
because  attendance  is  down  and  the 
universities  loses  money. 

A  peak  crowd  of  over  1 7,000  six  years 
I     ago  dwindled  to  just  3,500  this  year. 
Profits  are  non-existent  and  both  uni- 
versities have  turned  accumulated  losses 
of  $50,000  apiece  since  1987.  Neither 
|  school  is  expecting  to  make  money  this 
^  year  either. 
<  Bummer. 

jl  Now  as  you  know,  I'm  just  a  small 
to  stuffed  bear.  I  don't  know  much  about 
|  politics,  money,  sex  —  or  even  football. 
\>  But  I  do  know  that  the  Panda  Game 
g  in  my  honor  —  a  tradition  between  the 
I  o  University  of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  and  Car- 
°-  leton  Ravens  football  teams  for  39  years 
— is  the  university  sporting  event  of  the 
year  in  this  city. 

No  ifs,  ands  or  buts  about  it. 
Now  we  both  know  students  can  be 
apathetic  little  weenies  and  that  mon- 
ey's tight  all  around.  But  surely  there's 
an  alternative  solution  to  scrapping  the 
game. 

And  because  I'm  such  a  bright  little 
guy  with  plenty  of  time  on  my  hands, 
I've  come  up  with  the  following  four- 
point  Panda  proposal  to  raise  attend- 
ance, make  money  and  keep  the  tradi- 
tion alive: 

1  —  Lower  the  ticket  prices.  Eight 
dollars  for  a  student  ticket  is  outra- 
geous. No  wonder  attendance  is  down. 
If  you're  going  to  charge  an  exorbitant 
sum  like  that,  you'd  damn  well  better  be 
able  to  provide  an  entertaining  event 
worthy  of  the  price. 

2  —  Eliminate  the  attendance  limit. 
Ever  since  a  1 987  accident  when  a  rail- 
ing broke  under  the  weight  of  spectators 
and  injured  1 4  students,  an  attendance 
limit  of  1 0,000  has  been  in  effect  to  keep 
the  crowds  under  control.  That  hardly 
seems  necessary  any  more. 

3  —  Another  financial  drain  result- 
ing from  the  1987  accident  was  the 
necessity  of  having  a  security  force  on 
hand  to  keep  the  rabble  under  control. 
Last  year's  security  cost  the  schools  about 
$32,000.  Figures  aren't  in  for  how  much 
this  year's  three-tiered  force  of  50  Ot- 
tawa police,  80  stadium  and  220  stu- 
dent security  guards  cost  the  schools. 
But  you  can  bet  your  bamboo  shoots  it 
didn't  cost  any  less.  Certainly  security  is 
needed,  but  that  many? 

4  —  Move  the  Panda  Game  to  an 
earlierdate.  The  end  of  orientation  week 
would  be  the  ideal  weekend  to  host  the 
game.  Just  think  of  it  --  a  new  hoard  of 
enthusiastic  students  with  money  to 
bum  at  a  football  game. 

Now  I  know  I'm  just  a  silly  little 
stuffed  bear  who's  not  very  bright  and 
whose  opinion  doesn't  really  count  for 
much  in  the  big  scheme  of  things,  but  I 
think  these  are  reasonable  suggestions 
to  keep  my  game  alive. 

Sincerely, 

Pedro  the  Panda  □ 


Overtime  shootout: 
shot  by  shot 

1  —  Carleton  stopper  Earl  Cochrane 
does  his  traditional  galloping  stride 
approach  to  shoot  a  waist-high  ball  to 
the  right.  The  shot  is  blocked  in  a  spec- 
tacular dive  by  Queen's  goalkeeper 
Liam  Stevenson. 

Carleton:  0  Queen's:  0 

2  —  Golden  Gael  John  Soler  shoots 
wide  to  the  left  of  Raven  goalkeeper 
Stevie  Ball.  Theball  strikes  the  postbut 
does  not  go  in. 

Carleton:  0  Queen's:  0 

3  —  Raven  fullback  Marty  Lauter 
steps  up  to  shoot  a  high  ball  that  hits 
the  centre  of  the  crossbar  and  deflects 
down  to  the  ground.  The  goaliscounted 
at  first,  then  minutes  later,  is  disal- 
lowed by  the  referee. 

Carleton:  0  Queen's:  0 

4  -  Gael  Ken  Butler  kicks  a  waist- 
high  shot  into  the  centre  of  the  net  Ball 
dives  to  his  tight. 

Carleton:  0  Queen's:  1 

5  —  Michael  Zaborski,  Carleton's 
sweeper,  prepares  to  take  his  penalty. 
He  shoots  straight  toscoreonowolst- 


Queen's  goalkeeper  Liam  Stevenson  made  big  saves  in  the  overtime  shootout. 

Carleton:  2  Queen's:  2 


high  shot  to  the  centre  of  the  net. 

6  -  Marc  Labrom  of  Queen's  takes  his 
kick,  but  drives  the  ball  too  far  right, 
missing  the  net. 

Carleton:  1  Queen's:  1 

7 —  Raven  midfielder  Andrew 
Wooldridge  shoots  low  to  the  left  of 
Stevenson,  who  is  able  to  get  a  finger  on 
the  ball  but  unable  to  stop  the  powerful 
shot 

Carleton:  2  Queen's:  1 

8—  Golden  Gael  Peter  Milonas  scores 
on  a  grounder  to  the  left  of  Ball. 


9 — The  pressure  of  the  final  shot  for 
Carleton  rests  on  the  shoulders  of 
midfielder  Chris  Scuccato.  He  shoots 
high  and  the  ball  goes  over  the  cross- 
bar. 

Carleton:  2  Queen's:  2 

10  —  Queen's  rookie  right  fullback 
Rich  Price  must  score  to  avoid  going 
into  sudden  death  penalty  shots.  He 
approaches  the  ball  and  drifts  it  low  to 
the  left. 

Carleton:  2  Queen's:  3 


November  4,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  15 


Raven  football  season  of  improvement 


by  Derek  DeCloet  and  Steven  Vesely 

Chaitatan  Staff 

What  a  difference  a  year  makes. 

Years  of  frustration,  pain  and  agony 
were  wiped  away  this  year  as  the  Ravens 
football  team  posted  its  best  record  in  six 
years. 

Sure,  the  2-5  Ravens  ended  the  season 
on  a  sour  note,  losing  their  last  four 
games  including  the  playoff-determin- 
ing Panda  Game  —  but  that  still  doesn't 
diminish  what  this  team  accomplished. 

In  fact,  the  Ravens  —  who  were  0-7  a 
year  ago  —  were  probably  the  most  im- 
proved team  in  the  Ontario-Quebec 
Interuniversity  Football  Conference. 

Was  the  Ravens'  season  a  success? 
You  bet.  Here's  the  evidence: 


Carleton  more  than  doubled  their  1 992 
offensive  output  of  44  points,  scoring  94. 

The  defence  trimmed  lastyear'spoints- 
against  total  of  237  by  71,  bringing  it  to 
a  more  respectable  166  allowed. 

Kicker  Chris  Giacobbi  led  the  team  in 
scoring  lastyearwith  16  points.  This  year 
a  trio  including  Giacobbi,  running  backs 
Chris  Dorrington  and  Dave  Bosveld  all 
scored  18  apiece. 

Bosveld  also  managed  to  place  second 
in  O-QIFC,  rushing  with  270  yards  on  62 
carries  despite  only  playing  in  four  games. 

Other  offensive  leaders  included 
Wayne  Wilson,  who  led  all  kick  off  re- 
turners in  the  league  with  12  returns  for 
212  yards  and  defensive  back  Jason  Mal- 
let who  was  second  in  O-QIFC  intercep 


Ravens  review: 
game  by  game 


SEPT.  11:  McGill  22  Carleton  17 

You  can't  win  if  you'realwaysgiving 
the  ball  to  the  other  team.  That's  what 
the  Ravens  did,  committing  seven  turno- 
vers. Still,  the  Ravens  were  persistent  in 
this  one  —  coming  back,  nearly  all  the 
way  back,  from  a  22-3  third-quarter 
deficit. 

SEPT.  18:  Carleton  19  Ottawa  18 

The  win  that  really  wasn't.  Ottawa 
scored  a  touchdown  to  tie  the  game  in 
the  dying  minutes,  then  kicked  the  con- 
vert to  go  ahead  —  or  so  they  thought. 
Line  judge  John  Lamont  ruled  it  was 
wide  and  the  Ravens  later  won  it  on  a 
single  by  kicker  Chris  Giacobbi.  It  was  a 
controversial  win,  but  hey,  a  win's  a 
mn. 

SEPT.  25:  Carleton  25  Queen's  20 

Knocking  off  the  '92  Vanier  Cup 
champs  was  the  high  point  of  the  sea- 
son for  Carleton.    Trailing  17-3  at 
halfume,  quarterback  Shawn  Thompson 
came  off  the  bench  to  lead  the  Ravens' 
comeback.  The  real  story,  though,  was 
running  back  Dave  Bosveld  —  three 
touchdowns  and  145  yards  rushing. 
OCT.  2:  Bishop's  34  Carleton  1 
This  was  a  reality  check  for  the  eu 
phoric  Ravens  as  they  were  humbled  by 
the  first-place  Gaiters  at  Raven  Field, 
Quarterbacks  Sean   O'Neill  and 
Thompson  combined  for  five  intercep- 
tions and  the  Ravens  were  never  in  it. 
"This  was  a  wake-up  call,"  said  Smith 
after  the  game. 
OCT.  9:  Queen's  26  Carleton  8 
Smith's  wake-up  call  went  unheeded 
as  the  Golden  Gaels  exacted  revenge. 
The  play  that  told  the  story:  Queen's 
receiver  Paul  Kozan  caught  a  long  pass 
downfield  from  quarterback  Steve  Othen 
and  was  immediately  surrounded  by 
several  Raven  tacklers.  They  missed  him 
and  Kozan's  subsequent  touchdown 
gave  the  Gaels  a  19-1  lead. 
OCT.  16:  Concordia  25  Carleton21 
Perhaps  the  most  heartbreaking  loss 
of  the  season.  Carleton  had  a  21-6  lead 
in  the  third  quarter  and  let  it  slip  away. 
Hanging  on  to  a  three-point  lead  with 
two  minutes  left,  Raven  Wayne  Wilson 
fumbled  a  missed  field  goal  attempt  in 
the  end  zone.  Concordia  recovered  for 
the  winning  touchdown. 
OCT.  24:  Ottawa  21  Carleton  3 
The  Gee-Gees  scored  three  touch 
downs  in  less  than  six  minutes  in  the 
fourth  quarter  to  recapture  Pedro  for 
the  sixth  year  in  a  row.  A  win  would 
have  put  Carleton  in  the  O-QIFC 
playoffs.  Instead,  we  got  to  share  the 
pain  and  reflect  on  a  season  of  might- 
have-beens.  □ 


tions  with  four. 

Defensively,  tackle  Harry  Van 
Hofwegen'sseven  quarterback  sacks  were 
also  good  enough  for  second  in  the  league. 

Certainly  much  credit  should  go  to 
coach  Donn  Smith,  who  was  a  strong 
contender  for  O-QIFC  Coach  of  the  Year 
honors,  as  well  as  the  support  staff  he 
recruited. 

Topping  it  all  off,  two  Ravens  were 
named  to  the  1993  O-QIFC  all-star  team 
—  offensive  tackle  Steve  Szumlinski  and 
Van  Hofwegen. 

The  Ravens  didn't  have  a  perfect  sea- 
son. At  times,  they  didn't  even  a  pretty 
season.  But  they  did  provide  fans  with 
some  long-awaited  happy  highlights  and 
hope  for  future  success.  -J 


Carleton  celebrated  against  Ottawa 


let  wno  was  ;>ec.uiiu  m  \j-\^ir\-  iiircn-cp-    "ur>-     — - 

Rowing  club  places  six  crews  in  finals 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  varsity  rowing  club  pro- 
duced its  best  ever  results  at  the  com- 
bined men's  and  women's  rowing  cham- 
pionships on  Oct.  30atthe  Henley  Course 
in  St.  Catherines,  Ont. 

With  entries  in  six  rowing  categories, 
Carleton  placed  crews  in  the  finals  of 
every  event  they  entered.  Last  year,  only 
sculler  Elizabeth  Kuran  made  the  finals, 
placing  third  in  the  single  sculls  race. 

This  year  was  a  different  story. 

"We  had  so  many  entries  in  the  cham- 
pionship categories,"  said  club  president 
David  Lewis.  "It's  a  sign  of  our  success. 
The  people  who  are  now  involved  are 
really  making  it  happen.  Their  dedica- 
tion and  commitment  have  allowed  us  to 
have  such  a  strong  and  competitive  sea- 
son." 

Topping  the  list  of  results  was  the 
men's  lightweight  double  crew  of  Rob 
Bennett  and  Trevor  MacKay,  who  fin- 
ished second  in  the  final  behind  the  Uni- 
versity of  Western  crew. 

"They're  both  very,  very  good  scullers 
and  they  came  together  really  well, "  said 
men's  coach  ByTon  Johnson.  "I  wouldn't 
have  been  surprised  if  they  had  won  it. 
They're  first-rate  rowers  at  a  university 
level." 

MacKay  and  Bennett  followed  up  the 
lightweight  double's  second-place  result 
with  individual  honors  as  well.  MacKay 
placed  third  in  the  men's  heavyweight 


Trevor  MacKay  and  Rob  Bennett  led  Carleton  at  the  OVAA/OW1AA  finals. 

ing  against  some  pretty  stiff  competition. 
Some  of  those  students  out  there  are 
national  team  members.  It's  not  like 


single  while  Bennett  finished  fourth  in 
the  men's  lightweight  single. 

The  men's  heavyweight  fours  finished 
sixth  in  their  final,  beating  out  the  Uni- 
versity of  Ottawa. 

"That  was  disappointing,"  said 
Johnson.  "They  had  a  much  better  race 
last  week  against  McGill.  We  were  ex- 
pecting to  challenge  for  first  or  second 
but  it  just  didn't  happen.  They  got  off  to 
a  bad  start." 

In  the  women's  races,  both  the  light- 
weight fours  and  the  heavyweight  fours 
finished  sixth  in  their  respective  finals. 

"I  think  the  results  are  quite  good 
considering  it's  such  a  young  program," 
said  women's  coach  John  Ossowski. 
"You've  got  to  remember  they  were  row- 


they  were  rowing  somewhere  in  the  Prai- 
ries." 

In  overall  team  standings  among  the 
nine  universities  competing,  the  men's 
crew  placed  seventh  with  a  team  total  of 
21  points.  The  women's  crews  placed 
eighth  with  eight  points.  Western  crews 
dominated,  winning  both  the  men's  and 
women's  team  standings  with  109  and 
80  points  respectively. 

"All  things  considered  as  a  club  we  did 
as  well  as  we  could  have.  Six  weeks  is  not 
a  lot  of  time  together  and  we  did  all 
right,"  said  lightweight  women's  four 
member  Nicole  Lebon.  □ 


Playoff  loss  ends  impressive  rugby  men's  season 


Ravens  move  up 
to  first  division 


by  Matt  Shurrie 

Charlatan  Staff 

It's  tough  being  a  cub  playing  against 
a  fully  grown  lion. 

And  when  the  Carleton  Ravens  rugby 
team  stormed  into  Kingston  to  face  the 
Queen's  Golden  Gaels  on  Oct.  30 — a  cub 
is  exactly  what  they  were  as  the  less 
experienced  Ravens  lost  28-3  to  the 
stronger  Gaels  team. 


Queen's  28  Carleton  3 


Kicker  Mike  Rys  scored  three  points. 


The  Ravens  are  the  second-division 
champions  in  the  Ontario  Universities 
Athletic  Association,  while  the  Gaels  are 
the  first-division  champions. 

"Our  guys  played  well  against  them, " 
said  Carleton  coach  Lee  Powell.  "But  I 
think  they  (Queen's)  play  a  high-level 
game  on  a  regular  basis  so  their  level  of 
play  was  just  a  touch  higher  than  ours. 
We  have  the  same  skills  and  ability,  but 


you  don't  see  it  on  a  regular  basis." 

The  OUAA  rugby  league  is  divided 
into  two  divisions.  The  stronger  teams 
play  in  the  first  division  and  the  weaker 
teams  play  in  the  second.  The  playoff 
format  pits  the  division  one  champion 
against  the  weaker  division  two  cham- 
pion. The  second-  and  third-place  teams 
in  the  first  division  also  make  the  playoffs, 
facing  off  against  each  other. 

Being  a  less  experienced,  weaker  team 
facing  off  against  a  more  powerful  foe, 


the  Ravens  did  the  best  they  could  but 
their  playoff  inexperience  couldn't  be 
overcome.  The  Ravens'  last  playoff  game 
was  in  1987,  when  they  lost  21-6  to  the 
Golden  Gaels. 

"The  game  was  closer  than  the  score 
indicates,  with  the  Golden  Gaels  putting 
points  on  the  board  near  the  end",  said 
Powell,  explaining  the  lopsided  28-3  score. 
"The  team  gave  everything  they  had,  but 
Queen's  showed  us  what  an  advantage  it 
is  to  be  coming  out  of  the  first  division." 

Despite  the  trouncing,  it  can't  be  for- 
gotten the  Ravens  had  weaker  competi- 
tion in  the  second  division  and  playing 
the  top  team  in  the  league  was  some- 
what of  a  culture  shock  for  Carleton. 

"What  needs  to  be  looked  at,  is  the  fact 
that  they've  proven  that  they're  worthy 
of  the  first  division  next  season,"  said 
Powell. 

This  year's  team  dominated  its  divi- 
sion two  opponents,  racking  up  1 70  of- 
fensive points  while  allowing  only  43  en 
route  to  a  6-1  record. 

As  a  result  of  their  first-place  finish  in 
the  second  division,  next  year's  Ravens 
will  face  off  against  the  universities  of 
Queen's,  McMaster,  Western,  Guelph  and 
York  in  much  stiffer  competition.  □ 


16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  4,  1993 


4 


y 

Raven 
Rumblings 


Soccer  women  shut  out  in  playoff  loss 

Three  Ravens 
named  all-stars 


by  Bram  S.  Aaron 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  women's  soccer  team  lost  3-0  to 
the  Sir  Wifrid  Laurier  Golden  Hawks, 
ending  their  playoff  drive  in  Windsor  on 
Oct.  29. 

Laurier  went  on  to  beat  the  University 
of  Western  Ontario  Mustangs  2-0  Oct.  30 
and  the  McMaster  University  Marauders 
2-1  Oct.  31  in  the  Ontario  final  to  repeat 
as  Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity  Ath- 
letic Association's  provincial  champions. 


GoalkeeperKristina  Hacchi,  defender  Kathy  Keegan  and  halfback  Nicole 
Maynard  were  named  to  the  OWIAA  all-star  team. 


QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"We're  not  keeping  the  official  scorer 
very  busy." 

Athletic  director  Keith  Harris  com- 
menting on  the  0-0  tie  between  the 
Ravens  and  the  Golden  Gaels  soccer 
teams  as  they  prepared  for  overtime. 

BRIEFS 

In  exhibition  fencing,  Carleton 
dominated  the  second  annual  Rookie 
Challenge  on  Oct.  31  at  the  Ravens' 
Nest. 

In  the  men's  foil  class,  Carleton 
fencer  Curtis  Lokett  placed  first,  fol- 
lowed by  Ravens  Chad  Ito  and  Andrew 
Morrier. 

In  women's  foil,  Heather  Findlayfon 
and  Natalie  Remedes  finished  second 
and  third  behind  Ottawa's  France 
Daviault. 

About  50  rookie  Carleton  fencers 
competed  against  the  universities  of 
Ottawa  and  Queen's. 

The  Carleton  hockey  team  lost  5-4 
to  the  Potsdam  State  Bears  in  exhibi- 
tion action  on  Oct.  30  in  Potsdam,  N.Y. 

Trailing  4-2  in  the  third  period,  the 
Carleton  club  tied  the  game  at  four 
with  four  minutes  left  before  the  Bears 
squeezed  a  soft  shot  through  the  pads 
of  Carleton  goal  tender  Pat  McFetridge. 
McFetridge  was  the  game  star,  stop- 
ping 35  of  37  shots. 

Earlier  in  the  week  on  Oct.  27,  the 
Carleton  club  tied  the  National  De- 
fence headquarter  team  1-1  in  senior 
R.A.  league  action.  The  tie  raises  the 
hockey  club's  record  to  0-2-2. 

CALENDAR 
Friday,  Nov.  5. 

VOLLEYBALL — The  Carleton  wom- 
en's volleyball  team  opens  its  season 
with  a  game  against  the  University  of 
Ottawa  Gee-Gees  at  U  of  O's  Montpetit 
Hall.  Game  time  is  8  p.m. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  men's  basket- 
ball team  hosts  its  fourth  annual  House- 
Laughton  Hoops  Classic  basketball 
tournament  at  the  Ravens'  Nest.  Carle- 
ton will  take  on  the  defending  Cana- 
dian Interuniversity  Athletic  Union's 
national  champion,  the  St.  Francis  X- 
Men,  at  9:05  p.m. 

Saturday,  Oct  8. 

FENCING  —  The  men's  and  wom- 
en's fencing  teams  will  travel  to  King- 
ston to  participate  in  the  Royal  Mili- 
tary College  Invitational  fencing  tour- 
nament. 

WATERPOLO  —  The  men's 
waterpolo  team  hosts  the  second  crosso- 
verwaterpolo  tournament,  playingthe 
University  of  Toronto  Varsity  Blues  at 
noon  and  the  York  Yeomen  at  4:30 
p.m. 

Sunday,  Nov.  1. 

WATERPOLO  —  The  men's 
waterpolo  team  continues  league  play 
at  the  Carleton  pool  with  games  against 
the  McMaster  Marauders  at  9  a.m.  and 
the  University  of  Western  Mustangs  at 
3  p.m. 

SAILING  —  The  sailing  club  will  be 
hosting  an  all-Carleton  regatta  at  the 
Britannia  Yacht  Club  at  10:30  a.m. 


Laurier  3  Carleton  0 


"  Going  in  as  a  fourth-place  team,  you 
can't  expect  to  dominate  a  first-place 
team,"  said  Raven  defender  Kathy 
Keegan,  of  the  8-0-4  Golden  Hawks. 

Despite  the  team  being  shut  out  and 
having  scored  only  four  goals  in  the  final 
four  games  of  the  season-,  Keegan  refused 
to  blame  her  team's  offence. 

"We're  not  as  technically  a  good  team 
as  they  are.  Their  passing  is  superior. 
They're  a  notch  above  us  in  every  way," 
she  said. 

Nevertheless,  the  5-3-2  Ravens  were 


optimistic  heading  into  the  match. 

"All  four  (of  Laurier's)  ties  occurred 
near  the  end  of  the  season,  so  we  figured 
they  were  on  a  bit  of  a  downside.  We 
thought  we'd  just  go  out  and  give  it  our 
best  shot,"  said  Keegan. 

Their  best  shot  wasn't  enough. 

Laurier  opened  the  scoring  at  the  25- 
minute  mark  of  the  first  half  with  a  goal 
which  bounced  off  goaltender  Krishna 
Bacchi's  hands  and  was  blown  in  by  a 
strong  wind. 

A  rocket  shot  to  the  left  comer  gave 
the  Golden  Hawks  a  2-0  halfhme  lead. 

Another  bullet  late  in  the  game  sealed 


victory  for  Laurier. 

On  a  happier  note,  three  Carleton 
players  were  named  to  the  east  division 
all-star  team  at  a  league  banquet  on  Oct. 
28. 

Rookie  goaltender  Bacchi,  midfielder 
Nicole  Maynardand  Keegan  were  named 
to  the  OWIAA  eastern  all-star  team.  It 
was  the  first  time  Carleton  had  placed 
three  players  to  the  all-star  team  in  the 
same  year. 

"  It's  tremendous, "  said  Kent. "  It  really 
shows  the  improvement  of  the  (soccer) 
program."  □ 


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Waterpolo  men  exact  revenge  over  Queen's 


by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Charlatan  Staff 

Teamwork. 

There's  not  too  much  else  that  seems 
to  work  better  for  the  Carleton  Ravens 
men's  waterpolo  team. 

The  Ravens  opened  the  second  half  of 
their  regular  season  with  an  11-3 
pummeling  of  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels 
on  Oct.  31,  improving  their  record  to  an 
impressive  4-2-1  and  keeping  them  in 


third  place  in  the  Ontario  Universities 
Athletic  Association's  waterpolo  league. 


Carleton  11  Queen's  3 


"We  just  played  as  a  team  and  that's 
pretty  much  it,"  said  driver  Stewart 
Mackie. 

Entering  the  game,  the  Ravens  were 
determined  to  avenge  a  season  opening 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 


Here  are  the  point  leader's  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 
Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Nov.  2,  1993. 


1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 


J  layson  Luiz 

2  Daragh  Slowey 

3  Peter  Hawkes 

4  Patrick  Soden 

5  Edwin  Chock 

6  Myrian  Baes 

7  Brent  Quinn 

8  Sujoy  Bhattacharyya 

9  Al  White 

10  Paul  Donovan 


145 
143 

141 
141 
141 
140 
140 
139 
139 
138 


Daragh  Stowey  can  pickup  his  $25  dinner  certificate  for  Baxter's  restaurant  at 
The  Charlatan,  Room  531  Unicentre.  layson  Luiz  won  the  prize  last  week. 


11-5  loss  to  Queen's  on  Oct.3. 

The  Ravens  had  first  possession  of  the 
ball  and  quickly  scored  30  seconds  into 
the  game. 

"Their  weakness  is  they  don't  have 
strong  outside  players  so  we  were  making 
theirweaker  players  take  the  shot,"  said 
Carleton  holeman  Brian  Young.  "We  just 
kept  control  and  kept  to  our  game." 

The  Ravens  led  8-2  at  halftime  and  1 1- 
2  after  three  quarters.  In  the  final  quar- 
ter, the  Ravens  played  some  of  their  sec- 
ond-string players,  including  back-up 
goalie  Andy  Pohl,  while  cruising  to  the 
easy  11 -3  victory. 

Goal  scoring  was  well-distributed 
amongst  team  members.  Driver  Dave 
Bason  scored  three,  while  Young,  Mackie 
and  holecheck  Corry  Burke  each  scored 
twice.  Drivers  Rob  Weber  and  feff  McGrath 
added  singles. 

In  earlier  action,  the  Ravens  defeated 
a  Carleton  alumni  team,  including  last 
year'sMost  Valuable  PlayerScott  Tweedy, 
15-14  in  overtime.  It  was  the  first  time  in 
the  history  of  the  game  that  the  varsity 
club  had  defeated  the  alumni  team. 

Bason  led  the  Ravens  with  seven  goals 
while  Burke  scored  the  winner  in  over- 
time. a 


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Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
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dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

What  NFL  team  did  Ottawa 
Rough  Rider  Dexter  Mauley  play 
for  before  he  graced  us  with  his 
presence? 


Sports  Trivia 

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submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
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the  prize  will  be  determined  by  a  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  Nov.  2, 1993.  The  winnerwill 
be  contacted  by  phone,  by  the  sports 
editor  of  the  Charlatan. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 

Congratulations  to  Mike  Ross  who 
knew  that  Harry  Sinden  and  ]ohn 
Ferguson  coached  the  1972  Tean 
Canada  squad. 


November  4,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  17 


Basketball  men  drop  pair  in  Ottawa  tourney 

Reagh  Vidito  nets  all-star  selection 


by  Kevin  Rest  i vo 

Charlatan  Staff 

Too  many  tricks  and  not  enough  treats. 

That  sums  up  the  Halloween  weekend 
for  the  Carleton  men's  basketball  team. 

The  Ravens  dropped  two  games  to  the 
University  of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  and  the 
Guelph  Gryphons  by  the  ghoulish  scores 
of  100-82  and  92-66  at  the  19th  annual 
University  of  Ottawa  Tip-Off  Classic  Oct. 
29-30. 


Ottawa  100  Carleton  82 
Guelph  92  Carleton  66 


Against  Ottawa,  Carleton  kept  the 
Gee-Gees  off  balance  early  with  an  ag- 
gressive trapping  defence.  In  fact,  the 
Ravens  even  outran  the  blazing  Gee- 
Gees,  capitalizing  on  many  fast-break 
chances. 

But  that  early  tide  shifted  at  the  10- 
minute  mark  of  the  first  half  when  third- 


year  forward  Taffe  Charles  received  his 
third  foul  of  the  game.  Ravens'  head 
coach  Paul  Armstrong  was  forced  to  pull 
Charles — theteam'sbestoffensive  threat. 

The  score  was  21-20  at  the  time,  but 
without  Charles,  the  Ravens  faltered  and 
trailed  51-35  at  the  half. 

Charles  wasn't  alone  in  courting  foul 
trouble.  The  Ravens  as  a  team  picked  up 
23  fouls  in  the  first  half  alone. 

"I  don't  mind  if  we  pick  up  fouls,  but 
we  simply  weren't  moving  our  feet  and 
we  ended  up  picking  up  some  stupid, 
sloppy  fouls,"  said  Armstrong. 

Carleton  made  a  number  of  runs  at 
the  Gee-Gees  in  the  second  half,  but 
couldn't  sustain  them  as  foul  trouble 
continued  to  take  its  toll. 

Back  in  the  game  to  start  the  second 
half,  Charles  left  the  game  with  his  fifth 
foul  with  10  minutes  left  to  play.  Fresh- 
man forward  Brian  Russell  followed  suit 
two  minutes  later. 

Perhaps  the  biggest  loss  of  the  game 


occurred  with  5:14  left  on  the  clock  when 
second-year  forward  James  Marquardt, 
the  Ravens'  leading  scorer  with  18points, 
injured  his  right  knee  in  a  scrum  for  the 
ball.  He's  expected  to  be  out  of  the  lineup 
for  a  minimum  of  two  weeks. 

The  Ravens  shot  10  for  24  from  the 
foul  line  while  the  Gee-Gees  were  29  for 
42  —  a  19-point  difference  which  was 
almost  exactly  the  margin  of  victory  for 
Ottawa. 

"We're  not  a  good  foul-shooting  team 
this  season  and  it's  costing  us"  said 
Armstrong.  "I'm  still  impressed  with  the 
intensity  and  enthusiasm  that  we  had  to 
start  off  but  we've  got  to  be  a  much 
smarter  team  and  that  should  come  with 
experience." 

The  following  evening,  the  Ravens 
were  thoroughly  outplayed  by  the  Guelph 
Gryphons.  Guelph  stormed  out  to  an 
early  19-7  lead  and  never  looked  back. 

Inexperience  hurt  the  Ravens  as  third- 
year  point  guard  Luca  Diaconescu  sat 
out  with  a  swollen  hand  and  Marquardt 
did  not  play  because  of  the  injury  sus- 
tained against  Ottawa. 


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Rookie  replacements  were  exploited 
by  the  Gryphons,  who  took  advantage  of 
Carleton's  inexperience  by  throwing  a 
variety  of  pressure  defences  at  the  Ravens, 
pouncing  on  any  forced  free  balls. 

"We  just  had  no  intensity  at  the  start. 
Our  heads  weren't  into  it"  said  second- 
year  point  guard  Curtis  Houlden. 

Despite  the  losses,  Reagh  Vidito,  a 
first-year  swingman  recruit  from  Prince 
Edward  Island,  supplied  one  huge,  bright 
spark  for  the  Ravens. 

Vidito  was  phenomenal  against 
Guelph,  draining  seven  three-pointers 
en  route  to  a  spot  on  the  tournament  all- 
star  team. 

"It  was  really  gratifying  but  it  was 
disappointing  that  it  had  to  come  in  the 
effort  that  it  did, "  said  the  humble  Vidito. 

Carleton  faces  off  against  the  last 
year's  Canadian  Interuniversity  Athletic 
Union  national  champions,  the  St.  Fran- 
cis Xavier  X-Men,  on  Nov.  5  at  the  an- 
nual House-Laughton  tournament  at  the 
Ravens'  Nest.  □ 


Sailors  sail 

by  Shannon  Fraser 

Ghanaian  Statl 

On  a  chilly  Halloween  morning,  mem- 
bers of  the  Carleton  sailing  club  gathered 
at  the  Britannia  Yacht  Club  to  host  a 
regatta  with  Queen's  University. 

Racing  420-class  boats  in  eight  races. 
Queen's  posted  the  top  three  overall  re- 
sults while  the  recently  formed  Carleton 
crew  brought  up  the  rear. 

"Queen's  has  some  very  experienced 
sailors, "  said  Carleton  sailor  Dave  Nurse. 
"They've  been  racing  in  hundreds  of  races. 
They  had  quite  a  good  team  and  they 
thrashed  us  thoroughly." 

Ian  Eckhart,  a  Queen's  sailor  and  na- 
tional team  member,  was  skipper  of  the 
first-place  boat.  Queen's  skipper  Craig 
Rogers  and  his  crew  placed  second  while 
John  Curtis,  anothernational  team  mem- 
ber and  president  of  the  Queen's  sailing 
club,  completed  the  sweep. 

Carleton  skipper  Derek  Vandermeer 
took  the  top  Carleton  position  with  a 
fourth-place  finish,  followed  by  Nurse 
and  crew  in  fifth.  Cressida  Robsom  and 
Claire  Fishlock  cheered  up  the  rear.  □ 

Lacrosse  loses 

by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Stall 

The  Carleton  lacrosse  club  ended  their 
season  with  a  10-7  loss  to  the  McMaster 
Marauders  at  Brewer  Park  on  Oct.  30, 

Three  costly  penalties  at  the  end  of  the 
game  left  the  1-6  Carleton  team  short- 
handed  when  it  badly  needed  a  goal. 

Heading  into  the  final  quarter  tied  at 
seven,  the  lacrosse  club  had  the  opportu- 
nity to  win,  but  three  unanswered  goals 
was  a  deficit  they  could  not  overcome. 

With  six  minutes  left  in  the  fourth 
quarter,  attack  Shawn  Gilmorewas  nailed 
from  behind  by  a  McMaster  player  and 
retaliated.  The  referees  called  the  retalia- 
tion but  not  the  hit  from  behind,  leaving 
Carleton  one  man  down  for  three  min- 
utes. 

Two  more  Carleton  penalties  with  two 
minutes  left  in  the  game  put  the  game 
out  of  reach  for  the  team. 

"There  were  three  calls  that  could  be 
questioned,"  said  Carleton  coach  Glenn 
Harrison.  "I'm  not  blaming  the  loss  on 
the  referees,  but  they  were  to  contribute 
in  this  one." 

Carleton  midfielder  Pat  Murawsky  led 
the  way  with  a  goal  and  two  assists. 
Attack  Dan  McWhirter  had  two  goals, 
midfielder  Phil  Dubuc  had  two  assists 
while  Murphy,  Gilmore  and  Tasse  each 
added  singles.  Q 


'NEON,     BYWARD  MARKET 


18  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  4,  1993 


by  Christina  Craft 

Charlatan  staff 


This  Earthly  Paridise 

National  Gallery  of  Canada 
vOct.  22  —  [an.  16 


British  artist  William  Morris  was  a 
socialist  who  wanted  to  improve  art  for 
the  working  class,  but  the  working  class 
could  never  afford  to  buy  his  crafts. 

Of  his  more  than  285  works  of  art  on 
display  here  —  including  crafts,  furni- 
ture, wallpaper,  tapestry  and  books  — 
many  have  never  been  exhibited  pub- 
licly. This  exhibit  is  also  the  most  com- 
prehensive survey  of  Morris's  work  ever 
exhibited  in  North  America. 

Quotations  by  the  artist  are  on  the 
walls  above  the  displays.  "I  spend  my  life 
in  ministering  to  the  swinish  luxury  of 
the  rich,"  one  reads. 

Morris  sold  his  crafts  through  Morris 
and  Co. —  a  company  that  made  expen- 
sive handmade  crafts. 

"Most  of  products  of  Morris  and  Co. 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT  

furniture  on  exhibit  at  gallery 

were  beyond  the  reach  of  the  workinn        i„  „„„  .  : ........... . l.  ~ 

) 


were  beyond  the  reach  of  the  working 
class  home,"  says  Douglas  Schoenherr, 
assistant  curatoratfhe  National  Gallery. 
"Morris  was  aware  of  what  he  was  doing 
and  at  the  same  time  he  was  a  socialist." 

Morris's  work  was  a  reaction  to  the 
beginning  of  industrialization  around 
him  in  Britain  in  the  late  1800s. 

"He  wanted  to  reassert  the  dignity  of 
working  with  your  hands,"  says 
Schoenherr. 

His  crafts  also  emphasize  preserving 
the  purity  of  nature  and  country  life.  All 
his  works  have  designs  of  leaves,  flowers 
and  birds. 

The  exhibit  is  broken  up  into  several 
rooms,  some  of  which  are  actually  set  up 
like  living  and  drawing  rooms. 

Katharine  Lochnan,  curator  for  the 
Art  Gallery  of  Ontario  who  helped  put 
together  the  exhibit,  says  it  displays 
Morris's  works  as  they  were  meant  to  be 
viewed  —  his  tapestry,  carpets,  wallpa- 
per, furniture  and  his  friends'  pottery 
and  paintings  are  combined  in  some  of 
the  rooms. 


In  one  room  a  video  shows  the 
art  of  creating  wallpaper.  Along 
the  walls  and  in  the  display  cases 
are  samples  of  Morris's  wallpaper 
designs.  The  plates  used  to  make 
the  wallpaper  are  also  on  display. 
The  wallpaper  designs  reflect  Mor- 
ris's main  theme  of  nature  —  de- 
tails of  leaves  and  vines  flow 
through  the  paper. 

The  most  striking  works  in  the 
exhibit  are  Morris's  tapestries.  They 
contain  elaborate  embroidery  on 
silk  cloth.  The  designs  are  mostly 
of  leaves  and  flowers  in  pastel 
colors. 

Morris  was  also  concerned  with 
printing  as  an  art  form  and  felt 
machines  were  ruining  the  beauty 
of  the  handmade  book.  To  that 
end,  he  collected  and  published 
his  own  books. 

Morris's  collection  of  illumi- 
nated books  —  handwritten  with 
colorful  drawings  —  are  displayed 
in  two  rooms.  Two  Chaucer  vol- 
umes and  several  books  dating  « 

from  the  1400s  are  a  part  of  the  I—  

collection.  Morris  (right)  and  pal:  the  chair,  the  flair  and 

Also  in  the  exhibit  are  paint 


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on,  that  hair. 


Socialist  tapestry. 


ings  by  Morris's  friends  and  associates, 
including  Dante  Gabrielle  Rossetti  and 
Edward  Bume  Jones.  The  paintings  by 
Rossetti  and  Bume  Jones  are  simple  and 
use  the  same  soft  pastel  colors  used  by 
Morris  in  all  his  crafts. 

Morris's  wife,  Jane,  was  the  subject  of 
many  of  Rossetu's  paintings.  Although 
it's  not  mentioned  in  the  exhibit,  when 
Morris's  marriage  broke  down,  Rossetti 
and  Mrs.  Morris  had  a  well-known  love 
affair.  Some  of  Rossetti's  paintings  of 
Jane  Morris  are  on  display  in  the  exhibit. 

Also  displayed  is  pottery  by  Morris's 
associate  William  De  Morgan.  Like  Mor- 
ris, De  Morgan  rebelled  against  the  use  of 


vohen  local  ant  anT)  BRecfD  coLLfDe 


by  Graham  Robertson 

Charlatan  Staff 


'Muesili 

Enriched  Bread  Artists 
951  Gladstone  Ave. 
Spct.  28  —  31 


It's  been  a  long  time  coming. 

Two  and  a  half  years  ago,  a  small 
group  of  local  artists  leased  studio  space 
on  the  first  floor  of  an  old,  abandoned 
bread  factory  at  951  Gladstone  Ave. 

Since  then,  this  group  has  evolved 
into  the  Enriched  Bread  Artists,  a  collec- 
tive headed  by  Laura  Margita  and  Mark 
MacGuigan .  It  has  expanded  to  23  artists 
and  the  building's  second  floor  has  been 


added  to  the  studio  space,  which  includes 
three  exhibition  areas. 

The  Enriched  Bread  Artists  held  the 
grand  opening  of  their  first  group  exhibi- 
tion on  Oct.  28.  Although  the  exhibit  ran 
only  through  the  weekend,  anyone  who 
is  interested  in  visiting  or  working  in  this 
amazing  environment  is  welcome  to  do 
so  by  appointment. 

At  a  time  when  the  National  Gallery  is 
spending  $1.8  million  on  American  paint- 
ings of  stripes,  this  group  is  a  shot  in  the 
arm  for  local  artists  looking  to  exhibit. 
This  is  not  to  deny  the  validity  of  Voice  Of 
Fire  and  No.  1 6  as  art,  but  there  are  many 
Canadian,  and  indeed,  many  Ottawa 
artists  whose  work  is  equally  deserving  of 
the  reputation  and  the  price  tag  of  these 
American 


name  but  a  few. 

Among  the  more  outstanding  works 
were  a  piece  by  Jonathon  Brownz  and  a 
painting  by  Diane  Hiscox.  Brownz's  piece 
was  a  mural  called  We  Are  AH  Creoted 
Equal.  It  is  composed  of  several  photos 
collected  together  with  pages  from  the 
phone  book,  with  all  the  names  crossed 
out  and  only  the  numbers  showing.  This 
mural  was  perhaps  reflective  of  how,  in 
today's  society,  we're  all  just  numbers. 

The  Hiscox  painting  was  a  portrait  of 
her  son.  In  the  catalogue  accompanying 
the  exhibition,  it  is  described  as  the  first 
in  a  series  of  portraits  of  "important 
people." 

However,  the  building  itself  was  as 
much  a  part  of  the  show  as  the  art.  Built 
in  1924  by  the  Standard  Bread  Com- 
pany, the  building  is  unlike  any  other 
gallery  I've  ever  seen  before.  Art  galleries 
usually  have  drab  off-white  walls  and 
low-key  carpeting  which  are  intended  to 
showcase  art  in  a  pleasing  and  relaxing 
setting. 

This  building,  however,  is  simply  an 
old  warehouse.  The  floors  are  concrete, 
plaster  flakes  off  the  walls  and  ceiling 
and  one  can't  be  entirely  sure  if  the 
gouges  in  the  floor  are  simply  there  or  are 
intended  to  be  part  of  the  show. 

The  Standard  Bread  Building  is  first 
and  foremost  studio  space  for  these  art- 
ists. This  group  exhibition  last  weekend 
was  the  first,  and  is  planned  to  be  an 
annual  event;  the  individual  artists  will 
also  be  putting  on  shows  over  the  year.  □ 
For  appointments,  info  about 
upcoming  events  or  general  inquiries 
call  729-7632. 


machines  in  creating  crafts.  Hisceramics 
all  have  images  of  nature  with  flower 
and  leaf  designs. 

Morris  wanted  his  crafts  and  furniture 
to  be  simple.  He  rebelled  against  heavy, 
velvet  Victorian  furniture  and  created 
simpler,  lighter  pieces,  Schoenherr  says. 

There  are  more  than  60  public  and 
private  contributors  to  this  exhibit,  in- 
cluding artist  Bume  Jones's  great-great- 
grandson  who  lives  in  Ottawa  —  he  is  an 
anonymous  contributor  to  thecollection. 

The  exhibit  is  an  amazing  collection 
of  crafts  and  furniture.  Most  significant  is 
that  all  the  art  was  found  in  Canada, 
showing  how  Morris's  works  were  able  to 
reach  out  to  people  across  the  ocean. 

It  is  definitely  a  must  see.  □ 

This  week:) 

HowtoTeaseaTory 

Part  One:  Suggested  comments 

1 .  "Campbell  sure  was  a  good 

prime  minister.'' 

2.  "Jump,  jump,  jump." 

3.  "So,  uh,  who  won?" 

4.  "What  are  you  going  to  do 

with  all  that  lovely  blue 
stationary?'' 

5.  "You've  just  suffered  the 

greatest  defeat  in  Cana- 
dian political  history. Are 
you  going  to  Disneyland?" 

6.  "Can  I  have  your  plants?" 

7.  "Kim!" 

8.  "Look  on  the  bright  side." 

9.  "Holy!  Those  Reformers 

sure  did  well!" 

10.  "You  know,  the  NOP 
didn't  do  so  hot  either. 


June-it,  1993 


•  The  Charlatan  '19 


The  Charlatan  Pub 

by  Jos4e  Sellemare 

Charlatan  Stall 

Every  day  for  at  least  a  week,  my 
mother  reminded  me  to  block  off  my 
Saturday  night  so  she  could  take  me 
some  place  mysterious. 

Imagine  my  surprise  when  we  ended 
up  at  Canada  Hot  Shots  in  Point 
Gatineau,  Que. 

I  immediately  realized  where  I  was 
when  I  saw  a  man  with  |erry  curls  (greasy, 
long,  curly  hair)  dancing  In  a  G-string  on 
a  stage  illuminated  by  rows  of  lights. 
There  were  mirrors  everywhere.  I  was 
surprised  at  how  glamorous  it  looked. 

My  mother  reserved  a  table  in  the 
front  on  the  right  side  of  the  stage.  It  was 
about  9  p.m.  when  we  arrived. 

A  few  women  were  scattered  about  at 
tables  or  around  the  stage.  1  actually 
recognized  one  of  the  girls  from  high 
school.  She  was  by  the  stage  with  some 
ofheryoungteenagers,  cheering  the  strip- 
pers on  as  they  wentabout  their  business. 
At  first  glance,  they  looked  Itke  regulars. 

Myassumption  proved  true  when,  later 
in  the  night,  they  lined  up  at  the  comer 
of  thestage  with  condoms  in  their  hands, 
right  before  the  host  announced  a  con- 
dom could  be  traded  in  for  a  free  shooter. 
1  felt  really  sorry  for  them.  How  could 
someone  hang  out  there  every  weekend? 
Are  they  really  that  lonely? 

1  also  couldn't  believe  itwhen  a  group 
of  women  took  off  their  bras  on  stage  for 
a  shooter.  Do  these  women  have  morals? 
Or  maybe  they  were  so  used  to  the  rou- 
tine, it  djdn'tembarrass  them  any  more. 

At  about  10;  30  p.m.,  the  place  started 
to  fill  up. 

Strippers  of  all  kinds  took  rums  on  the 
stage.  During  theirroutine,  womenlined 
up  at  the  comer  of  the  stage  with  folded 
$2  bills  in  their  mouths.  The  strippers 
would  dance  up  to  them  with  a  smile, 
perhaps  trying  to  be  sexy  or  rum  them  on 
in  some  way,  taking  the  money  out  of  the 
women's  mouths  with  their  teeth  and 


Crawl  Extravaganza 


giving  them  a  kiss  on  their  mouths  or 
cheeks.  One  woman  must  have  paid  at 
least  $20  for  10  kisses. 

Other  women  sat  in  complete  awe 
with  their  hands  dangling  over  the  side 
of  the  stage.  I've  never  seen  so  many 
happy  women  in  one  room  in  all  my  life. 

At  about  11 :30  p.m.  my  mother  paid 
$7  for  a  stripper  to  table  dance  for  me. 
The  guy  looked  to  be  about  four  foot 
seven,  with  brown  shoulder-length  hair 
and  a  built  body.  One  thing  1  admired 
was  his  constant,  intense  eye  contact,  but 
hisdancingwasmediocre,  like  the  rest  of 
the  strippers. 

About  half  an  hour  later,  I  actually 
felt  a  bit  deceived  when  I  saw  the  same 
stripper  doing  the  same  dance  for  an- 
other girl  in  the  " champagne  room."  For 
$20  you  apparently  get  a  more  intimate 
room,  couches  and  the  stripper's  undi- 
vided attention.  Thewomen  in  this  room 
looked  like  they  were  very  serious  about 
the  whole  encounter. 

The  last  act  was  something  to  remem- 
ber. The  host  auctioned  off  a  chance  to 
wash  a  man  with  a  sponge  in  a  pool  of 
water.  Water  splashedon  him  from  a  bag 
full  of  water  hooked  on  the  ceiling  with  a 
shower  head  attached  to  it. 

In  the  end,  a  woman  paid  $65  to  wash 
his  body  down.  A  slow  song  played  with 
the  words,  "So  baby,  turn  out  the  lights . 

1  felt  strange  when  1  caught  another 
stripper  staring  at  me.  I  couldn  't  tell  if  he 
was  sincerely  interested  in  me  or  he  just 
wanted  me  to  pay  to  kiss  him  or  table 
dance  forme. 

The  thought  disturbed  me. 

For  my  first  time  at  such  ah  establish- 
ment, it  was  entertaining  to  watch  the 
women  screeching  with  glee,  but  1 
wouldn't  want  to  be  a  regular. 

I  think  I'll  just  stick  to  the  normal 
Ottawa  bars,  where  the  guys  keep  their 
clothes  on.  □ 


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Charlatan  Stat! 


'Roil  TEC 

Zaphod  Beeblebrox 
.Nov.  5 


) 


Everything  is  just  "great,"  according 
to  |as  Campbell,  co-founder  and  vocalist 
of  Rail  TEC. 

That's  his  response  to  my  first  few 
guestions.  Then  he  asks,  "Am  1  being  too 
vague?" 

There's  no  real  reason  why  he  should 
answerinanyother  way.  Since  its  forma- 
tion two  years  ago.  Rail  TEC  has  scored  a 
number  of  remarkable  achievements, 
including  being  a  winner  in  the  1992 
New  Music  Search,  touring  for  two  weeks 
in  the  U.K.,  being  showcased  at  Much 
West  in  Vancouver  and  at  the  New  Music 
Seminar  in  New  York  City,  and  playing 
in  Toronto  with  such  high-profile  alter- 
native acts  as  Curve  and  Carter  USM. 

Although  there  are  five  people  in  the 
band,  Rail  TEC  was  originally  intended 
to  be  a  duo.  Co-founders  Campbell  and 
William  Broad  had  been  friends  for  a 
number  of  years,  playing  with  various 
bands  around  Toronto.  Sick  of  the  inter- 
nal politics  that  plague  so  many  groups, 
they  sat  down  with  the  idea  of  doing 
something  together. 

One  of  the  first  songs  they  wrote  was 
"Guilty,"  an  infectious  mix  of  samples 
and  beats,. combined  with  Campbell's 
distinctive  vocals.  That  song  was  an  in- 
stant hit,  and  earned  them  a  place  on  the 
CFNY  New  Music  compilation  CD.  CFNY 
adopted  Rail  TEC  as  one  of  its  favorite 
local  bands,  giving  it  regular  airplay  and 
exposure  to  Toronto  listeners. 

Rail  TEC's  line-up  expanded  during 
this  time.  Currently,  itincludes  Campbell, 
Broad,  bassist  Jeff  Thompson,  drummer 
Pauline  Hurlock  (formerly  of  Acid  Test) 
and  keyboardist  Barb  Castelvi.  They 
plan  to  keep  it  this  way  because,  accord- 
ing to  Campbell,  "The  chemistry  in  the 
band  is  so  great  that  we  could  never  add 
another  member.  Right  now  we're  all  in 
the  same  mindset  and  it  just  clicks." 

After  playing  just  five  shows  in  To- 


ronto last  year,  Rail  TEC  had  the  oppor- 
tunity to  spend  a  couple  of  weeks  in  the 
U.K.,  playing  a  few  shows  and  experienc- 
ing the  scene.  Campbell  describes  the 
experience  as  "just  brilliant.  We  were 
based  in  a  town  called  Crew  in  central 
northern  England,  not  far  from  Liverpool 
and  Manchester.  The  bands  and  people 
there  were  just  phenomenal  and  a  lot  of 
people  were  really  going  out  of  their  way 
to  help  us  out." 

The  night  after  their  return  to  To- 
ronto, the  band  opened  for  Carter  USM. 

Rail  TEC  was  also  featured  at  music 
industry  shows  in  New  York  in  1 993  and 
Vancouver  in  1992.  While  Campbell  re- 
members the  Vancouvershow  as  being  a 
really  great  time,  he  describes  the  New 
York  experience  as  "freaky.  We  took  a 
wrong  rum  on  the  way  there  and  ended 
up  going  through  the  heart  of  Harlem  in 
avanfullofallorgear.  Some  of  it  was  like 
things  you  see  on  TV." 

It  is  experiences  like  this,  he  says, 
which  influence  the  band's  sound  more 
than  other  bands  do  because  it's  things 
like  this  that  he  remembers  when  he  sits 
down  to  write. 

Rail  TEC's  debut  full-length  release, 
Never  Coming  Down,  was  released  this 
fall.  It  contains  the  first  singles  "Guilt," 
"I'm  So  High"  and  the  title  track. 

Never  Coming  Down  was  designed  to  be 
listened  to  in  its  entirety.  Campbell  ex- 
plains that  this  is  why  the  songs  fade  into 
one  another  throughout. 

"It's  not  just  singles  and  filler.  Bill  and 
I  discussed  how  when  we  were  young  you 
would  listen  to  the  whole  side  of  one 
album  and  then  flip  it  over  and  listen  to 
the  other  side.  Everything  flows." 

For  this  reason,  on  the  CD  release,  the 
only  break  on  the  entire  recording  is  right 
in  the  middle. 

Rail  TEC  has  been  labelled  a  dance 
band,  partially  due  to  the  success  of  its 
highly  danceable  first  single.  The  truth 
is,  the  album  has  songs  that  portray  the 
band's  wide  spectrum  of  influences  and 
experiments.  The  music  is  the  type  that 
creeps  up  on  you  and  then  stays  stuck  in 
your  head  long  after  the  album  finishes. 
□ 


These  band  types  look  awfully  moody,  don't  they? 


20  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  4,  1993 


fames 

Laid 

Polygram 

This  release,  produced  by  Brian  Eno, 
has  taken  James  in  an  entirely  new  direc- 
tion. 

The  album  is  less  synthesized  but  still 
maintains  this  Manchester  band's  folkish 
quality.  Tim  Booth  brings  his  longing 
voice,  with  its  falsettos  and  drops. 

lames  has  been  around  since  the  early 
eighties  (formed  in  1983),  when  they 
enjoyed  a  degree  of  success  under  the 
Factory  record  label,  but  the  recent  addi- 
tions of  keyboardist  Mark  Hunter  and 
violinist  Saul  Davies  have  broadened  their 
sound  and  helped  bring  in  their  larger 
audience. 

The  lyrics  still  deal  with  love  and  mys- 
ticism, but  now  there  seems  to  be  more 
spirit  to  the  music.  There's  an  uplifting 
quality  to  many  of  the  songs  on  this 
album.  If  s  very  easy  to  hum  along  to 
"Laid"  and  "Low,  Low,  Low"  is  being 
considered  as  the  British  soccer  chant  for 
the  1994  World  Cup. 

Slowly  James  is  becoming  recognized 
as  one  of  the  most  innovative  bands  in 
the  rock  industry.  The  incredible  thing  is 
that  there  is  still  so  much  room  for  them 
to  grow. 

Ron  Orol 

Pet  Shop  Boys 

VERY 
EMI 

Let's  face  it:  the  Pet  Shop  Boys  are  the 
eighties. 

No  other  group  has  put  together  such 
a  mindless,  dancy  repertoire  of  pure  pop 
celebrating  indulgence  and  lust. 

And  even  though  the  eighties  are  fi- 
nally over  with,  the  Pet  Shop  Boys  haven't 
changed  a  bit.  Their  latest  album's  title 


consists  of  a  single  enigmatic  word  and 
the  music  is  still  overindulgent  pop,  re- 
plete with  synthesizers,  drum  machines 
and  the  like. 

The  beauty  of  their  music  —  and  this 
recording  is  no  exception  —  is  that  it 
sounds  like  it  was  all  recorded  at  the 
same  time.  "Can  You  Forgive  Her,"  "A 
Different  Point  of  View,"  and  "Go  West" 
are  classic  PSB  tunes,  mainly  because 
they  sound  like  all  the  earlier  hits.  A 
special  treat  is  the  unbalanced  "Yester- 
day, When  I  Was  Mad." 

This  album  is  the  soundtrack  for  the 
nineties'  revival  of  the  eighties. 

Blayne  Haggart 

Rose  Chronicles 

Dead  and  Gone  to  Heaven 
Nettwerk 

In  their  press  release,  Rose  Chronicles 
say  they  have  a  real  feel  for  their  songs, 
but  this  is  anything  but  obvious  by  the 
sound  of  their  music. 

Don't  mistake  me  —  vocalist  Kirsty 
Thirsk  has  a  beautiful  voice,  resembling 
Sinead  O'Connor's.  Unfortunately,  her 
voice  doesn't  suit  the  band's  style  at  all. 

Rose  Chronicles's  sound  is  rather 
rockish,  exhausting  the  lead  guitar  as 
the  primary  instrument.  Thirsk  could  do 
some  amazing  things  with  a  solo  career 
or,  at  the  very  least,  with  a  style  of  music 
that  suits  her  voice. 

The  first  song  is  titled  "Awaiting  Eter- 
nity." A  more  appropriate  title  would 
have  been  "A  Painful  Eternity, "  seeing  as 
how  the  song  stretches  on  for  nearly  six 
minutes  of  listening  hell.  The  next  three 
songs  follow  basically  the  same  poorly 
put  together  format  —  heavy  guitars 
combined  with  a  lot  of  drums. 

Over  all  the  lyrical  sound  is  impres- 
sive; they've  combined  angelic  vocals 
with  some  superbly  written  lyrics.  It's  a 


real  shame  that  the  band  didn't  work 
harder  at  creating  a  more  suited  instru- 
mental backdrop  for  the  intense  vocal 
sound. 

This  group  has  been  together  for  only 
a  year  and  a  half.  They  need  to  take  some 
time  out  and  not  just  fine  tune,  but  rear- 
range their soundso  that  it's  better  suited 
to  Thirsk's  voice,  which  is  their  single 
asset. 

Realistically,  success  takes  a  lot  of 
time  and  this  is  one  band  that  definitely 
needs  to  pay  its  dues. 

Gavin  Power 

The  Stoaters 

Keep  the  Head 
Turtle  Records 

Although  the  Stoaters  call  Vancouver 
home,  it  is  their  Scottish  and  Irish  roots 
that  form  the  base  for  their  unique  and 
increasingly  popular  sound. 

Their  music  is  difficult  to  categorize;  it 
blends  Celtic  and  folk  sensibilities  with  a 
hard  rock  edge  and  an  energy  that  is 
purely  punk. 

Hard  to  believe?  After  hearing  the 
hard-driven  guitar  mingle  seamlessly 
with  traditional  mandolin  and  violin, 
doubt  is  quickly  replaced  by  apprecia- 
tion. Keep  the  Head  is  a  welcome  combi- 
nation of  solid  musicianship  and  pas- 
sionate vocals  that  is  immediately  en- 
dearing to  any  fan  of  energetic,  danceable 
music. 

The  lyrics  themselves  are  simple  yet 
compellingly  narrative.  Always  intelli- 
gent, many  songs  have  obvious  political 
overtones  with  roots  in  Irish,  Scottish  and 
Canadian  society. 

However,  the  Stoaters  are  not  guilty  of 
taking  themselves  too  seriously,  enjoy- 
ing a  punch-line  and  an  energetic  reel  or 
jig  equally  as  much  as  making  a  point. 

Although  often  likened  to  such  bands 


as  the  Pogues  and  Spirit  of  the  West,  the 
Stoaters  have  a  distinct  sound.  The  only 
thing  they  have  in  common  with  these 
bands  is  their  fusion  of  traditional  and 
contemporary  musical  styles. 

Energy  is  contagious,  and  the  Stoaters 
are  guilty  of  spreading  the  condition.  The 
primary  symptom  of  their  music  is  an 
overwhelming  desire  to  get  up  and  dance. 
Keep  the  Head  is  an  impressive  debut 
release  that  will  set  traditional  folk  on  its 
ear  and  crowds  of  people  on  their  feet. 

Mike  Peters 


Violent  Femmes 

Addit  Up  (1981-1993) 
Slash  Records 

Buy  this  album.  If  you're  a  fan  of  this 
quintessential  garage  band,  thafs  the 
only  advice  I  can  give  you.  The  latest 
offering  from  the  Milwaukee  trio  of 
Gordon  Gano  (vocals,  guitar),  Brian 
Ritchie  (bass),  and  Victor  Delorenzo  (per- 
cussion), takes  a  look  back  at  the  band's 
12-year  history. 

Although  itcontains  samplings  of  each 
of  their  four  major  releases,  Add  it  Up 
(1981-1993),  is  not  simply  a  "best-of" 
release.  It  contains  many  tracks  that 
have  never  been  released,  as  well  as 
obscure  B-sides  that  true  fans  will  appre- 
ciate to  no  end.  The  album  includes  live 
versions  of  their  angst- ridden  ballads  "Kiss 
Off"  and  "  Add  it  Up, "  as  well  as  immortal 
selections  like  "Blister  in  the  Sun"  and 
"American  Music." 

If  you  have  not  previously  been  ex- 
posed to  Brian  Ritchie's  playful  bass 
rhythms  and  Gano's  innocentiy  passion- 
ate vocals,  then  this  is  the  perfect  oppor- 
tunity to  experience  the  passion,  the 
anger  and  the  intensity  that  is  the  Vio- 
lent Femmes. 

Mike  Peters 


Just  exactly  what  is  a  Juice  Pig?  Don't  ask  us 


by  Mike  Peters 

Criarfalan  Staff 

Corky  and  the  Juice  Pigs  is  a  Toronto- 
based  comedy  group  with  sights  set  far 
higher  than  the  Yuk  Yuk's  comedy  cir- 
cuit. 

Six  short  years  after  their  debut  in  a 
local  Toronto  contest,  Sean  Cullen,  Phil 
Nichol  and  Greg  Neale  make  up  one  of 
the  most  sought-after  comedy  acts  in  the 
world. 

Although  this  might  sound  like  an 
exaggeration,  their  resume  will  easily 
quell  any  doubts.  Their  self-titled  inde- 
pendent CD,  released  this  summer,  has 
sold  over  2,000  copies  and  appeared  in 
the  top  five  on  indie  charts  in  three  Cana- 
dian cities. 

Plus,  they've  made  appearances  on 
numerous  television  programs,  at  the 
lust  For  Laughs  comedy  festival  in  Mon- 
treal and  in  hundreds  of  theatres  and 
clubs  all  over  the  world. 

Their  act  is  difficult  to  describe.  While 
it  is  musically  based,  this  is  not  merely  a 
novelty  comedy  band.  Although  much  of 
theiract  is  filled  with  theirtrademark  off- 
the-cuff  stream  of  consciousness  improv, 
they  are  not  merely  an  improv  act.  They 
are  masters  of  sketch,  musical  and  physi- 
cal comedy,  ranging  from  silly  to 
undescribably  hilarious. 

The  Juice  Pigs  would  certainly  be 
lynched  if  they  discriminated  in  choos- 
ing their  victims,  but  luckily,  they  pride 


themselves  on  making  fun  of  absolutely 
everybody,  including  themselves.  This 
quality  makes  them  float  above  the  ocean 
of  political  correctness.  Songs  like  "Burn 
Victim  Girl"  and  "Panda"  (with  the  cho- 
rus "The  pandas  must  die")  best  exem- 
plify their  satiric  bent. 

The  Juice  Pigs  have  Just  returned  from 
Great  Britain  where  they  made  their  third 
appearance  at  the  prestigious  Edinburgh 
Fringe  Festival. 

"Corky  was  very  well-received,"  says 
manager  Lome  Perlmutar,  in  an  under- 
statement which  borders  on  comedy  in 
itself. 

Not  only  were  they  one  of  seven  final- 
ists for  "The  Perrier,"  Britain's  most 
sought-after  comedy  award,  but  the  stir 
they  created  was  sogreatthattheyhadto 
postpone  an  Australian  tour  to  extend 
their  stay  three  extra  weeks. 

They  also  found  the  time  to  record  a 
pilot  show  for  BBC  Radio  1  which  was 
broadcast  last  month  and  received  such 
a  favorable  response  that  there  seems  no 
doubt  that  Corky  and  the  luice  Pigs' Circus 
of  Freaks  will  become  a  regular  addition 
to  BBC-1  by  January  or  February. 

Despite  the  overwhelming  interna- 
tional success,  it  isn't  easy  being  a  Cana- 
dian comedy  group,  explains  Greg  Neale. 
He  says  he  loves  Canada  and  prefers  to 
work  at  home,  but  that  "comedians  have 
to  go  where  the  offers  are."  Canada,  he 
says,  Just  doesn't  provide  the  environ- 


ment for  developing  comics. 

Neale  can't  really  explain  this  phe- 
nomenon, but  notes,  "Comedy  isn't  taken 
very  seriously  in  Canada.  In  Britain,  they 
have  very  old  comedy  —  that  is  they 
come  from  a  background  of  great  per- 
formers like  Monty  Python.  Comedy  is 
considered  just  as  respectable  as  serious 
music  and  drama.  Thafs  how  it  should 
be.  We  are  artists." 

Neale  says  exposure  to  the  interna- 
tional comedy  scene  has  "broadened  our 


view  of  comedy  and  exposed  us  to  differ- 
ent styles."  He  notes  that  "our  comedy 
has  defiantly  matured  from  when  we 
started  out  —  not  to  say  we're  mature. 
We're  still  idiots." 

How  then,  can  one  describe  Corky  and 
the  Juice  Pigs? 

"Well,"  Neale  starts  cautiously,  "It's 
hard  even  for  us  to  describe  to  us.  1 
suppose  you  could  call  us  surreal  thrash 
comedy.  Or  just  some  guys  who  can't  get 
any  other  work."  □ 


Those  wacky  wacky  Juice  Pigs. 


November  4,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  21 


Good  'toons,  bad  story;  better  take  a  miss 

overrated  and  that  the  only  way  for  Hal-    "  '  --<-—■  ■■■■■ 


by  M.G.  Comlno 

Charlatan  Staff  


The  Nightmare  Before  Christmas^ 

Directed  by  Tim  Burton 


The  director  responsible  for  Beetlejuice, 
Batman  and  Pee  Wee's  Big  Adventure  is 
back,  with  one  of  the  more  creative  and 
recent  movies  that  critics  seem  to  be 
salivating  in  buckets  about. 

In  this  animated  epic,  Burton  tells  the 
story  of  Pumpkin  King  Jack  Skellington 
who,  upon  stumbling  into  Christmas 
Town,  decides  to  take  over  Christmas. 

He  spends  a  lot  of  time  trying  to  derive 
a  scientific  explanation  for  Christmas, 
before  concluding  that  the  holiday  is 


loween  to  receive  the  attention  it  de- 
serves is  by  taking  over  Christmas  and 
eventually  putting  his  own  touches  on  it. 

Already  aware  of  the  critical  raves 
surrounding  this  movie,  I  was  anticipat- 
ing a  freaky  and  undeniably  interesting 
artistic  flick. 

Toes  up,  then,  for  the  pleasant  and 
impressive  animation.  And  if  Burton 
geared  the  movie  towards  those  15  and 
under,  the  toes  stay  up  longer. 

But  to  say  this  flick  will  hold  an  adult's 
attention  would bea  lie.  Children's  shows 
like  The  Simpsons  and  Tiny  Toons  work  for 
adults  and  kids,  but  this  is  not  one  of 
them. 

Most  of  the  audience  appeared  to  be 
15  or  younger  and  quite  easy  to  please. 


w£u  TwiQn-  ?  givl?9  ?way  20  double  passes  to  Carlito's 
"  Ti^^il00  to  the  &rst  20  people  to  make  their 
way"  (heh  heh)  up  to  our  office  in  Room  531  Unicentre 
and  name  three  movies  that  Pacino  guy  has  starred  in 


They  seemed  to  take  advantage  of  every 
single  possibility  to  laugh.  It  should  be 
mentioned  thata  twenty-something  man 
cursed  in  dissatisfaction  once  the  movie 
finished. 

The  story  may  not  seem  too  logical  at 
first  and  soon  improves  temporarily,  but 
then  has  you  wondering  impatiently 
when  exactly  the  movie  will  end. 

There  are  some  impressive  scenes  to 
watch  for,  such  as  Jack  Skellington  walk- 
ing off  the  anteater-shaped  cliff,  the 
musical  instruments,  the  spider-like  way 
Skellington  walks,  the  cotton-puffs  of 
smoke  exhaled  by  the  train  in  Christmas 
Town,  a  two-faced  mayor  and  the  mar- 
vellous toys  Halloween  Town  concocts 
for  Christmas. 

What  will  seem  obvious  to  adults  is 
that  there's  too  much  singing.  The  begin- 
ning of  the  movie  is  similar  to  the 
Munchkin  bit  in  the  Wizard  of  Oz.  As 


characters  started  sining  solos,  I  was  re- 
minded of  Jeremy  (the  orange,  furry  sing- 
ing bear,  that  can  "do  most  anything"). 

I  would  definitely  have  enjoyed  seeing 
more  character  development.  But  I  guess 
you're  not  going  to  get  this  in  a  flick 
aimed  at  the  under-15  crowd. 

It's  scary  to  think  that  some  people 
would  pay  eight  bucks  to  see  this  trendy 
less-than-an-hour-and-a-half  flick. 

Trendy  and  cute  are  the  two  adjectives 
that  best  describe  this  movie.  Bring  kids 
to  see  it.  If  you  feel  you  would  be  missing 
out  on  too  much  by  not  going,  at  least  see 
it  on  a  Tuesday. 

The  biggest  problem  I  had  with  this 
movie  was  that  I  had  been  exposed  to 
exultingly  favorable  media  coverage. 
Sure,  it  was  different  and  imaginative, 
but  a  good  movie  should  constitute  more 
than  that:  it  should  have  a  stronger,  less 
obvious  storyline.  □ 


The  Twilight  Rituals' 
Meaning  of  Life 


by  Ron  Orol 

Charlatan  Staff 

If  you  end  up  talking  to  Grant 
Davidson  Ford,  the  lead  singer  for  the 
Toronto  four-piece  Twilight  Rituals,  ex- 
pect tobe  barraged  with  so  many  thoughts 
that  it  feels  as  if  a  train  hit  you. 

At  a  recent  show  at  Zaphod's,  just 
before  he  and  bandmates  Thomas  Payne 
(guitars,  vocals),  Howie  Beck  (drums, 
vocals)  and  Dennis  Mohammed  (bass) 
took  to  the  stage,  it  was  almost  impossi- 
ble to  get  Ford  to  talk  about  his  music.  Ail 
he  really  wanted  to  talk  about  was  his 
high  moral  standards  and  what  was  go- 
ing wrong  with  society. 

Grant  was  wearing  a  black,  French 
cap  which  he  constantly  fidgeted  with, 
his  hand  moved  constantly  as  he  tried  to 
convey  his  ideals  to  me. 

Twilight  Rituals  has  a  fairly  unique 
history  for  an  up-and-coming  Canadian 
guitar-rock  band.  Ford,  originally  from 
Ottawa,  met  up  with  the  rest  of  the  mem- 
bers of  his  group  backstage  at  a  "blah" 
Jeff  Healey  concert. 

After  that,  the  Rituals  braved  the  club 
scenes  all  over  Toronto  for  a  year  before 
getting  signed  to  EMI.  Plus,  they've  just 
got  back  from  touring  Russia,  which  was 
a  learning  experience. 

"The  bands  there  are  really  cool  be- 
cause they  actually  have  something  to 
fight  against,"  he  says. 

Thus  began  his  history  lesson.  "In  the 
past  Russians  lived  in  bunkers,  creating 
all  sorts  of  underground  newspapers  and 
concerts.  I  hove  so  much  respect  for  their 
bands  because  they  were  living  on  the 
edge;  anything  they  did  against  the  gov- 
ernment and  they  would  be  sent  to  Sibe- 
ria." 

This  trip  to  Russia  had  a  great  impact 
on  Ford,  who  believes  Russians  help  their 
"brothers"  out  and  this  "community" 
attitude  is  evident  in  much  of  his  music. 

"Canadians  have  an  uncaring  atti- 
tude towards  community  —  we  are  born 
and  bred  to  an  empty  bullshit  realm.  In 


big  urban  centres  many  people  are  pushed 
together  and  create  walls  obstructing  their 
neighbors." 

Fed  up  with  this  "urban"  mentality, 
Ford  explains  how  he  is  not  living  the  life 
he  wants  to  be  living,  but  there  are  cer- 
tain economic  realities  he  has  to  deal 
with. 

"The  band  is  really  hot  right  now  and 
we  could  get  even  more  popular  but  that 
will  never  bring  me  the  kind  of  lifestyle  I 
want  to  be  living.  I  want  to  cross  a  moun- 
tain, travel  on  my  bicycle,  get  out  of  town 
and  hit  a  stream  or  ocean." 

Ford  spent  a  long  time  searching  for  a 
band  and  he  thinks  its  members  have 
gelled  together.  "I've  always  wanted  to 
be  a  team  player,"  he  says.  "Bands  that 
have  this  quality  work  together  in  such  a 
way  that  could  not  ever  be  reproduced  by 
an  individual.  Sometimes  Thomas  (on 
guitar)  would  come  up  with  a  melodic 
hook  and  I  would  carve  away  at  it  and 
together  we  would  come  up  with  a  lyric." 

Ford  gives  the  impression  that  there  is 
equal  distribution  of  power  among  all 
the  members,  but  doh't  get  the  wrong 
idea.  Ford  is  the  driving  force  behind  the 
Rituals.  It  his  strong  voice  which  is  the 
key  to  the  Rituals'  recent  successes. 

"Working  with  other  band  members  is 
hard,"  he  says.  "Every  member  has  dif- 
ferent goals  and  perspectives.  We're  try- 
ing to  pull  it  all  together  to  make  some- 
thing more  than  just  catchy  pop  tunes. 

"The  lyrics  are  important.  I  am  trying 
to  get  a  message  across,  but  it's  more 
than  that.  The  music  with  the  lyrics  to- 
gether is  the  most  importantthing.  Hope- 
fully the  songs  will  give  you  something  to 
reminisce  about,  possibly  good  times, 
maybe  differenttimes.  Thisqualityofthe 
music  is  important  also." 

Well,  after  an  evening  of  heavy  intel- 
lectual conversation,  I  was  happy  to  just 
sit  back  and  enjoy  their  tunes  in  what 
was  a  fine  performance.  Here's  to  remi- 
niscing with  the  Rituals.  □ 


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Thursday,  November  4      Sunday,  November  7 


THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER  4  TO 


Bob's  Your  Uncle,  a  Canadian  band 
that  seems  to  be  popular  with  the  kids, 
has  its  CD  release  gig  at  Zaphod's  to- 
night. Cover  is  $7. 

Jan  Fabre,  the  bad  boy  of  European 
dance,  brings  his  dance  piece  Da  un'altra 
faccia  del  tempo  to  the  National  Arts 
Centre  tonight  and  tomorrow  at  8:30 
p.m. 

Friday;  November  5 

Queen  Ida  and  Her  Zydeco  Band 

close  out  what  has  been  a  fantastic  See 
and  Hear  the  World  series  tonight  at  8 
p.m.  Go  to  the  Grand  Hall  in  the  Na- 
tional Museum  of  Civilization  and 

enjoy  yourselves.  Tickets  are  $  16  for  stu- 
dents. 

Carleton's  lunchtime  concert  series 
moves  onward,  with  soprano  Rhoda 
Pendleton,  accompanied  by  a  pianist,  a 
clarinet  player  (clarinetist?  -ed.)  and  a 
flautist.  It's  at  12:30  p.m.  in  the  Alumni 
Theatre. 

Farewell,  My  Concubine,  winner  of 
this  year's  Palme  D'Or  at  the  Cannes 
Film  Festival,  is,  by  all  accounts,  an  ex- 
cellent example  of  Chinese  film  at  its 
best.  It's  playing  at  the  Bytowne  today 
through  Sunday,  Nov.  14  atvarious  times 
so  you  have  no  excuse  for  missing  this 
fine  film. 

Saturday,  November  6 

Cracker,  whose  Kerosene  Hat  album 
has  been  playing  non-stop  here  at  The 
Charlatan,  open  for  Soul  Asylum  to- 
night at  the  Congress  Centre.  Tickets 
are  $18  through  Ticketmaster. 

Or  if  (God  forbid)  you'd  rather  do 
something  else,  Ottawa's  Studio  Opera 
Guild  is  presenting  An  Evening  of  Opera 
at  8  p.m.  in  Tabaret  Hall  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Ottawa.  Tickets  for  students  are 
$10,  available  at  the  door. 

Here's  an  event  you  can  tell  your  grand- 
children about.  The  cast  of  the  Degrassi 
rip-off  Northwood  will  be  in  town,  mak- 
ing an  appearance  at  the  Bayshore 
mall  this  afternoon.  Dust  off  your  auto- 
graph books. 

Want  to  spend  almost  six  hours  in  a 
darkened  room  with  strangers?  Then  head 
down  to  the  M ayfair  and  check  out  the 
testosterone-laden  triple  bill  of  'Hard 
Target,  Army  of  Darkness  and  The 
Thing.  The  fun  starts  at  7  p.m. 

Or  if  your  tolerance  for  movies  is  even 
greater,  head  down  to  Mike's  Place  for 
a  B-Movie/Cult  Film  Festival.  Two 

bucks  gets  you  in.  This  CKCU  fundraiser 
runs  from  1  p.m.  "'til  we  can't  take  it 
anymore,"  says  CKCU  production  type 
Peter  Vamos. 

For  everyone  who's  too  cool  to  go  to 
the  Soul  Asylum  show,  there's  a  three- 
band  hardcore  show  at  Ottawa  U's  Cafe 
Alternatif .  San  Francisco's  Naked  Ag- 
gression headlines,  with  opening  acts 
Foreground  and  Peyolte.  Tickets  are 
$6  at  the  door  and  the  fun  starts  at  7:30 
p.m.  


Give  your  parents  a  call.  Tell  them 
how  you  spend  all  your  evenings  study- 
ing. Beg  for  cash. 

Monday,  November  8 

As  part  of  their  cult  movie  Mondays, 
the  Mayf  air  presents  the  first  two  instal- 
ments of  La  Cage  Aux  Folles,  starting,  as 
always,  at  7  p.m. 

Amanda  Miller's  Pretty  Ugly  Dance 

Company  performs  innovative  dance 
at  the  NAC  Theatre  at  8:30  p.m.  to- 
night. Tickets  are  $17  and  $22. 

Tuesday,  November  9 


Here  it  is:  The  Charlatan's  reading  tip 
of  the  week,  courtesy  of  production  man- 
ager Kevin  McKay,  who  —  contrary  to  all 
rumors  —  never  touched  that  beagle.  Of 
Timothy  Findley's  Famous  last 
Words,  he  says,  "A  fine  example  of 
historiographicmetafiction  (onecanguess 
what  McKay's  major  is.  -ed.).Findley  forces 
the  reader  to  evaluate  the  value  of  truth 
andhistory  in  our  lives  in  this  World  War 
II  fiction." 

It's  a  Battle  of  the  Decades  Dance 
at  Oliver's  tonight.  For  $  3  you  can  dance 
to  the  music  of  the  '60s,  '70s  and  '80s  (this 
sounds  suspiciously  like  a  commercial  for  a 
certain  boring  local  radio  station  that  just 
recently  switched  its  format  to  all-talk  -ed.). 
Come  dressed  in  the  garb  of  your  favorite 
decade  to  win  prize  stuff.  This  is,  by  the 
way,  another  benefit  for  CKCU. 

Wednesday,  November 
10 

The  Walk  perform  across  town  some- 
where deep  within  the  bowels  of  the 
University  of  Ottawa. 

On  In  A  Mellow  Tone  (CKCU  93.1  FM 
at  9  p.m.),  Ron  Sweetman  plays  records 
he  purchased  in  Toronto. 

Thursday,  November 
11 

13  Engines  headline  tonight  and  to- 
morrow at  Zaphod's.  Opening  tonight 
is  Toronto's  excellent  femmecore  outfit 
Chickenmilk.  Cover  is  $7. 

It's  the  overpriced  concert  of  the  year: 
Spirit  of  the  West  with  Andrew  Cash 
and  the  little  ones.  Tickets  for  this 
Congress  Hall  show  are  $21.  (.It's  too 
bad  the  show's  so  expensive;  Spirit  of  the 
West  is  one  of  the  best  live  bands  around  - 
ed.) 


If  you've  got  a  listing  you 

want  to  appear  in  this 
handy  calendar,  drop  us  a 
line  at  Room  531  Unicentre 
during  regular  office  hours 
or  fax  us  at  788-4051.  List- 
ings must  be  in  by  the 
Friday  before  publication. 


Hey  Kids!  It's  The  Charlatan's  first  ever 
entertainment  poll. 

It's  simple  and  fun  to  do.  lust  fill  out  the  survey,  along  with  your  name  and  phone 
number  and  drop  it  off  in  the  special  polling  box  at  The  Charlatan,  Room  531 
Unicentre.  The  final  deadline  is  3  p.m.  Friday,  Nov.  26. 

The  Charlatan  will  publish  the  results  in  our  last  issue  of  the  term  on  Dec.  2. 

Plus,  as  an  added  incentive  to  enter,  each  week  we'll  be  having  a  random  draw  for 
neat  stuff.  This  week's  prize  is  Corky  and  the  Juice  Pigs'  excellent  new  CD!  So 
have  some  fun  and  get  your  entry  up  to  our  office  as  soon  as  possible.  The  deadline 
for  this  first  fine  giveaway  is  3:30  p.m.  on  Tuesday,  Nov.  9. 

Charlatan  staff  are  eligible  for  the  poll  but  not  the  contest. 

Good  luck! 

1.  Favorite  music  group  10.  Most  notorious  meat  market 


2.  Best  local  band 


11.  Favorite  campus  hangout 


3.  Dumbest  band  name 


12.  Favorite  alcoholic  beverage 


4.  The  best  concert  of  the  year  13.  Body  partthat  looksbest  pierced 


5.  The  worst  concert  of  the  year         14.  Cheeziest  pick-up  line 


6.  Best  album  of  the  year 

7.  Worst  album  of  the  year 


8.  Best  live  Ottawa  club 


9.  Best  bar  in  town 


15.  Favorite  place  you've  had  sex  on 
campus  (left  over  from  last  year's 
sex  supplement) 


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Deadline  for  applications;  November  30th,  1993  unless  otherwise  indicated: 


United  States: 

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Middle  East 
Tanzania 
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University  of  Bradford  (Business  students  only) 
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East  Anglia  (Computer  Science  students  only) 
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Commonwealth  Scholarships 
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NEWS 


Labor  ruling  reaction  mixed 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Starr 

The  Carletort  University  Students'  As- 
sociation and  its  employees  are  still  try- 
ing to  determine  the  impact  of  the  On- 
tario Labor  Relations  Board  decision  re- 
leased Nov.  2. 

The  board  ruled  2-1  to  automatically 
unionize  all  of  CUSA's  340  full-  and  part- 
time  employees  as  a  bargaining  unit  in 
the  Canadian  Union  of  Public  Employees 
Local  1281. 

Over  the  summer,  some  CUSA  service 
co-ordinators  tried  to  organize.  CUSA  fired 
Student  Academic  Action  Bureau  co- 
ordinator Wayne  Ross  July  15  and  the 
Carleton  Women's  Centre  co-ordinator 
Renee  Twaddle  on  July  29. 

At  a  hearing  of  the  Ontario  Labor 
Relations  Board  in  late  August,  CUPE 
asked  the  board  to  reinstate  Ross  and 
Twaddle  and  for  automatic  certification 
of  the  union.  CUSA  presented  no  evi- 
dence and  called  no  witnesses  at  the 
hearing. 

The  case  is  precedent-setting  because 
it  is  the  first  time  the  board  has  ruled 
under  Section  9.2  of  the  Ontario  Labor 
Relations  Act.  The  section,  which  came 
into  effect  Jan.  1,  says  the  board  can 
order  automatic  certification  of  a  bar- 
gaining unit  if  it  finds  an  employer  inter- 
fered with  the  "true  wishes"  of  employees 
regarding  unionization. 

The  majority  decision,  dated  Oct.  29, 
was  written  by  board  vice-chair  Laura 
Trachuk. 

She  writes  that  evidence  presented  by 
CUPE  "supports  the  allegations  that  the 
responding  party  embarked  on  a  scheme 
of  harassment  and  intimidation  of  un- 
ion organizers  and  supporters." 

Trachuk  writes  that  firing  Twaddle 
and  Ross  "wouldhave  a  chilling  effect  on 
the  members  of  the  bargaining  unit  by 
demonstrating  to  them  that  CUSA  is  pre- 
pared to  use  its  economic  powerto  penal- 
ize employees  who  seek  to  exercise  their 
rights  under  the  Act,  and  makes  it  un- 
likely that  their  true  wishes  may  be  ascer- 
tained." 

In  a  dissenting  opinion,  board  mem- 
ber William  Correll  wrote  that  automatic 
certification  was  not  a  good  idea  be- 
cause, as  students,  the  employees  and 
employer  both  have  short-term  positions 
and  not  much  experience  in  those  posi- 
tions. Correll  cited  the  "lack  of  manage- 
ment experience  among  the  members  of 
the  executive"  as  one  reason  Ross  and 
Twaddle  were  fired. 

Correll  also  cited  "the  ineptness  of  the 
organizing  campaign  by  the  employ- 
ees," mentioning  that  the  organizers 
approached  only  a  few  people  outside  of 
a  core  group  and  held  secret  meetings 
during  working  hours. 

CUSA  employees  are  trying  to  sort  out 
what  the  decision  means  for  them. 

Matt  Cummings,  an  employee  in  the 
Unicentre  Arcade,  says  the  union  is  a 
"great  idea  as  long  as  both  sides  keep  it  in 
perspective  and  neitherside  gets  too  mili- 
tant. I  was  content  before  and  the  union 
won't  affect  me  much,  and  if  it  works  out 
I'm  all  for  it,"  he  says. 

Monique  Rosteius,  part  of  Rooster's 
bar  staff,  says  "it  would  be  really  nice  if 
CUSA  let  us  know  what  is  going  on.  Half 
the  time  our  bosses  don't  even  know 
what  CUSA  has  decided." 

Other  employees  say  they  don't  know 
much  about  what  unionization  means. 

The  decision  means  CUSA  and  its 
employees  will  begin  negotiations  on  a 
collective  agreement  and  has  to  post 
notices  which  inform  employees  of  their 
rights. 

CUSA  finance  commissioner  Rene 


Faucher  says  the  negotiations  will  have 
to  define  every  position  and  department 
in  the  association. 

"Everything's  from  scratch  and  it  all 
has  to  be  done  in  conjunction  with  the 
local  so  it  will  take  a  long  time,"  he  says. 

Faucher  says  the  labor  dispute  has 
slowed  CUSA's  usual  operations  down. 

"In  all  this  shuffle  about  job  descrip- 
tions and  unionizing,  people  have  lost 
track  of  the  overall  aim  of  the  associa- 
tion, that  is,  the  proper  operation  and 
administration  of  services,  centres,'  and 
businesses  so  that  students  get  the  most 
out  of  them  per  dollar, "  Faucher  says. 

"1  really,  truly  believe  that  a  lot  of 
work  that  would  have  been  done  on 
behalf  of  the  students  at  Carleton  and 
that  would  have  benefited  students  was 
put  on  the  backbumer,"  he  says. 

Faucher  says  he  is  concerned  a  collec- 
tive agreement  would  not  permit  part- 
time  positions,  where  sometimes  CUSA 
hires  a  person  for  the  length  of  time 
needed  to  complete  a  project. 

If  the  agreement  is  not  "flexible 
enough"  to  hire  short-term  employees, 
Faucher  says  those  projects  may  not  get 
done. 

CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson  repeated 
her  earlier  statements  that  CUSA  wanted 
the  board  to  order  a  vote  of  all  employees 
on  whether  to  join  a  union  or  not,  instead 
of  automatically  certifying  all  CUSA 
employees. 

But  Ross  says  Watson  couldn't  care 
less  about  a  vote. 

"If  one  should  wish  to  have  a  vote, 
then  why  would  one  intimidate  people 
and  restrict  them  from  being  able  to 
express  their  opinions  on  a  union  freely? 
Hence,  she  (Watson)  has  compromised  a 
vote.  The  labor  board  seems  to  agree  with 
me,"  Ross  says. 

Arts  councillor  John  Edwards  says  the 
executive  could  have  handled  the  situa- 


tion better. 

He  says  CUSA  should  have  given  a 
reason  for  firing  Ross  and  Twaddle  be- 
sides "just  cause." 

"I  think  they  bungled  it,"  says  Edwards, 
"  For  a  lot  of  the  summer  they  (the  execu- 
tive) were  obsessed  with  it  and  unfortu- 
nately I  don't  think  anything  else  has 
gotten  done  during  the  summer." 

In  June,  Janet  Burrows,  a  co-ordinator 
of  the  Carleton  Disability  Awareness  Cen- 
tre, wrote  a  letter  with  the  other  co- 
ordinator Sheryl  Ananny  to  other  service 
co-ordinators  saying  they  couldn't  sup- 
port a  union  drive  at  that  time.  At  the 
time,  Burrows  said  it  was  because  "notall 
service  co-ordinators  were  invited  or  in- 
cluded in  union  meetings." 

Burrows  says  both  CUSA  and  the  serv- 
ice co-ordinators  have  spent  energy  on 
the  labor  dispute  instead  of  on  providing 
services. 

"We  spent  the  whole  summer  and  a 


good  part  of  the  early  fall  involved  in 
court  cases  and  negotiations,"  says  Bur- 
rows. 

"We've  been  very  consumed  by  the 
dealing  of  a  union  and  we  haven't  re- 
solved stuff  that  should  have  been  re- 
solved months  ago,  in  terms  of  organiza- 
tion and  in  terms  of  knowing  what  each 
other's  services  are  doing." 

In  September,  Watson  estimated  the 
total  cost  to  CUSA  from  the  hearings  at 
$2,500.  She  now  says  the  hearings  will 
cost  CUSA  "closer  to  $5,000." 

Faucher  told  The  Charlatan  in  October 
that  CUSA's  legal  bill  for  labor  matters 
up  to  but  not  including  the  August  board 
hearings  was  $  1 7,793.81  and  that  CUSA 
had  budgeted  $30,000  for  legal  fees  for 
the  year. 

"The  legal  budget  is  probably  toast," 
says  Edwards.  "I  hope  it  doesn't  mean 
more  cuts  in  services  but  we  have  to  find 
the  money  to  pay  for  (the  legal  bill) ".  □ 


Hate  Week  passes  some  by 


by  David  Hodges 

Charlatan  Staff 

Although  Hate  Hurts  Week  took  place 
from  Nov.  1  to  Nov.  4,  some  students  say 
they  didn't  even  know  it  occurred. 

The  week  is  supposed  to  raise  aware- 
ness among  students  about  various  forms 
of  discrimination.. 

There  were  six  events  advertised,  in- 
cluding a  talk  about  homophobia  and 
racism  by  Makeda  Silvera,  the'National 
Film  Board  film  Wisecracks  about  female 
comedians,  an  Ottawa  Police  forum  on 
hate  crimes,  a  discussion  on  homophobia 
and  fear  of  people  with  disabilities,  a 
lecture  on  women  and  AIDS,  and  a  film 
about  the  persecution  of  witches  called 
Burning  Times. 

But  some  students  say  the  event  was 
poorly  publicized. 

"  I  didn 't  hear  anything  about  it.  There 
wasn't  enough  promotion,"  says  Adeel 
Ahmed,  a  third-yearpsychology  student. 

There  were  about  40  people  at  the 
Silvera  talk,  about  20  at  the  hate  crimes 
forum  and  20  at  the  discussion  on 
homophobia  and  disabilities,  says  Peter 
Nogalo,  co-ordinator  of  the  Gay,  Lesbian 
and  Bisexual  Centre. 

While  most  co-ordinators  say  they  saw 
the  value  of  the  events,  Nogalo  says  a 
better  job  could  have  been  done  with  the 
planning. 

"The  events  went  pretty  well,  but  the 
organization  could  have  been  better. 
Events  were  not  well  publicized,"  says 
Nogalo. 

"Hate  Hurts  Week  lacked  in  planning 
this  year,"  says  Heather  Farrow,  a  co- 


ordinator of  the  Ontario  Public  Interest 
Research  Group  at  Carleton.  "(The  week) 
was  pretty  successful,  butthere  was  room 
for  improvement,"  she  says. 

"In  the  middle  of  midterms,  it'sapoor 
time  to  hold  Hate  Hurts  Week.  You  can't 
expect  students  to  have  time  for  extra 
events, "  says  Troy  Ross,  a  third-year  psy- 
chology student. 

Theresa  Cowan,  CUSA's  director  of 
services,  says  Hate  Hurts  Week  wasn't 
planned  until  October. 

Adding  to  the  confusion  was  the  in- 
correct date  given  in  CUSA's  day  plan- 
ner. It  says  Hate  Hurts  Week  started  on 
Nov.  8. 


'It  was  (due  to)  a  miscommunication," 
says  Cowan. 

Sheryl  Ananny,  a  co-ordinator  of  the 
Carleton  Disability  Awareness  Centre, 
says  Hate  Hurts  Week  was  first  talked 
about  on  Sept.  30  at  a  meeting  to  discuss 
upcoming  events. 

"Hate  Hurts  Week  didn't  get  going 
until  October.  It  was  late.  Word  didn't  get 
out  to  students  as  well  as  it  could  have," 
says  Janet  Burrows,  a  CDAC  co-ordinator. 

Renee  Twaddle,  co-ordinator  of  the 
Carleton  Women's  Centre,  says  shedidn't 
think  Hate  Hurts  Week  was  poorly  or- 

HATE  cont'd  on  page  4 


Camel  clippin'  in 
Cairo.  .  .  wish  we 
were  there.  Bet  they 
have  no  midterms 
in  Egypt. 


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November  11,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  3 


Fee  increase  opponents  miss  deadline 


by  Anthony  Pangalos 

Charlatan  Staff 

Some  students  are  saying  the  referen- 
dum campaign  about  fee  increases  to  the 
Canadian  Federation  of  Students  was 
one-sided. 

But  the  Carleton  University  Students' 
Association  says  it  conducted  the  refer- 
endum by  the  books. 

The  CFS  researches  student  issues,  acts 
as  a  lobby  group  for  students  and  pro- 
vides services  like  Travel  Cuts  for  stu- 
dents. It  is  also  a  member  of  the  Interna- 
tional Union  of  Students,  which  helps 
defend  student  rights. 

On  Nov.  9  and  10,  students  voted  in  a 
referendum  on  whether  or  not  to  in- 
crease their  fees  to  the  Canadian  Federa- 
tion of  Students  by  $4.  The  results  of  the 
vote  were  not  available  at  press  time  but 
will  be  posted  in  the  CUSA  office  Nov.  11. 

A  Yes  vote  will  increase  student  fees  to 
CFS  by  $2  and  to  CFS-Ontario  by  $2  as 
well.  A  No  vote  will  leave  the  fees  at  $4 
and  $3  respectively. 

A  Yes  committee  officially  lobbied  stu- 
dents for  support  to  increase  the  fees,  but 
there  was  no  official  representation  on 
behalf  of  the  No  side. 

After  missing  the  Nov.  2  deadline  to 
register  as  a  committee  with  CUS  A's  chief 
electoral  officer,  a  group  of  students  sup- 
porting the  No  side  was  not  allowed  to 
campaign  officially  for  the  referendum. 

Daren  Givoque,  chairof  the  unofficial 
No  committee  and  a  former  CUSA  coun- 
cillor, said  the  referendum  was  conducted 
unfairly,  because  No  supporters  weren't 
allowed  to  participate. 

Official  recognition  as  a  campaign 
committee  gives  each  side  $  150  to  spend 
on  their  campaign.  It  also  allows  a  com- 
mittee to  put  up  posters.  Any  posters  not 
stamped  by  the  chief  electoral  officer  are 
taken  down. 

"Everybody  is  playing  by  the  rules," 
said  Rob  Jamieson,  CUSA's  vice-presi- 
dent internal.  "It  has  been  a  completely 
leqal  and  fair  referendum.  The  opportu- 


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A  student  makes  his  mark  at  a  polling  booth. 


Section  7.2  of  CUSA's  electoral  code 
states  that  the  chief  electoral  officer  must 
publicize  the  date  and  time  of  an  organ- 
izing meeting  for  any  Yes  and  No  com- 
mittee conducted  during  a  referendum  at 
leastfourschool  days  before  the  meeting, 
in  The  Charlatan  and  on  posters. 

James  Rilett,  CUSA's  chief  electoral 
officer,  said  the  referendum  was  run  fairly. 
He  said  an  ad  ran  in  The  Charlatan  Oct. 
28,  publicizing  the  Nov.  2  No  committee 
organizing  meeting  and  the  meeting  was 
publicized  at  two  CUSA  council  meetings 
on  Oct.  18  and  Oct.  26, 

"I  see  nothing  wrong  with  it  constitu- 
tionally," he  said.  "(CUSA)  checked  with 
me  before  they  did  anything." 

On  Nov.  7,  the  unofficial  No  commit- 
tee posted  about  800  posters  which  were 
almost  all  torn  down  the  next  day,  said 
Givoque.  He  said  the  No  committee  also 
lobbied  classrooms  and  tried  to  inform 
students  about  the  No  side  at  the  voting 
booths. 

Rilett  said  he  asked  the  No  supporters 
to  stop  campaigning  near  the  booths, 


nized  as  a  committee  and  they  were 
given  the  chance  to  and  they  never  did, " 
said  Rilett.  "Some  people  say  it's  not  fair. 
My  hands  are  tied  and  where  were  they  a 
week  ago?  It's  not  that  big  a  deal  to  come 
to  one  meeting  or  even  to  let  me  know 
they  were  interested  in  it." 

Givoque  criticized  CUSA  President  Lucy 
Watson  for  distributing  pro-CFS  pam- 
phlets during  the  campaign,  but  Watson 
said  it's  the  association 's  responsibility  to 
inform  students. 


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one-year  limited  enrolment  program  taught 
at  primary/junior,  junior/intermediate 
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Our  small  class  size  of 
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ensures  personal  attention  from 
professors.  Our  practice  teaching  policy 
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"We  have  an  obligation  to  make  sure 
the  information  gets  out  to  the  students. 
We  don't  have  an  obligation  to  run  a  No 
committee  or  encourage  people  to  come 
out  to  a  No  committee.  That  option  was 
open  for  students  and  they  chose  not  to 
take  it,"  said  Watson. 

"What  I  am  distributing  is  what  the 
federation  puts  out  and  I  specifically  have 
an  obligation  to  make  sure  students  have 
that  information  because  we  are  a  mem- 
ber school."  , 

CFS  chair  Carl  Gillis  justified  the  need 
for  an  increase. 

"We  haven't  had  a  fee  increase  since 
1 98 1  and  over  the  years  the  cost  of  fight- 
ing for  students  becomes  more  and  more 
i  expensive,"  said  Gillis.  "We  continue  to 
|  work  and  lobby  the  government  and  the 
j  fighting  is  hard  when  you  don't  have  the 
=  money." 

Kim  Newton,  chair  of  the  Yes  commit- 
tee, said  "ideally  what  we  would  like  to 
have  happen  is  to  have  no  financial 
barriers  to  post-secondary  education." 

But  Givoque  questioned  the  effective- 
ness of  the  CFS,  noting  that  although 
Carleton  has  been  a  member  for  the  past 
12  years,  tuition  fees  have  increased  by  at 
least  120  per  cent. 

"If  we  were  not  there,  tuition  fees  will 
be  more  than  if  we  were  not  there,"  Gillis 
said.  "You  have  to  have  somebody  fight- 
ing for  this  issue  and  if  we're  not,  who 
will?"  □ 


SECURITY  BRIEFS 


Security  seeks 
assault  witnesses 

by  Brandie  Weikle 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  department  of  university  safety  is 
looking  for  people  who  may  have  wit- 
nessed the  assault  of  a  female  student  on 
Tuesday,  Nov.  2. 

The  student  was  approached  at  about 
2:30  in  the  afternoon  in  a  high-traffic 
area  of  the  tunnels  near  the  Steacie  Build- 
ing, says  Len  Boudreault,  the  depart- 
ment's assistant  director. 

Her  assailant  grabbed  her,  kissed  her 
on  the  lips,  threatened  to  harm  her  if  she 
screamed  and  then  ran  off,  says 
Boudreault. 

"There  have  got  to  be  witnesses,"  he 
says.  The  victim  described  the  assailant 
as  a  white  male  about  20  years  old,  five 
foot  11  with  a  medium  build  and  blond 
hair  that  is  long  on  top  and  short  on  the 
sides,  says  Boudreault. 

He  was  wearing  a  white  shirt,  blue 
jeans,  a  jean  jacket  and  was  clean-shaven, 
says  Boudreault. 

A  safety  poster  publicizing  the  inci- 
dent says  the  assailant's  first  name  is 
Adam.  Boudreault  says  the  victim  be- 
lieves her  assailant  is  a  student  at  Carle- 


ton. 

"We'll  be  interested  in  hearing  from 
anyone  who  thinks  that  they  might  know 
this  individual  or  who  thinks  they  can 
identify  this  person,"  says  Boudreault. 

The  case  is  under  investigation  by  the 
department  and  the  Ottawa  Police.  □ 

Flasher  seen  in 
Southam  Hall 

by  Brandie  Weikle 

Charlatan  Slaff 

Carleton's  incessant  flasher  problem 
has  not  gone  away. 

A  male  entered  the  women's  wash- 
room on  the  fourth  floor  of  Southam  Hall 
on  Monday,  Nov.  1  at  1:40  p.m.,  says 
Boudreault. 

The  man  indecently  exposed  himself 
to  the  washroom's  occupants  before  he 
left  the  area,  he  says. 

A  safety  poster  says  the  assailant  is  a 
Caucasian  in  his  mid-20s  with  dark, 
medium-length  hair. 

It  says  he  is  about  six  feet  tall  with  a 
medium  build  and  was  wearing  a  green 
raincoat  and  white  running  shoes. 

His  description  does  not  match  that  of 
any  of  the  previous  flashers  on  campus, 
says  Boudreault.  □ 


HATE  cont'd  from  page  3 

ganized. 

"Although  there  is  always  last-minute 
scrambling,  I  thought  it  was  better  or- 
ganized than  usual.  We  reached  people 
who  were  not  aware  of  these  issues  and 
weren't  just  preaching  to  the  converted, " 
says  Twaddle. 

Cowan  says  during  the  summer  no- 
body was  interested  or  willing  to  help 
organize  the  week. 

Nogalo  says  Hate  Hurts  Week  was 
talked  about  vaguely  during  the  summer 
and  that  facilitator  training  and  orienta- 
tion for  frosh  week  took  priority  with 
him.  "No  real  planning  was  going  on  (in 
the  summer),"  he  says. 


Nobody  tried  to  contact  OP1RG  about 
planning  Hate  Hurts  Week  during  the 
summer,  says  Farrow. 

"OPIRG  wasn't  invited  at  the  begin- 
ning, but  more  at  the  end,"  she  says. 

"Theresa  tried  to  organize  things  and 
nobody  was  willing  to  participate,"  says 
Ananny. 

Cowan  had  been  "begging  for  input" 
since  the  summer,  but  people  were  ignor- 
ing her,  says  Ananny. 

Twaddle  says  nothing  is  ever  specifi- 
cally organized  in  July. 

"I  agree  that  there  is  room  for  im- 
provement, but  (Hate  Hurts  Week)  was 
highly  successful.  Things  are  always  last 
minute,"  says  Twaddle.  □ 


4  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  11,  1993 


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Native  playwright  talks  of  despair  and  hope 


by  Andrea  Wiebe 

Cha/lalan  Stan 

Aboriginal  playwright  Tomson  High- 
way surprised  his  audience  when  he  spoke 
at  Carleton  on  Nov.  4. 

His  speech  was  entitled  "Rebuilding 
Strong  Communities:  Aboriginal  Self- 
Govemment,"  but  the  title  was  much 
more  formal  than  the  lecture. 

Highway  held  a  very  informal  talk 
and  was  quite  dramatic  as  he  walked 
around  the  stage  in  Porter  Hall.  He  told 
the  crowd  of  about  200  people,  using  a  lot 
of  personal  anecdotes,  what  it  was  like  to 
be  a  Native  person  growing  up  in  Canada. 

"  It  was  like  we  were  sitting  in  his  living 
room  and  not  in  a  lecture  hall,"  said 
Heidy  Van  Dyk,  a  second-year  Canadian 
Studies  major. 

Highway  has  written  poetry,  short  sto- 
ries, a  novel,  a  screenplay,  scripts  for  a  TV 
mini-series,  as  well  as  plays  such  as  The 
Rez  Sisters  and  Dry  Lips  Oughta  Move  to 
Kopuskasing. 

The  evening  began  with  an  entrance 
song  by  the  drumming  group  Big  Stone 
Singers  to  set  the  mood. 

Highway,  41,  wasborn  ona  Manitoba 
reserve  about  1 ,200  kilometres  north  of 
Winnipeg.  He  said  his  reserve  was  as 
poverty-stricken  as  Davis  Inlet,  an  Innu 
settlement  in  Newfoundland. 

He  was  sent  to  The  Pas,  Man.,  at  age 
six  where  he  began  school.  This  is  where 
Highway  says  his  "indoctrination  ...  at 
the  hands  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  " 
began  in  a  residential  school. 

"We  (Native  children)  were  taught,  as 
five-  and  six-year-olds,  that  we  had  no 
culture,  no  history,  no  past,  our  lan- 
guages were  third-rate,  our  culture  was 
third-rate,  our  lifestyle  was  third-rate . . . 
and  this  other  system  of  (European) 
thought  was  better  somehow,"  he  said. 

Highway  said  this  cultural  conflict 
followed  him  throughout  his  life  and 
made  him  very  lonely. 

He  said  he  didn't  know  why  he  felt 
thatway  until  he  realized,  in  his20s,  that 
he  felt  so  lost  because  he  had  been  forced 
to  give  up  his  beliefs,  which  kept  him 
spiritually  centred. 

Highway  spoke  about  the  difference 
between  living  in  Toronto,  where  he  has 
lived  for  the  past  15  years,  and  living  on 
the  reserve.  He  said  people  living  in  the 
city  have  losttheir  spiritual  roots  because 
they  have  so  many  material  things  they 
have  nothing  left  to  want. 

Highway  also  spoke  about  the  rich- 
ness of  language. 

"I  want  to  be  able  to  conquer  Ojibway 
and  Spanish  next.  By  the  time  I  die,  at 
around  80  or  85,  it's  one  of  my  ambitions 
to  be  fluentin  seven  languages."  He  said 
he  speaks  French,  English  and  Cree. 

Highway  shared  stories  about  his  fam- 
ily as  well. 

Hesaidhewasthesecondyoungestof 
12  children  in  a  family  of  14.  Only  six 
members  of  his  family  are  still  alive. 
"Death  was  a  constant  presence,"  says 
Highway. 

However,  Highway  said  he  was  very 


happy  as  a  child  living  on  the  reserve, 
where  he  had  a  sense  of  balance. 

"It  was  |ust  us,  and  the  land,  and  this 
immense  silence.  It  was  so  beautiful  to 
grow  up  that  way,"  he  said. 

While  his  speech  concentrated  on  spir- 
ituality, Highway  told  many  stories  about 
his  life  and  how  he  got  to  where  he  is 
today.  "The  only  thing  I  want  to  offer  to 
you  people  this  evening  is  hope,"  said 
Highway. 

He  talked  about  how  his  father  was  a 
caribou  hunter,  a  fisherman  and  a  trap- 
per. "So  to  top  it  all  off,  I'm  politically 


Correction 

In  "TAs  looking  for  a  collec- 
tive agreement"  (The  Charlatan, 
No  v.  4, 1993),  figures  cited  as  cur- 
rent teaching  assistant  salaries 
are  in  fact  what  are  being  asked 
for  in  collective  agreement  nego- 
tiations. Graduate  teaching  as- 
sistants currently  earn  $6,471  for 
260  hours  of  work  or  $24.89  an 
hour.  Undergraduate  teaching  as- 
sistants earn  $13.59  an  hour.  As 
well,  CUPE 2323's  coUectiveagree- 
ment  expired  Aug.  31, 1993,  not 
on  Aug.  31, 1994,  as  stated  in  the 
article.  Q 


incorrect,"  says  Highway.  "I  also  drink 
beer  and  eat  meat,  and  I'm  crazy  about 
country  and  western  music!" 

But  there  certainly  was  a  serious  side 
to  his  words. 

"I  thought  he  was  fantastic,"  said 
Amanda  Gibbs,  a  student  who  attended 
the  lecture.  "I  had  read  a  lot  of  Tomson 
Highway's  plays  but  I'd  certainly  never 
heard  him  speak.  I  have  seen  his  plays 
performed  as  well. 

"He  has  such  intensity  and  such  en- 
ergy and  he's  just  so,  sort  of,  steeped  in 
performing  that  when  he  speaks  to  a 


crowd  like  this  it's  really  wonderful,"  she 
said. 

Diana  Lester,  also  a  student  at  Carle- 
ton,  said  she  enjoyed  his  speech.  "He  got 
to  the  point,  a  couple  of  times,  where  he 
didn't  want  to  go  on.  It  must  be  difficult 
to  reveal  your  whole  life  in  front  of  about 
400  people." 

Highway  left  a  big  impression  on  the 
audience,  including  Madeline  Dion  Stout, 
the  director  of  the  Centre  for  Aboriginal 
Research  and  Culture,  who  closed  the 
evening  by  saying  Highway  is  "a  really 
cool  cat."  □ 


Rae  says  universities  won 't  get  mote 


by  Franco  D'Orazio 

Charlatan  Staff 

Ontario  universities  should  not  ex- 
pect any  increases  in  funding  from  the 
provincial  government  in  the  forseeable 
future,  Carleton  University  President 
Robin  Farquhar  told  the  university's  board 
of  governors  in  a  meeting  Oct.  27. 

According  to  Farquhar,  Premier  Bob 
Rae  conveyed  this  at  a  recent  meeting  of 
the  Council  of  Ontario  Universities. 

"In  an  off-the -record  remark,  he  (Rae) 
confirmed  that  after  the  post-social-con- 
tract era,  the  province  will  not  be  return- 
ing to  the  old  days,"  Farquhar  said. 

The  social  contract,  otherwise  known 
as  Bill  48,  is  the  province's  plan  to  save  52 
billion  a  year  for  three  years  by  cutting 
wages,  benefits  and  positions  of  nearly 
one  million  publicsector  workers,  includ- 
ing those  at  universities. 

However,  Farquhar  explained,  the 
premier  stressed  that  any  new  funds  gen- 
erated by  tuition  fee  increases  "should 


not  be  used  to  increase  the  salaries  of 
(university  officials),  but  should  be 
used  to  improve  services  for  students." 

Farquhar  said  he  was  told  by  On- 
tario Education  Minister  Dave  Cooke 
last  month  to  expect  "some  signifi- 
cant raises  in  tuition  fees  next  year." 

Farquhar  and  Guy  Caron,  the  presi- 
dent of  the  University  of  Ottawa,  met 
with  Cooke  in  a  "breakfast  meeting" 
on  Oct.  8  in  which  they  university 
financing. 

Farquhar  added  the  annual  oper- 
ating grant  Carleton  receives  from  the 
Ontario  government  will  decrease  by 
1.2  per  cent  for  next  year,  Farquhar 
said. 

Carleton's  budget  planning  office 
anticipated  an  operating  grant  of 
$100.7  million  for  this  year.  But  this 
summer's  social  contract  reduced  it 
eight  per  cent,  said  Spruce  Riordon, 
Carleton's  vice-president  of  finance 
and  administration.  □ 


ACADEMIC  EXCHANGES 
1994-95  FOR  STUDENTS 

(Students  should  be  graduate  students  or 
senior  und8rgraduates  who  intend  to  pursue 
graduate  studies) 

Deadline  for  applications:  Nov.  30th, 
1993  unless  otherwise  indicated 

State  University  of  NewYork 
University  ot  Massachusetts 
University  of  Copenhagen  (DIS) 
Poland 
Hungary 
Russia 
Spain 
France 
Middle  East 
Germany 
Tanzania 
The  Netherlands 
University  ot  Edinburgh 

University  ot  Leeds 
(Pol.  Sci.  students  only) 
University  ot  Bradford 
(Business  students  only) 
Japan 
Italy 
Cuba 
China 

University  des  Antilles  et  Guyane 
Commonwealth  Scholarships 
(Australia  and  New  Zealand,  Dec.  31  1 993) 
CIDA  Awards  for  Canadians 
(Int'l  Development)  (Feb.  1994) 

Ontario/Baden-Wurttemberg/Rhone 
Alpes  Student  Exchange  Programs 

These  special  programs  are  available 

to  students  in  all  fields  at  both 
graduate  and  undergraduate  levels. 
Competence  in  French  and/or 
German  is  required. 
Bursaries  available. 

Information  and  Application  Forms 

now  available  from  Carleton 
International,  Room  1506,  Dunton 
Tower,  788-2519 


Rae  during  happier  times. 


APPLE  SADDLERY 

The  Largest  Western  Boot  Store  in  Canada. 

INNES  ROAD  JUST  EAST  OF  THE  4I7  (NEAR  THE  PRICE  CLUB) 


November  11,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  S 


40%  TUITION  HIKE!?! 

Within  the  next  couple  of  weeks,  Education  and  Training 
Minister  Dave  Cooke  will  announce  a  substantial  tuition 
increase  for  1994-95  at  Ontario's  colleges  and  universities. 
The  amount  of  the  hike  is  uncertain  although  an  increase 
between  25%  to  40%  is  expected. 

DON'T  LET  THIS  HAPPEN! 

As  the  singlemost  pressing  issue  threatening  accessibility  to 
Ontario's  post-  secondary  institutions  today,  this  increase  must 
be  stopped. 

The  NDP  MPP's  have  yet  to  vote  on  the  proposed  increase.  Our 
input  can  convince  them  to  vote  AGAINST  it. 

MAKE  YOUR  VOICE  HEARD. . . 

Send  letters,  sign  petitions  (available  in  the  CUSA  office,  room 
401  Unicentre),  or  phone  your  MPP: 

Evelyn  Gigantes  (416)  585-7111 

Floyd  Laughren  (416)  325-0400 

Bob  Rae  (416)  325-1941 

Dave  Cooke  (416)  325-2600 


Help  bring  this  issue  out  into  the  open  in  Provincial  Parliament 
-  call  the  oppostion  to  inform  them  of  your  concerns. 

Dalton  McGuinty  (Liberal)        (416)  325-7263 

Dianne  Cunningham  (P.C.)       (416)  325-7744 


For  more  information,  contact  Lucy  Watson,  President  Carleton  University  Students' 
Association,  at  788-6688. 


6  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  11,  1993 


4 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Maclean's  survey  sparks  criticism 


by  Am  Keeling  and  Michael  Mainville 

Charlatan  Staff 

Once  again,  mixedemotions  surround 
the  annual  Maclean's  magazine  univer- 
sities issue,  released  Nov.  8. 

For  the  third  year  in  a  row,  Maclean's 
has  published  its  popular  ranking  of 
Canadian  universities.  Last  year,  the 
magazine  sold  over  63,000  copies,  their 
second  biggest  seller  ever. 

In  1991,  Maclean's  generated  a  storm 
of  controversy  with  its  first  survey  of 
universities,  which  rated  the  country's 
universities  in  one  large  group  of  46.  Last 
year,  Maclean 's  revamped  the  survey  to 
create  three  categories  of  universities. 

This  year  saw  its  share  of  changes, 
with  two  new  institutions  in  Ontario  par- 
ticipating (Nippissing  University  in  North 
Bay  and  Ryerson  Polytechnic  University 
in  Toronto),  with  a  total  of  51  universities 
being  ranked. 

As  well,  Carleton  and  Memorial  Uni- 
versity, two  previously  ranked  universi- 
ties, decided  not  to  participate,  but  were 
included  in  the  survey  using  some  data 
submitted  last  year  as  well  as  some  up- 
dated data  from  sources  outside  the  uni- 
versities. 

Many  university  administrators  say 
the  survey  is  a  useful  tool  for  high-school 
students,  but  almost  all  are  critical  of  the 
methods  and  data  the  magazine  uses  to 
evaluate  the  universities. 


THE  METHODOLOGY 


Like  last  year,  Maclean 's  ranks  univer- 
sities according  to  21  criteria  in  five  cat- 
egories. The  categories  include  student 
body  (20  per  cent),  classes  (18  per  cent), 
faculty  (20  per  cent),  finances  (10  per 
cent),  library  (12  per  cent),  and  reputa- 
tion (20  per  cent).  These  categories  take 
into  account  criteria  including  class  size, 
number  of  tenured  faculty,  average  en- 
trance grades  of  students  and  the  opin- 
ions of  some  top  Canadian  executives 
about  graduates  of  a  particular  univer- 
sity. 

It  then  compiles  the  information  and 
ranks  universities  into  three  groups:  pri- 
marily undergraduate  institutions,  com- 
prehensive universities  (those  with  both 
graduate  and  undergraduate  programs) 
and  schools  with  maj  or  commitments  to 
PhD  and  medical  programs. 


SPECIAL  ISSUE:  A  PORTRAIT  Of  LIFE  ON  CAMPUS 

Maclean's 


THE  RANKINGS 


Predictably,  the  rankings  haven't 
changed  much  from  last  year. 

Among  schools  with  major  commit- 
ments to  PhD  and  medical  programs, 
McGill  came  out  on  top  once  again,  but 
Queen's  (second  this  year)  and  the  Uni- 
versity of  Toronto  (third  this  year) 
swapped  positions. 

The  comprehensive  category  also  saw 
some  changes  as  Simon  Fraser  University 
in  Bumaby,  B.C.,  overtook  first  place 
from  the  University  of  Waterloo,  who  fell 
to  second  this  year.  The  University  of 
Victoria  rounded  out  the  top  three,  ad- 
vancing from 
last  year's  fourth 
place  position. 
The  most  notice- 
able changes  in 
this  category 
came  from  Car- 
leton (sixth  to 
ninth)  and  Me- 
morial (eighth  to 
11th). 

At  the  prima- 
rily undergradu- 
ate level,  the  top 
three  universities 
haven't  changed 
at  all  since  last 
year,  with  New 
Brunswick's 
Mount  Allison 
University  at  the 
top,  followed  by 
Trent  University 
in  Peterborough 
and  Acadia  in 
Nova  Scotia.  The 

only  significant  changes  include  a  move 
for  Lethbridge  University  in  Alberta  from 
last  year's  ninth  position  up  to  fourth 
place  and  a  major  drop  for  Thunder 
Bay's  Lakehead  University  to  18th  from 
12th. 


THE  UNIVERSITIES 


THE  REACTION 


Although  some  universities  were  hap- 
pier than  others  with  their  rankings,  the 
Maclean's  methodology  has  come  under 
fire  from  some  administrators. 

The  survey  promotes  old-line  think- 


ing and  is  nothing  to  get  excited  about, 
says  joseph  Lloyd  Jones,  assistant  vice- 
president  of  institutional  research  and 
planning  at  the  University  of  Ottawa. 

"I'm  a  critic  of  this  whole  approach," 
says  (ones.  "The  reputation  survey  is  a  bit 
hokey." 

The  University  of  Ottawa  dropped  one 
place  to  ninth  out  of  15  in  the  medical/ 
doctoral  category,  a  slip  Jones  attributes 
to  the  improved  showing  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Calgary. 

While  the  University  of  Ottawa  is 
pleased  with  this  year's  rankings,  Jones 
says  he  hopes  studentsdon't  give  it  much 
attention. 

"I  think  students  will  look  at  it.  They 
will  talk  about 
it,"  he  says,  but 
he  hopes  they 
won't  use  it  to 
evaluate  their 
choice. 

Another  uni- 
versity that 
fared  worse  than 
last  year  was 
Montreal's 
Concordia  Uni- 
versity, which 
fell  from  last 
year's  10th  po- 
sition in  the 
comprehensive 
category  to  12th 
in  this  year's  sur- 
vey. 

Ken 
Whittingham, 
Concordia's 
public  relations 
director,  says  he 
doesn't  think 
the  survey  will  have  any  effect  on  stu- 
dents seeking  admission  to  university. 

"While  the  Maclean's  survey  does  pro- 
vide some  broad,  comparative  data,  there 
is  no  evidence  to  suggest  that  university 
enrolments  or,  indeed,  admissions  appli- 
cations, have  been  affected  in  any  way 
by  the  types  of  ratings  published  in  maga- 
zines such  as  Maclean's." 

Simon  Fraser  University  is  pleased  with 
its  first-place  standing  this  year.  How- 
ever, a  spokesperson  for  the  university 
said  while  he  feels  the  survey  is  a  good 
attempt  to  rate  schools,  it's  not  perfect. 


k  Measure  Of 
Excellence 

The  Third  Annual  Ranking 


"I  think  it's  difficult  to  measure  the 
product  that  universities  produce.  Differ- 
ent universities  have  different  goals  and 
that  is  not  reflected  by  the  Maclean's 
survey,"  says  Ken  Monnell,  SFU's  director 
of  media  and  public  relations. 

However,  Monnell  says  he  feels  the 
survey  is  definitely  a  useful  tool  and 
could  be  one  of  the  many  ways  students 
evaluate  universities. 

Trent  also  fared  well  in  the  rankings 
for  the  second  year  in  a  row.  But  a  spokes- 
person for  the  university  says  the  meth- 
odology is  flawed. 

"It's  obviously  arbitrary.  The  criteria 
Maclean's  selects  doesn't  suit  every  insti- 
tution," says  Susan  Wheeler,  director  of 
communications. 

Wheeler  says  the  magazine  arbitrar- 
ily selected  its  criteria  and  is  trying  to 
define  the  perfect  university  without  look- 
ing at  specific  factors. 

"Maclean 's  has  their  own  idea  of  what 
the  perfect  university  should  be  and  if 
you  are  close  to  that  you  have  a  better 
ranking,"  says  Wheeler.  "They  should 
use  only  general  information  instead. 
The  ranking  is  a  strictly  commercial  de- 
vice." 

However,  Ann  Dowsett  Johnston, 
Mac/ean'sassistant  managing  editor,  says 
"that's  baloney. 

"I'm  very  proud  ofthe  methodology," 
says  Dowsett  Johnston.  "It's  for  the  ben- 
efit of  students  that  we  do  this." 

Dowsett  Johnston  says  Maclean's  con- 
sulting statistician  Georges  Lemaifre 
would  definitely  not  agree  that  the  sys- 
tem is  flawed.  "He  is  a  well-trained  pro- 
fessional. He  knows  what  he's  doing," 
says  Dowsett  Johnston. 

However,  the  Maclean 's  survey  should 
not  be  the  only  resource  students  use,  she 
says.  "Anybody  who  is  smart  enough  to 
go  to  university  is  smart  enough  to  get  all 
the  information  available. " 

Dowsett  Johnston  says  the  survey  is 
justified  because  of  the  information  it 
provides  and  how  it  demonstrates  uni- 
versity accountability. 

"Maclean's  would  like  to  bring  atten- 
tion to  everybody  (that)  any  wise  institu- 
tion will  open  their  books  and  the  49  that 
have  are  earning  the  public  trust."  □ 

Drop-outs:  Carleton,  Memorial  rate 
poorly  —  page  9. 


Carleton  students,  admin  say  survey  is  inaccurate 


by  Tanya  Workman 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton  administrators  andstudents 
are  critical  of  Carleton's  ranking  in  this 
year's  Maclean 's  magazine  survey  of  uni- 
versities released  Nov.  8,  saying  it  is  inac- 
curate and  incomplete. 

Carleton  was  ranked  ninth  out  of  1 3 
in  the  comprehensive  university  category 
ofthe  survey,  which  includes  universities 
offering  "a  significant  amount  of  research 
activity  and  a  wide  range  of  programs  at 
the  graduate  and  undergraduate  levels. " 

Last  year  Carleton  was  sixth  out  of  12 
in  the  same  category. 

Pat  O'Brien,  Carleton'sdirectorofpub- 
lic  relations,  says  Carleton's  lower  rating 
is  irrelevant,  because  the  survey's  num- 
bers are  inaccurate. 

"You're  assuming  that  last  year's  six 
meant  something,"  says  Pat  O'Brien,  di- 
rector of  public  relations.  "What  we  don't 
want  to  do  is  to  give  any  credibility  to  the 
methodology  that  was  used." 

O'Brien  is  critical  of  the  information 
Maclean's  collects  to  compile  its  annual 
survey  and  says  he  doesn't  think  the 
survey  gives  an  accurate  picture  of  any 


Comprehensive  Universities  — 
Overall  Ranking 


university,  including  Carleton. 

Maclean 's  used  last  year's  data  as  well 
its  own  research 
from  sources 
outside  Carleton 
todeterminethe 
university's 
ranking  in  the 
survey  this  year. 

"If  people 
take  the 
rankings  as 
listed,  the  per- 
ception may  be 
that  their  uni- 
versity isn't  as 
good  as  other 
universities, " 
saysO'Brien.He 
says  this  is  a  big 
misconception 
among  stu- 
dents. 

O'Brien  says 
information  on 

specific  degree  programs  offered  at  each 
university  is  one  important  thing  miss- 
ing from  the  survey.  


Simon  Fraser 
Waterloo 
Victoria 
Guelph 

5.  York 

6.  Universite  de  Quebec  a  Montreal 
Regtna 

New  Brunswick 

9.  Carleton 

10.  Windsor 

11.  Memorial 

12.  Concordia 

13.  U  de  Q  a  Trois- Rivieres 


This  year,  Carleton  was  docked  50 
points  out  of  a  total  1 ,000  point  score  for 
not  submitting  data 
for  the  survey. 

In  1991,  Carleton 
placed  44th  out  of 
46  universities  and 
then  was  criticized 
forsubmitting  incor- 
rect data.  Dennis 
Forcese,  then-vice- 
president  academic, 
resigned  following  a 
report  which  placed 
him  with  the  respon- 
sibility for  the  faulty 
statistics. 

In  a  press  release 
Sept.  16,  President 
Robin  Farquharsaid 
Carleton  wouldn't 
participate  this  year 
because  spending 
money  on  the  sur- 
vey wasn't  the  best 
way  to  use  students'  and  taxpayers' 
money. 

O'Brien  says  Farquhar,  the  vice-presi- 


dents and  deans  ofthe  university  made 
the  decision  not  to  participate  in  the 
survey  because  they  felt  it  would  cost  too 
much  money  to  compile  the  data.  He 
says  it  would  cost  the  university  about 
$  100,000  to  research  the  information  the 
magazine  needed. 

Lucy  Watson,  president  of  the  Carle- 
ton University  Students'  Association,  says 
the  university's  lower  ranking  doesn't 
surprise  her  because  of  the  way  the  maga- 
zine compiles  information. 

"I  think  it  shows  how  ineffective  and 
inefficient  the  survey  is  if  they  are  using 
last  year's  data,"  says  Watson.  "1  don't 
think  the  Maclean's  survey  takes  into 
consideration  the  uniqueness  of  each 
university  or  institution." 

Watson  says  CUS  A  supported  the  uni- 
versity's decision  not  to  participate  in  the 
survey. 

Ann  Dowsett  Johnston,  Maclean's  as- 
sistant managing  editor,  says  she  is  sur- 
prised that  CUSA  would  support  the  ad- 
ministration's decision.  She  says  the  uni- 
versity is  not  being  accountable  to  its 

CARLETON  cont'd  on  page  8. 


November  11,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


Tuition  hikes  coming,  student  leaders  claim 


by  John  Steinbachs 

CNa/falan  Staff 

Student  leaders  say  they  are  bracing 
for  news  this  month  of  a  possible  tuition 
hike  of  20  to  30  per  cent  for  the  next 
school  year. 

Although  Car- 
leton's  adminis- 
tration has  not 
announced  plans 
for  the  increases, 
many  student 
leaders  said  they 
feel  the  hikes  are 
inevitable. 

Student  con- 
cern about  sub- 
stantial tuition 
hikes  began  this 
summer,  when 
the  Council  of  On- 
tario Universities 
released  a  report 
which  called  for 
an  increase  in  tui- 
tion fees  between 
30  and50  percent 
for  some  pro- 
grams over  the 
next  two  years. 

For  each  of  the  last  three  years,  maxi- 
mum tuition  increases  have  been  set  at 
seven  per  cent  by  the  provincial  govern- 
ment. The  government  is  expected  to 
announce  the  new  maximum  levels  for 
1994-95  some  time  in  November. 

David  Hubka,  vice-presidentextemal 
of  the  Carleton  Graduate  Students'  Asso- 
ciation, saysa  largertuition  hike  is  inevi- 
table. "We  have  the  information  that 
there  definitely  will  be  a  hike." 

He  says  he  believes  there  will  be  a  30- 
per-cent  tuition  hike,  but  he  says  his 
concern  is  helping  his  constituents  deal 


Gillis:  sees  hikes  "above  10  per  cent. ' 


with  the  fee  increases. 

The  government  will  be  asking  stu- 
dents to  "bite  the  bullet"  if  it  goes  ahead 
with  an  increase,  says  Michel  Roy,  presi- 
dent of  Canadian  Union  of  Public  Em- 
ployees Local  2323, 
which  represents 
teaching  and  re- 
search assistants  at 
Carleton. 

"There'snoques- 
tion  another  in- 
crease will  have  se- 
vere implications," 
says  Roy. 

Roy  says  thegov- 
emment  is  forcing 
students  to  live  be- 
low the  poverty  line 
by  increasing  tui- 
tion. 

Even  if  the  gov- 
ernment announces 
a  raised  ceiling  on 
tuition  fee  levels,  in- 
dividual universi- 
ties' boards  of  gov- 
ernors must  ap- 
prove a  tuition  in- 
crease for  their  own 
schools. 

]im  Watson,  Ottawa  city  councillor 
for  Capital  Ward  and  a  member  of  Car- 
leton's  board  of  governors,  says  no  pro- 
posals to  increase  tuition  have  been  pre- 
sented to  him  on  the  board. 

But  he  says  he  hopes  the  board  would 
not  vote  for  a  30-per-centhike.  "1  hope  to 
God  they  wouldn't  vote  for  that." 

Watson  says  a  hike  in  tuition  would 
limit  some  students'  chances  of  going  to 
university  and  "close  theopen  door  policy 
on  which  Carleton  was  founded." 

Although  some  consider  the  fee  hikes 


inevitable,  some  student  leaders  are  still 
lobbying  the  government  for  no  increase. 

Carl  Gillis,  chair  of  the  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students,  says  although  the 
Ministry  of  Education  has  announced 
the  tuition  ceiling  will  be  raised,  he  does 
not  believe  the  minister,  David  Cooke, 
will  follow  the  Council  of  Ontario  Univer- 
sities' recommendations. 

He  says  the  CFS  is  carrying  on  "fever- 
ous lobbying"  to  try  to  lessen  the  severity 
of  the  hike. 

"I  know  it  will  be  above  10  per  cent," 
says  Gillis. 

He  says  the  province  is  banking  on  the 
hope  that  students  won't  speak  up  until 
after  the  hike  has  gone  through,  but 
people  have  to  stand  up  now  and  voice 
their  protests  before  it  happens. 

Lucy  Watson,  president  of  Carleton 


University  Students' Association,  says  she 
also  expects  a  tuition  hike  between  20  to 
30  per  cent.  Watson  says  she  doesn't 
think  Carleton's  administration  under- 
stands how  hard  it  is  for  students  to  make 
payments  on  tuition,  books  and  other 
expenses. 

Watson  says  administration  does  not 
have  a  problem  with  the  cutting  of  grants 
from  the  province  to  the  university,  as 
long  as  they  can  raise  tuition  fees. 

To  protest  the  proposed  tuition  hikes, 
Watson  says  CUSA  set  up  a  phone  booth 
in  Baker  Lounge  from  which  students 
could  call  their  local  members  of  provin- 
cial parliament  and  voice  their  com- 
plaints. CUSA  has  also  been  circulating  a 
petition  which  is  being  sent  to  the  minis- 
ter of  education  and  Ontario  Premier  Bob 
Rae.  □ 


CFS'  glossy  Student  Saver  not  a 
corporate  conflict,  says  Gillis 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Chadalan  SiaH 

This  year's  Canadian  Federation  of 
Students'  Student  Saver  is  filled  with  dis- 
counts from  corporate  sponsors,  but  the 
CFS  chair  says  that  doesn't  contradict  its 
opposition  tocorporate  influence  in  uni- 
versities. 

The  Student  Saver  is  a  pam 
phlet  of  coupons  for  prod- 
ucts from  large  busi 
nesses,  such  as  j- 
Coca-Cola, 
Mr.  Sub 
and  7- 
Eleven,  a 
well  as  from 
local  busi 
nesses  includ- 
ing Yucatan  Liq- 
uor Stand,  Bronson 
Pizza  and 
Hartman's. 

The  Student  Saver 
was  started  shortly  after 
CFS  was  formed  in  1981 
and  about  300,000  are  is- 
sued every  year  to  students.  It 
has  always  contained  either 
paid  advertising  or  student  dis 
count  offers. 

But  unlike  the  simpler  look  of 
previous  editions,  this  year's  pam- 
phlet has  a  large,  glossy  ad  for  Coca- 
Cola  on  the  back  cover,  as  well  a  Coca- 
Cola  ad  on  the  front  as  large  as  the  CFS 
logo. 

CFS  chair  Carl  Gillis  says  the  Student 
Saver  contains  corporate  sponsors  be- 
cause students  use  corporate  products, 

"This  is  one  of  the  services  we  run  to 


help  save  student's  money,  because  stu- 
dents drink  Coke,"  Gillis  says, 

Gillis  says  the  CFS  is  opposed  to  in- 
creased corporate  influence  and  control 
over,  university  administrations,  butthat 
doesn't  mean  CFS  can't  do  business 
k     with  the  corporate  community. 

"We  want  post-secondary  edu- 
cation to  stay  public,"  he  says. 
"But  we're  critical  of  govern- 
ment." 

CFS  isn't  the  only  student 
organization  forced  to  in- 
crease their  search  for  cor- 
porate funding,  says 
Andrea  Calver,  the  co- 
ordinator of  the  On- 
tario Public  Interest 
Research  Group- 
Toronto. 

"It's  a  sorry 
state  that  CFS 
and  other 
groups 
have  to 
go  to 
corpo- 
rations 
to  get  the 
money  to  get 
their  message  out," 
she  says.  "It's  happen- 
ing on  all  levels,  including 
student  government. " 
Calver  says  the  University  of  To- 
ronto Students  Administrative  Council 
contracted  its  cafeteria  space  to  multina- 
tionals such  as  Subway  and  Taco  Bell. 

"It's  amazing  the  amount  of  energy 
spent  by  administrations  on  all  levels 
courting  corporations,  "says  Calver.  □ 


CARLETON  cont'd  from  page  7. 


students  by  refusing  to  release  new  infor- 
mation on  the  school. 

"You  deserve  to  be  told  if  the  classes 
have  been  cut . . .  We're  pointing  a  finger 
and  saying  you  have  to  give  this  (infor- 
mation) to  the  kids." 

But  Sujoy  Bhattacharyya,  a  fourth- 
year  biochemistry  student,  says  he  thinks 
Carleton  made  the  right  decision  not  to 
participate. 

"I  don't  pay  much  attention  to  it  (the 
survey)  because  it's  hard  to  say  that  one 
school  is  so  much  better  than  another," 
says  Bhattacharyya.  "I  think  they  have  a 
right  not  to  participate." 

"It'snot  a  good  representation  of  what 
it's  like  to  come  here, "  says  Jenn  Green,  a 
first-year  psychology  student.  "I  think 
people  shouldn't  choose  what  school  they 
are  going  to  go  to  based  on  a  survey  in 
Maclean's." 

Dowsett  Johnston  also  says  the  cost  of 


compiling  data  is  not  nearly  as  high  as 
the  university  claims  and  shouldn't  take 
as  much  effort  as  O'Brien  says.  She  says 
it  took  one  university  only  two  days  to 
compile  their  data  and  that  time  and 
money  constraints  shouldn't  be  an  ex- 
cuse for  not  submitting  it. 

Carleton's  decision  not  to  submit  any 
data  came  as  a  surprise  to  Mac/eon '5, 
according  to  Dowsett  Johnston.  She  says 
the  magazine  did  not  hear  anything 
about  the  decision  until  close  to  the  dead- 
line for  submission  at  the  end  of  August. 

Dowsett  lohnston  maintains  that 
Maclean's  survey  is  useful  to  students 
who  are  trying  to  decide  on  what  univer- 
sity to  go  to.  All  the  information  students 
need  may  not  be  in  the  survey,  she  says, 
but  the  format  of  the  rankings  does  help 
them  to  compare  universities. 

"Until  there  is  a  different  forum  for 
this  information,  what  is  the  alterna- 
tive?" □ 


8  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  11,  1993 


Queen  s  students  end  paper  s  funding 

bv  Susie  Halev 


by  Susie  Haley 

Charlatan  Staff 

Controversy  has  arisen  at  Queen's 
University  over  a  referendum  to  with- 
draw funding  from  one  of  the  universi- 
ty's student  newspapers. 

In  a  referendum  held  on  Oct.  13  and 
14,  Queen's  arts  and  science  students 
voted55.6  percent  in  favor  of  discontinu- 
ing funding  for  a  controversial  publica- 
tion called  Surface. 

Some  students  who  have  accused  the 
newspaper  of  being  racist  and  sexually 
explicit  were  behind  the  campaign  to  cut 
the  paper's  funding. 

Last  March,  the  Arts  and  Science  Un- 
dergraduate Society  voted  to  guarantee 
funding  levels  for  Surface  at  $6,000  per 
year  for  the  next  five  years. 

However,  ASUS  President  Jenn  Steeves 
said  she  will  support  the  cancellation  of 
funding  despite  her  personal  support  for 
the  paper. 

"I  ran  on  a  platform  of  supporting  the 
paper.  I  also  ran  on  a  platform  of  being 
accountable  to  students,"  she  said. 

Surface,  though,  may  not  have  lost  its 
funding  for  sure. 

In  a  Nov.  4  special  general  meeting, 
called  by  the  ASUS  and  open  to  all  arts 
and  science  students,  the  results  of  the 
referendum  were  deemed  to  be  non-bind- 
ing because  the  ASUS  constitution  had 
no  details  about  how  to  deal  with  the 
referendum  results. 

At  the  meeting,  the  debate  regarding 
the  legitimacy  of  the  referendum  resulted 
in  the  introduction  of  two  motions.  The 
first  motion,  stating  that  the  October 
referendum  cutting  the  paper's  funding 
be  passed,  was  defeated  by  nine  votes. 

The  second  motion,  that  all  ASUS  ref- 
erenda be  made  binding  by  a  decision  of 


the  ASUS  coun- 
cil, passed  in  a 
voteof50to  23. 
So,  until  the 
council  decides 
whether  or  not 
this  motion 
should  include 
the  Surface 
question,  the 
paper  will  re- 
tain its  funding. 

After  the  ref- 
er e  n  d  u  m  , 
David  Ander- 
son, Surface 
production 
manager,  told 
The  Queen's 
journal,  "We 
tried  to  get  our 
message  across, 
that  our  man- 
date is  to  pro- 
vide a  forum  for 
marginalized 
forms  of  expres- 
sion  on  the 
campus." 

Both  Anderson  and  Junipero 
Lagtapon,  the  paper's  editor,  criticized 
the  anti-Surface  campaign's  emphasis  on 
the  issue  of  funding. 

"No  one  really  cares  about  the  fund- 
ing," said  Anderson.  "It  is  59  cents  per 
arts  and  science  student." 

But  Andrew  Dick,  leader  of  the  anti- 
Surface  campaign,  said, "...  Surface  is  not 
the  only  voice  for  marginalized  groups,  it 
is  the  voice  for  a  racist  elite." 

The  paper  has  raised  controversy  since 
its  founding  in  the  1988-89  academic 
year  by  political  science  student  Gordon 


Laird.  Much  of  the  debate  about  the 
future  of  the  paper  has  centred  around  its 
questionable  content  in  the  past. 

This  year,  the  editors  of  Surface  had 
hoped  to  avoid  furtherproblems  with  the 
paper's  content  by  forming  an  ASUS/ 
Surface  relations  committee,  as  well  as  a 
working  group  to  make  Surface  more 
accountable  to  arts  and  science  students. 

While  there  is  hope  among  some  stu- 
dents that  Surface  will  survive  even  if  its 
funds  are  eventually  suspended,  Michael 
Carnegie,  vice-chair  of  the  anti-Surface 
campaign,  has  proposed  that  ASUS  cre- 
ate a  new  paper. 


Carnegie  said  he  believes  a  preferable 
situation  would  be  one  in  which  ASUS 
"not only  recommended  the  editor  butin 
fact  (had)  a  bit  of  power  of  the  editor." 

In  its  first  three  years,  Surface  included 
articles  and  stories  focusing  on  issues 
such  as  logging,  censorship  and  abor- 
tion. 

In  September  1 991 ,  however,  Surface's 
first  issue  of  the  year  included  an  article 
titled  "A  message  from  the  Queen,"  in 
which  the  author  stated  "jesus  (sic)  was  a 
flaming  faggot"  and  "we  will  kill  any 
and  all  queer  bashers  slowly." 

Also  that  year,  there  was  a  regular 
column  entitled  Around  Town  with  the 
Wornon  (sic)  of  Brown  that  was  formally 
accused  of  being  racist  by  one  student. 

Finally,  in  1992-93,  Surface  published 
a  sex  issue,  in  which  a  woman  described 
the  torture  and  murder  of  white  males  in 
an  article  entitled "  How  to  Make  Love  to 
a  White  Boy,"  and  the  centrespread  of 
the  issue  was  "a  collage  featuring 
homoerotic  images  interspersed  with  pic- 
tures of  prominent  male  Queen's  com- 
munity members,"  according  to  the 
Queen 's  Journal,  Critics  of  the  paper  cited 
the  sex  issue  as  a  reason  to  suspend  the 
paper's  funding. 

But  while  the  paper  has  offended  some 
students,  there  was  also  widespread  sup- 
port for  the  paper.  An  Oct.  8  editorial  in 
the  Queen s  Journal  read, "  The  Journal  has 
upset  people,  too;  but  because  it  usually 
reflects  a  status  quo  perspective,  its  right 
to  exist  and  claim  a  portion  of  student 
fees  is  never  questioned.  Sure,  Surface 
may  cross  the  line  sometimes  —  but  this 
is  part  of  the  importance  of  its  role  in  the 
Queen's  community.  The  status  quo  needs 
to  be  challenged  and  questioned."  □ 

With  files  from  the  Queen's  Journal,  Quean's  Unrvsratty 


Drop-outs:  the  perils  of  not 
playing  by  the  Maclean's  rules 


"As  far  as  we're  concerned, 
they  flunk  out  in  social  science 
and  in  journalistic  ethics." 
—  Memorial  University 
President  Arthur  May 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Charlatan  Staff 

This  summer,  while  most  Canadian 
universities  were  compiling  data  for  the 
annual  Maclean's  magazine  university 
survey,  two  institutions  were  using  their 
resources  in  ways  they  consider  more 
important. 

Carleton  and  Memorial  University  in 
St.  John's,  Nfld.,  refused  to  participate  in 
this  year's  sur- 
vey. Both  univer- 
sities suffered  a 
drop  in  their 
ranking,  Memo- 
rial falling  to 
eighth  from  11th 
and  Carleton 
falling  to  ninth 
from  sixth  in  the 
comprehensive  university  category. 

Arthur  May,  the  president  of  Memo- 
rial University,  said  in  a  press  release  the 
Maclean's  survey  is  "absurd."  May  said 
the  university  refused  to  participate  be- 
cause the  survey  is  neither  statistically 
nor  academically  sound. 

"  It  is  our  firm  belief  that  the  Maclean 's 
rankings  misinform  the  public  about 
Canadian  universities.  The  university 
would  have  provided  their  readers  better 
information  if  they  had  simply  published 
the  raw  data  without  using  rankings." 

May  also  was  critical  of  the  magazine 
for  including  Memorial  after  the  univer- 
sity asked  not  to  be  included  in  the 
rankings. 

"This  proves  that  they  are  not  con- 
strained by  the  facts.  As  far  as  we're 
concerned,  they  flunk  out  in  social  sci- 
ence and  in  journalistic  ethics." 

Carleton  also  opted  out  of  this  year's 
survey,  but  for  some  different  reasons. 

Carleton  decided  not  to  participate 


mainly  because  of  cutbacks  and  lack  of 
staff,  said  Carleton  President  Robin 
FarquharonSept.  16,  when  he  announced 
Carleton's  decision.  He  said  the  univer- 
sity spent  about  $100,000  collecting  the 
data  for  the  magazine's  second  survey  in 
1992. 

Carleton  was  in  the  midst  of  social 
contract  negotiations  when  Madean'sre- 
quest  for  data  came  in  this  summer,  says 
~~  Pat  O'Brien,  di- 
rector of  public 
relations  and 
information 
services. 

O'Brien  also 
says  the  meth- 
odology is  ex- 
tremely flawed. 

"Universi- 
ties are  very 
complex  institutions  and  organizations 
and  to  try  to  qualify  them  ...  to  one 
number  just  can't  be  done,"  he  said. 

The  magazine  decided  to  use  last  year's 
data  for  the  two  non- participating  uni- 
versities and  also  penalize  them  50  points 
(out  of  a  possible  1,000)  for  "lack  of 
public  accountability, "  says  Ann  Dowsett 
Johnston,  the  magazine's  assistantman- 
aging  editor. 

While  Dowsett  Johnston  says  non-par- 
ticipating universities  are  withholding 
information  from  the  public,  both  Me- 
morial and  Carleton  are  trying  alterna- 
tive methods  to  be  informative. 

Memorial  is  publishing  a  statistical 
documentthat  provides  similarinforma- 
tion  to  that  of  the  Maclean 's  survey. 

O'Brien  says  Carleton  is  in  the  midst 
of  working  with  other  Ontario  universi- 
ties to  prepare  performance  indicators 
which  would  be  made  available  to  the 
public  Q 


Without  going  on  to  describe  to  TRAWG  in  macro-economic 
terms  the  benefits  of  his  new  bus  wheel,  nor  stopping  to 
explain  its  harmonic  relationship  to  environmental  purity  and 
general  green-ness,  GROG  simply  noted  that,  ceteris  paribus* 
Voyageur's  $59  student  return  fare  is  the  cheapest  way  to 
travel  between  Ottawa  and  Toronto. 

Unfortunately  in  the  general  evolutionary  scheme  of  things 
this  offer  is  relatively  short  term,  i.e.  it  ends  December  15th, 
1993.  He  also  said  that  he  feels  students  should  support  him  in 
his  efforts  to  keep  his  wheels  rolling. 

"All  other  things  being  equal. 


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November  11,  1993  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  9 


SCIENCE  &  HEALTH 


Carleton  student  develops  navigation  device 


by  Fraser  Needham 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  Carleton  student  has  attracted  in- 
terest in  a  navigational  device  he  has 
developed  to  help  the  visually  impaired. 

Charles  LaPierre,  a  first-year  master's 
student  in  electrical  engineering,  has 
developed  a  device  called  Navigation 
Visually  Impaired,  or  NV1.  It  can  tell  the 
visually  impaired  person  exactly  where 
they  are  and  can  make  travel  much 
easier. 

LaPierre,  a  Sudbury  native,  is  himself 
legally  blind,  which  means  he  has  less 
than  10  per  cent  of  20/20  vision. 

NVI  uses  a  satellite  receiver,  a  laptop 
computer  and  a  voice  synthesizer.  Every 
time  the  user  of  NVI  moves,  their  co- 
ordinates are  registered  on  the  receiver. 
These  co-ordinates  then  enterthe  laptop 
and  are  matched  with  a  place  on  a  map 
that  has  the  location  pre-programmed. 
The  location  is  turned  into  voice  by  the 
voice  synthesizer  which  the  user  hears 
through  headphones. 

Right  now,  the  user  would  have  to 
carry  around  all  that  equipment.  LaPierre 
says  he  is  now  working  on  making  it  a 
smaller  unit  as  part  of  his  master's  de- 
gree. He  says  there  is  no  problem  scaling 
it  down  but  says  he  needs  the  right  tech- 
nology to  produce  a  smaller  device. 

John  Knight,  a  Carleton  electrical  en- 
gineering professor  who  acts  as  LaPierre's 
master's  adviser,  says  it  is  a  "fantastic 
project." 

LaPierre  says  the  idea  originally  came 


to  him  as  a  topic  for  his  undergraduate 
thesis  at  Carleton,  because  he  has  trou- 
ble travelling  in  a  place  he  doesn't  al- 
ready know. 

"  I  have  always  had  to  get  right  in  front 
of  a  street  sign  to  read  it, "  says  LaPierre. 
"If  there  was  not  one  (sign)  on  every 
comer,  this  was  a  problem." 

However,  LaPierre's  own  needs  were 


Charles  LaPierre. 


not  the  only  incentive  for  NVI.  "I  wanted 
to  give  something  back  to  the  groups,  like 
CNIB  (Canadian  National  Institute  for 
the  Blind),  that  have  helped  me  so  much, " 
says  LaPierre. 

LaPierre  is  also  quick  to  point  out  that 
NVI  is  not  just  for  the  visually  impaired. 

"It  could  possibly  have  several  uses, 
for  example  tourism,  is  just  one."  The 


system  could  tell  tourists  where  they  are 
when  they  are  in  a  strange  place. 

LaPierre's  original  idea  was  to  use  a 
bar  code  system,  similar  to  the  ones  used 
in  grocery  stores.  With  this  system,  ma- 
chines would  be  set  up  on  different  street 
comers  to  read  someone's  card  and  tell 
them  where  they  were.  However,  LaPierre 
quickly  realized  that  this  system  would 
be  too  cumbersome  and  costly. 

LaPierre  was  then  informed  of  the 
Global  Positioning  System  (GPS)  by  Robert 
Harrison,  a  professor  of  electrical  engi- 
neering at  Carleton.  GPS  is  a  group  of  24 
satellites,  which  take  in  location  co-ordi- 
nates. Harrison  pointed outthat  LaPierre 
could  access  navigational  co-ordinates 
from  such  a  system  through  a  GPS  re- 
ceiver. 

LaPierre  obtained  a  GPS  receiver  from 
Eric  Dekamp,  a  professor  in  earth  sci- 
ences at  Carleton,  and  got  a  voice  syn- 
thesizer from  the  department  of  compu- 
ter systems. 

The  tools  for  NVI  were  set  in  place. 
LaPierre  entered  a  map  of  Carleton  into 
his  laptop  computer.  Using  these  three 
elements  (GPS  receiver,  laptop,  and  voice 
synthesizer),  NVI  was  tested  on  Carleton 
campus  and  it  worked. 

LaPierre  won  the  Social  Awareness 
Award  at  the  Ontario  Engineering  Com- 
petition in  early  1993  for  NVI.  In  the 
Association  of  Professional  Engineers  of 
Ontario  Competition  he  grabbed  first 
place  for  NVI  last  spring.  LaPierre  won 
$1,500  in  the  two  competitions. 


Interest  and  interviews  followed. 
LaPierre  was  interviewed  by  CHRO,  the 
Ottawa  Citizen,  and  CBC  Radio's  As  It 
Happens.  He  was  also  contacted  by  com- 
panies looking  to  market  his  device. 

"He's  gotten  more  publicity  out  of  that 
project  than  any  other  student  I 've  had, " 
says  Knight.  "He's  marketed  himself  very 
well." 

Visuaid  2000,  a  firm  that  develops 
equipment  for  the  handicapped  in 
Canada,  had  already  been  thinking  about 
developing  a  device  like  NVI. 

LaPierre  provided  the  answer.  "It  was 
a  matter  of  perfert  timing,"  says  LaPierre. 

Visuaid  2000  hired  LaPierre  last  sum- 
mer to  test  the  feasibility  of  NVI.  The 
Montreal-based  firm  was  given  $200,000 
by  Communications  Canada  for  this  and 
similar  projects. 

A  California  company,  Arkenstone,  is 
currently  interested  in  manufacturing 
NVI.  LaPierre  says  Arkenstone  has  men- 
tioned that  it  would  like  to  market  some 
form  of  NVI  as  early  as  March. 

But  LaPierre  says  the  version 
Arkenstone  is  thinking  of  putting  out  is 
not  the  best  possible  form. 

"There  is  still  room  for  improvement. 
For  example,  NVI  now  weighs  about  10 
pounds.  I  think  I  could  get  it  down  to 
Walkman  size,"  LaPierre  says.  "Also,  it 
currently  only  tells  you  where  you  are  but 
not  how  to  get  where  you  are  going. 
Finally,  there  is  the  problem  of  blocked 
transmission  when  bridges  and  skyscrap- 
ers are  in  the  way."  □ 


Nitrogen  research  unites  Carleton  and  Havana 


by  John  Kirkham 

Charlatan  Stalf 

What  do  nitrogen,  bacteria  and  sugar 
cane  have  in  common? 

For  that  matter,  what  does  all  this 
have  to  do  with  the  University  of  Ha- 
vana, Cuba? 

Well  to  start,  the  element  nitrogen  is 
a  fundamental  component  of  proteins, 
which  are  essential  to  all  life.  The  plants 
that  we  eat,  such  as  sugarcane,  require 
this  nitrogen  to  grow.  In  agriculture, 
nitrogen  is  added  to  the  soil  in  the  form 
of  fertilizer. 

Nitrogen  gas  (N2)  makes  up  about  80 
per  cent  of  the  earth's  atmosphere,  so 
why  do  you  need  to  fertilize  soil?  Despite 
this  abundance  of  atmospheric  nitrogen 
gas,  most  living  things  can't  use  it  in  this 
form.  In  order  for  plants  to  utilize  this 
essential  element,  it  must  first  be  fixed 
by  certain  bacteria. 

The  process  of  nitrogen  fixation  is  the 
conversion  of  nitrogen  gas  into  more 
biologically  useful  compounds  such  as 
nitrate  and  ammonium,  which  can  be 
absorbed  by  plants. 

There  are  many  types  of  nitrogen- 
fixing  bacteria  that  naturally  occur  in 
the  soil,  but  none  that  can  account  for 
the  growth,  year  afteryear  without  ferti- 
lizer, discovered  in  some  crops  of  Cuban 
sugar  cane.  Similar  crops  were  found  in 
Brazil,  where  in  1988,  the  bacteria  re- 
sponsible for  this  high  rate  of  N2  fixation 
was  first  identified  by  Brazilian  research- 
ers as  acetobacter  diazotroph. 

Further  Cuban  research  led  to  the 
conclusion  that  this  bacteria  must  live 
inside  the  sugar  cane,  rather  than  the 
soil;  however,  neither  the  Cubans  nor 
the  Brazilians  knew  what  part  of  the 
plant  it  grew  in. 

In  research  that  has  been  ongoing  at 
Carleton  in  conjunction  with  the  Univer- 
sity of  Havana,  Zhongmin  Dong,  a  PhD 
student  in  Carleton 's  biology  department, 
has  recently  found  where  they  live.  "They 
live  in  the  intercellular  spaces  of  the 
sugar  cane  plant,"  says  Dong.  "That  is, 
the  tiny  gaps  between  cells  which  con- 


tain a  very  high  sugar  concentration." 

These  intercellular  spaces  contain  a 
high  concentration  of  sugar  in  liquid 
form,  which  has  been  shown  in  the  lab  to 
be  ideal  for  the  growth  of  this  bacteria. 
Using  facilities  at  Queen's  University  in 
the  lab  of  Dr.  Layzell,  a  world  expert  in 
nitrogen  fixation,  further  research  con- 
ducted by  Dong  has  measured  the  rate  of 


Sugar  cane:  good  with  berries,  Cornflakes  and  milk 


nitrogen  fixation  by  acetobacter 
diazotroph  under  normal  atmospheric 
conditions. 

Unlike  most  common  nitrogen-fixing 
bacteria  which  require  very  specialized 
growing  conditions  such  as  low  concen- 
trations of  oxygen,  acetobacter 
diazotroph  has  fewer  environmental  re- 
strictions. It  needs  only  a  high  concentra- 
tion of  sugar  and  will  fix  nitrogen  in 
normal  atmospheric  concentrations  of 
oxygen.  In  fact,  even  if  nitrogen  fertilizer 
is  added  to  the  soil  it  will  continue  to  fix 
nitrogen,  whereas  other  species  of  bacte- 
ria would  stop  this  fixation. 

Other  experiments  have  shown  that 
this  bacteria  can  be  introduced  into  sweet 
potato  and  sweet  sorghum  crops  with  the 
same  beneficial  results.  In  fact,  it  is  be- 
lieved that  this  bacteria  could  be  intro- 


duced into  any  crop  with  a  sufficiently 
high  sugar  content.  The  next  step  will  be 
to  discover  a  way  of  either  raising  the 
sugar  content  in  other  crop  plants  or 
lowering  the  sugar  concentration  required 
by  the  bacteria. 

So  what  does  this  mean?  It  means  that 
plants  with  this  bacteria  growing  in  it 
will  not  need  nitrogen  fertilizer  added, 
saving  on 
labor  and  fer- 
tilizer costs 
and  prevent- 
ing the  deple- 
tion of  soils. 
For  Cuba, 
sugar  cane  is 
one  of  their 
majorexports. 

"Knowing 
aboutthis  bac- 
teria and  how 
it  works  is  of 
great  impor- 
tance to  their 
economy.  For 
the  University 
of  Havana, 
which  has 
been  working 
in  conjunction 
with  Carleton  on  this  research  project, 
this  means  positive  international  expo- 
sure and  increased  funding  for  the  work 
they  are  doing,"  says  Michelle  Watt,  a 
Carleton  graduate  student  in  biology  who 
has  been  involved  in  a  Carleton-Havana 
exchange  program. 

Future  research  into  this  bacteria  may 
mean  going  into. the  field  in  Cuba  to 
make  measurements  of  the  bacteria's 
nitrogen  fixation,  as  well  as  bringing  an 
exchange  student  from  University  of 
Havana  to  Carleton. 

"An  exchange  student,  Domingo 
Mesa,  will  be  coming  for  three  months 
beginning  this  January.  He  will  come  to 
work  in  the  lab  on  the  sugarcane  project 
with  Zhongmin  and  others  here  at  Carle- 
ton, "  says  Dr.  Margaret  McCully,  head  of 
Carleton's  plant  structure  and  function 


lab.  This  will  be  a  part  of  the  ongoing 
exchange  program  between  Carleton  and 
the  University  of  Havana.  □ 


Calendar 


Thursday,  Nov.  18 

The  Davidson  Dunton  Research  Lec 
tuie:  "Sex,  Lies,  and  Autoradiographs 
New  Insights  into  Sexual  Selection  in 
Birds"  with  Carleton's  own  biology  pro- 
fessor Patrick  J.  Weatherhead.  BellThea 
tre,  4:30  p.m. 

Monday,  Nov.  22 

"Nuclear  Medicine  Imaging:  Attenu- 
ation and  ScatterCorrection  in  3D  PET" 
with  Barry  McKee,  a  medical  physicist 
in  the  Civic  Hospital's  division  of  nu 
clear  medicine.  Room  252  in  the 
Herzberg  Building,  3:30  p.m. 

Tuesday,  Nov.  23 

The  Ottawa  Carleton  Institute  for 
Physics  is  holding  its  fall  graduate  stu- 
dentseminar  afternoon.  Itstartsat  1:30 
p.m.  in  the  Senate  Chambers,  6th  floor, 
administration  building. 

Thursday,  Nov.  25 

"William  Morris:  the  Draughtsman, 
with  National  Gallery  of  Canada  cura- 
tor Doug  Schoenherr  in  the  Pit  of  the 
architecture  building,  6  p.m. 

Friday,  Nov.  26 

"Mental  Leaps:  Analogy  in  Creative 
Thought"  with  U  of  Waterloo's  Paul 
Thagord.  Senate  Chambers,  6th  floor, 
administration  building,  10  a.m. 

Tuesday,  Nov.  30 

The  H.H.I.  Nesbitt  Lecture:  "Hot 
Water,  Hot  Rocks,  and  Hot  Minerals: 
Deposits  on  the  Sea  Floor,"  by  Dr.  J.M. 
Franklin,  chief  scientist  from  the  Geo- 
logical Survey  of  Canada.  Room  260 
Tory  Building,  4:45  p.m.Q 


10  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  11,  1993 


Don't  forget 
to  remember 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Every  year  at  about  this  time. 
Sparky  Is  visited  by  the 
ghost  of  Maclean's 
survey  past. 


Once  upon  a  time,  not  so  long  ago,  there  was  a 
day  called  Remembrance  Day.  It  was  a  day 
filled  with  reflection  and  contemplation.  Memo- 
ries of  the  past  and  of  those  who  have  died  as 
a  result  of  war  were  the  focus  of  reflection. 
What  they  had  fought  for,  whether  good  or  bad,  was 
irrelevant.  Schools  closed  and  lessons  were  postponed  to 
provide  a  time  for  reflection  upon  war  and  the  great  loss 
of  human  life  it  causes.  Today,  however,  there  exists  an 
atmosphere  of  apathy  towards  this  event  and  towards 
the  issues  it  is  meant  to  address. 

Seldom  do  you  see,  at  11  o'clock  on  Nov.  11,  anyone 
stopping  what  they  are  doing  to  sit  in  contemplation. 
What  we  must  remember  is  the  wars  which  took  place  in 
the  present  century  and  the  issues  raised  by  them  are  just 
as  prevalent  now  as  ever. 

This  is  not  to  say  there  aren't  other  issues  that  deserve 
attention,  but  there  is  a  time  and  a  place  for  other  issues 
to  be  addressed.  Nov.  11,  however,  is  not  the  time  or 
place.  It  has  been  set  aside  from  every  other  day  of  the 
year  for  one  purpose,  and  one  purpose  only  --  the 
remembrance  of  those  who  gave  their  lives  not  only  for 
our  country,  but  for  their  families  and  many  other 
countries  around  the  world. 

Since  there  seems  to  be  very  little  recognition  of  this 
day  by  the  university,  the  onus  is  on  the  individual  to 
mark  the  day  with  personal  remembrance. 

But  the  students  of  today  don't  seem  to  remember  the 
pain  and  suffering  those  who  came  before  them  expert 
enced  during  times  of  war.  They  don't  see  the  connection 
between  that  and  the  freedom  they  now  possess. 

They  can  go  downtown  and  see  the  veterans  on 
parade,  but  this  means  nothing  if  you  don't  know  who 
these  men  and  women  are.  If  people  cared  to  spend  the 
time,  they  would  find  these  old  men  and  women  have 
much  to  tell,  both  good  things  and  bad  --  the  anguish 
war  causes  and  the  joys  it  can  bring  through  the  friend 
ships  it  fosters. 

Tales  about  these  times  can  be  beneficial  for  us  all,  but 
even  if  you  never  get  the  chance  to  hear  them  told  first- 
hand, it  is  still  important  to  know  and  understand  what 
went  on.  We  must  remember  these  people  who  died  for 
us  had  families  and  friends  before  going  to  war.  Many  of 
their  lives  ended  abruptly,  far  away  from  home. 

But  Remembrance  Day  is  not  just  about  fighting.  It  is 
about  the  love  those  soldiers  showed  for  their  country 
and  their  people.  A  love  strong  enough  to  allow  them  to 
put  their  lives  on  the  line,  to  aid  and  protect  others  whom 
they  didn't  even  know. 

To  allow  people  to  forget  the  true  reason  for  Remem- 
brance Day  is  to  allow  them  to  forget  the  reason  that  our 
country  is  at  peace  today  and  why  they  are  allowed  to 
live  the  life  they  do. 

There  are  many  students  walking  through  the  hall 
ways  with  blood  red  poppies  pinned  to  their  chests,  but 
do  they  know  what  those  pins  represent  or  why  they're 
worn? 

Rarely  now  doyouhear  the  poerh'TnFlandersFields." 
Its  meaning  and  words,  which  encompass  the  spirit  of 
the  day,  are  forgotten  by  many  and  remembered  by  few. 
How  many  of  us  can  truly  say  that  we  remember  all  the 
lines  of  something  that,  at  one  rime,  was  drilled  into  our 
heads  so  that  we  might  always  remember?  And  yet,  we 
have  forgotten. 

Are  we  so  disinterested  in  our  past  and  the  lessons  it 
hies  to  teach  us?  Many  have  said  history  repeats  itself, 
especially  when  its  lessons  are  left  untaught  to  following 
generations.  If  we  don't  make  a  conscious  effort  to  learn 
from  the  past,  many  of  the  atrocities  committed  by 
humanity  may  be  repeated. 

But,  there  is  an  unwillingness  to  leam  that  has  frus- 
trated those  willing  to  teach,  and  so,  many  have  given  up 
hying.  This  is  unfortunate,  for  those  best  able  to  educate 
us  are  now  few  in  number,  old  age  having  claimed  many 
the  wars  did  not. 

In  a  few  years,  much  of  the  valuable  information 
these  men  and  women  could  have  imparted  will  be  lost 
forever.  Will  they  too  pass  from  ourmemories,  forgotten, 
not  remembered? 

It  comes  down  to  this  -  it  does  not  matter  what  you 
remember,  whether  it  be  a  relative  who  gave  his  or  her 
life  forothers,orfhehorrorsof  war  thattookplaceduring 
this  century.  What  is  important  is  that  at  some  point  on 
Remembrance  Day,  you  simply  take  the  time  to  remem- 
ber. JKG  &JM 


OPINION 


War  toys  out,  play  with  peace! 

k.<  D;nun.~i  o  i  


by  Richard  Sanders 

Richard  Sanders  is  the  co-ordinalor  ol  the  Coalition  to  Oppose  the  Arms  Trade. 

One  of  the  more  ironic  things  about  the  spirit 
surrounding  the  Christmas  season  is  that 
department  and  toy  stores  take  on  the  ap- 
pearance of  miniature  weapons  bazaars. 
These  plastic  arms  markets  flog  everything  from  toy 
swords,  pistols  and  automatic  weapons  to  ersatz  mis- 
siles, tanks  and  jet  bombers.  There's  even  a  board'game 
that  involves  the  massacre  of  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
people  in  Iraq. 

One  has  to  wonder  what  effect  this  form  of  play  must 
be  having  upon  children,  whose  attitudes  about  the 
world  are  in  the  formative  stage.  War  toys,  violent  video 
games  and  television  programs  are  a  dominant  feature 
of  children's  play.  This  can 
only  have  a  negative  im- 
pact on  the  psychological 
and  social  programming 
of  today's  children. 

New  Ontario  Ministry 
of  Education  guidelines 
say  that,  by  the  end  of 
Grade  9,  children  should 
"show  a  commitment  to 
peace,  social  justice  and 
the  protection  of  the  envi- 
ronment in  their  own 
community,  Canada  and 
the  world."  To  meet  this 
recommendation,  teach- 
ers must  compete  with  the 
powerful  tide  of  violent 
culture  and  entertain- 
ment which  is  influenc- 
ing children  outside  the 
classroom. 

It  is  disturbing  to  note 
that  the  average  child  in 
Canada  spends  less  time 
each  week  in  school  than  they  do  with  television,  the 
one-eyed  babysitter.  According  to  a  1993  study  in  TV 
Guide,  children's  cartoons  are  the  most  violent  form  of 
programming  on  TV.  Cartoons  bombard  children  with 
mages  of  26  violent  acts  per  hour. 

The  Canadian  Radio-Television  and  Telecommuni- 
cations Commission,  in  a  1991  study  said,  "a  large 
majority  of  studies  record  a  positive  association  between 
exposure  to  television  violence  and  aggressive  and  anti- 
social behavior  As  a  whole,  the  literature  gives  little 

comfort  to  those  who  assert . . .  that  violence  on  television 
does  not  influence  behavior." 

What  do  these  violent  programs  and  toys  teach  chil- 


dren about  interpersonal  and  global  relations?  First  of 
all,  kids  these  days  are  being  trained  to  accept  violence 
as  the  preferred  means  of  resolving  conflicts.  War  toys 
and  violent  games  also  have  other  ugly  sides.  They  often 
promote  racist  andsexistattitudes.  Forexample,  in  some 
video  games  and  action  figures,  the  "bad  guy"  is  often 
depicted  as  a  dark-skinned  warrior. 

War  toys  also  condition  children  to  associate  extreme 
violence  with  fun,  pleasure  and  other  positive  emotions. 
The  combination  of  these  influences  on  children  and 
youth  is  extremely  dangerous  and  should  be  countered 
with  an  effort  to  promote  positive  toys  and  games. 

In  an  attempt  to  mobilize  opposition  to  war  toys  and 
to  foster  support  for  peaceful  toys  and  games,  the  Coali- 
tion to  Oppose  the  Aims  Trade  initiated  the  formation  of 
anew  alliance  of  individu- 
als and  groups  this  au- 
tumn. The  result  was  the 
creation  of  the  Network 
for  Non-Violent  Play 
whose  goal  is  to  promote 
creative,  non-violenttoys, 
games  andentertainment 
forchildren  as  alternatives 
to  toy  weapons,  violent 
media  games  and  action 
figures. 

There  are  places  that 
offerpeaceful  alternatives. 
Family  Pastimes,  a  Perth 
toy  company,  makes  co- 
operative games.  Also, 
Mrs.  Tiggy  Winkle's  is  an 
Ottawa  toy  store  that 
doesn't  sell  violent  toys. 

In  addition,  the  net- 
work encourages  people 
to: 

-  boycott  violent  toys 
and  buy  only  peaceful 
playthings 

-  talk  to  your  younger  brothers,  sisters,  nephews, 
nieces  and  children  about  the  reasons  why  violent  toys 
are  undesirable 

-  write  to  your  MPs  to  ask  for  legislation  banning 
violent  toys 

-  make  your  views  about  violent  toys  known  to  store 
managers  and  toy  manufacturers 

One  of  the  main  dangers  of  war  toys  and  violent 
games  is  that  they  will  desensitize  children  to  the  real 
wars  and  violence  raging  around  them  in  the  world.  This 
is  why  it's  important  to  counteract  the  influence  of  these 
toys  by  promoting  the  peaceful  alternatives.  □ 


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LETTERS 


Frats  with  no  B.S. 

Editor: 

Frot  boys  --  are  they  the  sexist,  elitist, 
homophobic  alcoholics  that  lots  of  peo- 
ple think  they  are? 

Well,  it  would  be  an  injustice  to  the 
Greek-lettered  community  if  I  spoke  on 
their  behalf,  so  1  will  only  relate  to  you 
the  experience  that  I  have  had  as  a  Beta 
Theta  Pi. 

No,  we  are  not  sexist;  we  Just  don't  let 
women  in. 

No,  we  are  not  elitist;  we  just  don't 
have  time  for  anybody  else. 

No,  we  are  not  homophobic;  we  just 
like  women. 

And  no,  we  are  not  alcoholics;  it's  just 
coincidence  that  we  have  the  best  A  &  B 
boatracing  teams  (drinking  contests)  this 
side  of  Ontario,  three  years  running. 

So,  this  is  an  honest  look  at  my  frater- 
nity, without  the  B.S. 

John  R.  Knox 
Former  Carleton  student 

Options  fine  but... 

Editor: 

Re:  "Courses  have  non-Western  con- 
tent," The  Charlatan,  Nov.  4,  1993. 

While  it  is  encouraging  that  the  de- 
partment of  political  science  offers  courses 
on  non-Western  topics,  I  think  the  fact 
that  a  compulsory  course,  47.230  History 
of  Political  Thought,  deals  only  with 
Western  thought  is  a  valid  concern. 


Indeed,  it  is  the  reluctance  of  many 
university  departments  across  North 
America  to  modify  their  political  thought 
courses  to  include  non-Western  perspec- 
tives that  helped  spark  the  political  cor- 
rectness debates  in  the  first  place. 

Offering  other,  albeit  optional,  courses 
on  non-Westem  subjects  is  fine.  The  is- 
sue, however,  is  whether  an  academic 
department  should  consider  including 
non-Westem  political  thought  in  an  Euro- 
centric compulsory  course  entitled  "His- 
tory of  Political  Thought." 

RaviMalhorta 
Political  Science/Law  IV 

Not  all  men  rape 

Editor: 

The  peer  educators  of  the  Date  Rape 
Prevention  Campaign  would  like  to  ad- 
dress the  assertion  made  by  Robert  K. 
Kisielewski,  founding  member  of  the  lo- 
cal Sigma  Pi  fraternity,  that  the  date  rape 
prevention  video  "portrayed  fraternity 
members  as  rapists,"  ("Fraternities:  myth 
and  reality,"  TheCharlatan,  Oct.  21, 1993). 

What  is  portrayed  in  the  video  is  a 
young  man  who  rapes  a  woman  during 
a  party.  Not  all  of  the  men  at  the  party 
rape  a  woman;  only  one  man  rapes  a 
woman.  In  addition,  one  of  the  fraternity 
members  is  portrayed  as  the  male  "voice 
of  reason,"  and  accurately  identifies  his 
friend's  behavior  as  rape  and  provides  a 
positive  role  model  for  viewers. 

It  would  be  naive  of  us  not  to  take 


seriously  the  research  conducted  in  the 
U.S.  regarding  sexual  assault  on  cam- 
pus. While  the  following  research  was 
conducted  in  the  United  States,  the  uni- 
versity and  college  atmospheres  in 
Canada  share  many  characteristics  ~ 
one  of  them  being  the  nature  of  social 
activities  and  organizations. 

In  "Attitudes  and  Acts  of  Sexual  Ag- 
gression on  a  University  Carhpus, "  Socio- 
logical Inquiry,  |.  Garrett-Gooding  and  R. 
Senter  show  that  35  per  cent  of  fraternity 
men,  11  per  cent  of  men  from  other 
organizations  and  9  per  cent  of  men  from 
student  government  organizations  have 
reported  having  forced  someone  to  have 
sexual  intercourse. 

Gang  rape  statistics  are  even  more 
alarming:  documented  cases  of  alleged 
gang  rape  by  college  students  from  1 980- 
1990showthat5Spercentwere  commit- 
ted by  fraternity  members,  40  per  cent  by 
members  of  sports  teams  and  S  per  cent 
by  men  who  were  not  affiliated  with  any 
formal  organization,  according  to  Frater- 
nity and  Gang  Rape  by  C.R.  Swanson  and 
N.C.Territo. 

We  are  not  stating  that  all  fraternity 
members  are  rapists,  just  as  we  believe 
that  not  all  men  are  rapists.  What  we  are 
asserting  is  that  male-only  organizations 
need  to  address  the  issues  of  date  rape 
and  violence  against  women. 

Perry  Simpson 
On  behalf  of  the  date  rape 
prevention  peer  educators 


from  us  to  you  :     Cetter  to  our  readers 


by  Mo  Gannon 

C  twlaian  Staff 

We  have  a  funny  kind  of  relationship. 

The  love-hate  sort  of  thing. 

No  one  said  a  casual  weekly  relation- 
ship would  be  easy,  especially  when  it's 
hot  monogamous.  Especially  when  it's 
between  a  paper  and  thousands  of  read- 
ers. 

You  think  we're  too  serious  or  we're 
too  juvenile.  You  think  we're  too  sensi- 
tive or  not  sensitive  enough.  You  think 
we  complain  too  much  or  we  don't  know 
how  to  take  a  stand. 

That's  what  you  told  us  at  The  Charla- 
tan's feedback  table  last  week. 

Quite  honestly,  we  thought  we'd  be 
heaped  with;  abuse,  but  quite  a  few  peo- 
ple went  out  of  their  way  to  tell  us  they 
had  nothing  to  complain  about,  But  the 
criticism  was  constructive  and  the  back- 
patting  was,  well,  surprising,  consider- 
ing how  much  fun  can  be  had  trashing 
the  .media. :; ..  .  " 

So,  we've  done  a  lot  of  thinking  about 
what  you  had  to  say  and  we're  trying  to 
figure  out  where  you're  coming  from. 

You  hate:  our  rigid  style  of  journalism, 
our  perceived  left-wing  political  bias,  the 
objectivity,  the  "political  correctness, "  the 
sexism,  the  negativity,  the  cheezy  humor 


columns,  the  typos  and  spelling:  errors, 
the  Fun:  Farquhar  Facts,  the  explicit  sex 
issues,  the  CUSA  coverage  and  the  cov- 
ers. ■ 

You  love:  our  well-written  and  well- 
researched  articles  and  analysis,  the  broad 
spectrum  of  issues  covered,  the  blunt  and 
honest  criticism,  the  sense  of  humor,  the 
Fun  Farquhar  Facts,  the  explicit  sex  is- 
sues, the  CUSA  coverage  and  the:  covers. 

You  want  more:  coverage  of  positive 
stuff,  international  affairs,  news,  on -aim- 
pus  events,  off-campus  events,  sports, 
music,  entertainment,  fun  stuff,  CUSA, 
administration,  student  discrimination, 
feminist  awareness  and  politics. 

You  want  less:  coverage  of  serious 
stuff,  news, -  sports,  music,  boring  stuff, 
CUSA,  :  Sparky,  racism,  sexism, 
homophobia  and  politics. 

So  you  see  our  problem,  huh? 

Maybe  we're  doing  something  right  if 
there's  enough  in  the  paper  for  everyone 
to  love  and  hate. 

But  it's  an  iffy  line  to  tread  when 
you're  the  one  deciding  what  goes  into  a 
paper.  You  want  to  uncover  what's  wrong 
with  the  way  things  are  and  what's  right 
with  them  too.  You  want  to  push  the 
limits  of  what's  acceptable,  butyou  don't 
want  to  push  them  oyer  the  edge,  You 


want  people  to  think.,  but  you  want  to 
give  them  a  break  from  thinking.  Ydu 
don't  want  to  entertain  or  bore  people 
into  a  coma  either  way. 

No  one  said  trying  to  define  the  inter- 
ests of  about  22,000  Carleton  students 
would  be  easy. 

No  one  said  those  interests  wout*d  be 
hard  to  figure  out  because  sometimes  the 
only  outside  contact  we  have  is  with  the 
pizza  guy,  who  brings  us  dinner  when 
we're  holed  up  in  the  office. 
'  No  one  said  we  should  stop  trying, 
though.  So  if  you've  got  something  that 
bums  your  butt,  or  we're  doing  some- 
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days without,  let  us  know.  Or  get  in- 
volved. There's  a  whole  bunch  of  stu- 
dents trying  to  come  up  with  new  things 
for  the  paper  every  week,  so  a  little  extra 
brain  power  is  always  welcome. 

Like  the  student  body  at  Carleton,  no 
one  at  the  paper  thinks  alike  and  the 
mare  divergent  views  we  have  to  make 
our  presses  turn  'round  the  better.  That 
way,  we  can  try  and  make  sure  there's 
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carleton's 


by  Karin  Jordan 

Stale  Smasher 

Corporate  investment  in  universities  has  some  people  worried  that  those  who  donate  top  dollar  to 
universities  will  dictate  the  bottom  line  about  what  gets  taught. 

Lucy  Watson  president  of  the  Carleton  University  Students  Association,  says  this  is  one  reason 
she  has  seen  the  face  of  Carleton  change  since  she  first  arrived  here  as  a  student  four  years  ago 
■  It  (corporate  investment)  is  on  the  rise  definitely  and  it  s  on  the  rise  in  huge  leaps  and  bounds. 
Watson  gives  the  examples  of  the  Minlo  Building  and  the  Centre  for  Research  in  Particle  Physics 
sponsored  by  the  International  Nickel  Company,  or  Inco  Ltd.  Minto  donated  S1  million  toward  the 
construction  of  the  Minto  Building,  which  was  completed  in  1 992.  In  1 991 .  Inco  donated  S750.000  lor 
the  centre,  which  is  currently  under  construction  as  an  extension  to  the  Herzberg  Building. 
Watson  says  she's  concerned  thjUnvestment  from  the  private  sector  may  have  strings  attached 
which  will  affect  educatioi  * 1  Ca;|E'on.<jS 

iWffitrmfW?ffiHiurse.s  that  are  offered  and  the  content  of  those  courses 


5ild  donate  to  5J3Haif?Courses  and 


3©  corporations 


irationsm 

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F!^sity  Develo^^^t  Corporation  w 
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ence  what  doesn't  get  taught  in  the  classroom. 
;,en,  in  exchange  for  that,  will  say  'don't  mention 
t  is  a  serious  concern  as  well." 

as  founded  by  the  university  in  July  1991  to 
business,  industry  and  government,  "according 
by  the  university  and  is  overseen  by  university 


(Corporate  investment)  c; 
says  Watson. 
She  says  she  alscfee 
'Corporations  co 
our  name  in  the  texi 
The  Carleton  Unj 
encourage"intei 
to  its  publicity  pamr 

President  Robin  F  ''T^S^K  _  3F_  il 

The  t  orpoiaiion  luo-i  ■  ■  rity  of  Carleton  s  research  projects  and  real  estate, 

and  looks  for  ways  '4wBE''^%'1  Carleton  University  that  will  help  the  university 
expand  and  enhance  it's'te  ^••flf  J'.J^^-arci.'role.  which  is  the  university's  fundamental  role," 
says  David  Brown,  preside"'/.1  of  th'^'orp^'  jtion. 
Brown  says  with  shrinking  federal  transfer  payments,  there  is  increasing  pressure  to  find  alternative 
sources  of  revenue  for  Carleton. 

He  says  Carleton's  research  and  researchers  are  assets  that  can  be  marketed,  as  is  Carleton's 
property. 

One  way  to  make  money  for  the  university  is  by  selling  "intellectual  property,"  says  Brown.  He  says 
CUDC  works  at  "assisting  organizations,  particularly  private  sector  organizations,  to  find  ways  of 
working  with  the  university  in  areas  of  research." 

Brown  says  if  a  researcher  at  Carleton  develops  a  product  which  interests  a  corporation,  the 
corporation  will  pay  for  the  product  either  by  buying  it  outright  or  paying  royalties  over  a  longer 
period  of  time. 

For  example,  Carleton  Energy  Services  Inc.,  which  is  owned  by  CUDC,  has  sold  the  design  for 
Carleton's  ground  water  heating  and  cooling  system  to  at  least  two  customers.  Brown  says  the 
project  brought  in  about  $40,000  in  total  sales  last  year  and  will  bring  in  about  $60,000  this  year. 
He  says  he  expects  Carleton  Energy  Services'  gross  sales  to  grow  to  3250,000  over  the  next  few 
years.  Brown  says  the  profits  are  between  10  and  15  per  cent  of  the.*r*>s.s^sales  and  go  to  the 
university. 

CUDC  is  also  building  a  technology  and  training  centre  on  the  p<_ 
The  centre  will  cost  between  36  and  37  million  to  build  and  will  b 
CUDC's  vice-president  of  development.  He  says  the  building 
Buttcon  Ltd.  of  Toronto.  CUDC  is  now  paying  the  developer 
The  building  will  have  offices  and  labs  for  businesses  doing  r 
will  also  have  training  facilities  for  management  and  'professio 
.  by  the  Carleton's  school  of  continuing  education,  which  is  run  bj 
Brown  describes  the  centre  as  an  "incubator"  tor  small  businessr»js,  *Tf7=^pTj7'ipreneurs  can  find 
support  for  developing  their  ideas  and  technology  to  sell.  The  businesses  can  draw  on  Carleton 
professors,  lab  facilities  and  library  resources. 

Brown  says  bringing  businesses  onto  campus  also  gives  science  and  engineering  students  and 
professors  exposure  to  companies  working  in  their  areas  of  interest. 

Brown  says  some  larger  companies  are  interested  in  making  use  of  the  new  centre,  but  says  he 
cannot  disclose  which  companies  are  involved  because  negotiations  have  not  been  completed. 
He  adds  that  the  humanities  do  not  get  as  much  direct  benefit  from  the  programs  CUDC  works  on. 
The  humanities  have  more  difficulty  integrating  into  this  kind  of  program,  but  it's  not  impossible," 
he  says. 

Love  is  quick  to  emphasize  that  CUDC  does  not  solicit  direct  corporate  sponsorship  of  research. 
By  having  a  company  come  in  and  lease  space  in  this  building  is  not  a  direct  association  to  that 
company  funding  research  activities.  What  it  does  do  is,  it's  the  intermediate  step  to  encourage 
those  companies  to  then  decide  that  they  will  develop  or  expand  their  current  relationship  with 
Carleton  University,"  he  says. 

Brown  says  CUDC  does  not  screen  the  corporations  which  will  use  the  centre  or  their  projects. 
"That's  not  our  responsibility,"  he  says. 

Carleton's  alumni  and  development  office,  which  handles  direct  private  donations  to  the  university, 
also  has  no  policy  to  screep-nrh  ^Vj?  dr^'s. 
You  write  us  a  cheq-;'-^  '  says  Kenzie  Thompson,  an  associate  director  at 

Carleton's  devetetfjyjn<ffiEL^^^ffl!B^OT^jRf#rf% 

It's  a  hard  gooiTJIlTH^gfflOT^^^^^^^Trfc^le  dollars.  So  no,  we  don't  really  screen," 
says  Thomr.'T;;-.-'" 
But  ther 

Two  yeaigEjjMljWJarleton  Antgj^iiueid  Ac,'(Ji|jjWJJjnsuccesslully  challenged  a  S2S.OO0 
donati  M^^MSIIenge  Fund  rg^fflshell  Cail^ggge  the  company  had  investments  in 

Jam^j^jjJJTT^hhor  of  TheWfffflffB.  Inco  at  Hom^^^Kipd,  says  Inco  has  done  business 

as  a  poor  environmental  record 


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tics  building. 
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|Kn"io  the  Cbj ' 

Sirica, 

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^repressive  military^^fnies  in  Guaterf 
Hto  Canada  and  abroad. 

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factory  to  produce  workers,"  says  Song  Cho,  a 
orking  group  and  a  fourth-year  journalism  student. 


teforfunds,  they'll  go  anywhere 

trings  attached.  She  says  if,  for 
then  tried  to  stipulate  who  would 


I  benefit  for  the  donor,  says  Donna 
mm  services. 

nt  in  making  sure  that  there  could  be 
the  individual  donor,"  says  DuBreuil. 
ifTv'n  education  is  far  more  subtle  and  wide- 


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16  •  The  Chartatan  ■  "November  11,  1993 


SPORTS 


splash  into  playoffs 


The  Ravens  will  be  looking  to  improve  on  last  year's  bronze  medal  performance. 


Polo  men 

by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Chatlaian  Staff 

Looking  good. 1 

The  Carleton  men's  waterpolo  team 
closed  its  regular  season  schedule  by  win- 
ning two  of  four  games  in  the  Nov.  6-7 
league  crossover  tournament  at  Carle- 
ton.  The  7-4-1  Ravens  remain  third  in  the 
Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Associa- 
tion's men's  waterpolo  league. 

Carleton  17  Ottawa  5 
Toronto  10  Carleton  5 

Carleton  16  York  2 
Carleton  9  McMaster  8 
Western  13  Carleton  8 

The  Ravens  drowned  the  York  Yeo- 
men 16-2  and  humbled  the  McMaster 
Marauders  9-8,  while  losing  10-5  to  the 
University  of  Toronto  Varsity  Blues  and 
1 3-8  to  the  University  of  Western  Ontario 
Mustangs.  The  Ravens  also  trounced  the 
University  of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  17-5  in 
Ottawa  on  Nov.  3. 

"We  played  two  very  good  games  (in 
the  tournament)  and  we're  in  a  good 
playoff  position,"  said  Carleton  coach 
john  Pankiw. 

The  Ravens  started  their  home  tour- 
nament against  the  undefeated  8-0  To- 
ronto Blues.  After  countless  turnovers, 
the  Ravens  were  lucky  to  find  themselves 
down  only  3-1  after  the  first  quarter  and 
5-2  at  the  half. 

But  the  Blues  pulled  away  in  the  sec- 
ond half,  doubling  their  score  en  route  to 
a  10-5  win. 

The  Ravens'  next  game  was  an  easier 
contest  as  they  faced  the  winless  0-9  York 
Yeomen.  Driver  Dave  Bason  andholeman 
Brian  Young  scored  four  goals  apiece  and 
led  the  Ravens  to  a  16-2  victory  over  the 
last-place  Yeomen. 

Next,  the  Ravens  staged  an  exciting  9- 
8  victory  over  the  5-3-1  McMaster  Ma- 
rauders. With  Carleton  leading  6-3  atthe 
half,  the  Marauders  plugged  away,  clos- 
ing the  gap  to  7-6  by  the  end  of  the  third 
quarter. 

"It  was  awesome.  The  fans  and  every- 
body were  off  their  seats,"  said  fourth- 
yearveteran  Jeff  McGrath. 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  men's  and  women's  fenc- 
ing teams  placed  all  five  of  their  squads 
among  the  top  eight  team  finishes  at  the 
Royal  Military  College  Invitational  tour- 
nament Nov.  6-7. 

In  total  points  overall,  the  Carleton 
squad  placed  fourth  among  the  over  60 
universities  participating  from  Ontario, 
Quebec  and  the  United  States,  after  hav- 
ing been  seeded  19th  heading  into  the 
tournament. 

Only  poor  officiating  kept  them  from 
posting  better  championship  results,  said 
Carleton  fencing  coach  James  Ireland. 

"It  was  home  town  officiating  at  its 
best,"  said  Ireland,  referring  to  the  King- 
ston referees.  "We  could  have  been  ranked 
higher  and  had  an  easier  route  to  the 
final  if  they  had  ranked  us  fairly." 

The  men's  foil  team  finished  eighth 
overall  among  29  teams  after  trouncing 
the  United  States  Military  Academy  club 
from  Westpoint,  Va.,  with  a  score  of  5-2. 
Itthen  lost5-3  to  McGill  in  thesemi-final 
match-up. 

"The  whole  team  is  pretty  young," 
said  foil  captain  Neil  Seto.  "We  lost  a  lot 
of  starters  from  last  year  and  this  is  the 
first  tournament  we've  been  to  together. 


The  final  quarterwas  asee-saw  match 
as  the  two  teams  struggled  back  and 
forth  looking  for  an  advantage.  With  less 
than  three  minutes  remaining,  the  Ma- 
rauders tied  the  game  at  eight.  Then, 
with  2:25  left,  driver  Steve  Bell  scored  his 
second  goal  of  the  game  to  give  Carleton 
the  lead. 

Carleton  finished  their  weekend  with 
a  13-8  loss  against  the  5-3-1  Western 
Mustangs.  With  a  playoff  spot  assured, 
the  Ravens  gave  their  bench  players  some 
action. 

"The  playoff  spot  had  been  assured  so 
it  gave  us  the  chance  to  play  our  bench 
guys,"  said  Pankiw. 

The  Ravens  trailed  5-3  at  the  half 
when  back-up  goaltender  Andy  Pohl  was 
brought  into  the  game.  Pohl  kept  the 
Ravens  close  at  7-5  before  Western  scored 
five  straight  times  in  the  final  quarter  on 
their  way  to  a  1 3-8  victory. 


"I  made  some  good  saves,  but  we  had 
a  lot  of  turnovers  in  the  last  quarter  and 
a  lot  of  shots  coming  at  me, "  said  Pohl. 

With  the  regular  season  over,  the 
Ravens  will  now  prepare  for  the  playoffs 
on  Nov.  20  at  McMaster  along  with  To- 
ronto, Western  and  McMaster. 

Carleton  will  open  its  final  four  series 
match  against  the  second-place  Western 
Mustangs.  The  winner  advances  to  the 
championship  game  against  the  winner 
of  the  Toronto/McMaster  gamewhilethe 
loser  plays  in  the  consolation  finals  for 
the  bronze  medal. 

"I  don't  think  it's  unrealistic  that  we 
win  (the  gold  medal),"  said  Pankiw.  "But 
our  first  concern  is  to  beat  Western." 

Although  Carleton  lost  this  past  week- 
end 13-8  to  Western,  the  Ravens  beat 
them  earlier  this  season  5-4  on  Oct.  17 
and  are  confident  they  can  repeat  that 
feat.  □ 


Season  over 
but  Ravens 
did  good 

by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

They  hove  nothing  to  be  ashamed 

of. 

So  what  if  the  men's  and  women's 
soccerteams  both  losttheir  first-round 
playoff  matches. 

Losing  doesn't  erase  their  seasons 
of  excitement  and  success. 

The  men's  team  dominated  their 
opposition  en  route  to  an  8- 1  -3  record 
and  their  second  straight  first-place 
finish  in  the  Ontario  Universities  Ath- 
letic Association  east  division  soccer 
league. 

S  Along  the  way,  the  Raven  men 
5  were  ranked  nationally  the  entire 
ju  season,  peaking  as  the  second  best 
si  team  in  the  country  earlier  in  the 
S  year  before  closing  out  at  the  number 
§  five  spot  prior  to  the  playoffs. 
<        Nothing  shabby  about  that. 

The  Raven  women  also  impressed 
with  their  best  season  in  five  years.  A 
5-3-2  record  was  good  enough  for 
fourth  place  in  the  Ontario  Women's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association 
east  division  soccer  league. 

At  season's  end,  the  Ravens  placed 
three  members  on  the  OWIAA  all- 
star  team. 

Nothing  shabby  about  that  either. 
Following  those  respective  season 
finishes,  the  men's  team  kicked  off 
against  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels  in 
semi-final  action  athomeon  Oct.  30, 
while  the  women's  team  travelled  to 
Windsor  that  same  weekend  to  take 
on  the  Laurier  Golden  Hawks. 

With  the  men's  game  tied  0-0  at 
the  end  of  regulation  and  overtime, 
despite  Carleton's  dominance 
throughout  the  match,  a  penalty  kick- 
off  ensued.  With  their  fifth  and  final 
shot,  Gael  Rich  Price  drifted  a  low 
shot  to  the  left  of  Raven  goalkeeper 
Steve  Ball  to  end  any  Carleton  hopes 
of  a  trip  to  the  national  finals. 

You  win  some.  You  lose  some.  It 
happens. 

On  the  women's  side,  the  Ravens 
were  blessed  with  the  opportunity  to 
square  off  against  Laurier,  lastyear's 
OWIAA  champion. 


Raven  fencers  duel  well  in  Kingston 


Raven  fencers  were  a  blur  of  action  as  they  notched  an  eighth-place  result 
From  that  perspective  I  think  we  did 


pretty  well.' 
,  Of  this  year's  starting  squad  of  20 
fencers,  half  are  rookies. 

The  men's  epee  team  had  better  re- 
sults, finishing  fifth  among  27  entries. 
After  advancing  from  pool  play,  Carle- 
ton defeated  the  USMA  squad  5-4  and 
then  lost  5-3  to  Queen's  in  the  semi- 
finals. 

"What  can  you  expect, "  said  Ireland. 
"The  official  they  gave  us  was  a  Queen's 
alumnus." 

In  the  men's  sabre  class,  Carleton 
placed  fifth  among  38  entries.  After  es- 
caping their  pool  with  a  5-4  win  against 


York  University  and  a  5-2  win  against  a 
club  from  Toronto,  the  Ravens  dropped 
their  quarter-final  match  5-4  to  RMC. 

The  women's  foil  team  also  placed 
well  with  a  fifth  place  result  among  24 
entries.  After  advancing  from  their  pool 
and  beating  USMA  5-4  in  quarter-final 
action,  Carleton  lost  5-2  to  the  Queen's 
entry. 

"We  made  mistakes,"  said  foil  cap- 
tain Liliana  Piazze.  "We  just  didn't  con- 
centrate enough.  There  were  things  we 
should  have  done  differently." 

Finally,  in  the  women's  epee  class, 
Carleton  posted  a  sixth  place  result 
among  20  entries.  □ 


Lucky  them. 

After  holding  the  Hawks  to  just 
one  first-half  goal,  the  Ravens  fal- 
tered, giving  up  two  more  in  the 
second  half  on  their  way  to  a  3-0  exit 
from  the  playoffs.  Still,  losing  to  the 
top  team  in  the  league  isn't  some- 
thing to  cry  over.  You  may  not  like  it, 
but  you  can  understand  why  it  hap- 
pened. 

So  now  the  season's  over  and  the 
reviews  start  coming  in.  Were  their 
seasons  a  success  or  a  failure? 

That's  hard  to  say.  There  were 
highs  and  lows  on  both  sides:  strong 
defence,  beautiful  goals  and  good 
goaltending;  as  well  as  the  opposite 
with  missed  opportunities,  errors  and 
just  plain  bad  luck. 

And  the  same  is  true  of  every  other 
year.  This  season  was  no  different 
from  any  other. 

And  the  Raven  men's  and  wom- 
en's soccer  teams  have  nothing  to  be 
ashamed  of.  □ 


November  11,  1993 


The  Charlatan  •  17 


Volleyball  rookies  show  promise 


Records 
S  Results 

OUAA  WATERPOLO 
East  Division 


w 

L  T 

F 

A  PTS 

Toronto  12 

0  0 

158  64  24 

Western  8 

4  0 

148  102  16 

Carleton  7 

4  1 

10584  15 

McMaster  7 

4  1 

133  88  15 

Queen's  5 

7  0 

83 

121  10 

Ottawa  2 

10  0 

91 

155  4 

York  0 

12  0 

70 

174  0 

OWIAA  VOLLEYBALL 

East  Division 

w 

L  T 

F 

A  PTS 

Ottawa  2 

0  0 

6 

1  4 

York  1 

0  0 

3 

0  2 

Queen's  1 

1  0 

4 

4  2 

Ryerson  0 

1  0 

0 

3  0 

Carleton  0 

2  0 

1 

6  0 

Toronto  0 

0  0 

0 

0  0 

CIAU  FIELD  HOCKEY 


Gold  Medal  Game 

Toronto  2  New  Brunswick  0 

Wendy  lohnstone's  two  second-half 
goals  were  the  difference  on  Nov.  6  as 
the  U  of  T  Blues  won  the  CIAU  field 
hockey  title  with  a  2-0  win  over  the  U  of 
B  Red  Sticks. 

Bronze  Medal  Game 

Alberta  1  UBC  1 
Alberta  wins  4-3  on  penalty  strokes. 

CIAU  FOOTBALL 
Divisional  Finals  Nov.  6. 

O-QIFC  Dunsmore  Cup 

Concordia  10  Bishop's  7 

The  Concordia  Stingers  won  their 
first  Dunsmore  Cup  since  1982  with  an 
upset  victory  over  the  Gaiters.  The  Sting- 
ers led  10-0  at  half-time  as  kicker 
Dimitrios  Manolopoulos  hit  three  of 
four  field  goal  attempts. 

OUAA  Yates  Cup 

Toronto  24  Western  16 

CWUAA  Hardy  Cup 

Calgary  32  Alberta  12 

AUAA  Jewett  Cup 

St.  Mary's  48  Acadia  28  (OT) 

Bowl  Finals  Nov.  13. 

Atlantic  Bowl 

Calgary  at  St.  Mary's 
Churchill  Bowl 

Concordia  at  Toronto 


CIAU  SOCCER 
League  Finals  Nov.  6. 

OUAA  Soccer  Championship 

Queen's  2  Western  1 

The  Queen's  Golden  Gaels  won  their 
first  OUAA  title  since  1975  with  a  2-1 
victory  over  the  Mustangs.  The  game 
was  tied  1-1  after  regulation  and  over- 
time, then  tied  3-3  after  a  first  round  of 
penalty  kicks.  Queen's  scored  on  their 
first  sudden  death  penalty  kick  while 
Western  did  not. 

Both  Western  and  Queen's  will  com- 
pete in  the  CIAU  championships  at 
Acadia  Nov.  11-14. 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

One  thing's  certain  —  this  year's  Car- 
leton women's  volleyball  team  may  lose 
alot  of  games,  butthey'll  likely  play  with 
effort  and  drive. 

With  six  rookies  on  a  roster  of  eight, 
the  Ravens  opened  their  1993  volleyball 
season  with  weekend  losses  against  the 
universities  of  Ottawa  and  Queen's. 

Ottawa  3  Carleton  0 
Queen's  3  Carleton  1 


In  their  league  opener  on  Nov.  5  atthe 
University  of  Ottawa,  Carleton  lost  3-0  to 
the  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  by  scores  of  15-4, 
15-9,  and  15-8. 


Two  days  later,  the  Ravens  lost  their 
home  opener  3-1  to  the  Queen's  Golden 
Gaels  by  scores  of  15-6, 15-17, 15-12and 
15-0. 

"It's  a  whole  new  team, "  said  assistant 
coach  Marilyn  Johnson.  "Butwe're  really 
getting  a  lot  of  effort  out  of  them.  Given 
the  last  two  months,  they've  improved  by 
leaps  and  bounds." 

After  dropping  the  first  set  1 5-6  to  the 
Golden  Gaels,  the  Ravens  rebounded  with 
theironly  win  ofthe  match — an  exciting 
17-15  win  in  the  second  set. 

Carleton  jumped  out  to  an  early  7-1 
lead  before  Queen's  closed  the  gap  to  7- 
6.  After  a  Ravens'  time  out,  the  lead 
switched  back  and  forth,  never  growing 
by  more  than  two  points.  With  the  Gaels 
leading  14-13,  Ravens'  middle  Carolyn 


Haddock  came  up  big  with  two  scores  to 
give  Carleton  the  lead.  The  Gaels  tied  the 
game  at  15  but  the  Raven  defence  re- 
gained possession  and  Carleton  went  on 
to  score  the  two  points  they  needed  for 
the  win. 

After  that  roller-coaster  ride,  the 
Ravens  began  to  falter,  losing  the  next 
two  sets  and  the  match. 

"It's  just  one  of  those  things  where 
there's  six  first-year  players  on  the  floor 
and  they  don't  know  what  they're  sup- 
posed to  be  thinking  in  that  sort  of  situa- 
tion," said  Biasone. 

The  Ravens  were  led  by  Haddock,  one 
of  two  returning  players,  who  notched  1 4 
kills  and  1 6  digs.  First-year  leftside  Marsha 
Creary  was  also  impressive  with  11  kills 
and  1 1  digs.  □ 


Fatigue  a  factor  in  basketball  men  losses 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Start 

The  effort  was  there,  but  the  breaks 
just  weren't. 

The  Carleton  men's  basketball  team 
lost  76-63  to  the  St.  Francis  XavierX-Men 
in  round-robin  action  at  the  fourth  an- 
nual House-Laughtoh  Hoops  Classic 
hosted  by  Carleton  Nov.  4-5.  The  Ravens 
then  dropped  the  consolation  final  79-70 
to  the  University  of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees. 


St  FX  76  Carleton  63 
Ottawa  79  Carelton  70 


In  their  first  game  against  St.  Francis, 
try  as  they  might,  the  Ravens  couldn't 
make  like  the  little  engine  that  could. 

Carleton  guard  Andrew  Smith  per- 
sonified the  Ravens'  effort  all  weekend. 
He  opened  the  game  with  a  three-pointer, 
but  despite  numerous  floor  burns  caused 
by  his  effort  to  get  the  ball,  he  couldn't 
score  down  the  stretch  along  with  the  rest 
of  the  Ravens. 

Despite  the  outcome,  Carleton  threw 
a  huge  scare  into  the  defending  national 
champion  X-Men,  looking  poised  the 
entire  first  half  as  they  headed  into 


The  Ravens  hung  tough  against  St.  FX. 

halftime  with  a  45:44  lead. 

"I  think  we  gave  a  pretty  good  effortin 
the  first  half,"  said  Smith.  "I  think  all  of 
our  new  guys  handled  their  press  really 
well." 

But  the  basketball  gods  were  not  so 
kind  to  the  Ravens  in  the  second  half. 

Ultimately,  fatigue  did  the  Ravens  in 
as  the  X-Men  finished  off  Carleton  with  a 
9-2  run  in  the  last  six  minutes. 


"We  shortened  our  bench  somewhat 
from  the  previous  weekend,"  said  head 
coach  Paul  Armstrong.  "A  lot  of  the  guys 
had  tired  legs  from  working  so  hard  on 
defence.  As  a  result,  our  shots  ended  up 
being  front-rim  short." 

Taffe  Charles  was  Carleton's  top  scorer 
with  15  points. 

The  following  night  against  the  Gee- 
Gees,  the  Ravens,  to  their  credit,  came 
out  with  the  same  intensity  they  had 
shown  the  night  before. 

Looking  to  avenge  last  week's  100-82 
!  loss  against  Ottawa,  the  Ravens  held  off 
furious  Gee-Gee  pressure  in  the  first  half 
en  route  to  a  33-31  halftime  lead.' 

But  despite  Charles's  22  points,  the 
Ravens'  inabilitytoscoredownthestretch 
cost  them  dearly  once  again. 

Afterwards,  the  team  remained  up- 
beat nonetheless. 

"We've  got  a  competitive  team  and 
we  showed  it  this  weekend  against  some 
really  tough  teams,"  said  second-year 
point  guard  Curtis  Houlden. 

Carleton  will  play  with  St.  Francis, 
Brock  and  McMaster  at  the  Pinky  Lewis 
tournament  in  Hamilton  this  weekend. 


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18  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  11,  1993 


"^j?  Raven 
Rumblings 

QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"It  was  home  town  officatingatits 
best." 

Fencing  coach  lames  Ireland 
wasn't  pleased  with  the  favoritism 
the  referees  showed  the  hometown 
Queen's  and  Royal  Military  College 
squads  at  the  RMC  Invitational  fenc- 
ing tournament  this  past  weekend. 

BRIEFS 


In  exhibition  basketball,  the  Car- 
leton  women's  basketball  team 
dropped  three  games  to  Memorial 
University  in  Newfoundland  Nov.  5- 
7.  The  Ravens  lost  by  scores  of  63-45, 
62-51  and  89-45.  Carleton  is  now  1-8 
in  exhibition  play  with  their  lonewin 
coming  two  weeks  ago  against 
Dawson  College. 

The  Carleton  Ravens'  second  rugby 
team  ended  their  season  with  a  25-0 
loss  to  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels  in 
the  seconds'  championship  game. 

Three  members  of  the  Carleton 
men's  soccer  team  were  named  to 
OUAA  eastern  all-star  team/Defender 
Earl  Cochrane,  midfielder  Andrew 
Wooldridge  and  forward  Basil  Philips 
were  honored  with  the  selections. 

CALENDAR 

Friday,  Nov.  12. 

BASKETBALL — The  men's  basket- 
ball team  travels  to  McMaster  Uni- 
versity in  Hamilton  all  weekend  to 
participate  in  the  Pinky  Lewis  Basket- 
ball Tournament.  The  tournament, 
named  for  a  former  Hamilton-area 
basketball  manager,  hosts  McMaster, 
Carleton,  BrockandSt.FrancisXavier. 

SWIMMING  —  The  men's  and 
women's  swimming  teams  host  a  dual 
meet  against  Brock  University  at  Car- 
leton's  pool. 

VOLLEYBALL— The  women's  vol- 
leyball team  travels  to  Winnipeg  to 
participate  in  the  Wesmen 
Invitational  tournament  against 
some  of  the  top  teams  in  the  country. 

Saturday,  Nov.  13. 

BASKETBALL— The  women's  team 
hosts  the  Carleton  University 
Invitational  this  weekend.  The  Ravens 
|  host  the  Laurier  Golden  Hawks  in  a  6 
p.m.  match  at  the  Ravens'  Nest. 

FENCING  —  The  men's  and  wom- 
en's fencing  teams  will  participate  all 
weekend  in  the  Brock  Open  in  St. 
Catherines,  Ont. 

SWIMMING  —  The  men's  and 
women's  swimming  teams  travel  to 
Sherbrooke,  Que.,  for  another  na- 
tional qualifying  swim  meet. 

WATERPOLO  —  The  women's 
waterpolo  team  is  in  Kingston  to  be- 
gin their  first  sectional  tournament 
looking  to  improve  on  last  year's 
bronze  medal  finish.  The  Ravens  will 
take  on  McMaster,  Queen's,  Toronto 
and  Brock. 

Sunday,  Nov.  14. 

BASKETBALL— Thewomen's  bas- 
ketball team  hosts  the  Bishop's  Gai- 
ters in  a  2  p.m.  match  at  the  Ravens' 
Nest. 

RELAX  —  It's  a  slow  week  for  home 
games  so  stay  at  home  and  study. 
Better  yet,  get  some  sleep.  □ 


Carleton  s  defender  of  the  realm 

All-star  captain 
will  be  missed 


by  Natasha  Rapchuk 

Charlatan  staff 

The  first  game  Earl  Cochrane  ever 
played  for  the  Carleton  Ravens  men's 
soccer  team,  he  played  as  captain. 

The  game  wasn't  important.  It  was 
just  an  exhibition  match  against 
Concordia  and  the  regular  captain 
couldn't  make  it. 

So  then-coach  Ian  Martin  asked 
Cochrane  to  step  in. 

"I  guess  he  must  have  noticed  some- 
thing in  practice,  a  quiet  leadership," 
says  Cochrane,  remembering. 

That  was  five  years  ago.  Cochrane, 
who  plays  stopper  for  the  Ravens,  has 
gone  on  to  star  for  the  Ravens  ever  since 
and  has  captained  the  team  for  the  past 
two  years.  Twice,  he  has  been  Carleton's 
Athlete  oftheYear.Twice.hehasbeenan 
all-Canadian. 

Leader  is  the  word  Cochrane's 
teammates  use  to  describe  him.  Aggres- 
sive. Tough.  Skilful. 

"He's  basically  the  anchor  of  our 
team,"  says  veteran  Marty  Lauter,  who 
playsleftback  forCarleton  and  has  known 
Cochrane  for  five  years.  "He's  just  so 
passionate  about  the  game.  He  missed 
one  game  —  a  third  yellow  card  forced 
him  to  sit  out  a  game  against  Queen's  — 
and  you  felt  it." 

With  his  close-cropped  dark  hair  and 
stocky  five-foot-1 1-inch  frame,  the  24- 
year-old  Cochrane  looks  mighty  intimi- 
dating on  the  field. 

And  where  he's  most  intimidating  is 
in  the  air  heading  a  ball. 

"For  the  first  five  minutes  of  a  game, 
the  opposition  will  contest  him  in  the 
air,"  says  former  player  Greg  Gallo.  "But 
after  that,  after  they  know  that  he's  go- 
ing todominate,  people  don't  even  go  up 


Cochrane  is  unbeatable  in  the  air. 


in  the  air  any  more.  They  know  he'll 
always  win  it." 

It's  exactly  that  sort  of  domination 
which  led  to  his  captaincy  two  years  ago 
—  a  captaincy  by  example  rather  than 
outspoken  intimidation. 

"I'd  much  rather  go  through  a  tackle 
or  run  for  that  ball  that  no  one  else  will 
get,"  he  says.  "And  hopefully  that  will 
rub  off.  It  sounds  kind  of  corny,  but  I'd 
like  my  actions  to  speak  for  me." 

And  they  do. 

Sandy  Mackie,  who  started  coaching 
the  Carleton  squad  last  year,  says 
Cochrane  is  completely  dedicated. 

"His  discipline  and  training  habits  are 
what  any  coach  would  want,"  says 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

he  point  lea  ' 
its  were  tabu 

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Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 
Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Nov.  9,  1993. 


1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 

Joseph  Kurikose  can  pick  up  his  $25  dinner  certificate  for  Baxter's  restaurant 
at  The  Charlatan,  Room531  Unicentre.  Socan  DoroghSlowey  whowon  lastweek. 


1  Joseph  Kurikose  179 

2  Alex  Varki 

179 

3  Patrick  Soden 

179 

4  Edwin  Chock 

179 

5  R.  De  Vecchi 

178 

6  Kelly  McDonald 

178 

7  Jayson  Luiz 

177 

8  Allan  Russ 

177 

9  Don  Belanger 

177 

10  Iain  Hackston 

176 

Mackie.  "He  never  misses  a  training  ses- 
sion." 

It's  exactly  this  quiet,  unassuming 
attitude  which  earned  Cochrane  the  nick- 
name Squirrel  from  past-coach  Martin. 

"He  just  thought  1  was  so  soft-spoken 
when  I  first  came,"  says  Cochrane.  "I 
really  didn't  speak  up." 

Now  when  he  speaks,  teammates  lis- 
ten. 

Cochrane  has  now  played  through  his 
fifth  and  final  year  of  eligibility  for  Car- 
leton soccer.  What's  next? 

"I'll  watch  a  lot  of  games  I  guess,"  he 
jokes. 

Actually,  Cochrane  has  a  degree  from 
Carleton  in  urban  studies  and  is  looking 
into  completing  a  master's  in  either  ge- 
ography or  urban  planning.  He's  also 
toying  with  the  idea  of  playing  profes- 
sional soccer  in  Europe. 

He's  been  dreading  the  day  he  would 
play  his  last  game  for  Carleton.  But  now 
that  it's  over,  he's  looking  forward  to 
something  new. 

"I'll  miss  Carleton  soccer  obviously," 
says  the  Scarborough  native.  "I'll  miss 
the  Septembercoming  back  and  meeting 
everyone  again.  But  I'm  just  going  to 
have  to  see  it  through  a  different  window 
now,  through  being  an  alumnus." 

Mostly,  he  says  he'll  miss  the  friends 
he's  made  on  the  team. 

"This  year  and  last  year  were  two  of 
the  greatest  years  I've  ever  had,  in  any- 
thing, regardless  of  sport,"  he  says.  "It 
was  just  two  friendship- making  years 
that  I'll  probably  never  experience 
again. "  The  Ravens  in  turn  will  miss  him 
and  his  leadership  on  the  field  —  and 
they'll  have  a  tough  time  finding  some- 
one to  fill  the  shoes  of  a  guy  they  used  to 
call  Squirrel.  □ 


lEI_s 


3ME 


Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

Which  goaltender  invented  the 
goalie  mask? 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper  and 
submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize  will  be  determined  by  a  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  Nov.  16, 1993.  The  winnerwill 
be  contacted  by  phone,  by  the  sports 
editor  of  the  Charlatan. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staffmembersand  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 
Congratulations  to  no  one  because 
nobody  knew  that  Dexter  Manley 
played  for  the  Washington  Redskins 
priort  o  gracing  Ottawa  with  his 
presence. 


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PLACEMENT 

&r  Career  Services 

^•^^^^       DMnr«i0  anH  coniirec  nf  interest  to  underaraduates.  araduatina  students 


Check  the  posting  boards  at 
the  Placement  Centre  for 
more  job  listings. 


Programs  and  services  of  interest  to  undergraduates,  graduating  students,  as  well  as  alumni. 


508  Unicentre  •  788-661 1 
November  11, 1993 


ON-CAMPUS  RECRUITING 

Permanent  full-time  positions  are 
directed  towards  graduating  students 
(available  May  '94).  Dates,  unless 
specified,  refer  to  deadlines. 

To  find  out  the  types  of  positions, 
how  to  apply  and  where  to  find 
more  information  on  the  companies, 
please  contact  the  office. 

IBM  Canada 

Nov.  12,  12  noon 
Computer  Science,  Engineering 
Positions:  SoftwareDevelopment, 
Information  Development,  Market 
Development  Support 

Public  Service  Commission 

Nov.  12,  Mail  Direct 

All  Disciplines-Masters  or  PhD 

Positions:  Management  Trainee 

Program 

Public  Service  Commission 

Nov.  12,  Mail  Direct 
Commerce,  Public  Admin.,  Compu- 
ter Science 

Positions:  Financial  Officer/Inter- 
nal Auditor 

Public  Service  Commission 

Nov.  12,  Mail  Direct 
Economics,  Public  Admin.-  Masters 
Positions:  Accelerated  Economist 
Training  Program 

Bank  of  Canada 

Nov.  19,  12  noon 
Economics 
Positions:  Various 


Carp  Systems  International 

Nov.  26,  12  noon 
Computer  Science,  System  Engi- 
neering, Electrical  Engineering, 
Math/Statistics 

Positions:  Software  Developers 

Embassy  of  Japan 

Dec.  3,  Mail  Direct 

All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Assistant  English 

Teacher 

Canadian  Political  Science  Assoc. 
Jan.  28,  Mail  Direct 
Political  Science,  Other  Disciplines 
Positions:  Ontario  Legislature 
Internship  Programme 

EMPLOYER  INFORMATION 
SESSION 

Lakehead  University 
Education  Information  Session 

Nov.  15,9:30am- 11:30am,  290  TB 
Disciplines:  All  Disciplines 
Topic:  Teachers  College 

Newbridge 

Engineering  &  Computer  Science 
Open  House 

Nov.  15,  5:00pm -7:00pm 
600  March  Rd„  RSVP  599-3616 
Disciplines:  Engineering,  Computer 
Science 

Alphen 

Nov.  23,  7:00pm  -  9:00pm,  305  DT 
Disciplines:  All  Disciplines 


SUMMER  JOB  &  CAREER 
EXPLORATION  FAIR 


Mark  Tuesday,  February  1 ,  1 994  on  your  calander  -  the  date  for  the  first 
ever  joint  Summer  Job  &  Career  Exploration  Fair,  organized  by  Carleton 
University,  Algonquin  College,  La  Cite  Collegiale,  and  the  University  of 
Ottawa. 

This  is  your  chance  to  participate  in  an  unprecedented  opportunity  to  meet 
various  employers  in  the  private  and  public  sectors.  With  all  the  changes 
in  the  labour  market  the  Summer  Job  &  Career  Exploration  Fair  can  offer 
you: 

*  the  chance  to  meet  employers  offering  summer 
employment  opportunities 

*  an  opportunity  to  explore  careers  by  talking  to 
professionals  from  various  fields 

This  unique  opportunity  will  be  taking  place  in  the  Civic  Centre  at 
Lansdowne  Park  from  1 :00pm  -  8:00pm.  Students  will  be  required  to  pay 
$  1 .00  in  advance  or  $2.00  at  the  door.  Keep  your  eyes  open  for  additional 
information  and  ticket  sales. 


FULL  TIME  EMPLOYMENT 

National  Research  Council 

Nov.  15,  Mail  Direcet 
Engineering,  Computer  Science 
Position:  Programmer 
Request  Job  Order  #  N-6 

Mitel  Corporation 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 

Electrical  Engineering,  Computer 

Systems  Engineering 

Position:  New  Grad  -  Engineering 

Request  Job  Order  #  0-9 

ADGA  Group 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
Computer  Science,  Computer 
Systems  Engineering 
Position:  UNIX  Specialist 
Request  Job  Order  #  D.O.  1367 

SUMMER  EMPLOYMENT 

National  Research  Council 

Nov.  1 5,  Mail  Direct 
Sciences,  Engineering 
Positions:  1994  Summer  Employ- 
ment Program 

Canada  Employment  Centre  for 
Students  -  New  Brunswick 

Nov.  19,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Summer  Employment 
Officers 

National  Defence 

Nov.  30,  Mail  Direct 
Biochem.,  Biology,  Chemistry, 
Comp.  Sci.,  Economics,  Engineer- 
ing, Int'l  Relations,  Math/Stats, 
Microbiology,  Ops.  Research, 
Physics,  Psychology 
Positions:  Defence  Research  Asst. 

Transport  Canada 
Canadian  Coast  Guard 

Nov.  30,  5  PM 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Inshore  Rescue  Program 

Siemens  Electric  Ltd. 

Dec.  1 ,  Mail  Direct 
Commerce,  Economics,  Computer 
Science,  Electrical  Engineering 
Positions:  Summer  Jobs  In  Canada, 
Germany,  US  &  Latin  America 

I.A.E.S.T.E 

Dec.  2,  Mail  Direct 

Engineering,  Science 

Positions:  Summer  &  Fall  Exchange 

Ontario/Quebec  Summer  Student 
Job  Exchange  Program 

Jan.  14,  12  noon 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Various 

Pulp  &  Paper  Research  Institute 

Jan.  20,  Mail  Direct 
Biochemistry,  Chemistry,  Physics, 
Mechanical  Engineering 
Positions:  NSERC  related 


AECL  -  Chalk  River 

Jan.  28,  Mail  Direct 
Computer  Science,  Engineering, 
Science,  Physics,  Chemistry 
Position:  Summer  Student  Program 

PAINTERS/HOME  CARE 

Metropro 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
Positions:  Franchise  Owner 

Student  Sprinkler  Services 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
Positions:  Branch  Manager 

Student  Works  Painting 

ASAP,  Placement  Centre 
Positions:  Managers 

SUMMER  CAMPS 

Camp  MaroMac 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
Positions:  Various 

Camp  Tamakwa 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
Positions:  Various 

GROUP  SESSIONS 

The  Resume/Covering  Letter 

This  session  discusses  self  assess- 
ment, the  purpose  of  a  resume,  how 
to  prepare  a  resume,  skill  identifica- 
tion, components  of  a  resume, 
resume  styles,  as  well  as  the  cover- 
ing letter.  Samples  are  reviewed  to 
determine  how  to  maximize  effec- 
tiveness. 

Networking/Job  Search 

This  session  focuses  on  networking, 
researching  the  labour  market,  the 
visible  and  hidden  job  market, 
various  job  hunting  approaches, 
developing  a  job  search  system  and 
common  pit  falls. 

Interview  Techniques 

This  session  reviews  the  purpose  of 
the  interview,  the  employer's  and  the 
candidate's  goal,  the  stages  of  an 
interview,  commonly  asked  ques- 
tions and  preparation  tips. 


Interested  in 
working  abroad? 

Students  interested  in  working  in- 
ternationally should  make  refer- 
ence to  the  Work  Abroad  binders 
in  our  library.  These  binders  in- 
clude information  on  volunteer 
opportunities,  education  and  in- 
ternship exchange  programs, 
teaching  opportunities  in  Japan 
and  other  countries,  as  well  as 
opportunities  in  various  other 
areas  such  as  technical,  business 
and  medical  fields.  These  binders 
include  information  on  organiza- 
tions such  as  CUSO,  CIDA, 
CARE  Canada,  and  JET. 


20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  11,  1993 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


BROKEN  NATES  AMD  NAKED  D5V11S 


by  Suzanne  Andrew 

Chaflatan  Staff 


IVa  un'altra  faccia  del  tempo 
National  Arts  Centre  Theatre 
Nov.  4  —  Nov.  5 


n  defiance  of  ballet's  rigid  tradi- 
rftionalism,  Jan  Fabre,  a  contem- 
porary dance  choreographer 
from  Belgium,  has  created  an 
allegory  of  the  perverse  ex- 
pressed through  his  interpreta- 
tion of  the  netherworlds. 
Da  un'altra  faccia  del  tempo,  co-pro- 
duced by  the  National  Arts  Centre,  is  the 
third  part  of  an  operatic  series  which 


Fabre  hopes  to  complete  by.  1995. 

In  this  instalment,  the  choreography 
broughtthe  audience  through  a  journey 
from  a  confused,  non-sensical  dream 
world  to  the  chaos  of  hell  and  beyond. 

In  the  shadows  behind  a  glittering 
black  scrim  (an  opaque  curtain  across 
the  stage)  a  line  of  dancers  held  pack- 
ages in  front  of  theirbellies  while  execut- 
ing flat,  technical  footwork.  As  the  scrim 
was  lifted,  the  solemn,  expressionless 
faces  of  the  dancers  were  exposed.  The 
packages  they  held  were  as  yet  indiscern- 
ible. 

The  effect  was  a  subtle  creation  of  a 
dream  world  on  stage.  The  audience  was 
drawn  into  the  illusion  of  a  dream  by 


Satan  is  a  naked  man! 


constant,  inexplicable  visual  images  and 
elements  of  surprise. 

As  men  whirled  across  the  stage  in 
full,  ruffled  dresses,  the  dancers  began  to 
move  stacks  of  plates  on  stage.  The  pack- 
ages they  had  been  clutching  so  myste- 
riously in  their  skirts  were  dropped  to 
reveal  more  plates,  fruit  and  odd  bundles 
of  stuff.  Then,  as  the  dancers  seated 
themselves  on  rows  of  stacked  plates,  the 
mood  of  the  choreography  was  altered. 

Order  was  broken  with  the  smashing 
of  a  plate.  The  guilty  plate  smasher  was 
swarmed  by  the  other  dancers  as  he 
attempted  to  clean  up  the  mess.  The 
soundof  broken  glass  was  amplified  over 
the  unobtrusive  background  of  classical 
music. 

The  disturbing  appearance  of  the  devil, 
who  proceeded  to  involve  himself  in 
various  acts  of  debauchery,  began  the 
transition  from  the  dream  phase  to  the 
choreographer's  picture  of  hell. 

Naked,  the  devil  character  writhed  on 
the  floor  with  another  male  dancer  while 
other  dancers  continued  to  twist  and 
turn  across  the  stage. 

The  scenes  of  hell  grew  in  intensity.  A 
line  of  fly  swatter-brandishing  dancers 
moved  slowly  forward  in  smooth,  sym- 
metrical movements.  This  symmetry  was 
occasionally  broken  by  dancers  who  went 
into  convulsions  brought  on  from  the 
onslaught  of  perceived  insects.  Later, 
demons,  writhing  in  convulsions,  twisted 
wildly,  juxtaposed  againstsharp,  almost 
militaristic  movements  of  dancers  in  red 
dresses. 

The  devil  character  remained  distinct, 
making  odd  movements  sometimes  com- 
plimentary to  the  other  dancers,  some- 
times wildly  different. 


When  youVe  tired  of  cow  tipping 


by  Rori  Caff rey 

Charlatan  Staff 


Shotmaker  —  opening  for 
Problem  Children,  Electric  Embryo 
and  Nevergreen 
SAW  Gallery 
^Saturday,  Nov.  13  

Small-town  teenagers  have  few  op- 
tions when  it  comes  to  recreational  ac- 
tivities. They  can  play  hockey,  drink 
illegally,  tip  cows  or  form  a  band  that 
releases  a  record  and  then  tours  North 
America. 

Shotmaker,  a  band  from  the  town  of 
Belleville  between  Ottawa  and  Kingston, 
opted  for  the  latter. 

Matt  Deline  (vocals/drums),  Tim 


Meanboy  Matt  Deline  pounds  those 
skins  like  a  wild  cheetah.  


McKeough  (guitar/vocals)  and  Nick  Pye 
(bass/vocals)  are  the  Belleville  boys  who 
spent  their  summer  vacation  delivering 
powerful  and  poignant  music  to  audi- 
ences continent- wide. 

Their  independently  arranged  tour 
began  only  months  after  their  inception, 
but  McKeough  explains  the  choice  was 
not  a  hasty  one. 

"Me  and  Matt  were  in  another  band, 
Herbal  Scream,  with  anotherbass  player, 
my  friend  Colin.  We  had  been  planning 
on  (touring)  for  about  a  year,  but  then 
Colin  quit,"  he  says.  "We  still  wanted  to 
tour,  so  we  just  practised  a  lot  and  got 
some  songs." 

Colin  Punchard'sdeparturelastspring 
put  an  end  to  Herbal  Scream,  whose  two 
cassettes  (self-titled  and  Nutmeg)  and 
umpteen  live  shows  had  established  a 
fan  base  for  them.  Instead  of  finding 
another  bassist  to  fill  in  for  Punchard, 
they  recruited  Pye,  scrapped  all  the  Herbal 
Scream  songs  and  started  fresh. 

"What  we're  doing  now  is  so  differ- 
ent, *  says  Deline,  explaining  Shotmaker's 
new  direction.  "It's  much  noisierand  less 
funky,  which  is  more  along  the  lines  of 
what  Tim  and  I  wanted  to  do  in  the  first 
place.  Since  Nick  is  such  a  good  friend 
and  we  like  having  him  around,  we 
invited  him  to  join  the  band." 

"I  don't  think  1  really  took  over  any 
position,"  says  Pye,  on  the  subject  of 
joining  McKeough  and  Deline.  "We  just 
jammed,  made  up  some  songs,  and  that 
was  that." 

Shotmaker's  debut  7"  single,  recently 
£  released  on  the  Toronto  indie  label 
t  Maticore/Kung  Fu  Enterprises,  demon- 
w  strates  their  member-to-member  unity. 
1  Music,  lyrics  and  vocals  are  handled  by 
|  all  three,  creating  the  thick  and  full  vibe 
"  which  Herbal  Scream  lacked. 

Theirnew  sound  has  gained  approval 


Tim  McKeough  and  his  mighty  nice 
choppers. 

abroad.  The  California  punk  rock  jour- 
nal MaximumRocknRoIl  featured  a  two- 
page  spread  on  the  boys,  a  campus  radio 
deejay  in  British  Columbia  wrote  to  them 
saying  he  plays  one  of  their  songs  every 
second  episode  of  his  show,  and  their 
record  recently  charted  at  number  three 
on  CKCU's  Top  50  —  with  Nirvana  at 
number  four. 

Such  achievements  only  make 
Shotmaker  work  harder.  They  are  cur- 
rently writing  more  material  and 
slugging  it  out  on  the  live  all-ages  cir- 
cuit. Future  plans  include  anotherrecord, 
another  tour  and  possible  relocation  to 
Ottawa  come  September.  □ 


A  tall,  gangly  man  dressed  in  white 
underwear  occasionally  walked  through 
the  hell  scenes  on  china  plates  that  were 
bound  to  his  feet  by  chains.  The  stacks  of 
plates  gradually  grew  higher  as  every- 
thing got  more  hellish. 

Then  music,  having  swelled  to  a  fury, 
began  to  fade  out.  Gaps  in  the  music 
created  eerie  silences.  And  then,  the  danc- 
ers disappeared. 

In  a  startling  climax,  plates  and  dishes 
fell  from  above  and  landed  on  stage  in  a 
jarring,  thunderous  crash.  White  lights 
cutting  through  the  dust  created  a  dra- 
matic difference  from  the  previous  murki- 
ness. 

Three  dancers  in  white  crept  on  stage, 
making  crunching  noises  as  they  stepped 
on  the  broken  dishes.  They  stood  and 
danced  with  slow,  measured  movements 
to  the  silence. 

Da  un'altra  faccia  del  tempo  offered 
incredible  visual  images,  drama,  a  deep 
intensity  with  touches  of  humor  and  lots 
of  surprises. 

The  15  dancers  kept  up  the  momen- 
tum of  the  difficult  and  fast-changing 
choreography  for  over  two  hours.  There 
was  no  intermission. 

The  character  of  the  devil  was  par- 
ticularly well-executed  by  dancer  Antony 
Rizzi.  Rizzi  accepted  Fabre's  challenge  of 
altered  gender  roles  by  dancing  en  pointe, 
a  technically  difficult  feat  traditionally 
reserved  for  ballerinas.  His  talent  was 
further  showcased  by  the  freedom  of  his 
role,  a  utility  he  used  for  complete  ex- 
pression of  his  body.  (His  facial  grimaces 
were  particularly  convincing.) 

Da  un  'altra  faccia  del  tempo  was  a  lucid 
glimpse  into  Fabre's  imagination.  His 
creativity,  complimentary  to  his  revolu- 
tionary approach  to  ballet,  defies  con- 
ventions. This  production  was  odd,  but 
arresting  in  its  intensity.  □ 

This  uieek:^ 

Words  We'd  Use  To 
Abuse  Our  Elders 
(If  We  Weren't  So 
Politically  Correct) 

1.  windbag 

2.  talentless  hack 

3.  self-serving  snake 

4.  weasel 

5.  condescending 
wonk 

6.  radical  hippie  girl 

7.  ethically  challenged 

8.  pernicious 

9.  short 

10.  pseudo-feminist- 
auasi-progressive- 
cneese-eatin'-chicken 
lovin'-news  harpie 


November  11,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  21 


Spirit  of  the  West,  and  the  road  to  maturity 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Cha/lalan  Statl 


I  Con 

VJhu 


Spirit  of  the  West 

Congress  Centre 
rsdoy,  Nov.  1 1 


) 


So  much  for  the  high  concept. 

Coming  from  a  band  as  fraught  with 
meaning  as  Spirit  of  the  West,  you  would 
expect  an  album  title  like  Faithlift  to 
mean  something. 

The  truth,  according  to  Geoff  Kelly, 
the  multi-talented  co-founder  of  the 
group,  is  a  lot  more  banal. 

"We  were  doing  a  television  show 
called  Ear  to  the  Ground  —  a  national  TV 
show  designed  to  highlight  up  and  com- 
ing bands  —  and  the  producer's  name 
was  Faith  Finegold.  We  were  on  our  way 
out  to  the  Stein  Valley  festival  in  British 


Columbia  to  play  the  concert  and  shoot 
some  footage.  We  were  just  driving  out 
there  and  I  was  just  mindlessly  mulling 
her  name  over  in  my  head  and  we  some- 
how got  Faithlift.  It's  as  simple  as  that." 

Not  that  it  doesn't  have  any  reflection 
on  their  latest  album,  which  was  re- 
leased last  month.  Kellynotes,  it  "almost 
seems  prophetic,"  coming  from  a  band 
that  hadn't  released  an  album  in  over 
two  years  and  was  struggling  somewhat 
with  a  changeover  to  a  more  rockish 
sound  that  came  as  a  surprise  for  some  of 
their  listeners. 

In  addition  to  the  core  players  of 
Kelly,  vocalist  and  guitarist  John  Mann 
(who  co-writes  the  songs  with  Kelly), 
bassist  Linda  McRae  and  multi-instru- 
mentalist Hugh  Macmillan,  this  is  the 
second  album  to  feature  drummer  Vince 
Dietrich. 


Spirit  of  the  West:  no  longer  the  angry  young  men. 


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According  to  Kelly,  Dietrich  joining 
the  band  was  one  of  the  catalysts  for 
their  new,  almost  rockish  sound.  Over 
the  past  30  months,  they've  been  adapt- 
ing this  sound,  which  was  not  all  that 
easy  —  something  that  was  obvious  on 
Go  Figure. 

"When  we  made  Go  Figure,  Vince  had 
only  been  on  board  for  about  six  months. 
1  think  we  sounded  a  bit  stiff  back  then 
and  he  was  struggling  to  find  his  place  in 
the  band. 

"We  felt  in  our  hearts  it  was  the  right 
move  but  it  definitely  took  a  good  year  of 
working  together  and  making  that  record. 
Actually,  we're  a  better  band  now.  We're 
a  band  that's  been  together  for  three 
years  and  I  think  it  sounds  that  way;  it's 
more  comfortable  now." 

The  result  is  an  album  that  mixes 
their  traditional  Celtic  folk  sound  with 
that  rock  edge  they've  been  driving  for  in 
just  the  right  amounts.  And  while  many 
songs  on  Go  Figure  were  a  bit  simplistic 
(witness  the  keyboards  on  "Big  Head"), 
the  songs  on  Faithlift  generally  sound 
better. 

Their  lyrics  have  also  undergone  great 
changes,  resulting  from  the  band's 
changing  perspective  on  life.  Continu- 


ing the  trend  they  started  on  Go  Figure, 
Faithlift  features  songs  thatare  less  overtly 
political.  According  to  Kelly,  this  transi- 
tion from  "angry  young  men"  to  respon- 
sible parents  was  very  natural. 

Songs  like  "Death  on  the  Beach," 
which,  had  they  been  written  a  few  years 
ago,  might  have  been  about  the  Gulf 
War.  It's  actually  about  the  beauty  of  the 
Gulf  Islands  in  British  Columbia. 

Of  the  change,  Kelly  says,  "It's  been 
pretty  natural  for  us.  I  think  that's  one 
thing  —  that  becoming  fathers  and  par- 
ents, your  focus  turns  a  lot  more  inward. 
Your  biggest  concern  is  looking  after 
your  family. 

"A  song  like  "Dirty  Pool"  from  Save 
This  House,  for  example;  I  don't  think 
we'd  write  that  the  same  way  in  1993. 
We've  gone  through  the  stage  of  the 
angry  young  men  and  now  we're  writing 
with  a  little  more  room  for  the  listener. 
We  just  don't  want  the  meaning  of  the 
songs  to  be  unearthed  on  the  first  listen. 
We'd  rather  people  had  to  listen  more, 
delve  into  it,  use  their  own  imagina- 
tion." 

Faithlift  does  this  and  more;  it  renews 
the  band's  soul  and  has  put  them  back 
on  the  right  track.  □ 


An  exceptional  evening 


by  Joanne  Ciszewski 

Charlatan  SlaH 


Soul  Asylum  and  Cracker 

Congress  Centre 
^Saturday,  Nov.  6 


he  Congress  Centre  rocked  as 
it  welcomed  two  exceptional 
bands. 

The  all-ages  event  was 
well-attended  by  people  in 
every  age  bracket,  from  the 
ages  of  10  to  40  (I  wonder  if 
theirmothers  knew  where  they  were).  It 
also  attracted  all  kinds  of  social  groups 
—  grungers,  jocks,  rockers  —  they  were 
all  there. 

Cracker  set  the  stage  with  clean,  pow- 
erful guitar  melodies  that  amplified  their 
highly  intense  tunes.  This  four-piece 
band,  whose  core  is  Johnny  Hickman 
and  ex-Camper  van  Beethoven  member 
David  Lowery.  also  features  ex-Pixie 
David  Lovering  on  drums. 

Lovering's  drumming  talents  contrib- 
uted to  their  solid  mix  of  harmonious 
rock-country-angst.  Lowery  strummed 
away  until  he  broke  one  of  his  strings 
during  the  third  song.  He  picked  up  his 
acoustic  guitar  and  broke  into  "Sweet- 
hearts, "  an  old  Camper  tune  which  com- 
plemented his  strong,  clean  voice.  Even 
though  the  music  was  not  that  rockish, 
the  kids  moshed,  danced  and  crowd 
surfed. 

Someone  roaming  around  backstage 
would  have  spotted  Miss  Winona  Ryder 
(yes,  that  Winona  Ryder).  She  was  here 
to  watch  her  beau  David  Pimer  (lead 


singer/guitarist  for  Soul  Asylum)  in  ac- 
tion. 

Back  to  the  concert.  Anticipation  was 
in  the  air.  An  absolute  explosion  roared 
through  the  Congress  Centre  as  Soul 
Asylum  hit  the  stage.  With  the  speakers 
a  little  louder  and  the  hair  a  little  longer 
than  Cracker's,  it  was  like  a  bolt  of  en- 
ergy entering  your  body. 

The  first  six  songs  were  classic  exam- 
ples of  pure  altema-rock.  It  was  beauti- 
ful. The  crowd,  predominantly  attracted 
to  the  trendy  tunes  which  have  brought 
Soul  Asylum  to  the  forefront,  might  not 
have  appreciated  their  polished  veteran 
stage  performance. 

Pimer,  sporting  a  "Spaghetti  O's"  T- 
shirt,  looked  great.  Not  being  the  best- 
looking  guy  around,  he  had  a  certain 
charisma  about  him  which  flew  through 
the  venue  as  he  jammed  on  his  guitar 
and  moved  about  the  stage.  Mostly  play- 
ing tunes  from  their  Grave  Dancers  Union 
album,  he  muttered,  "Thanks  a  lot," 
after  just  about  every  song. 

When  the  oh-so-popular  "Runaway 
Train"  came  blaring  out  of  the  speakers, 
about  50  people  came  running  from  the 
lobby  towards  the  stage.  Lighters  were  lit; 
it  was  all  a  little  cheezy. 

Overall  the  show  was  fantastic.  Each 
song  came  flowed  smoothly  from  Pimer's 
raspy  vocal  box.  On  this  evening,  the 
Congress  Centre  was  an  excellent  venue; 
the  lighting  was  vivid  and  the  sound 
system  was  explosive  and  loud  without 
sacrificing  any  sound  quality. 

This  was,  by  far,  one  of  the  best  live 
performances  Ottawa  has  offered  in  a 
long  time.  O 


"I  never  noticed  that  sparkle  in  your  eye  before. " 


22  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  11,  1993 


Ice  beer  more  marketing  than  substance 


by  Doug  Pengelly 

Charlatan  Slafi 

If  you've  watched  any  TV  in  the  last 
few  months  you've  probably  seen  him.  A 
long-haired  European  fellow  who  looks 
like  the  bad  guy  from  Die  Hardon  a  night 
out  at  Le  Bistro,  He's  in  some  dark,  futur- 
istic factory  extolling  the  virtues  of  some 
"Labatt  Eis  Beer." 

Who  is  this  man?  What  is  he  doing  to 
our  beer?  Is  he  going  to  blow  up  our 
breweries  if  we  don't  buy  his  beer? 


Molson  hasn't  been  too  helpful  ei- 
ther. Its  ice  beer  commercials  try  to  ex- 
plain how  their  scientists  learned  to  join 
the  BE2R  molecules  to  make  this  ice  beer. 
(Wasn't  it  Young  Einstein  who  split  the 
beer  atoms  to  put  the  bubbles  in  the 
beer?) 

Well,  if  that's  not  ice  beer,  then  what 
is  it? 

Ice  brewing  is  by  no  means  a  new 
revelation.  It  was  developed  by  the  Ger- 
mans hundreds  of  years  ago  to  make 
their  eisbock  beer.  The  beer  is  brewed  to  , 
a  strong  alcohol  level,  around  seven  or 
eight  per  cent.  To  make  it  even  stronger, 
they  chill  the  beer  to  just  below  freezing 
in  big  open-topped  tanks.  The  water  in 
the  beer  freezes  and  floats  to  the  surface 
as  ice. 

The  ice  that  forms  is  skimmed  off  the 
top  of  the  beer,  reducing  the  amount  of 
water  in  the  beer,  but  not  alcohol.  The 
result  is  an  even  stronger  beer.  Some 
traditional  German  eisbocks  go  up  as 
high  as  12  per  cent  alcohol  content. 
-  These  beers  are  made  only  certain 
times  of  the  year  for  special  festivals, 
when  a  whole  town  will  take  a  week  off, 
all  the  factories  shut  down,  and  people 
dress  in  costumes  and  drink  the  festival 
beer.  Somewhere  behind  it  all  there  is 
some  religious  significance  to  the  festi- 
vals, but  over  the  years,  the  religious  part 
has  somehow  been  lost  and  now  it's 
mostly  about  getting  hammered. 

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brewed  in  this  traditional  way,  there's  a 
small  Canadian  microbrewery  called  the 
Niagara  Falls  Brewing  Company.  Their 
eisbock  is  eight  per  cent  alcohol  and 
comes  in  special  750-millilitre  bottles 
available  at  most  beer  stores.  It's  a  very 
interesting  beer,  very  smooth  with  a 
maltiness  balanced  by  a  slight  alcohol 
flavor.  Share  it  with  a  friend,  or  at  least 
don't  plan  on  driving  or  operating  any 
heavy  machinery  for  a  while  afterwards. 
At  the  big  breweries  like  Labatt  and 
Molson,  normally  beer  is 
fermented  to  a  high  alco- 
hol level  between  seven  and 
eight  percent,  and  then  it's 
watered  down  to  five  per 
cent  just  before  bottling. 
By  adding  the  water  back 
later,  this  allows  them  to 
make  more  beer  in  fewer 
and  smaller  tanks,  thus 
saving  them  money. 

When  big  breweries 
make  ice  beer,  it  is  fer- 
mented to  a  high  alcohol 
content  and  then  some  ice 
is  filtered  out  to  raise  it 
further.  Once  the  beer  is 
ready  to  be  bottled,  water  is 
added  to  bring  it  back  to 
5.6  per  cent,  which  is  the 
norm  for  North  American  ice  beer. 

If  removing  the  ice  to  bring  up  the 
alcohol  and  then  to  put  water  back  in 
seems  like  a  huge  waste  of  time,  then 
you're  absolutely  right.  The  process  of 
ice  brewing  does  nothing  at  all  to  im- 
prove the  beer's  flavor  that  couldn't  be 
done  with  regular  brewing  and  brewing 
a  beer  to  5.6  per  cent  is  not  that  big  a 
deal. 

So  why  would  they  take  ice  out  only  to 
add  water  and  bring  it  back  down  to  5.6 


per  cent?  In  a  word  —  marketing.  Judg- 
ing by  the  response,  it  seems  to  be  work- 
ing quite  well.  It  seems  that  everyone  is 
coming  out  with  some  kind  of  ice  beer 
this  year. 

The  Niagara  Falls'  eisbock  was  the 
first  to  come  out  in  Canada,  almost  two 
years  ago.  Labatt  engineers  had  suppos- 
edly been  working  on  the  problem  for  the 
last  10  years,  before  someone  at  Molson 
caught  wind  of  it  and  beat  them  to  the 
punch. 

Since  then,  Black  Label's  "Black  Ice" 
and  Carling's  "Carling  Ice"  have  ap- 
peared on  the  market.  There's  nothing 
special  about  these  ice  beers,  except  they 
have  .a  little  more  alcohol  than  their 
non-ice  counterparts.   


Recently  there  is  a  new  Labatt  "Maxi- 
mum Ice"  at  7.1  per  cent.  I  suppose  if 
you're  just  out  to  get  drunk  fast  this  will 
do  you  good,  but  other  than  that  it's  not 
a  big  deal.  The  taste  is  pretty  much  the 
same. 

Give  the  otherbreweries  a  month  and 
they'll  come  out  with  their  own  strong 
ice  beer,  with  .1  per  cent  more  alcohol 
just  so  they  can  own  the  bragging  rights 
to  the  strongest  ice  beer. 

I  give  the  whole  thing  about  three  or 
fouryears  before  it  fizzles  out  the  way  dry 
beers  did,  and  they  find  something  new 
to  go  on  about. 

Until  then,  welcome  to  the  ice  age,  for 
whatever  that's  worth.  □ 


Remembering  River 


by  Susie  Haley 

Charlatan  Staff 

On  Oct.  31,  at  1:51  a.m.,  the  world  lost 
a  great  actor  and  one  hot  babe. 

River  Phoenix,  23,  collapsed  outside 
johnny  Depp's  trendy  L.A.  club,  the  Vi- 
per Room.  An  hour  later,  he  was  pro- 
nounced dead  at  Cedar-Sinai  Hospital. 
The  cause  of  his  death  is  still  under 
investigation. 

He  was  one  of  the  few  young  stars 
thought  to  have  staying  power  in  the 
movie  industry.  Most  recently,  he  starred 
in  Sneakers,  with  such  greats  as  Robert 
Redford  and  our  own  Dan  Aykroyd,  and 
My  Own  Private  Idaho,  for  which  he  re- 
ceived critical  acclaim. 

His  big  screen  career  began  in  1985, 
with  The  Explorers,  and  he  went  on  to  star 
in  Stand  By  Me,  Little  Nikita,  The  Mosquito 
Coast,  Indiana  fones  and  the  Last  Crusade, 
I  Love  You  To  Death  and  Running  on  Empty, 


for  which  he  was  nominated  for  an  Acad- 
emy Award. 

While  some  of  you  may  be  saying  "So 
what?!?",  it  is  for  his  contributions  to  our 
generation  that  River  deserves  to  be  re- 
membered. Unlike  James  Dean,  whose 
untimely  death  made  him  into  a  cult 
hero,  River  already  deserved  hero  status, 
as  he  stood  up  and  voiced  concerns  for 
animal  rights,  environmental  ism  and 
vegetarianism. 

How  he  died  is  not  as  important  as 
what  he  did  before  that  —  he  was  a  stellar 
actor  who  had  beliefs  that  transcended 
the  Hollywood  scene.  He  was  also  an 
incredible  babe  —  nice  to  look  at  for  two, 
three,  maybe  even  four  hours,  if  partak- 
ing in  a  River  movie  marathon. 

If  you  haven't  seen  any  of  the  afore- 
mentioned flicks,  do  yourself  a  favor  — 
check  them  out.  □ 


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24  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  November  11,  1993 


Kingston's  Inbreds  make  much  more  with  less 


by  Sean  Silcoff 

Charlatan  Statt 


The  Inbreds  —  opening  for  the 
Rheostatics 

The  Nox,  University  of  Ottawa 
^Friday,  Nov.  12 

With  the  Inbreds,  what  you  see  is  a  lot 
less  than  what  you  get 

That's  because  the  duo  of  Queen's 
University  students  Mike  O'Neill  and 
Dave  Ullrich,  who  advertise  themselves 
as  "Kingston's  smallest  band,"  create  the 
illusion  of  sounding  like  a  rock  and  roll 
band  while  using  only  two  instruments  - 
-  a  bass  and  drums. 

But  what  the  band  lacks  in  manpower 
and  resources,  it  makes  up  for  in  creativ- 
ity. O'Neill  plays  his  bass  like  a  guitar, 
feeding  chords  through  a  distortion 
pedal.  The  result  is  what  sounds  like  a 
phantom  guitarist. 


What  was  to  become  the  Inbreds' 
sound  developed  almost  accidentally 
during  a  jam  session  one  night  when  the 
two  were  in  their  third  year  at  -Queen's. 

"We  were  just  screwing  around  with 
the  bass  and  drums  and  it  just  came 
together,"  says  O'Neill. 

The  revamped  sound  of  the  distorted 
bass-chord  experience  probably  has  to 
be  seen  and  heard  to  be  believed.  Even 
during  a  performance,  it's  easy  to  forget 
there  are  only  two  people  on  stage. 

In  fact,  the  Inbreds  come  close  to 
capturing  the  sound  of  two  slightly  more 
famous  four-man  bands.  In  terms  of 
structure  and  style,  O'Neill's  hook-laden 
songs  owe  a  debt  to  the  work  of  the 
Beatles  and  R.E.M. 

Other  influences  include  Fugazi,  Neil 
Young  and  the  Breeders.  The  result  is  a 
collection  oftightly  written,  rough-edged 
pop  songs  with  a  certain  timelessness 
ingrained  in  them. 


The  Inbreds  play  with  a  camera. 


The  band  shows  impressive  diversity 
throughout  its  21-song  repertoire.  "T.S. 
Eliot"  combines  a  harsh,  an  thematic  dis- 
tortion riff  with  a  sweet,  harmonic  vocal 
line,  while  the  gurgling,  driving  bass 
sound  of  "Landlord"  brings  to  mind  Re- 
volver-era Beatles.  "Bub,"  meanwhile,  is 
a  sad,  beautiful  ballad  that  shows  how 
appropriate  the  bass  sound  can  be. 

The  Inbreds  are  aboutto  release  1,000 
copies  of  their  first  compact  disc,  Hihrio, 
which  will  be  distributed  throughout 
Canada  by  Cargo  Records.  This  follows 
four  previous  independent  releases:  two 
cassettes  titled  Dam  Foul  Dog  and  Egrog, 
an  EP  (Let's  Get  Together)  and  the  single 
"Tell  the  Truth,"  which  was  printed  on 
clear  green  vinyl. 

Their  first  four  efforts  were  released 
through  Proboscis  Funkstone,  a  label 
that  Ullrich  runs  out  of  his  apartment  in 
Kingston.  The  label  features  such  acts  as 
the  Stonecutters,  the  Shermans  and  Los 
Seamonsters,  local  acts  that  regularly 
pack  the  clubs  in  Kingston. 

Dam  Foul  Dog,  the  band's  first  cassette, 
has  sold  500  copies  since  it  was  released 
in  early  1992.  "Prince,"  the  album's  lead 
track,  attracted  attention  among  college 
radio  stations  as  much  for  the  music  as 
for  the  song's  odd  tale. 

It  tells  the  story  of  Prince,  a  "toy  dog 
on  wheels,"  and  is  loosely  based  on  one 
of  those  real-life-is-stranger-than-fiction 
incidents  from  O'Neill's  childhood. 

When  O'Neill  was  six,  his  grandfa- 
ther made  a  plywood  dog  mounted  on 
wheels  attached  to  a  string,  which  he 
gave  to  O'Neill's  brother.  Later,  his  grand- 
parents bought  a  real  dog  and  named  it 
Prince  after  the  toy  dog. 


One  day  while  hunting  groundhogs, 
O'Neill's  brother  took  a  bad  shot  that 
went  straight  up  the  dog's  rectum,  dam- 
aging Prince's  spine.  The  vet  told  them 
the  only  way  to  compensate  for  the  in- 
jury would  be  to  put  support  wheels  on 
the  dog's  waist  and  back  legs. 

O'Neill  told  the  Kingston  Whig-Stand- 
ard last  year  the  family  decided  to  put 
Prince  to  sleep  "because  we  thought  it 
would  be  a  miserable  life  for  a  dog." 

"Prince"  made  an  impressive  mark 
for  a  debut  by  an  independent,  appear- 
ing on  Top  20  lists  at  college  radio  sta- 
tions in  Kingston,  Toronto  and  Mon- 
treal, and  reaching  number  two  on  the 
alternative  chart  at  CFRC,  Queen's  com- 
munity radio  station.  A  video  for  the 
song  appeared  on  Much  Music. 

The  single  "Tell  the  Truth"  has  been 
their  most  popular  release  yet,  hitting 
number  one  on  CFRC's  alternative  chart 
last  summer  and  staying  in  the  Top  10 
for  more  than  two  months. 

With  Hilario,  the  band  hopes  to  get 
their  name  out  across  the  country  so  they 
can  start  touring.  They're  now  perform- 
ing about  once  a  week  in  Kingston  and 
Toronto,  with  occasional  shows  in  Ot- 
tawa. They  hope  to  make  it  as  far  as 
Vancouver,  where  a  network  of  friends 
can  help  get  the  word  out. 

So  far  the  band  has  received  a  lot  of 
support  from  friends  and  fans  in  King- 
ston, something  which  O'Neill  says  keeps 
the  band  going. 

"If  we  weren't  encouraged  by  (friends 
and  fans),  I  probably  wouldn't  be  hang- 
ing around  doing  this  .  .  .  (but)  we're 
doing  our  own  thing  and  people  seem  to 
like  it."  □ 


Jashion:  more  compCex  than  you  ever  feared 


by  Stephanie  Garrison 

Charlatan  Staff 

Fashion,  as  a  philosophy,  is  slightly 
more  complex  than  magazine  photos  of 
stick  figures  schlepping  around  in  tacky 
clothing. 

On  Nov.  3,  a  discussion  hosted  by  the 
Carleton  Research  Centre  for  Cultural 
Studies  gave  some  credibility  to  the  con- 
cept by  holding  a  talk  on  fashion  and  its 
relation  to  exotica. 

Speaker  Jennifer  Craik,  associate  di- 
rector at  the  Institute  for  Cultural  Policy 
Studies  at  Griffiths  University  in  Aus- 
tralia, gave  a  highly  intelligent  talk  on 
the  similarities  of  fashion  and  costume 
and  the  politics  of  style  between  cultures. 

Craik  discussed  the  distinction  be- 
tween what  is  considered  fashion  and 
what  is  not.  She  described  fashion  as  an 
ideal  of  modem  Western  cultures,  ironi- 
cally referring  to  them  as  "modem  wis- 
dom cultures." 

Costume,  conversely,  is  regarded  by 
these  "wisdom  cultures"  as  past  forms  of 
dress,  or  clothing  worn  in  other  Third 
World  cultures. 

Fashion,  according  to  Craik,  is  viewed 
by  many  Westerners  as  a  commodity 
with  a  largely  decorative  function,  while 
costume  is  a  phenomenon  of  foreign 
countries  that  holds  deeper,  non-com- 
mercial meaning. 

Much  of  Western  fashion  appropri- 


ates exotic  elements  from  other  cultures 
and  uses  them  as  a  kind  of  style  tech- 
nique, devoid  of  that  deeper  meaning. 

Craik,  in  her  impressive  and,  at  times, 
difficult  to  understand  lingo,  character- 
ized fashion  and  costume  as  "variations 
of  codes  of  body  systems"  or  body  tech- 
niques. 

This  means  both  clothes  and  accesso- 
ries have  specific  uses,  primarily  that  of 
a  visible  barometer  relating  to  people's 
environment  and  purpose.  Body  tech- 
niques are  a  process  of  self-articulation, 
varying  at  individual  and  cultural  levels 
and  reflecting  such  things  as  status  or 
gender. 

Craik  suggested  that  foreign  dress  has 
been  imbued  by  the  West  with  a  mystical 
depth  that  western  culture  is  missing.  In 
the  West,  therefore,  other  cultures'  fash- 
ions are  viewed  as  exotic  and  different. 
The  style  of  Western  dress  is  established 
in  contrast  to  these  exotic  costumes,  keep- 
ing foreign  dress  in  its  inferior  place. 

In  most  Western  dress  systems  "exoti- 
cism" is  present,  and  Craik  characterized 
this  as  meaning  one  of  three  things.  First, 
that  a  "fetishized"  quality  is  attached  to 
an  object  (clothes,  for  example);  second, 
that  foreign  or  rare  motifs  will  decorate 
these  objects;  third,  that  these  motifs 
establish  differences  of  exoticness  from 
standard  Western  fashion. 

According  to  Craik,  tattooing  is  a 


good  example  of  the  exotic  now  en- 
trenched in  Western  culture.  In  earlier 
Japanese  tradition,  tattoos  were  seen  as 
erotic  and  prohibited  by  missionaries. 
This  merely  forced  the  practice  under-' 
ground,  thereby  fetishizing  tattooing  and 
making  it  exotic.  Now,  in  part  because  of 
this  fetishizing,  much  of  Western  culture 
has  embraced  it,  regarding  it  as  a  "sub- 
versive" form  of  adornment. 

But  as  Western  fashion  appropriates 
exotic  dress,  Craik  notes  that  the  Western 
influence  seeps  into  other  cultures.  Cos- 
tumes in  these  cultures  are  now  worn  in 
different  ways,  at  different  times,  by  dif- 
ferent people,  with  changes  overtime.  In 
this  way  costumes  take  on  the  character- 
istics of  Western  fashion,  such  as  change 
in  styles  and  competition  between  which 
is  the  most  aesthetically  attractive. 

It's  debatable  how  voluntary  the  adop- 
tion of  Western  dress  was  in  other  cul- 


tures.  One  viewpoint  is  that  Western  dress 
techniques  were  taken  on  in  other  cul- 
tures largely  due  to  the  West's  increased 
presence  and  power  in  other  countries. 

Craik  concluded  by  stating  that  the 
breaking  down  and  redrawing  of  fash- 
ion is  a  convergence  of  style  systems  of 
many  cultures.  Exoticism  is  a  constantly 
evolving,  intrinsic  part  of  fashion.  How- 
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all importance  of  fashion  is  open  to 
debate.  □ 


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Wrong  for  Each  Other  an  enjoyable  production 


by  Nei!  Herland 

Charlatan  Sialt 


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Wrong  For  Each  Other 

National  Arts  Centre  Theatre 
English  Theatre  Spotlight  Series 
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and  tried  to  have  a  conversation? 

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Other  begins  with  such  a  conversation. 

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ship between  Rudy  (played  by  Robert 
Bockstael)  and  Norah  (Diana  Fajrajsl). 
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chance  encounter  between  Rudy  and 
Norah  takes  place  several  years  after 
their  break-up. 

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transforms  into  a  series  of  flashbacks 
which  chronicle  the  landmarks  of  their 
past  love  and  marriage. 

Reflective  piano  music  (composed  by 
Marc  Desormeaux)  fills  thetheatre,  bridg- 
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the  vignettes  progress,  we  begin  to  real- 
ize that  the  pair  are  complete  opposites. 
Rudy  is  daring.  Norah  is  cautious.  Norah 
is  a  professional  and  Rudy  is  a  manual 
labourer. 


Their 
love  is  like 
something 
out  of  a  bad 
Paula 
Abdul  song, 
but  eventu- 
ally the  at- 
tracti  o  n 
ends.  Be- 
tween the 
flashbacks, 
we  see  an 
attempt  to 
reconcile 
past  mis- 
takes, as 
the  couple 
tries  to  re- 
kindle a  My  pillow!  My  pillow! 
love  that  has  long  burnt  out. 

Director  Gil  Osborne  has  created  an 
enjoyable  production  that  will  leave 
many  audience  members  with  thoughts 
of  past  loves.  The  script  contains  a  fair 
amount  of  humor,  at  the  same  time 
upholding  a  maturity  that  permits  a  se- 
rious love  story.  The  humor  is  often  ob- 
servational, perhaps  even  Seinfeld-esque 
at  times. 

One  of  the  greatest  challenges  that  an 


PAD  I  N  0 


OPENS  FRIDAY  NOVEMBER  12 
AT  A  THEATRE  NEAR  YOU 


actor  faces  in  a  two-person  play  is  main- 
taining a  constant  rhythm  with  the  other 
player.  In  a  play  with  more  than  two 
actors,  the  "heat"  of  the  performance  is 
frequently  taken  off  one  of  the  players. 
Fajrajsl  andBockstael  both  deliversolid 


performances,  creating  a  living  relation- 
ship that  manages  to  include  all  the 
subtle  body  language  that  true  lovers 
can't  manage  to  hide. 

The  set,  designed  by  Karin  Jones,  con- 
sists of  several  performance  areas  that 
take  on  the  numerous  locations  of  the 
story.  A  series  of  richly  finished  wood 
steps  rest  in  the  centre  of  the  stage  and 
are  used  to  create  a  number  of  the  loca- 
tions. Enveloping  the  set  from  behind  is  a 
wood  cut-out  that  looks  like  Ottawa's 
skyline. 

While  the  performance  is  enjoyable, 
it  is  aimed  at  an  adult  audience.  The  idea 
of  rekindling  an  old  marriage  isn't  an 
experience  that  most  of  us  can  relate  to. 
Young  people  might  have  difficulty  in 
relating  to  the  experience  of  a  divorced 
couple  in  their  late-thirties. 

While  the  mature  story  certainly  isn't 
enough  of  a  deterrent  to  suggest  that 
young  people  should  not  attend,  with  a 
price  tag  of  $23.54  a  seat,  Wrong  For  Each 
Other  might  not  be  right  for  your  pocket- 
book.  □ 


Hey  Kids!  It's  The  Charlatan's  first  ever 
entertainment  poll. 

If  s  simple  and  fun  to  do.  Just  fill  out  the  survey,  along  with  your  name  and  phone 
number  and  drop  it  off  in  the  special  polling  box  at  The  Charlatan,  Room  531 
Unicentre.  The  final  deadline  is  3  p.m.  Friday,  Nov.  26. 

The  Charlatan  will  publish  the  results  in  our  last  issue  of  the  term  on  Dec.  2. 

Plus,  as  an  added  incentive  to  enter,  each  week  we'll  be  having  a  random  draw 
for  neat  stuff.  This  week's  prize  is  a  double  pass  to  any  movie  at  the  Mayfair 
before  December  11!  So  have  some  fun  and  get  your  entry  up  to  our  office  as  soon 
as  possible.  The  deadline  for  this  first  fine  giveaway  is  3:30  p.m.  on  Tuesday,  Nov. 
16. Charlatan  staff  are  eligible  for  the  poll  but  not  the  contest. 

Good  luck! 

1.  Favorite  music  group  10.  Most  notorious  meat  market 

2.  Best  local  band  11.  Favorite  campus  hangout 

3.  Dumbest  band  name  12.  Favorite  alcoholic  beverage 

4.  The  best  concert  of  the  year  13.  Body  part  that  looks  best  pierced 

5.  The  worst  concert  of  the  year        14.  Cheeziest  pick-up  line 

6.  Best  album  of  the  year 

7.  Worst  album  of  the  year 

8.  Best  live  Ottawa  club  15.  Favorite  place  you've  had  sex 

on  campus  (left  over  from  last 
 year's  sex  supplement) 

9.  Best  bar  in  town 

NAME:  

PHONE:  

Congratulations  to  Jack  Armatys  who  wins  the  Corky  and  the 
Juice  Pigs  CD!  Come  on  up  to  The  Charlatan  and  pick  up  your  prize! 


26  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  11,  1993 


with  special  guest  jann  arden 

Sunday  nov  28  •  congress  centre 


Reserved  seat  lickels  available  al  TicketMaster  outlets  or  call  755-11-11  to  charge 


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Thursday,  November  1 1 


It's  a  timely  cinefest  at  the  Museum 
of  Civilzation  Theatre.  Stanley 
Kubrick's  Paths  of  Glory,  starring  Kirk 
Douglas,  is  a  1957  film  that  attacks  the 
military  mentality  circa  World  War  I. 
Also  playing  just  before  Paths  of  Glory  is 
Norman  MacLaren's  anti-war  film 
Neighbours.  The  fun  starts  at  7  p.m. 
tonight,  courtesy  of  the  Canadian  Film 
Institute. 

Spirit  of  the  West  with  Andrew 
Cash  and  the  little  ones  play  the 
Congress  Centre  tonight.  Tickets  are 
$21  through  Ticketmaster. 

Lotta  local  music  at  Porter  Hall 
tonight:  Ewen  Todd's  Ratboy, 
Skatterbrains,  Black  Triangle,  Mys- 
tic Zealots,  State  of  Emergency  and 
Seventh  FireplayaCKCUbenefitcalled 
Rock  Against  War  and  Injustice.  Cover  is 
$5. 

Friday,  November  12 

Atnoon  in  Cdrleton'sAlumni  Thea- 
tre, the  Bel  Canto  Wind  Quintet  play 
as  part  of  the  Friday  (that's  today)  lunch- 
time  concert. 

How  Will  I  Know  I'm  Here?  is  not 
onlya  pseudo-philosophical  musing,  it's 
also  a  multi-media  exhibit  by  Toby 
MacLennan.lt  combines  film  with  "vari- 
ous sculptural  elements"  (huh?  -ed.).  It's 
showing  at  the  Ottawa  Art  Gallery 
until  Dec.  1. 

Jivewires,  Ed  the  Lounge  Lizard 
Fuller  and  the  Dancing  Wu  Li  Mas- 
ters play  a  CKCU  benefit  at  the  SAW 
Gallery  at  8  p.m.  tonight.  Cover  is  $5. 

Saturday,  November  1 3 

You  saw  them  during  frosh  week,  now 
relive  the  drunken  adventure.  The  Head- 
stones play  Oliver's  tonight. 

Or  go  see  the  Waltons  with  Mon- 
treal's Fall  Down  Go  Boom  at 

Zaphod's.  You  have  two  chances  to  see 
them:  at  4  p.m.  they're  playing  an  all- 
ages  show  for  CKCU's  funding  drive  and 
a  scant  four  hours  later,  they're  playing 
another  set.  Tickets  are  $8  for  each  show 
in  advance. 

In  support  of  the  rehabilitation  of  the 
Arua  Public  Libraryin  WestNile,  Uganda, 
East  Africa,  the  West  Nile  and  Madi 
Canadian  Association  is  holding  a  din- 
ner and  dance  at  the  Sandy  Hill 
Community  Centre  at  7:30  p.m.  to- 
night. Tickets  are  $10  per  person. 

Gordon  Lightfoot,  the  epitome  of 
Canadian  singers,  plays  the  NAC  Op- 
era tonight.  Go  experience  a  bit  of  Cana- 
da's musical  tradition  for  the  low  prices 
of  $22.50,  $26.50  and  $28.50. 

For  Canadian  music  of  another  sort, 
9o  to  the  Pitat  2  p.m.  Upon  arriving,  pay 
$5,  place  earplugs  in  ears  and  enjoy  the 
soothing  sounds  of  Generic  and  Black 
Triangle. 

If  your  ears  are  still  intact,  head  on 
down  to  the  SAW  Gallery  in  the  evening 


for  an  ear-bruising  musicfest  courtesy  of 
Problem  Children,  Electric  Embryo, 
n«°Jf  °.  V  Td  Nev«9"*n.  Tickets 
r  ,,  6  door  or  Qt  Snake  ^cords 

Call  234-PUNX  for  more  info. 

Sunday,  November  14 

Helen  Mack,  a  Guatemalan  human 
nghts  leader,  gives  a  talkat  1  p.m  in  the 
amphitheatre  of  Saint  Paul  Univer- 
sity, 22  Main  St. 

In  the  theatre  of  the  Museum  of 
Civilization.  Indian  dance  group  the 
Dhananjayans  and  Bharata 
Kalanjali  perform  Sita  Rama  Hatha 

at  8  p.m.  Tickets  are  $12  for  adults  and 
$8  foryouths  (16-21  years).  You  can  pick 
them  up  through  Ticketmaster  or  at  the 
Museum. 

Monday,  November  15 

Cult  movie  Mondays  continue  at  the 
Mayfalr.  Starting  at  7  p.m.  tonight  it's 
Heathers,  quite  possibly  the  best  movie 
about  teens  rising  up  and  killing  the 
popular  kids  in  high  school  ever.  This  is 
followed  by  Sandra  Bemhard  (who  can 
be  seen  in  Cracker's  "Low"  video,  beat- 
ing the  puddin'  out  of  David  Lowery) 
and  her  one-woman  show  Without  You 
I'm  Nothing. 

Tuesday,  November  16 

This  week's  book  tip,  courtesy  of  Char- 
latan production  manager  Kevin  McKay 
is  Walter  Mosley's  White  Butterfly. 

Raves  McKay,  "We  are  taken  through 
the  mean  streets  of  black  Los  Angeles  in 
the  1950s  that  Chandler  never  let  us  see. 
Worthwhile  and  fun!" 

It's  a  reggae  double  bill  at  the 
Bytowne  tonight,  starting  at  7  p.m. 
Catch  Peter  Tosh;  Stepping  Razor  — 
RedXand  Bob  Marley's  Time  Will  Tell. 

To  commemorate  its  summer  and 
autumn  1993  issues,  Hostbox  maga- 
zine is  holding  a  reading  at  the  Stone 
Angel  Institute  tonight  at  8  p.m. 

Wednesday,  November 
17 

Opening  tonight  and  running  until 
Dec.  4  at  8  p.m.  at  the  Great  Canadian 
Theatre  Company  is  The  Hope  Slide. 

It'saboutawomanwho  discovers  hersel  f 
while  performing  a  one-woman  show 
about  the  Doukhobors.  Or  something 
like  that.  Tickets  are  $10  for  students. 
Sunday  matinees  at  2  p.m.  are  pay- 
what-you-can. 

Free  show!  Ireland's  Fat  Lady  Sings 
plays  pretty  neat  Irish-sounding  pop  at 
Zaphod's  tonight!  No  cover! 

At  the  Mayfair  it's  a  showing  on 
Manufacturing  Consent:  Noam 
Chomsky  and  the  Media.  Itstartsat  7:15 
p.m.  Hopefully,  this  time  the  sound  will 
match  the  film. 

On  In  A  Mellow  Tone  (CKCU  93. 1  FM, 
9  p.m.),  Bill  Hartnett  profiles  a  wide 
range  of  Canadian  jazz  tenors. 


Cracker  bassist  Bruce  Huges,  ex  ofPoi  Dog  Pondering,  may  not  wear  a  dress  but 
he  sure  knows  how  to  bellow. 


Thursday,  November  18 

The  Breeders  and  Luscious 
.  f  ackson  roll  into  the  Penguin  tonight. 
Tickets  are  $  15.50  for  this  licensed  event 
and  you  can  get  them  at  all  the  usual 
outlets. 

At  Zaphod's  tonight,  it's  some  fine 
Toronto  music  courtesy  of  Dinner  is 
Ruined  and  the  Morganfields. 

It's  the  opening  of  the  Ottawa  Ballet's 
home  season  tonight  and  tomorrow  at 
the  National  Arts  Centre  Theatre. 
Tonight's  ballet  is  The  Moor's  Pavane 
and  features  Karin  Kain.  Tickets  are  $22 
and$29.50andareavailableatthe  NAC 
Box  Office. 

Special  note:  Oliver  Marsh  has  left  the 
ranks  of  Ottawa  kid  rockers  Heaven 
Dog  to  pursue  other  musical  interests. 
He  will  be  replaced  by  Lemon  Weap- 
ons guitarist  Mike  Ackison.  No  need  to 


worry  about  possible  abusive  biographies 
20  years  from  now,  though.  According  to 
Heaven  Dog  drummer  Ted  Wilson,  the 
split  was  an  amicable  one.  Also,  says 
Wilson,  the  band's  sound  will  now  be 
noticeably  "more  emo."  Look  for  the 
new  Heaven  Dog  lineup  at  a  gig  some- 
time in  December. 

Rocky  Horror  Picture  Show.  Pink 
Floyd:  The  Wall.  The  Mayfair.  It  all 
starts  at  7  p.m.  That  will  be  all. 


If  you've  got  a  listing  you 
want  to  appear  in  this 
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Unicentre  during  regular 
office  hours  or  fax  us  at 
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Zoning  may  affect  campus 

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by  Caron  Watt 

Charlatan  Staff 

Zoning  changes  proposed  by  the  City 
of  Ottawa  could  increase  campus  traffic 
and  create  a  housing  shortage  in  Ottawa 
South,  says  the  vice-president  external  of 
the  Carleton  University  Students'  Asso- 
ciation. 

Kristine  Haselsteiner  attended  a  meet- 
ing conducted  by  the  City  of  Ottawa  on 
Nov.  9,  to  find  out  about  the  possible 
effects  of  a  planning  initiative  put  forth 
by  the  city. 

The  city  is  proposing  changes  in  zon- 
ing that  would  allow  more  office  build- 
ings and  more  densely  populated  resi- 
dential and  business  areas  around  the 
Canada  Post  headquarters  on  Riverside 
Drive.  The  area  is  called  Confederation 
Heights,  which  is  bordered  by  Brookfield 
and  Heron  roads,  Riverside  Drive  and  the 
Rideau  River. 

Haselsteiner  says  the  initiative  could 
increase  the  flow  of  traffic  to  Ottawa 
South  and  the  Carleton  campus. 

The  meeting  allowed  community 
groups  to  discuss  a  proposal  that  would 
alter  the  city's  and  the  Regional  Munici- 
pality of  Ottawa-Carleton's  plans  forthe 
area,  says  John  Smith,  a  planner  with  the 
city's  department  of  planning  and  devel- 
opment. 

Haselsteiner  says  studies  on  the  area 
show  Ottawa  South  cannot  handle  more 
traffic.  Any  increase  in  traffic  caused  by 
the  zoning  change  would  make  it  more 
difficult  for  students  to  get  to  campus  via 
OC  Transpo  or  along  routes  such  as 
Bronson  Avenue  and  the  Queensway, 
she  says. 

The  proposal  could  also  increase  de- 


mand for  parking  in  Ottawa  South  and 
the  number  of  people  moving  into  the 
area,  says  Haselsteiner,  which  would  de- 
plete the  availability  of  housing  and  park- 
ing forCarleton  students  in  OttawaSouth. 

But  Smith  says  the  zoning  changes 
won't  have  any  impact  on  the  university 
community. 

"I  don't  see  that  it  (the  plan)  should 
affect  Carleton",  he  says. 

Councillor  George  Brown  (Riverside 
Ward)  says  there  will  be  minimal,  if  any, 
impact  on  Carleton.  He  says  he  thinks 
the  proposal  may  benefit  Carleton. 

If  the  proposal  goes  through,  a  com- 
muterrail  through  Confederation  Heights 
will  probably  be  built,  passing  through 
Carleton's  campus,  says  Brown.  He  says 
this  will  benefitthe  school  by  making  the 
campus  more  accessible  to  students. 

Other  community  groups  also  have 
concerns  with  the  proposal.  The  presi- 
dent of  the  Ottawa  South  Community 
Association  says  he's  worried  about  the 
effect  of  the  zoning  changes  on  the  envi- 
ronment and  housing  in  Ottawa  South. 

Michael  Lynch  says  the  proposed 
changes  in  zoning  would  allow  for  an 
increase  in  traffic,  more  retail  space  and 
an  increase  of  people  living  in  the  speci- 
fied area. 

Some  residents  say  they  fear  the  envi- 
ronmental impacts  on  Vincent  Massey 
Park,  which  is  across  from  the  Canada 
Post  headquarters. 

"If  students  like  the  trees  in  the  park, 
now  is  the  time  to  say  'Don't  touch  them, "' 
says  Karen  Howard,  director  of  the  River- 
side Park  Community  and  Recreation 
Association. 

Students  could  have  a  say  in  the  situ- 


The  shaded  region  is 
Confederation  Heights. 


ation  by  giving  Haselsteiner  support  and 
feedback,  she  says. 

The  possibility  of  further  contamina- 
tion of  the  Rideau  River  is  another  con- 
cern, says  Haselsteiner.  The  river  runs 
along  the  south  side  of  Carleton's  cam- 
pus. 

"Storm  water  drainage  is  going  into 
the  Rideau  River  with  various  levels  of 
contamination ....  It's  a  problem  for  the 
Rideau  River  and  Mooney's  Bay,"  says 
Smith. 

Anne  Coffey,  a  member  of  the  city's 
environmental  advisory  committee,  says 
she  is  worried  because  the  city's  proposal 
includes  plans  for  up  to  80  buildings  in 
the  proposed  area. 

Coffey  says  paving  and  buildings  cause 
water  to  run  off  into  the  rivers.  This  water 
includes  such  contaminants  as  oil  and 


N—  > 


anti-freeze  from  cars,  says  Coffey. 

Philip  Gore,  assistant  director  of  ad- 
ministrative services  at  Carleton,  says  he 
cannot  see  any  "short-range  effects  on 
Carleton,  except  maybe  that  students 
will  see  a  different  skyline  when  they  look 
across  the  Rideau  River."  Gore  says  the 
zoning  change  may  contribute  to  ashort- 
age  of  parking  on  campus,  but  he  says 
Carleton  is  facing  that  problem  anyway. 

Gore  says  he  doesn't  know  about  the 
possible  environmental  impacts  of  the 
proposal  and  has  forwarded  a  report  to 
Carleton 'senvironmental  commissioner. 

Community  and  city  representatives 
at  the  meeting  agreed  to  set  up  an  advi- 
sory committee.  Haselsteiner  says  it  will 
"function  with  developers  to  evaluate 
concerns  of  communities  and  to  find 
solutions."  □ 


Campus  station  tallies  funding  drive  results 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Charlatan  Staff 

CKCU,  Carleton's  community  radio 
station,  received  pledges  of  more  than 
$105,000  from  more  than  2,000  donors 
in  its  16th  annual  funding  drive,  says 
station  manager  Max  Wallace.  The 
amount  surpassed  the  station's  goal  of 
$100,000. 

Kevin  Gibbs,  CKCU's  funding  drive  co- 
ordinator, says  the  money  will  cover  a 
third  of  the  station's  annual  $300,000 
budget.  The  drive  started  Oct.  26  and 
ended  Nov.  16. 

The  station's  budget  covers  staffing 
and  production  costs,  broadcast  tower 
rental  and  supplies. 

The  station  spent  about  $160,000  in 


salaries  last  year  and  $56,000  in  rent  for 
office  and  studio  space. 

CKCU  gets  a  grant  of  about  $  1 00, 000 
from  the  Carleton  University  Students' 
Association  and  makes  about  another 
$  1 40,000 through  advertising,  bingos  and 
lottery  ticket  sales. 

Gibbs  says  the  station  uses  alternative 
ways  of  raising  money,  such  as  holding 
benefits  and  concerts,  he  says. 

The  station  currently  owes  the  Carle- 
ton University  Students'  Association 
$188,000  for  covering  some  costs  and 
financial  losses  in  previous  years,  says 
Rene  Faucher,  CUSA's  finance  commis- 
sioner. 

Faucher  says  CUS  A  has  agreed  to  write 
off  $1  of  CKCU's  debt  for  every  $1  they 


pay  off  this  year.  "This  gives  them  an 
incentive  to  make  money,"  he  says. 

Faucher  says  CKCU  made  a  profit  of 
$4,400  last  year,  a  turnaround  from  a 
loss  of  $48,000  the  year  before. 

Gibbs  says  he  is  pleased  with  the 
amount  raised. 

"I  think  we  are  in  a  time  when  the 
economy  is  bad,"  he  says.  "It's  encourag- 
ing to  see  the  kind  of  response  we  had 
and  the  kind  of  feedback  we  got  from 
people." 

Wallace  says  the  station  expects  to 
collect  70  per  cent  of  the  pledges  this 
year. 

Last  year,  the  station  had  $  1 00,299  in 
pledges  and  collected  about  $70,000. 

CKCU's  highest  pledge  this  year  was 
$5,000  from  an  anonymous  caller,  says 
Wallace. 

Gibbs  says  the  lowest  pledge  was  $2. 


'Two  bucks  is  great, "  he  says. "  If  that's 
what  they  want  to  give,  that's  great,  we 
appreciate  that." 

The  station  sent  letters  asking  for  do- 
nations to  all  faculty  and  staff  members 
at  Carleton,  says  Wallace,  and  received 
more  than  $4,500  in  pledges  from  faculty 
and  staff. 

To  encourage  pledges,  CKCU  gave 
away  T-shirts,  CDs,  records,  and  tapes, 
says  Gibbs. 

The  prizes  varied,  depending  on  the 
amount  of  money  pledged.  Gibbs  says 
the  products  were  donated  from  record 
companies  and  other  businesses  in  the 
community. 

Wallace  says  he  was  happy  with  the 
results. 

"I'm  glad  (the  funding  drive)  is  over, 
but  I'm  very  happy.  It's  a  record  by  far," 
he  says.  ,  □ 


John  Mann,  the 
front  man  for  Cana- 
da's coolest  band, 
Spirit  of  the  West. 


127  guitarists  jammed  at  CKCU  Nov.  5  to  promote  the  funding  drive 


arts 

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classifieds 

10 

features 

12 

national 

7 

news 

3 

opinion 

11 

sports 

15 

November  18,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  3 


Architecture  school  changing,  says  director 


by  Prema  Oza 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton's  school  of  architecture  is 
beginning  to  address  concerns  raised  in  a 
report  about  allegations  of  sexual  and 
racial  harassment  in  the  school,  says  the 
director. 

The  architecture  review  committee's 
reportwas  released  last  Decemberaspart 
of  an  investigation  into  allegations  made 
by  current  and  former  architecture  stu- 
dents in  the  summer  of  1992. 

The  committee  heard  complaints 
about  some  instructors  giving  out  incon- 
sistentgrades  and  discriminating  against 
students. 

The  report  made  30  recommendations 
including  the  development  of  a  more 
objective  grading  system,  workshops  on 
sexual  harassment  and  active  recruit- 
ment of  women  and  visible  minorities  as 
students  and  faculty. 

The  school  has  begun  a  series  of 
changes  since  the  allegations  first  sur- 
faced, says  Ben  Gianni,  the  school's  di- 
rector. 

"I'm  not  in  the  trenches  all  the  time 
and  I  don't  really  know  what's  going  on, 
but  my  sense  is  that  things  are  going 
well,"  he  says. 

In  an  effort  to  address  some  of  the 
problems,  the  school  has  created  a  hand- 
book for  first-year  students,  says  Gianni. 
The  book  deals  with  guidelines  surround- 
ing studio  course  outlines,  evaluation 
and  grading,  critiques  of  student  work 
and  grade  distribution. 

The  handbook  also  mentions  that  the 
school  is  working  on  a  preliminary  draft 
of  a  code  of  conduct  for  faculty,  which 
was  one  of  the  report's  recommenda- 
tions. The  code  defines  what  is  appropri- 
ate and  inappropriate  behavior  at  the 


architecture  student.  "The  handbook  is 
really  helpful.  Itexplains  everything  and 
that's  great  because  (first  year)  is  really 
tough.  There  are  a  lot  of  hours." 

Tim  Dallett,  a  third-year  architecture 
student  and  former  New  University  Gov- 
ernment representative,  was  chosen  by 
Gianni  to  write  the  handbook. 

"(Dallett)  had  an  interesting  perspec- 
tive because  he  was  a  student  and  had  a 
lot  of  time  on  his  hands  so  he  was  an 
ideal  person  to  take  this  project  up, "  says 
Gianni. 

"I  think  that  when  it  came  to  issues  of 
race  and  gender  he  went  to  the  individu- 
als on  campus  and  drew  direction  from 
them." 

Dallett  says  he  wants  to  make  sure  the 
handbook  addresses  questions  of  racism 
and  harassment,  now  and  in  the  future. 

"I  think  I  worked  hard  on  those  is- 
sues," says  Dallett. 


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including  other  voices.  If  anyone  wants 
to  put  things  in,  we're  willing  to  accom- 
modate them." 

Dallett  says  he  drew  upon  different 
resources  to  write  the  handbook,  such  as 
Carleton's  status  of  women  office,  the 
school's  director,  the  Ontario  Human 
Rights  Code  and  his  own  personal  expe- 
rience. 

The  school  is  also  trying  to  improve  its 
relationship  with  other  student  groups 
within  the  university,  says  Dave  Edgerton, 
president  of  the  School  of  Architecture 
Association  of  Students. 

There  are  four  student  groups  working 
with  the  school:  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association,  the  School  of  Ar- 
chitecture Association  of  Students,  the 


New  University  Government,  and  the 
Total  Equality  in  Architecture  Commit- 
tee. 

Sheldon  Baker,  a  CUSA  architecture 
representative,  organized  a  forum  for 
fi  rst-year  students  in  October.  He  says  its 
purpose  was  to  make  the  students  more 
aware  of  services  on  campus  so  they 
know  where  to  go  if  they  have  a  problem 
with  other  students  or  faculty. 

Speakers  at  the  forum  included  repre- 
sentatives from  the  Gay,  Lesbian  and 
Bisexual  Centre,  the  International  Stu- 
dents' Centre,  the  Peer  Counselling  Cen- 
tre and  various  CUSA  representatives. 

Turnout  for  the  forum  was  "fair"  de- 
spite the  fact  many  first-year  students 
had  assignments  due  that  afternoon  and 
,  were  unable  to  attend,  says  Baker. 
!  "We  all  had  assignments  due  that 
day, "  says  first-year  student  Dino  DiSano. 
"But  as  far  as  the  handbook  is  concerned 
it  achieved  its  goal  (in  informing  stu- 
dents).! figured  what  happened  last  year 
is  in  the  past.  Why  dredge  it  up?" 

Edgerton,  says  the  school  has  changed 
since  his  first  year.  "The  school  has  more 
enthusiasm  and  there  is  more  communi- 
cation between  (years),"  he  says. 

Malcolm  Wildeboer,  a  fourth-year  ar- 
chitecture student,  says  he  has  also  no- 
ticed a  change  in  the  school.  "There  is 
more  respect  for  students,"  says 
Wildeboer. 

A  school-wide  meeting  is  in  the  works 
for  all  students,  co-sponsored  by  all  of 
Carleton's  student  governments,  to  ad- 
dress the  further  recommendations  from 
the  committee  once  they  are  made  pub- 
lic, says  Gianni.  □ 


by  Jodi  Batori 

Charlatan  Slaff 

Why  don't  the  windows 
in  Glengarry  House  open? 

This  question  crossed  my 
mind  when  I  went  to  Glengarry 
to  visit  some  friends.  All  1  could 
do  was  laugh  at  the  fact  that 
these  windows  aren't  your  nor- 
mal idea  of  what  a  window  is 
supposed  to  be. 

I  found  my  friends  trapped 
like  jam,  sealed  into  an  air- 
tight room.  This  means  that  if 
one  person  gets  sick,  it's  very 
possible  the  whole  floor  will  get 
sick,  and  that's  why  Glengarry 
residents  are  commonly  known 
as  the  sickest  on  campus. 

So,  to  those  who  reside  in 
Glengarry,  I  recommend  that 
you  stock  up  on  your  Neo  Citron 
or  hope  that  you  have  an  awe- 
some immune  system.  Forthose 
of  you  with  allergies,  you  have 
another  thing  coming. 

In  past  years,  several  types  of  fungus 
have  been  found  in  the  carpet  and  an 
air  quality  test  done  in  1991  showed 
that  the  air  in  Glengarry  had  traces  of 
bacteria,  says  John  Woods,  president  of 
the  Rideau  River  Residence  Association. 

This  is  not  to  say  the  building's  air 
filtering  system  doesn't  work — because 
it  does.  But  most  growths  in  res  rooms 
have  a  lot  to  do  with  leftover  food  and 
empty  beer  bottles,  says  Woods. 

In  fact,  he  says  the  air  filtering  sys- 
tem in  Glengarry  is  so  exemplary  that 
Dunton  Tower  has  recently  had  a  simi- 
lar system  installed. 

But  enough  banter,  the  question  still 
remains,  "Why  don't  the  windows  in 
Glengarry  residence  open?" 


It's  not  because  Carleton  wants  to 
save  money  on  heating  costs. 

It's  not  to  give  the  doctors  up  at 
Health  Services  something  to  do. 

Sadly,  it  was  partly  done  to  stop 
students  from  jumping  out  the  window 
and  committing  suicide,  says  Beverley 
Cruikshank,  an  accommodations  of- 
ficer with  housing  and  food  services. 

She  also  says  all  the  buildings  con- 
structed between  1969  and  1970  were 
made  with  sealed  windows  because  peo- 
ple wanted  air  conditioning. 

So  they  air  condition  Glengarry,  situ- 
ated in  Ottawa,  where  it  is  hot  for  maybe 
a  couple  of  months  a  year.  In  the  sum- 
mer, Glengarry  is  rented  out  as  a  hotel 
and  it  can  get  quite  warm,  says 
Cruikshank.  Big  deal!  □ 


4  .  The  Charlatan  •  November  18,  1993 


Clowns,  censures  and  costumes 


COUNCIL 


by  Tanya  Workman 

Charlatan  Staff 

"Let's  get  with  it  people.  The  year  is 
almost  over." 

We  couldn't  have  said  it  better.  That 
plea  was  courtesy  of  arts  and  social  sci- 
ences representative  Rob  Bennett  at  a  Car- 
leton  University  Students'  Association 
council  meeting  on  Tuesday,  Nov.  16.  It 
was  a  circus. 

Right  off  the  bat,  Derek  Zeisman,  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Rideau  River  Resi- 
dence Association,  announced  he  will  put 
forward  a  motion  at  the  next  meeting  to 
get  council  to  censure  CUS  A  President  Lucy 
Watson,  which  means  he  wants  Watson  to 
be  given  a  reprimand. 

Council  would  not  allow  Zeisman  to 
elaborate  on  his  reasons  for  the  censure 
until  the  motion  is  brought  up. 

Afterthe  meeting,  CUS  A  vice-president 


internal  Rob  Jamieson  said  he  doesn't 
even  know  what  a  censure  involves, 
because  the  CUSA  constitution  has  no 
provisions  for  motions  of  censure. 

He  said  council  will  not  know  the 
implications  of  the  censure,  or  what 
steps  to  take  on  it,  until  Zeisman  has 
presented  his  motion. 

After  the  meeting,  Zeisman  said  a 
motion  of  censure  means  council  is  not 
happy  with  the  activities  of  the  presi- 
dent. 

According  to  Zeisman,  if  council  votes 
50  per  cent  plus  one  in  favor  of  the 
motion,  it  will  mean  council  wants 
Watson  to  reflect  on  her  behavior  as 
president  and  to  improve  it  in  the  fu- 
ture. 

Zeisman  said  he  doesn't  think 
Watson  has  been  doing  a  good  job. 

"We  have  a  president  here  who  has 
made  more  than  her  share  of  mistakes 
and  is,  in  many  cases,  not  willing  to 
recognize  that  these  are  mistakes." 

Zeisman  said  he  feels  Watson's  big- 
gest mistake  was  interfering  in  the  run- 
ning of  CUSA  services  during  the  sum- 
mer, but  he  refused  to  give  specific 
examples  of  interference. 

He  said  he  also  thinks  Watson  spends 
too  much  time  in  her  office  and  not 
enough  time  representing  students. 

Atthe  meeting,  some  didn't  appreci- 
ate Zeisman's  announcement. 

"This  is  bordering  on  personal  at- 
tack, "  Theresa  Cowan,  CUSA's  director 
of  services,  told  Zeisman. 


Bank  s  cheque  cashing 
policy  angers  some 


by  Clayton  Wood 

Charlatan  Staff 

Some  students  say  they  are  being  dis- 
criminated against  by  the  Carleton 
Scotiabank's  cheque-cashing  policy. 

While  most  people  with  full-time  jobs 
can  cash  cheques  promptly,  students  usu- 
ally have  to  wait  up  to  five  business  days 
for  a  cheque  to  clear,  says  Don  Bailey, 
manager  of  the  Scotiabank  branch  on 
campus. 

"  I  just  feel  thaf  s  discrimination  against 
a  whole  class  of  people,  namely  students, " 
says  Dean  Novak,  a  graduate  studentwho 
is  a  teaching  assistant. 

Bailey  denies  there  is  discrimination, 
but  admits  some  students  have  been  upset 
about  the  policy. 

Novak  says  he  agrees  the  bank  should 
protect  itself  from  bad  cheques,  but  adds, 
"I  have  enough  credit  rating  to  get  a 
Mastercard  and  VISA  and  I  find  it  person- 
ally insulting  that  when  I  cash  a  cheque 
for  $75,  they  place  a  five-day  hold  on  it." 

Bailey  says  in  some  cases,  the  branch 
will  make  exceptions  to  the  rule,  such  as 
during  the  beginning  of  the  school  year 
when  many  students  use  personal  cheques 
to  open  accounts. 

"During  the  registration  period,  we  got 
authorization  from  the  head  office,  telling 
us  to  use  common  sense.  We  stuck  our 
neck  out,  and  we  bit  the  bullet  in  some 
cases,"  says  Bailey. 

He  says  the  bank  may  have  lost  around 
$1,000  during  that  time. 

He  says  the  branch  might  process  any- 
where from  two  to  10  non-sufficient  funds 
cheques  a  day. 

Most  of  these  are  caught  before  money 
»s  handed  out  due  to  the  hold,  he  says.  In 
the  past,  the  bank  has  lost  money  when 
customers  cashed  cheques  on  the  spot  that 
eventually  bounced,  says  Bailey. 

Novak  says  the  bank  should  eliminate 
the  wait  for  teaching  assistants  and  stu- 
dents with  good  credit  ratings. 


Finance  Commissioner  Rene  Faucher 
was  quick  to  add  his  two  cents  worth  and 
told  Zeisman  if  he  was  going  to  censure 
anyone  it  should  be  the  entire  executive. 

"It's  not  just  Lucy  Watson  who  makes 
decisions,"  Faucher  told  Zeisman.  The 
executive  as  a  group  is  accountable  for 
any  decisionsCUSA  makes,  Faucher  said. 
But  Zeisman  persisted. 
"1  can  see  the  point  you're  trying  to 
make,  but  I  see  certain  problems  with  the 
president." 

Watson  addressed  Zeisman's  com- 
plaints in  her  report  to  council. 

"If  anybody  has  felt  that  they  can't 
approach  me  .  .  .  it's  more  than  likely 
that  I've  been  bogged  down  with  work,  I 
hope  you'd  persevere." 

Watson  also  said  she  respected 
Zeisman's  opinion.  After  her  report,  she 
appeared  upset  and  left  the  room. 

After  this  act  was  finished  in  the  ring, 
there  was  more  hoopla  about  a  recent 
Ontario  Labor  Relations  Board  ruling 
which  automatically  unionizes  340  CUSA 
employees. 

Arts  and  social  science  representative 
John  Edwards  tried  to  read  out  loud  all  28 
pages  of  the  Ontario  Labour  Relations 
Board  decision,  even  though  Watson  told 
Edwards  she  would  be  addressing  union 
issues  later  in  the  meeting. 

Councillors,  including  Watson  and 
Cowan,  left  the  room  in  protest.  Edwards 
continued  for  almost  15  minutes. 

With  only  a  scattering  of  councillors 
left  in  the  room,  journalism  councillor 
James  Heath  called  quorum. 

Faucher  asked  Edwards  if  it  was  neces- 
sary to  read  theentire  document.  Edwards 


continued  to  read.  The  circus  almost 
packed  up  its  tent  to  leave  at  this  point. 

The  councillors  eventually  came  back 
in  and  things  got  sorted  out. 

When  it  was  her  rum  to  speak,  Watson 
advised  councillors  to  address  their  un- 
ion concerns  to  the  CUSA  employees' 
union,  Canadian  Union  of  Public  Em- 
ployees Local  1281. 

Next  up  in  the  circus  ring  were  the 
guests. 

One  of  them  was  third-year  geogra- 
phy student  Brad  Ellis,  also  known  as 
"Stats,"  orbetteryet,  as  Rodney  the  Raven, 
Carleton  mascot.  Ellis  wants  a  new  cos- 
tume. 

He  says  his  Raven  costume,  which  was 
supposed  to  last  10  years,  hasn't.  He  says 
the  costume  is  now  a  health  hazard  be- 
cause it's  dirty  and  hard  to  move  around 
in. 

He  wants  $500  from  CUSA  to  help  pay 
for  a  new  costume,  which  would  cost 
between  $3,800  and  $5,000,  he  says. 

"I  want  to  leave  behind  something 
that  is  more  than  a  pile  of  rags,"  he  said. 

Council  agreed  to  give  Ellis  the  $500 
he  had  requested,  but  only  when  he  had 
a  firm  commitment  from  the  department 
of  athletics. 

After  Ellis  passed  around  pieces  of  his 
costume,  arts  and  social  sciences  repre- 
sentative Todd  McAllister  stepped  into 
the  ring  to  wear  the  Raven  mask  for 
about  half  an  hour.  "This  is  cool," 
McAllister  commented. 

Go  to  the  CUSA  circus  and  see  it  to 
believe  it.  It's  the  cheapest  form  of  enter- 
tainment in  town.  □ 


"It  would  be  difficult,"  says  Bailey. 
"We  don't  keep  track  of  who  is  still  a 
student  or  not." 

Rick  Do.Couto,  a  student  customer 
atthe  branch  for  four  years,  says  he  still 
has  problems  cashing  personal  cheques. 

"It's  the  only  bank  I've  been  to  where 
they've  placed  a  five-day  hold.  There  is 
one  lady  who  works  at  the  end  of  the 
counter  who  is  pretty  nice. 

"With  the  others,  I  have  to  haggle 
over  it." 

Another  student  customer,  Mike 
Lewis,  says  he  has  never  had  any  prob- 
lems cashing  cheques  at  a  different 
Scotiabank  branch  in  Ottawa,  where  he 
has  been  a  customer  since  1987. 

"They  place  too  much  of  an  empha- 
sis on  the  five-day  hold  here.  There 
should  be  more  co-ordination  between 
the  branch  managers,"  Lewis  says. 

Clients  who  don't  have  to  wait  the 
five  days  are  normally  those  who  have 
a  full-time  job,  a  satisfactory  credit  rat- 
ing and  a  good  income,  says  Bailey. 

There  is  no  set  criteria  on  who  quali- 
fies for  this  treatment. 

The  decision  to  cash  a  cheque  is  up  to 
the  branch  and  is  based  on  its  past 
relationship  with  the  customer,  says 
Bailey.  He  says  other  banks  have  simi- 
lar policies. 

The  Bank  of  Montreal  branch  in 
Centretown,  which  also  has  Carleton 
students  as  clients,  also  bases  its  cheque- 
cashing  policy  on  the  past  relationship 
with  the  customer,  says  manager  Art 
Soper. 

"Everything  is  placed  on  hold  for  the 
first  30  days  after  the  account  is  opened. 
After  that,  it's  subjective,"  says  Soper. 

He  says  factors  which  determine 
whetheror  not  a  client  can  cash  cheques 
immediatelyinclude  the  person's  length 
of  residency  and  if  there  have  been 
problems  with  the  account  in  the  past. 
He  says  students  are  not  treated  differ- 
ently from  other  customers.  □ 


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6  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  18,  1993 


NAHONAL  AFFAIRS 


UNB  students  angry  over  profs  article 

by  Sara-Lynne  Levine  rtni.*.,^,  ...  . 


by  Sara-Lynne  Levine 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  opinions  of  a  University  of  New 
Brunswick  professor  have  angered  the 
school's  students,  sparking  a  huge  con- 
troversy and  igniting  a  debate  about 
freedom  of  speech  and  the  issue  of  date 
rape. 

On  Nov.  5,  Matin  Yaqzan,  an  assist- 
ant professor  of  mathematics  and  statis- 
tics at  UNB,  wrote  an  opinion  piece  enti- 
tled "'Rape'  past  and  present"  in  The 
Brunswickan,  the  university's  student 
newspaper. 

In  the  article,  Yaqzan  said  young  men 
need  sexual  intercourse  regularly.  He 
wrote  that  a  woman  who  willingly  goes 
into  a  man's  room  "could  consider  it  an 
invitation  to  sexual  intercourse." 

He  also  wrote  that  a  woman  who  is  the 
victim  of  unwanted  sexual  advances 
should  "demand  some  monetary  com- 
pensation" rather  than  get  sympathy 
from  others. 

The  professor's  article  has  been  the 
focus  of  intense  national  media  atten- 
tion. 

Yaqzan  has  been  suspended  with  pay 


while  the  incident  is  under  investigation 
University  officials  suggested  that  he  not 
return  to  campus  for  his  own  safety,  but 
there  is  no  legal  injunction  banning  him 
from  campus. 

James  van  Raalte,  president  of  the 
UNB  Student  Union,  says  some  students 
might  not  feel  safe  with  Yaqzan  as  a 
professor  because  of  the  views  he  ex- 
pressed. 

Van  Raalte  says  while  Yaqzan  is  sus- 
pended, a  review  is  taking  place  examin- 
ing his  entire  employment  record.  "Some 
people  say  this  (suspension)  is  unfair," 
says  van  Raalte. 

He  also  says  the  issue  has  caused  a 
"media  circus"  on  the  campus. 

He  says  the  student  council  is  trying  to 
counteract  the  article's  statements. 

"We  are  running  a  'No  Means  No' 
campaign  all  this  week  with  the  Cana- 
dian Federation  of  Students  and  we  are 
having  a  date  rape  forum,  with  a  panel 
of  speakers  and  an  open  mike, "  says  van 
Raalte. 

Van  Raalte  says  the  council  is  trying  to 
focus  on  the  issue  of  date  rape  and  vio- 
lence against  women,  not  freedom  of 


speech.  He  says  the  one  good  thing  about 
the  article  is  students  are  now  talking 
about  the  issue. 

Karen  Burgess,  editor-in-chief  of  The 
Brunswickan,  says  the  decision  to  run  the 
article  "was  an  editorial  board  decision 
that  we  fully  stand  behind." 

Below  the  article,  the  paper  ran  a 
disclaimer  stating  "the  opinions  ex- 
pressed above  are  not  those  of  The 
Brunswickan,  its  editorial  staff,  or  its  pub- 
lishers. This  column  is  a  forum  for  the 
opinions  of  members  of  The  Brunswickaris 
readership." 

Burgess  says  the  paper  had  a  lot  of 
response  to  the  article  and  suspension. 
She  says  she  was  sure  the  issue  would 
generate  some  interest,  but  "didn't  ex- 
pect it  to  run  on  CNN.  1  didn't  expect  the 
national  or  international  attention." 

Since  the  publication  of  the  article, 
Yaqzan  has  said  he  will  not  grant  inter- 
views unless  he  is  paid  for  them.  Burgess 
is  critical  of  this,  saying  "people  who  are 
willing  to  make  publicstatements  should 
also  be  willing  to  publicly  defend  them- 
selves." 

However,  Yaqzan  agreed  to  answer 


questions  in  writing  from  The 
Brunswickan  in  the  Nov.  12  edition  of 
the  paper. 

In  his  answer,  he  says  he  "feels  he  has 
been  misquoted"  and  the  issue  is  like  a 
"tempest  in  a  teapot." 

lonathan  Scott  is  a  third-year  business 
student  at  UNB's  Saint  lohn  campus.  He 
says  a  lot  of  students  and  staff  have  been 
talking  about  the  issue.  "One  professor 
brought  it  up  in  class,"  says  Scott. 

He  says  the  reaction  among  students 
to  Yaqzan 's  comments  has  been  mixed. 

"Though  his  opinion  are  outlandish 
and  ridiculous,  he  might  have  a  right  to 
say  it, "  says  Scott  of  Yaqzan's  comments. 

But  Scott  also  says  Yaqzan  should  have 
been  more  responsible  with  his  com- 
ments for  the  sake  of  the  university's 
reputation. 

"By  associating  himself  with  the  uni- 
versity, he  is  sort  of  speaking  for  them. 
That  is  embarrassing  for  the  university. " 

Scott  says  he  "doesn't  agree  with  his 
(Yaqzan's)  opinions,  but  it  is  good  the 
issue  of  date  rape  is  in  the  limelight."  □ 


Black  attacks  hacks  and  taxes  at  local  visit 


by  Jill  Mahoney 

Charlatan  Staff 

Conrad  Black  is  an  establishment  kind 
of  guy,  but  a  controversial  one,  too. 

The  Carleton  graduate  was  in  town  to 
promote  his  memoirs,  A  Life  in  Progress 
at  the  National  Li- 
brary on  Nov.  10. 

Last  week, 
Black,  who  now 
lives  in  Britain, 
gave  a  crowd  of 
blue-suited  profes- 
sionals his  conten- 
tious views  on  a 
range  on  Canadian 
issues,  from  trans- 
fer payments  to 
political  correct- 
ness and  discrimi- 
nation. 

The  multi-mil- 
lionaire media  mo- 
gul has  stakes  in 
many  newspapers 
including  the  Ot- 
tawa Citizen  and  Le 
Droit,  as  well  as  oth- 
ers in  Australia  and 
England.  Hollinger,  his  company,  con- 
trols a  total  daily  circulation  of  about  4.5 
million  through  the  papers  he  owns. 

In  his  lengthy  speech,  Black  told  the 
crowd  Canada's  commitment  to  social 
issues  and  regional  parity  has  led  us  into 
"very  deep  water." 

"We've  followed  a  course  that's  been 
very  counter-productive.  Ontheeconomic 


nomic  equality  in  the  Constitution." 

Black  said  the  country  has  been  led 
astray  by  the  federal  government's  at- 
tempt to  make  prosperous  provinces 
equal  with  less  prosperous  ones  through 
transfer  payments. 

"The  process  is 
out  of  control,"  he 
said. 

Black  said  the 
effect  is  that 
Canada  is  a  coun- 
try with  high  taxes 
and  high  unem- 
ployment. 

Black,  who  has 
donated  money  to 
both  the  NOP  and 
the  Reform  party, 
said  Canadians  are 
J  Y      latest  to°  politically  cor- 

I  Acavirmw  rect.- 

"We've  sud- 
denly become  the 
mostpohticallycor- 
ni  Kfl  rect  society  in  the 

f  world.  I  don't  know 

how  this  hap- 
pened." 

Black  said  he  acknowledged  there's 
"room  for  debate"  on  most  issues.  But  he 
said  one  example  of  political  correctness 
getting  out  of  hand  was  when  the  On- 
tario NDP  government  recently  ran  a  job 
ad  which  excluded  white  males  from 
applying  as  part  of  its  affirmative  action 
policy  on  employment. 

"I'm  well  aware  of  the  good  inten- 
tions. I  must 
proclaim  my 


should  be  paying  expensive  government 
commissions  for." 

Black,  who  was  dressed  in  a  navy  suit 
and  red  tie  —  like  most  of  the  audience — 
employs  many  journalists  in  Canada  and 
around  the  world,  although  he  is  re- 
nowned for  his  criticism  of  journalists. 

Black  addressed  his  infamous  and 
widely  repeated  comments  about  jour- 
nalists he  made  to  the  Davey  commis- 
sion on  the  media  in  1969.  At  the  time, 
he  said  "a  very  large  number  of  them 
(journalists)  are  ignorant,  lazy,  opinion- 
ated, intellectually  dishonest  and  inad- 
equately supervised.  .  .  .  Alcoholism  is 
endemic." 

But  now,  he  said  he  has  "the  honor  of 
employing  several  thousand." 


"The  fact  is  I  think  most  journalists  are 
like  most  people,  doing  the  best  jobs  they 
can." 

Although  Black's  appearance  was  to 
promote  his  book— which  was  for  sale  in 
the  library's  foyer  —  he  only  read  a  short 
excerpt  at  the  beginning  of  his  talk. 

He  said  it's  not  the  sort  of  book  one 
should  read  aloud  and  that  doing  so  at  a 
free-admission  event  "would  violate  the 
concept  of  value  for  money."  □ 


Returning  in  next  week's 
Charlatan  .  .  . 

INTERNATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


I  must  proclaim  my  view  that  I  don't 
like  discrimination.  But  Bob  Rae  might 
be  the  only  person  in  Ontario  that  I  d 
like  to  discriminate  against. 

—  Conrad  Black 


side,  we've  devalued  our  currency." 

81ack  said  Canada  is  over-taxed  be- 
cause of  questionable  government  ef- 
forts to  provide  Canadians  from  coast  to 
coast  with  the  same  quality  of  life. 

"We're  the  only  country  ...  to  en- 
trench the  instability  of  regional  eco- 


view  that  I 
don't  like  dis- 
crimination. 
But  Bob  Rae 
might  be  the 
only  person  in 
Ontario  that  I'd 
like  todiscrimi- 
^^^^,^^^1^  note  against." 

But  Black 

said  the  only  antidote  for  discrimination 
is  not  to  discriminate. 

Black  also  said  a  recommendation 
from  a  recent  federal  government  report 
on  violence  against  women  that  men 
take  an  oath  of  non-violence  towards 
women  is  "very  simply  not  the  thing  we 


Fee  increase  will  help  lobbying 
efforts  and  research,  says  CFS 


by  Anthony  Pangalos 

Charlatan  Statt 

"Money  isn't  everything,"  says  Carl 
Gillis,  chair  of  the  Canadian  Federation 
of  Students.  "But  it  makes  the  message 
easier  to  get  out" 

On  Nov.  9  and  10,  Carleton  students 
votedin  a  referendum  to  pay  $4more  per 
student  in  membership  fees  to  the  na- 
tional student  lobby  group  and  its  pro- 
vincial wing,  theCFS-Ontario,  beginning 
next  September. 

This  year,  Carleton  students  paid  $4 
per  student  to  the  CFS  and  5  3  per  student 
to  the  CFS-O  as  part  of  their  student  fees. 

The  final  results  in  the  referendum 
were  669  votes  for  the  increase  and  645 
against,  with  58  spoiled  ballots. 

The  increase  will  go  to  continuing 
lobbying  governments  on  student  issues 
and  research  conducted  by  the  federa- 
tion, says  Gillis.  The  federation  lobbies 
the  government  on  issues  such  as  student 
poverty,  employment  and  tuition. 

It's  over  and  now  we  can  deal  with 
what  we  set  out  to  do  —  helping  out 
students  and  representing  their  needs," 
saysEmechete  Onuoha,  chairoftheCFS- 
O. 

Both  Gillis  and  Onuoha  say  the  money 
will  not  go  to  any  specific  programs,  but 


to  general  lobbying  efforts. 

"If  s  main  purpose  is  to  continue  our 
work.  Since  there  has  been  no  increase 
since  1981,  added  to  the  rise  of  inflation, 
our  job  becomes  very  difficult,"  Gillis 
says.  "The  money  will  go  to  restore  the 
balance  in  terms  of  resources  of  what  we 
have  to  do." 

Onuoha  says  the  increasing  numbers 
of  students  at  universities  require  more 
resources  and  employees  at  CFS-O. 

"We  need  the  money  to  send  more 
people  out  to  the  schools  like  Carleton,  to 
do  more  research  and  to  accommodate 
the  growing  demands  made  by  a  grow- 
ing population  of  students, "  he  says. 

All  Ontario  CFS-member  schools  must 
decide  on  fee  increases  this  year,  either 
through  their  student  councils  or  through 
referendums.  The  increase  will  take  ef- 
fect if  80  per  cent  of  the  member  univer- 
sities approve  it. 

Students  at  Trent  voted  in  a  referen- 
dum in  October  to  approve  a  member- 
ship fee  increase. 

As  well,  students  at  McMaster  Univer- 
sity in  Hamilton  will  vote  on  Nov.  30  and 
Dec.  1  on  a  $4  fee  increase  for  CFS.  But  if 
the  increase  is  denied,  the  student  asso- 
ciation will  holdanother  referendum  on 
whether  to  withdraw  from  CFS.  □ 


November  18,  1993  *  The  Charlatan  •  7 


Provincial  legislation  may  recognize  gay  rights 


by  Karolina  Srutek 

Cna/lalan  Stall 

Some  members  of  the  gay  and  lesbian 
community  in  Ontario  are  critical  of  a 
proposed  provincial  bill  which  would 
extend  employee  benefits  to  gays'  and 
lesbians'  partners  and  change  the  defini- 
tion of  "marital  status"  in  the  Ontario 
Human  Rights  Code. 

They  say  they  are  in  favor  of  a  differ- 
ent proposal  which  would  amend  all 
laws  in  Ontario  instead  of  just  one. 

A  private  member's  bill  introduced  by 
Liberal  MPP  Tim  Murphy  in  June  would 
change  the  definition  of  marital  status  in 
the  Ontario  Human  Rights  Code  to  in- 
clude same-sex  couples. 

Murphy  says  his  bill  would  also  pro- 
tect people  from  harassment  in  the 
workplace  based  on  sexual  orientation. 
It  also  ensures  employment  benefits  to 
such  as  bereavement  leave,  dental  and 
drug  plans  to  gays'  and  lesbians'  part- 
ners. Itwould  also  prevent  landlords  from 
denying  a  same-sex  couple  available 


rental  units,  says  Murphy. 

But  a  different  bill  promised  by  Attor- 
ney General  Marion  Boyd  would  amend 
alllawsinOntariowhichrefertoaspouse 
as  being  someone  from  the  opposite  sex. 

Murphy's  bill  passed  first  reading  on 
June  8  and 
is  awaiting 
the  ap- 
proval of 
the  provin- 
cial justice 
committee 
to  con- 
tinue onto 
the  third 
reading 
and  even- 
tually be  voted  on  in  the  legislature. 
Boyd's  bill  has  not  been  introduced  yet. 

Murphy's  bill  would  only  change  the 
definition  "marital  status"  in  the  code, 
but  it  wouldn't  change  the  definition  of 
"spouse, "  says  Peter  Nogalo,  co-ordinator 
of  the  Gay,  Lesbian  and  Bisexual  Centre 


When  a  state  doesn't  recog- 
nize a  relationship,  that  says 
as  a  society  we  are  saying  that 
it's  okay  to  discriminate. 

—  Alex  Munter 


If  you'd  like  a  booklet  aboul  Jack  Daniel's  Whiskey,  write  us  here  in  Lynchburg,  Tennessee  37352,  U.S.A. 

NO  ONE  IN  LYNCHBURG  knew  why  jack 
Daniel  missed  work  that  spring  day  in  1904. 

No  one  except  his  nephew  Lem  Motlow, 
who  was  sworn  to  silence.  You  see,  Mr. 
Jack  was  bound  for  St.  Louis  and  the 
World's  Fair,  where  his  whiskey  could 
be  judged  against  the  world's  finest. 
As  it  happened,  Jack  Daniel 
returned  to  Lynchburg  with  a  lot 
less  secrecy  -  and  a  gold  medal  in 
his  hand.  A  sip,  we  believe,  will 
confirm  the  Fair's  judges  knew 
their  whiskey. 

JACK  DANIEL'S  TENNESSEE  WHISKEY 


at  Carleton. 

As  well,  Nogalo  says  Murphy's  bill 
fails  to  mention  the  79  other  Ontario 
laws  outside  the  human  rights  code  which 
have  discriminatory  definitions  of 
"spouse"  and  "marital  status." 

— Alex 
Munter, 
Ottawa- 
Carleton's 
first 
openly 

gay 

elected  of- 
ficial and 
city  coun- 
cillor in 
Kanata, 

says  laws  concerning  the  division  of  prop- 
erty in  divorce  cases  and  next  of  kin 
rights  are  examples  of  legal  discrimina- 
tion outside  the  human  rights  code. 

"Like  this  guy  dying  of  AIDS,  he  has  a 
partner  who  he  has  lived  with  him  for 
years.  But  the  law  doesn't  recognize  his 
partner  as  his  next  of  kin.  The  law  only 
recognizes  his  parents  as  next  of  kin," 
says  Munter. 

Because  Murphy's  bill  would  only 
amend  Ontario's  code,  definitions  out- 
side of  it  would  have  to  be  challenged  in 
court  or  in  human  rights  complaints, 
says  the  Coalition  for  Gays  and  Lesbian 
Rights  in  Ontario. 

In  the  coalition's  lobbying  kit,  it  says 
Murphy's  bill  doesn't  represent  a  major 
move  forward  for  lesbians  and  gay  rights, 
because  gays  and  lesbians  have  already 
achieved  the  amendments. 

In  September  1992  the  definition  of 
marital  status  was  changed  in  the  Char- 


ter of  Rights  and  Freedoms  by  omitting 
"of  the  opposite  sex"  in  a  case  brought  to 
the  federal  courts  by  the  federal  human 
rights  commission.  The  coalition  says 
harassment  on  the  grounds  of  sexual 
orientation  was  covered  by  the  human 
rights  code  already,  since  it  is  a  form  of 
discrimination. 

But  Murphy  says  progress  is  some- 
times evolutionary,  not  revolutionary. 

"While  I  believe  that  these  changes 
are  necessary  in  helping  end  discrimina- 
tion based  on  sexual  orientation,  I  ac- 
knowledge they  are  only  a  start,"  says 
Murphy  in  a  press  release. 

Although  the  provincial  NOP  govern- 
ment supported  Murphy's  bill  initially, 
the  bill  didn't  address  all  of  the  issues  of 
same-sex  spousal  rights,  says  Susan 
Bernier,  Boyd's  special  assistant. 

The  government's  own  proposed  bill 
would  include  unemployment  benefits, 
adoption,  inheritance  rights  and  would 
amend  any  law  which  refers  to  a  spouse 
as  being  someone  from  the  opposite  sex, 
says  Bernier. 

"Marion  Boyd  has  promised  a  broader 
bill  than  Murphy  last  July  and  that  she 
will  do  something  about  it  in  the  fall.  But 
there  is  no  indication  on  the  government 
timetable  of  such  an  action, "  says  Markus 
Wilson,  Murphy's  special  assistant. 

Munter  says  he  is  disappointed  the 
government  hasn't  moved  forward  on 
this  issue,  saying  it's  time  to  prepare 
society  to  accept  distinct  gay  and  lesbian 
rights. 

"When  ,  a  state  doesn't  recognize  a 
relationship,  that  says  as  a  society  we  are 
saying  that  it's  okay  to  discriminate."  □ 

With  files  tfom  The  Ontarion.  University  of  Guelph 


marital  status  was  changed  in  the  Char-  *™  *»  "°m  "™  0"""'m  """«•■»«» 01  Gl 

UBC proposes  Canada's  first 
lesbian  and  gay  curricuium 


by  Brandie  Weikle 

Charlatan  Start 

The  success  of  a  gay  and  lesbian  lec- 
ture series  at  the  University  of  British 
Columbia  this  fall  has  prompted  a  pro- 
posal to  launch  a  program  for  gay  and 
lesbian  studies  at  that  university. 

But  despite  the  presence  of  such  courses 
at  other  Canadian  universities,  Carleton 
has  little  to  offer  students  interested  in 
these  programs. 

At  UBC,  the  University  of  Toronto, 
Ryerson  Polytechnical  University,  and  the 
University  of  Western  Ontario,  some  les- 
bian and  gay  courses  are  offered.  But 
UBC's  faculty  association  committee  on 
gay  and  lesbian  issues  wants  more. 
t-  "We're  not  considering  the  lecture  se- 
ries to  be  the  end  of  the  game — that  now 
that  we've  had  a  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual 
lectures  series  we're  all  happy  —  that's 
not  our  vision,"  says  Douglas  Sanders, 
the  committee's  chairperson  and  a  law 
professor  at  UBC. 

The  committee's  negotiations  with 
UBC'sadministration  will  decide  whether 
there  should  be  more  courses  on  homo- 
sexuality and  whethera  degree-granting 
faculty  should  be  created.  If  the  degree 
program  is  developed,  it  would  be  the 
first  of  its  kind  in  Canada. 

Dan  Birch,  UBC's  vice-president  aca- 
demic, is  supportive  of  developing  a  gay 
and  lesbian  studies  program. 

"UBC  is  trying  to  recognize  the  value 
of  gay  and  lesbian  studies  in  all  areas  of 
our  curriculum,"  says  Birch. 

At  Carleton  there  are  no  courses  that 
are  exclusively  dedicated  to  studying  gay 
and  lesbian  culture.  But  Carleton's  de- 
partment of  social  work  has  two  courses 
that  partially  address  lesbian  and  gay 
issues. 

Gloria  Norgang  teaches  a  second-year 
course  called  "Human  Sexuality"  and  a 
graduate  course  called  "Challenging 
Heterosexuality." 


According  to  the  course  calendar,  "Hu- 
man Sexuality"  discusses  "the  range  of 
individual  differences  in  sexual  and  re- 
productive attitudes,  values  and  behavior 
and . . .  the  particular  concerns  of  various 
sexually  oppressed  groups." 

But  the  graduate  course  examines 
what  Norgang  calls  "a  society  of  compul- 
sory heterosexuality." 

Norgang  says  it  is  enormously  impor- 
tant that  gay  and  lesbian  courses  be 
offered. 

"It  has  been  traditional  at  universities 
to  address  minorities  that  affect  far  fewer 
people  than  those  that  are  gay  and  les- 
bian," says  Norgang.  "There  is  definitely 
room  for  courses  specifically  addressing 
gay  and  lesbian  issues." 

Studies  on  homosexuality  should  not 
just  address  the  problems  in  the  lesbian 
and  gay  community,  says  Peter  Nogalo, 
co-ordinator  of  Carleton's  Gay,  Lesbian 
and  Bisexual  Centre. 

"I  think  there's  a  history,  culture  and 
art  of  the  various  gay,  lesbian  and  bi- 
sexual communities  that  hasn't  been 
explored  at  this  university  the  way  it 
should  be,"  says  Nogalo. 

Carleton's  department  of  social  work 
has  an  equity  statement  which  includes 
sexuality  and  which  ensures  that  issues 
of  heterosexuality  and  homophobia  are 
integrated  into  classes  wherever  possi- 
ble, says  Gerald  de  Mantigny,  supervisor 
of  undergraduate  studies  for  social  work. 

He  says  lesbian  and  gay  studies  are 
"without  a  doubt"  worthy  of  being  in  a 
class  of  their  own.  He  says  the  creation  of 
a  separate  department  would  have  po- 
litical advantages  for  members  of  the 
gay,  lesbian  and  bisexual  communities, 
but  he  is  concerned  about  their  "ghetto- 
ization."  He  says  these  studies  could  be 
included  as  part  of  an  interdisciplinary 
program.  □ 


8  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  18,  1993 


Oh  Come,  All  Ye  Wealthy! 

A  satirical  look  at  the  Iron  Lady's  visit  to  Canada 


by  Michael  Reams 

Charlatan  Staff 

TORONTO — David  Koresh  was  a  cult 
leader  who  erred  by  living  in  a  heavily 
armed  compound.  But  economic  funda- 
mentalist Margaret  Thatcher  is  wiser, 
preferring  posh  hotels  and  lavish  lunch- 
eons to  isolation. 

Thatcher,  the  former  prime  minister 
of  Britain,  is  in  the  midst  of  her  magical 
mystery  tour  to  promote  her  recently 
published  volume  of  self-beatification, 
The  Downing  Street  Years.  She  stopped  in 
at  the  Royal  York  Hotel  to  give  an  address 
on  Nov.  8  for  the  20th-  anniversary  lunch- 
eon of  the  Fraserlnstitute,  a  conservative 
think-tank  based  in  Vancouver. 

Billed  "A  New  World  Order, "  the  speech 
seemed  like  a  religious  sanctification  of 
Canada's  self-proclaimed  "think-tank- 
ers,"  which  started  with  the  11:45  a.m. 
opening  of  the  cash  bar.  (No  nasty,  so- 
cialist open  bar  here.) 

"Moral  courage  is  a  strange  thing," 
said  Thatcher's  former  chief  economic 
apostle,  Sir  Alan  Campbell,  in  his  intro- 
duction of  the  Tory  prophet.  "I  don't 
think  you  can  acquire  it.  I  think  you  have 
to  be  bom  with  it." 

He  went  on  to  illustrate  Thatcher's 
"  moral  courage"  with  her  economic  aus- 
terity, her  decision  to  invade  the  Falk- 
land Islands  in  1 982  and  her  "wonderful 
job"  squashing  the  British  coal  strikes  in 
1984. 

Thatcher,  as  humble  as  anyone  aspir- 
ing to  godhead,  quickly  amended 
Campbell's  description  of  her  character 
to  "conviction." 

"Politics,"  she  said,  "is  the  art  of  mak- 


ing the  impossible  happen." 
What's  that?  The  politician  as 
miracle  worker?  This  is  what  we've 
all  been  waiting  for. 

"And  that's  precisely  what  we 
did,"  she  continued. 

Well,  it  seems  I've  misjudged 
the  impossible.  Apparently  theim- 
possible,  as  Thatcher  saw  it,  was 
closerto,  ahem,  enforcing  her  eco- 
nomic austerity,  the  invasion  of 
the  Falkland  Islands  and  her  "won- 
derful job"  squashing  the  coal 
strikes. 

The  white-hair-blue-suit-white- 
skin  congregation  at  the  speech 
ate  it  up  faster  than  their  $75-per- 
plate  sacrament. 

Drooling  for  every  chance  to 
burst  into  delirious  wine-and-wal- 
let-fuelled  applause,  they  saved 
their  best  effort  for  Thatcher's  dec- 
laration that  her  first  step  in  or- 
ganizing England's  economy  was 
to  lower  income  taxes. . 

But  a  moment  of  greater  revela- 
tion came  seconds  later,  when  Thatcher 
claimed  that  under  her  taxation  changes, 
the  top  five  per  cent  of  income  earners 
actually  paid  more  tax. 

At  that  point,  the  only  sound  in  the 
Canadian  Room,  the  Royal  York's  ornate 
beef  bam,  was  that  of  a  couple  hundred 
suits  checking  theirbillfolds  to  make  sure 
they  kept  their  ticket  stubs  for  tax  pur- 
poses. It  has  been  said  that  doubt  is  the 
first  step  towards  true  faith,  so  do  not 
despair. 

Thatcher,  although  a  Tory  by  denomi- 
nation, knows  that  in  the  heart  of  every 


Aging  has-been  or  sultry  siren  of  the  right? 


so-called  neo-conservative  lies  a  so-called 
classical  liberal,  and  she  drew  heartily 
upon  the  empty  rhetoric  of  both  camps  to 
spur  the  body  of  holy  troops  forward. 

Some  of  her  more  memorable  pro- 
nouncements indeed  appeared  as  if  the 
fn  visible  hand  of  proto-economic  liberal 
and  Wealth  of  Nations  author  Adam  Smith 
was  burping  the  grand  old  lady  after  her 
sumptuous  meal. 

"It  is  in  fact  capitalism  which  has  the 
moral  quality  in  society,"  Thatcher 
mused.  Ahh. . .  the  bean-counting  tech- 
nocrat as  spiritual  leader. 


"You  can  only  in  fact  satisfy  people  in 
a  capitalist  society  if  you  produce  what 
they  want  to  buy,  or  a  service  which  they 
also  want  to  buy."  In  the  beginning, 
there  was  money.  . . 

Finally,  Reverend  Thatcher  spoke  elo- 
quently of  a  new  holy  land. 

"We  should  always  be  extremely  grate- 
ful that  the  most  powerful  nation  in  the 
world,  the  greatest  democracy,  the  great- 
est believer  in  freedom  and  justice  from 
its  very  Declaration  of  Independence. . . 
has  in  fact  come  to  keep  freedom  alive  in 
the  world.  At  the  moment,  there  is  no 
substitute  for  American  leadership." 

It  was  with  these  words  that  one  could 
almost  feel  the  icy  satin  of  the  stars-and- 
stripes  knickers  that  are  inevitable  be- 
neath Thatcher's  standard-issue,  Tory- 
blue  habit.  Had  she  performed  a  strip- 
tease to  "The  Star-Spangled  Banner"  on 
the  podium,  she  couldn't  have  been  more 
obvious.  (If  one  may  speak  of  a  holy  one 
in  such  a  . . .  worldly  manner.) 

Ofcourse,  toentirelydiscreditawoman 
who  ruled  England  for  11  and  a  half 
years  would  be  rather  short-sighted. 
Thatcher  did  provide  —  albeit  inadvert- 
ently —  a  profound  piece  of  divine  wis- 
aom  that  solves  the  mystery  of  much  that 
has  happened  in  Ontario  recently. 

"It  is  surprising, "  said  Thatcher,  in  the 
middle  of  a  long  string  of  truisms,  "how 
socialism  penetrates  even  good  conserva- 
tives sometimes." 

Has  there  ever  been  a  more  lucid  de- 
scription of  Bob  Rae?  Ontario's  exorcism 
has  been  arranged  for  the  next  pilgrim- 
age to  the  polls. 

Hallelujah.  □ 


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ACADEMIC  EXCHANGES  1994-95  FOR  STUDENTS 

Students  should  be  graduated  students  or  senior  undergraduates. 
Deadline  for  applications:  November  30th,  1993  unless  otherwise  indicated: 


United  States: 

-State  University  of  New  York  (SUNY)  system 
-University  o(  Massachusetts 
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Poland 
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Commonwealth  Scholarships 
(Ocfober  31,  1993  -  Australia  and 
New  Zealand  December31,  1993) 
CIDA  Awards  for  Canadians  (Int'l  Development) 
(February  1994) 
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1993) 


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EDITORIAL  PAGE 


CUSA  didn't 
play  fair  in 
referendum 

Many  people  believe  the  democratic  process  is 
a  worthy  institution.  But  the  Carleton  Uni- 
versity Students'  Association  compromised 
democracy  to  suit  their  own  political  ends  in 
the  referendum  held  last  week. 
Students  voted  on  a  $4-per-student  increase  in  mem- 
bership fees  to  the  Canadian  Federation  of  Students,  a 
national  student  lobby  group.  Students  approved  the  fee 
increase,  but  CUSA  didn't  let  them  hear  both  sides  of  the 
issue. 

The  Yes  side,  which  was  supported  by  —  if  not  run 
from  —  the  CUSA  office,  vaulted  to  victory  whereas  the 
No  side  was  not  allowed  to  campaign.  Because  there  was 
no  official  committee,  they  were  also  not  allowed  to 
scrutineer  the  counting  of  the  ballots.  According  to 
CUSA's  constitution,  each  committee  is  allowed  to  have 
one  scrutineer  "at  each  table  where  counting  is  taking 
place." 

While  the  absence  of  a  No  campaign  was  partly  the 
No  committee's  own  fault,  they  still  should  have  been 
allowed  to  campaign.  On  Nov.  2,  both  the  Yes  and  No 
committees  were  supposed  to  meet  to  be  allowed  to 
campaign.  The  No  committee,  for  whatever  reason, 
missed  the  deadline  and  were  excluded  from  the  cam- 
paign. 

Everybody  was  playing  by  the  rules,  according  to  Rob 
Jamieson,  CUSA  vice-president  internal.  "It  has  been  a 
completely  legal  and  fairreferendum.  The  opportunities 
were  there  if  somebody  showed  up  for  the  No  committee 
meeting  which  was  all  publicized  and  done  legally  as  per 
the  bylaw,"  said  Jamieson  last  week. 

However,  in  CUSA's  constitution,  it  doesn't  say  any- 
where that  if  a  committee  misses  the  deadline  it  can't 
campaign,  only  that  it  cannot  receive  funding.  There- 
fore, the  No  side  should  have  been  allowed  to  campaign, 
just  without  funding  from  CUSA. 

The  referendum  question  itself,  worked  out  by  CUSA 
council,  is  biased  towards  the  CFS.  It  said,  "Do  you 
support  an  increase  to  $6  from  $4  (1981  level)  for  the 
Canadian  Federation  of  Students  and  an  increased  fee  of 
the  Canadian  Federation  of  Students-Ontario  to  $5  from 
$3  (1979  level).  Those  fees  will  go  towards  programmes 
and  lobbying  efforts." 

Firstly,  this  question  is  confusing.  There's  too  many 
numbers  and  the  question  doesn't  come  to  the  point  - 
that  fees  will  increase  by  $4.  Secondly,  the  question  was 
biased.  It  could  make  the  reader  sympathetic  towards  the 
CFS  cause.  - 

A  question  should  be  neutral  and  fair  to  the  reader  as 
well  as  straightforward.  Forexample,  the  question  could 
have  simply  read,  "Do  you  support  an  increase  in  fees  of 
$2  for  the  CFS  and  $2  for  CFS-O,  ($4  total)?" 

Although  the  No  committee  didn't  get  the  $  ISO  allot- 
ted to  registered  groups  to  campaign,  they  tried  cam- 
paigning unofficially.  They  posted  over  2,000  posters  at 
their  own  cost,  handed  out  flyers  and  lobbied  class- 
rooms. 

Even  without  an  official  No  side  campaign,  the  close 
result  obviously  shows  dissatisfaction  with  CFS.  The  Yes 
side  only  won  by  24  votes.  The  final  count  was  669  to  645, 
with  58  spoiled  ballots.  If  there  was  a  full-fledged  No 
committee  campaigning  and  students  were  adequately 
informed,  perhaps  the  result  may  have  been  different. 

Here's  how  CUSA  legitimizes  not  allowing  a  No  com- 
mittee: "The  student's  association  is  a  member  of  the 
CFS,  "CUSA  president  Lucy  Watson  said  last  week.  "We 
hove  an  obligation  to  make  sure  the  information  gets  out 
to  the  students.  We  don't  have  an  obligation  to  run  a  No 
committee  or  encourage  people  to  come  out  to  a  No 
committee." 

Obviously,  "information"  for  Watson  means  students 
may  hear  only  one  side  of  the  referendum  issue. 

If  CUSA  believes  the  CFS  is  a  worthy  organization 
which  students  support,  they  should  have  allowed  a  No 
committee  to  campaign.  If  the  CFS  is  so  wonderful,  then 
surely  it  could  have  stood  up  to  a  No  campaign  on  its  own 
merits.  . 

CUSA's  unprofessional  tactics  show  students  that  it 
can't  be  trusted.  If  the  fight  couldn't  have  been  won 
fairly,  with  both  sides  of  the  issue  debated,  then  the 
results  of  the  referendum  should  be  scrapped  and  a  new 
one  held.  


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OPINION 


Maclean's  rankings  of  no  value 


by  Michael  Dufresne 

Michael  Dufresne  is  a  fourth-year  political  science  and  history  student  at  Carleton, 

Providing  prospective  university  students  with 
more  information  on  the  schools  to  which  they 
might  apply  is  a  noble  pursuit. 
But  while  the  idea  behind  the  supposed  serv- 
ice provided  by  the  Maclean's  annual  ranking  of 
universities  is  valid,  the  result  is  questionable. 

If  my  memory  serves  correct,  information  provided  by 
the  universities  themselves  to  prospective  students  is 
superficial  and  doesn't  go  much  beyond  the  style  of  a 
travel  brochure:  "Spend  four  wonderful  years  on  our 
beautiful  campus. " 

However,  in  the  preface  to  this  year's  Maclean's  uni- 
versities edition,  editor  Robert  Lewis  is  a  little  too  sancti- 
monious, given  the  service  that  the  survey  truly  provides. 

Oh,  the  tale  that  Lewis  weaves!  He  writes  of  a  "small 
idea"  that  became  big,  of  "brave"  university  presidents 
who  dared  to  break  the  ranks  of 
resistance,  of  U.S.  universities  that 
supported  their  great  endeavour, 
and  of  the  forthright  institutions  of 
learning  who,  opposing  their  lesser 
contemporaries,  dared  to  be  ac- 
countable. 

But,  wait!  Lewis's  story  doesn't 
have  an  entirely  happy  ending.  The 
forces  of  darkness  still  lurk  in  the 
halls  of  higher  education.  "Alas, 
the  battle  for  openness,"  he  writes, 
"is  not  over." 

Universities  are  far  more  com- 
plex than  Maclean 's  would  admit, 
but  admitting  the  very  real  and 
large  problems  with  the  survey 
would  not  make  for  good  sales. 

It  has  been  said  before,  but  given 
the  obstinacy  of  Maclean's,  it  must 
be  repeated:  the  ranking  of  univer- 
sities is  of  very  little  value  to  any- 
one. Itsells  magazines— thereisno 
question  of  this.  But,  ifreadershipwasavalidindication 
of  the  quality  of  journalism,  The  National  Enquirer  would 
be  counted  among  the  world's  best. 

Some  may  say  the  survey  is  not  meant  to  be  a 
definitive  source  for  the  student's  decision  about  which 
university  to  attend.  Okay.  Well,  then  the  question 
becomes  —  what  does  it  provide  the  student? 

In  terms  of  its  "reputation  category, "  the  survey  offers 
rankings  according  to  the  perceptions  of  businessmen 
and  university  presidents — hardly  the  stuff  that  rational 
people  oughtto  base  their  decisions  upon.  There  may  be 
some  validity  to  the  premise  that  a  better  perception  of 


a  university  gives  graduates  a  better  chance  with  em- 
ployers in  a  competitive  job  market,  but  this  has  never 
been  demonstrated. 

What  are  we  left  with?  From  the  point  of  view  of  the 
prospective  university  student,  there  is  nothing  of  merit 
in  the  rankings.  There  is  only  a  meaningless  aggregation 
of  statistics  compressed  into  a  meaningless  number. 
Compared  to  the  travel  brochures  published  by  the 
universities,  the  Maclean 's  survey  has  only  a  marginally 
greater  value.  Choosing  a  university  is  an  individual 
affair  and  is  certainly  not  reducible  to  the  limited  infor- 
mation that  Maclean 's  provides. 

Why  should  the  prospective  student  care  if,  on  aver- 
age, Simon  Fraser  University  scored  higher  than  Memo- 
rial University  in  the  category  "scholarships  and  bursa- 
ries," or  whether  one  university  ranks  well  in  compara- 
tive class  size? 

The  more  important  question  is  what  this  means  for 
the  prospective  student  of  a  univer- 
sity. What  scholarships  and  bursa- 
ries would  be  available  to  them  at  a 
particular  university?  What  are  the 
typical  class  sizes  in  that  school's  first 
year?  The  better  approach  is  to  de- 
cide what  subject  you  are  interested 
in  and  find  out  what  its  class  sizes  are 
like  because  different  programs  have 
differing  degrees  of  popularity. 

Another  problem  with  the  survey 
is  each  university  is  treated  as  a  mono- 
lithic institution.  What  about  the 
strengths  and  weaknesses  of  particu- 
lar programs?  It  is,  after  all,  specific 
programs  students  must  take.  It  is 
this  farmore  complex  treatment  that 
might  benefit  a  potential  student. 

Examining  the  university  is  neces- 
sary, although  in  a  way  that  is  differ- 
ent, more  demanding  and  specific 
than  the  survey.  However,  the  qual- 
ity of  an  education  goes  beyond  the 
institution. 

Education,  like  almost  everything  else,  is  what  you 
make  of  it.  Students  with  a  passion  for  learning  will  do 
well  regardless  of  the  university  they  attend.  A  bad 
student  anda  supposedly  great  institution  will  still  make 
for  a  bad  student. 

Maclean's  criticizes  some  institutions  for  not  being 
completely  open.  If  Maclean's  was  being  entirely  open,  it 
would  tell  a  story  about  a  magazine  in  need  of  readers. 
It  would  tell  the  story  of  how  a  magazine  sells  by  creating 
a  controversial  survey  and  marketing  it  as  a  true  "Meas- 
ure of  Excellence."  Q 


November  18,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  11 


Gregg  Kerr  is  the  author  and  pul 
Buncha  Stories,  a  strange  little  independent 
comic  book  that  sells  for  $1 .25  in  some 
local  record  shops. 
Since  he  began  his  comic  last  June,  his 
story  topics  have  included  "Barry  the  Real 
Life  Lunatic,"  teenage  zombie  babysitters, 
masturbation,  complacency  and  trendy  folk 
in  Ottawa,  a  sex  change,  and  hanging  out 

at  his  place. 

Kerr,  a  24-year-old  Ottawa  native,  is 
currently  squirrelled  away  at  an  unknown 
location,  working  on  Buncha  Stories 
number  six,  and  a  magazine  of  other 
people's  stories  and  comics  called  Your 

Shit. 

For  Your  Shit,  Kerr  challenges  people  who 
keep  saying  they  are  going  to  contribute 
material  to:  "Get  off  their  ass  and  do  it." 
Kerr  once  attended  Sheridan  College  near 
Toronto,  which  he  describes  as  a 
"workhorse  college,"  but  says  he  dreams  of 
attending  the  Ontario  College  of  Art  in 
Toronto  someday,  for  its  more  "open" 
policies  regarding  the  arts. 
I  spoke  to  Greg  at  a  downtown  pub  two 
weeks  ago.  He  looks  exactly  the  way  he 

draws  himself. 


McLennan: 


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So  why  do  you  do  what  you  do? 


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people 


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here.  Ottawa  is  a  dull  town  and  things  need  to  be  shoved 
in  people's  faces.  That's  why  I  do  it. 


the  beat-way  to  learn  the  medium. 
0HSJsH6Jvijyiarket  for  my  work.  To 


McLennan :  How  long  have  you  been  putting  these  things 
out? 

Kerr:  The  first  one  came  out  in  time  for  June,  last  \ 
June  or  May.  Yeah,  so  the  beginning  of  June  '93  wg 
■      first  one  I  did.  And  those  were  cartoons  that  I  spe™ 
C  1  1^  \^t|aravlHa  Thaain  the  spring  IputoutlOcopieso 
0 11  lffce^Vert  pj  ItHelpilw  issue  Number  1.  Then  I  put  if 
again.  That  was  the  big  response,  when  I  did  the 
photocopying —  did  a  big  circulation,  so,  since  Jun 


McLennan:  How  has  your  response  been  so  far? 

N  OkeQ'XX^od  Syyr3t€gdptcQti  itpicks  up  here 
for  a  month  and  there  for  another  month.  I  sell  in  Toronto 
and  I  get  a  good  response  from  there;  people  seemto 
know  what's  going  on.  In  Ottawa,  no  one  else  is  doing  this. 
No  one's  used  to  it. ... 

McLennan:  So  far  you've  had  five  issues  right? 

Kerr:  Yeah. 


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McLennan :  Where  did  you  get  the  idea  to  put  outyoui 
comic  book? 

Kerr:  Oh,  I  wanted  to  do  comics,  and  the  way  the  comic 
industry  is  run,  it  feeds  itself,  and  it's  very  closed  in.  What 
it  takes  is,  you  have  to  work  and  only  be  able  to  do  comics, 
and  that's  all  you  can  do,  and  no  one  can  afford  to  do  that, 
you  know?  So  I  decided  I'd  do  1 2  pages  a  month,  and  see 
how  well  I  could  get  them  done,  get  myself  into  a  routine. 
I'll  do  this  for  a  year,  and  then  at  the  end  of  the  year,  I N 
re  qotrand  then  start  approaching  some 

wi^MoflfQiula  draw  ■ 

I  couiadrawl  2  pages  that  were  a  story. 
(^rfgstotiesjCi^r^^elg)  so^jook  it 

,  ,oouo,  ,  didn't  know  what  I  was  going  to  do.  J 
UgVt  I'd  sell  (it)  in  comic  stores,  and  then  I  found  out  thai 
theres  no  way.  I'd  need  a  distributor  to  sell  in  comic  stores 
and  they're  really  uptight  about  that.  So  I  decided  I  may  as 
well  treat  it  as  afanzine,  and  sell  it  at  record  shops,  and  tne 
response  from  the  record  shops  has  been  fantastic, 
couldn't  ask  for  anything  more  from  them. 


12  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  18,  1993 


Lennan:  How  long  have  you  been  drawing  and  writing 
ties? 

Kerr:  I've  always  drawn  and  I've  always  drawn  comics. 
I've  always  told  stories.  I  d  never  written  stories,  and  ittook 
five  years  of  drawing  comics  to  put  the  two  ideas  together 
^nd  make  mystifies  into  comics.  I  was  just  a  storyteller 
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id  103  JdeVoVd  Cfcuyie  ®)  fo|e(h>r[  Q 


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stones. 


McLennan :  One  of  the  things  that  initially  impressed  me 
about  Buncha  Stones  is  that  the  stories  are  well-told  and 
they  are  neat  little  drawings.  They're  fuckin' weird,  butthev 
are  good  stories.  ' 

Kerr:  No,  like  when  I  do  an  autobiographical  story  You 

take  on  a  martyr-light.  You  don't  want  to  portray  yourself  in 
a  bad  light  when  you're  telling  an  autobiographical  story. 
So  in  a  lot  of  other  stories  I  put  myself  in  abaci  light.  I  draw 
myself  with  my  penis,  just  to  show  people  that  I'm  not 
afraid  of  that  sort  of  thing.  Just  to  show  people  that  I'm  not 
perfect. 

Like,  you  know,  a  lot  of  comics  in  the  underground  world 
in  the  alternative  comics,  the  artist  is  telling  a  story  and 
they're  boring  and  nothing  is  happening  to  the  guy,  and 
you're  sayfig  "What  is  he  bothering  to  do  all  this  stuff  for? 
It's  boring  Ind  he'spoft^iftg^^sjlf  1st  martyr."  Y'know, 
I  don't  belvBUlMi) lo%\&IO&icbrl)Eb,anbaaflLjglght.  Im 
things  happen  to  me  ancrl'm  not  afraid  to  show  any 
liabNitieJJOlt  ptSpelCSie. 

crude  thingshappen  tome. 

McLennan:  So  what  have  you  been  influenced  by  in  your 
drawing,  writing  and  comic  taste? 


Kerr:  All  the  upper  end  of  the  alternative  comics.  Things 
out  of  Fanographic  Books,  and  Drawn  and  Quarterly 
especially  is  a  company  out  of  Montreal  that  does  lots  of 
autobiographical  comics.  Robert  Crumb  is  fabulous.  He's 
the  one  that  the  storytelling  comes  from.  You  read  his  stuff 
and  it's  literature.  He's  illustrated  some  Charles  Bukowski 
things. 

It's  just,  you  know,  one  day  i  realized  what  I  was  reading 
in  comics.  I've  always  been  an  artist.  I've  always  been  a 
cartoon  artist,  so  it  was  just  a  matter  of  looking  at  what 
people  have  done  and  knowing  that  I  could  do  it  myself.  So 
a  lot  of  Crurt 
Toronto,  Ch| 
course  then 

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ve  done  and  knowing  that  I  could  do  it  myself.  So  _ 
jngh.  a  lotpf  Peter  Beck,  a/fu^  called  ^tjajxam 
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McLennan:  Doyou  worry  about  people  looking  at  Buncha 
Stories,  especially  in  Ottawa  and  saying:  Oh,  this  is 
crude.  Oh,  this  is  sick  —  he  shouldn't  be  doing  this?" 

The  only  jpeople  who 


•Yeah,  they're  weird,  but  this  kind  of  stuff,  everybody 
irstands  what  it  is.  It  exists  in  everybody  s  frame  ot 

so  it's  not  that  weird. 
cLennan:  So  are  most  of  your  stories  from  your  owngje  1  . 
perience,  or  completely  made  up?  1 1 '  S  L 

here's  two  kinds  of  stories  that  I  do.  One  where  I 
?Mth  things  and  make  it  up  completely.  Then  there  s 
,h.er,  where  I  tell  an  autobiographical  story. 
1J  tell  the  story,  from  my  own  experience,  I  change  it 
ld- 1  add  parts  But  I  manipulate  the  parts  so  they  fit 
V-  so  like  with  Number  4,  I  did  a  1 2-page  story  and 
Bjant  it  to  drag  on,  so  I'd  add  little  jokes,  Td  introduce 
Paracters,  I  tried  to  make  it  concise.,  So  it  didn  t 

1   'it's  m  a  nutshell. 


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inservative, 
luple  of  my 

3taM?njlfV'KiaD  I  put  it ou'. 

gs-tnatl've  done 
time,  I've  seen 
ut'^Wiido*'s*lBtfc*plt»jJout.  Censorship 
ly  tofifltt  iLI It's  an  anal 
it^lnehfiStories)  are 
'aren't  uptight  about  it.  The  only 
"is  *^<nwVBes  in  comic  books 
i  tfeyreiusrsnowing  their  own 
insecurities  about  things,  y'know  —  it's  their  fault.  It's  up 
to  them  to  grow.  It's  not  up  to  me.  _ 
If  you  look  at  my  comic  book,  it's  got  wit  to  it.  It  s  sarcastic, 
It's  got  intelligence  behind  it.  There's  nothing  that  puts  it  in 
a  pornographic  state  of  mind.  There's  nothing  about  it  that 
would  entice  anyone,  that  would  warp  anyone  s  state  of 
mind.  It's  not  propaganda  of  any  kind.  It's  just  satire. 
It's  nice  to  be  enigmatic,  not  famous,  but  still  known  you 
know?  Still  toutedin  circles.  If  this  gets  out  in  the  limelight 
I  might  be  out  for  some  real  big  battles,  I  don  t  know,  but 
I'm  not  worried  about  it.  n 


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Course  content 
must  change  now 

Editor: 

Re:  "Courses  have  non-Westem  con- 
tent," The  Charlatan,  Nov.  4, 1993. 

Professor  Pommett  disagrees  with  my 
comments  regarding  curriculum  perpetu- 
ating racism  and  wants  systematic  evi- 
dence of  this. 

The  courses  listed  in  his  letter  do  not 
include  any  required  courses  for  the  pass 
program  in  political  science. 

In  the  two  required  courses  for  the 
political  science  pass  degree,  not  one  of 
them  is  of  a  "non-European,  non-North 
American  category. " 

47.100  is  an  introductory  coursewhich 
introduces  the  discipline  of  political  sci- 
ence through  the  study  of  Western  phi- 
losophers such  as  Plato,  Aristotle,  etc. . . . 

47.230  is  a  study  of  Western  political 
thought. 

A  student  in  the  political  science  pass 
program  can  graduate  without  studying 
any  of  the  courses  that  were  listed  by 
Professor  Pammett.  This  is  systemic  evi- 
dence of  how  the  curriculum  in  political 
science  does  not  reflect  the  people  it  serves 
and  thus  perpetuates  racism. 

There  are  more  examples  of  this  in 
political  science: 

47.260  is  International  Politics.  When 
I  took  this  course,  the  international  com- 
ponent was  limited  to  Europe  and  Latin 
America. 

47.365  is  a  course  in  Comparative  For- 
eign Policy.  However,  the  course  only  al- 
lows for  comparison  between  European 
and  North  American  foreign  policies. 

Unfortunately,  political  science  is  only 
one  example  of  systemic  problems.  It  is  a 
university-wide  problem  that  needs  to  be 
dealt  with  in  order  to  be  responsive  to  the 
needs  of  students.  The  need  for  curricu- 
lum transformation  is  necessary  now  more 
than  ever. 

5.  Gary  Anandasangaree 
Political  Science  III 

Just  sit  in  your 
CUSA  tower 

Editor: 

]  hate  to  say  I  told  you  so,  but . . . 
Last  whiter,  I  ran  a  campaign  for  a 
position  on  the  board  of  governors  in 
which  1  attempted  to,  without  success, 
convince  the  voter  that  anyone  who  runs 
for  and  obtains  a  paid  CUSA  position 
should  be  held  responsible  for  that  posi- 
tion and  that  position  alone. 

In  other  words,  if  my  CUSA  dollars  are 
paying  you  to  sit  in  yourCUS  A  ivory  tower 
you  should  sit  there  and  there  alone.  This 
is  not  to  say  that  Lucy  Watson  is  not  doing 
an  exemplary  job  as  CUSA  president  be- 
cause she  probably  is,  butthe  fact  that  she 
is  missing  board  of  governors  meetings 
says  a  lot. 

In  my  opinion,  Lucy  merely  took  ad- 


LETTERS 


vantage  of  a  loophole  in  our  electoral 
code  which  should  not  exist,  by  running 
for  more  than  one  position  for  a)  more 
poster  space  and  b)  to  pad  her  resume  at 
the  expense  of  Carleton  students. 

How  many  more  years  can  we  expect 
to  suffer  the  injustice  of  misrepresenta- 
tion at  the  hands  of  those  who  manipu- 
late an  electoral  code  in  dire  need  of 
amendments?  In  the  meantime,  I  call  for 
Lucy  to  free  herself  of  the  embarrassment 
and  controversy  of  theboard  of  governors 
with  an  official  resignation  of  her  post  as 
student  governor,  followed  by  a  sincere 
apology  to  the  students  so  that  she  may 
finish  her  term  as  CUSA  president,  with- 
out any  further  stress  or  burden. 

Trevor  Lewis 
Law  IV 

Everyone's  a  critic 
(even  engineers) 

Editor: 

Re:  "Carleton's  corporate  campus,"  The 
Charlatan,  Nov.  11,  1993. 

I  want  to  address  Song  Cho's  statement 
that  "Our  world  doesn't  need  more  engi- 
neers and  scientists.  We  need  more  criti- 
cal and  creative  thinkers." 

Cho  implies,  perhaps  inadvertently, 
that  engineers  and  scientists  are  neither 
critical  nor  creative  in  their  thinking.  I 
believe  this  to  be  untrue. 

History  is  filled  with  engineers  and 
scientists  who  have  come  up  with  creative 
ideas  and  novel  solutions  to  difficult  prob- 
lems. Furthermore,  engineers  and  scien- 
tists are  encouraged  to  be  critical  in  their 
thinking  and  design  processes,  so  as  to 
avoid  mistakes  and  oversights  as  much  as 
possible. 

We  DO  need  more  critical  and  creative 
thinkers  in  this  world,  including  engi- 
neers, scientists  and  people  from  other 
disciplines.  It  is  disheartening  to  see  such 
a  misleading  statement,  especially  from  a 
future  journalist  or  communicator. 

Kevin  Black 
Master  of  Engineering  I 

Doing  our  bestest 

Editor: 

1  must  take  issue  with  the  following  ill- 
worded  headlines  which  appeared  in  the 
Nov.  11  sports  section: 

"Fatigue  a  factor  in  basketball  men 
losses,"  and  "Season  over,  but  Ravens  did 
good,"  fall  well  below  the  standard  one 
might  expect  to  emanate  from  a  commu- 
nication-based institution.  I  think  you 
can  do  "gooder." 

Stephen  Schroeder 
English  I 

Not  die-hard  fans 

Editor: 

Re:  "Discography,  PetShopBoys,  Very," 
The  Charlatan,  Nov.  4,  1993. 


Blayne  Haggart  is  one  ignorant  fool 
who  doesn't  know  what  he  is  talking 
about.  If  the  PetShop  Boys  are  an  eighties' 
thing,  then  explain  the  fact  that  in  1990 
and  1991  they  had  two  hits  that  reached 
Number  4,  ("So  Hard"  and  "Where  the 
Streets  Have  No  Name")  and  two  others  in 
the  Top  25  of  the  U.K.  charts. 

The  Pet  Shop  Boys'  success  in  the  early 
nineties  should  show  any  half^decent 
record  critic  that  their  new  sound  will 
become  popular  in  Canada  and  the  U.S. 
within  a  short  period  of  time. 

We  cannot  say  that  we  are  die-hard  Pet 
Shop  Boys'  fans.  We  like  their  music  and 
own  some  of  their  albums  and  found  that 
Very  is  one  of  their  best  so  far. 

It  seems  like  the  critic  is  living  in  the 
past.  Wake  up  and  smell  the  nineties.  You 
must  remember  that  most  groups  never 
change  sounds  or  style.  In  the  Pet  Shop 
Boys'  new  music  you  can  feel  and  hear  the 
effect  of  eight  years  of  playing.  The  Pet 
Shop  Boys  made  an  impression  in  the 
eighties  and  are  new  and  improved  for 
the  nineties.  Live  with  it. 

Bill  Pinchak 
Science  I 
A.T.  Mcfannett 
Business  I 

Wall  of  whiteness 
needs  diversity 

Editor: 

After  passing  the  Alumni  Wall  of  Fame 
in  Baker  Lounge  countless  times  and  no- 
ticing little  else  besides  it  being  a  sea  of 
whiteness,  1  have  had  enough.  At  first, 
when  there  were  a  meagre  five  photo- 
graphs, it  was  annoying  that  all  of  them 
were  white  —  at  least  two  were  women,  I 
told  myself.  However,  when  a  couple  of 
weeks  ago  seven  more  made  their  way  up, 
I  was  honestly  surprised — all  white  men! 

This  is  insulting  and  offensive.  1  hardly 
think  that  of  the  thousands  of  people  who 
have  graduated  from  Carleton  over  the 
last  50  years  there  are  no  people  of  color 
and  hardly  any  women  who  have  made 
meaningful  contributions  to  society. 

Further,  some  of  the  people  are  ques- 
tionable choices.  Does  Conrad  Black  rep- 
resent an  ideal  for  Carleton  students  to 
aspire  to?  1  hope  not! 

Representations  being  limited  to  busi- 
ness people,  academics,  a  doctor,  a  politi- 
cian, a  journalist  and  a  member  of  the 
armed  forces  is  also  disturbing.  Where  are 
the  non-professionals,  the  activists  and 
the  artists?  These  would  be  more  realistic 
and  I  dare  say  better  role  models. 

I  think  it  is  high  time  for  all  thinking 
students  to  sit  down  and  write  a  letter  to 
alumni  relations  telling  them  what  we 
think  of  this  Alumni  Wall  of  Fame  —  it  is 
racist,  sexist,  elitist  and  unrealistic. 

Brenda  Kennedy 
Anthropology /V 


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14  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  18,  1993 


Polo  women  power  to  second 

*BY^J?^°nJ>eginsoiw  note 


Long  and  hard  Raven  practices  through  out  the  fall  were  rewarded, 


by  Suzanne  Izzard 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Ravens  women's  waterpolo  team 
finished  second  on  Nov.  13-14  in  their 
season-opening  league  crossover  tour- 
nament at  McMaster  University. 

The  Ravens  trounced  the  McMaster 
Marauders  1 5-3,  beat  the  Queen 's  Golden 
Gaels  7-6,  defeated  the  Brock  Badgers  13- 
1  and  only  lost  a  close  4-3  match  to  the 
University  of  Toronto  Blues  with  seconds 
remaining. 


Carleton  15  McMaster  3 
Carleton  7  Queen's  6 
Toronto  4  Carleton  3 
Carleton  13  Brock  1 


After  a  rather  easy  win  over  McMaster, 
Carleton  had  to  play  hard  to  defeat 
Queen's.  The  Gaels  are  last  year's  On- 
tario Women's  Interuniversity  Athletic 
Association  champs. 

"I  think  the  whole  team  took  Queen's 
a  little  lightly  because  we  beat  them  at 
our  invitational, "  said  Ravens  coach  Steve 
Baird,  "but  we  played  back." 


Ravens'  goaltender  Tanya  Pierunek 
agreed  there  was  a  danger  in  not  taking 
the  other  teams  seriously,  especially 
Queen's. 

"You  can't  evershrug  off  a  team,  even 
when  you  think  you've  got  them  beat," 
said  Pierunek. 

Carleton  persevered  despite  losing  top 
rookie  Marianne  Illing  in  the  second 
quarter,  when  she  was  called  out  on  a 
disrespectful  conduct  for  retaliating 
against  an  aggressive  Queen's  player. 

"We  did  well  after  that  because  we 
were  able  to  stay  together,"  said  team 
veteran  Anne  Stacey.  "If  we  had  fallen 
apart  after  Marianne  was  thrown  out  it 
would  have  been  bad,  but  after  losing  our 
best  player  we  still  won.  It  was  encourag- 
ing." 

Illing  returned  for  the  next  match 
against  Toronto  but  she  broke  a  finger 
trying  to  catch  a  pass  late  in  the  game. 

The  Toronto  match  was  the  toughest 
of  the  week  largely  because  the  Blues 
have  a  strong  cast  of  returning  players. 
Few  of  the  team's  members  graduated 
last  year,  said  Raven  coach  Steve  Baird. 

"They're  even  better  this  year  because 
nowthey've  got  one  of  McMaster's  former 


veteran  players,"  said  Baird. 

The  Toronto  goalkeeper  was  another 
obstacle. 

"We  still  have  to  leam  to  score  on  her. 
We  need  to  shoot  on  her  with  more  con- 
fidence," said  Baird. 

There  was  less  than  a  minute  remain- 
ing when  they  scored  the  winner. 

Despite  the  loss,  the  Ravens  are  opti- 
mistic. The  club  is  a  force  this  year,  even 
though  almost  half  of  the  23-member 
team  are  rookies. 

"We've  got  two  teams  this  year  to 
choose  from, "  says  Pam  Stewart,  a  fourth- 
year  veteran,  "and  some  of  the  rookies 
are  amazing.  They  work  really  hard." 

Leading  the  Ravens'  attack  were:  Illing 
with  eight  goals  in  three  games,  Stacey 
with  lOgoalsandsix  steals  in  four  games, 
Jennifer  Hampton  with  four  goals  and  14 
steals  and  rookie  Natalie  Deveaux  with 
five  goals  in  three  games. 

The  next  league  tournament  will  be  in 
mid-|anuary  at  McMaster  University,  fol- 
lowed by  the  championships  in  Febru- 
ary. The  Carleton  Ravens  have  finished 
among  the  top  three  in  the  league  forthe 
past  four  years.  □ 


Raven  swimmers  progress  at  Sherbrooke 

Kotler  qualifies  for  nationals  in  200-metre  breast-stroke 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Slalf 

The  Carleton  women's  andmen'sswim 
teams  placed  eighth  and  ninth  respec- 
tively in  the  nine- team  Sherbrooke  swim 
meet  on  Nov.  13. 

Raven  swimmer  Erica  Kotler  posted 
Carleton's  best  result  with  a  second-place 
finish  in  the  200-metre  breast-stroke. 

Kotler's  time  of  2:45:59  also  qualified 
her  for  the  Canadian  Interuniversity  Ath- 
letic Union  national  finals  to  be  held  in 
Victoria,  B.C.,  in  March. 

Also  posting  good  results  was  wom- 
en's swimmer  Sarah  Dobbin,  who  placed 
seventh  in  both  the  SO-  and  100-metre 
breast-stroke  with  personal-best  times  of 
37:28  and  1:29:79. 

"I  felt  so  great  that  I  placed  because  I 
worked  so  hard  for  it,"  said  Dobbin. 

The  rest  of  the  10-woman  team  fin- 
ished with  middle-of-the-road  results. 

"I  was  quite  pleased  with  them,"  said 
women's  coach  |itka  Kotler.  "We  had 
almost  the  whole  team  together  and 
about  75  per  cent  of  them  swam  their 
personal-best  times.  I  could  see  that  the 


Swim  Meet  Primer 

Individual  events  are  awarded  points 
by  order  of  finish  and  these  points  are 
crucial  for  a  team's  overall  chance  of 
winning  the  meet. 

At  invitational  swim  events,  such  as 
theSherbrooke  meet,  points  are  awarded 
from  first  to  eighth  in  descending  order  of 
20,  17,  16,  15.  14.  13.  12  and  11 

Finishes  from  ninth  to  16th  also  re- 
ceive points 

Men  and  women  compete  and  score 
individually  in  a  host  of  events.  Swimmers 
are  normally  limited  to  competing  in  four 
or  five  individual  events  and  two  relays. 

These  include:  50-,  100-,  200-,  400-, 
500-  and  1,500-metre  freestyle,  50,  100 
and  200  breast-stroke,  back-stroke  and 
butterfly;  as  well  as  the  100-  and  200- 
metre  individual  medley  □ 


workouts  are  actually  good  for  some- 
thing. They  are  progressing  nicely." 

On  the  men's  side,  Peter  Andersen 
notched  the  best  resultwithal3th-place 


finish  in  the  100-metre  back-stroke  in  a 
fime  of  1:03:34. 

"As  a  group  there  were  no  major  mis- 
takes, but  we'll  be  better  prepared  in 
January,"  said  men's  coach  Brian 
Johnson. 

Overall,  the  low-place  finishes  were 
not  a  major  concern. 

"We  were  just  working  towards  a 
higherfitness  level,"  said  Andersen.  "There 
were  so  many  events  where  we  were 
swimming  really  hard  from  one  race  to 
another  and  going  100  to  1  lOpercent  in 
every  race." 

Besides  being  a  training  event  for  the 
Raven  team,  the  Sherbrooke  meet  in  par- 
ticular was  a  good  contest  with  many  top 
swimmers  competing,  like  Olympians 
Guillame  Cloutierfrom  the  University  of 
Montreal  and  Patricia  Noel  from  McGill. 

"Ifs  helpful  for  our  swimmers,"  said 
Kotler.  "For  slower  swimmers,  they  can 
see  how  they  should  be  racing,  and  for 
faster  swimmers,  they  have  people  to 
compete  against." 

The  swim  team  travels  to  Potsdam, 
N. Y.,  for  another  meet  Nov.  1 9-20.  □ 


Gold  possible 
for  Polo  men 


by  Richard  G.D.Scott 

Charlatan  Siatt 

And  now  for  the  real  stuff. 

The  regular  season  for  the  men's 
waterpolo  team  is  over  and  this  week- 
end, the  Carleton  Ravens  will  be  one 
offourteamsplayingintheOntario 
Universities  Athletic  Association 
waterpolo  playoffs. 

The  Ravens  are  coming  off  one  of 
their  best  seasons  in  years  and  are  a 
serious  contenderforthegoldmedal. 

Carleton  is  last  year's  defending 
bronze-medal  champion  and  the 
team  has  been  one  of  the  league's 
mostpleasantsurprises.  Afterlosing 
theirseason-openerinan  1  l-5upset 
loss  to  Queen's,  the  Ravens  re- 
bounded and  posted  a  7-4-1  record. 
That  was  good  enough  for  third  place 
in  theOUAA  behind  the  universities 
of  Toronto  and  Western  Ontario. 

More  impressive  has  been  their 
defensive  teamwork. 

In  the  high-scoring  game  of 
waterpolo,  the  Ravens  have  allowed 
an  average  of  only  seven  goals  per 
game,  which  is  second  lowest  in  the 
league  behind  Toronto. 

As  one  of  the  strongest  teams 
defensively,  the  Ravens  are  a  hard 
team  to  beat. 

The  Ravens  will  face  the  Western 
Mustangs  in  the  semi-finals.  Al- 
though the  Ravens  lost  their  last 
regular-season  game  13-8  to  West- 
em,  Carleton  did  beat  the  Mustangs 
5-4  earlier  in  the  season.  The  Ravens 
also  beat  Western  9-8  in  last  sea- 
son's consolation  finals  to  win  the 
bronze  medal. 

The  Ravens  finished  one  point 
behind  the  Mustangs  in  1993,  but 
they're  statistically  a  better  team 
this  year  and  they've  set  their  sights 
beyond  a  bronze-medal  finish.  Last 
year,  the  team  finished  6-5-1  and  in 
fourth  place. 

The  Ravens  say  they  are  confi- 
dent they  can  win.  They  are  one  of 
the  best  teams  at  checking  the  oppo- 
sition and  they  also  have  one  of  the 
best  benches  in  the  league. 

The  Mustangs,  however,  are  prob- 
ably a  little  cocky  after  their  13-8 
victory.  They  won't  be  expecting  a 
tough  battle.  But  let's  not  forget  the 
Ravens  played  their  second-line 
bench  for  most  of  that  last  game. 

And  if  the  Ravens  beat  Western, 
their  next  match-up  will  be  against 
the  12-0  Toronto  Blues,  provided  the 
fourth-place  McMaster  Marauders 
don't  upset  the  favored  Blues.  To- 
ronto has  finished  first  in  the  OUAA 
for  two  consecutive  seasons. 

If  the  Ravens  advance  this  far, 
they  will  truly  be  underdogs  geared 
for  an  upset  victory  over  the  Blues. 
Win  or  lose,  the  championship  game 
wi  II  guarantee  them  at  least  a  silver 
medal.  Toronto,  on  the  other  hand, 
could  have  its  perfect  season  go  down 
the  drain  with  an  upset  loss. 

Toronto's  a  good  team,  but  it  can 
be  forced  into  making  mistakes.  Al- 
though the  Ravens  lost  both  games 
to  Toronto  8-4  and  10-5  earlier  in 
the  season,  they  have  been  the  Blues' 
toughest  competition. 

But  that  was  the  regular  season. 
This  is  the  playoffs. 

Nowit'stimefortherealstuff.  □ 


November  18,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  15 


J 


Haven 
Records 

OUAA  WATERPOLO 
East  Division 


w 

L 

T 

F     A  PTS 

Toronto  12 

0 

0 

158  64  24 

Western  8 

4 

0 

148  102  16 

Carleton  7 

4 

1 

10584  15 

McMaster7 

4 

1 

133  88  15 

Queen's  5 

7 

0 

83   121  10 

Ottawa  2 

10 

0 

91    155  4 

York  0 

12 

0 

70   174  0 

OWIAA  WATERPOLO 

East  Division 

w 

L 

T 

F     A  PTS 

Toronto  4 

0 

0 

40   13  8 

Carleton  3 

1 

0 

38  14  6 

Queen's  2 

2 

0 

32  21  4 

McMasterl 

3 

0 

24  43  2 

Brock  0 

4 

0 

13  56  0 

OWIAA  VOLLEYBALL 
East  Division 


w 

L 

T 

F 

A 

PTS 

Ottawa  2 

0 

0 

6 

1 

4 

Toronto  1 

0 

9' 

3 

0 

2 

York  1 

0 

0 

3 

0 

2 

Queen's  1 

1 

0 

4 

4 

2 

Carleton  0 

2 

0 

1 

6 

0 

Ryerson  0 

1 

0 

0 

3 

0 

CIAU  FOOTBALL 
Bowl  Finals  Nov.  14. 

Atlantic  Bowl 

Calgary  37  St.  Mary's  23 

Receiver  James  Buchanan  broke 
open  a  close  23-22  game  with  a  75- 
yard  TD  run  on  a  punt  return  to  power 
the  Calgary  Dinosaurs  past  the  Husk- 
ies to  their  fifth  Vanier  Cup. 

Churchill  Bowl 

Toronto  26  Concordia  16 

The  U  of  T  Blues  led  by  game  MVP 
quarterback  Mario  Sturino  racked  up 
590  yards  net  offence  en  route  to  a  26- 
16  victory  over  the  Stingers. 


CIAU  SOCCER 
Men's  Finals  Nov.  13-14. 

Gold  Medal  Game 

Sherbrooke  2  UBC  1 

The  Sherbrooke  Vert  et  Or  ended  the 
UBC  Thunderbirds  four-year  reign  as 
the  men's  soccer  champions  with  a  2- 1 
win  in  the  final.  Andre  Sylvain  scored 
on  the  fourth  penalty  kick  for  the  win. 

TheWestem  Mustangs  defeated  the 
Queen's  Golden  Gaels  2-0  in  the  Bronze 
medal  game. 

Women's  Finals  Nov.  13-14. 

Gold  Medal  Game 

UBC  2  Dalhousie  1 

Goalkeeper  Kathy  Sutton  scored  the 
winner  in  a  shootout  to  lead  the  UBC 
Thuderbirds  to  victory  over  the 
Dalhousie  Tigers  in  the  finals. 

Regulation  time  andtwo  15-minute 
overtime  periods  ended  in  a  1-1  tie 

The  teams  scored  six  goals  each 
from  their  first  10  shots  in  the  shootout, 
forcing  the  goalkeepers  to  shoot. 

The  Sir  Wilfrid  Laurier  Golden  Hawks 
defeated  the  McGill  Redmen  2-1  in  the 
bronze  medal  match. 


Tournament  a  learning  experience 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Cha/latan  Siafl 

The  Carleton  women's  volleyball  team 
finished  last  among  eight  teams  at  the 
Winnipeg  Invitational  Nov.  12-14. 

Playing  againstsome  of  the  top-ranked 
teams  in  the  country,  the  Raven  squad, 
composed  of  6  rookies  and  2  veterans, 
failed  to  win  a  set. 

In  pool  action,  Carleton  lost  3-0  (15-1 , 


Winnipeg  3  Carleton  0 
Concordia  3  Carleton  0 
Sask.  3  Carieton  0 
Toronto  3  Carieton  0 
Regina  3  Carleton  0 


15-8,  15-5)  to  the  Winnipeg  Wesmen,  3- 
0  (15-5,  15-5,  15-5)  to  the  Concordia 
Stingers  and  3-0  (15-11,  15-12,  15-5)  to 
the  Saskatchewan  Huskies. 

In  consolation  finals,  the  University  of 
Toronto  defeated  Carleton  3-0  (15-3,  15- 
0, 15-9)  and  the  University  of  Regina  beat 
the  Ravens  3-0  (15-8,  15-10,  15-8). 

Despite  the  losses,  the  tournament 
was  a  learning  experience. 

"It  was  definitely  good  to  go.  Even 
though  we  didn't  win  a  set  or  a  match,  it 
was  still  a  good  experience  because  a  lot 
of  the  girls  are  in  their  first  year  and  they 
need  to  see  what's  out  there.  Hopefully,  it 
gave  them  a  good  impression.  If  they 
want  to  play  university  volleyball  at  this 
level,  it  gives  them  something  to  look  at. " 

The  Ravens  were  outclassed  by  the 
competition,  said  Biasone,  but  they  did 


show  improvement. 

"It  was  really  nice  to  see  the  girls  not 
giving  up.  They  showed  character, "  said 
Biasone. "  It  would  have  been  easy  to  give 
up  after  playing  all  those  good  teams. 
But  they  didn't  do  that.  I  was  impressed 
they  didn't  quit,  but  got  better  as  they 
went  along." 

A  lack  of  confidence  was  another 
worry. 

"With  first-year  players,  your  confi- 
dence can  really  take  a  beating  at  a 
tournament  like  this  when  you  keep  get- 
ting shelled,"  said  Biasone." 

The  Ravens  remained  upbeat,  par- 
ticularly against  the  Huskies,  who  had  to 
work  hard  for  two  set  victories. 

"The  bottom  line  is  our  skills  are  not 
up  to  the  level  of  the  skill  of  other  teams 
out  there,"  said  Biasone.  □ 


Basketball  women  net  pair  of  wins 


by  Jay  Tharayil 

Charlatan  Stall 

The  Carleton  Ravens  women's  basket- 
ball team  played  the  role  of  inhospitable 
host  at  its  annual  Carleton  Invitational 
Basketball  Tournament. 

At  the  Raven's  Nest,  Carleton  defeated 
the  Bishop's  Gaiters47-46  in  an  overtime 
thriller  Nov.  1 4,  as  well  as  humbling  the 
Sir  Wilfrid  Laurier  Golden  Hawks  58-31 
on  Nov.  13. 


Carleton  47  Bishop's  46 
Carieton  58  Laurier  31 


Against  Bishop's,  the  game  was  forced 
into  overtime  when  Raven  forward  Sara 
Smith  tied  it  at  43,  calmly  sinking  two 
free  throws  with  two  seconds  left  in  regu- 
lation. 

Overtime  was  a  defensive  battle.  With 
Carleton  leading  47-45,  Bishop's  missed 
an  opportunity  to  send  the  game  into 
double  overtime,  when  centre  Jackie  Frost 
converted  only  one  of  two  free  throws 
after  being  fouled  with  no  time  left. 

O'Grady  was  the  top  scorer  for  Carle- 


Ravens'  defence  prevailed  in  overtime. 

ton  with  10  points  while  Janet  Bernard 
led  Bishop's  with  11. 

Momentum  shifted  throughout  the 
game.  The  Ravens  controlled  play  early, 
leading  1 7-5  at  one  point  in  the  first  half. 
But  Bishop's  fought  back  and  midway 
through  the  second  half,  the  Ravens 
trailed  by  eight  points. 

Raven  coach  Marg  Jones  said  her  team 
was  able  to  battle  back  in  the  second  half 
on  the  strength  of  their  defence. 

"If  you  play  tough  defence  it  will  get 


you  back  into  any  game,  and  we  had 
turn  to  our  defence  in  order  to  (come 
back),"  said  Jones. 

Defence  also  shined  as  the  Ravens 
pummeled  the  Golden  Hawks  58-31  ear- 
lier in  the  weekend.  The  Ravens  domi- 
nated throughout,  forcing  turnovers, 
blocking  shots  and  out-rebounding 
Wilfrid  Laurier  40-22.  The  Ravens  sur- 
rendered only  1 3  first-half  points  and  no 
Laurier  player  had  more  than  one'field 
goal  in  the  first  half. 

The  top  scorer  for  Carleton  was  Helen 
Collins,  who  scored  1 4  points  and  grabbed 
7  rebounds. 

For  her  play,  Collins  and  Raven  for- 
ward Heather  McAlpine  were  selected  to 
the  tournament  all-star  team. 

Although  pleased  with  the  team's  play, 
[ones  said  her  team  still  has  much  to 
work  on  before  the  season  starts. 

"We  still  have  a  long  way  to  go  in 
terms  of  the  execution  of  our  systems," 
said  Jones.  "Our  defence  is  getting  better, 
but  our  offence  has  a  long  way  to  go.  So 
we  have  a  lot  of  work  to  do  in  terms  of 
executing  on  the  floor."  □ 


:NEON,     BYWAHD  MARKET 


16  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  18,  1993 


Raven 
Rumblings 

QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 


"It's  helpful  for  our  swimmers.  For 
slower  swimmers,  they  can  see  how 
they  should  be  racing  and  for  faster 
swimmers,  they  have  people  to  com- 
pete against." 

Women's  swim  coach  |itka  Kotler 
on  the  high-calibre,  Olympian  com- 
petition at  the  Sherbrooke  swim  meet. 

BRIEFS 

In  exhibition  basketball,  the  Carle- 
ton  men's  basketball  team  dropped  a 
pairof  games  at  the  recent  Pinky  Lewis 
Tournament  at  McMaster  University 
in  Hamilton.  The  Ravens  lost  77-48  to 
the  McMaster  Marauders  on  Nov.  12. 
Taffe  Charles  led  the  Ravens  with  15 
points.  Then  on  Nov.  13,  the  Ravens 
lost  73-55  to  the  St.  Francis  Xavier  X- 
Men,  with  Charles  netting  25  points. 


Friday,  Nov.  19. 

BASKETBALL  —  Carleton  hosts  the 
Norm  Fenn  High  School  Invitational 
Basketball  Tournament.  High-school 
teams  from  across  Ottawa  will  play 
Friday  and  Saturday  evening  in  the 
Ravens'  Nest  gym. 

SWIMMING — The  men's  and  wom- 
en's swim  teams  travel  to  Postdam, 
N.Y.,  to  participate  in  another  swim 
meet. 

VOLLEYBALL  —  The  women's  vol- 
leyball team  travels  to  Toronto  this 
weekend  for  three  road  games  against 
the  universities  of  Ryerson,  York  and 
Toronto.  The  Ravens  take  on  Ryerson 
tonight  at  8  p.m. 

FENCING  —  The  men's  and  wom- 
en's fencing  teams  will  participate  in 
the  Brock  Open  in  St.  Catherines,  Ont. 

Saturday,  Nov.  20. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  men's  team 
takes  on  Laval  University  in  action  at 
the  Ravens'  Nest  at  3:30  p.m. 

VOLLEYBALL — The  women's  team 
takes  on  York  University  in  Toronto  at 
noon. 

WATERPOLO  —  The  men's 
waterpolo  team  is  in  Hamilton  look- 
ing to  improve  on  last  year's  bronze- 
medal  performance  at  the  OUAA 
waterpolo  championships.  The  Ravens 
take  on  the  Western  Mustangs  in  semi- 
final action  at  McMaster. 

Sunday,  Nov.  21. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  men's  basket- 
ball team  plays  Humber  College  at  2 
p.m.  in  the  Ravens'  Nest  gym. 

VOLLEYBALL  —  The  women's  vol- 
leyball team  finishes  its  road  trip  in 
Toronto  with  a  1  p.m.  match  against 
the  University  of  Toronto  Blues.  □ 


Hockey  blues  hit  Carleton  club 


by  Bid  Labonte 

Charlatan  Start 

After  five  years  of  relatively  quiet  suc- 
cess, Carleton  hockey  is  in  trouble. 

A  lack  of  funding  and  student  interest, 
as  well  as  a  weaker  team,  have  caused 
Carleton's  hockey  club  to  question  stu- 
dents' commitment  to  hockey. 

Revived  in  1988  as  a  club  team  by  the 
a  group  of  the  team's  alumni  called  the 
Bald  Raven  Society,  the  Carleton  hockey 
club  now  plays  in  the  senior  R.A.  League 
throughout  the  winter  and  also  hosts 
several  exhibition  matches  against  other 
universities  and  colleges. 

The  Bald  Raven  Society's  goal  is  to 
bring  back  varsity  hockey  to  Carleton. 
Men's  hockey  was  dumped  as  a  varsity 
sport  in  1975  in  order  to  save  money. 

While  the  University  of  Ottawa  Gee- 
Gees  hockey  club  is  well-funded  by  its 
athletic  department  and  manages  to  draw 
over  200  paid  fans  to  most  of  its  home 
games,  Carleton  games  are  fortunate  to 
drag  out  20  people,  and  that's  including 
a  Charlatan  reporter. 

This  lack  of  support  is  caused,  in  part, 
by  hockey  players  at  the  university  level 
who  don't  take  advantage  of  the  oppor- 
tunity to  play  for  a  university  team,  says 
Paul  Correy,  general  manager  of  Carle- 
ton's  hockey  club  and  a  Bald  Raven. 

"The  Bald  Ravens  challenge  all  hockey 
players  who  believe  they  have  what  it 
takes  to  play  competitive  hockey,  to  try 
out  for  the  team,"  says  Correy. 

Many  talented  players  decline  that 
offer  because  of  the  financial  involve- 
ment as  well  as  the  time  commitment. 

"After  finding  out  there  were  no  free- 
bies,  like  free  sticks  and  equipment,  and 
that  a  small  fee  ($  1 50  a  season)  had  to  be 
paid  for  ice  time,  games  and  practices, 
some  guys  were  just  never  heard  from 
again,"  says  Correy. 

"It's  expensive  to  play  hockey,"  says 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 
Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Nov.  16,  1993. 


1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 


1 

R.  De  Vecchi 

208 

2 

Patrick  Soden 

207 

3 

P.  Vanderwuyst 

207 

4 

Ron  Wells 

207 

5 

Edwin  Chock 

207 

6 

layson  Luiz 

206 

7 

Tom  fencz 

206 

8 

P.  Blair  Ellis 

206 

9 

Joseph  Kurikose 

202 

10  Alex  Varki 

202 

R.  De  Vecchi  can  pick  up  his  $25  dinner  certificate  for  Baxter's  restaurant  at 
The  Charlatan..  So  can  Daragh  Slowey  who  won  two  weeks  ago.  


Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

Name  the  last  member  of  the 
Montreal  Canadians  to  lead  the 
NHL  in  penalty  minutes. 

Answer: 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper  and 
submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize  will  be  determined  by  a  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  Nov.  23, 1993.  The  winner  will 
be  contacted  by  phone,  by  the  sports 
editor  of  the  Charlatan. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 

Congratulations  to  Jeff  Coates  who 
knew  that  Clint  Benedict  Invented  the 

goalie  mask  and  Jacques  Plante  was  the 
first  to  wear  it  in  a  game. 

Wegoofedlastweek.  Dexter Manley 
played  for  the  Tampa  Bay  Bucaneers 
before  coming  to  Ottawa.  Sorry. 


Who: 
Hockey  Club 

What 
Actively  Recruiting 

Games: 
Every  Wednesday 
night  at  the  R.A, 
Centre 

Practices: 
Monday  from  1-3:30 
at  the  R.  A,  Centre 

Coach: 
George  Brown 
Tel*  $64*1297 


assistant  captain  Jeff  McKenna.  "Sticks 
and  tape  are  the  biggest  thing,  but  on  top 
of  that  we  have  to  provide  all  our  own 
equipment,  transportation  and  gas 
money  when  we  carpool." 

Dany  Vajcoveo  is  one  such  hockey 
player  whodidn't  commit  to  the  program 

"I  would  have  loved  to  Dlay  but  the 
schedule  and  limited  ice  time  was  the 
biggest  factor.  The  team  only  plays  for  an 
hour  and  they  have  three  full  lines  and 
eight  defencemen.  It's  not  worth  playing 
for  just  three  or  four  shifts  a  game, "  says 
the  22-year-old  special  student  at  Carle- 
ton. "The  level  of  hockey  just  isn't  there. 
The  team  lacks  experience  and  it  doesn't 
have  varsity  status." 

Playing  in  the  six-team  Senior  R.A. 
League,  Carleton  posted  its  best-ever  fin- 
ish last  year  with  a  10-7-3  record  before 
bowing  out  in  the  playoffs. 


Only  a  handful  of  players  remain  from 
that  year's  club.  And  it  shows  in  the 
standings.  Thisyear'sO-4-2  team  ismostly 
made  up  of  rookie  die-hards  who  play  for 
love  of  the  game.  But  that  doesn't  help 
increase  awareness  and  support. 

"There's  an  obvious  lack  of  talent," 
says  the  veteran  McKenna.  "Last  year's 
team  was  very  good  and  losing  the  grads 
really  hurt  us.  This  season's  team  defi- 
nitely has  more  heart  though.  And  the 
experience  will  come." 

Although  the  club  is  winless  in  league 
play,  the  team  has  played  better  in  exhi- 
bition matches,  defeating  New  York's 
Canton  College  7-6  and  Brockville's  St. 
Lawrence  College  6-4.  □ 


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and  our  kitchen  will  be 
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ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Celtic  and  no  crowd  surfing 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charialan  Staff 


»irit  of  the  West  with  Andrew^ 
Cash  and  the  little  ones 

Congress  Centre 
^Thursday,  Nov.  11 


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ovemments  may  fall,  tuition 
may  go  up,  but  the  one  thing 
you  can  always  count  on  is 
Spirit  of  the  West  putting  on 
a  fantastic  live  show  —  and 
this  time  through  Ottawa  was 


sonation,  moving  disjointedly  around  the 
stage  and  just  generally  acting  bizarre. 
His  audience  banter  about  the  deficit, 
how  Ottawa  seemed  fresher  now  that  the 
Tories  are  toast,  and  the  traditional  rawk 
greeting  (paraphrasing  Mr.  Cash:  "This 
is  where  I'm  supposed  to  say,  'How  the 
fug  are  you  Ottawa?'"),  were  a  welcome 
change  from  the  usupl  pretentious  audi- 
ence salutes  most  bands  give.  If  it  was  an 
act,  it  was  a  good  one. 

Plus,  I  don't  think  I've  ever  seen  one 
singer  spit  while  singing  quite  as  much 
as  this  guy.  I  hope  they  changed  micro- 


Andrew  Cash  grunts  out  another  superfabulous  hit  song. 


no  different. 

Starting  off  the  evening  was  Toronto's 
Andrew  Cash  and  the  little  ones.  Their  set 
was  marked  primarily  by  their  rawkish 
sound  which,  while  adding  nothing  new 
to  the  Canadian  rock  tradition,  kept  most 
people  involved. 

Cash  did  his  best  Peter  Garrett  imper- 


phones  for  Spirit  of  the  West. 

The  beauty  of  Spirit  of  the  West  this 
time  'round  was  how  comfortable  most 
songs  sounded,  compared  to,  say,  the  Go 
Figure  tour.  This  tour,  if  you  didn't  know 
the  songs  off  by  heart,  it  was  close  to 
impossible  to  place  each  song  to  a  par- 
ticularera.  The  old  stuff  has  been  infused 


with  a  rock  sensibility  and  the  new  stuff 
has  been  properly  tempered  with  their 
folk  influence. 

While  their  set  was  mostly  made  up  of 
new  material,  they  were  not  oblivious  to 
their  fans.  Thus  we  were  treated  to  an 
opening  set  of  "Dirty  Pool,"  off  Save  This 
House,  "Five  Free  Minutes,"  the  lead-off 
track  for  their  latest  album,  Faithlift,  and 
"Doin'  Quite  Alright,"  from  way,  way 
back.  These  songs,  like  all  the  others, 
were  not  just  played  —  they  were  belted 
out  with  feeling. 

As  at  any  Spirit  gig,  both  the  crowd 
and  the  band  were  very  much  into  the 
show.  Guitarist/vocalist  John  Mann  was 
suitably  intense,  while  drummer  Vince 
Ditrich  merrily  galloped  around  the  stage, 
tambourine  in  hand,  during  a  frenetic 
version  of  "The  Old  Sod." 

It  was  also  great  to  be  at  a  show  where 
people  just  danced  and  crowd  surfing 
was  the  exception  rather  than  the  rule. 
It's  not  like  Spirit  of  the  West's  music  is 
conducive  to  crowd  surfing,  but  some 
people  unclear  about  the  concept  would 
crowd  surf  to  Barry  Manilow. 

To  that  end,  Mann  deserves  credit  for 
saying,  as  one  idiot  got  up  on  the  crowd 
and  then  flipped  backwards  onto  the 
ground,  "We  don't  want  anyone  to  get 
hurt  tonight.  So  we  don't  want  to  see  any 
stage  diving  or  body  surfing."  The  band 
stayed  true  to  this  statement  when  they 
stopped  "Home  For  a  Rest"  until  security 
removed  a  bonehead  from  the  stage. 

Sounded  like  Fugazi  was  in  the  build- 
ing. 

While  their  set  was  predictably  enter- 
taining, they've  also  thrown  in  a  few  new 
twists.  Ditrich  proved  once  again  he  has 


Margaret  Atwood  pleases  yet  again 


1HC 


by  Susie  Haley 

Charlatan  Staff 

Nov.  9  was  a  very  exciting  day  for 
National  Library. 

In  the  afternoon,  Pierre  Elliott Trudeau 
donated  his  personal  documents  to  the 
collection,  and  in  the  evening,  a  really 
cool  Celtic  folk  band  called  Imaginary 
Heaven,  from  Vankleek  Hill  east  of  Orle- 
ans, played  for  a  sold-out  house.  Oh,  and 
Margaret  Atwood  was  there  to  read  from 
her  latest  best-seller,  The  Robber  Bride. 

In  the  lengthy  introduction  by  na- 
tional librarian  Dr.  Marianne  Scott, 
Atwood  was  told  "On  behalf  of  librarians 
everywhere,  thanks  for  keeping  us  in 
business." 

Atwood  has  had  25  books  published, 
received  two  Governor  General  Awards, 
been  translated  into  several  different  lan- 
guages and  her  books  currently  take  up 
six  metres  of  shelving  at  the  National 
Library. 

Atwood  is  not  a  tall  woman,  but  her 
presence  compensates  for  her  lack  of 
height.  She  has  what  some  might  call  a 
tnonotone  voice,  but  she  is  far  from  mo- 
notonous. Her  reading  was  intense,  but 
filled  with  dry  humor.  It  was  an  interest- 
ing evening,  to  say  the  least;  well  worth 
the  price  of  the  $15  ticket. 

Atwood,  who  was  bom  in  Ottawa  in 


1939  and  lived  somewhere  on  Third  Av- 
i  enue  for  awhile,  began  her  portion  of  the 
►  evening  by  saying,  "I'm  always  glad  to 
be  back  in  the  city  of  my  birth. "  Then  she 
launched  into  the  reading. 

The  Robber  Bride  is  ostensibly  about  the 
relationship  between  four  separate 
women.  Tony  is  a  short,  ambidextrous 
military  historian,  who  often  translates 
things  into  a  backwards  language,  dnik 
fo  ekil  siht. 

Charts  is  a  spiritual  woman  with  a 
painful  past  and  a  knack  for  reading  the 
signs  and  portents  of  the  world  around 
her.  Rozisthesharp-tongued,  no-bullshit 
type,  whom  Atwood  describes  as  "a  ven- 
ture capitalist  entrepreneur.  She  only 
invests  in  things  she  can  control."  Fi- 
nally, there  is  Zenia,  the  robber  bride  of 
the  title. 

Tony,  Charts  and  Roz  have  all  been 
wronged  by  her  and  have  banded  to- 
gether, perhaps  in  the  belief  that  there  is 
strength  in  numbers.  Zenia,  whom  they 
believe  was  killed  in  a  bombing  incident 
in  Lebanon,  returns  from  the  dead  one 
afternoon,  as  the  three  are  enjoying  a 
lunch  date  at  the  Toxique,  a  Toronto 
restaurantwhich  Atwoodsays". .  .doesn't 
exist . . .  yet." 

The  novel  is  told  in  a  series  of  flash- 
backs, with  intermittent  progress  in  the 


current  day  plot.  While  Car's  Eye  remains 
my  favorite  Atwood  book.  The  Robber 
Bride  is  certainly  worth  reading.  In  typi- 
cal Atwood  style,  her  characters  are  rec- 
ognizable. She  has  the  uncanny  ability 
tocatch  thought  processes  and  transcribe 
them  into  words.  And,  as  always,  there  is 
a  certain  feminist  undertone. 

The  good  thing  is  that  Atwood  has 
provided  us  with  a  new  story  and  her 
character  development  seems  quite  dif- 
ferent, more  detailed  and  less  distanced 
than  in  previous  novels. 

I  was  fortunate  enough  to  be  granted 
a  short  interview  with  her  at  the  end  of 
the  book  signing  and  reception.  In  re- 
sponse to  a  question  about  the  basis  for 
her  characters,  she  said  "No,  I'm  not  the 
characters  in  my  books,  thank  God."  This 
is,  I  might  add,  a  question  which  she  has 
often  been  asked. 

Atwood  said  she  is  currently  on  a 
"very  long  tour,"  which  includes  such 
places  as  Arizona,  Colorado  and  San 
Francisco. 

While  there  is  interest  in  a  movie  deal 
for  The  Robber  Bride,  most  of  the  offers 
have  been  from  American  companies. 
As  to  how  she  feels  about  that,  she  said 
she  can't  make  Canadian  film  compa- 
nies call  her. 

When  I  asked  her  if  there  were  a  par- 
ticular character  in  The  Robber  Bride  to 
whom  she  felt  closer,  her  answer  was,  "I 
feel  closer  to  all  of  them."  This,  I  think 
sums  up  Atwood's  continuing  popular- 
ity; she  describes  characters  and  situa- 
tions that  we  can  feel  close  to  as  well. 

So,  read  The  Robber  Bride,  ifyougetthe 
chance;  look  out  for  the  group  Imaginary 
Heaven;  watch  for  continuing  readings 
andeventsatthe National  Library,  many 
of  which  are  free;  and,  above  all  else, 
remember  this  —  "An  army  marches  on 
its  stomach,  but  also  on  its  fly-front 
fastenings."  (The  Robber  Bride,  p.  28.)  □ 


Our  hero,  John  Mann. 

an  incredible  voice  when  he  serenaded 
the  crowd  with  a  pleasing  love  ballad 
accompanied  by  the  mostly  silent  Hugh 
McMillan  on  guitar.  And  Mann,  accom- 
panied only  by  piano  and  Geoff  Kelly  on 
flute,  sang  a  moving  song  about  race 
riots  the  band  witnessed  in  England  while 
they  were  touring  with  British  pals  the 
Wonder  Stuff. 

As  with  any  Spirit  show,  the  most 
disappointing  part,  aside  from  its  even- 
tual conclusion,  was  what  was  not  played. 
Although  they  hit  upon  such  gems  as 
"Save  This  House,"  "Political"  and  "Sad- 
ness Grows,"  they  missed  out  on  "Wreck- 
ing Ball,"  "Water  In  the  Well"  and"Keep- 
ing  Up  With  the  Joneses."  But  hey,  they 
can't  play  everything.  Maybe  one  day 
they'll  play  a  six-hour  marathon. . . . 

Regardless,  throughout  theirentire  90- 
minute  set,  the  crowd  at  the  front  was 
kept  dancing,  while  those  seated  at  ta- 
bles, well,  I  can't  see  how  they  could  have 
had  anything  less  than  a  great  time. 

Spirit  of  the  West:  purely  Canadian, 
purely  entertaining.  They're  the  Mr. 
Dependables  (apologies  to  Linda  McRae) 
of  Canadian  music.  Q 


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2.  Zagreb,  Yugoslavia 

3.  A  mall  in  Maryland 

4.  McDonald's, 
Helsinki,  Finland 

5.  Caribe,  Venezuela 

6.  Sooke,  B.C 

7.  Pub  Rob  Roy, 
Athens,  Greece 

8.  Qutar Minor,  New 
Delhi,  India 

9.  Edinburgh,  Scotland 

10.  Donamen  Square, 
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Lemonheads 

Come  On  Feel  The  Lemonheads 
Atlantic 

Using  the  same  formula  as  their  last 
album,  It's  a  Shame  About  Ray,  Come  On 
Feel  The  Lemonheads  is  a  folk-pop  disc 
that  will  make  any  human  smile. 

Edging  away  from  their  punk,  college- 
radio  sound  of  the  '80s,  the  Lemonheads 
exude  musical  integrity  in  every  chord  of 
this  15-track  recording. 

Frontman  Evan  Dando  offers  slightly 
rasping  vocals  on  "Down  About  It"  and 
"Favorite  T." 

Guest  vocalists  include  Belinda  Car- 
lisle on  "I'll  Do  It  Anyway"  and  funkster 
Rick  lames.  The  girlish  sweet  vocals  of 
long-time  pal  Juliana  Hatfield  also  pop 
up  on  a  number  of  songs. 

And  check  out  the  precious  lyrics  on 
"Being  Around:" 

"If  1  was  in  the  fridge,  would  you  open 
the  door ...  If  1  was  a  haircut  would  you 
wear  a  hat ...  I'm  just  really  trying  to 
make  you  notice  me  being  around." 

Even  though  Dando's  lyrics  aren't  the 
deepest,  his  original  style  will  make  you 
want  to  press  repeat  on  your  CD  player. 
The  Lemonheads  will  never  sour  your 
taste  buds. 

Joanne  Olszewski 


Cocteau  Twins 

Four-Calendar  Cafe 
Fontana 

After  listening  to  Four-Calendar  Cafe 
numerous  times,  the  only  problem  I  have 


is  finding  enough  good  adjectives  to  do  it 
justice. 

To  fully  experience  this  CD  you  must 
let  Liz  Fraser's  beautiful,  ethereal  vocals 
and  the  sultry,  hypnotic  instrumenta- 
tion of  Robin  Guthrie  and  Simon 
Raymonde  flow  overyou  while  you  listen 
to  the  10  magical  tracks. 

Like  theirbrilliant  1990  release  Heaven 
or  Las  Vegas,  this  album  was  also  re- 
corded at  the  Cocteau  Twins'  London 
studio,  SeptemberSound.Thistime,  how- 
ever, the  overall  feeling  is  much  more 
personal.  The  songs  seem  to  come  from 
deep  within  their  collective  soul. 

This  is  obvious  from  the  lead-off  track, 
"Know  Who  You  Are  at  Every  Age"  and  in 
the  haunting  first  single,  "Evangeline." 
The  latter  is  a  reflection  of  the  childhood 
experiences  of  Fraser's  and  Guthrie's  new 
daughter. 

Four-Calendar  Cafe  is  a  wonderful  ef- 
fort that  must  be  encountered  to  be  fully 
appreciated. 

Vanessa  Crosbie 


Rick  Colbourne  and  Hard  Poetry 

Hard  Poetry 

Frantic  Muse  Productions 

Lead  singer  Rick  Colbourne  may  not 
be  a  Mariah  Carey,  but  his  decent  sing- 
ing range,  emotional  voice  and  compas- 
sionate "street  life"  lyrics  could  very  well 
take  him  and  Hard  Poetry  far. 

He  sings  like  the  guy  from  Toad  the 
Wet  Sprocket  or  the  lead  singer  from  the 
Thompson  Twins. 


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The  instrumental  background  from 
"In  Your  Blood"  sounds  a  lot  like  "Brian 
Wilson"  by  the  Barenaked  Ladies. 

The  music  fits  the  lyrics  well:  lively,  yet 
serious.  It  pleasantly  and  passionately 
caresses  your  ears.  Listen  to  it  while  you're 
driving  home  after  midnight. 

M.G.  Comino 


Buffalo  Tom 

Big  Red  Letter  Day 
Megadisc 

This  Boston-based,  three-piece  band 
has  been  building  a  strong  following 
outside  the  spotlight,  developing  its  own 
unique  and  distinctive  form  of  soulful 
music. 

Unlike  most  bands  that  rely  on  a  sin- 
gle creative  voice,  Buffalo  Tom  is  a  true 
creative  union.  Each  member  does  his 
part  to  make  a  complete  Buffalo  Tom 
album. 

With  this  album  they  went  a  step 
further  and  co-produced  it  with  the  help 
of  the  Robb  Brothers,  who  were  at  the 
helm  of  the  Lemonheads'  successful  It's  A 
Shame  About  Roy. 

With  Buffalo  Tom's  fourth  album,  the 
band  finally  comes  into  its  own,  pushing 
the  music  slightly  to  the  background  and 
bringing  the  lyrics  and  vocals  forward. 
This  gives  lead  vocalist  Bill  Janowitz's 
grating  and  raspy  vocal  styling  a  little 
more  prominence,  but  does  not  sacrifice 
the  band's  musical  integrity. 

Songs  like  "Suppose"  and  "I'm  Al- 
lowed" still  retain  a  guitar-driven  edge 
while  songs  like  "Tree  House"  and  "Would 
Not  Be  Denied"  contain  the  trademark 
Buffalo  Tom  emotionalism. 

If  Buffalo  Tom's  Big  Red  Letter  Day  is 
any  indication  of  what  we  should  expect 
from  future  albums,  fans  should  have  a 
long,  fun  ride  with  Buffalo  Tom. 

Dave  Manor 


The  Cure 

Show 
Elektra 

Once  again,  Robert  Smith  and  the 
Cure  have  released  their  second  powerful 
live  compilation,  this  time  recorded  in 
Detroit  and  New  York. 

Although  the  Cure  is  my  favorite 
group,  I  can  bash  the  big-haired  weirdos 
with  the  best  of  them. 

For  instance,  Smith  can't  sing  some 
tracks  live  as  well  as  he  can  in  studio  and 
vice  versa.  Sometimes  he  messes  up  his 
lyrics.  Other  times,  the  songs  come  across 
as  poorly  performed,  like  "From  the  Edge 
of  the  Deep  Green  Sea"  and  "Open." 

On  the  higher  note,  their  dream  mu- 
sic, "wan  wah"  guitars  and  Smith's  voice 
are  spellbinding.  Beautifully  depressing 
songs  like  "Trust,"  "Pictures  of  You"  and 
"A  Night  Like  This"  occupy  the  first  half 
■  ofthe  CD,  and  just  when  you  are  ready  to 
slash  your  wrists  you're  saved  by  upbeat 
giddy  tunes  like  "Doing  the  Unstuck," 
"InBetween  Days"  and  the  hideous  "Fri- 
day I'm  in  Love." 

This  is  a  brilliant  live  album  which 
everybody  should  give  a  chance,  though 
long-time  fans  will  agree  that  the  album 
would  be  much  improved  if  it  contained 


classicCure  like  "BoysDon'tCry,"  "Faith" 
or  "Killing  An  Arab." 

Ali  Jafri 

Big  Star 

Columbia:  Live  at  Missouri  University  4/ 

25/93 

BMG 

As  a  new  initiate  of  Big  Star,  I  wasn't 
sure  what  to  expect  from  a  seventies'  rock 
band,  especially  since  I  have  never  liked 
reunion  albums. 

After  listening  to  this  album,  I  was 
surprised  at  just  how  current  their  music 
sounded.  There  are  some  bands  whose 
music  is  timeless,  bands  that  do  not  need 
a  revival  movement  to  draw  attention  to 
their  music,  and  Big  Star  is  one  of  those 
bands. 

The  band  has  done  plenty  for  contem- 
porary pop  music,  influencing  groups 
like  the  Replacements  and  R.E.M. 

This  incarnation  of  Big  Star  features 
original  members  Alex  Chilton  and  )ody 
Stephens.  For  this  show,  they  also  ac- 
quired the  services  of  Ken  Stringfellow 
and  John  Auer  of  the  Posies  to  fill  in  for 
Andy  Hummel,  who  left  music  after  Big 
Star,  and  Chris  Bell,  who  died  in  a  car 
accident  in  1978. 

This  is  a  strong  effort  for  a  band  that 
has  not  played  together  for  almost  20 
years.  Their  sound  is  eternal  and  their 
songs  are  genuine  rock  'n'  roll  with  a  bit 
of  an  edge.  With  the  help  of  Stringfellow 
and  Auer's  lead  vocals  on  songs  like 
"Feel"  and  "I  am  the  Cosmos,"  the  songs 
are  given  new  life,  bringing  the  music  to 
a  new  generation  of  fans. 

This  album,  even  though  it  only  fea- 
tures half  of  the  original  Big  Star,  is  a 
commendable  effort.  It  does  nothing  to 
harm  the  Big  Star  legacy  and  may  even 
add  to  it. 

Dave  Manor 


Unrest 

Perfect  Teeth 
4A.D. 

I  was  quite  sceptical  when  handed 
Unrest's  first  full-length  CD  to  review. 
After  all,  even  though  they  come  from 
the  same  Washington,  D.C.  scene  that 
has  spawned  the  likes  of  Fugazi  and  Bad 
Brains,  the  album  was  produced  by  Duran 
Duron's  Simon  LeBon. 

However,  my  expectations  of  an  unin- 
spired, mid-eighties'  synthesized  sound 
were  dashed  by  the  band's  progressive 

pop- 
That  said,  their  first  album  for  4  A.D. 
is  pretty  mediocre.  Even  though  they 
have  some  poppy  tunes,  most  songs  are 
marred  by  slow,  dragging  melodies.  On 
songs  like  "Cath  Carroll"  and  "Make  Out 
Club"  Mark  Robinson  (lead  vocals,  gui- 
tarist) plays  some  catchy  guitar  riffs,  but 
these  songs  are  marred  by  his  tuneless 
voice.  Bassist  Bridget  Cross,  singing  lead 
on  two  tracks,  easily  outshines  Robinson. 

Unrest  needs  a  little  spice  to  get  rid  of 
the  mono-sounding  tracks.  If  they  fo- 
cused on  a  single  style,  the  album  might 
sound  more  complete  and  not  so  experi- 
mental. 

I'm  looking  forward  to  Unrest's  sec- 
ond release.  Hopefully  they  can  tighten 
up  their  out-of-tune  strings. 

Sussana  For  ieri 


20  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  18,  1993 


■ 


You  should  see  where  they  put  cucumbers  in  here 

by  Andrea  Smith  r  .  *  M  

Charlatan  Statl  I      nhilin    tn  n  rnmlr  chin  K.,  d^i. — /- 


The  Girl  Wants  To 

Edited  by  Lynn  Crosbie 
Coach  House  Press 
$19.95 
209  pages 


"I  couldn't  see  that  I  was  doing  anything 
wrong.  I  still  can't.  .  .  .  Carol  said  that  I 
should've  been  put  away,  but  I'm  not  bad 
looking — so  if  offering  my  body  to  dead  men 
is  a  crime  I'd  like  to  see  who  the  victim  is. " 

—  Barbara  Gowdy,  "We  So  Seldom 
Look  On  Love,"  from  The  Girl  Wants  To 

There  can  be  no  broad  generaliza- 
tions about  the  artists  or  their  works  in 
this  compendium,  except  to  say  that 
they  are  all  women. 

TheCirl  Wants  To  is  an  anthology  of  39 
female  writers  and  artists  dedicated  to 
the  articulation  of  modem  sexuality  from 


iSSSt 


women's  perspectives.  It  includes  poetry, 
short  stories,  comic  strips,  photo  essays, 
xerox  art,  illustrated  panels,  lyrics  and 


flh,  those  cheesy  '70s  memories 


by  Greg  Owens 

Charlatan  Star! 


h,  the  wonderful  seventies. 

The  decade  that  gave  us 
such  treasures  as  bell  bottoms, 
the  Partridge  family  and 
disco.  The  seventies  may  not 
jbe  cool,  but  a  movie  about 
everyday  life  in  the  seventies 


Dazed  and  Confused  is  great.  It  actually 
made  me  nostalgic  for  the  seventies.  No, 
really,  I'm  serious.  I  had  to  seriously 
reconsider  my  stance  on  the  decade  of 
cheese. 

This  movie  is  about  the  last  day  of 
school  in  1976.  It's  a  typical  last  day  in 
high  school.  Classes  are  still  being  held, 
even  though  no  lessons  are  being  taught. 
Word  is  spreading  throughout  the  school 
about  the  big  party  that  night. 

The  coach  is  handing  out  an  agree- 
ment that  none  of  the  football  players 
will  indulge  in  drinking  or  drugs  over  the 
summervacation,  anagreementthestar 
quarterback  Randy  "Pink"  Floyd  will  not 
sign. 

The  soon-to-be  Grade  Nines  are  hazed 
by  the  seniors.  The  rest  of  the  movie  is 
spent  with  the  characters  driving  around 
looking  for  something  to  do. 

Stop  me  if  this  is  starting  to  sound  like 
your  last  day  in  high  school.  It  sure 
reminded  me  of  mine,  even  if  I  graduated 
from  high  school  in  1989.  The  beauty  of 
this  film  is  that  it's  so  dam  realistic,  from 
the  situations  right  on  down  to  the  char- 
acters, avoiding  all  the  standard  Holly- 
wood cliches. 

Something  else  the  movie  avoids  is 


that  weepy  "good  old  days  when  life  was 
better"  schtick.  The  seventies  sucked.  I 
know  it.  You  know  it.  The  characters  in 
the  film  know  it. 

Be  warned  there  is  under-age  drinking 
and  mostofthe  teenage  characters  smoke 
pot.  I  don't  think  that's  giving  anything 
away.  The  film  shows  normal  teenagers 
doing  normal  things.  The  characters 
drink,  smoke  and  get  stoned.  There  is 
none  of  that  annoying  "Oh  gross,  Bob- 
by's smoking  up"  rhetoric  that  perme- 
ates popular  entertainment. 

The  cast  is  excellent.  Four  of  the  most 
memorable  characters  are  Rory  Cochrane 
as  Slater  the  stoner,  Sasha  Jenson  as  Don, 
fason  London  as  Floyd  and  Adam 
Goldberg  as  Mike. 

The  only  downside  to  Dazed  is  that  it  is 
primarily  a  guy's  movie.  There  are  some 
good  female  parts  in  the  film,  but  the 
movie  mainly  stays  with  the  men. 

Visually,  the  movie  is  really  nice  to 
look  at  —  the  cars,  the  clothes  and  the 
props  are  great.  There  is  an  incredible 
attention  given  to  detail  in  Dazed;  I 
haven't  seen  a  black  light  poster  in  ages. 

Dazed  is  carefully  crafted.  Itwasmade 
with  love  and  care.  The  film  is  a  slice  of 
life.  A  realistic  portrayal  of  teenagersand 
the  times  in  which  they  lived. 

A  lot  of  the  credit  forthe  making  of  the 
film  should  go  to  its  director,  Richard 
Linklater,  who  was  responsible  for  the 
underground  cult  film,  Slacker.  Basically, 
Dazed  and  Confused  is  a  Slacker  with 
money,  and  Linklater  used  it  well. 

Go  see  Dazed  and  Confused.  It  is  a 
funny,  well-made  film.  There  are  no  deep 
hidden  meanings.  You  won't  come  out  of 
the  theatre  singing  "We  are  the  World." 
It's  not  like  freeing  Willy  from  Sea  World, 
but  you  just  might  have  a  fun  time  at  a 
fun  movie. 


profiles  of  contemporary  female  perform- 
ers. 

Skirting,  or  rather  ignoring,  the  de- 
bate in  feminism  over  pornography  and 
the  depiction  of  a  newer  and  more  pow- 
erful female  sexuality,  The  Girl  Wants  To 
simply  claims  to  gather  togetherthe  indi- 
vidual experiences  of  modem  women 
writers. 

As  a  result,  it  is  not  so  much  a  gener- 
alized or  feminist  redefinition  of  wom- 
en's sexuality,  as  it  is  a  shattering  of  the 
idealization  and  stereotypes  of  it. 

These  women  describe  in  their  own 
voices  real  sexualities,  where  storybook 
conventions  of  passive  women  who  seek 
pleasure  in  the  company  and  pleasure  of 
men  have  gone  the  way  of  the  dinosaurs. 

The  result  is  an  exploration  of  every- 
thing from  Xaviera  Hollander's  control 
of  a  menage  a  trois,  to  Gowdy's  meta- 
phor (I  think)  of  love/obsession  as  necro- 


philia, to  a  comic  strip  by  Roberta  Gre- 
gory called  "Bitchy  Bitch  Gets  Laid." 

The  closed-minded  might  find  some 
of  the  material  "offensive, "  as  it  strikes  at 
thefoundationsofmainstream  ideasand 
mores  of  sexuality.  All  shades  of  lesbian- 
ism, sado-masochism,  and  other 
sexualitiesoften  labelled  as  "deviant"  by 
a  patriarchal  mainstream  are  treated 
with  equal  deference. 

Edited  by  Lynn  Crosbie,  a  30-year-old 
PhD  student  of  English  literature  at  the 
University  of  Toronto,  there  areanumber 
of  Canadian  artists  featured:  Makeda 
Silvern,  Evelyn  Lau,  Sarah  Spracklinn, 
Meryn  Cadell,  Fiona  Smyth  and  mem- 
bers of  Toronto's  Chicken  Milk  to  name 
but  a  few. 

But  the  most  impressive  feature  of  the 
anthology  is  the  broad  cultural  spectrum 
the  contributors  themselves  represent: 

Silvera  is  an  African -American  les- 
bian of  Caribbean  descent  living  and 
writing  in  Toronto. 

Beth  Brant  is  a  Mohawk  from 
Tyendinaga  Mowhawk  Territory  and  a 
grandmother. 

Sylvie  Rancourt  worked  as  a  stripper 
in  Montreal  for  10  years  and  then  be- 
came the  first  woman  in  Canada  to  self- 
publish  her  own  comic  magazine. 

Cassie  [ameson  is  a  16-year-old  Riot 
Grrrl  from  North  Carolina. 

And  the  list  goes  on  to  read  like  a 
who's  who  of  the  latest,  most  progressive, 
and  most  eloquent  voices  of  the  redefini- 
tion of  female  experience  in/on  their 
own  terms.  From  Toronto  to  Vancouver, 
from  New  York  to  Seattle,  across  ages, 
ethnicities  and  persuasions,  Crosbie  has 
compiled  an  impressive  sampling  of  the 
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katchewan quartet  has  come  out  of  no- 
where and  suddenly  become  successful, 
they  are  quick  to  point  out  that  isn't  so. 

"1  can  see  how  it  might  seem  like 
we've  just  become  successful  overnight, " 
says  bass  player  Keith  Nakonechy,  "but 
that's  not  quite  how  it  happened." 
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almost  non-stop  for  the  past  three  years. 
During  that  time,  the  most  time  they've 
had  off  in  a  row  has  been  three  weeks.  In 
addition,  they  found  time  to  write  and 
record  their  first  album,  Lik  My  Trakter. 
The  album  was  originally  released  inde- 
pendently late  in  1992.  Nine  months 
later  it  was  picked  up  for  distribution  by 
the  behemoth  record  company  Warner. 

The  album  will  be  released  worldwide 
in  January,  at  which  point  the  band  will 
begin  to  tour  England,  Australia  and  the 
United  States. 

Judging  from  their  performance  on 
Saturday,  these  countries  are  in  for  a 
good  time. 

Playing  for  a  medium-sized  crowd  at 
the  afternoon  show,  the  band  performed 
an  energetic  set  filled  with  all  their  hits, 
like  "Living  Room,"  "In  the  Meantime" 
and  of  course,  the  closing  number,, 
"  Colder  Than  You, "  which  seems  to  be  on 
Toronto  radio  stations  all  the  time. 

The  band  was  in  fine  form  despite 
singer/guitarist  Jason  Plumb  being  "in 
pain"  from  the  previous  night,  when  on 
admittedly  inebriated  Plumb  spent  an 
evening  on  the  town,  culminating  with 
him  performing  aspirited  version  of  "Rock 
Death  America"  with  the  Rheostatics  at 
their  University  of  Ottawa  show. 

The  Waltons'  show  was  filled  with 
much  of  the  same  energy,  although  prob- 
ably not  for  the  same  reason  —  the  only 
thing  Plumb  consumed  on  stage  was  an 
apple  while  Nakonechy  explained  to  the 
crowd,  "We're  not  justwastingyourtime. 
It's  good  for  his  voice." 

A  lot  of  the  energy  came  from  the 
extremely  enthusiastic  crowd.  The  band 
seemed  to  feed  off  this,  especially 
keyboardist/accordion  player  Todd 
Lumley,  who  jumped  around  the  stage 
every  time  he  played  the  squeeze  box. 

By  the  end  of  the  show,  everyone  in 
the  crowd  seemed  to  be  singing  along, 
dancing  or  at  least  tapping  their  feet.  But 
although  the  bar  wasn't  packed  and  the 
show  had  an  intimate  atmosphere,  there 
were  signs  of  the  band's  growing  success. 
Like  when  Plumb  told  the  crowd  the  band 
wouldn't  have  a  new  album  out  until 
next  fall,  since  they  have  to  "go  away" 
and  tour  abroad,  although  he  did  invite 
the  audience  to  come.  "That  way  we'll 
have  an  audience  everywhere  and  we 
can  split  drinks,"  he  said. 

Another  sure  sign  of  a  band's  success 
is  legal  problems.  Nakonechy  explains: 
"We  knew  for  a  while  that  we'd  get  in 
troublewith  the  name.  Now,  intheStates, 
Warner  has  to  rent  the  name  from 
Lorimar."  (Lorimar  is  the  film  company 
that  owns  the  rights  to  that  old  TV  show, 
The  Waltons.) 

Still,  the  band  manages  to  keep  a 
cheery  attitude  about  everything.  When 
asked  about  Zaphod's  notorious  early- 
show  policy,  Cooney  replied:  "It's  not 
bad.  At  least  it  gets  the  show  done  early 
so  you  can  play  and  then  do  something- 
Maybe  slip  over  to  Hull  for  cocktails." 

"Yeah,"  Nakonechy  laughed.  "You  can 
get  liquored  up,  go  to  Hull  and  maybe  get 
in  some  scraps."  ^ 


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22  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  18,  1993 


THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER  18  TO  THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER 


Thursday,  November 
18 

More  Toronto  bonds  at  Zaphod's  to- 
night: the  Morganfields  and  Dinner 

Is  Ruined  do  the  loud  guitar  thing  for  $5 
at  the  door. 

Magic/Magic/Miracles  opens  a 

month-long  run  atGallery  101  tonight. 
It's  an  "installation/performance"  piece 
that  examines  systems  of  belief  as  they 
relate  to  magic  and  stuff  like  that. 

Black  Francis,  or  Frank  Black,  or  what- 
ever name  he's  going  by  these  days, 
bombed  outside  the  Pixies.  Not  so  Kim 
Deal,  whose  excellent  band  the  Breed- 
ers plays  the  Penguin  at  8  p.m.  tonight. 
Tickets  are  $  15.50  at  the  usual  independ- 
ent outlets  and  through  Ticketmaster. 

As  a  special  added  bonus,  opening  for 
the  Breeders  are  Beastie  Boys'  pals  Lus- 
cious Jackson. 

Premiering  tonight  in  Carleton's 
Alumni  Theatre  is  Hecuba,  a  play  by 
Euripides,  a  dead  Greek  guy.  Tickets  are 
$5  for  students  and  seniors  or  in  advance 
and  $10  for  adults.  It  , runs  Thursday 
through  Saturday  at  8  p.m.  this  week  and 
next. 

Friday,  November  19 

Heaven  Dog,  Mushroom  Explo- 
sion and  Trip  Hammer  blow  your  ear- 
drums to,  Helsinki  tonight  at  the  SAW 
Gallery.  Tickets  are  $5  at  theidoor. 


Iain  Rohahae,  advertised  as  an  early- 
instrument  .expert,  plays  Carleton's 
Alumni  Theatre  at  noon  today.  As  is 
the  custom  with  all  Friday  lunch-time 
concerts,  it's  free. 

le  sexe  des  etoiles,  a  film  about  a  12- 
year-old  who  wants  to  be  reunited  with 
her  father,  who  left  seven  years  earlier  to 
have  a  sex  change  operation,  opens  to- 
night at  the  Bytowne  at  9:20  p.m.  It 
runs  through  Nov.  24. 

It's  a  pretty  solid  lineup  at  Creeque 
Alley  this  weekend.  Kicking  it  off  tonight 
is  Toronto's  Change  of  Heart,  a  band 
that's  been  doing  the  up-and-coming 
thing  forever. 

Saturday,  November  20 

Tonight  at  Creeque  Alley  it's  those 
fez-wearin,'  horn-blowin'  jazz  (kinda) 
types  the  Angstones. 

It's  Rock  Against  Racism  tonight  in 
Carleton's  Fenn  Lounge,  featuring  the 
best  in  rock,  punk,  funk  and  rap,  includ- 
ing Lockjaw,  Wooden  Stars,  Outcry, 
Kill  the  Ego,  70  Parts  and  thousands 
more.  Advance  tickets  are  available  for 
$5  atShake  Records,  Birdman  Sound  and 
Songbird  Music  or  you  can  pay  $6  at  the 
door.  Show  starts  at  4  p.m. 

It's  reggae  night  at  the  Penguin!  Ja- 
maica band  Culture  livens  up  this  dank, 
dark  hole  of  a  city. 

Sunday,  November  21 


Don't  you  wish  you  lived  in  Toronto? 
Probably  notr  but  if  you  did,  you'd  be 
seeing  the  Lemonheads,  Redd  Kross 
and  Magnapop  at  the  Concert  Hall 

this  evening  at  7  p.m.  You'd  also  be 
picking  up  your  $  1 5  tickets  at  the  Record 
Peddler  or  Vortex  Records. 

At  the  Pittonight  at  9  p.m.,  $  3  will  get 
you  in  to  see  local  punk  goth  types  {that's 
how  they  describe  themselves  -ed.)  Dyssia. 

Sunday  Rushes  is  a  regular  series  of 
presentations  of  works  in  progress  per- 
formed at  the  SAW  Gallery.  There's 
loads  of  stuff  happening,  starting  at  7:30 
p.m.  Tickets  are  $4  at  the  door. 

Creeque  Alley  hosts  an  AIDS  benefit 
(presumably  benefitting  a  cure  and  not 
the  disease)  today.  Check  out  this  lineup: 
the  Age  of  Faith  (who  have  just  re- 
leased their  debut  CD),  Barstool  Proph- 
ets, Dog  Day  Afternoon,  Sam  I  Am 
and  Joe  Gatineau. 

Monday,  November  22 

Those  wacky,  wacky  cult  movie  Mon- 
days continue  tonight  at  the  Mayfair. 
Tonight,  for  your  viewing  pleasure,  it's 
the  Godfather  of  Grunge,  once-and-fu- 
ture  guitar  hero  Neil  Young  in  the  con- 
cert film  Rust  Never  Sleeps  at  7  p.m.  It's 
followed  at  9:10  by  The  Last  Waltz,  a 


Hey  Kids!  It's  The  Charlatan's  first  ever 
entertainment  poll. 

This  week,  for  filling  out  and  dropping  off  this  survey  into  the  special  poll  box  at 
the  Charlatan,  Room  531  Unicenrre  by  Tuesday,  Nov^25  at  3  p  m.  you  can  win  a 
Nirvana  biography!Char/atan  staff  are  eligible  for  the  poll  but  not  the  contest. 

Good  Luck 

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12.  Favorite  alcoholic  beverage 


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film  of  the  Band's  "final"  performance, 
directed  by  Martin  Scorcese. 

Tuesday,  November  23 

If  you've  got  a  car,  here's  a  show  that 
you  won't  want  to  miss:  the  Afghan 
Whigs  with  special  guest  Love  |ones 
play  Lee's  Palace  in  Toronto  tonight. 
Tickets  are  $  11 .50  through  Ticketmaster. 

As  Charlatan  production  manager 
Kevin  McKay  is  suffering  from  a  severe 
bout  of  depression  resulting  from  his 
having  missed  the  Gordon  Lightfoot 

show  last  Saturday,  there  will  be  no  book 
tip  this  week. 

Wednesday,  November 
24 

You've  seen  the  exhibit,  now  listen  to 
the  lecture.  Doug  Schoenherr,  the  cu- 
rator of  the  National  Gallery  of  Canada, 
gives  a  talk  entitled  William  Morris:  The 
Draughtsman  at  the  Pit  in  the  Carleton's 
school  of  architecture  tonight  at  6  p.m. 

Thursday,  November 
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2  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  25,  1993 


Farquhar  put  on  BOG  hot  seat 


by  Andrea  Wiebe 

Ctiarfaian  StaH 

Students  grilled  members  of  Carle- 
ton's  board  of  governors  at  a  forum  on 
Nov.  17. 

The  forum  in  Baker  Lounge  gave  stu- 
dents a  chance  to  address  their  concerns 
to  board  members.  About  10  students 
asked  the  six  board  members  on  the 
panel  questions. 

Students  on  the  panel  were  Elaine 
Silver  and  Lucy  Watson,  the  two  under- 
graduate representatives  on  the  board, 
and  Vladimir  Zhivov,  the  graduate  stu- 
dent representative. 

The  three  administration  representa- 
tives were  Les  Copley,  vice-president  aca- 
demic, Spruce  Riordon,  vice-president  of 
finance  and  Carleton  President  Robin 
Farquhar. 

Silver  said  she  arranged  the  forum  to 
increase  students'  awareness  about  what 
the  board's  responsibilities  are  and  how 
the  board's  decisions  affect  Carleton  stu- 
dents. 

"1  wanted  to  create  an  opportunity  for 
students  to  come  out  and  find  out  a  little 
bit  about  what  the  board  of  governors 
does,"  said  Silver. 

Students  posed  questions  about  the 
board's  responsibilities  and  powers.  Most 
of  the  students  addressed  their  questions 
to  Farquhar. 

One  student  asked  Farquhar  whether 
students  have  a  democratic  voice  within 
the  educational  system,  since  they  do  not 
make  up  a  large  portion  of  the  board. 
Farquhar  responded  that  students  do  play 
an  active  role. 

"The  students  do  have  a  good  deal  of 
powerin  the  academic  domain.  Students 
are  well  represented  on  the  senate  and 
the  New  University  Government  system 
is  heavily  influenced  by  student  places, " 
he  said. 

Students  elected  as  NUG  representa- 
tives sit  as  voting  members  of  depart- 
ment and  faculty  boards  and  are  sup- 
posed to  represent  student  concerns  to 


those  bodies. 

Some  students  raised  concerns  about 
the  influences  that  corporations  which 
invest  money  in  the  university  might 
have. 

Watson  and  Silver  also  acknowledged 
the  potential  dangers  of  corporate  in- 
vestment. 

Watson,  also  the  president  of  the  Car- 
leton University  Students'  Association, 
said  schools  must  "control  what" s  going 
on  with  corporate  sponsorship  in  the 
universities."  Silver  said  there  is  a  need 
for  "checks  and  balances"  on  investors. 
Farquhar  said  the  board  looks  at  poten- 
tial investors  carefully  before  accepting 
donations,  although  the  board  doesn't 
screen  every  donor. 

Farquhar  was  questioned  about  his 
membership  in  the  Corporate  Higher 
Education  Forum,  a  group  of  Canadian 


corporations  and  university  administra- 
tors.  He  said  the  forum  looks  at  ways  to 
make  sure  "students  who  come  out  have 
better  employment  prospects  than  they 
otherwise  might  have." 

Farquhar  said  while  the  social  sci- 
ences and  the  humanities  receive  less 
money  for  research  from  corporations 
and  the  government,  typically  the  re- 
search conducted  in  these  fields  costs 
less. 

"It  doesn't  require  all  the  big  gadgets 
and  equipment  that  you  need  in  engi- 
neering and  science  labs  to  do  the  sort  of 
research  they  do  there." 

The  co-ordinator  of  the  Gay,  Lesbian 
and  Bisexual  Centre  asked  Farquhar  why 
there  is  no  representative  of  that  commu- 
nity on  Carleton's  presidential  advisory 
committee  on  personal  safety. 

Peter  Nogalo  told  Farquhar  studies 


show  that  gays,  lesbians  and 
bisexuals  are  probably  the  most 
frequent  victims  of  violence. 

Farquhar  said  the  interests  of 
gay,  lesbian  and  bisexual  peo- 
ple are  represented  through 
CUSA. 

Nogalo  replied  that  Watson, 
who  has  a  seat  on  the  commit- 
tee, can't  adequately  represent 
the  concerns  of  gays,  lesbians 
and  bisexuals  because  she  is 
straight.  Renee  Twaddle,  co- 
ordinator of  the  Carleton  Wom- 
en's Centre,  said  "ifs  like  hav- 
ing a  man  represent  the  wom- 
en's centre." 

Riordon,  who  co-chairs  the 
committee,  said  "we  aren't  able 
to  represent  every  single  society, 
group,  club,  etc.  Already,  the 
size  of  the  personal  safety  com- 
mittee is  considerable  and  there's 
no  group  that  isn't  represented, 
at  least  through  their  society, 
such  as  CUSA." 

Another  issue  raised  at  the 
_  forum  by  a  student  was  the  re- 
placement of  Carleton's  mascot  uniform. 
The  student  said  the  cost  of  an  adequate 
replacement  costume  for  Rodney  Raven 
would  be  about  $5,000.  Farquhar  said 
the  costume  is  the  responsibility  of  the 
department  of  athletics.  Farquhar  agreed 
the  costume  should  be  replaced,  but  said 
"for  about  that  same  price  we  could  put 
a  teacher  in  front  of  a  classroom  and 
open  up  a  new  section  in  the  interest  of 
accessibility,  or  we  could  provide  $5,000 
in  student  aid." 

Tuition  was  another  concern  raised  by 
a  teaching  assistant,  who  said  every  time 
tuition  increases,  TAs  have  less  money 
left  over  to  support  themselves  since  their 
wages  don't  increase  with  tuition  hikes. 

Farquhar  said  since  the  government 
has  no  more  money  to  put  into  educa- 

FORVM  cont'd  on  page  S 


CUSA  hires  new  safety  commissioner 


by  Tanya  Workman 

Charlatan  StaH 

The  new  safety  commissioner  for  the 
Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion says  she  would  like  to  reduce  racist 
and  homophobic  views  on  campus. 

Donna  Gilbert,  22,  a  second-year  law 
student,  was  hired  as  the  new  commis- 
sioner by  CUSA  on  Nov.  16.  She  says  she 
would  like  to  address  racism  and 
homophobia  on  campus  by  holding  work- 
shops to  discuss  student  attitudes  about 
these  issues. 

She  says  negative  attitudes  which  ex- 
ist towards  people  of  color,  women,  and 
9ay,  lesbian  and  bisexual  people  on  cam- 
pus help  create  unsafe  situations  for  them. 

Gilbert  says  she  also  she  wants  to 
improve  the  lighting  in  the  runnels  and 
hy  to  improve  ramps  for  students  with 
disabilities. 

"I  want  to  make  suggestions,  lobby 
"dministration  so  that  we  can  get  the 
changes  we  need  at  Carleton  and  to 
bring  awareness  to  a  whole  bunch  of 
'ssues  that  threaten  safety  that  nobody 
knows  about,"  Gilbert  says. 

The  safety  commissioner's  responsi- 
bilities include  raising  student  aware- 
hess  of  safety  issues,  conducting  safety 
ond  tunnel  audits,  and  lobbying  admin- 
'straHon  to  improve  safety  conditions  on 
CQrnpus. 

CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson  says  the 
hiring  board  unanimously  agreed  Gilbert 
wos  the  best  choice  because  she  under- 
stood what  the  job  entailed. 

*We  were  looking  for  someone  who 


was  really  interested  in  safety,  had  a  real 
concern,  had  an  understanding  of  the 
issues  and  was  approachable,"  says 
Watson. 

Gilbert  was  one  of  seven  applicants 
interviewed  by  the  hiring  board  made  up 
of  Watson,  Foot  Patrol  co-ordinator 
Brenda  Kennedy,  International  Students' 
Centre  co-ordinator  Ehab  Shanti  and 
Carleton  Women's  Centre  volunteer 
Michelle  Walker. 

Co-ordinators  from  the  Carleton  Dis- 
ability Awareness  Centre  and  the  Gay, 
Lesbian  and  Bisexual  Centre  were  in- 
vited to  sit  on  the  committee  but  were 
unable  to. 

Kennedy  had  assumed  some  of  the 
safety  commissioner's  responsibilities, 
including  putting  up  safety  posters,  since 
May  when  the  last  commissioner's  term 
ran  out.  She  says  she  thinks  Gilbert  will 
be  a  good  safety  commissioner  because 
she  is  outspoken.  "She'll  be  a  thorn  in 
(administration's)  side." 

Kennedy  saysshewill  work  with  Gilbert 
to  lobby  administration  to  improve  cam- 
pus safety  and  ask  for  Gilbert's  opinion 
on  Foot  Patrol  matters. 

Watson  says  Gilbert  will  also  talk  to 
CUSA  service  co-ordinators  "to  make  sure 
she  knows  the  concerns  of  international 
students,  women  students,  of  gay,  les- 
bian and  bisexual  students,  (and)  stu- 
dents with  disabilities." 

Gilbertwill  work  part-time,  15  hoursa 
week,  until  the  end  of  April.  Watson  says 
the  hours  have  been  cut  from  what  last 
year's  commissioner  Samantha  Sheen 


worked  last  year  because  Sheen  found  it 
difficult  to  balance  the  full-time  job  and 
her  course  load. 

Watson  says  Gilbert's  pay  has  not 
been  finalized  yet  with  finance  commis- 
sioner Rene  Faucher,  but  earlier  in  the 
year  Faucher  estimated  $3,800  for  the 
job,  if  the  commissioner  started  in  No- 
vember. The  only  other  funds  he  has 
budgeted  for  the  commissioner  are  about 
$  1 ,000  for  administrative  costs. 

Gilbert  has  not  set  her  office  hours  yet, 
butsaysshe  is  considering  working  week- 
nights  from  5  p.m.  to  8  p.m. 


Gilbert  volunteers  at  the  Carleton 
Women's  Centre  and  is  involved  with  the 
centre's  outreach  program,  which  goes 
into  Ottawa  high  schools  to  talk  to  young 
women  about  issues  that  may  concern 
them,  like  sexual  harassment  and  abuse. 

Gilbert,  Watson  and  Kennedy  are 
members  of  the  presidential  advisory 
committee  on  personal  safety,  which 
makes  recommendations  to  Carleton 
President  Robin  Farquharon  howto spend 
the  university's  safety  budget. 

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November  25,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  3 


Co  ordinators  shed  light  on  services 


by  Matt  Skinner 

Chariaian  Staff 

Carleton's  student  service  co- 
ordinators are  funded  out  of  the  $80-$  95 
annual  fee  each  undergraduate  student 
pays  to  the  Carleton  University  Students' 
Association. 

With  the  academic  year  almost  half 
over,  The  Charlatan  decided  to  find  out 
what  the  co-ordinators  have  done  this 
year  and  whether  they  have  any  new 
plans. 

Thisweek,  we  profile  the  International 
Students'  Centre  and  the  Mature  and 
Part-Time  Students'  Centre. 

EHAB  SHANTI  —  INTERNA- 
TIONAL STUDENTS'  CENTRE  CO- 
ORDINATOR 

Ehab  Shanti,  co-ordinatorof  the  Inter- 
national Students'  Centre,  says  the  cen- 
tre is  the  only  representation  on  campus 
for  Carleton's  2,500  international  stu- 
dents. 

He  says  the  centre  helps  students  with 
legal  matters,  referring  them  to  the  ap- 


propriate aids,  and  provides  an  emer- 
gency fund  for  students. 

"(The  emergency  fund)  is  basically  a 
$200  or  $100  loan  that  will  be  given  to 
international  students  in  case  of  need, 
because  international  students  don't  get 
any  financial  aid, "  says  Shanti. 

Shanti  says  a  similarfund  was  discon- 
tinued several  years  ago,  but  was  put 
back  into  use  this  year. 

He  says  a  couple  of  students  have 
already  made  use  of  the  fund,  which  is 
now  about  $300.  Shanti  says  the  fund's 
amount  depends  on  how  much  money 
the  centre  raises. 

Shanti  says  earnings  collected  from  a 
fashion  show  scheduled  for  the  next  term 
will  go  toward  the  emergency  fund. 

A  pool  tournament  recently  held  in 
Oliver's  was  successful,  says  Shanti.  He 
says  many  students  turned  out  and  the 
centre  earned  around  $90.  The  centre  is 
planning  another  pool  tournament  for 
the  near  future. 

In  March,  the  centre  will  hold  Interna- 


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this  is  not  aimed  solely  at  international 
students. 

"The  International  Students'  Centre  is 
not  only  for  international  students;  it's 
also  for  Canadian  students  who  are  in- 
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changed  this  year,  to  reach  out  to  all 
Lntemationalstudents,  including  students 
from  Europe.  Shanti  says  in  previous 
years  the  centre  has  been  mainly  used  by 
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or  Mexican  students. 

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away  from  working  with  the  various  eth- 
nic clubs  on  campus  because  he  wants  to 
appeal  to  all  international  students  as 
well  as  Canadian  students. 

AL  CRIPPEN  —  MATURE  AND 
PART-TIME  STUDENTS'  CENTRE 

Al  Crippen,  co-ordinator  for  the  Ma- 
ture and  Part-Time  Students'  Centre,  says 
most  of  the  people  visiting  the  centre  are 
middle-age  students  with  families  who 
use  it  to  get  away  from  the  tension  of 
student  life. 


"(The  centre)  provides  a  lounge  area, 
a  quiet  area  for  people  to  relax  and  chat. 
The  coffee  pot  is  always  on, "  says  Crippen. 

He  says  the  centre  is  usually  full  dur- 
ing lunch  and  dinner  hours,  and  be- 
tween 100  and  1 30  people  use  the  centre 
on  a  weekly  basis. 

Crippen  says  more  students  seem  to 
be  using  the  centre  this  year,  because  it 
seems  to  have  a  warmer  atmosphere. 

"The  service  does  take  on  some  per- 
sonality (depending  on)  who  happens  to 
be  here  that  year, "  he  says. 

Crippen  says  the  day-to-day  opera- 
tions of  the  centre  remain  the  same  as  in 
previous  years.  For  a  number  of  years  the 
centre  has  provided  a  hotline  service  for 
parents  so  that  school  teachers  or  day- 
care workers  can  call  if  they  need  to 
contact  them.  Crippen  says  the  centre 
has  a  copy  of  the  parent's  schedule,  as 
well  as  a  photo  so  they  can  be  found  in 
their  class  if  there  is  an  emergency. 

The  centre  also  runs  a  March-break 
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4  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  25,  1993 


CUSA  legal  bill 
around  $13,000 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Cfia/iaian  Start 

The  total  legal  bill  for  the  labor  dis- 
pute between  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association  and  some  of  its  em- 
ployees will  be  about  $13,000,  says  Rene 
Faucher,  CUSA's  finance  commissioner 

The  dispute  began  in  thesummerwhen 
a  few  CUSA  employees  tried  to  unionize 
and  ended  in  November  when  the  On- 
tario Labor  Relations  Board  ordered  the 
automatic  unionization  of  340  CUSA 
employees. 

Faucher  says  CUSA  will  be  billed  about 
$3,500  to  $5,000  for  the  week  of  board 
hearings  held  in  late  August  in  Toronto. 

CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson  told  The 
Charlatan  in  August  that  the  total  cost  of 
the  dispute  would  be  about  $2,500.  In 


November,  she  upped  that  fiqure  to 
$5,000. 

"I'm  assuming  she  (Watson)  meant 
the  (labor  board)  hearings  itself,  and  on 
that  she  would  be  correct, "  Faucher  says 

CUSA's  legal  bill  for  all  staff-related 
matters  from  May  to  August  was 
$17,793.81.  Faucher  says.  He  estimates 
half  of  that  figure,  about  $8,000,  is  a 
result  of  the  labor  dispute  excluding  the 
hearings.  The  rest  of  the  figure  came 
from  other  staff-related  costs. 

Faucher  says  CUSA  had  no  choice  but 
to  pay  to  have  legal  representation. 

"Our  alternative  was  no  legal  repre- 
sentation. When  the  legal  issue  came  up, 
we  tried  to  be  frugal.  (The  cost)  was  close 
to  the  minimum  amount  we  could  spend 
on  legal  fees.  There  was  nothing  we  could 
do  about  the  legal  costs."  □ 


Unknown  male 
attacks  woman 
near  residence 

by  Angie  Gallop 

Chartatan  SlaW 

A  woman  was  physically  assaulted 
while  walking  in  the  parking  lot  near- 
residence  at  3  a.m.  on  Saturday,  Nov.  1 3. 

Len  Boudreault,  assistant  director  of 
Carleton's  department  of  university 
safety,  says  the  woman  was  not  able  to 
give  a  description  of  herattackerbecause 
she  was  assaulted  from  behind. 

A  safety  poster  about  the  incident 
circulated  on  Nov.  16  says  the  attacker 
"is  believed  to  be  an  older  man,  based  on 


FORUM  cont'd  from  page  3 

Hon,  tuition  will  increase,  but  the  On- 
tario minister  of  colleges  and  universities 
won't  decide  exactly  what  the  increase 
will  be  until  April. 

Farquhar  said  as  Carleton  has  more 
students  and  fewer  staff  members  every 
year,  itwill  become  inaccessible  because 
itwill  have  to  start  turning  students  away. 
One  student  replied  that  university  will 
become  inaccessible  because  students  will 
not  be  able  to  afford  it. 

Farquhar  said  expanding  student  aid 
programs  might  help  cash-strapped  stu- 
dents, but  stressed  that  if  tuition  doesn't 
increase,  staff  will  not  be  able  to  meet 
students'  needs.  □ 


the  toneofnis  voice."  Boudreaultsays  he 
is  unable  to  say  what  the  man  said  to  the 
woman. 

The  woman  was  grabbed  and  when 
she  resisted  her  attacker  struck  her  in  the 
face. 

Boudreault  says  she  was  bruised  and 
knocked  to  the  ground.  She  wasn't  hospi- 
talized. 

Hesays  patrols  have  been  increased  in 
the  area  for  as  long  as  security  has  the 
resources  and  until  problems  arise  else- 
where. 

Boudreault  says  he  has  no  reason  to 
believe  the  incidentis  linked  toany other 
previous  assaults  on  campus. 

The  Foot  Patrol  provides  escorts  to 
people  until  1  a.m.  seven  days  a  week 
and  the  security  van  operates  until  2 
a.m.  Monday  to  Friday. 

Boudreaultsays  anyone  worn  edabout 
their  safety  can  call  security  at  788-3612 
for  an  escort  on  campus  outside  of  these 
hours.  rj 


COMMISSIONER  cont'd  from  page  3 

Watson  says  lobbying  administrators 
will  be  tough  because  it  is  hard  to  make 
administration  understand  the  concerns 
students  have. 

"A  lot  of  people  just  don't  understand 
whatyou  mean  when  you  say  'I  don't  feel 
comfortable  standing  at  the  bus  stop  or 
getting  into  my  car  at  night,'"  she  says. 

Gilbert  says  she  wants  to  get  students 
to  lobby  with  her.  "I  can't  do  this  on  my 
own, "  Gilbert  says.  "They  (students)  need 
to  know  that  this  is  not  just  me  (who 
should  be  doing  this)." 

Watson  says  she  hopes  Gilbert  will 
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6  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  25,  1993 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Aboriginal  commission  hears  students 


by  Doug  Johnson 

Cttarlatan  Staff 

There  is  increased  need  for  cross-cul- 
tural understanding  between  Canada's 
Native  and  non-Native  populations,  a 
panel  of  Carleton  students  told  members 
of  the  Royal  Commission  on  Aboriginal 
Peoples  Nov.  16. 

"We  have  to  help  the  non-aboriginal, 
to  teach  them  about  our  rights,  to  teach 
them  about  our  culture,"  said  Carleton 
student  Simeonie  Kunnuk,  an  Inuk  per- 
son from  Igloolik,  N.W.T. 

"There  is  a  tremendous  ignorance 
about  aboriginal  people  by  non-aborigi- 
nal people.  Many  of  my  friends  have 
never  met  an  aboriginal  person,"  said 
commissioner  and  formerSupreme  Court 
justice  Bertha  Wilson. ' 

The  five-member  panel  of  students 
consisted  of  three  aboriginal  and  two 
non-aboriginal  students,  who  presented 
to  three  commissioners.  The  commission 
called  the  students  together  as  part  of  its 
mandate  to  examine  the  situation  of 
aboriginal  youth.  About  50  per  cent  of 
the  aboriginal  population  is  under  the 
age  of  25. 

According  to  the  federal  Department 
of  Indian  Affairs  and  Northern  Develop- 
ment, there  were  21,523  status  Indians 
attending  post-secondary  institutions  in 
the  1991-92  fiscal  year.  The  1991  census 
recorded  there  are  close  to  250,000 status 
Indians  in  Canada. 

These  figures  do  not  represent  a  clear 
picture  of  the  aboriginal  student  popula- 
tion, as  there  are  over  1  million  people  of 
aboriginal  descent  in  Canada,  but  most 


are  not  recognized  by  the  federal  govern- 
ment as  status  Indians  because  their  peo- 
ples never  completed  treaties  with  the 
Canadian  government. 

The  royal  commission  was  formed 
early  in  1992  to  examine  the  situation  of 
Canada's  aboriginal  peoples.  The  com- 
mission is  in  its  fourth  and  final  round  of 
hearings  and  will  report  to  Parliament 
next  fall  on  what  should  be  done  to 
alleviate  the  situation  of  Canadian  abo- 


consultations  with  university  students. 
On  Nov.  18,  representatives  of  the  com- 
mission met  with  students  at  Concordia 
University  in  Montreal  and  York  Univer- 
sity in  Toronto.  As  well,  the  Canadian 
Federation  of  Students  made  a  presenta- 
tion about  funding  for  aboriginal  col- 
leges and  universities  to  the  commission 
in  Ottawa  on  the  same  date. 

At  the  Carleton  hearing,  Kunnuk  used 
the  example  of  a  two-row  wampum  to 


The  panel  (L  to  R):  Marquise  Dupre.  Tim  O'Loan,  Christopher  Pad,  Cynthia 
Asp,  Simeonie  Kunnuk,  and  Simon  Brascoupe. 

riginal  peoples. 

The  student  panel  fulfils  the  need  to 
have  the  voices  of  aboriginal  youth  heard 
in  the  commission's  work,  said  Patricia 
Saulis,  the  commission's  special  team 
assistant  for  youth,  in  a  press  release 
before  the  hearing. 

The  Carleton  panel  was  one  of  three 


illustrate  the  idea  of  parallel  understand- 
ing between  the  aboriginals  and  non- 
aboriginals.  A  wampum  is  a  belt  of 
colored  shellbeads  with  the  rowsofbeads 
forming  patterns.  In  two-row  wampum, 
the  lines  of  beads  run  parallel  but  never 
cross,  symbolizing  equality  yetdifference. 
The  belts  were  constructed  to  commemo- 


rate significant  events  in  a  nation's  his- 
tory, such  as  treaties. 

Without  the  two-row  wampum, 
Kunnuk  said,  there  will  be  no  way  to 
achieve  an  understanding. 

Anotherstudent,  Tim  O'Loan,  a  Dogrib 
from  Somba  Ke  (Yellowknife),  N.W.T., 
agreed  there  is  more  of  a  need  to  under- 
stand the  aboriginal  situation  in  Canada, 
especially  many  communities'  living  con- 
ditions. 

"There  are  a  lot  of  Davis  Inlets  across 
Canada,"  he  said.  The  Innu  community 
of  Davis  Inlet  came  to  national  attention 
last  year  after  videotapes  of  children  sniff- 
ing gasoline  in  an  unhealed  shack  and 
wishing  to  die  to  escape  the  conditions 
they  lived  in  was  broadcast  on  CNN. 

The  Labrador  community,  a  collec- 
tion of  plywood  shacks  without  running 
water,  has  suffered  years  of  government 
neglect  because  neither  the  Newfound- 
land or  federal  governments  say  they  are 
responsible  for  helping  the  people. 

However,  O'Loan  said  he  feels  there 
must  be  an  examination  of  the  problems 
facing  aboriginal  communities  before 
they  are  solved. 

"This,  what  we  are  doing  (with  the 
commission),  is  white  society  and  it  is 
important  for  non-aboriginals  to  see  our 
society,"  said  aboriginal  student  Cynthia 
Asp.  , 

Some  ways  of  increasing  understand- 
ing between  the  two  peoples  would  be 
bringing  elders  into  schools  and  forcing 
the  federal  government  to  recognize  tra- 
ditional aboriginal  forms  of  government, 
she  told  the  commission.  □ 


Student  leaders  fear  fee  hikes,  start  protests 


by  Sara-Lynne  Levine 

Chartafan  Staff 

Students  and  university  officials  are 
sail  in  the  dark  about  when  details  of 
possible  tuition  hikes  willbe  releasedby 
the  provincial  NOP  government. 

On  Nov  17,  Libera]  MPP  Dalton 
McGuinty  (Ottawa  South)  questioned 
education  and  trairiing  minister  David 
Cooke  in  the  Ontario  legislature,  pres- 
suring him  to  release  information  about 
the  proposed  hikes. 

He  asked  Cooke  "what  assurance 
can  you  give  Ontario  university  stu- 
dents that  their  fees  will  not  increase  by 
anything  more  than  a  moderate  in- 
crease?" 

Cooke  responded  with  only  a  vague 
answer,  saying  there  werea  lot  of  rumors 
about  the  government's  plans  and  he 
"wouldn't  jump  to  any  conclusions 
about  a  tuition  increase  ." 


Cooke  did  not  indicate  when  he  will 
release  his  decision  about  raising  the 
ceiling  on  universities'  tuition  fee  in- 
creases. Last  year,  the  government  an- 
nounced in  November  that  universities 
would  be  allowed  to  raise  tuition  by  a 
maximum  of  seven  per  cent. 

Many  people  are  expecting  a  large 
increase  in  the  ceiling  for  tuition  fee 
increases,  which  is  set  by  the  government 
each  year.  This  specuiation  has  followed 
a  proposal  submitted  to  the  government 
by  the  Council  of  Ontario  Universities 
this  summer,  which  called  for  tuition 
increases  of  30  to  50  per  cent  over  the 
next  two  years. 

The  proposal  also  said  these  tuition 
hikes  must  be  accompaniedby  reform  of 
the  student  loan  system.  The  council 
suggested  implementing  an  income-con- 
tingent loan  repayment  system,  whereby 
students  would  pay  back  their  loans  as  a 


percentage  of  their  income  after  gradua- 
tion. 

Following  the  report's  release,  Cooke 
said  there  would  be  a  "substantial"  in- 
crease intheceiling  for  tuition  hikes  and 
that  he  did  not  consider  seven  per  cent — 
the  maximum  allowed  in  the  last  three 
years  —  substantial. 

Carleton  President  Robin  Farquhar 
said  the  council's  report,  which  was  put 
together  at  the  request  of  Cooke,  has 
been  misconstrued  by  many  groups. 

"The  council  proposed  a  package," 
said  Farquhar,  the  university's  representa- 
tive on  the  council.  "While  it  was  sug- 
gested that  tuition  be  increased,  it  was 
proposed  that  tuition  not  go  up  without 
a  more  adequate  form  of  student  aid 
programs  and  students  having  a  say  in 
how  that  money  be  spent " 

Farquhar  said  theincrease  in  revenue 
is  needed  to  ensure  that  access  to  univer- 


sity is  maintained.  He  said  he  expects 
the  announcement  of  an  increase  either 
before  Christmas,  eariyin  1994,oratthe 
end  of  the  fiscal  year  in  March.  In  any 
case,  said  Farquhar,  Cooke  will  make 
the  announcement  when  it  is  "politi- 
catly  advantageous." 

Cooke  has  "failed  to  understand  the 
concerns  of  students  and  is  proceeding 
with  his  own  agenda,"  said  Kristlne 
Haselsteiner,  vice-president  external  of 
Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion. 

She  also  said  Carleton  administra- 
tors have  "missed  the  boat"  in  support- 
ing a  substantial  tuition  fee  hike.  "Sug- 
gesting increasing  tuition  goes  with  the 
increase  in  accessibility  is  a  misnomer, " 
she  says. 

Haselsteiner  said  she  is  also  unsure  of 
when  the  announcement  of  the  tuition 
fee  ceiling  will  be  made.  □ 


by  Karollru  Srutek 

Chaflalan  Staff 

Many  university  students  in  Ottawa 
are  voicing  their  anger  over  the  pro- 
posed tuition  hikes  of  up  to  50  per  cent 
they  say  the  provincial  government  is 
considering. 

On  Nov.  1 7,  the  student  federation  at 
the  University  of  Ottawa  organized  a 
large  rally  to  protest  rising  tuition.  The 
Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion is  planning  a  similar  rally  for  Nov. 
26. 

Student  concern  about  substantial 
tuition  hikes  began  this  summer,  when 
the  Council  of  Ontario  Universities  re- 
leased a  report  which  called  for  increases 
>n  tuition  tees  between  30  and  50  per 
cent  for  some  programs  over  the  next 
two  years. 

The  University  of  Ottawa  used  many 
strategies  to  send  their  message  to  MPP 
David  Cooke,  the  minister  of  education 
ond  training,  says  Carole  Sauv<5,  vice- 
president  external  at  U  of  O.   


She  says  the  student  federation  organ- 
izedathree-weekletter-writingcampaign 
and  a  petition  that  was  signed  by  21  per 
cent  of  the  student  body. 

"We  had  a  two-and-a-half-week  mo- 
bilization campaign  with  posters  in  resi- 
dence,  faculty  clubs  andsocieties — The 
rally  became  a  buzz  word  around  cam- 
pus and  that's  what  made  it  a  success, " 
sdysSauve. 

The  rally  began  at  Tabaret  Hall  and 
proceeded  to  Parliament  Hill.  Once  on 
the  Hill,  the  students  waved  home-made 
placards  and  chanted  lean  Chretien's 
name,  hoping  the  new  prime  minister 
would  come  out  and  address  the  crowd. 

"We  yelled  close  to  an  hour  for 
Chretien,  but  he  never  came, "  says  Guy 
Caron,  the  president  of  the  student  fed- 
eration. "ThestudentsweTegettlngpissed 
off  and  just  wanted  to  speak  to  Chretien's 
representatives  about  the  underfunding 
and  tuition  increases." 

While  Sauve  estimates  the  number  of 
students  at  the  rally  was  about  1,000, 


lessica  Gould,  athird-yearCarleton  jour- 
nalism student  at  the  rally,  says  the  stu- 
dents numbered  closer  to  500.  But  she 
says  the  rally  wasstili  successful  because 
the  students  made  an  effort  to  voice  their 
concerns. 

"It  was  interesting  to  see  there  was  so 
much  spirit,  "says  Gould.  "I  don't  know  if 
it  made  much  of  a  difference,  but  if 
someone  saw  it,  it  did." 

Theresa  Cowan,  CUSA's  director  of 
services,  and  Kristlne  Haselsteiner,  CUSA's 
vice-president  external,  are  planning  a 
similar  rally  at  Carleton. 

"It's  just  a  matter  of  getting  the  stu- 
dents out,"  says  Cowan.  "This  rally  gives 
thestudentsaforumtogettogether(and) 
say,  'We  are  all  in  the  same  boat'  and 
make  an  impact." 

The  rally  is  scheduled  to  begin  at  1 2:30 
p.m.  at  Mackenzie  Field,  the  grass  area 
near  the  Unicentre.  Haselstelnersays  pro- 
testers will  march  around  campus  and 
end  up  in  front  of  the  adrainistraUon 
building,  where  speeches  will  be  given  by 


student  representatives, 

"The  rally  is  on  campus,  so  its  more 
accessible  to  students,  andmakesit  easier 
for  them  to  attend  and  to  show  their 
support." 

Haselsteiner  says  the  rally  may  also 
continue  over  to  the  office  of  Evelyn 
Gigantes,  the  NDP  Ottawa  Centre  MPP. 

Although  speakers  haven't  yet  been 
confirmed,  Haselsteiner  says  they  will 
include  different  members  of  Carleton 's 
student  community. 

Posters  are  being  put  up  and  table- 
topper  pamphlets  have  been  placed  in 
Rooster's  and  Oliver's  publicizing  the 
rally,  says  Haselsteiner.  CUSA  has  also 
attended  club  meetings  and  Sent  out 
letters  to  societies  asking  for  support. 

As  well,  she  says  petitions  have  been 
Circulated  and  sent  to  Carleton  Presi- 
dent Robin  Farquhar  and  Les  Copley, 
vice-president  of  academics,  telling 
adminstration  of  students'  discontent 
with  the  threatened  hikes.  □ 


November  25,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


INTERNATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Guatemalan  activists  call  for  results 


by  Kathleen  Jacobs 

Cha/latan  Staff 

Helen  Mack  and  Fernando  Lopez  want 
the  world  to  know  about  the  human 
rights  violations  in  Guatemala. 

In  the  past  35  years,  100,000  people 
have  been  murdered  and  another  40,000 
have  simply  vanished.  One-third  of  all 
reported  disappearances  in  Latin  America 
have  occurred  there. 

Mack  and  Lopez  told  about  the  viola- 
tions they  have  seen  in  their  country  at 
their  talk  in  Ottawa  on  Nov.  13. 

Lopez  is  a  lawyer  in  the  human  rights 
office  in  the  Roman  Catholic  Archdio- 
cese of  Guatemala,  while  Mack  is  a  civil 
rights  activist.  She  won  the  1992  Swedish 
Right  Livelihood  Award,  also  called  the 
Alternative  Nobel  Prize.  It  is  awarded  to 
people  who  work  to  end  problems  such  as 
social  injustice  and  human  repression. 

Guatemala  had  a  democratic  govern- 
ment from  1944  until  1954.  However,  a 
coup  against  the  government  in  1954 
began  a  period  of  instability  and  military 
rule  that  has  continued  until  the  present. 
Since  early  1 993,  Ramiro  de  Leon  Carpio 
has  been  the  Guatemalan  president. 

"By  definition,  respect  for  human 
rights  is  a  matter  of  state  policy,  but  just 
as  the  state  can  be  the  principal  inter- 
preter of  this  policy,  it  can  also  be  its 
principal  violator, "  Mack  said  of  the  coun- 
try's military  dictatorship.  "The  most  basic 
right  —  the  right  to  life  —  has  been 
constantly  violated  in  Guatemala." 

Mack's  involvement  with  civil  rights 
began  after  her  sister,  Myma,  was  fatally 
stabbed  27  times  outside  her  office  build- 
ing in  1990.  As  an  anthropologist,  her 
sister  was  working  on  a  research  project 
funded  by  Georgetown  University,  ex- 
amining the  potential  resettlement  of 
Guatemalan  refugees. 

In  the  early  1980s,  the  Guatemalan 
military  carried  out  a  counter-insurgency 


program,  killing  between  50,000  and 
75,000  people. 

"The  army's  logic  was  that  anyone 
who  was  not  on  their  side  was  an  insur- 
gent," Lopez  said,  speaking  through  an 
interpreter  from  Ottawa's  St.  Paul  Uni- 
versity. 

A  similar  policy  gave  the  military  li- 
cence to  assassinate  whole  villages.  In 
fear,  some  Guatemalans  fled  to  the  cities, 
some  fled  into  the  jungle,  and  still  others 
fled  to  Mexico. 

The  United  Nations  High  Commission 
on  Refugees  recognizes  there  are  43,000 
documented  Guatemalans  in  Mexico  to- 
day. 

Mack  said  the  government  was  con- 
cerned about  her  sister's  research  in  this 
area  andsent  a  special  commando  of  the 
Security  Forces  to  assassinate  her. 

Mack  became  a  national  figure  in  her 
quest  to  bring  her  sister's  killer  to  justice. 
Though  she  was  successful,  she  said  she 
must  move  beyond  her  personal  goals 
now  and  concentrate  on  the  needs  of  the 
Guatemalan  community. 

Mack  is  designing  a  legal  education 
program  so  lawyers  and  citizens  of  Gua- 
temala will  have  the  knowledge  and  abil- 
ity to  fight  for  their  basic  human  rights. 

Lopez  said  the  system  makes  sure  it 
does  not  provide  any  civil  rights  educa- 
tion to  young  lawyers. 

"The  fight  against  repression  in  Gua- 
temala begins  with  education,"  he  said. 

Mack  and  Lopez  said  they  want  to 
bring  the  situation  in  Guatemala  to  the 
world's  attention,  since  their  government 
responds  only  when  the  international  ■ 
community  is  watching. 

Lopez  said  the  government  has  been 
known  to  stop  harassing  Guatemalan 
citizens  after  receiving  letters  of  protest 
from  foreign  countries. 

"It  is  very  sad  to  see  that  just  a  card 
from  a  foreigner  to  the  department  is 


Human  rights  activist  Helen  Mack  gets  the  word  out  on  Guatemala. 


more  important  than  a  law  passed  by  the 
National  Assembly,"  said  Lopez. 

He  said  the  Guatemalan  government 
has  been  condemned  by  the  United  Na- 
tions as  a  human  rights  violator  for  the 
past  four  years. 

Lopez  said  although  the  number  of 
people  being  kidnapped  or  killed  has 
decreased  since  1992,  the  repression  has 
not  stopped. 

He  said  there  is  a  feeling  of  terror  left- 
over from  the  1980s,  when  the  majority 
of  killings  happened.  The  government 
avoids  mass  killings  which  receive  out- 
side attention  and  concentrates  instead 
on  selective  murdering  of  important  po- 
litical opponents.  "The  state  knows  this  is 
sufficient  enough  to  convince  any  Gua- 
temalan not  sympathetic  to  the  govern- 
ment not  to  speak  out,"  said  Lopez. 


But  Mack  is  not  content  to  be  silent,  or 
to  let  her  people  be  bullied  into  silence. 
She  said  the  popular  movement  in  Gua- 
temala is  weak  because  it  condemns  the 
actions  of  the  government  but  does  not 
respond  with  unified  proposals  to  create 
social  change. 

"Denouncing  is  not  enough  —  this 
means  more  efforts  to  change  and  that 
means  us,"  Mack  said. 

She  saidindividuals  in  the  movement 
must  work  together  to  "establish  a  cli- 
mate of  real  freedom  and  progressive 
democratization  in  orderto. .  .reflect  the 
will  of  the  majority." 

Mack  said  the  solution  is  not  for  the 
popular  movement  to  take  up  arms,  but 
that  the  crisis  will  only  be  resolved  when 
Guatemala  is  a  true  democracy.  □ 


Sanctions  in  Serbia  are  affecting  students 


by  Aleksandar  Mitic 

Aleksandar  Milic  Is  a  second-year  journalism  student  at 
Carleton.  This  is  his  first  year  studying  In  Canada.  His  lalher  is 
a  diplomat  in  the  Yugoslav  Embassy  in  Ottawa. 

When  I  transferred  to  Carleton  last 
July  from  the  University  of  Belgrade  in 
Serbia,  I  was  happy  and  satisfied. 

To  be  accepted  into  second-year  jour- 
nalism at  Carleton  University  is  not  an 
easy  task. 

But  as  much  as  I  celebrated  this  great 
opportunity,  1  could  not  forget  my  col- 
leagues from  Belgrade.  Not  only  because 
I  have  a  lot  of  friends  there  or  because  my 
girlfriend  still  goes  to  University  of  Bel- 
grade, but  also  because  of  the  incredible 
conditions  that  students  in  Serbia  have 
to  face. 

These  conditionsare  largely  provoked 
by  the  United  Nations'  sanctions  im- 
posed on  Yugoslavia  (or  Serbia  and 
Montenegro)  a  year  and  a  half  ago. 

The  sanctions  were  imposed  because 
of  the  speculation  that  Serbia  is  acting  as 
an  aggressor  in  Bosnia.  Western  govern- 
ments and  warleaders  have  since  admit- 
ted that  the  war  in  Bosnia  is  a  civil  war. 

No  fuel  is  allowed  to  get  in,  there  is  no 
foreign  trade  and  Yugoslav  assets  around 
the  world  have  been  frozen. 

The  economic  situation  in  Serbia 
causes  big  problems  for  the  University  of 
Belgrade  —  one  of  the  most  respected 
universities  in  Eastern  Europe  —  and  for 
its  students. 

There  is  very  little  food.  Flour,  vegeta- 
ble oil,  sugar  and  milk  are  rationed. 
Generally,  meatis  too  expensive  for  most 
families  to  eat  more  than  once  a  month. 

Transportation  in  Belgrade  is  awful. 
Gas  is  too  expensive  and  hard  to  find. 
Most  of  the  Belgrade's  2  million  inhabit- 
ants have  to  take  the  bus.  I  remember 
waiting  hours  for  a  bus  that  would  come 


packed.  It  was  impossible  to  get  in. 

Recently,  Belgrade  newspapers  re- 
ported that  when  a  bus  broke  down  while 
passing  over  a  bridge,  its  driver  counted 
the  number  of  passengers:  462  people 
were  riding  the  bus  made  for  160. 

It  would  be  funny  if  it  wasn't  sad. 

I  could  never  imagine  that  the  pic- 
tures of  the  overcrowded  buses  in  Third 
World  countries  I  used  to  watch  on  televi- 
sion would  happen  in  Belgrade. 

There  is  a  popular  joke  about  buses  in 
Belgrade:  Two  friends  are  riding  an  over- 
crowded bus.  One  says:  "Gee,  we  are 
packed  like  sardines  in  a  can."  The  other 
responds:  "Well,  no,  the  sardines  have  at 
least  oil  to  breathe." 

As  winter  approaches,  memoriescome 


to  my  mind.  Memories  of 
cold.  Since  Serbia  is  not 
allowed  to  import  fuel  or 
gas,  heating  is  poor.  Last 
year,  I  was  freezing  in  my 
house,  freezing  on  the 
streets,  freezing  atschool. 

In  fact,  schools  had 
heat  from  8  a.m.  to  10 
a.m.  When  I  had  lectures 
or  discussion  groups  in  the 
evening,  I  had  to  dress  up 
really  warm. 

Resources  are  also 
scarce.  There  is  a  lack  of 
such  basic  materialsas  test 
tubes,  not  to  mention 
other,  more  sophisticated, 
but  indispensable  tools. 

Faculties  like  science, 
engineering  and  medicine 
cannot  afford  to  import 
the  new  technologies 
needed  to  advance  their 
learning.  Even  if  they  had 
the  money,  they  cannot  import  them 
because  of  the  sanctions. 

Professors  cannot  afford  to  travel 
abroad  and  participate  in  international 
conferences  to  present  papers  or  gain 
connections  and  knowledge. 

It  is  very  hard  to  print  new  books 
because  there  is  a  shortage  of  paper  and 
it  is  expensive.  Students  can  barely  afford 
to  buy  them. 

And  what  about  the  other  needs  of  an 
average  student? 

Serbia  cannot  import  foreign  movies 
or  other  cultural  products.  The  sanctions 
forbid  foreign  artists  to  perform  in  Serbia. 
No  Serbian  sports  team  is  allowed  to  play 
outside  the  country,  nor  is  there  a  possi- 
bility for  a  foreign  team  to  visit  Serbia 


officially. 

Just  imagine  that,  for  example,  the 
Blue  Jays  were  not  allowed  to  play  in  the 
World  Series  again.  That  is  exactly  what 
happened  to  Red  Star,  the  Serbian  soccer 
team  from  Belgrade.  A  few  months  after 
winning  the  World  Club  Championship 
in  soccer  in  December  1991,  the  sanc- 
tions stopped  the  team  from  playing.  Red 
Star  from  Belgrade  did  not  even  have  a 
chance  to  defend  its  title  in  the  next 
World  Cup. 

That  is  how  life  goes  on  these  days  in 
Belgrade. 

Serbians  are  the  prisoners  of  the  war 
in  neighboring  Bosnia  with  which  they, 
as  people,  don't  have  anything  to  do 
with. 

But  they  suffer  from  the  most  outra- 
geous sanctions  ever  imposed  on  a  na- 
tion. 

They  are  prisoners  of  the  image  of 
"Serbian  barbarisms"  that  the  media  has 
created. 

They  are  prisoners  of  the  future,  not  so 
bright,  for  them  and  their  children. 

But  the  students  of  the  University  of 
Belgrade  are  prisoners  with  hope.  With 
hope  for  change,  they  have  the  enthusi- 
asm to  go  on  despite  the  abnormal  con- 
ditions. They  continue  to  work  at  their 
studies  with  a  will  for  change,  with  cer- 
tainty that  they  will  change  the  fate  of 
the  Serbian  nation. 

No  matter  how  hard  the  times  are, 
students  work  even  harder.  There  is  no 
doubt  that  they  will  make  it.  And  I  must 
say  that  1  am  very  proud,  as  much  as  I  am 
proud  of  being  a  student  of  Carleton 
University,  of  being  a  student  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Belgrade.  I  am  proud  of  having 
friends  and  colleagues  who  are  persistent 
and  courageous  people.  O 


8  *  The  Charlatan  •  November  25,  1993 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Simon  says 
"This  is  a 
stick-up." 

Simon  soys  jump  up  and  down. 
Simon  says  touch  your  nose. 
Do  you  remember  playing  Simon  Says 
If  you  don't,  the  principle  behind  it  is  simple 
Simon  gives  more  and  more  demands  to  the  group 
faster  and  faster  until  the  players  get  confused  and  don 
do  what  Simon  says. 

,  Little  did  we  know  back  then  that  we  were  training 
ourselves  for  the  "real  world." 

Although  we  don't  know  when  the  official  announce- 
ment  will  be,  it  is  expected  that  students  will  be  paying 
higher  tuition  fees  again  next  year. 

[ust  like  players  in  Simon  Says,  students  must  simply 
fill  the  demands.  They  have  not  been  involved  in  the 
decision-making  process. 

The  Council  of  Ontario  Universities  submitted  a 
port  to  the  provincial  government  in  August,  suggesting 
tuition  increases  of  30  to  50  per  cent  over  the  next  two 
years.  The  council  is  made  up  mostly  of  university 
presidents,  not  students  or  professors. 

Universities  need  students  as  much  as  students  need 
universities.  Therefore,  students  should  be  involved  in 
proposals  to  deal  with  cuts  to  education. 

A  major  factor  in  tuition  increases  is  that  government 
funding  to  universities  has  not  kept  up  with  enrolment. 
The  generation  before  us  has  become  accustomed  to 
living  beyond  their  means.  Now  they  are  making  cuts  to 
education  that  are  affecting  us.  The  Council  of  Ontario 
Universities  is  trying  to  find  a  solution  to  these  cuts  with 
their  proposals  to  the  Ontario  government. 

The  council  is  telling  students  not  to  worry  because 
they  are  planning  a  more  extensive  and  accessible  loan 
system.  According  to  the  proposal,  this  system  will  be 
partially  funded  by  the  increase  in  tuition  revenues. 

But  more  loans  means  more  debt  and  dependency  for 
students.  They  will  be  expected  to  pay  back  the  loan  after 
they  have  graduated.  According  to  the  proposal,  the 
amount  and  how  soon  students  must  pay  back  loans 
would  be  dependent  upon  how  much  they  will  be  earn- 
ing after  graduation. 

With  the  present  economy  and  the  low  value  of  an 
arts  or  science  degree  in  the  job  market,  I  have  trouble 
believing  this  program  will  not  create  a  massive  debt  by 
students  who  are  unable  to  pay.  Then  what  will  "Simon 
say? 

Whether  or  not  the  council's  proposals  are  approved, 
tuition  has  been  increasing  every  year  and  there's  no 
reason  for  it  to  stop  now.  Statistics  Canada  recently 
released  a  report  saying  in  the  past  five  years  tuition  has 
increased  by  an  average  58  per  cent  across  Canada. 

The  demands  "Simon"  is  making  are  becoming  in- 
creasingly difficult  to  beai. 

Within  the  bad  economic  climate,  most  students  are 
starting  off  from  a  position  of  disadvantage,  before  even 
lacing  unreasonable  tuition.  We  are  also  entering  a  job 
marketwhich  is  increasingly  demanding  higher  educa- 
tion. 

The  federal  Department  of  Human  Resources  Devel- 
opment says  49  percent  of  the  jobs  in  the  '90s  will  require 
the  equivalent  of  a  college  or  university  education.  This 
isan  increase  from  23  per  cent  in  1 986.  So  we  can't  afford 
to  educate  ourselves  and  we  can't  afford  not  to. 

Once  we  put  the  possible  tuition  hike  in  context,  more 
ond  more  is  being  asked  of  students. 

We  need  to  start  making  acts  of  protest  a  priority  in 
°ur  lives.  If  "Simon"  tells  us  he  does  not  want  to  hear  our 
v°ices,  we  must  show  him  we  will  not  follow  his  lead  in 
numb  silence. 

As  a  student  you  can  call  or  write  your  member  of 
Provincial  parliament  and  demand  a  solution  which 
deludes  your  viewpoint. 

Keep  your  eyes  open  for  protests  and  attend.  You  can 
start  at  the  student  rally  at  Mackenzie  Field  on  Nov.  26. 

I  never  liked  the  hierarchical  structure  of  Simon  Says. 

I  didn't  like  it  then  and  I  don't  like  it  now.  "Simon" 
Wouldn't  just  be  telling  students  what  to  do  —  he  should 
e  listening  to  what  we  have  to  say. 

Students,  as  the  potential  decision-makers  of  tomor- 
'ow.  don't  have  to  follow  "Simon's"  lead  without  ques- 
8o".  It  is  much  to  early  to  simply  give  in  to  tuition  hikes 
^thoutafight.  AG 


OPINION 


Newsflash  --  JFK  died  30  years  ago 


by  Sara-Lynne  Levine 

Charlatan  Staff 

Forthose  of  you  who  live  under  a  rock,  this  year 
is  the  30th  anniversary  of  John  E.  Kennedy's 
assassination  on  Nov.  22,  1963. 
For  weeks,  I  have  been  barraged  with  maga- 
zine articles,  television  reports  and  those  annoying  mov- 
ies-of-the  week. 

"The  Truth  About  JFK"  screamed  one  magazine  head- 
line. JFK:  Reckless  Youth  and  Marina  Oswald:  HerStory  were 
shown  on  television.  The  Ottawa  Citizen  ran  a  Touchline 
number  where  people  could  call  in  to  answer  the  ques- 
tion "Where  were  you  on  — 
Nov.  22,  1963?" 

The  media  has  gone 
crazy  over  JFK.  Without 
fail,  magazine,  newspa- 
pers and  television  net- 
works have  been  compet- 
ing with  each  otherto  woo 
readers  and  viewers  with 
"new  information"  or  "the 
truth"  behind  his  death. 

It  is  true  that  Kennedy 
died  under  somewhat 
questionable  circum- 
stances. For  years,  people 
have  speculated  and  theo- 
rized about  what  really 
happened.  But  lately,  the 
speculation  has  gone  too 
far. 

The  Kennedy  story  has  been  done  to  death  (excuse  the 
pun).  The  media  has  taken  an  event  worthy  of  mention 
and  blown  it  widely  out  of  proportion. 

A  huge  mystique  has  been  built  up  around  Kennedy. 
People  are  fascinated  with  this  man,  who  had  more 
charisma  than  political  accomplishments. 

Kennedy  did  represent  a  number  of  firsts.  He  was  the 
first  Irish  Catholic  president.  He  was  also  the  first  televi- 
sion-friendly president.  Perhaps  his  biggest  accomplish- 
ment was  that  he  knew  how  to  use  the  media  to  portray 
himself  in  a  positive  light. 

There  is  no  denying  that  Kennedy  meant  a  lot  of 
things  to  a  lot  of  people.  His  death  had  a  great  effect  on 
everyone,  but  this  does  not  mean  that  it  should  be  used 


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as  a  money-maker  for  the  media. 

The  other  problem  with  the  focus  on  Kennedy  is  that 
he  continues  to  be  portrayed  un realistically.  Despite  the 
almost  saint-like  aura  surrounding  him,  Kennedy  was 
not  an  exceptional  president.  He  was  in  office  for  less 
than  three  years  and  in  that  time,  he  accomplished  no 
memorable  feat. 

People  also  tend  to  overlook  or  excuse  his  sordid  love 
affairs  with  numerous  women.  They  don't  seem  to  let 
evidence  that  he  had  an  affair  with  Marilyn  Monroe  and 
Angie  Dickinson  affect  their  high  opinion  of  him. 
Still,  Canadians  remember  Kennedy  as  lovingly  as 
Americans.  My  mom  has 
told  me  where  she  was 
and  how  she  felt  when 
Kennedy  died.  When  I 
was  younger,  even  I  was 
in  awe  of  Kennedy.  I  saw 
pictures  of  this  hand- 
some man,  his  pretty  wife 
and  young  family. 

When  I  was  in  high 
school,  I  read  a  book 
called  Four  Days.  Itwasa 
pictorial  of  the  four  days 
immediately  following 
the  assassination.  The 
one  photo  thatstayed  in 
mymindwasthe  picture . 
of  Jackie  Kennedy  get- 
ting off  Air  Force  One  in 
Washington,  her  dress 
splattered  with  blood. 

Kennedy's  assassination  does  set  him  apart  from 
most  American  presidents.  However,  Abraham  Lincoln 
was  also  assassinated  and  we  do  not  have  to  endure  the 
"untold  truth"  or  the  "conspiracy  theory"  behind  Lin- 
coln's assassination. 

I'm  sick  of  the  hype.  At  one  point,  I  was  interested  in 
the  anniversary  and  I  actually  thought  "Boy,  I  hope 
someone  does  something."  Well,  I  learned  my  lesson  — 
be  careful  for  what  you  wish  for  because  you  just  might 
get  it. 

The  anniversary  of  his  death  deserves  some  recogni- 
tion, but  not  the  media  circus  that  has  ensued. 
JFK  is  dead.  Let  him  rest  in  peace. 


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cism? 


Racism  doesn't  exist  is  RACISM 

YOU    Deople  are  taking  over,  is   RACISM  /-  -r-  r-  IV  a 

YOU  people  are   SO   eXOtl  C  is  KAL±->IVI 

Where  are  you  from  i  S  RACISM 

I  don't  think  of  you  as  of  color  is  RACISM 
You  people  are  dirty  IS  racism 

You're  such  quaint  iW  people  is  racism 

You '  re  taki  iig  OUT  jobs  away  1  S  racism 

You  people  are  good   at    lliath    is  RACISM 

•|-   You  people  have  natural  rhy.thm  is  racism 
X  am  a  victim  of  reverse  racism  "I  S  RACISM 

There  is  a  "black  cloud"  over  us  is  RACISM 

If  I  cjet  a  tan  I'll  be  of  Color  IS  RACISM 

These  statements  are  examples  of  stereotypical 
characterizations  of  specific  races  or 
ethnicities.  Negative  personal  behavior  that 
discriminates  against  individuals  of  a  racial, 

religious  or  national  group  dehumanizes  and 
ridicules.  Individual  acts  of  prejudice  become 
especially  potent  when  they  both  support  and 
perpetuate  wider  societal  racism. 

-  from  Cultural  Etiquette  by  Amoja  Three  Rivers 


WORLD  INTER-ACTION  MONDIALE  presents 


by  Heather  Farrow 

Heether  Farrow  is  a  co-ordinator  al  OPIRG-Carteton.  She  has  researched  and  had  practical  experience  with  popular  theatre. 

Popular  theatre  can  be  both- useful  as  a  form  of  entertainment  and 
as  an  educational  tool  for  challenging  racist,  sexist  and  otherwise 
phobic  stereotypes. 

Popular  theatre  is  any  kind  of  skit,  song,  puppet  show,  rap,  dance 
or  combination  thereof,  which  is  created  or  partially  written  by  the 
performers.  The  popular  theatre  participants  can  be  anyone,  but  they 
usually  have  some  relation  to  the  issues  addressed  in  the  play  or 
skit. 

At  Carleton,  popular  theatre  has  been  used  previously  in  conjunction 
with  Eating  Disorders  Awareness  Week  and  date  rape  prevention 
campaigns. 

Popular  theatre  can  include  audience  participation  in  the  form  of 
discussions  or  "stop  theatre."  It  can  also  be  used  within  activist 
groups  as  a  way  of  learning  about  an  issue. 

Popular  theatre  is  most  effective  if  the  actors/ activists  are 
personally  involved  with  the  play's  subject  matter.  For  instance, 
the  OPIRC-initiated  play  Dirty  Talk  about  date  rape  was  partially 
created  by  women  who  had  experienced  this  form  of  violence. 
The  following  lists  a  variety  of  kinds  of  popular  theatre  and  how 
they  can  be  used  to  amuse  and  amaze. 

Role  play:  By  assuming  another  role,  a  person  can  explore  what  it 
would  be  like  to  be  in  situations  outside  their  own  experience.  Very 
basic  role  play  can  be  used  within  group  meetings  or  during  training 
sessions. 

For  instance,  I  once  initiated  a  role  play  during  a  volunteer  training 
sessi  on ,  when  we  wanted  to  expl  ore  raci  sm  wi  thi  n  the  of  f  i  ce .  I  pi  ayed 
a  volunteer  who  tells  another  volunteer  who  comes  in  late  that  "she 
is  always  late  and  just  because  that's  the  way  her  people  operate, 
it  isn't  the  way  it  should  be  done.  "  The  improvised  skit  developed 
in  some  very  interesting  directions,  where  many  racist  stereotypes 
were  explored  through  a  discussion  which  occurred  during  and  after 
the  role  play. 

Short  sketches:  Short  sketches  or  skits  can  be  used  as  educational 
"attention  getters"  within  a  university  centre  or  at  the  beginning 
of  a  meeting. 

For  example,  during  Hate  Hurts  Week  thi  s  year ,  people  in  the  Carleton 
Unicentre  met  "Presto  Manic,  "  through  a  short  sketch  which  provided 
a  satirical  look  at  the  "Uninformed  Party."  "Presto"  and  his 
companion  (me)  roamed  around  the  Unicentre  talking  to  various  folks 
about  the  party's  ludicrous  policies.  At  times  we  engaged  in  lively 
discussions  with  possible  supporters  of  that  other  party,  whose  name 
rhymes  with  "deform." 

The  variety  of  responses  taught  us  versatility  and  strategy  as 
actors,  while  perhaps  exposing  some  scary  hate-mongering  by  the 
"Uninformed  Party"  by  expanding  on  real  quotations  from  Presto's 
real -life  political  party. 

Stop  theatre:  During  this  kind  of  sketch,  the  audience  is  asked  to 
shout  "stop"  when  they  don't  like  what  is  going  on  in  the  skit  and 
then  come  into  the  skit  and  replace  the  actor. 

I  was  involved  with  this  kind  of  theatre  during  a  short  play  about 
"ending  the  silence  about  violence"  called  Collateral  Damages.  As 
an  audience  member,  I  yelled  "stop"  when  I  thought  one  of  the  actors 
was  being  silenced  by  being  told  that  the  loud  shouting  going  on  at 
the  neighbors  "always  happened"  and  was  to  be  ignored.  I  replaced 
the  actor  and  continued  the  scene,  where  I  attempted  to  end  the 
woman's  silence. 

Street  Theatre:  Street  theatre  or  guerrilla  theatre  are  plays  and 
sketches  that  can  take  place  anywhere.  At  a  rally  or  march,  or  on 
its  own,  street  theatre  is  an  excellent  way  to  attract  attention  and 
foster  support.  Making  large  costumes,  masks  or  disguises  can  also 
add  to  this  kind  of  popular  theatre. 

For  instance,  the  Raging  Crannies  are  a  dynamic  singing,  costume- 
wearing,  fun  group  of  older  women  who  help  all  kinds  of  rallies  come 
to  life. 

Puppets:  Think  you're  too  shy?  Using  puppets  is  a  great  way  to  get 
around  this  because  you  get  to  hide  and  only  your  hands  show.  A  great 
example  is  the  tour  Puppets  Against  AIDS,  which  came  to  Canada  from 
South  Africa  in  1992.  By  teaching  people  to  make  and  use  puppets, 
all  kinds  of  people  created  their  own  skits  about  AIDS  and  educated 
themselves  and  others  about  a  very  important,  yet  sometimes  hard- 
to-tal k-about  topic. 

Well ,  if  you  think  I've  been  trying  to  sell  you  popular  theatre  you'  re 
probably  right.  It  adds  something  quite  unique  and  memorable  to  a 

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includes  a  skit  or  costumed  rally 
rousers,  it  can  become  more 
interesting  and  appealing  to  the 
press.  'As  an  example  of  a  good 
attention-getter,  I'm  in  the  process 
of  trying  to  create  a  huge  Chretien 
head  which  can  be  signed  out  from 
theOPIRG  office  for  various  rallies 
and  events. 

Popular  theatre  is  a  great  way  to 
subvert  conventional  stereotypes 
and  showcase  progressive  opinions 
that  often  get  overlooked  or 
suppressed  by  the  mainstream  media- 
So  get  out  there  and  remember:  BE 
BRAVE,  BE  LOUD  and  have  fun!  « 


12  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  25,  1993 


HAT  S 


by  Matthew  Bruce 

Matthew  Bnjce  is  a  fourth-year  psychology  student  at  Carteton  and  a  membef  of  Anti-Racist  Action. 

Anti-Racist  Action  is  a  group  of  individuals  who  want  to 
help  stop  racism,  sexism,  homophobia  and  ableism  on  all 
levels. 

Our  members  come  from  many  walks  of  life  and  range  from  high- 
school   students  to  adults  with  careers. 

Many  of  us  have  experienced  some  form  of  discrimination 
first-hand,  be  it  institutional  or  social.  We  try  to  remain 
as  non-partisan  as  possible,  but  we  will  take  a  stance  on 
specific  issues  like  the  pro-choice  movement. 
There  are  many  chapters  of  Anti-Racist  Action  in  cities  all 
over  North  America,  but  as  far  as  we  are  concerned,  the 
actions  of  one  chapter  are  not  necessarily  representative 
of  the  other  groups. 

Anti-Racist  Action  Ottawa,  which  had  its  first  meeting  in 
March,  was  formed  for  two  reasons.  At  the  time  there  was 
an  absence  of  any  non-partisan  anti-racist  groups  in  the 
city.  We  were  also  motivated  by  the  fact  that  the  Heritage 
Front  was  mobilizing  in  Ottawa  and  then  set  up  a  hate  line 
in  Hay. 

Similar  to  the  hate  line  in  Toronto,  it  was  used  to  spread 
slanderous  and  racist  messages.  However,  a  recent  court 
decision  has  forced  the  Heritage  Front  to  remove  all  such 
messages   in  Ottawa. 

We  have  also  participated  in  and  helped  organize  several 
marches  in  Ottawa  and  Montreal,  including  the  Cay  Pride 
march,  the  rally  against  Jean-Marie  LePen  of  the  Front 
National  (France's  version  of  the  highly  fascistic  National 
Front)  in  Montreal,  and  yes,  the  notorious  protest  against 
the  Heritage  Front's  "Rock  for  Racialism"  on  May  29. 
It  was  at  that  fateful  rally  that  we  were  singled  out  by 
the  media  and  blamed  for  the  crowd's  rowdy  behavior  towards 
police  and  Front  members  alike.  We  were  also  blamed  for  the 
ensuing  night  of  violence  on  Bank  Street  and  Parliament 
Hill,  courtesy  of  the  Heritage  Front.  Although  the  media 
portrays  us  as  a  bunch  of  thugs,  we  are  actually  a  swell 
bunch  of  non-violent  folks. 

Anti-Racist  Action  is  not  just  interested  in  waving 
placards  at  the  drop  of  a  hat  -  we  are  also  interested  in 
education.  Aside  from  the  fact  that  education  is  a  valuable 
tool,  we  have  taken  our  fight  to  the  schools  because  the 
Heritage  Front  has  been  distributing  hate  literature  and 
recruiting  new  members  there. 

Accordingly,  we  have  tried  to  set  up  chapters  in  local  high 
schools.  Since  that  doesn't  always  work  (the  high  schools 
won't  officially  let  us  in  because  of  our  "violent" 
reputation),  we  also  help  form  affiliate  groups  like  the 
Association  to  Promote  Equality,  whose  goals  are  the  same, 
but  whose  name  isn't  attached  with  the  same  stigma  as  Anti- 
Racist  Action's.  We  don't  have  any  university  chapters  at 
the  moment,   but  plans  are  in  the  works. 

On  Nov.  20,  we  held  a  Rock  Against  Racism  concert  at 
Carleton.  Rap,  funk  and  punk  bands  were  featured,  as  well 
as  an  information  area  where  local  interest  groups  were  able 
to  enlighten  concert-goers  and  talk  about  their  causes.  The 
show  made  about  $1,400  before  costs  and  all  proceeds  fron 
this  show  will  go  towards  Anti-Racist  Action's  past  am 
future  projects. 

Now  more  than  ever,  discrimination  -  at  all  levels  -  is  on 
the  rise  in  Ottawa.  The  scapegoating  of  immigrants  for  the 
economic  downturn  is  just  one  example.  We  need  to  work 
together  and  show  groups  like  the  Heritage  Front  that 
they're  not  welcome  -  now  or  ever. 

Anyone  who  is  interested  in  joining  Anti-Racist  Action  or 
just  taking  part  in  one  of  our  meetings  can  find  us  in  Room 
140  of  the  Simard  Building  at  the  University  of  Ottawa  every 
Tuesday  at  7  p.m.   Heritage  Front  members  need  not  apply. 


Asians 


are  not 
'mysterious,"  "fatalistic," 

 or  "inscrutable." 

L|1|]L^U^^^H^^*J*1  are 

not  stoic,   mystical  or 
 vani  shi  ng . 


Latin  American 
peopl e  f 


are  no  more  hot- 
tempered,    hot-blooded,  or 
emotional    than  anyone  else. 

We  do  not  have  flashing 
eyes,    teeth  or  daggers.  We 
are  lovers  pretty  much  like 
other  people.   Very  few  of 
us  deal  with  any  kind  of 
drugs . 


Middle  Easterners 


are  not  fanaticsj|j 
terrorists,   or  all  oil- 
rich. 

H^AV/fc H i^n^WpJ E  are  not 

necessarily   rich,  clannish 
or  expert  in  money  matters. 

■Mot    all   ^  [ill "•rill 

j^TT^SfSfflw  are  poor, 
athletic,   or  ghetto- 

dwel 1 ers .  .  V  H 

Most  KSQjS  in  the  u-s- 
are  not  scientists, 
mathematicians,  geniuses, 

  or  weal  thy . 

£^^3  are  no  less 
intelligent  than  anyone 
el  se . 

-  taken  from  Cultural 
Etiquette  by  Amoja  Three 
Rivers . 


PHOTO  BY  SHAWN  SCALLEN 


November  25,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  13 


I  y  Andrea  Smith  and  Karin  Jordan 

Charlsradlcalweasalklckln'polltlchycks 

You  may  not  think  you  identify  with  feminism,  but  pretend  for  a  minute. 
Pretend  you  support  equal  pay  for  work  of  equal  value,  an  end  to  sexual  harassment, 
ductive  rights  and  choices,  universal  daycare,  the  right  to  be  accurately 
id  in  courses,  texts  and  language,  to  go  on  a  date  without  being  raped 
and  to  walk  alone  at  night  without  feeling  threatened,  to  mention  but  a  few  of  the 
rrp re^fi beral  tenets  of  the  feminisms  that  exist. 

Most  of  us  agree  that  these  are  good  things  ,  while  recognising  that  a  woman' s  ideology 
will  be  affected  by  her  race,  class  and  sexual  orientation. 

Byljnothar  group  of  women  who  say  they  have  women's  best  interests  in  mind  have 
been  receiving  a  good  deal  of  press.  They  say  that  by  pursuing  these  goals  under 
the  banner  of  feminism,  you  may  be  building  your  identity  around  "vi cti mhood . " 
Thesarflm¥n  are  just  the  tip  of  the  i  ceberg ,  but  they '  re  representative  of  the  anti  - 
fenriniit^entiment  that's  out  there.  In  two  articles  and  two  books  these  authors 
construct  a  monolithic,  homogeneous  "feminism."  In  all  four  cases,  their 
c#nstjjuct^ons  are  poorly  researched,  if  at  all  beyond  talking  to  a  few  friends. 
BasedTonthis  caricature  of  a  social  movement,  they  then  go  about  criticizing 
fPBBHiUNone  of  the  authors  pay  attention  to  the  tenet  of  feminism,  which 
discourages  the  use  of  sweepi ng  general i zations ,  because  as  a  movement  i  t  represents 
a  crossrsecti on  of  women  from  many  different  backgrounds. 

For  i  nstance ,  i  n  the  September/October  issue  of  Mother  Jones,  Karen  Lehrman 

criticizes  women's  studies  and  feminism  in  general  as 
being  "too  political."  She  claims  that  all  of  the 
cl asses  she  attended  at  four  Ameri  can  uni  versi  ti es  had 
"strong  political  undercurrents,"  and  that  politics 
has  "i  greeted  women '  s  studi  es  schol  arshi  p .  "  As  i  f  any 
university-produced  knowledge  is  apolitical. 

In  the  October  1993  issue  of  the  Atlantic  Monthly,  Wendy  Kaminer  attempts  to  argue 
that  feminism  is  fraught  with  contradictions,  and  again,  that  feminists  construct 
thei  ^identities  around  "victimology.  "  She  complains  that  "political  correctness" 
dominate^.4he  discourse  of  feminism  and  women's  studies. 

Kaminer  also  claims  that  this  censorship  from  within  the  feminist  movement  has 
si  lenced  such  cri  ti  cs  as  Cami  1 1  e  Pagl  i  a.  Says  Kaminer:  "She  i  s  general  ly  considered 
by  most  feminists  to  be  pro-rape,  because  she  has  offered  this  advice  to  young  women: 
don' t  get  drunk  at  fraternity  parties,  don't  accompany  boys  to  thei  r  roqms,  realize 
that  sexual  freedom  entails  sexual  risks,  and  take  some  responsibility  for  your 
choices. " 

Kaminer'  sargument  is  echoed  in  The  Morning  After:  Sex,  Fear  and  Feminism  on  Campus, 
by  Katie  Roiphe,  a  24-year-old  Harvard  grad  and  Princeton  student.  Roiphe  tries 
to  argue  that  feminism  is  built  around  a  culture  of  victi mhood  which  strips  women 

of  their  power.  Based  on  her  experiences  in  the  privileged 
halls  of  the  Ivy  League,  she  argues  we  have  become 
"hypersensitive"  about  date  rape  and  sexual  harass- 
ment ;.pn  campus. 

She  argues  that  North  American  women  today  are  "a  generation  yearning  for  regulation, 
fearful  ofiits  sexuality  and  animated  by  a  nostalgia  for  days  of  greater  social 
control ."J 

Naomi  Wolf,  in  her  new-and-not-all-together-coherent  book  Fire  With  Fire,  argues 
that  the  "bulk  of  political  will  now  resides  with  women"  after  what  she  calls  the 
"genderquake."This,  uh,  event,  took  place  during  and  after  the  Anita  Hill  hearings 
when.  Wolf  claims,  women  gained  many  "concessions"  in  their  favor. 
Wolfs  list  of  "concessions"  includes  such  lofty  gains  as:  Deborah  Tannei„_ 
leadership  of  a  discussion  with  U.S.  Senate  members  and  their  wives  about  gender 
dynami cs  and  a  S264,  24  2  se.-.  discrimination  award  to  New  York  City  poli  cewoman  Karen 
Sorlucco,  who  charged  another  officer  with  raping  her  at  gun  point. 
Wolf  goes  on  to  say  that  despite  the  "genderquake, "  feminists  have  alienated 
themselves  from  the  majority  of  women  by  conflating  thei  r  collective  identity  with 
lesbianism,  Marxism,  "anti -sexual ,"  "anti -family,  "  and  "anti -money"  poli  tics.  She 
says  this  has  created  a  "Club  Feminism,"  inaccessible  to  the  average  Jane. 
Wolf  says  the  confusion  of  feminism  with  lesbianism  is  why  some  women  to  refuse 
toHaEeTChemselves  as  "feminists"  despite  supporting  feminist  goals.  She  argues 
the  distinction  should  be  made  more  clearly  to  draw  women  who  might  have 
"difficulties"  with  lesbianism  (read:  are  homophobic)  into  the  feminist  fold 

Wolf  buys  into  the  new  chorus  of  dissent  about 
temi m sm  argui  ng  i  t  endorses  an  i  denti  ty  of  weakness 
and  Helplessness.  She  claims  feminism  as  it  stands  is 
a  cult  of  "vi cti mhood, "  dwelling  on  women  as 
powerless"  by  focusing  on  issues  such  as  date  rape 

anCT»e^Ual  harassment .  Wolf  claims  that  women  build  their  identities 
around  their  status  as  the  prey  of  men  in  what  she  calls  "victim  feminism,"  which 
discredits*  women  as  powerful -thinking  individuals  who  can  make  decisions  for 
themselves]. 

Obviously,  she  forgot  what  she  wrote  in  her  last  book,  The  Beauty  Myth,  in  which 
shegmumerated  the  ways  Western  women  have  been  coerced  and  "victimized"  by  the 
cosmetic  and  cosmetic  surgery  mega-industries. 

The  theme  of  f  emi  ni  sm '  s  f osteri ng  of  a  cul  t  of  sel f-pi  ty  prevai  1  s  i n  all  four  works . 


14  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  25,  1993 


Roiphe  says  women  who  speak  out  against  date 
rape  and  sexual  harassment  deny  their  power 
by  automatically  assuming  that  men  are 
stronger  and  more  powerful  than  them. 
Not  to  be  outdone,  Lehrman  makes  a  similar 
argument  about  victimhood,  punctuated  with 
photographs  of  women's  studies  students 
made  to  look  sullen  and  sallow. 

She  says  the  "thera- 
peutic pedagogy"  of 
women  s  studies  rein- 
forces stereotypes  of 
women  as  irrational 
and  passive,  who  can 
only  find  truth  and 
identity  in  their 
victimization. 

She  even  quotes  a  disgruntled  women' s  studies 
student  who  says  she  "quickly  discovered  that 
the  way  to  get  A's  was  to  write  papers  full 
of  guilt  and  angst  about  how  I'd  bought  into 
society's  definition  of  womanhood." 
Lehrman  says  this  has  developed  to  the  point 
where,  according  to  one  professor  she  inter- 
views, "most  teachers  of  women's  studies 
presume  that  if  you  don't  see  yourself  as  a 
victim,  you'  re  in  a  state  of  fal  se  conscious- 
ness, you're  'male-identified.'" 
Roiphe  al  so  compl ai  ns  about  the  "rigid 
orthodoxy"  of  the  feminism  she  encountered  at 
Harvard ,  where  "you  coul dn ' t  question  the 
existence  of  a  rape  cri si s ,  you  coul dn ' t 
suggest  that'  the  fascination  with  sexual 
harassment  had  to  do  with  more  than  sexual 
harassment,  you  couldn't  say  that  Alice 
Walker  was  just  a  bad  writer." 

These  writers  and 
other  anti -f emi ni st 
advocates  out  there 
just  don't  seem  to 
get  that  women ' s 
studies  is  a  tool  to 
challenge  the  rigid 
orthodoxy  -  to  use 

their  term  -  of 
white,  male-centred 
thoughts  and  institu- 
tions. 

Or  rather,  because  of  their  positions  as 
white,  uppei — class  women,  they  choose  to 
adopt  only  those  parts  of  feminism  that 
don't  threaten  the  privilege  they  enjoy 
within  those  institutions. 
As  Ann  Powers  writes  in  a  response  to  Roiphe 
and  Lehrman  in  the  October  Village  Voice 
Literary  Supplement,  "in  its  basic  method- 
ologies, women's  studies  still  intends  to 
disrupt  the  university  and  throw  into  ques- 
tion conventional  notions  not  only  of  learn- 
ing, but  of  the  self. 

"Conservatives  and  anyone  else  who  buys  the 
familiar  view  of  'what  a  liberal  education 
has  tooffer'  should  view  women '  s  studies  as 
dangerous,  because  it  threatens  to  disrupt 
those  conventions  once  and  for  all  , "  Powers 
points  out . 

Another  point  which  keeps  coming  up  is  the 
idea  that  women  are  frightened  of  power. 

Wolf  writes,    the  re- 
alization that  women 
are  not  at  the  mercy 
of  historical  events 
but  can  determine 


them,  strips  women 
of  many  of  the 

identities  of  femi- 
ninity that  feel 

right  and  comfort- 
able. The  female 

psyche  still 
harbors  great  am- 
bivalence about 
claiming  power." 

Wolf  asserts  that  the  greatest  obstacle 
to  women  is  their  own  fear  of  responsi- 
bility and  control,  that  all  they  have  to 
do  is  get  over  it,  and  equality  will 
follow.  Those  who  control  the  bulk  of 
power  as  things  stand,  according  to 
Wolf's  view,  are  apparently  all  too 
willing  to  hand  it  over. 
On  the  topic  of  sexual  harassment,  Roiphe 
claims  that  unwanted  sexual  attention  by 
men  towards  women  is  "part  of  nature.  "  So 
just  shut  up  and  accept  it,  girls,  is  the 
underlying  message. 
On  the  topic  of  date  rape, 

Roiphe  argues  (among 
other  things)  that 
the  fear  of 
mi scommuni cation  she 
sees  as  being  at  the 

heart  of  date  rape 
is  due  to  a  "radical 
shift  in  college  en- 
vironment" which  has 
meant  the  "introduc- 
tion of  black  kids, 
Asian  kids,  Jewish 
kids  (and)  kids  from 

the  wrong  side  of 
the  tracks  of  nearly 
every  railroad  in 
the  country." 

She  attributes  the  rise  in  concern 
about  date  rape  to  "the  juxtaposition 
of  different  cultures." 
Roiphe  denies  the  existence  of  power 
imbalances  between  men  and  women  in  North 
American   society,    saying  that  it  is 
"insulting"  to  women  to  suggest  that  a 
male  student  can  sexually  harass  his 
female  teaching  assistant. 
Roiphe  warns,  quoting  playwright  David 
Mamet,  that  feminists  "will  conjure  up 
the    sexist    beast    if    they    push  far 
enough."   Roiphe's   logic   follows:  if 
feminists  push  too  hard  for  equality,  men 
will  retaliate  brutally.  Be  nice  or  else. 
What  all  of  these  people  seem  to  be 
missing  is  something  feminist  theorist 
bell  hooks  states  clearly  and  con- 
cisely in  the  September/October  1993 
issue  of  Ms.  magazine: 

"The  essence  of 
feminism  is  the  op- 
position to  patri- 
archy and  to  sexist 
oppression. 

"A  lot  of  women  who  go  for  the  notion  of 
equal  rights  cannot  go  for  the  notion  of 
opposing  patriarchy,  because  that  means 
a  fundamental  opposition  to  the  culture 
as  a  whole.  That '  s  more  scary  to  people.  " 


November  25,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  15 


by  Janice  Giavedoni 

Janice  Giavedoni  is  a  master  s  student  In  the  school  ot  social  work  and  is  a  'bad  crip.' 

Most  people  in  Canada  agree  it  Is  unacceptable  to  deny  someone  access 
to  a  job,  an  apartment,  or  transportation  because  of  thei  r  sex,  sexual 
orientation  or  the  color  of  their  skin. 

However,  disabled  people  everywhere  cannot  live  where  they  want,  are 
likely  to  be  poor  and/or  unemployed,  have  restricted  freedom  with 
transportation  and  get  little  public  recognition  of  their  oppres- 
sion. 

Yes,  oppression. 

We  are  routinely  subjected  to  systemic  discrimination  just  because 
we  are  disabled.  This  is  known  as  ableism.  Prejudices  about  people 
with  disabilities  throughout  history  are  at  the  foundation  of 
institutional  ableism. 

There  is  a  need  for  a  distinct  term  to  describe  these  attitudes.  In 
recognition  of  this  need,  I've  coined  the  term  cripphobia. 
By  choosing  this  word,  I  intend  to  reclaim  what  has  been  a  negative 
term,  transforming  it  into  a  term  of  solidarity  and  pride.  Just  as 
some  Black  activists  have  reclaimed  the  term  nigger,  and  gay  and 
lesbian  activists  use  terms  such  as  fag,  queer  and  dyke,  so  have 
disabled  people  begun  to  use  terms  such  as  crip,  cripple,  gimp  and 
-spaz  to  demonstrate  their  solidarity  and  pride. 
There  are  important  parallels  to  be  drawn  between  homophobia  and 
cripphobia.  Homophobia  refers  to  systemic  prejudice  encountered  by 
gays  and  lesbians. 

The  term  homophobia  -  literally  meaning  fear  of  homosexuals  - 
highlights  the  fact  that  homosexuality  is  not  the  problem.  The 
problem  is  irrational  prejudice  and  fear,  which  translates  into 
hatred  of  gays  and  lesbians. 

It  is  important  to  realize  homophobia  is  more  than  individual 
attitudes.  It  exemplifies  a  systemic,  historic  and  well -ingrained 
attitude  in  our  society  and  in  our  actions. 

Most  importantly,  the  oppression  of  gays  and  lesbians  is  in  the  mind 
of  the  homophobe,  not  in  the  behavior  or  inherent  makeup  of  the  gay 
or  lesbian  person. 

Cri  pphobi  a  al  so  recogni  zes  that  an  i  ndi  vi  dual '  s  physi  cal  di  sabi  1  i  ty 
or  impairment  is  not  their  fault.  Cripphobia  exists  in  the  minds  of 
those  individuals  who  cannot  or  will  not  look  beyond  a  person's 
impai  rment. 

It  is  common  for  both  gays  and  lesbians  or  disabled  persons  to  be 
viewed  as  diseased  or  sick.  The  term  "passing"  suggests  that  if  an 
individual  hides  who  he  or  she  is,  they  can  pass  for  "normal .  "  There 
i  s  the  th  reat  that  i  f  gays  and  1  esbi  ans  or  di  sabl  ed  peopl  e  don '  t  make 
an  effort  to  hide  or  rid  themselves  of  what  makes  them  different, 
they  will  be  subject  to  blame,  ridicule  or  prejudice. 
There  is  also  the  fear  which  people  who  perceive  themselves  as  normal 
have  of  becoming  like  us  -  like  disabled  people,  or  like  gays  and 
lesbians.  Our  acknowledgement  of  gay  people  might  force  us  to 
recognize  our  own  gay  tendencies,  something  a  homophobe  is  afraid 
to  do.  Likewise,  acknowledging  and  respecting  disabled  people  is 
something  a  cripphobe  might  not  do  because  it's  a  reminder  of  their 
vulnerability  and  perhaps  inevitability  of  becoming -disabled. 
Cripphobia  is  based  on  the  notion  that  some  people  are  inherently 
inferior  and  others  are  "normal "  or  inherently  superior.  It  is  also 
influenced  by  the  assumption  that  human  difference  is  equated  with 

Like  homophobia, 
cripphobia  originates  in 

the  oppressor  s 

psyche. 

moral  inferiority.  Like  homophobia,  cripphobia  originates  in  the 
oppressor's  psyche. 

There  is  fear  of  several  things:  fear  of  one's  own  vulnerability  to 
becoming  disabled,  fear  of  relating  to  someone  who  seems  so 
different,  fear  of  acknowledging  similar  human  qualities  and  fear 
of  discomfort.  It  is  socially  and  systemically  accepted  fear  and 
hate. 

Overt  instances  of  violence  towards  gays  and  lesbians  are  instances 
of  homophobi  a  known  as  gay-bashi  ng .  Al  though  overt  hatred  of  di  sabl  ed 
people  is  not  a  widely  recognized  notion,  violence  specifically 
targeted  at  disabled  people  does  exist. 

Instances  of  what  I  call  crip-bashing  are  likely  to  be  dismissed  as 
extreme  or  exaggerated,  if  they  are  believed  at  all .  However,  they 
must  be  seen  for  what  they  are  -  part  of  a  continuum  which  connects 
them  to  other  more  covert  but  equally  injurious  cripphobic  behavior. 
There  are  crimes,  such  as  sexual  abuse,  directed  against  disabled 
peoples  because  of  the  perception  of  us  as  weak  or  vulnerable.  More 


significant  are  the  crimes  directed  against  us  because  of  lack  of 
respect  by  those  who  believe  we  are  inferior  and  not  worth  respecting. 
Cripphobia  is  evident  in  the  case  worker's  penchant  for  efficiency 
and  cost-control,  no  matter  what  the  human  costs.  It  is  evident  in 
the  willingness  of  some  courts  when  they  permit  disabled  people  to 
commit  suicide,  or  otherwise  sanction  their  death.  Some  courts  in 
the  United  States  have  sanctioned  the  deaths  of  disabled  people  in 
this  way. 

We  see  cri  pphobi  a  when  we  see  the  quickness  with  which  doctors  offer 
abortion  as  the  certain  "solution"  to  a  possibly  disabled  -  they  say 
"defective"  -  fetus. 

And  we  can  see  c  ri  pphobi  a  i  n  the  enthusi  asm  wi  th  whi  ch  di  sabl  ed  peopl  e 
have  been  sterilized  in  the  past.  Eugenics,  the  forced  or  coerced 
sterilization  of  defective  or  "deviant"  individuals,  lost  its 
credibility  during  World  War  Two  when  the  Nazis  used  it. 


We  See  cripphobia  when  we  see 

the  quickness  with  which 
dOCtOrS  offer 
abortion 

"  to  a  possibly  disabled 


as  ±he  certain  "solution"  to  a  possi 
-  they  say  "defective"  —  fetus. 

Now,  neo-eugenic  genetic  research  is  trying  to  identify  chromosomal 
differences  ("abnormalities")  which  may  cause  particular  physical 
impairments,  with  the  intention  of  eliminating  them.  • 
Not  only  does  this  ignore  that  many  disabling  conditions  result  from 
injuries  or  aging,  but  it  also  calls  into  question  who  is  deciding 
what  the  quality  of  life  for  disabled  people  will  be. 
In  Jerome  Bickenbach's  book  Physical  Disability  and  Social  Policy, 
Pat  Israel  from  the  Disabled  Women's  Network  writes  that  "doctors 
constantly  use  very  negative  terminology  to  describe  a  fetus  with 
a  disability  .  .  .  words  such  as  defective,  abnormal  and  anomaly. 
I've  heard  of  one  doctor  telling  a  pregnant  woman  'you  have  a  monster 
inside  of  you. ' "  She  writes  that  this  language  distorts  the  decision 
to  terminate  a  pregnancy. 

Before  we  can  begin  to  understand  cripphobia,  it  is  fundamental  to 
understand  that  a  medical  condition  does  not  necessarily  imply  a 
disabling  condition.  A  person,  for  example,  might  be  paraplegic  and 
use  a  wheelchair,  but  is  not  sick. 

Cripphobic  attitudes  have  been  projected  on  to  us  throughout  our 
lives  and  inevitably  lead  to  internalized  cripphobia.  Analogous  to 
internalized  homophobia,  it  projects  the  negative  attitudes  back  to 
the  oppressed  person,  creating  self-doubt,  lowered  self-esteem  and 
sel f-hate. 

For  instance,  when  a  disabled  person  and  a  non-disabled  person  are 
in  a  relationship,  it  is  almost  inevitable  that  people  will  assume 
inadequacies  on  the  part  of  the  disabled  partner. 
I've  heard  of  one  non-disabled  person  being  told,  "You  shouldn't 
real  1  y  go  out  wi  th  hi  m  because  he'll  j  ust  bri  ng  you  down .  You '  ve  got 
so  much  going  for  you." 

And  then  I've  heard  one  disabled  woman  being  told,  when  she  had  a 
non-disabled  boyfriend,  "Oh,  you're  setting  your  sights  too  high. 
Why  don't  you  find  a  nice  disabled  man  and  why  don't  you  know  your 
own  1  i  mi  ts .  " 

Given  that  there  are  shared  aspects  of  gay  and  lesbian  and  disabled 
people's  histories,  it  makes  one  wonder  about  the  future  for  gays 
and  disabled  people  alike.  If,  for  instance,  it  became  possible  to 
determine  sexual  orientation  through  prenatal  screening  (assuming 
that  gay-  and  lesbian-ness  is  genetic),  would  it  become  sanctioned 
to  terminate  such  a  pregnancy? 

What  if  all  genetically  transmitted  "impairments"  could  be 
eliminated?  What  happens  when  a  pregnant  woman  finds  out  her  fetus 
is  genetically  "defective"  but  wants  to  bring  her  child  into  the  world 
anyway?  Will  she  be  allowed  to  do  so  or  will  she  be  forced  by  new 
legislation  to  abort  it? 

Despite  the  obvious  parallels  between  cripphobia  and  other,  more 
widely  recognized  forms  of  oppression,  it  remains  typical  that  the 
oppression  of  disabled  people  has  been  ignored,  even  by  those  who 
easily  recognize  the  discrimination  imposed  on  other  groups. 
For  example,  gay  rights  activist  Lawrence  Mass  proclaimed  that 
"everyone  who  is  not  grossly  homophobic  now  agrees  that  like  blacks, 
whites,  Jews,  Christians,  women,  men  and  heterosexuals,  homosexuals 
are  individuals  first  and  finally." 
He's  forgetting  somebody. 

I  would  add  to  that  quotation:  likewise,  everyone  who  is  not  grossly 
cripphobic  must  acknowledge  that  disabled  people  are  individuals 
first  and  finally.  if 


16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  November  25,  1993 


by  Sheila  Keenan 

Cnailalan  Stall 

A  survey  of  violence  against  women 

foindS?hary^tatlStics  Canada  °"  Nov.  18 
found  that  51  per  cent  of  women  said  thev 
have. experienced  at  least  one  incident  of 
physical  or  sexual  violence  by  men 
Women  were  asked  about  a  broad  of  range  of 
acts  of  violence  they  have  experienced 
since  the  age  of  16,  encompassing  unwanted 
touching     sexual   assault,   being  hit  Wanrea 
kicked,   knifed  or  shot. 

Ttis^stluuld  disPe"1  any  nagging  doubts 
about  the  extent  to  which  Canadian  women 
are  abused  by  men. 

But  as  shocking  as  these  statistics  are 
they  do. not  fully  reveal  the  scope  of  the 
misogynist  atmosphere  in  which  women  live 
A  survey  may  be  able  to  measure  the  number 
of  beatings  or  rapes,  but  it  can't  measure 
the  societal  values  that  sanction  and 
perpetuate  these  acts. 

Violence  against  women  is  not  just  about 
physical  violence.  Abuse  and  rape  are  the 
most  extreme  symptoms  of  a  society-wide 
attitude  that  says  women  just  aren't  worth 
much . 

Because  it  is  the  most  violent  acts  that 
get  most  of  the  attention  in  the  media 
some  men  think  they  can  let  themsel ves ' of f 
the  hook.  They  think  that  because  they 
have  not  raped  or  beaten  up  a  woman,  they 
are  not  a  part  of  the  problem.  They're 
wrong . 

They  re  wrong  because  hatred  towards  women 
manifests  itself  in  thousands  of  ways.  It 
is  the  thousands  of  "little  things"  - 
being  groped,   pinched,  grabbed,  verbally 
harassed,   followed  -  that  show  women  their 
male-appraised  value  in  society. 
It  is  scary  that  a  lot  of  men  still  think 
we  are  their  property,  that  we  have  no 
autonomy  or  power  over  our  own  bodies.  By 
grabbing  us  ajstcl  .  harassi  ng  us,  this  is  what 
they  show  usb' 

Perhaps  it  is  the  term  "violence"  that  is 
misleading.  After  all,   if  there's  no 
bruise,   there's  no  harm  clone,  right? 
Wrong.   It  shows  there  are  still  some 
awfully  frightening  attitudes  about  women 
floating  around. 

So,   no,  most  men  do  not  rape  or  hit  women. 
But  too  many  men  still  must  accept  the 
outmoded  attitudes  behind  these  acts.  Do  a 
quick  poll  of  the  women  you  know,  in  fact, 
of  ANY  women.  Chances  are  they  could  list 
off  any  number  of  times  men  have  mentally 
or  physically  harassed  them. 
Without  even  trying,  I  can  name  countless 
numbers  of  incidents  -  being  leered  at, 
followed,  yelled  at  or  groped  by  men  -  and 
so  can  every  woman  I  know.  I  don't  think 
the  same  man  is  following  me  and  all  my 
friends  around  bothering  us.  That  makes 
for  a  lot  of  men  who  don't  have  an  awful 
lot  of  respect  for  women. 
I'm  strong  enough  to  ignore  these  little 
things,  to  brush  them  off.  I  can  force 
myself  to  pretend  they  don't  bother  me. 
But  they  do  bother  me. 
I  may  be  able  to  ignore  the  individual 
acts  themselves,  but  I  can't  ignore  the 
prevalence  of  the  attitudes  behind  them. 
Men  need  to  recognize  these  attitudes  as  a 
part  of  violence  against  women.  Ignoring 
them  prevents  the  full   scope  of  the 
problem  from  being  solved. 
Recognizing  the  highly  visible  acts  of 
violence  will  go  a  long  way  to  eventually 
solving  the  problem.                       .  . 
But  even  if  all  the  men  who  commit  violent 
acts  against  women  were  put  in  prison 
tomorrow,  the  misogynist  attitudes  which 
fuel  and  affirm  the  abuse  of  women  as  a 
group  would  still   exist.  ^S_A 
It  is  the  attitudes  behind  their  violent 
acts  which  need  to  be  attacked.  Women 
deserve  to  live  in  a  world  where  the  w 
concept  of  misogyny  doesn't  even  exist.   


by  Rori  Caffrey 

Gearbox 

Being  the  middle-child  in  m"yTamily  prepared  me  to  be  a  bisexual 

JsTsPf^rn9  thehfa«that  1  «»  neither  X  nor  V,  but  rather 
was  X.5,  falling  somewhere  between  the  two 

I  wasn  t  offered  the  possibilities  or  responsibilities  that  went  to 
and  burden  °of  CT"'  ^  ^  '°  ™*  Up  ^  ^  b" - 

lik^hl  brother  d™n't  want  a  "wannabe"  tagging  along,  much 

communi  ty  93yS  t0     *  1'nc1usion  °f  ™i's  in  the  queer 

I  could  stay  with  my  little  brother  as  long  as  I  played  his  qames 
much  like  straight  culture's  tolerance  of  bi's,  but  to  do  so  las' 
and  is,  restrictive  and  boring. 

?nn^bl'a'  Vke  any  °ther  phobl'a  or  -ism'  is  a  hat^d  based  on 
ignorance.  In  an  attempt  to  combat  this  ignorance,  I've  compiled  a 

each      S°me  antl~bl  senti">enl:s  I've  come  across  and  a  response  to 

Bi  sexual  s  are 
can  *  -t    make    u p> 

their    minds . 


Wrong 


peap  1  e  whi 


We  have  made  up  our  minds.  We've  decided  that  we  are  attracted  to 

people  of  both  sexes,  plain  and  simple.  How  is  that  possible' 

Imagine  meeting  a  person  who  is  honest,  caring,  kind,  responsible 

has  a  good  sense  of  humor,  listens  to  cool  music,  likes  everything 

you  do  and  sucks  'n'  fucks  like  an  animal  out  of  control 

With  those  qualities,  does  it  matter  what  sex  the  person  is'  Maybe 

to  you  it  does  -  fine.  ' 

To  me  it  doesn't,  which  sounds  more  like  open-mi  ndedness  rather  than 

the  indecisiveness  bi's  are  accused  of  having. 

Bn  sexual  s    are  straights 
acting  fashionably 

gay  _ 

If  you,   straight  or  gay,   believe  this,  you  are  upholding  the 


stereotype 


that  queers  are  naturally  stylish. 

This  stereotype  of  the  Perrier-drinking,  runway-strutting  f lamer  is 
constantly  used  by  cinema  and  television  to  demean  gays. 
Also,  if  a  die-hard  heterosexual  really  wanted  to  be  chic,  there  are 
many  less  painful ,  traumatic  and  dangerous  ways  of  doing  so.  Queers 
open  themselves  up  to  discrimination  and  physical  assault;  wearing 
all  black  is  a  safer  way  of  being  stylish. 

sexual s    are    gays  acting 
acceptably  straight. 

goes  out  to  any  die-hard  queer  who  is  participating 


My 


i  Bi  ! 

p."y 

het  sex  ius 


in  het  sex  just  to  gain  acceptance. 
If  this  is  the  case,  critics  should  di  rect  thei  r  hatred  at  the  people 
whose  morals  force  an  individual  to  engage  in  sex  whi ch  disgusts  them, 
rather  than  at  the  victim. 


Bi  sexual  s    spread  /VXDS. 


Only 


unsafe 


people  spread  AIDS. 


Bi  sexual s    can  *  t    commi  t 
"themselves    t  c  > 
one 
person  - 

Although  bi's  are  attracted  to  people  of  both  sexes,  they  can  be 

perfectly  satisfied  with  one  partner, 

To  think  otherwise  would  be  like  saying  a  woman  who  likes  both  tall 
and  short  men  could  not  be  faithful  to  her  husband  if  he  was  tall 
because  she  would  constantly  crave  a  short  man. 
Personal  qualities,  and  not  genitalia,  are  what  relationships  are 
built  upon. 

In  addi  ti  on ,  how  many  strai  ghts  do  you  know  that  have  cheated  on  thei  r 
boyfriend  or  gi  rl  friend?  Seems  that  "commitment"  problems  don't  just 
affect  us  bi ' s . 

Although  the  gay  community  has  accepted  bi  sexuality  as  a  legitimate 
orientation,  many  members  still  resent  our  ability  to  "assimilate" 
into  mainstream  culture. 

True,  our  sexuality  can  give  us  more  privilege  within  straight 
soci  ety ,  but  fag-bashers  don '  t  seem  to  gi  ve  us  any  speci  al  treatment . 
We,  like  every  other  minority,  have  been  depicted  by  Hollywood  movies 
in  less  than  flattering  manners.  My  Orm  Private  Idaho  had  Keanu  Reeves 
as  a  back-stabbing  bi  who  abandoned  his  friends  and  lovers  for  a 
comfortable  straight  life.  Basic  Instinct  depicted  bisexuals  as 
psychotic. 

With  any  luck,  people  will  begin  to  recognize  these  stereotypes  and 
myths  for  what  they  are.  9 

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GROUP  SESSIONS 

The  Resume/Covering  Letter 

This  session  discusses  self  assess- 
ment, the  purpose  of  a  resume,  how 
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tion, components  of  a  resume, 
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Networking/Job  Search 

This  session  focuses  on  networking, 
researching  the  labour  market,  the 
visible  and  hidden  job  market, 
various  job  hunting  approaches, 
developing  a  job  search  system  and 
common  pit  falls. 

Interview  Techniques 

This  session  reviews  the  purpose  of 
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candidate's  goal,  the  stages  of  an 
interview,  commonly  asked  ques- 
tions and  preparation  tips. 


18  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  25,  1993 


Raven  men  bask  in  victories 


Charles  paces  team 
with  54  points 

by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Staff 

Christmas  came  early  for  the  Carleton 
men's  basketball  team  and  Taffe  Charles 
decided  to  play  Santa  Claus. 

The  Ravens  won  their  first  two  games 
of  their  exhibition  season  last  weekend, 
defeating  the  Laval  University  Rouge  et 
Or  79-59  on  Nov.  20  and  the  Humber 
College  Hawks  81-77  Nov.  21  at  the 
Ravens'  Nest. 


Carleton  79  Laval  59 
Carleton  81  Humber  77 


Fourth-year  forward  Charles  netted 
25  points  against  Laval  and  added  an- 
other 29  against  Humber. 

Carleton  outplayed  Laval  early  on, 
but  strong  three-point  shooting  by  the 
Rouge  et  Or  kept  Laval  close.  The  Ravens 
led  33-32  at  halftime,  but  they  weren't 
happy  with  their  effort. 

"Our  intensity  wasn'thigh  to  start  the 
game.  We  just  weren't  playing  like  we 
could  play,"  said  first-year  point  guard 
Brian  Smith  after  the  game. 

Carleton  came  out  intense  in  the  sec- 
ond half,  at  one  point  leading  by  10,  but 
they  couldn't  seem  to  shake  off  the  pesky 
Rouge  et  Or. 

Until,  with  five  minutes  left,  Charles 
aroused  the  crowd  with  an  awe-inspir- 
ing, follow-up  dunk  off  a  missed  lay-up 
by  swingman  James  Marquardt. 

"Jamie  (Marquardt)  had  been  missing 
some  lay-ups,  and  anything  can  hap- 
pen, so  I  crashed  the  boards,  grabbed  the 
rebound  and  stuffed  it  home,"  said 
Charles. 

It  was  just  the  spark  the  Ravens  needed. 

Carleton  limited  Laval  to  just  eight 
points  the  rest  of  the  way  en  route  to  the 
first  victory  of  the  season. 

"If  s  great  to  get  the  win,  but  I  don't 
know  if  we  could've  slacked  like  that  (in 
the  first  half)  against  a  better  team, "  said 
Smith. 

That  statement  almost  came  back  to 
haunt  the  Ravens  when  they  faced  off 
against  the  Humber  Hawks,  last  year's 
Canadian  Colleges  Athletic  Association 
national  champions. 

Carleton  controlled  the  game  defen- 


Raven  guard  Andrew  Smith  drives  with 
sively,  forcing  the  Hawks  to  commit  23 
turnovers.  Offensively,  the  Ravens  ex- 
ecuted their  half-court  offence  much  more 
effectively  than  in  their  previous  games 
this  year. 

"Our  offence  isn't  as  stagnant 
anymore,"  said  second-year  guard  Curtis 
Houlden.  "We're  much  more  comfort- 
able in  our  positions  now.on  offence." 

Though  the  Ravens  appeared  poised 
for  much  of  the  contest,  the  Hawks  made 
a  late  comeback  when  guard  Henry 
O'Neill  canned  two  three-pointers  to  pull 
Humber  within  one  point  of  Carleton 
with  22  seconds  to  play. 


the  ball  against  Humber  on  Sunday. 

But  the  Hawks  turned  the  ball  over 
shortly  thereafter  and  the  Ravens'  de- 
fence hung  on  for  the  win. 

Some  players  were  happy  with  the 
team's  play  over  the  weekend,  even 
though  the  victories  came  against  light- 
weight competition. 

"It  was  a  good  team  effort  and  a  good 
confidence  builder,  even  if  it  did  come 
against  some  weaker  teams,"  said 
Charles. 

Houlden  agreed. 

"I  hate  to  say  it,  but  the  teams  we  beat 
weren't  that  great,  but  we'll  take  the  wins 
anyways."  □ 


Fencers  seasoned  at  tough  tournament 


Pianarosa  ranked 
15th  in  country 

by  Steven  Vesely 

Charialan  Staff 

Raven  fencers  posted  middle-of-the- 
road  results  against  top  competition  at 
the  Penn  State  Open  in  Pennsylvania 
Nov.  20-21. 

No  Raven  fencers  advanced  beyond 
the  second  round  of  competition,  but 
fencing  coach  James  Ireland  said  that 
wasn't  the  point  of  the  tournament. 

"Now  they've  been  seasoned  with  some 
international  competition, "  said  Ireland 
of  his  four-man  squad.  "These  are  expe- 
riences they  can  draw  from  later  on  in 
our  year.  I  didn't  expect  anyone  to  win  or 
even  move  beyond  the  third  round.  I  just 
wanted  them  to  get  a  feel  for  some  top- 
level  competition." 

Over  300  fencers  from  about  150 
schools  across  the  United  States  partici- 
pated. Carleton  and  a  team  from  the 
University  of  Western  Ontario  were  the 
only  Canadian  entries. 


From  the  Carleton  squad,  foil  fencer 
Neil  Seto  exited  the  second  round  with  a 
5-5  record.  Epee  fencers  Brett  Goodwin 
and  Derek  De  Leon  both  finished  with  4- 
6  records,  while  Simon  Pianarosa  ended 
his  afternoon  with  an  0-5  exit  in  the 
second  round  after  fencing  with  two  of 
the  top  fencers  in  the  country. 

Pianarosa  was  blessed  with  the  oppor- 
tunity to  fence  against  Russian  Alexei 
Nazimilov,  who  was  the  top  fencer  in 
National  Collegiate  Athletic  Association 
fencing  last  year,  as  well  U.S.  national 
team  member  Doug  Borleau. 

"It  was  a  deadly  pool  with  top  calibre 
fencers,"  said  Ireland. 

Pianarosa  is  no  slouch  himself  either. 
He  was  recently  promoted  to  15th  in  the 
national  elite  fencing  rankings  in 
Canada. 

Overall,  Raven  fencers  were  pleased 
with  the  experience  they  gained  from 
their  performances. 

"You  go  to  these  events  knowing  there 
are  some  big-name  fencers  there,"  said 
epee  captain  De  Leon.  "You  just  go  out 
there,  do  the  best  you  can  and  hope  you 
win."  Q 


Who  is  that  masked  man  in  white? 


Free  Trade 
Athletics 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Staff 

Simply  put,  you  can't  compare 
American  and  Canadian  athletics. 

Having  recently  visited  Notre  Dame 
University  in  Indiana  for  the  national 
showdown  between  the  top  two  foot- 
ball teams  in  the  country  —  the  Notre 
Dame  Fighting  Irish  and  the  Florida 
State  Seminoles — I  can  only  shake  my 
head  in  wonder  at  the  difference  be- 
tween the  two  countries'  approaches  to 
sport. 

While  Canadian  universities  em- 
phasize sport  as  a  complement  to  a 
sound  mind,  American  athletics  just 
emphasize  sport.  Period. 

Mention  the  name  Notre  Dame  any 
where  in  the  world  and  chances  are, 
people  will  know  what  university  you're 
talking  about. 

The  fact  that  Notre  Dame  has  a 
special  contract  with  NBC  to  have  its 
sports  events  televised  internationally 
nearly  everyweekenddoesn'thurt.  Four 
years  ago,  NBC  paid  the  university 
$650  million  for  a  five-year  exclusive 
contract  to  televise  Notre  Dame  sports. 

By  comparison,  when  you  have  as 
little  interest  in  athletics  as  many  Car- 
leton students  do,  it's  no  coincidence 
there's  relatively  little  outside  expo 
sure. 

Catching  on  to  the  difference?  Read 
on,  it  gets  better. 

The  atmosphere  at  Notre  Dame's 
stadium  wassupercharged.  Well,  that's 
how  the  students  at  Notre  Dame 
would've  put  it  anyways.  The  point  is, 
when  you  have  80,000  fans  converge 
on  a  campus  which  normally  holds 
10,000,  —  there's  bound  to  be  just  a 
little  excitement. 

This  was  the  game  of  the  year,  if  not 
the  decade,  and  everyone  there  knew 
it.  For  three  days  before  the  game,  all 
you  could  see  was  an  endless  line  of 
parked  RVs  and  drunken  visitors  work- 
ing themselves  into  a  frenzy  for  the  big 
game. 

Aha,  another  difference. 

Carleton  unfortunately,  personifies 
a  Pinto  when  it  comes  to  school  spirit. 
At  this  year's  Panda  Game,  only  a 
mere  3,500  students  bothered  to  show 
up.  At  Notre  Dame,  supporters  rooted 
themselves  into  the  ground  cheering 
themselves  hoarse. 

And  then  there's  the  sale  thing. 

Fighting  Irish  paraphernalia  sales 
are  expected  to  have  exceeded  over 
$  100,000  on  that  weekend  alone. 

You  couldn't  walk  anywhere  with- 
out being  bombarded  with  Notre  Dame 
apparel.  It  was  practically  thrown  at 
you. 

At  Carleton,  this  would  have  no 
point,  since  there's  nobody  to  sell  cloth- 
ing to  anyways. 

At  least  there  was  some  common 
ground  with  prices. 

It's  good  to  know  that  Notre  Dame's 
campus  prices  on  everything  from 
hotdogs  to  sweatshirts  are  as  ridiculous 
as  Carleton 's. 

Really,  $60  for  your  average 
sweatshirt?  Get  real.  Nobody  eitherside 
of  the  border's  got  that  kind  of  money 
anywhere  these  days. 

Nonetheless,  it  was  an  experience 
I'd  recommend  to  anyone,  and  who 
knows,  maybe  one  day  we'll  capture  a 
fragment  of  that  American  spirit  here 
in  Canada  at  Carleton.  □ 


November  25,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  •  19 


Records 


OUAA  WATERPOLO 
East  Division 


W  L 
Toronto  12  0 
Western  8  4 
Carleton7  4 

McMaster7 
Queen's  5 
Ottawo  2 
York  0 


F  A  PTS 
158  64  24 
148  10216 
105*4  IS 
133  88  15 
83  121 10 
10  0  91  155  4 
12  0     70  174  0 


OWIAA  WATERPOLO 
East  Division 


W  L 

Toronto   4\  0 

Carle  ton  3  1 

Queen's   2  2 

McMasterl  3 

Brock      0  4 


F  A  PTS 

40  13  8 

38  14  6 

32  21  4 

24  43  2 

13  56  0 


OWIAA  VOLLEYBALL 
East  Division 


W  L 
0 


York  4 
Ottawa  4 
Toronto    2  10 
Queen's   2    2  0 
Ryerson    14  0 
CarletonO 


F  A  PTS 

12  0  8 

10     12  6  8 

8  3  4 

7  7  4 

3  12  2 

1  IS  0 


o 


PokTmen  fall  short  of  golden  dream 

Dramatic  OT  loss  left  Ravens  in  bronze  battle  withToronto 


by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Charlatan  Stall 

Anything  can  happen  in  the  playoffs. 

Such  was  the  case  for  the  Carleton 
Ravens  and  the  University  of  Toronto 
Varsity  Blues  this  past  weekend. 

Both  were  victims  of  semi-final  upsets 
in  the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation waterpolochampionships on  Nov. 
22  at  McMaster  University 


CIAU  FOOTBALL 
National  Final  Nov.  20. 

Vanier  Cup 

Toronto  37  Calgary  34 

The  University  of  Toronto  Varisty 
Blues  capped  off  their  fairy  tale  season 
with  a  thrilling  victory  over  the  Calgary 
Dinosaurs  to  win  their  first  Vanier  Cup 
since  1965. 

With  Calgary  kicker  Bruce  Parson 
attemtping  a  game-tying  22-yard  field 
goal  in  the  last  minute  —  Blues'  defen- 
sive linesman  John  Raposo  broke 
through  Calgary's  offensive  line  to  block 
the  kick  and  seal  the  Varsity  win  in 
front  of  20,211  fans  at  Toront's 
Skydome. 

OUAA  WATERPOLO 
Men's  Finals  Nov.  20. 

Gold  Medal  Game 

McMaster  12  Western  6 

It  was  unusual  for  the  Marauders, 
who  have  won  21  of  the  past  24  OUAA 
waterpolo  championships  to  finish 
fourth  in  the  regular  season.  But  they 
amends  by  capturing  the  title  once 
again  in  their  home  pool  against  the 
Western  Mustangs. 

Bronze  Medal  Game 

Toronto  14  Carleton  9 

The  University  of  Toronto  Varsity 
Blues  rebounded  from  their  upset  loss 
to  the  Mcmaster  Marauders  in  semi- 
final action  to  beat  the  Carleton  Ravens 
14-9  in  the  consolation  final. 

Semi-final  Game 

McMaster  12  Carleton  11  OT 

Semi-final  Game 

Toronto  14  Carleton  9 


Western  12  Carleton  11 
Toronto  14  Carleton  9 


The  third-place  Ravens  came  out  on 
the  wrong  end  of  a  12-1 1  score  in  a  see- 
saw double  overtime  finish  with  the  Uni- 
versity of  Western  Mustangs.  The  unde- 
feated Blues  were  surprised  9-5  by  the 
fourth-place  McMaster  Marauders. 

McMaster  then  defeated  Western  12-6 
for  their  22nd  championship  in  25  years. 
Carleton  lost  the  consolation  final  14-9 
to  Toronto. 

"There  was  nothing  to  be  ashamed 
about,"  said  second  team  all-star  driver 
Dave  Bason. 

Against  the  Mustangs,  the  Ravens 
quickly  jumped  to  a  four-goal  lead,  all 
compliments  of  Bason.  Western  then 
stormed  back  and  took  an  8-5  lead  into 


Goaltender  AUemander  Pereira 

the  fourth  quarter.  Then,  the  Ravens  made 
an  incredible  comeback,  tying  the  game 
8-8. 

Shortly  after,  Western  went  ahead  9- 
8,  but  Carleton  fought  back  again  with  a 
goal  by  holeman  Brian  Young  in  the 
dying  minutes  of  the  game,  forcing  it 
into  overtime. 

"It  was  a  heck  of  an  effort  for  us  to 
come  back  like  we  did,"  said  Young. 

In  overtime,  the  score  went  10-9,  10- 
10,  ll-10dnd  11-11,  the  lead  always  in 
Western's  favor.  With  only  17  seconds 


left  in  the  game,  the  Mustangs  went 
ahead  12-11,  ending  the  Ravens'  gold 
medal  hopes. 

"It  was  our  best  chance  in  about  10 
years  to  make  the  finals,"  said  captain 
Allemander  Perierg. 

Tired  and  disappointed,  the  Ravens 
were  scheduled  to  play  the  top-seeded 
Blues  less  than  an  hour  later.  Looking  for 
revenge,  the  Blues  jumped  out  to  an  early 
„,  7-1  lead  after  the  first  quarter.  Carleton 
i  kept  pace  with  the  Blues  in  the  last  three 
£  quarters,  but  couldn't  overcome  that  lead, 
d  losing  14-9. 

•  McMaster's  win  over  Toronto  was  the 
g  highlight  of  the  tournament.  The  Ma- 
~  rauders  rattled  the  Blues  with  a  deafen- 
ing home  crowd  and  forced  the  unde- 
feated Blues  to  make  mistakes. 

"McMaster  played  extremely  well  and 
we  unfortunately  played  ourworst  game 
of  the  year,"  said  Blues  coach  Peter 
Lohasz.  "There's  something  about  this 
place.  I'd  also  attribute  some  of  their  win 
to  the  fans." 

McMaster  concluded  its  playoff  suc- 
cess with  an  easier  12-6  gold  medal  win 
over  Western. 

"Our  players  performed  fantastic," 
said  Marauders  assistant  coach  Michael 
Carnegie.  "They  wanted  it  and  did  it."  □ 


stormed  back  and  took  an  8-5  lead  into    miem  s  irnu..  .™.  ™.r  ».   ..   3- 

Volleyball  team  has  weekend  to  forget 

u..o.  „ 15-0. 15-51totheYorkYeowomenand3-    Biasone.  .  . 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Stall 

The  Carleton  women'svolleyball  team 
suffered  three  losses  in  Toronto  Nov.  19- 
21,  dropping  its  record  to  0-5  in  the 
Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity  Ath- 
letic Association  east  division  league. 


Ryerson  3  Carleton  0 

York 3  CarletonO 
Toronto 3  CarletonO 


The  Ravens  lost  3-0  (16-14, 15-12, 15 
10)  to  the  Ryerson  Lady  Rams,  3-0  (15-4 


15-0, 15-5)  to  the  YorkYeowomen  and  3- 
0  (15-8,  15-4,  15-7)  to  the  University  of 
Toronto  Varsity  Blues. 

The  loss  against  Ryerson  was  the  first 
time  the  Ravens  had  ever  lost  to  the  1-4 
Lady  Rams  in  league  play. 

"It  was  a  pretty  bad  weekend,"  said 
volleyball  coach  Peter  Biasone. "  I  thought 
we  could  do  much  better  and  we  were 
horrible  in  that  match  (against  Ryerson) . 
It  sort  of  shook  their  confidence  for  the 
rest  of  the  week  starting  like  that." 

Against  Ryerson,  the  Ravens  seemed 
high-strung,  nervous  and  unable  to  nail 
down  a  match  victory,  despite  leading 
11-3  at  one  point  in  the  first  match,  said 


Biasone. 

"Itwastheonlygamewehadachance 
to  win,"  said  first-year  middle  Darlene 
Gallant.  "I  don'tknowwhatwentwrong. 
It's  not  that  we  were  all  playing  bad.  We 
just  weren't  playing  as  a  team."  After  a 
team  meeting  and  a  restless  night  in 
their  hotel  rooms,  the  women's  team  did 
improve  against  the  tougher  Yeowomen 
and  Blues  teams. 

"There  was  a  difference,"  said  Gal- 
lant. "We  were  talking  more  on  the  court 
and  more  encouraging  with  each  other." 

Over  the  weekend,  the  Ravens  were 
led  by  Gallant  and  Sylvie  Coutu  with  13 
kills  apiece.  a 


20  ■  The  Charlatan  •  November  25,  1993 


Rumblings 

QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 


"I  feel  veiy  honored.  I  hope  this  will 
help  turn  around  the  Carleton  football 
club  and  encourage  student  athletes  to 
consider  the  Carleton  football  pro- 
gram." 

Defensive  tackle  Harry  Van 
Hofwegen  was  a  humble  ambassador 
of  the  Carleton  football  program  when 
asked  about  his  selection  to  the  all- 
Canadian  football  team  at  last  week's 
annual  Canadian  Interuniversity  Ath- 
letic Union  awards. 

WATERPOLO  ALL-STARS 

Two  Ravens  were  named  to  the  1993 
Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Associa- 
tion's all-star  waterpolo  team.  Drivers 
Dave  Bason  and  Corry  Burke,  who 
were  instrumental  in  the  Ravens'  suc- 
cess this  season,  were  named  to  the 
second  all-star  team. 

Also  honored  was  coach  John 
Pankiw,  who  was  named  the  1993 
Coach  of  the  Year  after  leading  the 
Ravens  to  a  best-ever  7-4-1  regular- 
season  record. 

RUGBY  ALL-STARS 

Carleton's  successful  rugby  season 
was  rewarded  with  eight  members  of 
the  dub  being  named  to  the  division  II 
all-star  team.  They  are:  hooker  Mike 
White,  lock  (ason  Hann,  wing  forwards 
Mike  Rys  and  Mike  Roe,  wing  ]im 
MacKay,  centre  Dave  Howard  and  full 
back  Bruce  Maxwell. 

FOOTBALL  ALL-CANADIAN 

Carleton  Raven  defensive  tackle 
Harry  Van  Hofwegen  was  named  to 
the  university  football  all-Canadian 
team  in  CIAU  award  ceremonies  on 
Nov.  18. 

Van  Hofwegen,  also  named  to  the 
Ontario-Quebec  Interuniversity  Foot- 
ball Conference  all-star  team,  anchored 
the  Ravens'  defence  and  was  second  in 
the  league  with  seven  quarterback 
sacks. 

CORRECTION 

We  blew  it.  Last  week's  hockey  fea- 
ture incorrectly  listed  coach  George 
Brown's  office  number  as  564-1297. 
We  were  close,  but  off  by  one.  The  real 
number  for  any  of  you  hockey 
wannabees  is  564-1296. 

Thursday,  Nov.  25. 

SWIMMING  —  The  swim  team  will 
be  holding  a  bake  sale  in  Baker's  Lounge 
from  10-2  p.m. 

Friday,  Nov.  26. 

BASKETBALL  —  Carleton  travels  to 
Windsor  to  take  on  the  Windsor  Lanc- 
ers in  exhibition  action  at  the  St.  Denis 
Hall  Gymnasium.  Game  time  is  8  p.m. 

Saturday,  Nov.  27. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  men's  team 
takes  on  the  University  of  Western  Mus- 
tangs in  Windsor  at  6  p.m. 

Sunday,  Nov.  28. 

RELAX  —  Not  much  happening  so 
sleep  in  and  rest  those  aching  bones. 


Bench  players:  They're  people  too 


by  James  Lewis 

Charlatan  Staff 

Sitting  on  the  bench  isn't  the  career 
varsity  athletes  dream  about. 

But  it's  a  sports  truism  that  you  pay 
your  dues  and  wait  your  turn. 

So  bench  players  sit  and  wait. 

"They  don't  play  regularly, "  says  men's 
waterpolo  coach  John  Pankiw.  "They're 
someone  you  might  count  on  only  once 
or  twice  a  game  or  not  at  all." 

It  can  be  a  long,  tough  and  tense 
experience.  But  it's  not  always  in  vain. 
Carleton  coaches  agree  that  rookies  and 
bench  players  are  important  components 
of  their  teams  as  replacements,  as  cheer- 
leaders and  as  future  starters. 

"Bench  players  and  rookies  have  to  be 
at  the  same  preparation  level  as  the 
starters  and  they  have  to  provide  a  lot  of 
support, "  says  football  coach  Donn  Smith. 
"Each  one  of  the  back-ups  has  to  be  as 
proficient  as  a  starter."* 

That's  important  because  in  a  game 
situation,  back-ups  have  to  be  ready  to 
go  at  any  time. 

Ravens  welcome 
Ottawa  team's 
varsity  status 

by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  University  of  Ottawa  granted  var- 
sity status  to  its  women's  soccer  team  in 
a  surprise  decision  Nov.  1 9,  allowing  it  to 
compete  with  other  universities. 

The  team  has  been  seeking  varsity 
status  for  the  last  four  years,  but  budget 
restraints  kept  Ottawa's  athletic  depart- 
ment from  funding  the  Ottawa  club  as  a 
varsity  team. 

Members  of  the  Carleton  soccer  team 
say  the  Ottawa  addition  is  welcomed  as 
a  competitive  entry  to  the  league. 

"Many  of  the  players  have  the  capac- 
ity to  play  competitive  against  the  other 
players  in  the  league,"  said  Raven  half- 
back Mary  McCormick.  "They  will  be  a 
force  to  be  reckoned  with." 

Many  of  the  Carleton  women  have 
played  against  players  from  the  Ottawa 
club  in  summer  leagues  and  are  im- 
pressed with  their  calibre  of  play. 

In  Toronto  earlier  this  week,  repre- 
sentatives from  the  Ontario  Women's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association  met 
to  decide  on  adding  the  Ottawa  team  to 
the  league's  schedule  for  the  1994/95 
season. 

Ottawa  assistant  coach  Morgan 
Quarry  said  he  believed  the  team  will  be 
allowed  into  the  league  because  of  its 
ability  to  play  at  the  university  level, 
although  the  decision  wasn't  known  at 
press  time. 


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"Ideally,  you  don't  want  to  lose  any- 
thing in  a  game,"  says  Pankiw.  "And 
bench  players  are  important  because  they 
give  my  starters  a  break." 

Field  hockey  coach  Suzanne  Nicholson 
stresses  another  important  bench  aspect. 

"Those  kids  will  be  the  mainstay  of  the 
team  in  the  future,"  she  says.  As  a  result, 
Nicholson  says  she  tries  to  make  the 
rookies  feel  significant.  She  asks  the  first- 
year  players  to  always  be  ready  to  get  in 


a  game,  to  be  supportive  of  teammates 
and  to  work  hard  in  practice. 

That's  how  some  of  the  Carleton 
coaches  feel.  Some  Raven  bench  players 
and  rookies  are  comfortable  with  that 
role  and  agree  with  their  coaches'  assess- 
ments. 

"It  would  be  great  to  be  playing,"  says 
football  rookie  ]ohn  Thorne,  "but  in  first 
year  you  don't  expect  to  play." 

Instead,  Thome  says  bench  players 
have  a  responsibility  to  cheer  their 
teammates  on  andalwaysbe  prepared  to 
replace  a  starter. 

On  the  field  hockey  pitch,  Laurie 
Saunders  and  fennie  Childs  both  try  to 
fulfil  their  coach's  expectations.  What's 
most  important,  they  say,  is  to  keep  a 
positive  outlook  on  their  roles  as  rookies. 

That  positive  outlook  is  necessary. 

Sometimes  an  athlete  can  remain  a 
bench  player  for  an  entire  varsity  career. 
But  that's  the  exception,  not  the  rule. 
More  often  than  not,  being  a  bench  player 
is  just  a  seasoning  experience  that  leads 
to  that  varsity  starter's  dream.  □ 


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Deep  dark  secrets  of  the  Age  of  Faith 

hi  Inhanna  ricTomet; 


by  Johanna  Ciszewski 

Charlatan  Stan 

The  Age  of  Faith  has  secured  a 
place  in  the  hearts  of  enthu- 
siastic Ottawa  mosh-pit  and 
music  addicts. 
Since  the  release  of  their 
first  cassette,  Watersongs,  the 
Age  of  Faith  has  secured  an  avid  follow- 
ing. 

Now  the  band,  which  had  its  begin- 
nings at  Gloucester  High  School  in  1988, 
has  just  released  its  first  CD,  Pinned  to  the 
Willow,  on  the  local  label  One  Handed 
Records. 

Vocalist  Glen  lohnson,  bassist  Scott 
Walfords,  guitarist  Jeremy  Daul  and 
brother  (ason  on  drums,  blend  their 
musical  influences  together  to  create 
power  rock  with  a  bit  of  angst  thrown  in. 
What  they  really  sound  like  is  an  authen- 
tic Pearl  Jam. 

This  CD  is  saturated  with  excellent 
vocals,  lyrics  and  instrumentation,  show- 


Gfen  Johnson  roars. 


ing  through  in  songs  like  "Scarecrow" 
with  its  ear-piercing  guitars.  The  song 
climaxes  with  a  whining  guitar  and 
lohnson  (seemingly)  drunkenly  shout- 
ing, "Wheel,  Delilah." 
,  With  their  new  CD  backing  them, 
they  plan  to  start  a  mini-tour  playing 
gigs  in  Windsor,  Toronto  and  Montreal 
and  hope  to  be  touring  cross-Canada  this 
spring.  The  Charlatan  had  a  chance  to 
catch  up  with  lohnson  as  he  talked  about 
the  evolution  of  the  band  and  his  imagi- 
nary friend. 

Charlatan:  Can  you  give  me  some 
details  about  the  processes  which  led  up 
to  the  new  release? 

Glen  Johnson:  We  recorded  an  al- 
bum in  '91  called  Watersongs.  That  was 
our  first  record;  we've  been  meaning  to 
put  that  out  on  CD  for  a  long  time.  We 
got  some  money  together  anddidallthe 
artwork,  sent  it  off  to  get  it  pressed,  and 
somewhere  down  the  line  we  came  to  the 
realization  that  we  had  enough  material 
for  a  second  album.  We  lost  a  lot  of 
money  just  doing  all  that  art.  We  scraped 
together  some  money  and  decided  to  go 
ahead  and  record  the  new  album. 

Charlatan:  How  does  Pinned  to  the 
Willow  differ  from  your  previous  release? 

GJ:  It  goes  from  really,  really  mellow 
to  really,  really  heavy  more  than  the  first 
one  did.  The  structure  of  the  songs  are 
quite  a  bit  different,  in  the  sense  that  on 
the  first  album  it  was  more  excessive. 
Now  the  songs  are  put  together  with 
more  different  elements  to  each  song. 

Charlatan:  Have  you  taken  certain 
steps  to  help  you  and  the  group  mature 
musically? 

GJ:  I  don't  think  you  actually  have  to 
o  take  steps  to  mature  musically.  It  is  some- 
|  thing  that  just  kind  of  happens.  I've  been 
|  playing  with  these  guys  for  so  long,  you 
z  can  really  notice  the  difference  in  chem- 
S  istry  between  the  two  albums.  It  just 
happens  naturally;  the  more  you  play 
you  get  to  know  their  styles.  I  appreciate 


The  Age  of  Faith:  budding  superstars,  all. 


their  styles  and  complement  them.  If  s 
just  the  kind  of  a  thing  thatdevelopsand 
you  can  really  hear  it  in  the  new  album. 

Charlatan:  Do  you  write  the  lyrics? 

GJ:  Yes,  I  write  all  the  lyrics. 

Charlatan:  Do  most  of  your  lyrics 
come  from  personal  experiences? 

GJ:  I'm  a  big  fan  of  concept  albums. 
An  album  that  is  good  to  listen  to  from 
the  beginning  to  the  end,  opposed  to  an 
album  full  of  singles.  I  took  the  idea  of 
writing  conceptual  lyrics  a  step  further 
and  decided  to  write  all  the  lyrics  from 
one  concept.  I  designed  a  fictional  char- 
acter around  which  the  lyrics  would  be 
written  from  his  point  of  view.  It's  almost 
like  an  alter  ego. 

Charlatan:  Does  he  have  a  name? 

GJ:  Hisname  is  Faith.  ArthurO.  Faith. 
He's  about  104  years  old,  rotting  away 
somewhere  in  a  retirement  home  for  old 
men.  It's  all  about  his  life  and  his  family, 
and  everything  that  goes  around  him. 

Charlatan:  What  do  you  thinkabout 
the  revolution  of  Ottawa's  music  scene? 

GJ:  It's  getting  exciting.  There  are  a 
handful  of  bands  that  are  really  close  to 
breaking  it.  I  can't  even  remember  the 


last  time  a  band  from  Ottawa  has  done 
anything  significant  on  a  national  or 
international  scale.  It's  nice,  because  I 
think  most  of  the  people  involved  in  the 
scene  are  reallysupportiveofeach  other. 
I  think  anyone  of  us  would  love  to  see  any 
local  band  break  out. 

Charlatan:  How  would  you  describe 
your  music? 

G  J:  1  gave  that  up  long  ago.  It's  really 
difficult.  I've  heard  every  track  about  200 
to  300  times  and  after  a  while  you  can't 
hear  it  any  more.  You  don't  know  what  it 
sounds  like.  You'd  just  kill  to  be  able  to 
hear  it  for  the  first  time,  so  you  can  pass 
that  kind  of  judgment. 

Charlatan:  When  you're  playing  live, 
how  do  you  know  that  you've  captured 
the  audience's  attention?  How  could  you 
describe  what  you  do  on  stage? 

GJ:  It's  just  in  the  feeling  in  the  air.  It's 
electricity  off  everyone.  I've  had  some  of 
my  best  shows  where  the  audiences  have 
just  sat  down  and  enjoyed  themselves, 
and  I've  also  had  the  best  shows  of  my  life 
where  they,  the  audience,  is  up  and  freak- 
ing out.  □ 


A  tale  of  falling  mountains  and  falling  hope 


by  Neil  Herland 

Ghanaian  Staff 


Hope  Slide  ^ 

Canadian  Theatre  Company 
7  —  Dec.  4  k 


The  Hope  Slide  is  an  inspiringly  hilari- 
ous one-woman  show  performed  by 
Vancouverite  Leslie  Jones. 

The  main  character  that  Jones  plays  is 
Irene,  a  performer  who  spends  many 
nights  on  the  road.  Tonight's  audience,  it 
seems,  has  arrived  on  one  of  these  nights. 
It  just  happens  that  she  can't  fall  asleep, 
so  she  starts  to  reminisce  about  old  times 
ond  some  of  her  friends  that  have  passed 
away. 


Jones  assumes  the  roles  of  four  of  her 
acquaintances  and  Irene  as  a  teenager, 
piecing  together  the  story  of  Irene's  life 
growing  up  in  the  Kootenay  region  of 
British  Columbia. 

The  teenage  Irene  is  a  kvetching  girl  in 
Grade  9,  infatuated  with  the  idealistic 
lifestyle  of  the  Doukhobors  who  reside  in 
B.C.  She  tells  the  audience  of  her  surreal 
adventures  with  them,  ultimately  reveal- 
ing that  they  lost  sight  of  their  ideals  in 
the  end,  when  they  no  longer  believed 
their  ideals  were  feasible. 

The  title  of  the  play  is  derived  from  the 
message  in  a  story  that  Irene  tells:  "a 
mountain  has  fallen,  hope  is  lost."  A 
landslide  had  occurred  on  a  nearby  moun- 
tain in  a  town  called  Hope,  devastating 


L^I]e  Jones  in  The  Hope  Slide,  trying  to  remember  what  the  next  line  is. 


the  terrain,  and  killing  Mary,  one  of  the 
play's  characters. 

This  experience  is  used  as  metaphor 
in  the  script,  to  show  how  devastation 
eradicates  hope  and  then  rebuilds  it 
again.  Each  one  of  four  deaths  she  recalls 
during  the  play  is  a  tale  of  lost  hope. 

Most  compelling  is  the  character 
Walter,  a  friend  who  dies  of  AIDS.  Irene 
tells  us  that  one  day  there  will  be  a  cure 
and  hope  will  be  restored,  but  the  loss 
suffered  will  never  go  away. 

Under  the  direction  of  Patrick 
McDonald,  Jones's  performance  is  gener- 
ally strong.  As  an  actress,  she  has  an 
impressive  range.  Her  characterizations 
are  often  hilarious,  but  sometimes  very 
touching.  Overall,  the  show  is  thoughtful 
and  entertaining. 

Designer  Sean  Breaugh's  set  is  a  fine 
work  of  art  itself.  The  main  set  features  a 
tattered  room  that  rests  entirely  on  a 
slanted  rake  floor.  A  mountain-shaped 
frame,  holding  a  mesh  screen,  encroaches 
on  the  centre  of  the  set.  Lighting  designer 
Adam  Wilkinson  effectively  uses  the  mesh 
screen  in  combination  with  various  light- 
ing techniques  to  achieve  unique  silhou- 
ettes. Lights  are  also  placed  underneath 
the  set,  allowing  rays  to  pierce  through 
some  of  the  holes  in  the  set  floor  during 
the  climax  of  the  show. 

The  show  ends  on  a  melancholy  note. 
The  set  is  marked  by  four  memorial  can- 
dles, each  commemorating  one  of  the 
four  deaths,  as  Tones  brings  the  story  to  a 
conclusion. 

Much  of  the  script  is  filled  with  embel- 
lishment, butunderlying  this  surrealness 


is  a  very  serious  statement:  while  hope 
can  be  restored,  pain  can  never  be 
erased.  □ 

(  This  uieek:1 

Top 1 10 

Revolutionaries 
(and  their  region  of  zeal) 

1.  Che  Guevara  (Cuba) 

2.  Robin  Farquhar 

[Maclean'^i 

3.  Frantz  Fanon  (Algeria) 

4.  Tupac  Amaru  (Peru) 

5.  Louis  Riel  (Manitoba) 

6.  Rosa  Luxemburg 
(Europe) 

7.  The  Lenins,  Vlad  and 
John  (Russia;  who  cares) 

8.  Mao  Zedonq  (China) 

9.  Louis-Joseph  Papineau 
(Quebec) 

jl  O.John  Edwards  (CUSA)  J 


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24  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  25,  1993 


I 


II 


cE£e'Fat  La9d7^oundsoftheEmerald  Isle 

A  great  amount  of  thnnnht  ....  


by  Vanessa  Crosbie 

Charlatan  SlaH 

With  a  conscious  effort  to  avoid  mak- 
ing the  inevitable  U2  comparisons  that 
any  good  Irish  band  must  face,  I  cauqht 
up  with  the  Fat  Lady  Sings  at  their  free 
Zaphod's  show  Nov.  1 7. 

Ever  since  the  Dublin  band  was  formed 
in  1 986,  it  has  been  building  a  reputation 
not  only  in  the  United  Kingdom,  but  in 
North  America  as  well. 

Trying  to  get  these  guys  to  describe 
themselves  was  quite  a  chore.  They  use 
rock,  pop  and  folk  together  in  a  workable 
mfx.  To  say  the  least,  their  music  has  an 
interesting  Irish  rock  flavor. 

"We  just  want  our  music  to  connect 
with  people.  The  entertainment  value  of 
our  music  is  incidental,"  says  Tim 
Bradshaw,  the  band's  multi-instrumen- 
talist  (guitar,  piano,  accordion,  etc.). 


Anyone  interested  in  finding  out 
more  about  this  up  and  coming  band 
can  get  in  touch  with  them  through 
their  fanzine  CONTACT  at: 

The  Fat  Lady  Sings 

c/o  80  Orange  St 

Brooklyn,  New  York 

New  York,  USA  11201 

Unlike  some  other  bands,  they'll 
actually  write  back 


A  great  amount  of  thought  goes  into 
their  music,  songs  generally  taking  nine 
months  to  write.  Nick  Kelly  (vocals  and 
guitar),  who  does  all  their  writing,  ex- 
plains the  process. 

"Usually,  a  tune  or  phrase  is  there, 
and  instinctively  more  comes,  line  by 
line.  We  don't  know  what  our  songs  are 
about  before  they're  written.  The  songs 
basically  write  themselves  . .  They  just 
fall  together." 

Although  the  Fat  Lady  Sings  is  now 
based  in  England,  the  members  still  con- 
sider Ireland  home. 

"Canada  is  not  unlike  Ireland  in  that 
the  people  here  are  very  much  into  their 
own  music.  Canada  is  very  humanized; 
the  people  are  sincere;  the  audiences  are 
genuine  and  listening,"  says  Bradshaw. 

"There  is  an  honesty  in  the  Canadian 
character  that  gives  it  the  same  lyrical 
tradition  found  in  Ireland,"  adds  Kelly. 
"In  England  and  America,  music  is  much 
more  of  a  spectacle,  but  in  Canada,  it  is 
the  quality  acts  that  get  exported." 

Both  men  were  impressed  that  Cana- 
dians have  theirown  musical  tastes  with- 
out waiting  for  Americans  to  tell  them 
who  should  be  successful. 

The  band's  goals  are  short,  sweet  and 
reasonable.  In  two  words,  "survival  and 
success." 

"We  are  no  longer  interested  in  the 


coolness  and  youth  aspects 
ofrockbands.  Wewanttodo 
good  work  and  make  records 
that  stand  the  test  of  time," 
Kelly  says. 

The  Fat  Lady  Sings  are  a 
pretty  happy  bunch  of  guys. 
One  sore  spot  with  them  how- 
ever, is  the  lack  of  perma- 
nence and  integrity  in  the 
music  industry. 

"Weconsiderrockandroll 
to  be  an  art  form  ...  too 
many  people  in  this  business 
spend  their  time  just  trying 
to  be  cool,"  laments  Kelly 
who,  trying  hard  not  to  sound 
pretentious,  adds,  "Rock and 
roll  suffers  from  being  so  sub- 
sidized. As  an  art  form,  it  is 
very  corruptible  because  of 
all  the  perks.  Writers  or  paint- 
ers at  our  level  would  have  to 
have  day  jobs  to  support 
themselves." 


Moody-looking  Irish  rock  band  (no,  it's  not  1/2). 


"You  have  to  ask  yourself, "  Kelly  says, 
'"Do  I  really  need  to  be  doing  this?  Do  I 
have  to  be  creative?  Without  all  the  perks 
—  such  as  being  on  radio  or  TV  —  would 
I  still  be  in  this  business?'" 

The  Fat  Lady  Sings  put  on  a  good  gig 
for  the  large  crowd,  complete  with  a 
waltz  competition  and  songs  from  both 


their  CDs,  Twist  and  the  most  recent  ]ohn 
Son. 

Although  U2  may  still  be  Ireland's 
finest  export,  it  is  good  to  see  that  other 
bands  hailing  from  the  Emerald  Isle  are 
receiving  the  recognition  they  deserve.  □ 


— —  _  ,         ^e  are  no  longer  interested  in  the    waltz  competition  and  songs  from  both 

Fake  people  inhabit  the  National  Gallery 

Peters  H /-in e    TViic  — — .    t.  -        ....  .  _. 


by  Mike  Peters 

Charlatan  Staff 

(Luc  Courchesne:  interactive  Por^ 
traits 
Nov.  13  — Jan.  9 
National  Gallery  of  Canada 

Virtual  reality  has  moved  beyond  Hol- 
lywood effects  and  video  games  with 
helmets. 

Montreal  artist  Luc  Courchesne  has 
brought  virtual  reality  out  of  the  arcade 
and  into  the  art  gallery  with  his  "interac- 
tive portraits."  The  exhibit  is  making  its 
first  Canadian  appearance  after  receiv- 
ing excellent  reviews  in  Los  Angeles  and 
Marseilles,  France. 

Courchesne  creates  virtual  people. 
Each  has  a  virtual  personality  complete 
with  loves,  hates  and  desires.  But  these 
are  far  more  than  thumbnail  sketches  or 
simple  descriptions.  They  are  fully  inter- 
active, not  only  drawing  the  observer 
into  a  conversation,  but  into  a  world  all 
their  own. 

The  exhibit  is  set  up  in  a  darkened 
room.  There  are  four  glass  screens  upon 
which  the  virtual  people  appear.  Using 
the  terminals  next  to  these  screens,  you 
can  select  questions  using  a  trackball. 

Courchesne  explains:  "You  pick  a 
question  from  a  pre-established  set  on 
the  screen.  The  portrait  gives  you  an 
answer.  A  new  set  of  questions,  or  com- 
ments appears.  You  get  further  ques- 


reserved.  If  they  are  pleased  with  the 
conversation,  they  will  become  more  trust- 
ing and  allow  you  to  probe  deeper  into 
the  more  personal  aspects  of  their  per- 
sonalities, until  finally  they  may  reveal 
their  most  intimate  secrets. 

The  main  piece  in  the  display,  "Fam- 
ily Portrait, "  is  not  just  one  of  these  per- 
sonalities, but  eight.  Not  only  do  these 
"people"  have  personalities  of  their  own, 
but  they  also  have  complex  relationships 
with  one  another.  Conversation  with  one 
can  lead  to  information  about  the  others. 

Some  are  lovers,  some  are  friends, 
some  are  enemies.  Only  investigation  by 
the  observer  can  reveal  the  nature  of 
these  relationships.  Even  more  incred- 
ibly, not  only  will  they  converse  with  the 


participant,  but  often  they  will  break 
away  to  talk  or  bicker  among  them- 
selves. 

While  "Family  Portrait"  recreates  real 
people  with  videotape  of  interviews  with 
some  of  the  artist's  friends, "  Portrait  One, " 
one  of  Courchesne's  older  works,  is  quite 
different. 

Presented  as  part  of  Interactive  Portraits 
to  compliment  the  newer  "Family  Por- 
trait," it  is  unique  from  its  successor  in 
that  Marie,  the  subject  of  the  portrait,  is 
played  by  an  actress  and  follows  a  script 
that  was  written  by  Courchesne.  As  such 
it  is  much  more  manipulative  in  nature 
and  allows  Courchesne  to  draw  the  ob- 
server in  much  deeper  than  is  possible 
with  "Family  Portrait." 

Marie  can  be  seduced.  She  can  fall  in 
love.  But  being  very  fickle,  she  can  be 
turned  off  at  the  slightest  offence.  She 
can  be  intrigued  by  your  intellect  or  of- 
fended by  your  ignorance.  Friends,  lov- 
ers, enemies;  your  relationship  with  her 
depends  on  the  questions  you  ask  and 
answers  you  give  her. 

The  technology  Courchesne  uses  is 
almost  archaic  by  today's  standards.  The 
clips  of  video  he  uses  are  sometimes 
choppy  and  delayed.  The  trackball  inter- 
face can  be  slow  and  awkward.  But  these 
problems  are  all  eclipsed  by  his  delicate 
manipulation  of  conversation. 

Make  no  mistake  about  it  --  you  will  be 
drawn  into  his  trap.  The  dialogue  will 
leave  you  begging  to  know  more  about 


the  images  you  see  before  you.  You  will 
forget  that  they  are  simply  reflections  of 
television  screens  and  reach  out  to  them 
with  curiosity  and  compassion.  You  will 
leave  reluctantly  and  immediately  miss 
those  you  have  met. 

Visit  Interactive  Portraits  and  plan  to 
spend  some  time  —  best  friends  are  not 
made  simply  in  passing.  □ 
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Inexperience^hows  in  classic  Greekproduction 


by  Stephanie  Garrison 

Chanalan  Staff 


II  Theatre 
>^Nov.  IS 


/Hecuba 

Theatre  Carleton 

18-20  and  25-27 


Hecuba,  Euripides'  relentlessly  dark  tale 
of  revenge  sought  by  the  matriarch  of  a 
family  destroyed  by  war,  is  an  ambitious 
attempt  at  Greek  tragedy. 

In  the  program,  director  Douglas 
Campbell  explains  his  reason  for  mount- 
ing Hecuba:  "only  the  Greeks,  and  only 
their  tragic  vision,  seemed  to  provide  a 


Altogether  now:  emote. 


response  that  was  in  any  way  adequate 
to  the  horrible  conflicts  that  have  broken 
out  in  recent  years." 

Although  this  admirably  relates  to 
contemporary  student  concerns  about 
world  violence,  Hecuba  isaworkperhaps 
best  staged  by  older  actors  since  it  is  a 
difficult  work. 

The  drama  in  this  anti-war  work  rests 
in  the  characters,  not  in  the  storyline. 
Because  the  emphasis  is  specifically  on 
the  acting,  this  makes  Hecuba  a  greater 
challenge  than  most  plays.  There  is  no 
intricate  plot  to  protect  the  actors;  the 
audience's  undivided  attention  is  on  their 
ability  to  accurately  portray  their  charac- 
ters. Many  main  characters  in  the  play 
are  older  than  25,  which  is  considerably 
older  than  most  of  the  actors. 

-  Professional  veterans  of  the  stage  have 
a  hard  enough  time  rising  above  this;  the 
actors  involved  in  this  play,  all  with 
varying  degrees  of  experience,  struggled 
even  further.  Some  of  the  directions  are 
awkward,  and  youthful  voices  and  move- 
ments occasionally  slide  through  the 
crafted  personas  of  the  aged  characters. 
However,  solid  performances  are  given 
most  notably  by  David  Smillie  as 
Agamemnon  and  Adrian  Loewen,  who 
plays  Polymestor.  Hecuba  is  a  story  frag- 
ment inspired  by  Euripides'  more  famil- 
iar play  The  Trojan  Women.  As  such, 
Hecuba's  plot  appears  to  be  a  simplistic 
tale  of  vengeance.  Hecuba's  husband 
and  most  of  her  children  have  been  sys- 
'  tematically  murdered  during  the  fall  of 
*  Troy,  all  before  the  play's  opening  line. 
|  Much  of  the  savage  action  transpires 

0  offstage. 

£     The  stage  design  is  professional  and 

1  historically  accurate.  Shreds  of  fabric, 
5  draped  al  most  ominously  over  poles,  com- 
pose the  large  tent  that  is  the  focal  point 


of  the  minimalist  set.  Sand  covers  the 
perimeter  of  the  stage  and  a  large  rock  is 
the  only  other  element  used.  This  artistic 
design  helps  to  give  context  to  the  an- 
cient narrative. 

The  costumes  are  also  historically  ac- 
curate, although  the  robes  worn  by 
Hecuba  and  Polyxena  are  luxuriously 
well-kept  and  clean  despite  their  status 
as  slaves. 


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Hecuba's  first  three  nights  were  very 
successful  in  terms  of  audience  turnout; 
1 50  people  on  opening  night  and  about 
90  the  following  two  evenings.  Impres- 
sive, since  there  has  always  been  some 
struggle  at  Carleton  to  fill  the  house 
during  productions.  This  might  partially 
beduetothepriceoftickets — at$5each, 
Hecuba  is  an  inexpensive  introduction  to 
Greek  tragedy.  .  □ 


Hey  Kids!  It's  The  Charlatan's  first  ever 
entertainment  poll. 

This  week,  for  filling  out  and  dropping  off  this  survey  into  the  special  poll  box  at 
the  Charlatan,  Room  531  Unicentre  by  Tuesday,  Nov.  30  at  3  p.m.  you  can  win  a 
Chapeterhouse  limited  edition  CDIPoH  results  will  be  published  in  next  week's 
Charlatan,  so  get  those  forms  in!  Charlatan  staff  are  eligible  for  the  poll  but  not  the 
contest. 

1.  Favorite  music  group  10.  Most  notorious  meat  market 

2.  Best  local  band  1 1.  Favorite  campus  hangout 

3.  Dumbest  band  name  12.  Favorite  alcoholic  beverage 

ST  fhebest  roncertoif  the  year  13.BodypartthatIooksbestplerced 
5TfheworsF  concert"  o7 the  "year  —    14.  Cheeriest  pick-up  line 

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7.  Worst  album  of  the  year 

8.  Best  live  Ottawa  club  15.  Favorite  place you'vehad  sex  on 

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26  •  The  Charlatan  •  November  25,  1993 


Thursday,  November 
25 

Hey  kids!  Grab  the  folks  and  head  on 
down  to  Zaphod's  at  8  p.m.  for  an 
evening  of  Irish  tunes,  courtesy  of  Andy 
Irvine.  Cover  for  the  evening  is  $8. 

Tonight  at  the  Bytowne  at  7  p.m., 
don't  miss  Sex  Is. . .,  a  candid  documen- 
tary about  gay  sex.  Tickets  are  $6. 

If  Sex  Is. . .  doesn't  whet  your  appetite 
for  controversial  sexual  stuff,  A  live  Bird 
in  Its  Jaws  will  do  you  just  fine.  It's  a  play 
type  thing  at  the  Arts  Court  starting 
today  and  running  until  Nov.  27.  Show 
starts  at  8  p.m.  Tickets  are  a  mere  $8  for 
students. 

Friday,  November  26 

Say  it  isn't  so!  It's  the  final  noon-time 
concert  of  1993.  Today's  free  concert, 
held,  as  always,  in  Carleton's  Aiumni 
Theatre,  features  Thomas  Annand  on 
piano  and  soprano  Judith  Vachon. 

Chelsea  Bridge  and  the  Bel  Canto 
Wind  Quintet  play  the  University  of 
Ottawa's  Alumni  Theatre.  It's  Celtic 
folk  fun  for  the  entire  family.  Show  starts 
at  8  p.m.  Tickets  are  $15  at  the  door  and 
proceeds  go  to  Interval  House,  a  home  for 
abused  women  and  children. 

The  Carleton  Arts  Review  launches  an- 
other season  at  the  Stone  Angel  Insti- 
tute tonight  at  8  p.m.'  with  a  poetry 
reading,  courtesy  of  Toronto  writer  Stan 
Roger. 

At  the  Thunderdome  in  Hull,  you 
can  catch  Shades  of  Culture  and  the 
Hard  Corps.  Coveris$6  and  doors  open 
at  8  p.m.  Finally!  An  excuse  to  go  to  Hull! 

You  haven't  heard  Hungarian  organ 
music  until  you've  heard  Istvdn  Ella 
play  Hungarian  organ  music.  Andyou'U 
have  the  chance  to,  tonight  at  the  Do- 
minion-Chalmers United  Church  at 
thecomerofCooperandO'Connor.  Tick- 
ets for  students  are  $8  at  the  door.  Show 
starts  at  8  p.m. 

Saturday,  November  27 

Life  is  grand!  Andrew  Cash  plays 
Oliver's  tonight! 

At  the  SAW  Gallery  at  8  p.m.,  you 
can  catch  OPIRG-Carleton's  Aware- 
ness Fair.  Confused?  Well,  all  you  need 
to  know  is  there  will  be  information  ta- 
bles set  up  by  various  community  and 
Public  interest  groups,  a  film  and  some 
kind  of  band  called  Jaws  of  the  Flying 
Carpet.  Anxious  about  a  cover  charge? 
It's  only  $3,  so  don't  sweat  it. 

"The  N400  wave  is  the  brain  wave 
that  appears  when  the  mind  confronts 


THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER  25  TO  THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  2 


If  you've  got  a  listing  you 
want  to  appear  in  this  handy 
calendar,  drop  us  a  line  at 
Room  531  Unicentre  during 
regular  office  hours  or  fax  us 
ot  788-4051.  Listings  must  be 
in  by  the  Friday  before 
publication. 


nonsense."  Or  so  says  the  press  release 
announcing  the  N400  Poetry  Series 
(geddit?)  at  the  Manx  Pub  at  3  p.m. 
today.  Oh  yeah,  it's  being  presented  by 
hole  magazine. 

Sunday,  November  28 

Today  might  be  a  good  day  to  head 
over  to  the  Carleton  Art  Gallery  in  the 

St.  Patrick's  Building  to  see  some  Mexi- 
can sculpture.  The  show,  Terra 
Incognita,  will  be  there  until  Dec.  11. 
Admission  is  free. 

Monday,  November  29 

This  week's  reading  tip,  courtesy  of 
Charlatan  production  manager  Kevin 
McKay,  is  Salman  Rushdie's  epic  Mid- 
night's Children.  Says  McKay,  "It's  a 
rather  dense  book  that  requires  persist- 
ence but  is  well  worth  the  effort  upon 
completion."  Or  so  I  hear. 

Tuesday,  November  30 

The  Mayfair  presents  a  nifty,  abso- 
lutely non-violent  double  bill  tonight, 
suitable  for  family  viewing.  At  7  p.m.  it's 
Menace  II  Society.  At  9,  it's  The  Bad 
lieutenant,  a  film  that  will  renew  your 
faith  in  law  enforcement  officers. 

Wednesday,  December 
1 

On  In  A  Mellow  Tone  (CKCU  93.1FM 
at  9  p.m.)  your  host  Ron  Sweetman  makes 
some  jazz  suggestions  foryour  Christmas 
shopping. 

Jeepers!  It's  japanese  dance  at  the 


NAC  Opera  this  evening  at  8  p.m 
Sankai  Juku  will  be  performing  the 
Japanese  Buton  dance.  It'ssupposedtobe 
something  else,  and  it's  a  cultural  event 
so  you  may  want  to  consider  going  (tick- 
ets range  from  $20  to  $30).  That  way, 
when  you  go  home  after  exams  you'll  be 
able  to  tell  your  parents  about  all  the 
culture  you  experienced  in  Ottawa. 

OPIRG-CarletonandCKCU  are  putting 
on  an  anti-mega-dam  benefit  at  the 


Glue  Pot  Pub  at  8  p.m.  tonight.  Enter- 
tainment is  courtesy  of  Tongues  and 
Bones,  Select  Few  and  Remedy.  You 

will  be  allowed  in  for  only  $6  at  the  door 
or  $5  paid  at  OPIRG-Carleton,  among 
other  stops. 

Thursday,  December  2 

Cowboy  funkies.  Creeque  Alley. 

$15in advance  (andwortheverypenny). 


BetterthaiiTpina^ 


Red  Dawn 

Chicken  Bitch 
Pavement  Records 

Hot  Yea,  you  heard  me.  Hot.  Damn 
hot!  Burning . . .  with  desire. 

Oh  man,  it's  like  a  sauna  inside  this 
album.  After  years  of  toili  ng  to  ambigu- 
ity, playing  throughout  southern  On- 
tario, upper  state  New  York,  and  France 
(Yes,  they  are  quite  big  in  Europe.  Huge, 
in  fact),  Red  Dawn  is  about  to  explode 
into  the'mainstream  with  their  first  full- 
length  release.  Searing  withpassion,  and 
foaming  with  raw  innocence,  Chicken 
Bitch  doesn't  fail  to  deliver. 

Often,  whennewbandsenterthescene 
they  are  often  compared  to  more  estab- 
lished bands,  but  with  Red  Dawn,  this  is 
not  the  case.  The  soulful,  yet  anguished, 
voice  of  lead  singer  Fuirguardi,  when 
combined  with  the  acoustic  stylings  and 
rhythmic  perfection  of  guitarist  Granola 
Boy,  define  a  sound  which  cannot  be 
classified. 

From  the  opening  track  "Eat  My  Lunch 
You  Bastard, "  the  biting  story  of  a  young 
boy  brought  over  the  edge  by  a  school 
bully,  it  is  obvious  that  this  album  is  an 


intense  criticism  about  the  ill-fated  con- 
structs upon  which  this  wretched  society 
is  built  on. 

Fortunately,  when  the  intensity  builds 
up  to  a  climax  where  you  begin  to  feel 
your  brain  melt,  as  though  the  stale,  evil 
breath  of  10  billion  tortured  souls  In  the 
bowels  of  hell  was  being  thrust  up  your 
nostrils,  Red  Dawn  diffuses  this  intensity 
with  fables  of  whimsy  and  fancy. 

The  song  "Darth  Vader  Is  a  Son  of  a 
Bitch",  a  brilliant  satire  of  how  people 
become  twisted  and  evil,  in  essence,  more 
machinethanman,  will  have  you  punch- 
ing holes  in  the  wall  with  your  head  out 
of  crazed  laughter. 

The  title  track  portrays  the  strongest 
message  of  all.  By  using  the  example  of 
a  troubled,  young  man  who  has  to  choose 
between  the  chicken  he  loves  and  an 
unaccepting  society  which  deemswhat  is 
right  and  wrong,  "Chicken  Bitch"  con- 
veysa  powerful  message  about  the  rigid, 
confining  limits  society  places  upon  us. 

Buyer  beware,  Red  Dawn's  Chicken 
Bitch  will  take  you  on  a  roller  coaster  ride 
of  emotions,  leaving  you  disgusted,  but 
wanting  more. 

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Angry  students  protest  hike 


by  Matt  Skinner 

Charlatan  Stafl 

Over  100  students  stormed  Carleton's 
administration  building  on  Friday,  Nov. 
26,  as  part  of  a  rally  to  protest  a  potential 
tuition  hike  of  up  to  50  per  cent. 

Kristine  Haselsteiner,  vice-president 
external  of  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association,  said  the  rally  was 
meant  to  show  Carleton's  administra- 
tion, the  provincial  government  and  the 
community  that  students  can't  afford  to 
pay  more  for  tuition. 

"Accessibility  has  gone  down  tremen- 
dously (in  the  past  five  years)  and  we're 
reverting  back  to  a  system  of  the  sixties 
where  education  was  forthe  elite  and  for 
the  rich.  That's  what  we're  trying  to  stop," 
said  Haselsteiner. 

This  summer,  the  Council  of  Ontario 
Universities  released  a  report  calling  for 
increases  in  tuition  fees  between  30  and 
50  per  cent  over  the  next  two  years, 
depending  on  the  program. 

University  President  Robin  Farquhar, 
one  of  two  Carleton  representatives  on 
the  council,  was  not  present  when  coun- 
cil members  voted  to  suggest  a  50-per- 
cent tuition  increase  to  David  Cooke, 
Ontario's  minister  of  education  and  train- 
ing. 

Michel  Gaulin,  clerk  of  Carleton's  sen- 
ate, was  at  the  July  27  council  meeting 
and  voted  against  the  discussion  paper 
because  he  says  there  wasn't  enough 
consultation  with  students. 

The  province  has  yet  to  act  on  the 
council's  suggestion. 

The  rally  began  at  1 2:30  p.m.  on  Mac- 
kenzie Field,  beside  the  Unicentre.  Theresa 
Cowan,  director  of  services  for  CUSA,  led 
the  crowd  in  various  protest  chants.  Tot- 
ing signs  and  chanting,  the  students 
marched  to  the  administration  building. 

Once  inside  the  administration  lobby, 
representatives  of  the  Canadian  Union 


Students  desperately  seeking  Sparky. 


of  Public  Employees  Local  2323,  the  Car- 
leton University  Students  Association,  and 
the  International  Students'  Centre  spoke. 
Students  were  chanting,  hammering  the 
floor  with  their  signs,  clapping  and 
pounding  the  walls. 

The  students  then  proceeded  to  Carle- 
ton President  Robin  Farquhar's  sixth-floor 
office  to  voice  their  disapproval  of  the 
proposed  tuition  increase,  only  to  find  he 
wasn't  in. 

On  Monday,  Nov.  29,  Farquhar  told 
The  Charlatan  he  did  not  know  students 
were  planning  on  visiting  his  office  on 
Friday  and  suggested  that  in  the  future 
they  try  making  appointments. 

Farquhar  saidany  decision  regarding 
Carleton's  tuition  fees  will  be  made  at  a 
board  of  governors  meeting  in  March.  He 
said  so  far,  no  proposal  has  been  made  to 
the  board  to  raise  tuition. 

A  busload  of  students,  undeterred  by 


Farquhar's  absence,  headed  for  Evelyn 
Gigantes's  office.  Gigantes,  the  New 
Democratic  Party  MPP  for  Ottawa  Cen- 
tre, was  also  out  for  the  day. 

Students  entered  the  building  and 
voiced  their  objections  concerning  the 
proposed  tuition  increases,  stamping  their 
feet  and  chanting,  "They  say  cutbacks, 
we  say  fight  back." 

Despite  the  absence  of  Farquhar  and 
Gigantes,  most  rally  participants  inter- 
viewed said  they  felt  the  rally  was  a 
success. 

"We're  looking  at  a  provincial  elec- 
tion in  less  than  18  months.  We  have  to 
realize  that  we  have  a  tremendous 
amount  of  force,  and  when  we  (mobi- 
lize), we  certainly  do  scare  them,"  said 
Haselsteiner. 

Pam  Pitcher,  a  Carleton  student  who 
attended  the  rally,  said  tuition  increases 
will  block  access  to  education. 


"  It  worries  me  that  the  people  who  will 
continue  to  get  an  education  are  the 
people  that  can  pay  for  it.  That's  pretty 
scary,"  she  said. 

Carleton  student  Garret  Woy  says  he 
feelsstudents  should  start  worrying  about 
the  future. 

"The  majority  of  students  are  con- 
cerned about  the  here  and  now,  not  the 
future, "  said  Woy. 

Pitcher  said  she  thinks  students  don't 
think  they  can  make  a  difference. 

"People  think  that  on  their  own  they 
can't  do  anything,  but  being  there  today 
I  realized  that  collectively  we  can  do 
something,"  she  said. 

Ehab  Shanti,  the  co-ordinator  of  the 
International  Students'  Centre,  said  he 
thinks  every  Carleton  student  should  have 
gone  to  the  rally.  He  said  while  some 
students  were  probably  busy  and  couldn't 
attend,  he  thinks  some  just  couldn't  have 
been  bothered. 

He  said  a  50-per-cent  tuition  increase 
means  some  international  students  would 
have  to  pay  an  average  of  $5,000  more 
each  year. 

"We're  sending  a  message  that  On- 
tario is  no  longer  a  place  for  interna- 
tional students,"  he  said. 

Farquhar  said  he  thinks  a  50-per-cent 
tuition  increase  is  unrealistic,  but  ac- 
knowledges universities  do  need  the 
money. 

"Any  tuition  increase  must  be  bal- 
anced with  student  aids,"  he  said. 

Haselsteiner  said  since  Gigantes  was 
not  in  her  office  on  Friday,  CUSA  will 
invite  her  to  campus  sometime  in  the 
new  year  to  hear  students'  opinions  on 
tuition  hikes. 

"  Being  the  only  New  Democratic  Party 
MPP  in  this  area,  (Gigantes)  is  going  to 
have  to  listen  to  the  students  of  Carle- 
ton, "  said  Haselsteiner.  □ 


Entertainment  park  on  hold,  for  now 


by  Andrea  Wiebe 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  University  Development 
Corporation  has  stopped  its  review  of  a 
proposal  to  put  a  seasonal  entertain- 
ment park  on  the  field  near  residence. 

Carleton  administrators  and  CUDC 
held  a  closed  meeting  on  Nov.  29  to 
discuss  the  review  of  a  proposal  put  for- 
ward by  Bretton  Woods  Entertainment 
Inc. 

CUDC  is  a  university-owned  corpora- 
tion which  attracts  and  investigates  cor- 
porate investment  proposals  for  develop- 
ment on  campus. 

Because  of  opposition  from  CUSA  as 
well  as  community  groups  surrounding 
Carleton,  it  was  decided  that  the  review 
should  be  suspended,  says  Kristine 
Haselsteiner,  vice-president  external  of 
the  Carleton  University  Students'  Asso- 
ciation. 

"I  talked  to  the  president  of  CUDC, 
David  Brown,  who  relayed  the  message 
to  me, "  she  says.  "The  board  has  decided 
not  to  put  any  further  study  into  that 
proposal." 

The  park,  which  would  have  included 
a  large  tent  called  a  melody  tent,  was 
intended  to  operate  from  |une  until  Au- 
gust. The  time  frame  might  have  ex- 
panded to  include  May  and  September, 
according  to  a  preliminary  evaluation 
prepared  by  FoTenn  Consultants,  who 
were  hired  by  CUDC  to  review  the  Bretton 
Woods  proposal. 

The  melody  tent  was  intended  to  be  a 
tourist  attraction  which  would  host  thea- 
tre, music  and  dance  productions  as  well 
as  sports  activities,  according  to  the  re- 


port. 

Itis  still  not  certain  whether  the  project 
has  been  cancelled  permanently,  or  has 
just  been  put  on  hold. 

"Whether  or  not  we  continue  to  pur- 
sue a  Bretton  Woods  proposal  for  a  melody 
tentmayor  may  notbethecase,  and  that 
would  be  up  to  the  president's  office,  but 
we  will  certainly  continue  to  review  po- 
tential economic  development  activity 
or  expansion  of  the  university, "  says  Drew 
Love,  vice-president  of  development  for 
CUDC.  "I'm  awaiting  further  direction." 

Carleton  President  Robin  Farquhar  told 
The  Charlatan  through  his  receptionist 
Karen  Quinn  that  administrators  will 
decide  whether  to  shelve  the  project  per- 
manently at  a  meeting  of  senior  man- 
agement on  Dec.  7. 

Haselsteiner  says  she  hopes  adminis- 
trators will  cancel  the  project  perma- 
nently. 

"We  have  to  keep  in  mind  the  needs  of 
administration  and  the  student  body, 
making  sure  that  students  have  the  ad- 
equate buildings  so  they  can  be  edu- 
cated. Really,  right  now,  our  biggest  con- 
cern is  that  a  proposal  like  this  is  not  put 
back  on  the  table,"  she  says. 

[im  Watson,  city  councillor  for  Capi- 
tal Ward,  says  he  is  pleased  with  the 
decision  to  stop  the  review  of  the  pro- 
posal. He  has  two  main  objections  to  the 
plan. 

"I  don't  think  a  university  should  be 
involving  itself  in  issues  outside  of  its 
jurisdiction.  I  think  a  university's  first 
priority  is  academics.  My  second  objec- 
tion is  the  negative  impact  it  would  have 
on  the  surrounding  community,"  says 


Watson. 

The  main  concerns  surrounding  the 
proposal  include  its  impact  on  the  com- 
munity, especially  because  of  excess  noise 
and  traffic,  and  the  problems  Carleton 
could  face  if  it  eventually  wished  to  use 
the  space  to  expand  academic  or  resi-> 
dence  buildings,  according  to 
Haselsteiner. 

She  says  the  proposal  won't  benefit 
the  university. 

"We're  here  to  educate,"  says 
Haselsteiner.  "The  whole  notion  behind 
it  being  a  beer  tent,  being  an  amuse- 
ment-type park,  being  something  that 


will  breach  noise  barriers  and  things  like 
that  just  is  not  the  type  of  facility  that  I 
think  we  need  on  the  Carleton  campus. " 

Dave  Carle,  a  third-year  English  and 
history  major,  says  he  thinks  that  Carle- 
ton's land  could  be  put  to  better  use. 

"That  land  belongs  to  Carleton  and 
they  might  need  it  later  on.  Carleton  only 
has  so  much  land,"  says  Carle. 

Third-year  art  history  major,  Nancy 
Simich,  says  she  thinks  the  university 
should  accept  the  proposal.  "They  should 
reverse  their  decision  because  a  huge 
advantage  like  this  could  really  put  Car- 
leton on  the  map,"  says  Simich.  □ 


Happy  55th  Sparky! 
Sparky's  birthday  wish 
for  Carleton:  "Enough 
from  the  government  so 
we  wouldn't  have  to 
charge  any  tuition  fees." 


arts 

21 

classifieds 

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11 

sports 

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people  aren't  left  off  ol'  Saint  Nick's  delivery  route.  Here  we  go.  For  anyone  at  CUSA  involved  in  last  week's  rally  against  tuition  hikes,  a  tuition  freeze 


CUSAliiay^iv^Unicentre  a^acelift 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  SlflH 

The  first  floor  of  the  Unicentre  may 
soon  look  very  different,  if  the  Carleton 
University  Students'  Association  council 
approves  the  changes. 

Rene  Faucher,  CUSA's  finance  com- 
missioner, says  he  will  present  plans  to 
re-organize  the  first-floor  space  to  CUS  A 
council  on  Dec.  2. 

According  to  the  plans,  which  Peter  C. 
Pivko  Architects  prepared  for  free,  the 
arcade  and  the  billiards  room  would  be 
switched  around  and  the  Copy  Shop 
would  move  to  where  the  arcade  en- 
trance is  now.  Some  walls  would  be  re- 
moved to  create  more  open  space. 

Faucher  says  the  changes  should  free 
up  about  1,000  square  feet  of  space  for  a 
"new  joint  venture,"  such  as  a  business. 
He  suggested  a  CD  store  as  a  possibility. 

Faucher  says  he  will  ask  council  to 
approve  money  to  get  structural  draw- 
ings done  for  about  $500. 

He  says  the  proposed  changes  won't 
affect  office  space  for  the  Gay,  Lesbian 
and  Bisexual  Centre  and  CUSA's  chief 
electoral  officer,  both  of  which  are  near 
the  area.  Hugo's  would  also  stay  in  the 
same  space,  although  the  off-campus 
lounge  might  become  smaller. 

Faucher  says  he  hopes  renovations 
could  be  done  around  spring  break  in 
February,  otherwise  during  and  after  ex- 
ams in  April.  He  says  he  doesn't  know 
how  much  the  renovations  would  cost. 

He  also  says  these  changes  could  lead 
to  a  Unicentre  expansion  towards  the 
Architecture  Building,  creating  a  "mall" 
effect. 

Some  CUSA  councillors  support 
Faucher's  idea. 

"This  is  a  crucial  year  for  the 
Unicentre,"  says  arts  and  social  sciences 


representative  Tom  Golem.  "Because  of 
the  money  we  put  into  (renovating)  Oliv- 
er's, we  have  to  revamp  this  building.  We 
can't  scrap  the  building  and  move  on  to 
a  new  one." 

Todd  McAllister,  a  CUSA  arts  and  so- 
cial sciences  representative,  says  the 
Unicentre  expansion  is  a  good  idea  be- 
cause the  area  between  the  Architecture 
Building  and  the  Unicentre  is  "kind  of  a 
dead  zone  anyway.  There  really  isn't  any 
green  space  and  it  doesn't  infringe  on  the 
parking  lot." 

Some  students  question  why  it's  even 
being  considered,  while  others  look  for- 
ward to  a  change. 

"I  don't  think  it  (the  first  floor)  needs 
to  be  renovated,"  says  second-year  psy- 
chology student  Dwight  Irving.  "It's  not 
necessary.  CUSA  should  put  the  money 
somewhere  more  productive." 

"There's  no  need  for  it,"  says  second- 
year  economics  student  Lisa  Fedoruk. 
"The  money's  better  spent  on  students." 

But  Rob  Cattral,  a  first-year  arts  stu- 
dent, says  the  first  floor  is  starting  to  get 
a  little  stale. 

"It  needs  a  facelift.  Swapping  the  ar- 
cade and  the  billiards  area  is  a  good 
idea,"  he  says. 

Special  student  Paul  Ferriera  says  CUSA 
"could  spend  it  (the  money)  a  lot  more 
wisely." 

Both  Golem  and  McAllister  say 
Faucher  should  take  the  proposals 
through  CUSA's  long-range  planning 
committee  before  bringing  it  to  council. 
The  committee  assesses  long-range 
projects  for  CUSA. 

Faucher  says  he's  bringing  the  pro- 
posal to  council  first  to  increase  interest 
and  "get  the  ball  rolling." 

He  says  CUSA  might  have  to  make 
changes  to  the  area  anyway  to  bring  it  up 


to  full  Are  code  standards  because  Travel 
Cuts,  the  Copy  Shop  and  the  arcade  now 
block  off  the  billiards  area  and  leave  no 
direct  exit  from  the  area. 

Ahti  Hamalainen,  CUSA's  financial 


administrator,  says  the  university,  which 
owns  the  building  but  rents  it  to  CUSA, 
would  want  that  problem  to  be  addressed 
before  permitting  any  renovations  in  the 
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Chart  astrologers 

Jesus  Christ  wasn't  the  only  deeply 
misunderstood  and  widely  misquoted 
prophet  bom  in  December.  Yes,  imagine 
our  surprise  to  find  out  that  our  very  own 
president  and  leader  of  his  flock,  Dr. 
Robin  "Hugh"  Farquhar,  BA,  MA,  PhD, 
FCCEA,  DAE,  was  bom  on  a  cold  winter 
morning  on  Dec.  1, 1938. 

And  although  we're  a  day  late  (hey, 
it's  the  thought  that  counts),  we  decided 
to  give  him  a  55  th  birthday  gift  we're  sure 
he'll  treasure  as  he  spends  another  year 


under  siege  as  president  of  an  embattled 
university:  the  gift  of  self-knowledge. 

Thanks  to  The  Only  Astrology  Book  You  '11 
Ever  Need  (published  by  Stein  and  Day), 
we've  learned  that  Sparky,  a  Sagittarian, 
is  "energetic  and  ambitious."  (First  Car- 
leton, tomorrow,  the  editorship  of 
Maclean  'si)  But  all  is  not  fine  and  well  for 
Sparky  the  Sagittarian. 

"Sagittarian  people  are  subject  to  ac- 
cidents of  fire"  (are  you  sure  you  un- 
plugged the  iron  before  you  left  this  morn- 
ing, Sparky?).  "Their  strong  desire  for 
freedom  may  also  incite  jealousy  and 
possessiveness  on  the  part  of  a  lover." 
(Uh-oh!)  ' 

However,  we  think  that  the  last  para- 
graph of  his  horoscope  sums  him  up 
o  perfectly: 

g      "Sagittarians  are  among  the  mostlik- 

0  able  people  in  the  Zodiac.  True,  you  can 

1  be  extravagant  and  wasteful,  even  on 
occasion  reckless  and  irresponsible.  True, 
your  life  is  full  of  forgotten  appointments, 
missed  deadlines,  unfinished  projects. 
True,  your  emotions  can  be  shallow  and 
your  commitments  almost  nonexistent. 

"Overriding  everything,  though,  is  the 
fact  that  you're  fun  to  be  with.  So  what  if 
you  promise  the  moon  and  everyone 
knows  you  won't  deliver.  You  know  ittoo. 
There's  nothing  underhanded  or  secre- 
tive in  the  way  you  deal.  You  play  with  all 
your  cards  on  the  table." 

Robin  Farquhar:  rogue,  lover,  all- 
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and  a  pat  on  the  back  for  turning  apathy  Into  action.  For  cheesy  game-show  host  Alex  Trebek  (who  slammed  CU  on  his  silly  show),  answer:  An 


Sigma  Pi  fraternity  speaks  about  date  rape 


by  Mo  Gannon 

Charlatan  Staff 

There  is  no  talk  of  babes,  beer  or  big- 
time  bashes  tonight. 

About  30  very  clean-cut  guys  from  the 
Carleton  chapter  of  the  Sigma  Pi  Frater- 
nity are  discussing  one  word  and  how  it's 
related  to  all  of  the  above:  no. 

Far  removed  from  any  party-on  scene 
in  Animal  House,  they  are  gathered  in 
Dunton  Tower  on  a  Sunday  night  to  talk 
about  date  rape.  The  room  issilentenough 
to  hear  a  fraternity  pin  drop  from  a 
sweatshirt  as  they  listen  to  one  of  their 
founding  members  talk  about  the  prob- 
lem. 

Robert  Kisielewski,  now  a  Sigma  Pi 
alumnus,  gives  a  casual  talk  about  when 
it's  cool  to  make  the  moves  on  someone 
and  when  it's  not. 

"No  does  mean  no,  okay?  Don't 
fucking  take  it  as  anything  else,"  says 
Kisielewski.  He  explains  that  education 
will  prevent  a  problem  before  the  legal 
system  has  to  intervene. 

"As  fraternity  members  .  .  .  we've  got 
to  be  extra,  extra  careful  about  what  we 
do  and  when  we  do  it,"  he  tells  the  guys. 

The  talk  is  the  first  in  a  series  of  educa- 
tional presentations  Kisielewski  is  plan- 
ning to  have  at  Sigma  Pi's  weekly  meet- 
ings. Other  topics,  presented  by  himself 
or  an  outside  expert,  will  include  alcohol 
awareness,  AIDS,  and  possibly  racism 
and  homophobia. 

The  fraternity  has  dealt  with  these 
topics  before  in  a  less  formal  manner, 
Kisielewski  says.  But  this  is  the  first  struc- 
tured effort  to  talk  about  these  things 
within  this  Sigma  Pi  chapter,  which  is 
following  the  lead  of  other  American 
chapters  involved  in  date  rape  preven- 
tion programs. 

After  speaking,  Kisielewski  shows  a 


in 


video 
called  Play- 
ing the 
Came, 
which  tells 
a  story 
about  a 
woman 
who  is 
raped  by  a 
man  at  a 
fraternity 
party. 
Kisielewski 
asks  if 
there  are 
questions. 
There  is  si- 
lence. 

"Has 
anybody 
been  in  a 
situation 
where  they 
know  that  they  avoided  something  like 
this?"  he  asks.  One  guy  raises  his  hand 
and  Kisielewski  acknowledges  he  has 
done  the  same. 

"Yep.  Right  here,  over  the  weekend," 
Kisielewski  says.  "Now  I'd  rather  play  it 
safe  and  not  get  charged  and  I'd  also 
rather  not  fuck  somebody's  personality 
up  for  a  long  time." 

The  guys  start  raising  their  hands. 

"I  was  just  going  to  say  that  nothing 
should  be  understood  in  a  situation  like 
that  unless  it's  spoken,"  says  Sigma  Pi 
President  Dave  Rigby.  "You  should  ask 
what's  understood  and  what  isn't." 

Baseball  caps  and  crew  cuts  nod  up 
and  down  in  agreement. 

Before  wrapping  up  the  45-minute 
presentation,  Kisielewski  warns  them 
about  drinking  and  its  tendency  to  dilute 


s 


W 


Frats  looking  to  change  Animal  House'  image  . 


thinking. 

"Don't  feel  scared,  [ust  chill  out.  Go 
out  and  have  a  good  time.  Just  don't  do 
anything  stupid,"  he  concludes. 

The  guys  hammer  on  the  desks  in 
thanks. 

Raul  De  Lima,  a  Sigma  Pi  member  for 
two  years,  says  he  found  the  talk  in- 
formative. 

"Itwasprettygood,"  hesays.'T'msure 
a  lot  of  guys  knew  about  the  issue,  but  I 
think  this  might  have  reinforced  it." 

Rigby  says  while  there  is  the  odd  Sigma 
Pi  guy  who  doesn't  think  date  rape  pre- 
vention education  is  necessary,  hischap- 
ter  has  never  had  any  problems  with  date 
rape. "I  think  we  do  a  pretty  good  job  of 
judging  the  character  and  the  morals  of 
the  guys  we  bring  into  the  fraternity,"  he 
says. 


Kisielewski  says  the  education  is  nec- 
essary. 

"I  think  that  if  we're  going  to  produce 
leaders  for  the  future  . . .  they  better  not 
be  afraid  of  what's  going  on  in  society, 
and  at  least  through  education  I  hope  to 
break  the  initial  barrier,  of  people  being 
homophobic,  of  people  being  racist,  of 
people  raping,  all  kinds  of  things." 

Some  studies  show  that  there's  a  big 
barrier  there  to  break. 

One  American  study  about  sexual 
assault  on  campus  shows  that  35  percent 
of  fraternity  men  have  reported  forcing 
someone  to  have  sex;  another  shows  that 
55  per  cent  of  alleged  gang  rapes  by 
college  students  in  the  1980s  were  com- 
mitted by  fraternity  members. 
Kisielewski  says  that's  hooey. 
"If  this  is  true,  then  out  of  the  65  guys 
that  we've  got,  35  per  cent  of  those  forced 
somebody  to  have  sex,  and  55  per  cent 
have  gang-banged  somebody?  I  mean, 
it's  just  not  true." 

Shirley  Anne  Off,  co-ordinator  of  the 
date  rape  prevention  campaign  at  Carle- 
ton,  says  there  is  truth  in  the  numbers. 
While  she  says  Sigma  Pi's  efforts  are  a 
good  start,  the  complex  issue  of  date  rape 
deserves  more  time  and  facilitated  dis- 
cussion by  experts. 

"What  (fraternities)  should  be  talking 
about  is  whether  or  not  there  is  some- 
thing in  their  structure . . .  that  promotes 
treating  women  poorly." 

Kisielewski  says  within  the  frat  struc- 
ture, change  is  taking  place. 

"Fraternities  have  had  in  their  past 
the  Animal  House-type  deal  and  one  thing 
has  led  to  another  and  there  have  been 
problems,"  he  says. 

"Nowadays,  everything  is  controlled 
and  structured.  It's  not  optimal,  because 
we  all  make  mistakes."  □ 


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NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


U  of  C  opens  food  bank  for  students 


by  Jill  Mahoney 

Charlatan  Siatl 

Incidents  of  students  going  hungry 
have  prompted  University  of  Calgary  stu- 
dents to  open  a  food  bonk,  bringing  the 
number  of  food  banks  started  on  Cana- 
dian campuses  to  13  in  the  last  three 
years. 

But  despite  calls  for  similar  action  at 
Carleton,  the  undergraduate  students' 
association  says  there  is  no  room  to  open 
a  food  bank  here. 

Calgary's  campus  opened  its  foodbank 
in  October  to  provide  emergency  food  to 
students  in  financial  difficulty  because 
some  students  saw  the  need  to  help  oth- 
ers who  were  literally  starving. 

"Itbasically  started  with  a  lot  of  rumors 
that  people  had  been  lodging  academic 
appeals  for  failing  exams  because  they 
hadn't  eaten  for  days,"  says  Catherine 
Franssens,  a  representative  on  the  stu- 
dent food  action  committee  of  the  Calgary 
Students'  Legislative  Council. 

She  says  U  of  C's  food  bank  is  unlike 
most  other  university  food  banks  in  that 
it  screens  candidates  to  verify  their  need 
for  assistance.  Recipients  of  food  must  be 
U  of  C  students  and  pass  a  test  of  finan- 
cial eligibility  that  questions  their  rent, 
student  loan  and  work  situation. 

"I  don't  think  we've  had  to  rum  any- 
one away,"  she  says. 

Franssens  says  in  the  first  month  of 
operation,  the  food  bank  gave  hampers 
of  food  to  about  20  students.  Each  eligible 
student  is  allowed  one  hamper  of  food 
every  two  months. 

Though  the  food  bank  is  student-run 
from  an  office  on  campus,  it  is  a  subsidi- 
ary of  Calgary  Interfaith,  a  local  food 
bank  which  provides  the  food  given  to 
students. 

Franssens  says  one  of  the  committee's 


concerns  is  that  students  might  be 
ashamed  to  be  seen  going  into  a  food 
bank  located  in  the  student  centre.  So, 
the  volunteers  decided  to  keep  the  centre 
open  in  the  evening,  when  fewer  stu- 
dents are  on  campus. 

Franssens  says  although  the  U  of  C 
student  association  has  given  its  support, 
student  volunteers  do  most  of  the  work. 

"The  legislative  council  was  involved 
in  supporting  our  efforts.  But  as  far  as 
planning  and  distribution  goes,  they 
haven't  really  been  involved." 

Franssens  says  the  problem  of  student 
poverty  "extends  across  the  country." 

Although  there  are  no  official  statis- 
tics on  food  bank  use,  the  National  Anti- 
Poverty  Organization  says  there  are  450 
food  banks  that  serve  about  2.5  million 
Canadians.  The  first  official  food  bank 
opened  in  1981. 

Francois  Dumaine,  the  organization's 
assistant  executive  director,  says  the  grow- 


ing number  of  food  banks  is  part  of  the 
overall  bleak  economic  picture. 

"The  increase  in  the  number  of  food 
banks  is  one  clear  illustration  of  all  the 
cuts  we've  had  to  social  programs, "  says 
Dumaine. 

He  says  students  are  especially  hard- 
hit  because  their  earnings  are  limited 
and  they  have  many  unavoidable  ex- 
penses. 

"With  these  sort  of  expenses,  you  have 
no  choice — you  pay  or  you're  out.  When 
you  add  them  all  up,  you'll  see  at  the  end 
that  many  people  see  food  as  flexible," 
he  says.  "They  say,  T  have  to  cut  some- 
where' and  they  can't  cut  theirbus  passes 
or  rent,  so  they  cut  food." 

But  Dumaine  says  food  banks  are  not 
long-term  solutions  to  student  hunger. 
"The  mission  of  all  food  banks  is  to  close 
all  food  banks,"  he  says. 
Franssens  agrees. 

"When  people  say  we're  a  Band-Aid 


solution,  it's  true.  But  we  have  to  address 
this  problem." 

Some  people  believe  there  should  be  a 
food  bank  at  Carleton. 

"As  a  NUG  (New  University  Govern- 
ment) rep,  I've  known  people  who  are 
hungry.  I've  known  people  who  haven't 
eaten  for  three  days,"  says  Wayne  Ross, 
co-ordinator  of  the  Student  Academic 
Action  Bureau  and  NUG  representative 
for  the  department  of  philosophy. 

Ross  says  he  is  committed  to  getting  a 
food  bank  here  at  Carleton. 

"There  will  be  a  food  bank  before  I 
leave  this  university,"  he  says.  "I'm  quite 
certain  that  next  year  it  will  come  about. 
People  have  a  right  to  eat.  I  think  food 
should  be  free." 

Rob  jamieson,  CUSA's  vice-president 
internal,  agrees  there  is  a  need  for  a  food 
bank  here. 

"I  think  the  statistics  tell  us  most  stu- 
dents are  definitely  under  the  poverty 
line  in  Ottawa-Carleton,"  says  lamieson. 
"There  are  20,000  students  here.  You 
can't  tell  me  there  isn't  even  five  students 
short  on  food." 

CUSA  looked  at  the  possibility  of  a 
food  bank  last  summer,  but  found  they 
lacked  space  to  operate  it. 

"If  the  student  association  runs  it,  it 
has  to  be  out  of  the  Unicentre.  Everything 
we  have  is  overflowing  already,"  says 
Jamieson. 

Other  Canadian  universities  and  col- 
leges that  have  food  banks  include:  the 
University  of  Winnipeg,  Lakehead  Uni- 
versity in  Thunder  Bay,  Ont.,  Simon  Fraser 
University  in  Bumaby,  B.C.,  Ryerson 
Polytechnical  University  in  Toronto, 
Dalhousie  University  in  Halifax,  the  Uni- 
versity of  Alberta  in  Edmonton  and  the 
University  of  Toronto.  □ 

With  files  Ifom  The  Gazette,  University  ot  Western  Ontario 


Government  tests  income-contigent  loan  plan 


"  If  you  used  Q  different  applicant  pool, 
the  results  would  be  different,"  he  says. 

Onuoha  says  the  type  of  participants, 
as  well  as  the  small  amount  of  money 
lent  out  to  them,  will  provide  the  govem- 
mentwith  "results  (which)  will  be  usedto 
justify  the  income-contingent  loan  pro- 
gram as  a  valid  means  to  get  loans." 

But  McKay  denies  the  provincial  gov- 
ernment is  attempting  to  distort  results 
in  its  favor. 

"We  know  that  we're  not  going  to  get 
the  data  that  would  decide  how  we're 
going  to  implement  such  a  program,"  he 
says.  "I  appre- 
ciate that 
point." 

But  he  says 
the  project  will 
be  useful  be- 
cause the  pro- 
vincial govern- 
ment will  gain 
experience  in 
administering 
the  new  loans. 

Although 
the  CFS  opposes 
the  new  loan 
scheme,  some  ^^^^^^m^^^ 
student  leaders  support  it. 

The  project  may  fail  to  produce  ad- 
equate results,  "but  if  s  not  as  bad  as 
Emechete  suggests,"  says  Rick  Martin, 
liaison  officer  of  the  Association  of  Part- 
Time  University  Students  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Toronto.  Martin  is  also  a  spokes- 
person for  the  Ontario  Undergraduate 
Student  Alliance,  a  student  lobby  group 
formed  recentiy  among  five  Ontario  uni- 
versities. 

"It's  difficult  to  project  over  a  longer 
period  how  this  project  will  work  because 


by  Franco  D'Orazio 

Charlatan  Start 

An  Ontario  government  project  test- 
ing a  new  student  loan  program  is  "sig- 
nificantly flawed, "  says  a  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students  official. 

For  the  nextsemester,  the  pilotproject 
will  lend  1,000  students  due  to  graduate 
in  April  $2,500  each,  according  to  jamie 
McKay,  director  of  the  Ontario  student 
support  branch  of  the  Ministry  of  Educa- 
tion and  Training. 

Emechete  Onuoha,  chair  of  the  CFS- 
Ontario,  says  the  income-contingency 
loan  repayment  project  is  inflexible  be- 
cause its  life  span  is  too  short.  He  also 
says  the  1,000  university  students  in- 
volved do  not  meet  the  Ontario  Student 
Assistance  Program's  qualifications  in 
evaluating  financial  need. 

"What  possible  value  could  this  study 
have  with  those  figures?"  Onuoha  asks. 

Essentially,  an  income-contingent 
loans  program  offers  government-spon- 
sored loans  to  students  to  cover  the  cost  of 
their  education.  Upon  graduation,  a  set 
percentage  of  the  graduate's  annual  in- 
come is  used  to  determine  the  rate  of 
repayment. 

The  loan  given  to  students  in  the 
project  will  accumulate  interest  as  soon 
as  they  borrow  the  money.  They  will 
begin  to  pay  back  the  loan  six  months 
after  graduation. 

If  a  student's  income  remains  below 
$20,000  for  two  years  after  graduation 
and  he  or  she  cannot  repay  the  loan,  it 
will  be  paid  by  the  government. 

Onuoha  said  the  project  should  not  be 
tested  on  students  who  have  been  refused 
financial  aid  from  the  OSAP,  but  on 
students  who  presently  receive  OSAP 

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,  ,  ^      „„onemen,  relations  from  someone  wit^ 
Forever"  Watson,  a  lesson  In  labor-management  reiauoD» 


it's  being  tested  over  a  short  term,"  says 
Martin,  but  he  also  says  it  is  not  without 
benefits. 

"You  will  get  a  sense  of  what  sort  of 
demands  there  will  be  from  students," 
says  Martin,  who,  along  with  Onuoha, 
sat  on  an  advisory  board  which  studied 
the  proposal  forincome-contingentloans. 

At  Carleton,  39  students  will  take  part 
in  the  pilot  project,  according  to  Carol 
Fleck,  director  of  student  awards. 

"We  were  informed  this  week  (in  No- 
vember) that  we'd  be  allocated  39  spaces 
in  the  project,"  she  says. 

She  says 
letters  will  be 
mailed  in  De- 
cember to  stu- 
dents gradu- 
ating in  April 
whom  OSAP 
refused  to  as- 
sist, inviting 
them  to  take 
part  in  the 
project.  But 
she  could  not 
say  whether 
the  program 
_  at  Carleton 

will  be  ready  to  take  effect  next  semester. 

Fleck  says  students  who  have  been 
refused  financial  assistance  do  not  neces- 
sarily come  from  affluent  families.  Fac- 
tors such  as  students'  income,  their  par- 
ents' combined  income  and  the  number 
of  children  attending  university  are  all 
considered  in  the  needs  test  used  to  assess 
a  student's  eligibility  for  financial  assist- 
ance, she  says. 

"For  example,  one  dependent  child 
whose  parents  earn  more  than  $60,000 
will  likely  not  get  assistance,"  she  says. 


Onuoha  says  the  type  of 
participants,  as  well  as  the 
small  amount  of  money  lent  out 
to  them,  will  provide  the  gov- 
ernment with  "results  (which) 
will  be  used  to  justify  the  in- 
come-contingent loan  program 
as  a  valid  means  to  get  loans." 


"But  in  a  family  with  three  children  liv- 
ing away  from  home  and  whose  parents 
earn  more  than  $75,000,  all  three  chil- 
dren would  get  loans." 

Although  it  is  not  a  new  idea,  an 
income-contingent  loan  program  was 
proposed  in  August  by  the  Council  of 
Ontario  Universities,  a  group  consisting 
of  university  presidents,  as  an  alterna- 
tive to  current  student  loan  programs  in 
a  paper  on  tuition  fee  reforms. 

According  to  the  discussion  paper,  the 
loan  program's  repayment  system,  in 
theory,  would  make  higher  tuition  fees 
possible  because  students  would  be  able 
to  borrow  asmuchastheyneedtopayfor 
their  expenses. 

But  to  start  up  a  full-fledged  income- 
contingent  program,  according  to  McKay, 
the  Ontario  government  would  require 
nearly  $1  billion  in  the  first  year  to  lend 
to  students.  McKay  says  that's  based  on 
the  150,000  Ontario  students  who  re- 
ceived either  Canada  Student  Loans  or 
OSAP  loans  this  year. 

It  is  unlikely  that  such  a  loan  program 
would  be  implemented  soon,  he  says. 

"The  provincial  government  has  said 
it  would  not  act  alone,"  McKay  says, 
adding  that  some  other  provinces  are 
also  supportive  of  an  income-contingent 
loan  programs,  but  there  has  been  no 
word  from  the  federal  government. 

"A  great  deal  of  money  will  be  needed 
if  all  11  governments  are  to  create  a 
national  program, "  McKay  says.  He  esti- 
mates that  between  $30  and  $40  billion 
in  funds  would  be  required  over  15  to  20 
years  before  the  loan  program  would  be 
self-sufficient.  The  program  would  be  self- 
sufficient  when  the  money  paid  back  by 
some  students  with  loans  is  recycled  and 
lent  out  to  other  students.  □ 


Violence  against  women  remembered 


by  Karolma  Srutek 

Charlatan  Slaff 

"It's  good  to  remember  —  but  bod  to 
hate  men  because  of  it.  It's  important  to 
remember  that  no  one  has  the  right  to 
abuse  anyone  else,"  says  third-year  sci- 
ence student  Elizabeth  Davis  about  the 
annual  commemoration  of  violence 
against  women. 

On  Dec.  6,  Carleton  will  be  holding  a 
commemorative  gathering  with  a  can- 
dle ceremony  to  observe  the  National 
Day  of  Remembrance  and  Action  on 
Violence  Against  Women. 

The  gathering,  at  noon  in  residence's 
Fenn  Lounge,  will  start  off  the  official 
Week  of  Reflection  observed  by  the  Cana- 
dian Federation  of  Students. 

The  gathering  is  scheduled  to  have  40 
minutes  of  music  and  speeches,  says 
Theresa  Cowan,  director  of  services  for 
the  Carleton  University  Students'  Asso- 
ciation. 

The  "candle  of  hope"  ceremony  will 
involve  a  candle  that  will  be  lit  by  a 
woman,  followed  by  a  male  speaker 
speaking  on  how  women  and  men  can 
work  together  on  the  issue  of  violence 
against  women. 

The  national  day  of  remembrance 
coincides  with  the  anniversary  of  the 
Dec.  6,  1989  massacre  of  14  women  at 
the  Ecole  Polytechnique  in  Montreal. 

CUSA  enlisted  the  help  of  many  com- 
mittees and  groups  to  organize  the  gath- 
ering, says  Cowan.  The  groups  involved 
include  the  Status  of  Women  Office,  the 
Carleton  Women's  Centre  and  the  Catho- 
lic Chaplaincy  on  campus. 

The  Week  of  Reflection  is  "a  time 
when  all  of  us  can  reflect  on  the  reality  of 
terror  and  fear  that  women  know,"  says 
a  leaflet  distributed  by  CUSA.  "Most  of 
all,  during  this  Week  of  Reflection,  women 
and  men  can  make  the  commitment  to 
work  together  to  stop  the  violence  and  to 
change  the  social  norms  that  perpetuate 
men's  violence  against  women." 

During  the  week,  information  tables 


will  be  set  up  in  Baker  Lounge  from  the 
Sexual  Assault  Support  Centre,  the  Ot- 
tawa Rape  Crisis  Centre  and  Interval 
House,  a  local  shelter  for  women  who 
have  to  leave  their  homes  to  escape  vio- 
lent situations. 

The  Carleton  White  Ribbon  Cam- 
paign, an  awareness  campaign  organ- 
ized by  men,  will  also  set  up  in  Baker 
Lounge.  This  campaign  is  not  officially 
affiliated  with  the  national  one,  says 
Tom  Golem,  a  CUSA  arts  and  social  sci- 
ences representative  in  charge  of  the 
campaign. 

"Lots  of  people  complained  last  year, 
(that)  our  campaign  is  similar  to  the 
national  one,  but  we  want  to  bypass 
some  of  the  concerns  the  women's  com- 
munity has  had  in  the  past, "  says  Golem. 
He  says  last  year,  too  much  attention  was 
focused  on  the  men 's  movement  and  not 
enough  on  the  issue  of  violence  against 
women. 

Last  year,  the  gathering  at  Carleton 
was  focused  more  on  the  women  who 
were  killed  in  Montreal,  but  this  year  will 
be  different,  says  Cowan. 

"If  s  very  painful  for  the  families  of  the 
killed  women  to  have  to  deal  with  every 
Dec.  6.  This  year  it's  more  of  a  memorial 
for  all  women  around  experiencing  vio- 
lence." 

A  recent  survey  demonstrates  the  level 
of  violence  against  women  in  Canadian 
society.  Statistics  Canada  released  a  sur- 
vey of  violence  against  women  on  Nov. 
1 8,  which  found  that  5 1  per  cent  of  women 
said  they  have  experienced  at  least  one 
incident  of  physical  orsexual  violence  by 
men. 

During  the  week,  students  can  con- 
tribute to  the  Interval  House  drive  by 
bringing  shampoo,  toothpaste,  tooth- 
brushes, soap,  pyjamas  and  other  per- 
sonal products. 

Students  can  also  contribute  their  po- 
etry, art  or  other  forms  of  expressions  at 
the  Carleton  Women's  Centre  to  be  dis- 
played during  the  week.  □ 


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Ministry  begins  funding  review 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

ChajlBJen  Saff 

The  Ontario  Council  on  University 
Affairs  will  conduct  a  review  of  how  grants 
are  distributed  to  Ontario  universities. 

Dave  Cooke,  the  minister  of  education 
and  training,  made  the  announcement 
on  Nov.  24  in  the  Ontario  legislature.  He 
said  OCXS  A  will  report  its  findings  late  in 
1994. 

Cooke  said  the  council  will  examine 
the  government's  current  allocation  of 
spending  on  universities  among  teach- 
ing, administration,  research  and  com- 
munity service. 

He  also  said  the  council  will  have 
several  factors  to  consider,  including  ac- 
cessibility and  teaching, 

"It's  clear  that  there  mustbe  a  stronger 
emphasis  on  teaching  in  our  universi- 
ties," Cooke  told  the  legislature. 

OCUA  is  a  government-sponsored 
body  made  up  of  appointees  from  vari- 
ous groups  involved  in  education,  such 
as  students,  faculty,  administrators  and 
staff.  They  make  recommendations  to 
the  ministry  on  education  policy. 

liberal  MPP  Dalton  McGuinty  (Ot- 
tawa South)  said  the  problem  with  the 
review  is  that  any  recommendations  it 
may  have  won't  take  effect  until  1995- 
96. 

"In  the  meantime,  the  only  alterna- 
tive source  of  funding  the  government  is 
considering  is  on  the  backs  of  students," 
McGuinty  told  The  Charlatan. 

McGuinty  said  the  latest  rumor  about 
the  possible  tuition  hike  is  that  it  will  be 
30  per  cent  over  three  years.  He  said 
Cooke  will  probably  announce  the  in- 
crease before  the  end  of  the  calendar 
year,  "when  everyone's  gone  home  for 


Christmas",  said  McGuinty. 

McGuinty  also  said  the  OCUA  will  not 
get  funding  to  conduct  the  review,  but 
the  service  of  several  ministry  officials 
wilt  be  loaned  to  the  council. 

"OCUA  is  supposed  to  be  an  objective, 
arms-length  group,  but  if  s  going  to  have 
ministry  officials.  Ifs  like  giving  advice 
toyourself .  The  optics  are  bad,  "  McGuinty 
added. 

The  announcement  does  not  mean 
new  funding  can  be  expected,  said  Bill 
Pickett,  Carleton's  director  of  budget  plan- 
ning. 

"We  don't  know  whether  we  will  get 
more  (funding)  or  less. " 

But  he  said  the  university  is  looking 
forward  to  the  review,  because  he  said 
Carleton's  enrolment  has  grown  faster 
than  other  universities  in  the  province. 
The  number  of  students  admitted  to  first- 
year  this  year  increased  1 1  per  cent  over 
last  year. 

He  said  because  Cooke  said  the  review 
would  encourage  accessibility,  it  might 
reward  Carleton. 

In  a  response  to  Cooke's  announce- 
ment delivered  in  the  legislature  on  the 
same  day,  McGuinty  suggested  criteria 
for  the  review. 

"Universities  exist,  obviously,  to  fulfil 
a  number  of  obligations,  but  one  of  them 
is  surely  to  serve  students  and  not  the 
other  way  around, "  McGuinty  said. 

"For  this  reason,  a  new  formula  for 
funding  should  reward  a  university  for 
good  teaching,  for  smaller  class  sizes  and 
for  more  contact  rime. " 

He  also  said  the  review  should  try  to 
make  universities  more  accountable  to 
the  government  and:  taxpayers.  □ 


a  call  for 
volunteers. 


Volunteer  training  for  the  winter  term  takes  place, 
lahuary  a,  1994  during  the  day.  "Bill  or  drop  by  fdii 
more  Information  or  to  pfc-f eglttor. 

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Wayne  Ross  and  Renee  Twaddle,  nothing  —  you  got  your  present  in  November.  For  Carleton's  TAs  and  RAs, )  ustice .  For  CUSA  finance  commissioner 


Plans  made  to  privatize  Queen  s  MBA  deqree 

bv  Matt  Skinner   .   .  ^9 


by  Matt  Skinner. 

Charlatan  Statf 

A  proposal  to  privatize  the  master's  of 
business  administration  program  at 
Queen's  University  will  make  it  "world- 
class,"  says  the  program's  chairperson 
Ken  Wong. 

But  Emechete  Onuoha,  chair  of  the 
Canadian  Federation  of  Students'  On- 
tario wing,  says  Queen's  is  seeking  a 
"self-desired  position  of  academic  elit- 
ism." 

The  proposal,  made  by  officials  in  the 
program,  means  students  would  pay 
$20,000  for  a  MBA  degree,  reducing  the 
current  two-year  (16-month)  program  to 
a  1 2-month  program.  Currently,  the  MBA 
program  costs  students  $2,600  per  year 
in  tuition,  for  a  total  of  $5,200  for  their 
degree. 

If  implemented,  the  new  program 
would  have  room  for  50  students  and 
accept  its  first  applicants  in  1996.  The 
current  program  has  about  230  students, 
with  around  120  graduates  each  year. 

Wong  says  he  thinks  the  program  will 
be  privatized  by  the  end  of  the  decade, 
regardless  of  what  happens  to  the  de- 
partment's proposal  because  of  antici- 
pated reductions  in  government  fund- 
ing. 

With  larger  numbers  of  students  go- 
ing to  the  United  States  to  study  business 
each  year,  Wong  says  the  Queen's  pro- 
gram must  improve  to  appeal  to  students 
who  will  be  paying  the  same  amount  of 
tuition  at  Queen's  if  it  is  forced  to  priva- 
tize. 

He  says  the  students  would  have  the 
same  number  of  class  hours  and  credits, 
but  they  would  have  better  access  to 
faculty  because  fewer  students  would  be 
admitted  and  the  program's  resources 
would  be  improved. 

Wong  says  the  proposal  must  be  ap- 
proved by  the  faculty  of  the  school  of 
business,  then  by  the  university's  senate 
and  again  by  the  board  of  trustees. 

Under  the  new  program,  there  would 
be  no  government  funding  to  the  MBA 
degree,  placing  all  of  the  cost  of  the 
degree  on  students.  Wong  says  the  200 
government-subsidized  student  spaces 
usually  allocated  to  Queen's  school  of 


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business  would  be  distributed  to  other 
faculties  on  campus,  allowing  these  de- 


partments to  accept  larger  numbers  of 
students. 

Wong  says  MBA  graduates  usually 
have  high  starting  salaries  and  should 
therefore  be  more  accountable  for  their 
tuition.  He  says  the  university  has  placed 
two-thirds  of  MBA  graduates  with  jobs  in 
the  past. 

Onuoha  says  the  proposed  hike  in 
tuition  that  accompanies  privatisation  is 
inconceivable,  because  the  cost  of  the 
MBA  program  would  be  too  much  for 
many  students  to  bear. 

"You  can  kiss  accessibility  good-bye," 
he  says. 

Wong  says  the  reduced  number  of 
positions  in  the  program  will  not  make 
education  inaccessible  for  students  be- 
cause "other  business  programs  in 
Canada  can  pick  up  the  excess  students. " 


Onuoha  says  other  Canadian  busi- 
ness programs  shouldn't  be  required  to 
absorb  Queen's  extra  students.  He  says 
he  thinks  Queen's  is  using  taxpayers' 
money  to  create  a  private  institution.  A 
public  school  is  supposed  to  be  accessible 
and  accountable  to  society  at  large,  he 
says,  and  not  just  partially  accessible. 

Wong  says  the  proposal  also  stipu- 
lates the  necessity  for  an  income-  contin- 
gent loan  repayment  plan  to  help  stu- 
dents cope  with  the  higher  tuition. 

The  income-contingent  plan  would 
mean  students  would  not  start  paying  off 
their  loan  until  they  have  found  a  job 
and  the  rate  of  payment  would  vary  with 
the  students'  salaries,  says  Wong. 

But  Onuoha  says  this  system  is  doomed 
to  fail  because  there  is  no  guarantee  of 
students  having  jobs.  □ 


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EDITORIAL  PAGE 


A  message 
that  needs 
repeating 

Dec.  6  marks  the  fourth  anniversary  of  the 
massacre  at  the  Ecole  Polytechnique. 
Every  year  since  then  has  been  commemo- 
rated —  with  candlelight  vigils,  moments  of 
remembrance  and  other  activities. 
Right  now,  we  still  remember  the  event,  but  the  edge 
dulls  a  little  and  the  pain  becomes  easier  to  cope  with 
every  year.  The  gatherings  shrink  and  people  forget. 

Can  we  just  relegate  the  memory  of  the  14  women 
killed  to  a  memorial  once  a  year?  No,  we  can't. 

The  memory  has  to  be  kept  alive  so  that  years  from 
now,  people  will  remember  the  women  who  died  and  not 
their  murderer.  People  must  not  just  mark  the  anniver- 
sary of  the  event,  but  work  actively  to  combat  the  larger 
social  problem  the  event  represents. 

The  Montreal  massacre  has  come  to  represent  all 
violence  against  women,  yet  some  people  still  don't  get 
the  point. 

•  Itis  sad  that  this  is  an  editorial  that  needs  to  be  written 
every  year.  It's  even  sadder  that  it  could  probably  be 
written  every  day. 

It  gets  tiring,  explaining  the  same  problem  over  and 
over  again.  What  is  really  tiring  is  that  the  problem  still 
exists.  Getting  the  message  out  that  violence  against 
women  must  be  fought  is  worth  repeating. 

It  is  especially  worth  repeating  when  you  see  statistics 
like  those  released  by  Statistics  Canada  recently.  Its 
survey  of  women  found  that  51  per  cent  of  them  had 
experienced  at  least  one  incident  of  physical  or  sexual 
violence  since  the  age  of  16. 

There's  no  need  to  belabor  this  point  —  violence 
against  women  is  a  reality. 

However,  violence  against  women  does  not  just  effect 
women.  Too  often,  violence  against  women  is  seen  as 
only  a  women's  problem  and  the  ceremonies  around 
Dec.  6  become  women's  events.  But  it's  not  a  problem 
caused  by  women  —  it's  a  societal  problem.  It  may  be 
impossible  for  the  individual  to  change  society,  but 
that's  not  an  excuse  for  inaction.  Society  as  a  whole 
needs  to  change  its  attitudes  about  women  and  all 
individuals  can  help  contribute  to  that. 

For  every  person  who  attends  a  ceremony  on  Dec.  6  or 
takes  some  other  positive  action  to  end  violence,  there 
are  still  too  many  people  out  there  who  don't. 

This  year,  do  something  to  acknowledge  the  problem. 

Attending  a  ceremony  does  a  lot  by  acknowledging 
the  problem  in  a  an  environment  which  provides  a  place 
for  healing  and  a  show  of  solidarity.  But  it's  not  the  only 
action  people  can  take.  Activities  may  be  centered  around 
this  one  week,  but  individual  action  can  continue  through- 
out the  year. 

There  -are  a  countless  number  of  actions  the  indl 
vidual  can  take  to  help  solve  the  problem .  First,  examine 
your  own  attitudes  and  actions.  Use  your  convictions  to 
help  educate  a  friend  or  a  neighbor.  Make  a  contribution 
toawomen'sshelterorbetteryet,  see  ifyou  can  volunteer 
your  time  in  some  way  for  one. 

If  you  see  a  woman  being  harassed,  don't  be  afraid  to 
speak  up.  If  you  hear  someone  telling  sexist  jokes, 
challenge  them.  Ask  them  why  they  think  what  they're 
saying  is  funny. 

Each  change  the  individual  makes  counts  toward  a 
cumulative  societal  change.  It  will  also  prevent  Dec.  6 
from  becoming  an  once-a-year  anniversary. 

Instead,  a  commemoration  of  one  event  can  become 
the  catalyst  for  years  of  action. 

Action  will  help  transform  the  society  we  live  in,  a 
society  where  women  are  killed  and  raped,  into  a  society 
we  really  want  live  in. 


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OPINION 


War  toys  not  root  of  violence 


by  Jennifer  Clarke  Wilkes 

Jennifer  Clarita  Wilkes  graduated  IramCartetonin  1 9B2  with  a  bacneldr  degree  in 
classics  while  at  Cadeton,  she  belonged  to  the  Strategy  Club,  a  group  which  plays 
games,  including  military  strategy  games  and  tote-ptaying  games. 

One  of  the  more  ironic  things  about  "War  toys  out, 
play  with  peace!"  The  Charlatan,  Nov.  11,  1993,  is  the 
illustration  that  accompanied  Richard  Sanders's  predict- 
able tirade  against  "violent"  toys  and  games.  It  showed 
a  child,  surrounded  by  toys  glorifying  mass  destruction, 
plaintively  asking  "Chess,  anyone?" 

Anyone  who  has  the  slightest  familiarity  with  chess 
knows  that  it  is  an  abstract  simulation  of  warfare.  The 
objective  is  to  infiltrate  the  enemy  position  and  ulti- 
mately kill  the  opposing  king.  The  word  checkmate 
comes  from  the  Persian  shah  kumat- "the  king  is  dead." 

Chess  is  used  in  schools  as  an  educational  aid  in 
mathematics  courses.  Children  as  youngassixare  being 
exposed  to  this  "war  toy,"  but  no  one  is  making  a  fuss 
about  it. 

Contrary  to  popular  be- 
lief, there  is  no  satisfactory 
proof  of  a  cause  and  effect 
relationship  between  vio- 
lent entertainment  and  vio- 
lent behavior. 

Spurious  linkages  can 
easily  be  made  between 
events  that  are  found  to 
have  no  solid  connection 
on  closer  examination.  If  a 
study  finds  a  significant  in- 
crease in  the  number  of  car 
accidents  in  the  Glebe  im- 
mediately after  Rough  Rid- 
ers' games,  does  that  mean 
that  football  is  the  cause? 

Of  course  not— highertrafficvolume,  drinkingatthe 
games,  or  other  events  occurring  at  the  same  time  as  the 
games  are  all  factors.  While  there  is  a  link,  the  cause  is 
less  sure. 

The  1991  Canadian  Radio-Television  and  Telecom- 
munications Commission  survey  on  television  violence 
to  which  Sanders  refers  also  examined  many  studiesthat 
could  not  demonstrate  a  clear  link  between  televised 
scenes  of  violence  and  actual  violent  behavior.  Because 
the  body  of  studies  as  a  whole  claimed  mutually  contra- 
dictory findings,  the  CRTC  survey  was  unable  to  draw  a 
definite  conclusion. 

The  best  the  researchers  could  conclude,  a  point  that 
Sanders  conveniently  omitted,  was  that  "there  is  a  link, 
although  not  necessarily  one  of  cause  and  effect." 

I  have  played  war  games,  fantasy  role-playing  games, 
video  games  and  paint  ball.  I  have  never  been  inspired 
to  translate  the  simulated  violence  of  these  activities  into 


real-life  violent  acts.  I  have  also  never  known  a  game- 
playing  friend  to  do  so. 

When  I  was  young,  I  played  "cops  and  robbers"  with 
guns  fashioned  from  tree  branches  and  hockey  sticks  — 
I  did  not  then  go  out  and  stick  up  a  convenience  store.  I 
watched  the  Three  Stooges  —  I  did  not  then  poke  people 
in  the  eye,  nor  did  I  leam  that  dropping  an  anvil  on 
someone  was  a "  preferred  means  of  resolving  conflicts." 

Like  any  normal  individual,  I  was  able  to  separate 
fantasy  from  reality  and  could  readily  perceive  that 
material  intended  for  entertainment  was  perforce  exag- 
gerated. A  child  growing  up  in  a  healthy  and  supportive 
environment  will  have  no  difficulty  understanding  what 
is  appropriate  behavior.  If  the  child's  environment  is  not 
healthy,  is  blame  to  be  laid  on  games? 

If  it  were  true  that  exposure  to  "violent"  games 
desensitizes  people  to  real  violence,  than  everyone  who 
ever  played  the  war  game  Risk  would  constitute  a  threat 
to  society.  By  that  logic,  anyone  who  plays  Monopoly 
wouldbe  desensitized  to  eco- 
nomic hardship. 

Don't  misunderstand  me 
—  there  are  excellent  skills 
taught  by  peaceful  toys.  As  a 
child  I  enjoyed  Lego, 
Tinkertoy,  chemistry  sets, 
crystal  radios  and  jigsaw  puz- 
zles. But  any  board  game  or 
video  game  is  not  in  itself 
violent,  unless  you  throw  it 
at  someone. 

Far  from  encouraging  vio- 
lent outbursts,  games  are  so- 
cial activities  that  bring  peo- 
ple together.  It  can  be  ar- 
gued the  camaraderie  of  playing  games  does  much  to 
counter  the  isolating  and  dehumanizing  trend  of  our 
society.  Game  players  tend  to  be  a  tightly  knit  group  and 
the  sense  of  belonging  has  real  therapeutic  value. 

To  understand  the  roots  of  violence,  we  must  under- 
stand our  own  nature.  Like  other  animals,  we  instinc- 
tively respond  to  stress  either  by  fighting  or  fleeing. 
Where  flight  is  not  possible,  humans  react  violently  to  a 
stressful  situation,  be  it  overcrowding,  domestic  abuse, 
poverty,  unemployment  or  an  increasingly  impersonal 
society.  These  are  the  true  causes  of  aggression. 

What  is  disturbing  about  violent  themes  in  entertain- 
ment is  that  they  reflect  the  ugly  side  of  our  nature. 
Attempts  to  suppress  these  surface  manifestations,  how- 
ever, ignore  the  deeper  forces  that  breed  violence.  Our 
unwillingness  to  face  the  real  problems,  in  favor  of 
attacking  convenient  scapegoats,  does  more  harm  than 
good.  a 


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Editor: 

Re:  "What  is  racism?"  The  Charlatan, 
Nov.  25,  1993. 

Last  week's  article  in  the  hate  supple- 
ment was  good  and  to  the  point.  Every- 
thing in  the  two  panels  from  Amoja  Three 
River's  Cultural  Etiquette,  where  racial  stere- 
otypes are  pilloried,  was  indeed  racist, 
with  one  exception:  "Where  are  you 
from?" 

Obviously  any  question  in  a  particular 
context  or  said  in  a  particular  tone  of 
voice,  could  be  i  ntended  as,  or  assumed  to 
be  racist.  But  whereas  "You  people  are  so 
exotic"  is  obviously  racist,  "Where  are 
you  from?"  is  a  natural  opening  question 
when  strangers  meet  and  of  itself  has  no 
racist  overtones. 

It  is  usually  an  open  question  that 
makes  no  assumptions,  so  that  to  include 
it  in  this  list  is  overkill  of  a  sort  that  will  not 
help  to  eliminate  racist  attitudes.  Instead 
it  makes  a  mockery  of  the  whole  issue  of 
racism  and  only  serves  to  diminish  the 
article. 

Christopher  Levenson 
English  professor 
and  Oonagh  Berry 

Keep  fighting  the 
power 

Editor 

Bravo  Karin  Jordan  and  Andrea  Smith! 
Thankyou  for  addressing  the  ever-present 
feminist  backlash  in  North  America  in 
your  article  "Plagues  of  a  movement," 
The  Charlatan,  Nov.  25,  1993. 

Many  women  believe  that  equality  has 
already  been  achieved,  and  seem  to  ig- 
nore the  fact  that  violence  againstwomen, 
unequal  pay,  discrimination  andamyriad 
of  other  barriers  still  exist  in  Canada.  I  am 
a  feminist,  but  I  do  not  believe  that  point- 
ing out  injustices  in  society  leaves  me 
without  power.  Rather,  it  is  only  when  I,  or 
others,  stop  fighting  for  equality  that  we 
will  lose  the  power  to  change  our  lives  for 
the  better. 

Thanks  again.  Your  article  was  a  pleas- 
ure to  read. 

Laura  Bonnett 
Qualifying  year 
Master's  in  Canadian  studies 

Rag-tag  fitness 
centre  needs  help 

Editor: 

As  an  avid  weekend  athlete  and  fit- 
ness-oriented person,  I  find  the  present 
quality  of  the  athletic  facilities  at  Carle- 
ton ridiculous.  I'msure  that  I'm  notalone 
in  my  dissatisfaction  about  this  issue.  I'm 
therefore  surprised  and  disappointed  that 
in  my  two  years  at  Carleton  I  have  not 
seen  one  letter  addressing  it. 

My  concern  especially  is  the  virtually 
complete  absence  of  free  gym  time  for 
anyone  interested  in  pick-up  sports  of  any 
kind  or  just  relaxation  and  enjoyment 
between  classes. 

You  have  a  better  chance  of  getting  a 
dentist  appointment  the  next  day  than 
getting  gym  time. 

Virtually  all  universities,  even  those 
one-fifth  the  size  of  Carleton,  have  at  least 
two  gyms.  Hell,  most  high  schools  have 
two  gyms. 

We  pay  $127.06  per  year  for  a  rag-tag 
fitness  centre  and  limited-access  swim- 
ming. Almost  everything  else  offered,  in- 
cluding racquet  sports,  means  more  dol- 
lars. Perhaps  if  there  was  an  increase  in 
commitment  to  athletics  at  Carleton,  we 
would  have  more  successful  varsity  pro- 
grams and  fewer  disgruntled  students. 

Tim  Olaveson 
English/Anthropology  III 


LETTERS 

Friendly  service  at 
Carleton,  believe 
it  or  not 

Editor: 

I'm  going  to  miss  the  temporary  park- 
ing lot  when  they  close  shop  for  the  win- 
ter. No,  1  have  not  lost  my  mind.  I  have 
not  enjoyed  paying  the  full  $4  flat  rate  to 
park  in  what  has  been  a  perpetual  mud 
puddle  because  there  are  more  cars  than 
pavement  on  this  campus. 

However,  what  I  have  enjoyed  is  the 
friendly  service  provided  by  the  parking 
lot  attendants  tending  this  slop  lot.  Did 
anyone  else  notice  the  greetings  and  the 
smiles  that  were  provided  to  the  customer 
at  this  lot? 

As  a  long  time  Carleton  customer,  I 
noticed.  In  fact,  with  my  first  few  visits  to 
the  lot,  I  couldn't  believe  it.  Who  on  earth 
would  expect  a  Carleton  parking  attend- 
ant to  smile  and  wish  a  good  morning  to 
a  customer  at  each  and  every  visit?  Hell, 
I  could  even  manage  a  smile  myself  as  I 
handed  over  the  daily  toll  and  heard  the 
magical  words  "Thank  you,"  from  the 
attendant. 

I  was  amazed,  even  curious.  After  all, 
I'd  been  parking  on  campus  for  years  and 
never  experienced  such  courtesies.  How 
could  this  be  happening  while  in  the  very 
shadow  of  the  Death  Star  Command  Cen- 
tre (the  administration  building)? 

Well,  I  figured  it  out.  Aside  from  the 
possibility  that  Carleton  may  have  actu- 
ally hired  a  few  friendly  staff  members,  I 
discovered  that  there  was  no  phone  in  the 
temporary  lot  booth. 

With  no  temptation  to  perform  the 
annoying  phone-to-shoulder-to-ear  bal- 
ancing routine  so  often  displayed  by  the 
other  attendants,  the  slop  lot  keepers  actu- 
ally managed  to  acknowledge  the  cus- 
tomer. Imagine  that! 

S.D.  Becksted 
Sociology  IV 

Keep  it  down  you 
squeaky  CUSA 
people 

Editor: 

Re:  the  rally  against  tuition  hikes  (Fri- 
day, Nov.  26, 1993). 

Now,  I  fully  support  any  effort  that 
aims  at  improving  the  lot  of  students,  but 
the  methods  used  to  encourage  us  to  turn 
out  at  these  rallies  are  inconsiderate  and 
unfair. 

1  live  in  residence  and  therefore,  Carle- 
ton is  my  home,  my  place  of  study  and 
rest.  To  have  some  squeaky-voiced  CUSA 
rep  with  a  megaphone  screeching  out  her 
calls  of  "  50  per  cent  is  too  much,  "outside 
my  home  is  ridiculous. 

If  my  home  were  off  campus,  she  would 
be  charged  and  possibly  fined  for  such 
annoying  activity.  If  a  cat  were  making 
such  a  squeaky  racket,  you'd  call  animal 
control  to  dispense  of  the  offender.  As  it  is, 
I  have  no  effective  recourse. 

This  activity  only  reinforces  the  view 
that  CUSA  has  no  respect  for  the  studies  of 
students,  which  is  the  only  reason  I'm 
here. 

Now,  I'm  all  for  lower  tuition,  respect 
and  fair  treatment  from  the  government, 
but  for  CUSA  to  not  even  give  residence 
students  thatsame  respect  is  hypocritical. 

-I  wonder  how  successful  her  mega- 
phone antics  were?  The  best  measure  of 
this  would  be  the  numbers  of  residence 
students  at  these  rallies.  From  those  I've 
spoken  to,  the  verdict  is  a  big  negative. 

I  suggest  you  come  up  with  a  few  new, 
perhaps  effective,  means  of  attracting  us 
to  your  rallies  and  next  time  leave  the 
megaphone  at  home. 

Matthew  Beesley 
Political  Science  111 


"No"  committee 
did  exist 

Editor: 

I  would  like  to  answer  some  questions 
about  the  CFS  referendum  No  committee 
campaign  which  Dawn  Walton  raised  in 
her  letter  to  the  editor  ("The  not-really, 
sort  of  No  committee,"  The  Charlatan, 
Nov.  25, 1993). 

First,  Daren  Givoque  was  the  spark 
that  lit  the  No  campaign,  and  along  with 
Pierre  LeDuc  and  I,  formed  the  executive 
of  the  unofficial  committee.  We  had  about 
20  volunteers  who  helped  run  the  whole 
campaign,  in  addition  to  a  number  of 
people  who  campaigned  on  their  own. 
The  campaign  was  a  grass  roots  move- 
ment that  hasn't  been  seen  in  these  hal- 
lowed halls  for  years. 

Second,  according  to  the  CUSA  consti- 
tution, we  should  have  been  allowed  to 
campaign  regardless  of  deadlines,  just 
without  funding,  as  stated  in  Section  7.S. 

Yes,  we  did  put  up  2,000  posters,  but  all 
those  were  torn  down  by  the  Yes  commit- 
tee, a  few  hours  after  they  were  put  up.  So, 
there  was  no  real  exposure  for  our  cam- 
paign. On  election  day,  our  efforts  forced 
the  Yes  committee  to  work  overtime  to 
literally  plaster  the  walls  with  their  propa- 
ganda posters  while  we  had  none. 

Third,  I  mention  propaganda  because 
the  Yes  committee,  comprised  of  head 
CUSA  members,  misled  students  into  be- 
lieving that  if  they  paid  the  fee  increase, 
there  would  be  no  tuition  increases. 

I  say  to  you,  Dawn  and  all  my  fellow 
Carleton  students,  be  aware,  be  very  aware 
that  we  got  screwed,  large.  Next  time, 
please  wear  a  constitutional  condom, 
okay? 

Robert  K.  Kisielewski 
Law  IV 

Learn  the  lessons 
only  history  can 
teach 

Editor: 

Re:  "Burning  questions  about  witch 
film,"  The  Charlatan,  Nov.  25, 1993. 

The  author  of  the  letter,  Robert  Eady, 
argues  that  The  Burning  Times,  a  Studio  D 
National  Film  Board  film,  is  an  example 
of  "how  far  some  are  prepared  to  falsify 
history  in  order  to  target  a  specific  reli- 
gious group, "  perhaps  suggesting  this  film 
as  an  example  of  deliberate  hate  against 
a  group,  (Roman  Catholics). 

Is  he  prepared  to  suggest  that  the  burn- 
ing of  witches  never  happened?  From 
having  re-read  the  lettera  couple  of  times, 
I  see  no  evidence  of  that,  and  certainly 
such  church  documents  as  the  "Malleus 
Maleficarum"  support  these  occurrences. 

Rather,  his  protest  seems  to  be  over 
numbers.  He  cites  a  few  scholars  who 
apparently  dispute  the  film'sstatistics and 
back  him  up,  but  then,  we  could  say  the 
Holocaust  never  occurred  in  World  War  1 1 
and  cite  David  Irving  as  our  source. 

He  also  says  that  a  petition  to  ban  the 
film  with  500  signatures  was  presented  to 
Parliament,  yet  fails  to  mention  that  it 
was  he  who  played  a  crucial  role  in  organ- 
izing it  —  talk  about  distorting  the  truth. 

What  Eady  has  yet  to  realize  is  that  the 
film  documents  a  certain  part  of  history, 
with  the  hope  we  might  learn  from  that 
period  of  history.  The  Roman  Catholic 
Church  does  not  have  a  glorious  past, 
something  that  is  evidenced  in  the  Cru- 
sades, the  Reformation  and  the  Inquisi- 
tion. The  beauty  of  history  is  that  we 
might  leam  from  it.  Otherwise,  as  the  old, 
wise  adage  goes,  we  are  condemned  to 
repeat  it. 

John  Stopa 
MA  Religion 


12 


The  Charlatan  ■  December  2,  1993 


Finance  Minister  Paul  Martin,  a  $46  billion  cheque  from  some  anonymous  donor.  For  Bob  Rae,  status  befitting  Torydom  in  the  legislature  in  18 


&he  steifi  of  Charlatan  would  like  to  thank  eaeJt  and  eeerej  one  t>4  the  funky 
UeieuipeuipJeu^geuM'th^ 

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months.  For  Minister  of  Education  and  Training  Dave  Cooke,  a  tomato  in  the  eye  for  screwing  with  us  on  this  tuition  hike.  For  Kim  Campbell,  a  UI 


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SPORTS 


The  Man  behind  the  Mask 


by  Mike  Rappaport 

Chailalan  Statt 


The  Charlatan  is  pleased  to  bring  you  this 
report  of  Carleton's  mascot,  Rodney  the 
Raven.  Earlier  this  year  Rodney  visited  us  and 
told  us  his  story . . . 

When  Brad  Ellis  dons  the  Raven  cos- 
tume and  takes  to  the  bleachers,  shud- 
ders have  been  known  to  shiver  down  the 
spines  of  opposing  teams. 

This  is  one  bird  who  knows  how  to 
rally  fans'  support  and  root  for  Carleton 
teams  —  from  football  to  waterpolo. 

Ability  at  this  level  is  only  arrived  at 
through  much  devotion  and  many  sacri- 
fices. Diet  and  exercise  are  important 
considerations  for  any  would-be  mascot. 

Consequently,  Ellis  avoids  milk,  ab- 
stains from  alcohol,  stretches  and  lim- 
bers up  before  a  big  event.  Becoming 
Rodney  requires  both  physical  and  men- 
tal preparation,  he  says. 


Early  Influences 


Rodney's  listof  influences  ranges  from 
the  San  Diego  Chicken  (one  of  the  earli- 
est mascot  innovators  noted  for  his  work 
with  springboards)  to  the  Philadelphia 
Phanatic  (a  latter-day  master  of  his  craft 
to  whom  many  mascots  are  indebted  to). 

However,  Ellis  tries  to  make  Rodney's 
act  original  and  spends  time  between 
games  visualizing  routines.  The  effort  is 
always  made  worthwhile  by  the  air  of 
sophistication  the  Raven  is  able  to  bring 
to  even  the  most  uncultured  of  sporting 
events. 

All  is  not  glamor  for  Rodney  the  Raven. 

Those  who  assume  the  onerous  role  of 
mascot  must  overcome  many  hardships 
and  obstacles. 

The  stench  of  stale  sweat  from  previ- 
ous Rodneys,  combined  with  the  discom- 
fort of  the  costume,  makes  wearing  the 
suit  nearly  intolerable. 

The  lingering  smell  of  vomit  from  a 
past  Rodney  who  was  drunk  during  Panda 
four  years  ago  and  threw  up  inside  the 
uniform  only  adds  to  the  general  un- 
pleasantness. 

Transportation  is  also  a  problem  as 
not  many  taxis  are  able  to  comfortably 
fit  a  large  bird.  Many  times,  Rodney  has 
been  forced  to  ride  an  OC  Transpo  bus  to 
athletic  gigs  around  the  city. 


The  Chicken  Label  Thing 


Rodney  has  also  had  to  endure  the 
indignity  of  being  mistaken  fora  chicken 
by  Carleton  students.  "It's  not  so  much 
the  apathy  as  the  ignorance"  that  both- 
ers him,  Ellis  says,  adding  he  is  also 
rapidly  tiring  of  Chicken  McNugget  jokes. 

Bratty  kids  who  attempt  to  unmask 
Rodney  by  ripping  his  head  off  and  dis- 
gruntled fans  who  take  out  their  frustra- 
tions on  him  are  only  the  more  extreme 
part  of  the  widespread  systemic  abuse 
society  has  directed  against  mascots. 

Of  lesser  annoyance,  says  Ellis,  are  the 


Brad  Ellis  doubles  as  Rodney  the  Raven 

misguided  amateur  ornithologists  who 
are  able  to  distinguish  a  Raven  from  a 
chicken  but  still  confuse  the  caw  of  a  crow 
with  the  call  of  a  Raven.  Those  who 
attempt  the  Raven  call  at  games  should 
know  that  the  Raven's  call  When  spelled 
phonetically  is  "Bdwoowk."  One  should 
never  call  out  "Pwaaaacock." 


at  most  Carleton  varsity  events. 
numberunknown)  grabbed  Rodney  from 
behind  and  threw  him  into  the  adminis- 
tration fountain. 


Raven  Suit  Doesn't  Float 


Perils  and  Near-Death 
Experiences  


No  sport  is  without  its  injuries  and 
being  a  mascot  is  no  exception.  Ellis's 
sports-related  injuries  rival  those  of  any 
other  athlete  or  mascot. 

His  list  of  injuries  is  endless.  It  in- 
cludes: bruises,  sprains,  bloody  noses, 
collapsing  twice  from  heat  prostration, 
having  drunken  fans  pepper  his  head 
with  punches,  tendinitis  from  pounding 
his  hand  on  benches  and  a  separated 
shoulder  from  falling  down  bleachers. 
"People  love  seeing  the  bird  get  hurt," 
muses  Ellis,  who  remains  undaunted  de- 
spite the  hazards. 

Danger  for  a  Raven  can  lurk  in  unex- 
pected places.  While  innocently  enter- 
taining students  during  this  year's  orien- 
tation festivities,  a  group  of  frosh  (exact 


Rodney  the  Raven's  suit  is  fabricated 
from  terry  cloth,  which  can  absorb  many 
times  its  weight  in  water  —  essentially 
the  costume  is  a  giant  sponge/death  trap. 
Rodney  sank  to  the  bottom  of  the  foun- 
tain and  desperately  flailed  about  on  his 
back  with  his  water-  logged  wings  as 
frosh  looked  on  and  laughed. 

One  student  (although  this  has  not 
been  confirmed  yet,  as  witnesses  to  the 
event  in  question  have  been  reluctant  to 
come  forward)  was  overheard  to  remark 
"Hey,  look  at  that  chicken  over  there,  1 
think  he's  drowning."  Rodney  survived 
this  most  grievous  ordeal  somewhat  ruf- 
fled and  with  a  new  respect  for  water 
safety. 

Hopefully,  after  reading  about  these 
ordeals  you  will  also  develop  a  new  re- 
spect for  water  safety  and  for  Rodney  as 
well  And  one  final  note  to  all  you  sports 
fans  out  there  —  if  you  must  throw 
things  at  Rodney,  try  aluminium  cans, 
not  beer  bottles.  The  bottles  hurt. 


NHL  Hardball 
Won  t  Work 

by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Star) 

The  NHL  has  won.  The  referees  have 
lost. 

So  why  is  it  the  officials  are  still 
striking  and  no  agreement  has  been 
reached? 

Because  league  executives  aren'tsat 
isfied  with  victory.  They  want  annihila 
tion.  They  want  total  capitulation.  They 
want  to  make  the  referees  grovel  like 
dogs. 

And  if  they  keep  up  this  hard-line 
attitude,  it's  going  to  backfire  in  their 
faces. 

Three  weeks  ago,  after  months  of 
negotiations  came  to  naught,  the  ref- 
erees decided  a  29-per-cent  pay  hike 
wasn't  enough  for  their  pains  —  offici- 
a  ting  an  84-game  regular  season  plus  a 
month-long  playoff  schedule. 

At  the  time,  there  was  no  sympathy 
from  a  public  either  out  of  work  or  just 
barely  hanging  on  to  their  jobs. 

We  wondered  how  the  linesmen,  who 
get  paid  $33,000,  and  the  referees,  who 
get  paid  $50,000  already,  could  rum 
down  an  offer  like  that.  How  hard  could 
it  be  to  officiate  games  for  10  months  of 
the  year  and  vacation  for  the  othertwo? 
If  only  we  had  such  a  rough  life. 
The  referees  must  have  been  crazy. 
So  scab  officials  were  hired  on  as 
replacements.  Some  nights  they've  been 
great  calling  the  right  penalties  even 
late  in  the  game.  Other  nights  they've 
been  terrible  andhopelessly  out  of  their 
league.  Butonmostnightstheyhaven'i 
been  noticeable,  just  the  way  it  should 
be. 

The  replacements'  surprising  success 
has  led  to  some  of  the  quickest  reversals 
in  the  history  of  the  labor  movement. 
Now  the  referees,  who  had  asked  for  a 
60-per-cent  wage  increase,  are  eager 
beavers  looking  to  settle  for  the  NHL'r 
offer  of  29  per  cent. 

Therefereesblunderedandtheyknow 
it.  And  now  they  do  have  public  sympa- 
thy on  their  side.  They've  admitted  their 
stakes  and  they  want  to  settle  a  con 
tract  in  good  faith  with  the  NHL. 

All  they  want  is  a  chance  to  save  face 
with  a  small  improvement  somewhere 
in  the  package. 

But  the  NHL  has  the  upper  handand 
the  executive  would  love  to  tame  the 
referees  to  their  liking.  Commissioner 
Gary  Bettman  is  new  to  the  job  and  he" 
like  nothing  better  than  to  use  this 
strike  to  demonstrate  his  tough  bar- 
gaining skills  to  the  players,  the  owners 
and  the  referees. 

But  this  Machiavellian  attitude 
wrong  and  not  going  to  get  him  or  the 
leagueanywhere.Playersare  complain- 
ing inferior  officiating  is  letting  nasty 
stickwork  and  checks  creep  back  into 
the  game. 

It'scertainlynocoincidence  many  of 
the  game's  true  stars  are  out  with  early- 
season  injuries  right  now.  And  now 
with  the  strike  dragging  on  and  unhap- 
piness  creeping  in  among  the  players, 
there's  already  talk  about  the  players 
staging  a  one-game  strike  in  support 
the  referees  if  the  situation  isn't  settled 
I  soon. 

What  the  NHL  should  do  is  take  the 
I  victory  they've  won  and  be  magnani 
|  mous  about  it. 

Because  if  they  don't,  public  opin 
could  quickly  turn  against  them  and 
leave  them  in  the  doghouse. 


December  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■JX 


Haven 
Records 


OWIAA  WATERPOLO 
East  Division 


W   L  T 

F     A  PTS 

Toronto    4     0  0 

40  13  8 

Carle  ton  3     1  0 

38  14  6 

Queen's   2    2  0 

32  21  4 

McMaster  1     3  0 

24   43  2 

Brock      0    4  0 

13  56  0 

OWIAA  VOLLEYBALL 

East  Division 

W    L  T 

F     A  PTS 

York       4    0  0 

12  0  8 

Ottawa    4    1  0 

12  6  8 

Toronto   2  10 

8     3  4 

Queen's   2    2  0 

7     7  4 

Ryerson    14  0 

3     12  2 

Carle  ton  0     5  0 

1     15  0 

OWIAA  BASKETBALL 

West  Division 

W   L  T 

F     A  PTS 

Windsor  2    0  0 

131  70  4 

Brock       1     0  0 

65  53  2 

Guelph    1    0  0 

78  41  2 

Western   1    0  0 

78  52  2 

Waterloo  1     2  0 

148  150  2 

McMasterO     1  0 

52  78  0 

Laurier    0    3  0 

90  198  0 

LakeheadO    0  0 

0     0  0 

OWIAA  HOCKEY 
OWIAA  Division 

W  L  T  F  A  PTS 

Toronto   5  0  0  22  5  10 

Guelph    3  2  0  12  11  6 

York        1  3  0  6  9  2 

Queen's    1  5  0  6  21  2 

OWIAA 
Athlete  of  the  Week 

Nancy  Gyurcsik  of  the  Windsor  Lanc- 
ers basketball  team  is  the  OWIAA  ath- 
lete of  the  week.  The  fifth-year  Masters 
human  kinetics  student  leads  the 
OWIAA  scoring  race  with  an  average 
of  21.5  points  per  game,  shooting  70 
per  cent  from  the  free  throw  line  as  well 
as  grabbing  a  total  of  19  offensive  and 
defensive  rebounds.  The  Lancers  cur- 
rently hold  first  place  in  the  west  divi- 
sion largely  due  to  her  efforts. 

OUAA  HOCKEY 
Far  East  Division 


W   L  T 

F  A 

PTS 

McGill      7     2  0 

47  21 

14 

UQTR      6     1  2 

44  24 

14 

Ottawa    6    3  1 

41  30 

13 

Cncordia  6    3  0 

39  26 

12 

OUAA  VOLLEYBALL 

East  Division 

W   L  T 

F  A 

PTS 

York        6     0  0 

18  4 

12 

Queen's    5  10 

17  S 

10 

Laurentn  2    4  0 

10  14 

4 

Toronto   2    4  0 

8  14 

4 

Ryerson   0    6  0 

2  18 

0 

OUAA 
Athlete  of  the  Week 

Mitch  Proteau  of  the  York  University 
volleyball  is  this  week's  OUAA  athlete 
of  the  week.  The  6'5  outside  hitter  re- 
corded 45  kills,  27  digs,  1 1  blocks  and 
four  service  aces  last  week  as  York  won 
three  matches  to  move  into  first  place 
in  the  east  division. 


Offence  missing  in  road  losses 

Basketball  men  still  looking  for  that  elusive  road  victory 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Staff 

Road  woes  continue  for  the  Carleton 
men's  basketball  team. 

The  Ravens  remained  winless  on  the 
road  in  their  exhibition  schedule,  drop- 
ping a  pair  of  games  in  Windsor  Nov.  26 
-27. 


Windsor  93  Carleton  S3 
Western  91  Carleton  64 


Carleton  lost  93-83  to  the  University  of 
Windsor  Lancers  and  91-64  the  Univer- 
sity of  Western  Ontario  Mustangs. 

A  scrappy  full-court  press  kept  the 
Ravens  within  striking  range  early  and 
trailing44-37  athalftime.  Butthe  Ravens' 
poor  free-throwing  did  them  in  later  in 
the  game. 

Carleton  shot  45  percent  from  the  foul 
line  while  Windsor  converted  on  79  per 
cent  of  its  opportunities. 

"We  made  our  free  throws  and  they 
didn't,"  said  Lancer  head  coach  Mike 
Havey.  "And  that's  why  we  won." 

First-year  Raven  forward  Brian  Russell 
agreed  mistakes  did  them  in. 

"We  could've  used  some  more  concen- 


tration. We  had  a  couple  of  missed  lay- 
ups  and  our  free-throw  shooting  wasn't 
too  good,"  said  Russell. 

Furthermore,  the  Lancers  were  able  to 
pound  the  ball  inside  the  key,  continu- 
ally drawing  fouls  off  Raven  forwards. 

"They  consistently  fouled  us  inside," 
said  Havey.  "They  just  couldn't  handle 


our  size. 

Though  the  Ravens  were  down  by  as 
much  as  18  points  in  the  second  half, 
their  tenacity  was  evident. 

"They  competed  well  and  they  kept 
coming  at  us.  They're  a  very  scrappy 
team  and  that  resulted  in  a  lot  of  turno- 
vers," said  Havey. 

Russell  agreed. 

"I  thought  we  really  hustled  and  played 
good  defence." 

Taffe  Charles  led  the  way  with  33 
points,  while  fames  Marquardt  added 
17. 

Against  Western,  the  Ravens  hung 
tough  once  again  in  the  first  half,  down 
40-32  at  halftime,  but  were  done  in  by  a 
lack  of  balanced  scoring. 

Charles,  usually  the  Ravens'  leading 
scorer,  could  only  muster  up  10  points 
and  the  rest  of  the  team  was  unable  to 
pick  up  the  slack. 

Carleton  shot  39  per  cent  from  the 
field  and  was  out-rebounded  35-21. 

The  Ravens  were  led  by  swingman 
Reagh  Vidito,  who  netted  17  points. 

Next  up  for  the  Ravens  is  the  Seneca 
College  Tournament  in  Toronto  on  Dec. 
3-4.  □ 


Hockey  club  crowned  in  close  loss 


by  Bill  Labonte 

Charlatan  Staff 

It  was  supposed  to  be  seventh  heaven. 
It  became  seventh  hell. 

Still  looking  for  their  first  win  of  the 
season  in  their  seventh  game  of  the  year, 
the  Carleton  hockey  club  played  its  best 
game  yet  —  and  lost. 


Kings  7  Carleton  5 


The  Graduate  Kings  hockey  club  de- 
feated the  Carleton  hockey  club  7-5  in 
Senior  R.A.  League  action  on  Nov.  24, 
dropping  Carleton's  record  to  0-5-2. 


With  Carleton  trailing  6-5  late  in  the 
game  and  pressing  with  an  extra  at- 
tacker, the  Kings  scored  an  insurance 
goal  into  an  empty  net. 

"We  wanted  to  beat  them  badly  be- 
cause we  know  them  well,"  said 
goaltender  Pat  McFetridge.  "The  guys  are 
not  scared  to  play  physically  with  them 
because  they're  the  same  age  as  we  are." 

The  .Kings  are  a  group  of  Carleton 
graduates  who  played  for  the  hockey 
club  last  year. 

Carleton  captain  Darren  Keating  made 
the  club's  comeback  a  possibility  when 
Carleton  was  trailing  6-4.  Keating  set  up 
the  nicest  goal  of  the  night,  a  beautiful 


feed  to  open  forward  Craig  Bochelor, 
who  only  had  to  tap  the  puck  in  from  the 
side  of  the  net. 

New  addition  Mike  Kiely  also  im- 
pressed coach  George  Brown  with  his 
physical  presence.  Kiely  received  Carle- 
ton's  only  two  penalties,  one  for  cross- 
checking and  one  for  roughing. 

Scoring  for  Carleton  were  forwards 
Jason  Tamo,  Craig  McLeod,  Rob  Carle- 
ton, Bochelor  and  defenceman  Jeff 
McKenna. 

Carleton's  next  game  is  against  the 
Wizards  hockey  club  on  Dec.  8  at  8:40 
p.m.  at  the  R.A.  Centre.  □ 


18  •  The  Charlatan  *  December  2,  1993 

For  Rodney  the  Raven,  a  new,  beautiful,  waterproof  costume  (B  O  WOOOKI) .  For  Matin  Yaqzan,  assistant  professor/editorialist  at  the  University  of 


^jJ^ Raven 
Rumblings 

QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 


"I  realized  that  a  new  costume  was 
needed.  A  good  one  that  didn't  look 
like  a  chicken.  One  that  the  university 
could  be  proud  of." 

Raven  mascot  Brad  Ellis  has  lobbied 
Carleton's  department  of  athletics  for 
the  past  three  years  for  a  new  Raven 

suit. 

BRIEFS 

Carol  Turgeon,  director  of  sports  serv- 
ices at  the  University  of  Ottawa,  an 
nounced  on  Nov.  25  he  will  be  retiring 
as  of  Jan.  3 1 .  Turgeon  has  served  as  the 
director  and  a  physical  education  pro- 
fessor for  a  combined  span  of  over  30 
years. 

DID  YOU  KNOW 

Athletics  director  Keith  Harris 
coached  the  football  Ravens  from  1959- 
68.  His  36  wins  are  the  most  ever  for  a 
Careleton  football  team. 

HAVE  YOU  HEARD 

A  coach  walks  into  the  deans  office 
with  a  star  recruit  who  failed  his  en- 
trance exam.  The  coach  gets  down  on 
his  knees  and  begs  the  dean  to  let  him 
in  anyway.  At  wits  end,  the  dean  fi- 
nally asks  the  athlete  what's  7  +  7. 

Thirteen,  the  recruit  answers. 

Then  the  coach  jumps.  Let  him  in 
anyway,  dean,  he  only  missed  by  two. 

CALENDAR 

Friday,  Dec.  3. 

BASKETBALL  —  Carleton  travels  to 
Toronto  to  participate  in  the  Seneca 
College  Tournament.  Also  participat- 
ing are  the  colleges  of  Seneca  and 
Sheridan,  and  the  universities  of  Ot- 
tawa and  Laurier. 

The  women's  team  will  be  in  Halifax 
for  the  St.  Mary's  Tournament. 

STUDY  —  Exams  are  coming.  Ex- 
ams are  coming.  Examsare  coming.  So 
goddamn  it  —  study! 

Saturday,  Dec.  4. 

FENCING  —  The  fencing  team  was 
supposed  to  be  at  the  University  of 
Ottawa's  Montpetit  Hall  compering  in 
the  Ottawa  Invitational.  But  it  was 
cancelled  because  it  was  too  close  to 
exams.  So  they'll  be  studying  instead. 

STUDY  —  Exams  are  coming.  Ex- 
ams are  coming.  Exams  are  coming.  So 
goddamn  it  —  study! 

Sunday,  Dec.  5 

STUDY  —  Exams  are  coming.  Ex- 
ams are  coming.  Exams  are  coming.  So 
goddamn  it  —  study! 

December  Break 

SWIMMING  —  The  swim  team  will 
be  training  down  in  Florida  for  about  a 
weekinlateDecember.Luckythem.  □ 


Rodney  seeks  a  suitable  suit 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Chariaian  Staff 

Raven  mascot  Brad  Ellis  would  give 
the  proverbial  kingdom  not  for  a  horse, 
but  for  a  new  Raven  suit. 

Since  Ellis  took  over  the  mascot  duties 
three  years  ago,  he's  doggedly  lobbied 
the  department  of  athletics,  administra- 
tion, the  Carleton  University  Students' 
Association  and  just  about  any  student 
who  will  listen,  about  the  sad  state  of  the 
costume  he  wears. 

"If  s  lost  massive  strands  of  feathers," 
says  Ellis  of  the  suit  which  dates  back  to 
1985.  "The  underarms  are  ripped,  pro- 
tective padding  is  falling  out,  holes  are 
developing  in  the  knees  when  I  dive  and 
the  stitching  is  falling  apart." 

Now,  slowly,  it  appears  his  lobbying 
efforts  might  finally  be  bearing  fruit. 

Since  September,  Ellis  has  raised  about 
$60  from  a  donation  box  at  Carleton 
sports  events. 

Three  weeks  ago,  Ellis  addressed  a 
CUSA  council  meeting  with  a  passionate 
speech.  Council  agreed  to  give  him  $500 
provided  he  had  a  firm  financial  com- 
mitment from  athletics  to  cover  the  rest 
of  the  $3,0OO-$5,O0O  estimated  cost. 

Then,  two  weeks  ago,  Ellis  presented 
Paul  Armstrong,  director  of  men's  sports 
information  for  Carleton  athletics,  with 
a  detailed  proposal  for  a  new  suit. 
Armstrong  approved  of  the  proposal. 

Money  for  a  new  suit  has  not  been  set 
aside  in  this  year's  athletic  budget,  but 
athletic  director  Keith  Harris  isnot  closed 
to  the  idea  of  reviewing  the  budget  look- 
ing for  funds. 

"Obviously,  if  we  can  be  convinced 
that  it  will  be  reasonably  priced,  durable 
and  of  good  quality,  then  we'll  be  open- 
minded,"  says  Harris. 

Over  at  the  University  of  Ottawa,  the 
Gee-Gee  mascot  cost  their  athletic  de- 
partment $3,500  two  years  ago,  while 
thispastsummerthe  University  of  Wind- 
sor paid  $5,000  for  a  new  Lancer  cos- 
tume, says  Ellis,  who  is  good  friends  with 
many  of  the  other  university  mascots. 

Now  Ellis  is  canvassing  local  costume- 
makers  looking  for  the  best  deal  he  can 
find.  He  hopes  to  have  a  final  cost  figure 
available  to  Harris  by  exam  time,  a  de- 
posit made  by  the  end  of  exams  and  a 
new  suit  for  the  new  year. 

Meanwhile,  he  also  continues  to  search 
forsupport.  The  Varsity  Athletics  Council 
and  the  Ravens '  R'  Us  club  have  agreed  to 
raise  funds  for  the  costume. 

But  most  of  all,  he's  after  student 
support  with  his  donation  box,  which 
he'd  like  to  have  permanently  installed 
at  the  Unicentre  Store  and  CUSA's  front 
desk. 

"If  every  student  threw  in  20  cents, 
that  would  cover  it/'  he  says.  "It's  the 
price  of  every  student  giving  up  a  cup  of 
coffee.  That's  all."  ° 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 
Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Nov.  30, 1993. 


1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 


1 

Patrick  Soden 

281 

2 

Whitney  Reynolds 

275 

3 

S.  Bhattacharyya 

274 

4 

R.  De  Vecchi 

271 

S 

BlairSanderson 

271 

6 

Anjali  Varma 

270 

7 

Vicki  Mavraganis 

269 

8 

Sean  Wright 

269 

9 

Brent  Quinn 

268 

10  Don  Belanger 

267 

After  being  #2  for  two  straight  weeks,  Patrick  Soden  finally  leads  the  pool. 
You  can  pick  up  the  $25  dinner  certificate  for  Baxter's  restaurant  at  TheChorlatan. 


Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


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Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

Don  Shula  is  one  of  two  NFL 
coaches  to  win  300  career  games. 
Name  the  other. 

Congratulations  to  Chris  Fox  who 
knew  Jerry  West  was  the  only  player  to 
win  an  NBA  finals  MVP  in  a  losing 
cause,  (back  in  1969) 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper  and 
submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize  will  be  determined  by  a  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  [an.  4,  1994.  The  winner  will 
be  contacted  by  phone,  by  the  sports 
editor  of  the  Charlatan. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 


Answer. 

Nome: 

Phone: 


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20  •  The  Charlatan  -  December  2,  1993 

John  Edwards,  the  starring  role  in  The  Rat  Pack  —  the  Next  Generation,  now  that  Copps  and  Tobin  don't  have  time  to  climb  over  choirs.  For  the 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


News  Flash!  Pearl  Jam  hugely  popular 


by  Johanna  Ciszewski  and  Blayne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Slalt 

The  results  are  in!  Our  first  entertainment  poll  has  been  compiled  and  the  results 
are  enlightening,  to  say  the  least. 

There  were  the  expected  responses;  everyone  loves  Pearl  lam,  FumacefaCe  is  the 
most  popular  local  band,  and  Zaphod's  rates  well  as  both  a  bar  and  a  live  venue. 

And  thanks  to  you  good  folk  (all  51  of  you)  who  answered  the  survey.  We  at  the 


Charlatan — who  have  no  life—  now  know  where  to  go  to  pick  up  the  babes  (Oliver's), 
how  to  pick  'em  up  ("Can  I  buy  you  a  drink  or  would  you  just  like  the  money"  is  our 
favorite)  and  where  to  take  them  afterwards  (ATTENTION:  AVOID  THE  FIFTH  FLOOR 
OF  THE  LIBRARY!). 

So  without  further  ado,  here  are  your  answers,  ranked  according  to  the  number  of 
votes  received: 


cftu/oMte  oUusic  Q/ioup 


1.  Pearl  |am,  R.E.M.  (tie) 

2.  Tragically  Hip,  U2  (tie) 

3.  Depeche  Mode 

Honorable  mention:  Furnaceface 


Best  Local  Band 


1.  Furnaceface 

2.  Fun  For  Malakai,  Heaven  Dog  (tie) 

3.  Illegal  Jazz  Poets 

Honorable  Mention:  September 
Child 


Dumbest  Band  Name 


1.  PooPqo  KaKa  and  the  BumBums 

2.  The  Band,  Corky  and  the  Juice  Pigs  (tie) 

3.  4  Non  Blondes,  Whoa  Bazooka  (tie) 
Honorable  Mention:  Archers  of  Loaf 


1.  Pearl  [am  —  Vs. 

2.  U2  —  Zooropa 

3.  Smashing  Pumpkins  —Siamese Dream 
Honorable  Mention:  Dinosaur  |r.  — 
Where  You  Been? 


Worst  Album  of  the  Tear 


Best  Concert  of the  Year 


worst  Concert  of  the  Year     Best  Live  Ottawa  Venue 


1 .  Meatloaf  —  Bat  Out  of  Hell  2 

2.  Moxy  Friivous  —  Barginville,  The  Body- 
guard Soundtrack  (tie) 

3.  Blind  Melon  —  Blind  Melon 
Honorable  Mention:  Snow  —  12 
Inches  of  Snow 

Best  Bar  in  Town 


1.  Zaphod  Beeblebrox 

2.  Manx  Pub 

3.  Spo-dee  O-dee's 
Honorable  Mention: 
Lafayette  House 


1.  Another  Roadside  Attraction 

2.  Me,  Mom,  and  Morgentaler 

3.  Fugazi,  with  Shudder  to  Think  and 
Lockjaw 

Honorable  Mention:  Neil  Young, 
with  Pearl  Jam  and  Soundgarden 

Most  Notorious  Meat  Market 


1.  Pearl  Jam  with  Doughboys 

2.  Def  Leppard 

3.  Rod  Stewart 

Honorable  Mention:  Lover  boy 


Favorite  Campus  Hangout 


1.  Rooster's 

2.  Mike's  Place 

3.  Oliver's 

Honorable  Mention:  the  library 


1.  Yucatan  Liquor  Stand 

2.  Indigo 

3.  Oliver's 

Honorable  Mention:  1st  floor  of  the 
library 

BODY  PART  THAT  LOCKS  BEST  PIEBCED 

l.Ear 

2.  Nipple,  belly  button  (tie) 
3.  Nose 

Honorable  Mention:  "None" 


1.  Zaphod  Beeblebrox  (a  landslide) 

2.  The  Penguin 

3.  Creeque  Alley,  Grand  Central  (tie) 
Honorable  Mention:  "Non-existent" 


Favorite  Alcoholic  Bever- 
age 

1.  Beer  (surprise) 

Honorable  Mention:  "Don't  drink" 


Cheeziest  Pick-up  Line  (rated  in  terms  of  cheese) 

1.  "Excuse  me,  do  you  have  a  quarter?  My  mom  told  me  to  phone  her  when  1  fell  in 
love." 

2.  "Are  your  feet  tired?  You've  been  walking  through  my  mind  all  night." 

3.  "What  is  your  favorite  letter?  Mine  is  'U.'" 

4.  "You  know,  you  are  what  you  eat . . .  and  I  could  be  you  by  tomorrow  morning." 
Reality  Check:  "What  isn't  a  cheezy  pick-up  line?" 


Favorite  Place  You've  Had  Sex  on  Campus 
(rated  in  terms  of  believability) 

1.  Various  places  around  the  library 

2.  Against  the  windows  in  the  Architecture  Building,  handcuffed  to  the  pipes 

3.  Salad  bar  at  Saga  (off-hours) 

4.  Back  of  campus-cop  cruiser 

The  Only  One  We  Really  Believe:  "Like  I'd  tell  you  and  lose  it." 


What  to  buy  for  someone  who  hates  Eric  Clapton 


by  Rori  Caff  rey 

Charlatan  Staff 

hy  buy  local  music  as  Xmas 
"gifts? 

First,  you're  supporting  in- 
dependent artists,  thus  mak- 
ing their  holiday  a  much  hap- 
pier one. 

'  Second,  you're  giving  the  gift  of  mu- 
sic, which,  cheezy  as  it  sounds,  is  the  gift 
that  keeps  giving  all  throughout  the  year. 

Third,  if  you're  buying  for  family  or 
friends  outside  Ottawa,  you're  widening 
the  audience  for  local  artists.  In  addition, 
it's  not  likely  someone  from  out  of  town 
will  have  heard  many  Ottawa  bands, 
thus  eliminating  the  chance  of  buying 
them  something  they  already  have. 

Below  is  a  list  of  gift  ideas  for  the  music 
connoisseur  in  yourlife.  It  is  by  no  means 
a  complete  list,  so  when  you  go  to  local 
record  stores  looking  for  these  items,  be 
sure  to  check  out  what  else  the  Ottawa 
scene  has  to  offer. 

1.  Illegal  Jazz  Poets,  self-titled  cas- 
sette 

The  band  that  has  drawn  compari- 
sons to  the  Clash,  EMF,  and  the  |ackson 
Five,  brings  forth  this  five-song  forerun- 
ner to  their  soon-to-be-released  debut 
CD.  IIP  is  Ottawa's  most  original,  most 
promising,  and  probably  all-aroundbest 
hand.  Buy  their  tape  now,  or  risk  feeling 


like  a  dork  when  they  get  really  big. 

2.  Nevergreen,  self-titled  cassette 

This  nine-song  tape  beats  out  black- 
market  American  smokes  as  Cornwall's 
coolest  export.  Great  power  pop  with 
punk  spirit  that  begs  to  be  hummed 
along  with. 

3.  Various  Artists,  Plug!  CD 

Eleven  local  bands,  23  tracks,  $15  — 
'nuffsaid. 

4.  Resin  Scraper,  7"  single  (i.e.  vinyl) 

Seattle-inspired  "grunge  rock"  in  the 
vein  of  Pearl  -  JOKING!  Loud  and  angry. 
Very  loud  and  angry.  Although  nobody 
you  know  owns  a  turntable,  giving  them 


Ottawa's  newest  indie  release  will  inspire 
them  to  start  combing  used-appliance 
stores  for  one. 

5.  Mushroom  Explosion  T-shirt 

Snatch  up  one  of  these  gems  if  possi- 
ble! Mock  lohn  Deere  logo  on  front,  with 
"I  Want  To  Be  Different  |ust  Like  Every- 
one Else"  on  back.  Even  if  you  don't  like 
the  band,  as  hard  as  that  is,  this  tie-dyed 
shirt  can  double  as  a  pro-drug  rave  gar- 
ment. 

6.  Electric  Embryo,  Pintail  Organs 
cassette 

A  great  stocking  stuffer  for  a  sibling 
into  the  flannel  'n'  Docs  thing.  Ten  boss 
tunes  served  up  in  a  mighty  professional 
package. 


7.  Rebo  Band,  She-Male  Atrocities 
cassette 

This  has  to  be  the  most  over-looked 
local  offering.  Music  for,  and  by,  weirdos 
bent  on  the  lerky  Boys,  circus  freak  shows 
and  the  Amazing  Reveen.  A  must  forany 
Primus/Mr.  Bungle  fans,  or  for  that  black 
sheep  uncle  who  collects  dead  flies. 

8.  Various  Artists,  Concrete  Poetry 
cassette 

Ex-Organized  Rhymerand  Loeb  pizza 
pitchman  MC  Bones  has  assembled  the 
capital  region's  best  rap  groups  for  this 
project.  The  tunes  range  from  commer- 
cial to  hard  core,  making  Concrete  Poetry 
the  perfect  gift  for  either  the  groover  or 
gangsta  in  your  posse. 

9.  Heaven  Dog,  Holy  Cow  cassette 

This  is  Ottawa's  feel-good  altema-pop 
release  of  the  year,  guaranteed  to  be  a  hit 
with  the  younger  brother  or  sister  who 
can't  stop  listening  to  "Shine"  by  the 
Doughboys. 

10.  Furnaceface,  lust  Buy  It  CD 

Take  the  tip  from  the  CD  title  and 
share  the  positive  FF  vibe  with  relatives 
everywhere  this  holiday  season.  □ 


Unicentxe's  cleaning  staff,  a  chance  to  come  over  to  our  houses  and  make 


December  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan  ■  21 
a  mess  like  the  pigsty  we  leave  them  to  clean  up  every  week.  Thanks.  For 


Roy  Rogers 

Slide  of  Hand 
BMG 

Remember  the  trendy  black  and  white 
Levi's  501  commercial  in  a  laundromat? 

Well,  that's  the  blues  of  Roy  Rogers  in 
the  background  and  if  you  like  the  com- 
mercial, his  new  album,  Slide  of  HandL 
isn't  comparable. 

It's  worse. 

This  Mississippi  Delta  blues  singer/ 


guitarist's  latest  album  is  a  blend  of  ge- 
neric southern  blues  tunes,  bland  or- 
gans, a  sorry  slide  guitar,  pathetic  har- 
monicas and  uninspiring  lyrics. 

Only  on  a  few  songs  does  Rogers  shine. 
"Don't  Say  a  Word"  features  Rogers  play- 
ing a  slide  guitar  that  would  make  John 
Lee  Hooker  smile  and  on  "Mellow  Ap- 
ples" his  guitar  work  brings  Stevie  Ray 
Vaughan  to  mind. 

Doesn't  "Cure  for  an  Achin'  Heart," 
sound  almost  like  the  title  of  an  old  and 


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IT  DOESN'T  TAKE  LONG  to  do  your  Christmas 
shopping  in  Lynchburg,  Tennessee. 

Every  one  of  our  stores  can  be  found  on 
the  town  square,  so  it  doesn't  take  much 
walking,  either.  (This  gentleman 
found  everything  he  needed  in 
Tommy  Sullenger's  place.)  All  of  us 
at  Jack  Daniel  Distillery  hope  you're 
getting  to  everyone  on  your  list  in 
timely  fashion,  and  remind  you  that 
gift  boxes  of  our  rare  Tennessee 
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22  •  The  Charlatan  •  December  2,  1993 

everybody  down  the  hall  at  CKCU,  better  signal  reception 


forgotten  Billy  Ray  Cyrus  tune?  If  s  played 
like  one. 

Lyrics  like:  "Every  time  I  kiss  you  girl/ 
It  tastes  like  pork  and  beans/Even  though 
you're  wearing  those  certified  high  heels/ 
I  can  tell  by  your  giant  step/You've  been 
walking  through  the  cotton  field,"  from 
"Down  Home  Girl,"  is  what  you  can 
expect  from  this  album. 

Only  on  "Change  of  the  Season"  does 
Rogers  play  the  Mississippi  blues  like  he 
means  it. 

If  you're  a  truck  driver  on  a  lonely 
stretch  of  highway  then  this  might  fit 
yourfancy.  Otherwise,  Slide  of Hand is  not 
worth  your  time. 

Anthony  Pangalos 


SNFU 

Something  Green  and  Leafy  This  Way 

Comes 

Epitaph 

SNFU  is  a  brilliant  window  into  real- 
ity. 

This  latest  release  will  leave  those  "cor- 
porate-alternative" music  types  wishing 
they  could  create  something  of  the  same 
magnitude  and  impact. 

For  those  of  us  whose  claim  to  the 
"alternative"  label  is  a  new  pair  of  Docs 
and  a  Pearl  Jam  record,  don't  even  bother. 
You've  missed  the  poinj. 

SNFU  glide  through  this  album  with 
solid  rhythms  and  intensely  inspirational 
poetic  lyrics.  If  you  are  a  fan  of  Olivelawn, 
their  guitarist  O  makes  a  guest  appear- 
ance with  some  guitar  leads  as  well  as 
taking  the  band's  photos. 

All  the  tracks  are  equally  well  done. 
From  the  recognition  oftoday's  frighten- 
ing age  in  "A  Bomb,"  to  the  insecure 
trappings  of  "Limping  Away,"  the  lis- 
tener is  taken  on  a  well-directed  tour  of 
the  insanity  of  our  society. 

If  you're  free  Dec.  3,  SNFU  will  be 
taking  to  the  stage  at  Porter  Hall  with 
Alice  Donut  for  a  highly  recommended 
dose  of  today. 

Rob  Willbond 


Kirsty  MacColl 

Titanic  Days 
I.R.S. 

Kirsty  MacColl  is  a  long-time  Pogues 
sidekick,  famous  for  her  crusty  perform- 
ance on  their  classic  song  "Fairytale  of 
New  York." 

But  when  flying  solo,  MacColl  seems 
to  lose  her  edge,  as  on  this  poppy  release. 

This  album,  released  by  the 
granddaddy  of  underground  labels,  I.R.S., 
is  an  uneven  smattering  of  overproduced 
pop  runes  mixed  with  interesting,  but 
uninspiring,  funk-based  tracks. 

Falling  into  the  latter  category,  "An- 
gel" and  "Just  Woke  Up"  come  complete 
with  a  funky  beat,  bass  line  and  MacColl, 
who  shows  a  dreamy  side  to  her  usually 
gritty  voice. 

One  of  the  highlights  of  the  album 
requires  close  listening  —  it  is  the  excel- 
lentstring  arrangement  on  "Soho  Square" 
by  Fiachra  Trench,  who  is  also  a  regular 
on  Pogues  records.  The  strings  provide  an 
element  of  depth  on  an  otherwise  super- 
ficial album. 

MacColl  had  a  hand  in  writing  all  the 
songs,  including  "Can'tStop  Killing  You," 
which  she  co-wrote  with  ex-Smiths  gui- 


tarist  Johnny  Marr.  But  she  makes  the 
mistake  of  falling  into  the  Pogue-ish  in- 
vocation  of  disaffected  immigrants  in 
Sohoon  the  aforementioned  track.  "Bad" 
is  a  Shirley  Valentine-style  tale  of  a  mu- 
tinous housewife  who  decides,  in  this 
scenario,  to  kill  her  family.  Yum. 

Overall,  however,  the  lyrics  of  the  songs 
are  as  vapid  as  their  sound. 

MacColl's  lacklustre  performance  is 
what  holds  these  tunes  back.  If  you're 
looking  for  songs  to  belt  out  with  your 
friends  on  a  rainy  night  at  the  Duke  of 
Somerset,  this  album  will  not  impress. 

Am  Keeling 

Spiny  Norman 

Rang 

Kid/Bosco  Records 

The  Spinies  were  started  in  1990  by 
drummer  Anthony  Ellis  and  guitarist 
Larry  Newman. 

They've  now  released  this  promising 
guitar  pop  album  that  isn't  boring. 

Half  the  tape  is  studio  recorded  and 
half  was  recorded  live  on  to  a  two  track. 
The  best  songs  are  the  live  ones,  al- 
though it  would've  been  nice  to  hear 
them  with  better  sound  quality. 

"Stop"  is  an  enjoyable  attempt  at  funk. 
"Rang"  gives  the  bassist,  fason  Farrar,  a 
chance  to  wail  and  he  does. "  Crazy"  is  an 
example  of  the  power  pop  of  the  late  70s 
and  early  '80s  and  "Hot  'n'  Cold"  is  a 
welcome  R  &  B  change  from  the  rockin' 
pop  tunes. 

Musically  iianaisawinner.  So,  ifyou're 
in  the  mood  for  good  guitar  pop,  Rang  is 
the  album  for  you. 

Anthony  Pangalos 

Eight  CDs  you  may  want  to  con- 
sider purchasing  this  Christmas: 

A  Tribe  Called  Quest:  Midnight  Ma- 
rauders 

Wonder  Stuff:  Construction  FortheMod- 
em  Idiot 

Ani  DiFranco:  Puddle  Dive 
Cracker:  Kerosene  Hat 
Curve:  Cuckoo 
Velocity  Girl:  Copacetic 
James:  Laid 

Me,  Mom  and  Morgentaler:  Shiva 
Space  Machine 

Charlatan  Staff 


Kirsty  MacColl 


in  our  office  and  our  undying  love.  For  the  folks  down  at  Mike's  Place,  more  cute  bartend^ 


Writer  in  residenc^^rcfiramccncludes 


by  Rob  McLennan 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton  University  is  wrapping  up  its 
first  writer-in-residence  program. 

Toronto-based  author  and  poet 
Elisabeth  Harvor  has  been  in  Ottawa  as 
Carleton  University's  first  writer-in-resi- 
dence, a  term  which  lasted  from  Septem- 
ber until  the  end  of  November. 

As  the  writer-in-residence,  she  read 
and  commented  on  manuscripts  of  po- 
etry, fiction  and  non-fiction  for  students 
and  non-students  alike. 

While  in  Ottawa,  Harvor  divided  her 
time  between  Carleton  and  the  Ottawa 
Public  Library  for  "financial  reasons," 
according  to  English  Professor  Tom 
Henighan,  who  was  responsible  for  the 
writer-in-residence  program. 

It  cost  $  1 2,000  in  salary  to  bring  her  to 
Ottawa,  half  of  which  came  from  a 
Canada  Council  writer-in-residence  pro- 
gram which  has  since  been  cancelled  due 
to  cutbacks.  Carleton  and  the  Ottawa 
Public  Library  split  the  rest. 

Harvor  has  won  a  number  of  awards 
for  her  writing,  including  the  Malhahat 
Long  Poem  Prize,  the  League  of  Cana- 
dian Poets'  National  Poetry  Prize,  and 
most  recently,  the  1992  Lamport  Award 
for  the  best  first  book  of  poetry  by  a 
Canadian  writer.  Her  work  has  appeared 
"in  journals  and  periodicals  such  as  Arc, 
Event,  The  New  Yorker,  Saturday  Night  and 
Quarry. 

Henighan  says  Carleton  has  never 
had  a  writer-in-residence  before  because 
"it  requires  a  number  of  writers  at  the 
school.  Before,  only  (Christopher) 
Levinson  was  teaching  writing  courses." 

Plus,  he  notes,  because  Carleton's  writ- 
ing program  was  so  small  there  was 
never  any  pressure  to  get  one.  Before 
Harvor,  the  closest  thing  Carleton  had 
was  Mordecai  Richler,  who  taught  a 
course  in  fiction  writing  as  a  visiting 
lecturer  in  1971-72. 

The  response  to  Harvor  has  been  over- 
whelming. At  the  Ottawa  Public  Library, 
she  says  they  had  to  cut  off  submissions 
after  80,  of  which  there  was  still  a  large 
pile  for  her  to  return  to  at  the  end  of 
November.  She  will  work  at  the  library 
until  her  term  ends  at  Christmas. 

Harvor  has  written  two  books  of  short 


stories:  Women  and 
Children,  published 
in  1973  (re-issued 
under  the  title  Our 
Lady  of  All  the  Dis- 
tances) andlfOnly  We 
Could  Drive  Like  This 
Forever,  released  in 
1988,  andl992'scol- 
lection  of  poetry,  For- 
tress of  Chains. 
Harvor  is  originally 
from  New  Bruns- 
wick, the  daughter  of 
well-known  potters. 
Reading  any 
amount  of  Harvor's 
work  is  like  seeing  a 
fraction  of  her  own 
life,  her  own  experi- 
ences. In  "After- 
birth, "  the  first  poem 
in  her  collection  of 
poetry,  she  makes  a 
reference  to  a 
woman  giving  birth 
to  a  baby  way  out  on 
the  river  one  winter, 
after  the  river  had 
frozen  over. 

According  to 
Harvor,  this  has  its 
genesis  in  a  story 
Harvor  heard  in  her 
childhood.  The 
woman  in  question 
was  trying  to  cross 
the  river  to  get  to  the 
doctor's  house.  After 
giving  birth  to  a  baby 
on  the  ice,  she  wrapped  the  kid  up  in  a  fur 
rug  that  she  had  with  her  and  simply 
drove  back  home  in  the  sleigh. 

In  a  long  section  of  her  book  If  Only  We 
Could  Drive  Like  This  Forever  called  "The 
Age  of  Unreason,"  Harvor  includes  the 
whole  description  of  the  party  where  she 
met  her  husband  in  the  mid-1950s  and 
whom  she  married  in  1957. 

She  tells  how  "he  arrived  at  the  door 
and  I  opened  it,  and  my  sister  came 
racing  up  because  she  had  invited  him 

herself  She  told  me  later  thatshe  just 

knew  right  away  at  the  door  that  he  was 
in  love  with  me.  She  said  he  had  that 


Elisabeth  Harvor,  Carleton's  first  writer-in-residence 


'dumb,  enthraledlook.'" 

It  wasn't  until  after  she  had  her  first 
child  in  her  20s  that  Harvor  decided  to 
take  up  writing,  to  make  money  for  the 


family  and  because  she  had  the  time.  For 
a  while  they  had  taken  in  boarders  to 
supplement  her  husband's  income,  but 
she  noted  ha  ving  to  share  her  house  with 
strangers. 

This  gave  her  an  incentive  to  start 
writing.  As  she  says,  "It's  amazing  what 
some  people  will  do  so  you  won't  have  to 
go  out  and  work  and  that's  exactly  the 
way  I  felt.  I  felt,  T'U  do  anything  but  that 
(take  in  more  boarders).'" 

She  then  stayed  home  with  her  chil- 
dren and  began  to  write  what  would 
eventually  become  the  book  of  stories 
Women  and  Children. 

Harvor  says  even  though  she  has  no 
problem  with  the  act  of  writing  itself, 
shyness  and  seeing  what  fame  did  to  her 
parents  make  it  difficult  for  her  to  handle 
publicity,  even  to  the  point  of  refusing  a 
television  interview  when  her  first  book 
came  out. 

"  I  saw  what  fame  had  done  to  my  own 
family,"  she  says,  explaining  that  her 
parents'  fame  as  potters  had  placed  a 
"burden"  on  theirfamily  by  forcing  them 
to  act  like  the  perfect  family  for  the  me- 
dia, something  she  did  not  want  for  her 
own  children. 

It  wasn't  until  many  years  later  that 
she  realized  that  interviews,  articles  and 
appearances  are  necessary  to  sell  books, 
whether  one  particularly  wants  to  go 
through  them  or  not. 

After  she  took  her  master's  in  English 
with  a  specialty  in  creative  writing  at 
Montreal's  Concordia  University  in  1986, 
Harvor  taught  creative  writing  at  York 
University  for  six  years. 

Of  her  experiences  at  Carleton,  she 
says,  "I  often  feel  people  aren't  writing 
about  the  most  interesting  lives;  people 
don't  value  their  own  lives  enough  as 
material."  □ 


Alternative  to  what? 


Various  Artists 

No  Alternative 
Arista 

Just  so  everybody  knows,  "'alterna- 
tive' rock  does  not  exist.  It  is  a  myth  on 
par  with  Elvis  sightings,  quality  airline 
food  and  stress-free  relationships." 

This  assertion  comes  courtesy  of  the 
noble  folks  at  the  Red  Hot  Organization, 
which  raises  AIDS  awareness  and  fund- 
ing and  is  responsible  for  this  compila- 
tion. 

So  now  that  the  ground 
rules  have  been  established 
—  and  our  ignorant  vo- 
cabularies have  been  swept 
clear  of  petty  categories  — 
we  can  delve  into  the  com- 
pilation that  just  might 
end  all  compilations. 

With  superlative  acts 
like  Soul  Asylum  belting 
out  passionate  renderings 
of  Marvin  Gaye's  "Sexual 
Healing,"  how  can  this 
compilation  not  be  "alter- 
native?" 

Seriouslythough,  Gaye 
wouldcertainly  roll  around 
convulsively  in  his  grave, 
given  a  tiny  dose  of  Soul 
Asylum's  instrumental 
hatchet  joband  leadsinger 
Dave  Pimer's  insipidly  jar- 


ring tonality.  Despite  this  low  point,  this 
collection  is  worthy  of  your  time. 

The  various  contributions  to  the  col- 
lection span  a  fair  spectrum  of  tastes; 
there's  enough  here  to  satisfy  most  listen- 
ers of  alternative,  er,  contemporary  non- 
pop  rock. 

If  you'd  enjoy  a  sampling  of  acts  like 
the  Breeders,  Sonic  Youth,  American 
Music  Club  and  Sarah  McLachlan,  there's 
a  good  chance  you'll  enjoy  this  one. 

Mario  Carlucci 


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December  2,  1993  ■  The  Charlatan  •  23 
ond  a  table  in  the  corner  for  us.  For  Sparky,  enough  money  from  the  government  so  Carleton  doesn't  have  to  charge  tuition  (happy  birthday).  For 


by  Am  Keeling 

Chariaian  Staff 


f  Cowboy  Junkies 

Creeque  Alley 
.Dec.  2 


It  seems  to  be  a  trend  among  promi- 
nent Canadian  musicians  to  inject  a  lit- 
tle musical  nationalism  into  their  lyrics; 
witness  Tom  Cochrane's  "Big  League" 
and  Tragically  Hip's  "Wheat  Kings." 

But  Michael  Timmins,  guitarist  and 
songwriter  for  one  of  Canada's  best- 
known  groups,  Cowboy  Junkies,  says  he 
doesn't  like  to  use  specifically  Canadian 
lyrics. 

"There  are  identifiable  Canadian  ele- 
ments in  our  songs,  like  the  weather," 
says  Timmins,  talking  about  the  [unkies' 
forthcoming  fifth  album  Pale  Sun,  Cres- 
cent Moon.  But  he  says  any  nationalistic 
impulse  is  unconscious. 

"1  don't  have  any  desire  to  write 
Canadiana,"  he  says.  "Those  kinds  of 
specific  references  I  tend  to  shy  away 
from."  Rather,  the  Montreal-bom  song- 
writer says  he  prefers  to  leave  the  setting 
and  interpretation  to  his  listeners. 

Timmins  and  the  band— sister  Margo, 
brother  Peter  and  Alan  Anton  —  have 
released  their  fifth  album,  12  tracks  that 
showcase  both  Michael's  evocative  lyrics 
and  a  rawer  sound  blended  with  the 
Junkies'  trademark  ethereal  style. 

The  Junkies  are  rolling  into  Ottawa  as 
part  of  a  five-date  mini-tour  to  kick  off 
the  new  album  before  they  embark  on  a 
full-scale  tour.  Unlike  their  previous  tours 
following  Caution  Horses  ( 1 990)  and  Black- 
Eyed  Man  (1 991),  Timmins  says  the  band 
will  be  playing  smaller  venues.  To  make 
up  for  the  decreased  capacity  of  clubs,  he 
says  the  band  will  play  more  gigs  in  each 
place  on  the  full-scale  tour. 


"Last  time 
out  we  felt,  on 
our  end,  it  was 
getting  a  bit 
stale,"  says 
Timmins.  He 
says  the  Junkies' 
return  to  a  more 
intimate,  in- 
tense sound 
lends  itself  bet- 
ter to  smaller 
venues. 

"With  this 
record,  it's  a  lot 
more  guitar-ori- 
ented and  raw- 
edged,  which 
works  better  in  a 
smallervenue," 
he  says. 

Raw-edged  is 
an  apt  descrip- 
tion of  the  new 
songs.  The  Junk- 
ies have  aban- 
doned the  coun- 
try influence 
that  marked 
their  previous 
two  albums  to 
return  to  the 
bluesy  sound  of 
1987's  The  Trin- 
ity Sessions  and 
1986'sWhifesO/T 
Earth  Now. 

The  difference  on  this  record  is  the 
lead  guitar  of  guest  Ken  Myhr,  who  played 
on  the  band's  last  tour  and  has  injected 
some  hard  sounds  into  the  Junkies'  laid- 
back  souls. 

"The  sound  really  developed  during 
the  tour,"  says  Timmins,  who  then  in- 
vited Myhr  to  contribute  to  Pale  Sun.  "It 


For  a  band  that's  so  mellow,  these  folks  look  almost  too  happy. 


was  definitely  a  conscious  effort  to  in- 
clude the  lead  guitar." 

The  Junkies  also  used  less  of  the  har- 
monica, accordion,  mandolin  and  steel 
guitarfoundon  past  albums,  revertingto 
a  stripped-down  sound.  Timmins  says 
this  helped  the  band  focus  on  its  sound 
without  the  distractions  of  too  many  out- 
side influences. 


"On  this  record,  we  wanted  to  sound 
more  like  a  band  from  song  to  song," 
says  Timmins. 

The  band  has  achieved  its  goal.  Pale 
Sun  is  a  solid  album  from  the  destined- 
for-radio-play  opener  "Crescent  Moon" 
to  the  mournful  closing  track  "Floor- 
board Blues." 

Perhaps  the  album's  strongest  mo- 
ment is  in  the  remake  of  the  Dinosaur  Jr. 
tune  "The  Post."  Myhr's  wailing  guitar 
aches  distortion  across  the  incomprehen- 
sible, psychedelic  vocals  of  Margo 
Timmins. 

One  of  Michael's  most  interesting 
songwriting  efforts  is  a  departure,  both 
for  himself  and  male  lyricists  in  general. 
"Hunted"  is  a  disturbing  series  of  sce- 
narios detailing  the  day-to-day  fear  of 
violence  faced  by  most  women: 

"Emma's  in  a  part  of  town/Where  she 
doesn't  recognize  the  streets/Named  for 
famous  native  sons/And  out  of  every 
crevice  comes  creeping/A  threat  in  her 
direction." 

"I  don't  think  as  males  we  can  totally 
understand  it,"  says  Timmins  of  the  lack 
of  safety  many  women  feel.  "1  didn't 
want  it  to  be  sensational,  but  I  wanted  to 
put  the  point  across." 

He  says  he  got  the  idea  for  the  song 
like  he  does  for  all  his  songs:  "It  was  just 
a  matter  of  keeping  your  ears  open." 

True  to  form,  the  Junkies  have  created 
music  that  challenges  any  definition  of 
their  style.  Once  described  as  "Patsy  Cline 
on  Valium,"  perhaps  they  now  sound 
more  like  the  child  of  a  sober  Jimi  Hendrix 
with  an  element  of  blues  diva  Nina 
Simone.  Or  maybe  they  just  sound  like 
Cowboy  Junkies. 

"To  me,  all  those  styles  merge  into 
pop, "  says  Timmins  of  theirmusical  com- 
parisons. "We're  part  of  the  large  amal- 
gamation of  music  called  pop."  □ 


Loud  sounds  from  Almonte  invade  Ottawa 


by  Sussana  Forleri 

Chariatan  Staff 

When  you  hear  Generic,  you  can't 
help  but  wonder  how  they  can  sound  so 
good,  merging  such  divergent  sounds  to 
make  the  band  whole. 

Hailing  from  Almonte,  each  member 
brings  a  different  influence  to  the  band. 
This  mix  of  inspiration  —  everything 
from  Led  Zeppelin  to  classical  music  — 


Andrew  MacPherson,  concentrating. 


allows  them  to  form  their  own  unique 
style,  a  fast-paced,  aggressive  sound  simi- 
lar to  what's  found  on  Bad  Religion's 
Epitaph  label. 

Sound  like  a  strange  mix?  The  band 
probably  wouldn't  disagree.  "We  hate 
each  other's  bands,"  laughs  drummer 
James  Mace. 

With  heavy  drums,  singing  guitar, 
forceful  lyrics  and  a  soothing  bass,  this 
band  has  a  little  something  for 
everyone. 

"We  don't  know  what  we 
are,"  says  Mace. 

"We're  just  generic,"  says 
lead  guitarist  Andrew 
MacPherson. 

The  band  was  started  last 
summer  by  MacPherson  and 
bassist  Vince  McGrath.  Mace 
and  singer  Solo  (it's  a  Madonna 
thing)  joined  later  that  summer 
and  their  guitarist  Riel  Boire  left 
his  job  a  couple  months  ago  to 
make  the  band  complete. 

"We're  a  new  band,  but  we 
like  to  think  of  ourselves  as  well- 
rounded,"  MacPherson  says. 

Upcoming  projects  include  a 
video  and  possibly  recording  a 
full-length  independent  album. 

"I  have  ideas  for  television 
and  stuff  I'd  like  to  start,"  says 
MacPherson. 

Making  the  rounds  of  the 
Ottawa  Valley  for  the  past  two 
|  months,  Generic  made  a  stop  at 
|  the  Pit  Nov.  13,  opening  for 
fj>  Black  Triangle.  The  show  was 
|  recorded  for  an  upcoming  inde- 
o  pendent  cassette  which  should 
be  released  around  Christmas, 
if  all  goes  well. 


Vocalist  Solo  and  guitarist  Andrew  MacPherson:  it's  the  boys  from  Almonte. 


The  gig  was  a  good  showcase  for  the 
band.  Mace  played  an  impressive  drum 
solo,  while  hints  of  Zeppelin  shone 
through  on  guitar.  Solo  captured  the 
audience's  attention  through  his  genu- 
ine emotion.  These  guys  even  surprised 
themselves  when  MacPherson  began 
smashing  the  amp  with  his  guitar  while 
a  shocked  Solo  looked  on. 

When  asked  after  the  show  what  had 
come  over  him,  MacPherson  replied,  "I 
just  haven'tgotten  enough  sleep  and  my 
head  hurts." 

Although  the  band  flares  and  explodes 
musically,  there  is  a  message  behind  the 
thrash. 

"I  think  that  a  lot  of  our  lyrics  have  a 
bit  of  a  message  in  them,  something 
about  our  experiences,"  MacPherson  says. 


Generic's  lyrics  generally  deal  with 
present-day  matters.  "Message  to  All 
Viewers"  deals  with  the  rotting  of  minds 
through  television  viewing.  Lead  singer 
Solo  explains,  "It's  just  about  television 
in  general  and  how  people  spend  a  lot  of 
time  in  front  of  the  television  when  basi- 
cally they  could  be  doing  things  creative, 
productive,  constructive.  And  a.  lot  of 
people  don't  really  realize  it  is  like  a 
drug." 

Their  message  is  getting  out,  as  the 
band  largely  support  benefits  and  com- 
munity events.  "We've  raised  money  for 
Amnesty  International,  for  homeless 
women.  We're  raising  money  for  Stu- 
dents Tackling  Environmental  Matters," 
says  MacPherson,  □ 


24  •  The  Charlatan  •  December  2,  1993 

Clarence,  the  patient  Performance  Printing  delivery  guy,  eternal  bliss  and  S  5  billion  dollars  for  the  overtime  spent  in  our  office.  For  Len  Boudreault 


Arts  insight:  when  journalists  and  artists  get  together 


by  Tim  O'Connor 

Charlatan  Staff 

Some  journalist  bashing  and  artist 
.  slagging  took  place  at  a  forum  examin- 
ing the  relationship  between  the  media 
and  the  arts  community  held  in  Ottawa 
last  week. 

The  forum  featured  fairly  polite  dis- 
cussion among  six  panellists  from  both 
the  media  and  the  arts  community  in 
Ottawa.  It  was  moderated  by  media  tal- 
ent Laurier  Lapierre  and  sponsored  by 
the  Council  for  the  Arts  in  Ottawa. 

The  question  being  considered  was 
"What  shapes  the  arts  community's  rela- 
tionship to  the  media  in  Ottawa  and  how 
can  this  relationship  best  be  defined  and 
developed?" 

fudging  from  the  discussion  at  the 
forum,  the  panelists  obviously  thought 
this  question  could  best  be  answered  by 
bickering  over  the  Ottawa  Citizen's  cover- 
ageofthe  1993  ManotickFringe  Festival. 

An  audience  member  (Susan  Ure,  an 
art  programmer  with  the  City  of  Ottawa 
who  helped  organize  the  Manotick  Festi- 
val) suggested  that  Citizen  critic  Michael 
Groberman  reviewed  the  novice  festival 
by  the  same  standards  he  would  have 
reviewed  the  Stratford  Festival. 

Citizen  arts  columnist  Jay  Stone  (a.k.a. 
Doktor  Kultur)  was  quick  to  pick  up  this 
snowball  and  roll  it  down  the  hill,  pick- 
ing up  the  other  panelists  in  its  path. 

"Do  you  think  he  (Groberman)  should 
have  lowered  his  standards  when  he  re- 
viewed it  because  it  was  new?"  asked 
Stone. 

"There  is  a  place  in  the  media  for 
defining  the  context  in  which  the  event 
took  place,"  said  Mark  Frutkin,  a  writer 
and  teacher  of  creative  writing  at  Univer- 
sity of  Ottawa. 

Lapierre  jumped  in  at  this  point  on  the 
side  of  the  media  saying,  "Yeah,  but  if  it 
was  lousy,  it  was  lousy." 

Ottawa  X  Press  managing  editor  Derek 
Raymaker  later  added,  "I  don't  have  a 
background  in  arts  writing.  I'm  a  rookie 
at  this." 

Thanks  for  coming  out,  Derek. 

The  discussion  on  coverage  of  the 
Manotick  Fringe  Festival  soon  turned  into 
a  discussion  on  the  abilities  of  the  arts 
journalist  as  a  critic. 

"We  (the  public)  know  that  the  artist 
must  have  a  skill  or  gift.  We  do  not  know 
if  the  critiquer  has  any  training  or  skill, " 
said  Lapierre. 

Frutkin  added  punch  to  anti-joumal- 
ist-as-critic  sentiment  saying,  "Just  to 


show  you  how  unqualified  a  re- 
viewer may  be  —  before  Nancy 
Beale  was  (visual)  arts  critic  at  the 
Citizen,  I  was  at  the  job  for  about  six 
months  and  I'm  color  blind!" 

In  the  end,  the  only  conclusions 
reached  were  that  the  arts  commu- 
nity wanted  more  media  coverage 
—  and  more  favorable  media  cov- 
erage at  that.  This  sentiment  was 
accompanied  by  the  media's  insist- 
ence that  they  have  been  hit  hard 
by  the  recession  and  must  be  selec- 
tive in  their  coverage.  Successful 
artists  must  therefore  compete  more 
aggressively  for  media  attention. 

Doktor  Kultur  had  a  tip  for  art- 
ists competing  for  media  attention: 
"Send  in  a  press  release  and  follow 


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OOPS! 

In  last  week's  story  "Deep  dark 
secretsof  the  AgeofFaith,  we  forgot 
to  mention  that  Brian  Avery  is  also 
a  member  of  the  aforementionted 
multitalented  musical  collective. 
Actually  he  plays  lead  guitar.  We 
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for  any  inconvenience  this  inad- 
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The  Charlatan  Pub  Crawl  Extravaganza 

Deep  within  the  bowels  of  Ottawa  lies  The  Pit 


by  Dahlia  Tanasoiu 

Charlatan  Siatf 

Let's  face  it:  the  Ottawa  bar  scene  is 
pretty  limited  and  trekking  to  Hull  is  now 
tiresome  no  matter  how  old  you  are. 

No  longer:  a  refreshing  variety  of  music 
and  people  await  you  in  the  Pit. 

You  can  barely  tell  the  entrance  exists 
on  Rideau  Street  next  to  On  Tap,  except 
for  the  funky  Pit  mascot  on  the  sign,  a 
crouching  gnome. 

Descending  the  stairs  to  the  "pit"  you 
get  that  sort  of  New  York  basement  bar 
feeling,  it  is  definitely  not  pretentious, 
but  has  plenty  of  atmosphere.  The  decor 
is  black,  of  course,  and  the  ceiling  is 
adorned  with  menacing  gargoyles  and  a 
mirrored  ball. 

The  Pit  opened  up  six  months  ago  and 
has  steadily  grown  in  popularity,  finding 
its  niche  in  the  Ottawa  scene.  It  differs 
from  most  venues  in  Ottawa  because  it 


A  door. 


caters  to  different  groups  of  people. 

On  weekend  afternoons,  the  Pit  opens 
its  doors  to  all  ages,  so  under-age  teenag- 
ers can  see  local  or  upcoming  bands 
without  having  to  fake  their  l.D.  Erminio 
Deangelis,  the  manager,  says  this  gives 
them  a  chance  to  experience  the  Ottawa 
scene  "like  an  adult." 

Monday  nights  is  D|  night  with  Rob 
McLean  and  Stefan  Gerambert  for  a 
combo  of  rap,  techno,  Manchester  alter- 
native pop  and  industrial  music. 

Usually  a  venue  for  local  acts,  the  Pit 
also  has  specialty  nights.  Acid  jazz  night 
on  Tuesday  is  the  best  time  to  go  if  you're 
in  a  mellow  Kerouac  kind  of  mood.  DJ 
Trevor  is  a  master  at  meshing  his  funk  to 
the  live  jazz  of  his  friends.  They've  found 
what  jazz  was  always  meant  to  be:  dy- 
namic improvisation.  Check  them  out 
while  they're  still  underground. 

Decked  out  in  polyester  and  macrame 
on  Thursdays,  the  Hammer- 
heads keep  70s  music  alive  and 
jiving  as  the  young  and  not-so- 
young  shake  their  shaky  things. 
They  are  currently  enjoying 
some  well-deserved  success  since 
the  Ottawa  disco  underground 
has  finally  come  out.  Now  the 
Hammerheads  have  other  gigs 
at  Irene's  and  the  Glue  Pot. 

Compared  to  some  Ottawa 
clubs,  the  Pit  is  one  of  the  most 
supportive  of  fledgling  local 
bands. 

The  Pit  usually  gets  three  to 
four  demo  tapes  a  week  from 
bands  and  "if  we  like  it,  we  call 
them  back,"  says  Deangelis.  Ac- 
cording to  Deangelis,  about  90 
per  cent  of  bands  booked  at  the 
Pit  are  local. 

Thegreatestdrawback  to  the 
Pit  is  its  size,  although  this  is 
also  an  advantage  for  local 
bands  who  can't  fill  a  larger 
5  venue.  When  the  Hammer- 
headsplay  the  Pit,  there  isbarely 
enough  room  to  strut  the 
Travolta. 

But  this  small  dark  hole  in 
the  ground  has  intimacy  and 


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charm.  Owner  John 
Wilson  says  he  wonts 
a  "carefree"  and 
"hassle-free"  envi- 
ronment for  his  pa- 
trons. 

Some  people 
might  find  it  a  little 
too  different. 
Deangelis  smiles 
when  he  explains 
how  he  can  spot  an 
"On  Tapper"  come 
down  the  stairs  by 
mistake:  they  often 
look  confused  when 
they  reach  the  bot- 
tom and  they  quickly 
turn  around  to  go 
back  upstairs.  But 
Deangelis  says  he  has 
nothing  against  On 
Tap — itsimply  has  a 
different  crowd,  but 
everyone  is  welcome  at  the  Pit. 

If  you've  ever  wondered  about  the 
logo,  it's  Deangelis's  invention.  He  was 
just  working  with  clay  one  day  and  a 
shape  was  evolving  and  became  the  logo. 
The  original  work  is  proudly  displayed 
behind  the  bar.  The  gargoyles  and  the 


paintings  are  all  Deangelis's  works  too. 

The  Pit  seems  less  of  a  place  of  busi- 
ness than  a  dark  living  room  belonging 
to  a  struggling  artist.  It's  a  mellow  atmos- 
phere where  you  can  either  dance,  mosh 
or  just  hang  out.  □ 


Gothic  gender-bender  at 
a  school  for  girls 


by  Stephanie  Garrison 

Charlalan  Staff 


ffihe  Wives  of  Bath 

by  Susan  Swan 
Random  House 
$26 
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26  •  The  Charlatan  •  December  2,  1993 


A  gothic  novel  has  certain  traditional 
elements  to  it,  such  as  ghostly  appear- 
ances, orphans  and  cryptic  alter-egos. 

Susan  Swan's  latest  book,  The  Wives  of 
Bath,  updates  these  elements,  combining 
them  with  the  contemporary  theme  of 
gender  identity. 

Swan  spins  a  macabre  tale,  one  much 
darker  than  the  story's  heroine,  Mary 
(Mouse)  Bradford  would  lead  you  to  be- 
lieve. From  largely  inattentive  parents, 
to  the  bizarre  associations  between  vari- 
ous peers  at  an  ancient  private  school, 
there  are  few  relationships  in  the  novel 
that  are  what  they  appear  to  be. 

Mouse  is  16  when  we  first  meet  her, 
but  the  story  is  largely  a  flashback  to 
three  years  previous,  when  she  is  shipped 
off  by  her  stepmother  to  Bath  Ladies 
College,  on  the  outskirts  of  Toronto. 

Mouse  struggles  against  what  she  per- 
ceives to  be  two  large  barriers  to  accept- 
ance: she  is  two  years  younger  than  most 
of  her  classmates  (being  exceptionally 
intelligent)  and  she  has  a  malformed 
back,  due  to  an  earlier  bout  with  polio. 

Determined  not  to  fit  in,  she  instead 
becomes  embroiled  in  a  gender-bending 
drama  largely  due  to  her  seemingly  in- 
sane roommate  Paulie.  Initially  moved 
by  Paulie's  forceful  influence,  Mouse  later 
disentangles  herself  from  the  cancerous 
friendship  and  narrowly  misses  being  an 
accomplice  to  murder. 

What  makes  The  Wives  of  Bath  so  en- 
gaging is  not  so  much  the  plot  as  much 
as  Mouse's  character.  Being  placed  in  an 
emotionally  vulnerable  position,  Mouse 
is  intelligent  enough  to  see  past  the  easy 
option  of  feelingsorry  for  herself.  Despite 
this  intellect,  she  is  still  prone  to  occa- 
sional bursts  of  emotion  and  this  makes 
her  both  human  and  likable. 

Small  aspects  of  the  book  strike  a  false 
chord,  such  as  Paulie's  moronicworship- 


ping  of  King  Kong,  which  make  passages 
of  the  book  uncomfortable  to  read.  How- 
ever, the  phenomenal  sub-plot  that  ques- 
tions roles  of  gender  and  identity,  with  its 
brief  ond  subtle  details  of  lesbian  history 
of  the  1950s  (revealed  through  letters 
stolen  from  the  headmistress),  is  an 
"other"  view  of  history  that  fascinates. 

Swan  incorporates  an  extensive 
amount  of  research  into  this  work,  show- 
ing admirable  restraint  in  selecting  only 
the  most  telling  details  to  set  a  scene. 

Quick  and  interesting  to  read,  The 
Wives  of  Bath  is  a  fascinating  combina- 
tion of  ancient  gothic  conventions  with 
voguish  concerns  of  androgyny  and  gen- 
der reversal.  Refined  writing  and  an  unu- 
sual protagonist  make  this  an  intriguing 
and  unique  choice  for  leisure  reading.  □ 


That's  it  for  Long  Day 
in  the  Universe  for  1993. 
We're  all  off  studying 
now,  but  if  you  want 

something  in  this 
colander  for  1994,  fax 
us  at  788^K)S1  or  stop 
by  at  531  Unicentre 
sometime  before  Dec. 
31. 


for  ethics.  For  OC  Transpo,  a  plague  upon  your  pocketbooks,  after  you  raided  ours.  For  the  PeppermiU  sandwich  guys,  more  yummy  fixin's  and  our 


THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  20  TO  FRIDAY,  DECEMBER  31 


Mayfair  this  evening.  At  7  p.m.  catch 
the  heart-warming  adventures  of  a  young 
man  as  he  embarks  on  an  amazing  ad- 
venture inA  Clockwork  Orange.  And  in 
the  fine  tradition  of  White  Christmas  comes 
the  modem  Christmas  classic  The  Shin- 
ing at  9  p.m. 

The  boys  from  Blind  Melon  (or  is  it 

Blind  Lemon?  It's  so  hard  to  keep  these  silly 
rockandroll  names  straight- ed.)  grace  our 
fair  city  with  their  fine  quality  musician- 
ship. Opening  for  these  socially  responsi- 
ble fellows  is  the  Tea  Party,  those  Doors 
rip-offs  from  Windsor.  Tickets  for  this 
Porter  Hall  show  are  $19.50  in  advance 
(tickets  are  available  at  the  Unicentre 
Store)  or  $22  at  the  door. 

Tuesday,  December  7 

If  you  don't  have  tickets  for  tomor- 
row's Sarah  McLachlan  show  in  Ot- 
tawa and  you  have  a  car,  head  for  the 
Palladium  in  Toronto  to  see  and  hear 
McLachlan,  the  Skydiggers,  the 
Waltons,  Meryn  Cadell  and  more! 
Tickets  are  $16.50. 

Wednesday,  December 
8 

Sarah  McLachlan  plays  the  Con- 
gress Centre  tonight  at  8  p.m.  for  the 
completely  reasonable  price  of  $24.  Open- 
ing the  show  is  Ginger,  featuring,  if  you 
don't  already  know,  ex-members  of  the 
Grapes  of  Wrath. 

The  Nutcracker,  not  starring 
Macauley  Culkin  (just  one  more  reason 
to  go  see  it)  is  being  performed  tonight 
through  Dec.  12  at  the  NAC  Opera. 


Thursday,  December  2 


Body  and  Soul  continues  its  run  for 
three  more  days  at  the  NAC  Atelier  at  8 
p.m.  each  night.  Tickets  are  $12.50. 

Cowboy  Junkies  play  Creeque  Al- 
ley tonight.  If  there  are  any  tickets  left, 
they're  $  18  at  the  door. 

Friday,  December  3 

Canadian  punk  rock  legends  SNFU, 
along  with  Alice  Donutand  the  unfor- 
tunately named  PooPoo  KaKa  and 
the  BumBums,  play  Porter  Hall  for 

the  low,  low  price  of  $  10  at  the  door  or  $8 
in  advance  atthe  Unicentre  Store  and  the 
usual  independentoutlets.  Showstarts  at 
8  p.m. 

At  the  SAW  Gallery  this  very  same 
night  you  can  skank  you  brains  out  to  the 
sounds  of  Ottawa's  own  Skatterb  rains. 
Special  guests:  the  Wooden  Stars.  Doors 
open  at  8:30  p.m.  and  cover  for  this  all- 
ages  extravaganza  is  $5. 

If  s  a  Leonard  Cohen  Pub  at  Bump- 
er's tonight,  featuring  Cohen's  videos 
and  poetry  (bring  your  own  or  someone 
else's  to  read  aloud,  if  you  so  desire).  The 
evening,  which  gets  underway  at  8  p.m., 
is  sponsored  by  the  fine  folks  from  the 
English  Literature  Society. 

At  Zaphod's  tonight  it's  a  free  show, 
featuring  local  bands  Cookie  at  8  p.m. 
and  Blind  at  9  p.m.  What  to  do,  what  to 

do... 

Saturday,  December  4 

Blue  Cow!  Soluble  Fish!  Poetry!  Five 
dollars  will  get  you  into  the  launching  of 
Ink,  a  national  magazine  covering  litera- 
ture and  art.  The  fun  starts  at  8  p.m.  at 
Creeque  Alley. 

At  11  p.m.  in  the  NAC's  Atelier,  the 
play  Body  and  Soul  will  be  presented  as 
a  benefit  for  Equity  Fights  AIDS  Fund. 
Tickets  are  $12.50. 

Sunday,  December  5 

Nothing  says  Christmas  like  choral 
music  and  church.  Combine  the  two  and 
go  see  the  Johannes  Brahms  Choir 
and  the  Nepean  Youth  Choir  perform 
Christmas  standards.  They'll  be  perform- 
ing at  St.  Brigid's  Church  at  7:30p.m. 
Tickets  are  $6  for  students. 

You  might  as  well  just  camp  out  at  the 
Pit  today,  especially  if  you're  a  popcore 
fan.  Conneticut's  Monsterland,  Otta- 
wa's Uncommon  Society  and  Electric 
Embryo  play  an  all-ages  matinee  at  3 
p.m.  Cover  is  $5.  This  evening,  it's  a 
seven-inch  release  party  featuring  loud 
punkers  Resin  Scraper  and  Spiny  Ant- 
eaters.  Cover  is  only  $4. 

Monday,  December  6 


Parents:  finally  you  can  take  your 
young,  impressionable  children  to  the 
cinema  to  enjoy  some  family  fare.  Two 
fine  holiday  films  are  showing  at  the 

December  2,  1993  •  The  Charlatan 

stomachs'  devotion.  For  Charlatan  volunteers,  a  big,  sloppy  kiss  and  a  cup  o'  cheer.  Merry  Christmas  to  all,  and  to  all  a  good  night! 


Friday,  December  10 


Kanehsatake:  270  Years  of  Resist- 
ance, a  film  about  the  Oka  crisis,  pre- 
mieres tonightat  7  p.m.  atthe  Bytowne. 
If  you  miss  it  tonight  it's  playing  until 
Dec.  14. 

The  Bourbon  Tabernacle  Choir 

bring  some  Christmas  cheer  to  the  Pen- 
guin tonight.  Opening  band  is  the  Rhi- 
nos. 

Wednesday,  December 
22 

Now  that  you're  all  finished  those 
nasty  exams,  you'll  probably  be  in  the 
mood  for  some  entertainment.  What 
better  way  to  relax  than  by  listening  to 
Ottawa's  very  own  Angstones  perform 
the  entire  soundtrack  of  that  holiday 
treat:  The  Sound  of  Music,  as  well  as 
some  "holiday  favorites!"  It's  happening 
tonight  and  tomorrow  at  the  Arts  Court 
Theatre.  Tickets  are  $10  and  you  can 
reserve  them  by  calling  233-3449.  Doors 
open  at  8  p.m.  and  the  show  starts  30 
minutes  later. 

Thursday,  December  23 

Stuck  for  gifts  to  get  that  special  (or 
not-so-special)  someone?  May  we  sug- 
gest a  book  or  two?  How  about  John 
Ralston  Saul's  Voltaire's  Bastards?  If  s 
a  critique  of  modem  society  that  actually 
makes  sense.  It  puts  a  lot  of  what  we 
leam  at  Carleton  into  a  historical  per- 
spective. 

Charlatan  production  manager  Kevin 
McKay  is  tired.  He's  been  doing  way  too 
much  Christmas  shopping.  But  just  be- 


fore  he  passed  out  beneath  100  pounds  of 
holiday  cheese,  he  managed  to  mumble, 
"Shakespeare.  King  Lear,  Macbeth, 
The  Tempest.  I  hear  this  fellow's  quite 
good." 

After  you've  finished  your  Christmas 
shopping,  relax  to  the  soothing  sounds 
of  the  Holly  Cole  Trio  as  they  perform 
in  the  NAC  Opera,  accompanied  by  a 
17-piece  string  ensemble.  Show  starts  at 
8  p.m.  and  tickets  range  from  $16  to  $24. 

Saturday,  December  25 

Christmas.  Eathot,  home-made  food. 
Receivepresents.  Wonderwhy  you  moved 
away  from  home. 

Sunday,  December  26, 
9  a.m. 

Remember  why  you  moved  away  from 
home. 

Friday,  December  31 

New  Year's  Eve.  Express  feelings  of 
friendship  to  your  fellow  man  and 
woman.  If  you're  too  intoxicated  to  ex- 
press these  feelings  coherently,  just  try 
not  to  throw  up  on  them  (see  Vomiting 
Etiquette,  Charlatan  Frosh  Supplement,  Sept. 
2,  1993). 

At  the  Penguin  you  can  celebrate 
this  fine  New  Year's  Eve  along  with  the 
Drew  Nelson  Band. 

For  five  bucks  you  can  enjoy  New 
Year's  Eve  reggae  with  the  Al  Miller 
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■  The  Charlatan  ■  January  6,  1994 


NEWS 


OC  Transpo  hikes  fares  again 


By  Naomi  Bock 

Chartalan  Statl 

For  the  second  time  in  five  months, 
OC  Transpo  has  hiked  its  fares,  prompt- 
ing a  debate  which  found  the  mayor  of 
Ottawa  and  Carleton's  assistant  vice- 
president  academic  on  opposite  sides. 

At  a  Dec.  1  meeting,  OC  Transpo  com- 
missioners had  planned  to  raise  student 
bus  passes  by  $1.50  a  month  to  $45, 
while  adult  and  senior  passes  were  only 
going  up  by  $1  to  $54  and  $24  respec- 
tively. 

But  Capital  Ward  Councillor  Jim 
Watson  introduced  a  successful  motion 
to  lower  the  student  increase,  which  he 
said  "  defied  logic, "  to  make  it  equal  with 
the  other  increases. 

Ottawa  Mayor  Jacquelin  Holzman 
opposed  Watson's  motion,  which  made 
the  cost  of  a  student  pass  $44.50. 

At  the  same  meeting,  commissioners 
agreed  to  raise  cash  fares  by  10  cents, 
raising  off-peak  fares  to  $  1 .60  from  $  1 .50 
and  peak  fares  to  $2.10  from  $2. 

Watson  issued  a  press  release  before 
the  meeting  which  prompted  people  to 
come  out  and  speak  on  students'  behalf, 
including  representatives  from  the  Car- 
leton  University  Students'  Association, 
the  Graduate  Students'  Association,  the 
University  of  Ottawa,  and  Carleton's  as- 


sistant vice-president  academic,  Tom 
Wilkinson. 

Wilkinson  told  The  Charlatan  he  ar- 
gued that  the  OC  Transpo  commission- 
ers shouldn't  raise  fares  at  all,  in  order  to 
stop  the  "drastically"  falling  number  of 
bus  riders. 

"Business-wise,  to  me,  they're  going 
about  it  the  wrong  way  —  but  they  .  .  . 
obviously  didn't  listen  to  that  part  of  it," 
he  said  in  a  later  interview. 

What  the  commissioners  did  listen  to 
was  Wilkinson's  and  others'  pleas  to  keep 
the  student  increase  level  with  the  other 
increases. 

All  except  one  voted  to  lower  the  pro- 
posed student  increase.  Canterbury  Coun- 
cillor Jack  MacKinnon  voted  to  keep  it 
higher. 

"It's  not  a  matter  of  ability  to  pay.  If 
someone  down  the  street  earns  half  as 
much  as  I  do,  does  that  mean  they  should 
pay  less?"  said  MacKinnon  in  a  later 
interview. 

Watson  said  Holzman  left  the  meet- 
ing early,  declaring  she  supported  the 
increases  the  way  they  were  and  if  she 
had  stayed  she  would  have  vote  against 
lowering  students'  pass  increases. 

"I  was  so  furious,"  said  Watson  of 
Holzman's  stance. 

Kristine  Haselsteiner,  vice-president 


external  forCUSA,  saidshe 
wassurprisedat  Holzman's 
reaction,  since  when  she 
spoke  with  Holzman  and 
Watson  a  week  before  the 
meeting,  Holzman  had 
said  she  had  a  problem 
with  the  unequitable  in- 
creases. 

"Her  exact  words  were, 
'  Jim,  we  have  to  look  into 
this  andsee  if  there's  some- 
thing we  can  do,'"  said 
Haselsteiner. 

Holzman  was  on  holi- 
day this  week  and  could 
not  be  reached  for  com- 
ment. 

"If  s  targeting  those  who 
are  least  able  to  pay,"  said 
Haselsteiner,  who  spoke  at 
the  meeting  about  high 
unemployment,  cutbacks 
to  the  Ontario  Student  As- 
sistance Program  and  other  financial 
woes  facing  students. 

Erin  Chisholm,  a  second-year  film  stud- 
ies student,  said  she  walks  to  school  be- 
cause she  can't  afford  the  bus  anymore. 

"I  can  use  that  money  in  a  lot  more 
important  places,  like  food,"  said 
Chisholm. 


Oxana  Sawka,  OC  Transpo's  director 
of  customer  and  community  relations, 
said  the  hikes  were  necessary  due  to 
provincial  fund  freezes  and  a  proposed 
regional  funding  reduction  of  nearly  $  1 
million. 

TRANSPO  cont'd  on  page  6 


Dunton  Tower  air  quality  in  question 


by  Sean  Silcofi 

Charlatan  Staff 

News  that  Carleton  has  stoppedpump- 
ing  fresh  air  into  Dunton  Tower  has 
prompted  an  employee  in  the  building  to 
file  a  complaint  with  the  university's 
support  staff  union. 

Maureen  Sherman,  a  union  repre- 
sentative who  looks  after  the  interests  of 
36  employees,  made  a  verbal  complaint 
to  CUPE  2424  on  Jan.  3  about  concerns 
over  the  air  quality  in  the  building. 

Her  complaint  followed  a  meeting  on 
Dec.  16,  when  department  heads  and 
administrators  working  in  Dunton  Tower 
were  told  that  their  building  had  been 
without  pumped-in  fresh  air  for  four 
weeks. 

Three  members  of  Carleton's  physical 
plant  department,  including  special 
projects  officer  Gilbert  Belair,  told  about 
25  people  at  the  meeting  the  university 
stopped  pumping  in  fresh  air  after  some 
coils  which  heat  incoming  air  stopped 
working. 

They  added  that  the  situation  would 
not  change  until  new  coils  could  be  in- 
stalled. The  coils  are  now  in,  but  the 
system  will  not  be  turned  back  on  until 
the  end  of  January,  says  Belair. 

News  of  the  building's  current  ventila- 
tion shutdown  was  not  the  main  reason 
for  the  meeting,  Belair  says.  Rather,  it 
was  to  inform  building  staff  about  a  new 
air  system  that  will  be  installed  over  a  40- 
week  period  starting  this  month. 

The  $1.2-million  renovation  of  the 
building's  heating,  ventilation  and  air- 
conditioning  system  is  meant  to  fix  a 
system  which  the  university's  airquality 
specialist,  John  Jones,  says  is  in  a  "very 
bad  state  of  disrepair." 

Jones  says  air  is  not  properly  distrib- 
uted through  the  tower,  making  for  an 
uncomfortable  working  environment. 

"The  building  isn't  maybe  the  most 
comfortable  in  the  world,  but  there's  noth- 
ing poisonous  in  there,"  he  says. 

Beverley  Hall,  an  administrative  as- 
sistant with  the  classics  department,  says 
she  "was  just  appalled"  that  the  univer- 
sity had  taken  four  weeks  to  warn  people 
in  the  building  of  the  news,  and  added 


"We  should  have  been  told  sooner." 

Sherman's  complaint  prompted  CUPE 
2424  president  Joanne  Cameron  to  call  a 
meeting  with  DuntonTowerunion  mem- 
bers, which  she  says  will  happen  "in  the 
near  future,"  to  discuss  employee  con- 
cerns about  air  quality. 

The  union  has  kept  a  file  on  Dunton 
Towerair-quality  complaints  since  1 986, 
although  Cameron  says  Sherman's  com- 
plaint is  the  first  in  recent  years. 

Most  complaints  in  the  past  centred 
on  temperature  problems,  lack  of  hu- 
midity, odors  and  health  problems  asso- 
ciated with  sick  building  syndrome,  like 
sore  throats  and  dry  eyes,  says  Cameron. 

A  1988  Public  Works  Canada  survey 
of  the  building's  air  quality,  which  was 
requested  by  the  union,  found  air  quality 
to  be  "well  within  acceptable  comfort 
standards  and  guidelines." 

Hall  says  she  asked  at  the  meeting  if 
any  fresh  air  was  getting  into  the  build- 
ing while  the  ventilation  system  was 
down.  She  was  told  the  building's  front 
doors,  elevatorshaftsandstructural  leaks 
still  let  in  an  adequate  level  of  fresh  air 


from  the  outside. 

"I  just  rolled  my  eyes  and 
laughed.  Our  office  is  on  the  20th 
floor,"  she  says. 

Jones  tested  the  air  on  the  21st 
floor  on  Jan.  4  and  found  a  carbon 
dioxide  concentration  of  700  parts 
per  million.  That  is  higher  than  the 
university's  target  average  of  600 
ppm,  but  within  the  acceptable 
standard  of  1,000  ppm.  Carbon  di- 
oxide testing  is  used  to  measure  air 
quality. 

Belair  says  enough  air  is  coming 
into  the  building  to  satisfy  a  build- 
ing code  recommendation  of  10  to 
15  per  cent  fresh  air  intake  into  the 
building  at  all  times.  But  he  says 
even  if  the  intake  dips  below  that 
level,  the  building  will  probably 
not  be  shut  down. 

"There  is  adequate  air  for  all 
occupants  in  the  building,"  Belair 
says. 

A  number  of  Dunton  Tower  em- 
ployees say  a  few  people  working  in 
the  building  have  suffered  from  "sick 
building  syndrome"  in  the  past. 


The  term  is  commonly  used  to  de- 
scribe a  host  of  ailments  including  head- 
aches, fatigue,  eye  irritation  and  respira- 
tory problems  that  affect  workers  in  of- 
fice buildings  that  have  bad  air. 

The  bad  air  is  usually  caused  by  high 
levels  of  carbon  dioxide  or  by  mould, 
which  can  develop  in  a  number  of  places 
including  unclean  ventilation  system  drip 
trays. 

In  one  case,  a  woman,  who  asked  not 
to  be  named,  moved  to  a  different  Carle- 
ton  department  office  in  May  1992,  away 
from  Dunton  Tower,  aftershe  spent  nearly 
two  years  on  disability  leave. 

A  string  of  respiratory  viral  infections 
left  her  so  debilitated  that  she  says  "I 
ended  up  breaking  down,  basically.  I  had 
no  immune  system  left." 

Although  doctors  say  they  couldn't 
confirm  the  connection,  she  says  her 
health  problems  definitely  had  to  do 
with  the  building.  She  says  the  problems 
only  started  when  she  began  working  in 
Dunton  Tower —  her  health  has  returned 
to  normal  since  she  moved  to  another 


DUNTON  cont'd  on  page  4 


Graffiti  guerillas 
Dan  Buller  and 
Eric  Grice:  still  at 
large. 

See  story  page  19. 


January  6,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


Res  cigarette  smuggling  nothing  new 


by  Ryan  Nakashima  and  Ryan  Ward' 

Charlatan  Siaff 

Proposals  designed  to  tighten  the  prov- 
ince's control  of  cigarette  sales  won't 
have  a  big  effect  on  smokers  at  Carleton, 
say  some  students. 

One  measure  proposed  by  the  prov- 
ince Nov.  29,  designed  to  curb  cigarette 
smuggling,  would  mean  anyone  in  pos- 
session of  50ormore  cartons  of  smuggled 
cigarettes  could  face  penalties  of  $2,000 
for  a  first  offence  or  a  jail  term  of  up  to 
two  years. 

Michelle  Veinot,  a  first-yearcriminol- 
ogy  student,  says  the  guidelines  probably 
won't  stop  cigarette  smuggling  in  resi- 
dence. 

"If  you  really  want  to  smoke,  you  can 
get  them  no  matter  what,"  says  Veinot.  ^ 

The  selling  of  smuggled  cigarettes 
"definitely  goes  on  in  residence,"  says 
Derek  Zeisman,  general  manager  of  the 
Rideau  River  Residence  Association. 

Cpl.  Daniel  Desmarais,  from  the  cus- 
toms and  excise  departmentofthe  RCMP, 
says  illegal  cigarettes  are  sold  everywhere 
and  it's  not  surprising  if  they  are  sold  in 
Carleton's  residence  too. 

Last  spring,  following  an  anonymous 
tip,  police  investigated  the  selling  of  smug- 
gled cigarettes  in  residence  and  arrested 
a  male  student  for  possessing  contra- 
band, says  Desmarais. 

The  fine  for  possession  is  $30  per  car- 
ton under  federal  laws,  but  the  province 
will  add  $39  per  carton  to  that  fine  if 
tougher  enforcement  measures  are  put 
in  place. 

Desmarais  says  police  are  ready  to  act 
if  they  get  any  tips  with  specific  informa- 
tion. "If  we  do  get  information  that  so- 
and-so  is  dealing  in  something,  if  ifs 
specific  information,  we'll  work  it." 

Rumors  of  smuggled  cigarette  sales  in 


residence  have  been  around  for  years, 
but  ifs  something  the  department  of 
housing  and  food  services  hasn't  been 
able  to  prove,  says  the  department's  di- 
rector, Dave  Sterritt. 

Zeisman  says  a  former  resident  of  Lan- 
ark House  popularly  known  as  the 
Smokelord  "made  a  fortune"  by  buying 
cigarettes  from  Cornwall  and  selling  them 
to  students.  Cornwall  is  close  to  the  U.S.- 
Canada border  and  is  targeted  as  a  major 
cigarette-smuggling  outlet  by  police. 

Zeisman  says  the  former  student  made 
about  $20,000  per  academic  year,  and 
since  he  left  in  1992,  someone  is  likely 
selling  in  his  place. 

Smuggled  cigarette  sales  were  so  preva- 
lent they  prompted  RRRA  to  sell  ciga- 
rettes in  the  Bree's  Inn  in  September  of 
this  year,  says  Zeisman. 


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variety  of  areas  such  as: 


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Interested  in  joining  our  team  for  the  summer  of  1994? 

Application  forms  may  be  obtained  from  the  Human  Resources  Department  or 
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Nepean  Civic  Square,  101  Centrepointe  Drive 
Nepean,  Ontario  K2Q  5K7 

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friend  for  $25.  The  price  for  legal  cartons, 
containing  eight  packs  of  25  cigarettes,  is 
about  $55  after  sales  taxes. 

Another  bill  introduced  by  the  prov- 
ince on  Nov.  22  would  raise  the  legal  age 
to  buy  tobacco  to  19  from  18,  outlaw 
cigarette  vending  machines  and  prohibit 


pharmacies  from  selling  tobacco  prod- 
ucts. 

The  proposed  tobacco  control  act 
would  affect  Carleton  students  under  the 
age  of  19  and  those  who  use  the  cigarette 
vending  machine  at  Oliver's  campus  pub. 

Lucy  Watson,  president  of  the  Carle- 
ton University  Students'  Association,  says 
if  the  law  is  passed,  there  will  be  checks  in 
the  Unicentre  store  to  ensure  buyers  are 
of  age. 

Last  year,  Carleton  students  smoked 
$230,890  worth  of  cigarettes  from  the 
Unicentre  store,  says  Rene  Faucher,  CUS  A 
finance  commissioner. 

The  students'  association  will  also  re- 
move the  cigarette  vending  machine  in 
Oliver'sbar  if  the  bill  is  passed.  But  Watson 
says  removing  the  vending  machine  will 
not  decrease  sales  by  much,  because  not 
many  people  use  it  anyway. 

Mark  Dones,  18,  a  first-year  student, 
says  laws  restricting  sales  to  people  1 8  or 
older  didn't  have  much  effect  when  he 
was  younger,  and  the  new  law,  if  passed, 
won't  bother  him  either. 

"Stores  still  sold  us  cigarettes,  depend- 
ing on  who  ran  it  and  how  lenient  they 
were.  There's  a  lot  of  ways  around  it  so 
there's  no  point  in  raising  it  (the  age 
limit)  again."  □ 


DVNTON  cont'd  from  page  3 

campus  building. 

Beverly  Plato,  manager  of  the  univer- 
sity's occupational  health  and  safety  de- 
partment, says  she  has  never  heard  of 
this  woman's  case. 

When  asked  if  Dunton  Tower  was  a 
sick  building,  Plato  wouldn't  say  yes  or 
no,  adding  "There's  a  lot  we  don't  know 
about  (the  building)." 

Some  staff  figure  that  a  lack  of  fresh 

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"  I  don't  think  it's  the  greatest  thing  to 
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couldn't  be  terribly  healthy,"  says  Hall. . 

Sherman  says  she  hasn't  noticed  any 
difference  in  the  air  quality  over  the  past 
month. 

"To  me,  there's  never  any  fresh  air." 

But  she  adds  that  she  expects  the 
problem  will  be  solved  when  the  new 
system  is  completed  this  year.  □ 


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4  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  6,  1994 


Enviro  activist  whistles  while  he  works 


by  Caron  Watt 

Charlatan  SlaH 

John  Zronik  says  he  loves  his  job  so 
much,  he  keeps  forgetting  it's  a  job. 

"I  keep  forgetting  to  get  paid.  It's  not 
like  a  job.  I'm  having  a  good  time,"  he 
says. 

Zronik  was  hired  as  environment  com- 
missioner in  September  by  the  Carleton 
University  Students'  Association.  He  says 
his  goal  this  year  is  to  raise  students' 
awareness  of  environmental  issues. 

"The  way  I'm  taking  this  job  is  to  put 
more  of  a  focus  on  things  that  are  hap- 
pening outside  the  school,  but  also  at  the 
same  time  things  that  are  happening 
inside  of  the  school." 

One  environmental  issue  on  campus 
is  the  fact  that  many  of  the  food  outlets 
on  campus  still  use  Styrofoam  packag- 
ing, says  Zronik. 

"That's  not  acceptable,"  he  says. 
Styrofoam  containers  are  a  major  con- 
tributor to  landfill  sites  since  they  are  not 
bio-degradable. 

He  says  individual  environmental  ac- 
tions like  recycling  help  relieve  the  pres- 
sure on  landfill  sites.  However,  Zronik 
says  students  have  to  look  beyond  their 
own  backyards  when  it  comes  to  environ- 
mental issues. 

He  gives  the  example  of  students  lob- 
bying MacMillan  Bloedel  Ltd.,  the  com- 
pany that  is  logging  the  old-growth  for- 
est at  Clayoquot  Sound  in  British  Colum- 
bia. 

He  says  MacMillan  Bloedel  is  exploit- 
ing Canada's  natural  resources  in 
Clayoquot  Sound  for  short-term  profits 
instead  of  long-term  sustainability. 


So  far,  Zronik  is  "doing  well,  network- 
ing with  individual  groups  on  campus," 
says  Heather  Farrow,  a  co-ordina  tor  with 
the  Ontario  Public  Interest  Research 
Group  at  Carleton. 

OPIRG  and  Zronik  have  co-ordinated 
events  together,  including  the  visit  by  the 
tree  stump  from  Clayoquot  Sound  that 
took  up  residence  outside  Dunton  Tower 
on  Oct.  26. 

Zronik  says  another  company  he 
wants  to  raise  awareness  about  is  Du 
Pont  and  the  environmental  damage  it 
causes  through  its  production  of  plastics. 

"  I  want  to  show  people  what  they  can 
do  about  these  things,"  says  Zronik. 

He  is  trying  to  educate  people  through 
field  trips  to  local  recycling  facilities,  in- 
formation tables  in  Baker  Lounge. 

Zronik  has  also  produced  about  20  30- 
second  segments  which  will  start  run- 
ning on  CKCU,  Carleton's  radio  station, 
later  this  month. 

Zronik  has  also  put  together  a  forestry 
group  of  about  50  students  who  are  con- 
cerned about  forest  depletion  and  espe- 
cially about  the  environmental  threat  to 
Clayoquot  Sound. 

"We  want  to  give  people  the  option  of 
coming  (out)  and  becoming  involved," 
he  says. 

"Apathy  is  our  worst  enemy,  just  like 
anything  else  when  somebody  tries  to 
motivate  people  to  do  something.  It's 
really  hard." 

Zronik  was  hired  by  Theresa  Cowan, 
the  director  of  services  for  CUSA,  who 
says  there  were  a  few  other  applicants. 

"(Zronik)  was  really  the  only  person 
who  showed  sustainable  interest,"  says 


SECURITY  BRIEFS 


Two  flashings  in 
Tory  Building 
over  holidays 

by  Charlatan  Staff 

There  were  two  incidents  of  indecent 
exposure  around  the  Tory  Building  over 
the  holidays. 

On  Dec.  21  at  7  p.m.,  a  woman  saw  a 
man  with  his  pants  down  in  the  tunnels 
near  the  Tory  Building  and  the  post  of- 
fice. 

Len  Boudreault,  the  assistant  director 
of  the  department  of  university  safety, 
says  there  was  no  contact  between  the 
man  and  woman.  He  says  she  observed  a 
man,  who  was  masturbating,  and  then 
left  the  area. 

A  poster  circulated  on  Dec.  22  de- 
scribes the  man  as  in  his  mid-20s,  Cauca- 
sian, with  fair  skin  and  a  heavy  build. 

He  was  wearing  a  red  and  white  base- 
ball cap  and  a  blue  shirt. 

In  a  second  incident  on  Dec.  28  at 
about  3:35  p.m.,  a  woman  studying  on 
the  third  level  of  the  Tory  Building  was 
approached  by  a  man  who  made  sexual 
comments  to  her  and  then  exposed  him- 
self. 

Boudreault  says  the  man  made  a 
sexual  proposition  to  her,  but  did  not 
directly  threaten  her  with  physical  vio- 
lence. 

Boudreault  says  the  woman  got  up 
and  moved  away  from  the  man,  and  the 
man  then  left  in  the  other  direction. 

A  poster  circulated  on  (an.  3  describes 
the  man  as  in  his  late-20s,  five  feet  six 
inches  tall,  Caucasian  with  fair  skin  and 
about  130  pounds.  He  was  wearing  a 


Cowan. 

He  also  had 
experience  in 
dealing  with 
environmen- 
tal issues, 
through  his  in- 
volvement 
with 
Greenpeace 
and  the  Coali- 
tion to  Save 
Clayoquot 
Sound,  she 
adds. 

Zronik  con- 
sults with 
Cowan  and 
says  she  has 
been  support- 
ive, although 
she  says  he  has 
not  needed  a 
lotof  direction. 
"I  want  him  to 
be  able  to  de- 
velop what  he 
wants  to  do." 

Zronik,  a 
second-year 
geography 
and  political 
science  stu- 
dent, applied 
forthe  position 


through  Carle-  Zroni^  takes  his  environmental  message  to  the  campus. 


ton's  work  study  program. 

Cowan  says  the  program  gives  stu- 
dents the  chance  to  pick  up  a  few  extra 
hours  of  work  a  week,  while  helping  out 
organizations  which  may  not  have  a  lot 
of  money  to  hire  extra  staff. 

Zronik's  salary  is  $6.50  an  hour  and 
he  receives  $1,000  a  year  from  Cowan's 


budget  to  organize  events  and  lectures 
on  top  of  his  hourly  wage.  Cowan  says 
Zronik  works  between  lOand  12  hoursa 
week,  which  is  covered  by  the  work  study 
fun  as. 

Zronik  can  be  reached  through  CUSA. 
His  office  is  across  from  OPIRG,  on  the 
third  floor  of  the  Unicentre.  □ 


light  blue  sweater  and  off-white 
sweatpants. 

Boudreault  says  there  is  "no  indica- 
tion" that  the  two  incidents  are  related, 
but  the  department  hasn't  ruled  out  the 
possibility. 

He  says  both  incidents  are  under  in- 
vestigation by  the  department  and  the 
Ottawa  Police.  He  says  there  are  no  leads 
yet.  □ 

Foot  Patrol 
impersonator 
on  campus 

by  Charlatan  Staff 

A  man  is  impersonating  a  member  of 
the  Foot  Patrol  on  campus,  says  patrol 
co-ordinatorBrenda  Kennedy. 

Kennedy  says  in  December  a  woman 
told  a  patrol  team  she  had  received  an 
escort  from  a  single  man.  The  Foot  Patrol 
only  offers  co-ed  escorts. 

The  man  wore  a  red  jacket  similar  to 
those  worn  by  patrollers  and  carried  a 
flashlight  and  walkie-talkie,  Kennedy 
says. 

She  says  people  who  want  to  flag 
down  patrollers  should  remember  a  man 
and  woman  always  act  as  escorts  to- 
gether, they  always  have  identification 
tags  and  their  jackets  are  red  with  "Foot 
Patrol  on  duty"  on  the  back  in  white. 

She  says  if  anyone  sees  anything  sus- 
picious, they  should  report  it  to  the  de- 
partment of  university  safety  immedi- 
ately. 

Len  Boudreault,  the  assistant  director 
of  the  department,  says  safety  patrols  are 
watching  for  suspicious  individuals.  □ 


APPLE  SADDLERY 

The  Largest  Western  Boot  Store  in  Canada. 

INNES  ROAD  JUST  EAST  OF  THE  417  (NEAR  THE  PRICE  CLUB) 


January  6,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  5 


Sun  lights  up  Rideau  path  after  dark 


by  Jodi  McKenzie 

Charlatan  Star! 

Anyone  walking  along  the  footpath 
beside  the  Rideau  River  recently  may 
have  noticed  strange  squares  of  metal 
attached  to  new  lights. 

These  squares  are  the  panels  for  10 
new  solar-powered  lights  along  the  river 
that  were  installed  in  November.  The 
solar  panels  on  the  lights  store  energy 
from  the  sun  to  power  the  lights  after 
dark. 

The  lights  are  an  experiment  to  test 
the  new  technology  and  see  how  well  the 
lights  work  on  campus  over  time,  says 
Ben  Solomon,  an  engineer  with  Carle- 
ton's  physical  plant.  He  says  he  hopes 
the  lights  will  be  installed  across  campus 
in  a  few  years. 

"I  don't  think  there  will  be  a  problem 
with  them,"  he  says. 

The  lights  cost  physical  plant  a  total  of 
$23,000.  The  solar  panels  themselves  are 
guaranteed  for  20years  and  the  batteries 
are  guaranteed  for  10  to  15  years.  The 
university  should  save  on  electricity  costs 
because  of  the  lights,  says  Solomon. 

The  plan  to  install  the  lights  was  rec- 
ommended by  a  committee  of  the  Carle- 
ton  University  Students'  Association 
which  conducted  a  safety  audit  two  years 
ago. 

The  location  for  the  experiment  was 
chosen  because  the  southern  exposure  to 
the  sun  makes  storing  power  for  the 
lights  more  efficient.  Also,  the  audit  rec- 
ommended the  area  should  be  lit  from 
the  road  down  to  the  water,  says  Foot 
Patrol  co-ordinator  Brenda  Kennedy. 

The  lights  are  designed  to  go  on  auto- 
matically at  dusk,  but  they  only  stay  on 
for  three  hours.  After  this  period,  the 
lights  come  on  again  when  something 
moves  inside  their  movement  sensors' 


range,  which  is  just  over  five  feet  in 
diameter,  Kennedy  estimates. 

The  lights  will  stay  on  for  10  to  12 
minutes,  but  Solomon  says  the  length  of 
time  can  be  changed  from  three  minutes 
to  about  30. 

Bill  Radway  at  the  physical  plant  says 
the  sensors'  range  is  small  and  that  you 
seem  to  have  to  be  directly  under  the 
light  to  turn  it  on.  He  says  he  is  talking  to 
the  contractor  about  fixing  the  problem. 

Kennedy  says  the  new  lights  may  give 
people  a  false  sense  of  security  about  the 
footpath.  She  says  because  the  path  is 
isolated,  "people  shouldn't  be  walking 
down  there  at  all." 

But  Solomon  says  the  lights  were  in- 
stalled to  improve  safety  in  the  area. 

"It  is  not  a  matter  of  encouraging 
people  to  walk  there.  It's  a  matter  of 
protecting  the  people  that  do,"  he  says. 

Renee  Twaddle,  co-ordinator  of  the 
Carleton  Women's  Centre,  says  she 
doesn't  agree  with  the  lights  either.  She 
says  the  area  is  still  not  sufficiently  lit 
despite  the  addition  of  the  10  lights. 
"Walking  there,  you  are  still  in  darkness. 
The  lights  are  only  in  a  small  area  and 

TRANSPO  cont'd  from  page  3 

"The  dollars  are  shrinking,"  said 
Sawka.  "You  still  have  to  meet  your  bot- 
tom line." 

Watson  said  the  $900,000  regional 
decrease  is  only  a  proposal  which  hasn't 
passed  yet,  and  he  plans  to  try  to  con- 
vince council  to  defeat  it  at  a  Jan.  26 
council  meeting. 

Sawka  said  that  since  ticket  prices 
remain  the  same,  riders  willing  to  "make 
a  commitment  to  transit"  will  have 
cheaper  rides. 

Watson  says,  however,  that  transit  is 
not  making  a  commitment  to  riders,  es- 


across.  Radway  estimates  it  to  be  closer  to 
10  feet  than  to  five.  Twaddle  says  the 
presidential  advisory  committee  on  per- 
sonal safety,  made. up  of  staff,  students, 
and  administration,  may  decide  to  move 
the  lights  to  a  less-isolated  location  which 


penally  students.  He  cited  the  lack  of 
Route  4  service  on  campus  as  an  exam- 
ple. 

Haselsteiner  said  CUSA  has  started  a 
petition  to  get  the  route  back  on  campus. 
The  petition  can  be  found  in  the  CUSA 
office  and  Baker  Lounge  and  will  be 
circulated  around  campus. 

"We're  constantly  being  asked  to  pay 
more  money,  but ...  the  service  to  cam- 
pus has  decreased,"  said  Haselsteiner. 

This  sentiment  was  echoed  by  Winston 
Yeung,  a  first-year  student,  who  said  the 
hikes  are  unfair  because  the  service  has 
not  improved. 


would  be  more  appropriate  for  the  ex- 
periment. 

"We  don't  want  people  to  get  into  the 
habit  of  walking  there  thinking  it's  safe, 
and  then  thinking  it's  still  safe  after  we 
move  them,"  she  says.  □ 


"The  bus  is  always  late,  and  the  serv- 
ice is  not  good  now.  I  don't  think  the 
increase  of  fares  can  improve  the  situa- 
tion," Yeung  said. 

Watson  called  the  increases  "a  back- 
wards step,"  since  less  use  of  public  tran- 
sit worsens  pollution  and  wear  and  tear 
on  roads.  He  also  said  students,  as  "the 
growth  market  for  the  future, "  need  to  be 
better  served,  or  else  in  the  future  OC 
Transpo  may  find  itself  lacking  riders. 

"If  we  constantly  treat  students  un- 
fairly, they're  going  to  be  left  with  a  very 
bad  impression,"  said  Watson.  □ 


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NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Campbell,  scandals  and  scuffed-up  sandals 


A  review  of  the  national  headlines  of  1993 


Compiled  by  Am  Keeling 

Charlatan  Statl 


He  should  be  suspended  from  some- 
thing. 

In  November,  UniversityofNew  Bruns- 
wick math  professor  Matin  Yaqzan  is 
suspended  by  the  university  after  his 
controversial  article  about  date 
rape  runs  in  the  student  news- 
paper, The  Brunswickon.  The 
opinion  piece  suggests  that 
a  woman  who  willingly  en- 
ters a  man's  room  "could 
consider  it  an  invitation 
to  sexual  intercourse." 

But  would  she  ask 
him  for  a  date? 

Controversial  au- 
thor and  intellectual 
Camille  Paglia  de- 
fends Yaqzan's 
right  to  his  views 
in  an  interview 
with  The 
Brunswickan. 

Is  Matin 
Yaqzan 
aware  of 
this? 

In  February,  two 
Carleton  professors  release  a 
national  study,  reporting  that  81  per 
cent  of  female  students  surveyed  said 
they  were  psychologically,  physically  or 
sexually  abused  in  the  previous  year. 

Don't  let  the  door  hit  you  on  the  ass 
on  the  way  out. 

Brian  Mulroney  announces  in  Febru- 
ary he  will  step  down  as  prime  minister 
and  leader  of  the  Tories  amid  record 
unpopularity  in  national  polls. 

But  they  can  still  register  a  china 
pattern  at  Eaton's  if  they  want. 

Former  Carleton  student  Pierre 
Beaulne  and  his  partner  Todd  Layland 
are  denied  legal  status  as  a  married  cou- 
ple by  the  Ontario  Divisional  Court  in 
March. 

So  what  does  that  make  Hillary 
Rodham  Clinton? 

"Lesbian  chic"  and  goddess  worship 
are  hot  topics  in  the  student  and  main- 
stream media. 

Finally,  a  politician  representing 
real  change. 

In  April,  B.C.  Member  of  Parliament 
Jim  Fulton  proposes  a  bill  in  the  House  of 
Commons  that  would  decriminalize  the 
growth  and  personal  use  of  marijuana. 

Oh,  it's  that  spiralling  tuition  cost 
thing,  isn't  it? 

Several  university  student  associations 
in  Ontario  vote  to  withdraw  from  the 
Canadian  Federation  of  Students,  saying 
the  national  lobby  group  has  been  inef- 
fective and  irrelevant. 

What,  no  collateral?  Don't  you  own 
a  house  or  something? 

In  March,  the  Tories  reveal  a  plan  to 
privatize  the  Canada  Student  Loans  pro- 
gram. 

Would  you  like  fries  with  that  de- 
gree? 

Queen's  University  announces  plans 
in  November  to  privatize  its  masters  of 
business  administration  program. 

Not  to  mention  some  people  actu- 
ally like  Madonna.  


During  the  Tory  leadership  race,  the 
British  press  compares  Kim  Campbell  to 
Madonna  because  of  a  photo  of  her  hold- 
ing judge's  robes  in  fnpnt  of  her  bare 
shoulders.  Campbell'sreaction: " Acom- 
parison  between  Madonna  and  me  is  a 
comparison  between  a  strapless  evening 
gown  and  a  gownless  evening  strap." 

We  would  have  preferred  Ma- 
donna. 

Kim  Campbell 


is 


pro- 
imed 


cla 

the  new 
leader  of  the 
PC  party  at  its 
Ottawa  con- 
vention in  June, 
becoming 
Canada's  first  fe- 
male prime  min- 
ister. 

Finally,  someone 
putting  their  de- 
gree to  some  use. 

An  on-campus  pros- 
titution ring  run  by  a 
former  student  is  uncov- 
ered at  the  University  of 
Waterloo  in  May. 

One  small  step  back- 
wards for  man  . . . 

The  student  association  at 
the  Uni-  versityof British  Columbiasus- 
pends  the  operations  of  the  student  news- 
paper The  Ubyssey  in  the  summer,  then 
creates  a  publications  board  to  oversee 
all  student  publications. 

One  giant  leap  backwards  for  man- 
kind ... 

The  Reform  Party  gamers  52  seats  in 
the  federal  election  Oct.  25. 

Well,  dot's  a  relief. 

Jean  Chretien's  Liberal  Party  creams 


in  the  Ottawa  Centre  riding,  losing  to 
Liberal  incumbent  Mac  Harb. 
Hey!  They  were  only  two  seats  be- 
hind the  Tories! 

The  Natural  Law  Party  of  Canada 
runs  a  huge  election  campaign  behind 
leader  Neil  Paterson,  calling  for  the  train- 
ing of  7,000  yogic  flyers  to  "dissolve  the 
collective  stress"  of  society.  They  fail  to 
win  a  seat. 

Weil  give  you  intolerance! 

Wolfgang  Droege,  leader  of  the  white 
supremacist  group  the  Heritage  Front, 
visits  Ottawa  in  May,  prompting  an  anti- 
racist  demonstration. 

Hey,  I  know  that  voice!  You're  not 
from  People  magazine  at  all,  are 
you? 

Carleton  announces  in  September  that 
it  will  not  participate  in  the  Maclean's 
magazine  annual  ranking  of  Canadian 
universities.  The  survey,  using  lastyear's 
data  on  Carleton,  places  Carleton  eighth 
out  of  1 2  universities  in  the  comprehen- 
sive universities  category. 

Bloody  cops!  They  scuffed  our 
Birkenstocks  and  scratched  the  VW 
van! 

Hundreds  of  protestors,  including 
many  students,  are  arrested  during  sum- 
mer-long protests  at  Clayoquot  Sound  i  n 
B.C.,  where  loggers  were  given  the  go- 
ahead  by  the  provincial  government  to 
log  portions  of  the  old-growth  forest. 

The  Out-of-Touch-Rhodes-Scholar- 
of-the-Year  Award  goes  to  . . . 

. . .  Bob  Rae,  the  Ontario  NDP  premier 
who  brought  us  the  social  contract  this 
year,  a  public  sector  cost-cutting  meas- 
ure which  made  nearly  the  entire  popu- 
lace angry. 

Don't  look  at  me,  I  owe  that  much 
in  student  loans. 

Paul  Martin,  the  new  Liberal  federal 


I  don't  remember  signing  any  damn 
contract,  Bob. 

Ontario  universities  face  cutbacks  of 
up  to  $1 18  million  for  1 993-94  under  the 
NDP  government's  social  contract. 

Maybe  if  there  had  been  a  mosh  pit 

mmm 


Smilin'  Neil  Paterson,  luminary.^ 


Campbell  and  Ciccone:  separated  at  Krth? 


the  competition  on  election  day,  win- 
ning a  comfortable  majority  and  form- 
ing the  first  Liberal  government  in  nine 
years. 


Where's  that  @$#S@%#  Mulroney? 

The  Tories  are  reduced  from  a  major- 
ity  government  to  a  paltry  two  seats  (way 
to  go  Elsie!!)  in  the  House  of  Commons 
and  left  with  a  huge  campaign  debt. 

Where's  that  @#@$@#@°/»  Roe? 

The  federal  New  Democrats  sink  fur- 
ther into  obscurity,  winning  only  nine 
seats  in  the  election. 

At  least  he's  got  a  )ob  to  go  back  to. 

Carleton  business  professor  Ian  Lee 
runs  unsuccessfully  as  a  Tory  candidate 


finance  minister,  announces  in  Decem- 
ber that  the  federal  debt  adds  up  to  about 
$1 7,000  per  Canadian. 

Are  you  guys  on  crack? 

The  Council  of  Ontario  Universities 
releases  a  discussion  paper  in  August 
calling  for  tuition  increases  of  up  to  50 
per  cent  for  undergraduate  university 
students  and  up  to  200  per  cent  for  some 
graduate  programs,  along  with  a  new 
loan  system. 

No  more  teachers,  no  more  books. . 
.  no  more  schools? 

The  newly  re-elected  Alberta  Tory  gov- 
ernment announces  a  proposal  in  No- 
vember to  cut  up  to  $369  million  from 
post-secondary  education  funding. 


on  the  Hill . . . 

Only  about  31  students  from  Ottawa 
universities  showed  up  on  Parliament 
Hill  to  protest  underfunding  for  educa- 
tion on  National  Student  Day  in  Novem- 
ber. 

But  what  have  they  done  for  ns 
lately? 

Prominent  politicians  and  activists 
who  visit  Carleton  in  1993  include:  |udy 
RebickandSuneraThobani,  former  and 
current  presidents  of  the  National  Action 
Committee  on  the  Status  of  Women; 
former  deputy  prime  minister  lean 
Charest;  New  Brunswick  Premier  Frank 
McKenna;  former  Soviet  leader  Mikhail 
Gorbachev;  Canadian  Labor  Congress 
leader  Bob  White;  radical  environmen- 
talist Paul  Watson;  Natural  Law  party 
Leader  Neil  Paterson. 

Maybe  they  should  cancel  the 
Ravens'  program  and  just  not  bring 
it  back. 

Only  a  year  after  having  its  football 
program  cancelled  due  to  lack  of  funds, 
the  University  of  Toronto  Varsity  Blues 
winthe  VanierCupafterbeingbailedout 
by  deep-pocketed  alumni. 

So  what's  their  Maclean's  ranking? 

Some  members  of  the  Natural  Law 
party  plan  to  establish  a  Natural  Law 
college  in  Saint  |ohn,  N.B. 

They  should  see  some  of  the  equip- 
ment Carleton  students  have  to  put 
up  with. 

ui  AQueen'sUniversityalumnusdonates 
=  a  550-year-old  castle  in  England  to  his 
old  school  for  a  new  International  Study 
Centre  last  spring. 

So,  here's  the  scoop  on  Karla  Teale: 
xxxxxxx  beagle  xxxxx  sex  xxxxx 
home  video  xxxxxx  censorship 
xxxxxxxxx. 

In  December,  a  Victoria,  B.C.  newspa- 
per breaks  the  national  publication  ban 
on  the  trial  of  Karla  Teale,  aSt.  Catherines 
woman  convicted  of  manslaughter. 

Quote  of  the  Year: 

"They  just  don't  get  it ...  I  mean  the 
20th  century. "  —  Uttered  by  a  Tory  party 
member  afterwatching  a  play  performed 
by  provincial  party  members  in  Alberta, 
which  included  racial  stereotypes  and 
sexist  roles.  ^ 


lanuary  6,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


COU  under  attack  from  senates  and  students 


by  Sara-Lynne  Levine 

Charlatan  Start 

The  Council  of  Ontario  Universities  is 
taking  heat  from  student  groups  and 
some  university  senates  over  its  proposal 
to  hike  tuition  fees  by  up  to  50  per  cent. 

The  senates  of  Trent  University  in  Pe- 
terborough, Algoma  University  College 
in  Sault  Ste.  Marie  and  McMaster  Univer- 
sity in  Hamilton  voted  at  the  end  of  last 
term  to  reject  the  council's  proposals. 

"This  is  a  victory  for  student  leader- 
ship," said  Emechete  Onuoha,  chair  of 
the  Canadian  Federation  of  Students- 
Ontario.  "This  means  that  if  students 
want  to  make  a  statement,  they  can  do  so 
through  the  senate." 

Each  year,  the  provincial  government 
sets  maximum  tuition  hike  ceilings  for 
Ontario's  universities.  In  each  of  the  last 
three  years,  the  ceiling  has  been  set  at 
seven  per  cent. 

Last  August,  the  council  released  a 
discussion  paper  calling  for  tuition  hikes 
of  30  to  50  per  cent  for  undergraduate 
programs  and  up  to  200  per  cent  for  some 
graduate  programs  over  the  next  two 
years. 

The  report  also  recommended  the  crea- 
tion of  an  income-contingent  loan  re- 
payment system  to  help  students  pay  for 
the  increased  tuition. 

The  council  is  a  body  of  university 
presidents  who  make  recommendations 
to  the  government  on  education  policy. 

On  Nov.  22,  Trent's  senate  voted  to 
reject  the  council's  recommendations  and 
have  the  university's  president  write  a 
letter  of  disapproval  to  the  council  and 
Ontario  Minister  of  Education  Dave 
Cooke.  On  Nov.  24,  McMaster  passed  a 
similar  motion. 

"This  indicates  that  there  are  some 
pockets  of  discontent  in  some  partsof  the 
province  and  at  some  institutions,"  says 
Michel  Gaulin,  clerk  of  Carleton's  sen- 
ate. 

Gaulin  says  while  some  universities 
have  rejected  the  discussion  paper,  he 
has  "received  no  indication  whether  the 
Carleton  senate  will  issue  a  statement  to 
support  or  reject  the  proposal." 

Peter  George,  the  council's  president, 
says  while  McMaster  voted  to  reject  the 
council's  paper,  it  recommended  that 
tuition  fees  should  increase  at  a  slower 
pace. 


"There  is  a  real  inability  or  unwilling- 
ness to  recognize  that  COU's  paper  was  a 
discussion  paper,  not  a  formal  recom- 
mendation," George  says. 

He  says  the  paper  "was  only  one  piece 
of  input"  for  the  government  and  the 
council  is  "not  writing  the  government 
policy  for  them." 

George  says  the  Canadian  Federation 
of  Students  has  "consistently  gotten  it 
wrong  over  the  last  six  months." 

The  CFS  was  one  of  three  student 
groups  asked  to  speak  at  one  council 
meeting  on  Dec.  17. 

"CFS-Ontario,  the  Ontario  Under- 


graduate Student  Alliance  and  the  Gradu- 
ate Student  Association  of  Ontario  were 
all  given  the  opportunity  to  speak  to  the 
COU, "  says  Gaulin,  who  was  at  the  meet- 
ing. 

Onuoha  says  the  meeting  went  well. 
"The  idea  was  for  us  to  get  our  foot  in  the 
door  and  our  ideas  on  the  table,"  says 
Onuoha.  % 

He  says  it  was  the  firsttime  in  30  years 
that  student  groups  were  invited  to  ad- 
dress the  council. 

Onuoha  says  some  of  the  issues  dis- 
cussed included  "student  aid,  student 
participation,  high-school  outreach  pro- 


grams, and  things  that  CFS  and  COU 
should  be  working  on  together." 

The  student  representatives  also  pro- 
posed that  the  council  be  restructured  to 
provide  students  full  voting  positions  on 
it.  George  says  the  meeting  was  a  good 
idea  because  it  was  an  opportunity  to 
meet  with  student  leaders. 

"it  is  a  helluva  lot  better  than  what 
they  had  in  the  past,  a  non-event,  and 
they  should  be  gracious  and  say  it  is 
better  than  nothing." 

George  says  the  council  may  consider 
having  annual  discussions  with  student 
leaders.  □ 


StatsCan  survey  finds  university  graduates 
happy  with  their  Canadian  education 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Chart  alan  Staff 

initial  results  from  a  Statistics  Canada 
survey  indicate  that  Canadian  univer- 
sity graduates  seem  reasonably  satisfied 
with  their  education. 

Statistics  Canada  is  currently 
analyzing  data  from  a  1992  survey  of 
1990's  university  graduates,  which  will 
be  released  in  its  entirety  next  fall. 

Part  of  the  survey  asked  about  53,000 
graduates  across  Canada  about  how  sat- 
isfied they  were  with  their  education, 
including  the  quality  of  teaching,  class 
size  and  preparation  for  future  careers. 
The  rest  of  the  survey  has  to  do  with  their 
employment  histories  since  university. 

"I  would  say  students  are  reasonably 
satisfied  with  the  skills  they  are  learn- 
ing," says  Doug  Lynd,  chief  of  the  post- 
secondary  education  section  at  Statistics 
Canada.  He  says  the  central  focus  of  the 
survey  is  to  examine  students'  transition 
from  university  to  the  job  market. 

The  satisfaction  portion  of  the  survey 
was  released  in  advance  of  the  rest  of  the 
report  for  use  by  Maclean's  magazine  in 
its  annual  ranking  of  Canadian  univer- 
sities last  November. 

Responses  were  ranked  from  0  to  3  (0 
—  very  dissatisfied,  3  —  very  satisfied) 
according  to  major  fields  of  study.  For 
instance,  the  satisfaction  with  class  sizes 
for  students  in  humanities  (arts)  scored  a 
2.26  out  of  three,  about  average  for  the 
programs  surveyed. 


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The  rating  for  how  well  universities 
prepared  graduates  for  jobs  was  some- 
what lower,  with  scores  ranging  from 
1.81  in  the  social  sciences  to  2.2S  in 
engineering  and  applied  sciences. 

Unlike  the  annual  Maclean's  maga- 
zine survey,  Statistics  Canada  will  not 
rank  individual  universities.  Instead,  it 
will  concentrate  on  the  satisfaction  of 
graduates  in  general,  Lynd  says,  because 
that  is  the  goal  of  the  survey. 

"The  sample  methodology  is  geared 
toward  process,  not  institutions.  The  sam- 
ple would  have  to  be  larger  for  a  reliable 
sample  of  institutions/'  says  Lynd. 

Also  unlike  the  Maclean 's survey,  Car- 
leton issupportiveof  the  Statistics  Canada 
report,  says  Bill  Pickett,  the  university's 
director  of  the  office  of  budget  planning. 

"Carleton  is  in  favor  of  this  being  done 
because  it  allows  for  a  measure  of  satis- 
faction for  graduates,"  he  says. 

But  because  Statistics  Canada  did  not 
survey  a  large  enough  number  of  Carle- 
ton graduates,  the  results  are  not  rel- 
evant to  the  university,  says  Pickett. 

"If  s  notuseful  concerning  Carleton," 
he  says. 

Although  universities  may  not  use  the 
survey  individually,  it  can  be  used  to 
analyze  overall  programs,  says  Lynd. 

Lynd  says  the  survey  is  conducted  every 
four  years  by  Statistics  Canada  and 
funded  by  the  federal  government. 

A  number  of  organizations  use  the 
results,  including  provincial  education 
and  labor  ministries,  the  Canadian 
Manufacturers'  Association  and  the  Ca- 
nadian Labor  Commission, 

Lynd  says  future  surveys  may  have 


increased  numbers  which  would  allow 
ranking  of  individual  institutions.  Statis- 
tics Canada  iscurrently  working  with  the 
Association  of  Universities  and  Colleges 
of  Canada,  a  national  research  and  pub- 
iicrelations  organization,  to  accomplish 
this.  □ 


The  final  question  of  the  Statistics 
Canada  survey  of  1990's  bachelor's  de- 
gree recipients  asked: 

"Would  you  have  gone  to 
the  same  school  or  institu- 
tion? 

The  responses  are  listed  by  university 
type,  the  programs  the  graduates  took 
and  the  percentage  of  "yes"  responses. 


Type  of  university 

Total  (all  universities) 
Pri  marily  undergraduate 
Medical/doctoral 
Comprehensive 

Major  field  of  study 


Percentage 

79.8 
79.2 
80.6 
78,6 


77.2 


Agriculture  &  biological  sciences 
Commerce,  management  and 

administration  81.6 

Engineering  and  applied  science  83.2 

Fine  and  applied  arts  70.8 

General  arts  and  science  82.7 

Health  professions  83.5 

Humanities  80.4 

Mathematicsandphysicalsciences  82.3 

Social  sciences  76.7 

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SB94  Open  House 
Invitation 


OC  Transpo  will  be  holding  an  open  house  ses- 
sion on  campus.  OC  Transpo  planners  will 
be  there  to  describe  the  1994  service 
plan  in  detail,  and  to  receive  your 
comments. 


Campus  open  House 


Date 

Tuesday 
January  11 


Time 

2pm  ~  4pm 


Place 

Carleton  University 
Unicentre,  Baker  Lounge 


OC  Transpo 


&  •  The  Charlatan  ■  lanuary  6,  1994 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


1994:  Drama, 
excitement 
and  really  big 
hair 

Another  new  year  and  time  for  the  usual  new 
year's  schmaltz,  otherwise  known  as  "Things 
that  probably  won't  happen  this  year  but  hey, 
you  never  know."  Or:  "The  editor  is  still  recov- 
ering from  a  bad  New  Year's  Eve  hangover  but  some- 
thing had  to  fill  this  column,  damn  it."  (Take  your  pick 
oftitle.) 

Actually,  writing  New  Year's  predictions  AFTER  the 
new  year  has  started  may  be  a  little  redundant.  Uhh, 
prediction  number  one  —  there  will  be  a  whole  ton  of 
snow  dumped  on  Ottawa  on  |an.  4. 

Well,  there's  one  right!  I  mean  who  could  have 
guessed  that  —  snow?  In  Ottawa?  In  January?  AMAZ- 
ING. 

But,  looking  a  little  further  ahead  in  the  new  year, 
things  get  a  little  murkier.  What  dark  and  mysterious 
goings-on  will  torment  Canadians  this  year? 

(Although  how  much  more  dark  and  mysterious  can 
you  get  than  Kim  Campbell  as  prime  minister?  Oops, 
forgot  about  that  schmuck  from  Alberta — but,  let's  not 
get  ahead  of  ourselves,  no  one  will  have  to  make  that 
dark  prediction  until  the  next  federal  election.) 

So,  let's  stick  with  1994. 

First,  a  little  weather  cheer.  While  it  will  continue  to  be 
cold  and  snowy  in  Ottawa,  Vancouver  will  also  receive  a 
big  dump  of  snow  and  -20  degree  weather  in  February. 
That  should  wipe  the  snotty  smirks  off  the  faces  of  British 
Columbians  who  play  golf  in  short  sleeves  while  the  rest 
of  the  country  suffers. 

Moving  closer  to  home,  students'  association  Presi- 
dent Lucy  Watson  will  continue  to  be  haunted  by  the 
ghosts  of  referendum  and  labor-board  hearings  past 
Look  out  Lucy. 

CUSA  finance  commissioner  Rene  Faucher's  hair  will 
continue  to  get  bigger  and  bigger,  until  even  his  super 
glue  gel  can't  control  it.  He  disappears  from  sight,  hidden 
by  hair,  emerging  only  to  keep  track  of  profits  from 
Oliver's. 

There's  intrigue  ahead  in  the  federal  arena.  lean 
Chretien  will  take  another  secretvacation.  Sheila  Copps 
is  left  in  charge.  Heady  with  power,  she  will  try  to  seize 
total  control  of  the  country  by  declaring  the  Emergencies 
Act.  But  Jean  decides  his  golf  game  can  wait  and  comes 
back  to  save  the  day. 

For  students,  there  is  good  news  in  store. 
Dave  Cooke,  the  Ontario  education  minister,  will 
continue  to  put  off  announcing  tuition  hikes  for  1994. 
Strangely,  he  ends  up  becoming  a  hero  of  the  students 
when  it  is  realized  that  if  he  continues  to  delay  the 
announcement,  tuition  hikes  can't  happen.  As  a  result 
of  his  stalling,  tuition  at  Ontario  universities  will  be 
frozen  for  the  next  several  years. 

(Might  as  well  be  a  little  optimistic  about  this  one, 
'cause  just  predicting  tuition  increases  is  a  little  too 
simple  -  too  much  like  predicting  snow  in  Ottawa  in 
lanuary.  So,  why  not  be  optimistic  instead?  While  we  re 
at  it,  we'll  also  predict  zero  unemployment,  an  end  to 
poverty  and  world  peace.)  . 

But  Carleton  students  will  not  be  so  lucky.  Despite  his 
birthday  wish  to  the  university  for  no  tuition  fees,  Carle- 
ton  President  Robin  Farquhar  will  get  a  little  wingy  and 
raises  tuition  by  800  per  cent.  This  results  in  mass 
dropouts,  until  only  one  student  remains  left  at  Carleton 
But,  happily  for  athletics,  the  student  is  a  member  ot 
the  Ravens  football  team  and  somehow  single-handedly 
takes  Carleton  to  victory  at  the  1994  Vanier  Cup. 

.  The  mass  dropouts  will  also  cause  Carleton  to  move 
up  to  number  two  in  the  Maclean's  rankings.  Because  it 
only  has  one  student  to  deal  with,  the  university  is  able 
to  send  in  the  necessary  data. 

Drama  and  excitement  will  be  the  rule,  not  the 
exception,  in  1994.  So  be  prepared.  And  remember,  our 
predictions  may  notbe  100  per  cent  accurate,  butwe  can 
be  sure  about  this  one  -  all  those  new  year's  resolutions 
you  made  are  already  broken. 


WIS*  IS* 


OPINION 


Canada  land  of  fun,  but  not  jobs 


by  Gladys  Bichat 

Gladys  achat  is  Imm  France  and  attended  ESL  courses  al  Carmen  Horn  September 
to  December.  Nov.  sne  is  lookinrj  lor  yolonteer  work  in  Ottawa  le  keep  practising,  tier 
English. 

I  first  decided  to  come  to  Canada  because  I  wanted  to 
improve  my  English.  There  are  many  reasons  why  I 
chose  Canada  instead  of  the  United  States  or  England. 

The  landscape  is  both  nice  and  clean.  Canadian 
people  are  aware  of  protecting  their  environment.  To 
me  the  Canadian  way  of  life  is  also  different.  Canadian 
people  are  relaxed;  they  take  the  time  to  enjoy  them- 
selves. But  what  I  enjoy  the  most  is  their  kindness. 

When  I  arrived  in  Ottawa  in  September,  I  was  very 
surprised  to  see  how  friendly  Canadian  people  were. 
After  helping  me  with  my  luggage  at  the  airport,  a  man 
who  had  sat  beside  me  in  the  plane  offered  to  take  me  to 
the  youth  hostel  downtown. 

I  had  talked  to  him  during  the  trip  from  Toronto  to 
Ottawa.  I  asked  him  many  questions  about  Ottawa 
because  he  has  been  liv- 
ing  here  for  many  years. 
He  saw  that  I  was  worried 
about  my  arrival  at  Ot- 
tawa. 

I  felt  so  lost— 1  did  not 
know  how  to  get  to  the 
youth  hostel.  Also,  I  was 
reallyexhaustedbecause 
it  took  about  11  hours  to 
get  to  Ottawa.  Finally,  I 
accepted  his  offer  because 
it  made  things  easier  for 
me.  This  friendliness  sur- 
prised me. 

In  Canada,  the  way  of 
treating  people  is  very 
different  from  my  coun- 
try. Canadian  peopleuse 

Zrfirstnameeasilyandtalktoyou casually,  in  France 
me  way  of  treating  people  is  more  formal.  French  people 
are  accustomed  to  using  specific  words  and  manners 
when  they  speak  with  someone. 

In  fact,  whatever  your  age  or  your  social  status  it 
seems  to  me  there  is  no  social  discrimination  ir ,  Canada 
For  example,  I  think  in  Canada  people  don  t  care  if 
you're  a  waitress.  They  won't  think  mat  ,ust  because 
Y         waitress  you  don't  have  a  good  education  or  you 


are  a  bad  person. 

French  people  care  too  much  about  social  status. 
There,  relationships  depend  on  the  social  rank  people 
belong  to.  In  otherwords,  people  from  the  bottom  of  the 
social  hierarchy  are  not  treated  the  same  way  as  people 

from  the  top. 

For  all  these  reasons,  I  have  always  been  attracted  by 

Canada.  However,  whatstrikes  me  is  how  difficult  it  is  to 
get  one's  working  visa  in  Canada.  1  would  like  to  work 
here  because  I  have  been  planning  to  live  in  Canada  for 
many  years. 

I  found  a  job  as  a  waitress  in  an  Italian  restaurant,  but 
the  immigration  centre  here  did'not  want  to  give  me  a 
working  visa.  I  didn't  know  how  hard  it  was  to  get  a 
working  visa  before  1  came  here. 

If  you  want  to  work  in  Canada,  you  have  to  find  a  job 
which  cannot  be  filled  by  any  Canadian  people.  Finally, 
vour  employer  has  to  prove  that  you  are  the  only  person 
qualified  for  this  job. 
This  reduces  your 
chances  of  getting  a 
job  very  much.  It  is 
really  unfair! 

I  know  they  want  to 
protect  Canadian 
workers  above  all,  as 
the  rate  of  unemploy- 
ment is  increasing  in 
Canada.  It  may  be 
hard  to  get  a  working 
visainothercountries 
as  well;  however,  I 
think  they  could  give 
a  chance  to  immi- 
grants who  want  to 
work. 

To  be  allowed  to 
work  in  Canada,  the  best  way  is  to  apply  for  your 
permanent  residence  visa.  With  this  visa,  you  are  consid- 
ered a  Canadian  citizen.  But  you  have  to  be  in  your  home 
country  to  apply  for  it. 

1  really  want  to  work  in  Canada,  so  I  will  do  my  best 
to  qet  my  residence  visa,  even  if  I  have  to  go  back  to 
France  and  wait  for  several  months  before  getting  it.  I  am 
determined  to  come  back  even  if  it  requires  a  lot  of  effort. 
That's  how  much  I've  come  to  like  Canada.  □ 


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Condemn  the 
CUSA  executive 

Editor: 

In  a  number  of  articles  published  in 
The  Charlatan  there  is  an  inclination  to 
refer  to  the  CUSA  executive  as  "CUSA."  It 
is  important  to  note  that  the  label  "CUSA" 
includes  all  members  of  the  association 
plus  all  our  employees. 

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members  of  the  association  and  our  em- 
ployees in  generalized  comments  which 
are  actually  intended  for  the  executive. 

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Lucy  Watson 
Gary  Anandasangaree 
Rob  Jamieson 
Theresa  Cowan 
Rene Faucher 
Kristine  Haselsteiner 

Starsky  &  Hutch 
security  sucks 

Editor: 

I  am  writing  this  letter  in  regards  to  the 
sad  state  of  security  services  here  at  Carle- 
ton  University. 

Recently,  I  was  asked  by  a  colleague  in 
the  architecture  department  to  drop  off  a 
few  articles  at  the  architecture  building. 
Unfortunately,  my  friend  was  not  there 
and  I  returned  to  my  car  with  the  items 
still  in  the  trunk. 

As  I  attempted  to  leave,  a  security 
"officer"  quickJy  blocked  my  vehicle  with 
his,  supposedly  foiling  any  attempt  at 


LETTERS 


escape.  The  "officer"  rudely  told  me  to 
"read  the  rest  of  the  sign,"  which  states 
"Loading  zone  30  minutes  max."  He  also 
bluntly  added  "...  it  doesn't  mean  30- 
minutes  free  parking."  After  I  explained 
my  situation,  the  "officer"  reversed  his  car 
and  released  me  from  custody. 

Not  once  in  the  years  that  I've  attended 
this  university  have  I  seen  security  per- 
sonnel in  the  tunnels  or  elsewhere  on 
campus  where  security  is  questionable. 

I  am  left  to  assume  that  there  is  more 
money  to  be  made  in  handing  out  cita- 
tions than  preventing  vandalism  and 
sexual  assaults  on  campus.  From  this 
incident,  it  is  clear  to  me  that  Carleton 
security's  interests  lie  elsewhere. 

So,  the  next  time  you  see  a  new  orange 
and  white  poster  warning  us  of  a  crime 
perpetrated  on  campus,  remember  our 
dear  friends  at  security  services  who  enjoy 
playing  Starsky  and  Hutch  rather  than 
keeping  Carleton  safe. 

}an  Bronski 
Political  Science  IV 


Laying  the  blame 
for  Bosnian  war 

Editor: 

Re:  "Sanctions  in  Serbia  are  affecting 
students,"  The  Charlatan,  Nov.  25,  1993. 

As  much  as  one  can  sympathize  with 
the  civilian  population  of  Serbia,  they 
have  no  one  to  blame  but  the  Serbian 
government  of  Slobodan  Milosevic. 

It  is  he  who  ignited  the  war  in  Bosnia- 
Herzegovina  and  it  is  he  who  armed  the 
Bosnian  Serbs  so  they  can  carry  out  the 
destruction  of  the  Muslim  culture  in  the 
newly  independent  republic. 

Much  as  the  international  community 


would  like  to  have  us  believe  the  war  in 
Bosnia-Herzegovina  is  a  civil  war,  this  is 
not  the  case.  There  is  an  aggressorgovern- 
ment  and  a  victimized  government:  the 
Serbian  government  and  the  Bosnian 
Muslim  government  respectively.  Itbefits 
the  international  community  to  call  the 
war  a  civil  war  because  it  gives  it  an 
excuse  not  to  intervene. 

I  am  not  knocking  the  Serbian  people. 
I  am  criticizing  the  Serbian  government 
for  perpetrating  a  war  against  the  Muslim 
people  of  Bosnia-Herzegovina.  I  say  "peo- 
ple" because  they  are  the  targets,  sadly 
enough,  not  the  Muslim  government. 

So,  as  much  as  sanctions  are  affecting 
civilians  in  Serbia,  so  are  mortar  shells, 
bullets,  torture,  rape  and  murder  affect- 
ing the  civilians  in  Bosnia-Herzegovina. 

Ahenk  Ozakpinar 
Political  Science/English  I 

In  tough  times 
Carleton  cares 

Editor: 

I  am  writing  to  express  a  thank-you  to 
all  students  attending  Carleton  for  their 
continuing  support  of  Interval  House.  The 
yearly  donation  made  on  your  behalf  by 
the  students'  association  represents  an 
important  source  of  ongoing  funding  for 
our  shelter. 

It  is  especially  appreciated  at  this  time 
when  students  are  facing  large  increases 
in  tuition.  Your  generosity  when  you  are 
experiencing  increasing  financial  pres- 
sures deserves  acknowledgement.  I  ex- 
tend a  heartfelt  thank-you  on  behalf  of 
residents,  staff  and  board  members. 

Karen  Wiss 
Fundraising  Committee 
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Carleton  Advisory  Committee 

Everyone  is  invited! 

Date: 

January  25, 1994 

Time: 

10  am 

Location: 

Fenn  Lounge,  Res  Commons 

Topic: 

OC  Transpo 

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Chair  Peter  Clark 

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Ottawa  K1N  5A1 
Tel:  564-1308         Fax:  564-8412 


Councillor  Watson  presents  a  panda  bear  and  a  $93,750  cheque  from 
the  City  of  Ottawa  to  Carleton  University  towards  Carleton's  new  child 
care  facility.  Watson  (second  from  right)  is  seen  here  with  President 
Robin  Farquhar  (left),  Coordinator  of  Colonel  By  Daycare  Margot 
Henderson  and  Cynthia  Godbold,  President  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
of  Colonel  By  Daycare. 


January  6,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  11 


rofessor  Christopher 
^a/enson's  new  book 
Duplicities:  New  & 
Selected  Poems 
(Mosiac  Press,  $14.95) 
spans  the  breadth  of 
his  development  as  a 
poet  over  the  past  40 
years. 
Born  in  London  in 
1934,  he  was  educated 
Prat  Cambridge 
University  and  the  University  of  Iowa,  and  came 

to  Carleton  in  1968. 
Since  that  time  he  has  contributed  his  work  and 
his  initiative  to  the  small  but  determined  poetry 

community  in  Ottawa. 
In  1978,  he  co-founded  and  became  editor  of  a 
review  of  Canadian  poetry  called  Arc  magazine, 
and  started  the  complementary  Arc  Reading 
Series  in  1981.  Since  he  left  Arc  in  1988, 
Levenson  has  kept  busy  with  Duplicities,  and 
says  he  is  hoping  to  publish  an  anthology  of 


"non-macho  male  poets"  in  the  coming  year. 
While  many  of  his  poems  resonate  with  political 
and  social  commentary,  Levenson  says  his  work 

is  firstly  introspective. 
"Political  poetry  isn't  going  to  be  very  much 
good  if  you  are  simply  using  it  as  a  platform," 
says  Levenson.  "The  poems  have  to  come  out  of 
some  personal  experience,  and  be  based  on 
what  you  have  seen  and  know  about. 
"With  a  good  political  poem  you  start  off  by 
wanting  to  explore  something  within  yourself, 
and  then  at  the  end  of  it  you've  found  you  have 
said  something  which  has  a  wider  political  or 

social  application." 
Neither  is  Levenson's  poetry  esoteric  or  filled 
with  impenetrable  enigmas.  Rather,  he  says  it 
attempts  to  speak  to  most  people  so  that  they 
can  at  least  relate  to  it  from  the  first  reading. 
"I'm  very  pleased  when  people  who  do  not 
normally  read  poetry  say  'I  like  that,  I  can 
understand  that.' .  .  .  I  try  to  be  as  direct  and 
simple  as  possible.  It's  difficult  being  simple." 
The  following  poems  are  exerpts  from 

Duplicities. 


French  Leave 


Thirty  three  years  my  father  taught  French  at  the  Reg, 

almost  an  hour  each  way  on  the  Underground. 
He  spent  his  evenings  sandbagged  with  exercise  book 
Though  he'd  help  me  with  my  French  homework  we  n 

my  father  tongue  at  home  except  when  Grandmere 
dragged  herself  over  from  Clapton  for  Christmas  or  Ei 
and  she  was  stone  deaf,  reeking  of  eucalyptus, 
sentimental,  easily  shocked.  On  buses  and  trains 
my  father  would  shout  at  her;  the  other  passengers 
would  wonder  what  was  happening  to  the  poor  old  la< 

II 

My  first  trip  abroad  with  the  school:  dinner  in  Paris 
and  a  quick  bus  tour  of  the  city,  our  guide  intoning 
"A  la  gauche  vous  voyez  .  .  ."  "on  ze  right  side  you  w 
the  Eiffel  Tower,  Notre  Dame  —  a  blither  of  images. 
The  waiters  impatient,  disdainful,  as  we  worked  out  tl 
Then  all  night  sleeping  in  the  train 
with  my  prized  bottle  of  "vin  rouge  ordinaire,"  harsh 
I  was  sixteen,  a  romantic  man  of  the  world 
en  route  for  safe  Switzerland  —  Clarens,  near  Montre 

had 

"berceau  de  toute  amour  vraiment  passionee," 
so  I  felt  obliged  to  fall  in  love  with  Olive 
all  that  brief  holiday. 

Later  I  visited  "Oncle"  Georges,  "Tante"  Rosette, 
in  the  18th  Arondissement,  my  father's  almost-relativ 
and  later  still  the  real  ones,  Leon  and  Marguerite 
second  cousins,  twice  or  three  times  removed,  he  hat 

After  thirty  five  years  he  was  so  much  the  Englishmai 
you  could  only  tell  from  two  or  three  words,  "creatur 

"( 

that  he  hadn't  been  born  there.  Only  my  mother  callei 
by  his  middle  name,  Rene,  that  he  passed  on  to  me.  B 

never  v 

I  did  that  for  him  in  '62,  '63,  three  weeks  each  time 
in  the  hills  above  Carpentras,  Provence,  uneasily  at  hi 
in  the  chateau  of  Marie  Bonheur,  who  had  me  crowne 

"jeune  poete  anglais,  tres  bon,  tres  bien  connu." 

IV 

Not  until  Canada  was  there  any  real  need  to  know 
where  I  belonged.  Rene,  the  silent  name 
I  had  kept  for  thirty  years  under  wraps, 
is  now  reborn.  Here  I  am  often 
taken  for  French,  something  to  do  no  doubt 
with  the  shape  of  my  head,  my  hair,  and  sometimes  I 
to  return  the  verbal  ball  three  times  in  a  row. 
In  the  Byward  Market  I  string  a  few  phrases  together 
like  Spanish  onions,  try  them  out  on  vendors, 
but  cannot  catch  their  replies.  And  you,  long  dead, 
cannot  help  me.  These  onions  unravel  to  tears 
as  I  face  the  sad  duplicities  of  choice. 


12  •  The  Charlatan  •  January  6,  1994 


In  a  Saskatoon  motel  I  read  an  abandoned 
Full  Gospel  Businessmen's  Voice  — 
a  change  from  the  Gideon  Bible,  the  pomo  mags 
or  the  local  entertainment  guide 
(all  its  offerings  either  topless  or  mindless) 
but  still  I  want  to  know: 
why  are  the  saved  always  clean  shaven? 
why  do  they  wear  such  neat  suits? 
They  are  all  bespectacled,  wear 
the  iron-on  permapress  smiles 
of  insurance  salesmen,  tax  lawyers,  morticians, 
hear  voices  over  the  intercom 
and  take  telex  orders  from  God: 

Could  it  be  true?  Had  God  really  spoken? 

Was  he  really  calling  to  me  to  be 

a  plastic  surgeon?  Apparently,  yes. 

Now  I  make  faces  for  God,  the  crooked  straight. 

These  abandoned  full  businessmen  know 
they  are  onto  a  good  thing:  prayer 
is  the  ultimate  private  enterprise, 
and  they  have  a  good  product. 

And  their  women,  real  women  who  stand  by  their  menfolk  and 
stand  up  on  cue 

blondly  gleaming,  to  pat  their  halos  of  lacquered  hair 
add  a  dab  of  righteousness  behind  each  ear, 
wear  silicon  implants  of  sincerity 
Severely  motherly,  they  know  what's  best: 
They  all  have  the  ingredients  pat  for  a  heavenly  pie 
and  many  endorsements  for  their  plump  obedience. 

Before  I  was  like  an  airplane,  designed  to  fly 
but  just  sitting  in  a  hangar. 
Now  that  I've  turned  the  controls  over  to  Jesus 
my  life  is  on  an  upward  course. 

In  the  motel  john  a  streamer  informs  me 
This  world  has  been  specially  sterilized  for  you." 


Pit  Ponies,  Sydney,  N.S. 

Born  underground  and  grown 

used  to  the  dark, 

they  are  well  cared  for, 

they  have  all  they  need  to  survive 

and  haul  coal  ten  hours  a  day: 

warm  straw,  food,  a  clean  barn. 

The  pit  ponies, 

oblivious  of  seasons, 

stay  there  all  winter  long, 

half  a  mile  out 

under  the  Atlantic. 

One  day  each  year 
they  are  brought  to  the  surface,  stand 
sniffing  the  unpumped  air, 
discovering  fresh  grass, 
feeling  on  jaded  flanks 
if  the  day  is  fine 
unmediated  sun. 


Declaration 

This  love  that  I  carry  with  me 

is  within  the  allowed  limits, 

is  for  my  own  use, 

a  personal  gift 

of  no  commercial  value. 

I  declare  that 

it  is  the  first  time  this  year 
and  that  I  fully  understand 
the  penalties 
for  a  false  declaration. 


PHOTO  BY  ANDRE  BELLEFEUILLE 
PATTERNS  BY  WILLIAM  MORRIS 


lartuary  6,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  13 


14  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  6,  1994 


SPORTS 


1993  was  worth  remembering 

Ravens  soared  to  new  heights  last  year 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

It  wouldn't  be  fair  to  close  the  door  on 
1993  without  highlighting  some  of  the 
more  memorable  moments  played  out 
by  Carleton  athletic  teams. 

And  halfway  through  the  academic 
year,  there's  already  a  mountain  of  mo- 
ments to  choose  from. 

On  the  men's  side,  the  rugby  team's 
probably  still  basking  in  the  warm  after- 
glow of  its  accomplishments.  After  fin- 
ishing second  in  their  division  a  season 
ago,  the  Ravens  went  6-1  this  year  to  win 
the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation division  two  rugby  title  in  Octo- 
ber. They  then  lost  to  the  Queen's  Golden 
Gaels  in  the  playoffs. 

The  men's  soccer  team  was  expected 
to  do  well.  And  it  delivered.  Ranked 
among  the  top  five  in  the  country  the 
entire  year,  the  Ravens  finished  first  in 
the  OUAA  east  division  before  disaster 


struck  on  a  cold  and  wet  pitch  in  October. 
The  fourth-place  Queen's  Golden  Gaels 
silenced  Carleton  with  a  double  overtime 
shootout  win.  Ouch. 

After  what  seemed  like  an  eternity  of 
futility,  the  football  team  rebounded  to 
win  two  games  this  year  and  was  in 
contention  for  a  playoff  spot  right  until 
the  last  game  of  the  season  in  late  Octo- 
ber. Now  the  basics  are  set.  Progress  is  in 
motion.  Good  times  are  just  a  spring  and 
summer  away. 

The  waterpolo  team  rounds  out  the 
men's  highlights.  Afterathird-place  regu- 
lar-season finish  in  OUAA  waterpolo  ac- 
tion, the  Ravens  fell  short  of  a  medal  in  a 
dramatic  12-11  overtime  loss  to  the  Uni- 
versity of  Western  Mustangs  in  Novem- 
ber. 

The  women's  soccer  team's  5-3-2  record 
in  the  Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity 
Athletic  Association  was  its  best  in  recent 
history.  A  late-October  3-2  win  over  the 


Who  makes  resolutions  these  days? 


by  Ryan  Ward 

ChBrt.v.in  Stafl 

New  Year's  resolutions  anyone? 

It  seems  not.  In  fact,  judging  by  the 
response  to  our  question,  it  appears  the 
only  resolution  many  Carleton  athletes 
made  this  year  is  not  to  make  any 
resolutions.  Nevertheless,  some  Ravens 
did  offer  up  the  following  words  of 
wisdom  for  1994: 


"All  1  can  come  up  with  at  this  mo- 
ment is  to  try  to  do  better  the  next 
time."  —  Director  of  athletics  Keith 
Harris 


"1  don't  want  to  blow  all  my  money 
in  the  first  month.  1  don'twant  to  have 
to  crawl  back  to  my  parents  to  ask  them 
for  more."  —  Rugby  player  Michael 
Davies. 


"lwouldliketogetridofmybeergut" 

—  Football  player  Trev^rCharles.  _ 

"I  want  to  study  harder  and  keep 
working  out."  —  Football  player  ]ohn 
Thorn. 

"I  want  to  do  better  with  my  school 
workatuniversity." —  George Zigoumis, 
also  of  the  football  team. 

"  I  plan  to  drink  lessand  study  harder." 

—  Waterpolo  player  Trina  Krantz. 

"I  plan  to  help  Carleton  avenge  their 
second-place  finish  every  year  I  have 
been  here  and  to  achieve  my  peak  of 
physical  fitness  as  1  go  into  the  world  of 
work  at  the  end  of  this  year."  —  Nordic 
skier  Frank  Ferarri.  Q 


first-place  York  Yeowomen  was  a  large 
reason  why  the  Ravens  did  well.  Still,  the 
Ravens  were  unable  to  advance  beyond 
the  first  round  of  the  playoffs  for  a  third 
consecutive  year. 

The  women's  field  hockey  team  is  the 
lemon  in  the  bunch,  having  finished 
witha  2-1 1-3  record,  eighth  among  nine 
teams  in  the  OWI AA  field  hockey  league 
and  out  of  the  playoffs.  Still,  the  Ravens 
had  three  players  good  enough  to  play 
for  provincial  teams  at  the  Canada  Games 
last  summer  and  they  have  a  whole  year 
of  experience  behind  them  for  next  year. 

Finally,  there's  the  rowing  team,  which 
produced  its  best-ever  results  at  the  com- 
bined men's  and  women's  rowing  cham- 
pionships at  the  provincial  champion- 
ships in  October.  Six  crews  qualified  for 
the  rowing  finals  in  late  October,  with 
men's  lightweight  double  crew  of  Rob 
Bennett  andTrevorMacKaycomingaway 
with  a  second-place  result.  □ 


The  year 
of  the  Mario 

by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Charlatan  Stall 

Hockey's  most  talented  star  has 
probably  never  been  asked  a  better 
question  than  this. 

"Are  you  human?" 

It  was  a  simple  question,  asked  by  a 
child  fan.  And  in  answering,  he  just 
smiled. 

Whatbetter question  could  there  be 
to  ask  of  hockey  superstar  Mario 
Lemieuxafterl993  —the  most  tumul- 
tuous of  his  28-year-old  life. 

Super  Mario,  a  nine-year  veteran  of 
the  NHL's  Pittsburgh  Penguins,  was 
one  of  the  most  intriguing  and  talked- 
about  athletes  in  1993. 

Leading  the  league  with  104  points 
and  on  pace  to  break  Wayne  Gretzky's 
single-season  record  of  215  points, 
Lemieux  was  diagnosed  with  Hodgkin's 
disease  in  early  January.  Yet  he  re- 
turned after  an  absence  of  over  two 
months  to  the  scoring  race,  trailing 
Buffalo  Sabre  Pat  LaFontaine  by  12 
points  with  only  20  games  left.  The 
difference  should  have  been  too  much. 

But  in  an  amazing  final  stretch, 
Lemieux  erased  the  difference  and  won 
the  Art  Ross  trophy  for  the  fourth  time. 
Lemieux  scored  30 goals  and56  points 
(an  average  of  2.8  points  per  game) 
and  helped  the  Penguins  win  their 
final  17  games  in  a  row,  setting  a  NHL 
record. 

The  feat  was  incredible,  but  nearly 
inconceivable  when  considering  the 
reason  why  he  missed  23  games. 

After  the  cancer  was  found  in  his 
neck,  the  hockey  world  was  in  shock 
and  Lemieux  was  dumbfounded. 

But  his  outlook  quickly  changed  as 
he  began  radiation  treatment.  Nights 
after  he  finished  the  last  of  his  four 
weeks  of  therapy,  Lemieuxwasbackin 
the  lineup,  scoring  two  points  against 
the  Philadelphia  Flyers  in  his  firstgame 
back  in  March. 

Hisspeedy  return  to  the  scoring  race 
illustrated  his  nearly  supernatural 
prowess  —  especially  considering  the 
physical  and  emotional  scars  of  his 
treatment  were  expected  to  keep  him 
out  for  the  rest  of  the  season. 

Instead,  the  Magnificent  One  re 
turned  and  proved  himself  the  greatest 
of  all  superstars. 

Only  the  recurring  back  problems 
which  have  hindered  him  throughout 
his  career  stopped  Lemieux  and  the 
Penguins  from  attaining  a  third  con- 
secutive Stanley  Cup.  At  season's  end, 
the  six-foot-four  210-pound  forward 
had  racked  up  160  points  and  was 
awarded  four  NHL  awards. 

Even  in  the  summer  and  autumn 
Lemieux  made  the  news  —  his  mar- 
riage in  June,  a  controversial  unau- 
thorized book,  a  TV  movie,  and  his 
endorsement  of  the  new  Leaf  hockey 
card  set. 

Finally,  there  was  another  back  sur- 
gery in  July.  Lemieux's  back  has  not 
been  as  easy  to  vanquish  as  his  cancer 
and  he  is  once  again  on  the  sidelines. 

The  only  good  news  about  the  end 
of  Lemieux's  1993  was  his  first  Marsh 
trophy  as  the  Canadian  Athlete  of  the 
Year. 

After  making  every  possible  head- 
line in  1993,  Lemieux  will  hopefully 
find  a  little  peace  and  quiet  in  the  new 
year.  Maybe  then,  he  will  have  time  to 
show  a  little  more  of  his  human  self.  □ 


fanuary  6,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  15 


AUDITORS'  REPORT  TO  THE  MEMBERS 

Wc  have  audited  ihe  balance  iheei  of  Charlatan  Publications  Inc.  as  at  Apnl  30,  1993  and  the 
statements  of  income  and  expense,  surplus  and  changes  in  financial  position  tor  the  year  then 
ended  These  financial  statements  are  the  responsibility  of  the  Corporation  s  management.  Our 
responsibility  is  to  express  an  opinion  on  these  financial  statements  based  on  our  audit. 

We  conducted  our  audit  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted  auditing  standards.  Those 
standards  require  that  we  plan  and  perform  an  audit  to  obtain  reasonable  assurance  whether  the 
financial  statements  are  free  of  matenai  misstatement.  An  audit  includes  examining,  on  a  test 
basis,  evidence  supporting  the  amounts  and  disclosures  m  the  financial  statements.  An  audit  also 
includes  assessing  the  accounting  principles  used  and  significant  estimates  made  by  management, 
as  well  as  evaluating  the  overall  financial  statement  presentation. 

In  our  opinion,  these  financial  statements  present  fairly,  in  all  material  respects,  the  financial 
position  of  the  Corporation  as  at  Apnl  30.  1993  and  the  results  of  its  operations  and  the  changes 
in  its  financial  position  for  the  year  then  ended  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting 
principles. 

Chartered  Accountants 
Ottawa,  Canada 
July  9.  1993 


CHARLATAN  PUBLICATIONS  INC. 

(Incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Canada) 
Balance  Sheet  as  at  Apnl  30.  1993 


Assets 

Current  Assets 
Cash 

Accounts  receivable 
Marketable  securities  ■  at  cost  (quoted 
market  value  S26.670;  1992-  S60.800) 


CHARLATAN  PUBLICATIONS  INC. 

Statement  of  Income  and  Expense 
For  the  Year  Ended  Apnl  30,  1993 


Income 

Grant  from  Carleton  University  Students' 

Association,  Inc. 
Advertising 
Other 


E.xpense 
Administration 
Bad  debts 

Computer  supplies  and  maintenance 

Memberships 

Photo  mechanical  charges 

Printing  and  production 

Professional  fees 

Rent 

Salaries 

Sundry 

Telephone 

Travel  and  conferences 
Depreciation 


Net  Income  (Loss)  for  the  Year 


94.689 
135,558 
6.287 


1,345 
6,273 
2.069 
8,689 
6,139 
76.690 
3,318 
12,108 
96,233 
7,157 
6,073 
1,973 
8,421 

236,488 


S  6,603 
43,382 


Liabilities  and  Surplus 

Current  Liabilities 
Bank  advances 
Accounts  payable 


Surplus 

Unappropriated  surplus 
Reserve  for  future  expenditures 


58,477 
25.077 


Equipment  (net  of  accumulated  depreciauon 
of  S25.887;  1992-  SI7.466) 


Coopers 
&  Lybrand 


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16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  6,  1994 


Rumblings 


QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"Any  win  is  exciting  this  year." 

Paul  Correy,  the  Carleton  hockey 
club's  general  manager,  was  pleased 
as  punch  that  his  team  finally  won 
its  first  game  of  the  season  this  past 
December. 

FLORIDA  BOUND 

Don't  go  looking  around  the  ath- 
letics building  for  the  men's  and  wom- 
en's swim  teams.  Ditto  for  the  men's 
and  women's  basketball  teams. 
They're  not  here.  They're  somewhere 
warm.  Like  Florida.  The  basketball 
and  swim  teams  are  currently  train- 
ing in  Ft.  Lauderdale,  Fla.  until  Jan. 
9,  when  they'll  return  to  flaunt  their 
glorious  sun-tans. 

FOOTBALL  CUT 

The  board  of  governors  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Alberta  voted  to  drop  the 
university's  Golden  Bear's  football 
program  last  month,  according  to  a 
Dec.  7  story  in  the  university  paper 
The  Gateway.  The  board  cited  unsta- 
ble funding  and  poor  game  attend- 
ance as  reasons  behind  the  decision. 
Three  years  ago,  the  football  pro- 
gram was  also  dropped  but  later  res- 
cued by  alumni  and  community  sup- 
port and  funding. 

TIME  TRIALS 

The  men's  and  women's  nordic 
ski  team  were  out  at  Gatineau  Park 
on  the  New  Year's  weekend  practis- 
ing time  trials  for  the  upcoming  ski 
season.  Time  trials  are  a  measure  by 
which  racers  are  able  to  gauge  their 
performance  against  objective  timed 
standards. 

CALENDAR 

Saturday,  Jan.  8. 

FENCING  —  The  fencing  team 
hosts  the  Carleton  Invitational  fenc- 
ing tournament  all  weekend  at  the 
Ravens'  Nest  gym. 

SKIING — The  nordic  ski  team  will 
be  out  at  10  a.m.  in  Gatineau  Park 
practising  timed  trial  runs  against 
members  from  the  universities  of  Ot- 
tawa, Queen's  and  McGill. 

Sunday,  Jan.  9. 

FENCING  —  The  Carleton 
Invitational  fencing  toumamentcon- 
tinues  at  the  Ravens'  Nest  gym. 

Tuesday,  Jan.  11. 

BASKETBALL — The  Raven  wom- 
en's basketball  team  opens  its  sea- 
son against  the  University  of  Ottawa 
Gee-Gee'satMontpetitHallat6p.m. 
The  men's  team  will  follow  with  its 
season  opener  at  8:30  p.m.  □ 


Hockey  team  glad 
last  year  is  over 

by  Steven  Vesely 

Chaflalan  Slat! 

Classes  may  have  stopped  last  month, 
but  hockey  didn't. 

And  members  of  the  Carleton  hockey 
club  probably  wish  it  had. 

The  club  posted  a  1-3  record  in  four 
league  games  during  the  exam  period. 

On  Dec.  1,  the  Carleton  team  finally 
celebrated  its  first  win  of  the  season. 

"Any  win  is  exciting  this  year,"  said 
the  club's  general  manager  Paul  Correy. 

One  week  later,  the  Wizards  hockey 
club  outgunned  Carleton  9-5,  ending  any 
hopes  of  a  Carleton  winning  streak. 

The  following  week,  the  first-place 
Abloom  club  trounced  Carleton  6-2. 

Finally  on  Dec.  22,  with  an  ad  hoc 
lineup  of  nine  players,  Carleton  lost  9-5 
to  the  Ottawa  Nepean  Sports  Club. 

"We  had  a  lot  of  guys  out  of  town  so  we 
dressed  the  assistant  coach  and  our 
trainer,"  said  Correy.  "It  was  a  big  game 
because  we  were  trailing  them  by  four 
points  for  the  last  playoff  spot." 

After  their  best  season  yet  last  year, 
when  the  club  finished  10-7-3  and  won 
their  first-ever  playoff  game,  this  year's 
team  is  languishing  in  fifth  place  in  the 
six-team  league  with  a  1-9-2  record  mid- 
way through  the  season. 

"  It's  a  lack  of  experience, "  said  Correy, 
commenting  on  the  team's  poor  per- 
formance compared  to  last  year. "  All  our 
old  boys  graduated  and  this  is  a  first-year 
team  without  anything." 

Incidentally,  last  year's  graduates 
formed  a  team  of  their  own  -  the  Kings. 
With  1 7  points,  the  Kings  are  four  points 
behind  the  first-place  Abloom  club. 

"It's  funny  how  all  our  old  boys,  the 
Kings,  are  doing  fine, "  said  Correy,  "while 
we're  struggling  to  win  a  game."  □ 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 
Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Jan.  4,  1 994. 


1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 


Patrick  Soden 
Jeff  Parker 

leff  Pavkev 
Anjali  Varma 
Vicki  Mavraganis 
Don  Belanger 
Blair  Sanderson 


444 
431 

431 
427 
426 
426 
423 


8  SujoyBhattacharyya  422 


Thomas  Corakis 
10  R.  De  Vecchi 


420 
419 


Congratulations  to  Jeff  Parker  who  wins  this  week's  dinner  prize.  Parker 
and  our  December  winner  Patrick  Soden  can  pick  up  their  525  dinner  certificate 
for  Baxter's  restaurant  at  The  Charlatan. 


Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

Name  the  youngest  major  league 
baseball  player  to  hit  three  home 
runs  in  a  single  game. 

Congratulations  to  Paul  Lattman 

who  knew  George  Halas  was  the  other 
coach  besides  Don  Shula  to  win  over  300 
career  games. 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper  and 
submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize  will  be  determined  by  a  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  Jan.  11, 1994.  The  winner  will 
be  contacted  by  phone,  by  the  sports 
editor  of  the  Charlatan. 

3.  Contestants  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 


Answer: 

Name: 

Phone: 


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January  6,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  17 


XN  HARMS  WAY 


PRE- HISTORIC  MAN  DI5C0VFP-S  THE. 
1  GIRLIE  DRlMk'N 


Bugs  Bunny's  trip  to  Germany  takes  a 
disasterous  turn  at  Albuquerque 


Vf\  TELLING,  You  BILL    THAT'S  THE  LtoN 
THAT  ATC  fAY  MOTHER.'.   LOOK,  THERE'S 
ONLT  ONE  lion  AND  TFN  OF  LIS.  X  SAY  WET 
STTMAPETDE  AND  TRAMPLE  HIS  ASS"  /  


Why  zebras  travel  in  herds 


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LIGHT  "YOUR  FIRE  OR. 
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18  •  TheCharlatQn  •  January  6,  1994 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Spray  painting  the  town  with  PUZZLE 


by  Tim  Pryor 

Charlatan  Slafl 


PUZZLE 

Dec.  17  —  fan.  8 
^ari  Davis  Gallery 


ince  early  last  summer,  Eric 
Grice  and  Dan  Buller  have 
been  decorating  the  streets. 
Using  spray  paint,  ingenuity 
k  and  a  little  caution,  Grice  and 
&  Buller  have  been  painting  on 
buildings  in  the  Ottawa  area, 
under  the  name  of  PUZZLE. 
Now,  you  can  see  their  first  art  exhibit 
at  the  Carl  Davis  Gallery  on  Dalhousie 
Street,  which  showcases  the  pair's  talents 
in  a  different  setting  than  their  public 
art. 

"It's  an  experimentation  with  graffiti 
styles  on  canvas.  With  a  canvas  piece 
you  can  take  a  lot  more  time  and  effort 


with  minor  details, "  says  Buller. "  If  you're 
doing  a  graffiti  piece,  then  you  have  to  do 
it  quick,  and  you  have  just  spray  paint  to 
work  with."  Grice  and  Buller  met  at  a 
party  and  discovered  they  were  both  in- 
terested in  bringing  art  to  the  streets. 
Now  it's  their  full-time  occupation. 

"One  of  the  big  reasons  I  moved  to 
Ottawa  was  so  I  could  have  some  time  to 
do  real  art,"  says  Buller,  a  native  of 
Belleville,  Ont.  "We  decided  to  start  this 
graffiti  campaign." 

Grice  and  Buller's  work  has  escaped 
much  of  the  criticism  usually  associated 
with  graffiti. 

"  Before  I  started  doing  this,  I  expected 
a  lot  of  negative  response,  but  mostly  it's 
been  all  positive,"  Buller  says. 

One  exception  was  a  letter  to  the  Ot- 
tawa Citizen  after  the  paper  ran  an  article 
about  them.  The  letter  called  their  art 
"juvenile,  childish  spattering,"  says  Grice. 

"At  the  National  Defence  building 


(across  from  the  Rideau  Centre)  there's 
that  huge  bent  piece  of  steel,"  he  says. 
"You  have  to  be  artistically  literate  to 
appreciate  that  piece.  What  we  do  is 
have  something  where  you  can  associate 
the  gist  of  an  idea  or  thought  with  an 
image." 

Grice  and  Buller  have  yet  to  be  caught 
in  the  act  by  the  police. 

"There's  no  fear  when  we  go  out,  just 
a  little  caution.  It  puts  some  juice  in  it, 
makes  it  more  exciting,"  says  Buller. 

"There's  certain  areas  where 
there's  a  lot  of  traffic  and  you 
have  to  watch  out,"  says  Grice. 

PUZZLE  won't  be  hibernat- 
ing this  winter.  They  plan  to 
paint  indoors  on  metal  scraps 
(donated  by  Capital  City  Sur- 
plus as  thanks  for  a  mural  the 
duo  painted  on  their  building) 
and  then  take  them  outdoors. 

"We're  going  to  be  using 
those  sheets  this  winter  to  keep 
the  graffiti  aspect  alive.  We're 
going  to  be  doing  pieces  on 
these  metal  sheets  and  go 
around  and  bolt  them  on  tel- 
ephone poles  or  abandoned 
buildings,"  says  Buller. 

Grice  and  Buller  have  much 
larger  plans  for  the  summer, 
like  starting  a  co-operative  of 
artists. 

"The  ultimate  goal  of  PUZ- 
ZLE isn't  just  to  saturate  Ot- 
tawa with  graffiti.  We're  going 
to  be  a  little  mural  company, 
d  We're  also  going  to  have  an- 
2  other  show  in  the  summer  and 
li!  it's  going  to  be  a  lot  better," 
jjj  Buller  says. 

£     "We  also  want  to  open  an 
art  community  space.  It's  go- 


want  to  promote  hometown  bands  there." 

"The  whole  purpose  is  to  try  to  get 
other  people  interested  in  doing  stuff," 
adds  Grice. 

"You  can  call  it  an  art  community  or 
whatever,"  says  Buller.  "Art  comes  from 
inspiration.  Inspiration  comes  from  each 
other.  Art  inspires  art,  so  if  you  get  enough 
artists  together,  they're  going  to  inspire 
each  other,  and  there  will  be  this  inspira- 
tional spiral  that  shoots  everyone  straight 
up."  □ 


"Juvenile,  childish  spattering?"  We  think  not. 


Hi,  Mom!  Eric  Grice,  Dan  Buller  and  their  Art. 


ing  to  be  our  work  space.  We  also  want  to 
have  regular  art  parties  there  and  we 


It's  the  Partridge  Family  of  punk 


by  Sussana  Forieri 

Charlatan  Staff 

Diverse  sounds  and  an  intense  live 
show  sum  up  the  effect  of  BlackTriangle. 

Although  they  would  probably  balk  ot 
the  description,  the  band  sounds  like  the 
Dead  Kennedys  with  a  Celtic  influence. 
One  thing  is  certain,  they're  always  loud 
and  full  of  energy. 

This  six-piece  band  —  two  guitars, 


Black  Triangle  type  In  motion. 


bass,  violin,  drums  and  vocals  —  blasts 
punk  sound  to  the  fullest  degree. 

Part  of  what  makes  Black  Triangle  so 
great  is  the  members'  close  ties.  I  guess 
you  could  say  they're  the  Partridge  Fam- 
ily of  punk. 

Vocalist  Steve  Hopkins  and  guitarist 
Kevin  Hopkins  are  brothers  and  they've 
been  friends  with  bassist  Steve  Row  and 
guitarist  Vic  Smith  since  childhood.  The 
"  drummer,  Alec  Scott,  has 
been  with  them  since  their 
first  show. 

"We  all  know  each  other 
and  I  think  that  helps  when 
we're  working, "  Kevin  says. 

The  band  has  been  play- 
ing around  town  since  its 
formation  about  four  and  a 
half  years  ago. 

"Steve  (Hopkins)  was 
hoping  to  get  a  band  to- 
gether and  I  had  just  bought 
my  first  bass,"  Row  recalls. 
"I  had  never  played  before 
and  Steve  was  talking  about 
needing  a  bass  (player). 

"  1  said,  'Well  I  just  picked 
up  a  bass,  I  could  do  it.'  We 
got  Vic  Smith  because  we 
needed  a  guitarist  as  well." 

Like  any  band,  they've 
paid  their  dues.  Their  first 
drummer  only  had  a  three- 
_  piece  set  and  they  used  to 
<  jam  in  Row's  bedroom, 
|  which  was  too  small  to  ac- 
S  commodate  them  all.  As  a 
1  result,  theirdrummer"kept 
5  dropping  drumsticks  and 
drums  down  the  stairs,  "says 


Kevin. 

ludging  from  their  sound,  they'vecome 
a  long  way.  The  newest  member,  violin- 
ist Tanya  Onysko,  joined  a  year  ago  after 
hearing  them  at  Ottawa's  Arts  Court. 
According  to  Onysko,  "I  liked  them  and 
I  was  going  to  jam  with  them  so  I  did  and 
a  week  later  I  played  a  gig  in  Kingston." 

Whenaskedwhythe  violin  was  added, 
Smith  says,  "We  just  thought, 'Hey  that's 
neat.  A  violin  —  cool,  let's  put  it  in.'" 

Listening  to  their  music,  you'd  never 
guess  some  of  their  influences.  "Leonard 
Cohen,  I  think  mostly,"  says  Scott. 

"We  are  all  so  diverse.  I  think  most  of 
us  will  go  home  and  I  might  put  on  Slayer 
and  right  after  that  I  mightput  on,  1  don't 
know,  something  classical,"  Kevin  says. 

The  band  has  a  strong  relation  with  its 
audience.  Some  local  fans  even  sport  the 
Black  Triangle  logo  on  their  jackets. 

"It's  kind  of  frightening  when  some- 
thing like  that  happens,"  says  Steve. 

To  get  the  full  effect  of  BlackTriangle, 
they  must  be  seen  and  heard  live. 

On  stage,  the  band  delivers  high-en- 
ergy music  that  makes  it  almost  impossi- 
ble to  stay  seated.  This  was  the  case  the 
last  time  1  saw  them  play,  at  the  Pit  back 
in  November.  Not  long  after  Steve 
screamed  "Get  up  and  dance,"  a  group 
gathered  in  frontofthestage.  Steve  lunged 
into  the  crowd  and  Onysko  took  over  lead 
vocals  and  screamed  through  a  powerful 
version  of  "Tattered  Bags  of  Water."  And, 
as  always,  their  rendition  of  "The  Cat 
Came  Back"  was  as  hardcore  as  you  can 
get. 

Black  Triangle  is  fun,  full  of  humor 
and  a  really  remarkable  group  of  people 
both  on  and  off  the  stage.  ' 


This  week: 

Possible  headlines 
for  1 994's 

Canadian  Enquirer 

I.  "Ralph  Benmurgui,  Alan  Thicke 
and  Chevy  Chase:  no  one's  home; 
no  one's  watching" 

Rush  Limbaugh  caught  cov- 
ertly supporting  Queer  Nation" 
3.  "Gay  blades:  Yashin  and  Daigle 
make  it  official" 

Mike  Duffy  eats  tiny  wafer, 

explodes" 

5.  "Sparky  bans  Greco-Canadian 
Athletic  Communities  at  Carleton" 

6.  "Caroline  Mulroney  arrested  at 
Harvard  for  topless  protest" 

7.  "Kim Campbell  ...ohgeez, 
who  cares" 

8.  "A  nation  rejoices:  Moxy 
Fruvous  stricken  with  lar  yngitis" 

9.  "Rideau  Conal  floods;  U  of  0 
washed  away" 

10.  "Preston  in  Phygirl:  check 
^out  those  Reform  Party  assets!" 

lanuary  6,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  19 


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January  6, 1994 

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20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  6,  1994 


The  Charlatan  Pub  Crawl  Extravaganza 

What  I  did  on  my  Christmas  vacation 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Charlatan  Slafl 

The  drinks  are  expensive,  but  the  shock 
is  worth  it. 

Outrageous  dancers,  trapeze  artists, 
drugs,  sex,  costumes  —  and  up  to  $25  to 
get  in  to  a  whole  host  of  clubs.  Such  is  the 
nightlife  in  Manhattan. 

On  Tuesday,  I  went  to  Nell's  on  14th 
Street  between  Seventh  and  Eighth  Av- 
enue. This  is  a  place  to  socialize  for  a 
price  of  $7.  The  top  level  of  this  two-level 
outfit  is  crowded  with  Victorian  couches, 
tables  and  chairs. 

The  place  is  packed  with  well-dressed 
people  ranging  from  21  to  about  40  years 
old.  It's  the  perfect  place  to  meet  people, 
talk  with  them,  butter  them  up  and  ask 
them  out  to  breakfast  when  the  club 
closes  down  at  around  6  a.m.  Acid  jazz, 
house  and  old  disco  plays  on  the  floor 
below. 

The  dim  lighting  can  result  in  some 
surprises.  I  danced  with  a  guy  who  looked 
about  25  years  old,  but  he  was  really  38. 
This  was  a  shock. 

I  was  also  surprised  at  how  bold  peo- 
ple were.  When  I  attempted  to  go  to  the 
washroom,  I  was  grabbed  by  at  least 
three  men  who  wanted  to  dance.  A  friend 
of  mine  was  given  two  business  cards 
while  she  was  dancing  with  someone. 

There  was  one  dancer  who  took  up  a 
large  section  of  the  dance  floor.  He  looked 
like  a  machine,  his  muscular  bare  chest 
shining  with  sweat  while  he  danced  with 
astonishing  flexibility.  In  a  split  second, 
he  would  fall  down  on  his  back,  jump  up 
on  his  feet  again  and  continue  to  dance. 

When  I  left  this  club,  it  felt  funny  to 
know  a  fair  amount  of  people,  since  I 
didn't  know  a  soul  when  I  first  walked  in. 

On  Wednesday,  I  went  to  the  Sound 
Factory  on  Sixth  Avenue  between  19th 
and  1 8th  Street.  For  $  10,  you  can  spend  a 
night  in  this  club  with  two  levels  of  house 
music. 

The  people  in  this  club  were  not  shy 
either.  When  I  went  to  the  bottom  level, 
I  couldn't  believe  my  eyes.  There  was  a 
girl  laying  on  top  of  a  guy  on  a  wooden 
block  in  the  centre  of  the  room.  They 
kissed  while  they  pretended  to  perform 
many  different  sexual  acts. 

Couches  and  benches  were  lined  up 
against  the  walls.  On  small  wooden  ta- 
bles people  were  rolling  joints.  By  the  end 
of  the  night,  the  couches  and  benches 
were  crowded  with  passed  out  people. 

The  dance  floor  was  a  shock  as  well. 
On  the  small  dance  floor,  one  guy  pre- 
tended to  perform  sexual  episodes  with 
many  different  women.  A  girl  would  be 
thrown  at  him  from  the  crowd.  He  would 
begin  to  dance  with  great  energy  while 
she  did  the  same.  He  would  then  grab  her 


and  pretend  to  have 

sex  with  her  in  many 

positions  while  they 

moved  their  bodies  to 

the  music.  Soon  after, 

another    girl  was 

thrown  at  him  and 

they  would  perform  the 

same  episode,  only 

with  new  dance  steps 

and  positions. 

While  all  this  was 

going  on,  someone 
pointed  out  to  me  a 
dancer  who  had  sup- 
posedly performed  in  a 
Janet  Jackson  video.  He 
danced  in  a  circle  with 
other  excellent  danc- 
ers while  they  com- 
peted with  each  other. 

These  informal 
dance  competitions 
were  popular  on  the 
top  level  of  the  club, 
which  was  brightly  lit 
with  blue  flashing 
lights.  Here  there  were 
three  dance  competitions  going  on  at  the 
same  time.  There  was  one  male  dancer 
who  danced  like  a  ballerina  to  house 
music.  I  was  amused  and  impressed  at 
the  same  time. 

On  Thursday,  I  went  to  Webster  Hall 
on  1 1th  Street  between  Third  and  Fourth 
Avenue.  The  line  to  get  in  this  massive 
place  reached  the  end  of  the  street. 

It's  a  club  almost  anybody  could  en- 
joy. Instead  of  going  to  four  bars,  you  can 
pay  $10  to  dance  on  four  levels  which 
have  different  music,  people  and  atmos- 
pheres. 

The  first  level  played  disco  music.  A 
female  go-go  dancer  in  a  G-string  danced 
on  a  brightly  lit  stage  in  a  packed  room. 
The  level  above  played  rock  music,  with 
a  similar  conservative  crowd.  The  bot- 
tom level  was  definitely  not  conserva- 
tive. It  was  packed  with  people  dancing 
to  hip  hop,  reggae  and  rap.  Fish  aquari- 
ums lit  up  the  small  room  as  couples 
danced  everywhere,  on  the  dance  floor 
and  against  walls. 

I  was  told  by  a  person  who  frequented 
the  place  that  people  can  be  found  hav- 
ing sex  on  the  couches  in  the  corners  of 
the  room.  I  didn't  see  this,  but  I  did  see  a 
couple  pressed  up  againstthe  wall  enjoy- 
ing a  good  grope. 

The  top  level  was  the  biggest  shock.  I 
opened  the  doors  to  see  a  trapeze  artist 
swinging  upside-down  on  ropes.  This  was 
a  sight  to  see.  A  pamphlet  said  there  was 
a  performance  the  night  before  which 
involved  artists  throwing  sticks  of  fire  in 
the  air  and  catching  them  in  theirmouths. 


This  reveals  to  what  lengths  New  York 
clubs  will  go  to  in  order  to  attract  a  crowd. 
I  wouldn't  be  surprised  if  clubs  decided  to 


allow  tigers  to  walkaround.  Or  betteryet, 
if  clubs  decided  to  allow  people  to  dance 
without  their  clothes  on.  □ 


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January  6,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  21 


Underbelly 

Mumblypeg 
Brake  Out  Records 

Too-loud  guitars  and  far  too-quiet 
vocals  make  this  10-track  effort  by  Un- 
derbelly a  huge  disappointment. 

The  singing  dragged  on  and  bored  me 
almost  to  tears.  The  music  is  depressing 
and  it's  not  even  a  good  depression  like 
you  would  get  from,  say,  the  Smiths. 

On  half  the  tracks  I  could  hardly  even 
tell  that  there  were  any  vocals.  The  noise 
of  the  guitars  in  the  background  drown 
out  everything  else.  Perhaps  the  guitar- 
ists in  this  band  should  be  playing  in  a 
more  heavy-metal-type  outfit  like  Slayer. 

What  this  CD  reminded  me  of  was  the 
scenes  from  Bill  and  Ted's  Excellent  Adven- 
ture before  they  leam  how  to  play  their 
guitars.  You  know  the  part?  When  they 
stand  in  the  garage  and  screech  out  all 
those  horrendous  noises? 

It's  really  too  bad  when  you  think  that 
money  actually  was  spent  to  produce 
Mumblypeg,  a  CD  whose  musical  quality 
is  even  less  than  mediocre. 

Vanessa  Crosbie 


Idols  of  Perversity 

Idols  of  Perversity 
Independent 

Familiar  rock  and  heavy  metal  sounds 
fill  one's  ear  when  listening  to  this  Nepean 
band. 

This  CD  may  not  be  revolutionary  in 
terms  of  music,  but  its  heavy  percussion 
and  loud  guitar  will  bring  a  smile  to  the 
face  of  any  rocker. 

All  tracks  have  a  clear,  unified  sound 
andsolid  lyrics.  Tracks  like  "Bitter Things" 
bring  out  the  softer  side  to  the  band, 
while  "Fence"  highlights  their  power- 
house blast. 

The  influence  of  the  Cult  on  their 
music  is  apparent  but  not  overbearing, 
while  lead  vocalist  Jason  Storfer  has  a 
voice  similar  to  Soundgarden's  Chris 
Cornell. 

Idols  of  Perversity  are  quite  impres- 
sive, having  all  the  markings  of  a  major- 
label  rock  band.  This  release  sounds  like 
it's  ready  for  radio  play.  Hven  though  I'm 
not  a  fan  of  hard  rock,  some  tracks  had 
me  slamming.  If  you're  a  supporter  of 
rock  and  the  Ottawa  scene,  be  the  first  on 
your  block  to  own  this  album. 

Sussana  Forleri 


The  Pogues 

Waiting  for  Herb 
WEA 

This  album,  the  Pogues'  ninth,  resem- 
bles the  good  old  days  when  every  other 
song  was  a  rhapsody  of  insults  and  curses 
aimed  at  Great  Britain,  and  the  others 
were  either  ballads  or  tragedies. 

But  this  album  lacks  the  sharp  wit  that 
Shane  MacGowan  —  that  walking  bill- 
board advertising  the  hazards  of  poor 
dental  hygiene — provided  when  he  wrote 
and  sang  the  lyrics  to  most  of  the  Pogues' 
songs.  Now,  due  to  an  alcohol  problem, 
he's  out  for  good  and  Spider  Stacey  is 
handling  the  lead  vocals. 

"Tuesday  Morning"  has  an  interest- 
ing sound  to  it,  but  its  lyrics  leave  the 
impression  that  one  is  eating  popcorn. 
Few  of  the  other  tracks  have  any  sub- 
stance to  them.  "Once  Upon  A  Time," 
with  its  melancholic  theme,  is  one  of  the 
album's  few  redeeming  songs. 

Waiting  For  Herb  is  a  good  reason  to 
wait  for  the  Pogues'  next  release.  If  you 
like  change,  go  ahead  and  buy  it.  But  be 
warned:  the  album  will  not  fetch  many 
requests  at  the  next  IRA  jamboree. 

Franco  D'Orazio 


Snooty  2  Groove 

Respect  EP 
Mercury 

Ugh. 

This  horrid  CD  is  living  proof  you 
can't  believe  everything  you  read. 

England's  New  Music  Express  wrote  (as 
quoted  on  the  CD  cover): "  Lef  s  not  fanny 
around  the  foliage.  Last  year,  New  Music 
Express  came  home  from  New  York's  CMj 
Festival  still  ricocheting  from  its  first  live 
experience  of  the  then  unknown  Rage 
Against  The  Machine. 

"Nine  months  later,  and  worming 
around  the  Big  Apple  again,  the  puz- 
zlingly  named  Shootyz  Groove  are  doing 
a  fair  old  job  of  proving  that  lightning 
never  strikes . . .  KAPOWUM" 

If  only  lightening  had  struck  Shootyz 
Groove.  Then  we  would  all  be  spared  the 
tedious  sounds  emanating  from  this  disc. 

For  the  record,  they  mix  rap  and  live 
guitars,  like  the  aforementioned  Rage 
Against  the  Machine.  Although  Rage  is 
completely  insincere  (they're  on  a  major 
label  and  they're  singing  "Fuck  you,  1 


won't  do  what  you  tell  me"?  Please.), 
they  at  least  have  the  decency  to  sound 
good. 

Shootyz  Groove  sounds  painfully  bad. 
Avoid. 

Blayne  Haggart 


Tad 

Inhaler 

Giant/Warner 

Tad,  the  behemoth  of  Seattle,  has  fi- 
nally been  signed  to  a  major  lobel,  leav- 
ing the  infamous  Sup  Pop  record  label. 

Tad's  latest  release  sounds  very  over- 
produced. Musically,  though,  it  is  fairly 
strong  and  a  logical  progression  from  the 
band's  previous  release,  8- Way  Santa. 

Tad  Doyle,  the  350-plus  pounder  and 
former  meat  butcher,  is  the  frontman  of 
the  band.  He  still  pumps  out  the  same  old 
crunchy  guitar  riffs  like  he  always  has 
done,  along  with  his  traditional  barking 
vocals.  The  songs  are,  however,  slightly 
more  complex  and  more  thought-out 
than  those  on  previous  albums. 

Tracks  like  "Rotor"  and  "Pansy"  are 
some  of  the  heaviest  songs  Tad  has  writ- 
ten to  date. 

The  only  major  flaw  of  this  album  lies 
in  its  production.  The  album  comes  across 
as  sounding  too  clean  and  polished.  If 
less  attention  was  paid  to  the  production 
process,  this  album  would  likely  have 
been  much  better. 

Even  Butch  Vig,  known  for  his  pol- 
ished-yet-rough style  of  sound  produc- 
tion, knew  when  to  stop  when  he  pro- 
duced the  previous  Tad  album. 

Despite  this  shortcoming,  Inhaler  is  a 
reasonably  good  album.  Tad  fans 
shouldn't  be  overly  disappointed. 

Adam  Seddon 


Wonder  Stuff 

Construction  For  the  Modem  Idiot 
Polygram/Polydor 

This  one  starts  off  with  a  bang. 

With  feedback  droning  on  in  the  back- 
ground,  the  character  Reverend 
Hellacious  Boom  Boom  yells, "  So  good  of 
you  to  come,  I  call  on  the  priests,  the 
saints,  the  dancin'  girls  and  the  God- 
damned reprobates!" 

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idiot,  cast  away  the  bogey  men,  detonate 
your  hate  bombs!  Pick  your  victims!  But 
take  good  care  of  yourselves." 

Thus,  in  this  introduction  to  "Change 
Every  Light  Bulb,"  we  are  treated  to  the 
best  moment  on  the  Stuffies'  new  album 
and  given  a  good  idea  of  what  to  expect. 
That  is,  a  bit  of  anger  ("I  Wish  Them  All 
Dead"),  a  bit  of  fun  ("Cabin  Fever"), 
laced  with  a  bit  of  reverent  irreverence 
("A  Great  Drinker, "  an  ode  to  poet  Charles 
Bukowski). 

Although  this  album  is  typically  Won- 
der Stuff  material  —  equal  parts  indie 
guitar  music  laced  with  riddle  and  man- 
dolin — the  big  question  is,  "What  is  with 
Miles  Hunt's  voice?" 

On  albums  past,  the  lead's  vocals  were 
sneering.  Here,  they've  mellowed  almost 
beyondrecognition.  This  time 'roundhis 
voice  is  much  smoother,  and  while  it's  a 
bit  disconcerting  for  long-time  fansof  the 
band  (like  myself),  the  annoyance  factor 
fades  quickly. 

Even  though  "On  the  Ropes"  is  a  bit 
too  poppish  and  they  strike  too  many 
rocker  poses  in  the  photos  in  the  CD 
jacket,  Construction  For  the  Modern  Idiot  is 
enough  to  keep  us  Wonder  Stuff  fans 
happy. 

Blayne  Haggart 


Mudhoney 

Five  Dollar  Bob's  Mock  Cooter  Stew  EP 
Reprise 

What  happened  to  this  once-great 
punk  rock  band? 

During  Mudhoney's  stint  on  the  Sub 
Pop  label,  the  band  released  exceptional 
material. 

Their  initial  disk,  Superfuzz  Bigmuff, 
was  superb.  Two  of  the  succeeding  al- 
bums, Mudhoney  and  Every  Good  Boy  De- 
serves Fudge . . .,  were  ingenious.  At  that 
time,  they  were  deemed  to  be  the  most 
promising  of  the  emerging  Seattle  bands. 

Their  tendency  to  receive  high  critical 
acclaim  abruptly  ended  with  their  dis- 
graceful 1992  release  Piece  of  Coke.  Inci- 
dentally, that  was  their  major-label  de- 
but. 

Mudhoney  didn't  necessarily  "sell 
out."  They  still  did  record  on  an  eight- 
track.  Their  musical  creativity  just  sim- 
ply dried  up. 

Judging  by  Mudhoney's  last  two  re- 
leases, Piece  Of  Cake  and  Five  Dollar  Bob's 
Mock  Cooter  Stew,  there's  little  reason  to 
be  overly  optimistic  that  the  band  will 
release  any  strong-sounding  material  in 
the  near  future. 

The  opening  track  on  the  latest  al- 
bum, "In  The  Blood,"  has  Mudhoney 
sounding  like  a  Bob  Dylan  rip-off.  The 
ensuing  songs  on  this  EP  get  progres- 
sively worse.  "Between  You  And  Me  Kid" 
has  the  band  making  a  feeble  attempt  at 
blues. 

"  Deception  Pass"  and  "Underide"  were 
recorded  several  years  ago  and  are  likely 
songs  that  weren't  deemed  good  enough 
for  Piece  of  Cake.  Mudhoney  also  redoes 
"Make  It  Now,"  ruining  one  of  the  few 
decent  tracks  found  on  their  previous 
album. 

The  saving  grace  of  this  album  is  that 
it  is  under  25  minutes  in  length.  If  s  a 
shame  to  see  a  band  such  as  Mudhoney 
fall  into  a  rut  that's  below  mediocrity. 

Adam  Seddon 


22  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  6,  1994 


Thursday;  January  6        Monday,  January  10 


The  Wedding  Banquet  and  Orlando 

are  both  playing  tonight  atthe  Bytowne 
at  7  p.m.  and  9:20  p.m.  respectively.  Isn't 
life  grand? 

Friday,  January  7 

Relive  the  adventure!  Jurassic  Park\ 
It's  playing  at  the  Mayfair  at  7  and  9 
p.m.! 

Saturday,  January  8 

Pretty  good  lineup  here.  Tonight  at 
Zaphod's  six  bucks  gets  you  in  to  see 
Guelph's  King  Cobb  Steelie  and  Otta- 
wa's Cookie. 

Corpus  Mnterruptus,  an  art  exhibit 
about  the  "migratory  relationship  be- 
tween the  human  body  and  its  represen- 
tation in  art"  by  Catherine  Heard, 
Suzanne  Maurice  and  Roman  Valera,  is 
being  presented  tonight  through  Feb.  4 
at  Gallery  101.  At  8  p.m.  tonight,  artist 
Douglas  \.  Back  will  give  a  talk  about  the 
body  and  art.  His  exhibit.  The  Body  Obso- 
lete, is  showing  Jan.  7  through  Feb.  11  at 
Galerie  SAW  Video. 

Sunday,  January  9 

Well,  there's  always  Jimmy  George 
at  the  Duke  of  Somerset. 

At  the  Mayfair,  they're  holding  a 
benefit  screening  of  Kan ehsatake:  270 
Years  of  Resistance  for  Peace  Brigades 
International,  "a  group  dedicated  to  the 
non-violent  resolution  of  conflicts."  The 
screening  starts  at  2  p.m.  and  tickets  are 
seven  dollars. 


This  week's  reading  tip,  courtesy  of  the 
well-rested»Char/atan  production  man- 
ager Kevin  McKay,  is  Norman  Maclean's 
A  River  Runs  Through  It.  Says  McKay, 
"It's  an  excellent  story  of  family  and 
fishing  in  Montana.  It  will  leave  you  with 
a  desire  to  grab  your  pole  and  a  box  of 
flies." 

Tuesday,  January  1 1 

How  about  taking  in  some  acid  jazz 
at  the  Pit? 

Relive  the  anxiety,  the  last-minute 
cramming  for  exams!  It's  the  timely  film 
The  Nightmare  Before  Christmas,  show- 
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Wednesday,  January  12 

What  can  you  expect  from  something 
entitled  The  Great  Fishing  Debait 
Seminar?  How  about  fishing  experts 
Reno  Viola  and  "Big"  Jim  McLaughlin 
facing  off  in  a  discussion  of  "10  of  the 
most  common  basic  angling  situations?" 
We  all  know  how  passionate  anglers  can 
get,  so  a  heated  discussion  seems  inevita- 
ble. It's  happening  at  Centrepointe 
Theatre  in  Nepean.  Tickets  are  $15  at 
the  door,  $13.50  in  advance.  The  fun  gets 
underway  at  7  p.m. 

On  In  A  Mellow  Tone  (CKCU  93.1  FM 
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Want  to  get  rid  of  some  surplus  blood? 
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Savage  Graces:  "After  Images"  by 

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NEWS 


Grey  areas  in  Black's  autobio 


by  Ryan  Nakashima 

Charlatan  Staff 

Two  Carleton  graduates  say  media 
mogul  Conrad  Black  is  re-writing  history 
by  implying  he  was  included  in  antics 
they  say  he  had  no  part  in  at  Carleton  as 
a  student  in  1964. 

In  his  recently  published  autobiogra- 
phy A  Life  in  Progress,  Black  claims  he  was 
president  of  a  drama  group  that  put  on  a 
farcical  production  called  "1001  Freud- 
ian Delights,"  in  which  one  of  the  mem- 
bers, Michael  Maltby,  pranced  nude  be- 
fore an  audience  of  300  for  about  30 
seconds,  and  then  left. 

But  Maltby  and  Ian  Angus  say  Black 
had  nothing  to  do  with  the  production, 
which  Maltby  says  gave  the  group  mem- 
bers a  reputation  as  "movers  and  shak- 
ers" at  the  school. 

"He  would  like  to  have  been  associ- 
ated with  '1001  Freudian  Delights,'"  says 
Maltby,  now  50,  who  spoke  from  his 
office  in  Toronto  where  he  works  as  a 
telecommunications  and  marketing 
manager. 

"  If  s  an  attempt  to  build  himself  up  as 
an  interesting  student, "  says  Angus,  who 
spoke  from  his  office  in  Ajax,  Ont. 

"Conrad  Black  was  definitely  not  part 
of  that  (production),"  says  Angus. 

In  A  Life  in  Progress,  Black  writes,  "A 
theatre  club  of  which  I  was  the  president 
staged  a  'Royal  Nonsuch'  adapted  from 
Mark  Twain. 

"The  prurient  freshmen  of  Arnprior 
and  Smiths  Falls  and  environs  were  en- 
ticed in  their  hundreds  to  pay  $2.50  each 
to  see  '1001  Freudian  Delights/  and  one 
of  my  friends  appeared  nude,  painted 
blue  from  head  to  toe  with  a  rose  in  his 
mouth  and  danced  around  the  stage  to  a 
45  r.p.m.  Beatles  record." 

Black  responded  to  Angus's  allega- 
tions in  a  faxed  letter  to  The  Charlatan.  He 
writes  that,  "While  I  was  aware  of  the 
planning  of  the  program,  it  is  true  that  I 


Conrad  Black :  look  where  hangin'  in  the  tunnels  can  get  you. 

had  nothing  to  do  with  its  organizing  nor 
in  my  book  did  I  claim  to  have  anything 
to  do  with  organizing  it." 

Angus  and  Maltby  say  they  asked 
Black  to  become  president  of  a  new  drama 
group,  the  New  Theatre  Club,  created  a 
year  after  the  show,  to  resolve  the  new 
club's  financial  problems. 

Black  asserts  the  New  Theatre  Club 
put  on  the  show,  but  Angus  and  Maltby 
say  it  was  just  put  on  by  four  individuals 
—  Maltby,  Larry  Aubrey,  Timothy  Bond, 


and  Kent 
Doe. 

Black 
writes  in 
his  letter 
that  he 
was  asked 
to  become 
president 
and  later 
testified  for 
the  New 
Theatre 
Club  at  a 
hearing 
into 
whether 
the  show 
violated 
university 
rules.  He 
writes  this 
usti  f  ied 
his  refer- 
ence that 
he  was 
president 
of  the  club 
that  put  on 
the  show. 

Angus 
says  the 
show  was 
put  on  as  a 
way  to 

raise  money  for  a  loss  the  theatre  club, 
Sock  'n'  Buskin,  had  incurred  by  co-host- 
ing the  Canadian  Universities  Drama 
League  festival  with  the  University  of 
Ottawa's  drama  club  in  the  1963-64 
school  year. 

Angus  and  Maltby  say  their  "frankly 
pornographic  show"  was  put  on  only  by 
individuals  to  help  Sock  'n'  Buskin  and 
was  not  billed  as  a  Sock  'n'  Buskin  event. 

They  say  the  New  Theatre  Club  was 
created  after  the  show  following  a  break 


of  its  principal  members  from  Sock  'n' 
Buskin. 

Angus  wrote  a  letter  to  The  Charlatan 
lan.  3  saying  Black  wasn't  part  of  the 
show.  He  says  he  was  first  irked  by  a 
version  of  the  "1001  Freudian  Delights" 
events  which  was  published  in  1982  in 
The  Establishment  Man,  written  by  PeterC. 
Newman. 

Angus  says  he  didn't  comment  on 
what  he  saw  as  errors  in  The  Establish- 
ment Man,  because  he  assumed  they  were 
the  fault  of  the  author. 

But  Angus  says  when  he  read  Black's 
autobiography,  he  felt  the  need  to  in- 
form the  media. 

Newman  could  not  be  reached  for 
comment.  Black  responded  in  his  letter 
that  he  won't  be  held  responsible  for 
Newman's  work. 

In  the  1982  book,  Black  is  quoted  as 
saying,  "One  of  my  fellow  dub  members 
came  out  naked,  painted  in  psychedelic 
hues  from  head  to  toe,  and  crawled 
around  the  stage  to  the  Beatles'  'Yellow 
Submarine.'  Then  the  record  ended,  the 
curtain  came  down,  and  he  was  zipped 
off  the  stage,  leaving  a  frustrated  and 
infuriated  audience." 

"He  (Black)  was  the 
jerk  who  hung  around 
the  tunnel  junction 
with  a  three-piece 
suit/'  Angus  says. 

Angus  and  Maltby  say  although  the 
Beatles  were  used  in  the  performance, 
"Yellow  Submarine"  had  not  been  re- 
leased until  several  years  later.  {Rock 
Record,  a  music  almanac,  says  the  song 
was  released  in  1966  on  the  Revolver  al- 

BLACK  cont'd  on  page  5 


GSA  vice-presidents  get  to  double  dip 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton's  Graduate  Students'  Asso- 
ciation has  altered  its  constitution  to  let 
vice-presidents  work  at  full-time  jobs  while 
holding  their  paid  GSA  positions. 

Councillors  reached  the  decision  at  an 
1 1-minute  closed  session  at  a  lan.  7  coun- 
cil meeting.  According  to  GSA  President 
Vladimir  Zhivov,  the  vote  was  1 8  in  favor, 
one  against  and  one  abstention. 

Before  the  amendment,  GSA  execu- 
tive members  were  not  allowed  to  hold 
full-time  jobs.  Vice-presidents  will  now 
be  allowed  to  hold  an  outside  job  for  one 
four-month  term.  They  will  be  paid  half 
of  their  usual  salary,  which  is  about 
$4,875  per  year  for  vice-presidents. 

On  the  current  executive,  vice-presi- 
dent internal  Guy  Vadish  and  vice-presi- 
dent finance  Michael  Allen,  both  MPA 
students,  are  directly  affected.  This  month, 
they  started  co-op  terms  at  the  depart- 
ments of  External  Affairs  and  Education 
respectively. 

After  the  meeting,  Zhivov  said  the 
reason  for  the  amendment  was  because 
before,  the  constitution  "discriminated 
against"  master  of  public  administration 
students,  most  of  whom  take  co-op  posi- 
tions. 

Underthe  amendment,  vice-presidents 
wishing  to  take  advantage  of  the  new 
clause  are  required  to  submit  written 
work  schedules  outlining  when  they  will 
be  able  to  fulfil  their  duties  as  executive 
members. 

Council  made  its  first  exception  be- 
fore the  amendment  was  an  hour  old, 


accepting  Allen's  verbal  work  schedule 
presentation  in  a  unanimous  vote  with 
Allen  abstaining.  He  said  he  would  be 
available  for  office  hours  on  Wednesday 
evenings  and  Saturdays  during  the  day. 

Zhivov  said  Allen  "had  a  pretty  busy 
week  and  he  didn't  have  the  time  to  get 
around  to  it  (writing  up  the  work  sched- 
ule) . . .  We  felt  we  were  able  to  make  a 
decision  even  though  we  didn't  have  it  in 
writing."  He  said  it  is  council's  preroga- 
tive to  interpret  the  constitution. 

Vice-president  external  David  Hubka 
said  the  thought  of  two  out  of  four  execu- 
tives leaving  was  "horrifying." 

After  the  lan.  7  vote,  Vadish  tendered 
a  verbal  resignation,  which  council  voted 
to  refuse  until  Jan.  31,  so  he  can  wrap  up 
some  work,  including  trying  to  move  the 
GSA  into  a  larger  office  space. 

Zhivov  said  since  Vadish  didn't  ask  to 
stay  on,  during  January  he  will  be  paid  at 
the  full  rate  for  a  vice-president. 

Zhivov  said  council  voted  to  keep 
Vadish  working  for  a  month  because  the 
GSA  "couldn't  function  without  him." 
Zhivov  said  the  GSA  couldn't  replace 
Vadishbefore  the  next  GSA  council  meet- 
ing Feb.  4. 

At  the  next  meeting  councillors  will 
vote  on  any  graduate  student  who  has 
been  nominated  to  fill  Vadish's  position, 
said  Zhivov.  The  GSA  is  now  accepting 
nominations  for  the  position.  He  said  it 
would  be  "unreasonable"  to  hold  a 
byelection  right  before  their  general  elec- 
tion, which  is  held  in  March. 

Vadish  said  he  tendered  his  resigna- 
tion because  he  wanted  to  stay  on  "in  the 


best  interests  of  the  organization,"  but 
couldn't  because  of  the  amount  of  time 
he  needs  on  campus  to  fulfil  his  duties  as 
vice-president  internal. 

Vadish  said  this  was  not  the  case  with 
Allen.  "He  can  do  a  lot  of  what  he  does 
without  physically  being  on  campus." 

Vadish  also  said  Allen  is  "good  at 
what  he  does"  and  compared  to  his  posi- 
tion, it  is  "worse  for  Michael  to  leave  with 
the  budget  coming  down."  Allen  is  pre- 
paring the  GSA's  budget  for  the  next 
fiscal  year,  which  begins  May  1. 


As  vice-president  internal,  Vadish  is 
responsible  for  all  matters  on  campus, 
including  helpinggraduate students  deal 
with  problems  they  have  with  the  univer- 
sity administration. 

As  vice-president  finance,  Allen  is  re- 
sponsible for  all  the  association's  money 
matters,  including  the  functioning  of 
Mike's  Place,  which  is  run  by  the  GSA. 

Allen  said  he's  not  looking  for  an 
"easy  ride"  and  added  he  is  giving  every- 
thing he  can  offer  to  the  GSA.  □ 


Sarah  kicks  out  the  jams  with  her 
own  brand  of  sa voir  faire. 
Waist-length  biker  jacket,  $45; 
funk  with  embroidery,  $20;  jeans, 
$25;  thick  Frame  glosses,  $1 0;  all 
from  Allegro.  Aldo  high-heel 
chelseo  exaggerated  platform 
boots,  $1 20.  Ex-tredz  recycled  tire 
purse,  $30. 

Styling  by  Stephanie  Garrison. 


arts 

23 

classifieds 

8 

supplement 

11 

national 

7 

news 

3i 

opinion 

9 

science 

22 

sports 

19 

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The  Charlatan  •  January  13,  1994 


What  have  the  services  done  for  you? 


by  Matt  Skinner 

Ghanaian  Staff 

Corleton's  student  serv- 
ice co-ordinators  are 
funded  out  of  the  $80  $95 
annual  fee  each  under- 
graduate student  pays  to 
the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association. 

With  the  academic  year 
half  over,  The  Charlatan  de- 
cided to  find  out  what  the 
co-ordinators  have  done  so 
far  this  year  and  whether 
they  have  any  new  plans. 

This  week  we  profile  the 
Student  Academic  Action 
Bureau  and  the  Gay,  Les- 
bian and  Bisexual  Centre. 

WAYNE  ROSS 
STUDENT  ACADEMIC 
ACTION  BUREAU 

The  bureau  helps  address  questions 
and  concerns  students  have  about  aca- 
demic issues,  says  co-ordinator  Wayne 
Ross. 

Some  students  may  feel  uncomfort- 
able addressing  the  university's  adminis- 
tration or  may  not  know  where  to  go,  he 
says. 

"A  lot  of  people  come  here  to  get 
answers  to  those  questions,  like  'How  do 
I  drop  a  course?',  'What  does  it  mean  if  I 


Ross  says  he's  no  lobbyist  or  activist. 


drop  a  course?',  'What 
happens  if  my  marks  fall 
below  this  level?',"  says 
Ross. 

"1  can  answer  some 
of  those  questions,  but 
most  often  1  direct  stu- 
dents to  the  people  who 
have  the  answers,"  he 
says. 

If  the  student's  prob- 
lem is  of  a  pressing  na- 
ture, such  as  one  involv- 
ing deadlines,  Ross  says  1 
he  can  sometimes  speed 
up  the  issue  by  talking 
to  faculty  members  or 
administrators  who  can 
help  the  student. 

Ross  says  this  is  the 
first  year  a  full-time  co- 
ordinator has  been  hired  | 
to  run  the  bureau. 

In  previous  years  the  j 
New  University  Govern- 
ment chair  was  also  re- 
sponsible for  running  [ 
SAAB. 

Ross  says  he  thinks  No9al°  JflJ*  centre  15  °Pen  fyr  alL 
more  students  have  made  use  of  the 
bureau  this  year. 

He  attributes  this  to  public  relations 
and  advertising. 

"I'm  not  a  lobbyist,  nor  am  I  an  advo- 
cate," says  Ross,  explaining  why  the  bu- 
reau does  not  lobby  against  issues  such 
as  tuition  hikes. 

But  he  says  he  still  thinks  the  bureau 
serves  students  well. 

"If  s  an  incredible  asset, 
everything  is  confidential. 
Use  it,  it's  there,  if  s  yours, 
you  have  every  right  to  it, 
and  I'm  more  than  happy 
to  help  you,"  says  Ross,  ad- 
dressing the  student  body. 

He  says  students  don't 
need  an  appointment  to 
see  him  —  they  can  just 
walk  in. 

PETER  NOGALO 
GAY,  LESBIAN  ,  BI- 
SEXUAL CENTRE 
COORDINATOR 

Peter  Nogalo,  co- 
ordinator of  the  Gay,  Les- 
bian, Bisexual  Centre,  says 
the  centre  provides  support 
and  a  safe  place  for  people 
when  they're  uncomfort- 
able or  when  they're  first 
o  coming  out. 

|     "They  have  a  place  to 
gcome  and  talk  to  people, 
5  meet  people,"  he  says.  The 
centre  holds  a "  coming-out 
group"  every  Monday  at  6 


p.m.,  to  help  people  who  are  coming  out 
about  being  gay,  lesbian  or  bisexual. 

Nogalo  says  he  feels  the  meetings  are 
more  successful  this  year  than  previous 
years.  He  attributes  this  to  the  new  for- 
mat the  centre  is  using  for  the  Monday 
groups,  with  a  man  facilitating  the  group 
one  week  and  a  woman  the  next.  Nogalo 
says  he  feels  this  adds  variety  to  the 
meetings. 

This  is  the  centre's  third  year,  and 
Nogalo  says  it  has  improved  greatly  since 
its  first  year. 

"The  first  year  there  was  nothing  here 
really,"  he  says. 


Nogalo  says  this  is  the  first  year  the 
centre  has  had  a  full-time  co-ordinator 
and  a  budget  of  $30,000  comparable  to 
that  of  other  CUSA  services. 

He  says  the  centre  also  operates  a 
resource  centre  which  has  books  avail- 
able to  students  for  essays  or  personal 
use.  The  centre  purchases  literature  on 
topics  such  as  HIV  and  AIDS,  sexuality 
and  spirituality.  About  $3,500  goes  to- 
wards the  centre's  resource  centre,  which 
is  on  par  with  previous  years. 

The  GLB  centre  works  with  othergroups 
on  campus  to  bring  in  authors  and  other 
people  to  speak  to  students  on  campus 
throughout  the  year,  says  Nogalo. 

In  February  the  centre  holds  Bisexual, 
Gay,  Lesbian  Awareness  Days  or  BGLAD, 
a  week  of  events  devoted  to  issues  rel- 
evant to  the  centre. 

This  year's  events  will  include  work- 
shops, speakers,  and  films  aimed  at  edu- 
cating students. 

0  Unique  to  this  year's  BGLAD  events 
g  will  be  a  cultural  night  which  will  include 
g  a  dance  and  party  on  campus,  says 

1  Nogalo. 

*~  "That'll  be  something  that  has  never 
been  done  before.  I  think  it  will  be  fun," 
he  says. 

Nogalo  says  that  while  the  centre  is 
not  an  organization  with  an  activist 
mandate,  it  does  have  an  activist  role. 

He  says  the  centre  will,  upon  request, 
provide  groups  with  an  ti-homphobia  and 
anti-heterosexism  workshops.  He  says 
the  centre  will  be  speaking  to  President 
Farquhar  later  next  month. 

On  a  day-to-day  basis,  the  centre  pro- 
vides people  with  free  condoms,  pam- 
phlets, information  and  support,  says 
Nogalo,  adding  that  the  centre  is  avail- 
able for  all  Carleton  students,  regardless 
of  their  sexual  orientation.  □ 


BLACK  cont'd  from  page  3 
bum.) 

Angus  and  Maltby  say  Black  was  only 
in  the  audience,  and  wasn't  a  member  of 
Sock  'n'  Buskin. 

Angus  says  he  and  Maltby  knew  Black, 
but  weren't  actually  friends. 

"He  was  the  jerk  who  hung  around  the 
tunnel  junction  with  a  three-piece  suit," 
Angus  says. 

Black  says  in  his  letter  that  Angus 
"had  absolutely  nothing  to  do  with  (the 
production),  other  than  being  a  com- 
plainant who  felt  he  had  not  received 
value  for  money  for  the  ticket  he  had 
purchased."  Angus  admits  that  he  was 
only  in  the  audience,  but  says  he  knew 
the  performers. 

Black  says  in  his  autobiography  that 
tickets  were  $2.50  each,  but  Angus's  let- 
ter claimed  they  were  sold  for  $5. 

Maltby  says  after  he  appeared  nude 


he  quickly  put  on  his  clothes  and  got  into 
a  car  that  was  waiting  outside  Alumni 
Theatre. 

Black  writes  in  his  autobiography  that 
"the  performer  had  fled  to  the  showers 
and  his  co-producers  had  removed  the 
till  and  deserted  the  gate." 

But  Bond,  51,  now  a  director  of  TV 
movies  including  several  Star  Trek  epi- 
sodes, disagrees  with  his  colleagues. 

"(Black)  was  treasurer  of  Sock  'n' 
Buskin.  I  was  president,"  he  says.  But  he 
added,  "This  is  so  old  1  don't  remember  it 
...  I  think  he  was  treasurer,  but  I  could  be 
wrong." 

"I  just  remember  it  was  a  lot  of  fun, 
says  Aubrey,  49,  who  is  now  a  Toronto- 
based  actor.  "I'm  quite  certain  that  Tim 
(Bond)  has  it  right.  I  think  Conrad  was 
treasurer.  If  Conrad  wants  to  think  he 
was  president,  it's  sort  of  funny,  isn't  it?" 
he  says.  a 


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)anuary  13,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  5 


CUSA  council  meeting-a-thon 


COUNCIL 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Staff 

One  thing  about  the  Carleton  Univer- 
sity Students'  Association  council  this 
year —  it  certainly  has  developed  stamina. 

And  it  certainly  was  required  during 
the  numbing  six-hour  extravaganza  on 
Dec.  2.  Five  weeks  later  on  [an.  1 1 ,  coun- 
cillors did  it  all  again,  but  this  time  it  only 
took  three  and  a  half  hours. 

The  festivities  began  early  Dec.  2  when 
Derek  Zeisman,  the  general  manager  of 
the  Rideau  River  Residence  Association, 
announced  he  would  not  bring  a  motion 
of  censure  against  CUSA  President  Lucy 
Watson,  as  he  had  promised  the  last 
council  meeting,  Nov.  1 6.  Zeisman  said  a 
censure  is  a  "constitutional  warning, 
which  lets  the  president  know  the  coun- 
cil's not  happy  with  her  actions." 

He  said  he  didn't  bring  forward  the 
motion  because  he  thought  it  wouldn't 
pass.  Then  he  spent  20  minutes  telling 
everyone  why  he  thought  it  should. 

Zeisman  said  Watson  hasn't  kept 
council  informed  andhas  exercised  poor 
judgment  on  issues  such  as  changes  to 
the  structure  of  CUSA.  As  evidence,  he 
cited  the  appointment  of  the  New  Uni- 
versity Government  chair,  who  has  been 
elected  in  previous  years,  and  the  long 
battle  over  the  unionization  of  CUSA 
employees. 

"There  has  been  a  bad  tone  set  on  this 
council  since  day  one,"  he  said. 

He  then  finished  by  apologizing  to 
those  councillors  who  would  have  sup- 
ported his  motion  and  "condemned" 
those  who  would  have  opposed  it  for 
falling  in  line  with  the  executive. 

When  Watson  got  a  chance  to  re- 
spond, she  suggested  she  would  have 
tried  to  address  Zeisman's  concerns  had 
he  come  to  her. 

The  Dec.  2  meeting  also  had  a  pas- 


sionate speech  from  finance  commis- 
sioner Rene  Faucher. 

He  wanted  council  to  approve  $500  to 
spend  on  architect's  drawings  for  reno- 
vations to  the  first  floor  of  the  Unicentre. 
These  would  involve  moving  the  arcade, 
billiards  hall  and  Copy  Shop. 

"Lefs  get  something  down  on  paper 
that  we  can  actually  debate,"  an  ardent 
Faucher  told  council.  "This  is  my  fourth 
year  here  and  every  year  it's  talk.  'Let's 
talk  about  the  Unicentre  building.'  Well, 
let's  do  something  about  the  Unicentre 
building." 

Council  approved  the  $500. 

Then  the  fireworks  were  re-ignited  over 
anotheralways-flammable  topic,  the  ref- 
erendum on  a  fee  increase  for  the  Cana- 
dian Federation  of  Students. 

On  Dec.  1  CUSA's  constitutional  board 
ruled  3-2  that  CUSA's  chief  electoral  of- 
ficer, James  Rilett,  violated  a  bylaw  by 
denying  the  No  committee  the  right  to 
campaign  during  the  referendum  because 
the  committee  had  not  been  officially 


approved  by  the  CEO. 

In  short,  the  referendum  is  overturned 
and  won't  be  brought  up  again  this  year. 

Council  chair  Dave  Gregory  ruled  that 
since  the  CEO  is  an  employee  of  a  union- 
ized association,  the  matter  was  staff- 
related,  and  council  had  to  go  in  camera. 
They  were  gone  for  two  hours. 

And,  as  if  things  weren't  bad  enough, 
even  game  show  hosts  are  writing  nasty 
things  about  CUSA.  Last  fall  Watson 
complained  to  Jeopardy  host  AlexTrebek 
for  making  a  reference  to  "the  dreaded 
Carleton"  on  his  show  earlier  in  the  fall, 
when  a  University  of  Ottawa  student 
appeared  on  the  show. 

On  Jan.  11,  Watson,  back  from  either 
a  southern  hotspot  or  a  phenomenal 
holiday  under  a  tanning  lamp,  passed 
around  Trebek's  response  to  her  com- 
plaint, saying  "I'm  not  sure  whetheryou 
should  laugh  or  get  angry." 

In  the  letter,  addressed  "Dear  Lucy," 
Trebeksays  his  comment  about  Carleton 
on  the  show  referred  to  a  sports  rivalry 


between  the  University  of  Ottawa  and 
Carleton,  and  wasn't  a  comment  on  Car- 
leton's  academic  standards. 

He  chastised  Watson,  writing,  "as  a 
student  leader,  you  should  be  more  care- 
ful in  your  knee-jerk  reactions.  Had  you 
done  your  homework  and  paid  closer 
attention  to  the  facts,  you  would  have 
realized  that  you  have  clearly  taken  of- 
fence where  none  was  intended. 

"No  reasonable  person  [not  our  un- 
derline] would  have  interpreted  my  com- 
ments as  a  serious  put-down  of  Carleton, 
particularly  one  that  would  have  a  'dam- 
aging impact'  on  the  school.  If  any  re- 
traction of  comments  is  due,  I  would 
think  an  apology  from  vou  [not  our  un- 
derline] might  be  in  order." 

Gee,  he  seems  like  such  a  nice  guy 
when  he's  on  jeopardy. 

Also  on  [an.  1 1,  council  got  around  to 
passing  the  writ  of  general  election  for 
Feb.  8-10.  Once  again  three  zillion  post- 
ers will  invade  every  building  on  campus 
in  that  annual  search  for  the  new  mes- 
siah. 

Included  in  the  writ  are  two  referen- 
dum questions.  The  first  asks  if  students 
would  like  to  pay  $  1  to  continue  funding 
a  community  legal  clinic  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Ottawa,  where  Carleton  students 
can  get  help  with  legal  problems. 

As  for  the  other  referendum  question, 
the  NHL's  newest  expansion  team  is  Car- 
leton . . .  well,  not  quite.  But  students  will 
be  asked  if  they  wish  to  pay  $1  a  year  to 
create  and  maintain  a  Carleton  hockey 
team  to  play  in  the  College  Hockey 
League,  against  teams  such  as  Algonquin 
and  St.  Lawrence  College. 

Council  also  gave  $600  to  the  men's 
and  women's  rowingteams  because  nine 
-  rowers  have  been  offered  a  chance  to 
train  with  the  Canadian  National  Row- 
ing Team.  Because  the  department  of 
athletics  doesn't  fund  the  rowing  club  at 
all,  the  rowers  must  do  their  own 
fundraising.  The  $600  is  a  portion  of  the 
team's  total  expenses,  which  include 
travel,  equipment  and  coaching. 

This  came  after  vice-president  inter- 
nal Rob  famieson  called  for  a  "revolu- 
|  tion"  to  overthrow  the  tyrants  over  at  the 
S  department  of  athletics  for  not  giving  the 
*  rowers  enough  money  to  train  with  the 
<  team.  Power  to  the  people.  □ 


Constitution  board  overturns  referendum 


by  John  Steinbachs 

Charlatan  Start 

The  results  of  a  referendum  held  Nov. 
9-10  have  been  overturned. 

The  constitutional  board  of  the  Carle- 
ton University  Students'  Association  has 
ruled  the  Canadian  Federation  of  Stu- 
dents and  the  Canadian  Federation  of 
Students-Ontario  will  not  receive  any 
extra  money  from  Carleton  students. 

The  referendum  question  asked 
whetherornot  Carleton  students  wantto 
pay  $4  more  each  in  annual  fees  paid  to 
CFS  and  CFS-O,  raising  each  group's  levy 
by  $2.  CFS  presently  gets  $4  from  each 
student,  and  CFS-0  gets  $3. 

Students  voted  669  to  645  in  favor  of 
the  hikes,  with  58  spoiled  ballots. 

The  board  annulled  the  results  of  the 
November  referendum  because  CUSA's 
chief  electoral  officer,  James  Rilett,  did 
not  allow  the  No  committee  to  take  part 
in  the  campaign. 

The  board  voted  3  to  2  in  favor  of 
overturning  the  referendum.  Rob 
[amieson,  vice-president  internal  and 
Theresa  Cowan,  director  of  services,  voted 
against  overturning  the  results.  Rob 
Bennett,  an  arts  and  social  science  coun- 
cillor, and  two  of  the  boards  student 
members  Cindy  Frzer  and  Chaminda 
Thotahewa,  voted  to  overturn  the  results. 


After  missing  the  Nov.  2  deadline  to 
register  as  a  committee  with  Rilett,  a 
group  of  students  supporting  the  No  side 
were  not  allowed  to  officially  campaign 
in  the  referendum,  including  speaking  at 
all-candidate  meetings  and  putting  up 
posters. 

John  Edwards,  a  CUSA  arts  and  social 
science  representative,  filed  a  challenge 
with  the  constitutional  board,  protesting 
the  exclusion  of  the  No  campaign  from 
the  referendum.  Edwards  says  he  felt 
there  should  have  been  a  No  committee 
to  ensure  students  were  informed  of  both 
sides  of  the  issue. 

Edwards  also  says  he  believes  there 
were  discrepancies  in  the  number  of 
spoiled  ballots  which  could  have  been 
avoided  if  a  No  committee  member  would 
have  been  allowed  to  question  vote  counts 
in  the  scrutineer's  office. 

Because  the  No  committee  was  not 
recognized,  its  members  could  not  ques- 
tion the  vote  counts. 

Edwards  says  he  has  spoken  with  a  No 
committee  member  who  was  in  the  scru- 
tineer's office  and  witnessed  many  "bor- 
derline" No  ballots  counted  as  spoiled. 

Rilett  says  the  constitution  says  offi- 
cially recognized  committees  have  the 
right  to  have  a  scrutineer  present  to  en- 
sure accurate  vote  counts. 


Rilettsays  he  didn't  allow  the  No  com- 
mittee tocampaign  because  no  members 
of  the  committee  showed  up  for  a  meet- 
ing advertised  to  elect  their  chair. 

Edwards  says  the  meeting  was  adver- 
tised in  The  Charlatan  but  "way  back  in 
the  paper,  past  where  I  usually  read." 

He  says  the  unofficial  No  committee 
should  still  have  been  allowed  to  cam- 
paign. 

"If  the  committee  misses  the  first  meet- 
ing the  question  is,  does  that  mean  they 
won't  exist  at  all  or  does  it  mean  that  the 
committee  should  be  allowed  to  existbut 
not  receive  funding?" 

Rilettsays  the  constitution  is  "not  spe- 
cific at  all"  on  this  point  and  it  was  up  to 
him  to  rule  on  the  issue. 

"  I  ruled  one  way,  and  they  (the  consti- 
tutional board)  ruled  another,"  he  says. 

CUSA's  constitutional  board  heard 
Edwards's  complaint  and  released  a  re- 
port to  CUSA  council  on  Dec.  2  which 
criticized  the  decision  to  exclude  the  No 
committee  from  the  campaign.  Edwards 
says  on  Dec.  7  the  board  released  another 
report  which  recommended  the  referen- 
dum be  overturned. 

"It's  all  a  matter  of  the  way  you  see  it 
and  I  guess  they  didn't  see  it  my  way," 
says  Rilett. 

Rob  Jamieson,  CUSA's  vice-president 


internal,  says  there  is  no  law  in  the  con- 
stitution regarding  whether  a  committee 
can  be  stopped  from  campaigning,  but 
he  backed  up  Riletfs  right  to  make  deci- 
sions. "I  mean,  that's  what  we  pay  the 
guy  for,"  says  Jamieson. 

Rilett  says  part  of  his  job  is  to  interpret 
the  electoral  code,  which  is  part  of  CUSA's 
constitution,  but  the  constitutional  board 
has  the  power  to  overrule  his  rulings. 

Jamieson  says  he  doesn't  think  the 
question  will  come  up  again  in  this  Feb- 
ruary's general  election. 

focelyn  Charron,  communications  di- 
rector for  the  CFS,  says  the  federation  will 
not  be  affected  by  the  loss  of  revenue 
from  Carleton  because  "we  didn't  budget 
for  it  this  year." 

Charron  says  the  CFS  would  still  like  to 
receive  more  money  from  Carleton  stu- 
dents so  they  can  serve  students  better 
through  lobbying  campaigns. 

Jamieson  says  as  far  as  he  knows, 
there  won't  be  a  referendum  in  the  near 
future. 

The  CFS  researches  student  issues,  acts 
as  a  lobby  group  for  students  and  pro- 
vides services  like  Travel  Cuts  for  stu- 
dents. 

It  is  also  a  member  of  the  Interna- 
tional Union  of  Students,  which  helps 
defend  student  rights.  □ 


6  •  The  Charlatan  •  January  13,  1994 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Quebec  students  get  tiny  tuition  hike 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Ch aria! an  Staff 

Despite  the  announcement  of  a  sur- 
prisingly low  tuition  hike  in  Quebec,  some 
university  students  remain  concerned 
about  the  rising  cost  of  tuition  in  their 
province. 

On  Dec.  15,  Lucienne  Robillard,  Que- 
bec's minister  of  education  and  science, 
announced  a  tuition-increase  ceiling  of 
1 .9  per  cent  for  all  Quebec  post-second- 
ary students.  This  means  tuition  increases 
for  1994-95  at  Quebec  universities  must 
not  exceed  this  limit. 

The  government  decided  on  the  in- 
crease using  guidelines  taken  from  the 
Consumer  Price  Index,  a  measure  of  the 
rise  in  prices  of  common  consumer  goods 
and  services  over  a  fixed  time  period.  It  is 
used  by  governments  to  determine  the 
annual  increase  in  the  cost  of  living. 

A  maximum  tuition  hike  of  1.9  per 
cent  would  raise  the  maximum  full-time 
undergraduate  tuition  from  $1,632  to 
$1,663. 

Marc  Luz,  president  of  the  Students' 
Society  of  McGill,  says  students  are  guard- 
edly happy,  but  disappointed  the  Que- 
bec government  did  not  undertake  a  study 
of  tuition  fees. 

"The  government  chose  to  avoid  the 
question  and  not  increase  tuition  dra- 
matically purely  for  political  reasons," 
says  Luz,  referring  to  the  upcoming  pro- 
vincial election  in  Quebec.  "The  govern- 
ment didn't  want  student  protest." 

Luz  says  he  thinks  the  Quebec  govern- 
ment is  hoping  to  win  the  student  vote  by 
lowering  the  tuition  increase  after  its 
initial  proposal. 

The  ministry's  original  plan  to  raise 
tuition  by  5 1  percent  would  have  brought 
Quebec  tuition  fees  up  to  the  Canadian 
average,  says  Pierre  Villenueve,  the  edu- 
cation andscience  minister's  press  agent. 
However,  Villeneuve  says  the  hike  was 


not  so 

(V*JfvV  


set  below  the  first  estimate  because  the 
sudden  increase  would  have  been  too 
sharp  for  students  to  handle. 

"The  inten-  ^vn^^^^^^^^^m 

tion  (to  raise  tui- 
tion to  the  Ca- 
nadian average) 
is  always  there. 
Every  year  we 
will  review  the 
decision,"  says 
Villeneuve. 

But  Luz  says 
the  government 

is  trying  to  take  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
the  emphasis  off  ^mmmm^^^^m^^^ 

the  broader  issues,  such  as  underfunding 
and  student  poverty,  by  focusing  on  the 
tuition  hike. 

While  the  increase  was  less  than  ex- 


"The  hike  will  affect  all 
students  (who  are)  not 
of  the  upper  class,"  says 
Berger.  "It  means  you 
have  to  shoplift  more 
than  usual." 


pected,  Luz  says  he  thinks  the  Quebec 
government  will  compensate  by  cutting 
funding  to  universities,  a  more  subtle 
way  of  reducing 
costs. 

"Universities 
are  becoming 
less  important 
to  the  Quebec 
government," 
he  says.  "We  are 
trying  to  make 
this  a  priority." 
Roy  Berger,  a 
^^^^^^^^^^^^  third-year  soci- 
t^^^^^^^^^^^m  ology  student  at 
Concordia  University  in  Montreal,  agrees. 

"The  hike  will  affect  all  students  (who 
are)  not  of  the  upper  class,"  says  Berger. 
"It  means  you  have  to  shoplift  more  than 


usual." 

The  hike  will  have  major  effects  on 
students  in  Montreal,  probably  causing 
many  todrop  out,  says  Berger.  He  says  he 
thinks  the  Quebec  government  will  con- 
tinue to  raise  tuition  a  little  every  year, 
slowly  pushing  people  out  of  post-sec- 
ondary education. 

Kristine  Haselsteiner,  vice-president 
external  for  Carleton's  student  associa- 
tion, says  she  hopes  the  low  tuition  in- 
crease for  Quebec  students  could  influ- 
ence the  Ontario  NDP  government's  im- 
pending decision  concerning  tuition 
hikes. 

"I  think  it  shows  a  step  in  the  right 
direction,"  soys  Haselsteiner.  "The  fact 
that  Quebec  students  have  lower  tuitions 
is  really  good  for  them." 

She  says  even  if  the  low  hike  was 
politically  motivated,  it  shows  students 
can  influence  the  government's  decision. 

"We  have  to  realize  we  are  a  power 
and  we  can  institute  change  even  if  it's 
not  an  election  year,"  she  says. 

With  this  year's  tuition  increases,  the 
gap  between  the  cost  of  post- secondary 
education  in  Quebec  and  Ontario  seems 
poised  to  grow. 

Last  August,  Dave  Cooke,  the  Ontario 
minister  of  education,  said  there  would 
be  "substantial"  tuition  increases  for 
1994-95  of  higher  than  seven  percent. 

In  the  past,  the  difference  between 
tuition  increases  in  Ontario  and  Quebec 
was  not  nearly  so  drastic.  Last  year,  tui- 
tion-increase ceilings  in  Quebec  and 
Ontario  were  six  and  seven  per  cent  re- 
spectively. 

Ontario  students  pay  more  overall  for 
tuition  than  Quebec  students.  On  the 
average,  a  full-time  arts  student  in  On- 
tario payed  $2,372  for  tuition  this  year 
while  a  student  in  Quebec  payed 
$1,632.  □ 


Students  fear  massive  funding  cuts  in  Alberta 


by  Arn  Keeling  and  Ryan  Nakashima 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  impending  $300-million  cut  to 
education  funding  in  Alberta  will  be  "like 
chopping  off  one  of  your  legs,"  says 
Terence  Filewych,  president  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Alberta  Student  Union. 

"It's  going  to  affect  the  quality  of 
education,"  says  Filewych. 

On  Nov.  24,  Alberta  Education  Minis- 
ter Halvar  Jonson  announced  in  a  press 
release  plans  to  reduce  government  fund- 
ing to  education  by  five  per  cent  this  year. 
This  first  round  of  cuts  are  planned  to 
take  effect  April  1. 

This  year's  cuts  are  part  of  an  overall 
plan  to  cut  government  spending  by  20 
per  cent  in  all  areas  over  three  years,  says 
Filewych. 

But  Filewych  says  the  $300  million  in 
proposed  cuts  would  actually  remove  24 
per  cent  of  the  budget  for  education. 

According  to  the  government's  press 
release,  the  April  1  deadline  was  set  so 
that  universities,  school  boards  and  their 
staffs'  unions  could  decide  for  themselves 
what  areas  would  be  cut.  The  govern- 
ment encouraged  education  administra- 
tors to  cut  the  five  per  cent  from  salaries 
and  benefits. 

Murray  Fraser,  president  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Calgary,  says  administrators 
and  students  at  the  province's  universi- 
ties have  met  with  the  government  in 
round-table  discussions  over  the  past  two 
months  to  discuss  the  funding  cuts. 

He  says  since  he  is  unsure  how  severe 
the  cuts  to  the  university  will  be,  he  can't 
say  where  the  university  will  cut. 

But  the  amalgamation  of  faculties  at 


the  U  of  A  and  a  program 
of  early  retirement  for 
staff  at  the  U  of  C  are 
already  being  imple- 
mented as  the  universi- 
ties anticipate  the  pro- 
posed cuts. 

Student  protests  at 
both  the  province's  ma- 
jor universities  have  been 
vocal.  About500  Univer- 
sity of  Calgary  students 
rallied  on  campus  Nov. 
24  to  coincide  with  a  visit 
from  Jack  Ady,  the  Al- 
berta minister  of  ad- 
vanced education  andca- 
reer  development. 

They  chanted  "Stop 
the  cuts"  and  "Education 
not  deregulation,"  wav- 
ing placards  with  slogans 
like,  "Keep  the  (tuition)  cap,"  and  "Edu- 
cation not  corporate  buy-outs,"  accord- 
ing to  the  U  of  C  student  newspaper,  The 
Gauntlet. 

On  Dec.  7,  about  750  U  of  A  students 
rallied  at  the  university  and  heard 
speeches  from  both  Filewych  and  the 
university's  president  Paul  Davenport, 
reported  The  Gateway,  the  U  of  A  student 
paper. 

Filewych  told  protestors  to  "demand 
this  government  prioritize  the  budget. 
Across-the-board  cuts  have  no  foresight 
or  vision." 

Davenport  also  said  the  cuts  could 
mean  enrolment  would  drop  by  "2,000 
or  3,000  in  three  or  four  years." 

Sandra  Halme,  a  public  affairs  officer 


for  the  U  of  A,  says  there  was  an  internal 
review  of  how  the  cuts  will  affect  the 
university,  but  the  administration  is  not 
prepared  to  comment  until  February. 

In  February,  the  government  will  re- 
lease its  budget  and  make  clearer  how 
much  the  cuts  to  the  province's  educa- 
tion budget  will  affect  post-secondary 
institutions,  said  Siobhdn  Thomas,  The 
Gauntlet's  news  editor.  Thomas  says  there 
will  be  board  of  governors  meeting  Jan. 
28  at  the  U  of  C  to  discuss  the  cuts. 

Fraser  says  the  increased  demand  for 
university  education  in  Alberta,  coupled 
with  cuts  to  education  funding,  will  put 
pressure  on  the  province's  education  sys- 
tem. Fraser  says  the  U  of  C  administra- 
tion has  been  supportive  of  student  ef- 


forts to  protest  the  proposed  cuts. 

"We  are  together  on  this  issue,"  says 
Fraser.  "We  are  concerned  with  the  qual- 
ity of  education  and  access  to  educa- 
tion." 

Filewych  says  the  administration  at 
the  U  of  A  has  also  been  vocal  in  its 
support  of  students. 

"Our  president  has  said  openly  that 
these  cuts  go  too  far  too  fast,"  he  says. 

Filewych  says  although  he  believes 
that  cuts  are  imminent,  he  hopes  there's 
still  time  to  keep  them  to  a  minimum. 

"I'm  not  a  pessimist,"  says  Filewych. 
He  says  he  is  trying  to  convince  the  gov- 
ernment and  the  people  of  Alberta  that 
education  is  a  priority.  □ 

Witfi  files  Ifom  The  Gauntlet.  University  oi  Calgary  and  The 
Gateway,  University  of  Alberta. 


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Weather's 
chilly  and 
the  CUSA 
car  is  stalled 


"CUSA  council  is  like  a  Hyundai  in  a  winter  storm  in 
Ottawa.  It  goes  nowhere." 

Thanks  to  Rene  Faucher,  CUSA's  finance  com- 
missioner, for  this  apt  description.  We  couldn't 
have  said  it  better  ourselves. 
It's  January  and  CUSA  hacks  are  already  preparing 
for  the  February  elections  for  next  year's  council.  But  we 
can't  let  them  forget  what  has  happened  over  the  past 
four  months. 

A  review  of  their  actions  should  serve  as  a  reminder 
that  this  year  isn't  over  yet.  Perhaps  it'll  also  get  people 
a  little  more  interested  in  an  organization  that  has  an 
operating  budget  of  over  $2.2  million,  more  than  half  of 
which  comes  from  students. 

There  is  much  to  jeer  and  little  to  cheer  in  council's 
behavior  this  year. 

We  could  spend  years  on  what  went  on  in  the  sum- 
mer, with  all  the  wrangling  over  a  union  for  CUSA 
employees,  but  besides  that,  there's  more  than  enough 
fodder  for  discussion  since  September. 

There  have  been  problems  with  the  council  from  the 
top  down.  For  example,  what  was  the  holdup  with 
finding  a  new  safety  commissioner?  The  position  wasn't 
filled  until  Nov.  16 .  The  only  explanation  for  why  it  took 
so  long  was  CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson's  weak  excuse 
that  she  was  busy  in  September  and  "the  month  just 
disappeared."  Looks  like  October  just  disappeared  too. 

Then  came  the  referendum  asking  for  an  increase  in 
funding  forthe  Canadian  Federation  of  Students  on  Nov. 
9  and  10. 

The  "Yes"  side  won,  but  several  factions  cried  foul 
Now,  the  referendum  has  been  overturned.  But  the  way 
in  which  overturning  the  referendum  was  handled  brings 
questions  about  the  way  the  council  is  structured. 

When  council  was  debating  the  issue  they  used  the 
CUSA  constitution  to  take  the  meeting  behind  closed 
doors.  Some  members  of  council  claimed  it  was  because 
it  was  a  staff-related  matter,  which  according  to  the 
CUSA  constitution,  can't  be  discussed  in  an  open  meet 
ing. 

But,  it  could  also  be  argued  that  certain  employees, 
especially  those  in  managerial  positions,  need  to  be 
directly  answerable  to  the  public.  Having  that  clause  in 
the  constitution  makes  it  a  little  too  easy  for  council  to  cry 
"staff-related  matter,"  and  run  and  hide  whenever  a 
sensitive  issue  comes  up. 

At  least  council's  constitutional  board  overturned  the 
referendum,  as  it  should  have  been. 

The  CUSA  Hyundai  isn't  really  going  nowhere.  It's  just 
going  wherever  it's  going  really  slowly,  (and  sometimes 
going  there  in  reverse.) 

That  no  one  seems  aware  of  its  destination  is  one  of 
the  biggest  problems  with  the  council.  If  s  hard  for  a 
group  of  people  to  leam  their  jobs  and  make  real  change, 
all  in  only  one  year. 

If  s  also  too  bad  that  whatever  good  the  council  does 
accomplish  is  usually  covered  up  by  all  the  foolishness 
that  goes  on  at  the  meetings. 

Foolishness  like  arts  and  social  sciences  representa- 
five  Todd  McAllister  sitting  through  part  of  a  meeting 
wearing  the  head  from  Rodney  the  Raven's  costume 
Surely  time  could  be  spent  at  meetings  more  produc- 
tively. 

While  the  length  of  the  average  CUSA  meeting  at 
least  indicates  that  people  want  to  talk,  too  much  of  it  is 
spent  on  petty  bureaucracy.  For  example,  at  one  meet- 
ing the  placement  of  agenda  items  was  debated  for  45 
minutes. 

Whatever  you  want  to  blame  the  stalled  Hyundai  on, 
whether  it  be  personality  conflicts,  unnecessary  politick- 
ing or  a  problem  inherent  in  the  structure  of  CUSA  itselr, 
the  point  is,  that  old  CUSA  Hyundai  just  isn't  running 
very  well.  Soon,  we'll  be  making  a  trade-in  on  it. 

Lefs  hope  we  don't  get  stuck  with  a  Pinto  council  next 

year.  RW  &  SK 


ESSAY 


Music  makes  the  world  go  'round 


by  David  Dunn 

David  Dunn  Is  a  first-year  arts  student  who  aspires  to  be  a  rock  lyricist  or  a 
construction  worker. 

Where  does  the  true  essence  of  a  person  lie? 

Perhaps  I  should  first  mention  that  "essence"  is  in- 
tended only  to  impart  its  most  tangible  associations  -- 1 
do  not  wish  to  discuss  the  soul  as  a  spiritual  vehicle. 

Rather,  I  would  like  to  establish  an  entirely  new  set  of 
parameters'  and  criteria  with  which  to  judge  people 
within  our  burgeoning  theme-park  culture. 

Now,  lefs  rid  ourselves  of  that  nasty  preoccupation 
with  the  eyes  as  windows  to  the  soul.  Windows?  Believe 
me  when  I  sayyour  windows  could  use  some  soapy  water 
and  a  squeegee.  Your  eyes  cry  when  you  want  to  laugh, 
and  laugh  when  you'd  rather  cry;  they  fidget  when  you 
need  them  to  be  still;  sometimes  they'll  say  too  little,  but 
often  times  too  much; 
and  they  can  be  green 
when  you're  raging  red, 
and  blood-red  when 
you're  blue. 

No  need  for  such 
bombastic  complexi- 
ties! Our  essence  is 
much  simpler  and  ob- 
vious than  these  quasi- 
intellectual  ramblings 
may  lead  you  to  be- 
lieve. 

You  (as  both  con- 
sumer and  connois- 
seur) reveal  more  about 
yourself  than  you 
might  otherwise  care  to 
with  each  trip  to  H.M.V. 
or  every  swap  at 
Bonehead's:  our  truest 
essence  lies  in  our  musical  taste. 

Witness  the  evolution  of  the  importance  of  music  and 
song  its  flounshing  within  individual  communities, 
and  later,  the  flourishing  of  various  styles  and  individual 
techniques.  . 

Music  existed  for  centuries  before  the  great  Chnstian 
liberator  Pope  Gregory  got  his  missionary  hands  on  it, 
shortly  thereafter  incorporating  the  chant  in  Christian- 
ized pagan  ritual. 

Music  remained  relatively  simple  for  centunes  until  a 
beleaguered  Frankish  battalion  (from  present-day  France) 
was  overheard  singing  an  account  of  the  ass-whipping 
they  had  received  at  the  hands  of  fiery  Spanish  Moslems. 

Music  and  song  had  transcended  church  boundaries 
and  reached  the  peasantry,  the  commoners.  It  would 


forever  after  represent  a  means  of  pleasure  and  unison, 
more  elaborate  in  composition  and  lyrically  poetic  in 
style,  and  more  intensely  personal. 

Still  not  convinced?  Consider  this;  why  do  you  beeline 
to  the  stereo  and  fumble  through  the  record  collection  of 
anyone  you've  recently  met? 

You  thumb  through  the  jewel  cases  as  you  would  your 
recipe  book,  looking  for  something  to  whet  your  insatia- 
ble musical  appetite,  and  perhaps  reason  to  draw  them 
into  your  fold.  You  utter  pronouncements  of  approval 
("Cool!"),  or  disapproval  (commonly  acknowledged  with 
mental  footnotes:  the  guy  is  a  zucchini  —  at  first  light  I 
break  for  the  door.) 

It  follows  that  music  alone  can  tear  down  boundaries 
or  manifest  itself  in  unbridgeable  societal  chasms. 
To  wit:  you  may  be  shocked  to  find  that  your  new 
friend,  about  whose 
coffee  table  is  strewn 
copies  of  Spin  and  Roll- 
ing Stone,  owns  a  Cole 
Porter  album,  or  sev- 
eral of  Tchaikovsky's 
symphonies.  Or  you 
may  be  delighted  to 
find  that  Jane's  Addic- 
tion disc,  or  an  ABBA 
compilation. 

Aw,  sure!  As  citizens 
of  a  democratic  society 
we  are  certainly  enti- 
tled to  preferences,  as 
guaranteed  by 
Trudeau's  Charter  of 
Rights  and  Freedoms, 
but  that  doesn't  ex- 
clude you  from  being 
cast  into  musical  exile. 
What's  the  bottom  line?  We  find  solidarity  in  music. 
Our  unions  and  communities,  and  certainly  our  friend- 
ships, need  more  than  common  political  ideologies,  or 
favorite  sports  teams,  to  maintain  good  karma  and  keep 
a  virtually  unshakable  peace.  (You  think  that's  a  load  of 
hooey?  What,  then,  do  you  make  of  national  anthems?) 

Together  we  stand,  and  divided  we  disco:  it's  really 
that  simple.  But!  If  you  still  don't  believe  me,  I'll  visit 
your  apartment,  and  we  can  rationally  debate  this 
further. 

I  ask  of  you  only  two  things:  a  rightly  stocked  cabinet 
of  liquors  and  fridge  of  beer,  and  that  you  lock  up  your 
Billie  Holiday  or  Nina  Simone  'cause  I'm  a  Robert  Plant 
fan.  ° 


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LETTERS 


Conrad  Black  not 
responsible  for 
naked  man  .  .  . 

Editor: 

One  of  Carleton's  best-known  alumni 
Conrad  Black,  recently  published  his  au 
tocography.  Unfortunately,  it  misrepre 
sents  his  activities  at  Carleton. 

While  Black  was  at  Carleton  in  1964 
several  students  perpetrated  one  of  the 
greatest  student  pranks  of  all 
time.  They  announced  a  dramatic 
production  called  "1001  Freud- 
ian Delights,"  and  promised  it 
would  be  obscene.  On  that  basis, 
they  sold  about  300  tickets  at  $5 
each. 

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introduction  announced  the  first- 
ever  appearance  of  "The  King's 
Camel-Leopard."  Then  a  nude 
man  appeared,  painted  from 
head  to  toe  and  growled  at  the 
audience.  He  left  the  stage,  the 
curtain  went  down  and  the  audi- 
ence waited  for  more.  But  there 
was  no  more  -  the  organizers 
had  skipped  out  the  back  door. 

In  his  book,  Black  claims  to 
have  been  one  of  the  organizers  of  this 
event.  He  made  the  same  claim  to  Peter 
Newman,  who  reported  it  in  his  biogra- 
phy of  Black,  The  Establishment  Man. 

If  s  time  to  set  the  record  straight  on 
this.  Black  had  nothing  to  do  with  "1001 
Freudian  Delights."  He  was  not  involved 
in  any  way. 

I  was  there  and  I  knew  everyone  in- 
volved. (I  even  bought  a  $5  ticket.)  The 
people  behind  "1001  Freudian  Delights" 
were  Larry  Aubrey,  Tim  Bond,  Kent  Doe 
and  Michael  Maltby.  They  were  leading 
lights  in  the  campus  drama  club,  Sock  'n' 
Buskin. 

Black  was  not,  as  he  claims  in  his 
autobiography,  "president  of  the  club." 
He  wasn't  even  a  member.  In  1 965,  a  year 
later,  he  was  involved  for  a  short  time 
with  a  different  group,  the  New  Theatre 
Club,  but  it  had  nothing  to  do  with  "1001 
Freudian  Delights." 

To  confirm  my  memory  of  this,  I  have 


consulted  with  others  who  attended  Car- 
leton in  1964,  including  Maltby  who  was 
the  painted  man  on  stage.  All  agree. 
Black  may  have  attended  the  show,  but 
he,  was  not  otherwise  involved. 

"1001  Freudian  Delights"  was  the  most 
entertaining  event  of  1964  at  Carleton 
and  I  am  very  disappointed  that  Conrad 
Black  has  attempted  to  appropriate  the 
memory  of  a  great  prank. 


Editor's  Note: 

After  receiving  Angus's  letter,  we  faxed  it 
to  Conrad  Black  for  his  comments.  He  sent 
The  Charlatan  the  following  response. 

...  or  "Yellow 
Submarine"  either 

Editor: 

In  response  to  Ian  Angus's  letter, "  1001 
Freudian  Delights"  was  carried  outunder 
the  auspices  of  the  New  Theatre  Club 
which  was  setup  after  Tim  Bond,  Michael 
Maltby  and  Larry  Aubrey  were  accused  of 
plagiarism  at  the  club  where  they  were 
formerly  involved. 

They  asked  me  to  be  president  of  their 
club  and  it  was  in  that  capacity  that  I  was 
called  as  a  witness  at  the  honor  commit- 
tee hearing  presided  over  by  Gordon 
Ritchie,  Canada's  subsequent  free  trade 
negotiator,  who  has  already  written  to  me 


confirming  the  accuracy  of  my  version  of 
those  hearings. 

While  I  was  aware  of  the  planning  of 
the  program,  it  is  true  that  I  had  nothing 
to  do  with  its  organizing  nor  in  my  book 
did  I  claim  to  have  anything  to  do  with 
organizing  it. 

I  will  not  be  held  accountable  for  what 
Peter  Newman  wrote.  I  never  suggested 
that  the  song  "Yellow  Submarine"  was 
played,  merely  "a  45  rpm  Beatles  record." 
I  gave  evidence  at  the  hearing  to  help 
exonerate  the  organizers  of  the  charge  of 
wrongdoing,  as  did  Professor  Fred 
Cedarstrom. 

Angus,  I  may  say,  had  abso- 
lutely nothing  to  do  with  it,  other 
than  being  a  complainant  who 
felt  he  had  not  received  value  for 
money  for  the  ticket  he  had  pur- 
chased. 

I  felt  my  defence  of  the  authors 
of  the  scheme  justified  my  refer- 
ence which  was  "A  theatre  club  of 
which  I  was  the  president  staged . 

I  certainly  did  not  mean  to  ap- 
propriate either  the  idea  or  enact- 
ment of  the  scheme  formyself  and 
no  responsible  reader  of  my  book 
would  conclude  that  I  attempted 
to  do  so.  I  am  afraid,  to  judge  from 
the  intemperate  and  largely  inaccurate 
letter  that  he  has  written  to  you,  that  that 
is  not  a  category  in  which  Angus  is  to  be 
found. 

Conrad  Block 
BA1965 


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January  13,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  •  11 


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sweating  on  a  Carleton  University  elevator,  The 
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12  •  The  Charlatan  •  January  13,  1994 


Top  to  bottom: 

Sarah  gets  diplomatic  with  Lester  B.  Pearson. 
Jacob  panne  velvet  bodysuit  dress  with  flared  hem,  SI  20;  Aldo  strapped  modified 
platforms  with  buckle,  $1 20;  Borealis  hand  painted  silk  earrings,  $1 9. 

Don't  mess  with  tough  women  in  elegant  dress. 
Allegro  velvet  dress  with  woven  satin  ribbon  top  (originally  from  Creed's  in  Toronto), 
$80;  model's  own  heek  Allegro  long  velvet  spaghetti  strop  dress  (originally  from^ 
Bergd'orf  Goodman),  $60;  Aldo  modified  platform  shoes,  $1 20;  model's  own  glo 
Allegro  fishbone  backdrop  blanket,  $35. 

Billie  in  repose;  "where's  my  cappuccino?" 
Beret,  $1 7;  knit  mock  turtle  bodysuit,  $32;  ribbed  V-neck  cardigan  dress,  $8 
flare  pants,  $42;  all  horn  the  Gap.  Aldo  chunky  lace-up  English  walking  shoe,  $60. 


It's  not  Kali,  but  our  own  goddess-in-training  Kira. 
Gap  lace  knit  button-down  underwear  shirt,  $27;  matching  longjohn  leggings,  $23. 
Allegro  fish  necklace,  $10. 


lanuary  13, 1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  13 


Clockwise  from  lop:  Try  as  he  might,  Rori  never  did  learn  to  lly.  Leather  straight-zip  biker  jacket,  S70;  embroidered  vest,  S32;  fake  Chanel  T-shirt  (hidden),  SI  8;  black  overdye  jeans,  53? 
Suede  straight  cut  seventies  jacket,  S8;  white  T-shirt,  SI ;  jeans,  SI  0;  all  St.  Vincent  de  Paul.  Aldo  lace-up  thick-heeled  boots,  SI  40.  Alison's  unimpressed.  This  relationship  is  doomed.  Ailed" 
tredz  recycled  tire  material  briefcase  (available  at  Arbour),  S60.  St.  Vincent  de  Paul  leather  3/4  length  coot,  S45;  and  jeans,  SI  0.  Allegro  paisley  scarf,  SI  5.  Aldo  sguare-toe  lace-up  boots, 
jail.  Do  not  pass  go.  Do  not  collect  S200.  Gap  ribbed  oversize  mock-neck  sweater,  S54.  Bolshevik  chic  —  at  home  on  a  tractor,  or  in  town.  Overalls,  $80;  plaid  wool  button-down  jack  si1'1' 
Allegro.  Aldo  modified  Doc  lace-up  boots,  SI  20.  Great  cut,  cool  textures ...  and  the  buildings  are  pretty  nice,  too.  Suede  contrast  panel  jacket,  S75;  leather/suede  patchwork  vest,  $28;  let 


14  •  The  Charlatan  •  lanuary  13,  1994 


ol  Doc  1 2-holes  from  Neon  SI  1 0.  Alison  looking  funky.  But  what's  she  holding?Oversized  fun  fur  cow  print  beret  designed  by  Stephanie  Garrison  area  is  mirror  wi  h  sno  e  accents  $90. 
c  coat,  S55.  St.  Vincent  de  Paul  Sling  T-shirt  (worn  backwards),  SI .  Bis  flared  short-hen,  pants  (originally  from  Max  Mara)  $50.  Aldo  strapped  mo  ,  red  platforms  w,  h  buckle,  SI  20  Ex- 
>V,  angs.  boy,  you'll  never  be  an  angs.  man . . .  Leather  biker  jacket,  SI  00;  long-sleeve  Doc  Martens  T-shirt,  S43;  modified  baggy  jeans,  $40;  12- hole  Docs  $1 10;  all  Neon^o  irectly  to 
-shirf  $19;  all  Warren's  House  of  Britches.  Irving  Rivers  fun  fur  hunting  cap.  She's  so  hardcore.  Long  velvet  coat,  S75;  suede  sncnes  mm,  skirt,  $28;  long-sleeve  crew  sweater,  $18;  all 
?5;  John  Le'nnon  shades,  SI  0;  all  Allegro.  Aldo  lace  up  industrial-look  boots,  $140. 


January  13,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  IS 

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16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  13,  1994 


7 


When  not  smashing  the  state,  Arn  likes  to 
\        hang  out  in  big  window  frames. 

\    Arctic  fleece  button-down  shirt  worn  as  jacket,  $50;  zip 
\flannel  jack  shirt,  $30;  button-down  long  sleeve  henley  top, 
•  $42;  baggy  jeans,  $25;  six-hole  Doc  Martens,  $1 00;  all 
Neon. 


Kim's  right!  Kindergarten  teachers  ARE  an 
acceptable  fashion  icon! 

Corduroy  button-down  shirt,  $48;  zip-front  V  -neck  ribbed 
vest,  $48;  pocket  tee,  $15;  loose-fit  jean,  $48;  all  Gap. 
le  Saddlery  two-tone  cowboy  boot  with  contrast  stitch, 
$330.  Mrs.  Tiggy  Winkle's  Big  Bird  puppet,  $25. 


Billie,  Kermit  and  Rori  hike 
about  town. 

Long-sleeve  crew  sweater ,  $28;  suede 
sixties  mini  skirt,  $18;  both  Allegro.  Aldo 

leather-look  knapsack,  $50.  Mrs.  Tiggy 

Winkle's  Kermit  the  Frog  puppet,  $45. 

Allegro  fabric  Dumbo  pattern  hat,  $22. 
Warren's  House  of  Britches  tee,  $19.  Mrs. 
Tiggy  Winkle's  kid  backpack,  $1 4. 


January  13,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  17 


18  •  The  Charlatan  •  January  13,  1994 


SPORTS 


Raven  fencers  were  already  hard  at  practice  just  one  day  after  they  picked  up  five  medals  at  the  Carleton  Invitational 

Fencers  stick  it  to  competition 

High  fives  all  around  after  Ravens  grab  five  medals  in  five  events 


by  Bram  S.  Aaron 

Charlatan  Statl 

There's  no  place  like  home. 

Hosting  their  own  Carleton 
Invitational  fencing  tournament  Jan.  8- 
9,  the  Ravens  were  the  only  team  to  win 
medals  in  all  five  classes  of  competition. 

Carleton  also  picked  up  a  gold,  two 
silver  and  two  bronze  medals  against 
competition  from  five  othersquads  from 
the  R,A.  Centre,  a  Quebec  college,  and 
the  universities  of  Ottawa,  Trent  and 
Royal  Military  College. 

Carleton  fencing  coach  fames  Ireland 
said  he  was  happy  with  the  Ravens'  good 
showing. 

"I  was  surprised  to  win  so  well.  It  was 
a  pretty  good  result  -- 1  can't  argue  with 
it,"  he  said. 

The  men's  sabre  team,  led  by  Simon 
Pianarosa,  defeated  the  R.A.  club  5-0  in 
the  final  round  to  win  the  gold  medal. 

"It  was  a  tough  tournament.  There 
were  a  lot  of  experienced  veterans.  We 
went  in  trying  to  fence  as  best  as  we 
could.  We  realized  what  restraints  we 
had  to  contend  with,"  said  Pianarosa, 
commenting  on  the  holidays'  layoff. 

Ireland  said  the  men's  sabre  team  had 


to  overcome  an  error  on  the  part  of  tour- 
nament organizers  to  win  the  gold.  Or- 
ganizers mixed  up  the  order  of  combat 
and  pitted  Carleton  rookie  Sean  Carson 
against  the  top  fencer  from  the  R.A.  Cen- 
tre squad. 

"(Carson)  did  well  considering  he  was 
supposed  to  go  second,  but  they  made  a 
mistake  and  put  him  in  first  instead," 
said  Ireland. 

The  coach  said  Carson  fought  hard  for 
the  win. 

"  He  won  a  big  fight  everyone  thought 
he  would  lose.  It  was  icing  on  the  cake," 
said  Ireland. 

Silver  results  came  to  the  men's  epee 
and  women's  foil  team. 

Women's  foil  captain  Liliana  Piazze 
lost  her  final  round  set  5-3,  but  two  of  her 
bouts  were  lost  by  one  point. 

Rounding  out  the  medal  finishes  were 
the  men's  foil  and  women's  epee  squads, 
who  claimed  bronze. 

The  men's  foil  team  was  particularly 
pleased  with  its  result  as  two  members — 
captain  Neil  Seto  and  Gordon  Wong  — 
competed  despite  being  ill. 

Rookie  Raven  Dwight  Irving  "came  up 
with  some  good  victories  when  we  really 


needed  him,"  Seto  said. 

The  women's  epee  team,  comprised  of 
captain  Terry  McPherson,  Nyka  Alexan- 
der, Lisa  Tulk  and  Shirley  McCuaig,  was 
also  pleased  with  its  finish,  said 
McPherson. 

"We  were  hoping  we'd  medal,"  she 
said.  "James  had  us  working  really  hard 
"(last)  week." 

McPherson  said  one  important  part  in 
the  road  to  their  bronze  was  the  fact  that 
they  beat  both  the  University  of  Ottawa 
and  RMC  in  direct  elimination  rounds. 

Ireland  said  he  was  also  happy  the 
tournament  gave  him  a  chance  to  see 
Trent's  teams,  whose  women  fencers  won 
gold  in  both  women's  classes. 

"We'll  beat  them  in  the  Ontario  fi- 
nals," he  said. 

The  Carleton  Invitational  is  an  open 
competition,  which  means  fencers  not 
eligible  for  varsity  competition  are  al- 
lowed to  fence.  It  also  allows  more  expe- 
rienced over-aged  fencers  to  compete  and 
raise  the  calibre  of  competition. 

The  first  of  two  men's  and  women's 
sectionals,  which  are  qualifying  tourna- 
ments for  the  provincial  championship, 
will  be  hosted  by  Carleton  Jan.  22-23.  □ 


Polo  women  preparing  to  resume  action 


by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Chartalan  Staff 

Practice  makes  perfect. 

And  the  Carleton  women's  waterpolo 
team  has  been  practising  hard  to  prepare 
for  its  second  sectional  tournament  [an. 
15-16  at  McMaster  University. 

Currently,  the  Ravens  are  second  in 
the  five-team  Ontario  Women's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association 
waterpolo  league,  with  a  3-1  record  be- 
hind the  undefeated  Toronto  Varsity 
Blues. 

Heading  into  the  tournament,  coach 
Steve  Baird  and  team  members  say  they 
are  confident  they  can  move  into  first 
place  after  this  upcoming  final  weekend 
of  regular  season  play. 

"(First  place)  is  within  our  grasp  and 
we're  hoping  to  avenge  a  4-3  loss  to 
Toronto,"  said  Baird. 

Carleton  is  scheduled  to  play  four 
games  at  the  crossover  sectional  against 
Brock,  McMaster,  Toronto  and  Queen's 
universities. 

The  McMaster  tournament  is  the  sec- 


The  Ravens  practised  tlSTr^ 

ond  and  last  sectional  in  the  women's    on  Feb.  5-6 


five-team  division.  Final  regular  season 
standings  will  determine  the  playoff 
schedule.  All  five  teams  will  advance  to 
the  championship  finals,  which  will  be 
held  this  year  at  the  University  of  Brock 


Carleton's  three  wins  at  the  Nov.  13- 
14  tournament  came  against  Brock  (13- 
1),  McMaster  (15-3)  and  the  defending 
championsQueen's(7-6).Theironlyloss 
was  the  4-3  setback  against  Toronto.  □ 


Expansion 
hockey  death 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  STati 

Remember  the  last  time  you  saw  a 
real  hockey  game? 

You  know.  The  kind  of  game  where 
there's  skating,  shooting  and  scor- 
ing? 

Where  Gretzky  sets  up  a  perfect 
pass  from  behind  the  net  to  an  open 
forward  in  front?  Where  Messier  mus- 
cles his  way  through  three  defenders 
for  a  shot  on  the  net?  Or  Pavel  Bure 
scores  on  an  end-to-end  rush? 
Remember?  I  don't. 
That  kind  of  hockey  excitement 
has  disappeared,  only  to  be  replaced 
by  boring  hockey  full  of  clutching, 
grabbing,  dumping  andexcruciating 
slowness. 

How  did  this  happen?  Expansion. 
Ever  since  the  National  Hockey 
League  decided  to  expand  from  21 
teams  three  years  ago  to  its  current 
slate  of  26,  real  hockey  has  been  in 
decline. 

TheadditionoftheSan  [oseSharks, 
Tampa  Bay  Lightning,  Ottawa  Sena 
tors,  Anaheim  Mighty  Ducks  and 
Florida  Panthers  has  created  a  situa- 
tion that  rewards  mediocre  play  and 
stunts  the  creativity,  finesse  and  bril- 
liance that  used  to  flourish. 

With  the  exception  of  the  Sena- 
tors, who  redefine  pitifulness  each 
time  they  step  out  on  the  ice,  the 
remaining  four  expansion  teams  have 
successfully  adopted  a  defensive  style 
of  play,  one  suited  to  weaker  teams 
without  legitimate  stars. 

Consequently,  they  have  slowed 
other  teams  down  to  their  snail-like 
speed  of  play. 

This  slower  defensive  game  has 
also  become  a  necessity  because  the 
addition  of  the  five  new  teams  has 
given  career  minor-league  players  as 
well  as  washed-up  veterans  a  second 
chance  at  playing  in  the  NHL. 

Unfortunately,  many  of  these  play 
ers  have  skills  nowhere  near  the  cali 
bre  of  a  true  NHL  player.  Randy 
Ladoceur.  Scott  Levins.  Bill  Huard. 
Mike  Rathje.  Steve  Kasper.  The  list  is 
endless.  Guys  like  these  should  still  be 
in  diapers  or  retirement  homes. 

And  where  has  this  defensive 
hockey  led  to?  Stagnation. 

By  choking  the  life  out  of  the  game, 
by  clogging  up  centre  ice,  by  clutch 
ing  and  grabbing  and  stifling  the  very 
essence  out  of  a  game  built  on  speed 

—  expansion  teams  have  forced  the 
play  down  to  a  speed  where  they  can 
compete. 

Incredibly  enough,  more  often  than 
not  they've  been  rewarded  with  ugly, 
boring  and  low-scoring  wins. 

The  Panthers,  in  fact,  coached  by 
the  king  of  defensive  hockey  himself 

—  Roger  Nielson  —  actually  have  a 
winning  record  almost  midway 
through  the  season.  Who  would  have 
thunk  it  just  a  few  short  months  ago" 

As  a  result,  all  these  newcomers 
are  in  contention  for  playoff  berths. 
Hooray. 

They  may  be  doing  themselves  a 
short-term  favor  by  worming  their 
way  into  the  playoffs. 

But  they're  killing  hockey  along 
the  way.  a 


January  13,  1994  *  The  Charlatan  •  19 


Basketball  previews  promise  rough  road 


by  Derek  DeCloi 

Charlatan  Staff 

If  you've  never  watched  the  Carleton 
women's  basketball  Ravens  before  this 
year,  you  won't  notice  what's  missing. 

But  what's  missing  from  this  year's 
edition  of  the  Ravens  is  almost  as  notable 
as  what's  there.  The  team  is  coping  with 
the  loss  of  several  key  players  from  last 
year. 

Still,  despite  that  void,  the  Ravens' 
style  of  play  probably  won't  differ  much 
from  past  years  as  they  hope  for  their  first 
playoff  spot  since  coach  Marg  Jones  took 
over  the  team  five  years  ago. 

Here's  a  look  at  what  to  expect. 

LAST  YEAR:  Finished  seventh  in  the 
east  division  of  the  Ontario  Women's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association  with 
a  2-10  record  and  finished  9-19  overall 
when  including  exhibition  games. 

OFFENCE:  The  Ravens  will  beempha- 
sizing  a  team  approach  this  year,  says 
Marg  Jones.  They  have  little  choice  after 
losing  Tracey  Carey  and  Nancy  Forget, 
who  combined  for  29  points  per  game 
last  year,  over  half  the  team's  scoring. 

"Obviously  we  have  to  look  to  other 
people  to  score  our  points,"  says  guard 
Helen  Collins,  one  of  the  team's  co-cap- 
tains. "We're  not  looking  for  a  single 
person  any  more." 

However,  the  style  will  still  be  the 
same.  Not  blessed  with  great  size,  the 


Gillian  Roseway  is  one  rookie  the  Ravens  will  be  handing  the  ball  to  this  year. 


Ravens  will  continue  to  try  and  outrun 
their  opponents. 

"We  try  and  use  our  quickness  to  our 
advantage,"  says  forward  Heather 
McAlpine. 

DEFENCE:  Literally,  thebiggestthing 
missing  is  six-foot-four  rookie  Christine 
Steele,  who  played  during  the  pre-season 
but  quit  to  concentrate  on  academics. 

"Christine  would've  made  a  big  im- 
pact for  us,"  says  Jones.  "The  difference 
she  made  defensively  (was  a)  big  intimi- 
dation factor. "  Nonetheless,  Jones  says 


the  Ravens  are  strong  defensively,  though 
they're  still  learning  the  perils  of  being 
too  aggressive. 

"Our  big  concern  is  our  fouling  — 
committing  fouls  we  don't  have  to  com- 
mit," she  says. 

LEADERSHIP:  One  of  the  Ravens'  key 
leaders,  co-captain  guard/forward  Dana 
Nicholas,  will  be  watching  from  the  side- 
lines after  she  tore  a  ligament  in  her  knee 
during  the  pre-season. 

"She  was  a  key  leader  for  us  on  the 
floor, "  says  Jones,  who  says  Nicholas  was 


"the  hardest-working  player  on  the 
team." 

Without  her,  the  Ravens  will  look  to 
returnees  like  forward  Valarie  Gates  and 
the  quiet  Collins. 

"She'snotparticularly  vocal,  (but)  she's 
very  much  a  leader  by  example,"  says 
Jones  of  Collins. 

Experience-wise,  the  Ravens  will  rely 
on  seven  returning  veterans  to  make  up 
for  the  losses  of  Carey,  Barbieri,  Forget, 
and  now  Nicholas. 

Jones  will  be  hoping  that  Collins, 
Gates,  McAlpine  and  guard  Erin  O'Grady 
have  broad  enough  backs  to  carry  the 
team  until  its  five  rookies  can  gain  some 
experience. 

PROGNOSIS:  It'll  be  tough  to  replace 
last  year's  scoring  punch.  Only  three  of 
the  Ravens'  top  eight  scorers  from  1992- 
93  will  see  action  this  year.  As  a  result, 
the  Ravens  will  have  to  do  a  better  job  on 
defence  if  they  want  to  win. 

"I  would  say  we're  going  to  have  to 
hold  teams  under  60  if  we're  going  to 
beat  them,"  says  Jones. 

But  you  can  still  look  for  a  entertain- 
ing style  of  play:  lots  of  fast  breaks  and 
about  a  million  shots  every  game,  [ones 
probably  wouldn't  have  itanyotherway. 

The  team's  goal  is  a  playoff  spot,  but 
that  will  be  tough  in  trie  OWIAA  east 
division.  Perennial  powerhouses 
Laurentian,  Queen's  and  Toronto  will 
probably  be  the  top  three,  leaving  Ot- 
tawa, York,  Ryerson  and  Carleton  to  bat- 
tle it  out  for  the  last  playoff  spot.  □ 


by  Kevin  Restlvo 

Charlatan  Staff 

Hang  on  to  your  seat-belts. 

With  only  five  returning  players  from 
last  year's  1 2-man  squad  and  a  3- 1 2  pre- 
season exhibition  record,  it  looks  like  this 
year's  team  is  in  for  another  rough  ride. 

So  what  we  can  expect  from  thisyear's 
team?  read  on. 

LAST  YEAR:  The  1992-93  Ravens  com- 
piled a  3-9  record  in  OUAA  east  division 
basketball  action  and  a  5-20  record  over- 
all. 

OFFENCE:  Balance  is  the  key  for  the 
Ravens.  Too  often,  the  Ravens  stand 


around  and  wait  for  acknowledged  team 
leader  Taffe  Charles  to  take  over. 

The  team  needs  its  new  players  to  step 
up  and  become  more  involved  in  the  fast- 
paced,  high-octane  offence  preached  by 
coach  Paul  Armstrong.  Look  for  players 
like  first-year  swingman  Reagh  Vidito  to 
start  showing  his  pre-season  potential  on 
a  more  regular  basis.  Unfortunately,  a 
lack  of  size  and  experience  will  likely 
hurt  the  Ravens  in  close  games  and  result 
in  many  a  long  scoring  drought. 

One  should  also  have  pity  on  poor 
Brian  Russell  and  Jeremy  Sims.  Along 
with  Charles,  the  first-year  forwards  will 
cruelly  be  expected  to  shoulder  most  of 
the  rebounding  load  because  of  the 
Ravens'  lack  of  size.  Luckily  for  Carleton, 
their  OUAA  east-division  opponents 


shouldn't  have  as  many 
behemoths  as  some  of  their 
pre-season  opponents. 
Armstrong  has  stressed  the 
importance  of  rebounding 
to  his  team  in  practice,  so 
look  for  this  weakness  to  be 
minimized  as  the  season 
progresses. 

DEFENCE:  This  is  an 
area  that  most  of  the  team 
takes  great  pride  in. 
Though  the  Ravens  may 
not  be  as  talented  as  other 
teams,  Carleton  does  work 
extremely  hard  at  proper 
positioning  and  smart  team  defence. 

The  Ravens  often  employ  different 


trapping  schemes  and  full  court  presses 


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The  Ravens  will  count  on  Taffe  Charles  for  points. 

in  an  attempt  to  kick-start  fast  breaks 
and  create  easy  baskets.  Armstrong  al- 
ways employs  excellent  defensive 
schemes  to  throw  Carleton's  opponents 
off  their  game. 

In  the  pre-season,  these  proved  to  be 
effective  at  keeping  the  Ravens  competi- 
tive against  some  of  their  larger  non- 
conference  opponents.  If  the  Ravens  hope 
to  be  successful  this  season,  they're  going 
to  have  to  bank  on  their  defence. 

LEADERSHIP:  Any  and  all  of  the  five 
veterans  on  the  team  will  be  expected  to 
provide  leadership. 

And  the  rookies  will  play  a  role  too. 
This  team  has  the  potential  to  steal  some 
games  from  opponents  despite  its  lack  of 
experience.  First-year  guard  Andrew 
Smith  and  second-year  forward  James 
Marquardt  personify  the  work  ethic  of 
the  Ravens.  Smith  is  a  tireless  worker  who 
frequently  frustrates  opponents  with  his 
in-your-face  style  of  play,  while 
Marquardt  commands  the  respect  of  his 
teammates  with  his  no-nonsense  ap- 
proach to  the  game. 

PROGNOSIS:  The  Ravens  could  do 
some  damage  this  year.  If  Armstrong  is 
able  to  find  somebody  to  take  some  of  the 
offensive  load  off  of  Charles's  back,  if  the 
team  can  overcome  its  lack  of  experience 
and  size,  if  they  can  limit  their  turnovers 
. . .  get  the  picture? 

Too  many  questions  and  not  enough 
answers  means  the  men's  team  will  end 
up  fighting  for  a  .500 season  in  the  OUAA 
east  division.  □ 


Raven 
Rumblings 


QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"She  is  fearless." 

Women's  basketball  coach  Marg 
[ones  commenting  on  the  attitude  of 
rookie  guard  Gillian  Roseway. 

HOCKEY  HEARTBREAKER 

The  Carleton  hockey  club  lost  3-1  to 
the  graduate  Kings  in  Senior  R.A. 
League  action  at  the  R.A.  Centre  on 
[an.  5.  After  two  scoreless  periods,  the 
Kings  potted  two  quick  goals  in  the 
third  period  on  Carleton  goaltender 
Pat  McFetridge,  who  turned  away  over 
30  shots  in  the  loss.  Carleton  cut  the 
margin  in  half  on  a  late  goal  but  the 
Kings  iced  the  win  with  an  empty  net 
marker. 

FOOTBALL  SAVED 

The  University  of  Alberta  Golden 
Bears  football  program  may  be  saved. 

Brick  Warehouse  furniture  chain 
owner  Bill  Combie  has  offered  to  un- 
derwrite any  losses  for  the  $  1 50,000-a- 
year  program  for  the  next  three  years, 
says  a  report  in  the  Ottawa  Citizen. 

The  90-year-old  football  program 
folded  a  month  ago  because  of  a  lack  of 
stable  funding. 

CORRECTION 

Oops.  Last  week  we  incorrectly  re- 
ported the  women's  basketball  team 
was  training  down  in  Florida.  They 
were  out  of  town,  but  they  weren't  that 
lucky.  The  women's  team  was  practis- 
ing in  Halifax,  while  the  men's  team 
was  in  Florida. 

CALENDAR 

Friday,  Jan.  14. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  women's  bas- 
ketball team  will  be  in  Kingston  to  take 
on  the  Queen's  Golden  Gaels  in  a  6:30 
p.m.  match  at  the  Bartlett  Gymna- 
sium. The  men's  team  will  follow  with 
an  8  p.m.  game. 

SWIMMING  —  The  swim  team  will 
be  at  the  University  of  Montreal  open 
swim  meet,  starting  at  1  p.m. 

VOLLEYBALL  —  The  women's  vol- 
leyball team  hosts  the  Carleton 
Invitational.  Teams  from  the  universi- 
ties of  Waterloo,  Western,  Ottawa, 
McGill,  Queen's  and  Guelph  will  par- 
ticipate at  the  Ravens'  Nest  gym.  The 
tournament  begins  at  6:30  p.m. 

Saturday,  Jan.  15. 

FENCING  —  The  fencing  team  will 
travel  to  Toronto  to  take  part  in  the 
York  Invitational  at  the  Ta.it  McKenzie 
Gym. 

SKIING  —  The  nordic  ski  team  will 
participate  in  the  Nakkertok 
Invitational  just  outside  Gatineau  Park 
in  Cantley,  Que.  this  weekend.  Classic- 
style  races  are  scheduled  for  today. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  men's  basket- 
ball team  travels  to  Toronto  to  take  on 
the  University  of  Toronto  Blues  in  a  2 
p.m.  match.  The  women's  team  fol- 
lows with  a  6  p.m.  tip-off. 

VOLLEYBALL  -  The  Carleton 
Invitational  continues  in  the  gym. 

Sunday,  Jan.  16. 

FENCING  —  The  York  Invitational 
fencing  tournament  continues. 

SKIING  —  Freestyle  races  are  sched- 
uled at  the  Nakkertok  Invitational. 

VOLLEYBALL  —  The  Carleton 
Invrtational'sgold-medal  game  will  be 
at  1  p.m.  in  the  Ravens'  Nest.  The 
bronze-medal  game  is  at  1 1  a.m.  and 
the  consolation  matches  at  9  a.m.  □ 


Chickens,  bacon  and  pep  talks 


by  Carl  Sunstrurh 

Charlatan  Staff 

Okay.  Most  people  have  probably 
heard  the  story  about  the  chicken  and 
the  egg,  but  what  about  the  bacon  and 
egg  breakfast? 

Well,  as  the  story  goes,  there  was  once 
a  coach  who  was  having  trouble  moti- 
vating a  player,  so  he  called  him  aside  at 
practice.  The  coach  explained  to  the 
player  that  he  didn't  think  his  heart  was 
in  the  game  and  he  needed  more  out  of 
him.  The  player  replied  that  he  felt  that 
he  was  making  a  contribution. 

"I  don't  need  a  contribution, "  said  the 
coach,  "I  need  a  commitment." 

The  player  looked  at  the  coach  with  a 
puzzled  stare  and  asked  him  to  explain. 

"What  did  you  have  for  breakfast  this 
morning?"  asked  the  coach.  "Bacon  and 
eggs,"  the  player  replied. 

"Well,  you  see  son,  when  it  came  to 
your  breakfast,  the  chicken  made  a  con- 
tribution. But  the  pig,  he  made  a  com- 
mitment. That's  what  I  want  from  you." 

That  anecdote  was  a  pep  talk.  And  its 
purpose  is  to  inspire  players  to  perform  to 
their  potential  and  sometimes  beyond.  A 
pep  talk  can  be  a  source  of  inspiration  or 
a  method  of  getting  a  team  to  focus  on 
the  task  at  hand. 

Often,  in  the  heat  of  competition,  a 
team  can  forget  what  it's  trying  to  ac- 
complish and  start  to  perform  like  a  fire 
out  of  control.  So  whether  forinspiration, 
or  for  the  calm,  steadying,  re-focusing  of 
a  game  plan,  a  pep  talk  is  an  important 
tool  in  every  in  every  coach's  tool-box. 

Carleton  men's  basketball  coach  Paul 
Armstrong  recalls  this  pep  talk  from  a 
1988  league  championship  game: 

"We  were  playing  Toronto  and  lead- 
ing by  two  points  at  halftime.  We  hud- 
dled together  just  before  the  second  half 
started  and  I  reminded  the  players  that 
whathadgotus  here  were  the  mechanics 
of  our  game,  and  to  stick  with  them. 
Then  I  asked  them  if  they  could  remem- 
berwhatour  goals  were  attraining  camp 
...  to  be  right  here,  right  now,"  says 
Armstrong.  "I  reminded  them  that  our 
whole  focus  had  been  geared  toward 
being  in  the  league  championship  game 
and  having  a  shot  at  winning  it.  Then  I 
asked,  'Do  you  realize  where  you  are  at 
this  very  moment?'  Light  bulbs  started 
going  on  everywhere.  In  the  midst  of  all 
the  tension  and  excitement,  we  had 
managed  to  put  everything  in  perspec- 
tive. We  won  the  game  73-57." 

Women's  volleyball  coach  Peter 
Biasone  has  a  different  idea  about  pep 
talks.  He  says  he  likes  to  have  his  players 
motivate  themselves  through  proper 
preparation. 

"All  I  can  really  do  is  refresh  technical 
information  and  go  over  our  game  plan 


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again.  It's  up  to  the  athlete  to  be  pre- 
pared mentally  and  to  be  aware  of  the 
team's  focus  and  what  we're  trying  to 
accomplish." 

The  rugby  team,  coached  by  Lee 
Powell,  takes  a  different  approach.  It's 
the  captain's  duty  to  get  the  team  fo- 
cused before  the  game,  says  Powell. 

His  captain,  kicker  Mike  Rys,  agrees. 

"We  knew  we  had  a  good  shot  at  the 
championship  this  year,  so  to  be  focused 
for  every  game  was  all  important.  One 
'blown'  game  could  have  cost  us  the 
whole  season,"  says  Rys.  "I'll  challenge 
them  to  'pick  it  up'  and  get  their  head  in 
it  if  thing's  aren't  going  our  way  during 
the  game,  but  most  of  the  talking  goeson 
before  the  game  starts,"  says  Rys. 

Women's  basketball  coach  Marg  ]ones 


says  different  athletes  respond  to  differ- 
ent approaches. 

"Some  players  have  to  be  pampered 
and  stroked,  while  others  have  to  be 
yelled  at.  Sometimes  you  never  find  out 
what  they  respond  to,  but  I  try  to  never 
give  them  more  than  they  can  handle. 
Hopefully,  they  motivate  themselves." 

From  Carleton  coaches'  perspectives 
then,  it  appears  the  Knute  Rockne  "win 
one  for  the  Gipper"  philosophy  of  pep 
talks  has  been  replaced  by  mental  and 
technical  preparation. 

This  philosophy  may  have  its  merits, 
but  it's  hard  to  believe  that  somewhere, 
sometime,  some  coach  isn't  going  to  pull 
out  that  old  story  about  the  bacon  and 

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Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 

Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Ian.  11, 1994. 
Regular  season  leaders  can  only  win  the  dinner  prize  once. 


1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Rl 

738 


(at  Riverside) 

-3323 


1 

Patrick  Soden 

471 

2 

leff  Parker 

461 

3 

Jeff  Pavkev 

461 

4 

Anjali  Varma 

4S6 

5 

Blair  Sanderson 

452 

6 

Vicki  Mavraganis 

449 

7 

Thomas  Corakis 

449 

8 

MarcArsenault 

447 

9 

Scott  MacKenzie 

447 

10  Jason  Beifuss 

445 

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Who  was  the  last  NHL  goaltender 
to  lead  the  league  in  G.A.  A.  in  back- 
to-back  seasons? 

Congratulations  to  Mike  Beatty  who 
knew  Juan  Gonzalez  was  the  youngest 
baseball  player  in  recent  history  to  hit 
three  home  runs  in  a  single  game. 


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vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  Jan.  18, 1994.  The  winner  will 
be  contacted  by  phone,  by  the  sports 
editor  of  the  Charlatan. 

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 -  SCIENCE  &  HEALTH  

Going  for  groceries  in  a  biology  lab 


by  Pamela  Paterson 

Charlatan  Stall 

Bioengineered  food  is  coming  soon  to 
Qsupermarketneoryou.butnotwithout 
controversy  over  its  effect  on  the  envi- 
ronment. 

Bioengineering  consists  of  transplant- 
ing genes  from  one  organism,  either  a 
plant  or  an  animal,  into  another  organ- 
ism. Right  now,  researchers  are  using 
this  technology  with  food  to  try  and 
improve  its  quality. 

For  example,  transplanting  the  gene 
that  protects  fish  against  the  cold  into  a 
plant  can  protect  it  against  frost. 

Transferring  genes  could  also  help 
crops  resist  disease  and  pests,  says  Rick 
Walter,  executive  director  of  the  Cana- 
dian Institute  of  Biotechnology. 

But  not  everyone  likes  it. 

Brewster  Kneen  is  a  member  of  the 
biotechnology  caucus  of  the  Canadian 
Environmental  Network.  He  says  nature 
may  not  be  able  to  handle  changes  to 
organisms  that  are  speeded  up  by  sci- 
ence. 

"  In  traditional  natural  evolution,  it  is 
constantly  in  change,  but  it  is  always 
slow.  If  something  creates  a  new  mutant 
strain,  the  environment  has  an  opportu- 
nity to  adapt,  and  it  does  adapt,"  Kneen 
says. 

"The  problem  with  bioengineering  is 
exactly  one  of  the  points  that  people 
pride  themselves  on  —  that  we  can  do  it 
much  more  quickly  —  is  precisely  the 
problem.  We  plug  something  novel  into 
the  system  with  no  opportunity  for  the 
process  of  adaption." 

He  says  bioengineering  will  force  the 
environment  to  adapt  to  these  new  or- 
ganisms more  quickly  than  it  naturally 
would,  and  too  quickly. 

Walter  says  speeding  up  nature  isn't  a 
concern  because  the  traits  worked  on  in 
bioengineering  would  not  affect  the  way 
the  plant  interacts  with  nature. 

"Traditional  mutation  changes  a 
whole  raft  of  things  in  the  chromosome 
structure.  The  genome  (the  genetic  com- 
position) of  the  plant  has  been  altered  in 
more  than  one  location.  In  genetic  engi- 
neering, we  are  very  precise  and  only 
change  one  structure,"  Walter  says. 

"1  don't  believe  the  speed  (of  the 
changes)  has  anything  to  do  with  the 
effect  on  the  environment.  Just  because 
we  can  alter  a  genetic  structure  in  a  very 
short  time  compared  to  that  done  in 
nature  doesn't  mean  genetic  engineer- 
ing is  any  riskier." 

Walter  says  there  may  be  even  fewer 
risks  with  bioengineering,  since  these 
plants  are  thoroughly  tested  before  be- 
ing released  into  the  environment,  while 
natural  species  are  not  tested  at  all. 

Agriculture  Canada  spokesperson 
Joyce  Byrne  says  the  first  species  are  due 
to  be  released  into  the  environment  later 
this  year.  So  far,  she  says,  the  depart- 


ment's lab  testing  hasn't  shown  prob 
lems  with  genetically  engineered  plants 
and  the  environment.  She  says  geneti- 
cally engineered  plants  have  been  tested 
for  certain  criteria,  such  as  their  ability  to 
reproduce  with  other  plant  species  and 
the  way  the  trait  being  worked  on  be- 
haves. 

"That'sexactlywhattheenvironmen- 
tal  tests  are  designed  to  do. We've  been 
working  very  closely  with  Environment 
Canada  and  working  with  data  since 
1988  in  very  confined  testing,"  Byrne 
says. 

Kneen  isn'tconvinced  the  current  data 
on  field  trials  will  be  practical  for  the 
future.  He  says  natural  conditions  or  the 
organism  itself  may  change  and  make 
today's  tests  outdated. 


"When  you're  dealing  with  a  self-rep- 
licating organism.  How  do  you  know 
about  tomorrow?"  he  says.  "The  environ- 
ment is  still  interacting  and  factors  come 
into  play  constantly.  We  have  no  way  of 
knowing  what's  going  to  happen." 

Walter  says  there  is  no  need  for  con- 
cern. 

"I  believe  there  are  certain  levels  of 
risk  involved  in  bioengineering,  but  those 
risks  are  lower  than  they  would  be  in  with 
similar  mutations  in  the  environment." 

Byrne  says  these  questions-  will  be 
looked  at  by  Agriculture  Canada  before 
species  are  released  into  the  environ- 
ment. 

"A  lot  of  the  data  will  be  looking  at 
how  stable  an  organism  will  be  in  an 
environment.  If  s  a  long-term  impactthat 


needs  to  be  addressed.  We're  still  address- 
ing the  information  required  to  make 
sure  there  are  no  concerns,"  she  says. 

Byrne  adds  that  the  guidelines,  cur- 
rently being  developed,  are  "not  done  in 
isolation."  All  bioengineering  research, 
by  both  private  and  government  organi- 
zations, is  analyzed  on  a  case-by-case 
basis  by  the  federal  government  and 
needs  its  approval. 

The  nature  of  the  research  is  analyzed 
based  on  criteria  such  as  the  species'  life 
cycle,  ability  to  reproduce,  characteris- 
tics of  the  genes  being  inserted  into  the 
organism  and  potential  for  changes  in 
the  organism  after  the  transplant. 

The  future  guidelines  would  regulate 
food  safety,  marketing,  labelling  and 
products  that  can  andcan'tbe  imported.Q 


Psst!  Wanna  be  a  wine  connoisseur? 


by  Kimberley  Fehr 

Charlatan  Si  art 

Have  you  ever,  sometime  between  that 
first  glass  of  wine  and  the  moment  you 
pass  out,  taken  time  to  reflect  on  the 
natural  wonder  that  is  wine? 

Wine  is  about  as  old  as  recorded  time. 
When  Noah  emerged  from  the  ark  after 
the  Great  Flood,  one  of  the  first  things  he 
did  was  plant  a  vineyard. 

"He  planted  the  vineyard;  he  drank  of 
the  wine  and  he  became  drunk,  and  lay 
uncovered  in  his  tent"  states  the  Revised 
Standard  Version  of  the  Holy  Bible  (Gen- 
esis 9:20-21). 

Getting  drunk  and  naked  is  a  familiar 
scenario  for  many  of  us,  but  not  too 
many  go  around  planting  vineyards. 

While  today's  technology  has  vastly 
improved  the  quality  of  wine,  the  actual 
process  that  changes  grape  juice  into 
wine,  called  fermentation,  remains  the 
same  as  it  was  in  Noah's  day.  We  just 
know  more  about  it  now. 

Making  wine  is  almost  as  simple  as 
adding  yeast,  a  single-celled  living  fun- 
gus, to  grape  juice.  Yeast  eats  the  sugar  in 
the  grape  juice,  according  to  Matt 
Cromer's  Making  Sense  of  Wine.  When  the 
yeast  eats  the  sugar,  the  waste  product 
produced  is  alcohol. 

Cramer  says  it's  important  to  start 
with  a  grape  with  enough  natural  sugar 
to  feed  the  yeast.  At  the  same  time,  too 
much  natural  or  added  sugar  will  make 
the  yeast  inactive,  because  if  the  yeast 
eats  too  much  sugar,  it  will  be  poisoned. 

To  ferment  the  wine,  wine-makers  add 
cultivated  wine  yeasts.  In  beer,  bread  and 
wine-making,  the  yeast  commonly  used 
is  of  the  genus  Saccharomyces,  meaning 
sugar  fungus  in  Greek.  Seven  species 
within  this  genus  are  responsible  for  some 
of  the  subtle  nuances  of  different  wines. 

The  fermentation  process  changes  the 
sugar  into  alcohol  and  carbon  dioxide 
while  giving  off  heat,  causing  the  mix- 


ture to  froth  and  bubble  like  a  raging  sea. 
In  home  wine-making,  this  stage  lasts 
about  five  days.  Fermentation  involves 
at  least  30  different  chemical  reactions, 
each  one  triggering  the  next. 

Eventually,  the  alcohol  produced  by 
the  yeast  turns  against  the  yeast  and 
renders  it  inactive  and  powerless.  The 
alcohol  content  for  wine  is  no  higher 
than  20  per  cent  because  the  yeast  is 
poisoned  above  that  per  cent.  Mostyeast 
is  poisoned  when  the  alcohol  content 
reaches  17  or  18  per  cent. 

Commercial  wines  usually  have  a 
much  lower  alcohol  content,  usually 
around  nine  to  14  per  cent.  Sherry  and 
Port  have  a  higher  percentage,  at  15  to  22 
per  cent,  because  they  are  fortified,  mean- 
ing alcohol  was  added  after  fermenta- 
tion. 

After  fermentation,  the  wine  is  sy- 
phoned to  another  container,  in  order  to 


leave  behind  deposited  yeast  particles 
and  other  debris  so  the  wine  won't  be 
murky.  The  volume  of  wine  should  fit  the 
container  exactly  so  there  is  no  air  con- 
tact with  the  wine.  Wine  that  meets  air 
will  turn  vinegary,  because  the  wine  is 
oxidized  by  the  air. 

Eventually  the  wine  should  be  bottled, 
but  when  this  happens  depends  on  the 
discretion  and  patience  of  the  wine- 
maker. 

There  is  a  lot  more  to  wine  science 
than  could  be  covered  here.  Many 
sanitization  chemicals  and  temperature 
control  methods  have  not  been  men- 
tioned here.  If  you  think  you  are  another 
Julio  Gallo,  here  are  some  books  for  your 
information: 

Penguin  Wine  Book.  Pamela  Van  Dyke 
Enjov  Home  Winemoking,  Robert  and 
Aileen  Frishman  □ 


That's  homework  for  you! 


"If  only  I  could  get  credit  for  drinking, 
I'd  be  an  'A'  student!" 

A  very  common  lament  by  even  the 
best  university  students.  If  you're  tired  of 
hearing  your  friends  complain  about  the 
lack  of  credit  for  drinking,  tell  them  all 
they  have  to  do  is  enrol  at  the  University 
of  California  at  Davis,  Calif. 

Its  College  of  Agriculture  and  Envi- 
ronmental Science  offers  a  bachelor  of 
science  degree  in  fermentation  science. 
The  first-year  course,  an  introduction  to 
wine-making,  covers  wine  appreciation, 
which  means  students  get  to  drink  in 
class.  The  course  calendar  (available  in 
the  library,  if  anyone  wants  to  transfer) 
doesn't  say  whether  they  have  to  spit  it 
out,  as  is  often  done  in  snootier  wine 
circles. 

Unfortunately,  it  also  covers  the  his- 


tory of  wine,  viticulture  (the  cultivation 
of  grapes  for  wine-making),  fermenta- 
tion and  wine  procedures,  so  if  students 
spend  all  their  time  drinking  they  might 
not  get  any  credit  for  it.  Interested  stu- 
dents can  specialize  in  enotogy,  which  is 
the  study  of  wines.  Only  in  California. 

Closer  to  home,  the  University  of 
Guelph  offers  correspondence  courses  in 
viticulture,  general  andtechnical  enology 
and  wine-marketing,  which  lead  to  a 
certificate  at  the  college  diploma  level 
upon  completion. 

Algonquin  College  also  offers  a  wine- 
making,  tasting  and  brewing  certificate. 

For  $120,  you  can  take  a  course  in 
basic  wine  appreciation,  which  allows 
you  to  taste  about  fiveor  six  types  of  wine 
each  night  on  your  way  to  a  college 
certificate.  □ 


Attention  journalist  wannabes. 


Any  and  all  Charlatan  s\qW  and  volunteers  are  welcome  to 
attend  a  newswriting  seminar  given  by  Ottawa  Citizen  writing 
coach  Lynn  MtAuley. 

Date:  Thursday,  January  20,  1994 
4  p.m.  531  Unicentre 


McAuley  will  discuss  writing  Style,  interviewing 

technique  and  ethics  among  other  things. 


CHARLATAN 


CARLETOM'S  INDEPENDENT  STUDENT  NEWSPAPER 


For  more  information  contact  Mario,  Karin  or  Arn 


22  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  13,  1994 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Up  Creeque  Alley  without  a  paddle 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Start 

Creeque  Alley,  a  mainstay  of  the  Ot- 
tawa live-music  scene  since  its  inception 
in  1 992,  will  be  closing  for  a  few  months 
in  order  to  renovate  and  revamp  the 
club. 

The  Rideau  Street  club,  which  has 
booked  bands  like  the  Cowboy  Junkies, 
Fun  ForMalakai'andTom  Cochrane,  will 
be  closing  (an.  22.  In  its  absence,  the 
Downstairs  Club,  located  below  Creeque 
Alley,  will  once  again  start  booking  bands 
on  a  regular  basis. 

Creeque  Alley  and  the  Downstairs  Club 
are  owned  by  Grace  Mulvey,  Clyde  Ross 
and  lona  Sloan.  They  turned  the  Down- 
stairs Club  into  a  sports  bar  when  Creeque 
Alley  opened  in  October  1992. 

According  to  Mulvey,  Creeque  Alley 
will  be  closed  for  a  few  months  and  will 
be  re-opening  sometime  in  the  future. 
"I'm  not  sure  about  the  exact  time  yet," 
she  says. 

John  Fairfield,  manager  of  Creeque 
Alley,  says  crowd  sizes  at  the  club  were 
"inconsistent"  and  the  closure  is  "more 
of  a  restructuring  to  appeal  to  more  (peo- 


ple)." He  suggests  a  name  change  might 
also  be  in  the  works  and  a  March  re- 
opening is  possible.  He  says  one  option 
being  considered  for  Creeque  Alley  is  it 
becoming  a  sports  bar. 

Mulvey  cites  crowd  size  as  a  major 
factor  influencing  the  decision  to  close 
the  club. 

"We  haven't  been  as  busy  as  we 
thought  we  would  be,"  she  says.  Mulvey 
says  bands  they  used  to  book  at  the 
Downstairs  Club,  which  holds  110  peo- 
ple, were  pulling  in  the  same  numbers  as 
Creeque  Alley,  which  can  take  an  audi- 
ence of  up  to  280. 

Ironically,  crowd-drawing  ability  was 
the  reason  Mulvey  cited  for  opening 
Creeque  Alley  in  1992. 

In  an  interview  with  The  Charlatan 
back  when  Creeque  Alley  was  first  opened, 
Mulvey  stated,  "We  felt  we  were  limited 
downstairs  by  the  number  of  bands  we 
could  bring  in  and  the  kind  of  bands.  Our 
competition  may  have  been  able  to  bring 
in  bigger  name  acts  and  we  couldn't 
because  we  didn't  have  the  space." 

Marty  Jones,  keyboardist  for  the  local 
band  Fumaceface,  has  played  both  the 


Downstairs  Club  and  Creeque  Alley  and 
says  he  feels  it's  too  bad  the  club  is 
closing. 

"It's  a  shame  when  a  place  that  has 
live  bands  goes  under,"  he  says.  "It  was  a 
pretty  large  club.  It's  nice  to  have  a  place 


that  large  to  play." 

When  told  that  the  Downstairs  Club 
would  be  re-opened  to  bands  on  a  regular 
basis,  |ones  noted,  "Maybe  (they'll  be) 
better  off  with  the  smaller  space."  □ 


Secret  meanings  and  deformed  dolls 


by  Karoltna  Srutek 

Cha/lalan  Stall 


Corpus  Interruptus 

Gallery  101 
Jan.  8  —  Feb.  4 


his  exhibit  proved  to  be  an 
out-of-body  experience. 
Climbing  up  the  gal- 
,  lery  stairs,  I  heard  the  buzz 
of  Ottawa's  art  bunch 
gathering  to  view  the 
works  of  artists  Catherine 
Heard, 

Suzanne  Maurice  and  Roman  Valera. 

I  walked  around  the  white  room  in 
about  20.  minutes  and  looked  at  the  11 
pieces.  I  acknowledged  them,  but  I  didn't 
understand  them. 

The  press  release  described  the  pieces 
as  "migratory  relationships  between  the 
human  body  and  its  representation  in 
art."  It  asked  viewers  to  "reflect  upon 
how  contemporary  theories  of  gender, 


Mope.  Ain't  nothing  phallic  about  this. 


sexuality  and  race  have  left  their  marks 
on  these  texts — whether  by  intent  of  the 
artist  or  through  our  interpretations. " 

Maurice's  pieces  were  part  of  her  larger 
solo  show  she  presented  earlier  this  year 
in  Montreal,  where  she  primarily  works 
with  ceramic  sculpture,  found  objects 
and  mechanical  devices. 

Each  piece  on  display  represents  a  day 
of  the  week  and  deals  with  the  themes  of 
women  and  the  earth.  Maurice  says 
women  are  not  recognized  in  our  society 
as  inventors  of  great  things  and  that  is 
why  she  chose  to  work  with  ceramic  and 
terracotta  —  because,  according  to 
Maurice,  women  invented  it. 

Her  ideas  are  present  in  her  work 
"Mandala  de  l'axis-mundi,"  in  which  a 
naked,  armless  woman  is  strapped  on  to 
a  turning  wheel,  representing  Leonardo 
da  Vinci's  "Universal  Man"  and  playing 
on  her  theme  of  women  and  inventions. 

Maurice  says  in  each  piece  she  hides  a 
secret  and  only  gives  certain  people  a 
chance  to  see  it.  I  was  a  chosen  one,  so 
she  showed  me  the  hidden  meaning  in  a 
piece  of  art  that  con- 
sisted of  an  iron  rep- 
resentation of  a  horse 
with  feathers  in  place 
of  a  tail.  The  piece 
was  surrounded  by 
dark  brown  sand. 

She  dedicated  this 
piece  to  Annie  Sprin- 
kle, the  New  York 
prostitute  and  per- 
formance artist  who 
founded  PONY  — 
Prostitutes  of  New 
York,  an  organization 
that  helps  raise 
money  for  the  chil- 
dren of  prostitutes. 

What  was  the  big 
secret?  Inside  the  iron 
horse  sculpture  is  an 
article  about  Sprinkle 
and  her  crusade  for 
the  prostitutes'  chil- 
dren. 

z  I  then  moved  on 
°  toValera'sfourpieces 
|  on  the  body. 

0  "  H  y  m  a  n  i 

1  Corporis"  consists  of 
o  female  and  male 

painted  chests  and 


Just  remember  kids,  it's  Art. 


torsos  which  seem  like  enlargements 
taken  out  of  anatomy  encyclopedias. 

This  Montreal-based,  Mexican-bom 
artist's  other  two  pieces,  "Fetiche  de 
FelcidaaV'  and  "Tzompanti-Ordi  nation, " 
were  more  on  the  original  side. 

"Tzompanti -Ordination"  is  a  wall- 
mounted  wooden  box  holding  a  compu- 
ter keyboard  and  a  plastic  skeleton.  On 
the  keys  are  painted  skulls.  When  you 
press  certain  keys,  lights  around  the  skel- 
eton's head  are  illuminated.  Why  only 
certain  keys?  According  to  Valera,  "be- 
cause only  certain  keys  are  important," 

He  also  says  the  piece  signifies  the 
conflict  between  Christianity  and  the  tra- 
ditions of  the  ancient  Aztecs,  Mayas  and 
Incas,  and  the  mixture  of  today's  high 
technology  with  mysticism. 

The  third  artist's  piece  was  very  awak- 
ening. Nine  dolls  made  of  silk  and  hu- 
man hair,  with  defects  like  two  heads 
and  four  eyes,  were  hanging  on  the  wall. 
The  fetus-like  dolls,  according  to  Heard, 
represent  the  pattern  of  defects  found 
most  commonly  in  females. 

Heard  says  she  discovered  this  pattern 
while  looking  through  medical  books 
and  was  very  surprised  that  it  has  never 
been  recognized.  Women  in  society  are 
always  being  brushed  aside  and  not  rec- 
ognized, she  says. 

The  ongoing  theme  of  women 
throughout  the  exhibit  makes  the  show 
worth  going  to.  Discovering  the  issue 
within  each  exhibit  is  a  task  in  itself.  If 
you  have  nothing  to  do  on  a  cold  evening 
here  in  Ottawa,  head  over  to  Lisgar  Street 
and  have  an  out-of-body  experience.  □ 


This  week: 

Where  To  Go  For  Your 
Summer  Vacation 
(Part  I) 

I.  Shag  Harbor,  N.S. 

2.  Climax,  Sask. 

3.  Heart's  Content,  Nfld. 

4.  Dildo,  Nfld. 

5.  Spuzzum,  B.C. 

6.  Windy  Tickle,  Nfld. 

7.  Knob  Lake,  Que. 

8.  Witless  Bay,  Nfld. 

9.  Punkedoodle  Corners, 
Ont. 

10.  Ecum  Secum,  N.S. 

II.  Swastika,  Ont. 


J 


January  13,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  •  23 


SarahMcLachlan  fumbles  towards  ecstasy 


by  Noel  Germundson 

Charlatan  Staff 

Sarah  McLachlan  has  come  a  long 
way  since  her  days  in  Halifax. 

This  Vancouver-based  songstress  has 
moved  from  smaller  venues  like  Porter 
Hall  to  the  Congress  Centre,  where  she 
performed  in  December  in  support  of  her 
latest  album  Fumbling  Towards  Ecstasy. 

What  hasn't  changed  since  her  previ- 
ous release  is  the  fans,  notes  McLachlan. 

"Since  Solace,  the  audiences  across 
Canada  have  been  incredibly  supportive 
and  really  into  it  in  a  greatway. . .  .  The 
crowds  are  just  getting  a  bit  bigger  now," 
she  says. 

What  has  changed  is  her  band. 

"As  far  as  my  show  goes  there's  better 
production  and  incredible  musicians 
now,"  she  says. 

The  band  includes  Ashwin  Sood  (per- 
cussion), Brian  Minato  (boss),  and  David 
Kershaw  (keyboards)  at  the  core.  Guitar- 
ists David  Sinclair  and  Luke  Ducet  and 
singer  Camile  Henderson  round  off  the 
group  when  McLachlan 's  on  tour. 

Although  she  is  now  based  in  Vancou- 
ver, McLachlan  is  originally  from  Hali- 
fax, where  she  spent  years  training  in 
classical  music  at  the  Royal  Conserva- 
tory of  Music. 

Back  then,  in  the  mid-eighties, 
McLachlan  was  spotted  by  Nettwerk 
Records  at  a  show  at  the  Dalhousie  Uni- 
versity Students'  Centre  in  Halifax.  On 
the  strength  of  this  performance,  she  was 
signed  to  the  Vancouver-based  label. 

She~moved  to  Vancouver  because 
Nettwerk  and  McLachlan  agreed  it  would 
be  better  for  her  to  live  near  the  musi- 
cians she  was  working  with.  As  well,  she 
says  she  wanted  a  change  from  Halifax. 

Fumbling  Towards  Ecstasy  signifies  a 
slight  departure  from  her  previous  al- 
bums. In  the  past,  it  was  her  darker 
feelings  that  came  through  in  her  lyrics. 

The  trip  she  made  to  Cambodia  and 
Thailand  after  the  Solace  tour,  as  part  of 


Up  close  and  personal  with  Sarah  McLachlan's  microphone. 

a  World  Vision  documentary  film  team 
that  was  raising  awareness  of  famine 
conditions,  was  an  uplifting  experience. 

"That  trip  changed  my  life  in  a  lot  of 
ways  and  it  gave  me  a  much  broader 
spectrum  of  understanding  humans,  or 
at  least  getting  a  true  glimpse  into  what 
human  beings  are  capable  of," 
McLachlan  says.  "Formyselfthatexperi- 
ence  was  incredibly  liberating  for  me 
because  that  made  me  feel  so  blessed  and 
so  untied  down  to  a  lot  of  stuff  that  I'd 
clung  too,  and  how  lucky  we  are  to  be 
living  in  such  a  free  country." 

In  order  to  work  on  Fumbling  Toward 
Ecstasy,  McLachlan  secluded  herself  in  a 
cabin  in  the  Laurentian  Mountains  north 
ofMontrealforseveral  months.  She  found 
the  results  very  beneficial. 

"I  could  have  done  it  (written  the 
album)  many  ways,  but  that  was  the 
most  favorable  one,  and  I  think  it  was 
important  for  me  to  be  by  myself,"  she 
says. 

It  also  helped  get  the  creative  juices 
flowing. 


"It  was  just  really  good  to  (be  alone) 
and  really  tough  because  I  hadn't  been 
by  myself,  hadn't  lived  by  myself,  and  it 
was  in  the  country  in  the  middle  of  no- 
where," she  says.  "But  once  I  finally  got 
over  my  brain  eating  itself  and  just  find- 
ing a  way  to  get  through  that  and  deal 
with  it,  I  got  really  strong,  and  that  I 
think  had  a  lot  to  do  with  a  lot  more 
lightness  in  the  songs. 


1  mean  I  think  there's  a  greater  de- 
gree of  darkness  in  this  record  than  there 
was  on  any  other  too.  There's  a  broader 
spectrum  that  definitely  came  from  the 
World  Vision  experience,  of  understand- 
ing human  experience,  and  it  was  like 
writing  from  a  spiritually  high  place  in- 
stead of  a  spiritually  low  one,  which  I 
figure  is  where  a  lot  of  Solace  and  Touch 
came  from." 

Her  videos  also  have  strong  spiritual 
overtones,  most  notably  through  the  sym- 
bolic use  of  water  and  nudity. 

"Water  has  always  been  an  important 
thing  in  my  life",  she  explains.  "Other 
than  the  fact  that  we  all  need  it  to  sur- 
vive, the  ocean  has  always  been  a  great 
really  intense  spiritual  place  for  me.  I've 
always  lived  by  it  and  I  feel  I  need  it  very 
much  in  my  existence.  It's  sort  of  like  the 
giant  womb.  It's  very  much  a  mother 
thing." 

As  for  the  nudity,  it  is  partly  "  a  natu- 
ral, vulnerable  state  to  be  in,  and  partly 
a  reactionary  thing  against  all  of  the 
women  being  objectified  in  videos  by 
men. ...  It  was  sexual  but  not  in  a  way 
that  men  portray  women." 

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tour  of  the  United  States,  with  more  Ca- 
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by  Mike  Peters 

Charlatan  Staff 


Pigfarm 

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In  1988,  a  Toronto  band  rose  from 
obscurity  to  secure  the  number  one  spot 
on  Canadian  campus  radio  charts  for 
five  straight  months  with  its  first  album 
hold  your  nose. 

By  the  time  the  eighties  were  over, 
however,  the  two  main  members  went 
their  separate  ways  and  Pigfarm  sank 
back  into  anonymity.  Vocalist  and  gui- 
tarist Adam  Faux  went  on  to  join  the 
prolific  folk-rock  band  the  Lost  Dakotas. 
Bassist  )ohn  Deslauriers  hooked  up  with 
Montreal  punk  veterans  the  Doughboys. 
After  two  years,  they  both  left  the  bands. 

"The  timing  was  a  coincidence,  "claims 
Faux,  "though  I  think  we  both  left  for  the 
same  reasons.  Call  it  boredom,  1  guess, 
but  both  (the  Lost  Dakotas  and  the 
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just  for  fun.  We  didn't  seem  to  fit." 

Faux  explains  he  and  Deslauriers,  who 
form  the  core  of  the  band,  "just  fell  back 
together"  in  1992.  In  this  incarnation  of 
Pigfarm,  producer  Michael  Philip 


Wojewoda  is  sitting  in  on  drums. 

Adds  Faux,  "We  tried  to  come  up  with 
another  name,  but  we  couldn't  think  of 
one  • —  Pigfarm  was  back." 

Last  year,  they  released  their  second 
album,  Plug,  which  has  appeared  on 
campus  radio  charts  across  the  country. 
Plug,  however,  bears  little  resemblance  to 
its  predecessor. 

Although  in  the  past  the  band  found 
inspiration  in  punk  bands  such  as  Husker 
Du,  the  Replacements  and  Black  Flag, 
Faux  explains  Plug  has  less  to  do  with 
punk  and  more  to  do  with  "the  obvious 
kind  of  pop  ideas." 

Indeed,  there  is  very  little  evidence  of 
the  band's  punk  rock  origins  on  the  al- 
bum; replaced,  it  seems,  with  a  folk  sen- 
sibility that  surprised  even  the  band. 

"That's  how  we  wanted  it, "  says  Faux, 
"but  on  our  next  album  the  direction  is 
definitely  a  little  stronger  —  back  to  our 
roots,  I  guess." 

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The  CharlatanTPublraw^ 
Celebrating  Canadiana  at  the  local  watering  hole 

AttheMackieHouseinPemhmko  tho    I  ,  


by  Doug  Johnson 

Charlatan  Staff 

Since  the  mid-eighties  there  has  been 
an  alarming  trend  in  Canadian  bars, 
that  of,  "let's  pretend  we  are  not  in 
Canada." 

These  days  the  bar  scene  is  clogged 
with  Celtic  pubs,  bars  emulating  the 
southwestern  United  States  and,  worst  of 
all,  California-style  health  bars  for  pushy, 
uptight  types  who  don't  drink. 

This  invasion  has  become  so  over- 
whelming thatthe  traditional  Canadian 
beer  parlor  is  in  jeopardy,  simply  because 
it  doesn't  purport  to  be  anything  but  a 
place  to  drink. 

It  is  now  time  to  hit  back  and  defend 
this  Canadian  institution.  The  beerparlor 
is  a  vital  part  of  Canadian  culture.  Ubiq- 
uitously known  as  the  hotel,  the  beer 
parlor  is  the  anchor  of  most  small  towns. 
Its  only  real  competition  comes  from  the 
Legion,  but  you  need  to  be  d  member  to 
get  in  there. 

What  is  it  that  makes  a  beer  parlor? 

Farley  Mowat  described  them  as  alco- 
holic filling  stations.  Former  local  radio 
personality  Dalby  MacGregor  was  closer 
when  he  said,  "No  dance  floor,  gotta  sell 
pitchers  and  must  have  a  jar  of  pickled 
eggs  on  the  bar." 

Across  the  country  beer  parlors' decors 
change  little;  rather  they  rely  on  their 
clientele  fortheiratmosphere.  All  of  them 
have  one  element  in  common:  there  must 
be  at  least  one  fight  a  night. 


At  the  Mackie  House  in  Pembroke,  the 
atmosphere  comes  from  the  adrenaline 
rush  one  gets  from  drinking  with  mem- 
bers of  the  Airborne  Regiment  (the  mili- 
tary's version  of  the  Hell's  Angels). 

The  Yale  in  Vancouver  has  a  rough- 
textured  salty  flavor  from  the  vagrants, 
Simon  Fraser  University  students  and 
blues  aficionados  who  gather  to  listen  to 
the  fine  music  offered  there. 

Toronto's  Brunswick  House  has  a  pure 
animal  clientele  who  slurp  down  trays  of 
beer  (24  glasses  to  a  tray).  The  Gold 
Range  in  Yellowknife  gains  its  working- 
class  atmosphere  from  the  mix  of  trap- 
pers, miners,  office  workers  and  prospec- 
tors who  come  to  forget  the  long  northern 
winters. 

Here  in  Ottawa  my  favorite  member 
of  this  fine  tradition  is  the  Lockmaster  at 
the  intersection  of  Bank  and  Somerset 
streets.  What  makes  the  Lockmaster  at- 
tractive is  that  the  clientele  is  the  oppo- 
site of  what  Ottawa  is — a  city  of  too-slick 
money  lovers  with  bloated  Holt  Renfrew 
accounts.  Not  so  of  those  who  frequent 
the  Lockmaster.  The  people  who  frequent 
the  Lockmaster  have,  for  the  most  part, 
seen  the  rough  side  of  life. 

Inside,  one  will  notfindfems,  waterin 
little  bottles  or  flashing  lights  over  the 
dance  floor.  What  you  will  find  are  quarts 
of  domestic  beer,  the  game  on  oversized 
televisions  and  bands  that  play  music 
that  wouldn't  exactly  be  described  as 
avant-garde.  The  food  at  the  Lockmaster 


is  so  cholesterol-laden  that  just  reading 
the  menu  causes  your  heart  to  skip  a 
beat. 

For  me,  the  Lockmaster  is  like  retreat- 
ing back  to  my  eastern  Ontario  small 


town,  white  trash  roots.  It  gives  my  brain 
a  chance  to  relax  after  it  has  been 
overstimulated  by  what's  new  and  unu- 
sual. □ 


LOVE  MAY  SUCK,  BUT  THIS  BOOK  DOESN'T 


by  Stephanie  Garrison 

Charlatan  staff 


^Written  On  The  Body 

By  leanette  Winterson 
Random  House 
190  pages 
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Most  people  know  from  personal  ex- 
perience that  love  sucks. 

Writers  are  doubly  aware  of  this  uni- 
versal truth;  they  too  suffer  the  angstof  a 
bad  relationship  and  many  are  panned 
by  critics  after  writing  about  a  failed 
romance. 

In  the  realm  of  a  novelist,  the  game  is 
to  explore  romantic  stirrings  without  re- 
sorting to  cliches  of  red  roses,  heartfelt 
sobs  and  clandestine  meetings  past  mid- 
night. This  challenge  stumps  most  con- 
temporarywriters.  One  exception  of  note 
is  British  novelist  Jeanette  Winterson. 

Written  On  The  Body  is  a  wondrous 
book  by  Winterson  that  artfully  escapes 


mediocrity.  The  theme  of  love  is  probed 
with  intimacy  and  respect,  never  less 
than  the  all-encompassing  emotion  it 
ultimately  can  be  in  life. 

The  story's  genderless  narrator  is  a 
romantic  explorer  with  an  ardent  pas- 
sion for  Louise.  She  is  the  object  of  desire 
that  eludes  being  objectified,  despite  her 
lover's  literal  dissection  of  her  presence 
and  meaning. 

Death  is  the  pitfall  their  relationship 
faces.  Yet  the  novel's  conclusion  is  one 
open  to  interpretation  and,  more  impor- 
tantly, to  a  sense  of  hope. 

Winterson  has  received  critical  praise 
for  her  subtly  creative  writing  style  since 
first  being  published  in  the  late  eighties. 
One  of  her  many  gifts  is  an  ability  to 
wrap  characters  in  a  mystique  that  is 
both  intense  yet  accessible  to  the  reader. 

The  narrator  of  Written  On  The  Body  is 
peculiar,  an  unusually  passionate  pres- 
ence in  a  world  that  holds  increasingly 


pragmatic  views  on  relationships.  (S)he 
experiences  shortcomings  and  passions 
that  are  identifiableto  readers  who  don 't 
function  particularly  well  in  "modem 
relationships,"  minefields  riddled  with 
concepts  like  personal  space  and  couple 
therapy. 

Deadpan  observations  sprinkle  the 
pages:  "She  was  compressed,  stoked 
down,  a  volcano  dormant  but  not  dead. 
It  did  occur  to  me  that  if  Louise  were  a 
volcano  then  1  might  be  Pompeii." 

Eclectic  metaphors  also  illustrate 
Winterson's  broad  knowledge  of  intellec- 
tual trivia;  medical  metaphors  for  love 
and  desire  pepper  the  pages.  Winterson 


uses  sterile  textbook  excerpts  as  a  depar- 
ture for  the  narrator  to  examine  the 
nature  of  his  or  her  love  for  Louise. 

The  use  of  language  is  so  expert  that 
the  plot  is  minimal,  almost  an  after- 
thought. Getting  there  is  inconsequen- 
tial and  doesn't  realty  happen.  What 
propels  this  book  forward  is  the  storytell- 
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Full-blown  romance  is  rare  —  a  well- 
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tious title  of  "modem  classic."  Do  not 
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that  never  loses  its  inner  strength.  And 
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Godstar:  guts,  glory  and  girlfriends 


by  Jane  Tattersall 

Charlatan  Staff 

If  you  haven't  heard  of  Godstar  be- 
fore, don't  worry.  The  Australian  band 
has  yet  to  become  a  household  name  in 
North  America. 

Part  of  the  reason  is  since  its  forma- 
tion in  1991,  band  members  frequently 
take  time  off  to  devote  themselves  to 
various  side  projects.  Until  this  year  they 
had  only  putoutafew seven  inch  singles. 

With  the  recent  release  of  their  debut 
album,  however,  itmaybeonly  a  matter 
of  time  before  they  achieve  the  recogni- 
tion they  deserve.  The  album,  Sleeper, 
has  been  getting  positive  reviews  in 
Canada  and  the  United  States. 

Godstar  frontman  and  guitarist  Nic 
Dalton  is  the  driving  force  behind  the 
band,  which  also  includes  drummer 
Alison  Galloway,  bassist  Rachael  King 
and  guitarist  Tom  Morgan. 

Dalton,  who  is  Godstar's  principal 
songwriter,  brightens  considerably  when 
Godstar's  new  album  is  mentioned.  "I'm 
so  proud  of  that  one,"  he  says.  "1  wrote 
the  songs  on  it  during  a  very  specific 
period  of  my  life  and  those  songs  really 
define  that  phase  of  my  life.  I  look  at  it  as 
a  complete  reflection  of  that  time." 

Dalton  is  possibly  the  busiest  man  in 
rock  and  roll.  In  addition  to  Godstar,  he 
runs  Half-A-Cow  Records,  an  independ- 
ent label  in  Australia,  and  is  currently 
bass  player  for  the  super  altemo-feel- 
good  group  the  Lemonheads. 

Having  time  for  all  of  these  projects 
might  seem  impossible,  but  Dalton  ex- 
plains, "If  s  not  as  hard  as  it  seems, 
really.  My  friend  Dave  takes  care  of  Half- 
A-Cow  when  I'm  on  the  road,  and  he 
faxes  and  phones  me  every  day  or  two  to 
keep  me  updated." 


The  label  features  bands  like  Smudge, 
Boston's  Fuzzy,  and,  of  course,  Godstar. 

Dalton  admits  taking  time  off  from 
the  band  to  tour  with  the  Lemonheads 
was  a  difficult  choice  and  is  quick  to  point 
out  that  Godstar  is  his  main  band. 

The  Lemonheads  gig  came  up  just 
after  It's  A  Shame  About  Ray  was  recorded 
in  1992.  luliana  Hatfield,  who  played 
bass  on  the  album,  couldn't  go  on  the 
tour,  so  Dalton's  longtime  friend  Evan 
Dando  invited  him  to  join  the 
Lemonheads.  Heacceptedandstayedon 
to  record  and  tour  for  their  latest  release. 

"Evan  was  a  good  friend, "  says  Dalton, 
"and  when  he  invited  me  to  join  up  for 
the  tour,  I  went  because  it  was  a  great 
chance  to  travel  and  see  the  world. 

"Being  in  Godstar  is  my  first  choice," 
he  adds. "  If  s  my  band.  The  Lemonheads 
is  Evan's  band.  It  sounds  funny  to  say 
that  because  I  spend  most  of  my  time  on 
what  is  not  my  priority,  but  it's  true.  I'll 
probably  leave  after  this  tour  to  spend 
some  time  on  Godstar." 

Dalton  is  prone  to  making  comments 
like  this  to  the  press.  Despite  his  obvious 
sincerity,  however,  he  has  encountered 
reporters  who  have  twisted  his  words  to 
give  the  appearance  of  conflict  within 
the  Lemonheads. 

He  admits  this  does  bother  him.  "It's 
tough  sometimes,  when  you  come  into  a 
town  and  are  faced  with  that.  I  mean,  we 
all  know  better  than  to  believe  every- 
thing we  read  about  ourselves." 

He  sighs.  "But  it's  tough  sometimes." 

In  truth,  the  connections  between 
Godstar  and  the  Lemonheads  are  so  nu- 
merous theymakeyourhead  spin.  Dalton 
is  in  both  bands.  Dando  appears  on  the 
Godstar  album.  Godstar's  drummer  is 
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Ray. 

The  album  also  includes  a  couple  of 
tracks  co-written  by  Morgan  and  Dando 
and  was  largely  influenced  by  the  time 
Dando  spent  with  them  in  Australia. 
Morgan  and  Dando  also  co-wrote  the 
greater  part  of  the  newest  Lemonheads 
release,  Come  On  Feel  the  Lemonheads, 
and  one  track  was  written  by  occasional 
Godstar  vocalist  Robyn  St.  Claire.  In  light 
ofthis,  rumorsof  Lemonheads  infighting 
seem  even  more  preposterous. 

Comparisons  to  the  Lemonheads  are 
inevitable,  but  Godstar  is  spunkier,  with 
more  edge  to  their  guitars.  Some  review- 
ers have  given  Godstar  the  upper  hand. 
One  critic  described  Sleeper  as  "every- 
thing the  new  Lemonheads  album  should 
have  been  but  wasn't." 

The  songs  are  strung  together  with  a 
playful  intensity  that  flows  from  one 
track  to  another,  all  based  around  the 
theme  of  love  and  relationships. 

Butrecordinganalbumisn'tcheap.  "I 
guess  that's  another  reason  why  I  stayed 
with  the  Lemonheads  for  so  long,"  re- 
marks Dalton.  "It  gives  me  the  opportu- 
nity to  do  something  that  I  really  love  — 
Godstar." 

If  s  interesting  to  note,  however,  that 
despite  the  influence  he  wields  as  part  of 
one  of  music's  hippest  groups  of  the 


moment,  Dalton's  own  group  remains 
on  an  independent  label.  Rather  than 
use  his  connections  to  swing  a  bigger 
deal,  Dalton  prefers  it  that  way. 

"It  makes  more  sense  for  us.  If  we  were 
on  a  major,  they'd  be  pressuring  us  to 
constantly  tour  and  promote  the  album, 
and  we  wouldn't  be  free  to  do  other 
things.  Robyn  has  a  baby  and  a  job.  I 
wouldn't  be  able  to  tour  with  the 
Lemonheads  and  spend  time  on  Half-A- 
Cow." 

This  leads  to  a  question  about  whether 
Godstar  has  any  plans  to  hit  the  road 
soon  and  play  some  dates  in  North 
America.  "It  all  depends  on  the  reaction 
we  getto  the  album,"  says  Dalton.  "If  we 
thought  it  got  a  lot  of  interest,  we  might 
come,  but  even  then  it  probably  wouldn't 
be  until  1995,  owing  to  possible  future 
lineup  changes. 

"You  see,"  he  explains,  "when  we 
started  the  band,  it  was  with  my  ex- 
girlfriend  and  my  then-girlfriend.  Now 
it's  with  two  of  my  ex-girlfriends." 

Does  this  bear  any  relation  to  the 
"specific  period"  in  his  life  that  is  re- 
flected on  the  album? 

"Dm  . . .  yeah,"  he  confesses. 

Complicated,  sure,  but  it  makes  for 
great  music.  □ 


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Thursday,  January  1 3  Thursday. 


The  Hammerheads  at  the  Pit?  |usta 
suggestion. 

Friday,  January  14 

This  week's  free  lunch-time  concert  at 
12  p.m.  in  Carleton's  Alumni  Theatre 
features  local  jazz  courtesy  of  the  Brian 
Tansley  Jazz  Quartet  at  12  p.m. 

In  the  same  room  at  8  p.m.  for  the 
same  price,  Don  Ross  is  playing  as  well. 
He's  a  phenomenal  acoustic  guitar  guy. 

At  the  Great  Canadian  Theatre 
Company,  the  Company  of  Fools 
presents  Shakespeare's  Interactive  Cir- 
cus. As  they  describe  it,  "the  audience  is 
encouraged  to  talk  back  to  actors,  eat 
and  drink  during  the  show  and  even  get 
involved  in  the  action  during  crowd 
scenes."  Sounds  like  a  scene  straight  from 
the  pro  wrestling  circuit.  It's  playing  Fri- 
days and  Saturdays  at  10:15  p.m.  until 
Jan.  29.  Tickets  are  $4  for  NightHowl 
members  and  $8  for  non-members.  These 
are  available,  along  with  memberships, 
at  the  GCTC. 

Paris,  France,  the  Canadian  film  that 
freaked  Cannes  out  because  of  its,  ahem, 
sexual  content,  premieres  at  9:30  p.m.  at 
the  Bytowne.  It's  showing  until  next 


Les  Hardis  Moussaillons,  a  local 
French  band,  stop  in  at  Zaphod's  to- 
night for  some  regulated  mayhem.  En- 
joy! 

Saturday,  January  1 5 

Nothing  to  do  this  afternoon?  How 
about  heading  down  to  Creeque  Alley 
to  see  Lucky  Ron  around  two-ish? 

For  those  of  you  who  are  into  Cana- 
dian reggae,  Lazo's  playing  at  Creeque 
Alley  this  evening. 

There's  nothing  quite  like  the  experi- 
ence of  a  late,  late-night  screening  of 
your  favorite  cult  film.  Eraserhead  fans 
take  note!  Be  at  the  Mayfair  at  10:50 
p.m.  tonight.  Bring  five  bucks. 

At  Zaphod's  this  very  evening,  you 
can  enjoy  the  dancy,  Toronto  sounds  of 
Rail  T.E.C.  Go  ahead,  you  owe  it  to 
yourself. 


Mathiessen  uses  the  jungle  as  his  setting 
to  explore  character,  family  and  faith." 
Wow,  tigers! 

Or  you  can  check  out  the  documen- 
tary Black  to  the  Promised  Land  at  the 
Bytowne  at  4:45  p.m.  As  the  Bytowne 
blurb  says  about  the  premise:  "Take  11 
African-American  teenagers  from 
Brooklyn.  Send  them  to  an  Israeli  Kib- 
butz. See  what  happens." 

Monday,  January  1 7 

Parliament  opens  today.  Your  Mem- 
bers of  Parliament  get  down  to  work  in  an 
impartial  manner,  setting  aside  partisan 
differences  for  the  good  of  the  country. 

Tuesday,  January  1 8 

Since  this  is  a  new  session  of  Parlia- 
ment, why  not  take  the  kids  down  to 
Parliament  Hill  for  Question  Period? 
lust  remember,  don't  tap  the  glass,  it'll 
frighten  the  ministers. 


war  hero  Raoul  Wallenberg.  It's  being 
presented  in  Swedish  with  some  German 
along  with  English  subtitles  and  will  be 
shown  tonight  and  tomorrow  at  7  p.m. 

On  the  radio  at  9  p.m.  this  evening,  In 
a  Mellon  Tone  (CKCU-FM  93.1)  profiles 
the  World  Saxophone  Quartet.  • 

Thursday,  January  20 

There's  nothing  quite  like  the  experi- 
ence of  attending  a  Rocky  Horror  Pic- 
ture Show  screening.  Or  so  I've  heard. 
This  film  and  its  sequel  Shock  Treat- 
ment are  showing  tonight  at  the  May- 
fair,  starting  at  9  p.m. 


Sunday,  January  16      Wednesday,  January  19 


It's  Sunday  and  you  don't  feel  like 
studying  or  going  out.  Charlatan  produc- 
tion manager  Kevin  McKay  recommends 
At  Play  in  the  Fields  of  the  Lord  by  Peter 
Mathiessen.  Says  McKay,  "Like  Conrad, 


Cinematheque  Canada,  at  the  Mu- 
seum of  Civilization,  is  screening  the 
Swedish  film  Good  Evening,  Mr. 
Wallenberg,  a  film  about  World  War  II 


If  you  have  an  event  you 
want  to  appear  In  this 
handy  calendar,  you  can 
drop  your  announcement 
off  at  The  Charlatan, 
Room  531  Unlcentre 
during  regular  business 
hours  or  you  can  fax  us  at 

78S-4051.  Announce- 
ments must  be  In  by  the 
Friday  before  publication. 


Hey  kids! 
It's  the  first 
Charlatan  contest 
of  the  new  year! 

And  here's  what  you  can  win  this  time  'round: 

Your  very  own  copy  of  the  Red  House  Painter's  CD, 
aptly  titled  (wait  for  it)  Red  House  Painters! 

This  4  A.D.  band  (the  same  one  that  spawned  the 
Pixies  and  the  Breeders)  plays  really  mellow  tunes 
and  their  CD  can  be  yours  if  you  answer  the  follow- 
ing skill-testing  question: 

Of  the  main  characters,  who's  left  standing  at  the 
end  of  the  film  Resevoir  Dogs  ? 

Easy,  huh?  Now  all  you  have  to  do  is  bring  your 
answer  up  to  The  Charlatan,  Room  531  Unicentre  by 
3  p.m.  Monday  January,  17.  Drop  it  in  the  Arts 
Editor's  mailbox. 

One  other  thing:  Charlatan  staff  aren't  eligible  for 

this  contest. 


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Come  to  your  Jammin^  in  Jamaica  Party  for  a  chance  to  win 
a  trip  to  Jamaica  and  lots  of  great  MuchMusic  prizes. 
MuohMusic's  Jammin'  in  Jamaica  Spring  Break  '94  is  coming! 

Your  Jammin*  in  Jamaica 
'94  Party 


Place:  Date: 

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January  13,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  .  27 


WAKE  UP 
CARLETON! 


ARE  YOU  BEING  REPRESENTED? 
CAN  YOU  AFFECT  CHANGE? 
IS  YOUR  VOICE  BEING  HEARD? 

NOMINATIONS  OPEN  MONDAY,  JANUARY  17TH 

FOR  ALL  C.U.S.A.,  SENATE,  AND  BOARD  OF 
GOVERNORS  POSITIONS.  IF  YOU  HAVE  EVER 
CONSIDERED  RUNNING  OR  WOULD  LIKE  TO  FIND 
OUT  MORE  ABOUT  THE  PROCESS, 
CONTACT  ELECTIONS  CARLETON. 

ITS  EASIER  THAN  YOU  THINK! 

CONTACT:  James  Rilett,  Colleen  Felstead,  or  Jane  Suh  in 
the  Elections  Carleton  office,  127D  Unicentre  (behind  the 
Off-Campus  Lounge)  or  call  788-2600  ext.  1648. 

MAKE  A  DIFFERENCE! 


Whereas,  pursuant  to  section  4.2  ol  the  CUS  A  Consolidated  Electoral  Code,  Th9 
Chief  Electoral  Officer  shall  Isus  a  Writ  of  Election;  Be  it  hereby  known  thai 
Elections  Carleton  Inlends  to  hold  elections  for  the  positions  below  on  CUSA 
Council,  the  Charleion  University  Senate  and  the  Carleton  University  board  ol 
Governors  (hereafter  referred  to  as  General  Elections)  on  February  B,  9,  10, 
1994. 

ELECTIONS  CARLETON 


POSITIONS  AVAILABLE  ARE: 

SENATE 

2  Arts  seats 
2  Social  Science  Seats 
1  Architecture/Industrial  Design  seat 

1  Engineering  seat 

2  Computer  Science/Science  seats 
2  Graduate  Studies  and  Research  seats 


C\  U.S.A. 

President  (1) 

Finance  Commissioner  (1) 
Architecture  (1) 
Arts  and  Social  Sciences  (14) 
Commerce  (3) 
Computer  Science  (1) 
Engineering  (3) 
industrial  Design  (1) 

Journalism  (1)  Two  (2)  positions 

Science  (3) 

Special  Students  (3)  VOTING: 

Voting  Periods  will  be  as  follows:  February  9  -  11:10a.m.  -  9:10p.m. 

February  8-  11:10a.m.  -9:10p.m.  February  10  -  11:10a.m.  -  9:10p.m. 

POLLING  STATIONS: 

The  polling  locations  will  be  as  follows: 

Loeb  Tunnel  Entrance  Tunnel  Junction 

Unicentre  Residence  Commons 

Mackenzie  Building  St.  Patrick's  Building 

Tunnel  Junction  between  Steacie  and  Herzberg  Building 
For  further  Information,  please  contact  James  Rilett,  CEO,  at  127D  Unicentre,  788-2600  ext.  1648 


ELECTIONS  CARLETON 

Elections  Carleton  will  be  holding  relerendums  on  the  following  questions  during  the 
election  period: 
Referendum  #  1 

Whereas:  This  year  funding  from  the  Carleton  University  Students'  Association  has 
allowed  the  University  of  Ottawa  Community  Legal  Clinic,  a  student  organization,  to 
provide  legal  representation  and  advice'to  Carleton  Students.  Do  you  support  the 
continuation  of  C.U.S.A.  funding  to  continue  these  services? 

ThB  first  meeting  of  the  "YES"  Committee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre  on 
January  20,  at  12:00  p.m. 

The  first  meeting  ot  the  "NO"  Committee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre  on 
January  20,  at  1:30  p.m.  


Referendum  #2 

Do  you  support  paying  a  $1 .00  levy  (per  student)  toward  subsidizing  the  creation  and 
maintenance  of  a  Carleton  Hockey  team  which  would  join  the  College  Hockey  League' 

The  first  meeting  of  the  "YES"  Committee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre  on 
January  21  at  12:00  p.m. 

The  first  meeting  ol  the  "NO"  Committee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre  on 
January  21  at  1 :30  p.m. 


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CLERKS 

Applications  can 
be  picked  up  from 
the  Elections 
Carleton  Office 
{127-D  Unicentre) 
starting  Thursday, 
January  13  (noon). 
Contact  the  DEO, 
Colleen  Felstead 
at  127-D 
Unicentre. 
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Friday,  January 
21,  1994  (noon). 


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NEWS 


TAs  one  step  closer  to  strike 


by  Matt  Skinner 

Charlatan  Slatt 

A  conciliator  appointed  by  Ontario's 
Ministry  of  Labor  has  failed  to  settle  a 
dispute  over  the  collective  agreement 
between  Carleton's  administration  and 
the  Canadian  Union  of  Public  Employees 
Local  2323. 

Discussions  between  the  two  parties 
broke  off  Wednesday,  Jan.  12.  The  local's 
membership  includes  teaching  assistants, 
research  assistants,  student  computer 
consultants  and  student  sessional  lectur- 
ers at  Carleton. 

The  local's  collective  agreement,  which 
establishes  wages,  benefits  and  working 
conditions  with  the  university,  expired 
last  August.  The  local  filed  for  concilia- 
tion when  talks  between  the  two  sides 
reached  a  standstill  in  October. 

During  conciliation,  a  government- 
appointed  third  party  tries  to  help  nego- 
tiate a  suitable  agreement  between  the 
two  parties.  If  conciliation  is  unsuccess- 
ful, the  parties  go  on  to  mediation,  which 
is  the  final  step  before  a  legal  strike  is 
possible. 

Local  president  Michel  Roy  says  con- 
ciliation between  the  university  and  the 
local  went  nowhere  because  the  univer- 
sity was  inflexible. 

"They  sent  back  a  message  that  they 
weren't  willing  to  talk  about  any  of  the 
things  that  we  needed  to  talk  about, 
including  wage  and  tuition  proposals," 
he  says. 

The  local  has  proposed  administra- 
tion give  its  members  a  five-per-cent  in- 
crease in  wages,  a  tuition  freeze  and  an 
extra  10  paid  hours  each  year.  If  ac- 
cepted, a  tuition  freeze  would  maintain  a 
local  member's  tuition  fees  for  the  dura- 
tion of  their  employment. 

David  Van  Dine,  who  is  part  of  the 
university  administration's  negotiating 
team,  says  it  estimates  the  wage  increase, 
combined  with  the  tuition  freeze  and 


increased  hours,  will  result 
in  a  12-  per-cent  wage  in- 
crease for  union  members. 

Roy  says  the  local  was 
willing  to  compromise  on 
certain  proposalsit  hadsug- 
gested  for  the  collective 
agreement,  but  the  univer- 
sity negotiating  team  was 
less  flexible.  He  says  during 
conciliation,  the  local  pro- 
posed to  set  aside  demands 
for  dental-care  and  vision- 
care  packages  in  order  to 
talk  seriously  about  wages 
and  tuition. 

Van  Dine  says  the  uni- 
versity's proposal  to  the  lo- 
cal was  no  wage  increase 
and  no  tuition  freeze.  He 
would  not  comment  on  the 
negotiations  because  he 
says  the  bargaining  process 
is  a  matter  between  union 
and  employer.  But  he  says 
the  main  issue  in  the  talks 
has  been  money. 

"We  (the  local)  made  it 
clear  that  we  have  to  see 
some  sort  of  improvement  Mjc(]e| 
in  the  university  s  position  -  7 
that  will  allow  us  to  at  least  come  close  to 
maintaining  our  poor  standard  of  liv- 
ing," says  Roy.  "We  are  already  the  sec- 
ond worst-paid  TAs  in  Ontario  after 
Lakehead  (University)." 

Roy  says  if  the  university's  proposal 
stands,  some  union  members  will  be  pay- 
ing more  to  the  university  in  tuition  than 
they  are  taking  home  in  pay.  Currently, 
graduate  TAs  earn  $6,471  per  school 
year. 

"The  union  is  not  willing  to  stand  by 
and  let  this  happen  any  longer, "  he  says. 
"They  don't  respect  us  as  employees.  The 
bottom  line  is  that  the  (local)  member- 
ship really  can't  afford  to  pay  more  money 


CUPE2323  President. 


to  the  university." 

Roy  says  because  theconcilian'on  proc- 
ess did  not  lead  to  a  settlement,  the 
conciliator  will  file  a  "no  board"  report. 
Seventeen  days  after  the  report  is  issued, 
the  local  will  be  in  a  position  to  strike. 
Roy  says  he  expects  the  report  to  come 
out  around  Feb.  18. 

During  those  17  days,  both  parties 
must  meet  with  a  mediator  to  try  to  settle 
the  issue.  The  person  who  conciliated 
between  the  two  parties  often  serves  as 
the  mediator  as  well. 

Roy  says  if  the  university  does  not 
bend  on  any  monetary  issues,  this  me- 
diation will  simply  be  another  exchange 


of  final  positions. 

"If  the  university's  position  remains 
the  same,  we'd  have  to  take  that  pile  of 
trash  to  the  membership  to  see  if  they 
thought  that  that  was  a  good  offer,"  he 
says. 

After  mediation,  the  local's  1,200 
members  will  vote  on  whether  to  accept 
the  university's  final  offer.  If  the  local 
doesn't  accept  it,  a  strike  will  be  legally 
possible. 

Inageneral  membership  meetingheld 
on  Jan.  8,  the  local's  members  voted 
unanimously  to  hold  a  strike  voteon  Feb. 
15,16,  and  17. 

"There  definitely  will  be  a  strike  vote," 
says  Roy. 

He  says  if  60  per  cent  of  the  members 
who  vote  in  February  are  in  favor  of  a 
strike,  the  university  will  be  unable  to, 
according  to  the  "anti-scab"  section  of 
the  laborrelationsact,  allow  anyone  else 
to  complete  work  that  is  normally  done 
by  members  of  the  local. 

"Even  professors  will  be  prohibited 
from  doing  teaching  assistants'  work," 
says  Roy. 

He  says  the  union  members  will  re- 
ceive no  wages  while  they  are  on  strike. 
Brian  Edgecombe,  interim  business  agent 
for  the  local,  says  starting  on  the  10th 
calendar  day  the  union  members  have 
been  on  strike,  they  will  begin  to  receive 
$30  a  day,  up  to  a  maximum  of  $150  a 
week,  from  CUPE's  national  strike  fund. 

"This  is  quite  unfortunate  but  the  uni- 
versity is  going  to  have  to  realize  that 
there  are  a  great  many  functions  that 
teaching  and  research  assistants  perform 
on  this  campus,  and  without  them,  this 
university  won't  function  properly,"  says 
Roy. 

Van  Dine  says  Cark  *on  has  not  had  to 
deal  with  a  strike  b)  teaching  and  re- 
search assistants  before,  and  is  not  sure 
whether  or  not  it  will  slow  down  the 
operations  of  the  school.  □ 


Spit  raises  ire  of  GLB  centre  volunteers 


by  Andrea  Smith 

Charlatan  Staff 

Abigwadofspitgraced  Lucy  Watson's 
office  window  for  over  a  week.  It  was  put 
there  by  some  unknown  party  who  prob- 
ably has  a  problem  with  the  poster  it 
landed  on. 

The  poster,  on  the  office  window  of  the 
president  of  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association,  was  produced  by  the 
York  Federation  of  Students  and  the  Col- 
leges' Constituency  Committee. 


The  poster  features  two  men  kissing 
and  reads: "  Whoare  you  bashing?  Broth- 
ers, neighbors,  fathers,  friends.  Challenge 
homophobia." 

On  Jan.  4,  Ernie  Gibbs,  a  volunteer  at 
Carleton's  Gay,  Lesbian,  Bisexual  Cen- 
tre, complained  to  CUSA  about  the  spit. 
Brian  Evoy,  anothervolunteeratthecen- 
tre,  says  he  and  Gibbs  complained  again 
on  Jan.  6. 

Evoy  says  they  were  told  by  the  recep- 
tionist that  the  CUSA  office  windows  were 
cleaned  regularly  and  the  spit  would 
soon  be  gone.  Four  days  later  on  Jan.  10 
the  spit  was  still  there,  and  Evoy  says  he 
complained  again. 

"It  made  me  angry,"  says  Evoy.  "Ob- 
viously it  means  more  than  spit  on  a 
window.  They're  saying  it's  literally  okay 
to  spit  on  gay  and  lesbian  people. " 

On  Jan.  13,  Evoy  says  he  went  to  the 
office  with  GLB  Centre  co-ordinator  Peter 
Nogalo  to  complain  again. 

Nogalo  says  he  was  personally  as- 
sured on  Jan.  1 3  by  CUSA  office  manager 
Linda  Stewart  that  the  spit  would  be 
cleaned  up  by  the  next  day.  He  says  it  was 
finally  cleaned  off  in  the  afternoon  of 
[an.  14. 

"I'm  upset  that  once  these  complaints 
were  made  they  weren't  acted  upon," 
says  Nogalo. "  It  shouldn't  take  me  as  co- 
ordinator to  get  a  reaction." 

Nogalo  says  the  university  has  a  "zero- 
tolerance  policy"  regardingoffensivegraf- 
fiti  which  stipulates  that  once  a  com- 
plaint is  registered,  the  graffiti  must  be 
removed  within  24  hours. 


But  Don  McEown,  executive  assistant 
to  the  university  president  of  the  univer- 
sity, says  the  university's  policy  doesn't 
apply  to  CUSA's  offices  or  services. 

"It's  up  to  the  students'  association  to 
abide  by  their  own  rules, "  says  McEown. 

Theresa  Cowan,  CUSA  director  of  serv- 
ices, says  the  complaints  weren't  inten- 
tionally ignored. 

"I  think  it  was  just  an  oversight,"  she 
says. "  It's  not  that  CUSA  doesn't  think  we 
don't  have  to  have  and  maintain  these 


posters.  It's  not  like  we  want  people  to  see 
an  anti-gay  presence  on  campus." 

She  says  the  posters  were  Watson's 
idea,  and  added  that  as  a  service  co- 
ordinator and  member  of  CUSA  staff, "  1 1 
wouldn't  have  been  difficult  for  (Nogalo) 
to  wash  it  off  either," 

Speaking  to  Cowan's  statement, 
Nogalo  replied:  "We  could  have  removed 
it,  yes.  But  it  wasn't  my  window,  my 
office,  or  my  poster.  And  frankly,  I  don't 
do  windows."  □ 


It  was  cold  enough  to 
I  freeze  the  sap  in  your 
limbs,  but  over  100 
protestors  hit  Parliament 
Hill,  including  this  bundled 
woman,  to  protest  logging 
on  Vancouver  Island. 
See  story  on  page  7. 


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WHO  ARE  YOU  BASHING? 

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Brothers,  Neighbours, 
Fathers, 
Friends 

CHAiiiMHoEPHOBlA 


January  20,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


CKCU  faces  CRTC  complaint  over  show 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Charlatan  Start 

The  Catholic  Civil  Rights  League  has 
filed  a  complaint  with  the  Canadian 
Radio-television  and  Telecommunica- 
tions Commission  about  comments  made 
on  CKCU,  Carleton's  radio  station. 

Robert  Eady,  a  Kanata  resident  and 
league  representative,  filed  thecomplaint 
Dec.  9  with  the  CRTC,  a  federal  govern- 
ment agency  responsible  for  regulating 
Canadian  broadcasting.  It  has  the  power 
to  regulate  the  content  of  programs,  is- 
sue broadcasting  licences  and  revoke 
them. 

Eady's  complaint  deals  specifically 
with  two  episodes  of  CKCU's  gay  and 
lesbian  radioshow  called  Defiant  Voices. 
Eady  says  comments  made  on  these  epi- 
sodesshowed  "ferocious  hostility  towards 
Catholics." 

Eady  says  the  hosts  of  the  program, 
Kevin  Gibbs  and  Kerry  Durant,  attacked 
him  personally  and  the  Catholic  Church 
in  general  during  their  Dec.  1  and  8 
broadcasts. 

According  to  Eady,  the  attacks 
stemmed  from  a  letter  he  wrote  to  The 
Charlatan,  which  appeared  in  the  Nov. 
25  issue.  In  the  letter  Eady  is  critical  of 
Carleton  students  for  screening  the  Na- 
tional Film  Board  production  The  Burning 
Times  as  part  of  Hate  Hurts  Week.  The 
film  states  that  the  Catholic  Church  or- 
ganized the  burning  of  women  suspected 
of  being  witches  during  the  Spanish  In- 
quisition. 

In  the  letter,  he  wrote  that  historians 
have  "disputed  the  film's  claims  about 
the  number  of  victims  of  the  medieval 
witch-buming  craze  and  who  was  al- 
leged to  be  responsible  for  the  burnings." 

Gibbs  and  Durant  criticized  Eddy's 


letter  on  the  Dec.  1  episode  of 
Defiant  Voices.  Gibbs  says  what 
he  and  Durantsaid  was  that  "per- 
haps when  the  Catholic  Church 
leams  to  stop  persecuting  peo- 
ple, we  can  leam  to  stop  perse- 
cuting it." 

In  response  to  Eady's  com- 
plaints about  the  Dec.  1  show, 
Max  Wallace,  CKCU's  station 
manager,  al  lowed  Eady  to  broad- 
cast an  unedited  statement  ad- 
dressing his  concerns  on  the  Dec. 
8  show. 

Wallace  says  he  specifically 
asked  the  hosts  not  to  comment 
about  the  statement  and  they 
agreed.  While  they  did  not  openly 
comment  on  the  statement, 
Wallace  says  they  did  not  stick  to 
the  spirit  of  the  agreement. 

Eady  says  Durant  and  Gibbs 
offended  him  several  times  on  Gibbs 
the  Dec.  8  show,  by  discussing 
Irish  singer  Sinead  O'Connor's  tearing 
up  of  the  Pope's  photograph  on  the  tel- 
evision show  Saturday  Night  Live,  and 
discussing  the  CBC  production  The  Boys 
of  St.  Vincent,  which  is  based  on  the  sexual 
abuse  of  boys  at  an  orphanage  run  by  the 
Catholic  Church  in  Newfoundland. 

Eady  says  the  program  also  incited 
violence  against  Catholics  by  playing 
two  songs:  "B-B-Q  Pope"  by  the  Butthole 
Surfers  and  "Will  the  Fetus  Be  Aborted," 
which  isa  parody  of  a  American  religious 
song,  performed  by  Jello  Biafra  and  Mojo 
Nixon. 

During  the  episode,  the  two  hosts 
"made  a  deliberate  attempt  to  offend  me 
and  as  many  people  of  the  Catholic  faith 
as  possible,"  wrote  Eady  in  his  letter  to 
the  CRTC.  However,  Gibbs  says  their  ac- 


compelled  to  refute  Eady's  comments. 


Hons  were  not  directly  aimed  at  Eady. 

Neither  Eady  nor  Wallace  can  verify 
the  contents  of  the  broadcasts,  because 
the  station  doesn't  have  the  equipment 
needed  to  play  back  a  logger  tape. 

Logger  tapes  are  used  by  the  station  to 
record  the  contents  of  all  its  program- 
ming, but  they  are  taped  at  a  reduced 
speed  to  fit  more  on  a  tape.  The  CRTC  has 
the  facilities  to  listen  to  the  tapes,  which 
it  requires  all  radio  stations  to  make  and 
keep  for  28  daysaftera  program  is  broad- 
cast in  case  a  complaint  comes  up. 

Eady  says  he  hopes  the  complaint  will 
eventually  lead  to  the  revoking  of  CKCU's 
broadcasting  licence,  or  at  least  to  the 
cancelling  of  Defiant  Voices. 

"This  particular  show,  if  it  continues 
on  this  vein,  should  not  continue  to  be  on 
the  air." 

In  his  letter  to  the  CRTC,  Eady  writes 
that  the  Dec.  1  and  Dec.  8  broadcasts 
were  a  violation  of  paragraph  3(b)  of  the 
CRTC's  radio  regulations.  Section  3(b) 


prohibits  "any  abusive  comment  that, 
when  taken  in  context,  tends  or  is  likely 
to  expose  an  individual  or  group  or  class 
of  individuals  to  hatred  or  contempt  on 
the  basis  of . . .  religion." 

Bill  Allen,  the  CRTC's  director  of  pub- 
lic information,  says  it's  too  early  for  a 
definite  response  to  Eady's  complaint, 
adding  the  commission  will  go  through 
"an  extended  process"  before  making  a 
decision.  Allen  says  he  is  hoping  to  have 
the  matter  resolved  within  a  month. 

He  says  when  looking  atallegations  of 
abusive  comment,  the  commission  tries 
to  balance  freedom  of  expression  with 
the  right  to  be  protected  from  abusive 
comment.  "When  in  doubt,  the  CRTC 
usually  sides  with  freedom  of  expres- 
sion," he  adds. 

Allen  says  it  would  take  numerous 
complaints  before  there  was  a  possibility 
of  CKCU's  licence  being  revoked.  Wallace 
says  he  does  not  think  it's  likely  that  will 
happen. 

"By  its  very  nature,  a  gay  and  lesbian 
show  is  going  to  be  controversial  and  will 
offend  a  lot  of  people,"  he  says. 

Despite  Eady's  complaint,  Wallace 
defends  the  hosts'  right  to  free  speech.  "I 
would  defend,  without  a  moment's  hesi- 
tation, their  rights  to  attack  church  poli- 
cies on  homosexuality.  That  is  their  obli- 
gation as  advocates  of  the  gay  and  les- 
bian community,"  he  says. 

Wallace  sent  a  letter  to  Eady  on  Dec. 
1 6  apologizing  for  any  offence  the  show's 
content  may  have  caused,  although  he 
says  the  show  was  not  a  personal  attack 
on  Eady. 

"I'm  not  apologizing  for  what  they 
broadcast. . . .  They  did  not  attack  Robert 
Eady,  not  the  church,  they  attacked  cer- 
tain church  policies,  and  that's  their 
right,"  says  Wallace. 

Gibbs  says  the  hosts  were  compelled  to 
refute  the  comments  in  Eady's  letter  to 
The  Charlatan  because  "he  misrepresented 
the  intent  of  the  showing  of  the  film."0 


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4  •  The  Chariaton  ■  January  20,  1994 


by  Brandie  Weikle 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  number  of  counterfeit  parking  per- 
mits have  been  found  on  the  windshields 
of  cars  in  Carleton's  parking  lots  and  the 
parking  garage  near  administration. 

"Individuals are  reproducing  the  park- 
ing permits  for  the  various  lots,  putting 
them  on  their  vehicles,  and  illegally  park- 
ing there,"  says  Len  Boudreault,  assist- 
ant director  of  the  department  of  univer- 
sity safety. 

Parking  staff  have  discovered  some  of 
the  fake  permits  and  had  the  cars  towed. 
Offenders  have  been  billed  for  the  per- 
mits they  were  imitating,  which  cost  up 
to  $600,  depending  on  which  .lot  the 
permit  was  for,  says  Boudreault. 

Carole  Dunlevie,  manager  of  parking 
and  lockers,  says  regulations  set  by  the 
university's  parking  committee  allow  the 
university  to  bill  offenders  for  using  a 
fake  permit. 

Boudreault  says  most  offenders  are 
being  found  in  the  lot  next  to  the  football 
field  and  the  one  near  the  residences,  as 
well  as  in  the  visitor  parking  garage  by 
the  administration  building. 

In  light  of  the  problem,  Boudreault 
says  of  future  offenders:  "I'm  going  to 
charge  them  criminally." 

Offenders  will  face  charges  of  fraud, 
the  subsequent  fines,  and  a  criminal 
record,  he  says. 

Dunlevie  says  the  fake  passes  are  pro- 
duced by  making  a  color  photocopy  of  a 
real  pass  and  then  stencilling  a  new 
serial  number  over  the  original  one.  This 
is  then  laminated  in  plastic  and  stuck  on 
a  vehicle  windshield. 

She  says  the  forgeries  are  getting  more 


ingenious,  adding  she  has  seen  crude 
copy  which  was  a  Polaroid  photo  of  a 
parking  pass  which  someone  was  trying 
to  pass  off  as  an  original. 

Dunlevie  says  the  fake  passes  were 
spotted  by  attendants  doing  random 
patrols  of  the  lot,  or  working  at  lot  en- 
trances. 

"On  a  dark,  dreary  day  or  in  the 
evening,  the  parking  attendant  would 
not  catch  it,"  says  Dunlevie. 

Boudreault  says  offenders  may  make 
a  fake  permit  using  the  number  of  a  pass 
held  by  a  person  who  legally  bought  it. 
He  says  this  could  implicate  someone 
who  had  nothing  to  do  with  the  forgery. 

Dunlevie  says  fake  permits  are  sold  in 
the  parking  lot  and  there  are  unauthor- 
ized signs  up  in  the  Unicentre  and  the 
library  advertising  these  permits  for  sale. 

Dunlevie  says  it  is  possible  that  some 
people  may  have  bought  a  counterfeit 
permit  without  realizing  it.  She  says  a 
student  could  think  they  were  buying  a 
parking  pass  from  someone  who  was 
quitting  school.  Butit  isillegal  to  buyand 
sell  permits  outside  the  parking  control 
office,  she  says. 

The  permits  are  "not-transferrable," 
says  Dunlevie.  "So  when  a  student  with- 
draws or  quits  or  completes  (school)  they 
bring  the  permit  back  to  us  for  a  refund 
and  we  can  go  to  a  waiting  list." 

There  are  presently  about  600  people 
on  a  waiting  list  for  parking,  says 
Dunlevie. 

Boudreault  and  Dunlevie  say  they  do 
not  know  how  many  fake  permits  there 
are.  Dunlevie  says  there  have  been  fake 

FORGE  cont'd  on  page  6 


Aboriginal  centre  celebrates 


by  Caron  Watt 

Charlatan  Statf 

Carleton's  Centre  for  Aboriginal  Edu- 
cation, Research  and  Culture  is  celebrat- 
ing its  first  birthday  this  month. 

The  centre  was  opened  last  January  in 
conjunction  with  the  United  Nations'  In- 
ternational Year  of  Indigenous  Peoples. 
It  was  "established  so  that  aboriginal 
heritage  could  find  expression  alongside 
other  Canadian  heritages  on  campus," 
says  Madeleine  Dion  Stout,  the  centre's 
director. 

The  centre  provides  personal  support 
as  well  as  academic  and  career  counsel- 
ling for  Carleton's  aboriginal  students, 
says  Dion  Stout. 

The  "support  that  the  centre  has  pro- 
vided for  the  students  is  our  biggest  ac- 
complishment," says  Dion  Stout. 

The  fact  that  the  centre  is  officially 
recognized  by  the  university  and  has  a 
space  on  campus  "goes  a  long  way  in 
enhancing  the  identity  of  aboriginal  peo- 
ple," says  Dion  Stout. 

A  common  problem  for  aboriginal 
students  is  that  of  identity,  she  says. 
Many  aboriginal  students  studying  at 
"modem"  institutions  like  universities 
are,  at  the  same  time,  trying  to  maintain 
their  traditional  roots,  she  says. 

On  an  academic  level,  says  Dion  Stout, 
university  can  be  a  big  struggle  for  abo- 
riginal students. 

"They  want  to  get  into  university  and 
be  able  to  stay  in  and  do  well,"  she  says. 
But  she  says  universities  can  alienate 
them  with  courses  that  in  some  cases 
teach  only  about  European  experiences, 
Stout  says. 

"If  a  professor  gets  up  there  .  .  .  and 
says  that  aboriginal  people  don't  exist  as 
a  distinct  nation,  that's  a  way  that  could 
alienate  students,"  she  says.  "In  a  case 
like  that  we  are  hoping  that  the  aborigi- 


Roberta  Stout  dances  at  powwow. 

nal  student . . .  would  feel  good  enough 
about  their  aboriginality  to  challenge 
that." 

In  the  next  year,  the  centre  hopes  to 
"continue  the  good  tone  that  has  been 
set  with  the  students,"  says  Dion  Stout. 

The  centre  is  also  trying  to  encourage 
the  university  to  recognize  that  "there 


are  other  ways  (and) 
other  knowledge 
around  that  isn't  neces- 
sarily  steeped  in 
academia,"  she  says. 

"Universities  like 
Carleton  are  tradition- 
ally very  Eurocentric. . . 
.  There's  this  dominant 
way  of  viewing  the 
world,  a  'modem  way,'" 
Dion  Stout  says. 

No  records  are  kept 
of  how  many  aborigi- 
nal students  there  are 
on  campus,  but  about 
40  have  come  to  the 
centre  for  various  rea- 
sons, says  Dion  Stout. 

For  many  aboriginal 
students,  the  centre 
"provides  a  study  area, 
privacy,  aquiet  place  to 
crash,  think,  call  some- 
one or  socialize,"  says 
John  Cheechoo,  a  first- 
year   student  who 
spends  time  there. 
"We  could  have  a 
|  bigger  space  available. 
?  There's  only  room  for 
<  about  six  people  to  sit 
i  comfortably,"  he  says. 
«     The  centre  is  located 
i  in  Room  B255  of  the 
°  Loeb  Building  and  takes 
up  two  rooms,  one 
which  students  use  to  relax  on  the  couch 
or  do  homework  at  a  table. 

The  second  room  contains  Dion  Stout's 
office  and  a  desk  for  her  assistant. 

This  year,  there  are  "a  lot  more  new 
students,"  says  Billie  Littlechild,  a  sec- 


ond-year student  from  a  Cree  reserve 
called  Hobbema  in  Alberta.  She  has  lived 
in  Ottawa  for  the  last  two  years. 

"It  hard  to  come  to  an  urban  centre 
from  a  reserve,"  says  Littlechild.  "You  go 
through  difficult  stages  and  are  home- 
sick a  lot." 

"There's  still  a  lot  of  students  who 
don't  come  by  the  centre,"  says  Roberta 
Stout,  who  is  Dion  Stout's  daughter  and 
a  third-year  student. 

Reaching  more  aboriginal  students  is 
not  an  immediate  concern  of  the  centre, 
says  Dion  Stout. 

She  says  she  feels  most  of  the  aborigi- 
nal students  know  about  the  centre,  but 
it's  theirchoice  whether  or  not  they  come 
in,  says  Stout. 

"Some  people  just  aren't  joiners.  If  s  a 
very  personal  decision,"  says  Dion  Stout. 

Dion  Stout  was  hir>ed  in  July  1 992  by  a 
university  task  force  that  was  set  up  in 
1989  to  plan  for  the  opening  of  the  cen- 
tre. The  centre  did  not  officially  open 
until  January  1993. 

"There  were  many  people  involved 
from  the  larger  community,"  says  Dion 
Stout.  "There  is  a  strong  linkage  with  the 
community  through  our  students." 

The  anniversary  was  celebrated  by  a 
series  of  events  in  the  second  week  of 
January,  including  a  film  presentation, 
panel  discussion,  a  powwow  and  an  art 
exhibit  in  Carleton 's  art  gallery  by  Gerald 
McMaster. 

About  50  people  attended  the  pow- 
wow held  in  Porter  Hall  on  [an.  14.  Both 
aboriginal  and  non-aboriginal  people 
were  invited  to  participate  in  the  danc- 
ing. 

Many  of  the  dancers  donned  tradi- 
tional dress,  which  they  made  them- 
selves, says  Dion  Stout.  □ 


Panelists  call  for  inclusive  education 

by  Andrea  Wiebe 

Charlatan  Stall 

Panelists  at  a  dis- 
cussion last  week  said 
there  is  a  need  to  in- 
clude Native  perspec- 
tives and  experiences 
in  university  educa- 
tion. 

The  discussion, 
called  "Indigenizing 
Academia,"  was  or- 
ganized by  Carleton's 
Centre  for  Aboriginal 
Education,  Research 
and  Culture  as  part 
of  its  first  anniversary 

this  month.    — 

The  two-hour  dis-  Panelists  (l-r)  Albert,  Kmoshameg  and  Poison 
cussion  on  Jan.  12 
explored  the  incorporation  of  aborigi- 
nal traditions  and  culture  into  post- 
secondary  education.  Panelist  Gordon 
Poison,  a  Native  person  working  on  a 

research  project  at  Carleton,  discussed    onu-yeu.  f"""™  "ZT'^,^ 
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ing  with  community  leaders,  so  that  the 
specific  needs  of  each  community  can 
be  met. 

Panelist  Nancy  Kinoshameg,  a  sec- 
ond-year political  science  student  and 


in  cultural  values  and  the  clash  be 
tween  two  separate  ways  of  thinking. 

To  overcome  these  fundamental 
problems,  said  Poison,  there  must  be  a 
give-and-take  relationship  between  cul- 
tures as  well  as  a  mutual  respect  for 
different  types  of  knowledge. 

|im  Albert,  a  professor  in  Carleton's 
school  of  social  work  and  a  panelist, 
said  he  has  been  working  to  include 
indigenous  peoples  in  education 
through  community-based  teaching  in 
the  communities  of  Kitigan  Zibi  and 
Kahnawaki. 

Albert  explained  that  education  must 
begin  inside  the  communities  by  work- 


called  Carleton  First  Nations,  talked 
about  her  experiences  in  classes  at  Car 
leton. 

She  said  the  only  course  she  has 
taken  that  explores  aboriginal  history 
in  any  detail  is  Canadian  Studies. 

She  explained  that,  instead  of  being 
taught  in  one  or  two  lectures,  aborigi- 
nal culture  and  history  should  be  wo- 
ven through  all  lectures,  in  the  same 
way  French  culture  is  taught. 

The  panellists  agreed  that  incorpo- 
rating indigenous  culture  into  the  aca- 
demic system  is  hampered  by  a  lack  of 
funds  which  are  needed  to  fund  new 
programs  and  hire  new  professors.  □ 


APPLE  SADDLERY 

The  Largest  Western  Boot  Store  in  Canada. 

INNES  ROAD  JUST  EAST  OF  THE  417  (NEAR  THE  PRICE  CLUB) 


January  20,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■ 


What  have  your  services  done  for  you? 


by  Matt  Skinner 

Charlatan  Statf 

Carle  ton's  student  service  co- 
ordinators are  funded  out  of  the  $80-595 
annual  fee  each  undergraduate  student 
pays  to  the  Carleton  University  Students' 
Association. 

With  the  academic  year  half  over.  The 
Charlatan  decided  to  find  out  what  the  co- 
ordinators have  done  so  far  this  year, 
and  whether  they  have  any  new  plans. 

This  week,  we  profile  the  Foot  Patrol 
and  the  Carleton  Women's  Centre. 
BRENDA  KENNEDY  — 
FOOT  PATROL  CO  ORDINATOR 
The  Carleton  Foot  Patrol  gave  its  first 
escort  in  the  fall  of  1990.  Since  last  Sep- 
tember, it  has  provided  1,155  people  with 
escorts  across  campus,  on  par  with  the 
1,162  people  escorted  for  the  same  time 
period  last  year. 

This  service  is  offered  seven  nights  a 
week  from  8  p.m.  to  1  a.m.,  says  Brenda 
Kennedy,  thepatrol'sco-ordinator.  Itwill 
provide  people  with  a  two-person  escort 
(a  man  and  a  woman),  from  wherever 
they  are  on  campus  to  wherever  they 
want  to  go  on  campus. 

"Students,  staff,  visitors,  faculty,  who- 
ever is  on  campus  can  use  us,"  soys 
Kennedy. 

She  says  the  patrol  service  was  ex- 
tended to  include  escorts  through  Brewer 
Park  in  1992.  This  year  patrol  members 
may  escort  people  as  far  as  Hog's  Back  on 


the  canal  and  to  the  Route  3  bus  stop  on 
Prince  of  Wales  Drive,  says  Kennedy. 

"My  next  plan,  if  I  can  get  it  through, 
would  be  to  goacross  the  Bronson  Bridge, " 
says  Kennedy.  She  says  this  has  to  Qp- 


Kennedy:  Foot  Patrol  making  progress. 

proved  by  the  insurance  company  before 
it  can  be  implemented. 

"Walk-bys"  can  also  be  arranged, 
where  a  pair  of  patrollers  walks  by  where 
a  person  is  studying  or  researching. 
Kennedy  says  the  patrol  also  is  on  duty  in 
the  sense  that  at  any  given  time  between 
8  p.m.  and  1  a.m.  there  are  four  co-ed 
teams  patrolling  the  campus. 

"When  we're  not  actively  escorting 
someone,  we're  still  out  there, "  she  says. 


Official-Languages 
Monitor  Program 


Under  a  program  funded  by  the  Government  of  Canada, 
the  Ministry  of  Education  and  Training  in  conjunction 
with  the  Council  of  Ministers  of  Education,  Canada, 
invites  students  to  apply  for  the  position  of  second- 
language  monitors  (French  or  English)  for  the  1994-95 
academic  year. 

Part-Time  Monitors 

Official-languages  monitors  must  be  full-time  postsec- 
ondary  students  usually  studying  in  a  province  other 
than  their  own.  They  will  work  between  six  and  eight 
hours  per  week  under  the  supervision  of  a  second-lan- 
guage teacher.  Some  francophone  monitors  will  be 
assigned  to  French  schools  outside  Quebec.  For  eight 
months'  participation  in  the  program,  they  will  receive  at 
least  $3,500  and  one  return  trip  between  their  home  and 
the  host  province. 

To  be  eligible  for  the  part-time  program,  students 
must  have  completed  at  least  one  year  ot  postsec- 
ondary  studies  or  will  have  completed  such  studies  by 
the  end  of  the  1993-94  academic  year. 

Full-Time  Monitors 

Full-time  monitors  must  have  completed  at  least  one 
year  of  postsecondary  studies.  Duties  consist  of  assist- 
ing French  second-language  teachers  in  rural  or  semi- 
urban  areas  usually  in  a  province  other  than  their  own 
for  25  hours  per  week.  Some  francophone  monitors  will 
be  assigned  to  French  schools  outside  Quebec  Monitors 
will  receive  up  to  $1 1 ,400  for  10  months  of  participation 
They  will  also  receive  two  return  trips  per  year  between 
their  home  province  and  the  host  province.  They  may 
also  receive  a  moving  allowance  of  a  minimum  of  $300 
and  a  maximum  of  $1 ,1 1 0  for  commuting  expenses 
within  the  host  province. 


Application  forms  and  program  brochures  may  be 
obtained  from  placement  offices  in  postsecondary 
institutions,  or  from  the  address  below: 

Provincial  Co-ordlnator,  Monitor  Program 

Ministry  ot  Education  and  Training 

French  Language  Education,  Policy  and  Programs 

16th  Floor,  Mowat  Block,  Queen's  Park 

Toronto,  Ontario 

M7A  1L2 

Duly  completed  application  forms  must  arrive  at  the 
address  indicated  in  the  information  package  post- 
marked no  later  than  February  18,  1994  Qualified 
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Kennedy  says  the  patrollers  work  in 
pairs  and  rely  on  the  "safety-  in-numbers 
idea."  She  says  the  patrol  does  not  en- 
courage people  to  rely  on  products  mar- 
keted as  "safety  gadgets,"  such  as  per- 
sonal alarms  or  pepper  spray. 

Kennedy  says  these  devices  give  users 
a  false  sense  of  security  and  can  be  turned 
against  them.  She  also  says  she  disagrees 
with  firms  which  make  money  off  peo- 
ple's fear. 

The  centre  operates  with  the  help  of 
about  250  volunteers  who  undergo  a  full 
day  of  "extensive  training,"  led  by 
Kennedy  and  experienced  volunteers.  The 
training  includes  a  seminar  on  emer- 
gency procedures,  such  as  how  to  help 
sexual  assault  victims,  says  Kennedy. 

"We  like  to  make  sure  our  patrollers 
are  fully  equipped  to  deal  with  anything 
that  could  possibly  happen,"  she  says. 
If  someone  wants  an  escort  they  can 
"  arrange  one  in  advance,  drop  by  the 
patrol  office  in  Baker  Lounge  or  call  788- 
4066  from  where  they  are. 

"I  encourage  everyone  to  use  (the  serv- 
ice). Don't  fee'l  embarrassed,"  she  says. 

While  the  structure  of  the  service  re- 
mains the  same  as  in  previous  years, 
Kennedy  says  this  year  she  is  trying  to  do 
more  to  recognize  the  contribution  of  the 
volunteer  patrollers. 

Sponsorship  from  various  local  busi- 
nesses allows  the  patrol  to  have  random 
draws  for  prizes  twice  weekly,  with  two 
more  draws  each  month  for  larger  prizes. 

The  Foot  Patrol  does  not  operate  dur- 
ing the  summer  months,  even  though 
there  are  many  evening  courses  offered 
during  the  summer.  Kennedy  says  it 
would  be  hard  to  organize  a  patrol  serv- 
ice in  the  summer  because  of  a  lack  of 
volunteers,  but  adds  a  reduced  service 
may  be  possible. 

She  says  the  patrol  could  operate  un- 
der a  reduced  schedule,  with  two  teams 
instead  of  four.  Kennedy  says  she's  plan- 
ning on  looking  at  the  idea  seriously  in 
February  or  March. 

RENEE  TWADDLE  —  CARLETON 
WOMEN'S  CENTRE  CO  ORDINATOR 
"The  primary  function  of  the  women's 
centre  is  to  serve  the  needs  of  the  women 
on  campus,"  says  Renee  Twaddle,  co- 
ordinator for  the  centre.  She  says  the 
centre  tries  to  meet  the  needs  of  the 
diverse  women  on  the  campus. 

This  year,  for  the  first  time,  the  centre 
has  four  caucuses  which  women  can 
join.  There  are  caucuses  forwomen  with 
disabilities,  women  of  color,  lesbian 
women  and  black  women.  These  cau- 
cuses can  meet  at  the  centre  to  discuss 
issues  and  bring  in  guest  speakers. 

The  women's  centre  provides  users 
with  literature  that  cannot  be  found  in 
the  MacOdrum  Library  or  in  most  book- 
stores, she  says.  Twaddle  says  about 
$5,500  of  the  centre's  $40,000  budget 
goes  towards  books,  magazines  and  jour- 
nals. The  literature  covers  such  topics  as 
spirituality,  religion,  anthropology,  soci- 
ology, sexuality,  lesbianism  and  racism. 

The  centre  also  has  a  referral  system 
for  women  who  need  services  such  as 
lawyers,  doctors,  gynaecologists  or  mid- 
wives. 

Twaddle  says  while  the  centre  is  not  al 
crisis  centre,  they  do  get  women  in  crisis 


who  need  to  talk  to  someone  right  away. 
She  says  a  volunteer  from  the  centre  talks 
to  them  and  tries  to  refer  them  elsewhere, 
depending  on  their  needs. 

Volunteers  are  trained  by  Twaddle  on 
how  to  listen,  so  when  women  come  in 
with  problems  and  need  someone  to  talk 
to  they  will  be  prepared,  says  Twaddle. 
Volunteers  are  trained  in  workshops  to 
deal  with  various  problem-solving  situa- 
tions. 

She  says  the  topics  covered  in  the 
centre's  awareness  campaigns  vary  an- 
nually. Some  issues  focused  on  in  past 
years  were  sexual  abuse  and  eating  dis- 
orders. 

This  year  Womancare  Week  will  be 
held  Feb.  7  to  1 1 .  She  says  this  will  cover 
eating  disorders,  body  image,  women 
with  disabilities,  women  and  sexually 
transmitted  diseases,  spirituality,  and 
hopefully  new  reproductive  technology. 

Rape  Awareness  Week  will  be  held  in 
February  just  prior  to  the  reading  break. 

"A  lot  of  students,  a  lot  of  women, 
come  back  after  reading  week  and  have 
been  date  raped,"  especially  while  on 
vacation,  says  Twaddle.  Last  year  Rape 
Awareness  Week  was  held  earlier  in  the 
academic  year. 

Twaddle  says  International  Women's 


Twaddle:  works  to  meet  diverse  needs. 


Week  is  scheduled  for  March. 

"This  is  when  we  celebrate  the  diver- 
sity of  women  internationally.  The  whole 
world  holds  this  week,"  she  says. 

During  these  weeks  the  centre  brings 
in  guest  speakers,  hold's  panel  discus- 
sions and  workshops  and  shows  films 
pertinent  to  the  week's  theme. 

"We're  trying  to  raise  awareness.  That's 
the  whole  point  of  the  centre,  (to)  raise 
awareness  that  it's  not  just  women's  is- 
sues. These  are  issues  that  affect  every- 
body in  society,"  she  says. 

Twaddle  says  the  committees  that  pre- 
pare for  such  events  as  Womancare  Week 
and  Rape  Awareness  Week  consult  the 
four  caucuses  to  ensure  no  issue  is  over- 
looked in  the  planning. 

Twaddle  says  the  centre  runs  with  the 
help  of  trained  volunteers.  In  September 
about  30  people  trained  to  work  at  the 
centre  and  Twaddle  says  everyone  has 
stayed  to  help.  The  next  training  session 
for  new  volunteers  will  be  held  Feb.  5  and 
6. 

She  says  volunteers  can  attend  work- 
shops on  anti-sexism,  anti-homophobia, 
anti-racism  and  collectivism.  □ 


6  •  The  Charlatan  •  January  20,  1994 


FORGE  cont'd  from  page  4 

permits  recovered  in  previous  years,  but 
this  year  there  seems  to  be  a  much  greater 
number. 

Parking  attendants  frequently  experi- 
ence problems  with  people  driving  over 
curbs,  through  the  gates  or  simply  plead- 
ing at  the  gate  in  front  of  a  long  line  of 
cars  that  they  have  no  money,  says 
Dunlevie.  Recently,  concrete  barriershave 
been  put  in  around  the  lots  to  prevent 


people  from  sneaking  a  free  park. 

Dunlevie  says  there  is  a  direct  link 
between  parking  lot  fraud  and  the  in- 
creased cost  of  parking  on  campus.  Last 
September  parking  fees  went  up  an  aver- 
age of  20  per  cent. 

In  addition  to  this,  says  Dunlevie,  the 
cost  of  enforcement  has  risen  now  that 
the  department  of  university  safety  is 
involved.  She  says  investigating  the  fakes 
takes  officers  away  from  other  duties.  □ 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Clayoquot  protestors  ask  PM  for  help 


by  Derek  DeCloet 

CHarialan  SiaH 

Over  ISO  people  gathered  on  Parlia- 
ment Hill  Jan.  17,  vowing  to  make  the 
Liberal  government  keep  its  promise  to 
protect  Clayoquot  Sound  from  clear-cut 
logging. 

"We  wanted  Jean  Chretien  to  know 
that  we're  going  to  be  here  until  he  does 
something  about  this,"  said  organizer 
Chloe  Sage  of  the  Ottawa  Coalition  to 
Save  Clayoquot  Sound.  "Chretien  did 
promise  to  get  involved  and  we're  going 
to  hold  him  to  that." 

Chretien  said  on  Oct.  21  he  would  try 
to  have  the  area  designated  as  a  national 
park,  protecting  it  from  extensive  log- 
ging. Four  days  later,  he  was  elected 
prime  minister  with  a  majority  govern- 
ment. 


the  opening  of  Parliament,  said 
Sage,  and  to  lend  support  to  jailed 
environmentalists  who  are  appeal- 
ing their  sentences.  Jan.  17  is  the 
first  day  B.C.  courts  were  scheduled 
to  hear  the  appeals  of  those  people 
convicted  for  illegally  blocking  log- 
ging roads  to  Clayoquot  Sound. 

Environmentalists  are  hoping 
Ottawa  will  intervene  in  negotia- 
tions between  the  B.C.  government 
and  the  Nuu-chah-nulth  nation, 
indigenous  people  who  have  title 
to  the  land.  The  negotiations  are 
supposed  to  end  in  a  treaty  which 
will  settle  the  issue  of  who  controls 
the  land  and  how  it  will  be  used. 

"We're  hoping  there's  enough 
goodwill  in  the  B.C.  government 
and  in  their  cabinet,"  said  Eliza- 
beth May,  executive  di- 
rector of  an  environmen- 
tal group  called  the  Sierra 


"Women  of  Notice"  sing  to  protesters  at  Clayoquot  Sound  rally  on  Parliament  Hill. 


MP  and  Clayoquot  defender  Svend  Robinson 

Sage,  a  second-year  sociology  student 
at  Carleton,  said  she  would  be  willing  to 
go  farther  than  just  protests  and  peti- 
tions, if  the  issue  isn't  a  part  of  the  new 
government's  agenda. 

"1  can't  speak  for  the  coalition,  but  I'd 
go  as  far  as  hunger  strikes,"  she  said.  "It's 
something  that  is  very  important." 

About  40  Carleton  students  were 
among  the  protestors. 

"I'm  pretty  pleased  with  the  amount 
of  Carleton  students,"  said  John  Zronik, 
CUSA's  environment  commissioner.  "A 
lot  of  them  are  pretty  apathetic." 

The  protest  was  held  to  coincide  with 


Club.  "One  hopes  that  when 
the  federal  government  offers 
them  (the  B.C.  government) 
help,  they'll  acceptthatand  cre- 
ate protected  areas  within 
Clayoquot  Sound." 

May  said  she  hopes  the  Lib- 
eral government  will  designate 
the  area  as  a  tribal  park,  giving 
aboriginal  people  control  over 
the  land.  But  any  move  to  cre- 
ate a  national  park  would  have 
to  be  approved  by  the  province. 

The  B.C.  governmentagreed 
Dec.  10  to  jointly  manage  the 
area's  resources  with  the  Nuu- 
chah-nulth  nation.  But  the 
agreement  only  lasts  for  two 
years  and  must  first  be  ratified 
by  the  legislature  and  the  tribes 
of  the  Nuu-chah-nulth  nation, 
said  coalition  member  Ron 
LeBlanc. 
o     Giving  aboriginal  people 
|  control  over  the  land  is  the  best 
b  chance  forstopping  the  logging 
^  of  Clayoquot  Sound,  he  added. 
"That  is  our  message  to  Mr. 
Chretien,"  said  LeBlanc.  "Let's 
help  get  the  Nuu-chah-nulth  a  fair  deal 
and  then  let's  help  them  develop  a  sus- 
tainable economy  in  Clayoquot  Sound. 
That  is  our  best  hope  right  now." 

About  20  students  from  St.  Pius  X  high 
school  cut  classes  to  join  the  protest. 

"There  will  be  consequences,  but  we're 
prepared  to  take  them,"  said  Michelle 
Legendre,  a  Grade  11  student. 

About  30  students  from  McGill  Uni- 
versity in  Montreal  were  supposed  to 
show  up,  but  couldn't  make  it  because  of 
the  weather,  said  Sage,  although  she  was 
pleased  with  the  turnout  □ 


Environmentalists  sound  warning 


by  Brandie  Welkle 

Charlatan  Statl 

At  a  press  conference  Jan.  17,  the- 
Western  Canada  Wilderness  Committee 
and  the  Sierra  Club  of  Canada  presented 
the  new  Parliament  with  1 05,000  signa- 
tures calling  for  the  preservation  of 
Clayoquot  Sound. 

The  petition  was  presented  on  the  first 
day  of  Parliamentto  remind  lean  Chretien 
of  his  campaign  promise  to  negotiate  the 
preservation  of  the  area,  said  Elizaoeth 
May,  executive  director  of  an  environ- 
mental group  called  the  Sierra  Club. 

Clayoquot  Soundisa  large  area  of  old- 
growth  forest  on  Vancouver  Island  that 
was  the  scene  of  confrontations  between 
loggers  and  environmentalists  last  sum- 
mer. 

Liberal  MPCharles  Cacciawaspresent 
at  the  conference  and  said  he  would  table 
the  petition  in  the  House  of  Commons. 
He  expressed  his  concern  that  satellite 
pictures  of  Vancouver  Island  indicate  the 
rainforest  has  been  "badly  over-cut." 

He  said  there  is  a  "deficit  in  the  reser- 
voir of  timber  on  the  island  and  poor 
results  in  second  growth.  The  way  the 
clearcuts  have  been  carried  away  ts  an 
embarrassment.  The  availability  of  tim- 
ber has  decreased  at  such  a  fast  rate  that 
eventually  there  will  be  no  jobs  for  log- 
gers." 

Caccia  said  he  "can't  understand  why 
the  government  of  B.C.  has  not  taken  the 
steps  to  protect  the  Clayoquot  Sound." 

NDP  MP  Svend  Robinson,  who  was 
active  in  last  summer's  protests  in  his 
home  province,  said  if  "intact  areas  are 
not  protected,  there  will  be  no  question 


this  protest  will  go  on." 

The  efforts  to  save  the  largest  remain- 
ingtractoftemperaterainforestin  North 
America  began  when  the  B.C.  govern- 
ment approved  plans  for  logging  in  the 
area,  said  Adriane  Carr,  executive  direc- 
tor of  the  wilderness  committee. 

Last  April,  MacMillan  Bloedel  and 
Interfor  forest  companies  were  granted 
permission  to  log  in  the  area. 

Carr  said  Canada  made  interim  agree- 
ments to  protect  Clayoquot  at  the  Inter- 
national Biodiversity  Convention,  one 
part  of  the  Rio  de  Janeiro  summit  on  the 
environment  in  1992.  These  agreements 
came  into  effect  Oec.  29, 1993. 

The  Sierra  Club  and  other  environ- 
mental groups  hope  to  use  the  agree- 
ments as  part  of  a  strategy  to  stop  the 
clearcutting,  saidToki  Geuer,  a  researcher 
for  the  Sierra  Club. 

She  said  the  groups  are  looking  at  the 
possibility  of  charging  "the  provincial 
government  of  B.C.  with  contravening 
the  agreements  made  at  the  convention" 
by  allowing  clearcutting. 

But  Geuersaid  forestry  Is  a  provincial 
issue  and  this  has  been  "Chretien's  ex- 
cuse for  back-pedalling  on  his  campaign 
promises." 

But  since  the  agreements  made  at  the 
convention  were  on  behalf  of  the  entire 
country,  interestedgroups  may  be  able  to 
demand  federal  intervention,  said  Geuer. 

The  federal  government  should  make 
Clayoquot  Sound  "a  showpiece  for  the 
world"  or  face  increasing  international 
tension  and  another  summer  of  block- 
ades, said  Carr.  O 


Employability  skills:  the  future  of  education? 


by  Ian  Mcleod 

Charlatan  Star! 

"Work  tomorrow  is  going  to  be  differ- 
ent than  work  yesterday,  "says  Stan  Jones, 
a  Carleton  linguistics  professor  and  resi- 
dent expert  on  educational  testing. 

In  a  lecture  given  Jan.  14  at  Carleton 
as  part  of  a  series  entitled  "Rethinking 
the  University:  A  Look  To  The  Future," 
Jones  spoke  on  the  employability  skills 
movement  and  how  it  will  affect  under- 
graduate university  education.  About  20 
faculty  and  students  attended  the  lec- 
ture. 

Employability  skills  are  described  as 
generic,  basic  skills  required  for  a  person 
to  participate  effectively  in  the  work  force. 
Some  of  these  skills  include  basic  literacy 
and  numeracy,  as  well  as  the  principles 


of  teamwork  and  critical  thinking. 

School  boards  and  educational  au- 
thorities are  realizing,  according  to  Jones, 
that  students  are  not  necessarily  being 
well-served  in  this  area  by  secondary- 
school  curricula. 

Changes  are  being  made  to  some  de- 
gree, with  the  introduction  of  programs 
such  as  the  Transition  Years  Program  in 
Ontario,  which  aim  to  develop  a  stand- 
ard level  of  competency  in  literacy,  nu- 
meracy and  other  skills  across  the  school 
system. 

Organizationssuch  as  the  Conference 
Board  of  Canada  and  the  Ontario  Pre- 
mier's Council  have  also  expressed  their 
support  for  the  development  of  employ- 
ability  skills  in  schools. 

The  irony  of  this  newfound  support  for 


employability  skills  educationisthatmost 
of  the  skills  that  fall  into  this  category  are 
already  either  explicitly  or  implicitly 
taught  in  schools.  Skills  such  as  literacy, 
numeracy  and  effective  oral  communi- 
cation have  traditionally  been  consid- 
ered key  goals  of  schooling. 

Jones  says  schools  are  not  doing  a  bad 
job  teaching  these  skills,  but  rather  the 
wTong  job. 

For  example,  Jones  says  reading  can 
be  grouped  into  two  distinct  types:  "read- 
ing to  learn"  and  "reading  to  do."  Read- 
ing to  leam  is  the  traditional  kind  of 
reading  done  in  secondary  school  and 
university  —  the  reading  of  a  standard 
text  for  general  comprehension. 

Reading  to  do,  by  contrast,  is  the  kind 
of  reading  done  most  commonly  in  the 


world  of  work  —  the  reading  of  blue- 
prints, charts  and  lists,  literally  what  to 
do,  and  how  to  do  it. 

Jones  says  surveys  conducted  to  clas- 
sify adults'  level  of  literacy  showed  that 
those  people  considered  reasonably  liter- 
ate still  had  trouble  following  instruc- 
tions and  making  associations  based  on 
information  they  were  given. 

The  subjects  in  this  and  other  surveys 
who  fall  into  the  youngest  age  ranges 
tended  to  have  more  difficulty  with  this 
type  of  "reading-to-do"  comprehension. 
Jones  believes  this  is  because  of  the  lack 
of  experience  and  training  this  group  of 
16  to  20  year  olds  have  in  reading  to  do. 
Studies  show  that  as  these  people  age, 

SKILLS  cont'd  on  page  9. 


January  20,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


O  N 


ADVISING  SERVICES  OF  THE 
REGISTRARIAL  SERVICES  OFFICE, 
FACULTY  OF  ARTS 


RECORDS  SERVICES  OF  THE 
REGISTRARIAL  SERVICES  OFFICE, 
FACULTY  OF  ARTS 


This  office  provides  advisory 
services  regarding  the  regulations 
and  policies  of  the  Faculty  and 
handles  student  petitions 
concerning  these  regulations  and 
policies.  Students  requiring 
advice  on  matters  of  faculty 
regulation  and  policy  should 
contact  the  Arts  Registrarial 
Services  Office  at  788-7462. 
Students  requiring  academic 
advice  on  their  specific  program  of 
study  should  consult  their 
academic  department. 


MARCH 
ADVISING 


Advisors  will  be  available  to 
answer  questions  regarding 
academic  performance.  The  Arts 
Registrarial  Services  Office  is 
offering  a  walk-in  advisory  service 
from  March  14  through  March 
25th.  The  hours  will  be  10:00-12:00 
and  1:00-3:30  each  day. 


POTENTIAL 
SPRING  GRADUATES 


Dates  and  Deadlines  for  June 
Graduation 

Application  Deadline:  February  1 
Last  day  to  cancel  application:  April  29 
Senate  meeting/results  mailed:  June  7 
Convocation  ceremonies:  June  16, 17  and  18 

Changing  to  Pass  to  Graduate 
Those  of  you  who  have  switched  from  a 
B.  A.  Honours  program  to  a  B.A.  Pass  in 
order  to  graduate  but  plan  to  continue 
with  a  B.A.  Honours,  must  apply  for  re- 
admission  through  the  Office  of 
Admissions. 

If  you  have  any  questions  about  your 
eligibility  for  re-admission,  ask  to  speak 
to  an  Advisor  when  applying  for 
graduation. 

Letter  of  Permission  Transcripts 

If  you  are  completing  degree 
requirements  at  another  University  on  a 
Letter  of  Permission,  you  are  responsible 
for  ensuring  that  final  transcripts  reach 
our  office  no  later  than  April  29th.  Late 
transcripts  may  jeopardize  your 
eligibility  to  graduate. 

Degree  Program  Requirements 

Questions  concerning  specific  program 
requirements  should  be  directed  to  the 
Undergraduate  Supervisor(s)  in  your 
major  department(s). 


If  you  have  declared  a  major,  or  part  of  your 
combined  major,  in  any  of  the  disciplines 
listed  below,  or  have  not  yet  declared  a  major, 
you  belong  with  Registrarial  Services  for  Arts, 
Room  318,  Paterson  Hall. 

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Canadian  Studies 
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Directed  Interdisciplinary  Studies 
English 

Environmental  Studies 

Film  Studies 

French 

German 

History 

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Music 

Philosophy 

Religion 

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Spanish 


DECLARING 
A  MAJOR 


Students  in  the  Faculty  of  Arts  must 
declare  a  major  by  the  end  of  their  first 
year.  Students  who  have  not  declared  a 
major  must  request  special  permission 
from  their  faculty  Registrarial  Services 
Office  to  register  in  second  year. 
NOTE:  Students  in  third  and  fourth 
year  who  have  not  declared  a  major  will 
be  denied  permission  to  register  and  will 
be  DEBARRED  from  further  studies. 
To  be  accepted  into  a  major  you  must 
have  completed  at  least  one  course 
leading  to  the  major  discipline.  The 
average  for  all  courses  in  the  major 
discipline  must  be  4.0  (C-)  or  above  for 
the  Pass  Degree  program,  and  6.0  (C+)  or 
above  for  the  Honours  Degree  program 
to  be  accepted  into  that  discipline.  For  the 
Honours  program,  students  entering 
fourth  year  require  a  grade  point  average 
(G.P.A.)  of  at  least  6.5  in  the  major 
discipline. 

Applications  to  declare  a  major  will  be 
accepted  at  the  Arts  Registrarial  Services 
Office  until  May  13, 1994.  Changes  will 
be  in  effect  for  the  fall  of  1994. 


ACADEMIC 
STANDING  DECISIONS 


The  University  makes  Academic 
Standing  Decisions  at  the  end  of  each 
Fall- Winter  Session.  Many  students— but 
not  all  students— will  receive  a  Standing 
Decision  at  the  end  of  the  Winter  term. 
There  are  three  possible  Academic 
Standing  Decisions: 

♦  Good  Standing 

♦  On  Probation 

♦  Debarred 

The  Arts  Registrarial  Services  Office  has  a 
leaflet  entitled  Your  Guide  to  Academic 
Standing.  The  information  in  the  leaflet 
should  help  you  to  determine  whether 
you  are  likely  to  receive  an  Academic 
Standing  Decision  or  not.  It  should  also 
assist  you  in  assessing  your  own 
academic  performance  and  what  your 
next  Academic  Standing  Decision  might 
be. 

If  you  feel  that  your  grades  are  likely  to 
be  low  this  term  and  that  you  might 
receive  an  Academic  Standing  Decision 
other  than  Good  Standing, 

Arrange  to  see  an 
Advisor  in  Registrarial  Services 
before  March  11th 


CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS 

  ;  ;  :  :  Tmng  addns-i. 


The  office  processes  student 
applications  for  Declaration  of 
Major  &  Change  of  Major,  Letters 
of  Permission,  Graduation, 
Review  of  a  Course  Grade,  and 
Supplemental  or  Grade  Raising 
Exams. 

The  office  is  also  responsible  for 
assessing  students'  academic 
standing,  explaining  student's 
Academic  Audits  and  responding 
to  students  who  encounter 
registration  problems.  If  you  have 
enquiries  of  this  nature,  contact 
the  Arts  Registrarial  Services 
Office  at  788-7460. 


WITHDRAWAL 
DEADLINE 


Students  should  keep  in  mind  that 
they  may  withdraw  from  Fall/ 
Winter  or  Winter  term  courses  by 
March  11th  with  no  academic 
penalty. 


APPLYING  FOR 
TRANSFER  OF  CREDIT 


If  you  have  completed  a  minimum  of  4.0 
credits  at  Carleton,  are  in  good  academic 
standing  and  have  successfully  declared 
a  major,  you  may  be  eligible  to  take 
courses  at  another  university  for  credit 
towards  your  degree  program. 
A  brochure  describing  Letters  of 
Permission  is  available  in  the  Arts 
Registrarial  Services  Office. 

Letter  of  Permission  Deadlines 

March  30  Last  day  to  apply  for  Letter  of 
Permission  for  May  15  registration. 

April  29  Last  day  to  apply  for  Letter  of 
Permission  for  July  1  registration. 

July  15  Last  day  to  submit  transcripts  for 
winter-term  Letters  of  Permission. 

If  you  are  completing  a  final  credit  for 
your  degree  on  an  LOP  during  the  Fall/ 
Winter  session,  grades  may  not  be 
available  in  time  for  spring  graduation. 
Official  Transcripts  must  be  received  bv 
April  29.  ' 


Carleton 

UNIVERSITY 


8  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  20,  1994 


Ottawa  professor  under  investigation 


by  Jos6e  Bellemare 

Charlaian  Staff 

Complaints  by  students  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Ottawa  about  a  professor's  contro- 
versial remarks  have  sparked  an  investi- 
gation into  his  teaching  practices. 

About  eight  students  at  the  U  of  O 
walked  out  of  their  first-year  sociology 
class  Jan.  4  when  they  heard  Professor 
Paul  Lamy  make  homophobic  statements 
in  his  lecture. 

Joel  Duff,  a  second-year  sociology  stu- 
dent at  U  of  O,  says  he  heard  Lamy  say 
during  the  lecture,  "You  call  them  bi- 
sexuals,  I  call  them  psychopaths." 

Duff  made  a  verbal  complaint  to  Fred 
Caloren,  department  head  of  sociology, 
immediately  after  he  heard  the  profes- 
sor's comment.  Later  that  week.  Duff 
composed  a  formal  letter  of  complaint  to 
Henry  Edwards,  the  dean  of  social  sci- 
ences. 

In  a  press  release  Jan.  12,  Edwards 
agreed  to  conduct  an  investigation  into 
Lamy's  views  on  bisexual  relationships. 

"As  part  of  my  investigation,  I  will 
consider  objectively  the  perspectives  of 
oil  concerned,  including  those  of  the  stu- 
dents who  submittedthe  complaints,  and 
those  of  Professor  Lamy,"  his  press  re- 
lease said.  "It  is  only  after  this  investiga- 
tion that  I  will  be  able  to  determine 
whether  the  complaints  are  valid  or  not, 
and  what  measures  if  any  should  be 
undertaken." 

The  investigation's  report  should  be 
completed  by  the  end  of  the  month.  The 
dean's  office  says  it  has  no  further  com- 
ment about  the  investigation  or  the  kind 
of  disciplinary  action  that  could  be  taken 
against  Lamy.  The  professor  has  made 
no  comment  to  the  media  on  the  situa- 
tion. 


Lamy  also  told  the  class  they 
shouldn't  be  concerned  with 
date  rape  and  marital  violence 
because  it  only  concerns 
a  few  people. 


In  his  letter  to  the  dean,  Duff  described 
how,  during  an  in-class  discussion  on 
"the  family, "  Lamy  said  he  excluded  gay 
and  lesbian  relationships  from  the  dis- 
cussion because  they  could  not  possess 
family  values. 

"He  delegitimated  the  legalization  of 
gay  and  lesbian  marriage  on  the  grounds 
that  by  its  inclusion,  we  would  then  have 
to  legalize 
bisexual 
marriage 
and  then 
by  exten- 
sion that 
we  would 
have  to  le- 
galize po- 
lygamy," 
said  the  letter.  "It  was  at  this  point,  and 
in  this  context,  that  he  chose  to  equate 
bisexuals  with  psychopaths." 

Duff  says  when  students  left  the  class 
after  they  heard  this  statement,  Lamy 
told  the  class  they  must  have  left  because 
they  are  bisexuals. 

Lamy  also  said  gay  and  lesbian  rela- 
tionships within  the  institution  of  mar- 
riage would  lead  to  the  breakdown  of 
marriage  itself. 

"The  whole  thing  was  appalling, "  says 
Meredith  Lilly,  a  first-year  student  in 
sociology. 

When  Lamy  was  questioned  about 
how  gay  and  le'sbian  relationships  broke 
down  the  institution  of  marriage,  Lilly 
says  he  side-stepped  their  questions. 

"He  would  talk  around  it,"  she  says. 

Lilly  says  Lamy  usually  conducts  a 
one-sided  discussion,  neglecting  the  ad- 
vantages or  disadvantages  of  a  certain 
topic. 

"I  want  to  know  the  advantages  of 


bisexuals,"  she  says. 

Duff  says  during  the  break  in  Lamy's 
class  the  following  week,  he  tried  to  circu- 
late a  petition  calling  for  disciplinary 
action  against  the  professor's  teaching 
practices.  Because  Lamy  told  the  stu- 
dents they  couldn't  sign  the  petition  in 
his  class,  Duff  says  some  went  out  into 
the  hall  to  sign  the  petition. 

Duff 
says  he  was 
d  i  s  a  p  - 
pointed  be- 
cause 
many  stu- 
dents 
seemed  un- 
certain 
about  sign- 
ing after  Lamy  yelledat  the  class.  He  says 
seven  students  signed  the  petition  out  of 
a  class  of  about  200  students. 

Shannon  Balla,  a  first-year  psychol- 
ogy student,  says  students  obeyed  him 
because  he  made  them  feel  uncomfort- 
able. 

"He  seemed  extremely  angry,"  Balla 
says.  "He  was  yelling." 

There  were  other  complaints  as  early 
as  November  about  controversial  com- 
ments made  by  Lamy. 

Balla  says  she  complained  to  the  soci- 
ology department  in  November  when 
Lamy  equated  marital  violence  with  a 
bar-room  brawl.  She  says  Lamy  refused 
to  provide  concrete  sociological  evidence 
to  support  his  statements  when  the  stu- 
dents challenged  his  views. 

Lamy  also  told  the  class  they  shouldn't 
be  concerned  with  date  rape  and  marital 
violence  because  it  only  concerns  a  few 


people,  says  Balla.  "He  said  we  should  be 
worried  about  getting  an  education. 

"I  found  that  class  fairly  insulting," 
she  says.  "I  think  it's  absolutely  inappro- 
priate for  a  sociology  professor  to  be 
putting  his  biases  in  his  teaching." 

Lilly  says  she  feels  the  same. 

"I  feel  he's  abusing  his  position  of 
authority,"  she  says.  "(It)  being  a  first- 
year  class,  he  has  a  lot  of  influence  over 
them." 

Duff  says  he  hopes  his  petition  will 
result  in  a  serious  review  on  Lamy's  teach- 
ing practices. 

"I  don't  think  his  views  are  repre- 
sentative of  the  department's  views,"  he 
says.  "It's  for  this  reason  that  I  think  it's 
important  for  the  department  to  demon- 
strate that  his  teaching  doesn't  meet  their 
standards  and  values." 

The  press  release  from  Edwards  said 
the  dean's  investigation  would  review 
the  effects  of  Lamy's  statements  on  his 
class. 

"I  assure  all  concerned  that  the  fac- 
ulty of  social  sciences,  in  keeping  with 
the  policies  of  the  University  of  Ottawa, 
does  not  tolerate  discrimination  or  har- 
assment against  minorities,  and  is  com- 
mitted to  fostering  a  productive  and  or- 
derly classroom  learning  environment," 
said  Edwards. 

Duff  says  he  feels  optimistic  about  the 
investigation. 

"I  think  (Edwards  will)  do  nothing  but 
the  right  thing,"  he  says.  "I  just  don't 
wantto  hear  them  (offensive  comments). 
It  offends  us.  It  hinders  our  pursuit  of 
knowledge,  and  academically,  he 
shouldn't  be  able  to  make  them  without 
qualification."  □ 


McMaster  students  fail  to  turn 
out  for  CFS  referendum 

officer  for  the  McMaster  Student  Union's 
elections  committee. 

Gersho  says  the  decision  will  now  be 
handed  over  to  the  student  representa- 
tive assembly  and  will  probably  be  made 
at  the  Jan.  30  meeting. 

Universities  belonging  to  the  CFS  have 
been  holding  referendums  across  On- 
tario to  increase  the  organization's  fund- 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Ctiarlalar,  Staff 

Students  at  McMaster  University  in 
Hamilton  have  lost  their  chance  to  vote 
on  whether  or  not  to  accept  a  hike  to 
their  annual  student  fees  for  the  Cana- 
dian Federation  of  Students. 

In  a  referendum  held  Nov.  30  and 
Dec.  1,  student  participation  did  not 
reach  the  required  10  per  cent  necessary 
for  the  referendum  to  be  valid.  The  refer- 
endum question  asked  McMaster  stu- 
dents for  a  $4  increase  per  student  to 
their  annual  student  levy  for  the  CFS. 

"Only  8.75  per  cent  of  the  student 
population  voted  in  the  referendum," 
says  Marzena  Gersho,  chief  returning 


ing. 

The  results  of  the  referendum  at  Car- 
leton,  which  approved  the  fee  increase  of 
$4  forthe  CFS  and  $3  fortheCFS-Ontario, 
were  overturned  in  December  because  a 
committee  opposed  to  the  hike  wasn't 
allowed  to  campaign.  □ 


SKILLS  cont'd  from  page  7. 
they  will  develop  a  greater  ability  in 
reading  to  do,  because  of  the  practical 
experience  they  will  gain  over  time. 

According  to  Jones,  the  major  prob- 
lem with  developing  employability  skills 
is  that  many  of  them  are  difficult  to 
chart.  While  skills  such  as  literacy  are 
fairly  easy  to  quantify,  other  skills,  such 
as  teamwork,  critical  thinking,  or  even 
numeracy,  are  extremely  difficult  to 
measure  accurately.  The  success  of  pro- 
grams to  develop  these  skills  is  corre- 
spondingly difficult  to  assess. 

Jones  says  the  effects  of  the  employ- 
ability  skills  movement  on  university 
education  includes  the  need  for  the  de- 
velopment of  teamwork  in  the  university 
classroom,  which  has  previously  tended 
to  be  ignored,  but  is  considered  invalu- 
able by  the  many  proponents  of  the 
movement.  □ 


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office  before  FEBRUARY  1. 

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FEBRUARY  1. 

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DEADLINE:  FEBRUARY  1 


January  20,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  9 


Universities  form  business  consortium 


by  Jill  Mahoney 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  new  national  student  group  has 
been  formed  by  some  university  student 
associations  in  an  attempt  to  increase 
their  purchasing  power. 

The  Canadian  Campus  Business  Con- 
sortium will  negotiate  for  better  contract 
deals  with  companies  to  buy  items  in 
bulk.  This  will  save  student  associations 
money  by  lowering  the  cost  of  items  like 
paperclips,  furniture,  student  handbooks 
and  beer. 

Currently,  individual  universities  ne- 
gotiate their  own  contracts  with  compa- 
nies for  supplies  and  retail  products. 

Jefferson  Rappell,  president  of  the  stu- 
dent association  of  Dalhousie  University 
in  Halifax,  says  the  consortium  is  some- 
thing a  lot  of  student  leaders  have  wanted 
for  years. 

"Everyone  saves.  It's  that  simple  a 
concept,"  says  Rappell. 

The  group  was  founded  last  Novem- 
ber in  Edmonton.  It  will  have  an  execu- 
tive director  who  will  seek  national  deals 
from  companies,  as  well  as  a  part-time 
office  position.  The  consortium  will  oper- 
ate from  an  office  in  the  Kitchener-Wa- 
terloo area. 

Currently,  student  unions  at  Water- 
loo, Sir  Wilfrid  Laurier,  the  University  of 
Western  Ontario,  Queen's,  the  Univer- 
sity of  British  Columbia  and  the  Univer- 
sity of  Alberta  are  involved  in  the  group. 

Michael  Burns,  presidentofWestem's 
studentcouncil,  which  just  ratified  West- 
em's  membership  in  the  consortium  last 
week,  says  the  only  financial  risk  to  mem- 
bers is  the  initial  cost  of  membership. 

This  is  based  on  student  enrolment 
and  the  budgets  of  the  student  associa- 


tions. 

Bums  says  Western  will  pay  between 
$  12,000  to  $  15,000  forits  first  six  months 
of  membership,  but  he  expects  to  save 
more  than  that  from  the  student  hand- 
book alone. 

Rappell  stresses  that  the  consortium  is 
a  business  arrangement  and  will  not 
become  involved  in  student  politics.  But 
some  critics  say  it  could  be  a  step  towards 
another  national  student  lobby  group. 

Jocelyn  Charron,  communications 
officer  of  the  Canadian  Federation  of 
Students,  says  he  doubts  the  group  will 
keep  out  of  politics. 

"I  think  they  want  to  keep  away  from 
politics,  but  politics  is  nothing  but  mak- 
ing choices  about  values,"  says  Charron. 

Bums  denies  it  will  become  a  political 


lobbying  group. 

"This  is  an  apolitical  organization  in 
that  it's  just  business,"  he  says. 

He  says  the  CFS  and  the  consortium 
have  different  objectives  because  the  CFS 
provides  student  services,  like  Travel  Cuts, 
as  well  as  government  lobbying,  while 
the  consortium  will  focus  exclusively  on 
getting  better  business  contracts. 

The  CFS  does  seek  corporate  sponsor- 
ship for  its  student  saver,  an  annually 
published  coupon  book  distributed  to 
students  at  member  schools. 

But  Charron  also  says  the  CFS  tries  to 
include  different  concerns,  like  the  past 
ethical  record  of  companies,  into  its 
choices  about  doing  business.  He  said  if  a 
company  is  doing  something  CFS  doesn 't 
agree  with,  the  federation  won't  associ- 


ate with  it. 

However,  members  of  the  consortium 
say  individual  universities  will  be  able  to 
opt-out  of  any  contract  if  they  don't  want 
to  participate. 

Charron  says  he  is  uncertain  about 
relations  between  CFS  and  the  new  group. 

"It  remains  to  be  seen  what  they'll  do, 
if  they  want  to  compete  and  go  against  us 
in  certain  areas,  especially  if  they  aim  to 
create  some  sort  of  turf  war,"  he  says. 

All  the  schools  in  the  Ontario  Univer- 
sity Student  Association,  a  recently  formed 
student  lobby  group,  are  involved  with 
the  group.  Western,  Waterloo,  Sir  Wilfrid 
Laurier  and  Queen's  are  among  the 
founding  members  of  the  consortium. 
Brock  University  and  the  University  of 
Toronto  are  considering  membership. 

Bums  says  all  the  companies  the  group 
has  approached,  like  Labatt,  Molson, 
Coca-Cola  and  Jostens,  are  interested  in 
dealing  with  it. 

"Not  one  corporation  we  have  ap- 
proached has  said  that  it's  a  bad  idea," 
he  says. 

Carleton  hasn't  been  approached  to 
join  the  organization,  says  Rene  Faucher, 
finance  commissioner  of  Carleton  Uni- 
versity Students'  Association. 

But  Faucher  says  he  likes  the  concept 
of  buying  in  bulk. 

"Theoretically,  it's  a  great  idea,"  he 
says. 

Faucher  says  the  group  isn't  a  threat 
to  the  CFS  because  it  is  mainly  a  political 
organization.  He  also  says  he  hopes  the 
new  group  stays  out  of  student  politics. 

"I  agree  and  endorse  what  they  do  if  it 

stays  apolitical  Whether  or  not  they 

do  so  remains  to  be  seen."  □ 


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Bug  the  board! 

If  students  don't  start  to  raise  hell  about  the  rising  cost 
of  education,  they  will  be  forced  to  take  a  hike. 

On  March  29  of  last  year,  Carleton's  board  of  gover- 
nors approved  a  seven-per-cent  increase  in  tuition  fees 
for  1993/94.  Thiswas  the  third consecutiveyearstudents 
were  hit  with  a  seven  per  cent  hike. 

This  year,  the  board,  faced  with  further  cutbacks  to 
education  funding  over  the  past  year,  will  again  consider 
whether  or  not  to  saddle  students  with  more  of  the 
responsibility  for  the  university's  funding.  Right  now, 
according  to  Statistics  Canada,  students  pay  roughly  20 
per  cent  of  the  general  operating  cost  of  universities  in 
Ontario  through  their  tuition 

Some  board  members  say  that  for  them  to  maintain 
the  standard  of  education  at  Carleton,  they  must  in 
crease  tuition  by  the  maximum  amount  allowable  each 
year  to  compensate  for  the  cutbacks  in  funding  from  the 
province.  They  say  they  are  unable  to  find  places  in  the 
already  stretched  Carleton  budget  to  cut  and  they  have 
to  avoid  running  the  university  deep  into  debt. 

This  year,  however,  things  may  be  even  worse.  The 
provincial  government  has  promised  to  establish  a  "sub 
stantial"  tuition  hike  ceiling  to  make  students  pay  more 
of  the  cost  of  their  education. 

This  ceiling  is  due  to  be  announced  by  the  govern- 
ment next  week  and  is  rumored  to  be  at  least  seven  per 
cent,  or  perhaps  as  high  as  30  per  cent. 

What  does  this  have  to  do  with  the  board?  Barring  the 
unlikely  stoppage  of  a  major  tuition  hike  by  the  NOP 
caucus,  the  board  is  the  last  chance  to  save  accessibility 
to  education,  which  is  already  quickly  eroding  under  the 
strain  of  spiralling  tuition  fees  and  living  costs. 

Although  the  province  has  not  announced  this  year's 
tuition  ceiling  yet,  the  threat  of  huge  increases  in  tuition 
means  students  must  act  now  and  lobby  locally  to 
oppose  the  hikes. 

The  board  of  governors  will  likely  vote  on  next  year's 
tuition  increase  in  March,  but  students  must  demand 
now  that  the  board  defy  the  provincial  government  by 
not  jacking  tuition  fees  skyward. 

The  board  should  take  an  active  role,  along  with 
boards  at  other  universities,  by  giving  the  government 
new  solutions  to  the  education  funding  problem  instead 
of  just  chaining  the  cost  to  students. 

The  names  listed  below  are  the  members  of  Carleton's 
board  of  governors.  As  well,  we've  listed  their  office 
phone  numbers.  They  usually  hear  very  little  from  the 
student  population,  although  they  make  major  deci- 
sions which  affect  us  all.  Call  them  and  tell  them  how 
tuition  hikes  will  affect  you. 

Board  members  who  voted  in  favor  of  last  year's 
tuition  hike: 

A.I.  Freiman  567-8050  Brian  Hedges  723-6500 

William  )oe  564-0218  Wesley  Nicol  232-4241 

Maureen  O'Neil  241-3535        Kate  Thome  788-2748 
Italo  Tiezzi  788-381 1  (board  of  governors  office) 
Dr.  Ivan  Fellegi  951-9757 
Dr.  Christina  Fiedorwicz  235-6740 

Members  who  voted  against  last  year's  tuition 
hike: 

Iris  Craig  226-5 1 39  (home) 
Marion  Dewar  722-0220  (home) 

Members  who  did  not  vote: 

Dr.  Robin  Farquhar  788-3801  Zeev  Vared  225-3640 
Mm  Watson  564-1308         Samuel  Hughes  238-5678 

New  members  to  the  board  (not  present  for  last 
year's  vote  on  tuition  hikes): 


Sue  Richer  788-3700 
lames  Taggart  521-3000 
VladZhivov  788-6616 


Allan  Lumsden  824-4934 
Elaine  Silver  788-6688 
Lucy  Watson  788-6688 
Dr.  G.  Stuart  Adam  788-2355 

Members  who  refused  to  say  how  they  voted  on 
tuition  hikes  last  year: 

Dr.  Michel  Gaulin  788-4477 

The  board  should  be  accountable  to  students.  Tell  the 
board  not  to  cave  in  to  the  government  and  to  fight  the 
systematic  erosion  of  the  quality  and  accessibility  of 
university  education  in  Ontario.  AK  &  |S 


Witt  you  f  Vs 
awe.  w»e  ° 


OPINION 


Just  another  "little"  racist  incident 


by  Nadini  Sankarsingh 


n  political  science  and 


Racism  has  always  been  an  awkward  concept  to 
confront.  People  aren't  very  willing  to  talk  about  it. 
Perhaps  I  live  in  a  world  of  denial,  where  racism  is  not  the 
first  thought  on  my  mind  when  I'm  ill-treated  by  indi- 
viduals of  other  races. 

I  am  a  person  of  color.  I  object  strongly  to  those  who 
immediately  think  that  any  type  of  harassment  from 
someone  of  another  race  is  because  of  racial  prejudice. 
However,  my  views  have  become  more  enlightened 
because  of  an  incident  with  a  New  York  police  officer  on 
Christmas  break. 

I  was  returning  by  car  to  Canada  from  a  short  visit  to 
New  York  City.  I  was  accompanied  by  two  friends,  who 
are  also  of  color,  on  the  journey  back  to  Canada  on  (an. 
4.  The  roads  were  terrible  as  there  had  been  a  major  snow 
storm  in  New  York,  so  driv- 
ing back  was  quite  slow. 

We  were  suddenly 
pulled  over  by  a  white, 
male  police  officer  in 
Albany.  He  said  we  were 
going  78  miles  an  hour  in 
a  55-mile-per-hour  zone. 
His  tone  of  voice  was  harsh 
and  commanding,  as  if  to 
reinforce  his  authority.  He 
then  proceeded  to  give  us  a 
speeding  ticket.  His  name 
was  C.J.  Cuprell. 

What  Officer  Cuprell  did 
not  realize  was  that  we  had 
a  powerful  radar  detector 
that  picks  up  the  frequen- 
cies of  any  radar  used  by 
police.  Our  radar  detector 
never  once  picked  up 

Cuprell 's  radar  for  the  mere  reason  that  he  never  turned 
his  radar  on.  We  were  given  a  speeding  ticket  by  an 
officer  who  did  not  even  know  our  speed.  He  would  not 
even  show  us  the  speed  at  which  his  radar  had  suppos- 
edly clocked  us. 

When  I  tried  to  explain  that  what  he  was  doing  was 
.legal,  Cuprell  began  reprimanding  me  by  saying,  "Shut- 
up"  and  "Don't  talk  unless  you're  spoken  to,  missy."  I 
was  upset  by  this  officer's  conduct  and  mishandling  of 
the  situation.  As  he  walked  away,  1  turned  to  my  friend 
and  swore  in  anger. 

Cuprell  returned  on  hearing  this  and  demanded  to  see 
my  identification.  He  proceeded  to  beckon  me  out  of  the 
car  by  using  a  microphone:  "Passenger  get  out  of  the  car 


L\t£  "THAT. 

Gar  AMymcfic- ijo^vni? 


..."  Feeling  like  a  true  criminal,  for  a  crime  I  was  not 
aware  of,  I  confronted  Cuprell. 

He  began  to  threaten  me  by  saying  that  he  had  the 
authority  to  arrest  me  or  to  "put  my  ass  in  jail,"  and  that 
1  would  never  make  it  to  the  Canadian  border  if  I 
continued  to  "obstruct"  him. 

Verbally  and  physically,  there  was  nothing  that  I 
could  say  or  do  to  resolve  the  situation.  I  was  not  afraid 
of  him,  but  1  was  helpless.  I  felt  violated  and  belittled, 
especially  when  he  kept  viciously  waving  his  flashlight 
at  me  and  blinding  my  eyes  with  it  so  that  I  had  to  rum 
away  from  its  glare. 

He  proceeded  to  criticize  the  way  that  Canadian 
police  handled  matters,  insisting  that  American  police 
work  differently.  His  tone  of  voice  was  cynical  and 
demeaning.  For  the  first  time,  I  had  a  strong  feeling  that 
this  conflict  was  of  a  racial  nature. 

It's  quite  hard  to  explain 
whatconstitutesracial  har- 
assment. But  in  this  situa- 
tion it  was  a  mixture  of  the 
officer's  actions,  tone  of 
voice  and  the  circumstance 
itself  that  really  made  me 
aware  that  this  was  more 
than  just  a  routine  traffic 
violation.  There  was  abso- 
lutely no  reason  to  explain 
why  Cuprell  reacted  the 
way  that  he  did. 

Perhaps  U.S.  officers  do 
work  differently,  butit'sthis 
difference  that  causes  so 
much  upheaval  between 
white  cops  and  people  of 
color  in  the  United  States. 
Obviously,  something  is 
wrong. 

I  decided  to  take  action 
and  called  Major  Corber,  the  troop  commander  of  Troop 
T,  a  division  of  the  New  York  State  Police.  Although  I  filed 
a  formal  complaint,  conversations  between  Corber  and 
myself  suggested  no  real  action  could  be  taken  to  repri- 
mand Cuprell's  behavior. 

Because  theofficerdidn'tphysicallyharmme,  Corber 
seemed  to  think  the  incident  wasn't  all  that  important. 
It  seemed  like  the  battle  was  lost  before  it  ever  started. 

This  case  will  be  shut  away  like  many  other  cases  of 
racism  encountered  between  white  officers  and  people  of 
color.  These  problems  still  occur,  yet  it's  a  vicious  cycle 
that  never  gets  anywhere.  It  is  quite  sad  that  many  of  us 
have  lost  the  faith  in  fighting  gross  miscarriages  of 
justice.  □ 


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NEWS 


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Karin  Jordan 
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SPORTS 

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ARTS 


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It's  policy  -  you 
have  to  know  how 
to  drive  to  watch 
a  movie 

Editor: 

During  the  summer,  I  was  visiting  a 
major  video  rental  franchise  with  a  friend. 
After  browsing  and  selecting  our  movie, 
he  approached  the  check-out  desk  to  in- 
quire about  applying  for  membership. 
The  cashier  informed  him  that  it  was 
policy  to  have  a  major  credit  card  or 
driver's  licence  to  join. 

My  friend  does  not  believe  in  using 
credit  cards  and  is  legally  blind,  making  a 
driver's  licence  impossible.  He  did,  how- 
ever, own  an  age-or-majority  card,  a  valid 
substitute  for  a  driver's  licence. 

The  company  would  not  accept  this 
identification,  even  after  he  explained 
the  position  he  was  in.  His  ap- 
plication was  denied,  making 
our  trip  a  complete  waste  of 
time.  We  experienced  this  same 
problem  at  many  other  stores 
thereafter. 

1  was  extremely  upset  to  find 
that  something  as  simplistic  as 
getting  a  movie  membership 
couldbesodifficultfortheblind 
or  visually  impaired  —  or  any- 
one else  with  a  disability  for 
that  matter. 

If  retailers  appreciate  their 
consumers'  business  as  much 
as  they  claim  they  do,  they 
would  pay  closer  attention  to 
how  glitches  in  their  system  can 
create  roadblocks  for  some  peo- 
ple. 


LETTERS 

GLB  centre  can 
exist,  but  not 
with  my  money 


Editor: 

Re:  "What  have  the  services  done  for 
you?"  The  Charlatan,  Jan.  13,  1994. 

I'm  glad  The  Charlatan  wrote  this  arti- 
cle. I  was  ignorant  of  where  my  money 
was  going  to. 

I  don't  like  how  my  money  is  being 
used  to  fund  certain  organizations.  For 
example,  I  have  nothing  against  the  ex- 
istence of  theGay,  Lesbian,  Bisexual  Cen- 
tre. However,  I  object  to  the  fact  that  MY 
money  is  being  used  to  support  this  group. 
I  want  more  control  over  my  money  —  I 
don't  want  it  to  go  to  activities  that  have 
no  benefit  to  me. 

I  have  a  solution  to  this  problem.  CUS  A 
could  send  out  a  questionnaire  asking  its 
supporters  which  activities  they  would 
like  to  support.  That  way,  I  would  be  able 


to  support  those  activities  and  groups  that 
benefit  me  the  most. 

I'm  sure  that  some  of  CUSA's  support- 
ers would  be  apathetic  about  choosing 
where  their  money  is  sen  t  and  CUSA  would 
have  complete  control  over  those  funds. 

I  respect  other  people's  right  to  do  what 
they  can  to  improve  their  lives  with  their 
own  resources.  I  demand  that  others  re- 
spect my  right  to  use  my  money  to  pursue 
my  interests. 

Michael  Blank 
Biology  I 


Clayton  Dignard 
English  I 


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OPINION 


We  admit  it  -  sometimes  we're  wrong 


by  Sheila  Keenan 

Charlatan  Stall 

Everyone  makes  mistakes.  Every  paper 
makes  mistakes.  Keeping  this  in  mind, 
Charlatan  staff  decided  to  hand  our  paper 
over  for  an  accuracy  check  by  a  second- 
year  Carleton  journalism  class.  Their  mis- 
sion was  to  seek  out  errors  in  Charlatan 
copy. 

The  accuracy  check  did  not  include  a 
very  large  sample  of  Charlatan  issues,  so  it 
is  hard  to  say  how  accurate  it  is.  But  we 
thought  the  results  would  interest  our 
readers. 

The  class  looked  at  the  Nov.  4  and  Nov. 
1 1  issues  of  The  Charlatan.  Stories  that 
were  opinion-based  (like  reviews  and  edi- 
torials) or  stories  with  sources  outside  of 
Ottawa  were  eliminated  from  the  accu- 
racy check. 

In  total,  27  stories  were  checked  for 
errors.  Of  those  27  stories,  19  were  found 
to  contain  errors.  Eight  stories  had  none. 
So,  70  per  cent  from  those  two  issues  had 
errors. 

When  the  journalism  school  did  an 
accuracy  check  on  The  Charlatan  back  in 
1 982, 82  per  cent  of  the  stories  had  factual 
errors.  Second-year  journalism  students 
found  56  errors  in  17  stories. 

In  the  recent  accuracy  check,  some  of 
the  errors  the  class  discovered  are 
undebatable.  These  were  errors  like  names 
spelled  wrong  or  incorrect  game  scores  in 
sports  stories.  About  24  of  the  total  55 


errors  found  were  of  this  type. 

Some  of  the  errors  identified  by  the 
accuracy  check  were  more  open  to  inter- 
pretation. For  example,  in  one  soccerstory, 
The  Charlatan  gave  the  score  as  Queen's  1, 
Carleton  0.  The  accuracy  check  classified 
this  as  an  error  because  the  goal  was 
scored  in  a  post-game  penalty  kick.  The 
accuracy  check  report  said  this  didn't  al- 
ter the  score  of  the  game,  but  "simply 
determines  which  team  won." 

Well,  if  we  would  have  written  the 
score  as  Queen's  0,  Carleton  0,  readers 
would  have  thought  the  game  was  tied. 
Expressing  the  score  as  Queen's  1,  Carle- 
ton 0  was  what  we  saw  as  the  best  way  to 
inform  our  readers  of  the  win.  So  some- 
times even  "the  facts"  are  debatable.  That's 
where  Charlatan  editors  have  to  use  judg- 
ment. 

The  point  of  publishing  the  results  of 
the  accuracy  check  is  not  to  beat  up  on 
ourselves.  If  salso  not  to  defend  ourselves. 
But  just  as  we  hold  other  people  on  cam- 
pus accountable  for  their  actions,  we  feel 
we  should  be  answerable  for  our  own 
mistakes. 

All  Charlatan  staff  cringe  when  we  find 
mistakes,  along  with  our  readers  and 
sources.  TTieChar/afandoesaimforperfec- 
tion,  but  sometimes,  despite  the  careful 
work  of  our  reporters,  editing  by  two  to 
three  other  people  and  copy  editing,  mis- 
takes get  by. 

Errors  happen  in  the  major  dailies  and 


magazines,  as  well  as  smaller  publica- 
tions like  student  newspapers.  The  accu- 
racy check's  report,  written  by  Professor 
Joseph  Scanlon,  points  out  that  past  stud- 
ies have  shown  daily  newspapers  have  at 
least  one  factual  error  in  about  40  percent 
of  their  stories. 

Considering  that  The  Charlatan  has  a 
new  editorial  staff  each  year  and  new 
volunteers,  some  of  whom  have  never 
written  a  news  story  before,  we  feel  we 
compare  very  favorably  with  major  dai- 
lies, where  most  staff  members  have  years 
of  experience. 

The  results  of  the  accuracy  checkshould 
not  discourage  people  from  reading  The 
Charlatan.  But  they  should  serve  as  a 
reminder  that  just  because  something  is 
written  down,  it  doesn't  mean  it  can  be 
trusted  implicity.  Readers  shouldn't  just 
be  passive  consumers  of  the  news,  suck- 
ing up  information  like  a  vacuum. 

Interestingly,  before  the  accuracy  check 
was  done,  we  had  not  heard  about  most  of 
these  errors.  If  you  see  something  wrong 
in  the  paper,  it's  easy  enough  to  give  us  a 
call  at  788-6680  and  point  it  out. 

In  the  case  of  The  Charlatan,  readers 
have  an  unique  opportunity  because  they 
can  directly  affect  the  contents  of  the 
paper.If  readers  have  concerns  about  the 
contents,  ANYONE  is  more  than  welcome 
to  come  help  out  in  producing  TheCharia- 
tan. Q 


12  •  TheChariatan  •  January  20,  1994 


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All  Ontario  students  from  post-secondary  institutions 
are  setting  this  day  aside  as  a  day  to  protest  together  to 
raise  their  concerns  about  tuition  increases. 
Carleton  students,  come  to  Baker  Lounge  at  3  p.m. 

-  4th  Floor  Unicentre  Building 
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gj  Students 

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Safety  Commissioner  Donna  Gilbert 

CHRIS  NUTT ALL -SMITH 


Saturday,  Dec.  4,  at  approximateryT():30  p.m.,  a 
female  student  working  alone  in  Room  C460  of  the 
Loeb  Building  was  approached  by  a  man  who  was 
wearing  running  shoes  only.  The  female  was  grabbed 
by  the  male  before  he  fled  the  area. 
On  Tuesday,  Dec.  21,  at  approximately  7  p.m.,  a 
woman  in  the  tunnels  near  the  Tory  Building  and 
the  post  office  observed  a  man  with  his  pants  down. 
There  was  no  physical  contact  between  the  woman 
and  the  suspect. 

These  are  the  people  in  your  neighborhood,  a  cam- 
pus with  over  20,000  students,  a  place  where  most 
people  want  to  feel  safe  when  they  walk  around  at 
night. 

Since  September,  there  have  been  about  16  reported 
incidents  of  indecent  touching,  indecent  exposure,  or 
assault.  As  of  last  year,  Carleton's  department  of 
university  safety  began  to  keep  records  of  these 
incidents.  Because  of  this,  they  can't  say  if  the 
numbers  are  rising  or  falling  over  the  years. 
But  since  October  of  1992,  when  the  names  and 
photographs  of  22  women  were  stolen  fronp  an  office 
in  the  Herzberg 
Building  and  sub- 
sequen  death 
threats  were 
phoned  in  to  vari- 
ous offic  s  on  cam- 
pus,th|  ihasbeen 
ightened 
ness  of  per- 
sonal safety  at  Car- 
leton. 

Last  year,  the  Car- 
leton  University 
Studenw'  Associa- 
tion created  the  po- 
sition of  safety 
commaRioner  to 
act  as  a  liaison  be- 
tween various  ad- 
ministrative com- 
mittees dealing 
with  safety  issues, 
as  well  as  initiat- 
ing safety  audits 
and  other  initia- 
tives on  behalf  of 
students. 

Samantha  Sheen, 
last  year's  safety 
commissioner,  is 
largely  responsible 
for  the  bright  or- 
ange safety  posters 
which  notify  stu- 
dents of  the  date,  location  and  nature  of  recent 
attacks  on  campus,  says  Nancy  Adarnson,  the  co- 
ordinator of  Carleton's  status  of  women  office. 
While  Sheen  may  have  initiated  the  idea,  a  commit- 
tee whose  members  include  Pat  O'Brien  from  public 
relations,  Mark  Tinlin  from  university  safety, 
Adarnson  and  the  safety  commissioner,  decides  when 
a  poster  goes  out  to  the  rest  of  the  Carleton  commu- 
nity. 

The  safety  commissioner  at  present  is  Donna  Gilbert, 
who  wasn't  hired  by  the  CUSA  executive  until  well 
into  the  school  year  on  Nov.  16. 
Gilbert  says  she  is  still  getting  her  bearings,  but  has 


planned  a  safety  audit  of  the  entire  campus  for  Jan. 
26.  She  says  her  most?' pressing  concern  is  for  the 
safety  of  women  on  campus  and  the  various  "prob- 
lem spots" ^B^JK  to  lighting  and  visibility. 
Gilbert  is  reluctant  to  say  anything  in  regards  to 
specific  safety  policies  set  by  the  university,  as  she 
hasn't  had  the  opportunity  to  attend  any  meetings 
of  the  presidential  advisory  committee  on  personal 
safety,  which  sets  the  safety  agenda  at  Carleton. 
The  committee's  last  meeting  took  place  on  Nov.  22, 
barely  a  week  after  she  was  hired. 
The  committee  is  made  up  of  about  27  representa- 
tives from  administration,  different  university  de- 
partments, the  Foot  Patrol,  CUSA,  and  the  Rideau 
River  Residence  Association,  who  meet  every  four  to 
six  weeks  to  discuss  policies  and  strategies  concern- 
ing campus  safety. 

The  committee  was  originally  set  up  three  years  ago 
to  administer  funding  of  $47,000  a  year  for  two 
years  from  the  provincial  Ministry  of  Colleges  and 
Universities.  That  ministry  no  longer  exists.  Its 
responsibilities  were  absorbed  by  the  Ministry  of 
Education  and  Training  and  the  funding  for  campus 
safety  improvements  was  cut. 
"In  the  past  the  money  for  various  safety  measures 
was  provided  by  the  provincial  government,  but  this 
year  there  has  been  no  grant  so  the  university  has 
had  to  find  money  for  the  safety  committee,"  says 
Adarnson,  who  is  the  committee's  co-chair. 
She  says  despite  this  funding  cut,  Carleton's  vice- 
president  of  finance  Spruce  Riordan  (the  other  co- 
chair),  was  able  to  obtain  a  budget  of  about  $30,000 
from  the  university's  Alumni  Fund.  However,  on 
Jan.  17  Riordan  told  The  Charlatan  the  provincial 
government  had  come  through  at  the  last  minute 
with  a  further  $47,500,  on  the  condition  that  it  be 
"directed  particularly  towards  women's  safety  on 
campus." 

As  to  what  the  new  found  cash  will  go  towards, 
Riordan  says,  "we  have  yet  to  make  a  proposal  as  to 
what  well  do,"  but  added  that  part  of  the  money 
might  be  put  toward  an  "anti-date  rape  campaign." 
Adarnson  and  Riordan  both  say  that  over  the  past 
three  years  the  committee  has  focused  on  the  cam- 
pus's physical  landscape  and  the  safety  problems  it 
presents. 

This  has  resulted  primarily  in  interior  renovations 
to  the  tunnels  to  provide  better  directional  signs, 
removing  lockers,  painting  over  murals,  making  the 
entrances  to  buildings  more  accessible  and  install- 
ing a  number  of  emergency  phones. 
This  year,  Adarnson  says  the  committee's  focus  has 
shifted  to  the  outside  landscape,  providing  well-lit 
and  clearly  designated  pathways  to  and  from  park- 
ing lots  and  buildings  with  accessible  emergency 
phones. 

"We  will  be  improving  the  safety  of  those  routes, 
improving  lighting,  emergency  telephones,  trim- 
ming shrubs,  and  providing  directional  signs,"  says 
Adarnson.  "The  committee  is  trying  to  do  a  lot  to 
make  the  campus  safer  by  making  emergency  phones 
accessible  across  campus  and  working  on  improving 
safety  by  the  river." 

Bill  Ferguson,  from  the  office  of  computing  and 
communications  services,  is  also  a  member  of  the 
advisory  committee.  He  says  the  emergency  phones 
are  a  way  to  make  all  areas  of  campus  safer  by 
improving  security's  ability  to  respond  to  an  emer- 
gency. 


14  •  The  Charlatan  *  January  20,  1994 


n's  Centre  coordinator 
e  Twaddle 


He  says  the  emergency  phones  all  over  campus  automati- 
cally dial  the  emergency  services  monitoring  office  (788- 
4444)  and  immediately  alert  campus  security  to  the  location 
of  the  incident. 

The  emergency  "phones"  in  the  tunnels  don't  have  a  receiver 
—  they  require  only  that  someone  push  a  large  button  and 
a  microphone  will  pick  up  their  voice.  This  is  because  a 
person  who  is  being  chased  or  is  struggling  with  an  attacker 
has  only  to  hit  the  button  and  then  yell  what  is  happening, 
rather  than  stop  to  pick  up  a  receiver. 
Ferguson  says  there  are  also  red  phones  in  the  stairwells  of 
the  library  parking  garage,  the  corridors  of  the  science 
bujldings,  and  the  computer  labs  in  the  Loeb  Building. 
These  have  receivers,  but  dial  emergency  services  auto- 
matically nonetheless. 

The   phones  are 
routed  to  campus 
security  rather 
than    911,  says 
Ferguson,  because 
"the  Carleton  cam- 
jus  is  a  big  place." 
Unlike  emergency 
[ervices,  he  says, 
ie  911  dispatchers 
|annot  simply  refer 
a  digital  display 
know  the  location 
the  caller.  Police 
ambulance  driv- 
Jrs  would  have  to 
Waste  valuable  time 
searching  for  the 
Scene  of  the  inci- 
lent. 

With  the  emer- 
gency phones,  even 
if  the  caller  says 
nothing,  security 

can  immediately  notify  911  and  dispatch  Carleton  security 
officers-to-the  scene  of  the  incident,  he  says.  But  whether 
they  do  or  not  is  up  to  the  security  desk,  depending  on  the 
circumstances  of  the  incident. 

Riordan  says  the  first  draft  of  an  emergency  response  plan, 
which  would  spell. out  the  official  procedural  rules  to  such 
situations,  is  in  the  works,  and  "that's  the  kind  of  thing  we'll 
have  to  take  into  account  when  we  put  the  emergency 
response  plan  together." 

Riordan  says  the  final  draft  of  the  emergency  response  plan 
should  be  available  in  six  weeks. 

He  added  the  personal  safety  committee  will  be  seeking 
input  from  the  university  community  on  safety  concerns. 
Adamson,  Riordan  and  Ferguson  all  say  there  is  no  such 
thing  as  a  totally  safe  campus,  because  as  Adamson  puts  it, 
"people  are  unsafe." 

But  CUSA  employees  like  Gilbert  and  the  Carleton  Wom- 
en's Centre  co-ordinator  Renee  Twaddle  say  they  don't 
think  that  means  settling  for  a  new  paint  job  for  the  tunnels 
to  make  women  at  Carleton  feel  better  about  walking  alone 
at  night.  They  say  the  committee  is  a  step  in  the  right 
direction,  but  there  is  still  room  for  improvement. 
"The  campus  is  not  safe  enough,"  says  Twaddle.  "The  safety 
committee  is  trying  to  fulfil  required  areas  concerning 
safety.  There  are  lots  of  areas  to  improve,  though,  such  as 
the  paths  on  the  river." 

While  Adamson  and  Twaddle  agree  that  the  most  unsafe 
places  on  campus  are  the  dark  alleys  behind  residence  and 
the  poorly  lit  pathway  along  the  river,  the  one  area  of 
campus  they  consistently  disagree  on  is  the  tunnels. 
Twaddle  maintains  that  the  tunnels  are  unsafe  and  advises 
women  not  to  use  them  alone  at  night. 
Adamson  says  she  disagrees  with  the  perception  that  the 
tunnels  are  unsafe,  citing  that  most  of  the  attacks  against 
women  take  place  in  the  academic  buildings  or  outside 
rather  than  in  the  tunnels.  She  also  points  out  that:  "They 
said  not  to  use  the  tunnels,  but  disabled  students  have  to  use 
the  tunnels.  If  we  all  use  the  tunnels,  we  make  it  safer  for 
everybody." 

Twaddle  and  Gilbert  both  advocate  the  use  of  video  cameras 
to  monitor  the  tunnels.  Twaddle  says  at  the  last  personal 
safety  committee  meeting  on  Nov.  22,  suggestions  were 
made  to  install  video  cameras  in  the  tunnels,  so  they  would 
be  under  constant  supervision. 

"There  are  (security)  cameras  still  in  boxes  which  would 
increase  the  chance  of  catching  perpetrators  in  the  tunnels," 
says  Twaddle.  "Mark  Tinlin  and  others  are  thinking  of 


excuses  to  not  use  the  cameras  instead  of  their  job  to 
improve  safety." 

She  says  Tinlin,  the  director  of  university  safety,  opposed 
their  use  because  of  the  possibility  of  vandalism  to  the 
cameras. 

But  Len  Boudreault,  assistant  director  of  university  safety, 
told  The  Charlatan  the  university  has  no  such  video 
equipment  in  boxes  or  otherwise. 

"All  we're  really  doing  is  looking  at  our  options.  Certainly 
there  are  none  ordered,  there  are  no  plans  to  order  any, 
there  are  none  in  storage,"  he  says. 
Ferguson  and  Riordan  also  say  they  know  of  no  unused 
video  equipment  sitting  around  collecting  dust. 
Boudreault  says  the  option  is  still  being  debated,  but  the 
expense  of  monitoring  the  tunnels  by  video  camera  has  to 
be  taken  into  account. 

"The  camera  itself  is  not  costly,"  says  Boudreault.  "The 
housing  for  the  camera  could  be  more  expensive,  but  the 
biggest,  most  significant  cost  is  the  interface  between  the 
camera  and  the  patrol  officer." 

Adamson  says  the  committee  has  discussed  the  option  of 
cameras  at  length. 

"Other  universities  that  have  installed  video  cameras 
have  not  found  them  to  be  as  effective  as  they  hoped,"  says 
Adamson.  "The  committee  on  personal  safety  has  had  a  full 
discussion  of  cameras  as  something  that  we  would  not 
invest  in." 

Gilbert,  on  the  other  hand,  feels  the  video  cameras  would 
be  important  for  the  safety  of  women  on  campus. 
"Despite  the  cost  of  the  cameras,  I  believe  we  need  them, 
not  only  in  the  tunnels  but  everywhere  on  campus,"  says 
Gilbert. 

Twaddle  and  Gilbert  both  think  women  don't  use  the 
tunnels  because  they  don't  feel  safe. 
Riordan  says  if  this  is  the  case,  "we're  saying,  'tell  us  what 
more  we  can  do?'  What  is  it  that  people  think  can  be 
reasonably  improved?" 

But  Twaddle  says  without  cameras  "there's  a  pretty  good 
chance  that  somebody  could  be  assaulted  and  not  be  near 
a  phone.  There's  a  lot  of  space  between  phones  for  some- 
thing to  happen." 

Until  the  tunnels  and  campus  in  general  are  safer,  she 
says,  a  woman's  only  option  is  to  be  escorted  by  the  Foot 
Patrol. 

Since  the  beginning  of  September  1,155  people  have  re- 
quested the  Foot  Patrol's  escort  service  to  get  to  their  car, 
bus  stop  or  residence  because  they  feared  to  walk  alone.  At 
this  time  last  year,  more  than  1,162  people  had  used  the 
service. 

According  to  Foot  Patrol  co-ordinator  Brenda  Kennedy, 
there  is  still  a  very  large  need  to  be  filled  by  this  volunteer 

organization. 

"The  students  realize  there  is  a  problem  out  there  an 

are  a  solution  to  wa 
alone,"  says  Kennedy 
"The  campus  is  not  ri 
well  lit,"  says  the  pal 
staff  supervisor  Derek 
Watt.  "Despite  the  im- 
provements to  the  tunnels, 
1,500  metres  between 
emergency  phones  is  quite 
a  distance  to  travel."  W 
Each  patrol  is  made  up  of 
a  male  and  female,  and  it 
is  important  for  anyonein- 
terested  in  being  escorted 
by  the  Foot  Patrol  to  keep 
this  in  mind,  as  in  Decem- 
ber a  lone  man  imperson- 
ating a  patroller  was  reported.  The  patrollers  work  outside 
or  in  the  tunnels  for  two  and  a  half  hour  shifts  starting  at 
8  p.m. 

Watt  says  an  extra  shift  is  needed  starting  at  6:30  p.m.  in 
the  winter,  because  it  gets  dark  around  5  p.m. 
"I  get  phone  calls  and  I  have  to  turn  them  over  to  the 
campus  security,"  he  says.  "With  the  extra  shift  there  will 
not  be  a  need  for  this." 

He  added  the  Foot  Patrol  is  necessary  to  provide  protection 
for  students  on  campus,  because  campus  security  is  heav- 
ily under-staffed  and  under-paid. 

But  Gilbert  feels  the  Foot  Patrol  should  not  be  compared 
to  security. 

"Foot  Patrol  should  not  be  there  to  relieve  security's 
burden,"  she  says.  □ 

Wilh  tiles  Irom  Biandie  welkle 


Foot  Patrol 
co-ordinator 
Brenda  Kennedy 

CHRIS  NUTT  ALL-SMITH 


January  20,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  IS 


PLACEMENT 

&  Career  Services 

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Check  the  posting  boards  at 
the  Placement  Centre  for 
more  Job  listings. 


Programs  and  services  of  interest  to  undergraduates,  graduating  students,  as  well  as  alumni. 


ON-CAMPUS  RECRUITING 

Permanent  full-lime  positions  are 
directed  towards  graduating  studenls 
(available  May  '94).  Dates,  unless 
specified,  refer  to  deadlines. 

To  find  out  the  types  of  positions, 
how  to  apply  and  where  to  find 
more  information  on  ihe  companies, 
please  contact  the  office. 

Revenue  Canada 

Jan.  21,  Mail  Direct 
Computer  Science,  Commerce 
Positions:  Computer  Systems 
Analyst/Programmer  Analyst 

Corel  Corporation 

Jan.  24,  12  noon 
Computer  Science,  Computer 
Systems  Engineering 
Positions:  Software  Developers 

AMS  Management  Systems 
Jan.  25,  12  noon 

Computer  Science,  Commerce-MIS 
Positions:  Programmer! Analyst 

Canadian  Political  Science  Assoc. 
Jan.  28,  Mail  Direct 
Political  Science,  Other  Disciplines 
Positions:  Ontario  Legislature 
Internship  Programme 


Easel  Corporation 

Jan.  28,  12  noon 
Computer  Science 
Positions:  Technical  Support 
Consultants 

Universal  Fundraisers 

Feb.  4,  12  noon 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Fundraising  Consultants 

London  Life 

Feb.  10, 12  noon 

Commerce,  Arts,  Social  Sciences 

Positions:  Sales  &  Marketing  Reps 

Ontario  Ministry  of 
Transportation 

Feb.  14,  12  noon 
Civil  &  Electrical  Engineering 
Positions:  Engineering  Develop- 
ment Program 

T.W.  Austin 

Feb.  18, 12  noon 
Commerce,  Economics 
Positions:  Financial  Counsellors 

SUMMER  EMPLOYMENT 

For  more  information  on  the  types 
of  positions  and  application  proce- 
dures consult  the  summer  job  board. 


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SUMMER  JOB 
AMD  CAREER 
EXPLORATION 
FAIR 
• 

FOIRE 
DES  CARRIERES 
ET  DES  EMPLOIS 

D'ETE 


SUMMER  JOB 
AND  CAREER 
EXPLORATION 
FAIR 

Mark  Tuesday,  February  1, 1994  on  your 
calender  -  the  date  for  the  first  ever  joint 
Summer  Job  &  Career  Exploration  Fair, 
organized  by  Carleton  University, 
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16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  20,  1994 


SPORTS 


Polo  women  splash  into  first 


by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Charialan  Sialf 

Mission  accomplished. 

In  theirseason-ending  tournament  at 
McMaster  University,  the  Carleton  wom- 
en's waterpolo  team  posted  a  perfect  4-0 
weekend  to  finish  first  in  the  five-team 
Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity  Ath- 
letic Association  waterpolo  league  with  a 
7-1  record. 


Carleton  7  McMaster  4 
Carteton  7  Queen's  5 
Carleton  8  Brock  2 
Carleton  8  Toronto  4 


What's  more,  the  Ravens  atoned  for 
an  earlier  season  4-3  loss  to  the  Univer- 
sity of  Toronto  Varsity  Blues  with  an  8-4 
victory  in  the  tournament's  last  game 
battle  for  first  place. 


Carleton's  victories  came  against 
McMaster  (7-4),  Queen's  (7-5)  and  Brock 
(8-2). 

The  thrashing  began  with  the  7-4  win 
against  the  1-3  McMaster  Marauders. 
After  falling  behind  4-3  at  the  half,  the 
Ravens  rebounded  with  four  goals  while 
holding  the  Marauders  scoreless. 

Next,  Carleton  held  off  the  persistent 
2-3  Gaels  squad  to  squeeze  out  a  7-5  win, 
breaking  a  4-4  tie  in  the  second  half  with 
three  consecutive  goals.  Drivers  Stephanie 
Burgess  and  Anne  Stacey  paced  the 
Ravens  with  three  goals  apiece. 

"We  were  much  smarter  and  much 
more  in  control,"  said  coach  Steve  Baird. 
"We  got  our  jitters  out." 

The  Ravens  then  played  against  the  0- 
6  Brock  Badgers.  Baird  substituted  his 
lineup  with  reserves  and  many  Raven 
rookies  saw  varsity  action  for  the  first 
time.  But  the  Ravens'  play  remained 


unaltered  as  they  romped  to  an  8-2  win 
over  Brock. 

"We're  good  defensively  and  the  rook- 
ies did  an  amazing  job,"  said  Burgess. 

Action  then  peaked  as  the  Ravens 
doubled  Toronto  8-4  to  clinch  first  place. 

"It  was  our  best  game  and  the  four- 
goal  margin  made  up  for  the  one  goal 
loss  earlier  in  the  year,"  said  Baird. 

Tied  at  four  in  the  third  quarter,  Stacey 
scored  a  power-play  goal  and  then  the 
Ravens  added  three  more  in  the  fourth 
quarter  to  round  out  the  score. 

Tanya  Pierunek  playeda  strong  game 
in  net  while  Stacey  completed  an  11-goal 
weekend  with  fourgoals  against  Toronto. 
Burgess  and  len  Hampton  were  the  other 
scorers  with  two  goals  each. 

Now,  the  Ravens  will  look  ahead  to 
the  OWIAA  finals  Feb.  4-6  at  Brock  Uni- 
versity in  St.  Catherines  with  another 
mission  in  mind — to  bring  home  gold.  □ 


j^WT'll'WEN 


Raven  road  warriors  stomp  Ottawa 

■ 


Gorilla  Game  victory 
starts  season  right 

by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  song  goes  two  out  of  three  ain't 
bad,  and  the  song's  right. 

The  Carleton  men's  basketball  team 
shocked  the  University  of  Ottawa  Gee- 
Gees,  winning  88-85  in  their  season 
opener  |an.  1 1  at  the  U  of  O's  Montpetit 
Hall. 

Not  satisfied  with  just  one  win,  the 
Ravens  then  went  on  to  beat  the  Queen's 
Golden  Gaels  80-75  before  falling  76-71 
to  the  University  of  Toronto  Varsity  Blues 
in  road  action  Jan.  14-15. 


Carleton  88  Ottawa  85 
Carleton  80  Queen's  75 
Toronto  76  Carleton  71 


Against  Ottawa,  the  Ravens  won  the 
Gorilla  Game,  basketball's  answer  to  the 
Panda  Game,  with  a  combination  of 
tenacity,  desire  and  ball  control  —  giving 
up  only  17  turnovers. 

Carleton  pounced  all  over  Ottawa  right 
from  the  start,  forcing  the  Gee-Gees  into 
numerous  first-half  turnovers  to  get  a 
comfortable  52-42  halftime  lead.  • 

"We  wanted  to  keep  the  tempo  up  so 
we  could  get  some  easy  stuff  from  the  fast 
breaks, "  said  head  coach  Paul  Armstrong. 

The  Gee-Gees  tried  to  get  back  in  the 
game  in  the  second  half  with  a  variety  of 
pressure  tactics  and  intimidation,  but 


A  stong  pressure  defence  and  timely  scoring  resulted  in  two  Raven  wins. 

points  while  guard  Brian  Smith  added  1 8 
points  in  a  solid  effort. 

Carleton's  good  fortunes  carried  over 
into  the  next  game  against  Queen's, 
where  once  again,  the  Ravens  received 
an  extremely  solid  team  effort  in  their 
win  over  the  Golden  Gaels. 


these  proved  futile. 

"We  weren't  intimidated  at  all  by 
them. . . .  We  were  a  lot  fresher  than  they 
were,"  said  fourth-year  forward  Taffe 
Charles.  "Maybe  they'll  give  us  some 
respect  now." 

Afterwards,  the  Ravens  were  ecstatic 
with  the  win  over  their  cross-town  rivals 
—  who  were  good  enough  to  advance  to 
the  national  semi-finals  last  year. 

"I  don't  care,  we  just  won,"  whooped 
third-year  guard  Luca  Diaconescu  en- 
thusiastically, when  asked  to  comment. 

Charles  netted  a  game  high  of  27 


Charles  once  again  led  the  Ravens 
with  30  points,  while  first-year  forward 
Reagh  Vidito  added  25  points. 

After  two  road  wins  the  Ravens  suf- 
fered their  first  loss  of  the  season  to  To- 
ronto. Yet  even  in  that  loss  the  Ravens 
stayed  close  throughout  the  contest.  □ 


Lack  of  experience  shows  in  road  losses 


by  Jay  Tharayil 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  women's  basketball 
team's  lack  of  experience  played  a  key 
role  in  three  road  losses  to  open  their 
basketball  season. 


Ottawa  81  Carleton  42 
Queen's  60  Carleton  39 
Toronto  94  Carleton  41 


The  Ravens  were  thumped  81-42  by 
the  University  of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  on 
Jan.  1 1 .  They  then  went  on  to  lose  60-39 
to  the  Queen 's  Golden  Gaels  and  94-4 1  to 
the  Toronto  Varsity  Blues  Jan.  14-15. 

With  eight  rookies,  four  sophomores 
and  only  three  third-year  players,  the 
^Ravens'  inexperience  led  to  95  turnovers 


in  the  three  games  —  37  against  Ottawa, 
35  against  Toronto  and  23  against 
Queen's. 

"It  wasn't  so  much  that  they  beat  us 
(but)  we  beat  ourselves  with  turnovers," 
said  rookie  guard  Gillian  Roseway. 
"They're  more  experienced  than  us,  es- 
pecially Toronto,  who  are  third-  and 
fourth-year  players  while  we're  only  first 
and  second." 

That  lack  of  experience  shook  the 
Ravens'  confidence  early  on,  said  sec- 
ond-year forward  Heather  McAlpine. 

"We're  a  type  of  team,  (who)  when  we 
get  down,  it's  hard  for  us  to  get  back  up, 
and  we  lose  a  lot  of  confidence,"  said 
McAlpine.  "But  that  will  have  to  come 
when  experience  comes." 

Experience  will  also  help  the  offence, 
said  forward  Valarie  Gates.  □ 


Ottawa  pressure  stifledthe  Ravens. 


Ecstastic  win 
not  predicted 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlaian  Stall 

Who  would  have  thunk  it. 

That  infamous  line  from  former 
New  York  Yankee  skipper  Casey 
Stengel  probably  typifies  popular 
reaction  to  the  strong  start  put  forth 
by  this  year's  Carleton  men's  bas- 
ketball team. 

Heading  into  league  play  a  week 
ago,  the  Ravens'  chances  for  a  win 
looked  bleak  at  best  for  a  number  of 
reasons.  Coming  off  a  3-12  exhibi- 
tion game  record,  the  Ravens  lacked 
offence  and  cohesion.  Having  only 
five  returning  players  on  a  team  of 
12  will  do  that  to  you. 

Despite  that,  Carleton  won  two 
of  its  first  three  games  in  a  com- 
manding fashion. 

Who  would  have  thunk  it. 

Tipping  off  in  their  season  opener 
against  the  University  of  Ottawa 
Gee-Gees,  the  Ravens'  prospects  for 
victory  were  slim,  especially  after 
three  pre-season  losses  to  Ottawa. 

Yet  the  underdog  Ravens  went 
out  and  thoroughly  dominated  the 
supposedly  more  talented  Gee-Gees 
from  start  to  finish.  The  Ravens 
maintained  their  poise  throughout 
the  game,  consistently  breaking 
Ottawa's  pressure  and  ignoring  their 
incessant  trash-talking. 

Let's  not  forget  either  that  these 
are  essentially  the  same  Gee-Gees 
who  made  it  all  the  way  to  the 
Canadian  Interuniversity  Athletic 
Union's  version  of  the  Final  Four 
last  year.  Winning  the  so-called 
Gorilla  Game,  basketball's  version 
of  the  Panda  Game,  after  a  two-year 
hiatus  only  made  the  win  oh-so 
much  sweeter. 

Who  would've  thunk  it. 

So  big  deal  you  say?  They  were 
bound  to  win  against  Ottawa  one  of 
these  days  —  let's  see  them  win  a 
tough  road  game  against  a  team 
like  Queen's  who  has  arguably  the 
best  scorer  in  the  country  with  for- 
ward Dave  Smart. 

And  so  they  did.  Once  again, 
Carleton  went  out  and  led  for  the 
better  part  of  the  game  and  eventu- 
ally stole  a  win  from  the  high  and 
mighty  Golden  Gaels  squad.  Head 
coach  Paul  Armstrong  called  it  an 
absolutely  great  effort.  And  so  he 
should.  Neutralizing  Smart  and  win- 
ning two  in  a  row  on  the  road  is  a  lot 
to  ask  of  any  team,  especially  one  as 
green  as  these  young  Ravens. 

Who  would've  thunk  it. 

After  their  team-bonding  train- 
ingsession  in  Florida  over  the  Christ- 
mas break  and  two  huge  morale- 
building  wins,  it's  probably  safe  to 
say  the  Ravens  are  brimming  with 
confidence  despite  their  lacklustre 
3-12  pre-season  record  and  a  teensy 
weensy  76-71  loss  to  the  University 
of  Toronto  Varsity  Blues. 

And  if  they  can  keep  up  the  pace, 
awinningseason  andaplayoffberth 
isn't  out  of  the  question. 

Not  to  mention  that  such  an  oc- 
currence would  have  the  entire  cam- 
pus and  all  the  pundits  uttering  one 
line— who  would've  thunkit.  □ 


January  20,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  17 


Raven 
Records 

OWIAA  WATERPOLO 
East  Division 


w 

L 

T 

F  A 

PTS 

Carleton  7 

1 

1 

68  31 

14 

Toronto  7 

1 

1 

72  28 

14 

Queen's  3 

5 

0 

58  42 

6 

McMaster2 

6 

0 

42  70 

4 

Brock  1 

7 

0 

30  99 

2 

OWIAA  VOLLEYBALL 

East  Division 

w 

L 

T 

F  A 

PTS 

York  4 

0 

0 

12  0 

8 

Ottawa  4 

1 

0 

12  6 

8 

Toronto  2 

1 

0 

8  3 

4 

Queen's  2 

2 

0 

7  7 

4 

Ryerson  1 

4 

0 

3  12 

2 

Carleton  0 

5 

0 

1  15 

0 

OWIAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 

W  L  T  F     A  PTS 

Toronto    3  0  0  240125  6 

Lmtian    2  0  0  155  99  4 

Queen's    1  0  0  60  39  2 

Ottawa    1  1  0  124  113  2 

York       0  1  0  59  82  0 

Ryerson   0  2  0  81   148  0 

Carleton 0  3  0  1222350 

OWIAA 

Athlete  of  the  Week 

Lisa  Thomaidis,  a  22  year-old  bas- 
ketball player  with  the  McMaster  Ma- 
rauders is  the  OWIAA  athlete  of  the 
week  after  averaging  22.0  points  per 
game  in  three  games  this  past  week. 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 

W  L  T  F     A  PTS 

Toronto    3  0  0  236  212  6 

Lmtian    2  0  0  192170  4 

Carleton 2  1  0  2392364 

Queen's  0  1  0  75  80  0 

York        0  1  0  78  98  0 

Ottawa    0  2  0  155  168  0 

Ryerson   0  2  0  163  174  0 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Scoring  Leaders 

FG  AT  FT  AT  AVX 

Beason     29  49  14  16  38.0 

Charles  24  50  29  38  25.7 

Clarkson  8  16  6  8  25.0 

Swords     19  31  3  5  24.0 

Reid        17  33  8  14  22.5 

OUAA 
Athlete  of  the  Week 

Alex  Beason,  a  forward  with  the 
Ryerson  Rams  basketball  team  is  the 
OUAA  athlete  of  the  week  after  scoring 
a  league  high  52  points  against 
Laurentian  in  league  play. 

That  broke  a  12  year-old  record  set 
in  1982  when  York's  David  Coulthard 
scored  50  points  in  a  game  against 
Toronto. 


Ravens  rise  and  fall  at  tourney 

Volleyball  team  wins  twice  and  places  sixth 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Staff 

Count  on  Raven  women's  volleyball 
head  coach  Peter  Biasone  to  tell  it  like  it 

is. 

After  his  team  finished  sixth  in  the 
eight-team  Carleton  Invitational  tour- 
nament on  the  Jan.  15  weekend,  Biasone 
described  his  feeling  going  into  the  tour- 
nament. 

"I  was  a  little  apprehensive  to  tell  you 
the  truth  because  we  could  have  come  in 
and  sucked  the  whole  weekend, "  he  said. 

But  they  didn't. 

Instead,  the  0-5  Ravens,  last  in  the 
east  division  of  the  Ontario  Women's 
In  teruni  versify  Athletic  Association,  beat 
the  Guelph  University  Gryphons  2-0  and 
clawed  past  the  University  of  Waterloo 
Athenas  3-2  to  post  their  first  victories  of 
the  season. 

"Guelph  was  a  nice  reward,  but  Wa- 
terloo will  go  a  long  way  to  help  us 
because  for  the  rest  of  the  season  we'll 
think  back  to  that  match, "  said  Biasone. 

The  Ravens  made  up  a  1 0-point  deficit 
in  the  final  set  against  Waterloo  to  win 
the  match  3-2. 

That  win  set  up  a  fifth-place  battle 
against  a  local  Ottawa  club  where  the 
winning  ways  stopped  short.  In  their 
final  game  against  Club  Six,  the  Ravens 
came  out  flat,  and  were  unable  to  deliver 
the  points  despite  some  strong  rallying. 
They  lost  three  straight  sets  15-8,  15-8 
and  15-8  and  settled  for  sixth  place. 

"We  didn't  capitalize  on  some  of  the 
opportunities  we  got,  like  some  of  the 
missed  services  from  the  other  team  or 
when  they  hit  balls  out  of  bounds.  It  just 
didn't  seem  to  go  our  way,"  said  middle 
Carolyn  Haddock. 

It  didn't  help  that  Raven  setter  Laurie 
Malone  sprained  her  ankle  in  the  victory 
against  Waterloo,  causing  a  shift  in  posi- 
tions for  the  players. 

"They  passed  well,  and  Sue  (Edecomb) 
set  really  well,  but . . .  people  had  to  play 


Tournament  MVP  Tracy  Liburd. 

different  positions  that  they  weren't  re- 
ally familiar  with,"  said  rookie  Malone. 

The  two  wins  are  a  big  first  step  for  the 
Ravens,  who  have  only  two  returning 
players  and  whose  All  Star  setter,  Marilyn 
Johnston,  graduated  last  year. 

But  for  Biasone,  inexperience  is  no 
excuse  for  losing  a  game. 

"I  don't  think  we've  ever  used  that 
excuse.  I  think  our  inexperience  leads  us 
to  not  know  what  to  do  sometimes,"  he 
said.  "We  are  inexperienced,  that  goes 
without  question,  but  I  think  so  are  some 
other  teams  that  are  playing." 

The  Club  Six  women's  team  is  com- 
posed entirely  of  Ottawa-area  veterans. 

The  tournament  bronze  went  to  the 
University  of  Western  Mustangs,  who 
beat  the  Queen's  University  Golden  Gaels. 
The  Gaels  squandered  their  impeccable 
quick  spikes  to  allow  the  unimpressive 
Mustangs  to  take  the  win  3-1. 


Carleton  Invitational 

Round  Robin 

McGill  2  Carleton  0 

(15-11,15-12) 

Western  2  Carleton  1 

(15-5,11-15,15-13) 

Carleton  2  Guelph  0 

(15-13,15-8) 
Quarter  Finals 

Carleton  3  Waterloo  2 

(5-15,  15-7,  13-15,  17-15,  15-12) 

Consolation  Round 
Club  Six  3  Carleton  0 

(15-8,  15-8,  15-8) 


The  finals  saw  Carleton's  cross-town 
rivals  from  the  University  of  Ottawa  play 
the  McGill  Martletts.  The  game  proved  to 
be  an  interesting  clash  between  two  very 
different  teams.  Ottawa's  team-oriented 
play  eventually  beat  out  McGill's  heavy 
reliance  on  star  players,  in  particular 
left-side  player  Fanny  Wong. 

"She  was  an  outstanding  player,  "said 
tournament  MVP,  Tracy  Liburd  of  the 
Gee-Gees.  "I  think  (McGill)  know  who 
their  assets  are  and  they  use  them  very 
well." 

With  the  Gee-Gees  riding  high  on  their 
win,  their  home  tournament  on  Jan.  28 
will  be  a  challenge  for  the  less-talented 
Ravens. 

"Our  goal  isn't  anything  less  than  to 
win  the  tournament, "  said  Gee-Gee  head 
coach  Lionel  Woods. 

Ravens,  brace  yourselves.  □ 


Hockey  club  finds  southern  discomfort 


by  Bill  Labonte 

Charlatan  Start 

It  was  no  miracle  on  ice. 

Amidst  snowy  mountain  peaks  nes- 
tling the  imposing  Lake  Placid  Olympic 
site,  the  Carleton  hockey  club  lost  10-2  to 
Northwood  Prep  Jan.  14. 

The  next  day,  it  was  defeated  by  a 
more  respectable  5-2  score  by  the  North 
Country  Community  College. 


Northwood  10  Carleton  2 
North  Country  5  Carleton  2 


The  hockey  club  must  have  been  awe- 
struck by  Lake  Placid's  arena.  There's  a 
big  American  flag  hanging  from  the  raft- 
ers. Reminders  of  the  1 980  Olympics  eve- 
rywhere. And  waiting  for  them  was  a 
talented  team  of  1 7  to  20  year  olds. 

Northwood  Prep  is  a  well-respected 
academic  school  with  an  excellenthockey 
program  whose  hockey  alumni  include 
NHLers  Mike  Richter  and  Tony  Granato. 

Carleton  kept  the  game  close  in  the 
first  five  minutes,  but  things  soon  fell 
apart.  Goalie  Pat  McFetridge  was  replaced 
with  backup  Kevin  Convey  after 
Northwood  exploded  for  six  unanswered 
goals.  Carleton  forward  Ken  Pagan  then 
answered  with  two  but  that  wasn't  any- 
where near  enough. 

"The  loss  was  expected,  but  the  10-2 
final  score  was  not  anticipated,"  said 
coach  George Brownafterthegame.  "The 
officiating  was  terrible." 

Sporting  a  fat  lip  after  an  errant  high 
stick,  defenceman  Mike  Pagan  agreed. 


"The  officiating  obviously  lacked  fair- 
ness —  just  look  at  my  lip." 

Forward  Ian  Mcintosh  offered  this 
explanation. 

"They  (Northwood)  are  used  to  play- 
ing with  a  floating  red  line.  What  seemed 
like  an  off-side  or  a  two-line  pass  was  not. 
That's  why  they  were  able  to  send  in  so 
many  guys  on  breakaways.  We're  just 
going  to  have  to  get  used  to  playing  a 
faster  more  open  game  with  a  floating 
red  line." 

After  a  short  night's  rest  and  a  plea  by 
coach  Brown  to  his  number  one  line  for 
more  production,  a  fatigued  Carleton 
team  lost  a  match  5-2  to  the  North  Coun- 
try Community  College  from  Saranac 
Lake,  N.Y. 


"I  look  to  you  guys  to  set  the  pace, " 
Brown  told  forwards  Darren  Keating, 
Jason  Tamo  and  Tim  McAllister  before 
the  game.  "Your  line  is  in  a  slump." 

The  line  played  better  but  was  unable 
to  solve  its  offensive  woes.  Carleton  bom- 
barded the  other  team's  goalie  in  the 
dying  minutes  without  getting  a  lucky 
bounce. 

The  weakly  enforced  1  a.m.  curfew 
was  one  reason  behind  the  loss. 

"It  was  four  a.m.  and  the  guys  were 
still  up.  You  can't  expect  to  play  good 
hockey  on  a  few  hours  sleep,"  said  gen- 
eral manager  Paul  Correy. 

Carleton  resumes  Senior  R.A.  League 
action  against  the  Abloom  hockey  club 
Jan.  26  at  7:30p.m.  at  the  R.A.  Centre.  □ 


Hockey  vote  next  month 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Chattatan  staff 

In  its  never-ending  quest  to  achieve 
varsity  status,  the  Carleton  hockey  club 
has  finally  got  a  shot  on  net. 

At  the  Carleton  University  Students' 
Association  council  meeting  of  lan.  1 1 , 
councillors  voted  17-1  to  hold  a  referen- 
dum on  student  funding  for  the  hockey 
club  in  next  month's  CUSA  elections. 

The  Bald  Ravens,  a  group  of  ex-var- 
sity Carleton  hockey  players,  proposed 
to  ask  for  a  $1  levy  per  student,  which 
would  raise  almost  $20,000  —  enough 


money  forthe  hockey  club  to  play  in  the 
Ontario  College  Athletic  Association 
Hockey  League. 

"It's  time  to  move  up  to  the  next 
level,"  said  the  club's  general  manager 
Paul  Correy.  "We  have  played  exhibi- 
tion games  against  several  universities 
and  colleges  over  the  past  few  years  with 
over  a  65  per-cent  winning  percentage. 

Currently,  the  hockey  club  plays  a 
20-game  schedule  in  the  Senior  R.A. 
League  on  a  $5,000  budget  raised  from 
a  CUSA  grant,  local  sponsorships  and 
the  players  themselves-  □ 


18  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  20,  1994 


Raven 
Rumblings 

QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"You  don't  have  to  write  about  the 
game,  do  you?" 

Carleton  hockey  dub  captain  Dan-en 
Keating  expressed  this  forlorn  hope 
after  his  team  lost  10-2  to  Northwood 
Prep  —  an  American  team  composed 
of  17  to  20  year  olds. 

CUBS  BEAT  LIONS 

The  Carleton  fencing  team  hosted 
an  Alumni  Challenge  fencing  tourna- 
ment Jan.  16  in  the  gym's  multi-pur- 
pose room  with  satisfying  results.  Raven 
fencers  defeated  a  32-strong  alumni 
squad  in  all  five  fencing  classes  in  their 
last  tune-up  before  next  week's  season- 
opening  tournament. 

"It  was  a  combination  of  two  things, " 
said  fencing  coach  lames  Ireland.  "It 
was  a  chance  for  them  to  get  to  know 
the  alumni  and  it's  our  last  chance  at 
settling  a  lineup  for  next  week." 

DAMN  IT  WAS  COLD 

How  cold  was  this  pastweekendyou 
ask?  It  was  so  cold  that  even  the  nordic 
ski  teams  stayed  inside.  The  Jan.  16-17 
Nakkertok  Invitational  outside 
Gatineau  Park  was  cancelled  due  to 
the  frigid  weekend  temperatures. 

CALENDAR 

Friday,  Jan.  21. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  0-3  women's 
basketball  team  hosts  their  home 
opener  tonight  against  the  0-2  Ryerson 
Lady  Rams  in  a  6  p.m.  match  at  the 
Raven's  Nest.  The  2-1  men's  team  will 
follow  with  their  home  opener  against 
the  0-2  Rams  at  8  p.m. 

Saturday,  Jan.  22. 

FENCING  —  The  women's  fencing 
team  hosts  the  first  sectional  tourna- 
ment of  the  Ontario  Women's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association 
East  fencing  division  at  the  Ravens' 
Nest  from  9  a.m.  'till  5  p.m. 

SKIING— Thenordicski  teams  trav- 
els to  London  to  participate  in  the  SOD 
Interdivisional  Duntroon  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Western  Ontario. 

SWIMMING— The  men'sand  wom- 
en's swim  teams  will  be  in  Hamilton 
participating  in  a  tri-meet  with  the 
universities  of  Guelph  and  McMaster. 


MVP  hoping  to  overcome  injuries 


Sunday,  Jan.  23. 

FENCING  —  The  men's  fencing 
team  will  host  the  first  sectional  of  the 
Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Associa- 
tion east  division  at  the  Ravens'  Nest 
from  9  a.m.  to  5  p.m. 

SKIING  —  Racing  continues  for  the 
nordic  ski  teams  at  the  SOD 
Interdivisional  Duntroon. 

Wednesday,  Jan.  26. 

VOLLEYBALL  —  The  0-5  women's 
vollyball  team  travels  across  town  to 
take  on  the  4-1  University  of  Ottawa 
Gee-Gees  in  league  action  at  Montpetit 
Hall.  Game  time  is  8  p.m.  □ 


by  Derek  DeClaet 

Charlatan  Stat! 

Last  year,  Cindy  Krenosky  didn't  play 
basketball  because  she  wanted  to  hit  the 
books  instead. 

This  year,  her  comeback  has  been 
thwarted  by  another  book:  Gray's 
Anatomy. 

The  Raven  guardis  coming  off  a  list  of 
injuries  that  have  limited  her  role  so  far 
in  the  Ravens'  fight  for  a  playoff  spot  in 
the  Ontario  Womens'  Interuniversity 
Athletic  Association. 

First,  she  severed  tendons  in  her  wrist 
in  a  kitchen  accident  in  the  spring.  The 
wristrequired  surgery,  and  Krenosky  bears 
an  impressive  scar  from  the  incident. 

After  that  healed,  she  proceeded  to 
injure  a  muscle  in  her  hip,  damage  a 
nerve  in  her  elbow,  and  pull  a  tendon  in 
her  knee. 

Krenosky  admits  the  injuries  have  been 
a  little  frustrating. 

"They  kind  of  keep  you  from  progress- 
ing," she  says,  adding  the  wrist  injury 
was  "the  only  tough  thing"  about  getting 
back  into  university  basketball  after  a 
year  away  from  it.  "At  first  I  was  scared  to 
shoot." 

That's  a  notable  fear  indeed  for  some- 
one who  loves  to  shoot.  She  was  the 
team's  MVP  in  1991-92,  a  scoring  ma- 
chine on  a  last-place  team  in  desperate 
need  of  offence. 

"Cindy's  the  type  of  player  who,  if 
she's  focused  and  concentrated  and  set- 
tled, can  give  us  a  real  quick  scoring 
punch,"  says  Raven  coach  Marg  Jones. 
The  catch,  says  |ones,  is  that  "sometimes 
she  tries  to  do  everything." 

Krenosky  agrees  she  has  a  hard  time 
keeping  her  game  on  an  even  keel.  "In- 
consistent" is  the  word  she  uses. 

"If  1  see  a  problem  I  try  to  do  it  all 
myself  right  away,"  she  says. 

Krenosky,  a  fourth-year  aerospace 
engineering  student,  dropped  basketball 
last  year  to  concentrate  on  her  academ- 
ics. 

"I  missed  the  competition  of  it  and  the 
general  camaraderie  of  the  team,"  she 
says.  "It's  a  really  good  time ...  but  it  has 
its  limitations." 

With  an  easier  course  load  this  year, 
she  decided  to  return.  The  team's  modest 
success  last  year  —  two  league  wins  and 
nine  overall  —  and  the  chance  to  play 
with  some  quality  veterans  helped  make 
the  decision  to  comeback  and  play  easier. 

It's  a  commitment  non-athletes  have 
difficulty  comprehending,  she  says. 

"I  think  you  wouldn't  really  under- 
stand the  kind  of  sacrifice  it  takes  unless 
you  played,"  she  says. 

But  balancing  books  and  basketballs 
has  helped  teach  her  how  to  manage  her 
time,  she  says. 


I  think  you  wouldn't  really 
understand  the  kind  of  sacrifice 
it  takes  unless  you  played." 

-  Cindy  Krenosky 


The  Ravens'  on-court  style  appeals  to 
Krenosky.  Jones  tries  to  take  advantage 
of  the  team's  quickness  by  using  a  lot  of 
fast  breaks. 

"Transition  is  my  thing,"  says 
Krenosky.  "I  like  to  shoot  and  I  like  to 
run." 

So  far,  her  body  hasn't  let  her  do  those 
things  for  the  Ravens.  But  she  says  her 
knee  is  almost  back  to  full  strength  and 
her  days  of  coming  off  the  bench  are 
almost  over.  Soon  she'll  be  starting.  And 
hopefully,  she'll  be  able  to  put  that  copy 
of  Cray's  Anatomy  back  on  the  shelf.  □ 


Krenosky's  hoping  to  lace  up  regularly. 


Hair  Shops... 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 

Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Jan.  18,  1994. 
Regular  season  leaders  can  only  win  the  dinner  prize  once. 


1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Rl 

738 


(at  Riverside) 

3323 


1 

Patrick  Soden 

496 

2 

Anjali  Vorma 

485 

3 

|eff  Parker 

483 

4 

leff  Pavkev 

483 

5 

Blair  Sanderson 

481 

6 

Vicki  Mavraganis 

478 

7 

Marc  Arsenault 

472 

8 

Thomas  Corakis 

472 

9 

Don  Belanger 

472 

10  Joseph  Kurikose 

471 

Congratulations  to  Anjali  Varma  who  wins  this  week's  dinner  prize.  Former 
winners  |eff  Parker  and  leff  Pavkew  can  also  pick  up  their  $25  dinner 
certificate  for  Baxter's  restaurant  at  The  Charlatan.. 


Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

Since  1985,  onlytwootherteams 
besides  the  Toronto  Blue  (ays  have 
won  the  A.L.  East.  Name  them. 

Congratulations  to  Sarah  Bechard 

who  knew  Ken  Dryden  was  the  last  NHL 
goaltender  to  lead  the  league  in  G.A.A. 
in  back-to-back  seasons. 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper  and 
submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize willbe  determined bya  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  |an.  25,  1994.  The  winner 
should  come  up  to  the  office  for  the 
prize  on  any  Monday  or  Tuesday. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 


Answer 

Name: 

Phone: 


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Another  Raven  swimmer  qualifies  for  nationals 


by  Jason  Tamo 

Cha/lalan  Staff 

The  Carleton  men  'sand  women'sswim 
teams  finished  fifth  and  sixth  respec- 
tively in  the  six-team  Montreal 
Invitational  Jan.  14. 

The  overall  standings  might  not  say 
so,  butboth  coaches  agreed  the  meet  was 
a  success. 

"You  can't  just  look  at  placements 
and  judge  success,"  said  men's  coach 
Brian  Johnson.  "The  competition  at  the 
meet  was  at  a  very  high  calibre.  So  even 
though  we  clocked  good  times,  our  place- 
ment doesn't  reflect  it." 

Carleton  raced  against  the  universi- 
ties of  Montreal,  Sherbrooke,  Laval, 
McGill  and  Ottawa — who  all  have  com- 
petitive swim  teams. 

For  the  Ravens,  Brigitte  Davidson 
swam  a  personal  best  of  2:26.00  in  the 
200-metre  backstroke,  and  in  doing  so, 
became  the  second  Raven  swimmer  this 
season  to  qualify  for  the  national  cham- 
pionships. 

"The  entire  team  was  very  happy  for 
Brigitte,"  said  teammate  Elizabeth  Clark. 
"Everyone  was  watching  the  race  and 
cheering  for  her  because  we  knew  she 
had  a  shot  at  qualifying." 

Davidson  will  join  Erica  Kotler,  who 
qualified  in  the  200-metre  breast-stroke 
earlier  this  year,  at  the  Canadian 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Union  finals  to 
be  held  in  Victoria,  B.C.,  in  March. 

"It's  great  individually  for  Brigitte," 
said  Clark.  "It's  also  great  for  the  team, 
because  if  one  more  swimmer  from  the 
women's  team  qualifies  for  nationals  we 
can  send  an  entire  relay  team." 

CIAU  rules  allow  a  fourth  swimmer  to 
compete  in  a  relay  event  whenever  a 
school  already  has  three  qualifiers. 

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If  another  member  is  to  qualify,  it  is 
likely  to  be  breast-stroke r  Sarah  Dobbin, 
say  teammates.  Dobson  recorded  a  per- 
sonal best  time  of  1:10.36  in  the  100- 
metre  event  in  Montreal  and  her  results 
were  just  shy  of  the  necessary  qualifying 
time  of  1:10.00  for  the  CIAU  champion- 
ships. 

"I  think  Sarah  will  do  it,"  said  Clark. 
"If  she  keeps  progressing  as  she  should, 
she  will  qualify  at  the  provincials  for 
sure." 

The  women's  provincial  champion- 
ships Feb.  12-13  are  the  last  chance  fe- 
male swimmers  can  qualify  for  a  na- 
tional berth. 

Carleton's  best  result  on  the  men's 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Slafl 

Success  breeds  success. 

And  over  the  past  decade,  probably  no 
Carleton  athletic  team  has  enjoyed  more 
success  than  the  nordic  ski  teams. 

The  men's  team  has  won  silver  med- 
als at  the  provincial  championships  each 
of  the  last  four  years,  while  the  women 
won  gold  last  year  for  the  fourth  time  in 
six  years. 

Together,  the  men's  and  women's 
teams  have  placed  among  the  top  three 
finishesatthe  provincial  championships 
for  six  straight  years. 

This  year  looks  to  be  no  different. 

The  men's  team  has  three  returning 
veterans  to  lead  the  team  with  skiers 
Frank  Ferrari,  Scott  Diamond  and  Chris 
Webb. 

In  four  years,  Ferrari  has  been  a  con- 
sistent contender  in  the  classic  style.  Last 
year,  he  finished  second  overall  in  the 
provincial  championship. 

"He  gets  better  and  better  as  the  sea- 
son goes  on,"  says  teammate  AJ  Pilcher. 


side  was  Blair  Christie,  who  won  the 
1,500-metre  freestyle  event  in  a  time  of 
16:50.35.  He  also  placed  thirdin  the  200- 
metre  butterfly  with  a  time  of  2:14.26. 
AndrewSmith  also  placed  well,  finishing 
second  in  the  200-metre  individual  med- 
ley with  a  time  of  2:16.97. 

Christie  and  Smith  are  both  hopeful  of 
qualifying  for  the  national  champion- 
ships. No  men  have  qualified  yet. 

"The  qualifying  times  are  more  diffi- 
cult for  the  men  to  achieve  and  require 
more  training  time,"  said  women's  coach 
Jitka  Kotler  explaining  that  the  men's 
times  are  shorter.  "The  men  are  more 
likely  to  qualify  later  in  the  year  when 
the  swimmers  reach  their  peak." 


Four-year  veteran  Diamond,  who's 
also  a  six-year  veteran  of  the  Ontario 
biathlon  team,  is  also  a  strong  Raven 
contender. 

"If  I  can  be  more  aggressive,  I  should 
be  able  to  better  last  year's  perform- 
ance," says  Diamond,  who  finished  40th 
at  last  year's  Canadian  championships. 
"Who  knows,  I  may  surprise  some  people 
this  season." 

With  two  top-10  finishes  last  year, 
Webb  rounds  out  the  experience  on  the 
men's  team. 

"  He's  the  kind  of  person  nobody  thinks 
about  in  a  race,  but  he  has  the  ability  to 
defeat  the  competition, "  says  Diamond. 

Some  of  the  other  skiers  who  should 
make  their  mark  on  this  year's  circuit 
include  newcomers  Wayne  Dustin,  Darcy 
Bloom  and  Mike  Cooper. 

Dustin  in  particular,  as  an  ex-national 
team  skierrated  among  the  top  five  nordic 
skiers  in  Canada,  should  add  to  the  men's 
team  strengths. 

On  the  women's  side,  only  two  skiers 
remain  from  last  year's  gold  medal  squad. 


Both  the  women's  and  men's  teams 
took  part  in  a  two-week  training  camp  in 
Florida  overthe  winter  break.  The  coaches 
of  each  team  tookthisinto  account  when 
assessing  the  weekend's  performance. 

"Many  of  our  swimmers  were  hurting 
after  the  camp,"  said  men's  coach  Brian 
Johnson.  "It  took  a  lot  out  of  them,  espe- 
cially the  less-experienced  swimmers.  We 
didn't  expect  great  things  right  away.  It's 
going  to  take  time  before  they  see  the 
long-term  benefits  of  the  camp." 

The  swim  team  travels  to  Waterloo  on 
Jan.  21  for  an  invitational  meet  at  the 
University  of  Wilfred  Laurier,  then  on  to 
Hamilton  to  face  McMaster  and  Guelph 
in  a  tri-meet  on  Jan.  22.  □ 


Veterans  Kirsten  Davis  and  Catherine 
Muluihill,  as  well  as  rookie  Gayle  Barrett, 
will  be  expected  to  provide  leadership. 

Davis,  a  member  of  the  Ontario  nordic 
ski  team  and  a  naturally  talented  skier, 
will  look  to  improve  on  last  year's  eighth- 
place  finish  at  the  provincial  champion- 
ships. 

"She's  like  a  textbook, "  says  Diamond. 
"  If  you  wan  t  to  show  someone  how  to  ski, 
look  at  Kirsten." 

Muluihill,  on  the  other  hand,  has  had 
to  work  harder  for  her  success,  but  has 
shown  improvement  every  year. 

"I  have  strong  depth  and  potential  to 
excel,"  says  Muluihill.  "After  last  year,  I 
worked  on  improving  considerably." 

Newcomer  Barrett  is  a  former  member 
of  the  Alberta  nordic  ski  team  hoping  to 
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do,"  says  Barrett.  "I'm  pretty  confident 
with  my  technique,  but  I  still  am  not  up 
to  full  form." 

Other  rookies  to  watch  for  include 
skiers  Debbie  McAuley  and  Erin  Long.  □ 


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ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


A  brief  history  of  those  Lost  Dakotas 


by  John  Steinbachs 

Charlatan  Staff 


(Lost  Dc 
Zaphod 
[an.  21 


t  Dakotas 

Zap  hod  Beeblebrox 


In  the  beginning,  they  were  called  the 
Dakotas. 

At  the  time,  there  was  only  vocalist 
Paul  DakotaandbassistGreg  McConnell: 
buskers  on  the  mean  streets  of  Toronto. 

Later,  they  became  the  Lost  Dakotas 
for  copyright  reasons  after  they  began  to 
gain  some  popularity. 

"People  started  buying  our  tapes  and 
we  thought  well,  one  of  the  bands  called 
the  Dakotas  is  going  to  sue  us  sooner  or 


later  and  so  we  became  the  Lost  Dako- 
tas," says  McConnell. 

McConnell  says  the  band  was  able  to 
pay  their  bills  by  busking  for  two  years. 

"Once  the  recession  hit,"  says 
McConnell,  "it  forced  us  into  recording 
albums  and  touring  the  country." 

The  band  filled  out  its  roster  later  on 
with  Adam  Faux  on  lead  guitar  and  Ron 
Duffy  on  drums.  Faux  is  now  with  Pigfarm 
and  has  been  replaced  by  Rick  O'Brien. 

The  Lost  Dakotas'  songs  have  a  mix  of 
folk,  country,  rock  and  blues.  To  achieve 
these  sounds  they  use  a  violin,  stand-up 
base  and  a  lap  steel  guitar. 

When  they  first  started  out,  the  Dako- 
tas were  known  for  their  country  sound 
but  "we're  getting  less  and  less  so  all  the 


Greg  McConnell  and  Paul  Dakota:  together  again. 


time,"  says  McConnell. 

"The  last  album  (Last 
Train  To  Kipling)  was  too 
country  for  rock  'n'  roll 
and  too  country  forcoun- 
try.  But  (now)  we  throw  in 
a  little  country  and  folk 
for  fibre  now  and  then." 

The  Dakotas  also 
throw  into  their  repertoire 
several  covers,  including 
a  hillbilly  version  of  AC/ 
DCs  "Back  in  Black." 

McConnell  says  when 
he  and  Dakota  were  busk- 
ing on  Yonge  Street  they 
needed  a  lot  of  material 
or  they'd  get  bored.  Da- 
kota used  to  run  down  to 
the  World's  Biggest  Book- 
store and  copy  out  lyrics 
and  chord  changes  to 
songs.  They  would  then 
come  up  with  their  own 
arrangements,  adding 
their  own  twist  to  the 
songs  such  as  their  speed 
version  of  Steve  Earle's 
"Copperhead  Road." 

One  of  their  original 
songs  from  their  latest 
album,  Sun  Machine,  is 
called  "Cowboys  are  Fre- 
quently Secretly,"  which 
examines  homosexuality 
among  cowboys. 
McConnell  says  the  song 
got  them  kicked  out  of  a  bar  in  Nanaimo, 
B.C. 

z  "I  think  they  felt  uncomfortable,"  he 
§  says. 

^  The  band  has  just  finished  a  tour  of 
£  Canada  during  which  they  say  they've 
<  seen  theirpopularityrise.  McConnell  says 
Q  the  Dakotas  are  wary  of  a  burst  in  popu- 
larity because  "you  only  get  one  chance 


Primeval,  wild  and  sweaty 


by  Suzanne  Andrew 

Charlatan  Staff 


'La  Galerie  des  Horribles 

Brouhaha  Danse 
NAC  Atelier 
Jan.  12  — Jan.  15 

On  a  small,  stark  stage,  four  male 
dancers  exposed  a  raw  aesthetic  of  dance 
last  Friday  night. 

The  choreography  of  La  Galerie  des 
Horribles  is  stripped  of  anything  delicate, 
graceful  or  flowery.  It  is  not  pretty  stuff. 
As  the  dancers  wrestled,  shouted  and 
thrust  their  bodies  about  the  stage,  they 
impressed  one  thing  on  the  audience. 
This  work  is  about  power. 

The  dancers  began  the  performance 
as  soldiers  who  alternated  between  jocu- 
lar familiarity  and  vicious  fighting.  Clev- 
erly interspersed  were  scenes  depicting 
army  discipline.  The  soldiers  were  loud 
and  obnoxious,  embodying  a  brand  of 
army  evil  caged  within  the  hierarchy  of 
power. 

Upon  removing  their  army  coats,  the 
dancers  transformed  themselves  into 
more  primitive  creatures.  Here,  the  cho- 
reographers created  a  wild,  chaotic  mood 
by  deviating  from  a  strong  narrative. 
This  transition  was  reinforced  as  one  of 
the  dancers  escaped  from  the  group  of 
four. 

Re-emerging  with  his  face  darkened 
with  paint,  the  deviant  ran  in  circles 
while  babbling  and  making  wild,  insane 
facial  expressions.  He  was  watched  by 
the  others,  then  brutally  attacked. 

Throughout  the  performance,  a  per- 


cussionist hammered  out  raucous 
rhythms  on  drums  and  an  odd  collection 
of  noise-makers.  With  a  painted  demon 
face,  he  was  an  integral  part  of  the  per- 
formance. Although  stuck  behind  a  bevy 
of  percussion  equipment,  he  had  a  few 
choreographed  movements  to  comple- 
ment that  of  the  dancers. 

Noise  was  an  important  part  of  this 
production.  The  dancers  yelled,  the  per- 
cussionist roared  and  the  drums  were 
loud.  But  occasionally,  the  noise  was 
toned  down  and  the  dancers  whispered. 
There  were  a  few  highly  effective  gaps  of 
silence  manipulated  by  the  percussion- 
ist, who  would  suddenly  crash  through 
the  quiet  to  startle  audience  members. 

Brouhaha  Danse  is  a  Montreal-based 
company  recognized  for  its  choreogra- 
phy which  fuses  theatre,  visual  arts  and 
live  contemporary  music  together  with 
modem  dance.  La  Galerie  des  Horribles  is 
a  collaboration  of  choreography  by  three 
of  its  four  main  members,  Helene 
Langevin,  Rolline  Laporteand  Guylaine 
Savoie. 

At  50  minutes,  this  piece  seemed  rather 
short.  The  choreography  was  good,  but 
there  were  a  few  scenes  lacking  in  origi- 
nality. A  dramatic  scene  in  which  one  of 
the  dancers  is  attached  by  his  feet  to  a 
rope  then  hung  upside-down  is  an  acro- 
batic exercise  done  before  by  several  cho- 
reographers. It  needed  something  new, 
especially  since  it  was  near  the  end  of  the 
piece. 

The  dancers  were  generally  successful 
in  filling  a  bare  stage.  The  intimate  set- 
ting of  the  Atelier  added  another  dimen- 
sion of  realism  to  the  performance.  An 


acrid  smell  of  sweat  from  the  dancers' 
bodies  began  wafting  through  the  air 
about  halfway  through  the  performance. 

La  Galerie  des  Horribles  was  powerful, 
athletic  and  sexy.  The  male  dancers  ex- 
erted their  physical  natures  through 
strong  movements  executed  without 
abandon.  Although  classical  ballet  fans 
would  have  seen  this  performance  as 
technically  messy,  wild  movements  with 
a  touch  of  chaos  worked  well  in  this 
production.  □ 


A  wistful  Dakota,  thinking  'bout  his  gal  back  home. 


to  rise  to  the  top." 

McConnell  says  now  the  band  is  nego- 
tiating with  a  major  label.  He  believes 
labels  are  doing  a  lot  more  for  the  inde- 
pendent music  industry  than  they've  done 
for  years.  "Their  priority  is  to  sell  records. 
My  priority  is  to  make  good  music  and  if 
you  make  good  music  it  sells. 

"The  only  link  that's  missing  in  the 
whole  independent  music  chain  is  com- 
mercial airplay,"  says  McConnell.  "We've 
got  this  string  of  bars  which  are  strong 
and  healthy;  the  bands  are  there.  It's  just 
a  matter  of  getting  on  the  air."  □ 


fust  another  example  of  Art  we  don't 
claim  to  understand. 


This  week: 

UJhere  To  Go  For 

Vow  Summer 
Vacation  (Part  II) 

1.  Birr,0nt. 

2.  La  Tuque,  Que. 

3.  Snowdrift,  N.W.T 

(now  Lulsel'Ke) 

4.  Cow  Head  Harbor,  Nfld. 

5.  Smiley,  Sask. 

6.  St.  Louis  de  Ha!  Ha!, 
Que. 

7.  Yahk,  B.C. 

8.  Osoyoos,  B.C 

9.  Acme,  Alta. 


^0.  Vulcan,  Aha. 


J 


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22  •  The  Charlatan  •  January  20,  1994 


Red  Rock  West,  it's  really,  really  bad. . . 


by  Greg  Owens 

Charlatan  Slafl 


Red  Rock  West 

Directed  by  |ohn  Oahl 


In  a  recent  interview,  Dennis  Hopper 
said  he  laughed  a  lot  during  the  making 
of  his  latest  film  Red  Rock  West 

Well,  Mr.  Hopper  was  not  the  only 
person  who  laughed  at  this  film.  It  was 
so  bad  I  couldn't  stop  laughing  from 
beginning  to  end. 

The  film  is  about  a  young  drifter  named 
Michael  (played  by  Nicholas  Cage),  who 
leaves  his  native  state  of  Texas  to  find 
employment  in  the  oil  fields  of  Wyo- 
ming. But,  alas,  Michael  has  a  bum  knee 
and  the  foreman  won't  hire  him  for  in- 
surance reasons. 

How  did  the  foreman  know  Michael 
had  a  bum  knee?  Michael  told  him  — 
you  see,  Michael  is  honest  and  has  a  strict 
moral  code.  Michael  will  not  even  accept 
a  few  dollars  from  a  friend. 

But  in  a  barin  Red  Rock,  the  bar  owner 
mistakes  Michael  for  a  hit  man  he  had 
hired  to  kill  his  wife.  At  this  point, 
Michael's  strict  moral  code  goes  out  the 
window  and  his  IQ  drops  to  the  melting 
point  of  helium.  So,  for  reasons  known 
only  to  Michael,  he  pretends  to  be  the  hit 
man. 

He  then  goes  to  kill  the  wife  (played  by 
Lara  Flynn  Boyle),  but  she  offers  him 
more  money  not  to  kill  her,  which  he 
takes  and  runs  off  like  a  thief  in  the  night. 

For  some  reason,  Michael  drops  the 
sheriff  a  note  about  the  whole  sorry  hit 
man  business  and  leaves  town.  Well,  it 
just  isn't  Michael's  day  because,  he  runs 
over  the  wife's  lover  who,  incidentally, 
has  been  shot  twice. 


At  this  point  Michael's  moral  code 
comes  back  from  its  extended  vacation, 
but  the  stupidity  remains.  He  returns  to 
Red  Rock  with  the  mortally  wounded 
lover.  Back  in  Red  Rock,  Michael  meets 
the  sheriff,  who  turns  out  to  be  none 
other  than  the  bar  owner. 

The  bar  owner's  unhappy  about  not 
getting  the  most  for  his  money  and  tries 
to  kill  Michael.  Michael  escapes  his  cer- 
tain doom  and  sprints  through  the  woods 
at  night,  with  abum  knee  no  less.  Michael 
runs  into  Lyle,  the  real  hit  man  played  by 
Dennis  Hopper.  They  hit  it  off  and  Lyle 
takes  Michael  back  to  the  bar  for  a  drink. 

Plenty  of  other  useless,  stupid  stuff 
happens,  but  it's  really  not  that  impor- 
tant or  interesting.  If  all  of  this  sounds 
stupid  and  convoluted,  then  you  should 
avoid  Red  Rock  West.  If  this  sounds  really 
cool  and  clever,  then  you  must  not  get 
out  much. 

Red  Rock  West  wants  very  much  to  be 
the  Coen  brothers'  1984  film  Blood  Sim- 
ple. Both  films  are  country  and  western 
film  noirs,  but  where  Blood  Simple  is  aw- 
fully clever  and  intricate,  Red  Rock  West  is 
just  awful. 

Cage  gives  a  solid  performance  as 
Michael.  Of  course,  when  I  say  solid 
performance,  it  is  because  Cage  plays 
Michael  as  if  his  head  was  full  of  con- 
crete. 

Boyle  stands  around  and  looks  lost 
throughout  the  film,  even  though  she  is 
supposed  to  be  a  level-headed  woman 
who  can  look  after  herself. 

The  only  life  in  the  film  comes  from 
Hopper,  who  plays  Lyle  with  a  maniacal 
zeal.  He  seems  to  be  the  only  one  who  is 
having  fun  in  this  turkey.  Aside  from  him 
the  only  other  interesting  moment  in  the 
film  is  when  Dwight  Yoakam  makes  a 


cameo  appearance. 

Don't  go  see  Red  Rock  West.  You  will 
feel  ripped  off  even  on  cheap  night.  If  you 


have  a  hankering  to  see  a  really  good 
country  and  western  film  noirdo  yourself 
a  favor  and  rent  Blood  Simple.  □ 


and  this  one  isn't  worth  your  time  either 


by  Sheila  Keenan 

Charlatan  Staff 


Paris,  France 

^Directed  by  Gerard  Ciccoritti 


According  to  Maclean's,  this  movie  is 
supposed  to  be  "the  Canuck  Kama  Sutra." 

In  the  Kama  Sutra,  that  ancient  Chi- 
nese love  manual,  everyone  looked  like 
they  were  having  a  good  time.  In  the 
Canadian  version,  everyone  looks  like 


Ultrasexy  Leslie  Hope,  clutching  her  script. 


they  would  rather  be  doing  something 
else.  Part  way  through  the  movie,  I  kinda 
wished  I  was  doing  something  else  too. 

There  is  a  lot  of  sex  in  this  movie,  but 
it's  not  sexy  sex. 

The  four  central  characters  in  the  film, 
Lucy  (Leslie  Hope),  Sloan  (Peter 
Outerbridge),  Michael  (Victor  Ertmanis) 
and  William  (Dan  Lett)  are  all  sexually 
entangled. 

Lucy  has  sex  with  Michael  (her  hus- 
band) and  Sloan.  Michael  has  sex  with 
_  Sloan.  And  Sloan  .  .  .  well,  Sloan 
has  sex  with  everyone. 

Through  flashbacks,  we  leam 
Lucy  used  to  have  sex  with  a  guy 
named  Minter  (Raoul  Trujillo), 
who  she  met  when  she  was  a 
struggling  writer  in  Paris  in  the 
'60s.  He  inspired  her  creativity 
with  their  sexual  entanglements. 
Now,  her  creative  well  has  run 
dry. 

Enter  Sloan,  a  rough,  tough 
poet.  Sloan  and  Lucy  have  an 
affair.  Through  their  sexual  cou- 
plings, Lucy  is  supposed  to  redis- 
cover her  creativity.  But  the  kind 
of  sex  Lucy  and  Sloan  have 
wouldn't  inspire  most  people  to 
write  their  own  name,  let  alone 
anything  else. 

There  are  some  good  parts  in 
this  film,  but  they  just  don't  add 
up  to  make  a  consistent  piece.  It 
does,  however,  look  very  good. 
Director  Gerard  Ciccoritti  shot 
most  of  the  film  in  natural  light. 
Although  in  places  it's  just  too 
dark,  other  times  this  really  works, 
jfl     I  The  black  and  white  flashbacks  to 
I  Lucy's  time  in  Paris  with  Minter 
I  also  look  good. 

Unfortunately,  any  good  parts 
m  areoverwhelmedbytheproblems 
with  the  film.  The  biggest  prob- 


lem isn't  that  at  the  end  of  it  you're  left 
asking  "What  the  hell  was  that  supposed 
to  be  about?"  -  although  you  are  left 
asking  that.  There  are  some  very  good 
movies  out  there  without  a  traditional 
Hollywood  plot,  but  this  just  isn't  one  of 
them. 

No,  the  biggest  problem  with  this  film 
is  that  it  fails  to  raise  any  kind  of  response 
in  the  viewer.  The  only  thing  that  made 
me  really  react  —  with  a  shiver  —  was 
Lucy  shaving  her  pits  with  a  straight 
razor.  The  scene  of  Lucy  shaving  Sloan 


with  the  straight  razor  —  she  wasn't 
shaving  his  face  —  probably  would  have 
made  most  men  react. 

Besides  that,  the  occasional  chuckle 
(when  Michael  and  William  compare 
their  penises)  and  the  occasional  good 
line  (like  Lucy's  "Trust  your  own  cunt"), 
the  film  on  the  whole  doesn't  raise  any 
consistent  response  in  the  viewer. 

I'd  have  to  trust  my  own  brain  on  this 
one  and  tell  people  to  stick  with  the 
original  Kama  Sutra  forinspiration,  sexual 
or  otherwise.  □ 


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January  20,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  23 


Audience  members  attempt  to  kill  actor 


by  Kerry  Taylor 

Charlaian  Staff 


Shakespeare's  Interactive  Circus 

A  Company  of  Fools 
The  Great  Canadian  Theatre 
Company 

Jan.  14,  15,  21,22,  28,  29; 
10:15  p.m.  ^/ 


Wanna  be  an  actor?  At  Shakespeare's 
Interactive  Circus,  you'll  have  your  chance. 

This  play  encourages  the  audience  to 
eat  with,  yell  at  and  attack  the  actors. 

Opening  with  a  kazoo  song  about  a 
bastard,  this  interactive  play  leads  the 
viewers  through  a  series  of  fragmented 
Shakespearean  parodies. 

Scott  Florence,  Heather  Jopling,  Margo 
MacDonald  and  Mike  Brunet  all  play 
actors  who  belong  to  a  Shakespearean 
theatre  company.  Beginning  with  a  short 
excerpt  from  Macbeth,  these  characters 
present  a  light  side  to  this  unlucky  play. 

Unfortunately,  a  great  tragedy  befalls 
the  company  during  this  performance, 
when  it  is  announced  that  Sir  Richard 
Lawrence  Burbage-Attengood  III,  the 
company's  founding  leader,  is  dead. 
Without  guidance,  direction,  or  Sir 


Richard,  the  company  bravely  decides  to 
continue  with  the  show. 

At  this  point,  the  audience  is  invited  to 
direct  the  players  in  a  choppy  improvisa- 
tion of  the  Taming  of  the  Shrew.  At  the  Jan 
14  performance,  many  laughs  were  had 
here.  However,  with  the  endless  heckling 
from  the  audience,  the  play  began  to 
drag.  The  players  attempted  to  keep  con- 
trol, but  at  times,  the  audience  clearly 
stole  the  show.  Sometimesaudience  mem- 
bers' jokes  got  more  laughs  than  the 
play. 


Carleton  student  and  actor  Scott  Flor- 
ence plays  the  humorous  role  of  Brie.  He 
is  both  the  least  experienced  player  — 
having  never  studied  theatre  —  and  the 
most  endearing,  getting  the  most  laughs 
of  all  the  players  this  evening. 

Florence  was  most  comical  in  the  role 
of  Julius  Caesar  when,  contrary  to  the 
original  script,  he  avoids  death  at  the 
hands  ofhis  fellow  players.  However,  the 
situation  became  absurd  when  several 
audience  members  were  invited  up  on 
stage  in  an  attempt  to  kill  him  with  trick 


daggers. 

Another  notable  performance  was 
lopling  as  Constance.  Her  soliloquy  in 
Titus  Andronicus  was  well  delivered  and 
very  funny,  fopling's  commanding  pres- 
ence captivated  the  audience. 

The  role  of  Gilliam,  played  by  Tony 
the  "bored  props  guy"  as  the  program 
called  him,  added  to  the  show's  absurd- 
ity. Tony  spent  the  whole  show  walking 
around  with  a  clipboard,  showcasing  his 
dramatic  range  when  he  played  a  dead 
guy  in  Richard  ill.  His  role  was  highly 
unnecessary,  although  amusing. 

The  set  consists  of  two  grassy  hills  on 
either  side  of  the  stage.  The  grass  on  the 
hills  is  unmistakably  real.  A  wire  fence, 
located  behind  the  hills,  is  used  as  a 
framing  device  for  the  stage.  The  layer  of 
pungent  soil  and  garbage  on  the  centre 
stage  prevents  the  set  from  imitating  a 
pleasant  little  park.  The  stage  lighting  is 
well  done,  giving  the  set  the  feeling  of  an 
isolated  park  at  dusk. 

This  performance  was  enjoyable.  How- 
ever, due  to  the  play's  interactive  nature, 
rowdy  audience  members  can  cause  prob- 
lems with  the  plot  if  the  players  fail  to 
take  control.  Q 


Some  thoughts  on  the  Beatles' 
recently  announced  reunion 


Who  cares? 


Oliver's 

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21 


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Freebie 
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EH  WEDNESDAY 

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One  Free  Fall  have  rough  night  out  at  Oliver's 


by  Murielle  Varhelyi 

Charlatan  Staff 


One  Free  Fall,  opening  for  > 
Junkhouse 

Oliver's 
Jan.  15 


It  was  50  below  outside  and  almost  as 
cold  inside. 

The  night  ahead  held  promise;  1  had  a 
good  feeling  about  the  upcoming  con- 
cert. 

Despite  this  optimistic  outlook,  things 
got  off  to  a  not-so-great  start.  Because 
their  van  had  broken  down,  One  Free  Fall 
was  considerably  late  getting  to  the  show. 

Things  picked  up  after  this.  Mark 
Wilson,  a  second-year  Carleton  student, 
took  to  the  stage  around  10  p.m.,  acous- 
tic guitar  in  hand.  Wilson  was  an  unex- 
pected bonus  for  about  150  people  who 
turned  out  for  the  concert. 

Wilson's  music  was  not  at  all  like  the 
two  main  bands',  but  he  displayed  some 
very  impressive  talent,  not  only  on  guitar 
but  with  his  strong,  commanding  voice. 

His  set  included  "Rosemary,"  a  Lenny 
Kravitz  cover,  as  well  as  some  original 
tunes,  including  the  excellent  "She 
Jumped."  Although  everyone  was  anx- 
ious to  see  the  other  bands,  the  crowd 
seemed  to  enjoy  Wilson  and  his  music. 

Finally  just  before  11  p.m.,  One  Free 
Fall  arrived  and  went  directly  onstage. 
They  were  very  rushed  for  time  because 
Junkhouse  still  had  to  play.  Lead  vocalist 
Ken  MacNeil  spoke  very  little  and  the 
band  went  from  song  to  song  without 


much  of  a  break. 

Halfway  through  their  loud,  aggres- 
sive guitar  set  and  in  the  middle  of  a 
song,  MacNeil  said,  "Let's  hear  it  for 
Fumaceface.  You  live  in  Ottawa,  let's 
hear  it!"  (One  Free  Fall,  who  are  from 
Toronto  but  originally  Nova  Scotia, 
opened  for  Fumaceface  at  Creeque  Alley 
last  time  they  were  in  town.) 

There  was  zero  response  to  his  state- 
ment, which  is  kind  of  pathetic  consider- 
ing Fumaceface  is  one  of  the  best . 
bands  presently  in  Ottawa. 

For  the  majority  of  their  set. 
One  Free  Fall  focused  on  songs 
from  their  most  recentalbum  Mud 
Creek,  including  "Saved"  and 
"Heaven  to  Bed." 

Although  it  was  painfully  ob- 
vious the  audience  had  come  out 
to  hear  Junkhcuse's  hard  rock, 
the  crowd  was  somewhat  inter- 
ested in  the  incredibly  distinct  and 
powerful  sound  of  One  Free  Fall. 
Sadly,  the  crowd  was  not  entirely 
into  the  show  despite  the  band's 
energetic  performance. 

Towards  the  end  of  their  40- 
minute  set,  a  fight  broke  out  out- 
side the  pub  and  almost  the  whole 
bar  got  up  to  see  what  all  the 
commotion  was  about.  While  this 
happened,  the  band — still  show- 
ing great  enthusiasm  onstage  — 
had  pretty  well  lost  their  entire 
audience. 

Definitely  more  people  ven- 
tured out  on  this  frigid  winter 
night  to  see  Hamilton's  Junkhouse 


though  both  One  Free  Fall  and  Wilson 
did  a  superior  job  keeping  the  crowd 
amused,  people  were  relievedand  thrilled 
when  Junkhouse  finally  came  on.  They 
immediately  got  up  off  their  seats  to  get 
close  to  the  stage. 

One  thing  that  can  be  said  abouttheir 
performance  is  they  are  excellent  at  in- 
teracting with  the  crowd.  The  highlight 
of  their  entire  production  was  when  a 
guy  from  the  crowd  jumped  on  stage  and 


sang  "Going  Right  Out  of  My  Head"  with 
the  band. 

One  Free  Fall  was,  musically  speak- 
ing, the  betterband,  although  the  crowd 
thought  otherwise.  Not  saying  that 
Junkhouse  didn't  put  on  a  good  show. 
They  did,  but  were  not  as  moving  as  the 
starting  act.  It  was  a  shame  that  Mark 
Wilson  and  One  Free  Fall  couldn't  play 
longer  because  it  would  have  made  the 
show  that  much  more  enjoyable.  □ 


than  either  opening  acts.  Even  Hairb°ys  «*  k  a-  °™  ^ee  Fall)  sing! 


Tough!  play  falls  short  of  strict  Degrassi  standard 


by  Neil  Herland 

Charialan  Statt 


yfoughl 

Green  Thumb  Theatre 
at  the  Great  Canadian  Theatre 
Company 
y|an.  12  — Jan.  29 


Many  women  don't  have  the  guts  of 
Thelma,  Louise  or  Lorena  Bobbitt. 

Many  of  them  have  to  actually  deal 
with  dysfunctional  relationships  caused 
by  problem  men.  This  idea  of  coping  is 


f'ds  today. . 


projected  throughout  George  F.  Walker's 
teen-oriented  play  Tough!. 

Tough!,  directed  by  Patrick  McDonald, 
attempts  to  examine  the  difficulties  of 
male-female  relationships  in  the  '90s  by 
showing  us  the  frustrations  faced  by  a 
pregnant  teen. 

Tina  is  an  innocent  and  naive  girl 
(playedby  Helen  Taylor)  whoseboyfriend 
tries  to  back  out  of  their  relationship 
when  he  discovers  Tina's  pregnant.  Soon, 
Tina's  friend  Jill  (Leslie  Jones)  tries  to 
convince  her  to  forget  the  relationship, 
while  Bobby  "the  cheating"  boyfriend 
(Frank  Zotter)  tries  to 
patch  things  up  again. 

Sound  familiar?  I 
thought  it  would  be 
better  as  a  Degrassi  epi- 
sode. The  play  is  an 
attempt  at  a  comical 
love  story.  Unfortu- 
nately, the  humor  con- 
stantly interrupts  the 
love  story,  producing 
an  unsatisfying  com- 
edy and  a  poor  love 
story. 

The  love  story  itself 
is  terribly  unoriginal. 
The  characters  are 
shallow  and  the  plot  is 
older  than  a  Lawrence 
Welk8-track  cartridge. 
The  playwright  fails  to 
provide  appropriate 
background  informa- 
tion about  the  charac- 
ters. They're  simply 
Jell-O-moulded  stere- 
otypes. 

It  is  common  prac- 
tice in  many  profes- 
sional shows  to  cast 
adult  performers  in  the 
roles  of  teenagers.  The 
training,  experience 
and  rehearsal  avail- 
ability of  professional 


adult  actors  makes  casting  them  a  more 
attractive  option  than  casting  actual  teen- 
agers. It's  a  gamble  that  rarely  worksout. 

In  this  case,  the  gamble  works  for 
Zotterand  Taylor,  who  deliver  believable 
teenage  performances.  Unfortunately, 
Jones  appears  too  old  to  be  playing  a 
teenager,  despite  her  talents  as  an  ac- 
tress. 

Though  the  actors  are  by  no  means 
incompetent,  there  is  little  they  can  do  to 
salvage  the  script.  Many  well-acted  mo- 
ments between  boyfriend  and  girlfriend 
were  spoiled,  by  a  sudden  cheap  line 
thrown  in.  It's  too  bad,  since  the  actors 
were  obviously  skilled  enough  to  capti- 
vate the  audience. 

The  set,  designed  by  Philip  Tidd,  is 
quite  good.  A  realistic  urban  park  is  cre- 
ated with  two  real  grass-covered  hills 
that  surround  a  littered  pathway.  Soil 
and  trees  are  contrasted  with  hypoder- 
mic needles  and  discarded  cigarette  packs, 


revealing  the  ease  at  which  beautiful 
things  can  falls  susceptible  to  decay. 

The  story  of  a  relationship  gone  sour 
isn't  new.  It's  extremely  stereotypical  to 
see  the  boyfriend  begging  the  reluctant 
girl  to  get  an  abortion.  It  went  out  of 
vogue  with  Madonna's  "Papa  Don't 
Preach." 

I  find  it  hard  to  believe  that  this  play 
was  written  last  year,  much  less  by  Walker, 
one  of  our  country's  most  produced  play- 
wrights. His  play  about  love  in  the  '90s 
fails  to  deliver  any  modem  concepts  or 
ideas  about  love.  Even  more  outdated 
than  the  play's  storyline  is  the  advice  Jill 
gives  to  the  pregnant  Tina:  "Tough;  what 
you  got  is  what  you  got." 

There  are  certain  basic  characteristics 
that  define  a  good  script.  Tough!  does  not 
meet  any  of  them.  The  language  is  awk- 
ward, the  playwright  doesn't  state  any 
new  or  revolutionary  ideas,  but  most  of 
all,  it  just  isn't  entertaining.  □ 


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Timely  but  disappointing 


by  Suzanne  Andrew 

CharKdan  Slalf 


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The  Porcupine 

Julian  Barnes 
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The  Porcupine  is  a  timely  narrative 
replete  with  interesting  ideas,  yet  disap- 
pointing in  delivery. 

The  novel  is  a  picture  of  the  author's 
conception  of  the  transition  from  com- 
munism to  capitalism  in  an  Eastern  Eu- 
ropean country. 

Stoyo  Petkanov  is  the  caustic  and  ma- 
nipulative former  communist  leader  on 
trial  for  crimes  against  the  people.  Peter 
Solinsky  is  Petkanov's  character  foil,  a 
dispassionate  intellectual  appointed  as 
the  prosecutor  general  for  the  trial. 

As  the  trial  stretches  across  weeks, 
then  months,  the  perceived  moral  chasm 
between  the  two  men  disappears.  Using 
these  characters  as  an  analogy  for  the 
political  systems  of  communism  andcapi- 
tallsm,  the  author  mixes  black  and  white 
to  reveal  the  greyness  of  reality. 

Images  of  Petkanov  as  a  pompous 
ogre  are  challenged  by  evidence  of  his 
vulnerabilities.  Pictures  of  Solinsky  as  a 
virtuous  role  model  are  smeared  by  dis- 
closures of  his  devious  side. 

Throughout  the  novel,  the  author 
shows  the  trial  contains  no  justice,  but 
serves  as  a  necessary  means  to  end  an 
unfashionable  regime. 

The  trial  of  the  deposed  communist 
leader  is  used  by  the  author  as  the  axis  of 
the  plot.  While  some  of  the  characters 
and  situations  are  directly  involved  in 
the  trial,  otherssimply  swing  around  this 
axis  as  part  of  the  author's  social  com- 


mentary. The  trial  is  thus  representative 
of  many  different  voices. 

The  plot,  however,  is  static.  No  at- 
tempt is  made  at  incorporating  suspense. 
This  technique  works  to  a  certain  extent 
because  it  serves  to  emphasize  the  char- 
acters' interpretations  of  events.  But  be- 
cause the  reader  is  told  what  is  going  to 
happen  through  heavy  foreshadowing, 
the  reader  has  to  wade  through  muddy 
prose. 

Characters  arestrewn about  the  pages 
without  ample  explanations  as  to  why 
they  exist  in  the  story,  for  example,  a 
group  of  students  with  nothing  better  to 
do  than  watch  the  trial  on  television  are 
introduced  early  in  the  novel.  The  author 
brings  these  characters  into  the  story 
intermittently  and  seemingly  without 
reason. 

The  students  have  no  bearing  on  the 
main  characters  or  events,  and  although 
they  could  have  been  used  to  voice  the 
concerns  of  regular  citizens,  their  dia- 
logue is  shallow  and  rather  silly. 

The  author's  use  of  language  in  this 
novel  often  seemsinappropriate.  In  keep- 
ing with  the  simplistic  style,  the  charac- 
ters use  unsophisticated  language.  At 
times  this  seems  incongruous  with  their 
formal,  well-off  roles  in  society. 

Petkanov,  for  example,  rejects  thesug- 
gestion  that  he  should  read  one  of  the 
new  free-press  newspapers,  saying,  "1 
could  spare  myself  the  trouble  and  pour 
a  bucket  of  shit  over  my  head  instead." 

The  Porcupine  is  an  interesting  read 
because  of  its  subject  matter,  but  the 
author's  criticisms  of  political  systems 
are  often  too  subtle.  The  novel's  impact  is 
lost  in  a  puddle  of  ambiguities  where 
depth  and  piquant  description  should 
have  been.  □ 


Don  Ross  delights 


by  Andrea  Smith 

Charlatan  Staff 


(Don  R 
Alumn 
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i  Ross 

Alumni  Theatre 


Even  if  you  put  Don  Ross  in  a  sound- 
proof room  and  just  watched  him  play, 
after  about  five  minutes  you'd  probably 
say  to  yourself:  "Wow.  Even  if  1  practised 
for  a  billion  years,  I  could  never  be  that 
good." 

Ross,  a  Toronto  musician,  has  long 
been  revered  by  those  who  can  appreci- 
ate seriously  good  acoustic  guitarmusic. 
Those  of  you  who  don't  immediately 
recognize  his  name  would  none  the  less 
find  his  music  frighteningly  familiar,  no 
doubt  from  hearing  snippets  used  in  be- 
tween news  clips  on  various  CBC  radio 
shows,  such  as  As  It  Happens. 

Last  Friday,  Ross  packed  the  Alumni 
Theatre  for  a  free  concert,  where  he  per- 
formed new  and  old  songs.  His  proud 
parents  sold  CDs  and  tapes  in  the  lobby. 

Ross's  style  is  an  unusual  mixture  of 
classical  guitar  technique,  modem  im- 
provisational  style  and  casual  acoustic 
melodies.  Ross  jokingly  calls  it  "Heavy 
Wood  guitar."  Whatever  you  call  it,  from 
the  word  go,  he  had  the  crowd  eating  out 
of  the  palm  of  his  very  nimble  hand. 


Ross  also  talked  up  a  very  relaxed 
atmosphere,  chatting  with  audience 
members  as  if  they  were  guests  in  his 
living  room. 

Between  songs,  he  kept  everyone 
amused  with  stories  gleaned  from  his 
travels.  His  description  of  the  prolifera- 
tion of  vacuum  stores  in  North  Bay  elic- 
ited a  great  deal  of  laughter,  in  particular 
a  place  called  Homer's  "...  where  all  they 
sell  are  vacuums,  electric  guitars,  and  pet 
food."  Thus  the  title  of  his  song  "Hoover 
the  Musical  Dog." 

But  where  there  is  comedy,  tragedy 
can't  be  far  behind.  This  came  when  Ross 
told  the  audience:  "It  seems,  that  1  will  be 
signed  to  Sony  Music  . . . ." 

Ross  sounded  genuinely  enthused. 

But  those  people  who've  followed  him 
on  the  comparatively  independent  folk 
festival  circuit  will  certainly  lose  sleep, 
tormented  by  the  thought  of  Michael 
lackson  using  his  pass  card  to  sneak  into 
Sony's  studios  late  at  night  to  fiddle  with 
Ross's  tracks,  perhaps  using  a  synthe- 
sized version  as  back-up  on  the  Free  Willy 
II  soundtrack. 

But  all  this  anxiety  washed  away  as 
Ross  played  on  and  the  audience  re- 
turned his  efforts  with  hearty  applause. 
By  the  end,  all  fears  were  put  aside.  Not 
even  Sony  Music  could  screw  up  some- 
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THURSDAY,  JANUARY  20  TO  THURSDAY,  JANUARY 


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Thursday,  January  20 

For  the  adventurous  film  buff, 
Urotsukidoju  Legend  of  the  OverRend 

is  starting  a  five-day  run  at  the  Mayfair 
tonight  at  7  p.m.  It's  described  as  a  "leg- 
endary Japanimation  horror/porn  fea- 
ture" and  carries  the  warning:  "Although 
this  is  an  animated  film  it  is  definitely 
not  for  children,  or  those  who  are  sensi- 
tive, faint-hearted  or  politically  correct." 
Sounds  splendid. 

Ifthisisn'tquiteyourthing,  the  Ham- 
merheads play  disco  at  the  Pit  this 
evening. 

Toronto  band  hHead  is  at  Zaphod's 

this  evening.  Six  bucks  gets  you  in.  Local 
band  types  Trailer  Dickson  open. 

Friday,  January  21 

This  afternoon's  free  lunch-time  con- 
cert atnoon  in  Carleton's  Alumni  Thea- 
tre features  flautist  Caroline  Grimes  and 
pianist  Sandra  Webster. 

As  if  you  didn't  see  enough  of  them  on 
television,  you  can  catch  the  World's 
Best  Commercials  1993  {Isn't  this  an 
oxymoron?  -ed.)  at  the  Bytowne  tonight 
at  7  p.m.  It's  also  showing  at  various 
times  until  Jan.  27.  If  they  show  that 
Taster's  Choice  commercial,  you  have 
our  permission  to  storm  the  projection 
room. 


mm 


The  Publicans,  a  local  folk-type  trio 
with  Celtic  roots,  play  the  Sunnyside 
Sports  Bar  tonight.  Best  of  all,  if  s  free! 

Saturday,  January  22 

Appearing  at  the  Penguin  this  very 
evening  is  the  Belfast  Cowboys  and 
September  Child,  putting  their  unique 
spin  on  that  altemo-folk-rock  thing.  Five 
bucks  gets  you  in. 

Tonight  at  Zaphod's  you  can  see 
Corky  and  the  Juice  Pigs,  those  wacky, 
wacky  guys  who  frequented  the  pain- 
fully bad  and  thankfully  snuffed  Ralph 
Benmurgui  Show.  Cover  is  seven  dollars. 

Sunday,  January  23 

Short  Cuts  is  playing  at  8:45  p.m.  at 
the  Bytowne.  This  is  a  film  from  the 
same  man  (Robert  Airman)  who  brought 
us  The  Player,  so  you  might  want  to 
consider  checking  this  film  out. 


Graham  M.  Fallis 


Rebecca  Campbell,  the  omnipres- 
ent lead  vocalist  of  several  Ottawa  bands 
like  Fat  Man  Waving,  will  be  singing  this 
evening  at  the  Great  Canadian  Thea- 
tre Company.  She'll  be  backed  by  local 
jazz  types  Justin  Haynes  and  lordan 
O'Connor.  Tickets  are  $16  at  the  GCTC 
box  office. 

Tuesday,  January  25 

In  the  spirit  of  Tuesday,  Charlatan  pro- 
duction manager  Kevin  McKay  recom- 
mends you  read  Leaving  Cheyenne  by 
Larry  McMurtry.  Says  McKay:  "Quite 
unlike  any  of  McMurtry's  other  wridng, 
this  is  a  character-driven  story  which 
offers  a  serene  and  feminine  portrayal  of 
the  American  West." 

lust  to  put  this  review  into  context, 
right  after  offering  this  opinion,  McKay 
started  giggling  uncontrollably.  Hey,  it's 
been  a  hard  week. 


the  microwave  on.) 


Thursday,  January  27 

If  there's  something  everyone  enjoys, 
its  some  good  Hungarian  folk  music  and 
dancers.  Which  is  why  I'm  sure  the  Hun- 
garian State  Folk  Ensemble  show  at 
Centrepointe  Theatre  (tickets:  $28.65 
and  $24.35  for  youths  and  seniors)  at  8 
p.m.  tonight  will  be  packed. 

The  Royal  Winnipeg  Ballet  is  pre- 
senting An  Evening  With  Mark  Godden, 

a  salute  to  the  ballet's  resident  choreog- 
rapher, this  evening  at  the  National 
Arts  Centre  Opera  at  8  p.m.  Tickers  are 
available  through  the  NAC  box  office. 
They  cost  $22,  $35  and  $47.50. 


Monday,  January  24     Wednesday,  January  26 


There's  a  little  thing  called  the  Va- 
nilla Reading  Series  taking  place  at  8 
p.m.  this  evening  at  361  Elgin  St.  What 
can  we  tell  you?  Well,  it's  free,  there'll  be 
an  open  set  of  poetry  and  prose,  it's 
hosted  by  Warren  D.  Fulton  and  it  fea- 
tures readings  from  Jayne  Holowachuk 
(who  will  read  her  story  "When  Bad 
Things  Happen  to  Good  Parents")  and 


Ummmmmmm . . .  you  could  always 
stay  home,  study  and  make  yourself  a 
snack.  Our  suggestion:  put  1 2  Triscuits™ 
covered  with  old,  undyed  Cheddar  cheese 
in  the  microwave  until  the  cheese  starts 
to  bubble.  Serves  2.  (Don't  forget  to  turn 


If  you  have  an  event  you 
want  to  appear  in  this 
handy  calendar,  you  can 
drop  your  announcement 
off  at  The  Charlatan, 
Room  531  Unicentre 
during  regular  business 
hours  or  you  can  fax  us  at 

788-4051 .  Announce- 
ments must  be  in  by  the 
Friday  before  publication. 


May  we  suggest, 
some  poetry? 


by  Mario  Carlucci 

Charlatan  Staff 

I've  always  looked  at  modem  poets  as 
simply  pseudo-writerswhocouldn't  crack 
the  big  leagues.  Justified  or  not,  that's  the 
way  I've  felt. 

This  extreme  view  may  have  been 
caused  by  a  lack  of  exposure  to  real  poets 
or  maybe  too  much  exposure  to  really 
bad  poets. 

But  it  wasn't  until  reading  some  of  the 
work  of  poets  featured  in  Ottawa's  new- 
est reading  series  that  I've  learned  the 
personal  andsocial  value  of  good  poetry. 

This  series,  sponsored  by  Carleton 
University's  Italian  department  and  the 
Istituto  Italiano  di  Cultura  of  Ottawa, 
demonstrates  that  these  modern  poets 
are  anything  but  bad. 

First  of  all,  there  are  poets  like  Italian- 
bom  Pier  Giorgio  Di  Cicco,  who  began 
the  series  with  a  reading  at  the  Stone 
Angel  Institute  Jan.  1 1 .  His  poems  tell  of 
the  Italian  immigrant  contribution  to 
Canada's  social  makeup  and  are  testa- 
ment to  the  community's  cultural  wealth. 

The  second  author  in  the  series,  Mary 
Di  Michele,  teaches  creative  writing  at 
Concordia  University  and  has  published 
extensive  worksofpoetry  since  1977.  Her 
first  novel,  titled  Under  My  Skin,  shouldbe 
available  by  the  spring. 

Herearlier  works  like  Bread  and  Choco- 
late and  Immune  to  Gravity  have  been 
characterized  as  "feminine,  tough,  ironic, 
and  unsentimental, "  by  Canadian  Forum. 
Her  reading  took  place  Jan.  18  at  the 


National  Library. 

Readings  following  Di  Michele's,  like 
Vittorio  Rossi's  and  Antonio  d' Alfonso's, 
will  also  take  place  at  the  National  Li- 
brary in  subsequent  weeks. 

D'Aifonso,  a  literary  critic,  film  pro- 
ducer and  scriptwriter,  also  writes  po- 
etry, and  according  to  critic  Liliane 
Welch,  "writes  in  the  tradition  of 
Baudelaire  and  Dante."  He  reads  at  the 
National  Library  Feb.  17  at  8  p.m. 

Non-poets  in  this  series  include  Rossi 
and  Paul  Tana.  Rossi  is  a  playwright  and 
former  writer-in-residence  at  Concordia. 
He  has  had  his  first  two  one-act  plays 
Little  Blood  Brother  and  Backstreets  pro- 
duced by  the  Willow  Cabin  Theatre  Com- 
pany in  New  York.  He  will  be  readingat 
the  National  Library  Feb.  1. 

Rossi's  work  intensely  examines  com- 
munication and  the  obstacles  of  human 
interaction.  His  work  as  a  new  play- 
wright is  refreshingly  frank  and  marks 
an  optimistic  future  for  Canadian  drama. 
His  work  is  rife  with  intelligent  wit  and 
passionate  portrayals  of  sympathetic 
characters. 

Tana's  La  Sarrasine,  a  film  nominated 
for  1 1  Genies,  will  round  out  theseries  at 
the  Bytowne  (in  French  and  Italian  with 
English  subtitles),  March  1 3  at  3:30  p.m. 
There  will  be  a  discussion  period  with 
Tana  at  the  end  of  the  film. 

Next  fall,  the  producers  of  the  series 
plan  on  presenting  a  similar  series  that 
will  include  Governor  General's  Award- 
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CUSA  employees  talk  union 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Staff 

Some  employees  of  the  Carleton  Uni- 
versity Students'  Association  say  they're 
unhappy  with  a  Ontario  Labor  Relations 
Board  ruling  which  has  forced  them  to 
join  a  union. 

"People  are  upset  about  it,"  says  Val 
Leinan,  who  works  with  CUSA's  enter- 
tainment crew.  "Most  people  did  not 
have  a  voice  or  a  vote  and  didn't  really 
find  out  about  it  until  they  were  told  they 
were  unionized." 

Chris  Larochelle,  who  works  for 
Unicentre  security,  says  he's  upset  at  be- 
ing forced  into  the  union. 

"I've  talked  to  a  lot  of  people  and 
everyone  has  this  feeling  that  we  didn't 
really  have  a  say." 

In  November,  the  board  ruled  that 
about  160  CUSA  employees  would  auto- 
matically be  unionized  as  part  of  Cana- 
dian Union  of  Public  Employees  Local 
1281. 

During  the  summer,  CUSA  fired  two 
union  organizers.  Student  Academic  Ac- 
tion Bureau  co-ordinator  Wayne  Ross 
and  Carleton  Women's  Centre  co- 
ordinator Renee  Twaddle,  leading  to  hear- 
ings before  the  board  in  Toronto  in  Au- 
gust. Ross  and  Twaddle  were  reinstated 
in  September. 

In  the  board's  decision,  CUSA's  firings 
and  "scheme  of  harassment  and  intimi- 


dation of  union  organizers  and  support- 
ers, "  are  cited  as  reasons  why  a  fair  and 
unbiased  vote  could  not  take  place. 

The  decision  was  the  first  one  to  use 
year-old  amendments  to  the  Ontario 
Labor  Relations  Act,  which  allow  the 
board  to  automatically  certify  employees 
if  it  finds  an  employer  has  interfered  with 
a  union  drive.  In  most  union  drives,  a 
vote  of  employees  is  needed  to  obtain 
certification. 

The  local  is  preparing  to  negotiate  its 
first  collective  agreement  with  CUSA  in 
the  next  few  months,  says  Local  1281 
president  Rob  Centa.  A  collective  agree- 
ment is  a  contract  between  employees 
and  an  em- 


form  employees  and  explain  the  struc- 
ture of  the  union.  Some  at  the  meeting 
estimated  attendance  as  being  between 
30  and  50  people.  The  meeting  was  closed 


to  the  press. 

In  the  near 
future  the  bar- 
gaining unitwill 
elect  representa- 
tives to  negotiate 
the  agreement 
with  CUSA,  says 
Centa. 

Some  newly 
unionized  em- 
ployees say  they 

are  unhappy   

with  having  no  Twaddle. 

choice    about  — —  

joining  a  union. 

"I  don't  care  for  it,"  says  Frank 
Bellantoni,  who  works  at  Oliver's  pub  in 
the  Unicentre.  "I  was  happy  before  the 
union  came.  Either  way,  it  won't  affect 
me  at  all." 

Bellantoni  says  he  wanted  a  vote  on 
whether  to  unionize  and  does  not  want  to 
pay  union  dues.  Centa  says  dues  are  1 . 75 
per  cent  of  an  employee's  gross  monthly 
salary  and  won't  be  collected  until  after 
the  collective  agreement  is  negotiated. 

James  Rilett,  CUSA's  chief  electoral 
officer,  says  because  there  was  no  vote, 
the  union  supporters  didn't  have  to  con- 
vince otheremployees  that  a  union  would 
be  a  good  idea. 

He  says  if  there  had  been  a  vote, 
organizers  would  have  had  to  "promise 


us  what  they'd  do  and  we'd  have  some- 
thing to  hold  them  to." 

Derek  Watt,  staff  supervisor  of  the 
Foot  Patrol,  says  he's  happy  to  see  the 
unionization .  He  says  he  hopes  it  leads  to 
pay  increases. 

"I  think  everyone's  sadly  underpaid 
and  overworked, "  Watt  says. 

Watt  says  his  honorarium  calls  for  15 
hours  of  work  per  week,  but  because  he 
works  more  than  that,  his  wage  works 
out  to  around  $5  per  hour. 

Leinan  says  if  wage  increases  come 
from  the  collective  agreement,  then  CUSA 
may  have  to  increase  student  fees. 

"1  thinkin  the  end,  it's  probably  going 
to  come  down  to  more  bucks  out  of  stu- 
dents' pockets." 

Rilett  says  a  small  group  of  supporters 
have  pushed  a  union  on  everyone  else. 
But  Twaddle  says  employees  who  are 
angry  with  not  being  able  to  vote  on 
whether  to  join  should  be  angry  with 
CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson  and  not  the 
union. 

"Since  Lucy  took  away  everybody's 
right  to  vote,  we  got  automatically  certi- 
fied," Twaddle  says.  "She  took  away  the 
employee's  right  to  choice  when  she  in- 
terfered in  the  union  drive." 

In  response,  Watson  says  the  CUSA 
executive  went  through  the  "expense 
and  stress"  of  the  board  hearings  to  get  a 
UNION  cont'd  on  page  5 


Admission  mark  requirements  may  rise 


by  Tonya  Zelinsky 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  proposal  to  raise  admissions  re- 
quirements for  the  faculty  of  social  sci- 
ences shouldn't  become  university  policy, 
says  the  director  of  academics  for  the 
Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion, 

Gary  Anandasangaree  says  the  pro- 
posal will  prevent  those  with  lower  high- 
school  grades  from  getting  the  opportu- 
nity to  study  at  Carleton. 

On  Dec.  6,  Carleton's  social  sciences 
faculty  board  passed  a  motion  to  raise 
entrance  requirements  to  70  per  cent 
from  60  per  cent  for  pass  programs  and  to 
75  per  cent  from  65  per  cent  for  honors 
programs. 

Before  this  becomes  policy  for  the  fac- 


ulty, it  must  get  passed  by  several  aca- 
demic decision-making  bodies,  says 
Michel  Gaulin,  clerk  of  the  university 
senate.  The  senate  is  Carleton's  highest 
academic  decision-making  body. 

The  motion  will  now  be  passed  on  to 
members  of  the  senate  executive,  who 
will  review  the  policy  and  decide  whether 
to  pass  it  on  to  the  senate  committee  on 
admissions  and  studies.  The  committee 
will  look  at  the  policy  and  decide  if  it 
should  pass  it  on  to  the  senate,  says 
Gaulin. 

Rob  [amieson,  CUSA's  vice-president 
internal,  says  he  doesn't  believe  the  sen- 
ate will  pass  the  proposal,  [amieson,  who 
is  a  student  senator,  says  while  there  is 
"the  odd  senator"  who  would  support  a 
cap  on  enrolment,  "the  mood  is  still  to 


Res  drug  bust  nets  five 


by  Andrea  Smith 

Charlatan  Staff 

On  fan.  14,  two  Ottawa  police  officers 
made  five  drug-related  arrests  in  Carle- 
ton's residence. 

Four  charges  of  trafficking  and  one 
charge  of  possession  with  the  purpose  to 
traffic  were  laid. 

Staff  Sgt.  Sue  O'Sullivan  says  the  po- 
lice confiscated  a  "small  quantity  of  can- 
nabis resin,"  more  commonly  known  as 
hash. 

Helder  Silva,  23,  Brent  Langan,  19, 
Bradley  Sutton,  19,  and  Andrew  Hill,  20, 
have  been  charged  with  trafficking  in 
hash  and  marijuana,  she  says. 

According  to  O'Sullivan,  the  charge  of 
drug  trafficking  involves  being  caught  in 
the  act  of  selling  illicit  narcotics,  usually 
through  selling  them  to  a  police  officer. 

Jacob  Amis,  22,  has  been  charged 
with  possession  for  the  purpose  of  traf- 
ficking marijuana. 

Len  Boudreault,  assistant  director  of 
the  department  of  university  safety,  says 
the  arrests  came  about  as  a  result  of 
complaints. 

Dave  Sterritt,  director  of  housing  and 


food  services,  says  four  of  those  arrested 
are  residents  of  the  Russell  and  Dundas 
residence  buildings. 

Sterritt  says  his  department  knew  noth- 
ing about  the  investigation.  "I'm  going 
to  tell  you  quite  openly"  says  Sterritt, 
"that  I  don't  know  how  the  police  came 
by  the  information.  Our  department 
didn't  give  them  the  information.  We 
weren't  tipped  at  all." 

Sterritt  adds  those  charged  have  not 
been  evicted  from  residence  and  says  it 
will  be  considered  after  closer  investiga- 
tion. 

"I  think  it's  a  well  known  fact  that 
there's  drug  abuse  in  res,"  says  Rideau 
River  Residence  Association  President 
John  Woods,  but  added  trafficking  is 
uncommon. 

On  the  condition  of  anonymity,  a 
person  who  lives  in  residence  told  The 
Charlatan  most  of  the  drug  use  in  resi- 
dence is  "casual."  The  person  adds  the 
arrests  "stemmed  the  use  of  drugs  in 
residence  for  the  first  little  while,  but  it 
really  hasn't  affected  it  too  much."  □ 

Wflti  files  from  Brandie  WelklB 


keep  an  open  philosophy." 

The  proposed  raise  in  admission  re- 
quirements was  co-sponsored  at  the  De- 
cember board  meeting  by  political  sci- 
ence professor  Radha  jhappan  and  soci- 
ology/anthropology professor  Daiva 
Stasiulis.  (Stasiulis  was  not  present  at  the 
meeting.)  political  science  professor 
Teresa  Rakowska-Harmstone  seconded 
the  motion. 

According  to  the  meeting  minutes, 
Jhappan  said  universities  are  exploiting 
students  with  low  averages  for  their 
money. 

But  Marilyn  Marshall,  the  dean  of 
social  sciences,  says  she  is  "opposed  to 
the  motion"  and  voted  against  it  at  the 
faculty  board  meeting. 

Marshall  says  a  high-school  grade 
point  average  is  a  bad  way  of  predicting 
future  academic  standing.  She  says  all 
students  should  have  the  opportunity  to 
succeed  at  the  post-secondary  level. 

Jhappan  says  she  is  worried  that  stu- 
dents entering  Carleton  with  a  weak  aca- 
demic standing  cannot  manage  their 


time  efficiently  enough.  She  says  she 
knows  students  who  are  carrying  a  full 
course  load,  taking  out  a  student  loan 
and  working  part-time. 

Jhappan  says  the  Ontario  Ministry  of 
Education  and  Training  is  "developing  a 
new  system"  of  re-classification  for  post- 
secondary  institutions,  and  fears  the  gov- 
ernment will  downgrade  Carleton  to  a 
community  college. 

But  Diane  Crocker,  the  ministry's  uni- 
versity liaison,  says  this  claim  is  un- 
founded. 

"Carleton  University  is  a  government- 
funded  institution  and  has  a  legal  right 
to  be  called  a  university." 

Crocker  says  she  is  unaware  of  any 
new  evaluation  and  reacted  to  jhappan's 
claim  by  laughing. 

Kelly  Young,  a  former  law  student  at 
Carleton  who  transferred  to  a  program  at 
a  different  school,  says  she  is  upset  about 
fhappan's  proposal.  Young  says  she 
would  never  have  been  admitted  to  the 

ADMISSION  cont'd  on  page  S 


Forward  Taffe 
Charles  soared  high 
this  weekend,  but 
the  Ravens  didn't, 
losing  twice. 


arts  19 

classifieds  18 

feature  1 2 
international  9 

national  7 

news  3 

opinion  1 1 

sports  1 5 


Icmuary  27,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  3 


Service  co-ordinators  have  their  say 


by  Matt  Skinner 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton's  student  services  are  funded 
out  of  the  $80-$95  annual  fee  each  un- 
dergraduate studentpays  to  theCarleton 
University  Students'  Association. 

With  the  academic  year  more  than 
half  over,  The  Charlatan  decided  to  find 
out  what  the  co-ordinators  have  done  so 
far  this  year,  and  whether  they  have  any 
new  plans.  This  week  we  profile  the  Peer 
Counselling  Centre  and  the  Carleton 
Disability  Awareness  Centre. 

PEER  COUNSELLING  CENTRE 
The  primary  function  of  the  Peer  Coun- 
selling Centre  is  to  provide  students  with 
counselling,  says  Theresa  Cowan,  CUSA's 
director  of  services.  The  centre's  co- 
ordinator, Dawn  Fallis,  was  sick  this  week 
and  could  not  be  reached  for  comment. 

Cowan  says  the  centre's  volunteers 
undergo  64  hours  of  mandatory  training 
that  cover  issues  such  as  body  image, 
substance  abuse,  eating  disorders  and 
other  personal  problems  students  may 
encounter.  She  says  the  centre  offers  a 
listening  ear,  as  opposed  to  advice. 

Perry  Simpson,  a  volunteer  at  the  cen- 
tre, says  a  lot  of  different  people  do  the 
training. 

"They  get  in  professionals  from  differ- 
ent services  all  over  Ottawa,"  he  says. 

Shelley  Baker,  another  volunteer  at 
the  centre,  says  the  services  offered  by  the 
centre  differ  from  that  of  Counselling 
and  Student  Life  Services  because  you  do 
not  need  an  appointment  at  Peer  Coun- 
selling. 

"If  students  have  an  immediate  prob- 
lem they  can  come  here,"  she  says. 
Simpson  says  training  is  another  dif- 


ference between  these  two  services. 

"They  are  professional;  most  of  them 
have  doctorates  and  masters.  We're  just 
volunteers  with  basic  training,"  says 
Simpson. 

Cowan  says  the  centre  acts  as  a  refer- 
ral service  for  students,  to  places  like  a 
crisis  centre  or  a  distress  line.  She  says 
students  do  not  need  an  appointment  to 
talk  to  one  of  the  centre's  volunteers,  who 
are  trained  to  be  "confidential  and  non- 
judgmental." 

The  centre  also  provides  workshops 
on  topics  such  as  massage,  relationships 
and  stress  management,  says  Cowan. 

She  says  the  centre  does  a  lot  of 
outreach  work  to  high  schools  that  have, 
or  want  to  start,  peer  counselling  centres, 
if  they  need  training  in  peer  counselling. 

Cowan  says  the  centre  has  a  large 
resource  file  available  to  students  that 
containsinformation  on  different  organi- 
zations and  centres  across  North  America 
that  deal  with  topics  such  as  sexuality, 
health,  and  eating  disorders. 

The  centre  has  a  tutorial  service  where 
students  can  sign  up  if  they  need  a  tutor 
or  if  they  want  to  be  a  tutor,  she  says. 
Simpson  says  the  students  often  charge 
$  1 0  to  $20  an  hour  for  tutoring. 

"The  students  arrange  their  own  fees, " 
he  says. 

The  centre  also  offers  condoms  at  cost: 
$4  for  a  dozen  lubricated  condoms  and 
$3  for  a  dozen  n on- lubricated.  Foam  is 
available  for  J 12. 

Cowan  says  the  centre,  which  was 
established  1 7  years  ago  when  people  at 
the  Carleton  Women's  Centre  saw  a  need 
for  peer  counselling,  has  not  changed 
much  in  recent  years. 


"(The  centre) 
operates  on  a 
very  progressive 
level  —  very 
pro-choice,  pro 
letting  people 
make  their  own 
decisions,"  she 
says. 

The  centre 
offers  a  phone- 
in  counselling 
line  at  788- 
3581.  The  line 
is  open  during 
the  centre's 
hours  of  opera- 
tion, which  are 
9  a.m.  to  7  p.m. 
Monday  

through  Thurs-  Burrows  and  Ananny:  happy  together. 

day,and9a.m.  -  '  ! 


Peer  counselling  volunteers  (l-r)  Lyndsay  Sieger,  Jennifer  Barnett,  Marie-Claude 
Ravenelle,  Tammy  Sheehan  and  Jennifer  Schilling. 


CD 


Come  one,  come  all  to  a 
seminar  about  covering 
gay,  lesbian  and  bisexual 
issues.  The  seminar  will 
be  given  by  a  representa- 
tive of  Carleton's  Cay, 
Lesbian  and  Bisexual 
Centre. 

DATE:  THURSDAY,  FEB.  3, 
4  P.M.,  IN  THE  CHARLATAN 
OFFICE,  531  UNICENTRE. 
For  more  information, 
contact  Mario  or  Kar'm  at 
788-6680. 


CD 


to  4:30  p.m.  on  Fridays. 

The  centre  is  located  on  the  third  floor 
of  the  Unicentre  across  from  the  Interna- 
tional Students'  Centre. 

JANET  BURROWS  AND  SHERYL 
ANANNY — CARLETON  DISABILITY 
AWARENESS  CENTRE 

The  Carleton  Disability  Awareness 
Centre  plays  many  roles  on  campus,  says 
Janet  Burrows,  one  of  the  centre's  co- 
ordinators. Burrows  shares  the  co- 
ordinator duties  with  Sheryl  Ananny. 

"We  try  to  bring  events  and  informa- 
tion to  Carleton  to  make  people  more 
aware  of  issues  that  people  with  disabili- 
ties face,  here  at  Carleton  and  in  the 
community  too,"  says  Burrows. 

She  says  the  centre  has  hosted  four 
speakers  and  events  so  far  this  year.  The 
centre  has  arranged  for  Jean  Stewart,  a 
disabled  feminist  author,  to  speak  on 
Feb.  11. 

Burrows  says  she  wants  to  emphasize 
the  positive  aspects  of  disabilities. 

"What  I'm  trying  to  get  away  from  is 
the  highly  medicalized  type  of  emphasis 
on  disability,  meaning  that  someone  is 
perpetually  sick, "  she  says.  "We're  trying 
to  remove  the  label  that  disability  is  a 
personal  tragedy,  and  trying  to  inform 
the  Carleton  community  that  there  are 
aspects  of  being  disabled  that  are  very 
positive  and  rewarding." 

Burrows  says  the  centre  is  working  on 
an  art  show  for  the  end  of  the  year.  She 
says  people  with  visible  and  non-visible 
disabilities  may  submit  pieces  to  the  cen- 
tre. 

The  centre  also  has  a  resource  section 
which  includes  newsletters,  magazines, 
books,  and  newspaper  clippings  that 
cover  such  topics  as  employment  equity, 
women's  issues,  men's  issues,  issues  con- 
cerning the  deaf  community,  transporta- 
tion and  accessibility  issues.  The  centre's 
resources  are  available  for  anyone  to  use. 


Burrows  says  the  centre,  which  re- 
ceives just  under  $40,000  a  year  from 
CUSA,  spends  at  least  $2,000  on  resource 
material. 

She  says  the  centre  also  provides  sup- 
port and  advocacy  for  students  with  dis- 
abilities. 

"If  a  student  wants  to  come  in  here 
and  wants  to  complete  a  project  or  wants 
to  initiate  a  committee,  they're  more 
than  welcome  to  do  so.  That's  always 
been  our  policy,"  she  says. 

The  centre  also  sits  on  many  commit- 
tees on  campus.  Burrows  says  one  com- 
mittee Ananny  sits  on,  administration's 
dedicated  access  fund,  has  made  a  lot  of 
improvements  on  campus  this  year. 

She  says  the  committee  has  done  a  lot 
of  work  making  washrooms  more  acces- 
sible, installing  automatic  door  openers 
and  the  installation  of  an  elevator  that 
goes  from  the  tunnel  to  the  library. 

She  says  another  role  of  the  centre  is  to 
make  committees  "aware  and  account- 
able about  issues  that  affect  students 
with  disabilities." 

Ananny  says  the  main  difference  be- 
tween CDAC  and  the  adminstration- 
funded  Paul  Menton  Centre  for  Persons 
with  Disabilities  is  that  the  Paul  Menton 
Centre  can  test  people  for  disabilities. 

For  example,  if  a  student  has  a  learn- 
ing disability  and  needs  more  time  to 
write  an  exam,  the  centre  has  trained 
staff  which  will  test  for  and  certify  the 
student'sleamingdisability.  Ananny  says 
CDAC  offers  advocacy  and  referral  serv- 
ices, and  does  not  have  the  same  trained 
staff  as  the  Paul  Menton  Centre. 

Burrows  says  the  centre  will  be  hold- 
ing a  meeting  for  any  students  who  are 
interested  in  supporting  the  disability 
rights  movement  or  just  want  to  find  out 
"what  the  centre  does"  on  Feb.  16  at  3 
p.m.  in  the  centre,  which  is  located  in 
Room  513  of  the  Unicentre.  □ 


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COMMENTARY 


OC  Transpo  should  take  its  own  hike 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Slaft 

Students  reading  the  Ottawo  Citizen's 
city  section  Jan.  16  would  have  been 
surprised  by  the  revelation  that  OC 
Transpo  service  is  both  friendly  and  effi- 
cient. 

Mary  Ellen  Collins,  a  journalism  in- 
tern from  the  University  of  Western  On- 
tario, was  given  a  handful  of  quarters 
and  loonies  and  took  the  bus  on  six 
(count  'em,  six)  separate  occasions.  She 
was  assigned  to  the  story  to  "get  a  con- 
sumer's perspective." 

That  she  was  from  out  of  town  and 
had  never  used  OC  Transpo  before  was 
not  an  accident.  The  Citizen  wanted  to 
hear  the  point  of  view  of  someone  who 
had  never  (been)  taken  (by)  this,  ahem, 
rapid  transit  system  before. 

•  It  boggles  the  mind  that  the  Citizen 
would  take  this  tack  to  evaluate  the  tran- 
sit system.  It's  impossible  for  someone 
who  has  only  taken  an  Ottawa  bus  six 
times  to  fully  appreciate  the  grief  OC 
Transpo  causes  its  customers  on  a  daily 
basis. 

Especially  with  the  "typical  bus  jour- 
neys" she  was  made  to  embark  upon: 
downtown  to  Baxter  Road  (home  of  the 
Citizen),  the  Citizen  to  downtown,  down- 
town to  Place  D'Orleans,  Place  D'Orleans 
to  the  Cumberland  Wave  Pool,  Orleans 
to  the  Ottawa  General  Hospital  on  Smyth 
Road,  and  from  there  to  Laurier  Avenue. 

Real  typical,  but  only  if  you're  a  Citi- 
zen employee  who  wants  to  take  their 
kids  out  to  a  wave  pool  in  the  boondocks. 
It's  not  a  typical  route  for  most  regular 
bus  riders  who  know  the  truth:  OC 
Transpo  sucks. 

The  service  is  generally  lousy,  the  buses 
to  and  from  campus — when  they  finally 
show  up  —  are  invariably  full  and  their 
hours  of  operation  screw  everyone  who 
isn't  a  government  employee. 


and  it  didn't  stop.  They'll  tell  you  about 
the  time  two  weeks  ago  when  droves  of 
people  waited  at  the  Dunton  Tower  bus 
stop  for  an  hour,  only  to  discover  from  a 
passing  car  that  buses  weren'tcoming  up 
the  hill  because  the  road  was  too  icy. 
They'll  tell  you  about  how  you  can't  take 
the  bus  to  the  clubs  in  town  if  you  live 
anywhere  outside  downtown  Ottawa. 

Bus  fares  have  gone  up  dramatically 
—  60  per  cent  in  the  last  two  years.  Base 
fare  has  risen  from  95  cents  to  $  1 .60,  but 
evening  service  has  been  clawed  back 
dramatically.  The  last  local  buses  used  to 
leave  their  points  of  departure  (in  Orle- 
ans at  least)  at  about  1  a.m.  No  longer. 

In  my  case,  living  all  the  way  out  in 
Orleans,  the  last  local  bus  leaves  Place 
D'Orleans  at  12:18  a.m.  and  often  be- 
fore. This  requires  that  I  catch  the  1 1 :38 
p.m.  bus  from  Rideau  Centre,  which 
means  I  have  to  leave  just  as  the  city's 
nightlife  comes  out  of  hiding. 


UNION  cont'd  from  page  3. 

vote  for  employees.  She  called  Twaddle's 
statements  "misleading." 

"I  don'tthink  it's  appropriate  for  one 
individual  to  be  pinpointed  in  this  entire 
matter,"  she  says. 

Centa  says  he  was  pleased  with  the 
meeting.  He  says  employees  who  came 
expressed  interest  and  asked  many  con- 
structive questions.  Twaddle  says  the 
meeting  should  have  come  sooner. 

"I  think  that  as  soon  as  we  were  noti- 
fied that  we  were  certified,  the  union 
should  have  been  here  and  talking  to 


ADMISSION  cont'd  from  page  3. 

school  if  the  requirements  were  as  high 
as  the  proposed  level. 

"That  is  what's  special  about  Carleton 
(low  admissions  requirements).  Every- 
one deserves  the  opportunity  for  an  edu- 
cation," she  says. 

According  to  the  meeting  minutes, 
Allan  Riding,  associate  dean  of  the  fac- 
ulty of  social  sciences,  said  raising  admis- 
sion requirements  would  also  harm  the 
school's  finances. 

"Approximately  1 ,500 students  would 
not  be  admitted  if  the  proposal  were 
implemented,  and  ...  the  direct  loss  of 
fees  would  be  $3  million  per  year." 

However,  Rakowska-Harmstone  says 
students  with  lower  gradesgetting  in  will 
do  poorly  and  are  a  burden  on  the  uni- 
versity. 

"I  don't  think  we  should  admit  stu- 
dents with  very  low  indicators.  It  puts  a 
great  strain  on  the  university.  I  don't 
think  this  is  much  of  a  service  to  students 
because  they  don't  gain  much  out  of  it. 
An  increase  in  classes  over  several  years 
has  had  a  negative  effect."  □ 


pARLETON 

Commerce 


I  February  3 

I  Pub  at  Olivers  from  8:00  -  1 :00 

I  February  8  and  10 

I  Commerce  Society  Elections 

I  March  10 

]  Business  Banquet 

I  at  the  Chateau  Laurier 

I  March  18 

I  Volleyball  Tournament 

I  March  25 

Graduation  at  the  Chateau  Laurier 

I  For  information  about  the  above 
I  events  stop  by  225  Paterson  or 
I  call  788-2600  ext  2708 


The  alternative,  walking  from  Place 
D'Orleans,  is  not  very  practical  on  nights 
where  the  temperature  reaches  -40  de- 
grees. Plus,  I  didn't  pay  $44.50  for  a  bus 
pass  to  enjoy  the  privilege  of  walking  to 
my  destination. 

Collins  also  commented  on  the  friend- 
liness of  Transpo  employees,  including 
the  drivers.  Granted,  there  are  a  few 
isolated  souls  who  (God  forbid)  actually 
talk  to  their  passengers.  However,  the 
friendly  drivers  who  actually  talk  to  us 
passengers  are  so  rare  they  highlight 
how  indifferent  and  sometimes  rude  bus 
drivers  in  this  city  are. 

Collins  took  six  bus  rides  and  passed 
judgment  on  the  system,  a  favorable 
judgment.  This,  in  spite  of  deciding  to 
walk  in  the  cold  and  arriving  at  the 


Citizen  30  minutes  late  because  she  was 
given  incorrect  information  by  an  OC 
Transpo  employee  who,  presumably, 
should  know  the  routes. 

These  things  happen.  It's  just  that 
when  you're  dealing  with  OC  Transpo, 
these  things  seem  to  happen  constantly. 

If  you  want  to  talk  typical  experience, 
I'll  give  you  typical  experience.  Theexpe- 
rience  of  seeing  the  95  pull  away  from  my 
stop  literally  seconds  before  the  135  I'm 
on  comes  to  a  stop.  The  experience  of  a 
two-hour  bus  ride  at  home  in  theevening 
over  a  distance  that  takes  90  minutes  at 
most  to  cycle.  The  experience  of  watch- 
ing fares  go  up  as  service  is  cut  back. 

Carleton  students  get  especially 
screwed.  Even  though  we  are  a  commu- 
nity of  over  20,000  bodies,  campus  is 
served  only  by  the  Number  7  and  118 
routes  during  off-peak  hours.  During  peak 
hours,  this  service  is  "augmented"  by  the 
addition  of  the  Number  19  route.  Too  bad 
peak  hours  don't  coincide  with  when 
most  classes  are  held  at  Carleton. 

Service  to  Carleton  is  so  bad  Ottawa- 
area  students  often  go  to  the  University  of 
Ottawa  because  it's  more  convenient  by 
bus.  On  Sundays,  not  only  do  buses  stop 
running  from  Carleton  at  1 1:34  p.m.  — 
as  if  nobody  works  or  goes  out  on  Sunday 
evenings  —  but  service  to  Carleton  is 
limited  to  two  buses  an  hour  on  the 
Number  7  route  all  day.  As  if  students 
never  commute  to  campus  or  the  library 
on  Sundays.  Sure. 

None  of  this  is  news,  except  perhaps  to 
the  Citizen  and  our  friend  Mary  Ellen 
Collins.  The  last  thing  this  city  needs  is 
OC  Transpo  apologists  and  newspaper 
articles  that  insinuate  bus  service  in  this 
town  is  anything  more  than  shoddy.  □ 


people." 

She  says  the  two  months  that  elapsed 
between  the  board's  decision  and  the 
meeting  has  made  some  employees  "re- 
sentful," because  they  haven't  had  a 
chance  to  get  their  questions  answered 
by  the  union  executives. 

Watt  says  there  were  many  upset 
employees  at  the  meeting. 

"People  were  saying  Tve  been  work- 
ing for  CUSA  for  X  many  years  and 
months  and  there's  never  been  a  prob- 
lem.' Well,  great,  that's  how  it  is  now. 
Down  the  road  there  may  be  a  problem 
and  that's  when  the  union  comes  in." 

But  Watt  says  the  union  is  "going  to 
make  a  tense  working  environment."  □ 


Carleton  has  worked  hard  over  the  past  number  of  years  to  make  our 
campus  more  accessible  but  we  have  a  long  way  to  go. 

The  Dedicated  Access  Fund  Committee  is  a  joint  comittee  between  the 
Carleton  University  Administration  and  the  Carleton  University  Students' 
Association.  The  Fund  administers  approximately  $100  000  which  it  uses 
to  undertake  projects  that  improve  the  accessibility  of  the  campus  to 
people  with  disabilities. 

Each  year  the  committee  consults  with  members  of  the  Carleton 
community  to  establish  a  list  of  priority  projects  for  the  upcoming  year. 
Listed  below  are  the  projects  suggested  to  date.  Now  is  your  time  to 
provide  input  to  this  process.  Check  off  the  5  areas 
which  you  think  are  the  highest  priority 
for  making  changes. 


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Clip  this  coupon  &  returrvlt  to  the  C.U.S.A.  Ofllce,  Suite  401  Unlcentre, 
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January  27,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  5 


HALT  » 

THE   , 

HIKE 

A  DAY  OF  PROTEST  AGAINST  TUITION  HIKd 


Trie  Charlatan  ■  January  27,  1994 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Grad  student  reps  fight  tuition  hikes 


by  John  Steinbachs 

Cfiarlatan  Staff 

A  cow  in  an  office  and  a  staged  soup 
kitchen  are  two  ways  Ontario  graduate 
students  have  planned  to  fight  an  im- 
pending tuition  hike. 

Graduate  students  may  be  the  hardest 
hit  if  the  province  proceeds  with  its  plans 
to  hike  the  university  tuition  ceiling  sub- 
stantially. 

A  discussion  paper  released  by  the 
Council  of  Ontario  Universities  last  Au- 
gust proposed  to  raise  graduate  tuition 
fees  by  up  to  50  per  cent  and  up  to  200  per 
cent  for  professional  programs  like  law 
and  dentistry  over  the  next  two  years. 

An  announcement  of  the  tuition  fee 
ceiling  for  1994-95  is  expected  attheend 
of  this  month,  after  which  university 
administrations  can  set  their  tuition  fee 
increases  for  next  year. 

Some  graduate  student  across  the  prov- 
ince, fearing  the  effects  of  larger-than- 
usual  tuition  hikes,  have  begun  to  take 
action. 

This  new  round  of  tuition  increases 
could  drive  many  graduate  students  un- 
der the  poverty  line,  says  Dave  Hubka, 
vice-president  external  of  the  Graduate 
Students'  Association  at  Carleton. 

Hubka  says  the  association  is  working 
with  the  Canadian  Union  of  Public  Em- 
ployees Local  2323,  which  represents 


teaching  and  research  assistants,  to  fund 
a  study  on  how  many  students  would  be 
impoverished  by  a  tuition  increase.  The 
study  is  being  conducted  by  Angus  Reid 
Group  Inc.  and  will  be  released  by  the 
first  week  in  March. 

Hubka  says  when  the  report  is  re- 
leased, a  1930s-style  soup  kitchen  will  be 
set  up  on  campus  to  serve  students  maca- 
roni and  cheese.  He  says  he  hopes  this 
will  bring  attention  to  the  plight  of  stu- 
dents. 

Richard  Nimijean,  recording  secretary 
for  CUPE  Local  2323,  says  the  union  is 
negotiating  with  administration  for  a 
new  contract.  He  says  the  union  is  de- 
manding its  members  be  compensated 
by  administration  for  any  tuition  in- 
creases. 

"So  far  we  have  no  way  of  knowing 
what  tuition  fees  will  be,"  says  Nimijean. 
"Our  goal  now  is  to  eliminate  the  impact 
the  increase  will  take  on  our  member- 
ship." 

Michel  Roy,  president  of  CUPE  2323, 
says  "even  a  10-per-cent  increase  ...  is 
quite  reprehensible."  Roy  says  teaching 
assistants  can't  afford  to  give  up  more  of 
their  take-home  pay  to  tuition. 

Other  graduate  associations  across  the 
province  are  also  preparing  protests  and 
lobbying  government. 

Rick  Smith,  president  of  the  Graduate 


Student  Association  at 
Guelph  University,  says  he 
has  been  carrying  out  lob- 
bying efforts  and  circulat- 
ing petitions  against  a 
hike. 

If  a  tuition  hike  is  an- 
nounced, Smith  says  some 
graduate  students  will 
walk  a  cow  to  the  office  of 
the  local  member  of  pro- 
vincial parliament. 

"The  point  being  that 
politicians  are  treating  stu- 
dents like  cash  cows,"  he 
says. 

Charlotte  Reeve,  a  field 
worker  with  the  Graduate 
Students'  Association  at 
University  of  Toronto,  says 
the  association  is  organiz- 
ing rallies  to  protest  the 
hikes. 

But  Marc  Fonda,  presi- 
dent of  the  University  of 
Ottawa's  Graduate  Stu- 
dents Association,  says  he 
hasn't  taken  any  steps  to 
organize  protests  yet. 

"We  don't  know  what 
the  increase  will  be  so  there's  nothing  we 
can  do." 

Fonda  says  he  will  wait  until  the  in- 


MichelRoy,  CUPE  2323  president. 


Student  health  plans:  one  yes,  one  no 


by  Gordon  Loane 

Tt>a  Bnjnswickan,  University  ot  New  Brunswick 

FREDERICTON— UNB  administration 
has  given  the  go-ahead  to  a  significantly 
expanded  health  plan  for  undergradu- 
ates on  the  Fredericton  campus  begin- 
ning next  fall. 

The  future  of  the  Canadian  Federa- 
tion of  Students'  health  plan  had  been  in 
some  doubt  despite  an  overwhelmingly 
favorable  referendum  result  approving  it 
in  October. 

But  in  December,  the  university's  ad- 
ministration gave  the  approval  needed 
for  the  student  council  to  go  ahead  with 
the  plan. 

The  new  plan  will  cost  each  student 
$100,  which  is  $75  more  than  the  current 
plan. 

Despite  the  increased  cost  of  the  new 
plan,  Pat  Fitzpatrick,  UNB  student  coun- 
cil vice-president,  says  he  believes  the 
benefits  outweigh  the  costs.  He  says  he 
has  already  taken  steps  to  implement  the 
new  plan. 

"We  signed  a  contract  with  Sun  Life 
and  have  sent  in  the  first  $1,000  pay- 
ment," he  says. 

The  plan  will  be  administered  by  the 
UNB  student  council.  The  old  plan  was 
run  by  the  university's  administration 
and  the  cost  was  included  in  tuition  fees. 

"A  most  important  feature  of  the  new 
health  plan  is  that  the  $100  cost  is  re- 
fundable to  thosewho  mightbe  included 
on  some  other  health  plan,"  says 
Fitzpatrick.  He  says  if  a  student  isalready 
covered  by  their  parents'  health  plan, 
they  can  opt  out  of  the  CFS  health  plan. 

Thenew plan  will  partiallycovermedi- 
cal  expenses  including  prescription  drugs, 
oral  contraceptives,  optometry,  physi- 
otherapy, psychological  services  and  an 
accidental  dental  benefit. 

The  approval  of  the  new-  plan  does 
come  at  an  additional  price.  Fitzpatrick 
says  the  administration  will  not  rebate 
the  $25  fee  for  their  plan  next  year. 

"lust  where  this  extra  money  will  be 
diverted  is  still  up  In  the  air,  but  the 
administration  has  made  no  commit- 
ments yet,"  says  Fitzpatrick.  □ 


by  Nina  Kolunovsky 

The  Excalibur,  York  University 

TORONTO  —  Unless  they  study  law, 
York  students  will  have  to  look  for  their 
own  health  insurance  plans  next  year. 

Students  voted  in  a  referendum  last 
November  to  cancel  a  mandatory  health 
insurance  plan  for  full-time  students  ad- 
ministered by  the  York  Federation  of  Stu- 
dents. 

"They  won't  have  a  health  plan  be- 


cause of  a  difference  of  20  votes,"  says 
Debbie  Glass,  director  of  the  university 
administration's  student  affairs  office. 

In  the  referendum,  1,411  full-timesru- 
dents  voted  to  keep  the  plan  while  1,431 
voted  against  it. 

Osgoode  Hall  Law  School  students  de- 


cided  in  a  separate  referendum  to  keep 
their  health  plan,  but  the  Graduate  Stu- 
dents' Association  also  voted  to  axe  the 
plan. 

The  loss  of  the  health  plan  will  force 
students  to  seek  alternative  insurance 
plans  next  year. 

"Some  students  will  end  up  paying 
enormous  health  costs  next  year,  espe- 
cially those  with  pre-existing  (medical) 
conditions,"  saysElissa  Horsaoft,  the  fed- 
eration's health 
plan  administra- 
tor. 

Under  the  cur- 
rent plan,  all  full- 
time  students  pay 
$161  per  year  for 
their  medical  cov- 
erage. 

Some  students 
were  disappointed 
to  hear  the  health 
plan  will  be  elimi- 
nated. 

"This  is  awful," 
says  third-year 
psychology  stu- 
dent Kuda 
Vidmar.  "I  rely  on 
the  health  plan  for 
extra  drugs.  I 
would  not  be  able 
to  afford  proper 
health  care  with- 
out it." 

"I'll  have  to 
lookelsewhere  (for 
insurance),"  says 
Sunita  Ferrao,  a 
second-yearphysi- 
cal  education  stu- 
dent. "This  was  an 
easyway  to  do  it." 
Horscroft  says 
the  Ontario  Health  Insurance  Plan  is 
insufficient,  because  it  does  not  cover 
such  medical  expenses  as  prescription 
drugs,  oral  contraceptives  or  medical 
equipment  for  people  with  asthma  or 
diabetes.  All  these  are  covered  by  the 
current  plan.  ^ 


crease  has  been  passed  and  "at  that 
point  we  can  decide  what  actions  we  can 
take."  □ 

S 

U  of  O  senate 
tells  off  gov't 

by  Charlatan  Staff 

OTTAWA —The  senate  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Ottawa  has  |oined  three  other 
Ontario  university  senates  in  publicly 
warning  the  government  against  large 
increases  in  student  fees. 

At  the  monthly  committee  meeting  of 
the  senate  on  Ian.  10,  student  senators 
demanded  a  position  from  the  senate  on 
a  proposal  to  radically  Increase  tuition 
fees. 

Last  August,  the  Council  of  Ontario 
Universities  submitted  a  discussion  pa- 
per to  the  provincial  government  recom- 
mending increases  to  tuition  fees  of  up  to 
50  percent  for  undergraduate  programs 
over  two  years. 

After  some  debate  on  the  senate's  po- 
sition, Bernard  Philogene,  vice-rector  aca- 
demic, introduced  a  motion  reading: 

"The  University  of  Ottawa  senate  ex- 
presses its  concern  that  the  government 
of  Ontario  is  not  funding  higher  educa- 
tion at  the  level  required  to  guarantee 
accessibility  and  quality  of  teaching.  It 
urges  the  government  to  take  the  re- 
quired steps  to  provide  adequate  fundi  ng 
to  ensure  that  student  fees  be  kept  at  an 
acceptable  level." 

The  senate  will  send  a  letter  to  the 
government  of  Ontario  stating  the  U  of 
O's  position  denouncing  the  discussion 
paper  put  forth  by  the  council. 

Ira  E.  Lax,  vice-president  (internal 
operations)  of  the  U  of  0  studentcouncil, 
said  during  the  debate  that  accessibility 
will  be  decreased  by  radical  increases  in 
tuition  fees  If  they  are  not  accompanied 
by  plausible  grants  and  job  creation. 

Last  November  and  December,  uni- 
versity senates  at  Trent  University  in  Pe- 
terborough, Algoma  University  in  Sault 
Ste.  Marie  and  McMaster  University  in 
Hamilton,  also  passed  motions  condemn- 
ing the  council's  proposal  for  highertui- 
tion  hikes.  a 

With  Wee  from  tne  Puhmm.  University  of  Ortewa 


lanuary  27,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


SFU  students  face  fees  for  dropping  courses 


by  Sara  Martin 

The  Ubyssey,  University  01  Brilish  Columbia 

VANCOUVER  —  Students  at  Simon 
Fraser  University  in  Burnaby,  B.C,  now 
pay  a  $50  fee  for  lightening  their  course 
load. 

The  new  penalty  policy,  implemented 
in  December,  means  SFU  students  must 
pay  $50  for  each  course  dropped  from 
their  course  load,  up  to  a  maximum  of 
$  1 00.  However,  if  a  student  drops  a  course 
and  adds  another  one,  they  will  not  be 
penalized. 

"The  penalty  is  not  just  for  dropping  a 


course,  it's  for  reducing  a  course  load," 
said  Ron  Heath,  the  university's  regis- 
trar, in  an  interview  with  UBC's  campus 
radio  station. 

The  drop  fee  was  created  to  free  up 
space  in  courses  students  register  for  but 
do  not  intend  to  take,  said  Heath. 

"Our  total  number  of  students  regis- 
tered is  up  4. 1  percent  over  last  year  and 
the  number  of  course  registrationsis  down 
0.6  per  cent,"  Heath  said.  "So  in  fact,  it 
has  already  appeared  to  start  some  im- 
provement of  our  situation." 

Tracy  Cummins,  a  first-year  English 
student  who  started  at  SFU  in  January, 
said  she  was  told  by  a  student  adviser  to 
register  for  more  courses  than  she  in- 
tended to  take. 

"He  told  me  to  get  extra  courses  so 
that  I  could  drop  one  when  school  started. 
So  I  did  that  and  I  got  charged  50  bucks, " 
she  said. 

Cummins  said  she  "found  out  about 
(the  fee  policy)  the  first  day  of  school,  on 
the  fourth  of  January." 

Third-year  biology  student  Renee  Mar- 
tin was  also  upset  about  the  new  penalty. 

"None  of  us  knew  about  it.  You  can 
drop  out  by  phone  registration  and  the 
thing  is  you're  not  informed  whileyou're 
dropping  the  course,"  she  said.  "It's  just 
costing  students  money  because  they 
don't  know  about  it." 

Heath  said  the  university  did  not  im- 
pose the  fee  "as  a  way  of  raising  money. 
It  was  put  in  as  a  way  of  increasing  the 
availability  of  course  spaces  at  a  time 
when  students  could  use  it." 

The  money  will  go  into  the  general 
university  revenue,  Heath  said.  He  also 
said  students  can  appeal  their  finesat  the 
registration  appeal  committee. 

The  student  council  has  opposed  the 


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semester  by  the  board  of  governors,  said 
Brent  Mueller,  the  council's  university 
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"Our  biggest  concern  is  students  who 


don't  have  enough  information  about  a 
course  before  they  register  for  it,  and  if 
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CFS-Ontario  chair  Onuoha 
quits  at  January  convention 


by  Karolina  Srutek 

Cha/latan  Stall 

Emechete  Onuoha,  chair  of  the  Cana- 
dian Federation  of  Students-Ontario,  has 
announced  he  will  be  leaving  his  post  on 
Feb.  1  to  pursue  another  job. 

Onuoha  made  his  announcement  at 
a  CFS-O  conference  held  in  Sault  Ste. 
Marie  Ian.  14  to  Jan.  20. 

Kristine  Haselsteiner,  vice-president 
external  for  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association,  says  Carleton's  four 
delegates  left  for  the  conference  without 
receiving  notice  of  Onuoha's  resigna- 
tion. 

"We  didn't  know  about  it,"  says 
Haselsteiner,  who  attended  the  meeting. 
"We  were  surprised  when  we  got  there." 

Onuoha's  normal  term  would  have 
gone  until  june,  when  a  new  elected 
chair  takes  over.  With  Onuoha's  depar- 
ture, Jason  Hunt,  presently  McMaster 
University's  student  council  president, 
was  elected  as  the  interim  chair,  as  well 
as  chair  for  next  year.  Hunt  will  begin  his 
term  Feb.  1. 

In  general,  Hunt  has  been  accepted 
with  open  arms  by  the  CFS-0  member- 
ship. 

"I'm  sure  he  will  do  a  good  job,"  says 
CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson. 

Rob  Jamieson,  student  council  presi- 


dent at  Lakehead  University  in  Thunder 
Bay  and  vice-chair  of  CFS-O  says,  "We 
work  well  together,  which  is  a  great  asset. 
He's  open-minded,  willing  to  listen  and  a 
pretty  good  guy." 

"He  has  many  of  the  same  beliefs  as 
(Emechete)  and  I  know  he  can  do  a  good 
job,"  says  Haselsteiner. 

Onuoha  was  unavailable  for  com- 
ment, but  Haselsteiner  says  he  was  of- 
fered a  job  at  the  office  of  a  Liberal  MP  in 
Ottawa. 

As  well  as  electing  a  new  chair,  the 
CFS-O  elected  Watson  as  the  Ontario 
student  representative  to  the  national 
board  of  the  CFS.  Watson  was  also  re- 
elected to  her  post  as  the  co-ordinator  of 
the  women's  caucus  of  the  CFS-O. 

Haselsteiner  was  part  of  a  campaign 
committee  formed  atthe  conference.  She 
says  the  theme  of  this  term's  campaign  is 
"Challenging  Assumptions."  The  cam- 
paign will  consist  of  publishing  posters 
and  bookmarks  challenging  issues  of 
classism,  racism,  homophobia  and 
ableism. 

The  Carleton  delegation  at  the  confer- 
ence included  Haselsteiner,  Watson, 
CUSA's  director  of  academics  Gary 
Anandasangaree  and  Tim  Oloane,  an 
aboriginal  representative  from  the  Car- 
leton First  Nations  Club.  □ 


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INTERNATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Letters  from  Mexico  and  Guatemala 

Carleton  grad  accompanies  refugees'  return,  writes  back 


by  Tracy  Hitchcock 

Cha/latan  Slafl 

When  Carleton  graduate  Colin  Rowat 
left  Canada  to  help  refugees  in  Mexican 
camps  return  to  Guatemala,  he  didn't 
know  what  he  was  getting  into. 

His  letters  tell  us  so. 

Rowat  is  an  "accompanier"  —  a  hu- 
man rights  observer  working  in  Guate- 
mala through  the  Canadian  organiza- 
tion called  Project  Accompaniment. 
Rowat,  who  is  still  in  Guatemala,  has 
been  writing  to  The  Charlatan  about  his 
experiences. 

A  Project  Accompaniment  newsletter 
says  the  Guatemalan  government  de- 
stroyed over  400  villages  in  the  early 
1980s,  assuming  the  people  living  in 
them  were  supporting  the  rebels  in  the 
country's  civil  war. 

Over  43,000  people  were  displaced 
and  have  been  living  as  refugees  since 
then  in  southern  Mexico. 

Those  returning  from  exile  in  south- 
ern Mexico  requested  international  vol- 
unteers to  accompany  refugees  across 
the  border  as  they  make  trips  to  look  for 
land  and  resettle  permanently. 

In  his  Dec.  3  letter,  Rowat  wrote  from 
Mexico,  "The  last  news  that  I  received 
from  Guatemala  while  preparing  to  come 
down  was  that  one  of  our  project  mem- 
bers was  accompanying  a  Guatemalan 
refugee  who  had  been  detained  and 
beaten  by  the  Civil  Defence  Patrols.  It 
made  me  wonder  if  I  knew  what  I  was 
getting  into,  coming  to  work  in  such  a 
highly  militarized  state." 

Rowat,  22,  has  several  supporters  back 
home. 

Larry  Reid,  an  Ottawa  computer  ana- 
lyst, left  with  Rowat  in  September  as  his 
partner,  but  returned  last  month.  Rowat 
isn't  expected  to  return  until  April. 

Reid  says  although  he  and  Rowat  went 


GULF  OF 
MEXICO 


refuges 
settlements 


refuges 
concentration 


PACIFIC 
OCEAN 


to  help  rectify  the  political  situation,  when 
they  arrived  they  soon  saw  the  human 
side. 

"One  night  sitting  in  our  house  in 
Victoria  20  de  Enero  (the  first  resettle- 
ment community  in  Guatemala)  we 
heard  fighting.  One  woman  came  by 
and  told  us  she  was  nervous,  and  how 
happy  she  was  that  there  were  accompa- 
niers  there. 


"You  don't  just  meet  some  refugees. 
You  meet  Juan,  Felix,  Lydia . . .  you  meet 
people." 

Rowat's  mother,  Maura,  who  lives  in 
Toronto,  says  she  was  a  little  uneasy 
about  her  son's  trip  at  first. 

"I  was  concerned.  I  needed  to  know  he 
had  thought  it  through.  But  if  we  have  a 
yearning  in  our  heart  ...  we  have  to 
follow  it." 


Reidsaysmostofthebordercampsare 
inthesouthem  Mexican  state  of  Chiapas, 
site  of  a  recentrebel  uprising.  But  he  adds 
they  are  far  removed  from  the  fighting. 

"There's  a  whole  jungle  and  a  whole 
range  of  mountains  in  between." 

In  Rowat's  Dec.  3  letter,  he  said  he 
didn't  feel  personally  threatened  "while 
passing  civil  patrols  or  while  being 
stopped  by  the  army."  He  added  that  his 
first  three  weeks  in  Victoria  20  de  Enero 
were  marked  by  "peace  and  quiet." 

Victoria  20  de  Enero  means  the  "Vic- 
tory of  lanuary  20, "  the  date  of  the  first 
resettlement  of  2.S00  people  in  1993. 

"My  sense  is  that  our  international 
attention  isworking;withaworldwatch- 
ing,  the  powers  in  Guatemala  can  no 
longer  act  as  freely  as  they  once  did,"  he 
wrote. 

His  last  letter  was  mailed  (an.  10, 
though  he  has  been  in  contact  with  his 
mother,  who  visited  him  in  Guatemala 
City  |an.  4-10,  during  his  time  off.  His 
father  is  visiting  with  him  now. 

Accompaniers  must  go  through  an 
orientation  and  language  training  to 
prepare  for  the  trip.  They  are  expected  to 
cover  their  own  expenses  or  find  their 
own  sponsors.  Reid  paid  for  himself. 

Rowat  is  being  supported  financially 
by  his  church,  the  Church  of  the  Ascen- 
sion. But  Gary  Hauch,  the  rector,  says  the 
church  is  helping  with  more  than  money. 

"We  write  letters  to  him  and  on  his 
behalf,  and  we  support  him  constantly 
through  prayer." 

Maura  says  she  supports  her  son,  no 
matter  where  he  goes. 

"  I  don'tmind  if  my  children  go  away, " 
she  says,  "lust  as  long  as  they  know  I'll 
have  to  visit  them."  □ 


VILLAGE 


Thursday.  January  27 

"Bosnia;  What  is  the  Future?"  will 
be  the  subject  of  a  lecture  by  Kemal 
Kurspahic,  theeditor-in-ehief  of  Bosnia- 
Hercegovina's  independent  newspaper, 
Oshbodenfe,  at  7  p.m .  in  Room  360,  Tory 
Building. 

Friday,  January  28 

"The  Second  Generation  Muslim 
Experience;  What  Does  It  Mean?"  To 

find  out,  go  to  140  Universite  St.,  beside 


the  Vanier  parking  lot,  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Ottawa  at  7  p.m.  For  more 
information,  call  Akram  Bhatti  at  729- 
2702. 

Debate  about  "Aid  for  Democracy: 
Should  Developmental  Assistance  Be 
Tied  to  Democracy?"  at  7:30  p.m.  in 
Carleton's  Bell  Theatre,  Minto  Centre. 

Friday,  February  4 

Have  an  ear  for  Latin  music  blended 
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orinformation,  call  727-6650. 

Monday,  February  7 

Discover  "The  Greeks  In  the  Black 
Sea:  Recent  Discoveries"  at8  p.m.  in 
Room  201 7  Danton  Tower.  Put  on  by 

Carleton's  department  of  classics.  Q 


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EDITORIAL  PAGE 


The  rising 
cost  of 


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speech 

The  day  God  was  handing  out  freedom  of  speech, 
some  people  got  in  line  twice. 
Other  people,  for  reasons  including  sexist, 
racist,  or  homophobic  discrimination,  couldn't 
get  in  line  at  all. 
The  idea  that  everyone  is  free  to  make  their  views 
known  presumes  that  everyone  enjoys  the  same  privi- 
lege to  it.  This  idea  of  "free  speech"  is  what  is  always 
defended  in  arguments  surrounding  "political  correct- 
ness." 

Some  people  see  "political  correctness"  as  censorship 
of  their  ideas  and  as  hurting  their  freedom  of  speech. 
These  are  people,  like  university  professors,  who  enjoy 
seeing  their  "free"  speech  printed  and  re-printed  by 
established  institutions  like  academia  or  the  media. 

There  is  a  long  history  of  university  professors  being 
challenged  on  the  grounds  that  their  course  material 
reflects  sexist,  racist  or  homophobic  views.  Professor  Paul 
Lamy  at  the  University  of  Ottawa  is  the  latest. 

Seven  of  his  students  filed  a  complaint  with  the  dean 
of  social  sciences  in  response  to  remarks  Lamy  made  in 
a  sociology  class  on  Jan.  4. 

"You  call  them  bisexuals,  1  call  them  psychopaths," 
he  allegedly  expounded.  Offended,  several  students  left 
the  classroom.  Lamy  says  this  is  because  they  are  bisexu- 
als. Maybe  they  are. 

In  a  three  and  a  half  page  letter  of  complaint,  the 
students  write,  "In  a  discussion  on  violence  last  semester, 
Professor  Lamy  attempted  to  equate  the  emotional  and 
physical  harm  sustained  by  a  woman  who  is  raped,  or  a 
wife  who  is  abused  by  her  husband,  asbeingthesameas 
the  violence  that  men  sustain  in  a  bar  fight." 

Dean  Henry  P.  Edwards  issued  a  statement  saying  he 
will  investigate  the  complaint  and  will  decide  how  to 
resolve  the  situation  by  the  end  of  January. 

Another  debate  a  few  years  ago  involved  Professor 
Phillipe  Rushton  at  the  University  of  Western  Ontario.  In 
1989  he  published  a  study  which  claimed  some  races  are 
smarter  than  others  because  the  size  of  their  heads  is 
bigger. 

Although  Rushton  was  totally  out  of  touch  with 
reality,  advocates  of  free  speech  rushed  to  defend  his 
right  to  profess  these  "politically  incorrect"  views.  One 
assumes  the  same  will  happen  with  Lamy.  And  for  every 
one  of  these  professors  whose  ideas  get  to  the  press,  there 
are  10  no-name  (oes  who  continue  to  spew  ignorance  to 
a  captive  classroom. 

Universities  are  reluctant  to  deal  effectively  with  pro- 
fessors like  these,  citing  freedom  of  speech,  and  the 
uncensored  pursuit  of  academic  research. 

Rushton  is  still  measuring  heads  at  Western.  But  if 
you  as  a  student  concoct  a  thesis  based  on  controversial 
studies  with  little  or  no  empirical  evidence,  you  probably 
won't  get  a  degree.  If  you  are  a  professor,  you  are  given 
licence  to  decide  what  is  correct  and  your  right  to  free 
speech  is  defended. 

But  what  about  the  students'  rights?  What  about  the 
seven  students  that  left  Lamy's  class?  Should  they  be 
subjected  to  hate-mongering  views?  Furthermore,  do 
students  have  to  subsidize  racist,  sexist  or  homophobic 
slander  with  their  tuition  fees? 

Those  who  cry  "Free  speech,  free  speech,"  forget  those 
whose  right  to  speak  may  be  squashed  by  people  like 
Lamy.  Anyone  who  opposed  his  opinion  was  not  given 
the  chance  to  raise  their  objections  in  class.  So,  his  right 
to  speak  is  protected,  but  not  that  of  his  students. 

There  are  few  things  in  this  world  that  we  can  all  agree 
on.  The  world  is  round,  it  revolves  around  the  sun,  and 
bisexuality  does  not  equal  psychotic  tendency. 

Even  if  this  last  topic  were  to  be  debated  in  a  class, 
professors  should  act  as  moderators,  facilitating  discus- 
sion and  injecting  well-established  theories  and  con- 
cepts. Professors  who  use  their  desks  as  soapboxes  aren't 
doing  their  jobs  and  they  are  not  doing  anything  to 
further  the  right  of  free  speech.  AS  &  BW 


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OPINION 


Services  benefit  all  students 


by  Matt  Skinner 

Charlatan  staff 

Re:  "GLB  Centre  can  exist,  but  not  with  my  money," 
The  Charlatan,  Jan.  20, 1994. 

In  a  blatant  outburst  of  selfishness  and  igno- 
rance, Michael  Blank  writes  that  the  Gay,  Les- 
bian and  Bisexual  Centre  does  not  help  him,  so 
he  feels  his  money  should  not  go  towards  it. 
This  attitude  is  all  too  common  at  Carleton. 
People  don't  realize  that  the  CUS  Aservices,  including  the 
GLB  Centre,  are  in  place  to  benefit  all  students. 

Blank  suggests  CUSA  send  out  a  questionnaire  so 
people  could  indicate  which  services  and  groups  are  to  be 
funded  with  their  student  fees. 

Not  only  is  this  idea  entirely  impractical  because  of 
the  numbers  involved  -  more  than  20,000  Carleton 
students  would  have  to  indicate  which  of  the  13  CUSA 
services  and  over 
lOOclubsandsoci- 
eties  they  would 
like  to  fund  —  the 
cost  of  the  question- 
naire would  be  self- 
defeating.  The 
money  needed  to 
print,  distribute 
and  collect  it  could 
take  almost  as 
much  from  Blank's 
student  fees  as  the 
GLB  Centre's 
$35,077.88annual 
budget. 

Also,  how  would 
CUSA  keep  track  of 
people  using  the 
services  they  paid 
for  specifically?  If 
anyone  wished  to  exclude  CKCU  from  their  list,  could  we 
stop  them  from  listening?  If  a  student  became  disabled 
due  to  an  accident  or  illness  during  the  school  year,  and 
had  not  chosen  the  Carleton  Disability  Awareness  Cen- 
tre from  Blank's  questionnaire  at  the  beginning  of  the 
year,  would  CDAC  turn  them  away?  Would  the  Foot 
Patrol  check  to  ensure  each  person  it  escorts  has  contrib- 
uted financially  to  help  the  patrol? 

Many  sports  teams  at  Carleton  might  not  exist  if  they 
were  only  supported  by  the  number  of  students  who 
benefitted  from  them.  Before  a  sports  team  can  be 
granted  varsity  status,  it  must  have  existed  as  a  CUSA- 
funded  club  for  three  years.  Many  clubs  on  campus 


A  Feat  fATEoL  "tll-f  u;£    Cjfei  Ttou£  ClLHi, 

to  &jfcJ2e        «we  P.a>d  vckjC  co-jTftjQ^nt)^. 


would  shrivel  and  die  if  Blank's  proposal  becomes  a 
reality.  I  can  only  hope  some  of  those  clubs  are  those  that 
interest  Blank. 

The  Charlatan,  like  CUSA,  also  receives  funding  from 
students.  If  half  the  campus  decided  they  did  not  want  to 
pay  the  $5.67  to  fund  The  Charlatan,  (assuming  we  could 
continue  operation  if  this  occurred),  how  could  we  en- 
sure that  only  the  people  who  paid  the  money  would  pick 
up  a  copy  each  week? 

On  Dec.  1,  World  AIDS  Day,  the  GLB  Centre  set  up  a 
table  in  Baker  Lounge.  Red  ribbons  were  offered  to  those 
who  wanted  to  support  the  cause.  Condoms  and  lubri- 
cant were  also  supplied.  AIDS  does  not  discriminate 
between  bisexuals,  gays,  lesbians,  or  heterosexuals. 

The  co-ordinator  and  volunteers  from  the  GLB  Centre 
worked  at  the  table  to  help  raise  money  to  fight  a  disease 
that  threatens  everyone  on  campus,  and  more  impor- 
tantly, everyone  in  the  world.  The  GLB  Centre  helped 
raise  awareness  for 
the  benefit  of  eve- 
ryone on  campus. 
The  centre  does  not 
discriminate.  Why 
should  we? 

What  happens 
if  someone  who  did 
not  check  the  GLB 
Centre  on  Blank's 
questionnaire  con- 
tracts the  AIDS  vi- 
rus? Do  we  refuse 
to  provide  them 
with  literature  or 
support  from  the 
centre  about  the 
disease?  Do  we  en- 
sure that  the 
money  col  lected  on 
World  AIDS  Day 
goes  towards  helping  everyone  but  the  likes  of  him? 

CUSA  provides  services  to  accommodate  the  diverse 
needs  of  students  at  Carleton.  These  services  help  edu- 
cate all  studentson  the  needs  and  rights  of  otherstudents 
on  campus. 

Blank  thinks  the  GLB  Centre  does  not  help  him,  but 
it's  because  he  doesn't  let  it.  The  centre  has  seminars  that 
address  homophobia  and  heterosexism.  Perhaps  Blank 
should  look  into  attending  one.  If  his  ignorance  and 
selfishness  were  not  so  common  place  in  today's  society, 
perhaps  Carleton  would  not  be  in  such  dire  need  of  a  GLB 
Centre.  His  suggestion  is  proof  that  such  a  centre  is  all  too 
important  on  campus.  a 


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THE  CHARLATAN 

SARAJEVO 


Name:    IXWUffAN  OttQE 


Signature: 


News  agency: 


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GRAEME  LOWTHIAN 


Entire  floors  aredamagedintneOslobodenje  building. 


by  Graeme  Lowthian 

Charlatan  Statf 

Two  years  ago  The  Charlatan  helpei 
accreditation  in  the  former  Yugoslavia 
he  obtained  a  United  Nations'  press 
aboard  a  UN-chartered  humanitariai 
supplies.  Lowthian  arrived  on  July  26 
days.  The  city  was  closed  off  from  the  n 
frontlines  of  the  encroaching  Yugos 
spent  some  time  at  the  offices  of  Os/i 
operating  out  of  the  basement  of  a 
middle  of  Sarajevo.  This  is  his  story. 

In  1991  several  of  Yugoslavia's  pn 
nist  federation  separated  to  becomi 
countries. 

Two  of  the  ex- Yugoslav  province 
took  control  of  the  Yugoslav  Federal 
a  war  on  the  other  provinces,  incli 
keep  them  under  its  control. 

Sarajevo  is  the  capital  of  Bosnia, 
mountains  controlled  by  Yugoslavs 
two  years  it  has  been  continuously  I" 
intersection  and  open  area  in  the  ci 

On  Aug.  4, 1  met  a  man  named' 
Oslobodenje  (pronounced:  oh-SL" 
which  was  still  being  produced  ever) 
is  ironic  because  it  translates  from  S' 
as  "liberty"  or  "freedom."  Amir  «] 
man  who  was  one  of  the  newspaper 

I  got  a  ride  to  the  Oslobodertj1 
carpool  with  some  of  his  colleague 
and  brought  briefcases  with  them" 
different  from  a  day  in  North  Am'1 

We  had  to  drive  at  speeds  of  up 1 
because  of  the  threat  of  snipers 

The  most  important  fact  about  I" 
its  citizens  cannot  escape  the  city; 


12  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  27,  1994 


Glass  strewn  hallway  after  an  attack. 


perseverance  symbolizes  freedom  and  resistance. 
Because  of  this,  the  50-year-old  Os/oftoden/e  build- 
ing became  one  of  the  most  attacked  targets  in 
Sarajevo. 

The  building  is  surrounded  by  fields,  with  three 
sides  facing  Yugoslav  army  positions.  It  is  an 
extremely  easy  target  for  snipers  because  of  its 
visibility. 

In  his  office,  Amir  showed  me  the  window  over 
his  desk,  which  had  been  riddled  with  sniper 
bullets.  On  the  wall  were  a  few  maps  and  posters 
which  had  been  punctured  as  well.  Amir  opened  a 
drawer  in  his  desk  and  placed  a  black,  baseball- 
sized  object  in  front  of  me.  He  explained  that  it  was 
a  40-millimetre,  armor-piercing,  anti-tank  bullet. 
He  told  me  it  was  shot  into  the  building  —  at  the 
people. 

The  next  day,  Amir  gave  me  the  Aug.  5  edition 
of  Oslobodenje.  Only  14  pages  in  length,  nine 
consisted  of  obituaries  from  the  intense  bombing 
that  occurred  immediately  prior  to  my  arrival  in 
Sarajevo. 

I  was  told  that  three  days  before  I  arrived,  more 
than  325  people  were  killed  when  10,000  bombs 
were  dropped  on  Sarajevo.  Peace  negotiations  in 
Geneva  had  come  to  a  head  and  the  Americans 
issued  an  ultimatum  to  the  Yugoslav  army  threat- 
ening intervention  should  they  continue  to  bomb 
Sarajevo.  Because  of  this,  the  bombing  subsided. 

The  headline  on  the  back  page  of  Oslobodenje 
read:  "Russians  against  American  intervention." 
It  seems  to  me  this  could  be  a  big  reason  why  the 
Americans  are  hesitant  about  getting  involved  — 
they  might  be  facing  the  Russians. 

I  was  told  the  paper  was  oneof  Europe's  leading 
newspapers  before  the  war.  I  was  impressed  be- 
cause the  people  of  Sarajevo  still  took  the  effort  to 
keep  it  going,  and  wondered  how  it  was  possible 
to  print  a  newspaper  in  the  destroyed  Oslobodenje 
building. 

Amir  arranged  a  tour  of  the  building  for  me,  led 
by  a  local  photographer  who  lived  in  the  building. 
He  took  me  to  a  hallway  with  walls  which  were 
waist-high,  where  once  there  had  been  windows 
reaching  to  the  ceiling.  The  windows  had  blown 
out,  leaving  only  triangle  shards  of  glass  sticking 
up  from  their  empty  frames. 

We  were  visible  to  the  fields,  the  villages  beyond 
the  fields,  and  the  mountains  behind  it.  The  pho- 
tographer warned  that  we  would  draw  mortar 
shells  or  sniper  fire  if  we  were  seen. 


We  moved  slowly,  keeping  our  heads  and  the 
hunch  of  our  backs  below  the  hallway's  solid  half- 
height  walls.  Broken  glass  and  debris  crunched 
beneath  our  feet. 

We  had  to  hop  quickly  past  the  doorways  of  the 
offices  to  avoid  being  shot  The  desk  of  one  office 
had  papers  and  books,  still  held  in  place  by  rubble 
and  damaged  office  furniture. 

Crumpled  Venetian  blinds,  twisted  from  the 
impact  of  shrapnel  and  bullets,  were  splayed  ir- 
regularly and  dangled  in  the  drafts  coming  in 
from  the  fields. 

While  making  our  way  through  the  hallway,  I 
kept  my  gaze  downward.  I  did  not  want  to  look  up. 
If  I  lifted  my  head  I  could  enter  the  scope  of 
someone's  rifle.  I  concentrated  on  the  path  ahead 
of  me,  not  wanting  to  trip,  and  watched  the 
photographer  for  any  signals  he  might  give  indi- 
cating danger  or  need  for  cover. 

Scattered  office  files  and  paperwork  lay  in  the 
halls  amidst  the  debris.  They  looked  like  they  had 
been  hastily  dropped  or  thrown  there.  They  were 
covered  not  only  in  broken  glass,  but  also  in  spent 
bullet  casings. 

Near  the  halfway  point  of  the  hallway,  we  came 
to  some  large  pillars.  We  could  stand  upright 
beside  them.  I  stood  up  and  took  some  snaps  of  the 
office  rubble,  while  the  photographer  hurried  to 
the  next  pillar  before  motioning  for  me  to  follow. 

I  leapt  out  of  the  cover  of  the  first  pillar  and 
landed  beside  him.  I  almost  fell  backwards  as 
broken  glass  slid  beneath  my  feet.  Before  he  led  me 
back,  I  took  some  more  photographs  of  a  hallway 
wecouldn't  use  because  the  blown-out  walls  would 
have  left  us  open  to  fire. 

The  photographer  brought  me  down  some  stairs 
into  darkness.  Mortar  rounds  had  damaged  the 
steps  and  we  had  to  go  slowly.  We  walked  along  a 
catwalk  which  hung  over  huge  printing  presses, 
untouched  by  any  bombs  or  shrapnel.  They  were 
powered  by  gasoline  generators.  Due  to  the  seige, 
gasoline  was  scarce  and  cost  about  $20  a  litre. 

Despite  this,  and  after  23  weeks  of  attacks, 
Oslobodenje  still  keeps  the  presses  rolling  to  print 
a  local  daily  and  a  global  weekly.  Its  foundations 
are  deeper  than  can  be  reached  by  any  bomb. 
Oslobodenje,  to  me,  is  symbolic  of  the  spirit  of 
Sarajevo.  □ 

Kemal  Kerspahic,  the  editor  of  Osloboden/e,  will 
speak  Thursday  Jan.  27,  at  7  p.m.  in  Room  360  of  the 
Tory  Building. 


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Spit  is  only  a  drop 
in  the  bucket  of 
problems  to  solve 

Editor: 

With  the  left  increasingly  under  attack 
from  conservative,  right-wing  forces,  we 
still  find  time  to  waste  ourprecious  energy 
arguing  over  spit,  ("Spit  raises  ire  of  GLB 
Centre  volunteers,"  The  Charlatan,  Jan. 
20, 1994.) 

Defacement  like  this  is  angering,  but 
the  response  to  it  was  ridiculous.  The 
article  mentions  no  less  than  five  people 
who  could  have  wiped  the  spit  off  the 
window.  Ten  days  were  wasted  with  trips 
to  the  CUSA  office,  complaints  and  phone 
calls. 

Peter  Nogalo's  and  Theresa  Cowan's 
finger-pointing  as  to  who  could  or  should 
have  wiped  it  off  is  petty  and  immature, 
and  Nogalo's  comment  that  he  doesn't 
"do  windows,"  is  simply  insulting  — 
classism  is  as  ugly  as  homophobia. 

That  someone  felt  strongly  enough  to 
spit  on  the  poster  angers  and  frightens 
me.  That  no  one  who  walked  by  felt  moved 
to  wash  it  off  themselves  worries  me. 
What  can  be  the  future  of  a  social  justice 
movement  that  is  unwilling  to  perform 
the  menial  tasks  as  well  as  the  attention- 
grabbing  ones? 

A  homophobic  person  remains  unin- 
formed, performing  subtle  acts  of  vio- 
lence which  may  one  day  escalate;  the 
Catholic  Civil  Rights  League  wages  war 
over  a  gay  and  lesbian  radio  show;  some- 
one writes  The  Charlatan  asking  that  his 
money  not  support  the  GLB  Centre  be- 
cause it  has  no  "benefit"  to  him;  and  an 
University  of  Ottawa  professor  dispenses 
homophobic  hate  propaganda  in  his  so- 
ciology course.  One  Kleenex  on  Jan.  4, 
used  by  someone,  anyone,  and  10  days 
could  have  been  spent  on  any  one  of  these 
more  important  issues.  We  have  too  much 
to  accomplish  to  waste  our  energy. 

Karen  Colvin 
MA  Canadian  Studies 

Do-it-yourself 
student  services 

Editor: 

Re:  "GLB  Centre  can  exist,  butnotwith 
my  money,"  The  Charlatan,  Ian.  20, 1994. 

Mr.  Blank  has  clearly  told  the  world 
that  as  an  open-minded  heterosexual,  he 
is  willing  to  let  gays,  lesbians  and  bisexu- 
als  organize  on  campus  as  long  as  they 
don't  do  it  with  his  money.  He  then  justi- 
fies this  by  saying  that  he  doesn't  benefit 
from  any  of  the  GLB  Centre's  services,  so 
clearly  he  shouldn't  have  to  pay  for  them. 

Well,  Mr.  Blank,  there  are  plenty  of 
things  (aside  from  "queer")  that  you  are 
not.  So  why  don'tyou  demand  yourmoney 
back  from  all  of  the  services?  Hell,  with  all 
that  money  at  your  disposal,  you  could 
start  up  your  own  straight  male  society. 

Matthew  Bruce 
Psychology  IV 

GLB  Centre  is  for 
every  student 

Editor: 

In  the  last  issue,  Michael  Blank  raised 
some  interesting  arguments  as  to  the  fund- 
ing structure  of  CUSA.  ("GLB  Centre  can 
exist,  but  not  with  my  money, "  The  Char- 
latan, |an.  20, 1994.) 

I  too  have  paid  for  some  things  which 
have  no  benefit  to  me,  or  much  worse, 
that  have  threatened  my  identity  and 
safety.  In  my  fouryears  at  Carleton  I  have 
never  used  athletics,  but  I  recognize  many 
students  do  and  so  I  have  no  problem 
supporting  its  various  programs. 


LETTERS 


I  do,  however,  thankMichael  Blankfor 
his  acquiesence  of  our  existence,  but  I 
question  his  other  arguments. 

For  CUSA  to  initiate  a  pay-per-usage 
system  of  funding,  student  fees  would 
undoubtedly  sky-rocket  to  pay  for  this 
bureaucratic  colossus. 

Secondly,  the  GLB  Centre  receives  ap- 
proximately 1.6  per  cent  of  the  CUSA 
operating  budget.  Based  on  many  stud- 
ies, gay,  lesbian  and  bisexual  people  make 
up  10  per  cent  of  the  population;  hence, 
we're  getting  ripped  off. 

Lastly,  the  GLB  Centre  is  open  to  all 
students,  regardless  of  their  sexual  orien- 
tation. We  have  just  as  many  straight 
clients  as  we  do  gay  men,  lesbians  or 
bisexuals.  Perhaps  Blank  should  walk 
through  our  door  before  he  condemns  our 
service.  As  for  the  concern  about  his 
money,  which  incidently  amounts  to 
about  $  1.36, 1  will  personally  give  him  the 
equivalent  in  free  condoms,  (another  one 
of  our  services),  provided  he  can  find  a  use 
for  them. 

Peter  Nogalo 
Gay,  Lesbian  and  Bisexual  Centre 
Co-ordinator 

Bisexual  quote 
not  in  context 

Editor: 

The  purpose  of  this  letter  is  to  inform 
The  Charlatan  of  an  inaccuracy  in  its  [an. 
20  article  "Ottawa  professor  under  inves- 
tigation." In  the  article  I  was  quoted  as 
having  said,  "I  want  to  know  the  advan- 
tages of  bisexuals." 

I  feel  that  this  quote  is  both  imprecise 
and  taken  out  of  the  context  of  my  con- 
versation with  the  reporter.  I  mentioned 
the  importance  of  addressing  an  issue  in 
its  entirety.  I  cited  the  nuclear  family  as 
an  example  of  a  concept  that  often  re- 
ceives only  positive  treatment. 

I  paralleled  this  to  Professor  Paul  Lamy's 
negative  treatment  of  bisexuality  as  an 
acceptable  family  form  and  suggested 
that  its  positive  aspects  could  also  be 
discussed  to  give  the  class  a  balanced 
overview  of  the  issue. 

From  this.  The  Charlatan  improperly 
quoted  in  my  opinion,  "1  want  to  know 
the  advantages  of  bisexuals."  I  trust  that 
The  Charlatan  will  make  efforts  to  remedy 
this  error. 

Meredith  Lilly 
Sociology  1 

 University  of  Ottawa 


Canadians  can 
criticize,  but  not 
abuse 

Editor: 

I  am  writing  this  letter  to  take  strong 
issue  with  how  the  Catholic  Civil  Rights 
League's  recent  complaint  to  the  CRTC 
against  CKCU  FM  was  reported  in  "CKCU 
faces  CRTC  complaint  over  show,"  The 
Charlatan,  [an.  20, 1994. 

It  is  not  the  intention  of  the  League  to 
interfere  with  anyone's  right  to  say  what 
they  believe  to  be  true  about  Catholics  or 
the  Catholic  Church. 

No  one  has  the  right,  however,  to  use  a 
radio  station  as  a  private  power  base  to 
make  derogatory  personal  comments 
about  an  individual  using  their  name, 
quote  a  letter  out  of  context  andpresenta 
program  designed  to  sicken  and  offend  as 
many  members  of  a  identifiable  religious 
group  as  possible. 

I  find  it  disgusting  that  Kevin  Gibbs, 
host  of  Defiant  Voices  and  Max  Wallace, 
CKCU  station  manager,  would  attempt  to 
characterize  what  was  broadcast  as  mere 
criticism  of  "church  policies  on  homo- 
sexuality." None  of  the  statements  or 
teachings  of  the  Catholic  Church  were 
ever  quoted  or  even  mentioned  by  Gibbs 
or  co-host  Kerry  Durant  on  air.  Despite 
what  Mainville  wrote  in  his  article,  I  have 
a  tape  of  the  Dec.  8  broadcast  and  have 
spoken  to  a  reliable  witness  who  heard 
the  entire  Dec.  1  broadcast. 

In  Michael  Mainville's  article,  Max 
Wallace  now  stated  that  he  is  "not  apolo- 
gizing for  what  they  (Gibbs  and  Durant) 
broadcast."  In  his  Dec.  16  letter  to  me, 
Wallace  made  the  following  statement:  "I 
would  apologize  that  we  offended  you 
and  members  of  the  Catholic  commu- 
nity." He  also  said,  "It  is  obvious  to  me 
from  what  I  know  that  you  are  justifiably 
upset  at  the  events." 

I  sincerely  hope  that  the  CRTC  will  use 
this  particular  complaint  to  send  out  a 
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14  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  27,  1994 


SPORTS 


Raven  men  drop  pair  at  home 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Staff 

In  what  amounted  to  two  different 
performances  with  the  same  results,  the 
Carleton  men's  basketball  team  lost  93- 
76  to  the  Ryerson  Rams  on  Jan.  21  and 
85-83  to  the  York  Yeomen  on  [an.  22. 

The  losses  dropped  the  Ravens'  record 
in  the  east  division  of  the  Ontario  Uni- 
versities Athletic  Association  to  2-3. 


Ryerson  93  Carleton  76 
York  85  Carleton  83 


Carleton  opened  with  a  strong,  early 
12-2  run  against  Ryerson,  but  seemed 
listless  afterwards,  falling  behind  38-34 
at  the  half  despite  erratic  play  by  the 
Rams,  whocommitted  lOfirst-halftumo- 
vers. 

Ryerson  capitalized  on  Carleton's 
sloppiness  —  turnovers  and  poor  re- 
bounding —  with  a  9-2  run  midway 
through  the  second  half,  pushing  their 
lead  to  14  points,  and  they  never  looked 
back. 

"We  played  well  the  first  half,"  said 
Carleton  head  coach  Paul  Armstrong. 
"But  we  got  slack  offensively  in  the  sec- 
ond half.  We  may  have  been  awed  by 
their  big  guy  —  Alex  Beason.  He  is  awe- 
some. But  the  guys  have  to  learn  they're 
players,  not  spectators." 

Second-year  swingman  Jamie 
Marquardt  agreed  with  Armstrong's  as- 
sessment of  the  game. 

"We  had  a  physical  let-down  in  the 
second  half.  They  just  came  out  stronger 
and  their  physical  talent  took  over  in  the 
end." 

Forward  Taffe  Charles  led  the  Ravens 
with  19  points,  while  Marquardt  added 
IS. 

Against  York,  Carleton  appeared  de- 
termined not  to  let  the  previous  day's  let- 
down strike  again. 

The  Yeomen  appeared  fatigued  early 
on  while  the  Ravens  came  out  like 
gangbusters,  building  an  early  1 1-point 
lead  on  the  strength  of  four  three-point- 
ers by  point  guard  Luca  Diaconescu  and 
the  inside  scoring  of  guard  Charles. 

The  Ravens  went  into  the  second  half 
with  a  14-point  lead  and  appeared  to  be 
well  on  their  way  to  victory. 

But  the  Yeomen,  led  by  point  guard 
Wilton  Hall  and  his  34  points,  opened  up 
the  second  half  with  a  9-1' run,  cutting 
the  Raven  lead  to  six  points. 

"There  wasa  real  lack  of  communica- 


tion in  the  sec 
ond  half.  I 
think  we  kind 
of  panicked  a 
bit  when  they 
started  to 
come  back," 
said  first-year 
swingman 
Reagh  Vidito. 

York  kept 
chipping 
away  and 
eventually 
took  the  lead, 
68-67,  with 
just  over  eight 
minutes  left  in 
the  game. 

Only  this 
time  Carleton 
refused  to 
fold. 

With  52 
seconds  left, 
the  Ravens  re- 
gained  the 
lead  at  83-82 
on  a  bucket 
by  Charles  — 
who  finished 
with  34 
points. 
Charles  was 
then  called 

for  two  fouls  and  York  capitalized  on 
their  free  throws  to  regain  the  lead  at  85- 
83. 

It  was  at  this  point  that  veteran  lead- 
ership faltered. 

Diaconescu  threw  the  ball  away  with 
13  seconds  left.  Then  with  just  three 


The  Ravens  sandwiched  Ryerson  on  this  play  but . .  . 

an  open  man  and  threw  the  ball  away, 
sealing  York's  victory. 

"We  just  didn't  use  our  heads  down 
the  stretch,"  said  second-year  guard  An- 
drew Smith.  "We  just  didn't  getthe  breaks 
in  the  second  half,  but  Taffe  and  Luca 
really  kept  us  in  the  game.  It  wouldn't 
have  been  close  if  it  wasn't  for  them."U 


seconds  remaining  Charles  couldn't  find 


No  play,  no  stay  —  Raven  quits  team 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Ctiartatan  Statf 

Raven  guard  Curtis  Houlden,  a  sec- 
ond-year veteran  of  the  men's  basket- 
ball team,  quit  on  Jan.  18. 

"  I  just  wasn't  having  that  much  fun, 
plus  1  wanted  to  study  more.  1  was  kind 
of  stuck  in  a  slump  also,  but  playing 
time  had  something  to  do  with  it  too," 
said  Houlden. 

Houlden  has  seen  his  playing  time  in 
the  Ravens'  starting  lineup  diminish 
game  by  game. 


Houlden  said  despite  the  decision, 
he's  still  on  good  terms  with  head  coach 
Paul  Armstrong.  The  coach  has  no  com- 
ment. 

Many  of  the  Ravens,  though,  were 
disappointed  with  the  news  of  Houlden 's 
departure. 

"It  really  hurts  our  team,"  said  sec- 
ond-year guard  Andrew  Smith.  "I  think 
Taffe  (Charles)  and  him  are  our  best 
players,  so  f  think  it's  going  to  be  a  big 
loss  to  us.  He's  the  best  talent  on  the 
team  hands  down."  □ 


Offence  still  missing  in  home  losses 


by  Jay  Tharayil 

Charlatan  Staff 

Home  sweet  home? 

The  women's  basketball  team  found 
home  more  sour  than  sweet  this  past 
weekend  as  they  lost  their  first  two  home 
games  of  the  season. 

The  Ravens  lost  61-44  to  the  Ryerson 
Lady  Rams  on  [an.  21,  and  were  blown 
out  by  the  York  Yeowomen  77-46  on  [an. 
22,  dropping  their  league  record  to  0-5. 


Ryerson  61  Carleton  44 
York  77  Carleton  46 


Against  the  Rams,  the  Ravens  started 
well  and  trailed  by  only  eight  points  at 
the  half.  But  an  anemic  offence,  19  sec- 
ond-half fouls  and  an  early  16-0  run  by 
the  Rams  in  the  second  half  buried  the 
Ravens. 

"We  got  into  a  lot  of  foul  trouble,  so 
they  were  scoring  a  lot  of  points  with  no 
time  running  off  the  clock,"  said  co- 


captain  Helen  Collins.  "So  that  got  us 
down  a  lot." 

The  Rams  were  lead  by  Darcel  Wright, 
who  scored  26  points.  The  Ravens'  top 
scorer  was  Erin  O'Grady  with  14. 

While  the  Ravens  at  least  played  a 
strong  first  half  against  the  Rams,  they 
had  no  such  luck  against  the  Yeowomen. 

York  started  the  game  with  an  11-0 
run  and  led  43-16  at  the  half. 

The  Ravens  attempted  a  comeback  in 
the  second  half  —  nearly  doubling  their 
first-half  point  total  —  but  it  was  too 
little,  too  late. 

"In  the  second  half  we  played  like  we 
belonged  on  the  floor  with  them.  In  the 
first  half  we  played  as  if  we  didn't  even 
belong  there,"  said  assistant  coach  |ohn 
Johnson. 

Despite  the  loss  to  the  Yeowomen, 
Raven  forward  Cindy  Krenosky  still  main- 
tained a  positive  attitude. 

"We  played  well  and  we're  happy 
with  our  performance.  It's  just  that  we've 
got  to  be  more  consistent  from  now  on."Q 


The  Ravens  are  looking  for  offence. 


Gliebermania! 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Staff 

It  may  be  Super  Bowl  week  in  the  rest 
of  the  world  --  you  know,  the  over- 
hyped,  over-blown  football  game  where 
somebody  else  beats  the  living  day- 
lights out  of  Buffalo  ~  but  for  football 
fans  in  Ottawa,  we  had  our  own  Super 
Bowl  this  past  week. 

Ottawa  booted  the  Gliebermans. 

Bemie  Glieberman  is  the  owner  of 
the  Ottawa  Rough  Riders.  His  son  Lonie 
is  the  team  president.  At  least  they  were 
until  last  week,  when  the  city,  the  coun- 
cillors and  the  fans  decided  the  fast- 
talking  pair  should  take  a  hike. 

When  the  Gliebermans  came  knock- 
ing at  council's  door  last  week  asking 
for  a  sweeter  lease  arrangement  at 
Lansdowne  than  the  one  they  had  last 
year  —  the  city  finally  said  no. 

A  little  background:  Two  years  ago 
the  Gliebermans,  from  Detroit,  bought 
the  Riders  for  a  dollar  and  promised  to 
keep  the  Riders  in  Ottawa  "forever." 

The  very  next  year,  (forever  comes 
quickly)  Bemie  was  threatening  to  move 
the  team  to  any  place  American  if  they 
didn't  get  all  the  revenues  from  sales  at 
food  anddrinkstands.  Ottawa  city  coun 
cil  caved  in  and  made  a  deal  to  keep  the 
team  in  town. 

Once  again,  "this  team  will  be  in 
Ottawa  forever,"  promised  Lonie. 

Not.  Forever  has  arrived andit'sover. 
The  Gliebermans  want  out  and  no  one's 
sorry  to  see  them  go. 

Money  is  the  reason  they  cry  poor. 
They  claim  they  lost  $5  million  in  their 
two  years  of  ownership.  Obviously  they 
didn't  know  what  they  were  buying 
into.  The  Canadian  Football  League  is 
not  known  for  financial  stability  and 
the  Ottawa  Rough  Riders  haven't  made 
money  in  a  long,  long  time. 

However,  economics  aside,  the 
Gliebermans  might  have  had  a  chance 
to  earn  at  least  some  respect  if  they 
hadn't  done  so  many  stupid  things  in 
their  two-year  reign  of  error. 

After  a  successful  first  year  in  1 992  in 
which  the  Riders  finished  with  a  9-9 
record  and  drew  25,000  fans  every 
game,  the  honeymoon  ended.  In  1993 
Bemie  and  Lonie  hired  a  vice-president 
who  had  spent  his  career  coaching 
downhill  skiing.  Soon  after  they  fired 
the  general  manager  and  added  his 
duties  to  the  head  coach's  job.  Then 
they  took  away  the  coach's  authority 
by  threatening  after  every  game  to  fire 
his  assistants.  They  then  brought  in 
consultants  and  guest  coaches  every 
week  and  of  course  —  forced  coach  Ron 
Smeltzer  to  play  NFL  castoff  Dexter 
Manley. 

By  the  time  the  Riders  finished  4-14 
and  were  beaten  out  in  last  year's 
playoffs  (yes,  playoffs),  most  fans  had 
given  up.  Only  the  Gliebermans  seemed 
surprised  that  ticket  sales  have  been  so 
slow  over  the  winter. 

The  moral  is  that  people  can  affect 
theirteam  and  in  Ottawa  the  fans  have 
spoken.  The  future  of  the  Riders  is  doubt 
ful.  The  Gliebermans  say  they're  leav- 
ing town  to  set  up  a  CFL  team  in 
Shreveport,  La.  (Maybe  someone  should 
warn  them.) 

The  league  is  looking  for  a  new  owner 
for  the  Riders.  Maybe  they'll  find  one, 
maybe  they  won't.  Maybe  the  Riders 
are  dead.  That  would  be  a  shame.  But  it 
wouldn't  be  half  the  shame  if  the 
Gliebermans  were  still  around.  □ 


January  27,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  15 


^fRaven 
Records 

OWIAA  WATERPOLO 
East  Division 

W  L  T  F     A  PTS 

Carleton7  1  1  68  31  14 

Toronto    7  1  1  72  28  14 

Queen's   3  5  0  58  42  6 

McMaster2  6  0  42  70  4 

Brock      1  7  0  30  99  2 

OWIAA  VOLLEYBALL 
East  Division 


w 

L 

T 

F 

A 

PTS 

York  S 

1 

0 

16 

3 

10 

Toronto  4 

1 

0 

14 

4 

8 

Ottawa  4 

2 

0 

13 

9 

8 

Queen's  4 

3 

0 

13 

11 

8 

Ryerson  1 

4 

0 

3 

18 

2 

CarletonO 

5 

0 

1 

15 

0 

OWIAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 


w 

L 

T 

F     A  PTS 

Laurentn  4 

0 

0 

298  202  8 

Ottawa  4 

1 

0 

351  283  8 

Toronto  4 

1 

0 

359  218  8 

Queen's  1 

2 

0 

1791992 

Ryerson  1 

3 

0 

195  270  2 

York  1 

3 

0 

223  274  2 

CarletonO 

5 

0 

2123710 

OWIAA 
Athlete  of  the  Week 

Queen's  student  Carolyn  Russell  is 
the  OWIAA  athlete  of  the  week.  Russell 
went  undefeated  in  squash  competi- 
tion this  season  winning  the  OWIAA 
Individual  Squash  Championship  for 
a  second  straight  year. 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 


w 

L 

T 

F     A  PTS 

Laurentn  4 

0 

0 

345  314  8 

York  3 

1 

0 

320  316  6 

Toronto  3 

2 

0 

376  359  6 

Ryerson  2 

2 

0 

333  3194 

Carleton2 

3 

0 

3984144 

Ottawa  1 

4 

0 

3724122 

Queen's  0 

3 

0 

230  2400 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 

East  Scoring  Leaders 

FG 

AT  FT 

AT  AVE 

Beason  53 

86 

21 

31  34.5 

Smart  28 

59 

20 

26  28.3 

Charles  39 

81 

52 

67  26.0 

Fischer  32 

60 

25 

31  22.3 

Swords  32 

66 

5 

11  20.3 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Rebound  Leaders 


T.Charles  -  Cltn  5 

A. Beason  -  Ryrsn  4 
S.Swords  -  Lmtn  4 
C.Fischer  •  Lmtn  4 
C.Porter  -  Ott  5 


RBS  AVE 
54  10.8 

36  9.0 
34  8.5 
33  8.3 
40  8.0 


OUAA 
Athlete  of  the  Week 

Quang  Hoang,  a  member  of  the 
University  of  Torontobadminton  team 
is  the  OUAA  athlete  of  the  week.  Hoang 
won  his  third  consecutive  OUAA  sin- 
gles badminton  title  and  paired  up 
with  teammate  Mike  Deane  to  also 
win  his  third  consecutive  doubles  cham- 
pionship. 


Nordic  skiers  powder  competition 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Siaff 

The  nordic  men  are  back  to  their 
winning  ways  and  the  women  aren't  far 
behind. 

The  nordic  ski  teams  placed  very  well 
in  the  SOD  Invitational  at  Duntroon, 
Ont.,  on  Jan.  22-23. 

Among  over  90  men  and  50  women, 
seven  Raven  skiers  placed  among  the  top 
30  results.  Men's  skier  Wayne  Dustin  led 
the  men's  team  with  first-place  results  in 
both  the  10-kilometre  freestyle  race  and 
the  30-kilometre  classic  event. 

"It  was  hard  to  keep  focus,  but  I  knew 
1  would  do  well,"  said  Dustin.  "It  was 
pretty  close  between  myself  and  two  oth- 
ers after  two  kilometres  (in  the  first  race) 
but  I  started  pulling  away  by  the  seventh 
kilometre." 

Veteran  Raven  skier  Frank  Ferrari  fin- 
ished 16th  in  the  freestyle  race  and 
placedsixth  in  the  classic  race. 

"The  first  race  was  more  of  a  building- 
block  for  me,"  said  Ferrari.  "I  wasn't 
impressed  with  my  finish,  but  skating 
style  is  not  my  specialty." 

Carleton  skier  Chris  Webb  placed 
twelfth  in  the  classic  race  and  ninth  in 
the  freestyle. 

Rookies  D'Arcy  Bloom  and  Mike 


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Cooper  raced  well,  placing  among  the 
top  40. 

On  the  women's  side,  Kirsten  Davis 
finished  eighth  in  both  the  7.5-kilometre 
freestyle  event  on  Saturday  and  the  10- 
kilometre  classic  race  on  Sunday. 

"Despite  being  sick  this  weekend,  I'm 
pleased  with  my  performance,"  said 
Davis.  "My  technique  was  okay  for  the 
amount  I  have  been  training,  but  with 
more  intensity  I  will  improve." 

Catherine  Mulvihill  finished  11th  in 
the  freestyle  but  did  not  compete  on 
Sunday  due  to  illness.  Veteran  Erin  Long 
placed  21st  in  the  freestyle  race  and  19th 
in  the  classic  event. 


Rookie  Gayle  Bamett  placed  a  re- 
spectable 25th  and21st  in  the  two  events, 
but  said  she  was  not  pleased  with  her 
results. 

"I  felt  really  sloppy,"  said  Barnett. 

Nordic  ski  coach  Mark  Rabb  was 
pleased  with  the  results  of  the  teams'  first 
real  race  of  the  season. 

"The  season  has  begun  well.  This  was 
the  first  real  test  for  the  team, "  said  Rabb. 

Rabb  added  that  the  30-kilometre 
men's  classic  race  was  something  the 
men  did  not  train  for  during  practice,  so 
it  was  a  real  test  for  many  of  the  rookie 
racers  to  even  complete  such  a  distanced 


Swimmer  qualifies  for  nationals  -  again 


by  Jason  Tamo 

Charlatan  Slatf 

The  Carleton  men's  and  women's 
swim  teams  hit  the  road  again  this  past 
weekend. 

The  Ravens  placed  last  at  both  the 
Wilfred  Laurier  Invitational  on  )an.  21 
and  at  the  McMaster  tri-meet  in  Hamil- 
ton on  Jan.  22.  While  the  team  stalled, 
some  individual  swimmers  fared  well. 

Erica  Kotler's  victory  in  the  1 00-metre 
breast-stroke  in  a  time  of  1:17.01  on 


Saturday  was  good  enough  to  qualify 
her  for  the  national  championships  in 
her  second  event  and  brighten  Raven 
spirits. 

On  Friday  at  the  Laurier  meet,  the 
Ravens  competed  against  Laurier,  Wa- 
terloo and  Laurentian.  Carleton  com- 
peted in  only  one  day  of  the  two-day 
event  because  of  their  commitment  to 
McMaster  tri-meet,  and  thus  did  not  com- 
pile enough  points  to  avoid  placing  last. 

Men's  coach  Brian  Johnson  said  he 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 

Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Ian.  25,  1994. 
Regular  season  leaders  can  only  win  the  dinner  prize  once. 


IBi 


1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 


Congratulations  to  Vicki  Muvruyanis  who  wins  this  week's  dinner  prize. 
Former  winners  Jeff  Parker  and  Jeff  Pavkew  can  also  pick  up  their  $25  dinner 
certificate  for  Baxter's  restaurant  at  The  Charlatan.. 


1 

Patrick  Soden 

515 

2 

Anjali  Varma 

505 

3 

Vicki  Muvrayanis 

499 

4 

Jeff  Parker 

499 

5 

Jeff  Pavkev 

499 

6 

Blair  Sanderson 

498 

7 

Don  Belanger 

492 

8 

[oseph  Kurikose 

489 

9 

Alex  Varki 

489 

10  Marc  Arsenault 

488 

Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

How  many  times  have  the  awe- 
some Buffalo  Bills  won  the  Super 
Bowl  before  this  year? 

Congratulations  to  Greg 
Parnoutsoukian  who  knew  Boston 
and  Detroit  have  been  the  only  teams 
other  than  Toronto  to  win  the  A.L.  East. 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper  and 
submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize  will  be  determined  by  a  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  Feb.l,  1994.  The  winner 
should  come  up  to  the  office  for  the 
prize  on  any  Monday  or  Tuesday. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 


Rnswer: 

Name: 

Phone: 


felt  Raven  swimmers  could  have  done 
better,  but  wasn't  concerned  with  their 
results. 

"I  was  hoping  they  would  do  better  at 
the  Laurier  meet,  "said  Johnson.  "Butwe 
were  tired  after  the  long  bus  trip,  we 
didn't  really  get  a  good  enough  warm- 
up  and  a  lot  of  swimmers  were  complain- 
ing that  the  water  temperature  was  too 
cold." 

At  the  McMaster  tri-meet,  the  Carle- 
ton teams  placed  last  in  competition 
against  McMaster  and  Guelph,  but  both 
coaches  were  much  happier  with  their 
teams'  performances. 

"The  meet  at  McMaster  went  quite 
well,"  said  women's  coach  Jitka  Kotler. 
"We  had  expected  a  slight  improvement 
over  last  weekend's  results  and  that's 
pretty  much  what  we  got. 

"We  didn't  swim  well  on  Friday  after 
the  long  bus  trip  but  the  team  stayed  in 
a  hotel  overnight  and  really  seemed  to 
come  together.  The  spirit  was  great  and 
that  translated  into  a  great  afternoon." 

Notable  results  from  Saturday's  rac- 
ing include,  first  and  foremost,  Erica 
Kotler's  victory  in  the  100-metre  breast- 
stroke.  She  had  already  secured  a  berth 
at  the  Canadian  Interuniversity  Athletic 
Union  finals  when  she  qualified  in  the 
200-metre  breast-stroke  earlier  in  the 
season: 

The  second  qualification  allows  her 
to  compete  in  five  events  at  the  meet. 
Qualifying  for  the  first  event  only  enti- 
tled her  to  compete  in  three  contests. 

Christie  O'Brien  also  placed  well,  fin- 
ishing third  in  the  50-metre  breast-stroke 
in  a  time  of  39.33. 

On  the  men's  side,  Blair  Christie  fol- 
lowed up  his  victory  last  weekend  in  the 
1, 500-metre  freestyle  by  placing  second 
in  the  800-metre  freestyle  this  weekend. 
His  time  of  8:53.87  missed  winning  the 
event  by  only  .59  of  a  second.  Christie 
also  finished  second  in  the  400-metre 
individual  medley,  clocking  a  personal- 
best  time  of  4:52.55. 

Men's  captain  Laszlo  Alberti  also  did 
well  by  placing  third  in  the  100-metre 
freestyle,  posting  a  time  of  58.38. 

Both  the  women's  and  men's  teams 
will  now  begin  to  focus  on  training  for 
the  provincial  championships.  For  the 
women  this  event  takes  place  Feb.  12-13 
in  Guelph,  andforthemen,  Feb.  19-20  in 
Toronto.  □ 


16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  27,  1994 


Raven 
Rumblings 


Athletic  fee  increase  expected 

1994-95  budget  proposes  to  create  special  reserve  fund 


QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"  In  the  second  half  we  played  as  if 
we  belonged  on  the  floor  with  them. 
In  the  first  half,  we  played  as  if  we 
didn't  even  belong  there." 

Women's  assistant  basketball 
coach  John  Johnson  on  the  Raven's 
77-46  loss  to  the  York  Yeowomen  this 
past  weekend. 

SPORTS  THAT  AREN'T 

You  lucky  readers.  In  an  effort  to 
be  more  conscious  of  the  wide  variety 
of  sports  in  this  crazy  world  we  live 
in,  we  at  The  Charlatan  have  decided 
to  introduce  you  to  something  new 
—  sports  that  pretend  to  be  sports. 

This  week's  pick:  battle  chess. 

HOCKEY  MAGIC  —  NOT 

The  Carleton  hockey  club  could 
have  used  a  magic  wand  last  week. 
Instead,  they  fell  under  the  spell  of 
the  Wizard's  hockey  club,  losing  5-0 
in  Senior  R.A.  League  action  on  Ian. 
1 9 .  The  loss  drops  their  league  record 
to  a  woeful  1-10-2,  good  enough  for 
fifth  place  in  the  six-team  league. 

CORRECTIONS 

Oops,  we  were  pretty  sloppy  last 
week. 

Our  apologies  to  nordic  skiers 
Catherine  Mulvihill  and  Gayle 
Barnett,  whose  names  we  misspelled 
last  week. 

As  if  that  wasn't  enough,  we  also 
got  swimmer  Sarah  Dobbin's  name 
wrong  and  printed  1:10.36  as  her 
time  in  the  100-metre  breast  stroke. 
It  may  be  a  time  Olympic  swimmers 
would  be  proud  of  —  but  it  wasn't 
hers. 

CALENDAR 

Friday,  Jan.  28. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  0-5  women's 
basketball  team  travels  to  Sudbury  to 
take  on  the  Laurentian  Voyageurs  in 
a  6  p.m.  match  at  the  Avery  Gymna- 
sium. The  2-3  men's  team  follows 
with  an  8:15  p.m.  match. 

SKIING  —  The  nordic  ski  teams 
host  the  Polar  Bear  Challenge  at 
Carleton  University  tonight.  Relay 
races  for  women  begin  at  7:30  p.m. 
on  the  rugby  field  and  the  men's 
races  follow  at  8:30  p.m. 

VOLLEYBALL — The  women's  vol- 
leyball team  takes  part  in  the  Ottawa 
Invitational  tournament  which  starts 
at  1  p.m.  in  Montpetit  Hall. 


Saturday,  Jan.  29. 

SKIING —The  nordic  ski  team  will 
be  in  Gatineau  Park  today  compet- 
ing at  the  National  Capital  District 
Races  against  the  universities  of  Ot- 
tawa, Laurentian  and  Queen's 
among  others. 

Sunday,  Jan.  30. 

SKIING  —  The  nordic  ski  team 
continues  racing  at  the  NCD  Races 
in  Gatineau  Park.  a 


by  Derek  DeCloet 

Charlatan  StaH 

The  Carleton  athletics  board  wants 
students  to  pay  more  for  athletics  next 
year,  despite  projections  it  will  have  a 
surplus  this  year. 

The  1994-95  preliminary  athletics 
budget,  revealed  for  the  first  time  on  Jan. 
21,  includes  a  two-per-cent  increase  in 
athletic  fees  over  last  year. 

If  passed  at  the  next  board  meeting 
Jan.  28,  full-time  undergraduate  stu- 
dents would  pay  just  over  $  134  in  athlet- 
ics fees  next  year  —  about  $2.60  more 
than  right  now. 

Athletics  director  Keith  Harris  said  the 
increase  is  needed  to  keep  up  with  infla- 
tion, which  was  also  around  two  per  cent 
in  1993.  Last  year,  the  board  approved 
an  increase  of  3.5  per  cent  for  1993-94. 

If  this  year's  increase  is  not  approved, 
"then  we'll  have  to  start  cutting,"  he 
said. 

But  some  board  members  were  not 
impressed  by  the  move. 

"I  didn't  expect  that  at  all,"  said  Rob 
lamieson,  one  of  CUSA's  representatives 
on  the  board. 

Athletics  should  move  to  more  of  a 
user-pay  system,  said  lamieson,  where 
students  who  use  athletic  facilities  — 
such  as  the  squash  courts  —  would  bear 
the  brunt  of  the  increase. 

"There's  just  so  many  students  that 
don't  use  the  athletic  centre,"  he  said.  "1 
think  we  have  to  put  a  little  bit  more  on 
to  the  user." 

The  key  difference  in  the  1994-95 
budget  in  comparison  to  past  budgets  is 
that  athletics  plans  to  put  $  150,000  into 
a  special  reserve  fund,  which  will  be  used 


94-95  Proposed  Budget  Breakdown 

Renovations  $237,000 

Student  Fees  $2,619,627 

Reserve  Fund  $150,000 

Grant  $271,425 

Programs  $1,549,166 

Sales  $433,950 

Salaries  $1,156,866 

Programs  $726,649 

Operations  $995,712 

Other  $106,837 

Other  $91,385 

Expenditures 

Revenues 

$4,180,129 

$4,158,488 

If  this  year's  increase 

is  not  approved, 
"then  we'll  have  to 
start  cutting." 

-  Keith  Harris 


later  to  build  new  buildings  or  fields. 

This  year's  projected  surplus— largely 
the  result  ofsocial  contract  athleticwage 
cuts  —  will  be  added  to  the  fund,  al- 
though it  is  unknown  how  much  will  be 
left  at  the  end  of  the  year. 

Harris  said  the  fund  is  important, 
because  rising  enrolment  will  eventu- 
ally force  athletics  to  expand  its  facili- 
ties, already  stretched  to  the  limit. 

While  jamieson  agreed  it  is  impor- 
tant to  put  something  aside  for  the  fu- 
ture, his  reaction  to  the  strategy  was 
lukewarm. 

"One  hundred  and  fifty  grand  is  a 
nice  number,  but  at  the  same  time  we 
have  to  spend  the  money  on  the  students 
that  are  paying  for  it  right  now,"  he  said. 

But  Harris  warned  that  today's  stu- 
dents have  to  keep  an  eye  on  the  future 
because  students  in  the  past  have  paid 
higher-than-necessary  fees  to  pay  off 
debts  on  athletic  facilities.  And,  he  added, 
athletics  can't  use  any  surplus  money 
without  the  university's  permission. 

The  budget  also  does  not  give  any 
money  to  teams  that  havebeen  lobbying 
for  varsity  funding,  such  as  hockey  and 

rowing.  „    . . 

"Wedon'tthinkwecanaffordit,  said 

Harm-  _,„. 

But  Theresa  Cowan,  another  CUSA 
representative  on  the  board,  said  stu- 
dents should  be  surveyed  to  find  out  it 
they're  happy  with  the  sports  they  re 
funding.  . 

The  budget  projects  a  deficit  of  |ust 
over  $21,000  for  next  year. 


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18  •  The  Charlatan  ■  January  27,  1994 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


A  photo  album  of  choreographed  images 

t..i  Qtpnhanie  Garrison  u;c  „u:t         —  i  i  i   ^  


by  Stephanie  Garrison 

cnariaian  Stafl 


An  Evening  With  Mark  Godden 

Royal  Winnipeg  Ballet 
National  Arts  Centre  Opera 
Jan.  27  —  Jan.  29 


11  my  ballets  are  very  per- 
sonal.  They  come  from  per- 
jMTO^sonal  ideas.  Sometimes  I 
f(\\    make  them  literal,  but  most 
/^H      often  I  abstract  those  ideas 
K      U    and  I  let  them  take  on  an- 
f       m»  othersortofgrowth  pattern;  I 
don't  hold  them  down  to  what  they  mean 
to  me  personally." 

This  intimate  view  of  dance  is  Mark 


Godden:  "I  dream  a  lot  about  the  dancers 
that  are  within  the  company," 

Godden's,  the  resident  choreographerfor 
the  Royal  Winnipeg  Ballet.  Godden  cre- 
ates a  photo  album  from  his  choreo- 
graphed images,  using  his  steps  like  snap- 
shots to  mark  particular  points  in  his  life. 

Since  being  appointed  to  his  newly 
created  post  in  1990,  the  former  Royal 
Winnipeg  Ballet  soloist  has  created  sev- 
eral award-winning  works,  fourof  which 
will  be  performed  at  the  National  Arts 
Centre  this  week.  They  include  Dameaux 
Fruits,  Angels  in  the  Architecture,  A  Dark- 
ness Between  Us  and  La  Princesse  et  le 
Soldat,  which  in  1991  won  Godden  sec- 
ond prize  for  new  choreography  at  the 
International  Ballet  Competition  in  Hel- 
sinki, Finland. 

Godden's  straightforward  confidence 


in  his  abilities  as  a  choreographer  has 
not  gone  unnoticed  by  dance  critics,  hav- 
ing been  lauded  by  the  G/obe  and  Mail 
and  the  Los  Angeles  Times. 

Although  Godden  has  visual  and 
movement  ideas,  his  main  inspiration 
comes  from  music;  all  the  ballets  he  has 
created  for  the  Royal  Winnipeg  thus  far 
have  been  built  on  the  strength  of  a 
composition.  Godden  would  like  to  col- 
laborate with  a  composer  for  his  chore- 
ography, since  he  frequently  must  dis- 
card movement  ideas  unsuitable  for  the 
piece  of  music. 

"But  right  now  what  really  intrigues 
me  is  finding  a  piece  of  music,"  Godden 
says.  "In  a  sense  I  feel  that  everything  is 
there.  It's  just  a  matter  of  me  discovering 
it  —  in  the  music,  in  the  dancers,  in 
the  concept,  in  the  ideas  and  in  the 
research.  So  I  feel  like  all  the  infor- 
mation is  there,  1  just  need  to  per- 
ceive it. 

"I  dream  a  lot  about  the  dancers 
that  are  within  the  company.  I  think 
a  lot  about  them,"  Godden  says. 
"Once  I  get  an  idea  .  .  .  the  idea 
probably  could  not  have  come  to 
fruition  without  me  knowing  the 
dancers  that  I  was  going  to  do  it  on." 

Godden  may  have  a  specific  idea 
when  he  comes  into  the  studio.  Most 
of  the  time,  however,  he'll  furnish  an 
idea  or  an  emotion  he  wants  to  project 
and  the  dancers  will  use  their  own 
personality  and  their  understanding 
of  life  and  music  to  bring  his  concept 
to  life. 

Their  interpretation  will  either  be 
what  Godden  wants,  or  he  will  coax 
something  more  from  the  dancers, 
all  the  while  relating  it  back  to  the 
music.  Another  key  collaborator  for 
Godden's  works  is  designer  Paul 
Daigle,  a  former  Royal  Winnipeg 
dancer  who  has  developed  sets  and 
costumes  for  all  of  Godden's  major 
pieces  thus  far. 

"Once  that  work  is  built,  I  have  a 
perception  for  it,"  Godden  says.  "1 
always  try  to  make  up  my  own  mind 
about  my  choreography  before  it  goes 
onstage,  so  that  I  understand  what  it 
means  to  me." 

Godden's  choreography  is  not  meant 
to  be  pure  entertainment.  The  sombre, 
unresolved  passions  of  A  Darkness  Be- 
tween Us  is  Godden's  exploration  of  darker 
sides  in  his  personality  and  past  relation- 
ships. However,  moody  contemplations 
of  humanity  are  not  an  exclusive  theme 
in  his  work.  If  anything,  his  range  of 
interest  is  eclectic. 

"I  feel  that  my  tastes  are  varied,  and 
that's  one  of  the  reasons  how  this  whole 
Godden  evening  originated.  I  had  such 
varied  works,  with  such  a  different  look 
and  such  different  subject  matter  that  it 


was  felt  all  could  be  combined  in  one 


A  scene  from  Mark  Godden's  Dame  Aux  Fruits. 

evening  of  work  and  be  entertaining." 
The  main  link  binding  these  works  to- 
gether is  that  they  were  exclusively  cre- 
ated for  the  Royal  Winnipeg,  from  the 
artistic  director  to  the  technical  staff. 

"I  think  that  it's  necessary  for  any 
company  to  really  exist  in  the  world,  you 
have  to  have  your  own  particular  style, 
and  you  have  to  have  your  own  ballets 
that  othercompanies  aren't  doing,"  says 
Godden.  "All  the  companies  in  the  world 
are  vying  for  the  same  market,  and  if  we 
don't  have  our  own  product,  then  we 
can't  exist." 

In  1981  Godden  entered  the  Royal 
Winnipeg  Ballet'  School's  professional 
division,  joining  the  company  in  1984. 
Founded  in  1939  by  Gweneth  Lloyd  and 
Bettey  Farrally,  it  is  the  longest  continu- 
ously operating  ballet  company  in  North 
America. 

The  fact  that  everyone  in  the  com- 
pany, from  the  dancers  to  the  wardrobe 
department,  have  complete  faith  in  his 
vision,  is  still  a  bit  of  an  amazement  to 
Godden. 

"It's  new  ground  for  myself,  and  it's 
new  ground  for  all  of  us,  because  the 
RWB  has  never  done  (a  show  like)  this 
before.  So  it's  a  little  terrifying  in  that 
sense,  but,  in  another  way,  everyone, 
especially  myself,  is  intrigued  to  see  how 
this  is  going  to  go.  " 


And  from  tfie  CfiarCatan  maiC6ox. .  ♦ 

It  seems  we  have  a  dispute  on  our  hands.  Witness  the  following  rebuttal  to  the  contest  answer  that  stated  nobody  survived 
Reservoir  Dogs,  signed  by  some  mysterious  individuals  who  identify  themselves  only  as  "The  Dogs:" 

ATTN:  ARTS  EDITOR        JAN  21/94 
RE:  Reservoir  Dogs  CD  contest. 

We  would  like  to  know  what  proof  you  have  that  no  one  was  left  standing  at  the  end  of  Reservoir  (sic)  Dogs! 
We  beleive  (sic)  (True  "Dog"  fans)  that  Mr.  Pink  was  not  killed  based  on  the  background  sounds  at  the  end  of  the  movie. 
There  is  no  way  we  know  whether  or  not  the  gunshots  in  the  background  sound  kill  Mr.  Pink. 
There  are  other  possible  conclusions  you  can  rightly  assume,  such  as:  p  c 

a)  Mr.  Pink  was  shot  but  not  killed  J    ___J>  °CZ>  * 

b)  The  shots  didn't  hit  him 

c)  Many  other  conclusions 

We  beleive  (sic)  your  conclusion  is  possible  but  not  necessarily  correct. 

The  only  fair  thing  to  do  is  to  have  another  contest  based  on  Tarrantino's  second  movie  True  Romance. 


This 
week: 

Our  Very 
Favorite 
Chinchilla 
Names 

1 .  Sneakers 

2.  Lunch 

3.  Pedro 

4.  Jean-Paul 
Sartre 

5.  Kiefer 

6.  River 

7.  Smedleu 

8.  Knouj-Nothin' 
Bozo 

9.  Umberto 


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that  not  even  the  weaselish  Mr.  Pink  survived  is  only  logical.  Remember,  we're  talking  about  a  movie  in  which  everybody  was  V*  W 
singularly  unlucky  in  dodging  bullets,  knives  and  gasoline.  Mr.  Pink  is  dead  and  not  even  The  Dogs  can  bnng  him  back.  □  ^  


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January  27,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  19 


The  1  nbreds 

Hilario 

PF  Records  (Independent) 

1  nto  a  musical  world  of  things  grungy, 
pierced  and  tattooed  come  the  Inbreds,  a 
two-year-old,  two-man  outfit  known  as 
"Kingston's  Smallest  Band." 

The  band  draws  its  influences  not  from 
the  familiar  breeding  ground  of  Seattle 
(thankfully),  but  from  more  traditional 
sources,  including  the  Beatles  and  ga- 
rage rock. 

The  sound  takes  on  its  own  unique 


character,  as  the  band  uses  a  bass  in 
place  of  guitars  to  drive  the  melodies. 
Hilario  is  a  21-song  celebration  of  sound 
technology,  or  lack  thereof. 

Some  songs,  like  "Grandpa's  Heater, " 
are  raw  tributes  to  garage  rock — you  can 
almost  smell  the  gas  fumes  amid  the 
rough-and-tumble  sound.  A  few  songs 
appear  in  theiroriginal  four-track  demo 
form. 

At  the  other  end  of  the  technological 
scale  is  the  mellow  "Noah's Cage,"  where 
singer/bassist  Mike  O'Neill  overextends 
the  band's  limited  resources  by  harmo- 
nizing sweetly  with  his  thrice- 
overdubbed  voice. 

Throughout,  the  band  impresses 
with  its  appealing  songs.  O'Neill's 
compositions  are  tightly  written 
and  laden  with  appealing  hooks. 
The  revamped  bass  sound  provides 
a  darkly  poetic  backdrop  to  the 
proceedings. 

This  is  one  of  the  best  independ- 
ent discs  I've  heard  and  is  well 
worth  picking  up. 

Sean  Silcoff 


Hilario 


Hilario  can  be  obtained  by  call- 
ing 1-547-3703  or  by  writing  Box 
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The  Nothi  ngheads 

The  Note 
Independent 

Noteworthy! 

The  Note  is  a  musically  worthy  debut 
for  this  refreshingly  original  local  group. 
The  music  on  this  album  makes  you 
want  to  sing  along.  Its  catchy  melodies 
and  lyrics  evoke  emotional  messages  we 
can  all  relate  to. 

The  Nothingheads  call  upon  the  mu- 
sical influences  of  folk,  jazz,  blues  and 
rock  to  create  their  own  interpretation  of 
music  which  celebrates  melody  and 
rhythm.  The  result  is  an  aesthetically 
pleasing,  heartfelt  style  of  music. 

The  recipe  for  this  unadulterated  col- 
lection of  songs  rests  upon  acoustic  gui- 
tar rhythms  flavored  with  tasteful  elec- 
tric guitar  leads. 

It's  generously  textured  with  melodic 
bass  lines  and  solid,  creative  drumming. 
Finally,  ifs  topped  off  with  meaningful 
and  sometimes  humorous  lyrics,  sung 
with  character  and  feeling. 

Expect  no  slick  production,  however. 
The  recording  is  raw,  loose  and  honest, 
free  of  the  techniques  of  overproduction 
employed  in  the  dog-eat-dog  industry  of 


As  such,  the  band  is  true  to  itself, 
although  in  live  performances  theirmu- 
sic  tends  to  be  more  dynamic  and  in- 
tense. 

Patrick  White 


Knocking  Boots 

Assimilated 
Independent 

Nursing  a  killer  hangover  and  won- 
dering how  I  got  home  from  the  Charity 
Ball,  I  rolled  out  of  bed  on  Sunday  to  the 
sounds  of  Knocking  Boots. 

I  thought  I  was  listening  to  some  band 
out  of  Seattle,  but  was  surprised  to  find 
these  talented  guys  are  from  Montebello, 
Que. 

This  last  summer,  with  the  help  of 
Fumaceface's  Marty  Jones  at  Ottawa's 
Sound  of  One  Hand  Studio,  they  put 
together  these  four  tracks  that  leave  me 
in  anticipation  of  tour  dates  and  new 
releases. 

It's  strong,  kickin'  rock  and  roll  from 
our  own  backyard.  Keep  your  ears  open 
for  these  guys. 

Christopher  Bell 


broke? 


If  spring  break  suddenly  leaves  you  broke, 
let  Western  Union  come  to  your  aid. 

We  can  transfer  money  from  Canada  to 
the  U.S.  in  a  matter  of  minutes.  And  with 
22,000  locations  worldwide,  there's  no 


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20  .  The  Charlatan  ■  \anuary  27,  1994 


cross 


by  Jos6e  Bellemare 

Charlatan  Start 

The  Thunderdome.  I  guess  you  can 
imagine  what  this  Hull  club  (located  on 
the  infamous  Hull  strip)  is  like  from  its 
name  alone. 

As  I  stood  in  line  to  get  in  one  Friday 
night,  it  sounded  like  there  was  a  storm 
inside.  I  was  curious  to  see  what  was 
behind  these  walls  which  shook  from  the 
loud  alternative  music  inside. 

After  paying  $4,1  walked  down  a  hall 
to  a  small  opening  which  consisted  of  a 
barwith  tables  andchairsscatteredabout. 
Black  mannequin  chests  stood  in  comers 
of  the  room  with  metal  ropes  chaining 
them  together. 

People  stood  around  a  solitary  pool 
table  and  up  against  the  walls,  one  of 
which  was  decorated  with  posters  of  par- 
ties and  concerts. 

I  walked  around  the  corner  and  down 
the  stairs  to  see  a  world  1  never  thought 
could  exist  in  this  humble  city.  It  was  a 
world  spray  painted  with  blue,  green  and 
multi-colored  demons  covering  the  walls 
from  top  to  bottom. 

The  place  was  packed  with  sweaty 
bodies,  some  with  colorful  mohawks,  oth- 
ers with  pierced  ears,  nipples,  eyebrows 
and  belly  buttons.  In  the  centre  of  the 


The  Charlatan  Pub  Crawl  Extravaganza 

the  river  and  to  the  dome 


dance  floor,  there  were  a  few  men  who 
didn'twear shirts  while  they  danced  in  a 
frenzied  rage. 

Their  long  hair  slashed  the  air  as  they 
slam-danced  into  each  other.  Many  other 
people  stood  around  the  bar  observing 
the  dance  floor  or  talking  with  their 
friends. 

It  seemed  to  be  a  place  where  every- 


body knew  each  other,  except  for  the 
lone  visitors  standing  off  to  the  side, 
perhaps  there  out  of  curiosity  or  just  for  a 
beer. 

The  disc  jockey  was  caged  in  this  small 
cubicle  which  resembled  a  jail.  He  didn't 
seem  very  enthusiastic  to  hear  my  re- 
quests. On  my  way  to  the  washroom,  1 
noticed  there  were  open  spaces  to  look 


into  the  men's  washroom.  There  was  no 
one  in  there  when  I  first  looked,  so  I 
walked  in  to  see  what  other  surprises 
awaited. 

The  men's  washroom  consists  of  a 
large,  open-spaced  room  with  a  few  spray- 
painted  urinals  stacked  closely  together 
on  one  wall  and  a  few  others  on  another 
wall.  It  seemed  odd  to  use  a  huge  vacant 
space  for  a  few  urinals. 

It  was  strange  to  see  men  going  to  the 
bathroom  without  feeling  self-conscious 
even  if  women  could  peer  at  them  while 
they  do  their  duties.  I  was  glad  to  see 
there  were  no  holes  in  the  walls  of  the 
women's  washroom. 

My  friend  and  I  brought  this  guy  with 
us,  who  seemed  indifferent  about  going 
out  to  this  club.  About  half  an  hour  after 
we  arrived,  he  was  suddenly  in  a  very 
good  mood.  He  told  me  he  just  finished 
consuming  some  mushrooms.  Ifthisdrug 
is  taken  in  large  doses,  you're  supposed 
to  hallucinate.  He  told  me  he  took  only  a 
small  dose,  which  is  supposed  to  liftyour 
spirits.  It  made  me  wonder  how  many 
other  people  in  this  club  were  on  this 
drug. 

When  I  left  this  dub,  I  knew  I  wouldn't 
come  back.  Even  if  you  don't  like  punk,  1 
advise  you  to  go  just  for  the  experience.  □ 


Warning:  Overfiend  is  definitely  not  a  date  flick 


by  Rob  Willbond 

Charlatan  SlaH   


Urotsukidofi:  Lege, 
Overfiend 

.Directed  by  Hideki  Takayama 


If  you're  planning  a  dinnerandmovie 
date,  Urotsukidoji:  Legend  of  the  Overfiend 
may  not  be  the  proper  film  choice. 

While  containing  some  of  the  greatest 
animation  techniques  seen  in  a  long 
time,  the  overkill  of  sex  and  violence 
undermines  the  use  of  such  a  fascinating 
art  form. 

The  Mayfair's  warning,  "notforthose 
who  are  sensitive,  faint-hearted  or  politi- 
cally correct,"  is  indeed  appropriate. 

Plot  is  the  greatest  victim  of  this  vio- 
lence. This  film  is  nominally  about  the 
Chojin,  or  god  of  all  gods,  being  reborn  in 
Osaka,  [apan  and  setting  about  deliver- 
ing peace  to  the  three  separate  dimen- 
sions. 

These  three  dimensions:  the  human 
world  (Earth),  the  evil  demon  world  (home 
of  the  Makai),  and  the  man-beast  world 
(home  of  the  fyujinkai)  must  all  become 
united  for  this  peace  to  come  about. 

Oddly  enough,  the  instalment  of  this 
Utopia  means  lots  of  big  cheesy  monsters 
must  battle,  rape  and  have  their  way 
with  a  multitude  of  defenceless  human 
females.  Amidst  this  sexcapade,  plot  co- 
hesion evaporates  —  not  wishing  to  dis- 
turb this  crucial  part  of  the  story  —  re- 
turning only  to  close  the  film. 

Many  will  say  this  film  is  sexist.  They 
will  be  right.  Are  there  no  femaledemons 

1  %  Thought  1,0;  sfliD  ttbis  wfi^ 
A  DlS«fry  Movi£  ??. ' 


out  on  the  rape  and  pillage  scene?  The 
target  audience  for  the  film  is  quite  obvi- 
ous: the  big,  bad  ultra-cool  male  crowd. 
If  you  thought  Andrew  Dice  Clay  was 
bad,  he  is  a  mere  babe  in  the  woods 
compared  to  the  minds  that  created  this 
number. 

As  the  story  unfolds  further,  it  trips 
over  itself  a  number  of  times.  One  mo- 
ment the  Chojin  is  good,  the  next  he's 
bad.  Then  the  supposedly  good  fyujinkai 
are  bad  and  the  demonic  Makai  are  not 
evil,  but  striving  to  preserve  their  already 
acceptable  world. 

Cliches  abound.  The  audience  is 
handed  the  overused  idea  that  all  evil 
henchmen  are  idiotic  and  incompetent 
as  the  failures  of  the  Makai  are  produced. 

To  lighten  things  up  after  all  the  rapes 
and  murders,  the  animators  throw  in  a 
cheesy  moral  love  message.  Why? 

At  the  screening  I  attended,  it  ap- 
peared as  though  many  people  in  the 
theatre  were  growing  bored  with  the  ex- 
cessive violence  and  shaky  plot.  They 
showed  their  disdain  by  happily  shout- 
ing out  opinionated,  verbal  critiques  of 
the  movie.  This  live  element  added  greatly 
to  a  film  that  was  growing  stale. 

The  actual  plot,  once  finally  under- 
stood, is  lightly  entertaining.  The  horror 
element  is  weaker,  relying  more  upon 
visual  effects  than  actually  trying  to 
frighten  through  mystery  or  suspense* 
The  problem  is  that  such  an  overload  of 
gore  soon  becomes  bland.  Will  Japan 
ever  tire  of  big  ego-tripping  monsters 
beating  each  other  up? 

Overall,  Legend  of  the  Overfiend  is  ex- 
cellent in  its  technical  use  of  animation. 


It's  too  bad  that  what  it  depicts  is  such 
poor  male  macho  crap.  Animation  seems 
to  have  so  much  unused  potential,  be  it 
wasted  on  Saturday  morning  television 
to  market  cheap  toys,  or  in  non-main- 
stream cinema  to  feed  sick  minds  with 


horrid  images.  What's  wrong  with  a  nor- 
mal, non-ultra-violent  animated  film, 
like  Tim  Burton's  Nightmare  BeforeChrist- 
mas?  Sometimes  even  extremes  grow  tire- 
some. Q 


"A  DAZZLER!  SELDOM  DO  WE  GET  FILMS 
SO  BRIGHT  AND  SO  COMIC/7 

"STOCKARD  CHANNING'S  DRY,  COMIC  PERFORMANCE 
IS  OSCAR  CALIBRE  BRILLIANT." 

.i=  (iru|rr  CM  I  UtDUW  HOME 

"GREAT  FUN... 
with  Stockard  Charming  as  its  hilariously  brittle  heroine. 
Donald  Sutherland  is  a  great  comic  asset." 

Stockard  Channing     Will  Smith     Donald  Sutherland 


M-GOlDWMm  mr,  ,MM  MOVIES/HEW  HTm 

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The  Charlatan  is  giving  away  20  double  passes  to  the  Ottawa  premiere  ol 
Six  Degrees  of  Separation.  The  first  20  people  to  come  up  to  The  Charlatan  office  at  531 
Unlcentre  on  F'lday,  January  28  after  10am  and  can  answer  the  following  trivia 
question  will  rec-'ive  passes.  Ask  for  Jill. 

What  T.V.  series  does  Will  Smith  star  In?  


January  27,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  21 


DINING  IN 


White  Trash  livin':  good  food,  good  times 


by  Charmead  Schella 

Charlatan  StaW 

Okay.  So  you  were  home  for  Christ- 
mas, sitting  down  to  the  feast  of  the  year 
and  just  as  your  Aunt  Dorothy  hands  you 
the  turnip  souffle,  you 
note  thatyour  mouth  isn't 
watering  and  your  hand 
is  not  shaking  in  antici- 
pated delight. 

Vou  suddenly  realize 
you're  just  not  digging  the 
home-cooked,  market- 
fresh  food  anymore.  The 
meals  that  made  you 
yearn  for  home  only 
months  before  now  do 
nothing  to  stimulate  any 
part  ofyourbody,  includ- 
ing your  taste  buds. 

You  are  dead  to  your 
mother's  vegetarian  lasa- 
gne; you  are  indifferent 

to  Aunt  Rochelle's  stuffed 

comish  hens;  your  Dad's 

fettucini  alfredo  has  be- 
come a  mockery  in  your 

mind.  You  crave,  instead, 

the  white  trash  food  you 

have  become  accustomed 

to  earing  while  living  on 

your  own. 

This  realization  was 

surprisingly  liberating  to 

me.  I  understood  the  seri- 
ousness of  my  affliction 

on  the  first  day  back  in 

Ottawa  after  the  Christ- 
mas break,  It  was  then 

that  1  embarrassingly 

enough  broke  into  a  cold 

sweat  while  trying  to  find 

an  opener  for  my  can  of 

Chef  Boy-ar-dee  ravioli. 
My  roommate  had  put 

the  opener  in  an  alien 

kitchen  drawer  by  mis- 
take. The  experience  was 

traumatic.  I  now  keep  can 

openers  in  three  rooms  of 

the  house,  in  case  such  a 

mishap  repeats  itself. 


Watching  my  mom  nearly  lose  her 
mind  preparing  for  Christmas  dinner  an 
entire  week  before  just  seems  so  silly  to 
me,  such  an  incredible  waste  of  time.  I 
can  think  of  about  a  million  things  she 


could  have  been  doing  with  that  week 
instead  of  planning  what  bowl  to  put  the 
home-made  cranberry  sauce  into,  and 
devising  a  schedule  as  to  how  often  the 
turkey  would  need  basting  over  a  five- 


The  Potato  Chip  Sandwich 

You  never  ate  this  good  at  home!  It's  a  meal  designed  to  satisfy  even  the  most  finicky  tapeworm.  (Clockwise  from 
top  left) 

Step  1:  just  got  home  from  shopping.  Let'ssee,  got  my  fake  bread,  my  fake  butter,  my  fake  beverage,  some  chips 
and  some  ketchup.  Lookin'  good. 

Step  2:  Who  needs  jam  when  you've  got  margarine  and  ketchup? 

Step  3:  Don't  scrounge  on  the  chips!  Remember,  the  key  to  making  a  good  potato  chip  sandwich  is  plenty  o' 
them  potato  chips. 

Step  4:  It  took  almost  forty  seconds  to  make,  but  the  wait  was  worth  it.  Just  try  going  into  Mama  Teresa's  and 
ordering  this! 

PHOTOS  BY  ANDRE  BELLE  FEUILLE 


hour  stint. 

White  trash  food  is  the  answer.  For  the 
uninitiated,  white  trash  food  and  culture 
encompass  almost  everything  that  is 
tacky  about  North  America,  by  which  I 
mean  white  bread  sand- 
wiches, country  music, 
Kentucky  Fried  Chicken™ 
and  big  shopping  malls.  I 
am  not  suggesting  this 
generation  has  ceremo- 
niously sprouted  up  to  be 
historically  labelled  "The 
White  Trash  Generation." 
On  the  contrary,  I  feel  con- 
fident in  the  assumption 
that  the  white  trash  way 
of  life  has  been  in  play  for 
many  decades  and  per- 
haps even  longer. 

I  find  myself  gazing 
back  through  time,  to  the 
great  white  trash  moth- 
ers and  fathers,  and  I  am 
immediately  serene. 
William  Faulkner,  Loretta 
Lynn,  Tennessee 
Williams,  Dolly  Parton 
and,  of  course,  Elvis 
Presley  all  sang  or  wrote 
about  the  glories  of  white 
trash. 

Today  we  have  Lisa 
Germano,  Bruce  Spring- 
steen, John  Cougar,  Gord 
Downey,  k.d.  long, 
Melissa  Etheridge  and,  of 
course,  Neil  Young,  who 
teach  us  all  to  appreciate 
the  value  and  necessity  of 
white  trash  in  our  lives. 

I  imagine  you  all  have 
a  fairly  fundamental 
knowledge  of  white  trash 
food,  but  to  delve  deeper 
into  the  realms  it  encases, 
I  have  included  a  few  no- 
nonsense,  fool-proof  reci- 
pes (for  those  like  me,  who 
are  virtually  useless  in  the 
kitchen). 


£'i P. J] !_ ^_v_?!_  1LS_ t !?_°_s_? J] ?_n_dy  White  Trash  recipes! 


THE  POTATO  CHIP  SANDWICH 

(to  end  all  potato  chip  sandwiches) 

2  slices  of  Wonder  bread 

1  200-gram  bag  of  plain,  thin-cut  po- 


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tato  chips 

margarine  (preferablyyellow-colored) 
ketchup  (though  mustard,  mayon- 
naise and  relish  all  work  just  as  well) 

■  Spread  margarine  evenly  across  one 
_  side  of  each  bread  slice.  Spread  a  gener- 
I  ous  portion  of  the  ketchup  (or  whatever 
|  turns  your  crank)  over  the  margarine. 

|  Proceed  to  add  as  many  potato  chips  on  • 
I  top  of  the  ketchup  as  you  are  able.  Put 

■  pieces  of  bread  together,  squash  every- 
I  thing  down  until  all  potato  chips  are 
|  broken,  and  enjoy. 

This  recipe  shouldn't  take  more  than 
about  one  and  a  half  minutes  to  prepare. 


Serves  one.  (It  is  recommended  that  jolt™ 
Cola  be  served  with  the  sandwich.) 

MACARONI  AND  CHEESE  DINNER 

1  bag  pasta  elbows 

1  jar  processed  cheese  spread 

salt 

pepper 

ketchup  (optional) 

Boil  water  in  a  pot  (hot  pot  or  conven- 
tional stove  pot).  Add  pasta  elbows  when 
water  is  boiling.  Stir  occasionally,  until 
the  pasta  is  soft,  yet  still  slightly  firm 
(soggy  pasta  is  BAD).  Strain  out  excess 


water,  and  return  macaroni  to  the  warm 
element.  Add  cheese  generously.  When 
the  processed  cheese  has  all  melted,  and 
is  no  longer  in  the  shape  of  the  jar  it  came 
in,  you  know  your  macaroni  and  cheese 
dinner  is  ready  for  serving.  Add  salt, 
pepper,  and  ketchup  to  taste.  Prepara- 
tion time  is  no  more  than  about  15  to  20 
minutes.  Serves  about  four,  depending 
on  how  hungry  you  are. 

BEEFARONI 


22  •  The  Charlatan  •  January  27,  1994 


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1  Box  Kraft  Dinner™ 
1  pound  o'  ground  beef 
1  can  spaghetti  sauce 

Prepare  Kraft  Dinner™  as  per  box  in- 
I  structions.  Mix  in  pre-warmed  spaghetti 
|  sauce  and  pre-cooked groundbeef.  Serves 
|  four  hungry  lumberjacks. 

J  Try  these  handy  little  recipes;  hell, 
•  have  a  white  trash  food  party!  This  food 
I  is  fine  for  survival,  but  it  is,  as  is  any- 
|  thing,  more  fun  with  two.  White  trash  is 
|  notjustacruel-joke-tumed-culrural-phe- 
|  nomenon,  it's  a  way  of  life.  Give  me 
^vhite  trash,  or  give  me  death. 


Thursday,  January  27 


With  a  name  like  Mindfunk,  you 
can't  go  wrong.  This  California-based 
band  from  Sausalito  is  playing  tonight  at 
the  Thunderdome  in  Hull,  along  with 
The  Mad  from  Toronto.  Tickets  are  $8  at 
the  usual  independent  music  outlets  or 
$10  at  the  door. 

Freaks:  A  Circus  Tale  with  Music  is 

best  described  as,  well,  a  circus  tale  with 
music.  It's  playing  tonight  through  Feb. 
S  at  the  NAC  Atelier  at  8  p.m. 

The  Royal  Winnipeg  Ballet  is  pre- 
senting several  works  by  their  resident 
choreographer  Mark  Godden,  in  the 
National  Arts  Centre  Opera  tonight 
until  Jan.  29  at  8  p.m.  Tickets  range  from 
$22  to  $47.50. 

Friday,  January  28 

This  afternoon's  free  noon-time  con- 
cert at  Carleton's  Alumni  Theatre  fea- 
tures the  happy  pianos  of  Miguel  Sosa 
and  Satoko  Ho)o. 

Lowest  of  the  Low  return  to  the 
nation's  capital,  this  time  to  the  Pen- 
guin. Tickets  are  $8  in  advance  and  can 
be  picked  up  at  the  Penguin.  Warning  to 
audience  members  and  bouncers:  duck! 

Much  Ado  About  Nothing,  that  wacky 
Shakespearean  film  featuring  Kenneth 
Branagh,  plays  at  the  Bytowne  tonight 
at  9:15  p.m. 

Me,  Mom  and  Morgentaler,  con- 
trary to  rumors,  have  not  broken  up. 
They  are,  as  it  were,  playing,  along  with 
Pigfarm,  at  Thunderdome.  Cover  is  a 
mere  $7. 

Maria  Hawkins  and  the  All-Stars 

are  playing  tonight  and  tomorrow 
eveningatthe  Whipping  Poston  Rideau 
Street. 

You  have  two  chances  to  catch  the 
uniquely  Canadian  sounds  of  the 
Grevious  Angels.  They're  playing  to- 
night and  tomorrow  at  Zaphod's. 

Saturday,  January  29 

More  fun  and  adventure  are  to  be  had 
at  Porter  Hall  this  evening  at  8  p.m. 
CKCU  and  CHUO  are  doing  the  fundraiser 
thing  with  D.J.  D-Vine  and  D.J.  Mike, 
spinning  funk,  hip  hop,  reggae  and 
house.  Cover  is  $6. 

Stone  Soul  Picnic,  fresh  from  their 
triumph  at  the  Charity  Ball,  are  at  the 
Penguin  this  evening. 

Fat  Man  Waving  plays  the  Down- 
stairs Club  tonight. 

Enjoy  mindless  violence?  Missed  last 
week's  screenings  of  Uwtsukidoji:  Legend 
of  the  Overfiendl  Never  fear:  the  Mayfalr 
is  screening  [ohn  Woo's  cult  film  The 
Killer 

The  Mayfair  warns:  "projectile  firing 


toys  or  actual  firearms  are  strictly  forbid- 
den in  the  theatre."  1  guess  that  means 
you  can  bring  your  cap  guns  and  play 
along. 

Sunday,  January  30 

Some  free  stuff  in  Carleton's  Alumni 
Theatre  tonight  at  8  p.m.  Elisabeth 
Pomes,  a  soprano-type  singer,  accom- 
panied on  piano  by  Peter  Tiefenbach. 

Blue  Rodeo  is  at  Centrepointe 
Theatre  this  evening  at  8  p.m.  Tickets 
are  an  astronomical  $26.75.  ($26.75  for 
Blue  Rodeo?  I  don 't  think  so.  Wait  for  one  of 
their  cheap  gigs.-ed.) 

If  you'd  rather  do  something  on  the 
cheap,  you  can  always  head  on  down  to 
the  Duke  of  Somerset  and  listen  to  the 
Celtic  bar  sounds  of  Jimmy  George. 

Monday,  January  31 

Hungry?  Wouldn't  you  enjoy  a  nice 
snack?  This  week's  Charlatan  snack  tip  is 
Peanut  Butter  and  Jam  Rollies™. 

To  make  these  Rollies,  get  four  slices 
of  fresh,  enriched  white  bread  (the  stuff 
with  all  the  chemicals),  wrap  them  in 
Saran  Wrap™  and  put  them  in  the  fridge 
for  30  minutes.  Then  take  them  out  and 
unwrap  them,  cut  off  all  the  crusts  (give 
them  to  the  birdies)  and  smear  gobs  of 
peanut  butter  and  strawberry  jam  on  one 
side  of  each  "bread"  slice.  Roll  them  up, 
with  the  peanut  butter  and  jam  on  the 
inside.  Eat.  Serves  four. 

Tuesday,  February  1 

As  us  Ottawa  Valley  types  like  to  say 
at  the  beginning  of  each  month,  "White 
rabbit! "  And  what  better  way  to  celebrate 
the  first  of  the  month  than  with  a  good 
book,  recommended  by  Charlatan  pro- 
duction manager  Kevin  McKay. 

This  week,  the  tireless  McKay  takes 
note  of  Tim  O'Brien's  The  Things  They 
Carried: "  It's  a  collection  of  short  stories 
and  anecdotes  about  growing  up  in  the 
American  heartland  and  going  off  to 
Vietnam."  Coming  from  someone  who 
volunteered  for  five  tours  of  duty  in '  Nam, 
this  is  high  praise  indeed. 

British  Columbia's  Dancecorps  is 
presenting  two  works  by  its  co-artistic 
director  Harvey  Meller  this  evening  at 
8:30  p.m.  in  the  National  Arts  Centre 
Theatre.  Tickets  are  $15  and  $20. 

Wednesday,  February  2 

Not  only  is  it  Groundhog  Day,  but 
the  Waltons  are  at  the  Penguin  this 
evening.  Oh,  could  this  be  my  life? 

John  Hiatt  is  at  the  Centrepointe 
Theatre  tonight  at  8  p.m.  Tickets  are 
$27.50,  but  we're  hoping  this  includes  a 
catered  seafood  buffet. 

On/nAMellowTone(CKCU93.1  FM 

at  9  p.m.),  jazz  great  Stan  Getz  is  profiled 


by  Bill  Hartnett. 


Tonight  on  TV  Ontario  at  10:30  p.m.  is 
Part  Four  of  The  Future,  a  1 2-part  series 
focusing  on  the  implications  of  the  colli- 
sion between  art  and  technology.  Topics 
covered  on  the  show  range  from  compu- 
terized photo  manipulation  technology 
to  the  new  field  of  interactive  and  partici- 
patory art.  It's  worth  a  look. 

Thursday,  February  3 

Stay  home.  Study.  Enjoy  a  nice  Peanut 
Butter  and  jam  Rollie™ 

Or,  as  always,  the  Hammerheads 
are  playing  at  the  Pit. 

Friday,  February  4 


Correction 


Despite  whatwe  said  last  weekC .  .and  this  one  isn't worth  f™*™*®^ 
the  Kama  Sutra  is  actually  an  Indian  love  manual.  The  Charlatan  apologizes  to  the 
people  of  India  for  any  inconvenience  this  may  have  caused. 


are  in  the  mood  for  some  good,  old-time 
student  protest  stuff,  head  on  down  to  the 
Unicentrethisaftemoonforl2hoursof 
music  and  demonstration.  Halt  the  Hike 
gets  underway  at  noon  in  Rooster's 
with  Heather  Farrow,  Fear  and 
Loathing  (two  guys  from  the  Freeway 
Band)  and  Mark  Wilson  and  the 
Heavy  Brothers. 

There'll  be  speakers  and  music  there 
until  3  p.m.,  when  you  can  assemble  in 
Porter  Hall  to  march  to  the  admin 
building  where  there'll  hopefully  be 
much  civil  disobedience. 

But  wait,  there's  more!  Go  to  Porter 
Hall  at  6  p.m.  for  a  free  concert,  featur- 
ing DJs,  speakers  and  the  soothing  sounds 
of  Jerry-built,  Belfast  Cowboys,  Elec- 
tric Embryo,  Fishtalesand  headliners 
Black  Triangle. 


If  you're  tired  of  tuition  hikes  and    With  He|P  From  Kaleem  W.  Khan 


If  you  have  an  event  you  want  to  appear  in 

this  handy  calendar,  you  can  drop  your 
announcement  off  at  The  Charlatan,  Room 
531  Unicentre  during  regular  business  hours 
or  you  can  fax  us  at  788-4051. 
Announcements  must  be  in  by  the  Friday 
before  publication. 


Tlic  NAC  Presents 
By 

MAURICIO  KAGEL 
with  musicians 
and  circus  artists 


It's  a  concert 
like  you've  never 
seen  before! 


Jan.  28,  20:30  Jan.  29, 14:00  20:30  NAC  Theatre 

Students  with  I.D.  and  children  l  2  and  under  from  $  1  0.00. 

Tickets  from  $15 


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Oh,  those  wacky  CUSA  hacks 

by  Charlatan  Election  Team  Staff  «0lirnri    JF  ■■•■^•■^•^ 


by  Charlatan  Election  Team  _.. 

The  CUSA  election  race  is  now  in  full 
swing  and  thousands  of  faces  are  trying 
to  win  your  vote.  To  help  sort  through  the 
schmoozing  and  campaigning,  The  Char- 
fafanhas  assembled  profilesof  the  candi- 
dates for  president  and  finance  commis- 
sioner. 

PRESIDENT  —  LLOYD  BARRY 

Lloyd  Barry  could  not  be  reached  for 
commentby  Wednesday  at  7p.m.  (Where 
areyou  Lloyd?  If  you  exist,  giveusacall.  -  ed.) 

PRESIDENT  — 
BRENDA  KENNEDY 

by  Michael  Mainville 

Brenda  Kennedy  is  co-ordinator  of  the 
Foot  Patrol  and  a  fourth-year  anthropol- 
ogy student.  She  served  as  co-chairof  the 
CUSA  women's  issues  committee  in  1 991- 
92  and  chair  in  1992-93. 

Kennedy  says  she  hopes  to  open  a 
student-run  food  bank  on  campus,  which 
would  be  funded  by  the  Ottawa  Food 
Bank. 

Kennedy  says  sheiswaryof  corporate 
sponsorship  on  campus  and  thatwhile  it 
is  desirable  in  some  cases,  "you  have  to 
be  careful  with  the  type  of  corporations, " 
such  as  those  with  records  of  environ- 
mental problems. 

Kennedy  says  she  is  also  concerned 
aboutthe  perks  available  to  CUSA  execu- 
tives. These  include  free  parking,  unlim- 
ited coffee,  tea  or  hot  chocolate  at  Roost- 
er's and  gold  CUSA  rings. 

"I  think  it  really  presents  a  bad  face  to 
students  when  they  have  to  see  the  ex- 
ecutive prancing  around  with  their  $700 
CUSA  rings  or  whatever  they  cost,"  says 
Kennedy.  (According  to  CUSA  finance 
commissioner  Rene  Faucher,  the  rings 
cost  $273  each.) 

Kennedy  says  her  main  goal  is  "to  give 
a  voice  back  to  students. "  She  says  a  lot  of 
students  don't  feel  CUSA  is  a  voice  for 
their  concerns,  such  as  poor  housing, 
high  tuition,  safety  on  campus,  and  poor 
OC  Transpo  service. 

PRESIDENT— 
TODD  MCALLISTER 

by  Man  Skinner 

"CUSA  has  to  take  its  head  out  of  the 
sandand  start  looking  for  corporate  spon- 
sorship," says  Todd  McAllister,  who  is 
running  for  CUSA  president  and  the  uni- 
versity's board  of  governors. 

McAllister,  a  second-year  political  sci- 
ence student,  says  corporate  sponsorship 
and  corporate  donations  are  "the  wave 
of  the  future." 

He  says  he  thinks  a  new  Unicentre, 
owned  by  CUSA,  could  be  built  with  the 
help  of  corporate  sponsors.  Restaurant 
and  merchandise  franchises  would  gen- 
erate enough  revenue  to  help  the  opera- 
tion and  maintenance  of  such  a  centre, 
he  says. 

McAllister  says  he  would  have  no  prob- 
lems with  the  new  CUSA  union,  but  thinks 
it  may  have  been  forced  on  the  employ- 
ees. 

McAllister,  who  is  also  running  for  the 
board  of  governors,  says  he  thinks  it 
would  be  "ludicrous"  forsomeone  to  run 
for  president  and  not  for  the  board. 

PRESIDENT  — 
ELAINE  SILVER 

by  Brent  Oowdall 

Elaine  Silver  says  she  is  running  for 
president  for  the  third  time  because  she 
thinks  "change  has  not  been  affected." 

Silver,  president  of  the  debating  soci- 
ety and  an  undergraduate  board  of  gov- 
ernors representative,  says  she  plans  to 
slash  the  president's  honorarium  from 
$  18,000  to  $  10,000  and  put  that  money 
back  into  services,  clubs  and  societies. 


"Our  primary  goal  should  be  promot- 
ing student  activity  through  clubs  and 
societies  and  services,"  she  says. 

Silver  says  she  plans  to  start  a  food 
bank  anda  sexual  assault  support  centre 
on  campus.  She  also  says  she  plans  to  put 
aside  money  for  a  Unicentre  expansion. 
"It's  proposed  and  is  waiting  to  happen," 
she  says. 

Silver  says  she  has  "made  things  hap- 
pen on  campus,"  such  as  organizing  an 
open  forum  between  students  and  senior 
administrators  in  November  and  help- 
ing to  make  the  debating  society  "thriv- 
ing." 

She  says  she  wants  to  find  new  sources 
of  revenue,  such  as  corporate  sponsor- 
ship, to  keep  tuition  fees  down  to  an 
increase  no  more  than  the  rate  of  infla- 
tion, which  is  about  two  per  cent.  Silver 
is  also  running  for  re-election  to  the  board. 

PRESIDENT— 
RICHARD  STANTON 

by  Mario  Carlucci 

'Carleton  University  should  attract 
more  corporate  investment  to  help  re- 
duce the  cost  of  education,  says  Richard 
Stanton,  a  presidential  candidate  who's 
also  running  for  the  board  of  governors. 

The  former  president  of  the  Rideau 
River  Residence  Association  says  he  will 
start  an  internship  program  with  local 
businesses  so  university  students  can  gain 
work  experience. 

Stanton  says  he's  in  favor  of  improv- 
ing campus  safety  with  more  lighting, 
safety  phones  and  more  use  of  the  de- 
partment of  university  safety's  courtesy 
van  by  letting  the  Foot  Patrol  operate  it. 

"I  just  want  to  keep  them  (the  univer- 
sity) focused  on  it  and  keep  going  in  that 
direction." 

Stanton  says  he  will  treat  CUSA's  new 
employee  union  fairly. 

"I'd  like  to  keep  it  as  civil  as  possible, 
yet  cutting  the  best  deal  for  the  associa- 
tion. We  can't  necessarily  offer  to  the 
union  what  we  don't  have  the  resources 
for." 

Stanton  says  he's  in  favor  of  a  plan  to 
have  a  light  rail  system  run  through 
campus. 

Stanton  says  it  is  vital  for  the  CUSA 
president  to  put  well-organized  pressure 
on  the  board  of  governors. 

"We  need  more  of  a  voice  on  BOG. 
Two  representatives  there  isn't  enough," 
says  Stanton.  He  says  students  have  to 
properly  inform  BOG  members  of  their 
concerns  and  then  provide  alternative 
approaches  to  problems. 

FINANCE  COMMISSIONER  —  ROB 
IAMIESON 

by  Brent  Oowdall 

Rob  Jamieson  says  he  doesn't  have 
any  major  projects  he  wants  to  enact  as 
finance  commissioner,  but  wants  to  im- 
prove the  current  services  run  by  CUSA. 

jamieson,  this  year's  vice-president 
internal,  says  he  has  looked  at  CUSA's 
budgets  since  1987.  He  says  the  high  rent 
charges  paid  by  CUSA  to  the  university 
administration  have  been  hurting  the 
association's  ability  to  make  money  and 
provide  services. 

jamieson  says  he  will  ask  council  and 
if  it  wants  to  spend  money,  between 
$5,000  and  $7,000,  on  business  consult- 
ants to  advise  CUSA  on  how  to  improve 
the  association's  business  operations. 

He  says  he'd  like  to  get  more  bulk 
foods  in  the  Unicentre  store,  and  open  a 
food  bank  if  space  can  be  found  for  it. 

He  adds  that  he  wouldn't  want  to 
bring  in  too  many  new  businesses.  He 
gives  the  example  of  York  University, 
which  he  says  has  a  mall  which  has 
"been  a  bust"  financially. 


HesayscorporatesponsorshipofCUSA 
events  such  as  orientation  is  good,  but 
wouldn'twant  it  "on  a  day-to-day  basis." 

FINANCE  COMMISSIONER  _ 
ROBERT  KISIELEWSKI 

by  Brent  Oowdall 

Robert  Kisielewski  withdrew  his  name 
three  days  into  the  campaign  on  Feb.  2 
because  he  says  the  campaign  spending 
has  gone  out  of  control  and  can't  stand 
how  "childish"  this  race  has  been. 

"Other  candidates  and  people  affili- 
ated with  other  candidates  are  pulling 
down  posters,"  says  Kisielewski.  "That 
shouldn't  happen  in  a  university  envi- 
ronment and  especially  with  people  who 
are  trying  to  represent  the  student  body, " 
he  says. 

Kisielewski  estimates  that  it  would  cost 
$  1,000  to  run  a  competitive  campaign. 

"The  expense  is  ridiculous.  It's  three 
days  into  the  race  and  I've  already  spent 
$350  on  posters." 

"This  school  is  so  apathetic  that  peo- 
ple vote  on  the  amount  of  posters,  and 
the  design  of  posters  and  quality  of  post- 
ers." 

FINANCE  COMMISSIONER  — 
TREVOR  MULZER 

by  Brent  Oowdall 

Trevor  Mulzer  says  he  wants  students 
to  get  more  value  for  their  CUSA  dollars. 
The  finance  commissioner  candidate  says 
he  "is  dedicated  to  a  zero  fee  increase." 

Mulzer,  a  former  vice-president  of  the 
Rideau  River  Residence  Association  and 
fourth-year  commerce  student,  says 
Unicentre  expansion  is  something  he's 


interested  in,  but  only  if  the  price  is  right. 

"It  (Unicentre  expansion)  would  be 
nice,  but  not  at  the  expense  of  raising 
student  fees,"  he  says. 

Mulzer  says  CUSA  has  to  make  the 
services  it  provides  work  better,  by  evalu- 
ating how  the  services  are  being  used, 
how  effective  they  are  and  by  doing  a 
study  of  the  people  that  use  them.  He  also 
says  there  has  to  be  better  promotion  of 
the  services  through  pamphlets  and  bet- 
ter signs. 

FINANCE  COMMISSIONER  — 
WENDY  STEWART 

by  Andrea  Wiebe 

Wendy  Stewart,  a  third-year  econom- 
ics major,  says  she  took  three  and  a  half 
years  off  after  high  school,  which  pro- 
vided her  with  work  experience  that  would 
help  her  as  finance  commissioner. 

She  says  her  experience  includes  man- 
aging a  bar  and  helping  to  finance  two 
small  companies. 

Stewart  was  CUSA's  financial  review 
committee  chair  for  the  summer  and 
fall/winter  terms.  The  committee  reviewed 
the  year's  budget  during  the  summer. 

Stewart  says  she  would  like  to  stream- 
line the  finances  by  buying  office  sup- 
pliesin  bulk,  rather  than  having  employ- 
ees buy  them  individually. 

Stewart  says  she  would  like  to  see 
CUSA  more  financially  self-sufficient  to 
reduce  student  fees.  She  supports  build- 
ing a  new  Unicentre  which  would  be 
owned  by  CUSA  instead  of  administra- 
tion, and  would  like  to  see  businesses, 
such  as  a  grocery  store,  on  campus.  □ 


Man  assaults  woman  on 
OC  Transpo  bus 


by  Charlatan  Siatf 

A  Carleton  student  was  assaulted  by  a 
man  on  a  Route  7  bus  on  her  way  to 
campusaround2p.m. on  Thursday,  Jan. 
27. 

The  woman  was  standing  in  the  aisle 
of  the  full  bus  when  a  man  began  rub- 
bing himself againsther,  according  loan 
orange  safety  poster  issued  by  the  univer- 
sity. She  tried  pushing  him  away,  but  the 
man  persisted. 

The  man  began  rubbing  himself 
against  another  woman  after  the  first 
woman  found  a  free  seat.  He  got  off  at  the 
Dunton  Tower  bus  stop. 

According  to  the  description  of  the 
man  on  the  poster,  he  has  a  dark  com- 


plexion, thin  build  and  is  about  five  foot 
five  and  140  pounds.  He  has  dark  hair,  a 
scraggly  beard  and  was  wearing  a  long 
dark  coat,  bright  yellow  shirt  and  a 
checkered  hat. 

Len  Boudreault,  assistant  director  of 
Carleton's  department  of  university 
safety,  says  he's  not  sure  why  no  one 
else  on  the  crowded  bus  intervened  in  the 
situation.  "Either  no  one  saw  it,  orno  one 
decided  to  take  any  action,"  he  says. 

Boudreault  says  the  first  woman  the 
man  rubbed  himself  against  came  to  the 
department  along  with  a  witness. 

He  says  the  incident  is  "under  active 
investigation"  by  the  Ottawa  Police.  □ 


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No,it's  Me, 
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feature 

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national 

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news 

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sports 

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February  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  3 


The  Charlatan  rates  CUSA  politicians 


by  Brent  Dowdall  and  Mike  Peters 

Charlatan  CUSA  Spies  . 

Elect  me!  Elect  me! 

That's  a  familiar  sound  ringing 
throughout  the  hallowed  halls  of  Carle- 
ton  this  week  as  the  CUSA  election  gets 
under  way. 

Campaigning  officially  started  |an. 
31  and  voting  takes  place  Feb.  8-10. 

And  some  of  those  councillors  who 
were  elected  last  year  are  begging  for 
votes  again. 

So,  The  Charlatan  has  prepared  a  little 
guide  to  what  people  have  done  and  how 
they've  done  it  in  that  theatre  of  the 
mind  (or  the  absurd):  council  meetings. 

This  isn't  an  endorsement  or  rejec- 
tion of  anyone.  It's  just  one  person's 
sense  of  what  your  representatives  who 
are  running  again  have  done  this  year 
on  council. 


Todd  McAllister  is  the  only  arts  rep- 
resentative running  for  president.  He's 
been  all  over  the  map  this  year  ideologi- 
cally and  slides  back  and  forth  between 
the  right  and  left  wings  of  council.  He 
opposed  a  fee  increase  for  the  Canadian 
Federation  of  Students  in  a  referendum 
last  fall  but  he  has  also  supported  most 
students'  requests  for  conference  funds. 

Vice-president  internal  Rob 
Jamieson  is  the  only  councillor  running 
for  finance  commissioner.  Cabinet  soli- 
darity has  been  Jamieson's  forte  this  year 
—  he  and  CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson 
have  been  like  two  executive  peas  in  a 
pod  on  everything  from  supporting  the 
Canadian  Federation  of  Students'  fee- 
hike  to  going  behind  closed  doors  at 
meetings. 

Councillors  running  again  in  arts  and 
social  sciences: 


Ryan  Butt:  Butt  is  a  diligent,  rela- 
tively harmless  councillor  who  regularly 
attends  CUSA  council.  He  doesn't  say  or 
do  many  dumb  things,  but  he  doesn't 
stand  out  in  the  crowd  either. 

Christian  Dalloire:  Newly  elected 
in  November's  byelection,  Dallaire 
hasn't  said  much  at  his  first  three  meet- 
ings and  is  still  trying  to  become  more 
familiar  with  the  ebb  and  flow  of  CUSA 
council. 

John  Edwards:  Much  unloved  by 
the  executive  and  some  other  council- 
lors, Edwards  can  sometimes  take  his 
self-appointed  role  as  executive  opposi- 
tion too  seriously.  He  has  done  silly  things 
that  don't  prove  anything  (\ike  trying  to 
read  the  entire  28-page  decision  of  the 
Ontario  Labor  Relations  Board  at  a  Nov. 
16  council  meeting).  But  he  provides 
good  entertainment  and  he's  kept  the 


by  Mike  Peters 

Charlatan  Staff 

Leaning 

Affil- 

Frat/ 

Open 

Union 

Fees 

Invest- 

Sponsor 

iation 

Sor. 

Door 

ment 

ship 

The  Charlatan  has  ■ 

Candidate 

compiled  a  handy  clip  ! 
'n' save  chart.  We  asked  ■ 

[obril  Abdulle 
Michael  Barbour 

Left-centre 

None 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

No 

Depends 

the  candidates  running  1 

Colin  Berts 

Left 

Liberal 

No 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

for  CUSA  council  eight  | 

Ryan  Butt 

questions. 

Christian  Dallaire 

Centre 

Liberal 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

LEANING:  Where  are  J 

Judy  Dominick 

Centre 

None 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

No 

you  on  the  political  spec-  ■ 

fohn  Edwards 

Centre-right 

Liberal 

No 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

trum? 

Loretto  Estay 

N/C 

N/C 

No 

N/C 

N/C 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

AFFILIATION:  Are  | 

Tom  Golem 

Centre 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

No 

Depends 

you  affiliated  with  any  ■ 

Stephen  Huycke 

political  party? 

Heather  Jenkins 

Centre 

PC 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

FRAT/SOR.:Do  you  J 

Bryan  Jones 

Centre-right 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

belong  to  a  fraternity  or  1 

Kevin  Lacey 

Centre 

PC 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

sorority? 

Ryan  Lam 

Centre 

None 

No 

N/C 

N/C 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

OPEN  DOOR:  Do  you  | 

Pierre  Leduc 

Centre-right 

N/C 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

support  Carleton's  open  ■ 

Travis  Lindgren 

Depends 

No 

No 

Und. 

No 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

admissions  policy?  J 

David  MacDonald 

UNION:  Do  you  sup-  1 

Corey  MuMhill 

port  the  newly-formed  | 
CUSA  employees' union?  1 
FEES:Do  you  support  ■ 
introducing  user  fees  for  i 
CUSA  and  administra-  1 

Scott  Pare 
Jon  Postner 
lanReay 
Wendy  Reid 
John  Wayne  Ross 
Chris  Sdinurr 

Centre 
Right 
Centre 
Centre 

Right 

No 
PC 
None 
None 

PC 

No 
No 
No 
No 

No 

Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 

Und. 

No 
Und. 
No 
No 

Und. 

No 
No 
No 
No 

No 

Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 

Yes 

Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 

Yes 

tion  services? 

Perry  Simpson 

None 

None 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

INVESTMENT:  Are  | 

Renee  Twaddle 

Centre-left  * 

None 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Und. 

Und. 

you  in  favor  of  coporate  ■ 

Shaun  Vardon 

Centre 

None 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

No 

No 

investment  on  campus?  J 

Sandy  Wakeling 

None 

None 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

SPONSORSHIP:Do  ■ 

Ryan  Ward 

Right-centre 

Liberal 

No 

Yes 

No 

No 

Yes 

Depends 

you  support  corporate  1 

•Twaddle  gave  this  response,  but  also  told  a 

Charlatan  reporter  anyone  who  knows  her  knows  that 

sponsorship  of   CUSA  | 

she  is  "totally  left  wing",  but  she  doesn't  want  to  "scare  off  voters. 

events?  □ 

N/C  =  no  comment 

Und.  =  undecided 

executive  on  its  toes  with  his  constant 
badgering  against  executive  perks  and 

.  CFS. 

Tom  Golem:  Golem  isn't  aligned 
with  anyone  on  council.  He  doesn't 
take  on  the  executive  too  much  (perhaps 
because  he  wants  to  be  one  someday), 
but  isn't  that  cosy  with  them  either.  He's 
usually  the  one  proposing  amendments 
to  try  to  bridge  differences  between  coun- 
cillors on  motions.  He's  either  a  great 
conciliator  or  someone  who  can't  make 
up  his  mind. 

Bryan  Jones:  Not  a  vocal  councillor, 
Jones  attends  most  meetings  as  a  warm 
body  for  quorum.  When  pressed,  Jones 
usually  comes  down  on  the  side  of  mind- 
ing CUSA's  money  closely  on  items  like 
conference  requests. 

In  architecture,  Sheldon  Baker  has 
been  acclaimed.  Baker  is  probably  the 
most  pro-executive  councillor  of  them 
all.  He  abstained  on  impeaching  an  arts 
rep  who  hadn't  made  a  meeting  all  year 
in  September  because  he  said  stringent 
attendance  requirements  would  make  it 
difficult  for  busy  architecture  students  to 
make  meetings.  He's  made  every  meet- 
ing. 

In  commerce,  Brian  Cormier  has 

been  acclaimed.  He  was  just  elected  in 
November  and  hasn't  stood  out  at  coun- 
cil yet. 

Journalism  students  will  have  to  wait 
until  a  by-election  in  the  fall  for  an  elected 
representative.  Fourth-year  journalism 
student  Peter  Nogalo,  the  only  student 
to  hand  in  a  nomination  form,  was  dis- 
qualified by  Elections  Carleton  after  it 
was  discovered  that  his  nomination  form 
contained  two  unsuitable  signatures. 

Nogalo  says  one  signature  was  from  a 
student  that  did  not  belong  to  the  school 
of  journalism.  The  other  student  signa- 
ture had  an  incorrect  student  number. 

There  were  no  nominations  for  sci- 
ence, computer  science,  industrial  de- 
sign or  for  a  special  student  seat. 

James  Rilett,  chief  electoral  officer  for 
Elections  Carleton,  says  interim  repre- 
sentatives will  be  appointed  by  CUSA 
following  the  election. 

The  byelection  for  a  journalism  repre- 
sentative and  other  vacant  positions  will 
take  place  next  fall.  □ 


Students  rally  against  hikes  at  BOG  meeting 


by  Franco  D'Orazio 

Charlatan  Staff 

Armed  with  balloons  and  orange  plac- 
ards, 40  students  marched  through  the 
tunnels  to  a  board  of  governors  meeting 
Jan.  26  to  protest  a  potential  increase  in 
tuition  fees. 


Theirbattlecriesof'No  more  fee  hikes" 
and  "Hell,  no,  we  won't  go,"  reverberated 
through  the  underground  passages  and 
piqued  the  curiosity  of  several  university 
administrators  as  the  protestors  entered 
the  administration  building.  The  admin- 
istrators tried  to  ignore  the  protestors 


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after  they  discovered  what  all  the  com- 
motion was  about. 

But  the  university's  governors  could 
not  ignore  the  students  once  they  reached 
the  meeting.  Some  governors  seemed 
perplexed  at  the  sight  of  students  stand- 
ing in  front  of  the  coffee  machine  and 
drinking  all  of  the  canned  juices. 

During  the  meeting,  the  governors 
reworded  and  tabled  a  motion  presented 
by  Lucy  Watson,  president  of  the  Carle- 
ton University  Students'  Association  and 
also  an  undergraduate  representative  on 
the  board. 

The  motion  asked  the  board  to  direct 
Carleton  President  Robin  Farquhar  to 
withdraw  his  support  of  the  Council  of 
Ontario  Universities'  tuition  fee  reform 
proposal. 

The  proposal,  introduced  last  July, 
suggests  Ontario  universities  hike  tuition 
by  up  to  50  per  cent  by  the  1 995-96  school 
year. 

The  proposal  also  suggests  that  uni- 
versity students  get  government-spon- 
sored loans  to  cover  the  cost  of  their 
education.  The  loan  must  be  repaid  after 
graduation,  with  a  set  percentage  of  the 
graduate's  annual  income  collected 
through  the  income  tax  system. 

KristineHaselsteiner,  CUSA  vice-presi- 
dent external,  says  the  program  means 


The  Charlatan  ■  February  3,  1994 


students  will  pay  more  for  their  educa- 
tion because  it  allows  universities  to  in- 
crease tuition.  She  also  says  the  interest 
charges  under  the  loan  plan  can  accu- 
mulate over  a  repayment  period  of  many 
years. 

The  motion  also  called  for  Watson 
and  Farquhar  to  "communicate  on  tui- 
tion policy  issues  which  have  a  direct 
affect  (sic)  on  the  student  body." 

Many  governors  were  not  pleased  to 
be  confronted  with  the  motion. 

Lloyd  Stanford,  a  governor,  pleaded 
with  the  students  for  "a  chance  to  sleep 
on"  the  motion,  while  governor  Iris  Craig 
questioned  the  validity  of  introducing  a 
motion  which  had  not  been  passed 
through  a  board  committee. 

Samuel  Hughes,  chair  of  the  board's 
nominating  committee,  told  the  students 
he  "cannot  vote  against  the  interests  of 
this  university."  Several  governors  ar- 
gued they  could  not  vote  on  the  motion 
because  they  were  unaware  of  the  coun- 
cil's proposal. 

But  Elaine  Silver,  the  other  under- 
graduate representative  on  the  board, 
scoffed  at  this,  explaining  that  the  loan 
reform  policy  had  been  discussed  in  the 
media.  "We're  not  ignorant,"  she  said. 

RALLY  cont'd,  pg.5. 


Students  changing  The  Peppermill  s  faces 

hu  Parnn  Watt  I   ■  ■ 


by  Caron  Watt 

Chaflatan  Slatf 

There  moy  be  a  change  of  atmosphere 
in  the  Unicentre's  Peppermill  Cafeteria 
by  next  September,  says  Carleton's  hu- 
man rights  educator. 

Jane  Keeler saysacasual  glance  atthe 
Peppermill's  "warehouse  ambience" 
reveals  a  sea  of  15  white  faces,  only  two 
of  which  are  women,  and  the  majority 
are  American.  Mahatma  Ghandi  is  the 
only  non-white  face  on  the  walls. 

"I  know  there  were  a  number  of  peo- 
ple talking  about  (the  lack  of  diversity), 
especially  when  the  pictures  were  first 
put  up,"  says  Keeler,  who  is  one  of  the 
judges  in  a  contest  designed  to  put  some 
fresh  faces  on  the  cafeteria's  walls. 

"People  started  getting  uptight  about 
the  pictures"  about  one  year  after  the 
Peppermill  was  re-decorated  in  the  fall  of 
1991,  says  James  lohnston,  assistant  di- 
rector of  food  services  and  liquor  opera- 
tions at  the  department  of  housing  and 
food  services. 

The  contest  opened  to  students,  staff 
and  faculty  Jan.  28  and  runs  until  Feb. 
18.  The  winners  will  be  announced  March 
1. 

"What  we're  hoping  is  that  people 
will  take  into  account  a  better  mix,  im- 
ages that  represent  where  we  are,  repre- 


sent who  we  are,  who's  eating  there," 
says  Keeler.  "I  certainly  would  like  to  see 
more  Canadians,"  she  says. 

However,  some  Carleton  students  in 
the  Peppermill  didn't  notice  the  lack  of 
Canadian  or  female  faces.  "It  really 
doesn't  bother  me  at  all  who's  up  there," 
said  J.P.  Torunski,  a  first-year  computer 
science  student.  "I  don't  come  here  for 
the  pictures." 

The  department  of  housing  and  food 
services  offered  a  vacant  space  on  the 
wall  to  the  Centre  for  Aboriginal  Educa- 
tion, Research  and  Culture  last  January 
to  celebrate  the  centre's  opening,  says 


Students  bicker  over  who  gets  the  last  canned  orange  juice  while  waiting 
for  their  board  of  governors.  By  ail  estimates,  the  rally  protesting  tuition 
hikes  on  fan.  26  was  both  filling  and  fun. 


RALLY  cont'd  from  pg.  4. 

After  much  debate,  the  governors 
amended  Watson's  motion,  removing 
all  reference  to  the  council's  proposal 
and  replacing  it  with  one  which  will 
"direct  the  finance  committee  to  give 
considerable  way  to  the  concerns  ex- 
pressed by  the  students"  present  at  the 
meeting. 

Ivan  Fellegi,  the  governor  who  pro- 
posed the  amendment,  told  the  visiting 
students  that  "there  are  a  variety  of  pres- 
sures on  the  university  which  need  to  be 
balanced." 

The  board  voted  to  refer  the  motion  to 
its  finance  committee,  which  will  meet  in 
a  closed  session  on  March  16.  It  will 
decide  if  the  board  should  consider  the 
motion. 

Students  at  the  meeting  told  the  gov- 
ernors they  were  opposed  to  the  possibil- 
ity of  the  board  raising  tuition  fees.  Sev- 
eral student  organizations  expect  the 
Ontario  government  to  announce  some 
hme  in  the  upcoming  weeks  large  in- 
creases in  the  ceiling  it  sets  for  university 
tuition  fees.  The  Canadian  Federation  of 
Students  estimates  the  increase  will  be 
between  10  and  20  per  cent. 

Carleton's  board  of  governors  will  be 
allowed  to  raise  tuition  up  to  the  amount 
legislated  by  the  province,  but  the  uni- 
versity is  not  required  to  follow  the  prov- 
ince's guideline. 

Tuition  fees  at  Carleton  have  risen  23 
per  cent  over  the  past  three  years. 


"Tuition  fees  are  going  through  the 
roof, "  said  Gary  Baines,  who  released  the 
balloons  he  was  holding  to  illustrate  his 
point. 

At  the  meeting,  Richard  Stanton 
pleaded  with  the  governors  not  to  raise 
tuition  fees  any  higher.  Stanton,  who  is 
working  on  his  second  degree,  is  running 
for  both  CUSA  president  and  undergradu- 
ate board  rep  in  the  upcoming  CUSA 
elections. 

"Carleton  means  a  lot  to  me,"  he  said. 
"Please  do  not  squeeze  us  out.  Please  do 
not  sacrifice  us  just  to  make  ends  meet. 
You  have  to  find anotheraltemauve,"  he 
told  the  governors. 

Several  students  were  disappointed  by 
the  board's  actions. 

"The  board  has  shirked  its  responsi- 
bilities to  the  students,"  said  Theresa 
Cowan,  director  of  services  for  CUSA. 
Cowan,  who  helped  organize  the  rally, 
described  the  board's  response  as  "a 
brush-off." 

Watson  described  the  governors  as 
"stubborn."  She  said  the  board  was  "un- 
able to  take  a  stand  on  anything.  But 
we'll  have  something  to  say  when  in- 
creases in  tuition  fees  are  announced." 

Several  governors,  including  Stanford 
and  Fellegi,  said  they  sympathized  with 
the  students.  But  many  said  nothing, 
and  after  the  protestors  left  the  meeting, 
a  few  got  out  of  their  seats  and  made  a 
break  for  the  coffee  machine.  □ 

Wflh  files  (ram  Bartley  Kives 


Madeleine  Dion  Stout,  director  of  the 
centre. 

She  says  she  proposed  Chief  Dan 
George  and  aboriginal  artist  Buffy  Sainte- 
Marie  as  alternatives. 

Johnston  says  he  had  a  letter  "hand- 
delivered"  to  Sainte-Marie,  asking  for  a 
photo  to  put  up  in  the  Peppermill,  but  he 
couldn't  get  a  picture  which  would  look 
good  after  it  was  enlarged  to  poster  size. 

Finding  posters  of  Canadians  may  be 
difficult,  says  Keeler,  because  "the  com- 
panies are  very  American-dominated." 

Robjamieson,  vice-president  internal 
of  the  Carleton  University  Students'  As- 
sociation, is  also  judging  the  contest.  He 
says  he  thinks  the  contest  will  reflect 
what  students  want. 

"When  (the  lack  of  diversity)  was 
brought  to  my  attention  it  made  me 
think  about  it  and  I  said  'Shit,  you're 
right,'"  he  says.  "If  students  would  rather 
see  (other)  people  up  there,  then  let's  put 
them  up  there." 

But  one  Peppermill  customerisn'tsure 
Canadian  culture  will  be  appreciated  on 
the  walls.  "If  they  put  up  only  Canadi- 


ans, no  one  would  know  who  the  fuck 
they  are,"  says  Sonja  Clark,  a  second- 
year  psychology  major. 

Some  suggestions  from  an  informal 
poll  of  students  in  the  Peppermill  in- 
cluded Wayne  Gretzky,  Margaret  Atwood, 
Laura  Secord  and  Mother  Theresa. 

Contest  forms  are  available  at  the 
CUSA  office  in  the  Unicentre  and  the 
Peppermill,  and  can  be  submitted  to  any 
of  the  cashiers,  says  Keeler. 

There  will  be  three  prizes,  each  includ- 
ing 575  cash,  meal  certificates  and  a 
Carleton  mug. 

Keeler  says  the  judges  will  use  broad 
criteria  to  choose  the  winners.  "We're 
looking  for  variety,  more  representative- 
ness . . .  it's  pretty  wide  open,"  she  says. 

She  says  she  expects  an  increase  in 
female,  minority  and  Canadian  faces  on 
the  cafeteria  walls.  "Almost  anything 
will  be  an  improvement, "  says  Dion  Stout. 

Housing  and  food  services  is  footing 
the  bill  for  the  new  decor.  Between  J 1 ,000 
and  $ 2,000  has  been  set  aside  for  the  new 
posters,  says  Johnston.  □ 


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NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


U  of  O  prof  reprimanded  for  remarks 


by  Jos6e  Bellemare 

Charlatan  Start 

A  University  of  Ottawa  professor  has 
been  warned  not  to  express  controversial 
opinions  in  his  class  after  an  investiga- 
tion into  remarks  he  made  last  month. 

A  three-week  investigation  of  the 
teaching  practices  of  sociology  professor 
Paul  Lamy  followed  a  complaint  by  Joel 
Duff,  a  second-year  sociology  student  at 
U  of  O,  that  Lamy  made  homophobic 
remarks  in  class. 

Duff  wrote  a  letter  to  the  dean  of  the 
faculty  of  social  sciences  claiming  Lamy 
said,  "You  call  them  bisexuals,  I  call 
them  psychopaths, "  during  a  lecture  Jan. 
4. 

The  dean,  Henry  Edwards,  repri- 
manded Lamy  in  a  statement  following 
the  investigation  released  Jan.  28. 

"I  have  taken  measures  provided  for 
in  the  collective  agreement  by  sending 
Professor  Lamy  a  letter  explicitly  direct- 
ing him  to  re- 


frain from  ex- 
pressing non- 
academic  per- 
sonal opinions 
which  are  likely 
to  have  coun- 
terproductive 
effects  on  the 
students,"  said 
Edwards  in  a 
press  release. 

If  Lamy  does   

not  comply 

with  the  warning,  the  collective  agree- 
ment between  the  university  and  its  fac- 
ulty allows  the  dean  to  recommend  the 
suspension  or  dismissal  of  the  professor. 


Lamy  says  he  will  stop  injecting  opin- 
ion into  his  lectures,  but  doesn't  see  the 
justice  of  having  his  personal  views  re- 
stricted to  his  private  fife. 

"I  have  my  freedom  from  the  Charter 
of  Rights  and  Freedoms  and  I  have  the 
freedom  to  say  what  1  want,"  he  says. 

Lamy  says  it's  not  possible  for  a  pro- 
fessor to  be  sensitive  to  every  point  of 
view  and  that  his  remarks  about  bisexu- 
als were  oversimplified. 

"I'm  a  very  controversial  person,"  he 
says.  "But  that  doesn't  mean  I  have  mal- 
ice." 

Some  of  the  students  who  complained 
about  Lamy  seemed  satisfied  about  the 
investigation's  outcome. 

Meredith  Lilly,  a  first-year  sociology 
student  in  Lamy's  class,  says  she  is  pleased 
with  the  decision  restricting  his  personal 
opinions  in  class. 

"All  we  wanted  was  unfounded  opin- 
ions to  be  left  out  of  the  classroom,"  she 
says.  "I  do  not 
want  to  impose 
on  Professor 
Lamy's  aca- 
demic freedom, 
provided  that 
opinions  that 
aren't  backed 
by  valid  studies 
are  left  out  of 
the  classroom." 
"I  think  the 
— ■  dean  has  acted 
effectively," 

agrees  Duff. 

Lamy  says  the  restrictions  imposed 
upon  professors  speaking  about  their  per- 
sonal views  in  a  classroom  is  j  ust  a  "pass- 


ing fad." 

"Things  will  change,"  he  says.  "What 
you  see  now  is  an  extreme." 

Lamy  says  ■ 
he  thinks  the 
rules  at  univer- 
sities about  re- 
vealing per- 
sonal bias  are 
becoming  ri- 
diculous com- 
pared to  10  or 
15  years  ago. 
He  says  he's 
afraid  that  stu- 
dents "can  take 
a  free  shot"  at 


"All  we  wanted 
was  unfounded 
opinions  to  be  left 

out  of  the 
classroom,"  says 
Lilly. 


"I'm  a  very 
controversial 
person,"  Lamy  says. 

"But  that  doesn't 
mean  I  have  malice." 


professors  and  not  get  charged  for  mak- 
ing false  accusations. 

But  Duff  says  he  thinks  people  have 
neglected  the  main  issue  at  stake  by 
focusing  on  academic  freedom.  He  says 
the  problem  is  a  lack  of  valid  evidence 
behind  Lamy's  views. 

"I  respect  Lamy's  right  to  freedom  of 
speech,  but  1  don't  respect  his  right  to 
spread  unfounded  intolerance,"  he  says. 

Daiva  Stasiulis,  a  Carleton  sociology 
professor,  says  she  finds  Lamy's  remarks 
offensive  and  inappropriate. 

"It's  not  possible  to  express  every  point 
of  view  on  every  subject, "  she  says,  "(but) 
what  is  possible  and  necessary  to  do  is  to 
ensure  that  one  does  not  express  views 
that  are  hurtful  to  any  social  group 
whether  defined  by  sexuality,  race,  gen- 
der, or  any  other  grounds." 

Stasiulissays  sociology  professors  are, 
like  everyone  else,  covered  under  the 
Charter  and  Rights  and  Freedoms.  But 
she  says  they  also  have  to  respect  human 


rights  legislation  and  provisions  in  the 
Criminal  Code  which  pertain  to  hatred 
against  minorities. 

—  "I  believe 
that  the  state- 
ments he  has 
made  are  irre- 
sponsible in  the 
sense  that  he  is 
expressing  his 
own  personal 
prejudices 
against ...  bi- 
sexuals," she 
says. 

"I  do  not  see 
any  connection 


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Charlatan  Slatff 

A  new  program  offered  by 
the  University  of  Waterloo  and 
Conestoga  College  aims  to  cre- 
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once  the  co-operative  program  is  imple- 
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Only  15  students  from  Waterloo  will 
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which  will  begin  in  September  1995. 

A  Waterloo  student  can  complete  a 
journalism  diploma  along  with  their 
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take,  says  Banks. 

Peter  [ohansen,  director  of  Carleton's 
school  of  journalism,  says  he  doesn't 


W  ME  HE'S  T«6    SCOOP  \ 


believe  any  type  of  co-operative  program 
between  Waterloo  and  Conestoga  could 
harm  a  student.  Rather,  itwould  give  the 
student  more  of  an  advantage. 

"I  certainly  applaud  any  initiative  to 
create  more  experience  for  journalism 
students.  In  general,  journalism  editors 
always  look  for  more  course  background. " 

Peter  Desbarats,  dean  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Western  Ontario  graduate  school 
of  journalism,  has  "mixed  feelings"  about 
the  Waterloo-Conestoga  joint  program. 

"We  think  it  makes  more  sense  for 
someone  to  get  a  strong  education  de- 
gree, and  then  concentrate  on  the  gradu- 
ate level,"  says  Desbarats. 

"We'll  only  know  the  result  when  stu- 
dents come  out  of  the  (joint)  program, 
(and)  when  they  compete  for  jobs  against 
those  students  who  come  out  of  a  pro- 
gram like  Carleton  or  Western." 


Western  attempted  a  program  with 
Fanshawe  College  several  years  ago  with 
regard  to  their  journalism  program,  but 
unfortunately  nothing  came  of  it,  says 
Desbarats. 

"It  was  difficult  to  see  how  the  two 
programs  could  collaborate.  We  are  a 
graduate  program,  and  they  are  only  a 
community  college.  There's  a  bigger  gap 
that  separates  graduate  programs  and 
community  colleges,"  says  Desbarats. 

Gary  Anandasangaree,  director  of 
academics  for  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association,  says  he  thinks  a 
joint  program  is  a  great  idea. 

"Students  coming  out  of  high  school 
don't  always  know  what  they  want  to  do 
and  this  type  of  program  gives  them  the 
opportunity  toexplore  other  things, "  says 
Anandasangaree."  Q 


between  the  statements  he  had  made 
which  express  these  prejudices  and  le- 
gitimate debates  in  sociology  pertaining 
to  sexuality,  family  and  state  entitle- 
ments." □ 

Int'l  students 
under  the  gun 
at  U  of  Calgary 


by  Slobhan  Thomas 

T/rs  GaunfcL  University  ot  CatgBty 

CALGARY  —  A  University  of  Calgary 
discussion  paper  has  gained  serious  at- 
tention aftersuggesting  foreign  students 
should  pay  100  per  cent  of  their  educa- 
tion at  the  university. 

The  paperwas  released  in  early  Janu- 
ary by  associatevice-presidentacademic 
Titus  Mathews  as  part  of  an  effort  to 
come  up  with  unique  ideas  for 
combatting  funding  cuts  from  the  pro- 
vincial government. 

Itsuggests  charging  international  stu- 
dents about  510,000  per  year  instead  of 
the  current  54, 128.  This  would  cover  all 
direct,  indirect  and  overhead  costs  of  the 
students'  education. 

"It's  one  of  the  many  options  we're 
looking  at  to  try  and  generate  increased 
revenue,"  says  Murray  Fraser,  the  uni- 
versity's president.  "The  university  ben- 
efits by  the  presence  of  foreign  students, 
but  we  also  have  to  look  at  imaginative 
ways  to  increase  revenue  generation  and 
that's  why  we're  looking  at  full  cost 
recovery  for  international  students  as  a 
possibility." 

Glynn  Hunter,  the  U  of  C's  interna- 
tional student  advisor,  says  if  imple- 
mented, such  a  proposal  could  dramati- 
cally affect  the  already  shrinking  foreign 
student  population. 

"Three  years  ago  we  had  a  high  of 
about  1,1 40  international  students.  Now, 
we're  down  to  between  850  and  900," 
says  Hunter. 

Hunter  says  a  large  hike  in  tuition 
without  any  consideration  of  support  for 
international  students  would  lead  to  a 
further  erosion  of  those  numbers. 

NaheedNenshl,  studentcoundl  presl 
dent  at  the  U  of  C,  agrees. 

"You  have  a  policy  which  is  talking 
about  how  important  international  stu- 
dents are  and  then  you  say  you  want  to 
charge  them  full  cost.  What  color  is  the 
sky  of  the  planet  of  the  people  who  are 
writing  this?" 

Nenshi  says  he  doubts  foreign  stu 
dents  would  be  attracted  to  the  univer- 
sity if  fees  Increased  drastically. 

"Let's  be  perfectly  honest  here.  If  you 
could  spend  the  sameamount  of  money 
to  go  to  the  U  of  C  or  McGili  or  a  private 
institution  in  the  States — a  Georgetown 
or  Harvard  or  Yale —what  are  you  going 
,to  choose?"  a. 


February  3,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan '  •  7 


Hong  Kong  agency  watches  students 


by  Clayton  Wood 

Charlatan  Staff 

Pa  rents  in  Hong  Kong  now  have  a  way 
to  keep  tabs  on  theirchildren  studying  in 
Canada. 

Gradwatch  is  a  new  program  offered 
by  Fact  Finders,  a  Hong  Kong-based  de- 
tective agency  which  has  just  opened  its 
first  Canadian  office  in  Vancouver.  The 
program  involves  the  surveillance  of  stu- 
dents' academic  and  social  activities. 

There  ore  more  than  12,000  students 
from  Hong  Kong  studying  at  post-sec- 
ondary institutions  in  Canada,  includ- 
ing over  350  students  studying  at  Carle- 
ton. 

"Parents  might  say,  'we  haven't  heard 
from  them  in  two  to  three  weeks/  or 
'we've  heard  they've  been  taking  drugs, 
can  you  check  up  on  them/"  says  Fact 
Finders'  director  Ken  Allen  in  a  telephone 
interview  from  his  Hong  Kong  office. 

He  says  Gradwatch  is  not  a  spy  serv- 
ice, but  is  meant  to  let  parents  know  if 
theirchildren  are  getting  into  trouble. 

"For  example,  we  might  see  if  the 
student  gets  up  and  goes  to  university  or 
not,  or  if  he  goes  to  bars  at  night,"  says 
Allen.  "We  don't  use  any  special  equip- 
ment. We  follow  people  discreetly." 

Some  Hong  Kong  students  studying  at 
Carleton  don't  like  the  idea  of  their  par- 
ents hiring  investigators  to  monitor  their 
activities, 

"You  want  someone  to  support  you, 
not  keep  track  of  you,"  says  Andrew 
Auyeung,  a  first-year  student  at  Carle- 


ton.  "Some  parents  are  pretty  conserva- 
tive. They  try  to  dominate  their  kids." 

He  says  most  parents,  however,  are 
fully  aware  beforehand  of  the  kind  of 
lifestyle  awaiting  their  children  in 
Canada. 

Priscilla  Chan,  also  from  Hong  Kong, 
isn't  too  keen  on  the  new  service  either. 
She  says  she  enjoys  the  freedom  she  has 
while  studying  in  Canada. 

"Back  home,  they  tell  me  I  need  to 
come  home  early,  not  to  watch  too  much 
TV,  orthat  1  can't  goout  with  my  friends," 
soys  Chan. 

Still,  she  says  she  understands  how 
some  parents  might  worry  about  their 
kids  getting  into  trouble.  For  example, 


many  parents  disapprove  of  their  kids 
going  to  karaoke  bars  in  Canada,  which 
Chan  says  are  often  frequented  by  mem- 
bers of  the  Chinese  mafia. 

Parents  who  use  the  Gradwatch  serv- 
ice will  receive  quarterly  reports  on  their 
children,  with  prices  starting  at  $300  Cdn 
a  month. 

Allen  says  he  draws  the  line  at  peering 
through  keyholes  or  bedroom  windows 
in  order  to  spy  on  students. 

"The  old  idea  of  the  investigator  in  the 
dirty  hat  and  hiding  behind  dirty  cur- 
tains is  outdated,"  he  says.  "We're  just 
trying  to  provide  a  different  type  of  serv- 
ice for  our  clients,  within  the  bounds  of 
the  law."  □ 


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Gnarlstsn  Staff 

Thestudent  council  at  McMaster  Uni- 
versity in  Hamilton  has  decided  to  post- 
pone its  decision  on  whether  or  not  to 
accept  a  hike  to  their  annual  student  fees 
for  theCanadian  Federation  of  Students. 

lason  Hunt,  McMaster'sstudent  coun- 
cil president,  says  the  council  decided 
Jan.  31  to  put  the  matter  to  a  second 
referendum  next  year.  The  school's  first 
CFS  referendum,  held  last  Nov.  30  and 
Dec.  1,  asked  students  for  a  $4  increase 
per  student  to  their  annual  student  levy 
for  the  CFS.  However,  student  participa- 
tion did  not  reach  the  required  10  per 
cent  necessary  for  the  referendum  to  be 
valid. 

But  Hunt  says  he  feels  confident  that 
next  time  McMaster  students  will  sup- 
port the  CFS. 

"1  think  that  the  profile  of  the  federa- 
tion on  the  McMaster  campus  has  been 
very  high,"  says  Hunt. 

All  Ontario  members  of  the  CFS  have 
been  holding  referendum*  to  increase 
the  organization's  funding.  Four  more 
student  associations,  including  the  Uni- 
versity of  Ottawa,  wiil  hold  their  referen- 
duros  this  term. 

As  well  as  student  council  president, 
Hunt  holds  a  new  position  as  interim 
chair  of  the  CFS-Ontario.  He  was  elected 
to  replace  former  chair  Emechete 
Onuoha,  who  resigned  before  the  end  of 
his  normal  term  at  the  CFS-0  conference 
Jan.  14-20. 

Hunt  began  his  term  on  Feb.  1  and 
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Visiting  Bosnian  editor  recounts  turmoil  of  war 


by  Bram  S.  Aaron 

Charlatan  Staff 

On  a  hill  near  Sarajevo,  a  tall  monu- 
ment rests  inscribed  with  the  names  of 
Sarajevo  citizens  who  lost  their  lives  in 
four  years  during  World  War  II. 

In  a  21-month  period  between  1992 
and  1993,  snipers  surrounding  the  city 
have  killed  10,000  people,  many  more 
than  the  names  on  the  monument  in  less 
than  half  the  time. 

Kemal 
Kursparhic, 
editor-in- 
chief  of  the 
Sarajevo 
daily  news- 
paper Ojj^bodenje  (aws-low-bo-JEN-yeh) 
told  about  100  people  at  Carleton  of  the 
killing  he  has  seen  at  a  talk  on  Jan.  27. 

During  the  summer  of  1992, 
Kursparhic  said  he  witnessed  a  bombing 
on  a  normally  quiet  residential  street 
near  the  monument  he  talked  about. 

In  less  than  two  seconds,  an  entire 
balcony  and  large  section  of  the  residen- 
tial apartment  building  across  the  street 
simply  collapsed.  The  collapse  was  caused 
by  a  single-shell  shot  from  a  tank.  Many 
lives  were  lost  in  the  attack. 

Oslobodenje.  which  means  freedom, 
was  founded  in  1943  as  a  voice  against 
fascism  during  World  War  II  and  has 
received  many  international  awards.  It 
has  made  history  by  continuing  to  pub- 
lish each  day  and  maintaining  its  edito- 
rial freedom  in  the  war-torn  Sarajevo, 
even  afterits  publishing  office  was  gutted 
by  Serb  shelling  and  three  staff  members 
were  killed. 

Despite  the  awards  and  the  paper's 
incredible  struggle  to  keep  publishing, 
Kursparhic  said  he  is  most  proud  of  the 
paper's  editorial  freedom. 


Kursparhic  said  Oslobodenje  is  a  rare 
example  of  Bosnia's  ethnic  mix  before 
the  current  wave  of  nationalism  and 
fighting  began.  "We  have  a  variety  of 
ethnic  groups  working  together  in  a  easy 
and  professional  manner. 

"In  my  life,  in  my  experience,  there 
was  no  prejudice  about  possibility  of  liv- 
ing together. . . .  And  that's  the  way  we 
lived  in  that  city  for  centuries." 

Kursparhic  said  a  peace  plan  to  divide 
Bosnia  into 

INTERNATIONAL -SS 

cussed  in 
Geneva  last 

July  would  be  impossible  to  implement. 
With  a  mix  of  ethnic  minorities  in  most 
regions,  many  families  wouldhave  to  get 
up  and  leave  what  hadbeen  their  homes 
for  many  generations  and  move  to  a  new 
city  in  the  country  of  their  own  ethnic 
majority. 

He  described  the  war  as  a  situation  in 
which  you  can't  avoid  shooting  your  own 
people.  Kursparhic  said  a  hit  on  an  apart- 
ment  building  in  his  immediate 
neighborhood  equally  affected  Serbians, 
Croatians  and  Muslims.  Of  800  people 
killed,  300  of  them  were  Serbs. 

Since  the  siege  on  Sarajevo  began, 
there  has  been  no  milk,  eggs,  bacon  or 
bread  for  several  weeks  at  a  time.  Electric- 
ity, food  and  water  are  severely  lacking. 
Soccer  stadiums,  which  featured  compe- 
tition less  than  two  years  ago,  are  now 
mass  graveyards.  The  1984  Winter  Ol- 
ympic facilities  have  been  destroyed. 

Kursparhic  said  Bosnian  marketplaces 
are  favorite  bombing  targets  due  to  the 
large  number  of  people  there.  An 
Oslobodenje  photographer  was  killed  in 
1992  in  such  an  attack  while  taking 


pictures  of  people  waiting  in  line  for 
bread. 

Although  he  doesn't  see  an  end  to  the 
fighting,  Kursparhic  said  he  doesn't  know 
of  a  better  solution  than  United  Nations 
intervention. 

Until  a  solution  is  reached,  the  war 
continues. 

But  despite  the  incredible  adversity, 


life  in  the  city  continues. 

Kursparhic  said  mothers  risk  being 
shotbysnipersiftheygo  out  to  get  water, 
yet  they  still  feed  their  children. 

Openings  of  theatrical  performances 
which  are  indirect  social  commentaries, 
musical  performances,  and  Oslobodenje 
are  all  examples  of  people's  will  to  con- 
tinue despite  the  turmoil.  □ 


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ON-CAMPUS  RECRUITING 

Permanent  full-time 'positions  are 
directed  towards  graduating  students 
(available  May  '94).  Dates,  unless 
specified,  refer  to  deadlines. 

To  find  out  the  types  of  positions, 
how  to  apply  and  where  to  find 
more  information  on  the  companies, 
please  contact  the  office. 

Universal  Fundraisers 

Feb.  4,  1 2  noon 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Fundraising  Consultants 

London  Life 

Feb.  10, 12  noon 

Commerce,  Arts,  Social  Sciences 
Positions:  Sales  &  Marketing  Reps 

Ontario  Ministry  of 
Transportation 

Feb.  14,  12  noon 
Civil  &  Electrical  Engineering 
Positions:  Engineering  Develop- 
ment Program 

Official  Language  Monitor 
Program 

Feb.  18,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Part-Time  &  Full-Time 
Language  Monitors 

T.W.  Austin 

Feb.  18.  12  noon 
Commerce,  Economics 
Positions:  Financial  Counsellors 

Andyne  Computing  Ltd. 

Mar.  4,  Mail  Direct 
Computer  Science,  Electrical' 
Engineering,  Computer  Systems 
Engineering 
Positions:  Various 

Communications  Security 
Establishment 

May  I,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Languages  Related 

SUMMER  EMPLOYMENT 

For  more  information  on  the  types 
of  positions  and  application  proce- 
dures consult  the  summer  job  board. 

City  of  Ottawa 

Jan.  28  -May  27,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Various 

PCL  Constructors  (Eastern)  Inc. 
Feb.  3,  12  noon 

Civil  Engineering,  3rd/4th  year 
Positions:  Field  Engineer  or  Student 
Engineer 

City  of  Ottawa-Parks  Programme 

Feb.  4,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Various 


International  Development 
Research  Centre 

Feb.  4,  Mail  Direct 

lnt'1  Affairs,  Social  Sciences, 

Commerce,  Info.  Sciences/Systems, 

Economics 

Positions:  Various 

Iogcn  Corporation 

Feb.  11,12  noon 
Biochemistry 

Positions:  Lab  Technicians 

AECL  Research  Pinawa, 
Manitoba 

Feb.  1 1 ,  Mail  Direct 
3rd  Year  Honours  Students  of 
Various  Disciplines 
Positions:  Various 

City  of  Nepean 

Feb.  14,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Various 

National  Round  Table  on  the 
Environment  &  the  Economy 

Feb.  14,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Roy  Aitken  Internships 

Paramount  Canada's  Wonderland 

Feb.  16,  In  Person 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Singers,  Actors,  Dancers 
Technicians 

The  Senate  of  Canada 
East  Block  Tour  Guide 
Program  1994 

Feb.  1 8,  Mail  Direct 

All  Disciplines-Bilingual  Imperative 

Positions:  Tour  Guides 

Parks  of  the  St.  Lawrence 

Feb.  23,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Various 

Ontario  Geological  Survey 

Feb.  25,  Mail  Direct 
Geoscience 
Positions:  Various 

Department  of  National  Revenue 
Customs  &  Excise  (Sarnia) 
Feb.  28,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Student  Customs  Officers 

City  of  Gloucester 

Feb.  28,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Position:  Counsellor 

COSEP-Career  Oriented  Summer 
Student  Employment  Program 

Ottawa-Hull  Region  Only 
Feb.  28,  Mail  Direct 
Administration,  Arts,  Pure  Sciences, 
Applied  Sciences,  Socio-Economics 
Positions:  Career-Related  Summer 
Jobs  in  Federal  Government 


Algonquin  Park  Visitor  Services 

Feb.  28,  Mail  Direct 

Various  Disciplines 

Positions:  Park  Naturalist,  Museum 

Technician 

Deep  River  Science  Academy 
Mar.  I ,  Mail  Direct 
Science,  Engineering,  Commerce 
Positions:  Tutors/Research 
Assistants,  Administration 

Ontario  Sports  Centre 

Mar.  4,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Position:  Supervisor 

Marsaryk  Fellowship  Program 

Mar.  18,  Mail  Direct 

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Posters,  posters 
everywhere,  and 
not  a  vote  to  cast 

Ah,  democracy! 
Next  week,  Carleton  students  are  entrusted 
once  again  with  the  sacred  duty  of  electing  new 
CUSA  representatives  for  1994-95. 
There  are  important  issues  to  be  pondered  before  select- 
ing our  representatives  to  the  council,  senate  and  board 
of  governors. 

In  this  mighty  contest,  all  students  will  of  course 
attend  all-candidate  debates  and  quiz  them  on  the 
issues.  Then,  after  weighing  the  options  carefully,  and 
perhaps  doing  some  background  research,  students  will 
select  the  best  and  most  qualified  people  for  the  job. 

Yah,  whatever. 

Let's  face  it.  CUSA  elections  really  hinge  on  one  factor 
and  one  factor  alone  -  posters.  For  most  people,  posters 
are  the  only  way  they  ever  get  to  know  the  candidates. 

So,  democratic  discourse  is  reduced  to  posters.  Who 
has  the  best?  Who  has  the  most?  Who  has  the  neatest 
color?  Who's  got  a  catchy  slogan? 

Presidential  candidate  Richard  Stanton's  slogan  may 
be  "Experience,  let  it  work  for  you,"  but  what  his  bright 
orange  posters,  spottable  at  a  hundred  yards,  are  really 
saying  is  "Neon,  let  it  work  for  me." 

Some  candidates  make  a  pretence  of  trying  to  be 
issue-oriented.  For  example,  Brenda  Kennedy's  posters 
for  the  presidency  have  a  detailed  explanation  of  her 
campaign  platform.  Admirable,  yes.  But,  what  is  she 
really  saying  with  her  perky  fuchsia  posters?  "Look  at 
this  neato  layout,  I'm  so  cool  and  progressive  because  I 
know  my  issues,  so  vote  for  me." 

Other  candidates  are  trying  to  present  themselves  as 
politicians  for  the  little  people.  Both  Lloyd  Barry's  and 
Elaine  Silver's  presidential  posters  quote  the  CUSA  con- 
stitution, which  basically  says  that  CUSA  should  serve 
the  needs  of  the  students. 

However,  the  posters  (and  the  constitution)  don't  say 
which  students.  It  doesn't  say  ALL  the  students.  That's 
because  once  councillors  get  elected  they  soon  take  this 
to  mean  "the  students"  on  CUSA  council.  Nice  little 
loophole,  Elaine  and  Lloyd! 

The  most  sinister  poster  is  probably  Todd  McAllister's 
poster  for  the  presidency.  He  has  chosen  to  have  them 
say  nothing  but  "Todd  McAllister  -  President."  Seems 
simple,  but  beware.  Beyond  that  toothy,  chipmunk  grin 
is  an  attempt  at  thought  control.  Students  walking  by  are 
not  to  be  distracted  by  anything  like  a  discussion  of 
issues.  Just  the  message,  "Todd,  president,  Todd,  presi- 
dent, Todd,  president,"  hypnotically  weaving  its  way 
into  your  unconscious.  Whoa,  I'm  getting  a  little  dizzy. 

Other  candidates  are  sending  even  more  cryptic  mes- 
sages. 

John  Wells,  a  candidate  for  a  social  science  senate 
seat,  has  a  poster  with  the  figure  "  75  percent"  circled  and 
crossed  out,  like  those  "No  smoking"  signs. 

Now,  this  probably  means  that  Wells  opposes  the 
suggestion  that  entrance  requirements  for  arts  and  so- 
cial sciences  students  be  raised  to  75  per  cent,  but  it  could 
also  mean  that: 

a)  Wells  has  never  received  a  mark  over  75  per  cent. 

b)  No  one  at  Carleton  has  ever  received  a  mark  over 
75  per  cent. 

c)  Anyone  who  gets  a  mark  over  75  per  cent  will  be 
thrown  out  of  Carleton,  if  Wells  gets  elected. 

The  truth-in-advertising  award  has  to  go  to  John 
Edwards,  a  board  of  governors  and  arts  and  social 
sciences  candidate.  On  some  of  his  board  of  governors 
posters,  Edwards  has  the  slogan  "Wow!  I  get  more 
posters." 

Thanks  )ohn,  forsharing  the  real  reason  some  people 
tun  for  board  of  governors  -  just  to  get  a  bigger  poster 
allowance,  not  because  they  want  to  do  anything  like, 
oh,  I  don't  know,  actually  regularly  attend  board  of 
governors  meetings — not  that  we  have  anyone  particu- 
lar in  mind  who's  ever  done  that. 

The  most  overwhelming  message  that  all  the  candi- 
dates are  really  sending  with  their  masses  of  posters  is 
"We  hate  trees, "  so  perhaps  those  enviro-types  out  there 
should  think  about  boycotting  the  election. 

But,  being  a  responsible  kind  of  paper,  we  want  to 
encourage  people  to  vote  in  the  CUSA  election  and  to 
really  think  about  who  you  vote  for.  Weigh  the  relative 
merits  of  orange  versus  white  paper.  Think  about  issues 
'ike  fonts  and  type  size.  (Because  all  the  candidates 
have.) 

 May  the  best  poster  win!  .  SK 


The  race  is 


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for  Ar+s  Re, 


OPINION 


Can  women  abuse  other  women? 


by  Paula  Peter-Dennis 

Paula  Peter-Oennisisa  political  science  anrj  psychology  student  at  Carteton. 

When  I  entered  the  Lesbian  community,  I 
thought  I  was  entering  a  Utopia  where  every- 
one was  supportive  of  each  other,  and  a 
community  in  which  sexual  abuse  and  har- 
assment had  been  eradicated.  I  was  wrong. 

In  the  past  year,  I  have  been  sexually  assaulted  to  the 
point  of  penetration  once.  I  have  heard  countless  stories 
of  friends  who  have  been  assaulted  in  a  sexual  manner. 
Also,  I  have  had  sexual  advances  made  upon  me  at  bars 
or  other  establishments  numerous  times. 

All  of  these  incidents  were  clearly  unwanted,  yet 
because  it  was  women  making  these  advances  and  these 
assaults,  I  excused  them.  After  all,  a  woman,  especially 
a  woman  who  supposedly  knows  of  the  violence  against 
women  in  the  heterosexual  world,  cannot  abuse,  can 
she? 

The  perception  is  that  women  are  kind,  caring  indi- 
viduals, so  it  is  impossible  for  them  to  abuse.  I  thought 
to  myself,  what  if  it  had  been  a  man  who  had  performed 
the  same  acts?  What  if  it  had  been  a  man  who  continued 
to  pressure  me  for  sex  after  I  had  clearly  stated  no?  I 
would  have  called  it  date  rape,  no  questions  asked. 

I  encountered  many  of  the  same  fears  and  the  same 
feelings  that  I  would  have  if  a  man  had  assaulted  me, 
yet,  I  also  feared  the  stigma  of  "outing"  myself  to  total 
strangers,  friends  and  family  should  I  speak  out  on  the 
issue  or  go  for  help. 

Because  same-sex  sexual  assault  is  not  an  issue  that 
is  dealt  with  by  mainstream  society,  resources  are  few 
and  far  between.  Upon  attempting  to  do  a  paper  on  the 
subject,  1  found  a  total  of  two  pamphlets  put  out  by 
provincial  counselling  centres  that  dealt  with  the  issue. 
There  were  a  few  books  that  dealt  with  Lesbian  battering, 
but  not  specifically  with  sexual  assault. 

Upon  realizing  how  little  research  and  understanding 
of  this  issue  there  is,  I  became  even  more  frustrated  and 
determined  to  speak  out,  particularly  to  address  support 
organizations.  People  who  have  been  assaulted  by  a 
member  of  the  same  sex  have  no  idea  if  their  local  crisis 
line  will  discount  the  issue,  or  if  they  will  be  supported 
and  their  concerns  addressed.  Fortunately,  I  found  the 


support  and  understanding  1  needed  through  the  Sexual 
Assault  Support  Centre  in  Ottawa. 

However,  there  are  many  friends  of  mine  who  feared 
calling  any  crisis  line,  not  only  because  of  the  stigma 
around  being  assaulted,  but  also  because  of  the  special 
ramifications  surrounding  a  same-sex  sexual  assault 
situation. 

For  example,  if  a  woman  who  has  been  abused 
phones  a  crisis  line  and  the  counsellor  is  a  Lesbian,  it  is 
quite  possible  that  the  counsellor  knows  the  abuser 
because  the  Lesbian  community  is  so  small.  This  can 
make  it  very  difficult  for  the  person  calling  the  line  to  talk 
about  feelings  and  have  trust  that  these  feelings  will  be 
validated.  As  well,  it  also  makes  it  difficult  for  the 
counsellor  to  remain  unbiased  in  the  situation.  Al- 
though all  counsellors  working  a  crisis  line  are  bound  by 
law  to  confidentiality,  it  may  be  difficult  for  a  woman 
who  has  already  had  her  trust  broken  to  trust  a  counsel- 
lor who  may  know  her  abuser. 

In  writing  this  article  I  encountered  many  difficulties 
around  speaking  out  about  same-sex  sexual  assault. 
One  of  these  was  the  fear  that  speaking  out  may  be  met 
with  denial  from  both  inside  and  outside  the  feminist 
community.  If  the  statement  is  made  that  women  can 
abuse  women,  then,  theoretically,  women  can  also  abuse 
men.  Not  only  does  this  throw  the  idea  that  men  are 
always  the  abusers  out  the  window,  but  it  also  allows 
men  the  opportunity  to  speak  out  about  abuse  they 
endure  by  women. 

Given  this,  some  males  may  feel  that  they  no  longer 
have  a  responsibility  to  end  violence  against  women. 
The  fact  remains  that  there  are  still  many  men  who 
abuse  women  and  that  the  balance  of  power  is  still 
tipped  in  our  society  towards  the  male  population. 

It  is  my  opinion  that  everyone,  including  men,  still 
have  a  responsibility  to  end  violence  against  women. 
But,  we  must  look  at  the  issue  as  a  whole  and  realize  that 
abuse  does  not  stop  with  the  heterosexual  community. 
Perhaps  it  is  time  to  think  about  redefining  our  concept 
of  who  commits  violence.  The  first  step  is  to  admit  that 
a  problem  exists,  and  then  to  work  together  to  find  a 
solution.  □ 


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by  Jama  Ibrahim 

Jama  Ibrahim  is  a  member  of  the  Muslim 
Students  Association  of  Carleton,  a  fourth- 
year  history  student  and  a  freelance  journalist. 
In  the  following  opinion  he  addresses  what  he 
sees  as  the  misrepresentation  of  Islam. 

On  Jan.  13,  Quebec 
provincial  court  Judge 
Raymonde  Verrault 
found  a  37-year-old 
stepfather  guilty  of 
sexually  assaulting  his 
11 -year-  old 
stepdaughter.  The  man 
and  his  stepdaughter 
are  Muslim. 

Because  the  man  forced  his  stepdaughter  to  have 
anal  intercourse  with  him  and  never  penetrated  her 
vaginally,  Verrault  said  he  "spared"  the  girl's 
virginity  and  sentenced  him  to  23  months  in  prison. 
She  said  the  stepfather  deserved  some  lenience, 
because  he  had  taken  in  to  consideration  the  fact 
that  virginity  is  very  important  to  Muslim  women. 
The  issue  of  women's  role  in  Islam  is  one  of  the 
most  debated  and  misunderstood  in  the  world 
today,  and  the  affairs  of  Muslim  women  are  meddled 
in  by  almost  everyone.  The  verdict  handed  down 
by  Judge  Verrault  is  another  example  of  a  Westerner 
misinterpreting  Islam  and  equating  it  with 
misogyny. 

Fatima  Houda-Pepin,  president  of  the  Centre 
Maghrebin  de  recherche  et  d'information,  a 
research  centre  for  Arab  issues,  said  in  the  Jan.  1 5 
Globe  and  Mail  she  is  "triply  indignant  —  as  a 
woman,  as  a  mother,  and  as  a  Muslim,"  at  the 
verdict. 

"It  is  shocking  that  a  Canadian  court  would  allow  a 
child  rapist  to  hide  behind  Islam  to  minimize  his 
crime,"  she  said.  "The  Qur  an  (the  sacred  book  of 
Islam)  does  not  condone  the  abuse  of  children." 
Nor  does  it  condone  the  abuse  of  women. 
While  Western  media  and  politicians  use  the 
mistreatment  of  women  in  some  Islamic  countries 
as  an  instrument  to  discredit  the  Islamic  faith  and 
its  followers,  many  Muslims  either  deny  the 
allegations  as  mere  propaganda  or  ignore  the  issue. 
Regardless  of  media  propaganda  and  despite  the 
denials  of  some  Muslims,  many  prominent  Muslim 
scholars,  like  Al  Garadawi  from  Egypt  and  Rachid 
Al  Ghanuchi  from  Tunisia,  agree  there  is  a  problem 
which  needs  to  be  addressed.  There  are  many 
man-made  misogynistic  cultural  practices  used  to 
subject  women  to  men's  domination,  but  these 
have  nothing  to  do  with  Islamic  law  as  it  is  written 
in  the  Qur'an. 

The  Qur'an  is  the  text  which  is  divine  law.  Jibra'll 
(Gabriel)  the  archangel  dictated  it  to  the  Prophet 
Muhammad  and  it  is  the  word  of  God.  The  Qur'an 
guarantees  the  equality  of  men  and  women  (Sura 
IV,  Verse  1 ),  but  some  who  call  themselves  Muslim 
ignore  this  tenet  of  Islamic  law. 
For  example,  following  the  Gulf  War,  the 
government  of  Saudi  Arabia  passed  legislation 
banning  women  from  driving,  explaining  that  If  a 
woman's  car  breaks  down  in  the  street  she  might 
be  intimidated  by  men  when  she  is  forced  to  get  out 
of  the  car.  To  this  day  Saudi  Arabian  universities 
deliver  lectures  by  male  professors  to  women  via 
satellite.  The  women  can  see  the  professor  and  ask 


12  •  The  Charlatan  •  February  3,  1994 


him  questions  through  a  TV  screen,  but  he  can  never  se, 
them. 

In  some  Gulf  states  like  Qatar,  women  did  not  have  the 
pictures  on  their  passports  until  very  recently,  whe 
Western  governments  demanded  they  do  so  or  t 
women  would  not  be  granted  entry  visas  to  the 
countries. 

The  most  apparent  injustice  inflicted  upon  women  | 
countries  like  Saudi  Arabia  is  their  segregation  an 
Isolation  from  society.  Sometimes  a  woman's  mei 
presence  where  men  are  also  present  is  considers 
unacceptable  and  shameful.  Women  are  excluded  troi 
participation  in  public  and  political  life  in  the  belief  thi 
they  belong  in  the  home,  and  that  their  vote  I 
unimportant.  There,  women  have  been  reduced  to  lit 
property  of  men,  admired  not  for  their  personal  meri 
but  for  their  fertility  and  "femininity." 
But  these  beliefs  are  not  limited  to  far-off  countries, 
few  days  ago,  I  had  a  heated  discussion  with  son 
Muslim  students  at  Carleton.  Many  argued  that  a  Musli 
woman  cannot  and  should  not  give  a  lecture  in  it 
presence  of  a  man.  There  are  rumors  that  even  here 
Canada  some  men  do  not  allow  their  spouses  i 
daughters  to  go  to  schools  or  go  shopping  by  themselve 
in  the  belief  that  it  is  against  Islam.  Women  in  the: 
instances  are  confined  to  their  homes  "in  a  manm 
prescribed  in  Islam  only  as  a  penal  sanction  for  an  acli 
adultery,"  writes  the  prominent  Sudanese  scholarHassi 
Turabi  in  his  book  Women  in  Islam  and  Muslim  Sociel 
The  reason  women  endure  this  abuse  and  mistreatme 
by  their  husbands  is  that  in  cultures  which  tolerate  sui 
treatment  it  is  almost  unthinkable  for  a  woman 
who  is  divorced  to  remarry.  The  woman  is 
always  blamed  for  the  failure  of  the  marriage, 
and  as  such,  she  is  shunned  by  other  men  and 
society  in  general. 

A  Muslim  friend  of  mine  told  me  a  painful  story 
of  her  uncle  taking  a  second  wife,  while  still 
married  to  his  first.  His  first  wife  found  out 
about  the  marriage  several  months  after  it  had 
taken  place.  With  three  children,  and  the 
second  wife  pregnant,  she  broke  into  tears 
and  could  only  throw  up  her  hands  saying, 
"What  can  I  do?"  This  goes  against  the 
teachings  of  Islam. 

According  to  the  Qur'an,  a  man  may  take  more 
than  one  wife,  but  this  is  contingent  on  the 
fulfilment  of  conditions  stipulated  in  the 
Qur'an.  The  Qur'an  states  that  the  man  must 
be  "just"  to  hisf  irst  wife  and  children  and  treat 
them  with  equanimity,  as  well  as  any  further  wives  a1 
children  he  takes  on.  This  condition  Is  difficult  to  w' 
and  the  interpretation  notes  in  the  Qur'an  lean  to** 
monogamy  (Sura  IV,  Verse  3).  But  these  conditions! 
always  conveniently  overlooked  by  Muslim  men  who' 
not  interested  in  Islam. 
Some  of  my  fellow  Muslims  might  deny  these  allegata 
of  misogyny  and  selective  interpretation  of  Islam 
apologists  always  do  when  confronted  with  the  m  isera' 
treatment  of  women  in  some  Muslim  societies.  But  Is 
face  the  reality.  The  mistreatment  of  women  and  l" 
abuse  in  the  name  of  Islam  has  reached  myth* 
proportions. 


These  examples  are  not  something  I  have  read 
In  some  Orientalist  books,  as  Western  reporters 
usually  do,  about  Islam.  They  are  realities  with 
which  I  am  familiar.  I  feel  obligated  to  express 
my  dissatisfaction  with  the  negative  aspects  of 
certain  rigid  customary  practices  which 
dehumanize  women,  and  falsely  lay  claim  to 
Islam. 

By  attaching  Islam  to  the 
oppression  of  women,  the  abusers 
seek  togivetheirabuse  legitimacy, 
to  attribute  a  "sacredness "  to  it,  to 
raise  it  above  criticism. 
In  some  African  cultures  like  rural 
Egypt,  Sudan  and  Somalia,  the 
practice  of  removing  a  woman's 
clitoris  is  performed  with  the  idea 
that  she  will  remain  a  virgin,  and  is 
often  performed  using  Islam  as  its 
premise. 

But  this  practice  is  prohibited  in 
Islam.  There  is  a  principle  in  Islamic  . 
law  which  says  if  more  harm  than  good  comes 
from  a  practice  or  tenet,  if  it  causes  health 
problems  as  well  as  bodily  harm,  it  goes  against 
Islam  (Sura  VII,  Section  1 57).  With  regard  to  the 
practice  of  clitoridectomy,  there  is  no  benefit, 
and  there  is  most  certainly  much  harm  done.' 
Moreover,  it  is  not  exclusive  to  the  followers  of 
Muslim  faith.  In  the  country  of  Chad,  if  there  is 
one  thing  Muslims  and  Christians  can  agree 
on,  it  is  the  practice  of  clitoridectomy. 
According  to  the  Islamic  law  and  teachings,  a 
women  is  an  independent  entity,  and  a  fully 
responsible  human  being.  Men  have  no 
authority  over  women,  and  no  right  to  make  the 
decisions  which  constitute  their  lives  (Sura  IV, 
Verse  I).  In  the  book  The  Biography  of  the 
Prophet  by  Ibn  Hisham,  no  woman  is  said  to 
have  embraced  the  faith  unless  she  does  so 
out  of  original  and  independent  will,  without 
male  consent. 

In  theearly  days  of  Islam  in  the  seventh  century, 
women  participated  in  military  expeditions, 
treating  the  wounded  and  sometimes  engaging 
in  active  warfare.  The  first  martyr  to  die  in 
Mecca  for  the  cause  of  Islam  was  a  woman 
named  Sumayah. 

While  some  men  argue  that  Muslim  women 
should  be  confined  to  the  home,  according  to 
-  the  Qur  an:  "none  and 


IT«ZT  9Lr,S'  H'S  Wl,e'  AVshah-  w"s  one  of 
the  first  teachers  of  Islamic  law.  She  taught 
classes  to  men,  and  Muslim  leaders  sought  her 

c^,andJ,U^Cial  adViCe-  A<*°'dlng  «o  Muslim 
scholar  Al  Ganuchi  of  Tunisia,  women  "can 
and  should  acquire  any  education  without  limit 
or  hindrance." 

Women's  dress  is  another  issue  that  is  blown 
out  of  proportion  by 
Westerners  and 
Muslims.  Proper  and 
decent  dress  is 
required  for  both 
Muslim  men  and 
women,  but  it  seems 
that  they  place  so  much 
emphasis  on  the  Hijab 
(aveilwhich  covers  the 
head)  that  both  assume 
it  is  one  of  the  pillars  of 
Islam. 

_  For  some  Muslim  men, 
the  Hijab  is  a  gauge  by  which  to  judge  a  woman's 
commitment  to  Islam.  These  people  suffer  from 
what  might  be  termed  "False  Hijab  Syndrome;" 
false,  because  the  Hijab  is  not  one  of  the  pillars 
of  Islam  and  does  not  determine  if  someone  is 
a  good  Muslim;  syndrome,  because  it  seems 
that  a  lot  of  people  are  extremely  preoccupied 
with  Muslim  women's  dress. 
It  cannot  be  emphasized  enough,  that  the 
judgment  of  Muslim  women  by  men,  their 
sequestering  in  the  home,  their  silencing 
through  the  threat  of  the  punishment  of  God, 
goes  against  the  fundamental  principles  of 
Islam. 

Islam  promises  Muslim  women  full  freedom  of 
expression,  the 
right  to  vote  and 


nothing  in  Islam  may 
stand  in  the  way  of  a 
woman  contributing 
to  the  general  good 
and  competing  for 
achievements,"  (Sura 
■  16,  Verse  97). 
HI  Young  women  in 
|  some  Muslim 
countries  are 
deprived  of  the  right 
to  decide  to  whom  or 
when  they  will  get 
married.  In  many 
cases  their  fathers, 
brothers,  or  uncles 
decide  for  them. 
Based     on  the 
principles  of  Islam,  however,  a  Muslim  woman 
enjoys  the  same  freedoms  as  a  man. 
The  Prophet  Muhammad  ordered  that  a  woman 
should  not  be  married  without  her  will  and 
consent.  "Do  not  marry  a  non-virgin,  except  on 
her  instruction,  nor  marry  a  virgin  except  with 
her  permission,"  is  written  in  a  collection  of 
quotations  by  the  Prophet  called  the  Bukharl. 
There  is  a  strong  conviction  among  some  men 
to  this  day  that  women  do  not  need  higher 
education.  But  Muhammad,  the  Prophet  of 
Islam,  strongly  recommended  the  education  of 


the  right  to  take 
part  in  the  public 
affairs  of  the 
community.  This 
attitude  towards 
women  is 
revealed  in  the 
history  of  Islam. 
If  Agnes 
MacPhail  was 
the  first  woman 
Member  of 
Parliament  in 
Canada  in  the 
1920s,  a  woman 
named  Al-Shifa' 
was  appointed 
by  Omar,  the 
second  Caliph, 
to  a  position  the 
equivalent  to 
minister  of  trade 
more  than  1,400  years  ago  in  Medina,  Saudi 
Arabia. 

Why  the  contradiction  between  the  misogynist 
practices  in  some  Muslim  countries  and  the 
divine  teachings  of  their  religion  when  it  comes 
to  women's  affairs? 

As  Muslim  countries  become  more  secular, 
some  Muslims  have  experienced  a  significant 
deviation  from  the  general  ideals  of  life  as 
taught  by  Islam.  Weak  commitment  to  Islam, 
which  guarantees  the  rights  of  women, 
cultivates  unjust  and  inequitable  treatment. 
In  many  of  the  countries  where  this 
mistreatment  is  practised,  men  experience 
political  and  economic  frustration  while  living 
under  dictatorships,  like  those  in  Libya  and 
Syria.  These  governments  suppress  all  kinds 
of  freedom  and  participation  In  policy-making. 
Lacking  power,  men  turn  their  anger  on  those 
subjects  available  to  them:  women,  who  are 


both  physically  and  fiscally  less  powerful. 
In  this  context,  many  Muslim  women  are  not 
made  aware  of  their  rights  as  guaranteed  by 
Islam.  Usually  these  women  acquire  their 
knowledge  of  the  Muslim  religion  through  men 
and  male-dominated  interpretations  of  the 
Qur'an. 

Two  years  ago,  a  Somali  man  who  had  recently 
come  to  Canada  wanted  to  be  reunited  with  his 
wife  who  was  in  Egypt  and  processed  an 
application  to  sponsor  her  into  the  country  His 
wife  turned  down  the  proposal,  claiming  it  is 
un-lslamic  for  a  woman  to  travel  by  plane 
without  her  husband  or  first  male  kin.  The  man, 
who  did  not  have  enough  money  for  two  tickets 
was  set  to  despair. 

Male  jealousy  isanothercauseofthismisogyny 
There  is  a  prevalent  ideology  that  describes 
women  as  weak  by  nature  In  commitment,  as 
vulnerable  to  flirtatious  impulses.  This  is  more 
likely  the  insecurity  of  men  manifesting  itself  in 
the  outward  hostility  and  oppression  of  women, 
and  is  the  reason  women  are  kept  from  active 
participation  in  the  broad  spectrum  of  human 
life  and  experience. 

But  the  fact  that  some  Muslim  men  hide  their 
misogyny  behind  a  false  description  of  Islam 
should  be  viewed  in  its  greater  context  —  the 
predisposition  of  men  in  general  towards  the 
abuse  of  power  in  their  treatment  of  women. 
The  situation  of  Muslim  women  is  similar  in 
many  ways  to  the  reality  of  women  in  many 
other  societies  all  over  the  world,  including 
North  America. 

Canadians  are  still  trying  to  absorb  the  Statistics 
Canada  report  released  In  November,  which 
reported  51  per  cent  of  Canadian  women  said 
they  have 


experienced  at  least 
one  incident  of 
physical  or  sexual 
abuse  at  the  hands 
of  a  man  during  their 
lifetimes. 

Those  Westerners 
who  equate  Islam 
with  the 
mistreatment  of 
women  ignore  the 
prevalence  of  the 
same  abuses  in  their 
mostly  secular 
culture.  During  the 
Gulf     War  the 
mainstream  media 
was  quick  to  accuse 
Muslim  societies  of 
restricting  the 
freedom  of  women. 
Western  women 
journalists  were 
outraged  when  they  were  obliged  to  cover  their 
heads  when  they  walked  in  the  streets  and 
disdainfully  accused  Muslim  women  of 
submitting  to  the  indulgences  of  Muslim  men. 
But  how  many  of  these  women  routinely  and 
voluntarily  shave  their  legs,  bleach  their  hair, 
or  diet  themselves  into  submission?  In  the 
secular  West,  some  women  are  sexual  objects 
for  men's  pleasure,  not  given  autonomy  as 
human  beings,  and  are  reduced  to  fodder  for 
commercial  promotion. 
If  Westerners  like  Judge  Verrault  do  not 
understand  the  difference  between  misogynist 
practices  of  most  societies  and  the  normative 
practices  of  Islam,  they  will  remain  ignorant  of 
its  beauty,  and  Muslim  men  who  cling  to  their 
oppressive  power  will  hold  fast  to  their 
defensive  positions.  In  this,  we  all  lose  an 
opportunity  to  educate  the  ignorant  and  relieve 
the  oppressed.  □ 


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Letter  writing 
with  a  purpose 

Editor: 

Robert  Eddy's  contention  that  it  "is  not 
the  intention  of  the  Catholic  Civil  Rights 
League  to  interfere  with  anyone's  right  to 
say  what  they  believe, "  ("Canadians  can 
criticize,  but  not  abuse,"  The  Charlatan, 
Jan.  27, 1 994),  is  in  direct  contradiction  to 
his  letter  to  the  CRTC  dated  1  an .  20, 1 994 . 

In  the  letter,  Eady,  on  behalf  of  the 
league,  requests  that  "the  CRTC  consider 
requiring  all  radio  station  to  pre-record 
programs  that  are  likely  to  be  of  a  contro- 
versial or  political  nature." 

If  such  a  regulation  were  to  be  enacted, 
station  managers  would  become  the  uni- 
lateral censors  of  all  radio  programming 
broadcast  in  Canada.  This,  coupled  with 
the  league's  numerous  complaints  against 
such  films  as  The  Burning  Times  and  War 
Against  the  Indians,  clearly  demonstrates 
the  league's  desire  to  suppress  viewpoints 
critical  or  contradictory  to  their  own. 

We  are  personally  incensed  by  the 
league's  ludicrous  contention  that  we  have 
propagated  hate  against  Catholics.  From 
our  perspective,  their  letter- writing  cam- 
paign feigning  indignation  only  serves  to 
diminish  the  experiences  of  those  who 
have  actually  been  exposed  to  hate. 

The  league's  primary  objective  has  al- 
ways been  the  elimination  of  a  public 
platform  fora  community  which  has  been 
critical  of  Catholic  doctrine.  Maligning  us 
and  our  show  is  merely  the  means  to  that 
end. 

Kevin  Aaron  Gibbs 
and  Keri-Lyn  Durant 
Hosts  of  Defiant  Voices 
CKCU-FM 

Students  must 
fight  forces  of  evil 
for  education 

Editor: 

Attaclcs  on  students  are  common  these 
days.  We  have  seen  a  decrease  in  the 
amount  of  services  provided  and  larger 
class  sizes.  Tuition  has  risen  over  the  last 
five  years  and  there  are  threats  of  more 
increases.  In  addition,  there  is  now  the 
spectTe  of  higher  admission  standards 
haunting  applications  to  post-secondary 
education. 

In  "Admission  mark  requirements  may 


rise,"  (The  Charlatan,  Jan.  27, 1994,)  Radha 
Jhappan,  a  political  science  professor  at 
Carleton,  said  she  is  worried  that  students 
entering  Carleton  with  weak  academic 
standings  cannot  manage  their  time  effi- 
ciently. She  mentions  full  course  loads 
and  part-time  jobs  as  the  cause  of  poor 
time  management. 

Such  discussion  arises  at  a  time  when 
tuition  may  increase  by  50  per  cent.  This, 
combined  with  higher  admission  stand- 
ards, will  only  result  in  the  erosion  of 
accessibility  to  university  education. 

Increasing  tuition  will  mean  that  more 


university  students  will  need  part-time 
jobs,  resulting  in  less  time  to  study.  Time 
management  will  be  more  difficult  and 
more  students  will  perform  poorly.  Who 
will  not  be  affected  by  job  pressures  and 
high  tuition?  Only  the  rich. 

As  university  students,  we  have  a  re- 
sponsibility to  defeat  these  policies  which 
will  affect  us,  as  well  as  future  generations 
of  university  students.  It  we  don't,  one  day 
it  will  be  our  children  who  cannot  afford 
university,  even  if  they  can  get  in.  Educa- 
tion is  a  right,  not  a  privilege. 

Linda  Ripley  Arts  II 
Erinn  Cunningham  Arts  I 
Carleton  International  Socialists  Club 

GSA  rep  fails  to 
take  stand  on 
tuition  hikes 

Editor: 

As  a  graduate  student  who  attended 
last  week's  student  delegation  on  tuition 
increases  to  the  board  of  governor's  meet- 
ing, 1  was  extremely  disappointed  to  ob- 
serve that  my  elected  representative,  the 
president  of  the  Graduate  Students'  Asso- 
ciation, Vladimir  Zhivov,  had  absolutely 
nothing  to  say  on  the  issue. 

The  discussion  in  favor  of  limiting  tui- 
tion was  carried  solely  by  the  two  under- 
graduate representatives,  who  received 
not  one  word  of  support  from  the  gradu- 
ate representative. 

In  fact,  when  the  motion  calling  for  the 
president  of  the  university  to  consult  with 
the  CUSA  president  on  tuition  was  voted 
on,  it  was  not  Zhivov  that  moved  an 
amendment,  but  the  dean  of  graduate 
studies. 

What  was  the  amendment?  That  the 
president  of  the  university  also  consult 
the  president  of  the  GSA  in  regard  to 
tuition.  Does  the  GSA  have  a  position  on 
tuition  increases  or  not? 

Derrick  Deans 
MA  II 


Minors  frozen  out 
of  Oliver's  unfairly 

Editor: 

This  letter  serves  two  purposes.  Firstly, 
to  alert  readers  to  a  disgusting  display  of 
ageism  which  occurred  on  our  campus. 
Secondly,  it's  an  open  letter  to  the  man- 
agement of  Oliver's  Pub. 

On  Thursday,  Jan.  27,  the  Skatterbrains 
and  Mushroom  Explosion  performed  at 
Oliver's.  Although  posters  advertised  this 
event  as  being  all-ages,  and  although  the 
bands  were  told  the  event  would  be  all- 
ages,  approximately  50  people  were 
turned  away  at  the  door  because  they 
weren't  of  legal  drinking  age. 

Some  would-be  concert  goers  were 
forced  to  waste  an  hour  or  more  busing 
back  home.  Others  had  to  spend  hours  in 
the  Unicentre  waiting  for  parents  to  pick 
them  up.  A  few  die-hard  fans  even  braved 
the  elements  and  stood  outside  to  watch 


the  bands  through  the  windows. 

These  50  or  more  people  wouldn't  have 
been  subjected  to  this  treatment  if  they 
had  not  been  lied  to. 

Of  Oliver's  Pub  management  I  ask  — 
why  did  this  unjust  incident  occur,  and 
how  do  you  plan  to  compensate  those 
who  you  turned  away? 

Rori  Caffrey 
Journalism  III 

(See  article  on  page  21  -  "Mushroom  explo- 
sion: frat-bound, "  this  issue.) 

Missing  the  point 
in  debate  on  GLB 
centre  funding 

Editor: 

In  reading  the  debate  about  the  fund- 
ing of  the  Gay,  Lesbian  and  Bisexual 
Centre  over  the  last  two  weeks,Iwonderif 
both  sides  haven't  missed  the  real  issue. 
The  real  question  is  not  money,  but  ethics. 

Should  1  be  forced  to  fund  something  I 
morally  disagree  with?  If  a  pornography 
club  opened  up  on  campus,  would  CUSA 
money  support  be  used  to  support  it? 
Would  my  students  dollars  go  towards  its 
upkeep?  I  should  hope  not. 

Solomon  Slazenger 
English  1 

Get  it  together 
you  shoddy  OC 
Transpo  people 

Editor: 

I  am  writing  in  response  to  the  article 
"OC  Transpo  should  take  its  own  hike," 
The  Charlatan,  jan.  27, 1994. 

I  very  much  agree  with  what  Blayne 
Haggart  has  to  say  in  the  article,  espe- 
cially the  comment,  "The  last  thing  this 
city  needs  is  OC  Transpo  apologists  and 
newspaper  articles  that  insinuate  bus  serv- 
ice in  this  town  is  anything  more  than 
shoddy." 

Shoddy,  indeed!  I  recently  moved  and 
am  required  to  take  the  Local  146  East  to 
Billings  Bridge  and  then  transfer  to  get  to 
campus.  One  morning,  1  called  the  bus 
stop  numberwhich  informed  me  the  146 
bus  would  be  going  by  in  six  minutes  (at 
10:40  a.m.).  I  arrived  at  the  bus  stop  with 
time  to  spare. 

What  I  did  not  see  was  the  1 46  go  by  at 
10:40  a.m.  Actually,  I  did  not  see  the  146 
until  11:18  a.m.,  40  minutes  after  I  had 
arrived.  What  peeves  me  is  that  the  146  is 
supposed  to  go  by  at  10:40  a.m.  and  1 1 : 10 
a..m.,  so  it  was  either  early  or  late.  Be- 
cause of  this  incident  with  this  particular 
route,  I  was  late  in  arriving  at  campus, 
and  therefore  late  enough  that  I  missed  a 
good  portion  of  my  history  lecture.  Also,  I 
am  mad  because  I  am  paying  taxes  that 
I  can't  afford  to  subsidize  this  bus  system, 
which  then  hikes  its  prices  to  an  even 
higher  price  and  the  service  sucks.  OC 
Transpo,  get  your  act  together!! 

Catherine  Reynolds 
English  II 


14  •  The  Charlatan  •  February  3,  1994 


Athletic  fees  remain  unchanged 

Two  per  cent  increase  proposal  is  defeated  while  reserve  fund  iTcut 


by  Derek  DeCloet 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  athletics  board  gave  in 
to  student  pressure  and  scrapped  its  pro- 
posed two-per-cent  increase  on  athletics 
fees  at  its  [an.  28  meeting. 

The  proposed  increase  would  have 
raised  athletic  fees  for  full-time  under- 
graduate students  to  just  over  $134.  In- 
stead, students  will  pay  $131.52  toward 
athletics  next  year  —  the  same  as  this 
year. 

The  increase  —  which  would  have 
raised  about  $50,000  for  athletics  —  was 
passed  by  a  quick  show  of  hands. 

But  the  decision  to  shelve  the  increase 
comes  at  the  expense  of  the  board's  spe- 
cial reserve  fund. 

The  board  had  proposed  putting 
$150,000  into  the  fund,  which  will  be 
used  to  help  pay  for  new  buildings  and 
fields  as  the  university  expands.  Instead, 
the  figure  will  be  $1 12,000. 

The  board  also  saved  about  $28,000 
by  deciding  not  to  buy  an  expensive 
protective  cover  for  the  gymnasium's 
new  hardwood  floor.  Itwill  buya  cheaper 
cover  instead. 

These  cuts  will  allow  athletics  to  bal- 
ance its  budget  without  raising  students' 
fees  or  cutting  programs. 

"That  was  the  main  issue  of  our  con- 
cern," said  Ron  Boyd,  a  representative 
from  the  Graduate  Students'  Association 
and  a  key  opponent  of  the  fee  increase. 
"Tuition  fees  are  going  up,  grad  fees 
probably  more  than  anyone  else's,  (and) 
we  are  unconvinced  we're  getting  our 
money's  worth  (in  athletic  services)." 


$  $  $  $     1994-95  Athletic  Budget  $$$$ 


Expenditures 


Revenues 


Most  of  the  debate  was  about  whether 
to  slash  the  reserve  fund  to  make  up  for 
the  revenue  that  was  lost  when  the  board 
elected  to  freeze  this  year's  athletic  fees. 

"I  know  (the  $  1 12,000)  is  a  drop  in  the 
bucket.  But  it's  a  start,"  said  Rob 
[amieson,  who  lobbied  for  the  cut  in  the 
reserve  fund. 

Athletics  should  be  careful  about  ask- 
ing today's  students  to  spend  so  much 
money  on  a  fund  that  will  be  spent  after 
they're  gone,  he  added.  "It's  a  matter  of 
principle.  I  don't  want  to  cut  any  pro- 
grams." 

But  some  senior  board  members  were 
cool  to  the  idea  of  cutting  the  fund. 
"I  know  times  are  tough.  But  we  have 


to  be  big  in  our  mentality,"  said  athletic 
director  Keith  Harris.  "It  was  partly 
through  the  sacrifice  of  previous  stu- 
dents that  we  put  something  aside  (for 
today)." 

Harris  said  he  agreed  student  fees 
should  be  kept  down.  But  the  athletics 
staff  could  have  squeezed  out  the  savings 
in  operating  costs  just  as  easily  as  cutting 
the  reserve  fund,  he  said. 

Pat  O'Brien,  director  of  public  rela- 
tions for  the  university  who  sits  on  the 
board,  also  argued  against  cutting  the 
reserve  fund.  Maintaining  the  $150,000 
level  is  important,  he  said,  when  you 
consider  the  cost  of  building  a  new  gym- 
nasium might  run  into  the  millions.  □ 


No  end  in  sight  for  struggling  Ravens 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Statl 

"It  would  be  a  rocky  sea,  let  me  tell 
you." 

Those  were  the  words  used  by  coach 
Peter  Biasone  to  describe  the  women  vol- 
leyball team's  performance  afteritplaced 
last  in  the  University  of  Ottawa 
Invitational  Jan.  28-30. 

"Our  (performance)  flow  chart  would 
be  the  earthquake  in  Los  Angeles,"  said 
Biasone,  as  his  zig-zagging  hand  imi- 
tated the  needle  movement  of  a  Richter 
scale. 


Ottawa  3  Carleton  0 
Concordia  3  Carleton  0 

Windsor  3  Carleton  1 
McMaster3  Carleton  2 


"We're  trying  to  play  very  consistent 
because  we're  not  blessed  by  any  stars. 
We  have  to  make  sure  we  don't  make  a 
lot  of  unforced  errors,"  said  Biasone. 

The  Ravens  lost  four  games  in  the 
tournament,  winning  only  three  sets. 

In  theiropening  3-0  match  loss  against 
Ottawa,  (6-15,  3-15,  7-15)  the  Ravens 
could  not  hold  off  Ottawa's  heavy-hit- 
ting middle  Jennifer  Villeneuve  and  left- 
side Tracy  Liburd  despite  some  good  block- 
ing and  communication. 

Just  seeing  Liburd's  arched  body  reach- 
ing  over  the  net,  facial  muscles  strained 
as  she  proceeded  to  drive  the  ball  through 
the  Ravens'  defence,  was  enough  to  make 
one  understand  why  Ottawa  beat  Wind- 
sor 3-0  to  take  first  place  in  the  tourney. 

"At  times  we  hustled  pretty  hard.  A 
couple  of  rallies  you'd  see  we'd  get  a  few 
points,"  said  setter  Laurie  Malone.  "But 


then,  we  just  sort  of 
backed  down  again." 

Carleton  also  lost  3- 
0  to  Concordia  on  Fri- 
day (3-15,  7-15,  7-15) 
before  waking  up  Sat- 
urday and  losing  3-1  to 
Windsor  (4-15,  15-11, 
12-15,9-15). 

The  Ravens  emerged 
much  calmer  and  more 
organized  in  their  final 
Saturday  match 
against  McMaster.  The 
winless  Ravens  had 
nothing  to  lose,  rally- 
ing hard  throughout 
four  sets  only  to  crack 
in  the  fifth  and  final 
set. 

Biasone  said  at  times 
the  losing  gets  frustrat- 
ing. 

"Oh  yeah,  most  defi- 
nitely. I  get  frustrated 
because  I  see  our  team 
do  something  in  prac- 
tice, and  I  think,  'hey 
shit,  if  we  can  just  put 
that  together  in  a  game 
we  might  get  some 
where' ..."  □ 


Sylvie  Coutu  drives  for  a  kill  at  the  Ottawa  Invitational. 


Raven  asked  to  leave 


Women's  volleyball  middle  Carolyn 
Haddock  left  the  team  lan.  29. 

The  first-year  environmental  engi- 
neering student  had  a  heavy  course 
load  which  interfered  with  her  ability  to 
attend  practices,  said  coach  Biasone. 

"We  dedded  to  go  with  the  girls  that 
could  make  it  to  practice,"  saidBiasone. 
"It  wasn't  an  easy  decision  at  all . .  .  but 


we  always  have  to  look  after  whaf  s  best 
for  the  team." 

The  Ravens  responded  to  her  depar- 
ture with  theirbest  game  of  the  toumey. 

"They  lost  a  player  and  bonded  after 
it,"  said  Biasone.  "We  played  some  of 
our  best  volleyball  after  she  left." 

Haddock  could  not  be  reached  for 
comment.  □ 


Just  wait  till 
next  year 

by  Derek  DeCloet 

Chailalan  Supei  Bowl  Carres pornJem 

In  the  final  seconds  of  Super  Bore 
XXVIII,  a  friend  of  mine  wondered 
aloud  what  the  suicide  rate  would  be  in 
Buffalo  that  night. 

My  first  thought  was,  is  this  guy 
morbid  or  what?  But  my  second 
thought  was  to  prepare  myself  for  the 
inevitable  onslaught  of  Bills-bashing 
that  will  not  cease  until  Buffalo  finally 
wins  the  Big  One. 

For  the  record,  the  Dallas  Cowboys 
beat  the  Bills  30-1 3,  sending  Buffalo  to 
its  fourth  straight  Super  Bowl  defeat. 

Butforthosenatteringnincompoops 
of  negativism,  who  insist  on  attacking 
the  Bills  and  the  fine  citizens  of  Buffalo 
every  time  the  Bills  get  stood  up  at 
football's  royal  ball,  I  have  two  words 
—  please  don't. 

There  are  no  complex  reasons  why 
the  Bills  have  been  left  crying  at  the 
altar  four  years  in  a  row.  They're  not 
chokers,  or  Super  Losers,  or  too  uptight 
to  win.  No,  the  reason  Buffalo  hasnr 
yet  won  the  Super  Bowl  is  simple. 

They're  just  not  good  enough  yet. 

Don't  let  anyone  tell  you  the  Bills 
should  have  won  this  year  because  it 
was  their  fourth  trip,  like  football  is 
governed  by  some  law  of  averages,  or 
because  they  were  "overdue,"  like  foot- 
ball is  some  kind  of  library  book. 

No,  the  Bills  have  lost  four  straight 
because  they  were  beaten  by  a  better 
team  almost  every  time. 

Who  can  deny  the  Cowboys  are  the 
class  of  the  NFL?  Their  romps  over 
Buffalo  explain  the  last  two  years.  In 
1 992,  the  Washington  Redskins  were  a 
team  of  destiny  and  their  37-24  rout 
was  a  closet  game  than  pundits  had 
expected.  In  fact,  the  only  time  Buffalo 
has  ever  played  a  Super  Bowl  against 
an  ordinary  opponent  was  their  20- 1 9 
defeat  to  the  New  York  Giants  back  in 
1 991 .  If  only  a  gentle  breeze  had  blown 
Scott  Norwood's  last-gasp  kick  through 
the  goalposts  that  year . . . 

So  they've  lost  four  in  a  row.  Big 
deal.  Don't  let  anyone  tell  you  the  Bills 
didn't  deserve  to  be  in  the  Georgia 
Dome  this  year.  Don't  let  anyone  tell 
you  the  American  Football  Confer- 
ence is  just  too  weak  to  put  up  a  decent 
fight  in  the  big  game.  No,  not  when  it's 
50  in  Buffalo  in  January. 

You  don't  make  it  to  four  Super 
Bowls  in  a  row  by  being  weak  —  even 
if  you  are  playing  in  a  weaker  confer- 
ence. 

And  don't  let  anyone  tell  you  that 
Sunday's  game  would  have  been  bet- 
ter if  Buffalo  hadn't  been  in  it. 

If  you  think  San  Francisco  could've 
given  Jimmy  Johnson's  Cowboys  a  bet- 
ter run  for  their  money,  you  obviously 
didn't  see  the  National  Football  Con- 
ference championship  game. 

Nobody  kicks  around  the  49ers.  No- 
body talks  about  how  Steve  Young 
can't  win  the  big  game,  like  they  do 
about  Jim  Kelly. 

If  you  don't  like  Buffalo  because  a 
blue-collar  team  in  a  blue-collar  town, 
that's  your  prerogative. 

But  don't  label  the  team  and  its  fans 
as  a  big  collection  of  losers,  because 
they  don't  deserve  it.  They've  been 
successful. 

They're  just  not  good  enough  yet.  □ 


February  3,  1994  -  The  Charlatan  ■  IS 


Raven 
Records 

OWIAA  WATERPOLO 
East  Division 


w 

L 

T 

F  A 

PTS 

Carleton7 

1 

1 

68  31 

14 

Toronto  7 

1 

1 

72  28 

14 

Queen's  3 

5 

0 

58  42 

6 

McMaster2 

6 

0 

42  70 

4 

Brock  1 

7 

0 

30  99 

2 

OWIAA  VOLLEYBALL 

East  Division 

w 

L 

T 

F  A 

PTS 

York  6 

1 

0 

19  5 

12 

Ottawa  5 

2 

0 

16  9 

10 

Toronto  4 

2 

0 

16  7 

8 

Queen's  4 

3 

0 

13  11 

8 

Ryerson  1 

6 

0 

3  18 

2 

CarletonO 

6 

0 

1  18 

0 

OWIAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 

W  L  T  F     A  PTS 

Laurentn  6  0  0  467  283  12 

Toronto   5  1  0  424  276  10 

Ottawa    4  2  0  403  359  8 

Queen's  2  3  0  325  331 4 

York        2  3  0  291  331 4 

Ryerson    1  5  0  319  426  2 

CarletonO  6  0  2414640 

OWIAA 

Athlete  of  the  Week 

Ottawa  student  Patti  Wilhelm  is  the 
OWIAA  athlete  of  the  week.  Wilhelm 
was  the  MVP  at  the  12th  Annual  Ot- 
tawa Invitational  Volleyball  tourna- 
ment. Wilhelm  led  the  Gee-Gees  to  a  3- 
0  gold  medal  win  over  Windsor  with 
11  digs  and  seven  kills. 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 


w 

L 

T 

F     A  PTS 

Laurentn  6 

0 

0 

501  46012 

Ryerson  4 

2 

0 

510  458  8 

York  3 

2 

0 

382  406  6 

Toronto  3 

3 

0 

440  426  6 

Carleton2 

4 

0 

47049S4 

Queen's  1 

4 

0 

374  391  2 

Ottawa  1 

5 

0 

446  487  2 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 

East  Scoring  Leaders 

FG 

AT  FT 

AT  AVE 

Beason  76 

13839 

50  34.7 

Smart  42 

93 

38 

50  27.4 

Charles  49 

10564 

82  27.0 

Fischer  49 

90 

36 

44  22.3 

Swords  47 

11018 

28  21.0 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Rebound  Leaders 


A.Beason  -  Ryrsn  6 
T.  Charles  -  Crl  6 

C.Fischer  -  Lmtn  6 
C.Porter  -  Ott  6 
S.  Swords  -  Lmtn  6 


RBS  AVE 
72  12.0 
69  11.5 
60  10.0 
48  8.0 
42  7.0 


OUAA 
Athlete  of  the  Week 

Chris  Fischer,  a  forward  with  the 
Laurentian  Voyageurs,  is  the  OUAA 
athlete  of  the  week.  Fischer  scored  45 
points  and  pulled  down  1 9  rebounds  as 
Laurenhan  defeated  Carleton  81-72 
and  Ottawa  75-74  in  basketball  action 
this  past  week. 


Polo  captain  a  communicator 

Raven  hoping  to  lead  teammates  to  golden  podium 


by  Suzanne  Izzard 

Chatlaian  Stall 

If  J.J.  Goldhar  were  the  name  of  a 
song,  everyone  would  know  it  and  be 
singing  it. 

Like  a  catchy  tune,  the  name  of  the 
Carleton  women's  waterpolo  team  cap- 
tain seems  to  be  on  everyone's  lips  as  she 
prepares  to  lead  the  team  into  the 
upcoming  weekend  at  the  Ontario  Wom- 
en's Interuniversity  Athletic  Association 
championships. 

With  one  gold  and  two  bronze  medals 
in  her  three  years  on  the  team,  Goldhar 
has  had  a  lot  to  do  with  the  Ravens'  past 
success,  although  she'll  never  openly 
admit  it. 

"]  .J .  is  a  very  positive,  very  thoughtful 
person,"  says  waterpolo  coach  Steve 
Baird.  "She's  an  incredibly  effective  liai- 
son between  myself  and  the  other  play- 
ers. Her  work  ethic  is  good  and  she's 
extremely  good  at  communicating." 

And  to  a  large  extent,  it's  those  com- 
munication skills  which  define  her  per- 
sonality and  help  the  team  bond. 

"I  don't  know  anyone  that  knows  as 
many  people  as  [J.  does,"  says  team 
member  Pam  Stewart.  "If  you  took  a 
survey  of  everyone  at  the  school,  I  would 
bet  that  J.J.  knows  at  least  half  of  them. " 


Goldhar  is  training  hard  for  the  finals. 


It  shouldn't  come  as  a  surprise  then, 
that  the  third-year  student  is  majoring  in 
mass  communications  and  using  her 
skills  in  places  other  than  the  waterpolo 
team. 

Last  year  Goldhar  represented  the 


women's  waterpolo  team  on  Carleton's 
Varsity  Athletic  Council.  This  year  she's 
the  council's  chair.  She's  got  a  part-time 
job  at  Hurley's  Sports  Coliseum  and  she's 
also  a  member  of  Carleton's  Jewish  Stu- 
dent Union. 

It  makes  you  wonder  where  she  finds 
the  time,  says  coach  Baird. 

"I  like  being  busy,"  says  Goldhar.  "If 
I'm  not  doing  something,  I  feel  like  I 
should  be.  I  just  love  to  be  involved  in 
everything." 

Especially  waterpolo. 

Goldhar  also  plays  for  the  Ottawa 
Titans  in  the  city  waterpolo  league.  She 
started  playing  waterpolo  in  Toronto 
after  an  old  swim  coach  encouraged  her 
to  get  involved.  She  played  for  the  To- 
ronto Jets  for  two  years  and  joined  the 
Titans  when  she  came  to  Carleton. 

Throughout  her  university  years  her 
play  has  improved,  says  Baird. 

"Over  the  last  three  years  she  has 
turned  herself  into  our  number  one  cen- 
tre forward.  She's  a  very  strong  swim- 
mer." 

That  quality  should  help  the  Ravens 
in  the  playoffs  this  weekend. 

And  if  the  team  does  come  away  with 
a  gold  medal  —  maybe  people  will  start 
whistling  her  tune.  □ 


Basketball  men  Buffaloed  by  Laurentian 

Ravens  drop  fourth  straight  to  division  leader 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Staff 

They're  road  warriors  no  more. 

The  Carleton  men's  basketball  team 
dropped  their  second  consecutive  road 
game  81  -72  to  the  Laurenhan  Voyageurs 
in  Sudbury  on  Jan.  28. 


Laurentian  81  Carleton  72 


After  a  surprising  2-0  start  on  the 
road,  the  Ravens  hove  dropped  their  last 


four  contests  and  now  sit  fifth  among 
seven  teams  in  the  topsy-turvy  east  divi- 
sion of  the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic 
Association. 

In  the  game,  the  Ravens  improved 
significantly  in  some  areas  like  rebound- 
ing and  turnovers,  but  faltered  in  others 
like  shooting  from  the  floor. 

Laurentian  led  33-29  atthehaJf  largely 
because  of  the  Ravens'  atrocious  33-per- 
cent shooting  efficiency. 

Rebounds  and  turnovers  helped  the 
Ravens  stay  close.  Carleton  out-re- 


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bounded  Laurentian  21-18  and  only 
turned  the  ball  over  seven  times  in  the 
first  half. 

Unfortunately  for  the  Ravens,  their 
defence  failed  them  for  most  of  the  game. 

"It  wasn't  a  great  game.  There  were  a 
lot  of  missed  lay-ups,"  said  first-year 
guard  Quinn  Osboume.  "But  what  hurt 
was  our  defensive  intensity.  It  was  low  in 
the  second  half.  Mentally,  we  weren't 
100  per  cent  into  it." 

Voyageurs'  guard  Shawn  Swords 
ripped  the  Ravens'  game  plans  to  shreds, 
scoring  25  points. 

"Our  game  plan  was  to  stop  Swords, 
but  he  ended  up  penetrating  the  whole 
second  half,"  said  Osboume. 

Forward  Taffe  Charles'  17  points  in 
the  second  half  and  the  three-point  shoot- 
ing of  first-year  swingman  Reagh  Vidito 
—  who  sank  three  of  them  at  key  mo- 
ments of  the  second  half —  helped  keep 
the  Ravens  in  the  contest. 

Laurentian  head  coach  Peter 
Campbell  said  he  thought  the  game  was 
decided  in  the  second  half. 

"It  was  a  real  steady  game,  but  our 
runs  just  came  at  the  right  time  in  the 
second  half.  Swords  also  helped  us  a  lot. 
His  penetration  and  distribution  were 
the  key,"  said  Campbell. 

Though  Laurenhan  led  for  much  of 
the  game,  Campbell  said  he  was  im- 
pressed with  Carleton's  overall  play. 

"They're  playing  really  well  together. 
They  certainly  didn't  concede  anything 
to  us  and  they  played  hard  for  the  whole 
40  minutes.  As  a  coach,  that's  all  you 
can  ask  for." 

Despite  the  loss,  the  Ravens  remain 
upbeat  at  the  halfway  point  of  the  sea- 
son. They'll  have  to  be,  as  Carleton's 
playoff  hopes  now  hinge  on  a  successful 
second  half. 

"Losing  four  in  a  row  is  a  bit  discour- 
aging, butwe  still  have  confidence.  Any- 
body can  place  second  in  the  league  and 
that's  what  we're  aiming  for.  We'll  win 
our  remaining  four  at  home  and  hope- 
fully steal  one  on  the  road  and  we  should 
be  able  to  do  it,"  said  Osboume. '□ 


16  •  The  Charlatan  •  February  3,  1994 


Rumblings 

QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"Taffe  was  excellent.  In  fact,  he  was 
a  bitch  to  guard." 

Laurentian  men's  basketball  coach 
Peter  Campbell  on  the  difficulty  his 
Voyageurs  had  containing  Raven  for- 
ward Taffe  Charles  in  Laurentian's  81- 
72  win  over  Carleton  on  Jan.  24. 


MIRACLES  ON  ICE? 

The  Carleton  hockey  club  shocked 
the  first-place  Abloom  squad  5-2  in 
Senior  R.A.  League  action  on  Ian.  26. 

The  win  improves  the  team's  league 
record  to  2-10-2,  good  enough  for  fifth 
place  in  the  six-team  league. 

Carleton  jumped  out  to  a  quick  2-0 
lead  in  the  first  period  and  frustrated 
Abloom  with  smart  defensive  play 
thereafter  for  the  win. 

Centre  Ken  Pagan  led  Carleton  with 
two  goals.  Forwards  Jason  Tamo,  Brian 
Bockey  and  |im  Gibbens  also  scored. 

Later  in  exhibition  play  on  the  Jan. 
29-30weekend,  Carleton  also  beat  Can- 
ton College  3-2  in  overtime  with  eight 
seconds  to  play  and  tied  the  National 
Defence  Headquarters  club  5-5. 

ROWING  NEVER  ENDS 

Three  Carleton  rowers  posted  first- 
place  results  at  the  University  of  Otta- 
wa's indoor  rowing  regatta  on  (an.  22. 

lanine  MacDonald  placed  first  in 
the  lightweight  women's  category  in  a 
time  of  10:01.  Vicki  Schouten  placed 
first  in  the  heavyweight  women's  cat- 
egory in  a  time  of  10:08.  Heavyweight 
men's  rower  David  Zieba  also  placed 
first  in  a  time  of  8:28. 

Fourteen  Carleton  rowers  competed 
against  the  University  of  Ottawa  and 
members  of  the  Ottawa  Rowing  Club 
in  the  2,500-metre  distance  category. 

CALENDAR 

Friday,  Feb.  4. 

WATERPOLO  —  The  women's 
waterpolo  team  is  aiming  for  gold  at 
the  OW1AA  waterpolo  finals  at  Brock 
University  in  St.  Catherines,  Ont.  The 
Ravens  face  off  against  the  McMaster 
Marauders  tonight  at  7  p.m. 

Saturday,  Feb.  5. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  0-6  women's 
basketball  team  hosts  the  Laurentian 
Voyageurs  in  a  6  p.m.  match  at  the 
Ravens'  Nest  looking  to  avenge  last 
week's  93-29  thumping.  The  2-4  men's 
team  follows  with  an  8  p.m.  match. 

FENCING — The  men's  fencing  team 
travels  to  Kingston  for  the  OUAA's 
second  sectional  fencing  tournament 
at  Royal  Military  College. 

SKIING  —  The  men's  and  women's 
nordic  ski  teams  will  participate  in  the 
NCD  Interdivisional  classic-style  races 
at  Deep  River,  Ont. 

WATERPOLO  —  The  7-1  Raven 
women  take  on  Queen's  and  Toronto 
in  OW1AA  action  today. 

Sunday,  Feb.  6. 

FENCING  —  The  women's  fencing 
team  travels  to  Kingston  for  the 
OWIAA's  second  sectional  fencing 
tournament  at  Royal  Military  College. 

SKIING  —  The  NCD  Interdivisiona 
continues  today  with  freestyle  races. 

WATERPOLO  —  The  OW1AA 
waterpolo  final  concludes  today. 

ROWING  —  Five  members  of  the 
Carleton  rowing  club  will  be  compet- 
ing at  the  Canadian  Indoor  Rowing 
Championships  in  Toronto  against 
universities  from  across  the  country.  □ 


Raven  women 
thumped  in  loss 

by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  staff 

The  growing  pains  continue  for  the 
Carleton  women's  basketball  team. 

The  Ravens  were  soundly  thrashed 
93-29  by  the  more  experienced 
Laurentian  Lady  Vees  on  |an.  28  in 
Sudbury. 


Laurentian  93  Carleton  29 


The  Ravens  are  now  0-6  on  the  season 
andinlastplaceoftheOntarioWomen's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association  east 
division. 

Carleton  was  never  really  in  the  game 
against  the  first-place  Laurentian  club, 
but  the  tear,  iid  produce  some  modestly 
impressive  i  Tensive  performances. 
Guard  Gillian  ..oseway  paced  the  team 
with  11  points,  while  forward  Valarie 
Gates  netted  eight  points  on  perfectshoot- 
ing. 

The  Lady  Vees,  led  by  national  team 
guards  Carolyn  Swords  and  Diane  Nor- 
man, shot  60  per  cent  from  the  floor  and 
pushed  Laurentian  to  an  early  lead  and 
an  easy  victory. 

Second-year  forward  Heather 
McAlpine  conceded  that  Laurentian  is  a 
much  better  team. 

"They  shot  extremely  well  from  the 
floor.  Plus  they  had  a  total  heightadvan- 
tage,"  said  McAlpine.  "But  I  think  their 
experience  was  the  key." 

Despite  the  large  margin  of  victory, 
[ones  saw  some  definite  positives  from 
the  game. 

"We  were  really  outsized  but  we  did  a 
good  job  on  the  boards,  considering  we 
had  to  play  zone  most  of  the  game 
against  them,"  said  [ones.  □ 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Feb  1  1994 
Regular  season  leaders  can  only  win  the  dinner  prize  once 


fiAXTERiC* 

1 344  Bank  Street 


(at  Riverside) 

738  3323 


1  Patrick  Soden 

2  Anjali  Varma 

3  Vicki  Mavraganis 

4  leff  Parker 

5  lelTPavkev 

6  R.  De  Vecchi 

7  loseph  Kurikose 

8  Alex  Varki 

9  Blair  Sanderson 

10  Tyler  Vaillant 


547 
S37 
528 
528 
528 
525 
525 
525 
522 
521 


winneXff  p'T     *"*  ^  Wh°  Week'S  dinner  Prize-  F°™« 

winner  Jeff  Pavkew  can  also  pick  up  his  $25  dinner  certificate  for  Baxter's 
restaurant  at  The  Charlatan..  (Italicized  names  are  all  former  winners  ) 


Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

Name  the  only  player  in  the  NHL 
to  ever  rack  up  over  100  points 
and  200  penalty  minutes  in  the 
same  season. 

Congratulations  to  Jeff  Coates  who 
knew  the  poor  Buffalo  Bills  have  never 
ever  won  an  NFL  Super  Bowl. 


X.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper  and 
submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize  will  be  determined  by  a  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  Feb. 8,  1994.  The  winner 
should  come  up  to  the  office  for  the 
prize  on  any  Monday  or  Tuesday. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 


flnswer: 

Name: 

Phone: 


The  Ceremonial  Guard 

This  summer,  participate  in  the  colourful 
Changing  the  Guard  Ceremony  on 
Parliament  Hill.  You  will  be  paid  from  May  1 1 
to  August  30, 1994,  while  learning  basic 
military  techniques  with  a  group  of  dynamic 
young  men  and  women. 
Join  the  Reserve  and  enjoy  summer 
employment  with  a  difference. 

For  more  information,  contact: 

The  Governor  General's  Foot  Guards 
Cartier  Square  Drill  Hall 
Ottawa.  Ontario 

K1A0K2    (613)  995-4020  (Collect) 


The  Reserve: 

Rewarding 

part-time 

employment 


Ian,  full-time  student  and  member  of  the 
Ceremonial  Guard  during  the  summer  months. 


m  *  ■ 

">aac  t.<- 


Guiudci 


CANADIAN 


ARMED 


FORCES 


REGULAR  AND  RESERVE 


February  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  17 


SURVEY 


The  Charlatan  is  working  on  a  First  Nations  supplement  to  be  published  in  the  first  week  of  March.  As  part 
of  the  supplement,  we  want  to  know  what  you  know  about  First  Nations  culture  and  life. 


1.  Were  you  aware  that  1993  was  the  United 
Nations'  Year  of  Indigenous  Peoples? 

Yes 
No 

2.  If  so,  how  were  you  made  aware  of  the 
situation  of  the  Indigenous  peoples  of  Canada 
and  elsewhere? 

3.  Do  you  agree  that  Native  peoples  living  in 
Canada  should  be  granted  self-government? 
Yes 

No 

Comments  (if  any) 

4.  Did  you  know  that  Native  peoples  living  in 
Canada  only  got  the  vote  in  1960? 

Yes 
No 

5.  Did  you  know  that  before  1985,  when  Bill  C- 
31  was  passed,  any  Native  woman  married  to  a 
non-Native  man  lost  her  "indian  status," 

and  was  automatically  considered  non-Native 

by  the  Canadian  government? 

Yes 

No 

6.  Are  you  aware  of  the  services  offered  at 
Carleton  for  Native  students  or  non-Native 
students  wishing  to  know  more  of  Native 
students,  such  as  the  Centre  for  Aboriginal 
Education  Research  and  Culture? 

Yes 
No 


7.  How,  if  at  all,  have  you  been  made  aware  of 
the  Native  student  body  at  Carleton? 

8.  Are  you  familiar  with  the  Carleton  First 
Nations  (CFN)  club? 

Yes 
No 

9.  True  or  false,  Native  peoples  all  speak  the 
same  language. 

True 
False 

10.  Native  peoples  are  all  from  the  same  cultural 
group. 

True 
False 

11.  Native  peoples  living  in  Canada  are  more 
susceptible  to  becoming  alcoholics  than  non- 
native  peoples. 

True 
False 

12.  The  majority  of  Native  peoples  living  in 
Canada  live  on  reserves. 

True 
False 

13.  What  is  your  idea  of  what  an  Aboriginal 
person  should  look  like? 

(a)  long  black  hair,  brown  skin  and  animal  skin 
garments 

(b)  dark  hair,  dark  skin,  and  Levi's 

(c)  just  another  dude  or  dudette  in  Levi's 


14.  Metis  people: 

(a)  have  been  here  since  the  beginning  of  time 

(b)  have  been  around  only  since  European 
contact 

(c)  don't  exist 

15.  Pemmican  is  made  up  of: 

(a)  flour,  water  and  salt 

(b)  moosemeat,  potatoes  and  corn 

(c)  dried  meat,  dried  berries  and  animal  fat 

16.  What  percentage  of  federal  prisoners  do 
Native  peoples  living  in  Canada  comprise? 

(a)  10% 

(b)  25% 

(c)  60% 

17.  How  many  reservations  exist  in  Canada 
today? 

(a)  50 

(b)  150 

(c)  500 

(d)  over  2000 


PLEASE  FILL  OUT  THIS  SURVEY  AND  RE- 
TURN IT  TO  THE  CHARLATAN  OFFICE,  RM. 
531 UNICENTRE,  AND  BECOME  ELIGIBLE  TO 
WIN  A  COPY  OF  TOOL'S  CD.  UNDERTOW. 
SURVEY  FORMS  MUST  BE  RETURNED  BY 
FEB.  18,  AND  A  DRAW  WILL  BE  HELD  FEB.20. 
NAME: 
PHONE  #: 


The 


Un 


Classifieds 


Replies  are  in  tor  boxes:  LAURA.  OYR  PICHI  SSS. 


CITI,  Please  come  to  531  Unicentre  to  pick  up  these 


RIDES 

IIIHELPW  It's  Ireaken  cold  oulside  (specially  in  the 
morning).  C.U.  Eng.  student  needs  a  ride  at  8:1 5am  from 
Wesl  End  (Meadowlands  &  Merivaie  Area)  to  Carleton 
U.  (or  close).  Your  help  will  be  Really  appreciated!! 
PLEASE,  call  MEL  228-0402. 


FOR  SALE/RENT 
Roommate  Wanted:  Spacious,  furnished  2  bedroom 
apartment  in  Glebe  to  share.  At  Bionson  &  Fifth  -  5 
minute  walk  to  campus,  bus  at  door.  Mature,  quiet,  non- 
smoker  only.  Large  closets,  storage,  laundry  in  building. 
Carpeted,  unlurnished  bedroom.  Shared  bathroom, 
kitchen  &  livingroom  facilities.  Use  ot  TV  and  micro- 
wave. Available  Feb.  1/94.  $350/month  inclusive.  231- 
5923,  leave  message  or  box  722  Charlatan. 
SKIING:  BEAUTIFUL  CHALET  for  rent  in  the  Laurentians 
at  Mont  Tremblant.  1,2,3.4  bedroom  units.  Fireplaces. 
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HUGE  APARTMENT  TO  RENT  -  LOTS  OF  PRIVACY. 
7  rooms.  2  levels,  loft  bedroom,  newly  renovated  bath- 
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carpeting.  Available  immediately.  $440  inclusive  (or  1 
roommateor2roommales.$295each.  Upperyear/grad 
sludent  prelerred.  Contact  Rob  237-3621. 


LOST  &  FOUND 

Lost:  Dark  green  scarf  w/white  print  (lost  in  Rooslers) 
and  small  minlgreen  Espril  bag  (lost  at  Athletics).  I'll  pay 
$  to  have  Ihem  back!  Contact  Info  Carleton  or  CUSA. 
Please  be  nice  -  this  stuff  isn't  yours!  Deal  with  ht I 
Lost  -  black  Finder  Binder,  on  4th  floor  Southam  Hall. 
Contains  important  notes  for  two  classes  and  essay 
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Lost:  Kenwood  Faceplate  and  case.  Outside  Unicenlre 
tunnel  level  (ramp).  II  lound  call  237-8831 .  Reward 
offered 

Found:  Sunglasses.  Last  November...  In  ladles  wash- 
room (Paterson  Btdg)  They  are  here  at  the  Charlatan 
office.  Describe?  Box  Sunglasses. 


WANTED /JOBS 

HELP!  Die-hard  Pink  Floyd  fan  didn't  know  about  sold- 
out  showsl  Ticket  holders  who  have  any  to  sell,  please 
respond!  I  will  pay  generously.  (Preferably  T.O.  or 
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Are  you  feeling  unhappy  or  down?  A  sludy  investigat- 
ing Ihese  teelings  in  thecontexl  of  family  relationships  is 
being  conducted  at  the  U  of  O.  If  you  are  a  married 
woman,  ages  26-45.  and  have  a  child  aged  8  to  1 2  living 


at  home  with  you,  we  would  appreciate  talking  to  you. 
Participation  will  be  compensated.  For  more  info,  call 
Dr  Valerie  Whiffen  or  Ms.  Veronica  Kallos.  564-9461 . 
Transitions,  is  recruiting  volunteers  tor  the  1 994-95  aca- 
demic year.  Volunteers  are  needed  to  assist  new  and 
returning  students  with  the  adjustment  to  university. 
Applications  available:  501  UC,  InfoCarleton,  Residence 
Service  desk.  For  more  into,  contact  Counselling  & 
Student  Life  Services  788-6600.  Deadline:  Feb  18, 
1994. 

Strictly  tor  the  Hardcore!  4lh  year  Anlh.  student  wanting 

to  talk  to  serious  ravers  about  the  rave  experience.  For 

thesis  paper.  Contact  Joel:  230-0710 

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instructors:  Kayaking,  Waterskiing  (OWSA  certified), 

Pottery,  Beadmaking/Jewellery ,  Gymnastics,  Swim  (RC/ 

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Public  Speaking  Workshop  starting  Friday.  March  4, 
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Counselling  and  Student  Lile  Services  788-6600. 
Free  hair  cut  or  colour  and  highlights  at  cost  of  product. 
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appointment  call  Carlos  at  241-6929.  Please  mention 
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Florida  -  the  hottest  location  today!!  Activities  galore, 
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Sunday:  8  a.m  -  11p.m. 

Essays  and  Theses  -  laser  printed  -$1 .60  per  page.  Also 
available -resume  writing,  editing,  writing  tutoring,  charts, 
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MESSAGES/MISCELLANEO  VS 

Why  should  YOUR  sludent  fees  go  to  Iree  parking  and 


gold  rings  for  CUSA  Executive?  Vote  for  BRENDA 
KENNEDY  for  CUSA  PRESIDENT  and  she  will  end 
these  extravagant  perks. 
Does  anyone  still  believe  in  living  larger  than  life?  I  don't 
own  much  except  a  lot  of  stories  that  in  some  way  define 
my  horizons.  Anyone  interested  in  exchanging  small 
stories  with  great  relevancepleasewrite  to  :Box  Memory 
We  as  students  must  let  the  Administration  know  what 
OUR  needs  are  Vote  tor  BRENDA  KENNEDY  as 
CUSA  PRESIDENT  and  she  will  STAND  UP  to  Admin- 
istration FOR  YOUR  RIGHTS. 
0...what  a  story  you  have  to  tell!  I  must  confess,  I  like 
you  a  lot.  Thanks  for  hangin  last  Thursday...  Hope  to  do 
it  again  soon.  Dazed  and  Confused. 
Feeling  hungry?  You  can't  learn  on  an  empty  stomach. 
Student  poverty  isareaiproblem.  BRENDA  KENNEDY 
as  CUSA  PRESIDENT  will  ensure  that  a  Food  Bank  is 
opened  on  campus. 
COMMERCE  STUDENTS  -  the  Commerce  Society  will 
be  holding  a  pub  at  Oliver's  Thursday,  February  3  from 
8:00  (ill  dose. 

STAND  UP  FOR  YOUR  RIGHTS!  Including  a  safer 
campus,  better  OC  Transpo  service,  more  study 
space.. .let  BRENDA  KENNEDY  know  what  you  are 
concerned  about  at  236-8849,  KENNEDY  for  CUSA 
PRESIDENT. 

The  Commerce  Society  Elections  will  be  held  Febru 
ary  8  &  10.  Nomination  forms  can  be  picked  up  at  225 
PA.  Deadline  for  nominations  is  Friday,  Feb.  4.  For 
more  info  call  788-2600  ext  2708. 
As  Foot  Patrol  Coordinator.  I  have  proven  to  be  very 
open  to  YOUR  suggestions,  concerns  and  ideas.  Let 
me  prove  myself  again  -  Vote  for  BRENDA  KENNEDY 
tor  CUSA  PRESIDENT. 


MAN  TO  MAN 

Gay  psychology  major  seeking  study  buddy  to  discuss 
psychological  issues  from  a  gay  perspectivel  An  inter- 
est in  light  weighllifting  also.  Box  Psych 

MAN  TO  WOMAN 

Semi-degenerate  trail  rider  seeks  female  counterpart 
for  crazy  biking  adventures  we  can  lie  about.  Please 
include  photo  of  bike.  Box  Bike. 
To  Ihe  girl  in  the  yellow  jackel  reading  Baudelaire  on  the 
#7,  8am.  Jan.  26.  Your  smile  blew  me  away.  Meet  lor 
coffee?  Answer  here.  Box  Struck. 
White,  single,  gentleman  seeking  classy,  attractive, 
sensual,  petite  female  who  loves  hot  lubbing,  Jacuzzis, 
romantic  dinners,  movies,  music,  slow  dancing,  silk 
lingerie.  ..for  casual  or  intimale  relationship.  Box  Ro- 


WOMAN  TO  MAN 

Single,  Jewish  lady  38yrs,  1 62cm,  attractive,  sensitive, 
professional,  wishes  to  meet  single,  prolessional.  eru- 
dite man  in  his  40s  with  academic  background:  distinc 
live  scholar  or  scientist  tor  meaningful  relationship  (di 
vorced  should  not  apply).  Wnte  55-725  Bernard  St. 
Ottawa  ON,  K1K3H7. 


18  •  The  Charlatan  •  February  3,  1994 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


by  David  Hodges 

Charlatan  Stall 


(Me  Mom  and  MorgentalerA 
Thunderdome  l! 
[on.  28  JJ 

e  Mom  and  Morgentaler. 

Oh  man,  how  sweet  it 
sounds.  It's  like  somebody 
poured  a  jar  of  honey  down 
my  ear  and  now  I've  been 
sent  to  earth  to  spread  the 
gospel  of  the  Messiah.  Yes, 
how  sweet  it  is. 
For  a  group  that  was  originally  in- 
tended to  be  just  a  lark  at  a  year-end 
school  party,  this  Montreal-based  band 
has  certainly  transcended  those  days.  Six 
years  later,  they  continue  to  delight  their 
ever-growing  cult  following  with  their 
unique  mixture  of  punk  and  ska. 

Upon  meeting  the  band,  I  was  in- 
stantly impressed  with  their  generosity 
when  they  offered  me  a  bowl  of  stew.  Yes, 


these  certainly  were  down-to-earth,  de- 
cent boys. 

Over  the  years,  Me  Mom  and 
Morgentaler  has  gone  through  many 
changes,  the  most  recent  being  the  de- 
parture of  singer  Highwire  Kim  and  drum- 
mer Sid  Santiago.  This  is  what  Noah 
Green,  accordionist  and  former 
keyboardist  with  Ottawa's  Skatterbrains, 
believed  was  responsible  for  rumors 
spread  in  late  1993  concerning  the  band's 
demise.  In  order  to  dispel  these  rumors, 
the  band  placed  an  ad  in  the  Montreal 
Minor  to  assure  their  public  they  weren't 
true. 

Now,  while  they  have  acquired  a  new 
drummer,  they  have  yet  to  find  a  new 
female  vocalist.  Saxophonist  John 
Boomershine  Jordan  describes  the  situa- 
tion as  a  "need-women  kind  of  scenario." 

Still  with  the  group  are  Jordan,  Green, 
bassist  Matthew  Lipscombe,  trumpet 
player  Baltimore  Bix,  percussionist  John 
Britton  and  guitarist/ vocalist  Ringmas- 
ter Gus. 


P 


Judging  from  their  performance  and 
the  crowd's  enthusiastic  reaction,  the 
band's  live  show  hasn't  suffered  much 
from  Kim's  departure.  While  a  substan- 
tial number  of  tracks  from  their  first  full- 
length  album,  Shiva  Space  Machine,  fea- 
tured Kim  as  vocalist,  Me  Mom  and 
Morgentaler  has  easily  overcome  such 
adversity  with  some  clever  juggling  of 
skills. 

At  their  Jan.  28  show  at  the 
Thunderdome,  Jordan  sang  Kim's  high- 
pitched  "ooooooooooooooooooh" in  "1 
Still  Love  You  Eve."  The  way  the  veins  on 
his  head  looked  like  they  would  explode 
at  any  given  moment  added  to  his  pro- 
vocative performance. 

Perhaps  the  most  colorful  point  of 
that  night  was  when  Gu  s  pulleda  woman 
out  of  the  audience  to  sing  the  female 
vocals  for  "Laura,"  whose  name,  coinci- 
dentally  enough,  turned  out  to  be  Laura. 

The  creative  tensions  involved  with 
having  an  eight-piece  band  is  very  much 
a  credit  to  the  success  of  Me  Mom  and 
Morgentaler,  according  to  Jordan.  "We 
all  have  different  tastes  in  music,  but  are 
all  open  to  each  other's  tastes.  No  one's 
trying  to  impose  any  styles  on  anyone 
else,"  says  Jordan. 

This  type  of  mutual  respect  proved 
true  when  Green  described  Loverboy  as 
"one  of  the  most  disappointing  bands  of 
the  eighties,"  while  Jordan  disagreed, 
stating,  "I  liked  'Working  For  the  Week- 
end.'" 

Regardless  of  conflicting  tastes,  they 
still  manage  to  be  good  friends, 
j  While  Me  Mom  and  Morgentaler  are 
3  best  known  for  their  high-impact  stage 
Kj  shows,  they  are  also  a  socially  relevant 
si  group  of  individuals.  When  asked  if  they 
£  thought  their  negative  comments  about 


This  man  is  very  tall . 

Brian  Mulroney  (they  called  him  a  bas- 
tard) on  their  debut  EP  Clown,  Heaven  & 
Hell,  might  have  led  to  the  downfall  of 
the  Tories,  Jordan  commented,  "I'd  like 
to  take  credit  for  it  personally."  As  far  as 
Prime  MinisterChretien  goes,  Jordan  fig- 
ured he  has  at  least  a  couple  of  years 
before  Me  Mom  and  Morgentaler  starts 
insulting  him. 

Even  when  asked  the  truly  cheesy  ques- 
tion of  what  color  best  describes  the  pas- 
sion of  Me  Mom  and  Morgentaler,  Jor- 
dan brilliantly  replied,  "Fuchsia.  A  lot  of 
people  know  the  word,  buta  lot  of  people 
don't  know  what  the  color  is." 

Oh  man,  what  a  beautiful  thing.  □ 


Gus,  John  and  Mr.  Baltimore  Bix,  bellowing. 


Beauty  and  power 


by  Stephanie  Garrison 

Charlatan  Star! 


'An  Evening  with  Mark  Codden 

Royal  Winnipeg  Ballet 
National  Arts  Centre 
Ian.  27  —  [an.  29 


Modem  ballet — or,  more  specifically, 
Mark  Godden's  brand  of  modem  ballet 
—  is  powerful  and  beautiful. 

Last  week's  Royal  Winnipeg  Ballet 
performance  of  some  of  Godden's  work 
was  a  diverse  sampling  from  one  of  Cana- 
da's more  daring  choreographers. 

The  four  pieces  —  Angels  in  the  Archi- 
tecture, La  PrincesseetleSoldat,  A  Darkness 
Between  Vs  and  Dame  awe  Fruits — had  no 
thematic  connections,  yet  there  was  logic 
to  the  program. 

Each  was  a  specific  creation  for  the 
Royal  Winnipeg  Ballet  by  Godden,  the 
company's  first-ever  resident  choreogra- 
pher. Godden's  incredible  manipulation 
of  the  dancers,  the  fluidity  of  their  move- 
ments and  the  apparent  seamlessness  of 
the  choreography  was  evident  in  each 
piece. 

Starkly  disturbing  best  describes  A 
Darkness  Between  Us,  Godden's  study  of 
infidelity  between  four  people.  The  only 
Props  were  two  exaggeratedly  large 
boards,  mounted  at  a  1 60  degree  angle  to 
the  floor.  Only  halfway  through  the  dance 
did  the  audience  realize  their  signifi- 
cance, as  the  two  couples  mounted  the 
boards  and  prepared  for  bed.  This  bird's 
eye  view  later  showed  the  two  illicit  lovers 
leaving  their  sleeping  partners  for  a  des- 
perate midnight  tryst  of  their  own. 


A  Darkness  Between  Us  was  moving 
because  it  refuses  to  moralize.  It  is  not  so 
much  a  condemnation  of  cheating  as  an 
observation  of  its  tragic  ramifications. 
The  movements  were  both  graceful  and 
desperate,  and  allowed  the  audience  to 
feel  a  measure  of  sympathy  for  the  adul- 
terous pair. 

Godden  immediately  tempered  this 
moody  study  with  La  Princesse  etle  Soldat, 
a  comical  pas  de  deux  that  won  second 
prize  for  new  choreography  at  the  Inter- 
national Ballet  Competition  in  Helsinki 
in  1991.  Dancers  Suzanne  Rubio  and 
Gino  DiMarco  were  entertaining  and 
spunky  protagonists  in  this  updated  look 
at  love. 

Rubio's  fiercely  independent  princess 
danced  a  myriad  of  playful  steps  slyly 
placed  amidst  the  dance.  Her  foot  stomp- 
ing and  punching  movements  were  bi- 
zarre, yet  strangely  appropriate  to  her 
persona.  Godden  proved  that  even  awk- 
ward, pedestrian  moves  have  their  place 
in  ballet. 

The  other  two  ballets  were  enchanting 
as  well.  Angels  in  the  Architecture  was  a 
graceful  study  of  the  devout  Shaker  life- 
style, set  to  music  by  Aaron  Copland.  The 
concluding  piece,  Dame  aux  Fruits,  was  a 
frisky  romp  complete  with  men  in  skirts 
and  an  abundance  of  plastic  fruit  props, 
which  Godden  says  was  inspired  by  the 
modern  art  of  Picasso  and  his  muses. 

The  evening  was  a  fascinating  mix  of 
athleticism,  grace  and  unconventionally 
beautiful  choreography.  Audience- 
friendly  yet  challenging,  Godden's  cho- 
reography has  an  uncompromising  ar- 
hsticvisionwhichisattractingmorefans  'V^ 
all  the  time.  a 


This  week: 

A  Sparky  Sighting! 


by  Stephanie  Garrison 

Charlatan  Sretf 

Robin  Forquhar— Renaissance  Man? 
Yes,  it's  true.  The  man,  who  was 
spotted  at  the  lan.  27  performance  of 
the  Royal  Winnipeg  Ballet,  has  very 
good  taste  in  high  culture. 

However,  very  fewpeople  have  heard 
the  rumor  that  Sparky  was  an  accom- 
plished ballet  dancer  himself  in  his 
younger  days. 

Henri  Pirouette,  an  old  dance  in- 
structor, describes  Sparky  as  a  student 
wi  th  "unique"  gifts,  who  overcame  the 
obstacles  of  an  "Interesting"  physique 
and  a  "singular"  sense  of  musical  inter- 
pretation. 

Dance  critics  agree  that  Sparky^  two 
most  memorable  roles  were  the  Prince 


in  Sleeping  Beauty  and  the  Beast  in  Beauty 
and  the  Beast. 

The  reason  Sparky  has  kept  this  as- 
pect from  his  past  a  secret  and  dropped 
it  from  the  "Other  Activities"  section  of 
his  resume  is  shrouded  in  secrecy  and 
conjecture. The  most  popuiarmythdeals 
with  an  ornery  dance  critic,  a  badreview 
and  a  rank  of  4  4th  amongst  other  male 
dancers  in  Maclean's. 

Sparky  may  just  be  a  member  of  the 
audience  now,  but  his  cool  demeanour 
and  polite  hand-clapping  during  the 
performance  masked  that  latent  danc- 
er's spirit  waiting  to  burst  forth  after 
years  of  repression. 

After  the  performance,  we  hear  he 
went  backstage  with  his  wife,  perhaps  to 
regale  dancers  with  tales  of  his  youth.  Q 


J 


February  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  19 


mutant  offering  of  clas&kal  mustft  anir  tfje  circus; 


by  M.G.  Comlno 

Charlatan  Slaff 


Variete 

National  Arts  Centre  Theatre 
an.  2  — Jan.  29 


It's  easy  to  think  shows  at  the  Na- 
tional Arts  Centre  are  simply  boring, 
high  culture  stuff.  Those  who  have  this 
idea  should  have  seen  Variete. 

This  hour-long  production,  staged  by 
Montreal's  Michel  G.  Barette,  was  simply 
a  joy  to  see,  involving  classical  music, 
clowns  and  other  circus  performers. 

The  fun  began  even  before  the  per- 
formers took  to  the  stage.  A  fake  NAC 
guide  went  around  sticking  a  tuque  into 
people's  faces,  looking  for  its  owner.  Some 
people,  as  1  did,  mistook  him  for  a  real 
NAC  guide.  They  asked  him  where  their 
seats  were,  to  which  he  shrugged  and 
walked  away. 

Finally,  the  lights  went  down,  and  you 
could  have  gotten  romantic,  except  you 
would  have  probably  been  distracted  by 
the  start  of  the  "real"  show.  The  circus 
was  in  town! 

To  start  the  show,  zombie-like  classi- 
cal musicians,  sporting  pale  makeup  and 
walking  like  the  living  dead,  clumsily  got 
up  on  stage.  They  goofily  started  walking 
into  their  own  instruments.  This  was 
definitely  not  a  regular  session  of  the 
NAC  Orchestra.  However,  once  they 
found  their  instruments,  everything 
calmed  down. 

The  eight  circus  artists  then  made 
their  remarkable  entrance.  Their  ranks 
consisted  of  one  artistic  cyclist  (who  dou- 
bled as  a  fire  breather),  one  very  flexible 


woman,  a  blade- 
eating  man,  two 
dancers,  a  juggler, 
a  magician  and 
one  clown. 

The  cyclist  im- 
pressed with  his 
dexterity.  He  sent 
his  bike  into  figure 
eights  while  stand- 
ing on  the  bicycle 
seat.  At  another 
point,  he  took  his 
bike  by  the  handle- 
bars and  spun  it 
around  like  a  ba- 
ton. 

When  it  came 
her  turn  to  per- 
form, the  very  flex- 
ible woman  en- 
tered on  all  fours, 
moving  like  a  spi- 
der. Throughout  her  performance,  she 
managed  to  contort  her  body  into  many 
pretzel-Jike  shapes.  It  was  one  of  the  most 
incredible  acts.  One  woman  behind  me 
kept  mumbling,  "Ouch,"  and  comment- 
ing, perhaps  jealously,  "That's  gross!" 

The  blade-eating  man  kept  his  atten- 
tion focused  throughout  his  act.  But  then, 
when  your  act  consists  of  swallowing 
razor  blades  and  then  regurgitating  them, 
concentration  is  of  the  utmost  impor- 
tance. To  let  the  audience  know  these 
razors  were  real,  he  cut  some  ploying 
cards.  Then,  he  gargled  and  orally  played 
with  the  blades.  Inspirational,  but  you 
had  to  wonder  how  the  parents  in  the 
audience  would  explain  to  the  children 
in  attendance  thatthey  shouldn't  try  this 
at  home.  This  performer  made  me  flinch 


Those  bizarre  classical  musicians. 


the  most. 

The  clown,  when  he  came  on,  had 
troubles  with  his  tie.  He  was  trying  to 
perform  an  act  juggling  one  stick  with 
two  others,  but  couldn't.  His  tie  kept 
getting  caught  in  the  sticks.  As  it  did,  the 
tie  grew  longer,  and  before  we  knew  it, 
this  dear  clown  was  entangled  and  en- 
gulfed by  his  tie.  He  also  successfully 
climbed  a  ladder  wearing  skis. 

After  all  the  performers  had  shown  off 
their  talents,  all  hell  broke  loose.  The 
artistic  cycler  fell  off  his  bike.  The  conduc- 
tor stopped  conducting  and  turned 
around  to  look  at  the  cyclist.  One  of  the 
two  cha-cha  dancers  fell  down.  And  so 
on.  Suffice  to  say  that  after  this,  all  the 
routines  lost  their  perfection.  It  may  be 
fun  to  watch  feats  of  human  daring,  but 


it's  even  more  fun  to  watch  slapstick. 

Variete  was  plotless,  had  limited  dia- 
logue and  was  very  visual.  No  one  per- 
former hogged  the  spotlight. 

At  times,  I  was  so  engrossed  by  the 
circus  performers,  I  forgot  there  was  mu- 
sic playing.  The  music  seemed  important 
only  as  an  audio  backdrop. 

There  just  weren't  any  negative  points 
to  this  performance.  Everything  from  the 
classical  music  to  the  choreography  was 
perfect. 

The  audience  as  a  whole  seemed  quite 
favorably  responsive.  The  performance 
was  convincing  and  each  performer  in 
this  show  had  obvious  talent 

If  it  happens  to  come  around  again, 
don't  miss  Variete.  It's  cute,  humorous 
and  upbeat.  □ 


Faster  than 
a  speeding 

ticket. 


A  speeding  ticket  in  the  U.S.  can  cost  you 
hundreds  of  dollars.  Which  could  be  the 
difference  between  a  great  spring  break,  and 
no  spring  break.  But  with  Western  Union, 


you  can  have  money  sent  to  you  from 
Canada  to  one  of  over  18,000  U.S.  locations 
in  minutes.  So  when  you  ne.ed  money  fast 
call  Western  Union.We're  just  the  ticket 


In  the  U.S.  call 
1-800-325-6000 


WESTERN  MONEY 

UNION  TRANSFER 

The  fastest  way  to  send  money." 


In  Canada  call 
1-800-235-0000 


20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  February  3,  1994 


MUSHROOM  EXPLOSION:  FRAT  BOUND' 


by 

ctlaffalan  staff 


Mushroom  Explosion,  openingN 
for  the  Skatterbrains 
Oliver's 
Jan.  27 

Ever  wonder  what  Sonic  Youth  was 
like  before  the  band  signed  to  Geffen 
Records? 

The  driving,  distorted  intensity  of  a 
Mushroom  Explosion  performance  could 
be  as  close  as  one  may  come. 

For  a  year  Mushroom  Explosion  has 
been  playinghappy  guitar  stuffall  around 
the  local  all-ages  music  scene,  carrying 
the  message  that  music  is  about  people 
having  a  good  time  just  being  them- 
selves. 

These  local  folks,  Rob  Snasdell-Taylor 
(guitar,  bass,  vocals),  lamie  Bryant  (bass, 
drums,  vocals),  Shawn  Hill  (guitar,  vo- 
cals), and  Scott  Terry  (drums,  vocals, 
guitar),  showed  up  at  Oliver's  around  6 
p.m.  Realizing  their  sound  check  was  not 
for  some  time,  they  set  off  in  search  of 
food  with  yours  truly  in  tow. 

For  some  this  is  a  simple  matter,  no 
element  of  confusion  involved.  Yet  Mush- 
room Explosion  has  that  knack  of  turn- 
ing the  simplest  chore  into  a  game.  This 
mission  began  by  scouring  the  various 
vending  machines  outside  Oliver's.  After 
deciding  that  Bryant's  purchase  of  a 
chocolate  milkwouldnotsufficeasband 
nutrition,  the  Peppermill  was  the  next 
destination. 

"Spin  magazine  really  sucks,  make 


sureyou  putthatin,"was  Hill'scomment 
as  the  band  consumed  their  food  at  the 
Peppermill.  "Can  you  believe  the  crap 
they  print  in  there?  Maybe  Perry  Farrell 
owns  it."  The  rest  of  the  guys  agreed, 
each  voicing  theiropinionson  what  they 
least  liked  about  the  commercial  alter- 
native movement.  The  band,  as  you  may 
have  noted,  has  a  tendency  to  go  off  on 
a  tangent. 

We  did,  despite  these  numerous  asides, 
get  around  to  discussing  their  group.  "As 
a  band,"  said  Snasdell-Taylor  in  a  more 
serious  tone,  "We  prefer  to  be  known 
more  as  artists  than  musicians." 

"Because,"  added  Hill,  destroying  the 
brief  aura  of  seriousness,  "we  really  can't 
play  our  instruments." 

"Actually,  "Snasdell-Taylor  continued, 
"we're  most  interested  in  fun." 

Which  is  obvious  by  some  of  their 
other  comments:  about  how  they  can't 
play  their  instruments  and  couldn't  un- 
derstand why  they  were  even  being  inter- 
viewed. 

As  with  most  groups,  every  member 
has  a  different  musical  influence.  "Each 
one  of  us  is  partial  to  their  own  favorite 
style,"  said  Terry.  "Rob  is  into  Teenage 
Fanclub.  Shawn  likes  U2,  |amie  . . .  well, 
lamie  likes  disco,  and  I  love  Nine  Inch 
Nails." 

"Don't  forget  Thurston  Moore  and 
anything  out  of  Halifax,"  added  Bryant. 

The  discussion  quickly  moved  to  the 
subject  of  their  impending  performance. 
"I  am  kind  of  nervous,"  admitted  Bryant. 
"I've  never  really  played  for  this  kind  of 
crowd,"  referring  to  the  beer-drinking 


tfr.  Rob  Snasdell-Taylor,  having  fun. 


university  types 
that  frequent  Ol- 
iver's. 

"Itoldabunch 
of  people  to 
come,"  said  Hill 
reassuringly. 
"There  should  be 
a  good  all-ages 
turnout." 

On  the  topic  of 
the  Ottawa  all- 
ages  music  scene, 
which  has  pro- 
duced such  bands 
as  Furnaceface 
and  Heaven  Dog, 
they  were  in 
agreement.  "I 
hear  it's  the  best 
in  the  country," 
said  Snasdell- 
Taylor.  "It's  so 
friendly  and  posi- 
tive. Everybody 
knows  each  other, 
and  everybody 
helps  each  other." 

"Yeah,"  added 
Hill,  "it's  great 
with  all  the  first- 
generation  bands 
like  Furnaceface 
helping  out  so 
much.  Even  to- 
night, the 
Skatterbrains  are 
just  great." 

Although 
they're  comfort- 
able playing  live, 
the  experience  of 
recording  their  just-released  Who  Cares? 
cassette  left  something  to  be  desired.  One 
side  of  the  cassette  was  recorded  and 
produced  by  Wet  Records'  Oliver  Marsh. 
The  other  was  mixed  and  recorded  by 
themselves  without  the  benefit  of  studio 
equipment. 

"At  first, "  said  Hill,  "we  were  like  'Wow, 
real  recording!'  So  we  worked  with  Ollie 
and  Wet  Records.  Then  we  realized  how 
much  that  sucked.  We  got  a  mixer  and 
did  the  second  side  ourselves.  It  was  just 
intense  jamming.  That's  the  way  are 
going  to  do  it  from  now  on." 

The  band's  sound  check  went  well. 
They  were  really  psyched  and  ready  to 
play.  Then  the  evilevent occurred.  Around 
8  p.m,  Oliver's  management  informed 
o  Mushroom  Explosion  that  they  had  de- 
z  cided  to  cancel  the  all-ages  aspect  of  the 
j  concert  which  they  had  been  advertising 

2  on  posters,  claiming  it  was  a  frat  night 

3  and  kids  couldn't  come. 

Living  up  to  their  beliefs  in  music  for 


Mr.  Shawn  Hill  Oh,  those  bedroom  eyes. 


all  ages,  Mushroom  Explosion  chose  to 
cut  their  set  short  that  evening.  The  band 
couldn't  believe  the  profit  of  a  $7.25 
pitcher  night  was  worth  more  than  con- 
tinuing with  the  much  advertised  all- 
ages  night. 

Protesting  against  this  for  the  50  orso 
under-age  music  fans  that  showed  up, 
Mushroom  Explosion  played  only  three 
songs,  including  one  Bryant  spontane- 
ously made  up.  It  was  a  very  special  full- 
distortion,  mainly  instrumental  song, 
peppered  with  phrases  like,  "Frat  guys!" 
and  "  Beer  drinking! " 

Although  their  short  set  was  fair  pro- 
test and  funny  to  boot,  there  was  much 
discontent  in  the  crowd.  More  than  once 
I  heard  stuff  like,  "Faggot  kids,  we  oughta 
kick  their  asses,"  from  certain  males  in 
the  crowd.  Real  mature,  boys. 

It's  too  bad  about  all  the  animosity. 
An  evening  with  Mushroom  Explosion  is 
definitely  more  fun  than  pounding  back 
beer  all  night.  □ 


February  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan 


Cruel  play  is  offensive  and  just  plain  bad 


by  Andrea  Smith  and  Karin  Jordan 

Charlatan  Slat) 


Freaks:  A  Circus  Tale  With  Music 

National  Arts  Centre  Atelier 
Jan.  28  — Feb.  5 


"Ladies  and  Gentlemen!  Come  and  see 
Mother  Nature  at  her  cruellest. . . .  Butbythe 
grace  of  God,  you  too  could  be  like  them." 

—  circus  barker  in  Freaks:  A  Circus 
Tale  with  Music 

To  get  to  our  seats  at  the  NAC  Atelier, 
we  had  to  walk  across  the  stage. 

That's  why  we  stayed  for  the  first  half 
of  Freaks.  To  leave  before  intermission, 
we  would  have  had  to  interrupt  this  pain- 
fully bad  play.  We  both  considered  it 
quietly,  thinking  about  the  statement  it 
would  have  made.  Instead,  we  suffered 
through  60  minutes  that  seemed  like  an 
eternity. 

We  first  looked  at  each  other  in  disbe- 
lief after  being  subjected  to,  among  other 
characterizations:  Fritz  the  Singing 
Midget,  portrayed  by  a  crouching  man; 
Armless  Annie,  portrayed  by  a  woman 
with  herarms  tucked  inside  hershirt;  and 
the  female  lead,  who  subjected  the  audi- 
ence to  the  worst  fake  Russian  accent.  But 
when  the  Missing  Link  made  "her"  first 
appearance,  we  both  shifted  uncomfort- 
ably in  our  seats. 

This  character  was  portrayed  by  an 
able-bodied  man  wearing  some  kind  of 
monkey  suit,  making  faces,  pretending 
to  be  a  woman  with  some  kind  of  mental 
disability.  "She"  played  the  ukulele,  and 
was  the  subject  of  cruel  remarks  and 
abuse  by  the  unbelievably  evil  male  lead. 
She  was  the  worst  and  most  offensive 


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caricature,  roughly  theableist 
equivalent  of  an  actor  per- 
forming in  blackface.  It  was 
embarrassing  to  watch. 

Aside  from  sheer  offensive- 
ness,  the  play  lacked  charac- 
ter, plot,  humor  and  a  point. 

At  one  point  the  female 
lead,  Cleopatra:  Queen  of  the 
Air,  prayed  to  the  Virgin  Mary, 
asking  why  she  had  to  suffer 
amongst  the  "freaks"  of  the 
circus  sideshow.  Her  charac- 
ter was  so  poorly  drawn,  so 
totally  unbelievable  in  her 
naivete  and  egotism,  and  her 
dialogue  so  insipid,  it  was 
tempting  to  laugh.  But  that 
came  later. 

Cleopatra  had  a  night- 
mare where  the  Virgin  Mary 
appeared  to  her.  She  moved 
towards  the  beckoning  figure. 
Then,  a  chorus  of  the  other 
actors  chanting  "Freak,  freak, 
freak"  rose.  The  Virgin  then 
revealed  her  true  identity  — 
some  circus  midgets  perched  on  each 
others'  shoulders  under  her  cloak.  Cleo- 
patra screamed  and  woke,  having  real- 
ized she  too  was  a  "freak." 

It  was  so  patently  cheesy.  , 


Admittedly,  things  might  have  picked 
up  right  up  after  intermission,  but  hav- 
ing to  suffer  through  the  first  half  just 
wasn't  worth  it. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen!  Come  and  see 


theatre  at  its  cruellest  ....  But  by  the 
grace  of  God,  you  too  could  be  an  NAC 
Atelier  subscriber  and  have  paid  good 
money  to  see  this  crap.  □ 


Stoaters  survive  Pembroke,  Sault  Ste.  Marie 


by  Mike  Peters 

Charlalan  Staff 


ff  The  Stoaters 

The  Nox 
\\Jan.  25 


The  Stoaters  brought  their  special 
blend  of  folk  tradition  and  rock  sensibil- 
ity to  University  of  Ottawa  last  week  as 
part  of  their  Canadian  tour. 

The  cluttered  stage  of  the  Nox  looked 
like  the  display  case  of  a  very  diverse 
music  store;  guitars  of  every  description 
shared  space  with  violins,  accordions, 
mandolins  and  flutes. 

Despite  the  typically  subdued  Ottawa 
U  crowd  and  their  36-hour-long  van  ride 
from  Winnipeg  to  Ottawa  (getting  lost  in 
Pembroke  and  having  their  van  break 
down  in  Sault  Ste.  Marie  at  4  a.m.),  the 
Vancouver  five-piece  managed  to  put  on 
the  high-energy  performance  that  has 
become  their  trademark.  . 

In  the  spirit  of  Robbie  Bums  Day,  their 
first  set  contained  interpretations  of  clas- 


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sic  Irish  and  Scottish  tunes.  The  second 
set  consisted  primarily  of  original  pieces 
from  their  recent  release  Keep  The  Head. 

The  seamless  combination  of  electric 
and  acoustic  is  what  the  Stoaters  are 
trying  to  bring  to  folk  music.  Although 
Dennis  Crews  (mandolin,  vocals),  Robert 
Ford  (guitar,  vocals),  Sid  Morgan  (bass) 
and  Dale  O'Sullivan  (percussion)  all  hail 
from  British  Columbia,  they  remain  true 
to  their  Irish  and  Scottish  roots,  which 
adds  the  Celtic  flavor  to  their  music. 

Ford  explains,  "I  lived  in  Ireland,  but 
when  I  first  heard  Irish  music  it  was  like, 
'No,  nah,  gimmie  the  Beatles.'  But  it 
grows  on  you  and  stays  in  you.  But  be- 
cause you  want  your  own  music,  you 
have  to  take  what  was  there  and  move  it 
on." 

Ford  is  quick  to  emphasize  that  their 
music  goes  a  step  beyond  classical  folk 
music.  "We  play  modem  folk,  really. 
We're  doing  what  I  consider  to  be  folk 
music  because  the  subjects  pertain  to 
what's  going  on  in  our  country  right 
now.  It's  basically  folk  music  with  Celtic 
stuff  and  a  little  electric  guitar  mixed  in. " 

Ford  explains  that  modernizing  folk 
musichas  earned  the  band  criticism  from 
"die-hard  folkies  .  .  .  who  think  we're 
bastardizing  the  music."  His  defence  is 
simple.  "If  somebody  at  some  point  in 
time  didn't  move  folk  music  on,  every- 


body would  still  be  playing  'Greensleeves' 
from  the  16th  century.  They'd  still  be 
listening  to  Burl  Ives.  It's  not  enough  to 
stand  up  and  sing  songs  that  were  rel- 
evant 30yearsago — they  mean  nothing 
now." 

The  Stoaters  are  certainly  not  classical 
folk  musicians.  With  guitars  distorted  to 
sound  like  violins  and  violins  distorted  to 
sound  like  guitars,  the  result  is  anything 
but  traditional. 

Strains  of  classic  Irish  and  Scottish 
reels  are  scattered  throughout  their  mu- 
sic as  aggressive  guitar  solos.  The  violin 
and  accordion  are  played  at  a  feverish 
level.  The  combination  of  energy  and 
solid  musicianship  perfectly  complement 
the  simple  narrative  lyrics. 

The  songs  range  from  simple  ballads 
to  overt  political  statements,  but  they 
have  in  common  the  quality  that  allows 
the  listener  to  immediately  identify  with 
the  situations.  "A  lot  of  the  lyrics  are 
about  life,"  Ford  says,  "what  we're  put 
under  and  how  we  react  to  it. " 

Despite  the  Stoaters'  hard  edge,  they 
still  retain  a  deeper  meaning  in  their 
songs  that  characterizes  a  lot  of  folk 
music.  "It's  mood  music,"  Ford  explains. 
"Sometimes  when  you  get  tired  of  some- 
body singing  about  how  hisbaby  left  him 
you  might  want  to  hear  music  that  means 
something."  □ 


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Thursday,  February  3 

If  you  enjoy  cheap  and  loud  music, 
Zaphod's  is  the  place  to  be  tonight  for  a 
recital  by  loudfolks  Resin  Scraper  and 
the  Spiny  Anteaters.  Cover  is  a  measly 
buck,  GST  presumably  included. 

Bleu,  the  first  in  Krzystof  Kieslowski's 
trilogy  "inspired  by  the  ideals  of  the  French 
Revolution,"  according  to  one  critic,  is 
playing  at  the  Bytowne  at  7  p.m.  this 
evening.  It  runs  until  Feb.  10  at  various 
times. 

There  are  more  movies  at  the  Mu- 
seum of  Civilization  in  Hull. 
Cinematheque  Canada  presents  Russian 
director  Sergei  Eisenstein's  October  at  7 
p.m.  Watch  for  more  of  Eisenstein's  work 
later  in  the  month.  Admission  is  $4  for 
members  and  $6.50  for  everyone  else. 

The  Ad  Hoc  Gallery  on  York  Street  is 
presenting  Photographs  by  Lorraine 
Gilbert  today  until  Feb.  26,  Wednesdays 
through  Saturdays.  Her  subject  matter? 
None  other  than  tree  planters  and  defor- 
ested land. 

Friday,  February  4 

Today's  the  day  of  that  Halt  the  Hike 
thing.  Basically,  it's  a  protest  against  the 
wacky  and  insane  tuition  hikes  we'll  be 
facing  (again)  this  year. 

So  here's  the  deal  on  eventsstuff.  From 
12  p.m.  until  3  p.m  in  Rooster's,  there'll 
be  speakers  and  music  courtesy  of 
Heather  Farrow,  Fear  and  Loathing 
(two  guys  from  the  Freeway  Band)  and 
Mark  Wilson  and  the  Heavy  Broth- 
ers. At  3  p.m.,  you  can  assemble  in  Porter 
Hall  and  then  march  through  the  tun- 
nels to  the  admin  building  for  the 
actual  protest. 

And  what  better  to  do  after  a  solid  day 
of  protest  than  to  unwind  to  some  tunes? 
Return  to  Porter  Hall  at  5  p.m.  for  a  free 
concert,  featuring  Dfs,  speakers  and  the 
civilly  disobedientsounds  of  Jerry-Built, 
Belfast  Cowboys,  Electric  Embryo, 
Fishtales  and  headliners  Black  Trian- 
gle. 

Today's  free  lunch-time  concert  fea- 
tures the  harp  of  Caroline  Leonardelli 
and  the  flute  of  Claire  Marchand.  The 
fun  starts  at  noon  in  Carleton's  Alumni 


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IntJ-Illimani,  a  band  that's  just  huge 
in  their  native  Chile,  is  performing  at 
Centrepointe  Theatre  this  evening  at 
8  p.m.  Tickets  are  $24. 

Ottawa's  Toasted  Westerns  play 
their  down-home  music  at  Zaphod's 
this  evening.  Five  dollars  gets  you  in. 

Saturday,  February  5 

Here's  some  loud  Canadian  music  for 
you:  Varga  and  Peace  Colony  at 
Zaphod's  this  evening.  Five  dollars  gets 
you  in. 

Sunday,  February  6 

Wow!  It's  the  seventh  annual  A  Taste 
of  Chocolate  extravaganza!  Six  bucks 
gets  you  in  to  this  chocolate-centric  epic 
event  from  12  to  5  p.m.  at  the  Citadel 
Inn. 

Monday,  February  7 

There's  classic  science  fiction  to  be 
had  at  the  Mayfair  this  evening.  To- 
night's double  bill,  starting  at  7  p.m., 
features  Alien  and  Aliens,  the  Rambo- 
goes-to-Mars  sequel. 

If  you're  in  for  live  music,  we've  been 
informed  that  the  Saddledogs  are  play- 
ing their  original  rock  stuff  every  Mon- 
day night  this  month  at  the  Downstairs 
Club. 

Tuesday,  February  8 

This  week's  book  tip,  courtesy  of  Char- 
latan  production  manager  Kevin  McKay, 
is  The  Grapes  of  Wrath  by  |ohn 
Steinbeck.  Says  McKay,  "This  Depression- 
era  story  takes  us  inside  the  Joad  family; 
couldn't  read  it  fast  enough."  He  was. 
going  to  say  more,  but  he's  behind  in  his 
reading.  Life  sure  is  tough  for  those  Eng- 
lish majors. 

Moliere's  Tartuffe  is  being  presented 
by  the  University  of  Ottawa  DramaGuild 
tonight  until  Feb.  12  at  8  p.m.  It's  show- 
ing in  the  Academic  Hall  at  the  U  of  O . 
And,  just  in  case  you  were  wondering,  it 
is  being  performed  in  English.  Admission 


is  $3  for  students,  $5  for  senior  citizens 
and  $8  for  everyone  else. 

There  will  be  a  symposium  on  the 
Global  Refugee  Crisis  tonight  at  the 
Faculty  Club  in  the  Unicentre.  It's  free 
and  starts  at  6:30  p.m. 


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Valda  Blundell,  from  Carleton's  de- 
partment of  sociology  and  anthropol- 
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Cultural  Politics  of  First  Nation  Pow- 
wows in  Room  2017,  Dunton  Tower 
at  3:30  p.m.  this  afternoon. 

On  yer  radio  this  eve  at  9  p.m.,  In  A 
Mellow  Tone  (CKCU  93.1  FM),  hosted  by 
Gaby  Warren,  features  the  music  of  Walt 
Dickerson. 


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Thursday  February  10 

lt'sgetting  near  the  end  of  the  week,  so 
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DO  YOU  CARE? 


In  the  next  365  days,  CUSA  will  spend  over  $2,500,000.00 
YOU  have  the  chance  to  decide  who  those  people  will  be. 


IMPROVE  THIS  STAT: 


In  South  Africa,  over  80%  of  the  population  doesn't  vote 
because  they  are  not  allowed  to. 
At  Carleton  University,  over  80%  of  the  student  body 
doesn't  vote  because  they  can't  be  bothered  to. 


GET  OUT  &  VOTE!! 


General  Elections 


For  more  information, 
contact  James  Rilett, 
Cheif  Electoral  Officer, 
at  127D  Unicentre. 


FEB.  8,9, 1 0 


Whereas:  this  year  funding  from  the  Carleton  University  Students'  Association  has  Do  you  support  paying  a  $1.00  levy  (per  student)  toward  subsidizing  the  creation 

allowed  the  University  of  Ottawa  Community  Legal  Clinic,  a  student  organization,  to  and  maintenance  of  a  Carleton  Hockey  Team  which  would  join  the  college  Hockey 

provide  legal  representation  and  advice  to  Carleton  Students.  Do  you  support  the  League? 
continuation  of  CUSA  funding  to  continue  these  services? 


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In  the  upcoming  elections,  we 
will  have  an  opportunity  to  take  an 
active  role  in  the  decision-making 
process.  You  CAN  choose  a 
representative  who  will  work  on 
YOUR  hehalf. 

Our  Students'  Association 
should  confront  the  financial  and 
social  concerns  unique  to  Carleton 
students.  Issues  such  as  greater 
CUSA  accessibility,  tuition  hikes, 
quality  of  education,  and  improved 
campus  safety  need  to  be  resolved 
with  dedication  and  competence. 
Our  Administration  must  be  made 
aware  of  our  interests. 

As  your  choice  for  President, 
we  can  work  together  for  a  more 
effective  Students"  Association. 
Our  partnership  WILL  bring  about 
change  for  the  better. 


Lloyd  Barry 


Stand  UP  For  Your  Rights 


Over  the  years,  the  rights  of 
students  at  Carleton  have  taken 
a  back  seat  as  successive  stu- 
dent associations  have  preoccu- 
pied themselves  with  petty  poli- 
tics. CUSA  has  become  irrele- 
vant to  many. 

While  CUSA  waffles,  cut- 
backs have  decimated  the 
quality  of  education  and  stu- 
dents have  had  little  say  in 
the  process. 

Teaching  assistants, 
library  acquisitions  and  lab 
equipment  are  cut  instead  of 
Administration  conference  travel  and 
expense  accounts. 

On  important  issues  such  as  curriculum,  safety,  cafeteria  price 
increases  and  tuition  hikes,  the  university  has  paid  little  more  than 
hp  service  to  students  because  CUSA  has  been  unwilling  to  stand  up 
to  the  administration.  ' 

Brenda  Kennedy  will  take  a  stand  on 
issues  which  concern  you. 


Brenda  KENNEDY  for  CUSA  PRESIDENT 


-=PRem£NT  i  to  be  eiecrtp^m 


Todd 

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With  experience  on  Foot  Patrol,  N.U.G.,  CUSA,  and  the  University 
Senate  I  have  fought  for  student  issues.  It  is  time  that  we  elect  a 
President  who  will  respect  the  position  as  well  as  the  views  of  the 
|  average  student. 


PRESIDENT 


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The  aims  of  the  Association  are: 

a.  to  serve  the  needs  of  students, 

b.  to  represent  the  students  of  Carleton 
University  to  the  University 
Administration,  to  the  public,  and 
public  officials,  to  other  centres  of 
learning,  and  to  other  organizations." 

-  CUSA  constitution 


PRESIDENT 


When  you're  hiring  your  next 
president,  know  your  candidates 
qualifications... 

•  Orientation  Commissioner 

•  RRRA  President 

•  Bree's  Manager 

•  Carleton  Student 
Advisory  Committee 

■  Foot  Patrol  Steering 
Committee 

•  Economics  Graduate 

•  Alumni  Committee 

•  Prep  Week  Committee 

•  Co-Chair  of  the 
PARTY  Committee 

•  First  Year  Experience 
Committee 

•  Date  Rape  PreventionCoi 

•  Health  Services  Advisory  BoaVd 

•  Panda  Staff  >s 

•  Brewer  Park  Co-ordinator 

•  Wilderness  Tours  Co-ordinator 

•  Concert  Crew 

•  CUSA  Rep  for  RRRA 

•  Homecoming  Committee 

•  Presidential  Advisory  Committee  on  Personal  Safety  | 

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Richard 


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O 
3 

President 


Why  should  you  wtb? 

The  Carleton  University  Students'  Association,  Inc.  is  a  democrat- 
ic, non-profit  organization,  the  purpose  of  which  is  to  provide  financial  and 
administrative  support  to  the  interests  and  needs  of  Carieton  University 
students.  All  Carleton  students  are  automatically  members  of  CUSA  and 
have  a  say  in  how  the  Association  is  operated.  Students  can  run  for  stu- 
dents' council  positions  during  these  annual  elections  and  everyone  is  wel- 
come to  attend  the  regular  council  meetings  held  in  Baker  Lounge. 

A  portion  of  your  student  fees  is  allocated  to  the  Students'  Associ- 
ation, and  CUSA's  policies  and  projects  have  an  effect  on  your  Carleton 
University  experience.  CUSA  council  directs  most  of  the  social  program- 
ming on  campus  and  assumes  an  Administrative  role  as  well,  placing  stu- 
dent representatives  on  the  University  Senate,  the  Board  ot  Governors  and 
on  a  number  of  University  committees. 

The  CUSA  President  is  responsible  for  the  CUSA  Executive,  staff, 
and  ail  activities  conducted  by  the  Association.  The  President  is  also  the 
main  spokesperson  for  the  students.  The  CUSA  Finance  Commissioner  is 
responsible  for  CUSA's  financial  activities  and  operations,  overseeing  the 
budget,  signing  all  contracts  on  behalf  of  your  Association  and  participat- 
ing in  long  range  planning  to  ensure  that  the  Association  experiences  con- 
tinued growth. 

The  people  on  these  pages  will  be  making  decisions  that  directly 
affect  your  life  at  Carleton.  You  owe  it  to  yourself  to  follow  the  debates,  get 
to  know  where  they  stand,  and  make  your  vote  count  on  February  8,  9  and 
10. 

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ffWANCe  COMMfSSfOMR  t  TO  8£  £UCT£0, 


FINANCE  COMMISSIONER 

KISIELEWSKI,  Robert 


DEDICATED  TO  STUDENTS!  Get  out  &  vote  Feb  8,9,10/94) 


GOALS: 

Corporate  sponsorship  for: 
0%  student  fee  increases 
Unicentre  mall 
Grocery  store 
Cheaper  prices  on  campus 
Cut  CUSA  Executive  perks 
More  funding  for  sports, 
societies,  and  safety 


EXPERIENCE: 

V.P.  Economic  Society 
V.P.  Association  of  Carleton 
Entrepreneurs 

Exec.  "No  CFS  Fee  Increase" 
campaign 

B.A.  Law,  Poli  Sci  '92,  H.B.A.  Law  '95 

Residence,  Foot  Patrol 

Sigma  Pi  Alumni  (3X  Chairperson) 


T  0  WA'R'DS  A"B  R'0'A,DER*'H  0  RIZ  0  N 


DID  YOU  KNOW? 

CUSA'S  Budget 
totalled  over  2miHion 
dollars  this  year. 

It's  important  to 
ensure  YOUR  money 
is  spent  wisely. 

Experience: 

» Completed  4  years  of 
Business  training, 
specializing  in  Accounting. 

•VICE  PRESIDENT 
RESIDENCE  ASSOCIATION 
(R.R.R.A.  92-93) 

•ASSISTANT  GENERAL 
MANAGER  (R.R.R.A. 
91-92)  Liquor  Ops  division 

•  2  years  service  with  private  Accounting  firm 

MAKE  YOUR  MONEY  WORK,  Effectively  &  Economically. 


TREVOR  MULZER 

FOR 

FINANCE  COMMISSIONER 


PRACTICAL  EXPERIENCE! 


Twice  elected  as  CUSA 
Financial  Review  0, 
Committee  Chair  W 

Bar  Management  6| 


I  Private  Sector  Financing 
I  Economics  Major 


IT'S  YOUR  MONEY,  MAKE  AN  INFORMED  CHOICE. 

VOTE  WENDY  STEWART 


I  FINANCE  COMMISSIONER 


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Remember,  Council  is  the  legislative  authority  of  CUSA.  The  elected 
councillors' term  will  be  from  May  1, 1994  until  April,  30  1995. 

VOTE  oa/  February  8,  9  and  fOf 

Voting  times  will  be  1 1 :1 0  am  until  9:1 0  pm  each  day. 
Polling  locations  will  be  at: 
Loeb  Tunnel  Entrance 

Unicentre 
Mackenzie  Building 
Tunnel  Junction  (near  vending  machines) 
Tunnel  Junction  between  Steacie  and  Herzberg  Buildings 
Residence  Commons 
St.  Patrick's  Building 

For  further  information,  please  contact  James  Rilett,  Chief  Electoral  Officer,  at  127D 
Unicentre,  788-2600  ext.1648. 


*BETTS 

Colin 

Vote  for 

Arts  and  Social  Science 

Rep.  '94-'95 

CARLETON 

PROUD 


Christian 

Dallaire 

Before  anything  can  be 
accomplished  we  need  to  know 
what  YOU  the  voter  wants  and 
needs.  This  can  only  be  achieved 
by  hard  work,  dedication  and  a 
constant  relational  communication. 
This  is  imperative  and  I  realize  that 
there's  a  lot  of  work  to  be  done  and 
I'm  willing  to  DO  ITI"-£p^g»«- 

Arts  &  Social  Science  rep 


Re-elect 

JOHN 


§  ® 

&  ess 


ARTS/SOC.  SCI.    S  © 


Michael  BARBOUR 


Loreto  ESTAY 


ft»L 


Re-elect 


RYAN  BUTT 


ARTS  AND  SOCIAL  SCIENCE  REP  . 


Experienced 
Understanding 
Hard  Working 


elect  Judy  %J> 
DOMINICK 


FOR  ARTS  &  SOCIAL  SCIENCES 
COUNCILOR 


Loreto  ESTAY 


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=EE^mA^rs  Rep  f4  to  B£  iuereo^m — 


STEPHEN  HUYCKE 

ARTS  &  SOCIAL  SCIENCES 

••  I  BELIEVE  THAT  THE  AVERAGE  STUDENT 
IS  CONCERNED  WITH  DOLLARS  AND  CENTS. 
THE  PROBABILITY  OF  HIGH  TUITION 
INCREASES  WORRIES  ANY  CARLETON  STU- 
DENT. I  BELIEVE  THAT  STUDENT  COUNCIL 
MUST  FIND  NEW  METHODS  TO  PAY  FOR 
THE  SERVICES  THEY  OFFER.  IF  ELECTED 
THAT'S  WHAT  I  PLAN  TO  DO:  FIND  NEW 
WAYS  OF  PAYING  FOR  SERVICES  WITHOUT 
CHARGING  STUDENTS  ANY  MORE  CASH." 


PREPARING  FOR  THE  21 M  CENTURY 


M 


GOLEM 


I  p  ■  Head  Facilitator 

■  Long  Range  Planning 
1993:     Committee  Chair 

■  NUG  Representative  - 
Law 


VOTE  for  Experience  and 
Dedication  on  your  CUSA  Council. 


HP 


^JENKINS 

Heather 

Vote  for 

Arts  and  Social  Science 

Rep.  '94-'95 

X.  CARLETON 

S  PROUD 


A  NEW  WAVE  IN 
STUDENT  POLITICS 

ARTS  AND  SOCIAL  SCIENCE 


For  a  STRONG  VOICE 
in  CUSA  COUNCIL  VOTE 

,or  PIERRE 
LEDUC 


For  ARTS  /  SOCIAL  SCIENCES 

Personal  message: 
In  my  two  years  at  Carleton,  my 
committment  to  academics,  cam- 
pus safety  and  students'  interest 
have  been  reflected  in  my  involve- 
ment in  New  University  Govern- 
ment (NUG).  Fool  Patrol  and  the 
Mass  Communication  Society. 


A  vote  for  PIERRE  LEDUC  is  a 
vote  for  continued  strong 
committments. 


RYAN 

MM 

ARTS  AND  SOCIAL  SCIENCE  REP 


Stop  the  rhetoric. 

Line 

Icjren 

[ARTS  &  SOCIAL  SCIENCES  | 

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^ARTS  Rep  t4  to  Be  mm® a 


DAWD  MACDONALD 


E  LE 


EXPERIENCE 
ABILITY 
INTEGRITY 


ARTS/SOCIAL  SCIENCE  REPRESENTATIVE 


SCOTT  PARE 


ARTS  &  SOCIAL  SCIENCE  REP 


A  Strong 
Voice  for 
Your  Concerns 


VOTE  FOR:  JONATHAN 

POSTNER 


Better  CUSA-R.R.R.A 
Communication 
Fix  the  C.F.S 
N.U.G. 


:.f.s.^ 


Change 
Lower  Tuition 
Improved 
cad 


Academics 

REAY,Ian 


Remember  your 
2R's  ' 


Reav 

0%St 


Reid 


Safety 

Sports  Funding 
Residence  A- 
Frosh 


0%  Student  Fee  Increases 
Better  Awareness  of 
Student  Services 
Change  for  Progress 

REID,  Wendy 


Safety 

Sports  Funding 
Residence 
Frosh  «r-# 


0%  Student  Fee  Increases 
Better  Awareness  of 
Student  Services 
Change  for  Progress 

REID,  Wendy 


Remember  your 

r  Reay  & 


Reid 


Better  CUSA-R.RR.A 
Communication 

Fix  the  C.F.S.  a. 

N.U.G.    mJ^g  Academics 


Change 
Lower  Tuition 
Improved 
cad 


RE  AY,  Ian 


John 
Wayne 

ROSS 


Continuing  in  the 
tradition  set  as 
Student  Academic 
Action  Bureau 
Coordinator; 

Speaking  out  for 

Students' 

concerns 


No  Student.regardless  of  sex.ethnicity.religion 
or  sexuality  should  feel  threatened  at  Carleton 
in  any  way.  CUSA 's  integrity  can  he  restored 
through  a  sound,  open-minded  fiscal  policy 
and  a  responsive  social  agenda. 
Partisan  politics  are  for  politicians,  CUSA  is 
for  Carleton  students. 


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ARTS  R£P  f4  TO  B£  ttfCTiD 


Perry  "Shaman  Long  Hair"  Simpson  (running  mate.Sandy  Wakeling) 


Date  Rape  Prevention  Educator  93-94. 
Facilitator  93-94. 
Rezzie  91-92,92-93. 
Shaman  of  the  HILLPEOPLE. 
Not  a  bad  little  dancer. 

Interests:  Acoustic  guitar, 
skating,  breakdancing,  Elvis- 
impersonating  &  cartoons. 

"Sandy  and  I  want  to  make 
Carleton  a  more  safe,  more 
productive,  and  much  more  fun 
place  for  every  student.  We 
will  do  our  best  to  make  CUSA 
look  mah-velous. " 


5'11",  Green  Eyes,  Brown  Hair. 

Political  Science  III. 

Peer  Counsellor  92-93,  93-94. 


Sandy  "The  Sandman"  Wakeling  (running  mate:  Perry  Simpson) 


Transitions  Pr> 
volunteer  9 


iram 


5'10",  Blue  Eyes,  Brown  Hair  (the  one  on  the  right). 
Psychology  III. 

Date  Rape  Prevention  Peer  Educator  93-94.  Facilitator  93-94. 

Foot  Patrol  91-93 
Rezzie  3rd  Stormont  91-92. 
Interests:  Harmonica,  skiing, 
cartoons,  windsurfing,  haiku 
poetry. 

"Perry  and  I  will  do  our 
guaranteed  best  to  ensure  your 
needs  are  well  represented. 
Together,  we  can  make  a 
difference,  because  CUSA  doesn't 
have  to  exert  vacuum  pressure. " 


SHAt/A/  MRDON 


YOU  DESERVE  AN 
EXPERIENCED  CUSA! 

TWADDLE  WILL: 

Q  lobby  for  a  student  Food  Bank  on  campus. 

□  propose  a  debate  &  referendum  on  CFS 
membership  and  fees 

□  lobby  for  a  Human  Rights  Board  composed  of 
student  rep's  to  advocate  on  behalf  of  students 

□  lobby  for  a  Students  of  Colour  Centre  k 

RENEE  TWADDLE- WORKING  FOR  YOU!  W 

TWADDLE  H 

ARTS  &  SOCIAL  SCIENCES  REP 


RYAN 
WARD 


ARTS/SOCIAL  SCIENCE  REP 


Plepate  to.  he  i«teUecti«db^  | 


SC/£MC£  REP 


There  are  3  positions  for 
science  student  representatives 

on  CUSA  council,  but  no  candidates  for  94/95. 
Positions  as  interim  councillors  will  be  available; 
for  information  on  becoming  an  interim  representative 
contact  the  Electoral  Office,  127D  Unicentre,  788-1648 


^COMMERCE  R£P  3  POS/T/OA/S, 


Daniel  Maloley 

has  been  acclaimed. 

There  is  still  one  commerce  position  available; 
for  information  on  becoming  an  interim  representative 
contact  the  Electoral  Office.  1270  Unicentre.  788-1648. 

CONGRAWLATfONS  DAWUf 


Brian  Cornier 

has  been  acclaimed. 

There  is  still  one  commerce  position  available: 
for  information  on  becoming  an  interim  representative 
contact  the  Electoral  Office.  127D  Unicentre,  788-1648. 

CONGRATVLATfOMS  SR/AA// 


As  the  legends  foretold,  he  appeared  out  of  the  arctic  mist  of 
Mackenzie  field  during  the  first  fullmoon.  Ominously,  his  attention 
turned  towards  the  Unicentre,  and  all  he  gazed  upon  were  taken 
with  fear  and  dread.  Trees  wailed  at  his  passing;  the  earth  trembled 
under  his  foot.  After  a  year  hiatus,  DOOM  had  returned  to  CUSA 
council,  and  his  name  was: 

SNARL 


Carl  Hentschel 

acclaimed  as 
CUSA  Engineering  Rep. 

Be  afraid  mortals.  Be  very  afraid. 


^E^mjOURMAUSM  REP 


3  POSITIONS 


Craig  Taylor 

has  been  acclaimed. 
"Thanks  for  all  your  support!" 

There  is  still  one  engineering  position  available; 
for  information  on  becoming  an  interim  representative 
conta  ct  the  Electoral  Office.  127D  Unicentre.  788-1648. 

CONGRATULATfONS  CRA/Gf 


^^ARCWTECTURE  REP 


Sheldon  Baker 

has  been  acclaimed. 
CONGRATULATfOMS  SHELDON? 


There  is  1  position  for  a 
journalism  student  representative 

on  CUSA  council,  but  no  candidates  for  94/95. 

A  position  as  interim  councillor  will  be  available; 
for  information  on  becoming  an  interim  representative 
contact  the  Electoral  Office,  127D  Unicentre,  788-1648. 


WOMPUTiR  SC/EA/CE  REP 


=ffi/DUSTR?AL  OES/ffl  RiP 


There  is  1  position  for  a 
computer  science  student  representative 

on  CUSA  council,  but  no  candidates  for  94/95. 
A  position  as  interim  councillor  will  be  available; 
for  information  on  becoming  an  interim  representative 
conta  ctthe  ElectorafOffice,  127D  Unicentre,  788-1648. 


There  is  1  position  for  an 
industrial  design  student  representative 

on  CUSA  council,  but  no  candidates  for  94/95. 
A  position  as  interim  councillor  will  be  available; 
for  information  on  becoming  an  interim  representative 
'  contact  the  Electoral  Office,  127D  Unicentre,  788-1648. 


= SPEC f At  STUDENT  RiP 


There  are  3  positions  for 
special  student  representatives 

on  CUSA  council,  but  no  candidates  for  94/95. 
Positions  as  interim  councillors  will  be  available; 
for  information  on  becoming  an  interim  representative 
conta  ctthe  Electoral  Office,  127D  Unicentre,  788-1648. 


Remember.  Council  is  the  legislative  authority  of  CUSA.  The  elect- 
ed councillors' term  will  be  from  May  1, 1994  until  Apri.l  30  1995. 

VOTE  on  February  8,  9  aa/d  ?Of 

Voting  times  will  be  11:10  am  until  9:10  pm  each  day. 

Polling  locations  will  be  at: 

Loeb  Tunnel  Entrance  Unicentre 
Residence  Commons  St.  Patrick's  Building 

Mackenzie  Building  Tunnel  Junction 

Tunnel  Junction  between  Steacie  and  Herzberg  Buildings 
For  further  information,  please  contact  James  Rilett.  Chief  Electoral  Officer,  at 
127D  Unicentre.  788-2600  ext.1648. 


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'Board  of  Governors  Z  to  ee  eucrio. 


The  Board  of  Governors  is  the  highest  governing 
body  on  Campus,  with  authority  over  the  setting 
of  the  University  budget,  the  level  of  tuition,  Uni- 
versity fundraising  programmes,  new  buildings 
on  campus,  etc.  There  are  only  two  undergrad 
student  members  of  the  Board.  If  you  care  about 
the  University's  responsibility  to  its  students,  fol- 
low the  campaigns  of  the  students  on  these 
pages,  and  W?T£f 

The  senate  is  the  highest  academic  decision-mak- 
ing body  at  Carleton,  and  its  decisions  affect  vir- 
tually every  aspect  of  your  academic  life.  It  deter- 
mines admissions  and  graduation  requirements; 
it  conducts  exams;  it  grants  degrees  and  diplo- 
mas; it  awards  scholarships,  medals,  and  prizes. 
Eight  undergrad  and  two  graduate  students  are 
elected  to  sit  on  the  Senate  each  year.  Only  l\IUG 
reps  (New  University  Government)  may  run  for 
these  positions. 


•  The  charisma  of  a  beach  ball 

•  Duller  than  a  year-old  pencil 

•  Stiffer  than  plywood 

•  Drier  than  the  Sahara 

BORED 

OF  GOVERNORS 


The  Board  of  Governors  is  the  highest 
governing  body  on  campus.  The  Board 
has  authority  on  setting  the  University 
budget,  setting  the  level  of  tuition  and 
deciding  on  new  construction  projects. 

There  are  only  two  undergraduate 
students  on  the  Board. 


BOARD  OF 
GOVERNORS 


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f Board  of  Governors  2  to  be  elected. 


To  be  an  effective  representative  on 
the  Board  of  Governors,  you  need 
a  candidate  with  an  awareness 
of  student  issues 
and  hands  on 
administrative 
experience... 

•  Directly  lobbyed 
the  Minister  of 
Colleges  and 
Universities 

•  supervised  $200,000 
Orientation  budget 

<~*'\-  j 

•  productively  participated    \  A* 

in  numerous  campus  committees 

•  co-ordinated  a  wide  range  of  student  activites 

•  in-depth  knowledge  of  the  Administrative  stucture 


Richard 


Vote 


J2 1 1  STEWART 


of  Carleton  University 


Experience 

I  LET  IT  WORK  FOR  YOU 


fx 


'u  I 


Board 
of 

Governors 


rf?  Voice 


For 

BOARD  of 
GOVERNORS 


SoctAL  sc/ea/ce  sea/ate  2  to  be  elected 


FOR: 

SENATE! 


Elect 


RYAN  BUTT 


SENATE-SOCIAL  SCIENCE 


A  Strong  wme  for  students 

/A/  THE  ffGHT  FOR  A  BETTER 
EDI/CATfOA/  fOR  AUf 


SENATE:  SOCIAL  SCIENCE 

REAY,lan 

■  ITV 

■Accountability  & 
Communication 

■  NO  Academic  Cutbacks 

Make  your  voice  count!! 


Carleton 
University 


KEEP 
THIS  DOOR 
OPEN. 


JOHN  WELLS 

Senate  -  Social  Science 


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-^ARTS  SENATE  ARCHtTECTt/RE/fNDUSTRtAL  DESIGN 


There  are  2  positions  available 
for  undergraduate  arts  student  members 
of  Carleton's  Senate. 


There  is  1  position  available 
for  undergraduate  architecture/industrial  design 
student  members  of  Carleton's  Senate. 


"EtiGWEERWG  SENATE  f  TO  BE  ELECTED, 


Senate  Engineering 

David 


Experience:  '/VUG  Engineering  Facu/ty  Rep 
•CUSA  Engineering  Counciior 


SENTHOORAN  SR/DAS 


mCOMPUTER  SC/EA/CE/SC/ENCE  W GRADUATE  STUD fES&RESE ARCH 


GAULT 


There  are  2  positions  available 
for  graduate  student  members  of  Carleton's  Senate. 


The  1994  CDSA  General  Elections  Sup- 
plement was  designed  &  produced  by 
Stacy  Fietz  &  Blair  Griezic. 

It  was  printed  by 
Performance  Printing  Ltd. 
65  Lome  St.,  Smiths  Falls. 

The  1994  Carleton  University  Students' 
Association  General  Election  Supple- 
ment, produced  on  behalf  of  the  Cheif 


Electoral  Officer  by  the  CUSA  Publica- 
tions office,  is  a  paid  advertising  insert 
in  the  February  3,  1994  edition  of  The 
Charlatan  through  the  agreement  and 
cooperation  ot  Charlatan  Publications, 
Inc.  All  candidates  have  been  provided 
space  in  this  publication,  without  excep- 
tion, in  accordance  with  the  Consolidat- 
ed Electoral  Code,  By  Law  VII  of  the 
Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion, Inc.  All  candidates  were  formally 


notified  of  their  right  to  have  promo- 
tional material  included  in  this  publica- 
tion. The  CUSA  Publications  Office 
accepts  no  responsibility  for  any  omis- 
sion or  errors;  no  omission  or  error 
which  may  appear  in  this  publication 
shall  be  grounds  for  a  constitutional 
appeal  by  any  candidate  or  offended 
party.  No  portion  of  this  publication 
may  be  reproduced  or  transmitted  in 
any  form  or  by  any  means,  electronic, 


or  mechanical,  including  photocopying 
and  faxing,  without  the  express,  written 
permission  of  the  Chief  Electoral  Officer 
and  the  Carleton  University  Student's 
Association. 

©Copyright  1994  by 
Carleton  University 

Student's  Association,  Inc.  All  Rights 
reserved. 


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by  Derek  DeCloet 

cna/latan  Staff 

Poorly  organized  debates,  question- 
able campaigning  tactics  and  an  obvi- 
ously biased  poll  clerk  who  may  have 
been  left  to  mind  a  ballot  box  alone. 

These  are  just  some  of  the  problems 
the  Carleton  University  Students'  Asso- 
ciation has  run  into  during  its  1994  elec- 
tion campaign. 

Some  of  the  key  concerns: 

•  There  have  been  two  all-candidate 
debates  for  all  races,  including  president, 
finance  commissioner,  senate,  board  of 
governors  and  arts  and  social  sciences 
representatives  in  Baker  Lounge  on  Feb. 
2  and  in  Rooster's  on  Feb.  3. 

CUSA's  constitution  calls  for  at  least 
four  all-candidate  debates.  A  Jan.  31 
debate  in  the  Fenn  Lounge  was  cancelled 
because  of  booking  problems. 

"With  the  Fenn  debate  being  cut,  I 
don't  know  how  many  people  in  resi- 
dence are  aware  of  the  CUSA  election 
(issues),"  says  Tom  Golem,  a  candidate 
for  arts  and  social  sciences. 

Another  arts  debate,  scheduled  for 
Baker  Lounge  Feb.  7,  was  cancelled  be- 
cause nobody  showed  up  to  listen. 

Two  additional  debates  for  president, 
finance  commissioner  and  board  of  gov- 
ernors went  ahead  as  scheduled  in  Roost- 
er's Feb.  7.  The  presidential  candidates 
debated  on  CKCU-FM  Feb.  4. 

•  The  debates  have  been  poorly  publi- 
cized and  the  only  ones  that  have  been 
well  attended  have  been  held  in  Roost- 
er's, where  large  crowds  usually  gather 
anyway. 

Even  some  of  the  candidates  we're  in 
the  dark  about  the  debates.  Todd 
McAllister,  a  candidate  for  president  and 
board  of  governors,  says  he  found  out 
about  one  of  the  debates  by  accident.  He 
showed  up  for  a  board  of  governors  de- 


bate in  I 
Rooster's 
and  was 
told  there 
was  also 
a  presi- 
dential 
debate 
after  the 
board  de- 
bate. He 
says  poor 
publicity 
has 
made  the 
debates 
almost 
useless  to  [ 
students. 

leads  me  Rilett:  ^'"9  to  control  CUSA's  election  chaos. 


to  wonder  how  many  students  actually 
benefited  from  having  the  debates,"  he 
says. 

•  Several  candidates  have  complained 
about  shady  campaign  tactics  of  oppo- 
nents. Richard  Stanton  was  warned  by 
chief  electoral  officer  [ames  Rilett  about 
campaigning  in  Oliver's  Feb.  2.  It's 
against  the  constitution  to  campaign  in 
a  commercial  place. 

Stanton  says  he  was  there  with  friends 
and  was  simply  answering  questions  from 
interested  voters.  "It  wasn't  like  I  was 
going  around  actively  soliciting  votes," 
he  says. 

McAllisterallegesthatoneofStanton's 
campaign  workers,  who  is  also  working 
as  a  poll  clerk,  was  left  alone  at  her  poll 
for  half  an  hour  during  the  first  day  of 
voting.  A  poll  clerk  is  not  allowed  to  take 
ballots  if  he  or  she  is  alone. 

Rilett  says  he's  looking  into  the  mat- 
ter, but  no  one  has  been  fired  and  no 
candidates  will  be  disciplined. 


Presidential  candidate  Elaine  Silver 
also  complained  that  a  Stanton  pam- 
phlet was  clearly  visible  in  finance  com- 
missioner Rene  Faucher's  office,  making 
it  look  like  a  CUSA  endorsement  of 
Stanton. 

•  Rilett  has  been  accused  of  applying 
the  rules — like  the  one  Stanton  broke  for 
campaigning  in  Oliver's — too  liberally. 

"There's  been  talk  about  candidates 
getting  warnings  for  things  that  prob- 
ably would  have  disqualified  them  in 
years  past,"  says  John  Edwards,  who's 
running  for  board  of  governors  and  arts 
representative. 

•  Then,  there  are  the  usual  complaints 
about  posters.  Students  say  there  are  too 
many  of  them.  Candidates  complain  that 
students  or  other  candidates  rip  them 
down.  But  since  few  students  have  seen 
the  debates,  the  posters  are  important  to 
a  candidate's  image. 

"Really,  you're  buying  the  electorate," 
says  Kristine  Haselsteiner,  vice-president 


external  and  CEO  in  1991-92.  "The  only 
way  you  can  see  a  name  over  and  over 
again  in  a  multitude  of  posters  is  if  you 
have  the  most  artistic  and  the  most  flam- 
boyant posters  that  really  shocks  you 
and  stands  out,  and  the  only  way  to  do  it 
is  if  you  have  the  money  to  backyourself 
up." 

Though  candidates  have  spending  lim- 
its for  posters  and  other  election  mate- 
rial, the  amount  of  money  they  dish  out 
is  calculated  by  set  guidelines  of  how 
muchapostershouldcost,  nothowmuch 
it  actually  costs. 

For  example,  finance  commissioner 
candidate  Rob  [amieson'sfancyblueand 
orange  posters  cost  him  about  50  cents  a 
piece  for  1,000  posters. 

But  CUSA  calculates  the  posters  at  six 
cents  each.  That  allows  Jamieson  to  run 
a  glossy  campaign  —  he  says  he  has 
spent  over  $1,200  —  staying  within  the 
president  and  finance  commissioner 
spending  limit  of  $  150. 

"There's  something  wrong  with  a  sys- 
tem like  that,"  says  Golem. 

Stanton  says  he's  spent  $500  on  his 
campaign,  McAllistersayshe'sspent$2S0 
and  presidential  candidate  Brenda 
Kennedy  says  she's  spent  $800. 

The  candidates  have  some  ideas  about 
how  to  prevent  this  annual  wallpapering 
of  Carleton.  Silver  says  candidates  should 
not  be  allowed  to  have  professional  print- 
ing done. 

Stanton  says  posters  should  be  limited 
to  keep  their  numbers  down.  But  he  ad- 
mits that  until  changes  are  made,  "You 
get  sucked  into  it.  You  have  to  cover  the 
campus  with  posters  (to  compete)." 

"We'll  have  to  do  something,"  says 
Rilett,  who  may  ask  CUSA  to  regulate  the 
amount  in  real  dollars  candidates  are 
allowed  to spendon  posters.  "People  think 
it  looks  silly  and  it  does."  □ 


Undergrad  TAs  confused  about  vote 


by  Ryan  Nakashima 

Charlatan  SlQtf 

With  a  strike  vote  set  for  Feb.  15-17, 
some  undergraduate  teaching  assistants 
say  they  disagree  with  some  of  their  un- 
ion local's  negotiating  positions  and 
aren'thappywith  its  lackof  communica- 
tion. 

"I  didn't  get  anything  (regarding  the 
strike  vote),"  says  Carmela  Graziani,  an 
undergraduate  journalism  teaching  as- 
sistant. 

She  only  found  out  about  a  Feb.  2 
meeting  between  journalism,  mass  com- 
munications and  social  work  teaching 
assistants  to  discuss  the  strike  vote  proc- 
ess when  approached  by  a  Charlotan  re- 
porter the  next  day. 

Michel  Roy,  president  of  the  Cana- 
dian Union  of  Public  Employees  Local 
2323,  says  the  February  vote  will  give  the 
union  a  mandate  heading  into  the  final 
mediation  meeting  March  7. 

After  mediation,  the  local's  1,200 
members,  including  200  to  300  under- 
graduates, will  vote  on  whether  to  accept 
a  final  offer  made  by  the  university.  If  the 
local  votes  to  strike  and  rejects  the  final 
university  offer,  it  will  be  legally  allowed 
to  strike  March  8. 

The  local  is  asking  for  a  tuition  freeze, 
a  five  per  cent  wage  increase  and  an 
extra  10  paid  hours  each  year.  If  ac- 
cepted by  the  university,  the  tuition  freeze 
would  maintain  a  local  member's  tuition 
fees  for  the  duration  of  their  employ- 
ment. 

The  university  has  offered  the  local  no 
tuition  freeze  and  no  wage  increase,  ac- 
cording to  Dave  Van  Dine,  a  member  of 
the  university  administration  negotia- 


tion team. 

One  local  request  is  forundergraduate 
teaching  assistants  to  be  guaranteed  two 
school  terms  of  work  instead  of  one. 
Graduate  teaching  assistants  are  guar- 
anteed four  terms  of  work. 

Currently,  undergraduate  teaching 
assistants  might  not  be  re-hired  in  the 
second  term  ifthe  professor  wants  to  hire 
a  different  teaching  assistant,  says  Roy, 
although  he  hasn't  heard  of  this  happen- 
ing. 

Some  undergraduates  say  getting  the 
guarantee  is  not  worth  striking  over. 

"As  far  as  we're  concerned,  the  con- 
tract with  the  university  ends  at  the  end 
of  the  term, "  says  Chulaka  Ailapperuma, 
a  fourth-year  computer  science  teaching 
assistant. 

Robert Telka,  another  fourth-year  com- 
puterscience  teaching  assistant,  says  jobs 
in  the  second  term  should  remain  open 
to  the  best  candidates,  instead  of  being 
guaranteed  to  first-term  teaching  assist- 
ants. 

Roy  calls  the  undergraduates'  stance 
frustrating.  , 

"If  s  completely  irrational  to  ask  not 
to  be  protected.  Even  if  you  work  at 
McDonald's,  you  don't  have  to  apply  for 
your  job  every  year." 

Ailapperuma  and  Telka  also  don't 
think  a  strike  is  warranted  over  local 
positions  such  as  a  tuition  freeze  or  a  five 
per  cent  salary  increase. 

"I'm  not  going  to  tell  my  professor, 
'no,  I'm  not  going  to  work  for  you  any 
more,'"  says  Ailapperuma. 

"(A  strike)  willhurtthe  university  as  a 
whole.  Students  suffer.  Professors  suffer," 
says  Telka. 


Most  undergraduate  teaching  assist- 
ants in  journalism,  mass  communica- 
tion and  social  work  missed  their  local 
meeting  because  they  weren't  told  about 
it  by  their  department's  union  repre- 
sentatives. 

"There  was  only  one  undergrad  TA  at 
the  (Feb.  2)  meeting,"  says  Carol 
Risebrough,  a  graduate  student  and 
teaching  assistant  in  mass  communica- 
tions. The  local  says  about  20  teaching 
assistants  were  there. 

Departmental  meetings  were  held  lan. 
28  to  Feb.  1 0  to  update  local  members  on 
the  negotiating  process  and  on  issues 
relating  to  the  strike  vote,  says  Roy. 


Roy  says  the  local  relies  on  informal 
departmental  contacts  to  communicate 
with  its  teaching  assistants. 

Byron  Chu,  the  journalism  representa- 
tive for  the  local  and  a  graduate  student, 
says  "I  don't  even  know  who  the 
undergrad  TAs  are." 

Roy  says  it  was  Chu's  job  to  contact 
the  journalism  local  members,  but  Chu 
says  he  never  received  a  memo  to  be 
delivered  to  teaching  assistants' 
mailboxes.  Roy  says  it's  up  to  the  contact 
people  to  write  their  own  memos. 

Chu  adds  he  did  tell  those  teaching 
assistants  in  his  graduate  school  classes 
to  attend  the  Feb.  2  meeting.  □ 


The  cover  was 
conceptualized  by  a 
collective  of  Black 
students  at  Carleton. 
They  write:  "When  we 
say  The  Black  Holocaust 
.  ..Never Again" we 
mean  just  that.  Westand 
united  to  fight  and 
overcome  any  means  of 
oppression  against  us.  In 
this  belief  we  are 


j a brighter 
future. " 
Cover  Art  By  Malcolm  fork 


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February  10,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


Memos  question iput-of-class  conduct 


by  Jane  Tattersall 

Charlatan  Statt 

A  memo  from  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association  to  the  university's 
departmental  chairs  and  directors  has 
sparked  a  debate  overwhether  professors 
and  students  should  socialize  after  class. 

CUSA's  director  of  services,  Theresa 
Cowan,  says  she  has  received  both  posi- 
tive and  negative  reaction  since  writing 
the  |an.  10  memo. 

In  the  memo,  Cowan  expresses  con- 
cern over  the  frequency  with  which  Car- 
leton professors  socialize  and  attend  par- 
ties with  students. 

She  says  this  practice  may  be  consid- 
ered a  means  for  professors  to  establish  a 
better  working  relationship  with  their 
students,  but  writes "...  this  type  of  social 
activity  creates  a  haven  for  harassment 
and  coercion  and  gives  students  who 
participate  the  advantage  of  developing 
a  comraderie  (sic)  with  their  instructor. 

"This  advantage  results  in  the  crea- 
tion of  an  unlevel  playing  field  for  those 
who  do  not  feel  comfortable  in  such  a 
situation,  and  those  who  cannot  afford 
the  luxury  of  a  week-end  party  or  after- 
class  drinks." 

Cowan  says  the  tone  of  the  memo  is 
"constructive"  and  "conversation-stimu- 
lating." 

"1  think  that  what  1  was  saying  was 
Think  about  this',  1  mean,  you're  not 
being  fair  to  all  of  your  students.  You 
know,  it's  really  nice  that  you  do  this,  and 
open  your  home  to  students,  but  think 
about  what  kind  of  playing  field  you  are 
creating  for  students  who  can't  do  this 
sort  of  thing." 

The  memo  was  also  circulated  to  the 
university's  status  of  women  office  and 
the  women's  centre. 

Jane  Keeler,  a  counsellor  and  part- 
time  human  rights  educator  on  campus, 
says  she  supports  the  memo  because  the 
issue  has  to  be  discussed  and  depart- 


ments have  to  become  more  aware  of  it. 

But  Klaus  Pohle,  a  Carleton  journal- 
ism professor,  has  some  concerns  about 
the  memo. 

"We  have  to  use  our  common  sense 
here.  1  mean,  there's  appropriate  social- 
izing and  there's  inappropriate  socializ- 
ing, and  as  long  as  it  doesn't  interfere 
with  making  good  judgments  about  peo- 
ple when  it  comes  to  grades,  it  (socializ- 
ing) seems  totally  appropriate  to  me." 

Pohle  says  the  memo  has  had  no 
effect  on  departments,  but  adds  "I  do 
agree  that  it  is  useful  to  remind  people, 
but  1  think  most  of  us  are  grown  up 
enough  and  mature  enough  as  adults  to 
know  how  to  behave  and  not  to  behave." 

Cowan  says  people  opposed  to  the 
memo  have  legitimate  concerns. 

"They're  very  sincere  and  they're  very 
worried  about  being  attacked,  so  rather 
than  looking  (at)  whether  these  are  real 
concerns  that  need  to  be  sorted  out,  they 
go,  'How  might  it  impinge  on  me?'  and 
see  it  like  that,"  says  Cowan. 

On  lan.  28  Cowan  issued  a  second 
memo  to  clarify  the  first  one. 

"The  memo  was  intended  to  stimulate 
discussion  and  to  recognize  some  of  the 
negative  repercussions  such  invitations 


could  have.  It  was  not  written  to  extin- 
guish all  instructor-student  interaction, 
it  was  intended  to  remind  instructors  that 
they  hold  positions  of  power,  and  that 
this  powershould  neverbe  abused,"  writes 
Cowan  in  the  second  memo. 

Student  reaction  to  the  controversy 
has  been  low-key,  mostly  because  the 
memo  was  only  sent  out  to  academic 
departments.  But  students  who  know 
about  the  memo  have  conflicting  views. 

Trish  Hurley,  a  fourth-year  journal- 
ism student,  says  the  memo  goes  too  far. 

"I've  been  to  a  professor's  house  for  a 
party.  Maybe  with  some  professors  stu- 
dents feel  that  their  mark  was  dependent 
on  it.  I  didn't  feel  that  way  with  this 
particular  professor,"  she  says. 

"I  felt  there  was  a  little  pressure  to  go 
but  in  no  way  was  I  uncomfortable  about 
going.  It  was  a  nice  way  to  see  that  your 


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professors  are  human  beings.  It  wasn't  a 
big  deal  at  all  and  I  never  saw  it  as  one. 
I  think  this  CUSA  thing  is  ridiculous,"  she 
says. 

Lisa  Mela,  a  first-year  political  science 
and  law  major,  says  she  hasn't  been 
involved  in  any  type  of  social  activity 
with  her  professors,  but  says  some  of  the 
people  on  her  residence  floor  have. 

"I  think  it  is  inappropriate  because 
there  has  to  be  a  certain  degree  of  profes- 
sionalism, and  they  are  professionals. 

"I  agree  with  the  letter  that  it  (socializ- 
ing) does  cause  favoritism  and  is  unfair 
to  students. 

"If  I  didn't  go  (to  a  party)  and  some 
other  students  went  and  they  spent  the 
whole  evening  with  the  professor  and  got 
to  know  him  well,  that  professor  would 
remember  those  students  more  and  I 
think  it  would  definitely  be  biased."  □ 


Student  charged  for 
starting  fire  in  Unicentre 


by  Angie  Gallop 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  Carleton  student  set  fire  to  a  bag  of 
garbage  and  threw  it  in  the  Unicentre 
elevator  on  the  third  floor  of  the  Unicen- 
tre the  night  of  Jan.  26. 

Daniel  Thibeault,  23,  has  been  charged 
with  arson  andendangering  human  life. 

The  Unicentre  security  guard  on  pa- 
trol that  night,  who  wished  to  remain 
anonymous,  says  the  garbage  was  pa- 


per-towel rubbish  probably  left  near  the 
elevator  by  the  cleaners. 

The  student  was  apprehended  and 
brought  to  campus  security  by  a  Unicen- 
tre cleaner.  Unicentre  security  says  there 
was  only  superficial  damage  to  the  eleva- 
tor. 

Len  Boudreault,  assistant  director  of 
the  department  of  university  safety,  says 
there  is  no  known  motive  behind  the 
student's  actions.  □ 


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4  •  The  Charlatan  •  February  10,  1994 


Admin  wants  Tjnkentre^toretolDutt  out 


by  Naomi  Bock 

Charlatan  Staff 

Some  Carleton  administrators  are  try- 
ing to  enforce  a  policy  which  prohibits 
the  Unicentre  store  from  selling  ciga- 
rettes. 

Rene  Faucher,  finance  commissioner 
for  the  Carleton  University  Students'  As- 
sociation, says  the  store's  profits  would 
be  "wiped  out"  without  cigarettes. 

But  selling  them  at  the  store  is  a  viola- 
tion of  a  university  policy  which  allows 
them  to  be  sold  only  where  they  can  be 
smoked,  says  Spruce  Riordon,  Carleton's 
vice-president  of  finance  and  adminis- 
tration. 

"It's  a  method  of  reducing  the  sale  of 
cigarettes,"  says  Riordon. 

When  university  administration  de- 
cided on  the  policy  in  1991,  two  letters 
were  sent  to  CUSA  about  the  policy  and 
asking  for  comments,  says  Beverly  Plato, 
manager  of  occupational  health  and 
safety  for  the  university.  Plato  says  CUSA 
never  responded  that  year. 

She  says  the  policy  was  implemented 
in  fuly  1992,  but  CUSA  is  still  selling 
cigarettes  at  the  store.  After  sending  a 
third  letter  to  CUSA  last  year,  she  turned 
the  matter  over  to  Riordon. 

Riordon  says  restricting  students'  rights 
to  buy  tobacco  is  justifiable  due  to  the 
"tremendous  amount  of  research"  on  the 
health  risks. 

"It's  a  good  idea  to  discourage  smok- 
ing," says  Riordon. 

Faucher  says  the  store  would  lose  the 
profit  it  makes  from  cigarettes,  which 
was  $40,000  last  year.  The  store  sold 
$249,000  in  tobacco  products  last  year. 
Faucher  says  if  the  store  loses  this  money, 
it  might  have  to  close,  since  the  store 
cameout  with  only  $9,000  in  netincome 


Unicentrestore  profits  could  be  in  jeopardy  without  smoke  sales 


last  year. 

"If  it's  losing  money,  then  we  can't 
afford  to  run  it,"  says  Faucher. 

Riordon  says  CUSA  will  simply  have  to 
use  "a  little  bitof  ingenuity"  to  make  up 
for  lost  profits.  He  says  the  bookstore 
"has  the  same  problem,"  because  the 
policy  has  prohibited  it  from  selling  ciga- 
rettes as  well. 

ButKatherine  Main,  Riordon's  execu- 
tive assistant,  says  CUSA  complains  that 
the  PeppermiU  Express  booth,  which  sells 
cigarettes  and  candy,  takes  revenue  away 
from  the  students.  Selling  tobacco  here  is 
consistent  with  the  university's  policy 
because  the  PeppermiU  cafeteria  has  a 
smoking  area. 

The  university  takes  a  direct  profit 
from  cigarettes  sold  at  the  PeppermiU 
Express,  according  to  lames  Johnston, 
assistant  director  of  food  services  and 


liquor  operations  at  the  department  of 
housing  and  food  services.  He  says  Capi- 
tal Foods  is  paid  a  fee  to  run  the  cafeteria 
and  the  cigarette  and  candy  booth,  but 
all  costs  and  profits  are  absorbed  by  the 
university. 

Kevin  McGlyn,  the  Unicentre  store 
manager,  says  the  decision  to  ban  to- 
bacco sales  in  non-smoking  areas  breaks 
with  the  original  contract  between  CUSA 
and  the  university,  which  allows  the  store 
to  sell  cigarettes.  McGlyn  says  the  store's 
contract  hasn't  been  changed  to  reflect 
the  policy  yet. 

He  says  cigarettes  lure  customers  to 
the  store.  "We  are  kind  of  hidden  in  the 
back  end  of  the  hallway,  and  like  most 
businesses,  it's  used  to  attract  people." 

Riordon  says  he's  unsure  of  what  ad- 
ministration will  do  if  CUS  Adoesn't  com- 
ply with  the  policy. 


"We'll  cross  that  bridge  when  we  come 
to  it,"  he  says. 

Discussions  between  CUSA  and  the 
university  take  place  under  the  joint 
projects  committee,  which  looks  at  cam- 
pus commercial  activities.  Main,  a  com- 
mittee member,  says  the  university  has 
"tried  to  be  very  firm"  about  its  stance  on 
smoking. 

Main  says  the  university  will  not  en- 
force the  policy  itself. 

"Thatdoesn't  make  for  good  relation- 
ships," she  says. 

CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson,  says 
cigarette  sales  won 't  be  the  on  ly  so  les  lost 
if  cigarettes  aren't  allowed  at  the  store. 

"People  who  go  in  to  buy  cigarettes 
end  up  picking  up  other  extra  items,"  she 
says. 

Although  the  rule  would  still  allow 
CUSA  to  sell  cigarettes  in  Rooster's  and 
Oliver's,  Faucher  says  those  places  are 
"not  equipped  for  it." 

Watson  says  the  lines  would  be  too 
long  and  identification  would  be  harder 
to  check. 

Don  McEown,  executive  assistant  to 
Carleton's  president,  says  the  university 
has  the  right  to  impose  rules  on  opera- 
tions on  its  land. 

"At  the  end  of  the  day,  the  university 
has  the  legal  right  of  an  owner, "  he  says. 

Main  says  discussions  have  been  slow 
because  of  the  changing  of  the  CUSA 
executive  every  year. 

"Someone  can  agree  to  something, 
but  two  months  later  you  have  a  new 
executive,  and  they're  saying,  "We  never 
agreed  to  this.'" 

Administration  and  the  CUSA  execu- 
tive say  the  matter  is  not  a  priority  now, 
and  don't  expect  a  resolution  before  the 
end  of  the  school  year.  □ 


Campus  patrol  officer  Gaston  Taylor  gets  new  job 


by  Brandie  Weikle 

Charlatan  Staff 

To  the  surprise  of  some  students  in- 
volved in  campus  safety,  the  department 
of  university  safety  has  hired  an  officer  to 
tackle  problems  of  personal  safety  and 
crime  prevention  on  campus. 

Gaston  Taylor,  a  Carleton  patrol  of- 
ficer for  five  years,  started  his  new  job  as 
crime  prevention  and  support  services 
officer  Feb.  2. 

"He  will  be  a  contact  point  for  the 
community  to  address  various  concerns, 
for  instance,  women's  issues  (and)  per- 
sonal safety  issues, "  says  Len  Boudreault, 
the  department's  assistant  director. 

According  to  his  job  description,  Taylor 
will  communicate  between  the  patrol 
officers  and  the  Carleton  community  and 
recommend  public  safety  and  crime 
awareness  programs.  He  will  oversee  the 


operation  of  alarm  systems  and  the  in- 
stallation of  any  new  surveillance  equip- 
ment. 

Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion President  Lucy  Watson,  who  sits  on 
the  university's  advisory 'committee  on 
personal  safety,  says  she  was  not  in- 
formed of  the  department's  plans.  She 
says  no  one  at  CUSA  was  consulted  about 
Taylor's  hiring. 

"We  were  not  aware,"  says  Watson. 
"We  were  not  consulted  or  advised.  I 
never  received  any  information  about 
it." 

Carleton  Women's  Centre  co-ordinator 
Renee  Twaddle  says  she  wasn't  informed 
about  Taylor's  hiring  either. 

Taylor  will  also  attend  meetings  of 
various  committees  on  campus  as  a  re- 
source person  on  personal  safety  and  will 
be  involved  in  the  training  of  Foot  Patrol 


volunteers. 

Foot  Patrol  co-ordinator  Brenda 
Kennedy  says  she  did  not  hear  the  de- 
partment of  university  safety  was  in  the 
process  of  hiring  someone  for  this  posi- 
tion, only  that  they  were  hoping  to. 

"If  this  person  is  going  to  be  working 
closely  with  the  Foot  Patrol,  which  I'm 
sure  he  is,  I  would  have  like  to  have  heard 
more,"  says  Kennedy.  "But  I've  met  him 
and  he  seems  nice.  I'm  sure  he's  the  best 
person  for  the  job." 

Groups  like  the  university's  advisory 
committee  on  personal  safety,  the  Foot 
Patrol  and  the  Carleton  Women's  Centre 
were  not  consulted  because  it  was  an 
internal  promotion,  says  Boudreault. 

"The  university  has  a  collective  agree- 
ment with  the  union  that  says  if  there  is 
a  person  inside  that  is  qualified,  we  have 
to  give  (the  job)  to  that  person,"  says 


Boudreault. 

If  the  department  had  been  unable  to 
fill  the  position  from  among  existing 
staff  members,  he  says  a  hiring  board 
comprised  of  interested  groups,  includ- 
ing students,  would  have  been  put  to- 
gether. 

Taylor  "has  extensive  experience  in 
crime  prevention,"  says  Boudreault. 
Taylor  served  with  the  Guyana  Police  for 
10  years  before  coming  to  Canada. 
Boudreault  says  Taylor  is  qualified  to 
mediate  conflicts  that  relate  to  cultural 
misunderstandings. 

"The  position  will  certainly  be  a  chal- 
lenge for  me, "  says  Taylor.  He  says  he  will 
teach  "common-sense"  personal  safety 
to  help  people  make  their  own  living 
environment  a  safer  place  to  be. 

TAYLOR  cont'd  on  pg.6. 


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As  you  may  or  may  not  already  know;  negotiations  between  CUPE  2323  and 
Carleton  University  have  broken  down,  and  a  STRIKE  vole  has  been  called  by 
the  Union  for  the  15th.  16th,  and  17th  of  February,  1994. 

We  are  being  enticed  by  the  Union  representatives  with  promises  of  increased 
wages  and/or  a  tuiuon  freeze.  We  are  fortunate  to  have  a  job,  and  were  hired 
under  conditions  that  we  agreed  with.  Those  conditions  have  not  changed.  In 
the  event  of  a  strike,  the  University  will  essentially  be  shut  down.  We  will  have 
no  job,  and  will  not  get  paid.  The  Union  is  not  living  in  reality! 

The  Union  is  simply  trying  to  gel  more  bargaining  power  for  their  own  cause. 
They  will  go  on  strike  to  reach  this  objective.  Their  demands  are  based  upon 
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February  10,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  5 


GLB  rep  left  out  of  CFS-O  delegation 


by  Karolina  Srutek 

Cha/lalan  Slafl 

A  studentrepresentative  from  the  Gay, 
Lesbian  and  Bisexual  Centre  was  left  off 
a  conference  delegation  so  another  ex- 
ecutive member  from  the  Carleton  Uni- 
versity Students'  Association  could  at- 
tend. 

Holly  White,  a  member  of  the  centre, 
was  excluded  last-minute  from  the  CUSA 
delegation  going  to  the  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students-Ontario  conference 
]an.  14-20  in  Sault  Ste.  Marie  after  the 
centre  was  informed  in  December  that  a 
delegate  could  go. 

The  original  delegation  to  the  CFS-O 
conference  was  supposed  to  include  a 
student  with  a  disability,  a  gay,  lesbian 
or  bisexual  student,  CUSA  director  of 
academics  Gary  Anandasangaree  and 
an  aboriginal  student,  Tim  O'loam,  says 
CUSA  president  Lucy  Watson. 

Eventually  Watson  and  vice-president 
external  Kristine  Haselsteiner  added 
themselves  to  the  delegation.  Watson 
says  no  student  with  a  disability  could 
take  time  off  school  and  White  was  ex- 
cluded. Watson  says  CUSA  budgeted  to 
send  only  four  delegates,  who  ended  up 
being  Watson,  Haselsteiner, 
Anandasangaree  and  O'loam. 

Watson  called  an  "emergency  execu- 
tive meeting"  on  Jan.  9  to  find  room  for 
Haselsteiner  on  the  delegation.  Watson 
says  this  was  done  because  Haselsteiner 
felt  strongly  that  she  should  attend  to 
continue  her  work  on  various  CFS-O  cam- 
paigns. 

"If  I  knew  Holly  was  ready  to  go,  it's 
something  that  would  have  been  consid- 


ered in  the  meeting,"  says  Watson. 

White  says  she  heard  she  was  not 
goingtotheconferenceon|an.  12through 
GLB  centre  co-ordinator  Peter  Nogalo  — 
the  day  before  the  delegation  left. 

"1  went  into  the  centre  and  I  said  to 
Peter  'what  the  hell  is  going  on,  we're 
leaving  tomorrow  and  1  don't  know  any- 


"Lucy  consulted  us  on  the  issues,  but 
even  when  we  were  split  on  issues  it  was 
her  who  had  the  final  decision,"  says 
O'loam. 

Jamey  Heath,  a  CUSA  councillor,  says 
Haselsteiner  called  him  the  first  week  of 
lanuary,  wanting  to  hold  an  emergency 
council  meetingtodiscusswhyshewasn't 


If  I  knew  Holly  was  ready  to  go,  it's 
something  that  would  have  been 
considered  in  the  meeting." 

Lucy  Watson,  CUSA  president 


thing',"  says  White.  "So  Peter  made  a 
couple  of  phone  calls  and  told  me  I'm  not 
going." 

Haselsteiner  says  it  is  her  job  to  attend 
such  conferences.  As  vice-president  ex- 
ternal, she  says  she  acts  as  a  liaison 
between  the  national  and  provincial 
wings  of  CFS.  Haselsteiner  refused  to  com- 
ment further  on  the  matter. 

Haselsteiner's  terms  of  reference,  writ- 
ten by  Watson,  say  she  is  to  become  chief 
delegate  at  CFS  and  CFS-O  conferences  in 
the  absence  of  the  president. 

"It's  not  in  her  (Haselsteiner's)  terms 
of  reference  to  attend  the  meetings,"  says 
Watson,  who  says  she  went  to  the  confer- 
ence as  both  CFS-O  women's  commis- 
sioner and  chief  delegate. 

"The  president  has  always  been  chief 
delegate,"  says  Watson.  "1  was  always 
going  as  chief  delegate.  I  don't  relinquish 
that  position.  I  can  hold  both  positions." 

The  chief  delegate  holds  the  final  vote 
on  issues  brought  up  at  the  conference. 


going  to  the  conference.  Six  names  are 
normally  needed  to  carry  the  power  to 
call  an  emergency  meeting. 

"I  don'tknowwhathappened  between 
the  request  of  the  meeting  and  the  even- 
tual makeup  of  the  delegation.  All  1  can 
say  is  there  was  no  meeting  and  Kristine 
went  to  Sault  Ste.  Marie,"  says  Heath. 

John  Edwards,  another  CUSA  council- 
lor, says  he  heard  from  other  councillors 
and  service  co-ordinators  that  Watson 


was  going  as  women  s  commissioner, 
not  as  chief  delegate. 

"Lucy  didn't  want  Kristine  to  go, "  says 
Edwards.  "They  have  been  having  disa- 
greements and  they  haven't  been  getting 
along." 

When  Watson  was  asked  if  she  and 
Haselsteiner  were  not  getting  along,  she 
answered  "1  don't  conduct  my  business 
relations  on  a  personal  level." 

Edwards  also  says  he  heard  that 
Watson  wanted  Anandasangaree,  not 
Haselsteiner,  to  be  chief  delegate  if  she 
wasn't. 

"Kristine  was  prepared  to  raise  shit — 
for  obvious  reasons,"  says  Edwards. 

White  says  she  wasn't  contacted  by 
Watson  by  phone  or  in  person. 

"It's  a  case  of  phone  tag,"  says  Watson. 
"It's  really  too  bad  this  happened." 

White  says  there  should  have  been  a 
representative  of  the  gay,  lesbian  and 
bisexual  community  at  the  conference. 
"The  other  universities  saw  the  impor- 
tance of  having  a  GLB  representative 
and  the  importance  of  covering  those 
issues."  □ 


TAYLOR  cont'd  from  pg.  5 

Taylor's  position  was  introduced  to 
Carleton  when  Mark  Tinlin  became  di- 
rector of  university  safety  two  years  ago, 
says  Boudreault. 

The  new  position  is  "all  part  of  the 
community-based  policing  that  we're  try- 
ing to  introduce  here,"  says  Boudreault. 
Last  fall,  four  university  patrol  officers 
received  special  constable  status,  giving 
them  the  power  to  arrest  and  press  charges 
on  campus.  Since  then,  other  patrol  offic- 


ers have  been  in  training  at  the  Ontario 
Police  College  in  Aylmer. 

Boudreault  says  Taylor  will  have  a 
three-month  training  period  to  establish 
his  duties,  and  then  the  department  will 
either  sign  a  contract  with  him  or  look  for 
someone  else.  Taylor  will  take  special 
constable  training  on  top  of  his  regular 
duties  "when  his  rum  comes  up,"  says 
Boudreault.  The  patrol  officers  receive 
their  training  in  order  of  seniority,  he 
says.  □ 


broke? 


If  spring  break  suddenly  leaves  you  broke, 
let  Western  Union  come  to  your  aid. 

We  can  transfer  money  from  Canada  to 
the  U.S.  in  a  matter  of  minutes.  And  with 
22,000  locations  worldwide,  there's  no 


faster  or  more  convenient  way  to  send  and 
receive  money. 

So  if  your  spring  break  leaves  you  spring 
broke,  let  Western  Union  help  you  have 
some  Rinds  in  the  sun. 


In  the  U.S.  call 
1-800-325-6000 


WESTERN 
UNION 


MONEY 
TRANSFER 


In  Canada  call 
1-800-235-0000 


The  fastest  way  to  send  money!' 


6  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  February  10,  1994 


Hey,  don't  vote 
until  you  read  this 


by  Derek  DeCloet  and  Brent  Oowdall 

Charlatan  SlaH 

McAllister's  dual  identity 

Presidential  candidate  Todd  McAllister 
has  an  interesting  political  past. 

He  simultaneously  held  memberships 
for  both  the  Progressive  Conservatives 
and  the  Liberals  and  once  worked  as  a 
volunteer  in  Liberal  MP  Mac  Harb's  of- 
fice. 

He  says  he's  not  actively  involved  in 
either  party  any  more. 

In  fact,  Frank,  an  Ottawa-based  satiri- 
cal magazine,  reported  last  summer  that 
McAllisterwassupposedtowork  on  Harb's 
re-election  campaign,  but  was  turfed  out 
when  they  found  out  about  his  Tory 
connections. 

McAllister  says  that's  completely  false; 
he  wasn't  even  in  Ottawa  last  summer, 
anddidn'tfind  out  aboutthe  article  until 
he  returned  from  his  hometown  of 
Brockville,  Ont.  □ 

Stanton's  RRRA  deficit 

When  Richard  Stanton  was  president 
of  Rideau  River  Residence  Association  in 
1990-91,  the  association  ran  up  the  sec- 
ond highest  deficit  of  its  history  at  $4 1 ,000. 

Stanton  blames  it  on  the  previous 
year's  executive,  which  ran  up  the  larg- 
est deficit  in  RRRA  history  at  $45,000 
and,  says  Stanton,  left  him  with  bills  to 
pay. 

"When  we  came  in  the  books  were  a 
real  mess,"  he  says.  "We  were  stringent 
in  our  spending." 

But  he  says  it  was  tough  to  reduce  the 
deficit  because  "there  are  a  lot  of  fixed 
costs."  □ 


jamieson  inspires  Barry 

Lloyd  Barry  says  he  wouldn't  be  a 
presidential  candidate  if  it  weren't  for 
CUSA  vice-president  internal  Rob 
Jamieson. 

Barry  says  he  went  to  talk  to  Jamieson 
in  January  to  find  out  "what  it  takes  to 
become  president." 

He  says  Jamieson  told  him  it  would  be 
a  waste  of  time  for  him  to  run  because  he 
had  never  been  involved  and  wouldn't 
know  how  CUSA  works. 

"I  didn't  think  there  was  a  need  to  run 
until  someone  on  the  executive  would 
tell  someone  not  to  run,"  Barry  says. 
"Jamieson  pissed  me  off." 

Jamieson  says  he  can't  remember  the 
conversation  with  Barry  because  he  has 
talked  to  many  students  who  were  inter- 
ested in  running. 

"I  would  nevertell  anyone  not  to  run. " 

Jamieson  says  he  might  have  told 
Barry  that  he  should  attend  council  meet- 
ings or  run  for  council  or  volunteer  for 
CUSA  before  running  for  president. 

"I  probably  would've  said  that," 
Jamieson  says.  "If  he  interpreted  it  that 
way,  I'll  find  him  and  apologize." 

Barry,  officially  a  first-year  economics 
student  who  has  attended  part-time  for 
two  years,  says  he  wants  to  start  a  food 
bank  and  "incite  more  non-CUSA  hacks 
to  run  for  any  CUSA  positions." 

He  says  he's "  disgusted"  by  the  amount 
of  money  candidates  are  spending  on 
campaign  materials.  He  says  he's  spent 
$18. 

"I  don't  have  a  thousand  bucks  to 
waste  on  a  neon  poster  war,"  he  says. 
Whether  he  wins  or  not,  he  says  he  will 
get  involved  in  trying  to  reform  the  elec- 
toral system.  □ 


Here's  your  meal  plan  . 


by  Trfcia  Volpe 

Charlalaji  Slaff 

Why  is  h  mandatory  for  students 
living  in  residence  to  bay  the  meal 
plan? 

Vou  are  sitting  at  the  desk  in  your 
small  room  in  Glengarry  House.  All  is 
silent  except  for  the  muffled  cries  of  your 
empty  stomach.  You  try  to  ignore  them, 
but  they  become  unbearable. 

Finally,  you  drag  yourself  to  a  place 
you  dread,  to  a  place  you  try  to  avoid  at 
all  costs,  the  residence  dining  hall.  Only 
one  thought  enters  your  mind:  Why  is  it 
mandatory  formetopay  for  food  1  don't 
want  to  eat? 

People  choose  to  live  in  residence  for 
various  reasons.  They  may  be  interested 
in  meeting  other  people  or  may  en|oy 
having  easy  access  to  university  facili- 
ties. Eating  at  the  cafeteria  operated  by 
Marriott,  the  company  in  charge  of  food 
services  in  residence,  never  seemsto  beat 
the  top  of  the  list. 

The  department  of  housing  and  food 
services  at  Carleton  requires  that  all  stu- 
dents who  live  in  residence  buy  a  meal 
plan  for  about  $2,000  for  the  full  eight 
months. 

lames  Johnston,  the  department's  as- 
sistantdlrectorof  food  services  and  liquor 
operations,  says  the  department  is  sup- 
posed to  provide  accommodation  and 
meals  in  the  most  economical  way  possi- 
ble for  people  who  choose  to  live  in  resi- 
dence. 

He  says  there  must  be  "100-per-cent 
participation"  of  residents  if  meals  are  to 
be  provided  at  a  low  cost.  If  some  people 
choose  to  eat  off-campus  and  others 
choose  to  use  the  dining  halls,  the  cost 


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Sandi  LeBlanc  says  she  doesn't  really 
think  the  food  is  "as  bad  as  everyone 
makes  it  out  to  be, "  but  if  given  a  choice, 
she  wouldrather  have  access  to  a  kitchen. 

Johnston  says  having  kitchens  in  resi- 
dences would  be  difficult.  He  says  the 
buildings  do  not  have  the  capacity  to 
handle  such  large  amounts  of  electricity 
or  garbage  . 

Students  can  take  action  to  improve 
the  quality  of  their  food.  They  can  Hll  out 
complaint  forms.  The  most  effective  way 
to  make  a  change,  however,  is  through 
direct  contact  with  those  in  charge.  If  you 
do  not  like  something,  find  a  manager 
right  away  and  tell  him  or  her  about  it 
since  50  per  cent  of  your  residence  fee 
goes  to  the  meal  plan. 

If  you  have  something  tosay,  go  right 
to  the  top  and  let  the  bosses  at  Marriott 
know.  Send  your  letters  to: 
Marriott  Corp.  of  Canada 
33SO  S.  Service  Rd. 
Burlington,  Ont. 

L7N3M6  a 


CUPE  2323 

TEACHING  and  RESEARCH 
ASSISTANTS  UNION 
HAS  CALLED  A 

STRIKE  VOTE 


General  Membership 
Meeting 

When:  Tuesday 

Feb.  15,  1994 
11:00  a.m. 

Where:  PORTER  HALL 

Voting  will  commence  at  a 
General  Membership  Meeting 
where  members  will  first 
discuss  the 1  bargaining 
situation. 


Voting  by  secret  ballot 


Voting  Stations 

When: 
February  15,  16,  &  17 

All  voting  stations  will 
be  open  from  11:30 
a.m.  to  6:30  p.m. 

Where: 
Voting  Stations  will  be 
located  at  tunnel  level  in  Loeb 
and  St.  Patrick  buildings  and 
in  the  Unicentre,  in  front  of 
Mike's  Place  on  the  second 
level. 

Bring  your  student  card 


FOR  FURTHER  INFORMATION.  CONTACT  THE  UNION  OFFICE  IN 
ROOM  510  UNICENTRE  OR  PHONE  788  7482 


CUPE  2323  STRTKF.  VOTF.  FEB  15-17 
TEACHING  AND  RESEARCH  ASSISTANTS 

VOTE  YES  BECAUSE... 


In  1992,  immediately  after  the  last  round  of 
negotiations,  the  University  grabbed  back  our  pay 
increase  by  hiking  post-residency  graduate  fees  by 
78%. 

This  time  they  want  us  to  agree  to  a  pay  freeze 
while  they  hike  tuition  fees  yet  again. 

This  will  constitute  a  WAGE  ROLL-BACK. 

TELL  THE  UNIVERSITY  THAT  WE  WILL 
ACT  TO  DEFEND  OUR  STANDARD  OF 
LIVING. 


...YOU  HAVE  POWER. 
USE  IT. 


February  10,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  7 


SCIENCE  & 


Aphrodisiacs:  Mow  to  Boost  your  sex  drive 

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by  Pamela  Paterson 

Charlatan  Start 

People  with  their  hearts  set  on  getting 
lucky  this  Valentine's  Day  shouldn't  rely 
on  aphrodisiacs,  says  an  Ottawa  sexolo- 
gist. 

"Different  times  in  history,  different 
places,  differentcultures — we'veall  tried 
things,  but  nothing  has  ever  been  dem- 
onstrated to  be  really  a  true  aphrodisiac, " 
says  Margaret  Jacobs. 

Shesays  aphrodisiacs  will  only  work  if 
the  user  thinks  they  will. 

"If  you  think  they  are  (effective),  then 
you  may  perk  up  a  little  bit,  but  it's  not 
because  of  what  you're  taking,  whether 
it's  eating  more  oysters  or  whatever, "  she 
says. 

People  eat,  drink  or  smell  various  aph- 
rodisiacs, which  are  supposed  to  appeal 
to  the  senses. 

Anne  Campbell's  1989  book  The  Op- 
posite Sex,  a  guide  to  the  differences  be- 
tween the  sexes,  lists  some  concoctions 
that  might  be  better  found  in  a  witch's 
brew:  ground  reindeer  antlers,  ginseng 
root,  rhinoceros  horn,  animal  testes,  and 
turtle  eggs  are  some.  Or  there's  "Come 
Fuck  Me"  oil,  found  in  Ottawa's  Occult 
Shop,  on  Bank  Street. 

Employee  Michael  McCord  makes  the 
oil  from  a  combination  of  plant  and 
animal  products,  including  artificial 
whale  semen,  frankincense,  myrrh,  and 
peppermint. 

"I  have  several  people  who  buy  it 


often,"  McCord  says.  "The  best  success 
has  been  with  couples  already  together. 
I  imagine  that  the  success  is  probably  75 
per  cent  psychological." 

McCord  says  to  apply  the  oil  like  a 
perfume,  to  "places  appropriate  to  what 
you're  looking  for,"  such  as  in  warm 
places  like  the  heart,  ankles,  wrist,  or 
close  to  the  genitals.  He  says  not  to  apply 


the  oil  directly  on  the  genitals  or  it  will 
sting. 

More  common  aphrodisiacs  include 
alcohol,  musk  perfumes,  oysters,  incense, 
chocolate  and  the  scent  of  roses. 

In  love  shops  around  town,  Spanish 
fly  may  be  the  one  loving  hopefuls  buy. 
Campbell  says  it's  made  from  a  chemical 
in  dried  green  blister  beetles  called 


cantharides  and  put  into  a  drink. 

Jacobs  says  sex  drives  fluctuate  de- 
pending on  the  amount  of  the  hormone 
testosterone  present  in  both  males  and 
females,  while  personal  factors  can  play 
a  stronger  role. 

"Personal  situations — stress,  fatigue, 
health,  all  these  kinds  of  things  —  will 
affect  how  you  feel.  Sex  drive  is  really 
multi-dimensional,"  Jacobs  says. 

David  Bakish,  associate  professor  of 
psychiatry  at  the  University  of  Ottawa, 
says  symptoms  of  depression,  such  as 
guilt,  sadness,  hopelessness  and  worth- 
lessness,  causes  low  sex  levels. 

"A  lot  of  people  who  have  decreased 
libido  or  sex  drive  have  a  decreased  libido 
because  they  have  mild  chronic  symp- 
toms of  depression.  If  you  treat  the  mild 
chronic  symptoms  of  depression,  the  li- 
bido comes  back, "  he  says.  "We  use  anti- 
depressants to  treat  the  depression  and 
then  see  what  happens." 

For  people  who  still  would  like  to  try  a 
floral  aphrodisiac,  one  flower  store  owner 
advises  choosing  roses  carefully,  because 
some  don't  smell  as  sweet  as  others. 

"Not  all  of  them  have  scents  and  they 
all  smell  differently,  depending  on  where 
they're  from,"  says  John  Parsons,  owner 
of  Alta  Vista  Flowers. 

Do  some  customers  who  buy  roses  get 
lucky?  Parsons  says  people  come  back 
into  the  store  to  tell  them  of  their  success. 

"You  better  believe  it,"  Parsons  says. 
"You  bet  they  do."  » 


But  will  you  still  respect  me  in  the  morning? 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Charlatan  Staff 

Sex. 

Intimate.  Exciting.  Spontaneous. 
Something  great  to  do  on  Valentine's 
Day.  Whether  it's  with  your  long-term 
partner  or  a  quick  one-night  stand,  the 
desire  is  unstoppable. 

But  is  it  better  with  the  one  you  love? 

"If  s  better, "  says  Bode  George,  a  former 
engineering  student  from  Carleton. 
"There's  a  feeling  before,  a  feeling  dur- 
ing, and  a  feeling  after." 

He  says  the  day  after  a  one-night 
stand,  the  only  thing  you  wake  up  to  is  a 
stranger. 

Richard  Morgan,  a  second-year  psy- 
chology student  at  Carleton,  says  there 
are  advantages  to  both  kinds  of  relation- 
ships. 

"There  is  the  element  of  danger  and 
excitement  with  a  one-night  stand  — 
someone  you  never  met  before,"  he  says. 
"On  the  other  hand,  there  is  a  long-term 
relationship  with  the  joining  of  the  souls 
through  the  physical  aspect  of  sex." 

Dan  Mclntyre,  a  psychology  professor 
at  Carleton,  says  to  maintain  a  long- 
term  relationship,  the  partners  should 
incorporate  novelty  into  the  relationship. 
He  suggests  they  go  on  vacation  and 
expose  themselves  to  new  situations. 

"It  doesn't  have  to  be  with  anybody 
else,"  Mclntyre  says. 

Karen  Ogston,  a  therapist  specializ- 
ing in  individual,  couple  and  family 
therapy  in  Ottawa,  says  long-term  part- 
ners are  more  free  to  relax  around  a 
partner  they  are  with  for  a  long  time. 

"When  you  have  a  trusting  long-term 
relationship,  you  learn  more  aboutyour- 
self  and  you  can  explore  more  aspects  of 
the  relationship." 

lone  Rogers,  a  therapist  specializing 
in  individual  and  couple  therapy  in  Ot- 
tawa, says  sex  is  a  tool  forgetting  to  know 
someone  better  when  a  couple  wants  a 
long-term  relationship  and  not  just  a 
one-night  stand. 

"You  can  discuss  any  anxieties  you 


may  have,"  she  says.  "It's  a  piece  of  a 
growing  relationship  entered  into  with- 
out haste." 

David  Nozick,  an  Ottawa  therapist 
specializing  in  individual,  couple  and 
family  therapy,  says  sex  should  not  be 
dismissed  as  a  physical  urge. 

"Sex  is  one  of  the  ways  of  expressing 
love,"  he  says.  "Sex  represents  the  cou- 
pling of  two  people.  It  is  much  more 
satisfying  in  a  love  relationship." 

Michael  Koor,  a  third-year  Carleton 
student,  says  two  people  about  to  engage 
in  a  one-night  stand  should  both  have 
the  same  understanding  of  the  relation- 
ship. 

"Both  parties  have  to  agree  that  it's  a 
one-night  stand,"  he  says.  He  says  he 
likes  one-night  stands  "because  there's  a 
variety.  You're  just  testing  the  waters  to 


see  what  you  like." 

"I  think  the  reason  why  guys  like  it  is 
the  spontaneity  factor,"  says  Bill  Brown, 
an  Oliver's  patron  who  is  working  full- 
time  now  but  plans  to  go  to  university 
next  year. 

"I  think  one-night  stands  are  okay, 
but  not  necessarily  with  AIDS  going 
around,"  says  Carmen  Hudon,  another 
Ottawa  therapist  specializing  in  indi- 
vidual and  relationship  therapy. 

"I  think  people  that  are  really  hungry 
or  in  need  would  go  to  a  one-night  stand. 
It's  not  the  same  if  you're  committed  to  a 
relationship." 

Hudon  also  says  one-night  stands  may 
be  appealing  because  there's  no  commit- 
ment to  a  long-term  relationship.  He 
says  some  people  are  scared  of  intimacy. 

"One-night  stands  are  not  threaten- 


ing because  you're  not  committed  to 
them,"  he  says. 

Ogston  says  sometimes  during  a  long- 
term  relationship,  some  people  begin  to 
feel  less  excited  having  sex  with  the  same 
person. 

"When  something  is  new  and  novel, 
it's  very  stimulating  and  exciting,"  she 
says. 

Mclntyre  says  the  emotional  "rush" 
diminishes  when  having  sex  with  the 
same  person  all  the  time. 

"Any  behavior  repeated  frequently, 
you  become  habituated  to,"  he  says.  "The 
emotional  rush  gets  smaller  and  smaller. 

"They  could  rush  out  to  try  to  find 
another  person  to  turn  them  on  again. 
People  respond  to  novelty." 

Maybe  novelty  will  be  found  on  Val- 
entine's Day.  * 


I  scream,  you  scream,  we  all  scream  for... 


by  Pamela  Paterson 

Charlatan  Staff 

Cold  and  creamy  ice  cream  melts  de- 
lectably  on  a  warm  chest  or  tummy. 

If  it  doesn't,  the  problem  may  lie  in  a 
poor  stabilizer  system. 

Though  no  one  will  admit  to  using 
them,  foods  such  as  ice  cream  and  pea- 
nut butter  can  be  used  as  sex  foods.  But 
for  either  to  be  used  in  love-making,  they 
have  to  be  made  smooth  and  creamy. 

Bob  Hamilton,  quality  control  man- 
ager at  Beatrice  Foods  Inc.  in  Simcoe, 
Ont.,  says  stabilizers  in  ice  cream  prevent 
j  water  molecules  from  joining  up  with 
each  other  and  keep  water  crystals  from 
becoming  large  ice  crystals  in  ice  cream. 

Normally  oil  and  water  don't  mix,  but 
stabilizers  allow  this  mix  to  happen  by 
joining  the  two  together.  Water  attaches 
to  one  end  of  the  stabilizer  and  fat  at- 
taches to  the  other  end,  therefore  allow- 
ing them  to  mix.  Examples  of  stabilizers 
include  gelatin,  an  extract  from  seaweed 
called  carrageenen,  and  carob  bean. 

"Large  ice  crystals  in  your  ice  cream 


willgiveyouaverycoarsetexture.  When 
the  ice  crystals  melt,  the  body  of  the  ice 
cream  kind  of  falls  away  in  your  mouth 
and  you  would  get  what  we  call  a  weak 
texture,"  Hamilton  says. 

Stabilizers  are  added  when  ice-cream 
is  produced. 

"(Stabilizers)  will  ultimately  give  you 
a  nice,  smooth,  creamy  mouth-feel  to 
the  product,"  Hamilton  says. 

Hamilton  says  you  can  tell  a  good  ice 
cream  by  the  way  it  melts.  If  it  melts  and 
looks  like  a  "puddle  of  cream"  then  it's 
good  quality.  A  bad  ice  cream  is  one 
where  the  ingredients  separate  when 
melting,  Hamilton  says. 

"It  gives  you  poor  mouth-feel,  poor 
impression,  and  certainly  is  an  indicator 
that  you've  not  got  a  very  strong  stabi- 
lizer." 

Peanut  butter  can  also  be  another 
attractive  sex  food. 

"Peanut  butter  is  one  of  my  favorite 
sex  foods  because  it  takes  a  long  time  to 
put  on.  It  takes  even  longer  to  lick  off," 
says  Edward  Hendriks,  a  fourth-year  com- 


puter science  student. 

It  has  a  different  process  than  ice 
cream  to  make  it  smooth  and  creamy- 
Unsexy  peanuts  are  converted  into  pea- 
nut butter  by  a  roasting  and  grinding 
process,  says  Marian  Macdonald,  man- 
ager of  communicationsat  Kraft  General 
Foods  Canada  Inc  in  Don  Mills,  Ont. 

She  says  after  roasting  and  grinding 
the  peanuts,  Kraft  adds  a  small  amount 
of  vegetable  oil  to  keep  the  peanut  butter 
from  separating. 

Oxidation,  where  oxygen  reacts  with 
the  peanut  butter  to  decompose,  may 
also  get  in  the  way  of  pleasing  peanut 
butter  sex .  An  open  jar  left  on  the  shelf  is 
exposed  to  air  and  can  oxidize. 

"I  would  say  in  three  months  you 
might  think  that  it  would  taste  a  little 
different,"  Macdonald  says. 

She  says  peanut  butter  kept  in  the 
fridge  can  keep  for  up  to  six  months.  So, 
unless  you  use  a  lot  of  peanut  butter  in 
sex,  it's  best  to  keep  opened  peanut  but- 
ter jars  in  the  fridge.  * 


8  •  The  Charlatan  •  February  10,  1994 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Farquhar  slams  zero  tolerance  policy 


by  Jill  Mahoney 

Chartalan  Staff 

Carieton  President  Robin  Farquhar  has 
rejected  a  provincial  government  pro- 
posal that  aims  to  achieve  "zero  toler- 
ance" of  harassmentand  discrimination 
at  universities. 

Farquhar  says  the  proposal  could  be 
applied  in  such  a  way  as  to  infringe  on 
the  university's  autonomy  and  on  aca- 
demic freedom. 

The  proposal  calls  for  universities  to 
send  in  their  existing  policies  dealing 
with  harassment  and  discrimination  by 
March  l.The  Ontario  Council  on  Univer- 
sity Affairs,  a  government  body,  will  then 
conduct  a  review  of  the  policies'  effective- 
ness. 

The  proposal  includes  a  policy  frame- 
work that  universities  must  use  to  com- 
plete a  review  of  their  own  policies  by 
March  1 . 

But  Farquhar  says  there  is  no  role  for 
the  government  in  the  issue  of  academic 
freedom  because  universities  have  dem- 
onstrated they  take  equity  seriously.  He 
says  Carieton  will  send  in  its  existing 
policies,  but  won't  conduct  a  review  of  its 
policies  according  to  the  framework. 

Farquhar  says  in  a  letter  to  the  On- 
tario Council  on  University  Affairs  that 
Carieton  won't  participate  in  the  review 
process  until  the  university's  concerns 
about  the  framework's  implications. 

Farquhar  also  says  the  proposal  is 
damaging  to  the  very  forces  it  aims  to 
protect. 

"It  gets  people  concerned  about  prob- 
lems that  can  be  mythical,  but  if  people 
are  scared  or  mad,  then  we  run  the  risk  of 
a  backlash  and  the  government's  unnec- 
essary intervention  may  well  retard  the 
very  movement  it's  trying  to  accelerate, " 
he  says. 

If  implemented  by  a  university,  the 
policy  framework  would  forbid  speech 


and  conduct  that  harasses  or  discrimi- 
nates against  a  group  or  individual,  or 
creates  a  negative  environment  on  cam- 
pus. People  or  groups  would  be  protected 
on  grounds  that  in- 
clude race,  ethnic 
origin,  citizenship, 
sexual  orientation, 
disability,  family 
status  and  receipt 
of  public  assist- 
ance. 

The  policy 
framework  would 
apply  to  all  aca- 
demic and  non- 
academic  staff,  stu- 
dents, committee 
members  and  visi- 
tors. It  would  in- 
clude incidents  on 
and  off  campus, 
campus-related  so- 
cial events  and  con- 
versations over  the 
telephone.  Penalties  for  misconduct 
would  range  from  a  verbal  apology  to 
dismissal  or  expulsion. 

Some  professors  are  angry,  saying  the 
proposal  threatens  free  speech  and  will 
create  a  bad  teaching  environment. 

On  Feb.  4,  four  professors  and  two 
students  presented  a  copy  of  a  petition 
circulating  among  professors  to  the  presi- 
dent's office.  The  petition  urged  Farquhar 
to  reject  the  framework  because  they 
allege  it  will  limit  academic  freedom  and 
create  a  climate  of  fear  in  the  classroom. 

Nicholas  Rowe,  an  assistant  professor 
of  economics,  estimates  the  petition  had 
about  100  signatures  in  only  three  days, 
even  though  "getting  professors  to  sign 
things  is  like  hurting  cats." 

Rowe  says  Farquhar's  rejection  of  the 
proposal  is  a  "semi -victory"  because 
Farquhar  is  critical  of  the  government's 


Farquhar:  "risk  of  a  backlash.' 


action  on  this  issue.  But  Rowe  says  he 
would  also  "like  to  see  him  explicitly 
state  he'd  reject  the  framework  because  it 
would  imperil  academic  freedom." 

Farquhar  did 
say  he  thinks  there 
"is  a  fear  that  the 
government  is 
somehow  going  to 
require  universities 
to  comply  with 
regulations  that 
will  deprive  us  of 
our  academic  free- 
dom and ...  I  have 
no  intention  of  do- 
ing any  such 
thing." 

But  a  spokesper- 
son from  the  gov- 
ernment says  the 
proposal  has  been 
misunderstood. 

Karen  Wheeler, 
a  senior  policy  ad- 
visor in  the  Ministry  of  Education  and 
Training,  says  the  policy  is  intended  to 
assist  universities  in  complying  with  the 
Ontario  Human  Rights  Code. 

"Some  people  thought  they  weren't 
keeping  up  with  the  law  and  they  were 
questioning  their  internal  procedures," 
she  says. 

But  Wheeler  says  the  policy  was  cre- 
ated to  rid  universities  of  violence  and 
discrimination.  "Universities  should  be 
safe  places  to  work  and  study  and  should 
be  as  nearly  as  possible  harassment-free. " 

Currently,  Carieton  has  a  sexual  har- 
assment policy  and  Farquhar  says  the 
university  is  working  on  one  for  racial 
harassment,  which  he  says  will  be  ready 
in  about  a  year. 

Professors  like  Rowe  and  Thomas 
Darby,  a  political  science  professor,  say 
the  proposal  is  so  vague  it  will  allow 


anyone  who  is  offended  by  anything  to 
be  accused  of  harassment  and  poten- 
tially thrown  out  of  university. 

The  framework  states,  "A  complain- 
ant does  not  have  to  be  a  direct  target  to 
be  adversely  affected  by  a  negative  envi- 
ronment. It  includes  conduct  or  com- 
ment that  creates  and  maintains  an  of- 
fensive, hostile,  or  intimidating  climate 
for  study  or  work." 

Rowe  says  the  proposal  "seems  to  say 
most  clearly  that  anything  anyone  says 
which  might  be  offensive  to  anyone  is 
considered  harassment.  If  you've  got  a 
fuzzy  boundary  and  we've  got  a  zero 
tolerance  policy  for  anyone  who  crosses 
it,  then  you've  got  to  see  this  is  ludi- 
crous." 

Rowe  says  the  danger  is  not  necessar- 
ily the  framework,  but  the  ways  it  could 
be  interpreted  and  applied.  He  says  al- 
though the  government  recommenda- 
tion came  down  in  October,  the  profes- 
sors are  only  reacting  now  because  they 
were  unaware  of  the  situation  until  a 
series  of  col  umnsabout  the  policy  frame- 
work appeared  in  The  Ottawa  Citizen  last 
month. 

Some  Carieton  students  have  also 
started  circulating  a  petition  condemn- 
ing the  framework.  Andrea  Johnson,  a 
fourth-year  political  science  student  who 
went  with  the  professors  to  Farquhar's 
office,  says  she  thinks  it  will  affect  intel- 
lectual freedom. 

"We're  worried  about  professors  and 
students  getting  suspended  for  profess- 
ing their  views,"  she  says. 

Rowe  says  he  thinks  the  number  of 
professors  and  other  people  opposed  to 
the  proposal  will  cause  the  government 
to  back  off. 

"  I  think  we've  got  a  very  big  watershed 
and  we've  crossed  it.  Once  people  have 
stood  up  and  gone  publicly  against  it, 
you  can't  put  water  back  in  the  bottle. "  □ 

With  hies  from  Clayton  Wood.  Charlatan  Staff 


CFS's  future  cloudy  as  referendums  approach 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Chailalan  Staff 

The  future  of  the  Canadian  Federa- 
tion of  Students  could  hang  in  the  bal- 
ance with  the  loss  of  some  key  members 
over  the  last  year  and  more  membership 
referendums  to  come  in  the  next  two 
months. 

If  more  student  associations  decide  to 
drop  out,  the  federation  "will  have  to 
look  at  the  long-range  health  of  the  or- 
ganization, "  says  [ocetyn  Charron,  com- 
munications director  for  the  CFS. 

Since  last  February,  1 7  student  organi- 
zations, including  undergraduate  and 
graduate  associations,  have  voted  on  CFS 
fee  increases  and  membership. 

Four  student  associations  have  can- 
celled their  memberships,  one  rejected 
the  fee  increase,  four  voted  not  to  join  the 
CFS  and  one  voted  to  remain  with  it.  The 
federation  gained  two  new  members  and 
four  others  accepted  fee  increases.  The 
results  of  the  referendum  for  a  $7  fee 
increase  at  Carieton  were  overturned, 
but  Carieton  remains  a  member. 

The  CFS  is  Canada's  national  post- 
secondary  student  lobby  organization 
representing  71  student  associations.  It. 
provides  some  student  services  like  Travel 
Cuts  and  lobbies  the  government  to  im- 
prove the  accessibility  and  quality  of 
Post-secondary  education. 

Last  October,  students  at  Trent  Uni- 
versity in  Peterborough  voted  to  remain 
membersof  the  CFS.  Derek Trevean,  presi- 
dent of  the  Trent  student  union,  says  a  fee 
increase  was  approved  by  between  65 
and  75  per  cent  of  students  who  voted. 

"It  is  the  most  established  and  lis- 
tened-to  organization  at  the  moment, 


and  we  need  a  student  lobbying  group, " 
says  Trevean. 

He  says  while  this  is  a  difficult  time  for 
the  CFS,  the  need  for  a  national  student 
lobby  group  will  assure  the  future  of  the 
organization. 

But  Sharon  Flood,  vice-president  of 
university  affairs  of  the  student  associa- 
tion at  the  University  of  Waterloo,  disa- 
grees. 

Flood  says  about  70  per  cent  of  stu- 
dents who  participated  in  a  referendum 
last  February  voted  to  pull  out  of  the  CFS. 

"Students  felt  they  were  not  getting 
their  money's  worth,"  says  Flood. 

Flood  says  stu- 
dents disagree  with 
many  CFS  policies, 
useless  services  and 
mixed-up  prionties. 

After  dropping 
CFS  membership 
last  year,  Water- 
loo's student  union 
decided  to  join  the 
Ontario  Under- 
graduate Student  Alliance,  a  new  stu- 
dent lobby  group  which  advocateshigher 
tuition  and  automatic,  income-contin- 
gent loans  for  undergraduate  students. 

The  alliance  was  formed  last  year  by  a 
group  of  student  councillors  from  Brock 
University  and  the  University  of  Toronto. 
Its  membership  has  grown  to  include 
student  groups  at  Wilfrid  Laurier  Univer- 
sity, Waterloo,  Queen's  University  and 
the  University  of  Western  Ontario. 

Flood  says  students  at  Waterloo  feel 
OUSA  will  be  able  to  better  represent 
their  lobbying  interests. 

"I  think  OUSA  will  become  stronger, 


"I  don't  think  the  students 
need  a  plethora  of  useless 
services  and  petty  infight- 
ing which  costs  thousands 
of  dollars  a  year." 
—  Naheed  Nenshi,  U  of  C 


and  that  will  take  members  away  from 
the  CFS,"  says  Flood. 

Naheed  Nenshi,  president  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Calgary's  student  union,  says 
he  doesn't  see  the  effectiveness  of  the 
CFS. 

"I  don't  think  the  students  need  a 
plethora  of  useless  services  and  petty 
infighting  which  costs  thousands  of  dol- 
lars a  year,"  says  Nenshi. 

Students  at  U  of  C  have  repeatedly 
turned  down  membership  in  the  CFS.  In 
the  last  referendum,  held  in  the  spring  of 
1991, 918  students  voted  in  favor  of  join- 
ing while  2, 390  students  voted  against  it. 

Nenshi  says  stu- 
dents don't  think 
the  CFS  is  worth  the 
amount  of  money 
they  would  pay  and 
the  services  it  pro- 
vides could  easily  be 
replaced  with  serv- 
ices run  by  indi- 
vidual associations. 
Nenshi  says  the 
CFS  has  lost  touch  with  the  needs  of 
students  and  that  "the  demise  of  the  CFS 
is  imminent." 

But  Charron  says  while  the  CFS  is 
facing  difficulties  now,  the  future  of  the 
organization  is  not  in  jeopardy. 

Charron  says  while  the  loss  of  some 
important  members  over  the  last  year  is 
regrettable,  it  will  not  hurt  the  situation 
of  the  CFS. 

"  Lobbying  will  still  remain  a  priority," 
says  Charron.  "Frankly  I  don't  see  us 
losing  a  large  amount  of  members. 

"Students  are  about  to  face  tough 
rimes.  .  .  .  The  organization  becomes 


useful  in  times  of  crisis,  and  in  that  sense, 
the  CFS  will  prove  to  be  something  worth- 
while in  the  next  few  years." 

He  says  fee  increases  at  most  universi- 
ties will  eventually  pass  and  these  will 
cover  the  loss  of  revenue  from  CFS  mem- 
bers who  have  already  pulled  out.  Al- 
most 100  per  cent  of  the  federation's 
annual  budget  of  over  $2  million  is  de- 
rived from  student  fees,  according  to 
Charron. 

The  only  immediate  effect  of  losing 
members  will  be  to  restrict  expansion  of 
services,  says  Charron.  But  if  more  mem- 
bers decide  to  pull  out  and  their  revenue 
is  not  recovered  with  new  members,  the 
effect  may  be  worse,  he  says. 

"If  this  was  to  continue,  we  would 
have  to  reduce  the  scope  of  our  activities, 
not  as  many  campaigns,  tools,  services, 
etc.,"  says  Charron. 

Finally,  Charron  says  the  problems 
facing  the  CFS,  including  their  budget 
and  membership,  will  be  reviewed  at  the 
CFS  general  meeting  in  May. 

If,  by  May,  less  then  80  per  cent  of  CFS 
members  have  approved  a  fee  increase, 
Charron  says  the  federation  will  set  a 
new  deadline  for  referendums  and  create 
a  new  strategy. 

Schools  who  are  scheduled  to  hold 
referendums  on  fee  increases  and  mem- 
bership in  February  and  March  include: 
Acadia  Univeristy  in  Nova  Scotia, 
Langara  College  in  Vancouver,  the  Uni- 
versity of  Ottawa,  Laurentian  University 
in  Sudbury,  Mt.  Saint  Vincent  University 
in  Halifax,  Dalhousie  University  in  Hali- 
fax, Brandon  University  in  Brandon,  Man. 
and  Lethbridge  University  in  Lethbridge, 
Alta.  □ 


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Election  reform 
needed  now 


Last  week,  we  ran  an  editorial  mocking  all  the 
CUSA  election  posters. 
It  was  just  supposed  to  be  a  joke  --  a  bit  of 
election-time  fun.  The  editorial  argued  thatthe 
posters  really  decide  who  wins  in  the  CUSA  election. 

But,  on  my  way  to  the  ballot  box,  I  realized  that 
posters  really  were  what  I  was  depending  on  to  make  my 
decision. 

There  has  been  talk  of  reforming  the  poster  system, 
from  people  like  James  Rilett,  CUSA's  chief  electoral 
officer  and  the  candidates  themselves,  which  is  good  to 
hear. 

When  the  candidates'  main  way  of  communicating 
with  the  electorate  is  through  a  piece  of  paper,  they  just 
don't  have  much  room  to  describe  their  platforms  in 
detail. 

Reforming  the  system  would  probably  also  open  it  up 
to  more  people.  The  amount  of  money  candidates  feel 
they  have  to  spend  probably  stops  people  from  running. 
Most  students  probably  couldn't  afford  to  spend  over 
$  1 ,200  like  Rob  jamieson  or  even  the  J250  Todd  McAllister 
says  he's  spending. 

First  off,  the  number  of  posters  each  candidate  is 
allowed  should  be  limited,  as  well  as  the  actual  amount 
of  money  spent  on  them.  Then,  there  should  be  specific 
posting  areas  and  a  limit  on  how  many  each  candidate 
can  post  in  any  one  place. 

Right  now,  CUSA  puts  a  spending  limit  on  how  much 
candidates  can  spend  on  things  like  posters,  but  does  it 
in  CUSA  dollars.  This  is  a  weird  system  where  posters  are 
given  an  arbitrary  value,  according  to  factors  like  color 
andsize.So,eveniftherealvalueoftheposteris30cents, 
CUSA  may  say  it's  only  worth  6  cents  out  of  the  candi- 
date's election  poster  budget.  This  system  does  nothing 
to  limit  the  amount  of  real  money  candidates  spend. 
CUSA  should  come  in-line  with  the  rest  of  the  country 
and  start  working  in  real  money. 

Itwould  also  be  a  good  requirement  for  all  candidates 
to  be  required  to  post  a  detailed  position  paper  in  the 
CUSA  office  for  students  to  read.  That  way,  candidates 
like  McAllister  who  only  put  their  smiling  faces  on  their 
posters  would  have  to  explain  themselves  somewhere. 

The  system  will  probably  never  be  perfect.  But  the 
amount  of  posters  in  elections  and  the  amount  that  is 
spent  on  them  is  a  place  where  real  change  can  be  made. 
It  shouldn't  take  a  lot  of  time  or  money  to  make  the 
system  fairer  for  everyone. 

Next  year,  on  my  way  to  the  ballot  box,  I'd  like  to 
know  a  bit  more  about  the  candidates  than  what  they 
look  like  and  how  good  they  are  at  slogan  writing.  SK 


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OPINION 


Memo  mess  up  -  cryptic  warnings  will  do  no  good 


by  Thom  Pardoe 

Thorn  Pajctoe  is  a  Ihird-year  anthropology  and  linguistics  studenl  al  Carlelon. 

lust  say  no. 

No,  ma'am  or  sir,  I  will  not  engage  in  decidedly 
inappropriate  behavior  with  you  because  you  are  a 
professor  and  I  am  taking  your  class.  Going  out  for  a 
drink  after  class  will  create  an  atmosphere  in  which  you 
could  take  advantage  of  my  poor,  benighted  and  vulner- 
able soul  for  cheap,  tawdry  academic  discussions  and 
free  beer.  Lucy  save  us! 

Superficially,  of  course,  out-of-class  socializing  could 
be  defended  as  a  harmless  Qttempt  to  develop  out-of- 
class  relationships  between  students  and  instructors. 

But  we  know  better! 

I  think  it  would  be  in  our  own  best  interests  if  we  all 
went  home  and  took  a  cold  shower  (separately)  and  wore 
hairshirts  in  the  morning,  because,  of  course,  none  of  us, 
professor  and  student  alike,  can  control  our  own  im- 
pulses. 

Well,  at  least  according  to  Theresa  Cowan,  director  of 
services  for  the  Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion, none  of  us  can. 

Cowan  is  the  author  of  a  memo  dated  Jan.  10  to  "All 
^hairs/directors"  titled  "Inappropriate  instructor 
behavior,"  which  asks  professors  not  to  give  "social 
Invitations  to  students  before  final  grades  for  a  course 
have  been  issued."  The  memo  wags  the  finger  of  repro- 
bation at  evil,  predatory  faculty  members,  who  are 


lurking  in  pubs,  just  waiting  to  abuse  their  power  and 
their  students. 

Cowan's  memo  does  make  some  good  points.  Yes, 
there  is  the  potential  for  abuse  of  power  when  students 
and  faculty  develop  out-of-class  relationships,  especially 
when  there  is  alcohol  involved.  And  yes,  there  is  the 
potential  for  the  creation  of  an  "unlevel  playing  field"  for 
students  who  don't  feel  comfortable  speaking  with  pro- 
fessors over  a  coffee  or  a  beer,  or  who  can't  afford  it. 

But  find  me  a  university  somewhere  in  North  America 
that  doesn't  encourage  both  faculty  and  students  to 
develop  collegial  relations.  Find  me  one  university  that 
hasn't  admitted  you  can't  prevent  faculty  and  students 
from  developing  friendships. 

Cowan  falls  flat  on  her  face  on  two  counts.  One,  she 
tars  all  faculty  with  the  same  brush  and  places  the 
burden  of  responsibility  on  them  and  not  equally  on 
faculty  and  students.  (Because,  of  course,  no  student 
would  ever  buy  round  after  round  of  drinks  for  a  profes- 
sor, only  to  fail  the  class  and  then  complain  to  CUSA, 
God,  no,  that's  only  a  rumor.) 

Two,  the  memo  sounds  like  something  Cowan  just 
decided  to  write,  for  no  particular  reason.  There's  no 
mention  of  a  specific  incident  or  incidents.  Maybe  she 
just  walked  Into  Mike's  Place  one  day  and  was  aghast  at 
the  wanton  disregard  for  propriety. 

If  there  was  a  genuine  incident,  then  the  university 
and  CUSA  needs  to  deal  with  it  in  an  open  manner. 


Overgeneralizing  only  creates  an  atmosphere  of  mis- 
trust and  hampers  education. 

The  tone  of  the  memo  suggests  that  a  student  was 
sexually  harassed  by  a  professor.  Well,  if  it  happened, 
then  say  so.  Don't  mess  around  with  cryptic  warnings 
about  "inappropriate  instructor  behavior. "  Surely  there 
is  more  CUSA  could  do  forstudents  than  just  whine  about 
students  going  out  for  a  drink  with  their  teachers. 

A  lot  of  students  develop  close  working  relationships 
and  even  friendships  with  professors  and  not  all  of  them 
get  good  grades.  Many  more  students  do  not  develop 
close  relationships  with  their  instructors  and  a  lot  of 
them  get  really  good  grades. 

In  one  of  my  classes,  a  student  and  the  teaching 
assistant  have  developed  a  friendship.  When  it  came 
time  to  grade  the  mid-term  for  the  class,  the  teaching 
assistant  graded  the  exam,  but  let  the  professor  review 
the  marking  to  make  sure  it  was  done  properly. 

Professors  and  teaching  assistants  have  to  deal  with 
ethical  questions  like  this  all  the  time.  I  think  they  are, 
for  the  most  part,  able  to  cope  without  the  CUSA  execu- 
tive telling  them  how  to  conduct  themselves. 

Apart  from  the  gleeful  cackling  over  the  numerous 
spelling  and  grammatical  errors,  the  memo  has  caused 
little  real  concern  among  faculty  members.  After  all, 
CUSA  has  no  real  authority.  Cowan  would  have  been 
better  off  either  dealing  with  specific  issues  or  just  mind- 
ing her  own  business.  □ 


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Baldness,  Bugs  Bunny  and  boxing 


by  Boryslav  Kit 

Charismn  Staff 

Let  me  tell  you  a  little  secret. 

I'm  losing  my  hair. 

Oh,  1  may  be  all  tressed  up  and  ready 
to  go  right  now,  but  believe  it.  One  day 
soon,  my  strands  will  be  swinging  to 
Phil  Collins's  "Both  Sides  of  the  Story" 
and  eventually  to  "Shiny,  Happy  Peo- 
ple." 

How  many  shiny,  happy,  bald  peo- 
ple do  you  know?  Not  too  many,  I'll 
wager. 

The  first  thing  some  guys  think  about 
when  they  think  they're  losing  their 
hair  is,  "My  God!  How  are  we  going  to 
meet  any  more  women?"  I  mean,  you 
don 't  see  too  many  chrome-domes  with 
women  hanging  off  them,  do  you? 

Forget  about  the  person  you're  going 
out  with  now  —  what  about  the  future? 
Without  hair,  there's  a  good  chance 
you'll  soon  be  lock-ed  out  of  yourpresent 
relationship.  Maybe  you  should  just  get 
married  right  now. 

So,  if  you  see  some  guy  with  hair  in 
Oliver's  desperately  offering  women  lolli- 
pops, you  know  he's  in  fear  of  reaching 
Kojaksian  dimensions. 

I've  heard  though,  that  some  people 
find  a  bald  head  sensual  and  erotic.  Hmm. 
Maybe  that  could  explain  why  Bugs  Bunny 
was  attracted  to  Elmer  Fudd,  supposedly 
his  enemy.  Bugs  wore  skirts  or  wedding 
dresses  whenever  he  had  a  run-in  with 
Elmer  Fudd.  Fudd's  lack  of  fuzz  brought 
out  the  wantonness  and  lasciviousness  in 
Bugs  who  wanted  to  ply  Elmer's  soft, 


malleable  fleshy  skull  when  the  two  were 
cavorting  in  the  carrot  patch. 

Maybe  that's  why  the  majority  of  Mr. 
Clean  commercials  are  targeted  towards 
women.  Women  are  supposed  to  be 
blinded  by  lust  when  they  catch  the  glare 
of  the  super-stud's  fabulous  forehead,  and 


go  on  a  kitchen-cleaning  binge. 
But,  back  to  me. 

I  spend  days  in  front  of  the  mirror, 
wondering  how  I'm  going  to  go.  Will  the 
waves  in  my  hair  end  up  looking  like 
Moses  parted  them?  Or  will  someone  per- 
form clear-cut  logging:  thinner,  thinner, 
and  before  you  know  it,  Clayoquot  Sound. 

Maybe  I'll  end  up  buying  up  hair- 
regain  formulas.  "Hi,  I'm  not  only  a  Hair 
Club  member,  I'm  a  dope  who  spends 
$  1 ,000  a  week  on  this  curls-congregating 
concoction,  which  will  cause  my  hair  to 
fall  out  if  forget  to  take  it  even  just  one 


day." 

My,  what  a  Neet  idea. 
Another  thing  I  do  is  compare  my 
present  hair  to  my  past  hair  by  looking  at 
old  photos.  I'll  find  one  where  my  head  is 
full  of  hair.  "Aha,  look,"  I'll  say  toanyone 
who'll  listen,  "I  AM  losing  my  hair.  Just 
look  at  how  much  I  have  here." 

"But,  dear,"  my  mom  will  say,  "eve- 
rybody had  hair  in  the  70s." 

I  contemplate  the  cause  of  my  thin- 
ning hair  and  impending  baldness.  I 
spend  time  tracing  my  family  tree, 
looking  for  relatives  who  were  bald,  l 
do  DNA  samples,  all  to  find  out  why. 
Why  me?  My  parents  weren't  Sinead 
O'ConnororYulBrynner.  I'mnotready 
for  Custer's  Last  Strand!  Why  me!?! 

Actually,  one  advantage  to  being 
bald  is  it  allows  you  to  be  lippy  in  some 
situations.  If  someone  starts  a  fight 
with  you  and  asks,  "You  wanna 
shiner?",  you  can  say,  "Got  one  al- 
ready, thanks."  Of  course,  you  might 
receive  an  even  more  severe  pummelling 
for  that  line. 

But  there  is  really  nothing  you  can  do 
about  baldness.  It's  part  of  nature,  and 
part  of  growing  older.  You  just  hope  the 
hair  stays  on  as  long  as  it  can. 

In  the  end,  it's  nothing  to  lose  your  hair 
oven 

Get  it?  "Lose  your  hair?"  It's  a  joke. 
This  whole  piece  is  about  losing  your  hair, 
right?  And  I  just  made  a  joke  with  the 
words  "Losing  your  hair." 

Next  week:  a  review  of  Stephen  King's 
Thinner.  □ 


LETTERS 


OC  Transpo  rocks 

Editor: 

This  is  in  response  to  Blayne  Haggart's 
"commentary,"  ("OCTranspo should  take 
its  own  hike,"  The  Charlatan,  [an.  27, 
1994)  on  journalism  intern  Mary  Ellen 
Collins's  article  in  The  Citizen. 

Haggart's  commentary  seems  to  take 
offence  at  any  positive  comments  being 
aimed  at  OC  Transpo.  Sending  an  out-of- 
towner  who  is  unfamiliar  with  the  region 
on  the  buses  to  see  how  easy  it  is  to  get 
around  is  a  good  test  of  any  transit  sys- 
tem. And  quite  frankly,  it  was  interesting 
to  read  Collins's  article  in  The  Citizen  on 
Jan.  16. 

Haggart  says,  "The  service  is  generally 
lousy,"  and  he's  entitled  to  his  opinion. 
We  at  OC  Transpo  are  very  interested  in 
knowing  people's  opinions  of  our  service 
and  that's  why  we  engage  the  Carleton 
University  Survey  Centre  to  conduct  an- 
nual attitude  surveys. 

Results  show  that  74  per  cent  of  re- 
spondents believe  it  is  reasonable  to  stand 
during  rush  hours.  Only  5  per  cent  of 
respondents  thought  that  service  got  worse 
over  the  last  year  and  63  per  cent  believe 
the  bus  routes  are  well  planned. 

The  picture  is  definitely  not  as  bleak  as 
Haggart  would  like  his  readers  to  think. 
Perhaps  Haggart  could  provide  some  con- 
structive criticism  and  we  together  with 
the  students  and  the  administration  could 
work  at  further  improvements. 

For  a  person  like  Haggart  who  lives  in 
Orleans  and  travels  to  a  destination  such 
as  Carleton,  all  forms  of  transportation 
will  pose  some  challenges.  For  Haggart's 
trip  to  Orleans,  he  may  wish  to  try  Route 
118  to  Billings  Bridge  and  transfer  to 
Transitway  routes  96  or  97  which  will  get 
him  to  Route  95  at  Hurdman.  This  will 
take  him  to  his  Orleans  connections. 

As  for  Dunton  Tower,  the  only  recent 
incident  I  can  recall  is  when  we  were  told 
by  the  university  to  detour  away  from  that 


area  because  of  a  broken  water  main .  Our 
transit  supervisors  did  their  best  to  try  to 
alert  students. 

I  hope  Haggart's  views  do  not  reflect 
those  of  The  Charlatan's  editorial  board 
and  that  there  will  be  no  embargo  on 
balanced  coverage  of  OC  Transpo  or  any 
other  public  service. 

Oxana  Sawka 
OC  Transpo 
Director  of  public  relations 

Watching  the  ITV 
blizzard 

Editor: 

With  regards  to  the  ITV  channel  relo- 
cation from  15  to  S3,  it  is  apparent  that 
the  local  cable  companies  perceive  the 
viewing  audience  of  the  Ottawa-Carleton 
region  as  being  a  modem  bastion  ofintel- 
lectualism. 

When  I  telephoned  Maclean  Hunter 
Cable  TV  last  week  to  inquire  as  to  the 
necessity  of  affecting  such  a  change  in  the 
middle  of  the  term,  I  was  informed  that 
accommodation  had  to  be  made  for  a 
"new"  cable  service. 

The  reason  that  the  "new"  service  could 
not  possibly  be  implemented  on  Channel 
53  becomes  painfully  obvious  upon  tun- 
ing in  -  this  channel  resembles  the  bliz- 
zard that  may  found  on  the  weather  chan- 
nel. 

An  educational  channel  should  be  as 
clear  as  possible  in  order  that  viewers  may 
read  written  information  and  observe  the 
professor's  actions. 

The  clearly  received  Channel  15  isnow 
graced  by  the  same  service  which  simulta- 
neously appears  on  Channel  34  -  the 
hourly  TV  programming  guide  and  re- 
peated Movie  Network  advertisements. 

Beam  me  up,  Scotty! 

Me/  Thompson 
Psychology  I 


Don't  waste  time, 
just  get  job  done! 

Editor: 

I  would  like  to  address  the  advertise- 
ment purchased  by  CUSA  in  the  Jan.  27 
edition  of  The  Charlatan. 

The  ad  is  about  the  Dedicated  Access 
Fund,  which  draws  approximately  $50,000 
collectively  from  all  Carleton  students  each 
year,  to  be  managed  by  a  committee  to 
improve  accessibility  for  disabled  students 
on  campus.  In  the  ad,  it  is  asked  of  all 
students  to  decide  which  proposed  acces- 
sibility changes  to  campus  are  most  im- 
portant and  should  be  undertaken  first. 

I  understand  that  the  idea  of  the  adver- 
tisement is  to  make  students  feel  impor- 
tant, by  allowing  them  to  decide  the 
changes,  but  I  have  news  for  CUSA  and 
the  access  fund  committee.  I  am  an  able- 
bodied  student  and  how  the  hell  would  I 
know  what  needs  to  be  changed? 

Shouldn't  the  access  fund  committee 
consult  students  who  use  and  need  these 
services,  and  who  know  what  services  are 
most  important,  instead  of  people  who 
haven't  given  it  a  second  thought? 

Carleton  has  been  mislabelling  itself 
since  the  1950s  as  "accessible"  and  still 
has  a  far  way  to  go  before  it  can  live  up  to 
its  accessible  billing.  I  have  a  message  for 
CUSA  and  the  access  fund  committee  - 
don't  try  to  be  politically  correct.  Just  get 
the  changes  made,  so.these  students  can 
have  improved  mobility  on  campus, 
sooner. 

Rob  Kisielewski 
Law  IV 


The  magic  continues! 
More  letters  on  pg.  1 8 


12  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  February  10,  1994 


\  LOOK  AT  AFRICAN  HISTORY  MONTH 


Colin  James 

Ja(nes  'S  a  thiid-year  mass  communications  student  at 

don- 
history,  heritage,  culture  and  rights  of 
.people  on  this  planet  are  too  important 
^jr  developments,  contributions  and 
lerings  to  be  ignored  and  disrespected. 
Dple  around  the  world  of  African  descent 
been  enslaved,  raped  and  colonized. 
,n  today  they  find  themselves  suffering 
ier  the  yokes  of  economic  colonialism, 
\s\  discrimination,  and  police  brutality  — 
jarnebasic  elements  of  white  supremacy 
j  brought  many  Africans  to  the  Western 
^sphere  in  the  first  place. 

as  tragic  as  the  brutality  of  white 
tfemacy's  historical  pillaging  and  rape  of 
|Ck  people,  has  been  its  product  —  the 
aCy  of  a  slave  mentality  in  the  psyche  and 
nt  of  those  African  survivors. 
iCK  history  and  heritage  has  been 
jtroyed,  damaged  and  distorted  by  white 
jiemacy,  to  the  point  where  some  of  us  no 
ger  know  our  native  languages  ororiginal 
Ties. 

tat  is  my  African  history,  in  its  legacy  of 
lure  and  ethnicity? 

iat  is  the  original  conception  my  ancestors 
of  the  creator? 

ose  of  the  African  Diaspora  —  the 
persion  of  African  descendants  throughout 
world  —  are  struggling  to  find  our  true 
-value,  and  of  what  value  we  are  to  each 
ier  as  African  descendants, 
th  the  theft  of  our  history  and  identity 
ne  Ihe  internalized  self-hatred  produced 
the  chasms  created  by  the  machinations 
vhite  supremacy.  Because  of  this,  it  is  no 
rider  that  Black  people  are  at  present 
pcally  the  number  one  killers  of  Black 
3ple.  The  destruction  of  consciousness 
led  to  the  birth  of  a  people  with  a 
ioinled  past  that  many  of  them  are  now 
ng  to  reclaim. 

1926,  an  African-American  man  named 
Carter  G.  Woodson  called  attention  to 
manifold  contributions  of  Black  people  to 
Whistory  and  civilization  with  the  creation 
observance  of  Negro  History  Week. 


This  was  held  every  year  starting  on  the 
second  Sunday  in  February,  during  the  week 
which  included  the  birthdays  of  President 
Abraham  Lincoln  and  African-American 
slavery-abolitionist  Frederick  Douglass.  The 
creation  of  Negro  History  Week  helped  fight 
against  the  lies  told  by  the  white  supremacist 
world  establishment  that  Black  people  had 
no  history.  These  lies  attempted  to  white-out 
the  proud  history  of  African  people. 
In  1753, 
European 
philosopher 
David  Hume 
wrotein  Essays 
and  Treatises 
on  Several 
Subjects  that 
Black  people 
are  "naturally 
inferior  to  the 
white.  There 
never  was  a 
civilized  nation 
of  any  other 
complexion 
than  white."  In 
Hume's 
version  of 
history,  Egypt, 
one  of  the  great 
civilizations  of 
Africa,  was  not 
considered  to 
have  been 
created  by 
Black  African 
people. 

But  in  the  book  Herodotus  Histories,  Hume 
could  have  read  otherwise.  In  Chapter  104, 
the  Greek  historian  writes  of  the  Egyptians: 
". . .  My  own  conjectures  were  founded  first 
in  the  fact  that  they  are  black-skinned  and 
have  wooly  hair." 

Count  Volney,  a  renowned  European 
academic  and  historian,  also  echoes 
Herodotus  when  he  wrote  of  Egypt  in  his 
book  Ruins  of  Empire:  ".  .  .  we  have  the 
strongest  reason  to  believe  that  the  county 


neighboring  the  tropic  was  the  cradle  of  the 
sciences,  and . . .  the  first  learned  nation  was 
a  nation  of  Blacks." 

It  shouldn't  even  be  necessary  to  quote 
white  historians  saying  that  the  ancient 
Egyptians  were  Black;  one  has  only  to  look 
at  Egyptian  hieroglyphs  and  see  that 
Egyptians  had  dark  brown  skin,  full  lips,  with 
black  afros  and  braids.  These  facts  have 
been  white-washed  by  white  society.  Even 
the  original 
names  have 
been changed. 
In  ancient 
times,  the 
Egyptians 
called  theirland 
K  m  t 
(pronounced 
Khamit  or 
Kemit),  which 
means  land  of 
the  Black 
people,  and 
called 
•themselves 
Khamites. 
Egyptwasonly 
one  of  many 
great 
civilizations  of 
Africa,  and  I 
would  be 
remiss  in  not 
mentioning  the 
ancient 
kingdoms  of 
the  Shonaand 
Zulu  peoples  in  Southern  Africa,  the  nation 
of  the  Zanj  city  states  in  Eastern  Africa,  the 
kingdom  of  Axum  in  Ethiopia,  the  kingdom  of 
Nubia-Kush  which  gave  birth  to  Egypt,  the 
kingdoms  of  Ghana,  Mali  and  Songhay  in 
Western  Africa. 

The  Moors  of  Northern  Africa  civilized  the 
Iberian  peninsula,  bringing  its  advanced 
mathematics,  science  and  architecture  to  a 
Europe  which  hadn't  even  begun  to  shuffle 
out  of  the  so-called  "Dark  Ages."  To  this  day 


Carter  G.  Woodson 


we  all  use  Arabic  numerals. 
Bui  no  one  ever  teaches  us  about  our  history 
—  African  History  —in  this  manner,  even 
though  there  are  many  books  written  in  strict 
observance,  heavy  research,  using 
documented  proof  as  reliable  as  any  Western 
historians',  perhaps  more  so.  This  is 
information  that  many  of  us  of  African 
descent,  like  Dr.  Carter  Woodson,  have  had 
to  find  for  ourselves. 

The  tradition  of  Negro  History  Week  started 
in  1926  and  has  since  evolved  to  embrace 
the  whole  month  of  February,  and  is  now 
known  as  Black  History  Month,  African 
History  Month,  African  Heritage  or  African 
Liberation  Month. 

But  like  many  celebrated  traditions,  Black 
History  Month  is  now  threatened  with  being 
commercialized  and  commodified.  One  only 
has  to  look  at  the  advertisements  using 
African  kings  and  queensin  Ebony  magazine 
by  Budweiser  and  other  corporations  to 
realize  that  these  same  advertisements  are 
notfeaturedin  VogueorTime.  Thesepictures 
of  African  civilization  and  royalty  are  justads, 
pictures  for  profit.  They  are  not  widely 
acknowledged  or  appreciated  facts.  They 
are  no  threat  to  white  lies  or  to  the  white 
supremacist  establishment. 
What  is  worse  is  when  we  as  Black  people 
begin  to  commercialize  this  event  ourselves. 
African  History  Month  should  not  be  narrowed 
down  to  or  promoted  as  sound  bites  and 
cliches  in  advertisements.  For  exam  pie,  flyers 
promoting  dances  during  the  month  of 
February  should  avoid  calling  dances  "Black 
History  Thang{s)"  if  their  sole  purpose  is 
monetary  profit.  Quotations  such  as  the  one 
by  the  great  Black  Pan-Africanist  Marcus 
Mosiah  Garvey,  that  "a  people  without  the 
knowledge  of  their  past,  history,  origins,  and 
culture  is  like  atree  withoutroots,"  should  not 
be  used  as  to  draw  a  crowd.  What  will  be 
next,  a  "By  Any  Means  Necessary"  dance? 
African  History  Month  should  not  be  sold. 
As  Black  people,  as  African  people,  let  us 
celebrate,  butalso  concentrate  and  meditate 
on  who  we  are  and  where  we're  going  as  a 
people,  and  as  individuals.  X 


TWO  YEARS  AND  56  HITS  LATER 


N.A.  Pierre 

Jieue  is  a  studenl  ai  Carieton  and  Algonquin  College,  His 
Wutions  lo  The  Charlatan  include  a  tribute  to  Miles  Daws 
Prober  i99i. 

'°nce  we  have  the  knowledge  of  self  as 
sople  we  can  be  free,  and  no  devil  can 
Center  the  boundaries  ..."  -  Freestyle 
"owship,    hip-hop  artists 

Jpril  29  will  mark  the  second  anniversary 
,l|e  Los  Angeles  Rebellion,  two  days  of 
unrest  sparked  by  the  acquittal  of  four 
L  police  officers  who  were  videotaped 
Peking  the  Olde  English  Brew  out  of 
jurist  Rodney  King. 

foday,  as  then,  we  of  the  Black  nation 
"cans,  African-Caribbean-Canadians, 
^-Americans,  African-Europeans,  etc.) 
pondering:  What's  next? 
^are  a  people  who  have  seen  on  prime- 
television,  in  the  symbolic  decision  of 
'  ,al's  jurors,  what  amounts  to  a  passive 
pte  towards  overt,  violent  racism.  We 
6  seen  in  Los  Angeles  the  explosive 
/>'  of  our  pent-up  frustration  and  rage. 


°nave  been  simmering  in  impoverished 
>r"city  and  township  souls  for  centuries. 
,erhapS  you,  a  Black  man  or  woman 
.9  at  home  watching  the  bungled 
Nations  of  the  jurors  on  CNN,  or  listening 


-0rn 


e  of  your  white  co-workers  tell  you ". 


■  we  didn't  really  see  the  first  30 
?ds  of  the  incident,  did  we?  Maybe  he 
/d'd  deserve  it . . ."  --  perhaps  you  felt 
"ke  blowing  upsome  buildings  yourself, 
'hings  improved  or  regressed  since 
Maybe  we  should  stop  being-  so 
re  ^  pessimistic  and  squeamish,  (mean, 
haven't  been  any  other  publicized 


incidents  of  errant  police  vs.  minority  citizens 
lately,  right?  Well,  except  for  the  acquittal 
here  in  Ottawa  of  the  cop  who  mistook 
Vincent  Gardner's  guitar  for  a  gun  and  shot 
him,  or  those  two  cops  in  Toronto  who  shot 
a  fleeing  suspect  in  the  back,  or  those  other 
couple  of  cops  in  Detroit  who  ripped  a  man's 
scalp  right  off  his  head  with  their  billy  clubs, 
or  that  beaten  cab  driver  in  Quebec,  or . . . 
okay,  I  mean,  there  haven't  been  any  really 
notable  police-related  incidents  lately.  You 
know,  the  kind  that  incites  a  young  brother  to 
set  fire  to  a  city  bank  or  anything  like  that... 

Maybe  this  affirmative  action  thing  is  just 
the  antidote  we  Black  folk  need  to  finally 
garner  some  respect  from  minority-weary 
employers  and  white  counterparts.  After 
having  been  dragged  from  ourhomeland(s). 
beaten  and  sold,  having  our  Black  women 
used  to  pump  out  baby  slaves  like  Preg-O- 
Matics,  and  being  made  to  serve  Earl  Grey 
tea  to  our  "generous  massahs,"  it's  the  least 
the  government  can  do. 

Never  mind  that  government  neglect  in 
inner-cities  across  the  continent  has  some  of 
us  in  a  state  of  hopelessness  and  constant 
war  with  each  other  because  we  can't  touch 
the  system  effectively.  Affirmative  action  — 
finally,  racism  that  works  in  our  favor.  I 
mean,  come  on;  stuff's,  like,  too  easy, 
y'knowumsayin'?  All  we  gotta  do  is  check  off 
the  little  box  at  the  bottom  of  the  application 
that  says  "Visible  Minority."  ignore  the 
enraged  stare  of  the  white  guy  being  turned 
away  from  the  desk,  and  it's  a  shoo-in  to  that 
OPP  position.  And  look,  they're  hiring  so 
many  of  us.  My  only  question  is,  what 
happens  when  they've  hired  "enough"  Black 


people? 

But,  hey,  on  a  whole,  at  least  white 
popular  culture  has  sure  been  refining  its 
view  of  Black  people  over  the  past  decade  or 
so.  We're  no  longer  just  threatening,  sinister, 
jive-talkin',  pimp-rollin',  alleyway-lurkin', 
"strange  accent"-speakin",  knife-totin' 
muggers  on  the  make.  Now  we  can  also  play 
basketball,  have  colorful  names,  rap  cool 
stuff  like  "Whoomp!  There  It  Is"  and  even 
start  a  T-shirt  business  or  two. 

And  the  best  part  is,  we're  just  so  damn 
cool.  Not  only  does  everyone  wanna  be  like 
Mike,  they  wanna  be  Black  like  me,  too. 
See?  Check  out  the  way  some  of  these  white 
suburbanite  kids  try  to  model  themselves 
after  us,  especially  us  rappers,  our  deified 
figures.  (We're  role  models,  man!  Straight 
up!)  Don't  they  just  look  so  cute  in  their  Karl 
Kani  outfits,  slung  low,  listening  to  their  Onyx 
tape  or  whatever  ...  go  ahead,  ask  em. 
Some  of  them  will  even  tell  ya  that  smokin' 
blunts  and  sippin"  40s  of  beer  while  stashin' 
their  .45  pistols  is  all  about  the  Black 
experience.  Yeah,  these  kids  understand. 
They're  "down." 

Of  course,  I  say  all  of  this  with  an  ironic, 
frustrated  snicker.  There  is,  as  yet,  no 
answer  to  whether  we  are  better  off  since  the 
last  fire  in  1992  Los  Angeles  was 
extinguished.  The  attitude  of  our  society, 
circa  1 994,  has  equal  parts  improving  forces 
and  stagnating  forces,  the  old  guard  of 
thought  countering  advances  from  newer 
windsof  social  change.  Like  my  man  Speech 
said,  it's  a  state  of  arrested  development. 
The  net  effect  will  have  to  be  measured  later. 
So  let'sput  all  the  crazy  confetti  and  fireworks 


in  the  closet  for  now. 

Times  are  getting  crazy.  It's  time  we  got  a 
handle  on  what's  really  going  on,  instead  of 
accepting/offering  feeble  excuses.  It's  time 
to  know  the  ledge,  for  real,  tho'. 

Knowledge,  people.  It's  all  about 
knowledge.  Knowledge  of  the  social, 
governmental  and  economic  systems  which 
are  pervasive  throughout  every  aspect  of 
our  lives.  Knowledge  of  the  weaknesses  of 
these  systems,  why  they  exist,  and  how  they 
affect  us. 

Knowledge  and  understanding  of  human 
nature  in  order  to  realize  just  why  people  of 
different  races  often  act  towards  each  other 
the  way  they  do.  And.  Black  people,  it  takes 
knowledge  of  ourselves,  our  culture,  our 
responsibilities  and  our  potential  to  assert 
our  presence  in  the  world,  no  matter  where 
we  live.  We  once  were  the  proud  kings  and 
queens  of  Earth,  ruling  the  planet  with 
knowledge  that  had  historical  figures,  from 
Aristotle  to  Socrates,  as  our  eager  students. 
Let's  not  forget  or  be  fooled. 

It's  time  to  realize  that  whether  one  is 
dark-  or  light-skinned,  born  in  North  America 
or  in  Africa  or  in  the  Caribbean  or  in  Europe, 
whether  one  is  "affluent"  or  "middle  class"  or 
"below  the  poverty  line,"  a  Crip  or  a  Blood,  a 
Christian  or  a  Muslim  or  a  Rasta,  a  Black 
man  or  a  Black  woman,  we  are  all  part  of  the 
same  struggle  for  our  identity  and  self- 
redetermination. 

We  as  a  people  are,  slowly  but  surely, 
stirring  to  this  consciousness;  however,  it 
shouldn't  take  56  hits  to  the  body  in  82 
seconds  to  wake  us  up.  * 


February  10,  1994  -  The  Charlatan  •  13 


This^Wry  islHJartialTTTSlory  ofmy  family, 
reconstructed  from  my  own  point  of  view.  I 
like  to  think  that  the  history  of  my  ancestors 
is  nof  a  subject  that  I  study  only  one  month 
a  year.  Their  history  is  in  my  blood.  It  defines 
my  existence.  Remembered,  their  strength 
is  mine.  Forgotten,  I  am  left  naked  to  the 
physical  and  spiritual  challenges  that  they 
have  faced  and  which  still  may  haunt  me 
today. 

On  her  way  to  church  one  morning,  my 
maternal  grandmother  saw  a  Soucouyant. 
My  grandmother  could  easily  have  been 
devoured,  but  she  taced  the  creature  squarely 
and  then  continued  on  her  way  as  it  nothing 
had  happened.  She  was  an  extraordinary 
woman. 

Her  name  was  Pearl  Boiselle  and  she 
raised  my  mother,  her  two  other  natural 
daughters  and  two  adopted  children  all  by 
herself.  During  the  chaos  of  the  Second 
World  War  this  was  quite  an  achievement.  A 
United  States  naval  base  was  then  stationed 
n  Trinidad  because  if  was  thought  that  the 
island  was  a  key  place  to  defend  North 
America  from  enemy  attack.  The  base 
disrupted  the  normal  affairs  of  the  island  and 
was  itself  thought  threatening  by  some 
Trinidadians,  but  there  were  others  that  were 
fascinated  by  the  culture  that  the  soldiers 
brought.  Clarke  Gable,  Claudette  Colbert, 
Shirley  Temple:  these  were  the  new  names 
that  were  tossed  about  the  island.  Some  of 
the  most  daring  barbers  were  already 
experimenting  with  the  new  way  of  "conking" 
hair  that  the  American  Blacks  practised, 
which  left  one's  hair  straight  and  shiny  as 
any  movie  stars'. 

There  were  inconveniences  too.  At  various 
times  the  soldiers  would  conduct  air-raid 
drills,  and  then  no  light,  noise  or  movement 
even  the  slightest  —  would  be  permitted. 
Once,  coming  home  late  from  work,  Pearl 
was  told  to  get  off  her  bike  and  take  cover  in 
the  ditch.  She  was  told  to  stay  there  until 
further  ordered.  It  soon  became  dark,  and 
Pearl  found  herself  alone.  The  officer  had 
long  since  driven  away  at  top  speed,  flashing 
his  headlights,  shouting  even  over  his  blaring 
horn  as  he  strove  heroically  to  lay  tranquillity 
upon  the  island.  Somehow,  the  young  lady  in 
the  ditch  avoided  being  beaten  and  robbed, 
for  the  war  had  forced  people  to  become 
desperate.  Pearl  also  withstood  the  evils 
that  inhabit  the  darkness. 

Soucouyant,  of  course,  is  the  name  for  a 
type  of  evil  spirit  that  can  be  loosely  translated 
as  a  vampire.  Some  say  that  it  has  one- 
hoofed  leg  like  a  goat's,  some  say  it  is 
shapeless,  but  almost  everyone  agrees  that 
it  tries  to  seduce  people  before  killing  them. 

An  honest  and  respectable  friend  once 
told  me  a  story  about  the  creature.  She  said 
her  mother  was  at  homealone  one  night  and 
;-|  could  not  get  to  sleep.  She  lay  awake  in  bed 
for  hours.  Finally  when  she  was  about  todritt 
off,  she  felt  a  cool  breeze  upon  her  breasts 
and  then  could  remember  no  more.  In  the 
morning,  she  awoke  and  found  a  purpled 
and  tender  welt  on  her  shoulder,  fringed  with 
what  appeared  to  be  teeth-marks.  She  had 
been  visited  by  a  Soucouyant.  Ever  since, 
her  family  has  made  sure  there  is  a  broom 
placed  upside  down  in  her  closet  before  she 
goes  to  bed,  and  that  open  scissors  are  left 
upon  her  blankets.  These  charms  have 
worked  to  guard  most  people  from  the  spirit. 

I  did  not  believe  in  Soucouyants,  but 
neither  did  I  believe  that  my  grandmother 
and  my  friend's  mother  were  deliberately 
lying.  It  took  three  separate  clues  for  me  to 
explain  away  their  superstitions. 

The  first  clue  was  something  that  my 
mother  told  me.  Every  Friday  during  the  war, 
my  mother  Claudette  would  be  sent  on  an 
errand.  She  would  buy  a  small  bottle  of  milk 
at  the  dairy.  As  Claudette  was  returning 


ml  ^^vMA rOarlalak< 
?eetened  and  flavored  wilh  coconut.  Ar 

by  the  time  .(he  chifd  returned,  it  would  t 
ready  all  vat,  puffy  and  steaming  from  tr 


lake, 
And 
be 

at,  puffy  and  steaming  from  the 


skillet.  Delighted,  Claudette  would  eat  and 
drink  while  Pearl  watched,  equally  delighted, 
taking  occasional  sips  of  bush  tea  she  had 
gleaned  from  the  bushes  outside.  The  milk 
the  children  drank  would  finish  the  week's 
savings  and  Pearl  would  have  to  go  without 
tood  for  the  next  day,  but  she  was  used  to 
going  without  solid  food  every  other  day  or 
so  anyway  for  the  good  of  her  children. 

So  Pearl  would  have  been  weak  with 
hunger  when  she  saw  the  Soucouyant.  At 
tirst,  this  meant  little  to  me;  I  had  never  been 
hungry  before,  so  my  mother's  story  barely 
held  my  attention.  It  was  through  complete 
chance  that  I  stumbled  across  an  old  book  of 
medicine  that  my  parents  had  bought.  The 
book  spoke  about  the  hallucinogenic  effects 
of  starvation.  It  was  in  a  chapter  about 
problems  faced  by  people  who  were  forced 
to  live  temporarily  in  underdeveloped 
countries.  I  remember  crying  at  the  pictures. 
They  showed  weary  U.S.  soldiers  that  had 
gone  with  only  one  meal  a  day  for  close  to  a 
week. 

This  was  what  it  was  like  to  go  hungry. 
The  book  said  one  might  start  to  imagine 
things,  but  I  did  not  then  make  the  connection 
to  the  Soucouyant  incident.  I  needed 
something  more  concrete,  more  real  to  guide 
me  further.  In  the  waiting  room  of  our  family 
doctor  there  was  another  book,  and  this 
came  to  be  my  third  and  final  clue.  The  book 
was  a  collection  of  famous  paintings.  It 
included  the  one  by  Dali  called  "The 
Temptation  of  St.  Antony."  and  I  know  that 
Pearl,  a  devout  Catholic,  would  have  known 
the  story  of  the  saint,  if  not  Dali's  weird 
painting.  It  shows  Antony,  clearly  on  the 
verge  of  starvation,  facing  a  long  train  of 
fantastic  beings  —  some  horrible  and  some 
almost  seductive.  And  upon  seeing  the 
painting,  I  immediately  remembered  what 
the  medical  book  at  home  said  about  low 
blood  sugar  levels  and  the  hallucinations 
that  often  come  as  a  result. 

From  the  evidence  presented  to  me,  I 
judged  Pearl  Boiselle  to  have  been  deluded. 
When  she  saw  the  Soucouyant,  she  was 
simply  suffering  from  slow  starvation.  She 
imagined  a  creature  after  going  for  a  good 
day  Without  solid  food,  and  years  without 
anything  we  would  consider  adequate 
nutrition.  She  did  not  lie;  she  only  thought 
she  saw  a  Soucouyant. 

There  were  other  things  that  my  mother 
told  me  that  did  not  require  from  me  such 
intellectual  prowess  as  did  the  Soucouyant 
incident.  One  day,  mother  told  me,  Pearl 
desperately  needed  money  to  feed  her 
children  and  so  she  decided  for  the  first  and 
last  time  to  borrow  money  from  her  eldest 
daughter's  father.  She  took  Claudette,  who 
was  nine  at  the  time,  and  together  they 
walked  to  the  barber  shop  where  grandfather 
George  worked.  He  had  many  children  from 
many  different  women,  but  he  did  not  care  to 
see  any  of  them,  especially  around  his  shop. 
Claudette  remembered  what  happened  next: 
some  talk  from  her  mother,  some  talk  from 
her  father,  mounting  into  shouting,  then 
bellowing  from  the  man  .  .  .  then  father 
twisting  mother's  arm  so  that  it  was  at  an 
impossible  angle  .  .  .  then  mother  being 
thrown  to  the  ground  outside  of  the  shop 
where  she  lay  for  some  time  crying. 

George  was  a  very  handsome  man. 
Indeed,  he  could  have  been  frighteningly 
handsome  were  it  not  for  one  conspicuous 
fault.  He  stammered,  and  so  he  could  also 
appear  cute.  He  cut  the  hair  of  some  of  the 
most  powerful  people  in  Trinidad:  the  U.S. 
officers  and  troops.  He  got  paid  in  American 
coins.  George  was  quite  a  success.  His 
stammer  entertained  the  American  troops, 
which  of  course  made  him  stammer  all  the 


more. 

I  have  wondered  if,  at  one  time,  George's 
stammer  was  deliberate.  He  was  always 
running  one  con  game  or  another.  I  see  him 
pretending  to  stammer  at  first,  finding  it 
difficult  to  do;  then,  gradually,  as  more  of  the 
troops  found  their  way  to  the  stammerer's 
shopand  as  Yankee  dollarsbegantomultiply, 
George  would  find  it  easy  and  more  natural 
until,  one  fell  day,  the  transformation  would 
be  complete.  He  would  gradually  become 
nothing  more  than  a  stammer,  an  ugly, 
cringing  creature,  a  victim  of  his  own  lust  for 
power.  Obviously,  my  dislike  for  the  man  has 
fuelled  my  imagination. 

George  is  still  alive  today,  and  is 
remarkably  healthy  for  his  age  —80- 
something  I  think.  He  lives,  illegally,  in 
Brooklyn  and  cuts  hair  in  a  nameless  barber 
shop  for  whatever  loose  change  people  are 
willing  to  pay.  It  was  always  his  dream  to  live 
in  the  United  States.  He  lives  alone  and  is 
often  mugged,  though  he  has  always 
managed  to  escape  serious  harm.  Strangely 
enough,  the  many  sons  and  daughters  he 
has  made  have  no  great  desire  to  see  him: 
all  except  my  mother  Claudette,  who  invites 
him  to  our  home  in  Canada  occasionally: 

When  he  visits,  I  have  togive  grandfather 
my  bed  while  I  sleep  in  the  basement.  He 
leaves  the  smell  of  Dax  on  my  pillow,  and 
even  when  I  change  the  pillow  case  I  can  still 
smell  that  beastly  mixture  of  vegetable  oils 
and  petroleum  jelly  and  other  "hair 
strengthening"  ingredients.  My  brother,  father 
and  1  all  make  fun  of  his  stammer  and  shaky 
nerves  which  worsen  yearly.  Mother  is  always 
furious  when  she  catches  us:  "He  has  had  a 
hard  life,"  she  says,  "and  he  deserves  at 
least  your  pity."  We  men  feel  that  we  are  able 
to  sit  in  judgment  of  George  for  neglecting 
his  children.  We  may  be  right,  but  we  are 
often  just  cruel.  I'm  sure  we  wouldn't  laugh  at 
him  so  much  if  he  had  been  kinder  to  his 
daughters. 

My  mother  babysits  children  during  the 
day,  and  upon  one  of  grandfather's  extended 
stays  I  came  up  from  my  basement  prison  to 
see  him  sitting  in  the  living  room,  the  children 
playing  around  him.  I  was  passing  unseen 
into  the  next  room,  but  I  paused  when  I  saw 
him  trying  to  talk  to  one  of  the  children:  "Y-y- 
y-y-y-y-y-you  kids  dere,"  he  croaked.  A  wild 
nerve  on  his  eyelid  was  pulsing  through  his 
thin  and  wrinkled  skin,  and  he  was  foaming 
at  the  corners  of  his  mouth  in  his  efforts:  "C- 
c-c-c-c-come  'ere  and  l-lem  me  t-t-t-tell  you 
a  story."  The  youngest  child  started  to  cry 
and  the  others  left  the  living  room,  giving  the 
monster  on  the  chair  a  wide  berth.  George 
sat  like  a  man  waiting  to  die.  I  think  I  felt  pity 
at  this  point,  welling  up  amidst  the  prejudice 
and  disrespect,  but  it  faded  soon.  I  slipped 
away  quietly  to  laugh  about  this  newest 
event  with  my  brother. 

The  simple  fact  is  that  grandfather  is  not 
real  to  me.  He  is  a  Soucouyant,  or  a  Lajabless, 
or  a  Jumbie,  or  a  Duppie  or  any  of  the  other 
West  Indian  spirits  that  my  mother  tries  to  tell 
me  of.  I  am  Canadian.  I  am  also  a  university 
student  —the  first  of  my  family  —and  I  am 
intelligent  enough  to  realize  what  these 
"spirits"  represent.  They  are  personifications 
of  various  psychological  and  political  forces 
that  threatened  the  lives  and  identities  of  the 
Trinidadians.  My  grandmother  boldly  faced 
these  forces,  and  struggled  against  them  for 
the  good  of  her  children.  My  grandfather  was 
seduced  and  eventually  ruined  by  them.  The 
Soucouyant  functioned  as  an  emblem  of  a 
brutal,  invading  culture.  It  has  little 
significance  to  me  now.  And  with  the  monsters 
of  the  past  must  also  fade  the  heroes.  It  is 
unfortunate,  but  understandable,  that  the 
stories  of  my  grandmother  seem  distant  and 
unbelievable,  whispers  from  ghosts. 

In  my  parent's  bedroom,  there  is  a  blade 
and  white  picture  in  a  brass  frame.  It  shows 
two  children  standing  beside  a  frail  but 
dignified  old  woman.  A  baby  is  sitting  on  the 


woman'slap.  It 
is  me. 
Grandmother 
held  me  in  her 
arms  but  died 
soon  after,  and 
I  cannot 
remember 
anything 
about  her.  She 
is  a  fading 
photograph. 
Tucked  up  in 
the  corner  of 
the  brass 
frame  isa  color 
snapshot.  It  is 
of  me  a  couple 
of  years  later, 
sitting  at  the 
dinner  table 
with  my 
mother  trying 
to  feed  me 
some  apple 
sauce.  Mostof 
it  is  all  over  my 
face,  and  what 
little  has  made 
it  into  my 
mouth  has 
been  spit  upon 
mybib.lwasa 
very  fussy 
eater.  I  still  am. 


Mother's 
stories  all 
happened 
long  ago  in  a 
very  different 
and  distant 
land.  The  last 
time  I  flew 
back  to 
Canada  after  a 
visit  to 
Trinidad,  I 
envisioned  the 

airplane  slicing  neatly  through  the  sky: 
dividing  space  rather  than  moving  upon  it.  I 
was  being  severed  from  my  parents'  past, 
flown  back  in  to  the  First  World,  and  I  was 
glad  to  be  home  again.  I  know  that  some 
doctors  once  thought  that  the  human  body 
could  not  be  forced  to  travel  faster  than  90 
miles  an  hour  or  so,  since  the  soul  could  not 
endure  such  high  speeds,  even  though  the 
body  might.  I  told  my  mother  this  as  we  flew 
to  Toronto.  I  reasoned  aloud  that  1  might 
have  lost  my  soul  sometime  after  lift-off,  but 
at  least  the  old  medical  belief  seemed  to 
suggest  that  non-corporal  entities,  such  as 
Soucouyants,  would  find  it  difficult  to  stow 
away  on  the  speeding  plane  with  us.  Shedid 
not  smile  at  my  joke.  Perhaps  it  was  a  little 
too  wordy  to  be  funny.  1  usually  try  to  humor 
her  in  her  superstitions. 

I  do  not  tell  her,  but  I  have  an  irrational 
fear  of  the  dark.  I  have  been  meaning  to  see 
a  psychologist  about  it  for  some  time. 

Sometimes  I  awake  in  the  early  morning, 
a  cool  breeze  sliding  up  my  thighs  and  the 
faint  stink  of  Dax  in  my  nostrils.  I  feel  —truly 
feel  — a  presence  I  cannot  escape.  It  is  here 
because  I  have  not  recognized  my 
inheritance.  I  have  not  committed  to  flesh 
and  blood  the  spirits  of  my  ancestors.  This  I 
confess  as  a  blurred  and  shrouded  form 
slouches  toward  me  seeking  revenge. 

1  had  to  buy  a  broom  because  we  only 
have  vacuums  and  Dustbustersin  our  house. 
I  leave  it  in  my  closet  upside  down.  My 
mother  knows  not  to  move  it.  I  leave  a  pair  of 
scissors  on  my  bed  with  their  blades  open.  1 
do  these  things  because  I  wish  to  survive  the 
night  and  awake  to  those  comforts  I  have 
known  all  my  life.  * 


14  •  The  Charlatan  •  February  10,  1994 


the  same  level  as  the  igno- 
rant bigots  who  scrawl 
phrases  like  "Monkeys  go 
back  to  Africa"  weekly  on 
theelevatorwallin  rebuild- 
ing. I  sincerely  hope  no  one 
else  follows  my  example. 
Because  if  enough  good 
people  do  nothing  . . . 


ril  (clockwise  from  left):  Elizabeth  Adefarakan, 
i.  ia  Pacquette,  Nicole  Plata,  Malcom  Earle, 
S  fottinger,  Missing:  Kim  Brunhuber,  Adrian 
a  ot,  Shingirayi  Sabeta,  and  Colin  James. 


by  Kim  Brunhuber 

Kim  Brunhuber  is  a  thiid-ysaf  journalism  student  at  Cartolon. 

Some  people  might  ask  why  this  story  for 
Black  History  Month  puts  Black  people  in- 
stead of  whites  on  trial  in  this  "court."  Black 
History  Month  is  not  just  about  celebrating 
the  richness  of  our  splendid  heritage.  It  is  not 
just  about  revelling  in  our  Blackness.  It  is  not 
just  about  pointing  out  the  injustices  perpe- 
trated by  whites.  Black  History  Month  is  also 
a  time  to  re-examine  our  individual  roles  as 
members  of  a  large,  diverse  community.  The 
African  Diaspora  encompasses  people  of  all 
nations  and  cultures,  and  it  is  vital  that  our 
community  accepts  all  people  of  African  ori- 
gin, their  culture,  and  their  history,  and  not 
just  the  Africa  that  happens  to  be  in  vogue, 
the  hip-hop  on  Much  Music,  the  blackness 
that's  on  T-shirts.  I  have  seen  the  same 
brothers  and  sisters  who  profess  their  love  for 
"Africa"  turn  around  and  diss  certain  Africans 
just  because  they  don't  fit  a  particular  defini- 
tion created  by  the  popular  media.  When 
you're  out  with  friends,  family,  wherever, 
don't  support  the  ignorance  thatis  levelled  so 
quickly  and  so  off-handedly  at  Blacks  of 
different  origins.  In  this  story,  Ali  is  reduced  to 
a  victim,  which  is  unfortunate,  and  Toughy  is 
powerful  but  culturally  intolerant.  Life  is  not  as 
simple  as  this.  But  I  do  know  an  Ali,  and  what 
is  even  worse,  I  also  know  a  Toughy.  In  fact, 
many  of  us,  including  myself,  may  all  have  a 
Toughy  inside  of  us.  One  of  the  saddest 
moments  of  my  short  life  happened  a  few 
years  ago  in  an  elevator.  The  building  super- 
intendent said  to  me  in  passing  that  the 
building  was  being  overrun  by"Somalians."  I, 
in  my  ignorance,  nodded  dumbly.  We  got  off 
the  elevator  together,  and  went  our  separate 
ways.  I  wish  that  I  had  had  the  courage  to  say 
something.  By  saying  nothing  I  put  myself  on 


The  basketball  court  at  St. 
Anthony's  was  already  hot 
in  May.  It  seemed  even 
hotter  than  it  had  last  May 
when  Garfield  pulled  a  knife 
on  Courtney,  or  the  summer 
before  that,  when  the  police 
camealmost  every  Sunday 
to  take  names. 
Ali  did  not  think  about  the 
knives  or  the  police  or  the 
heat.  He  was  newand  didn't 
know  a  lot  of  things  about 
the  way  people  were  here, 
or  the  way  they  got 
sometimes,  especially 
when  it  was  hot.  Ali  was 
playing  with  a  basketball  by 
himself  on  the  court  at  St. 
Anthony's,  and  thinking 
about  the  Eid  Celebration, 
which  was  two  weeks  away. 
He  came  to  the  court  early 
because  he  wanted  to  be 
alone,  and  also  because 
he  wanted  desperately  to 
get  out  of  his  house.  The 
living-room  window  was 
broken  and  someone  might 
throw  another  firecracker 
through  the  opening.  The 
window  had  been  smashed 
with  a  brick.  Ali's  mother 
had  called  the  building 
superintendent  and  he  said 
he'd  fix  it  when  he  had  the 
time.  Elghtdays  later,  it  was 
still  broken. 

Saturday  night,  while  Ali  and 
his  mother  were  eating,  someone  yelled 
something  and  threw  a  firecracker  through 
the  open  window  and  into  the  living  room.  It 
went  off,  and  Ali's  mother  dropped  a  bowl, 
which  shattered  on  the  floor.  The  bowl  had 
been  given  to  her  by  her  mother,  and  it  was 
one  of  the  only  things  she  had  managed  to 
bring  with  her  when  she  came  to  Canada 
three  months  earlier.  She  sat  down  and 
cried  for  a  long  time,  while  Ali  just  stared  at 
the  shattered  pieces  of  the  bowl,  and  then 
at  the  blackened  remains  of  the  firecracker 
which  lay  on  the  living-room  floor,  still 
smoking,  reeking  of  gunpowder.  Ali  had 
slept  very  little  that  night.  He  lay  awake, 
thinking  aboutwhatthe  person  had  shouted 
as  he  threw  the  firecracker. 
The  next  morning,  his  mother  talked  to 
building  security.  They  promised  to 
investigate  the  incident  and  said  they  would 
tighten  up  security.  Then  his  mother  left  to 
look  for  work.  Ali  was  afraid  to  be  home 
alone,  so  he  put  on  his  shoes,  took  his  bail, 
and  left  for  the  park.  He  was  stopped  in  the 
foyer  of  his  building  by  a  security  guard.  The 
guard  had  a  large  German  shepherd  on  a 
leash.  "Excuse  me,  sir,"  said  the  guard  with 
exaggerated  politeness,  "can  I  see  your 
key?" 

"I  live  here,"  said  Ali.  "I  leave  now."  He  tried 
to  walk  to  the  door,  but  the  guard  moved  to 
intercept  him.  The  dog  growled,  and  Ali 
jumped  back.  His  neighbor,  a  little  white  boy 
of  eight,  had  told  him  last  week  that  police 
dogs  were  bred  to  attack  black  people,  but 
Ali  didn't  believe  him  much. 
"Do  you  have  a  key?"  asked  the  guard, 
more  gruffly.  Ali  fished  out  his  apartment 
key  and  showed  it  to  the  guard,  who 
shrugged.  "There's  been  a  lot  of  vandalism 


these  days, "  he  s; 

Ali  left  the  building  qurckly"an^alkeTo  the 
courtatSt.  Anthony's.  Hedidn'tplantocome 
home  until  five,  when  his  mother  usually 
came  back. 

Ali  missed  the  basket  and  blamed  the  sun 
which  was  higher  now.  His  feet  hurt  a  little 
because  his  shoes  were  tight,  but  he  didn't 
mmd  much  because  it  was  a  nice  day  and  he 
was  alone.  He  woreshiny.blackdress  shoes 
which  pinched  when  he  ran  and  he  slipped 
sometimes  because  they  were  smooth 
underneath.  He  was  careful  not  to  slip  too 
often  because  he  didn't  want  to  wear  a  hole 
in  them.  If  he  did,  his  mother  would  scold  him 
because  it  was  his  only  pair  of  shoes  Ali 
often  asked  his  mother  to  buy  him  shoes  for 
basketball,  but  she  would  explain  patiently 
that  she  couldn't  afford  them  because  she 
hadn't  found  a  job  yet.  She  was  in  the  city's 
Immigrant  Job  Training  Program.  They  taught 
her  computer  skills.  "Why  do  they  teach  me 
computer  skills?"  she  asked  her  son  every 
night  when  she  came  home,  "when  I'm  not 
going  to  get  a  job  doing  computers?  Why 
can't  they  teach  me  something  so  I  can 
work?"  But  Ali's  mother  went  back  to  her 
classes  night  after  night  because  she  said  it 
was  the  only  way. 

The  shoes  were  hurting  Ali  a  little  more,  and 
he  stopped  shooting  and  sat  down  on  the 
picnic  table  which  was  beside  the  court,  and 
looked  around.  It  was  a  small  court,  roughly 
paved,  between  the  church  parking  lot  and  a 
small  field  where  people  from  the  apartment 
buildings  surrounding  the  church  walked 
their  dogs  when  it  was  nice  weather.  The 
court  was  pitted  with  small  holes.  There  was 
one  big  hole  which  had  snapped  a  little  boy's 
ankle  last  year.  The  players  complained,  but 
the  hole  was  never  fixed.  The  lines  on  the 
court  had  been  yellow  once,  but  they  had 
melted  into  the  sandy  grey  court.  There  was 
a  free-throw  line  at  each  end  which  no  one 
could  see  any  more. 

The  rims  of  both  baskets  were  bent,  and  only 
the  one  by  the  parking  lot  had  mesh.  The 
mesh  was  made  of  steel,  which  would  gleam 
like  barbed  wire  if  it  was  hot  enough.  A  week 
ago,  Willy,  a  tall  Haitian,  had  ripped  two  of  his 
fingers  badly  on  the  mesh  and  needed 
stitches,  after  he  tried  to  dunk. 
The  church's  board  of  directors  had  the 
nylon  mesh  replaced  with  steel  and  the  rims 
raised  an  extra  foot  four  years  ago,  after  the 
poor  kids  from  the  new  apartment  buildings 
next  to  the  field  started  playing  there  and 
fighting  with  the  Sunday  school  children  and 
ripping  down  the  mesh  and  bending  the  rims. 
But  the  kids  who  could  jump  and  were  tall 
enough  dunked,  and  one  mesh  was  still 
missing,  and  both  rims  were  bent.  There  was 
always  talk  of  ripping  up  the  court  and  building 
a  new  parking  lot,  but  the  church's  board  of 
directors  could  never  quite  justify  the  cost  of 
having  the  baskets  taken  out  and  the  court 
repaved  just  to  add  1 0  parking  spaces  or  so, 
although  the  vote  was  always  close. 
Ali  sat  on  the  picnic  table  watching  the  court. 
His  shoes  were  lying  in  the  grass.  Then  he 
lay  on  his  back  and  watched  the  clouds 
floating  slowly  across  the  sky.  He  grew 
drowsy.  Much  later,  he  woke  to  the  sounds 
of  a  bouncing  ball.  He  looked  up  and 
discovered  the  court  was  no  longer  empty. 
First  came  the  handful  of  rich  white  kids  who 
still  played  at  the  court  on  Sundays.  They 
were  very  white,  except  when  they  got  red, 
and  wore  Boston  Celtics  or  Indiana  Pacers 
or  sometimes  Detroit  Pistons  shirts  and 
shorts,  and  were  usually  good  shooters,  and 
were  always  picked  last.  They  didn't  look  at 
Ali,  who  was  still  on  the  picnic  table,  because 
to  them  he  wasn't  really  black,  and  not  really 
worth  looking  at. 

The  Haitians  were  next  to  come.  They  spoke 
French  and  Patois  amongst  themselves,  but 
most  of  them  spoke  English  and  some  of 
them  were  very  good. 
Then  came  the  Jamaicans.  They  still  owned 


■  _jyc«efrom 

the  apartments  at  one  o'clock  in  the  afternoon 
and  called  "I  got  game."  Eventually  everyone 
let  them  havegame.except  other  Jamaicans 
or  some  of  the  scrappier  Haitians,  and 
sometimes  there  were  fights.  Most  of  the 
Jamaicans  knew  and  respected  each  other 
and  they  rarely  fought  amongst  themselves 
except  Toughy,  who  fought  everyone. 
Ali  was  bored  of  watching  the  court  from  the 
picnic  table.  He  slipped  on  his  shoes  and 
walked  on  to  the  court.  He  felt  a  little  self- 
conscious  because  of  his  shiny  shoes,  but 
he  thought  if  he  was  careful  not  to  slip,  the 
others  might  not  notice.  He  started  shooting 
at  the  basket  with  the  fewest  players. 
Eventually  two  teams  said  they  wanted  to 
play  a  full-court  game  and  they  told  Ali  to 
move.  Ali  didn't  want  to  move,  and  didn't 
understand  why  he  had  to.  He  told  them  so. 
"Move  or  we'll  run  you  over,"  said  one. 
"Can  I  play  with  you  guys?"  asked  Ali. 
"Hell  no.  We  got  five.  Get  your  own  team," 
said  another,  pointing  to  a  group  of  three 
young  Somalis  who  were  sitting  on  thegrass 
outside  the  court  and  talking  loudly  amongst 
themselves.  Ali  approached  them.  Their  hair 
was  shaved  fashionably  short,  and  they 
wore  bright,  ill-fitting  baseball  capsand  shirts 
that  said  Georgetown,  and  Air  Jordan.  Ali 
noticed  their  basketball  shoes,  which  were 
new. 

Ali  asked  them  in  Somali  if  they  wanted  to 
make  a  team  together.  "We  got  more  guys 
coming,"  one  of  them  said,  in  English.  Ali 
walked  back  on  to  the  court,  picked  up  his 
ball  and  started  shooting  again. 
Then  someone  grabbed  Ali  and  spun  him 
around.  "Move  your  Smellian  ass  off  the 
mutherfucking  court,"  said  Toughy.  Toughy 
was  short,  not  very  big,  but  strong. 
Ali  was  not  daunted.  "Fuck  you,  bitch,"  he 
said,  trying  to  pronounce  the  phrase  as  he 
had  heard  it  used  so  many  times  on  TV. 
Toughy  hit  Ali  once,  and  Ali  was  kneeling, 
blood  flowing  from  his  nose. 
"Who  the  fuck  are  you?  You're  a  Smellian. 
You  come  here  and  think  you  can  take  over 
the  court  with  all  your  friends  there."  Toughy 
paused  for  emphasis.  "You're  a  fucking  big- 
hair,  skinny-ass,  smelly,  fucking-ugly-as-hell 
Smellian." 

The  other  players  crowded  around  Toughy 
and  Ali  because  they  knew  Toughy  had  a 
knife  in  his  backpack.  The  court  was  getting 
hotter. 

"You  guys  come  here  and  try  to  be  black. 
This  ain't  your  fucking  court.  Getoff  the  court 
or  I'll  kick  our  ugly  fucking  ass  back  to 
Smellia." 

He  tried  to  kick  Ali,  but  three  of  -his  friends 
held  him  back  because  they  thought  that  it 
wasn't  a  fair  fight  after  all.  Toughy  kept 
yelling  as  his  friends  pushed  him  to  the  other 
end  of  the  court.  "You  can't  even  speak 
English.  You  can't  play  worth  shit.  You  don't 
even  got  shoooooosl" 
Ali  got  up  slowly,  his  face  flushed.  He  looked 
at  the  Somalis  who  weresitting  on  thegrass, 
but  they  looked  away.  Ali  picked  up  his  ball 
and  walked  off  the  court,  holding  his  nose, 
which  was  still  bleeding  a  little. 
Someone  threw  a  dime  at  him  and  shouted 
at  him  to  buy  some  shoes.  He  could  hear 
Toughy  laughing.  When  he  got  to  the  edge  of 
the  park,  he  looked  back.  The  others  had 
started  their  game. 

He  wanted  to  explain  that  he  just  wanted  to 
play,  that  he  didn 't  want  to  go  home  because 
the  security  guard  with  the  dog  might  still  be 
around  and  the  window  wasn't  fixed  and 
someone  might  yell  something  and  throw 
another  firecracker.  He  turned  around  and 
started  walking  home.  And  he  remembered 
that  in  two  weeks  it  would  be  the  Eid 
Celebration  and  maybe  his  mother  would 
have  found  a  job  and  then  he  could  get  new 
shoes,  and  then  everything  would  be  all 
right.  u 


February  10,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  15 


THE  DESTRUCTIVE  HANOSOF  RACISM 

Those  fronds  to  stofe  us  from  the  MOTHERLAND  to  a  sfrange  world  unknown 
Those  hands  that  br ended  us  and  called  us  their  property;  their  nigge re 
Those  hands  that  CASTRATED  our  men,  LYNCHED  oar  men,  and  KILLED  our  men 
Those  hands  to  tore  unborn  babies  out  of  our  women's  stomachs,  RAPED  our  women, 
andWHIPPEDourwomen. 

Those  (raids  that  SOLD  our  children  away  one  by  one,  never  to  SEE  fliem  ogam, 
Those  bands  that  twisted  our  minds  into  thinking  oar  noses  tooo  flat,  our  Ips  tooo  thick, 
oar  bar  tooo  kinky,  our  skin  two  black 
Those  fatal  bands  that  encourage  our  dfcunity. 
Those  destructive  hands  that  keep,  keeping  us  down 
BEAUTIFUL  BLACK  PEOPLE  SAY  "NO  MOREIIf 
Destroy  those  deadly  hands  by  LOVING  YOURSELVES 
Destroy  those  fatal  hands  by  DOING  FOR  YOURSELVES 
Destroy  toe  obstructive  bonds  by  DOING  FOR  EACH  OTHER 


What  Is  Black? 


BLACK  death,  BLACK  sheep,  BLACK  market, 


•byft 


F.W.De  Klerk  Is  A  Criminal 

Mr.  De  Klerk 
You  are  a  murderer ,  liar,  scoundrel  and  a  cheat. 
You  can't  fool  us  with  your  cameo  smiles,  your  pearly  white 
teeth, 

You  won't  trick  us  with  your  Nobel  Peace  Prizes  and  Man  of  the 
Years, 

We  know  the  racist  that  lives  beneath  those  sheets. 

De  Klerk,  you  think  we  stupid? 
You  think  we  foolie? 
You  think  we  forget  Sharpeville  and  Boipatong? 
You  think  we  forget  Robbin  Island  and  Biko,  and  Bantu  Education, 
and  Police  Dogs,  and  Incarceration? 
You  think  we  forget  divide  and  rule? 
You  think  we  forget  your  shrapnel,  your  whips  and  your  chains? 


The  BLACK  limy  eyes, 
A  sight  of  gentleness  and  purity , 
A  BLACK  pearl  in  the  ocean, 
A  symbol  of  rare  beauty. 

BLACK  cmfizajkn  from  which  aJ  others 
derive, 

A  thought  to  be  proud  of. 

One  fo  akm.  A  guide  to  aspire. 

BLACK.  The  true  color. 
Of  oil  as  ft  flows. 


e,sotv 

Toa(»pulalkffltagrows. 

Then  BLACK  is  the  color. 
We  cannot  resist, 
When  day  turns  to  night 
Sweet  shmber  insists. 


Her  large  brown  eyes  looked  up  to  my  face 
The  tears  streamed  down  at  a  steady  pace 
She  sat  in  my  lap;  we  were  hand  in  hand 
As  I  told  her  the  stor  y  of  where  Black  Ives 


I  could  not  deny  her  the  riajrt  to  know 


She  asked  me  obout  &Se  African  sky , 
And  how  our  people  were  put  to  die 

I  told  her  about  how  people  were  found 
With  whips  and  chains  their  legs  were  bound 
They  were  beaten  and  fuly  aware  of  pain 
They  screamed  for  their  loved  ones  but  only  in 
van 

They  we  slaves  to  the  white  man  in  this  new 
land 

They  were  reduced  to  children  under  the  pale 
hand 

Hope  of  freedom  made  them  struggle  to  sur  vive 


You  think  we  forget  the  gutter  and  your  spit? 
Man,  you  think  we  forget  the  HATE? 

You  think  we  forget  slavery? 
You  think  we  forget  the  struggle? 
ill  you  something.  We  nan  goin  to  forgive  and  we  nan  goin 
to  forget. 

De  Klerk,  you  think  you  lucky  ,  huh? 
You  think  you  some  prodigal  son? 
You  think  you  smart  my  boy? 
Well  let  me  tell  you  something  brother 
The  revolution  just  done  begun! 

--  by  Adrian  Harewood 


WHY 


awe 

My  little  girl  listened  as  I  told  of  our  past 

But  the  end  did  not  come  when  we  said:  free  at 

last 

The  struggle  confinues  there's  a  long  way  to  go 
Our  ancestors'  blood  we  wi  forever  know . 

-by Nicole  Plata 


WHY  DO  YOU  BRING  UPON  MEAU.THIS  HURT  AND  PAW? 
MAKING  MY  LIFE  AND  CONTRIBUTION  SEEM  UNIMPORTANT  AND  IN  VAIN? 

YOU  HAVE  SAID  SO  MANY  DEGRADING  THINGS  TO  MY  FACE, 
TOO  VERY  OFTEN  I'VE  BEEN  CALLED  A  WASTE  OF  A  RACE 

SOMETIMES  IT'S  NOT  WHAT  YOU  SAY,  BUT  ITS  THE  UTTLE  THINGS  THAT  YOU  DO. 
TO  TRY  AND  MAKE  ME  INFERIOR  TO  YOU. 

YOU  CONSTANTLY  FOLLOW  ME  AROUND  YOUR  STORE 
THINKING  THAT  I'M  GOING  TO  PLUNDER  SOMETHING  AND  WALK  OUT  THE  DOOR 

t  HAVE  EVER  SO  OFTEN  BEEN  REFUSED  CREDIT 
BECAUSE  YOU  LOOK  AT  ME  AND  JUDGE  ME  BY  THE  COLOR  OF  MY  SKIN 

AND  MADE  ME  AN  ASSET  TO  YOUR  TEAM'S  VICTORY. 
TELL  ME,  WHEN  WILL  THIS  All  STOP? 

WHEN  CAN  I,  WITH  NO  OBSTACLE  R1SET0  THE  TOP? 
I  HAVE  COME  A  VERY  LONG  WAY 

FROM  EMANCIPATION  TO  REVOLUTION,  I  JUST  CANT  UNDERSTAND  WHY  DO  YOU  KEEP 
ON  STANDING  IN  MY  WAY 

SO  PLEASE  ALLOW  ME  TO  BREATHE,  LIVE  IN  PEACE  AND  RELAXATION,  AND  NOT  BEING 
SCARED  THAT  MY  NEXT  JOB  INTERVIEW  WILL  BE  BASED  ON  MY 

RACE  ANO  NOT  MY  QUALIFICATION 
I  URGE  YOU  TO  GIVE  IN  AND  MAKE  LIFE  EASY 

FOR  EACH  AND  EVERY  ONE  AND  FOR  SURE  THERE  WILL  BE  UNITY. 
 -  by  Meyaia  Massicot 


16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  February  10,  1994 


CORRECTION  AND  CLARIFICATION 


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MORE  LETTERS 


Frats,  minors  and 
ska  fans  are  mad 

Editor: 

I  am  writing  you  in  regards  to  the  show 
at  Oliver's  on  Jan.  27. 

I  was  disappointed  to  find  that  the 
advertised  all-ages  show  featuring  the 
Skatterbrains  turned  into  such  a  complete 
fiasco,  thanks  to  the  manager  of  Oliver's. 

Upon  arrival  at  the  Unicentre,  I  noticed 
about  50  under-aged  kids  sitting  in  the 
lobby  with  long  faces  because  the  show 
was  pronounced  to  be  only  for  people  19 
years  and  older  at  the  last  minute.  Being 
past  19, 1  had  no  difficulty  in  getting  into 
the  pub. 

Unfortunately,  once  1  had  gotten  to  the 
stage,  my  night  was  ruined  by  the  crowd 
of  sneering,  jeering  and  beering  fratboys, 
who  persisted  in  heckling  the  band  for 
their  entire  set.  It  soon  became  clear  that 
the  Skatterbrains  didn't  wish  to  play  for 
these  beer-swilling  boors  any  more  than 
they  wished  to  listen  to  the  band,  thus 
making  it  a  futile  effort  for  us  ska  fans  to 
enjoy  the  music. 

Congratulations  Oliver's,  due  to  your 
unscrupulous  deed,  you  have  managed  to 
piss  off  -  1)  the  all-ages  crowd  2)  the 
bands  3)  the  patrons  at  Oliver's  and  4)  the 
fans  who  attended  the  show.  Shame  on 
you. 

Unless  amends  are  made,  I  will  not  set 
foot  in  Oliver's  again  and  furthermore 
will  urge  others  to  boycott  any  upcoming 
shows  playing  there,  including  Wild  T 
and  the  Spirit  on  Feb.  12. 

MikeSchopf 
Stittsville 


End  ALL  violence 


Editor: 

Paula  Peter-Dennis's  article  "Can 
women  abuseotherwomen?"  TheCharla- 
tan,  Feb.  3,  1994,  was  a  courageous  step 
toward  public  awareness.  Some  women 
are  rapists  and  we  must  not  ignore  their 
victims.  Women,  men,  children,  the  eld- 
erly -  everybody  can  be  victims  of  vio- 
lence. 

Peter-Dennis  wrote  of  her  "...  fear  that 
speaking  out  may  be  met  with  denial. . . 
."  I  understand  about  this  as  1  published 
my  experience  as  a  battered  husband  last 
term  ("Why  can't  men  be  victims?"  The 
Charlatan,  Oct.  28,  1993). 

Sometimespeopleworry  that  open  dis- 
cussion about  violent  women  will  distract 
attention  from  violence  against  women. 

But  why?  Working  to  eradicate  all  vio- 
lence does  not  trivialize  the  horrible  trag- 
edy of  violence  against  women.  Besides, 
isn'tthe  real  issue  whether  ornot  violence 
is  acceptable  behavior?  Cruelty  is  never 
acceptable.  Let's  end  all  violence.  Let's 
break  the  silence! 

Those  wishing  to  learn  more  about 
lesbian  sexual  assault  can  refer  to  the 
following  three  journals  -  Brand  andKidd 
"Frequency  of  physical  aggression  in  het- 
erosexual and  female  homosexual  dyads, " 
in  Psychological  Reports,  1986;  Lie  et  al. 
"Lesbians  in  currently  aggressive  rela- 
tionships," in  Violence  and  Victims,  1991; 
Waterman  et  al.  "Sexual  coercion  in  gay 
male  and  lesbian  relationships,"  in  The 
Journal  of  Sex  Research,  1989. 

David  P.  Bezeau 
Women's  Studies/Religion  II 


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Romantic. 


WOMAN  TO  MAN 

Single,  attractive,  21  yr  old  female  with  warm  heart 
and  quick  smile,  possessing  a  great  personality  and 
warped  sense  of  humour,  is  looking  for  a  man  inter- 
ested in  a  relationship.  He  must  want  romance  and 
like  long  walks,  biking,  music  and  pool.  Tobeeliglble 
he  should  be  tall,  possess  a  warm  heart  and  similar 
Interests.  Box  Adorable. 


18  •  The  Charlatan  •  February  10,  1994 


SPORTS 


Women  bring  back  bronze 

Ravens  persevere  in   f  ~    ~  st~ 

longest  game  ever 


by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Charlatan  Staff 

It  took  not  one,  not  two,  but  three 
overtime  periods  to  decide  whether  or  not 
the  Carleton  women's  waterpolo  team 
was  good  enough  for  a  bronze  medal. 

They  were. 

Carleton  beat  the  University  of 
McMaster  Marauders  16-14  in  the  long- 
est game  in  Ontario  Women's 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Association 
waterpolo  history,  to  take  home  a  bronze 
medal  from  the  Feb.  4-6  championships 
in  St.  Catharines. 

"We  played  with  a  lot  of  heart,"  said 
driver  Kari  Maeland.  "I  think  ourbronze- 
medal  game  was  a  lot  more  exciting 
than  the  gold-medal  game.  No  one's 
disappointed  with  what  happened." 


Carleton  16  McMaster  14 


The  Ravens,  7-1  in  the  regular  season, 
failed  to  qualify  for  the  gold-medal  game 
in  the  five-team  playoff  tournament  af- 
ter upset  losses  to  McMaster  (5-4)  and 
Queen's  University  (7-2). 

Carleton  did  beat  the  eventual  playoff 
champions  Toronto  (6-2)  and  host  Brock 
(10-4)  in  round-robin  action,  butit  wasn't 
enough  to  gain  them  a  spot  in  the  gold- 
medal  game. 

"We  (were)  looking  beyond  the 
McMaster  and  Queen's  games  to  the 
Toronto  game,"  said  coach  Steve  Baird. 
"We  wanted  to  win  the  gold  medal  but 
didn't  do  it." 

With  the  score  tied  at  four  against 
McMaster  in  the  first  round,  Marauder 
goaltender  Erika  Dutz  scored  on  a  long 
bomb  with  one  second  left  to  play  to 
shock  the  Raven  team. 

"The  McMaster  loss  was  a  disaster. 


^IWWEN 


Steph  Burgess  scores  her  second  of  six  goals  inCarleton's  bronze-medal  win. 


(Against  Queen's),  we  had  a  lot  more 
opportunities,  but  the  score  didn't  reflect 
it,"  said  Baird. 

After  rebounding  to  defeat  Toronto 
and  Brock  in  round-robin  play,  the  Ravens 
geared  themselves  up  for  a  bronze-medal 
rematch  against  McMaster. 

And  after  24  minutes  of  regular  play 
and  18  minutes  of  overtime,  the  Ravens 
proved  why  they  were  the  league's  best 
team  during  the  regular  season,  pulling 
out  the  16-14  win. 

"It  was  the  most  exciting  game  I've 
been  involved  in  as  a  coach,"  said  Baird. 

After  Raven  driver  Stephanie  Burgess 
opened  the  scoring  with  her  first  of  six 
goals,  the  score  swayed  back  and  forth 
before  McMaster  tied  the  game  at  eight 


in  the  final  minute  of  the  fourth  quarter 
to  force  the  game  into  overtime. 

Trailing  12-11  with  three  seconds  left 
in  the  second  overtime  period,  driver 
Anne  Stacey  redirected  a  pass  by  driver 
f . J.  Goldhar  to  send  the  game  into  a  third 
overtime  period,  where  the  Ravens  bore 
down  for  the  win. 

"It  was  an  awfully  long  struggle  as  we 
used  only  six  players  (and  a  goaltender) 
in  overtime,"  said  Baird. 

Carleton  is  the  only  team  to  win  a 
medal  every  year  since  the  OWIAA 
waterpolo's  inception  in  1 987,  with  seven 
medals  in  seven  years.  Toronto  won  the 
gold  medal  this  year,  defeating  Queen's 
4-3  in  the  final.  □ 


Solid  results  leave  skiers  optimistic 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Start 

Only  two  weeks  separate  the  men's 
and  women's  nordic  ski  teams  from  the 
provincial  championships  —  and  both 
are  eagerly  waiting  for  that  time  to  pass. 

That's  because  both  teams  posted  solid 
results  —  15  top-20  finishes  —  at  the 
National  Capital  District  Interdi visional 
Feb.  5-6  in  Deep  River,  Ont,  in  the  skiing 
season's  last  qualifying  eventpriortothe 
provincial  championships. 

Raven  skier  Wayne  Dustin  topped  all 
Carleton  results  with  a  first-place  finish 
in  the  15-kilometre  classic  race  and  a 
second-place  result  in  the  10-kilometre 
freestyle  among  30  competitors  from  nine 


universities  across  the  province  includ- 
ing Guelph,  Western,  Ottawa,  Toronto, 
Waterloo  and  McMaster. 

"Saturday  I  was  feeling  good,"  said 
Dustin.  "I  was  pretty  confident  I  would 
win  because  I'm  a  strong  classic  skier." 

Raven  veteran  Chris  Webb  also  had  a 
good  weekend,  finishing  10th  in  the  clas- 
sic race  and  eighth  in  the  freestyle. 

"I  felt  good  this  weekend.  This  year  we 
haven't  had  a  lot  of  races  due  to  cancel- 
lations, so  there's  still  room  to  finish  top- 
five  at  (the  championships),"  said  Webb, 
commenting  on  his  chances  at  the 
upcoming  championships  on  Feb.  19-20. 

Other  notable  results  on  the  men's 
side  include  Mike  Cooper  who  placed 


15th  in  the  classic  race  and  17th  in  the 
freestyle,  Frank  Ferrari  who  placed  1 1  th 
in  the  freestyle  and  Scott  Diamond  who 
finished  18th  in  the  classic  race. 

On  the  women's  side,  veteran  racer 
Kirsten  Davis  posted  the  top  Raven  result 
placing  fifth  in  both  the  classic  and  free- 
style races  among  racing  fields  of  10  and 
13  respectively. 

"I  did  pretty  well  this  weekend,"  said 
Davis.  "Right  now  I'm  on  pace  with  last 
year  and  should  do  as  well." 

Teammate  Erin  Long  placed  sixth  in 
the  classic  race  and  eighth  in  the  free- 
style, while  Catherine  Mulvihill  finished 
eighth  in  the  classic  and  sixth  in  the 
freestyle.  □ 


Fencers  foiled  at  playoff  qualifying  tourney 


by  Bram  S.  Aaron 

Charlatan  Stall 

In  the  words  of  fencing  coach  fames 
Ireland,  it  was  probably  the  "worst 
performance  we've  ever  done." 

Fencing  at  the  east  division  sectionals 
of  the  Ontario  Universities  and  Ontario 
Women's  Interuniversity  athletic  asso- 
ciations Feb.  5-6  in  Kingston ,  the  Ravens 
qualified  only  one  individual  and  one 
team  fortheupcomingprovincial  cham- 
pionships at  Carleton  Feb.  19-20. 

"Itwasa  really  lousy  weekend.  It  was 
a  weekend  they  want  to  forget,"  said 
Ireland.  "It  was  the  worst  result  men's- 
wise  in  six  years." 

Nevertheless,  fencerSimon  Pianarosa 
tied  forfjntin  the  rnen'ssabretoqualify. 


The  women's  foil  team  —  composed 
of  fencers  Donna  Switzer,  Liliana  Piazze, 
Tammy  Duquette  and  Natalie  Remedios 
—  also  placed  first  to  qualify. 

"It  went  great  for  us.  We  did  better 
than  expected,"  said  squad  captain 
Plazze,  who  also  said  colds  the  night 
before  the  competition  made  them  fence 
harder.  "Thatmadeusworkevenharder." 

The  sectional,  held  at  Royal  Military 
College  in  Kingston,  featured  individual 
and  team  round-robin  elimination  com- 
petition among  the  universities  of  Ot- 
tawa, Queen's,  Carleton  and  RMC  in  five 
fendng  classes. 

After  having  conditionally  qualified 
seven  fencers  in  individual  competition 
for  the  provincial  championships  at  the 


lastsectional(an.22-23,lrelandsaidhe 
was  disappointed  the  men's  and  wom- 
enpteams  were  unable  to  capitalize  on 
their  chances  atthis  meet. 

Last  year,  seven  fencers  qualified  for 
individual  events.  The  women's  foil  and 
£pee  teams  qualified  for  the  provincial 
championships  as  did  the  men's  foil 
and  sabre  teams. 

Looking  aheadto  the  championships, 
Ireland  said  he  wasconfident  his  entries 
would  do  well. 

"We're  gonna  win.  They're  gonna 
fight  like  they  did  last  weekend,"  he 
said. 

Pianarosa  agreed.  "I  just  hope  I'm  in 
top  shape  in  two  weeks.  Because  if  I  am, 
the  other  schools  should  be  worried."  Q 


NBA  tipoff 
in  jeopardy 

by  Steven  Veseiy 

Chartatan  Slafl 

What  do  the  initials  NBA  stand  for? 

That  depends.  To  basketball  aficio- 
nados it  stands  for  the  National  Basket- 
ball Association.  But  if  the  Ontario 
govemmentran  theNBA,  itwouldstand 
for  No  Brains  at  All. 

That's  because  unless  the  provincial 
government  starts  using  its  little  grey 
cells  soon,  it  will  most  assuredly  wind 
up  losing  the  professional  basketball 
franchise  the  association  recently 
awarded  to  the  city  of  Toronto  last 
November. 

Besides  the  standard  provisions,  like 
a  franchise  fee  and  building  an  arena, 
the  association  also  demanded  that 
NBA  games  be  taken  off  the  province's 
sports  lottery — i  n  accordance  with  the 
league's  strongly  enforced  anti-gam- 
bling stance. 

Oh-oh.  Problem. 

The  Pro-Line  Sports  Select  lottery 
generated  over  $210  million  in  sales 
last  year  with  about  10  percent  of  those 
sales  coming  from  NBA  games.  The 
bulk  of  that  money  went  to  charities, 
but  the  province  itself  received  a  quar- 
ter, about  $50  million,  which  was  fun- 
nelled into  government  service  pro- 
grams. 

Naturally  the  province  wasn't  overly 
thrilled  with  the  idea  of  dropping  a  $5- 
million  take  from  its  basketball  ticket. 

And  that's  led  to  an  impasse  of  sorts 
with  the  NBA  flatly  opposed  to  betting 
on  its  game  and  the  province  unwilling 
to  give  up  the  revenues  garnered  from 
NBA  action  on  its  Pro-Line  game. 

Making  matters  even  more  urgent, 
the  league  wants  to  settle  the  issue  as 
soon  as  possible  and  has  a  set  a  Feb.  1 3 
deadline— the  date  of  the  NBA  All-Star 
game  —  as  the  latest  it  would  allow 
plans  for  the  '95-'96  tip-off  to  proceed. 
If  the  situation  isn't  resolved  by  then, 
NBA  officials  have  warned  the  prov- 
ince to  kiss  pro  basketball  goodbye. 

The  No  Brains  at  All  government,  of 
course,  believes  that's  a  bluff.  After  all, 
how  could  the  NBA  possibly  pass  up  a 
jewel  of  a  city  like  Toronto? 

Easily.  Certainly  the  NBA  can  envi- 
sion a  profitable  operation  in  Toronto, 
but  it  doesn't  desperately  need  to  ex- 
pand into  Canada.  Its  telecasts  are 
seen  here.  Its  merchandise  is  sold  here. 
For  the  league,  Toronto  is  a  remote  and 
barren  outpost  whose  only  true  value  is 
as  part  of  some  visionary  international 
basketball  scheme. 

The  province,  on  the  other  hand, 
needs  the  NBA  more  than  it's  letting 
on.  A  pro  sport  franchise,  as  every  city 
knows,  means  jobs.  Constructing  an 
arena.  Operating  the  building.  Mer- 
chandise. Tourism  and  other  spin-offs. 

One  economic  study  prepared  by 
city  suggested  tax  revenues  of  up  to  $81 
million  to  all  three  levels  of  govern- 
ment in  the  team's  first  year  of  opera- 
tion and  $31  million  in  the  year  there- 
after. 

Other  NBA  proponents  argue  it's 
likely  the  tax  revenues  generated  by  an 
expansion  team  would  more  than  make 
up  for  the  losses  of  dropping  basketball 
from  the  sports  lottery. 

Sounds  reasonable.  Too  bad  the  gov- 
ernment doesn't  see  it  that  way.  But 
then  again,  no  brains  will  do  that  to 
you.  □ 


February  10,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  19 


Raven 
Records 

OWIAA  WATERPOLO 
East  Division 

Gold  Medal  Game 

Toronto  4  Queen's  3 

Bronze  Medal  Game 

Carleton  16  McMasterH  30T 

OWIAA  VOLLEYBALL 
East  Division 


w 

York  6 
Ottawa  5 
Toronto  5 
Queen's  5 
Ryerson  1 
Carleton  0 


L  T  F  A  PTS 

1  0  19  5  12 

2  0  16  9  10 
2  0  19  7  10 
4  0  16  14  10 

6  0  3  18  2 

7  0  1  21  0 


OWIAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 


W    L     T     F     A  PTS 


Laurentn  8 
Toronto  7 
Ottawa  5 
Queen's  3 
York  3 
Ryerson  1 


0  624  373  16 

0  551  375  14 

0  542  475  10 

0  387  372  6 

0  398  441  6 

0  456  609  2 


CarletonO    8    0  3106230 
OWIAA 

Athlete  of  the  Week 

Toronto  student  Rekha  Trembath  is 
the  OWIAA  athlete  of  the  week. 

After  leading  the  Toronto  Varsity 
Blues  to  a  4-3  gold-medal  win  over  the 
Queen's  Golden  Gaels  in  the  waterpolo 
championships,  Rekha  was  named  the 
tournament  MVP  as  well  as  being 
named  to  the  league's  all-star  team. 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 

W   L    T    F     A  PTS 
Laurentn  8    0    0    678  62016 
Ryerson   6    3    0    770  692  12 


York  4 
Toronto  4 
Carleton  2 

Ottawa  2 
Queen's  1 


0  556  561  8 

0  595  608  8 

0  6396764 

0  602  648  4 

0  443  478  2 


OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Scoring  Leaders 

FG  AT  FT  AT  AVE 

Beason     116  20659  81  35.0 

Charles  80  15379  10130.1 

Smart      50  11241  54  26.7 

Swords     64   14229  45  22.5 

Fischer    64  11241  50  21.1 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Rebound  Leaders 

G  RBS  AVE 

A.Beason  -  Ryrsn  9  109  12.1 

T.  Charles  -  Crl  8  84  10.S 

C.Fischer -Lmtn  8  74  9.3 

C.  Porter -Ott       8  66  8.3 

D.  Reid-Ott        8  61  7.6 

OUAA 
Athlete  of  the  Week 

Centre  ]oey  St.Aubin  of  the  Ottawa 
Gee-Gees  hockey  club  is  the  OUAA  ath- 
lete of  the  week.  St.  Aubin  scored  three 
goals  in  a  4-1  win  over  Queen's  and 
added  another  hat  trick  along  with  two 
assists  in  a  7-1  win  over  RMC  as  the 
Gee-Gees  improved  to  14-5-2. 


Raven  playoff  hopes  dim  with  losses 

75  points  by  Charles  not  enough  to  pace  the  Ravens  to  victory 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Criarialan  Staff 

Talk  about  rubbing  salt  in  the  wound. 

The  Carleton  men's  basketball  team 
extended  its  losing  streak  to  six  games 
last  week,  falling  85-80  to  the  University 
of  Ottawa  Gee-Gees  on  Feb.  1  and  96-89 
to  the  Laurentian  Voyageurs  Feb.  4. 

The  Ravens'  latest  losses  drop  their 
record  in  the  east  division  of  the  Ontario 
Universities  Athletic  Association  to  2-6. 
Tied  for  fifth  place  with  the  Ottawa  Gee- 
Gees,  the  Ravens  are  now  four  points 
behind  Toronto  for  the  last  playoff  spot 
in  the  OUAA. 


Ottawa  $5  Carleton  80 
Laurentian  96  Carleton  89 


Early  on  in  the  game  against  Ottawa, 
Carleton  stayed  close  despite  turnovers 
and  poorshooting,  taking  advantage  of 
the  slower  pace  set  by  the  Gee-Gees. 

It  was  only  when  Ottawa  switched  to 
a  more  aggressive  one-on-one  type  de- 
fence that  Carleton  fell  behind. 

The  Ravens  trailed  36-29  at  halftime. 

The  second  half  was  an  up-and-down 
affair  which  saw  the  pace  quicken  and 
the  intensity  heighten. 

Ottawa  threatened  to  blow  the  game 
open  a  number  of  times,  but  fourth-year 
forward  Taffe  Charles  personified  Carle- 
ton's  performance  with  his  scrappy  play 
and  timely  scoring. 

The  Ravens  surged  to  a  60-59  lead 
with  about  8:30  left  on  a  basket  by  third- 
year  guard  Luca  Diaconescu.  But  Carle- 
ton then  faltered  badly  down  the  stretch 
as  Ottawa  went  on  a  9-2  run  over  two 
minutes  putting  the  game  out  of  reach. 


"We  weren't  happy  with  our  execu- 
tion in  the  first  half,"  said  third-year 
Raven  guard  Jeff  Robins,  "our  defensive 
intensity  was  better  in  the  second  half, 
but  it  just  didn't  work  out  for  us." 

Raven  head  coach  Paul  Armstrong 
expanded  on  this  assessment 

"Down  the  stretch,  I  think,  it  was  just 
a  matter  that  they  were  a  little  tougher 
mentally,"  he  said.  "They  just  finished." 

Charles  led  Carleton  with  31  points, 
while  Jamie  Marquardt  and  Reagh  Vidito 
each  chipped  in  with  15  apiece. 

Though  the  results  were  the  same, 
Carleton  played  a  much  tougher  game 
against  the  first-place  Voyageurs. 

The  Voyageurs  ran  up  a52-37  halftime 
leadlargelyon  the  strength  of  eightthree- 
pointers  and  a  tenacious  full-court  press. 

But  Carleton  turned  the  tables  in  the 
second  half,  breaking  the  press  effec- 
tively and  mounting  a  15-2  run  of  their 
own  to  get  themselves  back  in  the  game. 

The  Ravens  even  managed  to  take  a 
brief  77-76  lead  —  their  first  of  the  game 
— when  Charles  hit  two  free  throws  with 
7:37  left  in  the  game. 

But  Laurentian  guard  Shawn  Swords 
broke  the  Ravens'  back  shortly  thereaf- 
ter, scoring  on  a  three-pointer  despite 
having  second-year  Raven  guard  An- 
drew Smith  draped  all  over  him. 

"I  can't  believe  he  hit  that  shot, "  said 
Smith.  "I  had  a  hand  right  in  his  face." 

Carleton 's  inability  to  score  down  the 
stretch  cost  them  dearly  once  again. 

"It's  like  a  broken  record,"  said  Smith. 
"We  just  don't  execute  down  the  stretch. 
. . .  Ithinkalotofithas  to  be  experience." 
Charles  once  again  paced  Carleton  with 
a  game-high  of  44  points.  □ 


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Raven 
Rumblings 


QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"Everyone  sits  and  burrows  them- 
selves in  these  rowing  machines  over 
the  winter  and  then  come  out  of  the 
woodwork  in  the  spring  all  ready  to 
row." 

Rowing  coach  John  Ossowski  on  the 
importance  of  indoor  winter  training 
as  a  method  of  preparing  for  spring 
races. 

ALL-STARS 

Three  members  of  the  Carleton 
waterpolo  team  were  named  to  the 
Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity  Ath- 
letic Association  waterpolo  all-star  team 
after  this  past  weekend's  champion- 
ships. 

Ravens  Steph  Burgess,  )en  Hampton 
and  Anne  Stacey  were  so  honored,  as 
was  coach  Steve  Baird  who  was  named 
Coach  of  the  Year. 

SAILING  AWAY  TO  FRANCE 

The  Carleton  sailing  club  is  making 
plans  to  race  in  France  this  spring. 

Commodore  Cressida  Robson  says 
the  club  has  submitted  an  application 
to  the  Course  Croisere  d'Edhec,  a  uni- 
versity in  Les  Sables,  France,  and 
expects  to  receive  an  invitation  to  race 
in  the  world's  largest  intercollegiate 
regatta  next  week. 

Carleton  will  be  the  only  Canadian 
entry  at  the  April  16-23  regatta  which 
should  attract  over  200  crews  from 
around  the  world,  says  Robson. 

TALK  ABOUT  FAITH 

When  Laurentian's  Stacey  Hann 
went  to  the  free-throw  line  with  14:52 
remaining  in  their  Feb.  5  game  against 
the  Ravens,  the  irrepressible  Rodney 
the  Raven  tried  to  taunt  her  by  holding 
up  a  sign  that  said  "No  pressure."  No 
kidding,  Rodney.  The  Lady  Vees  had 
almost  a  40-point  lead  at  the  time  and 
were  well  on  their  way  to  an  easy  82-28 
win  over  the  winless  Ravens. 

Friday,  Feb.  1 1 . 

BASKETBALL  —  The  0-8  women's 
basketball  team  hosts  the  7-1  Toronto 
Varsity  Blues  in  a  6  p.m.  match  at  the 
Ravens'  Nest.  The  2-6  men's  team  fol- 
lows with  an  8  p.m.  game. 

Saturday,  Feb.  12. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  women's  bas- 
ketball team  hosts  their  last  home  game 
of  the  yearwhen  they  tip  off  against  the 
Queen's  Golden  Gaels  in  a  6  p.m.  match 
at  the  Ravens'  Nest  tonight.  The  men's 
team  follows  with  an  8  p.m.  match. 

SWIMMING  —  The  women's  swim 
team  travels  to  Guelph  to  take  part  in 
the  OWIAA  championships  today.  This 
weekend's  competition  is  the  last 
chance  for  members  of  the  women's 
team  to  qualify  for  the  national  cham- 
pionships to  be  held  March  11-13  in 
Victoria,  B.C. 

VOLLEYBALL  —  The  0-7  women's 
volleyball  team  hosts  the  6-1,  first-place 
York  Yeowomen  in  an  11  a.m.  match 
at  the  Ravens'  Nest  today. 

Fol  lowing  that  game,  they'll  be  back 
on  the  court  in  an  3  p.m.  afternoon 
contest  against  the  1-6  Ryerson  Lady 
Rams. 

Sunday,  Feb.  13. 

SWIMMING  —  The  OWIAA  swim 
championships  in  Guelph  continue. 

VOLLEYBALL  —  The  women's  vol- 
leyball team  ends  its  season  in  a  2  p.m. 
home  match  against  the  University  of 
Toronto  Varsity  Blues.  □ 


Women's  losing  skid  reaches  eiqht 

by  Derek  DeCloet   


by  Derek  DeCloet 

Charlatan  Staff 

If  the  Carleton  women's  basketball 
team  was  a  Prairie  wheat  field,  it  would 
be-  the  kind  that's  cracked  and  dusty 
enough  to  scare  a  farmer. 


Ottawa  77  Carleton  41 
Laurentian  82  Carleton  28 


The  drought  has  been  that  bad. 

The  hapless  Ravens  fell  to  0-8  after  a 
77-41  loss  to  Ottawa  on  Feb.  1  and  an  82- 
28  defeat  to  Laurentian  on  Feb.  5. 

With  four  games  left,  the  Ravens  are 
now  virtually  assured  of  missing  the 
playoffs  for  the  fifth  time  in  Marg  lones's 
five-year  tenure  as  head  coach. 

Against  the  Lady  Voyageurs,  the 
Ravens'  anemic  offence  produced  one  of 
the  ugliest  statistics  ever  seen  on  a  bas- 
ketball court.  They  took  1 5  shots  from  the 
field  and  only  scored  on  one. 

"I  think  if  our  percentage  increased, 
as  far  as  shooting  goes,  we  might  have  a 
shot  at  winning  some  games, "  said  Raven 
assistant  coach  Frank  Carpentier,  in  what 
might  be  the  understatement  of  the  year. 
"The  bottom  line  is  we're  outmatched  (in 
height)  on  each  player." 

The  average  height  of  the  Lady  Vees' 
starting  five  players  was  around  six  feet. 


Ottawa's  defence  stifled  the  Ravens 

The  Ravens'  starters  were  about  four 
inches  shorter,  on  average. 

"We  knew  we  were  going  to  come  out 
on  top,"  said  Voyageur  guard  Carolyn 
Swords,  who  had  15  first-half  points  — 
eight  more  than  the  entire  Carleton  team. 

Laurentian  coach  Peter  Ennis  admit- 
ted it  was  hard  to  get  his  team  motivated 
for  such  a  weak  opponent. 

"I'd  be  lyingifIsaid'No,itwasn't,"'he 


said.  "Carleton  played  hard.  At  least  it 
keeps  the  kids'  minds  sharp." 

Clearly,  the  Ravens  had  no  illusions 
they  could  beat  the  undefeated 
Voyageurs. 

"You're  not  going  out  to  win,"  said 
Raven  guard  Cindy  Krenosky.  "You're 
going  out  to  play  well  for  yourself." 

Sarah  Smith  led  Carleton  with  11 
points. 

The  game  against  the  Gee-Gees,  while 
more  evenly  matched,  was  a  sloppy  one. 
The  two  teams  combined  for  55  turnovers 
—  33  by  Carleton,  including  13  by  rookie 
guard  Gillian  Roseway. 
S     "I  wasn't  pleased  at  all,  at  either  end 
r|  of  the  floor,  with  what  we  were  doing 
<  today,  "said  Gee-Gee  coach  Wanda  Pilon . 
I      Again,  the  Ravens  started  slowly.  It 
!  ^  took  them  over  seven  minutes  to  score  a 
point.  By  that  time,  Ottawa  had  already 
jumped  out  to  an  11-point  lead,  thanks 
to  a  flurry  of  Raven  turnovers. 

"Our  defensive  pressure  was  good  full- 
court  and  that's  what  got  us  the  lead," 
said  Ottawa  assistant  coach  Rod  Lee. 

But  Carleton  recovered  and  nearly 
matched  the  Ravens  basket-for-basket 
the  rest  of  the  half,  before  faltering  again 
in  the  second  half. 

Ottawa  guard  Fabienne  Perrin  led  all 
scorers  with  21  points.  Roseway  had  16 
for  Carleton.  □ 


Rowing  first  at  Indoor  Championships 


by  Mark  Cotgrave  and  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  rowing  club  posted  mid- 
dle-of-the-road results  at  the  Canadian 
Indoor  Rowing  Championships  at  Upper 
Canada  College  in  Toronto  on  Feb.  6. 

Raven  Josee  Paquette  finished  with- 
the  top  Carleton  result,  placing  third 
among  32  in  a  time  of  9:59  in  the  wom- 
en's lightweight  class. 

With  the  top-three  finish,  Paquette 
advanced  to  an  open  final  composed  of 
the  top-16  lightweight  women  finishers 
among  the  different  class  categories  and 
placed  third  in  that  race  in  a  time  of 
10:02. 

"It  was  a  good  showing,"  said  head 
coach  John  Ossowski.  "She  only  started 
rowing  in  May  of  last  year  and  she  came 
third  in  both." 

Teammate  Nicole  Lebon  placed  eighth 
in  the  lightweight  class  race  in  a  time  of 
10:15. 

Rowing  club  vice-president  Vicki 
Schouten  placed  14th  among  18  com- 
petitors in  the  heavyweight  women's  class 
in  a  time  of  10:10. 

"We  expected  some  pretty  tough  com- 
petition," said  Schouten.  "And  we  did 
fairly  well  with  some  middle-of-the-road 
results." 

"  It  was  nice  because  we  got  to  see  what 
we'll  be  up  against  in  the  spring  and  the 
fall,"  she  added. 

On  the  men's  side,  Trevor  MacKay 
placed  10th  among  32  in  a  time  of  8:34 
in  the  men's  lightweight  class,  while  row- 
ing club  president  Rob  Bennett  placed 
17th  among  32  in  a  time  of  8:47  in  the 
men's  heavyweight  class. 

"There  was  a  lot  more  competition 
among  the  men's  events.  They  still  did 
well  but  there's  a  lot  of  depth  there, "  said 
Ossowski. 

Carleton's  five-member  team  entry  at 
the  championships  marked  the  first  time 
the  university  has  ever  had  an  official 
presence  at  the  indoor  championships — 
largely  at  the  insistence  of  coach  Ossowski 
who  feels  the  exposure  is  necessary  for 
the  development  of  the  team. 

"There's  quite  a  few  people  who  have 
national  team  potential  here  and  any 
kind  of  exposure  like  that  is  good  for 
them." 


Ossowski  said  the  indoor  event  was 
important  as  a  training  tool  for  the  spring 
season. 

"It  means  a  lot,"  he  said.  "Everyone 
sits  and  burrows  themselves  in  these  row- 
ing machines  over  the  winter  and  then 


come  out  of  the  woodwork  in  the  spring 
all  ready  to  row." 

The  rowing  club's  next  major  meet 
will  be  the  Ontario  Indoor  Rowing  Cham- 
pionships in  St.  Catharines  on  March  6. 

□ 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 

Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Feb.  8,  1994. 
Regular  season  leaders  can  only  win  the  dinner  prize  once. 


1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 


1 

Patrick  Soden 

572 

2 

Anjali  Varma 

560 

3 

R.  De  Vecchi 

556 

4 

Vicki  Mavraganis 

556 

5 

Jeff Parker 

555 

6 

JeffPavkev 

555 

7 

Jason  Belfuss 

549 

8 

Tyler  Vaillant 

549 

9 

loseph  Kurikose 

547 

10  Alex  Varki 

547 

Congratulations  to  Jason  Belfuss  who  wins  this  week's  dinner  prize.  Former 
winner  Jeff  Pavkew  can  also  pick  up  his  $25  dinner  certificate  for  Baxter's 
restaurant  at  The  Charlatan.  (Italicized  names  are  all  former  winners.) 


Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

Which  NHL  goal  tender  holds  the 
record  for  the  best  ever  GAA? 

Congratulations  to  Rob  Rothstein 

who  knew  Kevin  Stevens  is  the  only  NHL 
player  to  rack  up  over  100  points  and 
200  penalty  minutes  in  the  same  sea- 
son. 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper  and 
submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize  will  be  determined  by  a  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  Feb.15,  1994.  The  winner 
should  come  up  to  the  office  for  the 
prize  on  any  Monday  or  Tuesday. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 


February  10,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  .  21 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Inti-Illimani:  musical  ambassadors 

by  Alex  Bu: 

Cha/latan  Staff 

ipfnti-IUi 

II  Centrepi 
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i-Illimani 

Centrepointe  Theatre 


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Playing  over  30  wind,  percus- 
sion, and  string  instruments, 
Inti-Illimani  blended  jazz,  fla- 
menco, classical,  Caribbean 
and  popular  over  traditional 
Andes  music  in  front  of  a 
crowd  of  over  1,000  at  Centrepointe  Thea- 
tre. 

The  band's  name  comes  from  a  Na- 
tive South  American  dialect  called 
Ayamara:  Inti,  meaning  sun;  Illimani,  a 
mountain  near  La  Paz,  Bolivia. 

The  group  was  formed  in  1967  when 
its  members  were  university  students  in 
Chile.  After  the  military  coup  in  Septem- 
ber 1973  that  overthrew  the  government 


of  Salvador  Ailende,  Inti-Illimani  were 
forced  into  exile  in  Europe  for  15  years. 
When  civilian  rule  was  restored  in  1988, 
they  returned  to  Chile. 

Playing  music  from  their  new  record- 
ing Andadas,  their  20th  album,  the  group 
enthralled  the  audience,  which  gave  the 
band  two  standing  ovations.  Their  pow- 
erful mix  of  rhythms  and  strong  sense  of 
fusion  demonstrated  the  group's  immense 
talent. 

The  desire  to  blend  musical  styles  is  a 
result  of  the  group's  philosophy. 

"A  diverse  world  is  much  more  inter- 
esting than  a  homogenous  one,"  says 
Horacio  Duran,  the  violinist  of  the  group 
who  also  plays  the  cuatro,  charango,  per- 
cussion and  sings  back  up  vocals. 

This  diversity  is  evident  in  the  instru- 
ments the  group  plays:  the  cuatro,  a  four- 
string  instrument  of  Venezuelan  and 
Colombian  origin  that  looks  like  a  small 
guitar;  the  charango,  a  five-string  instru- 


Several  Inti-Illimani  types  on  stage  at  Centrepointe  Theatre. 


ment  mounted  over  the  shell  of  an  arma- 
dillo from  the  Andes;  the  hammered 
dulcimer,  a  Middle  Eastern  instrument 
the  bandstarted  using  during  theirexile; 
and  the  zampona,  a  flute  instrument. 

Their  desire  to  play  with  others  has  led 
Inti-Illimani  to  share  the  stage  with  mu- 
sicians like  Peter  Gabriel,  Tracy 
Chapman,  Bruce  Springsteen,  Sting  and 
world-renowned  flamenco  guitarist  Paco 
Pena. 

Thegroup  has  attained  a  huge  follow- 
ing in  Chile,  where  they  have  played  to 
crowds  as  large  as  130,000.  Their  music 
has  evolved  over  theyears  by  incorporat- 
ing different  sounds  and  rhythms. 

When  the  group  formed  in  the  late 
sixties,  Chile,  like  the  rest  of  Latin 
America,  was  undergoing  intense  politi- 
cal and  social  change.  Together  with 
other  musicians  and  musical  groups,  Inti- 
Illimani  created  a  movement  known  as 
Nuevo  Condon  (New  Song).  This  move- 
ment was  created  out  of  a  desire  to  "ex- 
press (music)  in  a  language  that  was 
more  our  own,"  explains  Duran. 

When  the  presidential  elections  of 
1 970  were  called,  a  coalition  of  left-wing 
political  parties  called  the  Unidad  Popu- 
lar, led  by  Ailende,  was  formed.  Like 
many  Chilean  artists  at  the  time,  Inti- 
Illimani  advocated  the  Unidad  Popular 
platform  through  their  music.  Of  the 
songs  that  they  sang  at  the  time,  their 
most  popular  was  "El  Pueblo  Unido  jamas 
Sera  Vencido"  ("The  People  United  Shall 
Never  Be  Defeated.") 

When  asked  how  the  group  has 
changed  over  the  last  two  decades,  Duran 
responded,  "It's  another  time  (in  Chile). 
Some  songs  are  still  sung  while  others  are 
not.  However,  we  have  not  changed  our 
desire  to  fight  for  justice." 


The  Charlatan  Education  Corner 
And  for  all  you  skiing  fanatics. . . 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Staff 

If  you  don't  have  the  means  to  invest 
over  $1 ,000  in  downhill  skis,  boots,  bind- 
ings, poles  and  the  flamboyant  ski  suits 
that  are  now  a  necessity  before  hitting 
the  slopes,  an  alternative  exists. 

For  one  measly  buck,  you  can  visit  the 
Canadian  Ski  Museum. 

Tucked  away  on  the  second  floor  of  a 
building  on  Sussex  Drive,  this  one-room 
display  chronicles  the  evolution  of  one  of 
Canada's  most  popular  winter  pastimes: 
skiing. 

It  has  the  usual  things  found  in  any 
museum:  creepy  display  mannequins, 
signs  that  say  "DO  NOT  TOUCH,"  the 
interactive  video  display  thatdoesn'twork 
and  that  funny  stale-wood  smell. 

It  also  has  black  and  white  photos 
that  will  transport  you  back  to  the  time 
when  skiing  was  the  hip  new  sport  of  a 
young  country.  Ifyouthinklookinggood 
on  the  slopes  was  merely  an  extravagant 
'80s  thing,  you'll  be  surprised  when  you 
see  the  picture  of  the  1936  Canadian 
men's  Olympic  ski  team.  They  skied  in 
knickers,  dress  shirts,  V-necks,  suit  jack- 
ets and  ties.  And  for  you  ladies  out  there, 
you  skied  in  nothing  less  than  a  full- 
length  dress. 

One  highlight  of  the  museum  is  the 
Personal  attention  you  get  from  the  mu- 
seum staff.  After  all,  it's  not  exactly  the 
Museum  of  Civilization.  During  my  90- 
minute  visit,  only  one  other  couple 
showed  up. 

You  might  want  to  ask  the  helpful 
s'aff  about  "dope."  It's  the  term  given  to 
the  secret  waxes  used  to  grease  skis: 
beeswax,  pine  tar  and  politically  incor- 
rect whale  oil. 


The  recession  has  given  the  museum 
itself  an  aura  of  antiquity.  On  one  of  the 
heavily  draped  window  sills  is  perched  a 
lifeless  old  television  with  a  note  taped  to 
the  monitor,  "There  is  currently  no  video 
available." 

The  museum  nearly  closed  last  year 
due  to  a  shortage  in  funding,  which  comes 
from  membership,  government  grants 
and  merchandise.  And  to  make  things 
worse,  someone  broke  in  the  evening  of 
]an.  26  and  stole  their  only  computerand 
printer.  Thankfully,  no  skis  were  stolen. 


Maybe  that's  because  they're  not 
exactly  this  year's  models.  It  was  a  bit 
hard  to  believe  a  note  on  a  pair  of  skis 
that  quotes  Canadian  ski  legend  Steve 
Podborski,  "These  are  the  fastest  skis  in 
the  world."  When  you  look  at 
Podborski's  six-year-old  skis  and  think 
of  the  high-tech  skis  used  by  today's 
professional  skiers,  it  makes  you  won- 
der. 

The  old  photos  also  show  how  much 
things  have  changed  over  the  years  — 
some  for  better,  others  for  worse.  Crazy 
Canuck  Ken  Read  no  longer  sports  that 
bouffant  hair  and  polyester  Adidas 
track  top  that  he  did  in  the  early  '80s— 
thank  God— but  there's  also  a  depress- 
ing photo  of  a  ski  jumper  sailing 
through  the  sky  in  Sarajevo,  where  the 
1984  Winter  Olympics  were  held. 

As  you  venture  into  the  office  and 
makeshift  storage  room,  it  becomes 
obvious  how  badly  it  needs  a  bigger 
location.  Stacks  of  wood  and  metal  skis 
are  piled  in  the  room,  along  with  an 
equal  amount  of  old,  worn  ski  boots 
ready  to  be  put  on  display.  It  reminded 
me  of  the  picture  of  the  mounds  of 
shoes  the  Nazis  confiscated  from  the 
victims  of  the  Holocaust. 

The  office  wallsare  also  covered  in  old 
black  and  white  skiing  photos,  many 
dating  back  to  the  early  1900s.  Under- 
neath the  photos  are  shelves  of  skiing 
books  just  waiting  to  be  opened  to  allow 
that  musty  sent  of  stale  glue  out,  avail- 
able for  that  skiing  essay  your  prof  may 
have  assigned  you.  Chances  are  you  won't 
have  to  wait  in  line. 

The  Canadian  Ski  Museum  is  located  at  475A  Sussex  Dnve 
and  is  open  May  I  through  Sep!  30  front  1 1  a-rn.  to  4  p.m 
Tuesday  to  Sunda/Tind  Oct  1  through  Apnl  30  front  noon  to ' 
p.m.,  also  Tuesday  to  Sunday 


□ 


M  j 


Another  Inti-Illimani  fellow. 

During  the  concert  Jorge  Coulon,  the 
musical  composer  of  the  group,  told  the 
audience  that  in  the  universities  one  can 
study  English,  French  or  German,  but 
aboriginal  languages,  which  in  many 
regions  of  Latin  America  are  spoken  by 
the  majority  of  the  population,  are  not 
taught. 

Duran  says  their  music  holds  consist- 
ent themes:  the  fight  to  defend  aborigi- 
nals like  the  Mapuche  in  Chile;  a  desire 
for  society  to  coexist  with  nature;  and  the 
realization  of  social  justice  in  Latin 
America. 

As  the  concert  drew.to  an  end,  Coulon 
said  musicians  are  like  diplomats  be- 
cause they  have  to  see  similarities  be- 
tween cultures  in  order  to  bring  people 
together.  Like  diplomats,  Inti-Illimani 
uses  the  fusion  of  different  kinds  of  music 
to  bring  people  closer  together. 

As  ambassadors,  Inti-Illimani  created 
a  sense  of  harmony  between  themselves 
and  the  audience  by  broadening  the 
musical  horizon  of  the  people  present.  □ 


This  week: 

Our  Favorite 
Aphrodisiacs 

1.  Green  M&Ms 

2 .  Lychees 

3.  Beer  and 
hair spray  at 
Oliver ' s 

4 .  Jujubes 

5 .  Cucumbers 

6 .  Hazelnut- 
Vanilla  Coffee 
at  Rooster's 

7.  "Sweet  Jane," 
by  Cowboy 
Junkies 

8.  The  Manx  Pub 

9 .  Mangos 

10.  Music  by 
Cracker  JJ 


February  10,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  •  23 


Imaginative,  artistic  film  will  leave  you  breathless 


by  Naomi  Bock 

Charlatan  Staff 


Baraka 

Directed  by  Ron  Fricke 


No  plot.  No  dialogue.  Don't  miss  this 
incredible  film. 

Baraka  is  two  hours  of  breathtaking 
images  —  a  collage  of  human  existence. 
Shot  all  over  the  world,  the  film  features 
beautiful  scenery  interspersed  with  scenes 
from  diverse  cultures,  religions  and  monu- 
ments, set  to  subtly  powerful  music. 

As  the  camera  zooms  in  on  holy  men 
and  beggars,  crowded  Japanese  subways 
and  Indonesian  ghettos,  you  are  left  to 
absorb  a  detailed  and  moving  photo  al- 
bum of  a  journey  through  time  and  iden- 
tity. It  makes  no  judgments;  it  only  re- 
veals the  varied  ways  in  which  we  live 
and  the  varied  things  that  we  hold  mean- 
ingful. 

If  you're  thinking  this  is  some  weird- 


ass,  boring  artsy  film,  remember  the  ap- 
peal of  a  picture  book.  The  images  of  this 
film  transport  you  to  places,  people  and 
rituals  you  will  probably  never  see  any- 
where else. 

The  opening  shot  is  high  in  some 
mountain  range.  A  solemn  baboon  sits 
silent  and  blinking  in  a  mountain  pool, 
like  a  little  old  man  with  hidden  wisdom 
behind  his  crinkled  face. 

The  tragedy  in  some  scenes  is  haunt- 
ing. A  young  Filipino  prostitute  stares  at 
the  camera,  no  expression  showing  from 
beneath  her  heavy  makeup,  the  neon 
lights  of  a  bar  flashing  behind  her.  A 
beggar  child  sits  exhausted  against  a 
stone  wall,  reaching  out  his  tiny  hand 
like  a  numb  zombie. 

On  the  other  extreme  of  the  human 
experience,  joy  is  expressed  through 
Native  peoples'  dances andlaughing  chil- 
dren, the  vivid  colors  of  aboriginal  body 
paint  and  ecstatic  African  celebrations 
with  dancers  who  seem  to  jump  into  the 


sky. 

The  editing  is  clever,  melding  over- 
crowded big-city  streets  shots  with  con- 
veyor belts  of  mass-produced  baby  chicks. 

Occasionally  the  transitions  are  jar- 
ring. You  are  often  confused  about  where 
you  are,  feeling  like  a  blindfolded  tourist 
dropped  into  a  different  place  every 
minute.  Withoutthe  explanation  of  nar- 
rative, the  mystery  of  many  locations 
and  cultures  will  leave  you  frustrated  at 
the  taunting  limitations  of  the  film's 
keyhole  view  of  the  world. 

But  mystery  is  the  theme:  a  respect  for 
the  ancient,  sacred  andunexplained  that 
often  is  ignored  or  mocked  in  our  modem 
world. 

One  scene  in  Asia  emphasizes  this.  A 
shrouded  holy  man  walks  with  aching 
slowness  down  a  city  street.  He  places  one 
foot  exactly  in  front  of  the  other,  still 
touching,  while  he  waves  an  incense 
holder  on  a  chain  with  measured  rhythm 
like  a  pendulum.  As  the  camera  focuses 
on  his  rag-wrapped  feet,  you  see  the 


their  impatient  heels  and  loafers.  The 
holy  man  is  oblivious  to  the  pace  around 
him. 

Indeed,  the  pace  of  the  modem  world, 
with  its  factories  and  repetition,  is  shown 
as  a  robotic  nightmare.  Again  and  again, 
we  see  a  factory  worker  screw  in  compo- 
nents to  computer  circuit-boards  until 
you  want  to  scream,  "Stop!  Don't  show 
me  another  one!" 

The  purity  and  power  of  nature  is 
exposed  with  brilliant  elapsed- time  pho- 
tography. Gigantic  desert  rocks  stand 
through  dawn  and  blazing  sun  and  starry 
nights  that  last  an  instant,  the  clouds 
and  stars  moving  super-fast  overhead,  a 
glimpse  of  the  eternity  of  nature. 

The  music,  which  varies  throughout 
this  film,  fits  each  scene  so  perfectly  you 
don't  even  notice  it. 

Baraka  will  stun  you,  leaving  you  with 
the  disturbed  awareness  of  how  little  we 
as  individuals  have  seen  of  this  world, 
and  how  much  less  we  can  comprehend 
it  all.  □ 


It  you'd  like  a  booklet  about  Jack  Daniel  s  Whiskey,  wrile  us  here  in  Lynchburg.  Tennessee  37352,  U.S.A. 

TALK  TO  AN  OLDT1MER  in  Lynchburg, 
Tennessee  and  you'll  probably  hear  a  story 
about  Jack  Daniel's. 

Our  townsmen  love  to  tell  how  Jack 
Daniel  settled  here  in  1866.  And  how 
Lem  Motlow  and  seven  generations  of 
Lynchburg  whiskey  makers  never 
had  reason  to  leave  -  nor  to  alter 
our  founder's  original  methods. 
That's  why  today's  Jack  Daniel's 
has  the  same  smooth  taste  as  it 
did  back  then.  Which,  to  a  Jack 
Daniel's  drinker,  is  the  nicest 
part  of  the  story. 

JACK  DANIEL'S  TENNESSEE  WHISKEY 


other  pedestrians'  feet  hurrying  by  in 

Bite:  New  Montreal  sounds 


by  Jane  Tattersall 

Cha/lalan  Staff 


headlining  Pop  In  the  Name^ 
Love 
Lounge 


A  year  and  a  half  ago,  Bite  joined  the 
ranks  of  all-female  bands  like  Jale,  Cub 
and  the  Welfare  Starlets  emerging  across 
Canada. 

Bite,  however,  is  a  little  different.  Songs 
like  "Slime,"  about  being  whistled  and 
accosted  by  men  on  the  street,  present  a 
strong  female  perspective  that  is  a  little 
less  forgiving  than  some  of  their  counter- 
parts. 

Bite  was  formed  in  August  1992  by 
four  Montreal  women  (Cecil:  vocals, 
Denise:  bass,  Nancy:  drums,  [ulie:  gui- 
tar) who  didn't  know  each  other  very 
well,  but  who  all  wanted  to  start  a  band. 
At  the  beginning,  the  band  was  just  sup- 
posed to  be  a  fun  side  project.  "When  we 
started,  we  really  just  wanted  to  learn 
how  to  play  instruments,"  says  Nancy. 
"It  seemed  like  the  best  way  was  to  leam 
to  play  songs  and  try  and  write  songs." 


24  •  The  Charlatan  ■  February  10,  1994 


Denise,  playing  the  bass. 

Bite  started  doing  live  shows  a  month 
later.  Denise's  husband  John  was  in  a 
band  playing  a  show  at  Concordia  Uni- 
versity. Nancy  recalls,  "John's  band  was 
playing  at  the  pub  at  Concordia  Univer- 
sity, and  they  were  like,  'So,  do  you  guys 
want  play,  haha?'  and  we  were  like, 
'Okay,  sure. '  We  had  eight  songs  or  some- 
thing, and  so  we  went  and  played  with 
them  and  the  very  next  night  we  played 
with  Beat  Happening. 

"That  was  incredible  because  we  were 
really  terrified.  Everyone's  heard  of  Beat 
Happening.  It  turned  out  really  well.  The 


gig  just  sort  of  fell  into  our  lap  because 
thepromoterknewusand  what  we  were 
doing." 

After  playing  a  few  more  shows,  Bite 
recorded  theircassette  Because  Girls  Would 
Love  to  Have  a  Friend  to  Dance  With  on  a 
local  independent  label.  Nancy  admits 
they  then  started  take  themselves  more 
seriously.  "I  thinkitwas  when  we  started 
playing  shows  and  people  liked  us,  we 
realized  'Wow,  it  isn't  just  us  having  fun. 
Other  people  are  having  fun  watching 
us,  so  let's  see  what  we  can  do.'" 

After  realizing  that  their  hobby  was 
turning  into  more  than  just  a  pastime, 
the  band  went  on  the  road  and  played  a 
few  shows  out-of-province.  Last  summer, 
they  travelled  East. 

"We  played  with  Sloan  in  Montreal, 
so  we  hooked  up  with  Peter  Rowan,  who 
was  their  manager  at  that  time.  We 
played  with  Hardship  Post  in  Halifax. 
And  they  are  very  big  there  so  it  was  an 
instant  crowd.  Even  in  Halifax,  though, 
people  had  heard  of  us  because  we  had 
sent  a  lot  out  through  Peter  to  distribute 
to  record  stores  and  college  radio,  which 
totally  helped  us  a  lot." 

One  thing  Bite  has  had  to  deal  with  is 
the  perception  of  girl  bands  as  some- 
thing of  a  novelty,  which  has  translated 
into  a  mixed  blessing  for  the  band. 

"I  think  there  might  be  a  certain  re- 
sentment because  we  are  getting  a  lot  of 
publicity  and  attention,  and  a  lot  of  it  is 
based  on  the  fart  that  we  are  all  women 
doing  this,"  Nancy  says.  "But  I  don't 
think  we'd  still  be  getting  this  much 
attention  a  year  and  a  half  later  if  there 
wasn't  some  quality  to  our  music." 

More  recently,  Bite  has  released  a 
brand  new  seven-inch  single  and  are  also 
in  the  midst  of  changing  their  lineup. 
Cecil  has  j  ust  left  the  band  to  focus  on  her 
work  in  film  production.  Nancy  admits 
this  is  something  that's  very  hard  to  deal 
with. 

"It's  like  breaking  up  with  someone. 
It's  not  necessarily  bitter;  we're  all  friends. 
It's  just  hard  at  first.  It  wasn'tlike  a  huge 
fight.  It  was  the  obvious  decision." 

Bite's  plans  for  the  future  include  a 
tour  across  Canada  and  a  probable  re- 
lease of  an  album  in  the  fall.  In  the 
meantime,  Nancy  says  they  haven't  ap- 
proached any  major  labels. 

"We  have  so  much  more  to  leam  and 
ways  we  could  improve.  What  we'd  really 
like  to  do  is  put  out  as  many  seven-inch 
singles  as  we  can,  It's  a  great  way  to  get 
your  name  spread  around  andit'salotof 
fun.  More  people  are  getting  back  into 
vinyl  now.  We're  going  to  send  some 
packages  out  to  smaller  labels  and  then 
wait  and  see."  □ 


Big  Sugar's  Cordie  Johnson  does  the  blues 

hv  Joe  Rprnarri  *^mmm^*»& 


by  Joe  Bernard 

Chailalan  Start 

For  all  intents  and  purposes,  guitarist 
and  vocalist  Gordie  Johnson  is  Big  Sugar. 

During  the  first  song  of  an  encore  at 
their  amazing  show  last  month  at  the 
Penguin,  Johnson  decided  he  wanted  to 
perform  one  of  the  songs  by  himself.  He 
didn't  ask  his  bandmates  —  heinformed 
them. 

Personnel-wise,  Big  Sugar  has  been  a 
sea  of  change.  The  only  constants  are 
|ohnson,  the  band's  cool  clothes  and  a 
sound  that  surpasses  their  impeccable 
threads,  proving  that  they  aren't  there 
just  to  look  pretty.  Otherwise,  the  band 


9t 


Coolguy  Gordie  Johnson. 


members  are  pretty  much  rotating  all  the 
time. 

Dressing  for  success  has  paid  off  in  a 
tangible  way  for  lohnson.  Hugo  Boss,  the 
tres  chic  clothier,  signed  him  to  an  exclu- 
sive deal  to  market  their  wares,  both  on 
stage  and  off. 

Explaining  the  continual  changes, 
lohnson  cites  his  continual  need  to  ex- 
plore new  musical  territory  and  the  fact 
that  the  band  is  from  Toronto. 

"Being  based  in  Toronto,  there  are  so 
many  national  acts  and  recording  acts 
going  through  the  city  all  the  time,"  says 
Johnson.  "So  our  bass  player — one  week 
he's  playing  with  me,  the  next  he's  play- 
ing with  Murray  McLaughlin  " 

Big  Sugar  has  built  a  strong  reputa- 
tion for  showcasing  various  styles.  This 
creates  problems  for  people  who  want  to 
label  the  band,  but  does  not  really  con- 
cern lohnson.  "Eventually,  it  depends 
what  the  record  label  wants  to  call  it.  If 
they  just  want  to  call  it  rock  that's  fine.  If 
they  want  to  call  it  blues,  that's  fine  too. 
It  is  all  of  those  things.  We'll  still  do  the 
odd  jazz  standard  now  and  again  be- 
cause we  love  that  stuff. 

"I  hope  they  label  it  something,  (be- 
cause) it's  easier  for  them  to  channel  it  to 
the  consumer . . .  you  might  as  well  call 
it  whatever  has  the  biggest  section  in  the 
record  store,"  he  remarks  with  a  laugh. 

The  title  of  Big  Sugar's  latest  release, 
Five  Hundred  Pounds,  summarizes  the 
band's  sound,  both  live  and  on  the  CD. 
Although  the  album  has  a  fresh  sound, 
Johnson  admits  the  sound  has  its  origins 
in  the  early  part  of  this  century's  Missis- 
sippi Delta  blues  style. 

"I  try  and  trace  a  line  from  what  I'm 
hearing  now  to  where  it's  coming  from, " 
says  Johnson.  "I  like  to  hear  Led  Zeppelin 
and  Jimi  Hendrix,  but  I  probably  enjoy 
them  better  now,  knowing  what  their 
references  are." 


Run  DMC  blazes  through  Fenn 


by  Shamir  Kanji 

Charlatan  Staff 


Even  a  lame  opening  act  and  tem- 
perarnerital  equipment  coulcm'train  this 
show. 

Thefiist  group  of  local  unknowns  only 
got  through  one  complete  song  before 
they  had  to  stop  because  there  was  too 
much  feedback.  : 

The  show  was  also  marred  by  the 
second  act,  a  local  rap  group  called 
Clarence  Gruff,  whose  lead  singer  pointed 
a  toy  gun  into  the  crowd  while  the  DJ 
filled  the  air  with  sounds  of  gunfire.  The 
vocalist  pointed  the  gun  at  one  female 
audience  member.  After  that,  she  (as 
well  as  the  rest  of  thecrowd)  watched  the 
rest  of  his  set  in  a  state  of  shock. 

As  if  this  wasn't  bad  enough,  the  group 
refused  to  get  off  the  stage  when  their 
time  was  up.  even  though  they  were  10 
minutes  late  startjng.The  group  finally 
got  theirway,  singing  their  last  two  songs. 
The  lead  vocalist  then  threw  his  mike 
down  and  they  left. 

.  AU  this  was  forgotten  when  Run  DMC 


(DJ  Run,  DMC  Ondjam  Master  Jay,  a.k.a. 
Joseph  Simmons,  Darryl  McDaniels  and 
jason  Mizell)  arrived  on  the  stage.  Sim- 
ply put,  mayhem  erupted  inFenn  Lounge. 

Run  DMC  whipped  what  had  been  a 
passive  crowd  into  a  frenzy.  With  classic 
hits  such  as  "You  be  Itlin,"  "Party  Peo- 
ple," "My  Adidas,"  "Run's  House,"  and 
new  songs  from  their  current  CD,  Down 
with  the  King,  the  whole  aura  of  the  show 
turned  around. 

During  "Run's  House/'  all  the  raem- 
bersof  RuriDMC  donned  their  old  gang- 
ster hats  and  chains  from  the  days  of 
Raising  Heii  and  Tougher  than  Leather, 
which  brought  an  ovation  from  the  700- 
plus  crowd.  Harderhitslike  "Ooh  Watch 
Gonna  Do"  gotthe  Crowd  involved  when 
DJ  Run  arid  DMC  pointed  their  mikes  to 
the  crowd  so  they  could  sing  along. 

If  there  wasone  complaint  itwas  that 
their  set,  at  barely  45  minutes,  was  too 
short. 

Backstage,  the  band  attributed  their 
longevity  to  staying  dose  to  their  roots. 
"  Unlike  other  acts,  we  don 't  need  dancers 
. . .  there  are  no  gimmicks  —  everything 
is  live,"  said  Jam  Master  Jay. 

Clarence  Gruff,  with  their  gimmicks 
and  lame  attitudes,  could  learn  some- 
thing from  these  guys.  Q_ 


Unfortunately,  when  musicians  who 
are  not  familiar  with  the  blues  genre  try 
and  play  it,  they  all  too  frequently  endup 
simplifying  the  music.  They  miss,  or  play 
through,  the  innuendo  present  in  the 
lyrics  and  the  music.  Big  Sugar  is  not  one 
of  these  bands. 

The  blues,  notes  Johnson,  can  be  lis- 
tened to  on  several  different  levels.  "It 
seems  simple.  On  the  surface  it  looks 
pretty  straight  up.  But  you  can  dig;  you 
can  peel  away  many  layers.  You  can 
always  find  some  regional  references, 
sexual,  or  whatever.  There's  a  lot  of  op- 
tions there  with  the  blues.  And  if  people 
don't  get  it  right  away,  that's  fine.  If 
people  never  get  it,  it's  also  fine.  'Cause 
they  (the  songs)  still  mean  something  at 
face  value." 

In  concert  Big  Sugar's  sound  is  remi- 
niscent of  early  Zeppelin,  when  Zeppelin 
used  to  routinely  beat  the  hell  out  of  the 
blues.  The  similarities  mainly  emerge 
from  the  fact  that  when  it  comes  to  influ- 


ences, both  bands  are  drinking  from  the 
same  well. 

Big  Sugarblends  various  "references, " 
withoutsoundingcontrived.  Theirsound, 
especially  live,  melds  into  a  cohesive 
frenetic,  tour  de  force. 

What  is  obvious  when  they  perform  is 
that  these  slicksters  know  their  shit  and 
love  to  play.  Big  Sugar  digs  deep  into  the 
blues,  and  at  the  same  time,  pushes  it  a 
little  further.  Johnson  is  so  well  versed  as 
aguitarplayerandversatileasavocalist, 
that  what  is  old  becomes  new  again.  His 
playing  is  a  union  of  lifelong  experience 
and  young  man  angst. 

Their  show  is  not  for  the  faint  of  heart. 
These  hipsters  are  loud.  Big  Sugar  hit  it, 
and  they  hit  it  hard,  repeatedly.  Whether 
the  band  is  delving  into  a  surfer  tune, 
interludes  of  ska/reggae,  orabluesstand- 
ard,  they  are  able  to  combine  the  various 
songsandstylessothattheparticipantis 
jamming  to  the  sweetness  that  is  Big 
Sugar.  q 


It's  a  Skydigger  love-in! 


by  Rick  Harp  and  Karin  Jordan 

Charlatan  Start 


/•  Skydiggers  and  Black  Boot  Trio^k 
I  Creeque  Alley  )1 
\\Fek  4  —  Feb.  5  JJ 

Aside  from  the  Andy  Maize  wanna- 
bees in  the  front  (although,  when  you  get 
right  down  to  it,  who  doesn't  want  to  be 
a  Skydigger?),  last  Saturday's  show  at 
Creeque  Alley  was,  from  the  perspective 
of  two  Digger-aficionados  like  us,  flaw- 
less. 

The  only  disappointing  thing  about 
the  whole  night  was  that  the  first  incred- 
ibly tightsetwas  in  fact  the  only  setof  the 
night. 

But  every  one  of  the  about  a  dozen 
songs  they  played  was  incredible.  The 
songs  they  chose  covered  everything  from 
their  earliest  album  to  as-of-yet 
unreleased  material,  which  gives 
die-hard  fans  like  us  hope  that  our 
favorite  band  will  soon  be  releas- 
ing a  fourth  album. 

They  started  off  the  night  with 
the  fan  favorite,  "Slow  Burning 
Fire."  This  raunchy  song  set  the 
tone  for  the  rest  of  their  set. 
Throughout  the  rest  of  the  show, 
the  band  never  let  up.  Their  blend 
of  folksy,  countrified  rock  kept  butts 
shaking  and  pelvises  tilting.  Gui- 
tarist Josh  Finlayson  took  the  mike 
for  a  foot-stomping  version  of"  Mys- 
tery Train"  that  had  the  whole 
house  singing  along. 

Lead  singer  Maize  kept  between- 
song  chit-chat  to  a  minimum,  but 
he  seemed  to  have  been  quite  taken 
by  Winterlude,  which  he  mentioned 
several  times.  Go  figure. 

The  show  hadallofuswho  were 
dancing  in  front  of  the  small  stage 
sweating  like  pigs.  The  Diggers 
neverletus  down,  playing  a  mostly 
fast  set,  with  only  a  couple  of  slow 
songs — "I 'm  Wondering, "  off  their 
latest  album  fust  Over  this  Moun- 
tain, as  well  as  their  hit  (much 
overplayed  but  still  great)  "I  Will 
Give  You  Everything, "  off  their  de- 


but, self-titled  album. 

Creeque  Alley  was  packed  with  fans 
who  seemed  to  know  the  words  to  virtu- 
ally every  rune  the  boys  belted  out.  A 
welcome  addition  to  the  band  is  the  new 
drummer,  Ottawa'sown  Petervon  Althen, 
of  Fun  for  Malakai  fame. 

The  show  opened  with  a  short  but 
intense  set  from  Ottawa  band  Black  Boot 
Trio.  Judging  from  their  performance, 
their  new  CD  Pony  Ride  ought  to  take 
them  places. 

It's  hard  to  say  anything  bad  about  a 
band  like  the  Skydiggers,  who  are  neither 
pretentious  (Tea  Party,  anyone?)  nor 
trendy. 

If  you  haven't  yet  experienced  a  Dig- 
gers show,  get  your  ass  down  to  one  the 
next  time  they're  in  Ottawa.  We  guaran- 
tee you  won't  regret  it.  □ 


... 


Our  hero,  And^Maize. 


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>~  SUN  MARCH  6th 

~         DOORS    AX    »    f  M 

--PORTER  HALL 
^  CARLETON  UNIVERSITY 

■TICKETS  S25.00  |CST  INC|  AT  TICKETM  ASTER  RES.:  755-1 11  1.  RECORDS  ON  WHEELS 
SHAKE  RECORDS.  BIRDMAN  AND  UNICENTRE  STORE. 

February  10,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  •  25 


Remembering  the  spirit  of  the  real  underground 


by  Rob  Willbond 

Chartalan  Staff 

"Corporate  rock  sucks!"  is  the  rallying 
cry  of  all  independent  bands,  from  Fugazi 
on  down. 

However,  it  is  not  news  that  the  bands 
who  utter  this  slogan  are  increasingly 
joining  the  ranks  of  major-label  musi- 
cians. A  million  examples  come  to  mind: 
Green  Day  and  Bad  Religion,  to  name 
but  two. 

Another  fine  example  is  Pearl  Jam, 
whose  latest  album,  Vs.  sold  close  to  1 
million  in  its  first  week  of  release  and 
was,  incidentally,  named  Album  of  the 
Year  in  the  Charlatan  year-end  poll.  Even 
people  who  derided  the  first  Pearl  Jam 
record  credited  Vs.  with  giving  the  Jam 
boys  a  chance  to  employ  an  even  rawer 
grunge  sound. 

In  reality,  bands  like  Pearl  Jam  have 
more  in  common  with  Janet  Jackson  than 
with  Fugazi.  Did  you  stop  to  thing  about 
what  will  happen  to  these  great  individu- 
als when  the  record  companies  realize 
they  are  no  longer  financially  fine?  Best 
guesses  may  see  them  off  into  the  land  of 
potential  comebacks.  That's  the  place 
where  M.C  Hammer,  Vanilla  Ice  and  the 
New  Kids  on  the  Block  live.  Remember, 
these  bands  were  once  also  number  one 
in  the  corporate  kingdom. 

A  few  Pearl  Jam  fans  will  be  sad  when 
this  event  takes  place.  The  rest  probably 
will  not  notice.  After  all,  the  music  indus- 
try will  have  sold  us  the  next  big  thing  by 
then,  clothing  included.  Be  careful,  trend- 
seekers.  In  order  to  maximize  coolness, 


a  welcoMe  -lb  "fH£  AJeuiKiVb- 


you  don't  want  to  stop  crowd  surfing  and 
bum  your  flannel  flag  of  individuality 
until  mis  happens. 

This  realization  of  how  shallow  this 
alternative  trend  is  will  probably  tick 
some  folks  off.  Too  bad.  Imagine  how 
people  involved  in  the  real  underground 
felt  when  the  music  industry  realized 
alternative  music  was  an  untapped  gold- 
mine. Gone  is  the  flagrant  use  of  the 
distortion  pedal  by  Dinosaur  Jr.  (now 
Wamer'sacoustic  Neil  Young  wannabe), 
the  political  social  lessons  of  Bad  Reli- 
gion (working  for  Warner  Brothers),  and 
the  innate  cuteness  of  Green  Day  (now 
supporting  corporate  punk  for  salary). 

These  bands  were  once  accessible. 


None  of  this  Eddie  Vedder  behind  a  10- 
foot  barrier  stuff.  It  was  about  music. 
Music  for  expression,  art  and  people.  The 
real  path  of  individuality.  One  that  you 
get  to  choose. 

I  often  hear  passionate  Pearl  Jam  fans, 
well  drugged  by  the  media  of  course, 
saying  how  close  Vedder  is  to  the  fans. 
How  his  favorite  band  is  Fugazi.  How 
they  are  doing  no  more  videos  because 
they  think  the  media  is  crap  and  want  to 
bring  out  their  message  their  own  way. 

Will  the  public  fall  for  such  a  market- 
ing scheme?  Probably.  If  Vedder  was  a 
true  believer  in  what  Fugazi  had  to  say, 
would  he  be  working  for  Sony?  They 
make  stereos  and  televisions,  they  create 


nice  things  to  sell  us,  but  they're  not  anti- 
media,  a nti -establishment  or  anything 
that  a  band  like  Fugazi  stands  for. 

If  Pearl  Jam  wants  to  hold  a  position 
similar  to  Fugazi,  they  have  to  earn  it. 
That's  the  way  the  real  underground 
works.  Living  communication  between  a 
band  and  audience  cannot  be  bought 
and  sold. 

The  lesson  is  merely  to  recognize  the 
way  the  music  industry  manipulates 
public  opinion,  causing  people  to  buy 
into  whatever  it  is  selling.  Of  course,  if 
your  only  use  for  music  is  to  provide 
entertainment,  then  corporate  rock  is  the 
thing  for  you.  Not  only  will  you  be  fooled 
into  thinking  everything  is  dandy,  but 
you  even  get  to  feel  like  you  are  support- 
ing a  cause!  They  even  provide  a  snappy 
image  or  label  to  aid  you  in  selecting  a 
social  group.  Be  a  punker!  Be  a  grunger! 
Buy  the  outfit! 

Corporate  rock  is  not  all  bad.  It  just 
takes  time  to  distil  the  hard-working 
bands  from  the  created,  to  realize  what  it 
is  you  are  buying.  If  your  true  goal  is  to 
appreciate  music  for  what  it  is,  take  a 
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to  it. 

This  music  is  about  real  people,  the 
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Thursday,  February  10    Age  or  innocence 


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drinking  crowd. 


At  Zaphod's  this  evening,  it's  an- 
other concert  in  the  Cha  Cha's  Playpen 
series,  featuring  the  angry  sounds  of  lo- 
cal bands  Claymouth  and  Finger.  Cover 
is  a  mere  loonie. 

Friday,  February  1 1 

for  some  free,  olde-time  music,  head 
on  down  to  Carleton's  Alumni  Theatre 
at  noon.  The  Elizabethan  Consort  will 
be  playing  their  old  English  instruments: 
recorders,  a  gemshom,  a  lute  and  .  .  . 
well,  you  get  the  idea. 

Classical  guitarist  Andrew  Mah  is 
playing  the  Glebe  St.  James  Church  at 

8:30  p.m.  as  part  of  the  Ottawa  Guitar 
Society's  25th  anniversary  season.  Tick- 
ets are  available  at  the  door.  They  cost 
$10  for  students,  members  and  seniors, 
$15  for  everyone  else. 

In  the  tasteless  names  department: 
the  Geography  Society  is  holding  their 
Big  Heart-On  Pub  this  evening.  With  a 
name  like  that,  you  just  know  it's  gonna 
be  at  Oliver's.  Cover  is  two  bucks  for 
members  and  three  for  non-members. 

The  Headstones  and  the 
Morganfields  play  Zaphod's  tonight. 
Cover  is  $6. 

Valentine's  Day  may  be  a  few  hours 
away,  but  the  fun  starts  tonight  in  Fenn 
Lounge  in  Carleton's  Res  Commons  at 
7  p.m.  Pop!  In  the  Name  of  Love 
features  a  star-studded  lineup  of  bands 
playing  happy,  loud  guitar  music,  in- 
cluding Montreal's  Bite,  future  fratboys 
Mushroom  Explosion,  Trip  Ham- 
mer, Nevergreen  and  Chuck  Wagon. 
And  that's  just  the  main  stage.  On  the 
side  stage,  it's  Wandering  Lucy,  E  wen 
Todd's  Rat  boy  and  Darwin  from  Lock- 
jaw. Cover  is  $7  at  the  door. 

More  Valentine'sDaymushystuff  from 
the  Bytowne  as  it  begins  what  it  calls  its 
Romantic  Weekend.  Showing  tonight  is 
Casablanca  at  7  p.m.,  followed  by  The 


Saturday,  February  12      Monday,  February  14 


It's  yet  another  pre-Valentine's  Day 
fest  at  the  Pit.  The  Belfast  Cowboys  are 
playing  rock/country  stuff  along  with 
acoustic  artist  Nedza  Perry.  Cover  is  a 
mere  fourbucks.  (Youknow,  formymoney, 
the  Pit's  just  about  the  most  romantic  place 
in  town.  It's  all  those  gargoyle  heads,  you 
know,  -ed.) 

If  s  a  night  of  Brazilian  music  in  Room 
100,  St.  Pat's.  If  you  show  up  at  8  p.m., 
you'll  hear  Silvia  Berddo  on  alto  sax, 
flute  and  vocals,  and  Rafael  Bastos  on 
acoustic  guitar.  It's  being  presented  by 
Carleton's  school  for  studies  in  art  and 
culture  and  the  university  committee  on 
cultural  activities.  And  hey,  it's  free. 

The  Mahones.  that  Kingston-based 
Celtic  outfit,  is  playing  the  Penguin 
tonight.  Cover  is  seven  bucks. 

At  Zaphod's  tonight,  starting  at  8 
p.m.,  Eugene  Haslam,  co-owner  of  this 
fine  establishment,  is  celebrating  lOyears 
in  the  Ottawa  music  scene.  Playing  to- 
nightit's  Dog  Day  Afternoon.  There'll 
also  be  a  lotta  taped  music  and  some  of 
Eugene's  home  videos.  (Eugene  at  the 
Grand  Canyon?  -ed.)  There's  no  cover. 

Sunday,  February  1 3 

There's  loads  of  stuff  going  on  for 
Black  History  Month  including  a  Hair 
Braiding  and  Barbering  Demonstra- 
tion. It's  described  as  a  "presentation  of 
beautiful,  age-old  African  styles  and  tech- 
niques and  their  significance  in  Africa 
and  the  diaspora."  Hmmm  .  .  .  hair  as 
socially  relevant.  It  takes  place  at  J'nikira 
Resource  Centre  at  333  Besserer  St. 
Admission  is  $2  for  adults  and$lforkids. 

Those  wacky  loud  guitar  folks,  Spiny 
An  tea  ters  and  Resin  Scraper,  are  play- 
ing two  pre-Valentine's  Day  shows  this 
evening  at  the  Pit.  The  first  show  at  7 
p.m.  is  all-ages;  the  second,  from  9:30 
p.m.  until  closing  time,  will  be  for  the 


Valentine's  Day.  Lock  yourself  in 
your  darkened  room.  Convince  yourself 
that  today  is  a  false  holiday  foisted  upon 
us  by  an  uncaring  society  bent  on  per- 
petuating the  myth  that  you  must  pro- 
create to  be  complete.  Fail.  Go  down- 
stairs and  watch  A  Clockwork  Orange. 

The  Bytowne  s  Romantic  Weekend 
comes  to  a  close  today  with  a  7  p  m 
showing  of  Truly,  Madly,  Deeply  and 
Maurice  at  9:20  p.m.  (What?  No  Van 
Damme  movies?  -ed.) 

Even  the  Mayfair's  getting  into  the 
spirit  of  the  day,  showing  Casablanca 
and  Strictly  Ballroom,  starting  at  7  p.m. 

Tuesday,  February  15 

As  part  of  Black  History  Month,  the 
Bytowne  is  presenting  Bopha,  a  film 
about  apartheid  and  its  evils.  It's  show- 
ing tonight  at  6:45  p.m. 

It's  a  little  known  fact  that  before  he 
came  to  Carleton,  Charlatan  production 
manager  Kevin  McKay  was  a  third-line 
centre  for  theHartford  Whalers.  Heplayed 
the  '85-'86  season  as  an  enforcer  on  the 
checking  line,  but  he  was  injured  by  a 
puck  to  the  skull  and  just  couldn't  get 
back  into  the  game. 

Bear  this  in  mind  as  he  recommends 
The  Game,  a  non-fiction  work  by  Mon- 
treal Canadiens'  goalie  great  Ken  Dryden, 
as  his  pick  of  the  week.  Says  the  Whalers' 
veteran,  "Ignore  the  books  written  by 
rookies  and  pay  attention  to  Dryden. 
With  a  career  behind  him,  he  provides  a 
knowing  perspective  for  the  reader." 

Wednesday,  February  16 

Sonny  Rollins  is  profiled  by  Bernard 
Stepien  on  In  A  Mellow  Tone  (CKCU  93.1 
FM)  at  9  p.m. 

Finally,  an  interesting  documentary: 
Manufacturing   Consent:  Noam 


Hey  Kids! 


It's  Ilie  Charlatan's  seventh  annual  Short  Story 
and  Poetry  Contest!  The  top  three  winners  will  be 
published  in  The  Charlatan's  Upcoming  Literary  Sup- 
plement! Plus,  there'll  be  some  great  prizes!  There's  lots 
to  to  know,  so  here  are  the  rules: 

1.  The  contest  is  open  to  all  Carieton  University  students,  full  and 
Part-time,  as  well  as  Carleton  University  employees.  However,  no 
editorial  employee  ofTTie  Charlatan  may  submit  an  entry. 

2.  Entries  MUST  be  postmarked  or  delivered  to  7  ftp  Charlatan  (Room 
531  Unicentre,  Carleton  University,  K1S  586)  no  later  than  11  p.m. 
Sunday,  March  6,  1994  in  order  to  be  eligible.  Winners  will  be 
contacted  by  telephone. 

3.  There  are  no  requirements  for  content,  but  stories  and  poems 
must  be  original,  unpublished  works.  Poems  and  stories  previously 
submitted  or  printed  in  The  Charlatan  this  year  maybe  re-submitted  to 
the  contest. 

*.  Submissions  MUST  be  typewritten  and  double-spaced  and  not 
more  than  1,500  words. 

5.  No  pseudonyms  will  be  accepted.  All  entries  must  include  the 
author's  name,  address,  telephone  number  and  status  at  Carleton. 

6-  Entrants  must  agree  to  allow  The  Charlatan  to  publish  their 
submissions,  names  and  photographs. 

1.  Once  an  entry  has  been  received,  no  changes  to  the  original  will 
°e  accepted. 

8.  Manuscripts  will  not  be  returned. 

9.  The  judges'  decision  are  final  (judges  to  be  announced). 

10.  Copyright  remains  with  the  author.  


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"Cough  up  that  piece  of  fish!"  yells  Michael 
(Ben  Bolden)  to  Jackie  (Jennifer  Boyle)  as  David 
(Alan  Neal)  practices  his  form.  Just  in  time  for 
Valentine's  Day.  it's  the  latest  Sock  n  Buskin 
play!  Talking  Dirty  is  described  as  a  "satirical 
farce  about  our  preoccupation  with  the  subject 
of  sex."  The  play  runs  Feb.  °- 1 2  and  Feb.  1 6- 1 9  at 
i  In- Mum  ni  Theatre  at  H:A0  p.m.  Tickets  are  S.5  in 
advance  at  the  usual  outlets  for  students.  SI  Oat 
every  other  time  for  everyone  else.  J 


Chomsky  and  the  Media  will  make  you 
think  about  the  media  (That's  us!  -ed.) 
and  their  effect  on  society.  Its  showing  at 
the  Mayfair  at  7  p.m. 

Thursday,  February  17 

They  wowed  the  crowds  opening  for 
Soul  Asylum  back  in  November  and  now 
they're  back  to  do  it  again.  I  speak,  of 
course,  of  Cracker.  Yessiree,  they're  play- 
ing tonight  at  Porter  Hall.  Opening  act, 
San  Francisco's  Counting  Crows.  Tick- 
ets, $17.50.  Doors  open  at  7  p.m. 

And,  at  the  Penguin,  $  10  will  get  you 
in  to  see  the  Bourbon  Tabernacle 
Choir. 

But  before  you  head  out,  get  some- 
thing to  eat.  This  week's  Charlatan  snack 
tip  is  the  Infamous  Bread  Pizza™. 

Take  a  piece  of  white  bread  and  smother 
it  with  Bar-B-Q  Sauce.  Chop  up  a  raw  hot 
dog  or  tofu  weenie  and  scatter  the  pieces 
on  the  bread.  Cover  the  whole  thing  with 
processed  cheese  slices.  Put  in  the  oven 
for  10  minutes  at  325  C.  Eat.  Serves  one. 


If  you  have  an  event  you  want  to 
appear  In  this  handy  calendar,  you 
can  drop  your  announcement  off  at 
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during  regular  business  hours  or 

you  can  fax  us  at  788-40S 1 . 
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Stanton,  Stewart  start  reiqn 

by  Tanya  Workman  .  ■-  -  „   ^*  "  Z» 

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Cha/latan  Slafl 

Out  with  the  old  and  in  with  the  new. 
A  president-elect  who  says  he  will  start 
a  co-op  student  placement  service  and  a 
finance  commissioner-elect  who  says  she 
will  try  to  open  a  campus  grocery  store 
are  among  the  winners  in  the  Carleton 
University  Students' Association  election. 

The  initial  results  from  the  election, 
held  Feb.  8-10,  were  announced  Feb.  11. 
They  peg  turnout  at  almost  2,900,  about 
1 5  per  cent  of  the  undergraduate  student 
population.  Last  year,  about  2,500  un- 
dergraduates voted  in  the  election. 

President-elect  Richard  Stanton  de- 
feated runner-up  Brenda  Kennedy  by  37 
votes.  Todd  McAllister  placed  third,  48 
votes  behind  Kennedy. 

Stanton  received  824  votes;  Kennedy, 
787;  McAllister,  739. 

The  job  of  finance  commissionerwent 
to  CUS  A  financial  review  committee  chair 
Wendy  Stewart,  who  beat  this  year's  vice- 
president  internal  Rob  Jamieson  by  126 
votes.  Stewart  received  1,060  votes; 
lamieson  received  934  votes.  Trevor 
Mulzer,  the  other  candidate  for  the  posi- 
tion, received  613  votes. 

"Everyone  did  theirbest, "  says  Stanton. 
"It  was  just  a  hard  race." 

Stanton  also  won  one  of  two  under- 
graduate student  positions  on  the  board 
of  governors,  Carleton's  highest  decision- 
making body.  McAllister  won  the  other 
position. 


Stanton  and  Stewart:  New  kids  on  the  CVSA  block 


Kennedy,  co-ordinator  of  the  Foot  Pa- 
trol, says  she  is  upset  with  the  results, 
since  they  were  so  close. 

"Todd  and  Richard  were  running  very 
similar  campaigns,  and  mine  was  com- 
pletely different,"  she  says. 

Kennedy  says  the  difference  was  they 
were  looking  for  more  corporate  sponsor- 
ship, while  her  campaign  dealtwith  open- 
ing up  the  association  to  more  students. 
She  cited  the  example  of  the  space  left  on 
her  campaign  posters  for  people  to  write 
in  suggestions. 


McAllistersayshethoughtitwould  be 
a  close  race  for  president  between  him- 
self and  Stanton  because  they  had  simi- 
lar ideas,  such  as  attracting  corporate 
sponsorship  to  increase  revenue  and  serv- 
ices. 

McAllister  says  he  plans  to  fight  for 
getting  corporate  sponsorship  of  campus 
services  as  a  member  of  the  board  of 
governors,  an  issue  he  included  in  his 
presidential  platform. 

"I  might  not  be  president,  but  1  can 
still  get  the  job  done,"  says  McAllister 


lot  of  the  things  1  wanted  do  deal  with  as 
CUSA  president  I  can  do  on  the  board  of 
governors." 

The  two  other  presidential  candidates 
were  further  behind.  Elaine  Silver  received 
232  votes,  while  Lloyd  Barry  got  108,  25 
votes  less  than  the  number  of  spoiled 
ballots  for  president.  Silver,  a  third-time 
presidential  candidate,  ran  for  re-elec- 
tion on  the  board  of  governors,  but  lost. 

In  the  nextyear,  Stanton  says  he  plans 
to  start  a  CUSA-run  internship  program 
with  local  businesses  so  students  can 
gain  work  experience  before  they  gradu- 
ate. He  says  he  will  create  a  position  of 
director  of  human  resources  on  the  CUSA 
executive  to  contact  employers  and  help 
them  get  involved  in  plan.  He  says  he 
would  like  to  get  about  500  students 
placed  in  the  program  in  the  fall  term. 

"I  think  there's  definite  potential  for 
it,"  he  says. 

Stewart  says  she  will  try  to  negotiate 
with  Loblaws  and  IGA  to  get  a  grocery 
store  on  campus,  possibly  for  the  first 
floor  or  fourth  floor  of  the  Unicenrre.  She 
doesn't  want  to  invest  any  CUSA  money 
in  the  venture. 

"If  we  give  them  kind  of  a  monopoly 
then  maybe  they'll  come  at  no  cost  to 
students,"  says  Stewart,  although  any 
initiative  will  have  to  be  passed  by  ad- 
ministration. 

Stanton  says  he  and  Stewart  will  meet 

'a    ELECTION  cont'd  on  pg.  5 


Challenges  mount  after  CUSA  election 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Charlatan  Staff 

Defeated  candidates  and  others  in- 
volved in  the  recent  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association  election  have  been 
tight-lipped  about  challenges  to  its  con- 
stitutionality. 

The  content  of  the  challenges  will  re- 
main confidential  until  the  constitutional 
board  has  ruled  on  their  validity,  says 
James  Rilett,  CUSA's  chief  electoral  of- 
ficer. Riiettsays  six  complaints  had  been 
given  to  him  as  of  Feb.  16. 

Rilett  says  the  contents  have  to  re- 
main confidential,  "so  the  people  (on  the 
constitutional  board)  coming  into  it  can 
have  an  unbiased  opinion." 

The  constitutional  board  is  made  up 
of  three  CUSA  councillors  and  two  stu- 
dents who  are  not  councillors.  The  board 
members,  who  will  rule  on  the  chal- 
lenges, have  not  been  determined  yet. 

The  board  has  the  power  to  rule  on 
whether  any  action  of  the  association, 
including  the  election,  followed  the  CUSA 
constitution.  If  the  board  finds  the  elec- 
tion unconstitutional,  some  or  all  of  the 
election  could  be  thrown  out. 

The  board  must  rule  on  a  challenge 
within  14  days  of  when  the  challenge  is 


filed.  The  constitution  says  all  submis- 
sions are  confidential  until  the  decision  is 
announced,  but  does  not  say  whether 
those  making  challenges  have  to  keep 
them  confidential.  The  CUSA  council 
chair  must  announce  that  a  challenge 
has  been  made  at  the  next  meeting  of 
this  year's  council  Feb.  17. 

Peter  Nogalo,  the  co-ordinator  of  the 
Gay,  Lesbian  and  Bisexual  Centre,  says 
he  has  given  a  notice  to  Rilett  that  he 
intends  to  challenge  the  presidential  elec- 
tion. 

Nogalo,  a  supporter  of  Brenda 
Kennedy  for  president,  says  he  thinks  the 
chances  of  the  board  overturning  the 
presidential  election  are  "excellent." 

"The  board  has  a  history  of  making 
judicious  decisions  and  I  can't  see  under 
any  circumstances  how  they  would  up- 
hold the  presidential  election,"  he  says. 

In  December,  the  board  threw  out  the 
November  referendum  which  would  have 
increased  student  fees  to  the  Candian 
Federation  of  Students. 

Nogalo  says  he  is  challenging  the  elec- 
tion because  of  "several  things,  includ- 
ing things  reported  in  The  Charlatan  last 
week."  The  Charlatan  reported  Feb.  10 
that  Stanton  had  received  a  warning  for 


campaigning  in  Oliver's,  which  is  against 
CUSA's  electoral  code.  The  Charlatan  also 
reported  complaints  about  a  Stanton 
worker  who  was  a  poll  clerk  and  was  left 
alone  at  a  polling  station.  A  poll  clerk  is 
not  allowed  to  take  ballots  when  alone. 

Elaine  Silver,  a  three-time  presidential 
candidate,  says  she  is  launching  a  chal- 
lenge against  the  elections,  but  neither 
she  nor  anyone  else  will  not  disclose  any 
information  about  it. 

Kennedy,  who  finished  second  in  the 
presidential  campaign,  says  the  whole 
election  was  "problematic." 

"Myself  and  others  had  problems  well 
before  the  elections  were  in,"  she  says, 
although  she  wouldn't  give  any  details. 

Kennedy  says  a  constitutional  chal- 
lenge of  the  results  was  made  on  her 
behalf,  but  she  would  not  say  who  filed  it. 
She  says  she  didn't  want  to  file  the  chal- 
lenge herself  because  "I  just  don't  have 
the  energy."  Nogalo  says  he  consulted 
with  Kennedy  before  he  filed  his  chal- 
lenge. 


Todd  McAllister,  another  defeated 
presidential  candidate,  says  he  won't  be 
filing  any  challenges  because  itwouldbe 
a  waste  of  time  and  money. 

"Even  if  they  do  overturn  (the  elec- 
tion), I'm  not  going  to  run  again.  I  can't 
afford  it,"  he  says. 

McAllister  says  many  rules  in  the  elec- 
toral code  were  broken.  He  says  Rilett 
interpreted  the  constitution  rather  than 
followed  it,  but  refused  to  give  any  exam- 
ples. 

One  controversial  issue  is  the  number 
of  all-candidates  debates.  Rilett  says  there 
were  only  three  debates.  The  electoral 
bylaw  says  there  should  be  at  least  four. 

"We  had  a  meeting  with  all  the  candi- 
dates, and  they  all  agreed  to  three/'  says 
Rilett. 

Rob  Jamieson,  CUSA's  vice-president 
internal,  says  the  problem  is  not  with  the 
chief  electoral  officer,  but  with  the  elec- 
toral code. 

"Our  rules  suck, "  he  says.  □ 


City  police  charge  man 


by  Angie  Gallop 

Charlatan  Staff 

Ottawa  Police  have  charged  a  man  in 
connection  with  a  series  incidents  occur- 
ring on  the  Route  7  OC  Transpo  bus  on 
Ian.  27. 

Alaa  Farrag,  34,  has  been  charged 
with  two  counts  of  indecent  assault. 

At  about  2  p.m.  on  the  Route  7  bus  to 
Carleton,  a  man  pushed  himself  on  a 
woman  who  was  standing  in  the  aisle 
because  there  were  no  available  seats 
Qnd  started  to  rub  himself  against  her. 

He  continued  although  she  tried  to 
Push  him  oway. 

After  she  found  a  seat,  the  woman 


witnessed  him  do  the  same  thing  to  an- 
other woman.  The  woman  reported  the 
incident  to  campus  security  and  a  safety 
poster  was  released  describing  the  as- 
sault. It  also  described  the  man  as  having 
a  dark  complexion,  dark  hair  and  a  thin 
build  with  a  scraggly  beard  and  checkered 
hat. 

Another  woman  approached  campus 
security  and  said  a  man  fitting  the  exact 
description,  on  the  same  route  at  about 
the  same  time  on  Feb.  2,  rubbed  himself 
up  against  her. 

A  third  woman  phoned  The  Charlatan 
on  Feb.  8  and  reported  that  she  too  was 
assaulted  by  a  similar  man.  □ 


A  little  drummer  girl  plays 
at  school  in  Shanghai.  A 
sample  horn  Bill  Cooper's 
"China  in  Contrast" photo 
exihibit  at  MacOdrum 
library  from  March  I  to  21. 


arts 

classifieds 
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news 
opinion 
science 
Black  History 
Supplement  11 


February  17,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  •  3 


NEWS  COMMENT 


What's  Dr.  Farquhar  up  to,  anyway? 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton  President  Dr.  Robin  Farquhar 
has  seen  the  light. 

The  problem  with  universities  is  that 
they  are  failing  the  "increasingly  ex- 
pected (task)  to  prepare  our  students  for 
productive  work  of  a  kind  that  will  con- 
tribute to  the  economic  prosperity  and 
global  competitiveness  of  our  nation," 
he  notes  in  an  article  adapted  from  his 
opening  remarks  at  a  1 993  conference  of 
the  Conference  Board  of  Canada's  Qual- 
ity Network  for  Universities. 

The  article,  entitled  "Learning  from 
CHEF's  beehives,"  appeared  in  this 
month's  University  Affairs,  published  by 
the  Association  of  Universities  and  Col- 
leges of  Canada. 

In  this  exhausting,  adminspeak-fiHed 
epic,  Farquhar  tells  us  about  his  experi- 
ence with  working  groups  ("beehives") 
from  the  Corporate  Higher  Education 
Forum,  "a  group  of  chief  executives  from 
major  Canadian  companies  and  univer- 
sities, established  more  than  a  decade 
ago  to  co-operatively  pursue  issues  of 
mutual  interests. "  Farquhar  is  on  CHEF's 
board  of  directors. 

Judging  from  this  article,  Farquhar 
believes  there  must  be  a  fundamental 
reassessment  of  the  university's  role  in 
society. 

In  the  article,  Farquhar  speaks  of  how 
important  research  is,  but  "the  most  sig- 
nificant mandate  universities  are  per- 
ceived to  perform  is  that  of  education," 
as  well  as  adding  to  the  social  and  eco- 
nomic development  of  our  "human  re- 
sources." 

He  goes  on  to  say  "there  is  a  wide- 
spread feeling,  whether  fully  justified  or 
not,  that  we  are  undervaluing  that  func- 
tion in  the  priorities  we  reflect  through 
our  allocation  of  resources,  reward  struc- 
tures, and  foci  of  attention." 

He  also  notes  that  "many  of  us  be- 
lieved (a  dozen  years  ago)  that  the  role  of 
university  research  was  to  discover  and 


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and  that 

what  was  to 

be  done  in 

applying  it 

was  the 

responsiblity 

of  other 

more  com- 
mercially 

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tities," but 
that  this 
wasn't  hap- 
pening "be- 
cause other 
entities  did 
not  view  it 
as  their 
mandate  to 
search  through  ourresearch  findings  and 
see  what  use  could  be  made  of  them  in 
the  real  world." 

He  says  businesses  don't  see  it  as  their 
role  to  sift  through  basic  research  to  get 
the  information  and  knowledge  they 
need,  so  universities  "must  assume  the 
majorresponsibility  for  technology  trans- 
fer." 

The  idea  that  universities  must  be- 
come more  practically  oriented  (read: 
shamelessly  market  their  "product"),  even 
in  the  arts  and  social  sciences,  is  omni- 
present throughout  Farquhar's  speech. 
To  do  so,  we  must  ask  for  the  help  of 
"agencies  which  can  perform  certain  as- 
pects of  the  function  better  than  we  can 
—  notably  community  colleges  and  em- 
ployers." 

This  line  of  logic  is  strange,  to  say  the 
least.  First,  you  don't  change  something 
on  the  basis  of  someone  else's  percep- 
tions. Farquhar  allows  for  the  possibility 
that  these  conclusions  are  wrong,  but  he 
then  goes  on  to  say  that  even  if  they  are 
wrong,  we  should  act  on  them  anyway, 
because  the  perceptions  exist. 

It  would  also  be  more  reasonable  to 


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suggest  that  we  leave  these  "functions" 
to  the  agencies  who  are  admittedly  more 
suited  to  them.  Technical  education 
should  be  left  to  technical  schools;  job 
training  should  be  left  to  employers.  But 
this  opinion  is  justifiable  only  if  you 
believe  universities  are  more  than  glori- 
fied community  colleges.  Wow:  colleges 
engaged  in  practical  training  and  em- 
ployers offering  on-the-job  training  di- 
rectly related  to  the  positions  offered. 
What  a  concept. 

If  universities  are  truly  in  need  of  such 
help,  we  should  be  questioning  the  exist- 
ence of  universities.  A  logical  extension 
of  Farquhar's  line  of  reasoning  would 
state  that  universities  are  redundant  and 
should  either  be  scrapped  as  obsolete 
human  resource  factories  orchanged  into 


very  expensive  technical  schools. 

So  in  adapting  to  the  corporate  mode 
of  doing  things,  Farquhar  writes,  univer- 
sities must  do  "fewer  things  better"  and 
pursue  "dramatic  internal  downsizing 
through  restructuring  .  .  .  rationaliza- 
tion, and  "total  quality  management," 
(shurly  an  oxymoron!). 

After  all  these  changes,  universities 
would  be  mere  appendages  of  the  mar- 
ketplace: churning  out  graduates  ready 
to  move  on  to  the  employers  who  have 
helped  design  their  programs.  This  is 
probably  okay  for  people  whose  only  use 
for  a  degree  is  to  get  a  well-paying  job. 
While  we  all  want  this,  there  are  still  a 
few  people  who  think  that  English,  music 
and  philosophy  courses,  to  name  but 
three,  are  not  a  waste  of  time.  Sure,  the 
chances  of  using  Plato's  Theory  of  the 
Forms  when  you're  installing  a  computer 
network  are  pretty  slim,  but  to  say  that 
misses  the  point. 

Having  said  all  this,  Farquhar's  argu- 
ments are  not  exactly  a  surprise  when 
you  consider  whom  he  represents. 
Throughout  the  article,  Farquhar  uses 
the  language  and  logic  of  economists. 

Likewise,  his  conclusions  are  nothing 
new  or  surprising.  The  economic  mind 
has  great  trouble  justifying  costs  or  exer- 
cises that  do  not  yield  immediate  practi- 
cal, concrete  results.  The  bottom  line  is 
whatever  is  yielded  by  cost-benefit  analy- 
sis. 

This  is  why  basic  research  is  frowned 
upon  and  practical,  commercially  ori- 
entedresearch  commended.  This  is  why 

FARQUHAR  cont'd  on  pg.  5 


Corrections,  apologies 

Last  week,  The  Charlatan  reported  on  a 
fire  that  was  started  in  the  Unicentre. 

We  reported  that  Daniel  Thibeault 
was  charged  with  arson  and  endanger- 
ing human  life,  because  of  incorrect  in- 
formation given  to  us  by  the  department 
of  university  safety. 

In  fact,  Thibeault,  an  employee  of 
Empire  Maintenance  —  the  company 
which  cleans  the  Unicentre,  was  instru- 
mental in  apprehending  the  alleged  cul- 
prit. 


Carleton  studentStanislav  Zapaticky, 
23,  was  charged  with  arson  and  endan- 
gering human  life. 

We  apologize  for  any  inconvenience 
caused  to  Thibeault.  □ 

In  a  story  last  week  on  the  Canadian 
Federation  of  Students- Ontario  confer- 
ence ("GLB  rep  left  out  of  CFS-0  delega- 
tion"), The  Charlatan  incorrectly  spelled 
the  last  name  of  student  Tim  O'loan  as 
O'loam.  Our  apologies.  □ 


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4  •  The  Charlatan  ■  February  17,  1994 


fSU  members  angry  at 
lack  of  event  posters 

bvCaronWatt  tniH  mi  »-u„ 


Campus  Tidbits 


by  Caron  Watt 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  co-director  of  the  Jewish  Students' 
Union  says  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association  was  slow  to  help  it 
advertise  one  of  the  club's  events. 

Dan  Wolfish  says  the  club  submitted 
1 7  posters  to  CUS  A  on  Jan .  20  to  advertise 
its  events  for  Shoah  Week,  an  event  or- 
ganized to  raise  awareness  about  the 
Holocaust  held  Jan.  31-Feb.  4. 

Club  members  became  upset  when 
they  didn't  see  posters  up  by  Jan.  25, 
when  the  event  was  six  days  away,  says 
Wolfish.  CUSA  takes  responsibility  for 
putting  up  sponsored  clubs'  posters  if 
they  submit  them  to  CUSA. 

Wolfish  says  the  posters  weren't  very 
effective  because  they  didn't  appear  until 
the  weekend  before  the  event,  after  some 
JSU  members  and  CUSA  vice-president 
Kristine  Haselsteiner  posted  some  up. 

"Considering  very  few  people  are  here 
on  Fridays,  Saturdays  and  Sundays,  that 
was  upsetting,"  Wolfish  says.  "In  gen- 
eral, we  are  very  disappointed  in  CUSA 
because  CUSA  has  seemed  to  be  uncar- 
ing and  too  busy  worrying  about  their 
own  power  trips  to  help  anyone  else." 

The  lack  of  postering  could  have  af- 
fected turnout  for  Shoah  Week,  says 
Wolfish,  since  posters  are  the  main  way 
the  club  advertises. 

He  says  CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson 


told  JSU  members  that  the  posters  had 
been  put  up  by  Jan.  25,  but  may  have 
been  torn  down. 

"(Watson)  told  us  that  they  were  put 
up  all  over  campus,"  says  Wolfish.  "We 
really  doubted  they  {the  posters)  went 
up." 

Watson  says  CUSA  staff  assured  her 
the  posters  had  been  posted  by  Jan.  25. 

"1  believe  the  staff  when  they  say  they 
posted  them.  There's  absolutely  no  rea- 
son why  they  wouldn't  have,"  says 
Watson. 

Shoah  Week  was  also  sponsored  by 
the  Gay,  Lesbian  and  Bisexual  Centre. 
Peter  Nogalo,  co-ordinator  of  the  Centre, 
says  he  didn't  notice  how  the  postering 
was  done  and  had  no  complaints  with  it. 

Wolfish  says  the  posters  should  have 
been  put  up  in  the  glass  cases  around  the 
tunnels  so  they  couldn't  be  ripped  down. 

"We  don't  give  iron-clad  guarantees 
as  to  where  (posters)  will  be  posted,  re- 
gardless of  what  the  poster  content  is," 
says  Watson.  "Once  they're  posted  we 
have  noway  of  monitoring  what  stays  up 
on  the  board." 

No  posters  were  up  on  Jan.  3 1 ,  because 
they  were  covered  with  candidate  posters 
for  the  CUSA  elections,  says  Wolfish.  He 
says  the  Shoah  Week  posters  were  either 
not  visible  or  had  been  torn  down  when 
candidates  put  up  election  posters.  □ 


ELECTION  cont'd  from  pg.3 

this  week  to  discuss  plans  for  hiring  next 
year's  CUSA  executive.  He  says  he  doesn't 
have  any  specific  councillors  in  mind  for 
any  of  the  jobs. 

"I  haven'tshut anyone  outyet.  I  want 
to  look  at  what  their  ideas  are  first." 

Jamieson,  who  was  defeated  by  Stew- 
art for  finance  commissioner,  says  she 
had  more  people  out  campaigning  for 
her  than  he  did. 

"Wendy  had  about  10  people  on  every 
corner  handing  (campaign  flyers)  out," 
he  says. 

"  I  thought  I  was  the  best  candidate  for 
the  job,"  says  Jamieson. 

Christian  Dallaire,  Tom  Golem  and 
John  Edwards  were  re-elected  to  CUSA 
council  as  arts  and  social  sciences  repre- 
sentatives. Five  councillors  ran  for  re- 
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ELECTION  RESULTS 


CARLETON  UNIVERSITY 
STUDENTS'  ASSOCIATION 

(Winners  are  in  bold) 
President 

Richard  Stanton  822 

Brenda  Kennedy  786 
Todd  McAllister  739 
Elaine  Silver  232 
Lloyd  Barry  108 

finance  Commissioner 
Wendy  Stewart  1060 

Rob  jamieson  934 
TrevorMulzer613 

Board  of  Governors 
Todd  McAllister  1187 
Richard  Stanton  1121 

Elaine  Silver  780 
Wendy  Stewart  727 
John  Edwards  475 

Social  Sciences  Senate 
Travis  Lindgren  538 
Ian  Reay  432 

John  Wells  35S 
Ryan  Butt  237 

Arts  and  Social  Sciences 
Heather  Jenkins  844 
Wendy  Reid  804 
Christian  Dallaire  693 
Travis  Lindgren  665 
Ian  Reay  645 
John  Edwards  631 
Sandy  Wakeling  626 


Tom  Golem  599 
Ryan  Ward  523 
Abdulle  |abril  516 
Colin  Betts  507 
.  Pierre  Leduc  506 
Perry  Simpson  494 
Corey  Mulvihill  449 
Kevin  Lacey  430 
Ryan  Butt  390 
Loreto  Estay  370 
Brian  [ones  367 
Jonathan  Postner  355 
lohn  Wayne  Ross  34S 
Michael  Barbour  315 
Chris  Schnurr  291 
Stephen  Huycke  289 
David  MacDonald  286 
Scott  Pare  264 
Shaun  Vardon  231 

Referendum  #1 

Continue  Funding  for  Ottawa 
Community  Legal  Clinic: 
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No:  627 

Referendum  #2 

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FARQVHAR  cont'd  from  pg.  4 

courses  like  philosophy  and  English  lit- 
erature don't  make  the  grade.  This  is  why 
the  fine  arts  program  at  the  University  of 
Ottawa  was  the  first  to  get  hit  under  the 
"social  contract"  cuts. 

Farquhar  also  says  universities  must 
change  because  "those  whom  we  serve 
through  our  education  function"  say 
universities  must  change.  Following  the 
argument  of  the  rest  of  his  article,  it's 
plain  to  see  "those  whom  we  serve"  is  big 
business.  Needless  to  say,  asking  the 
university  to  serve  students  would  be  a 
little  too  much  to  ask  for. 

Universities  are  not  just  technical  train- 
ing grounds.  At  their  best,  universities 
should  teach  us  about  ourselves,  our  so- 
ciety and  the  world  in  all  its  social,  envi- 
ronmental and  technological  complex- 
ity. This  is  something  that,  unfortunately, 
Carleton's  president  has  forgotten.  □ 


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NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


U  of  O  visual  arts  program  in  jeopardy 

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by  Ian  McLeod 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  student  action  committee  says  the 
visual  arts  department  at  the  University 
of  Ottawa  has  been  "unfairly  targeted" 
by  funding  cutbacks  announced  by  the 
school  earlier  this  month. 

Carlos  Bazan,  dean  of  the  faculty  of 
arts,  announced  Feb.  2  that  $250,000 will 
be  cut  from  the  visual  arts  program  as 
part  of  a  three-year  plan  to  slash  about 
$3.1  million  in  funding  to  departments 
in  the  faculty  of  arts. 

Janet  Murchison,  a  second-year  visual 
arts  student,  says  it  is  unfair  that  over  30 
per  cent  of  the  $826,000  slash  to  the 
faculty  of  arts  budget  for  1 994-95  is  being 
foisted  on  the  visual  arts  program  at  the 
university. 

The  result  of  the  cuts,  says  a  commit- 
tee of  students  formed  to  protest  the  cuts 
to  the  program,  will  be  reduced  enrol- 
ment in  the  studio  programs.  The  Visual 
Arts  Action  Committee  says  it  fears  the 
eventual  collapse  of  the  program  due  to 
its  shrinking  budget. 

Murchison,  one  of  the  students  on  the 
committee,  says  an  ongoing  mail  and 
fax  campaign  has  brought  a  great  deal 
of  response  from  both  the  arts  and  aca- 
demic communities.  As  well,  a  quickly 
organized  protest  held  on  Feb.  7  brought 
out  several  hundred  students  to  demon- 
strate against  what  has  been  called  the 


Students  protest  cuts  Feb.  7;  sign  of  the  times  (inset). 


gutting  of  the  department. 

Murchison  says  students  were  not  ad- 
equately consulted  before  the  announce- 
ment of  the  funding  reduction. 

But  according  to  Bazan,  budget  cuts  to 
the  visual  arts  department  are  not  as 
damaging  as  the  student  committee 
claims.  He  says  the  faculty  of  arts  has  not 
targeted  the  visual  arts  department  un- 
fairly in  its  cuts. 

About  300  students  are  currently  en- 


rolled in  the  visual  arts  department.  The 
department  provides  the  only  bilingual 
visual  arts  program  in  Ontario.  The  com- 
mittee says  if  it  is  cut,  Franco-Ontarian 
culture  will  be  threatened. 

Bazan  says  because  of  consistent 
underfunding  of  universities  and  the  pro- 
vincial government's  financial  crisis, 
visual  arts  "will  have  to  face  the  chal- 
lenge (of  budget  constraints)  through 
attrition." 


The  department  will  lose  two  faculty 
members  through  retirement  at  the  end 
of  this  year  and  those  positions  will  not 
be  filled. 

In  addition,  says  Bazan,  one  and  a 
halfsupportstaffpositionswillbe  cut,  as 
well  as  one-third  of  the  part-time  teach- 
ing budget.  This  will  be  the  bulk  of  the 
cutting  done  to  the  visual  arts  depart- 
ment, other  than  some  smaller  f£ture 
cuts  to  operational  budgets. 

The  cuts  to  the  visual  arts  program 
mean  admissions  to  all  three  hcmors- 
level  programs  have  been  "indefinitely 
suspended."  The  remaining  program, 
which  will  continue  to  accept  50  new 
students  per  year—  30  English,  20  French 
—  is  a  three-year,  non-technical  pro- 
gram which  offers  only  two  in-studio 
classes. 

Murchison  says  the  student  action 
committee  is  willing  to  accept  funding 
cuts  which  are  proportionate  to  cuts  in 
other  arts  departments. 

Bazan  says  the  faculty  of  arts'  cuts  will 
"affect  different  departments  at  different 
times, "  and  there  will  be  equivalent  cuts 
across  the  other  14  departments  in  the 
faculty  of  arts  over  the  next  three  years. 

The  next  year  will  have  the  lowest 
level  of  cutbacks  of  the  three  years.  For 
1995-96,  projected  cuts  total  some 
$938,000  and  the  following  year,  a  whop- 
ping $1.3  million  will  be  cut.  □ 


Zero  tolerance  debate  premature:  law  dean 


by  Jill  Mahoney 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  dean  of  common  law  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Ottawa  says  Ontario  professors 
have  been  overreacting  prematurely  to 
the  province's  framework  for  eliminat- 
ing racism  and  discrimination  at  univer- 
sities. 

Don  McRae  says  it's  too  early  to  judge 
the  legal  consequences  of  the  framework, 
known  as  the  zero  tolerance  policy,  be- 
cause it  needs  to  be  better  defined. 

The  framework  is  a  set  of  guidelines 
universities  must  use  to  complete  a  re- 
view of  their  own  policies  on  harassment 
and  discrimination  by  March  1 .  The  gov- 
ernment will  then  conduct  a  review  of  the 
policies'  effectiveness. 

If  implemented  by  a  university,  the 
policy  framework  would  forbid  speech 
and  conduct  that  harasses  or  discrimi- 
nates against  a  group  or  individual,  or 
creates  a  negative  environment  on  cam- 
pus. People  would  be  protected  on  grounds 
that  include  race,  ethnic  origin,  citizen- 
ship, sexual  orientation,  disability,  fam- 
ily status  and  receipt  of  public  assistance. 

It  would  apply  to  all  academic  and 
non-academic  staff,  students  and  visi- 
tors. Penalties  for  misconductwouldrange 
from  a  verbal  apology  to  dismissal  or 
expulsion. 

McRae  says  the  issue  of  academic  free- 
dom, which  concerns  professors,  should 
be  tackledby  individual  universities  when 
they  use  the  framework  to  put  policies  in 
place.  He  says  all  the  framework  de- 
mands is  that  universities  develop  their 
own  anti-discrimination  policies. 

"You  have  to  be  much  more  specific  in 
putting  guidelines  together,  and  then 
look  at  legitimate  educational  practices 
and  freedom  of  ideas  in  universities, "  he 
says. 

Professors  at  Carleton  have  been  pres- 
suring the  administration  to  reject  the 
framework  by  circulating  a  petition  which 
says  the  proposal  "would  severely  curtail 
academic  and  personal  freedom."  Last 
week,  Carleton  University  President  Robin 
Farquhar  decided  not  to  participate  in 
the  review  process  besides  submitting 
Carleton's  existing  policies. 

The  rector  of  the  University  of  Ottawa 


made  a  similar  decision,  but  says  he  will 
also  set  up  an  internal  task  force  to  look 
at  the  issue  of  discrimination. 

McRae  says  because  the  proposal  lacks 
specific  examples  of  discrimination  or 
harassment,  it  is  impossible  to  tell  if  it 
could  be  used,  for  instance,  to  ban  books 
or  limit  professors'  topics  of  discussion. 

There  are  two  sides  to  the  issue  of 
discrimination  at  universities,  he  says. 

"1  suppose  there  are  certain  ideas  peo- 
ple have  difficulties  with  that  must  be 
discussed.  That's  part  of  the  educational 
process.  But  on  the  other  hand,  gratui- 
tous remarks  have  no  place  in  the  class- 
room." 

But  he  says  universities  who  don't 
have  policies  on  discrimination  should 
look  to  the  framework  to  develop  them. 

"To  the  extent  we  are  asking  people  to 
comply  with  what  are  generally  accepted 
human  rights  standards,  then  I  have  no 
problem,"  says  McRae. 

Gary  Anandasangaree,  director  of 
academics  for  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association,  agrees  universi- 
ties need  anti-discrimination  policies  and 
says  the  framework  will  allow  for  a  better 
atmosphere  in  classrooms. 

"What  it  will  do,  should  do,  is  allow  for 
a  classroom  that  is  free  from  discussion 
that  makes  people  feel  uncomfortable," 
he  says. 

Lisa  Grunwald,  a  second-year  jour- 
nalism student,  says  some  kind  of  anti- 
discrimination policy  is  necessary,  but 
doubts  the  framework  would  change  the 
way  professors  teach. 

"If  they're  already  'ignorant'  to 
whether  they're  insulting  students  or  be- 
ing racist,  they  may  not  pay  attention  to 
the  code  of  ethics,"  she  says. 

She  says  the  framework  could  affect 
TA  groups  more  than  lectures  because 
there  is  generally  more  discussion  in 
groups  and  therefore  more  of  a  chance  to 
offend  people. 

But  Grunwald  says  the  framework 
needs  more  clarification. 

"If  they're  having  a  policy  to  rid  the 
world  of  racism,  it  should  be  very  well- 
defined." 

Carleton  has  a  sexual  harassment 
policy  and  is  working  on  a  racism  policy. 


But  Anandasangaree  says  the  framework 
would  inspire  a  policy  with  an  expanded 
definition  of  discrirnination  and  "broaden 
the  avenues"  to  deal  with  complaints. 

"This  is  pressuring  us  a  little  more  to 
get  something  together  because,  as  it  is, 
we  don't  have  a  broad  harassment  policy 
in  place." 

He  also  says  it  will  ensure  all  universi- 
ties have  guidelines.  "There  are  many 
universities  that  have  very  little  in  the 
way  of  harassment  policies.  There  are 
some  that  have  much  more  than  Carle- 
ton. This  will  make  an  even  playing  field 
for  universities." 

Anandasangaree  says  a  lot  of  people 
have  "really  overreacted"  to  the  proposed 
framework,  saying  "ludicrous"  things. 

But  Tom  Darby,  associate  professor  of 


political  science,  says  the  framework 
"looks  like  it  was  written  by  a  bunch  of 
disturbed  children." 

He  says  other  universities,  including 
Western,  Queen's  and  McMaster,  are  also 
circulating  petitions.  Professors  at  Trent 
University  in  Peterborough  have  already 
circulated  a  petition  similar  to  Carle- 
ton's,  which  has  received  support  from 
40  per  cent  of  Trent  faculty. 

Darby  says  if  the  framework  is  fol- 
lowed, the  consequences  would  be  "aw- 
ful because  it  would  be  a  serious  curtail- 
ment of  academic  freedom  and  personal 
freedom." 

He  says  the  framework  would  keep 
students  from  learning. 

"  If  you're  just  there  to  becoddled,  then 
why  bother?"  □ 


Two  more  losses  for  the  CFS 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Start 

In  two  referendums  this  month,  stu- 
dents have  sent  the  Canadian  Federation 
of  Students  a  clear  message:  "No!" 

At  Acadia  University  in  WolfviUe,  N.S., 
students  voted  in  a  referendum  (an.  17- 
Feb.  2  to  reject  a  proposed  CFS  member- 
ship fee  increase. 

At  Vancouver  Community  College's 
Langara  campus  in  B.C.,  students  re- 
jected their  membership  in  the  CFS  in  a 
referendum  held  Feb.  8-10. 

"The  students  have  spoken, "  said  Todd 
Barker,  president  of  the  Acadia  Students' 
Union.  "There  is  this  disillusionment  in 
the  school  about  CFS  being  an  Ontario- 
dominated  organization  and  the  students 
did  not  want  to  pay  any  more." 

The  member  schools  of  the  CFS  have 
been  holding  referendums  during  the 
past  year  to  approve  fee  increases  or  to 
decide  on  membership.  The  referendum 
defeat  at  Langara  brings  the  number  of 
schools  who  have  left  the  CFS  in  the  last 
year  to  five. 

Acadia  is  the  second  school  since  last 
February  to  reject  a  fee  increase.  The 
Acadia  referendum  asked  students  to 
approve  a  fee  increase  of  $6  per  student 
from  $4  annually.   


About  1,150  people,  or  35  per  cent  of 
eligible  student  voters,  came  out  to  vote 
and,  when  all  the  ballots  were  counted, 
there  were  752  No  votes  and  692  Yes 
votes. 

Barker  says  students  want  more  value 
for  their  money  before  fees  go  up.  He  says 
there  wasn't  a  No  or  Yes  campaign  for 
the  referendum,  but  promotion  was  done 
by  the  student  union  to  get  the  word  out 
about  the  referendum. 

At  Langara,  the  referendum  campaign 
was  bitterly  fought  with  posters  from 
both  the  pro-CFS  and  anti-CFS  sides  ac- 
cusing the  opposition  of  lying. 

During  the  referendum,  l,158students 
(19.5  per  cent  of  the  5,950  registered 
voters)  marched  to  the  polls  and  voted. 
By  the  time  the  ballots  were  counted,  the 
No  side  won  with  a  tally  of  583  to  561. 

Laraine  Bone,  a  candidate  for  the  chair- 
person of  Langara  Students'  Union,  says 
the  voices  telling  students  to  vote  against 
CFS  membership  were  those  of  Langara 
students  and  that  students  trusted  them 
over  those  of  strangers  from  the  CFS. 

In  the  next  two  months,  there  are  five 
more  referendums  on  membership  sched- 
uled andseven  memberschools  will  con- 
sider fee  increases.  □ 


February  17,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


UofA  dentistry  program  drilled 

Administration  denies  huge  government  funding  cuts  the  reason 

-    -   —  staff  unions  could  dedde  for  themselves        "We're  one  of  the  few  umversitie: 


by  Ryan  Nakasfiima 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  University  of  Alberta  is  planning 
toeliminate  the  province's  only  dentistry 
school  after  1997-98,  as  it  expects  a  $53- 
million  cut  in  its  provincial  education 
grant  over  the  next  three  years. 

The  proposal,  along  with  15  other 
proposed  departmental  cuts  and  merg- 
ers, must  be  passed  by  two  administra- 
tive bodies,  the  general  faculties  council 
and  the  board  of  governors,  by  the  end  of 
March,  says  Sandra  Halme,  a  public  af- 
fairs officer  for  the  U  of  A. 

Norman  Wood,  the  dean  of  dentistry, 
says  dropping  the  province's  only  den- 
tistry school  is  ridiculous. 

"We  think  it's  ridiculous  that  a  prov- 
ince of  our  size  and  resources  should 
have  to  go  to  other  provinces  to  get  their 
education,"  he  says. 

Wood  says  Alberta  has  a  population 
two  to  three  times  greater  than  Saskatch- 
ewan and  Manitoba,  which  only  have 
dentistry  schools  in  community  colleges. 
Wood  says  there  is  a  demand  for  dentists 
in  Alberta,  especially  in  rural  areas. 

Administration  at  the  U  of  A  estimates 
$4  million  would  be  saved  by  dropping 
the  faculty  of  dentistry. 

Last  Nov.  24,  Alberta  Education  Min- 
ister Halvar  johnson  announced  in  a 
press  release  plans  to  reduce  government 
funding  to  education  by  five  percent  this 
year.»This  first  round  of  cuts  are  planned 
to  take  effect  April  1. 

This  year's  cuts  are  part  of  an  overall 
plan  to  cut  government  spending  by  20 
per  cent  in  all  areas  over  three  years, 
about  $300  million  in  total. 

According  to  the  government's  press 
release,  the  April  1  deadline  was  set  so 
that  universities,  school  boards  and  their 


what  areas  to  cut.  The  government  also 
encouraged  education  administrators  to 
cut  the  five  per  cent  from  employees' 
salaries  and  benefits. 

Wood  also  says  the  University  of 
Calgary,  which  is  facing  similarcuts  from 
the  province,  is  not  cutting  major  pro- 
grams. 

"At  the  University  of  Calgary,  there's 
just  a  little  bit  of  belt  tightening  all  over 
the  place, "  says  Wood.  "They're  not  cut- 
ting faculties." 

The  U  of  A's  administrative  newspa- 
per. Folio,  gave  two  main  reasons  for 
cutting  the  faculty  of  dentistry:  the  oper- 
ating cost  per  student  was  higher  than 
other  faculties  and  it  was  not  a  leading 
research  faculty. 

Folio  says  the  dentistry  program  cost 
$16,900perstudentinl992-93.This  com- 
pares to  $5,000  for  arts  programs,  $6,300 
for  science  programs,  $12,600  for  medi- 
cine programs,  and  a  university-wide 
average  of  $6,100. 

Wood  says  the  dentistry  program  is 
more  expensive  because  the  university 
must  fund  its  own  outpatient  dental  hos- 
pital for  students  to  work  in. 

But  while  Wood  agrees  dentistry  costs 
more  per  student  to  run  than  many  other 
programs,  he  says  an  emphasis  on  re- 
search is  unfounded. 

"Do  we  want  a  dentistry  school  that 
can  do  a  good  research  paper,  or  do  we 
want  a  school  that  can  do  good  den- 
tistry?" 

Halme  says  the  university's  restruc- 
turing is  not  in  response  to  the  expected 
cutbacks  in  provincial  funding,  but  is  an 
ongoing  process  to  keep  the  university 
functioning.  She  says  the  plans  for  cuts 
and  mergers  began  in  1991. 


"We're  one  of  the  few  universities  in 
the  country  to  have  a  plan  for  our  fu- 
ture," she  says. 

Halme  says  the  university  plans  to 
compensate  for  the  reduced  government 
grants  through  other  measures,  such  as 
wage  reductions  and  early  retirement 
incentives.  ^ 


Cuts  and  mergers  atUofA^ 

Other  cost-saving  measures  proposed 
at  the  University  of  Alberta  include: 

•  beginning  in  1995,  changing  the 
bachelor  of  education  program  to  a 
two-year  program,  so  students  who  have 
completed  two  years  of  an  arts  and 
science  degree  may  get  a  bachelor  of 
education  in  two  years.  Further  enrol- 
ment would  be  suspended.  In  1996,  U  of 
A  will  create  a  one-year,  intensive  edu- 
cation program  for  arts  and  science 
graduates.  The  university  estimates  this 
would  save  $5  million  from  a  normal 
four-yearprogram. 

As  well,  the  university  would  merge 
some  departments  in  order  to  save  $  1 
million  over  the  next  three  years,  in- 
cluding: 

•  to  merge  the  departments  of  Ger- 
manic languages,  East  Asian  studies, 
Slavic  and  East  European  studies,  and 
Romance  languages  into  a  department 
of  modem  languages. 

•  to  create  a  department  of  biologi- 
cal sciences  by  merging  the  depart- 
mentsof  botany,  zoology,  entomology, 
genetics  and  microbiology. 

•  to  merge  the  departments  of  math- 
ematics with  statistics  and  applied  prob- 
ability^ □  , 


C.U.S.A.  Positions  Now  Available  for  the  1994  - 1995  Term: 

Director  of  Community  Affairs  (1) 
Director  of  External  Affairs  (1) 
Associate  Director  of  Human  Resources  (1) 
Orientation  Commissioner  (1) 

Job  Descriptions  and  Terms  of  Reference  available  in  the  C.U.S.A 
Office  (Room  401  Unicentre)  as  of  Friday  February  18/1994. 

Applications  for  these  positions  will  be  due  Friday  March  4/1 994  by 
1 2:00  p.m.  in  the  C.U.S.A.  Office. 

Applications  for  Orientation  Head  Facilitators  for  the  upcoming  fall 
program  will  be  available  Monday  February  28/1994  in  the  C.U.S.A. 
Office. 


All  positions  are  open  to  any 
undergraduate  student  of  Carleton 
University.  C.U.S.A.  is  an  equal 
opportunity  employer. 


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VIEWPOINT 


lobs,  anyone? 

by  Joe  Bernard 

Charlatan  Staff 

Despite  Prime  Minister  [eon  Chretien's 
pledge  during  the  election  campaign  last 
fall  that  jobs  would  be  the  first  priority  of 
any  government  he  formed,  it  appears 
that  employment  maytakeabackseat  to 
reduction  of  the  deficit,  at  least  in  the 
interim. 

Finance  Minister  Paul  Martin  will  be 
tabling  the  new  Liberal  government's 
budget  next  Tuesday,  Feb.  22,  in  the 
House  of  Commons. 

But  while  maintaining  u  verbal  com- 
mitment to  job  creation,  Martin  is  find- 
ing it  difficult  to  put  any  bite  into  his 
bark,  because  of  an  overhanging  federal 
debt  in  excess  of  half  a  trillion  dollars 
(that's  1 1  zeros!).  The  federal  deficit  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  in  March  is  ex- 
pected to  ring  in  at  about  $45  billion. 

in  its  Feb.  7  edition,  Afac/ean'sreported 
that  Martin  emerged  from  a  pi  e-budget 
consultationinToronto  with  what  he  felt 
was  a  distinct  mandate. 

"The  direction  is  clear,"  the  minister 
stated.  "People  believe  that  job  creation 
is  crucial.  They  understand  the  absolute 
necessity  to  clean  up  the  nation's  fi- 
nances. Thiswill  not  be  a  budget  ofbliss." 

It  appears  the  government  may  be 
shying  away  from  its  main  election  plat- 
form of  job  creation  arid  using  the  miser- 
able state  of  the  financial  books  as  its 
scapegoat 

While  on  the  election  trail  last  Octo- 
ber, Chretien  was  evasive  about  how  he 
would  accomplish  the  formidable  task  of 
creating  jobs  without  increasing  the  larg- 
est debt  per  capita  in  the  world. 

The  new  government  has  maintained 
that,  as  well  as  cutting  government  ex- 
penditures and  Increasing  government 
tax  revenue,  the  key  to  sustained  deficit 
reduction  is  getting  individuals  off  wel 
fare  and  among  the  taxpaying  public. 

But  recently,  the  focus  has  remained 
primarily  on  government  cuts  and  in- 
creased tax  revenue  from  middle-class 
and  high-income  earners.  The  govern- 
ment appears  to  be  hoping  its  infrastruc- 
ture program,  aimed  primarily  at  im- 
proving sewers,  highways  and  buildings, 
will  buy  it  some  time  on  coming  through 
on  its  promise  to  create  new  jobs. 

While  post-secondary  students  do  not 
appear  to  have  been  targeted  directly- 
little  has  been  mentioned  about  the 
Canada  Student  Loans  program,  for  In 
stance  —  the  federal  government  has 
sent  mixed  signals  concerning  cuts  to 
government  funding  to  the  provinces, 
who  are  responsible  for  education. 

During  a  televised  "town-hall"  meet- 
ing after  the  October  election,  the  PM 
vowed  that  the  government's  transfer 
payments  to  the  provinces  would  not  be 
reduced.  But  Martin,  appearing  to  con 
tradict  ChrSUen,  has  consistently  main 
tained  that  everything  is  on  the  table. 

Transfer  payments,  that  is  the  total 
cash  and  tax  points  paid  directly  to  the 
provinces  and  municipalities,  currently 
total  about  $40  billion,  or  20  per  cent  of 
the  total  federal  government  budget  for 
1993-94,  according  to  a  ministry  of  fi- 
nance spokesperson. 

These  payments  are  key  to  the  provin- 
cial government's  funding  for  post-sec- 
ondary education  and  health  care. 

Many  questionsremain,  among  them, 
whether  the  cuts  togovemment  expendi- 
tures will  amount  to  a  manicure  of  gov- 
ernment programs  and  services  or  a 
broad-based  slash. 

But  the  most  Important  question  for 
those  relying  on  the  government  to  stick 
to  its  promises  is  whether  its  number  one 
pledge  —  jobs,  jobs,  jobs  —  is  still  in  fact 
its  number  one  priority.  Q 


8  •  The  Charlatan  ■  February  17,  1994 


Students:  news 
to  the  media 

You  are  reading  a  student  newspaper.  So  it's  no 
wonderthatyou  hear  gripes  about  how  students 
are  affected  by  various  bits  of  news,  be  it  provin- 
cial legislation  or  bus  fare. 
But  would  you  read  much  about  these  same  issues  in 
the  "mainstream"  media?  Don't  think  so. 

If  it  weren't  for  student  papers,  no  one  would  address 
various  issues  from  the  student  perspective.  The  national 
media  don't  concern  itselfwith  students  and  neither  do 
the  newspapers  in  a  city  where  there  are  two  universities 
and  two  colleges. 

For  the  mainstream  media,  newsmakers  are  power- 
ful, middle-aged  people,  so  news  stories  usually  only 
reflect  their  concerns. 

After  seeing  editorials  in  the  Ottawa  Citizen  by  col- 
umnist Peter  Calamai,  professors  at  Carleton  began 
circulating  petitions  opposing  a  policy  framework  from 
the  Ontario  government.  The  framework  aims  to  revise 
the  existing  policies  at  universities  and  colleges  to  pro- 
vide uniform  guidelines  for  what  constitutes  harassment 
and  discrimination  and  how  incidents  may  be  punished. 

The  Canadian  media  have  been  overflowing  with 
coverage  of  the  professors'  outrage  overthe  policy  frame- 
work. The  media  have  jumped  all  over  the  issue  of  how 
the  policy  will  affect  professors  and  "academic  freedom, " 
whatever  that  is. 

They  quote  professors  who  say  the  framework  could 
be  used  to  ban  Shakespeare  and  Nietzsche  from  class- 
rooms and  professors  who  say  universities  may  become 
useless  bastions  of  blandness. 

Since  this  brouhaha  erupted,  national  media  atten- 
tion has  been  turned  to  the  plight  of  our  poor,  tenured 
friends  in  their  ivory  tower.  Funny  how,  four  months 
after  the  policy  framework  was  released,  it  took  a  Citizen 
editorial  column  about  academic  freedom  and  some 
upset  professors  to  make  the  framework  "newsworthy." 

Why  has  the  media,  from  CTV  to  the  Globe  and  Mail, 
chosen  to  ignore  that  not  only  professors,  but  students, 
non-academic  staff  and  even  visitors  to  the  university 
would  be  governed  by  a  revised  harassment  and  dis- 
crimination policy? 

Well,  if  you  are  powerful,  professional  and  middle- 
class  and  your  "rights"  are  being  stepped  on  by  the  evil 
government,  your  problems  are  a  public  concern  simply 
because  they  are  what  is  called  "  news"  by  the  media.  It's 
easy  for  the  public  and  the  politicians  to  dismiss  stu- 
dents' problems  if  they  never  hear  about  them  in  the 
news. 

And  meanwhile,  as  the  superficial  debate  over  the 
policy  framework  rages,  students  are  facing  what  could 
be  the  dismantling  of  our  accessible  post-secondary 
education  system.  In  the  fair  province  of  Ontario,  the 
darkcloudof  mammoth  tuition  fee  increases  and  spiral- 
ling debt  has  hung  over  students  for  most  of  the  year. 

One  sobering  reminder  of  how  the  mainstream  media 
has  failed  to  report  the  urgency  of  students'  predicament 
is  that  even  when  students  mobilize  to  protest  their 
situation,  they  are  studiously  ignored  by  the  media. 

On  Feb.  4,  Carleton  students  held  a  day-long  protest 
against  the  impending  tuition  hikes,  attracting  hun- 
dreds of  university  and  high-school  students.  Yet  the 
phones  at  The  Charlatan  rang  off  the  hook  all  day  with 
local  and  national  media  people,  too  lazy  to  do  their  own 
research,  demanding  to  know  more  about  the  zero 
tolerance  policy  framework. 

Of  course,  tuition  increases  are  not  a  new  story.  In 
fact,  students  have  been  circulating  petitions  against  the 
proposed  increase  since  almost  the  beginning  of  the 
school  year.  But  has  anybody  paid  attention? 

The  doubly  sickening  thing  is  that  without  the  pres- 
sure of  big-media  attention,  the  government  will  be 
more  than  happy  to  continue  ignoring  students'  pleas. 

But  you  can  bet  your  next  student  loan  payment  that 
the  folks  at  Queen's  Park  are  listening  hard  to  the 
concerns  of  the  professors  who  have  been  given  space  in 
roajor  newspapers  and  on  radio  and  television  shows  to 
whine  about  their  "rights."  AK  &  JM 

(  The  Charlatan  welcomes  all  letters  and  opinion  pieces) 
Letters  should  not  be  more  than  250  words  and  opinion 
pieces  not  more  than  700  words.  Pieces  may  be  edited 
for  length  or  clarity.  The  deadline  is  Tuesday  at  noon 
Include  your  name,  signature,  faculty,  year  and  PHONE 
NUMBER  or  your  letter  won't  be  published.  Phone 
numbers  are  for  verification  only  and  won't  be  pub- 
lished. Send  to:  The  Charlatan,  Room  531  Unicentre, 
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EDITORIAL  PAGE 


OPINION 


Looking  for  truth  in  govt,  policy 

In  October  1993,  the  Ontario  Ministry  of  Education  and  Training  released  a  policy  framework  entitled  "Framework 
regarding  prevention  ofharassment and  discrimination  in  Ontario  universities."  The  policy,  knownas  the  zero  tolerance  policy 
has  since  been  the  subject  of  much  debate  because  some  say  it  would  impinge  on  academic  freedom.  In  these  articles  two 
professors  debate  the  meaning  and  implications  of  the  policy  framework. 


by  Shirley  Mills 

Shirley  Mills  is  the  president  of  the  Carleton  University  Academic  Staff  Association,  the 
academic  staff  union.  She  is  also  a  professor  of  main  and  statistics. 

Recently,  there  has  been  much  discussion  on  cam- 
puses and  in  the  media  concerning  the  intent  of  a 
document  entitled  "Framework  regarding  prevention  of 
harassment  and  discrimination  in  Ontario  universities." 

Editorials  in  the  Ottav/a  Citizen  and  the  Globe  and  Mail 
have  expressed  concerns  related  to  statements  in  this 
document.  Petitions  calling  for  the  rejection  of  this 
"framework"  are  circulating  on  several  university  cam- 
puses. 

The  first  sentence  of  the  document  reads,  "The  gov- 
ernment of  Ontario  has  adopted  a  policy  of  zero  toler- 
ance of  harassment  and  discrimination  at  Ontario's 
universities."  Immediately  this  raises  the  spectre  of  gov- 
ernment intervention  in  university  affairs;  of  infringe- 
ment of  fundamental  rights  as  well  as  academic  rights; 
of  frivolous  and  vexatious  complaints  proliferating. 

As  Carleton  President  Robin  Farquhar  and  I  stated  in 
our  joint  letter  to  the  Citizen,  Jan.  29, 1994,  "Universities 
would  never  accept  this  type  of  intrusion  .  .  .  which 
violates  our  basic  mission  to  seek  truth  and  knowledge 
through  teaching  and  research  unfettered  by  govern- 
ment or  private  interests." 

'  But,  let  me  set  the  record  straight.  First,  some  writers 
have  left  the  erroneous  impression  that  the  framework 
will  be  law  effective  March  1,  1994.  This  is  not  the  case. 
The  document  uses  the  word  "should,"  not  "shall." 
Nothing  in  the  framework  is  legally  able  to  override 
university  policies. 

To  legislate  this  for  all  universities  would  require 
changes  to  each  of  the  acts  that  define  the  relationship 
between  each  university  and  the  government.  This  has 
not  been  done,  nor  is  it  anticipated.  Academics  are  able 
to  teach  the  same  things  after  March  1  as  before  March 
1,  provided  that  what  they  currently  teach  does  not 
contravene  the  law. 

Second,  there  is  no  requirement  to  meet  "zero  toler- 
ance." The  document  states  the  "The  government  in- 
tends the  framework  to  be  used  by  institutions  to  review 
and  assess  their  existing  policies  and  make  any  needed 
changes. . .  Institutions  are  free  to  develop  otherwaysof 
achieving  the  intent  of  the  policy  which  best  reflects  their 
local  environments." 

Was  this  an  attempt  to  intrude  upon  the  autonomy  of 
universities?  To  impede  freedom  of  inquiry,  to  limit 
freedom  of  speech,  to  infringe  upon  academic  freedom? 

No,  as  indicated  by  Dave  Cooke,  the  minister  of 
education  and  training,  in  a  letter  to  the  Citizen,  Feb.  11, 


by  Nicholas  Ftowe 

Nicholas  Howe  is  an  economic 
against  the  policy  framework. 


professor  at  Carleton  and  helped  start  a  petition 


MILLS  cont'd  on  page  10. 


The  current  climate  of  censorship  and  self-censorship 
in  universities  is  already  bad,  but  the  Ontario  Ministry  of 
Education  and  Training  "Framework  regarding  preven- 
tion of  harassment  and  discrimination  in  Ontario  uni- 
versities" would  make  it  much  worse. 

Anything  you  do  or  say  which  might  reasonably  be 
known  to  be  offensive  to  some  person  on  the  grounds  of 
"race,  ancestry,  place  of  origin,  color,  ethnic  origin 
(including  language,  dialect,  or  accent),  citizenship, 
creed,  sex,  sexual  orientation,  disability,  age  (18-65), 
martial  status,  family  status,  the  receipt  of  public  assist- 
ance, record  of  provincial  offenses  or  pardoned  federal 
offences,"  is  by  definition  harassment. 

So,  if  anybody  says  anything  you  disagree  with, "don't 
waste  time  trying  to  think  up  arguments  to  show  why 
what  was  said  is  false.  Instead,  simply  put  on  your  most 
indignant  and  outraged  voice  and  claim  to  be  offended. 
Your  opponent  will  now  face  public  humiliation,  and 
suffer  penalties  rangi  ng  from  offering  you  an  apology  to 
being  fired. 

And  in  case  you  think  this  is  a  great  way  to  get  back 
at  obnoxious  professors,  remember  it  applies  to  everyone 
on  campus.  Be  careful  what  you  write  on  an  exam,  or 
your  professor  or  teaching  assistant  may  charge  you 
with  harassment. 

Once  all  groups  learn  this  technique,  that  some  have 
already  mastered,  many  will  be  silenced,  including  those 
who  first  developed  the  art  of  taking  offence.  What 
feminists  say  can  be  deeply  offensive  to  some  men,  for 
instance.  Teaching  and  learning,  hardenough  now,  will 
be  impossible  in  such  a  climate.  University  education 
would  become  the  ritual  recitation  of  an  official  ideol- 
ogy, li  ke  the  compulsory  classes  in  Marxism- Leninism  in 
communist  countries. 

Don't  take  my  word  for  this.  Read  the  document  for 
yourself.  It's  reprinted  in  This  Week  at  Carleton,  Feb.  10. 
Nearly  everyone  would  agree  that  we  need  some  rules  to 
prevent,  for  instance,  professors  openly  expressing  Nazi 
beliefs  and  covering  their  office  walls  with  swastikas. 
Nazism  promotes  hatred  against  certain  social  groups, 
and  has  caused  millions  of  people  to  be  murdered  this 
century. 

But  how  consistent  are  we  in  deciding  which  beliefs 
are  legitimate  and  which  must  be  censored?  Many 
professors  (and  students)  are  Marxists,  and  openly  ex- 
press their  Marxist  beliefs. 

Yet  Marxism  can  also  be  accused  of  promoting  hatred 

ROWE  cont'd  on  page  10. 


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Fouad  Kannan,  Adam  Mann  and  Mo  Gannon. 

The  Charlatan  Room  531  Untcentre  Carieton  University 
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MILLS  cont'd  from  page  9. 
"The  framework  was  designed  for  the  use 
by  universities  to  review  and  assess  their 
existing  policies  and  procedures.  It  was 
meant  to  provide  a  model  for  universities 
to  compare  their  own  policies  and  help 
them  to  meettheirlegal  responsibilities  to 
provide  a  harassment-free  workplace  and 
to  follow  the  Ontario  Human  Rights  Code. 
The  framework  is  not  legislation  . . .  the 
government  recognizes  that  universities 
are  legally  autonomous  bodies  and  we 
have  no  intention  of  changing  this  rela- 
tionship." 

It  is  always  a  worthwhile  exercise  to 
debate  what  a  university  is  -  to  reaffirm 
university  autonomy,  academic  freedom, 
freedom  of  speech  and  freedom  of  in- 


quiry, but  in  discussing  these  rights,  let  us 
remember  that  these  rights  are  not  unfet- 
tered. 

We  are  bound  legally  by  the  Charter  of 
Rights  and  Freedoms,  by  the  Canadian 
Human  Rights  Act,  by  the  Ontario  Hu- 
man Rights  Act  and  by  the  laws  of  our 
country.  We  must  use  our  rights  in  a  fair 
and  just  manner. 

As  professors,  we  exercise  considerable 
power  and  we  must  use  that  power  in 
constructive  ways,  to  further  knowledge, 
to  stimulate  debate,  to  challenge  our  stu- 
dents. Remembertoo  that  universities  are 
not  meant  to  be  comfortable  places.  There 
is  no  need  for  harmony,  but  rather  a  need 
for  civility.  Universities  are  meant  to  be 


forums  for  intelligent  minds  to  pursue 
inquiry,  disputation,  research  and  learn- 
ing. There  is  no  requirement  that  the 
theories  and  concepts  academics  propose 
be  palatable  -  there  is  only  a  requirement 
that  we  search  for  truth. 

In  a  joint  letter  to  the  Citizen,  Jan.  29, 
Farquhar  and  I  wrote:  "The  real  issue  is 
not  so  much  what  ideas  are  discussed  and 
explored,  but  rather  how  these  ideas  are 
presented  to  challenging  and  widely  di- 
vergent audiences  in  a  climate  that  re- 
spects their  distinctiveness  andstimulates 
debate." 

One  would  hope  that  the  result  of  an 
educated  society  would  be  a  more  tolerant 
society.  □ 


ROWE  cont'd  from  page  9. 
against  certain  social  groups,  and  Marx- 
ist regimes  have  murdered  many  more 
tens  of  millions  of  people  this  century 
than  have  Nazi  regimes.  Why  should 
Nazism  be  banned  from  campus  and 
Marxism  be  permitted  free  expression? 

Try  the  following  experiment  in  your 
own  classes:  Take  something  written  by  a 
radical  feminist,  cross  out  the  word  "men" 
whenever  it  appears,  and  substitute  the 
word  "blacks"  or  "jews."  Would  the  result 
be  judged  offensive? 

These  examples  show  that  there  is  little 
underlying  logic  to  justify  the  distinction 
between  what  is  currently  judged  to  be 


offensive  and  what  is  currently  judged  to 
be  legitimate  opinion.  There  is  only  fash- 
ion and  convention.  But  truth  may  not 
always  be  fashionable  or  conventional. 

We  already  have  dn  official  "human 
rights  educator"  at  Carieton,  who  likens 
her  job  to  putting  out  fires.  This  is  the 
metaphor  of  the  political  commissar.  True 
educators  see  themselves  as  lighting  and 
tending  the  fires  of  learning. 

Both  faculty  and  students  at  Carieton 
are  signing  petitions  against  the  frame- 
work, following  the  lead  of  Trent  Univer- 
sity. The  rebellion  is  spreading  to  other 
Ontario  universities.  We  have  strong  and 
broad  support.  Feminists  and  socialists 


realize  that  their  rights  are  equally  vul- 
nerable to  this  censorship.  And  they  don't 
want  the  right  wing  to  capture  this  issue 
and  get  all  the  credit  for  defending  aca- 
demic freedom. 

The  ministry  is  already  back-pedal- 
ling, recognizing  the  autonomy  of  univer- 
sities, and  saying  the  framework  is  purely 
voluntary.  But,  a  similar  framework  has 
been  imposed  on  colleges,  since  they  are 
not  autonomous. 

We  must  nail  the  ministry  hard,  so  that 
it  never  dares  try  this  again.  Then  we  must 
reclaim  our  freedom  in  our  own  academy 
and  in  our  own  minds.  Q 


LETTERS 


Student  screwed 
by  bank 

Editor: 

I  have  had  nothing  but  frustration  in 
dealing  with  the  bank  on  campus.  I  won- 
dered how  a  bank  could  stay  in  business 
when  it  treats  its  customers  with  so  little 
respect.  Then  when  I  went  to  a  downtown 
branch  of  the  same  bank,  I  discovered 
that  they  don't  treat  valued  customers 
that  way,  just  students. 

When  1  take  cheques  to  the  branch  on 
campus  to  deposit,  they  place  at  least  a 
five-  and  sometimes  a  10-day  hold  on 
them  before  the  funds  are  released.  Once, 
in  an  emergency  1  begged  them  to  make 
an  exception  to  the  rule.  They  said  it  was 
policy  everywhere  and  exceptions  were 
impossible. 

I  recently  discovered  that  there  is  a 
branch  of  this  same  bank  in  the  bottom  of 
a  fancy  office  building  (Barrister  House), 
near  my  house.  The  first  time  I  was  everin 
this  branch  I  sought  to  deposit  a  variety  of 
personal  cheques,  most  with  different  last 
names  than  my  own  and  from  otherprov- 
inces. 

The  teller  politely  deposited  all  the 
funds  into  my  account  on  the  spot.  I  was 
shocked,  but  played  it  cool.  I  asked  him  if 
there  would  be  any  holds  on  the  funds.  He 
was  surprised  by  the  question  and  gave 
me  a  look  which  implied  that  those  rules 
don't  apply  to  a  customer  like  me,  i.e.  a 
customer  who  would  have  an  office  in  this 
building. 

I  learned  an  important  lesson  about 
the  real  world  that  day  —  if  you're  a 
student,  you  can  bank  on  getting  shit  on. 

-  Blake  Howe 
Law  III 

Remembering 
David 

Editor: 

On  Tuesday  morning,  Feb.  8,  1994,  at 
2  a.m.,  David  Bruce  Elver,  a  Carieton 
third-year  sociology  student  passed  away 
from  the  complications  of  a  brain  tumor. 
Before  enrolling  at  Carieton  in  1989,  Dave 
worked  at  a  variety  of  jobs,  among  them 
installing  and  selling  windows.  David  was 


well-known  at  Carieton,  as  he  worked  as 
a  student  consultant  in  the  computer 
lounges  and  installing  hardware  for  Car- 
ieton Computing  and  Communications 
in  the  summer  of  1992. 

After  developing  his  computer  skills  at 
Carieton,  he  signed  a  contract  with  the 
Canadian  Council  of  Social  Development, 
managing  their  computer  network  on  a 
part-time  basis. 

In  September  of  1993,  he  was  diag- 
nosed with  a  brain  tumor.  The  side  effects 
of  the  treatments  made  it  difficult  for 
David  to  continue  his  studies  and  he  did 
not  enrol  that  fall,  although  he  did  con- 
tinue to  work  part-time  at  CCSD. 

David  was  well-liked  at  Carieton  for  he 
was  always  very  helpful,  and  this  was  not 
confined  to  his  role  as  student  consultant. 
He  loved  to  laugh  and  chit  chat,  espe- 
cially over  wine  and  dinner.  A  memorial 
was  held  for  him  on  Friday,  Feb.  11, 1993 
at  All  Saint's  Anglican  Church  on  Rich- 
mond Road  and  was  attended  by  over  200 
hundred  people.  David  will  be  missed  by 
all  who  knew  him. 

Peter  Urmetzer 
MA  Sociology  II 

Voting  full  of 
holes 

Editor: 

There  I  was,  on  my  way  to  a  voting 
station  located  in  the  tunnel.  Yes  sir,  I 
voted  for  my  president,  social  science  rep 
and  board  of  governors  rep. 

The  ballots  were  exchanged  for  my 
student  identification  card,  my  name  was 
crossed  off  a  student  body  print-out  and  I 
voted.  All  went  well,  or  so  I  thought. 

The  next  day,  while  in  semi-deep  con- 
versation with  friends,  I  questioned  them 
as  to  whether  or  not  they  had  voted.  All 
replied  no,  their  reason  being  because  our 
ID  cards  were  defaced.  I  objected  and  said 
that  was  totally  absurd.  Nothing  of  the 
sort  had  happened  to  mine.  Boy,  was  I 
wrong. 

When  I  took  out  my  ID  to  prove  my 
friends  wrong,  I  succeeded  only  in  prov- 
ing myself  wrong.  In  my  hand,  I  held  my 
I D  which  now  had  a  hole  punched  through 
the  bottom  left  side  of  my  picture.  I  could 
see  through  my  ID  card! 


Who  wants  an  ID  card  with  a  hole  in  it? 
Not  me!  And  after  a  quick  survey  of  the 
people.around  me,  let's  just  say  the  feel- 
ings were  mutual. 

People  wonder  why  the  voting  rate  is  so 
low.  I've  just  given  you  one  reason. 

Come  September,  I'll  just  pay  the  re- 
placement price  and  get  myself  a  new 
identification  card  because,  well,  the  one 
I  now  have  has  a  hole  in  it.  There  are  other 
ways  to  keep  track  of  who  has  or  hasn't 
voted  .  . .  ever  hear  of  permanent  mark- 
ers? 

Narena  Khemlall 
Law! 

Scattering  the 
blame 

Editor: 

Regarding  "Mushroom  Explosion:  frat 
bound,"  The  Charlatan,  Feb.  3, 1994,  spe- 
cifically the  paragraphs  in  the  article  per- 
taining to  the  cancellation  of  the  all-ages 
aspect  of  the  evening. 

It  was  reported  that  the  concert  on 
Thursday,  Jan.  24  was  advertised  as  an 
all-ages  event  by  Oliver's.  In  fact,  promo- 
tion of  the  concert  was  managed  by  the 
Skatterbrains  and  Oliver's  management 
had  no  part  in  the  advertising  of  the 
venue  or  the  fact  that  it  was  advertised  as 
an  all-ages  show. 

In  order  for  an  all-ages  show  to  take 
place,  a  certain  amount  of  preparation 
and  organization  needs  tobe  implemented 
and  this  cannot  be  done  in  a  "spur  of  the 
moment"  manner.  So,  actually,  the  idea 
that  the  management  cancelled  the  all- 
ages  part  of  the  show  was  wrongly  re- 
ported, as  the  show  was  never  to  be  all- 
ages  in  the  first  place! 

It  was  unfortunate  that  the  confusion 
occurred,  but  we  were  sympathetic  to  the 
group  of  under-age  people  and  offered 
some  restitution  by  inviting  them  back  to 
any  all-ages  show  in  Oliver's  as  our  guests. 

ThemanagementofOliver'sdoes,  how- 
ever, wish  that  they  had  been  given  the 
opportunity  to  tell  their  side  of  the  story  in 
the  original  article  and  not  through  a 
letter  to  the  editor. 

Randy  Fitzpatrick 
Supervisor,  Oliver's 


10  ■  The  Charlatan  .  February  17,  1994 


V 


BLACK  HISTORY  MONTH 


YANKEE  BLACKNESS  AND  THE  AFRICAN  DIASPORA 


by  Shane  Book 

ware  Booh  Is  a  member  OHhe  Shades  ol  Blackness  program 
collective  and  hosts  a  program  called  Black  Sptnlualily  on 
CKCU- 

gpike  Lee's  latest  film.  George 
Foreman's  latest  fight.  Jesse  Jackson 
preaches.  Louis  Farrakhan  teaches. 
Malcolm  X  looms  larger  in  life  than  in 
death. 

Images  of  Black  men  on  America's 
lightly  news  hit  like  a  sledge  hammer. 
Hustlers,  pimps,  dope  dealers:  TV  roles 
lor  more  than  few. 

$e  get  it  all,  even  up  in  Canada. 
Sometimes  the  shots  sound  so  real  on 
TV,  you  swear  they  came  from  your 
backyard.  These  sounds  and  images 
Irom  the  cultural  behemoth  to  the  south 
are  branded  into  our  minds,  repetition 
after  repetition.  By  the  time  we  are  old 
enough  to  speak  we  know  what  it  is  to 
be  Black.  The  accent,  the  strut:  "Wuzzup 
Nigga?" 

America  is  the  cultural  hegemony  of 
NOW.  It  follows  that  in  the  African 
Diaspora,  the  market  forces  of  Black 
America  have  forcibly  marketed  Yankee 
Blackness  as  the  benchmark  of  African 
culture  worldwide.  The  job  of  selling 
BLACK  has  been  done  so  well  that  even 
white  kids  are  buying. 
Hip  hop  fashion  reigns  in  high  schools  in 
Sudbury,  and  the  commodity  can  be 
consumed  by  white  kids  without  any  of 
ensuing  side-effects  of  political 
disempowerment.  Translated:  The 
gangsta'  can  loudly  swear  at  his  "bitch" 
while  riding  OC  Transpo  back  to  his 
hood"  in  Barrhaven.  If  middle-class 
"hite  kids  can  be  sold  the  gansta'  image 
and  all  the  nihilism  that  comes  with  it, 
Ihen  you  can  be  sure  that  market 
penetration  is  more  than  skin  deep. 


The  exportation  of  African  American 
culture  has  been  done  so  slowly  and 
stealthily  as  to  overtake  and  fool  even 
the  sharpest  minds.  This  is  more  than 
profit.  It  is  a  question  of  consciousness. 
Recently,  two  people  were  overheard 
lamenting  the  lack  of  statistical  data  on 
the  numbers  of  Black  university  students 
in  Canada.  To 
compensate 
for  this 
deficiency,  it 
was 
suggested 
that  statistics 
from  Ebony 
magazine, 
the  most 
mainstream 
periodical  in 
Black 
America, 
could  be 
used.  It  took 
a  full  moment 
before  the 
ridiculousness 
of  that 
suggestion 
was  realized 
and  the  reality  of  location  struck  home. 
Buddhists  speak  of  those  who  live  on 
the  enlightened  path  as  living  in  the 
here  and  now.  Too  often  African 
Canadians  are  caught  living  for 
tomorrow  —  waiting  to  go  to  the 
promised  land:  America.  Many  of  us 
dream  of  travelling  to  that  big  Atlanta  in 
the  sky,  where  the  streets  are  paved 
with  gold  -  and  Black,  of  course.  But 
what  about  the  task  at  hand?  The  dirty 
job  of  living  right  here? 


For  many  African  Canadians  who  seek 
a  spiritual  return  to  the  mother  Africa, 
the  issue  is  unity,  African  unity,  in  the 
struggle  for  Black  liberation.  It  is  not 
popular  to  separate  Blackness  along 
cultural/national  lines  —  and  rightly  so. 
Surely  then.  Black  America's  leadership 
serves  as  a  unifier  among  African  people 
everywhere. 
But  not 
absolutely, 
and  not 
without  cost. 
Given  a 
cursory 
glance,  Black 
America  is  a 
beacon  of 
hope  for  an 
end  to  the 
divisiveness 
that  plagues 
t  h  e 
community. 
But  sober 
reflection 
reveals  the 
manifestation 
of  a  new 
world  order 
which  is 
growing  in  tandem  with  white  America's 
global  policing  duties.  Led  by  African 
Americans,  a  re-ordering  of  the  Black 
world  istaking  place.  This  is  problematic. 
Any  kind  of  world  order  needs 
enforcement,  and  African  Americans 
are  subtly  and  overtly  the  enforcers. 
Jesse  Jackson  can  fly  in  to  the  world's 
hot  spots  and  advocate  a  peaceful 
resolution  with  a  recipe  for  American- 
style  democracy.  Arsenio  Hall  quietly 


slips  his  American  values  in  to  our 
cultural  vocabulary,  and  by  osmosis, 
we  absorb  them. 

Those  who  say  this  questioning  of 
African  American  cultural  imperialism  is 
some  sort  of  treason  against  the  global 
Black  community,  look  to  the 
phenomena  known  as  "Fear  of  Self." 
You  know  what  I'm  speaking  of.  A  little 
cross-border  encounter  with  Black 
people — large  groups  of  them,  and  the 
fear  is  often  sensed  but  never  spoken. 
It  is  a  crawling  case  of  nervousness  that 
sneaks  upon  you.  The  antidote  may  be 
a  quick  glance  behind,  or  locking  the  car 
doors —do  you  check  your  purse  when 
you  see  a  large  group  of  African 
American  people  on  the  street?  What's 
the  matter  brother,  watching  too  much 
TV?  Whatever  you  call  this  feeling,  the 
explanation  is  clear  and  the  result  is  just 
plain  sad. 

This  is  no  rallying  call  for  insular  navel- 
gazing  amongst  African  Canadians.  To 
concentrate  solely  on  the  groundB 
beneath  our  feet  would  only  obscure 
the  road  ahead.  The  point  is  only  to  take 
stock  of  the  situation  as  it  exists  in  this 
country.  The  problems  of  racism  carry  a 
commonality  of  oppression,  but  there 
are  a  different  set  of  parameters,  subtle 
at  times  but  differentstill,  in  the  Canadian 
case. 

A  balance  must  certainly  lie  somewhere 
between  a  child  who  grows  up  in  Moose 
Jaw  speaking  authentic  Brooklynese 
and  the  jingoistic  collector  of  CBC 
memorabilia. 

Acknowledgement  of  where  we're  at  is 
an  acknowledgement  of  who  we  are, 
and  that's  positive.  x 


TURN  THE  OTHER  CHEEK?  I  DON'T  THINK  SO. 


"y  Kishma  Pacquette 

^hma  Pacquerle  is  a  first-year  psychology  student  at 

rweton. 

Ml  Blacks  living  in  our  omni-white  society 
!ave  experienced  racial  discrimination 
s'  many  points  in  their  lives.  Most  of  us 
:xPerience  it  almost  everyday. 
I  s  obvious.  If  you're  Blackthen  you  will 
>e  stereotyped  and  discriminated 
'gainst.  But  it  surprises  me  how  other 
3|ack  people  deal  with  cases  of 
iis«imination.  I've  seen  some  bow  their 
,eads  in  shame,  or  some  turn  the  other 
Sleek. 

^s  'or  myself,  my  Black  skin  is  too 
'dutiful  to  be  ashamed  of,  my  African 
"We  too  strong  to  allow  my  head  to 

low. 

[ou  say  that  you  agree?  But  what  do 
°u  do  when  prejudice  slaps  you  in  the 

ace? 

^me  posit  a  situation: 

0u  walk  in  to  a  shopping  mall  when  you 

ar  discriminating  remarks  being 
^owed  through  the  corridors.  You 
^  around  to  find  out  who  the  ass  is, 

everyonelooksthesame:suspicious 
J1"1  White. 

°Ucarryon  with  your  business,  feeling 


helpless  and  a  little  more  than  annoyed 
when  you  hear  the  same  voice  making 
racist  remarks  again.  A  middle-aged 
Black  woman  passes  you  by  and  keeps 
walking.  You  hear  the  angry  shouts 
again. 

Now  you  are  able  to  view  the  man 
behind  the  voice. 

An  elderly  man,  a  white  man,  standing 
in  front  of  a  booth  in  the  middle  of  the 
mall,  hands  raised,  speaking  of  "white 
power"  —  pig  power. 
You  are  angry,  but  what  do  you  do?  You 
can  keep  walking  like  many  other  Black 
people  in  the  mall  must  have  done  before 
you,  or  you  can  put  an  end  to  this  racial 
discrimination.  The  solution  seems 
obvious  now.  Do  something  to  protect 
the  rights  of  your  brothers  and  sisters. 
But  what  happens  to  some  of  you  who 
say  this  when  these  situations  arise? 
This  example  is  not  a  fabrication.  This 
was  an  experience  I  had  last  summer  in 
my  own  home  town.  It  was  a  hot  Friday 
afternoon  and  I  was  trying  to  enjoy  my 
early  dismissal  from  work,  when  racism 
reared  its  ugly  head.  The  man  doing  the 
shouting  was  standing  in  front  of  a  booth , 


which  had  a  sign  asking  for  donationsto 
help  cure  Multiple  Sclerosis.  He  had 
four  others  inside  the  booth  who  were 
egging  him  on.  The  man  would  shout 
out  his  racial  remarks  whenever  he  saw 
a  Black  person. 

Completely  sickened  and  infuriated,  I 
walked  to  a  pay  phone  and  dialled  our 
friendly  regional  police  department.  A 
not-so-friendly  operator  listened 
impatiently  and  switched  me  over  to  the 
"appropriate"  department.  I  explained 
what  had  happened  and  the  officer 
quickly  brushed  me  off,  saying  it  was 
not  the  police's  problem  but  that  of  mall 
security.  Mycasetothem  seemed  minor, 
but  I  didn't  think  phoning  the  police  was 
a  drastic  measure.  I  asked  a  woman  in 
one  of  the  stores  to  phone  mall  security 
for  me.  As  I  waited  outside  the  store  the 
man  started  making  remarks  again. 
I  stuck  around  until  after  the  security 
guard  had  spoken  to  the  wicked  man 
and  his  friends,  justto  make  sure  security 
wouldn't  put  my  complaint  aside  for  a 
doughnut  and  coffee.  The  racists  were 
ordered  to  leave. 

That  evening  I  explained  to  a  friend 


what  had  happened  to  me.  She  told  me 
I  was  courageous  and  gave  me  a  pat  on 
the  back.  She  could  understand  why 
her  praise  wasn't  necessary.  I  felt  that  I 
should  have  done  more.  If  anything  I 
should  have  confronted  the  man. 
When  I  asked  her  what  she  would  have 
done  she  couldn't  give  me  a  direct 
answer.  I  realized  shewould  have  turned 
the  other  cheek  like  the  rest  of  the  Black 
people  who  had  walked  through  the 
mall,  not  only  that  day,  but  during  the 
two  preceding  days  the  man  had  been 
there. 

Another  friend  listened  to  my  experience 
and  just  couldn't  believe  it  had 
happened.  He  quickly  changed  the 
subject.  I  realized  that  he  too  would 
have  turned  the  other  cheek. 
To  me,  being  Black  does  not  mean 
being  meek.  We  were  the  first  kings  and 
queens  to  exist.  We  need  not  bow  to 
anyone. 

As  we  celebrate  Black  History  Month, 
think  about  what  being  Black  means  to 
you.  But  don't  stop  there.  Think  about  £ 
what  you  can  do  to  preserve  your 
heritage  all  year  long.  * 


February  17,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  11 


BAKU 

The  Journey 


by  Oawolu  Akintola  Saul 

Dawolu  AJUntola  Saul  (a.k  a.  Otu)  is  a  Uutd-yea/  arts student 
with  the  French  department  at  Carielon 

As  the  title  suggests,  this  is  the  story  ot 
a  journey,  not  only  of  a  man  but  of  a 
people;  a  race.  Although  this  is  just  a 
fictional  account,  it  is  important  to  know 
where  you  come  from  if  you  are  to  see 
where  you  are  going. 
For  my  Brothers  and  Sisters;  I  encourage 
you  to  explore  your  history,  and  enjoy 
your  culture. 

The  day  was  hot  and  although  the  air 
was  heavy  with  moisture,  the  rain  still 
had  not  come.  The  wind  blew  little  dust 
devils  among  the  now-dying  brush. 
Baku  stood  alone  on  the  plain  staring 
relentlessly  up  at  the  sun.  He  had 
worshipped  Gorro  the  sun  god  ever 
since  he  was  a  young  boy.  Baku  had 
looked  to  him  for  protection,  guidance 
and  his  everyday  needs.  Not  once  had 
he  been  disappointed. 
The  ebony  giant  turned  and  strode  back 
towards  his  village,  leaving  only  his 
footprints  behind.  He  was  Baku,  the 
second  son  of  Kano  and  the  most  skilled 
and  respected  hunter  in  the  tribe,  without 
mention  an  awesome  warrior.  There 
was  nothing  unusual  about  his  physique. 
All  the  men  and  women  were  muscular 
from  the  life  they  led  on  the  plains;  but 
Baku,  because  of  his  immense  size, 
commanded  attention. 
He  was  a  very  calm  and  studious  man 
for  one  of  his  tribe.  When  taking  lessons 
from  the  elders  as  a  boy,  he  would 
always  askthe  most  questions,  irritating 
the  other  boys  and  even  the  teachers. 
Baku  had  just  entered  the  gates  of  the 
village.  From  his  facial  expression  one 
could  tell  he  was  deep  in  thought.  He 
settled  down  in  his  hut  to  watch  Gorro 
make  his  final  stride  across  the  sky. 
Baku  had  watched  Gorro's  descent 
intensely,  always  wondering  where  the 
great  god  made  his  resting  place. 
Baku  was  planning  the  journey  of  his 
life.  The  time  had  come.  Tomorrow  he 
would  start  On  his  pilgrimage.  As  he  lay 
down  upon  his  sleeping  mat,  all  he 
could  think  of  were  the  tales  of  his 
journey  that  would  be  told. 
The  next  morning  before  Gorro  rose  to 
make  his  sweep  of  the  sky,  Baku  was 
already  gathering  his  things.  By  the 
time  Gorro  reached  his  peak,  the  village 
was  behind  Baku  and  only  the  unknown 
lay  ahead. 

Baku  knew  his  course,  and  with  Gorro 
leading  the  way  he  was  sure  he  would 
come  to  his  resting  place  before  the 
moon  rose.  Baku  walked  on  and  on ,  the 
dust  stinging  his  eyes  and  Gorro's  mighty 
heat  beating  upon  his  back.  This  endless 
self-torture  continued  for  a  moon  and  a 
half,  but  Baku  had  no  intention  otturning 
back.  He  would  journey  until  he  found 
his  god  or  he  would  die  trying. 
Two  moons  went  by,  and  Baku,  wind- 
burnt,  suffering  with  sunstroke,  and 
delirious,  was  screaming  obscenities  at 


the  sky.  His  eyes  pointed  upward  and 
his  arms  waving  wildly,  he  did  not  see 
the  scorpion  until  it  had  bitten  him  on  the 
heel.  Obscenities  pouring  from  his 
mouth,  he  stumbled  onward. 
Under  a  great  tree,  Baku  watched  in 
agony  as  Gorro  again  descended  from 
the  sky.  The  scorpion  bite  was  causing 
him  great  pain,  his  body  felt  like  it  was 
on  fire  and  his  veins  ran  not  with  blood 
but  with  liquid  heat.  Water  he  had  so 
painstakingly  reserved  was  now  being 
sweated  out  on  to  the  parched  ground. 
He  tossed  and  turned,  talking  in  the 
tongue  of  his  forefathers.  As  the  night 
cooled,  his  fever  abated.  He  slept  an 
untroubled  sleep. 

Baku  lay  under  the  tree  for  days,  fed  by 
the  great  owls  of  the  plains.  Once  again, 
Gorro  was  providing  for  him.  He  would 
soon  resume  his  journey. 
Baku  set  out  again  the  next  day,  and 
there  was  something  in  the  air  he  had 
never  sensed  before.  It  was  the  smell  of 
the  great  Atlantic  Ocean.  By  the  end  of 
that  day  he  had  reached  its  shore.  He 
gazed  in  awe  and  knew  he  had  arrived. 
As  he  watched,  Gorro  slipped  beneath 
the  waves  to  once  again  rest  his  great 
head.  Baku  took  out  his  sacred  rock, 
said  a  prayer  of  thanks,  and  walked 
forward  to  meet  his  creator. 
Baku  had  lived  all  his  life  on  the  plain.  He 
had  never  learned  the  art  of  swimming. 
Without  hesitation  he  went  into  the  water. 
He  bent  to  drink, .but  spat  out  the  salty 
brine.  Thinking  nothing  of  it,  he  ventured 
forward.  The  water  was  at  his  chest  and 
rising,  but  he  was  a  man  of  faith,  and  did 
not  doubt  that  his  god  would  protect 
him. 

The  ground  dropped  away  without 
warning  and,  caught  by  surprise,  Baku 
called  out  silently  to  his  god  but  was  not 
answered.  The  weight  of  the  pouch 
secured  at  his  waist  pulled  him  under. 
His  lungs  screamed  for  air,  and  his 
temples  throbbed.  His  life  ebbed  from 
his  body,  and  his  mind  went  back  to  his 
village. 

The  sea  became  calm  and  he  was  once 
again  in  his  hut  looking  up  at  the  sky,  but 
Gorro  was  nowhere  to  be  found.  He 
eased  himself  on  to  his  sleeping  mat, 
laid  back,  and  took  a  deep  breath.  He 
breathed  in  the  blackness  which 
enveloped  him.  Baku  had  fulfilled  his 
dream  by  meeting  his  creator,  but  he 
could  never  enterthe  realm  of  the  mighty 
Gorro. 

August  28, 1 963,  a  hush  falls  over  a  sea 
of  swaying  bodies.  A  man  steps  to  the 
podium,  unknown  to  everyone.  He  bears 
a  striking  resemblance  to  a  warrior  long 
since  dead.  Baku's  seed  has  reached 
the  far  shore  and  once  again,  the  ebony 
giant  stands  among  his  people,  but  now 
a  different  journey  has  been  started.  He 
raises  his  hand  in  recognition.  Upon 
commanding  their  attention  he  exclaims: 
"I  HAVE  A  DREAM  ."    .  X 


What  Love  Does  For  Me;  A  Black  Spiritual 

Love  —  My  Love  —  My  Angel 
illuminates  my  dreams,  hopes  and  desires. 
A  flickering  that  is  the  beginning  of  fire. 
An  illumination  that  is  the  light  at  the  end  of  the  tunnel. 
A  light  that  is  a  beacon  —  beckoning  me  towards  hope. 
Hope  that  strengthens  my  love,  my  life, 
my  belief  in  liberty,  my  belief  in  God. 
Hope  that  sustains  my  faith  that  one  day  we 
will  all  be  free. 

Hope  that  encourages  my  dreams,  desires, 
aspirations  and  goals  to  make  them  reality . . . 
Hope  that  flushes  away  my  daily  nightmares . . . 

Nightmares  experienced  every  single  day! 
Nightmares  of  suffering  everyday,  struggling  every  day! 
BEING  asked  "May  I  help  you?"  everyday! 
HEARING  of  Black-on-Black  violence  everyday! 
SEEING  babies  having  babies  everyday! 
FEELING  the  legacy  of  slavery  everyday! 
SEEING  fathers  walking  out  on  families  everyday! 
GETTING  C+'s  in  school  everyday! 
HEARING  of  brothers  killing  brothers  everyday! 
HEARING  of  police  brutality  everyday! 
WISHING  that  people  would  just  grow  up  everyday! 
KNOWING  that  my  sisters  are  being  abused  and  assaulted 
—  verbally,  physically;  mentall^ppiritually  andsexually  every  day 
EVERY  SINGLE  DAY! 

You  LOVE,  sustain  my  faitft^^HK  ^H^HH 
Fai^h  that  washes  away  my  manifolei  /         s  " 
s.  No  not  while  —  white  as  snow, 
sh  —  a  new  feeling  that 
cuperates,  and  resuscitates  SPIRIT. 
'  from  the  depths  ot  Hell 
at  dimensions  of  Heaven. 

f  inspire  me  to  strive,  struggle  and 
i  as  our  ancestors  did  and  still  do 
you  —  LpVE  encourage  my  inquisitiveness 
to  keep  questioning 

Hit  to^HrjFstirring  my  consciousness  - 

>  out  children  . . . 
]  our  people  toward  Heaven 
and  never  forsaking  our  true  Zion. 


EpSver  and  ever,  our  life  becomes  everlasting 


pplour  Love  endless 


12  .  The  Charlatan  ■  February  17,  1994 


BLACK  HISTORY  MONTH 


WHAT  IS  "BLACK?" 


Thinking  About  Life 
For  My  Children 


An  open  womb. 

A  piercing,  pitiful  cry  echoes  through  the  still  of  the  night; 
breaking  the  tension  and  bringing  happy  smiles  to  the  lips 
of  those 

who  are  anxiously  waiting. 

Normal  or  abnormal; 
Boy  or  Girl; 

there  is  no  going  back  now; 
Welcome  to  our  world. 

Oh  Child! 

You  whose  facial  expressions  show  such  love  and 
innocence; 

I  ponder  on  this  reflection. 

Would  you  retain  peace  and  value  love  as  the  treasure  of 
your  life? 

Or  would  you  join  the  uncertain  crowd  who  dwell  in  envy, 
hate  and  strife? 

Love/hate,  hate/love,  confused  by  the  teachings  of 
society. 

Would  you  have  the  needed  strength  to  direct  your 
destiny? 

Beautiful  child  of  the  universe; 
I  cannot  help  but  think  of  you  as  a  creative  wonder, 
Serving  as  a  reminder  to  those  who  question  the  thought 
of  some  unknown  superior. 

Stay  sweet  my  child,  although  countless  problems  you 
will  find, 

continue  to  be  gentle  and  kind. 

In  your  journey  through  life  there  are  dangerous  courses, 
but  the  goodness  within  you  will  outweigh  evil  forces; 
treasure  this  precious  virtue  from  which  all  others  started. 
At  the  end  of  your  journey,  with  contentment  you  will 
recall, 

they  were  smiling  then,  why  are  they  crying  now? 

by  Selwyn  Benois 
Selwyn  Benois  is  the  father  of  Carleton  student  Angellque  Benois. 


by  Gitty  Gyimah 

Gitty  Gyimati  is  a  firat-yeai  £w  slufleni  ai  Carfelon, 

Quite  often  I  hear  terms  like  "white- 
washed" and  "Uncle  Tom,"  or  phrases 
like  "She's  trying  to  be  black,"  "He  thinks 
he's  black,"  and  "It's  a  black  thing"  used 
by  black  people.  I  have  also  found  myself 
using  these  same  terms  and 
expressions  now  and  then. 
But  what  do  these  expressions  mean, 
and  what  do  people  really  mean  when 
they  say  them?  I  interviewed  a  number 
of  black  Carleton  students,  both  male 
and  female,  to  find  out. 
The  first  question  I  asked  was  "What  is 
a  black  person?"  Many  of  the  students 
couldn't  even  answer  the  question. 
One  student  said  a  black  person  is  a 
person  who  "initiates  strength  and  power 
in  the  black  community,"  while  another 
said  "I  don't  think  of  people  as  black  or 
white,  I  consider  people  to  be  Nubian." 
The  majority  said  there  is  more  to  being 
black  than  one's  skin  color. 
"Just  being  skin-color  black  doesn't 
mean  a  damn  thing  really ...  it  starts  as 
a  skin  color,  but  really  it's  a  state  of 
mind,"  said  one  student. 
Another  student  added  it  is  "not  the 
color  of  your  skin  that  makes  you  black. 
It's  your  awareness  of  your  culture, 
where  you  came  from  and  where  you 
are  going." 

The  popular  response  was  summed  up 
by  a  student  who  explained  that,  "there's 
two  parts  to  being  a  black  person .. .  you 
must  be  of  African  descent,  that's  the 
physical .  .  .  and  then  there's  also  the 
mental  —  you  must  think  black.  There 
are  certain  things  that  are  black 
characteristics  and  these  things  must 
be  obvious  within  this  person." 
Defining  what  a  black  person  is  leads  to 
a  definition  of  what  "blackness"  is.  The 
concept  of  blackness  is  an  abstract 
one,  and  cannot  be  fully  understood 
just  by  explaining  it.  This  became 
apparent  in  the  responses  of  black 
students. 

A  second-year  student  said  "blackness 
can't  be  dictionary-defined.  It's  more 
than  a  feeling. . . .  It's  a  spirit  and  aura." 
If  this  is  so,  blackness  cannot  be  taught 
or  imitated.  Blackness  comes  first  from 
being  a  black  person,  and  then  through 
experience  and  environment.  The 
experience  involves  the  struggle  and 
suffering  of  black  people.  The 


environment  includes  black  culture,  the 
reinforcement  of  black  identity  and  self- 
love  as  a  black  person. 
One  student  mentioned  this  when  he 
said  blackness  is  "loving  yourself  and 
loving  your  people  just  for  being  black." 
But  what  then  is  a  black  person  who 
does  not  love  himself  or  herself  and 
black  people  as  black  people?  This  is 
where  the  idea  of  a  "white-washed" 
black  person,  or  "Uncle  Tom,"  comes  in 
to  play. 

Not  all  agreed  that  there  is  any  such 
thing  as  being  "white-washed." 
Another  student  said,  "I  don't  think  that 
there  is  any  such  thing  as  a  white- 
washed black  person  or  an  Uncle  Tom 
because  black  people  can  be  whoever 
they  want  to  be."  She  concluded,  "Being 
white-washed  is  no  crime.  It's  a  stupid 
stereotype  which  I  think  should  be 
eliminated  from  the  world  because  it 
limits  black  people  (from)  doing  well." 
One  student  said  someone  who  is  white- 
washed is  "someone  who  disrespects 
their  blackness."  Another  described 
them  as  "someone  who  has  no  sense  of 
identity  and/or  does  things  that  are 
destructive  to  his  or  her  community." 
Another  student  said  one  who  is  white- 
washed is  "someone  (who)  is  more 
interested  in  maybe  gaining  acceptance 
or  approval  in  the  eyes  of  other  people 
than  their  black  brothers  or  sisters."  She 
felt  that  they  "see  non-black  races  as 
better  than  themselves  (because)  they 
have  no  sense  of  self-worth." 
How  then,  can  one  who  is  biologically 
and,  in  most  cases,  obviously  black, 
achieve  a  sense  of  blackness  when 
they  are  labelled  as  white-washed? 
We  need  to  determine  what  makes 
something  black,  and  why.  Before  we 
can  make  sense  out  of  it,  we  need  to  re- 
evaluate ourselves  and  our  attitudes 
toward  our  black  brothers  and  sisters.  It 
is  an  issue  we  need  to  resolve,  for  if  we 
do  not  we  will  remain  divided  as  black 
people. 

We  should  realize  that  terms  like  'White- 
washed" and  "Uncle  Tom"  and  phrases 
like  "he's  trying  to  be  black,"  and  "it's  a 
black  thing,"  are  not  just  expressions. 
They  are  labels  and  categorizations. 
There  is  much  more  to  being  black  than 
speech  or  clothing.  If  everyone  realizes 
and  accepts  this,  there  will  not  be  any 
more  need  to  use  such  labels.  x 


READING 


In  keeping  with  Black  History  Month,  the  following  list  was  researched  and  prepared 
by  Lisa  Marshall,  a  Carleton  employee  and  graduate  student.  It  accompanies  an 
exhibit  of  books  dealing  with  Black  history,  which  is  in  MacOdrum  Library  throughout 
February.  The  books  with  call-numbers  in  their  listing  are  available  at  MacOdrum 
Library. 

«  Bearden,  J.  and  L.J.  Shadd  Butler,  The  Lite  and  Times  ofMaryShaddCary,  1977. 
(LA2325.C34B4) 

«  Brand,  D.  No  Burden  to  Carry:  Narratives  of  Black  Working  Women  In  Ontario, 
1920S-19SOS,  1991.  (FC2346.9.B6C59) 

X  Carter,  V.  and  L.  The  Black  Canadians:  Their  History  and  Contributions,  1988. 
(FC106.B55T85(1975)) 

X  Clairmount  D.  and  0.  Magill,  AfrlcviUe:  The  Life  and  Death  of  a  Canadian  Black 
Community,  1987.  (FC2346.9.B6C59) 

X  Grant  J.N.  The  Immigration  and  Settlement  of  Black  Refugees  of  the  Warot1B12 
In  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick,  1990. 

X  Hill,  D.  The  Freedom  Seekers:  Blacks  in  Early  Canada,  1981 .  (FC1 06.B55H55) 

X  Hill,  L.  Trials  and  Triumphs:  The  Story  of  African  Canadians,  1 992. 

X  Hornby,  J.  Black  Islanders:  Prince  Edward  Island  s  Historical  Black  Community, 

1991. 

X  Reindeau,  R.  An  Enduring  Heritage:  Black  Contributions  to  Early  Ontario,  1 984. 
X  Ruck.C.W.  Canada  s  Black  Battalion,  1987. 
X  Talbot,  C.  Growing  Up  Black  in  Canada,  1984. 


m 


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14  ■  The  Charlatan  •  February  17,  1994 


Double  figures  good  and  bad 

Roseway  nets  season  high  of  20  but  Ravens  lose  10th  straight 

bv  Jav  Tharavil  Hi— ■  nm  '.  


by  Jay  Tharayii 

Charlatan  Staff 

If  the  Carleton  women's  basketball 
season  was  a  book,  its  main  plot  would 
be  losing. 

The  Ravens'  record  in  the  Ontario 
Women's  Interuniversity  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation dropped  to  0-10  after  an  81-44 
loss  to  the  University  of  Toronto  Blues 
Feb.  1 1  and  an  82-40  defeat  to  the  Queen's 
Golden  Gaels  Feb.  12. 


Toronto  81  Carleton  44 
Queen's  82  Carleton  40 


The  lone  bright  spot  for  the  Ravens 
was  the  play  of  guard  Gillian  Roseway, 
who  scored  a  Raven-season  high  of  20 
points  against  Toronto  and  16  more 
against  Queens. 

Despite  raising  her  season  average  to 
7.8  points  per  game,  Roseway  said  she's 
tired  of  losing. 

"I'm  feeling  frustrated.  We're  a  young 
team,  but  still,  it's  tough  to  take  not 
winning." 

Against  Toronto,  the  Ravens'  inability 
to  solve  the  Blues'  full-court  pressure  cre- 
ated turnovers  —  an  abysmal  total  of  38 
—  many  leading  to  easy  Toronto  scores. 

Raven  head  coach  Marg  fones  said 
her  team's  high  turnover  rate  was  par- 
tially due  to  the  inexperience  of  Kaeli 
Yuzefowich  at  the  point-guard  position. 

"We  have  a  first-year  point  guard. 
Basketball  is  a  game  of  experience,  so 
until  the  experience  kicks  in,  you  have  a 
tough  time,"  said  [ones. 

Even  though  her  team  blew  out  Carle- 
ton, Toronto  coach  Michelle  Belanger 
said  the  Ravens  have  potential. 

"I've  been  coaching  at  U  of  T  for  13 


Raven  guard  Gillian  Roseway  takes  a  shot  with  three  Gaels  draped  all  over  her. 


years,  and  this  is  the  most  talented  team 
I've  seen  Carleton  have,"  said  Belanger. 
"They  have  all  the  ingredients  there. 
They  just  need  a  little  seasoning  to  make 
them  better." 

Unfortunately,  the  Ravens  were  still 
green  against  Queens. 

Carleton  committed  21  turnovers 
againstthe  Golden  Gaelsand  didn't  score 
until  14:40  of  the  first  half,  at  which 
point  Queen's  already  led  15-0. 

The  Ravens  were  never  a  serious  threat. 

Coach  Jones  wouldn't  comment  after- 
wards but  assistant  coach  Stacey 
Kronwald  said  even  though  the  team  is 
losing,  he  remains  positive. 


"We're  not  building  for  the  immedi- 
ate future.  We're  building  for  next  year 
and  the  years  after  that,"  said  Kronwald. 

Kronwald  said  the  Ravens  showed 
improvement  this  week,  and  he's  expect- 
ing better  results  in  the  Ravens'  final  two 
games  of  the  year  against  York  and . 
Ryerson  Feb.  18-19. 

"I  think  we  have  a  good  chance  at 
winning  two  this  weekend.  If  they  (Carle- 
ton) play  like  they  did  this  weekend,  we'll 
match  up  well  with  them." 

The  Ravens  had  their  closest  games  of 
the  yearwith  these  two  teams  in  lanuary, 
losing  61-44  to  Ryerson  and  77-46  to 
York.  □ 


Playoff  hopes  end  with  pair  of  losses 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Staff 

Turn  out  the  lights — the  party's  over. 

The  Carleton  men's  basketball  team 
had  its  playoff  hopes  dashed  and  its 
losing  streak  extended  to  eight  games, 
losing  two  thrillers  to  the  University  of 
Toronto  and  Queen's  Feb.  11-12  by  the 
scores  of  70-65  and  88-78. 


Toronto  70  Carleton  65 
Queen's  88  Carleton  78 


Against  the  Toronto  Varsity  Blues,  the 
Ravens  continually  fought  the  shot  clock 
as  their  poor  inside  game  forced  them  to 
take  many  tough  perimeter  shots. 

Toronto  took  advantage  of  the  Ravens' 
tentative  defensive  play  and  poor  shoot- 
ing, opening  up  a  43-28  halftime  lead. 

Then,  trailing  by  19  early  in  the  sec- 


ond half,  the  Ravens  improved  their  de- 
fence and  mounted  a  25-4  run  behind 
the  enthusiastic  play  of  the  rarely  used 
first-year  forward  Glen  Lynch  and  the 
three-point  shooting  of  ever-improving 
first-year  swingman  Reagh  Vidito. 

"The  defence  really  got  us  going, "  said 
head  coach  Paul  Armstrong.  "It  helped 
us  hit  our  shots  and  get  that  run  going." 

The  run  gave  the  Ravens  a  brief  56-54 
lead.  From  there,  the  two  teams  see- 
sawed back  and  forth. 

Unfortunately  for  Carleton,  Vidito 
missed  a  game-tying  three-pointer  with 
five  seconds  left  to  seal  the  game  for 
Toronto. 

"I  had  a  hand  in  my  face,"  said  a 
dejected  Vidito,  "but  it  felt  good.  I'd  like 
to  be  able  to  shoot  that  one  over." 

In  their  second  match  against  the  1  -8 
Queen's  Golden  Gaels,  both  Carleton  and 


Queen's  showed  that  despite  their  poor 
records,  they  were  still  ready  to  fight  fora 
win  —  literally. 

The  game  was  competitive  through- 
out, as  neither  team  could  open  up  a  lead 
of  more  than  five  points  throughout  regu- 
lation time. 

Then,  with  one  second  left  on  the 
clock,  fourth-year  forward  Taffe  Charles 
did  his  best  Michael  Jordan  imitation, 
nailing  a  shot  while  falling  back  with  two 
Golden  Gaels  draped  all  over  him.  This 
tied  the  game  at  73  and  forced  overtime. 

"I  really  just  tried  to  aim  for  the  net 
basically,"  said  Charles.  "I  just  got  lucky 
and  got  a  friendly  roll." 

Unfortunately  for  the  Ravens,  their 
hopes  fora  win  and  a  playoff  berth  were 
officially  dashed  in  the  overtime  period 
as  the  Golden  Gaels  dominated  through- 
out, pulling  out  a  1 0-point  win.  □ 


Swimmers  tune  up  at  provincial  meet 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlafan  Staff 

The  Carleton  women's  swim  team 
placed  12th  among  15  universities  at 
the  Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity 
Athletic  Association  swim  champion- 
ships in  Guelph  Feb.  12-13. 

Second-year  veteran  Erica  Kotler 
posted  the  Ravens'  best  result  placing 
second  in  the  200-metre  breast-stroke  in 
a  Hme  of  2:41,  third  in  100-metre  breast- 
stroke  inatimeofl:14.S  and  fourth  in 
the  50-metre  breast-stroke  in  0.34.5. 

"Ifs  pretty  much  what  I  expected," 
said  Roller,  commenting  on  her  results. 
"There's  some  national  team  members 
here  and  the  competition  con  be  pretty 


stiff.  Ifyoucometoameetandyou'renot 
used  to  the  calibre  of  competition,  it  can 
awe  you." 

Brigitte  Davidson  also  swam  well,  plac- 
ing fifth  in  the  200-metre  backstroke  in  a 
time  of  2:25  and  posting  13th-place  re- 
sultsin  the  400-metre  individual  medley 
and  freestyle. 

"I  rested  a  bit,"  said  Davidson,  who 
tapered  down  in  preparation  for  the 
upcoming  national  championships 
March  11-13  in  Victoria. 

Both  Kotler  and  Davidson  will  repre- 
sent Carleton  at  the  championships  be- 
cause in  races  earlier  this  year,  Kotler 
qualified  in  the  both  the  100-  and  200- 
metre  breast-stroke,  while  Davidson  quali- 


fied in  the  200-metre  backstroke. 

Women's  coach  |itka  Kotler,  Erica's 
mother,  is  cautiously  optimistic  about 
their  chances  of  top-eight  finals. 

"Brigitte  could  final  this  year  because 
backstroke  events  are  not  as  heavily 
represented, "  said  Kotler.  "Erica  will  have 
a  harder  tiroe  because  theQuebec  swim- 
mersareverygoodbreast-strokers.  Both 
will  likely  place  top  16  but  it  will  be 
difficult  for  them  to  place  top  eight." 

Lost  year,  the  women's  swim  team 
placed  ninth  at  the  OW1AA  champion- 
ships. Coach  Kotler  said  she's  pleased 
with  this  year's  12th-place  result  when 
considering  nine  of  the  1 1  team  mem- 
bers are  newcomers.  □ 


Olympic 
moments 

by  David  Sail 

Last  year's  sport  editor  emeritus  Oalvidor  Sali  was  pleased 
to  provide  us  with  these  erratic  musings  about  the  Winier 
Olympics 

Ah,  majestic  Norway.  Television  just 
doesn't  do  it  justice,  you  know.  What  a 
great  place  to  hold  an  Olympics  . . . 

Take  the  opening  ceremonies  last 
Saturday.  You  couldn't  have  asked  for 
a  better  day  for  a  parade.  The  land- 
scape was  blanketed  with  snow,  the 
sky  shimmered  that  indescribable 
shade  of  blue  at  twilight,  and  Olympic 
president  luan  Antonio  Samaranch 
looked  positively  radiant  in  the  light  of 
the  television  cameras. 

There  he  was,  looking  very  angelic 
in  his  gleaming  white  designer  parka, 
issuing  a  plea  for  peace  in  war-torn 
Sarajevo,  the  site  of  the  1984  Winter 
Games.  "Drop  your  guns,"  he  urged 
the  battling  Serbs  and  Croats. 

No  word  yet  on  a  reply.  Maybe  there 
wasa  problem  with  the  satellite  feed  to 
Bosnia. 

Then,  of  course,  there's  those  un- 
confirmed reports  that  Tonya  Harding 
is  now  thinking  of  suing  the  Interna- 
tional Olympic  Committee,  claiming 
her  rights  were  violated  because  her 
bodyguard  was  not  allowed  any  prac- 
tice swings. 

But  I  digress.  Oneof  the  first  nations 
in  the  parade,  after  the  Greeks,  of 
course,  was  American  Samoa.  Appar- 
ently they  had  one  participant  who 
was  a  bobsleigher. 

All  I  know  is,  if  I  have  a  choice 
between  training  for  the  bobsleigh  in 
Calgary  and  training  in  American  Sa- 
moa, I  know  where  I'm  going.  Mind 
you,  I  worry  about  skin  cancer.  But  you 
do  what  you  have  to  do. 

I'm  still  trying  to  figure  out  how  the 
U.S.  marched  before  Canada.  Last  time 
I  checked,  "C"  still  came  before  "U," 
but  not  in  the  IOC's  alphabet,  I  guess. 
My  guess  is  CBS  executives  lobbied  for 
the  change  so  they  could  cut  to  basket- 
ball faster.  What,  Poland's  not  impor- 
tant any  more? 

It  was  good  to  see  Canada's  finest 
back  in  the  traditional  red  and  white 
after  those  mauve  outfits  they  wore 
last  time  in  Albertville.  Listen,  we're 
not  here  to  be  fashion  plates,  we're 
here  to  take  home  the  hardware,  the 
way  it  should  be. 

The  first  couple  days  of  competition 
were  interesting,  too.  I  was  watching 
the  Canada-Italy  hockey  game  and 
saw  a  vaguely  familiar  face  on  the 
Italian  side.  Then  the  guy  scores  and  I 
findout  it's  Gates  Orlando,  formerly  of 
the  NHL,  only  he's  now  an  Italian 
called  Gateano.  And,  hell,  all  this  time 
I  thought  Bill  Stewart  was  dead. 

Then,  just  the  otherday,  a  colleague 
of  mine  figured  it  all  looked  like  so 
much  fun  he  came  up  with  a  sure-fire 
plan  to  get  in  the  '98  Winter  Games  in 
Sydney. 

Ifs  so  simple,  it's  ingenious.  Just 
move  to  some  Caribbean  island  for  a 
year  or  so,  take  up  citizenship  and 
become  a  luger.  It'd  be  just  like  going 
on  a  ride  at  the  exhibition,  plus  it's  one 
of  the  first  events,  so  it's  all  over  right 
away  and  you've  got  two  more  weeks 
to  enjoy  the  scenery  and,  er,  culture. 

There  you  go  —  all  the  status  that 
comes  with  being  an  Olympian  in 
return  for  a  little  effort.  It'd  be  a  sacri- 
fice, sure,  but,  hey,  that's  what  the 
Olympics  are  all  about,  right?  □ 


February  17,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  15 


Raven 
Records 


OWIAA  VOLLEYBALL 
East  Division 


w 

York  9 
Toronto  8 
Ottawa  6 
Queen's  5 
Ryerson  1 
Carleton  1 


F  A  PTS 

28  5  18 

28  8  16 

20  15  12 

16  17  10 

4  27  2 

4  28  0 


OWIAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 


W  L 

Laurentn  10  0 

Toronto    9  1 

Ottawa    6  4 

Queen's   5  4 

York        3  6 

Ryerson    1  9 

CarletonO  10 


F     A  PTS 
801  567  20 
707  480  18 
681  616  12 
614  559  10 
508  592  6 
492  698  2 
3947880 


OWIAA 

Athlete  of  the  Week 

Laurentian  student  Nancy 
Sweetnam  is  the  OWIAA  athlete  of  the 
week. 

Sweetnam  was  named  swimmer  of 
the  year  at  the  OWIAA  swim  champi- 
onships after  she  won  three  gold  med- 
als for  the  Laurentian  Lady  Vees  swim 
team  and  broke  OWIAA  records  in  the 
2O0-metre  individual  medley,  the  200- 
metre  breast-stroke  and  the  400-metre 
individual  medley. 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 


W   L    T    F     A  PTS 


Laurentn  9 
Ryerson  7 
Toronto  6 
York  5 
Ottawa  3 
Queen's  2 


838  774  18 
851  765  14 
741  735  12 
712  713  10 
756  794  6 


0    666  731  4 


Corleton2     8    0  7828344 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Scoring  Leaders 

FG  AT  FT  AT  AVE 
Beason  125  22962  87  33.6 
Charles  10119410713131.1 

Smart  76  16954  74  25.4 
Swords  80  186  37  54  22.7 
Fischer     78  14847  58  20.3 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Rebound  Leaders 

G  RBS  AVE 

T.  Charles  -  Crl  10  12112.1 

A.  Beason  -  Ryr    10  117  11.7 

C.  Fischer  -  Lmtn  10  87  8.7 

D.  Reid-Ott  10  82  8.2 
C.  Porter  -  Ott       10  81  8.1 

OUAA 
Athlete  of  the  Week 

Alan  Nolet  of  the  McMaster  Ma 
rauders  gymnastics  team  is  the  OUAA 
athlete  of  the  week. 

Nolet  won  all  six  events  plus  the  all 
round  individual  title  at  the  OUAA 
gymnastics  championships  this  past 
weekend  in  Toronto  while  leading 
McMaster  to  the  team  championship. 


Club  may  sail  away  to  France 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Stan 

The  Carleton  sailing  club  islaunching 
plans  to  race  in  France  this  spring. 
'  The  club  submitted  a  proposal  to  the 
Course  Croisiere  d'Edhec  in  Northern 
France  on  Feb.  12  to  race  in  the  CCE's 
annual  sailing  regatta. 

As  the  only  Canadian  applicant,  Car- 
leton is  specifically  hoping  to  be  selected 
to  race  in  the  International  Whirlpool 
Challenge  April  15-24  in  Les  Sables 
d'Olonne. 

"We  really  want  to-put  intercollegiate 
sailing  in  Canada  back  on  the  map," 
says  skipper  Dave  Nurse.  "Other  univer- 
sities are  in  the  process  of  organizing 
teams  and  we  want  them  to  know  what's 
possible.  Secondly,  we  want  to  represent 


Carleton,  Ottawa  and  the  country.  That's 
really  important." 

A  graduate  business  university  in 
northern  France,  Edhec  has  hosted  the 
CCE  since  1968  and  watched  it  evolve 
into  Europe's  largest  student  sailing  re- 
gatta, attracting  sailors  from  around  the 
world. 

The  sailing  club  is  planning  on  send- 
ing a  seven-member  crew  to  the  regatta 
on  a  preliminary  budget  of  $22,475,  says 
club  president  Cressida  Robson. 

Fundraising  and  sponsorship  efforts 
with  companies  like  Air  France,  Anchor 
Yacht  Sales  and  Beneteau  Canada  have 
already  raised  enough  funds  to  cover 
travel  costs  to  France. 

If  the  club's  application  to  the  prestig- 
ious, 1 2-crew  Whirlpool  Challenge  is  ac- 


cepted, the  CCE  will  sponsor  the  Carleton 
entry  and  provide  the  crew  with  a  boat 
and  assistance  while  they're  in  France.  If 
their  application  is  not  accepted,  the  club 
will  have  to  arrange  for  a  boat  on  their 
own. 

"The  number  one  obstacle  is  to  find  a 
suitable  boat  to  race  in  France,"  says 
Nurse. 

The  club  is  currently  soliciting 
Beneteau  Canada  and  Beneteau  USA  to 
provide  a  suitable  yacht  for  them  in 
France.  If  that's  not  possible,  the  club  has 
already  tentatively  reserved  a  Beneteau 
41s5  through  the  Moorings'  charterbase 
in  Le  Crouesty,  Brittany. 

The  club  expects  to  have  its  applica- 
tion accepted  and  confirmed  by  mid- 
March.  □ 


Ryerson  revenge  sweet  for  volley  Ravens 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Start 

If  the  Ryerson  Lady  Rams  volleyball 
team  were  a  sweet,  they'd  be  of  the  lico- 
rice All  Sorts  kind. 

You  open  the  bag  only  to  discover  it 
contains  mostly  stale,  lousy  licorice  and 
only  a  few  fresh,  blue-speckled  candies. 

Aside  from  two  blue-speckled  players, 
Ryerson  was  about  as  lousy  as  it  gets, 
losing  3-1  (15-9,  9-15,  15-13,  15-12)  to 
the  Carleton  Ravens  on  Feb.  12. 

"Basically  they  had  two  or  three  good 
hitters,  and  the  others  were  so-so,"  said 
Raven  middle  Darlene  Gallant. 

It  was  a  busy  weekend  for  the  Ravens, 
whoalso  lost  3-0  (15-8, 15-5,  15-9)  to  the 


York  3  Carleton  0 
Carleton  3  Ryerson  1 
Toronto  3  Carleton  1 


powerful  York  Yeowomen  on  Feb.  1 2.  The 
following  day  they  lost  3-0  (15-4,  15-7, 
15-8)  to  the  University  of  Toronto  Blues. 

The  1  -2  homestand  means  the  Ravens 
finish  their  season  fifth  out  of  six  teams 
in  the  Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity 
Athletic  Association  with  a  1-9  record. 

The  win  against  Ryerson  was  particu- 
larly sweet.  The  Rams  had  beat  the  Ravens 


3-0  in  a  Nov.  19 
game  and  Carleton 
was  looking  for  re- 
venge. 

"We  knew  we 
could  beat  them  if 
we  played  like  we' 
could  play,"  said 
middle  Cheryl 
MacDonald. 

While  the  first  set 
was  shaky  for  both 
sides,  the  Ravens 
pulled  themselves 
together  to  take  an 
early  lead  in  the 
match  by  winning 
the  first  set. 

After  that,  they 
were  never  really 
threatened  by  the 
Rams,  who  lacked 
experience  and  skill . 
While  Ryerson  play- 
ers June  Charles  and  Tai  So  provided 
some  blazing  near- vertical  kills,  the  team 
itself  was  inconsistent,  fielding  one  player 
who  missed  three  of  her  four  serves.  In- 
credibly, they  were  underhand. 

"It  was  surprising  actually,"  said 
MacDonald.  "At  a  university  level,  you'd 
expect  it  at  least  to  be  an  overhand  serve. 


The  Ravens  lost  3-2  to  McMaster  earlier  this  year. 

Definitely  a  shock." 

Raven  coach  Peter  Biasone  said  he 
was  fairly  satisfied  with  the  result,  rank- 
ing his  team's  play  an  eight  on  a  scale  of 
one  to  10.  He  was  particularly  impressed 
with  their  play  in  the  fourth  set. 

"At  10-10,  we  didn't  make  another 
mistake  in  the  match,"  said  Biasone.  "At 


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QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"I've  been  coaching  at  U  of  T  for  13 
years,  and  this  is  the  most  talented 
team  I've  seen  Carleton  have.  They 
have  all  the  ingredients  there.  They 
just  need  a  little  seasoning  to  make 
them  better." 

Toronto  women's  basketball  coach 
Michelle  Belanger  after  her  Blues  beat 
Carleton  81-44  on  Feb.  1 1 . 

ACADEMIC  ALL-CANADIANS 

Congratulations  to  assistant  volley- 
ball coach  Marilyn  Johnston,  men's 
basketball  player  Luca  Diaconescu, 
women's  soccer  player  Sarah  Richards 
and  women's  swimmer  Anne  Le  Guen, 
who  were  named  academic  all-Cana- 
dians for  1992-93  at  halftime  during 
the  men's  basketball  game  against 
Toronto  on  Feb.  11 .  All  four  maintain- 
ing an  80  per  cent  average  while  play- 
ing varsity  sports  last  year. 

SPARKY  SIGHTING 

Robin  "Sparky"  Farquhar,  our  es- 
teemed university  president,  was 
sighted  at  the  Feb.  1 1  men's  basketball 
game  handing  out  the  above  awards 
at  a  halftime  ceremony. 

His  wardrobe  included  a  pin-striped 
suit  and  maroon  cravat  with  a  post- 
modem  pattern.  His  glasses  were  tucked 
neatly  into  his  breast  pocket. 

Sparky  seemed  enthusiastically 
comatose  lounging  in  the  bleachers  as 
he  watched  the  Ravens  lose  70-65  to 
the  Toronto  Blues. 

CORRECTION 

Our  apologies  to  men's  nordic  skier 
Scott  Dymond,  whose  name  we've  been 
regularly  misspelling  as  Diamond.Hey, 
at  least  we  were  consistent. 

CALENDAR 

Friday  Feb.  18. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  0-10  Carleton 
women's  basketball  team  is  in  Toronto 
to  take  on  the  3-6  York  Yeowomen  in  a 
6  p.m.  match.  The  2-8  men's  team 
follows  with  an  8  p.m.  game  against 
the  5-4  York  Yeomen. 

Saturday  Feb.  19. 

BASKETBALL  —  The  women's  bas- 
ketball team  ends  its  season  tipping  off 
against  the  Ryerson  Lady  Rams  in  a  6 
p.m.  match,  the  men's  team  also  ends 
its  season  with  an  8  p.m.  game  against 
the  Ryerson  Rams. 

FENCING  —  The  men's  and  wom- 
en's provincial  fencing  championships 
run  from  9  a.m.  'tills  p.m.  today  atthe 
Ravens'  Nest. 

SKIING  —  The  men's  and  women's 
nordic  ski  provincial  championships 
take  place  in  Duntroon,  Ont.  Classic- 
style  races  will  run  today. 

SWIMMING —The  Ontario  Univer- 
sities Athletic  Association  swim  cham- 
pionships begin  today  in  Toronto.  This 
will  be  the  last  chance  the  Raven  men 
have  of  qualifying  for  the  national 
championships  March  11-13. 

Sunday  Feb.  20. 

FENCING — The  provincial  fencing 
championships  continue  all  day  atthe 
Ravens'  Nest. 

SKIING  —  The  men's  and  women's 
freestyle  races  take  place  today  at  the 
nordic  ski  provincial  championships. 

SWIMMING  —  The  OUAA  swim 
championships  continue  today  in  To- 
ronto. □ 


Referendum  victory  justaltart 

Hockey  club  still  needs  athletics  approval 

Labonte  .....    .  ■  ■ 


by  Bill  Labonte 

Charlatan  Start 

Last  week  students  voted  in  favor  of 
financially  supporting  the  Carleton 
hockey  club's  entry  into  a  college  league. 

The  vote,  1,905  to  897  in  favor  of  a  $1 
levy  per  full-time  student  means  the  club 
will  receive  about  $19,000  from  the  stu- 
dent body  to  fund  a  team  in  the  Ontario 
College  Athletic  Association's  hockey 
league. 

Judging  from  the  results,  it  appears 
the  hockey  club  had  an  easy  time  can- 
vassing support  for  the  Carleton  Univer- 
sity Students'  Association  referendum  on 
that  hockey  goal. 

Now  the  hard  work  begins. 

—  First,  the  club  must  submit  an  ap- 
plication to  the  OCAA  by  March  8  with 
the  support  of  Carleton's  athletics  de- 
partment and  two  other  college  hockey 
programs. 

—  Second,  the  nitty-gritty  details  of 
administration  must  be  resolved. 

—  Finally,  a  meeting  of  the  universi- 
ty's board  of  governors  must  approve  the 
financial  levy  in  April. 

Of  these  obstacles,  gaining  the  sup- 
port of  the  athletics  departmentwill  likely 
be  the  most  difficult,  says  the  hockey 
club's  general  manager  Paul  Correy. 

Varsity  hockey  was  cut  in  1975  be- 
cause of  a  lack  of  funding.  Six  years  ago 
a  group  of  alumni  calling  themselves  the 
Bald  Ravens  revived  hockey  as  a  club 
team  in  the  city's  Senior  R.A.  League.  ■ 
Since  then,  the  alumni  have  made 
three  separate  proposals  to  the  athletics 
director  Keith  Harris,  trying  to  revive  var- 
sity hockey. 

Each  of  these  proposals  has  stopped  at 


Harris's  door,  says  CUSA  finance  com- 
missioner Rene  Faucher,  who  initially 
proposed  the  referendum  idea  to  the 
hockey  club. 

"He  doesn't  want  to  pay  for  or  be 
responsible  for  hockey,"  says  Faucher. 
"Otherwise  he  would  have  found  money 
for  hockey  long  ago.  His  $4-million  budget 
can  be  rearranged.  Three  million  comes 
directly  from  student  athletic  fees." 
Correy  agrees. 


and  help  in  the  coaching  and  adminis- 
tration of  the  team. 

Athletics  director  Harris  has  not  yet 
spoken  with  the  club  or  made  any  deci- 
sion regarding  its  future,  but  he  points 
out  administrative  and  financial  hassles 
as  his  main  concerns  regarding  the  su- 
pervision of  a  team. 

"We  would  have  to  delegate  someone 
to  look  after  hockey,  someone  who  is 
already  overtaxed  with  work,"  he  says. 


"...  athletics  has  not  been  very  helpful.  I 
just  hope  they  have  a  change  of  heart 
and  they  don't  drag  their  feet  to  spite 
us." 

Hockey  club  GM  Paul  Correy 


"CUSA  has  supported  us  since  1988, 
but  athletics  has  not  been  very  helpful.  I 
just  hope  they  have  a  change  of  heart 
and  they  don't  drag  their  feet  to  spite  us." 

With  CUSA's  assistance,  the  hockey 
club  submitted  a  proposal  to  Carleton 
University  President  Robin  Farquhar  ear- 
lier this  week  asking  for  official  support 
from  administration,  says  Correy. 

"Everything's  sort  of  up  in  the  air, "  he 
says.  "That's  why  we're  asking  the  presi- 
dent to  handle  it." 

Officials  at  Algonquin  College  and  St. 
Lawrence  College  have  already  told 
Correy  they  will  sponsor  Carleton's  ap- 
plication. 

Correy  says  he  hopes  official  univer- 
sity support  will  convince  the  athletics 
department  to  sponsor  the  application 


"Eventually  costs  increase.  Even  if  they 
meet  estimates  with  student  money,  there 
are  always  unexpected  expenses.  The 
hockey  team  will  require  an  administra- 
tor who  is  full-Hme.  What  if  there  is  an 
emergency?  You  need  someone  to  look 
after  things." 

Correy  says  these  obstacles  can  be 
overcome. 

The  Bald  Ravens  already  raise  funds 
of  about  $5,000  every  year  to  maintain  a 
team  in  the  city  league  and  would  be 
willing  to  assist  in  administration,  he 
says. 

"We  can  look  after  some  stuff  like 
assisting  in  getting  exhibition  games  and 
looking  after  recruiting,"  he  says.  "We 
see  a  limited  amount  of  administrative 
work  from  their  part."  □ 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 

Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Feb.  15, 1994. 
Regular  season  leaders  can  only  win  the  dinner  prize  once. 


1 344  Bank  Street 


1 

Patrick  Soden 

605 

2 

R.  De  Vecchi 

596 

3 

Anjali  Varma 

590 

4 

Vicki  Mavraganis 

589 

5 

Jeff  Parker 

589 

6 

JeffPavkev 

589 

"7 

Jason  Beifuss 

589 

8 

Tyler  Vuillunt 

585 

9 

Steven  Lieff 

582 

10  Mike  Whitton 

581 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 

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Congratulations  to  Todd  Butler  who 

knew  George  Hainsworth  is  the  NHL 
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2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
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 ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT  

Making  the  most  of  your  influences 

by  Am  Kee" 

Charlalan  Statt 

Cracke 

If    Porter  H. 
U   Feb.  17 


Cracker,  with  Counting  Crows 
rHall 


Strange.  Weird. 

These  are  words  that  come  up  often  in 
conversations  with  and  stories  about 
Cracker. 

And  why  not?  After  all,  this  is  a  band 
whose  most  popular  new  song  from  its 
latest  CD  Kerosene  Hat  seems  to  be  track 
#69,  "Eurotrash  Girl,"  and  has  penned 
lyrics  like  "Sometimes  I  wish  I  were  Catho- 
lic/I don't  know  why  . . ." 

Yet  Cracker,  for  all  of  the  band's  irrev- 
erence and  musical  uniqueness,  is  enjoy- 
ing success.  Which  for  Cracker  guitarist 
Johnny  Hickman  is,  well,  "weird." 

"It's  all  a  little  intimidating,"  says 
Hickman.  "I  see  Cracker  as  a  little  tod. 
weird  for  mass  appeal." 

Despite  an  intense  touring  schedule 
over  the  two  years  of  Cracker's  existence, 
Hickman  says  the  band  still  enjoys  play- 
ing live,  whether  it  be  to  100  or  1,000 
people.  ^i^^tata^ 

"Dave  and  I  feel  we've  stayed  pretty 
focused,"  he  says. 

The  Dave  of  whom  he  speaks  is  vocal- 
ist and  guitarist  David  Lowery  of  Camper 
van  Beethoven  fame  and  the  second  half 
of  the  band's  Hickman/ Lowery  creative 
core.  It  is  largely  Lowery's  bizarrely  evoca- 
tive lyrics  that  has  given  Cracker  its,  um, 
strange  personality. 

The  other  members  of  Cracker's  cur- 
rent lineup,  which  has  changed  some- 
what over  the  last  two  years  because  of 
the  toll  of  extensive  touring,  include 
former  Poi  Dog  Pondering  bassist  Bruce 
Hughes  andformer  Pixies  drummer  David 
Lovering. 

Hickman  says  the  newer  members  are 
fitting  in  well  with  the  Cracker  feel  and 
are  contributing  creatively  to  the  band. 
But  the  majority  of  the  songwriting  and 
musical  direction  emanates  from  Lowery 
and  Hickman. 

The  two  grew  up  together  in  rural 
California  and  since  reuniting  as  Cracker, 


Hickman  says,  they  have  drawn  on  the 
experiences  of  their  white-trash  youth. 

"We  decided  not  to  edit  out  any  of  the 
influences  we  had  when  we  were  young, " 
he  says.  "Subsequently,  I  think  we're  a  lot 
stranger  than  some  of  the  so-called  alter- 
native bands." 

These  white-trash  roots  are  reflected 
in  the  diversity  of  backgrounds  found  in 
Cracker  tunes.  While  catchy  guitar  riffs 
and  quirky  lyrics  are  staples,  Hickman 
says  variety  is  the  main  ingredient  in  the 
Cracker  musical  mix. 

"We're  influenced  from  music  from 
all  over  the  world,  but  we  come  out  with 
a  very  American  sound,"  he  says.  "I  like 
it  when  different  people  take  different 
kinds  of  American  music  and  make  it 
their  own." 

Hickman  brings  country  and  folk  sen- 
sibilities to  the  band's  essentially  under- 
ground sound.  In  fact,  Hickman  spent 
some  time  writing  country  songs  and 
playing  with  the  likes  of  Willie  Nelson  at 
Farm  Aid  benefit  concerts. 
*  *T  didn't  actually  pursue  country  out- 
right until  a  couple  of  years  before  David 
and  I  got  together,"  says  Hickman,  who 
played  punk  during  his  California  youth. 

Now,  as  "thirty-whatevers,"  the  fu- 
sion of  country,  youthful  punk,  and  ma- 
ture, bluesy  rock  has  created  a  band 
whose  appeal  seems  to  bridge  the  genre 
gap  from  alternative  to  mainstream 
music. 

The  band's  members  are  "thirty- 
whatevers"  and  not  "thirty-somethings, " 
says  Hickman,  because  "thirty- 
somethings  are  people  who  are  age-ap- 
propriate in  their  behavior." 

This  is  something  Cracker  would  not 
be  accused  of  being,  with  a  first-album 
anthem,  "Teen  Angst  (What  the  World 
Needs  Now),"  reflecting  the  irreverence 
and  cynicism  of  disaffected  youth. 

Not  to  mention  their  off-centre  live 
shows.  Davey  Faragher,  their  old  bassist, 
was  renowned  for  his  choice  in  ladies' 
eveningwear  that  he  wore  on  stage. 
Strange,  huh? 

Hickman  says  they  also  keep  their 
shows  fresh  by  varying  their  song  length 
and  order. 


Cracker  guitarist  Johnny  Hickman,  enjoying  his  music  just  a  bit  too  much. 

cording  studio  in  Virginia  called  Sound 


"We  don't  really  have  a  set  list, "  says 
Hickman. "  It's  a  very  spontaneous  band. " 

The  fans  love  it,  he  says,  but  not  know- 
ing what  will  happen  next  "drives  light- 
ing guys  crazy." 

With  the  band's  growing  popularity, 
Cracker  now  has  the  opportunity  to  try 
out  other  musical  directions.  Hickman 
says  he  and  Lowery  have  opened  a  re- 


of  Music  and  are  hoping  to  do  production 
work  for  some  smaller  acts.  He  says  they 
may  also  stop  in  at  a  studio  to  cut  an  EP 
within  the  next  year. 

Until  then,  says  Hickman,  Cracker's 
goal  on  it's  strange,  weird  musical  jour- 
ney is  simple: 

"Keep  movin'."  □ 


Stupid,  mindless  entertainment. 


by  Greg  Owens 

Charlatan  Staff 


Ace  Ventura:  Pet  Detective 

^Directed  by  Tom  Shadyac 


Any  film  that  has  cameos  by  former 
top  heavyweight  boxer  Randall  "Tex" 
Cobb  and  death  metal  band  Cannibal 
Corpse  can't  be  too  bad. 

Ace  Ventura  is  pretty  much  what  I 
expected  it  to  be:  stupid,  mindless  enter- 
tainment from  the  demented  mind  of 
Canadian  comedian  Jim  Carrey. 

The  film  is  pretty  much  an  hour  and  a 
half  of  Carrey's  facial  tics,  jerky  move- 
ments and  strange  noises.  Carrey's  Ace 
Ventura  is  not  unlike  his  Fire  Marshal  Bill 
from  television's  In  Living  Color. 

As  for  the  plot:  well,  something  is 
^ong  in  the  state  of  Florida.  Snowball 
the  dolphin,  the  field-goal-kicking  mas- 
cot for  the  Miami  Dolphins,  has  been 
kidnapped.  So  Dolphins  management 
^ires  pet  detective  extraordinaire  Ace 
Ventura  to  rescue  the  dolphin.  Ace  has  a 
special  bond  with  animals;  he's  a  de- 
mented Dr.  Doolittle.  He  uses  his  talent  to 
serve  and  protect  pets  from  ne'er-do- 
wells. 

Ace  Ventura  borrows  many  references 
.  0rn  various  television  shows  and  mov- 
jes.  You  can  bet  the  Mission  Impossible 
c^mehas  never  been  used  like  they  use 


it  here. 

This  is  obvi- 
ously a  vehicle 
for  Carrey  to  ex- 
pand his  career 
from  television  to 
motion  pictures. 
Carrey  has  said 
in  past  inter- 
views that  he 
wants  to  move 
on  to  bigger  and 
better  things.  As 
his  television 
show  In  Living 
Color  is  becom- 
ing as  unfunny 
as  Saturday  Night 
Live,  this  not  a 
bad  idea. 

In  this  film, 
Carrey  is  oddly 
reminiscent  of 
early  Robin 
Williams,  rivalling  Williams's  verbal 
patter  with  his  machine-gun  slapstick. 
His  talking  asshole  routine  brings  the  art 
of  acting  to  new  plateau. 

The  other  cast  members  just  sit  back 
and  allow  Carrey  to  run  rampant  on  the 
screen.  None  of  the  other  actors  have  the 
ability  to  upstage  Carrey.  Tone  Loc, 
Courtney  Cox  and  Sean  Young  are  basi- 
cally filler.  If  you  need  actors  to  blend 


into  the  background,  these  three  are  it. 

Ace  Ventura  is  not  a  great  film.  The 
supporting  characters  and  plot  were  all 
so  weak,  this  film  will  probably  end  up  on 
many  critics'  worst  list,  but  I  enjoyed  it.  If 
you  like  Carrey,  then  you  will  probably 
enjoy  Ace  Ventura.  If  you  think  Canrey  is 
that  unfunny  white  guy  on  In  Living  Color, 
then  you  should  avoid  Ace  Ventura  like 
the  plague.  a 


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Transpo 

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6.  ft  chinchilla  sled 
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7.  Chickenback  riding 

8.  Cartuuheelin' 

9.  The  power  of  love 

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20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  February  17,  1994 


Just  Cooking  for  Cove  in  aCCtfie  wrong  pCaces 


by  Neil  Herland 

Charlatan  SlaTt 


'Talking  Dirty 

Sock'N'  Buskin 
Alumni  Theatre 
vFeb.  9-12,  Feb.  16-19 


re  you  lovesick?  Are  you  love 
hungry?  Not  getting  any? 

If  you  answered  yes  to  any 
of  these,  then  look  no  further 
}than  this  latest  Sock  'N' 
Buskin  production.  Just  in 
time  for  Valentine's  Day  is 
this  play  about  you-know-what. 

The  play  follows  the  amorous  inter- 
ests of  five  young  adults,  all  looking  for 
love.  In  the  style  of  Three's  Company,  the 
play  draws  its  humor  from  below  the  belt 
and  makes  little  use  of  the  head. 

The  calibre  of  the  acting  varies.  Jenni- 
fer Boyle  as  the  bimbo-ish  Jackie  and 
Kirsten  Endemann  as  the  feisty  Karen  are 
of  particular  strength.  Alan  Neal  in  the 
role  of  David,  though,  looks  too  young  to 
be  married  for  eight  years  with  three  kids. 

In  many  instances,  the  performers 
come  across  as  young  actors  pretending 
to  be  older  and  sophisticated.  There  is 


barely  a  moment  in  the  first  half  of  the 
show  when  there  isn't  an  actor  daintily 
casting  a  wine  glass  in  the  air  and  speak- 
ing with  a  hand  in  their  pocket,  while 
delivering  lines  like  "You're  a  great  rac- 
onteur." 

Director  Paul  Griffin  has  created  some 
amusing  moments,  including  a  humor- 
ous re-creation  of  sexbetween  David  and 
Karen,  a  la  When  Harry  Met  Sally. 

Griffin  also  chose  to  localize  the  play 
by  replacing  the  original  geographic  ref- 
erences with  Ottawa  terms.  Jackie,  for 
instance,  says  she  works  at  Indigo.  This 
works  for  a  while,  but  eventually  the 
novelty  wears  thin  and  the  Ottawa  refer- 
ences become  as  annoying  as  those  rock 
stars  who  patronizingly  make  references 
to  local  names. 

The  set,  designed  by  Stacy  Fietz,  re- 
sembles an  apartment  living-room 
outfitted  with  IKEA  furniture  and  gener- 
ally serves  its  purpose.  I  had  difficulty, 
though,  with  the  placement  of  the  two 
hallway  exits,  side  by  side.  Better  block- 
ing combinations  might  have  been 
achieved  had  the  two  doors  been  placed 
farther  apart. 

The  other  problem  I  had  with  the  set 
was  its  color  scheme.  The  main  walls 


Bite  may  have  just  lost  their  lead  singer,  but  their  brief,  aggressive 
set  at  the  Pop!  In  the  Name  of  Love  show  (Fri.,  Feb.  11)  proved  their 
sound  hasn't  suffered.  Their  show  was  highlighted  by  a  cover  of  the 
Subhumans'  classic  "Slave  To  My  Dick."  Here.  Bile  guitarist  Julie 
keeps  an  eye  on  her  instrument  while  bassist  Denise  blisses  out.  J 


:    ■  ■:■  ■  .        ■    ,'     .;:.V  \  ' 

CUSA  President  Elect  Richard  Stanton  and 
Finance  Commissioner  Elect  Wendy  Stewart 
invite  any  interested  members  of  the 
Association  to  the  first  meeting  of  the  newly 
elected  CUSA  Council  of  the  1 994-1 995  term. 
This  is  your  opportunity  to  meet  and  address 
the  CUSA  Shadow  Council  which  will  officially 
be  taking  office  as  of  May  1/1994. 

The  meeting  will  take  place  in 
Baker's  Lounge  in  the  Unicentre  ■||^|| 

starting,  at  5:30  p.m.,  Thursday        H  " 
February  17/1994. 


were  sponge-spotted  with  pink  pastel 
paint,  while  the  trim  was  royal  blue.  The 
end  product  resembled  more  a  Polka  Dot 
Door  set  than  a  bachelor's  apartment. 

Designer  Danielle  Ohrfs  costumes 
were  appropriate,  with  the  exception  of 
David's  casual  wear.  Consisting  of  an 
old-style  grey  vest  and  dark  slacks,  his 
outfit  would  have  looked  more  appropri- 
ate on  Motel  the  Tailor  from  fiddler  On 
the  Roof  than  on  a  casually  dressed  '90s 
guy. 

The  play  tries  to  end  on  a  morally 
righteous  note,  but  by  drawing  most  of  its 
appeal  from  the  cheap  sex  jokes,  it's 
ultimate  message  is  somehow  lost  in  the 
dirty  talk. 

One  of  the  play's  greatest  weaknesses 
stems  from  its  dated  script.  The  play  was 
written  in  the  days  before  AIDS,  in  the 
heyday  of  the  sexual  revolution.  Today 


this  play  is  offensive;  only  yesterday  it 
was  considered  cute.  It  was  a  time  when 
gay  jokes  were  funny,  one-night  stands 
were  glamorized  and  women  were  seen 
as  prey. 

These  ideas  resonate  in  the  script,  and 
at  least  for  me,  somehow  undermined 
the  moral  of  the  play.  While  the  play's 
ending  does  deliver  a  deserving  lesson  to 
the  characters,  it  only  comes  as  an  after- 
thought to  almost  two  hours  of  thought- 
less sexual  action. 

Talking  Dirty  is  a  little  flaky,  a  bit 
cheesy,  maybe  even  wishy  washy.  Thea- 
tre doesn't  always  have  to  be  deep.  Often 
it's  just  there  to  entertain.  Depending  on 
your  idea  of  entertainment,  this  play  just 
might  tantalize  your  crass  desires. 

And  remember,  if  Talking  Dirty  just 
isn't  adequate  for  you  and  your  Valen- 
tine, there's  always  the  real  thing.  □ 


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February  17,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  21 


Dealing  with  the  reality  of  their  surroundings 


by  Joe  Bernard 

Cha/lalan  Staff 


'Tool,  with  Failure 

Porter  Hall 
.Feb.  22 


After  Motley  Criie  and  Guns  N'  Roses 
rose  to  the  heights  of  the  pop  music 
industry,  many  Hollywood-based  bands 
attempted  to  cash  in  on  the  attention  by 
imitating  their  predecessors. 

When  the  focus  shifted  to  Seattle  in 
the  early  nineties,  so  to  did  many  of  the 
bands. 

With  the  emergence  of  gut-wrenchers 
Tool,  the  pendulum  may  swing  back  to 
Hollywood.  Other  than  geography,  how- 
ever, this  band  shares  little  in  common 
with  the  aforementioned  glam  rockers. 

Tool's  drummer,  Danny  Carey,  while 
not  singling  out  any  bands  in  particular, 
has  no  patience  for  groups  of  this  sort, 
describing  them  as  "shit  of  the  earth.  Not 
the  type  of  bands  that  even  inspire  peo- 
ple or  make  them  think." 

Tool  was  formed  in  1 990,  when  Carey 
and  bassist  Paul  D'Amour  joined  guitar- 
ist Adam  Jones  and  vocalist  Maynard 
lames  Keenan.  Carey  explains,  "I  met 
Adam  through  Tom  Morello  of  Rage 
(Against  the  Machine).  And  1  was  living 
beside  Maynard.  I  never  auditioned  for 
them  (Keenan  and  |ones).  I  felt  kinda 
sorry  for  them,  because  they  would  invite 
people  over  to  play,  and  they  wouldn't 
show  up,  so  I'd  fill  in." 

One  of  the  unifying  forces  in  the  band 
is  the  philosophy/religion  known  as 
Lachrymology,  founded  in  the  1940s  by 
Ronald  P.  Vincent.  Lachrymology  trans- 
lates literally  to  "the  study  of  crying."  The 
basic  tenet,  evident  in  the  band's  music, 
is  that  the  greatest  road  to  advancement 


is  through  pain  — 
emotional  and  physi- 
cal. Hence  the  band's 
name. 

"We  wanted  the 
band, "  says  Carey,  "to 
be  a  'tool'  to  learn  and 
gain  from." 

Although  the 
members  of  Tool  are 
all  influenced  by 
Lachrymology  to 
varying  degrees, 
Carey  stresses,  in  his 
own  laid-back  man- 
ner, that  the  band  is 
not  a  cult. 

"I  don't  want  fol- 
lowers, "  he  says.  "1  just 
want  people  to  relate 
to  us.  We  want  to  be  a 
catalyst  for  a  different 
reaction;  we  don't 
want  to  be  the  focus. 
The  only  reason  why 
we're  all  still  doing  this 
is  because  it's  thera- 
peutic." 

Regardless,  Tool  is 

b.™ltii^l°J  nose  nacky  Tool  guys. 


a  growing  audience. 
Various  reasons  account  for  their  suc- 
cess, not  the  least  of  which  are  the  band's 
two  releases,  1992's  Opiate  EP,  and  their 
debut  full-length  disk,  1993's  Undertow, 
which  isemotional,  unrelenting  and  raw. 

What  separates  Tool 's  sound  from  the 
rest  of  the  pack  is  that  a  naked  vulner- 
ability surfaces  through  the  violence  and 
aggressiveness.  Their  songs  are  the  sort 
which  reveal  how  precious  and  frighten- 
ing human  emotions  are  when  stripped 
of  any  facade. 

The  band  has  also  benefitted  from  an 


innovative  and  somewhat  disturbing 
video  for  the  song  "Sober."  The  biggest 
break  the  band  may  have  received,  how- 
ever, was  being  signed  to  last  year's 
Lollapalooza  tour.  Initially,  Tool  was 
performing  on  the  second  stage,  but  with 


the  growing  buzz  surrounding  the  band, 
they  were  moved  to  the  main  stage  mid- 
way through  the  tour. 

Carey  says  he  enjoyed  the  interaction 
with  the  other  bands  Lollapalooza  pro- 
vided. While  he  says  both  stages  had 
their  merits,  he  appreciated  the  fans  who 
checked  them  out  on  the  second  stage, 
"because  you  know  they  made  an  effort 
to  get  there.  They  had  to  miss  another  act 
to  see  us  —  you  knew  you  were  always 
competing  with  another  act." 

As  for  Tool's  seemingly  growing  expo- 
sure, Carey  is  nonchalant  and  not  so  sure 
of  its  continuance.  "I  expert  the  next 
album  will  pare  down  our  following  even 
more.  The  songs  are  heavier  and  deeper. 
For  this  one  (Undertow),  some  people  who 
were  into  Opiate  didn't  necessarily  follow 
us  to  Undertow:  guys  with  mustaches, 
driving  Cameros,  yelling,  'Rock  and  roll!'" 
If  the  attention  thrust  on  the  band 
does  grow  to,  say,  Nirvana  proportions, 
Carey  expects  the  band  to  carry  on.  "We 
do  our  thing.  Nothing's  really  changed 
for  us  other  than  the  fact  that  we  can  do 
our  music  all  the  time  now,  as  opposed  to 
wasting  our  time  giving  somebody  40 
hours." 

The  themes  covered  in  Tool's  songs 
may  give  the  impression  that  the  band 
members  are  a  suicidal  group  of  psycho- 
paths. Not  scf,  says  Carey. 

"We  all  have  a  sense  of  humor.  We 
just  see  the  world  as  a  strange  and  violent 
place,  especially  living  in  L.A.,  and  we  try 
and  deal  with  it."  □ 


RESIDENCE 
IACCOMMODATIONI 


Chapterhouse 

Blood  Music 
Dedicated/ Arista 

Chapterhouse's  latest  release  couldn 't 
have  been  titled  better. 

The  music  is  alternately  pulsing  and 
mellow.  Following  bands  like  Blur  and 
Ride,  it  offers  almost  nothing  new  so  far 
as  British  pop  is  concerned. 

What  Chapterhouse  does  have  that 
sets  them  apart  from  their  British  compa- 
triots is  a  strong  dance  rhythm  and  a 
sound  that  doesn't  stay  the  same  from 
one  song  to  another. 

"We  Are  The  Beautiful  (Spookys  Ugly 


As  Sin  Mix)"  resembles  techno,  complete 
with  drum  machines  andall,  while  "She's 
A  Vision"  highlights  the  band's  classic 
pop. 

This  dance  style  doesn't  drag  down 
the  band's  sound.  It  simply  means  you 
might  recognize  one  of  their  songs  blar- 
ing from  a  dance-club  speaker.  For  the 
fans,  there  are  enough  classic-sounding 
Chapterhouse  tracks  like  "There's  Still 
Life"  and  "Summer's  Gone"  to  keep  them 
satisfied. 

You  can  pop  this  cassette  or  CD  into 
your  player  and  relax  to  the  throbbing 
vibrations. 

Suss  ana  Forieri 


Residence  rooms  are  currently 
available  for  men  in  their  first 
year  of  studies! 

If  you  are  a  full  time  student  and 
would  like  the  convenience  of  living 
on  campus,  please  visit  or  call  the 
Department  of  Housing  and  Food 
Services,  261  Stormont  House, 
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Hey  Kids! 


It's  The  Charlatan's  seventh  annual  Short  Story 
and  Poetry  Contest!  The  top  three  winners  will  be 
published  in  The  Charlatan's  Upcoming  Literary  Supple- 
ment! Plus,  there'll  be  some  great  prizes!  There's  lots  to 
know,  so  here  are  the  rules: 

1.  The  contest  is  open  to  all  Carieton  University  students,  full  and  part- 
time,  as  well  as  Carieton  University  employees.  However,  no  editorial 
employee  ofThe  Charlatan  may  submit  an  entry. 

2.  Entries  MUST  be  postmarked  ordelivered  to  The  Charlatan  (Room  531 
Unicentre,  Carieton  University,  K1S  5B6)  no  later  than  11  p.m.  Sunday, 
March  5,  1994  in  order  to  be  eligible.  Winners  will  be  contorted  by 
telephone. 

3.  There  are  no  requirements  for  content,  but  stories  and  poems  must 
be  original,  unpublished  works.  Poems  and  stories  previously  submitted 
or  printed  in  The  Charlatan  this  year  may  be  re-submitted  to  the  contest. 

4.  Submissions  MUST  be  typewritten  and  double-spaced  and  not  more 
than  1.S0O  words. 

5.  No  pseudonyms  will  be  accepted.  All  entries  must  include  the 
author's  name,  address,  telephone  number  and  status  at  Carieton. 

6.  Entrants  must  agree  to  allow  The  Charlatan  to  publish  their  submis- 
sions, names  and  photographs. 

7.  Once  an  entry  has  been  received,  no  changes  to  the  original  will  be 
accepted. 

8.  Manuscripts  will  not  be  returned. 

9.  The  judges'  decision  are  final  (judges  to  be  announced). 

10.  Copyright  remains  with  the  author. 


22  •  The  Charlatan  •  February  17,  1994 


OAfe  W 


THURSDAY,  FEBRUARY  17  TO  SUNDAY,  FEBRUARY  27 


Thursday,  February  1 7 


At  Zaphod  s,  local  bands  Schneider 
and  Rebo  are  playing.  Cover's  only  a 
buck. 

Oliver's  is  having  an  alternative 
music  night  tonight,  with  loud  music 
and  Tool  giveaways  (stuff  like  tickets  and 
CDs).  No  cover.  Should  be  fun. 

It  may  not  be  the  concert  of  the  dec- 
ade, but  it's  a  good  one.  Cracker  and 
Counting  Crows  play  Carleton's  Por- 
ter Hall  at  7  p.m.  tonight.  Admission  is 
$17.50. 

If  you're  just  too  cool  (or  poor)  to  go  see 
Cracker,  the  Bourbon  Tabernacle 
Choir  is  at  the  Penguin.  Cover  is  $10. 

You  know,  there's  justtoo  much  going 
on  tonight.  Grand  Central  is  showcasing 
Toronto's  feel-good  Rail  T.E.C.  and  Van- 
couver's Moist.  Sit  back  and  take  them 
all  in.  For  one  glorious  evening,  Ottawa 
resembles  a  major  city. 

Friday,  February  18 

Today's  free  noon-time  concert  in 
Carleton's  Alumni  Theatre  features 
pianist  David  Piper  accompanying  so- 
prano Gloria  lean  Nagy. 

What  wonderous  things  come  out  of 
Peterborough.  In  this  case,  it's  Robert 
Atyeo,  a  folkish  type  who  has  appeared 
at  the  Mariposa  folk  festival.  Tonight 
and  tomorrow  he's  playing  Rasputin's. 
The  fun  starts  both  nights  at  8:30  p.m. 
and  cover's  $6.  Should  be  a  blast. 

At  the  Pit  tonight  it's  Almonte's 
favorite  sons  Generic,  with  opening  act 
Seventh  Child  from  Carleton  Place.  The 
show  starts  at  7:15  p.m.  It's  all-ages. 
Cover  is  $5  at  the  door. 

Saturday,  February  19 

Stay  at  home  with  your  radio!  As  part 
of  the  ongoing  celebration  of  Black  His- 
tory Month,  CKCU  (93.1  FM)  is  present- 
ing Shades  of  Blackness  from  12  p.m. 
until  2  a.m.  Expect  music,  call-in  shows 
and  an  examination  of  issues  like  slav- 
ery, the  situation  in  South  Africa  and  the 
Black  family. 

A  group  of  folks  called  the  Band  of 
Confusion  is  playing  the  Sunnyside 
Sports  Bar  this  evening.  There's  no 
cover.  And  that's  all  we  know. 

Les  Ballets  Jazz  de  Montreal,  a 

dance  troupe  that  mixes  classical  ballet 
and  modem  dance,  performs  at  the  highly 
Priced  Centrepointe  Theatre  at  8  p  .m. 
this  evening.  Tickets  are  $29.50  and 
522.50. 

Pigfarm,  featuring  ex-members  of 
the  Doughboys  and  the  Lost  Dakotas, 
play  yet  another  show  in  Ottawa.  To- 
night they're  at  the  Pit. 

Sunday,  February  20 

Cool  band  Redd  Kross,  who  opened 
for  the  Doughboys  back  in  October,  play 
the  Penguin  tonight.  Local  punk  types 
Resin  Scraper  open  the  show,  which 


IRE 


starts  at  9  p.m.  Tickets  are  a  very  reason- 
able $9.50  through  the  Penguin, 
Ticketmaster  and  the  usual  independent 
outlets. 

Thira,  a  Winnipeg-based  chamber 
music  sextet,  plays  the  Museum  of 
Nature  (You  know,  the  castle  museum.  - 
ed.)  at  8  p.m.  Tickets  are  $8  for  students 
and  seniors,  $10  for  adults  and  they're 
available  at  the  door. 


And,  once  again,  at  the  Mayfair  at 
7:05  p.m.,  it's  the  Rocky  Horror  Picture 
Show. 

Fresh  from  their  success  at  the 
megafabulous  Pop!  In  the  Name  of  Love 
festival,  Ewen  Todd's  Ratboy  and 
Wandering  Lucy  are  playing  Zaphod's 
tonight.Sinceit'saThursdayshow,  cover 
is  a  mere  dollar. 


Monday,  February  21        Friday'  February  2* 


The  curiously  titled  Reading  Week 

begins.  In  the  spirit  of  Reading  Week, 
Charlatan  production  manager  Kevin 
McKay  suggests  you  read  a  book.  His 
suggestion?  Animal  Farm,  by  George 
Orwell.  Says  McKay,  "I  know  you  read  it 
in  Grade  11,  but  it's  well  worth  a  re- 
reading." Yeah,  like  you  don't  have  any- 
thing better  to  do. 

If  you  don't  feel  like  reading  Animal 
Farm,  head  down  to  Montreal.  That's 
where  the  Wonder  Stuff,  those  wacky 
Brits,  are  playing.  They're  at  Club  Soda 
at  8:30  p.m.  this  evening.  Opening  for 
them  is  Chapterhouse.  Tickets  are 
$12.50. 

In  the  mood  for  something  ultra-vio- 
lent? A  Clockwork  Orange  is  playing  at 
the  Bytowne  this  evening  at  9:15  p.m. 
Did  you  know  it's  banned  in  England? 

Some  of  the  finest  Canadian  cinema 
ever  produced  is  showing  tonight  at  the 
Mayfair,  starting  at  7  p.m.  Of  course, 
we  speak  of  Roadkill  and  Highway  61. 

Tuesday,  February  22 

Tool.  Porter  Hall.  8  p.m.  Opening 
act,  California's  Failure.  $  14  in  advance, 
$16  at  the  door.  Read  the  story,  page  22. 

Wednesday,  February 
23 

One  of  the  most  boring  and  pointless 
films  in  recent  memory,  The  Double  Life 
ofVeronique,  is  playing  this  evening  at 
7  p.m.  at  the  Bytowne.  I  don't  know,  it's 
won  some  awards,  maybe  you'll  like  it. 

The  Old  Sod  Society  presents  the  Irish 
band  Four  Men  and  A  Dog,  who  com- 
bine traditional  Irish  music  with  jazz,  R  & 
B  and  country  influences.  They're  play- 
ing at  the  Notre  Dame  High  School  at 
8:30  p.m.  Tickets  are  $  14  for  members  of 
the  Old  Sod  Society  and  $  1 6  for  everyone 
else. 

Thursday,  February  24 

More  stuff  for  Black  History  Month! 
Starting  at  7  p.m.  tonight  at  the 
Bytowne,  there  are  two  Canadian  docu- 
mentaries: Zarico,  a  film  about  the  mu- 
sic of  Black  francophone  culture  from 
southwestern  Lousiana;  and  Oliver  Jones 
in  Africa,  which  features  the  Canadian 
jazz  pianist  in  concert  in  Nigeria. 

Brother  Cane  plays  the  Penguin 
tonight  at  9  p.m.  Tickets.are  $10  in  ad- 
vance, $13  at  the  door.  What  do  they 
sound  like?  Well,  they  opened  for  Robert 
Plant,  if  that  helps  any. 


This  week's  Charlatan  snack  tip  is  a 
simple  one:  Toasted  Marshmallows™ 

Get  a  marshmallow  and  a  pointy  stick. 
Start  a  fire  with  your  Psych  text.  Put 
marshmallow  on  end  of  stick  and  roast  it 
(the  marshmallow,  not  the  stick),  being 
careful  not  to  torch  it.  Serves  one. 

Saturday,  February  26 

As  part  of  Black  History  Month,  Black 
History  Ottawa  is  having  its  Annual 
Dinner  and  Dance  in  Room  200,  West 
Block,  Parliament  Hill.  On  the 

evening's  agenda:  a  lecture  on  the  Black 
family  by  MP  jean  Augustine,  dancers, 
cocktails,  dinner  and  dancing  (of  course) . 
Tickets  for  the  dance  are  $7  at  the  door. 
Tickets  for  the  whole  event  are  $40  for 
adults,  $75  for  couples  and  $25  for  us 
starving  students.  For  more  info,  call 
Maxine  Ifill  at  241-0669. 


Sunday,  February  27 


What  better  way  to  wind  up  Reading 
Weekthanwitha  lecture  entitled  Sunken 
Ships  of  Bikini  Atoll:  Archaeology  of 
the  Atomic  Bomb  by  maritime  historian 
lames  P.  Delgado.  It's  being  held  at  2 
p.m.  in  the  theatre  of  the  Canadian 
Museum  of  Civilization.  Admission  is 
$5  for  students  and  seniors,  $7  for  every- 
one else. 

If  underwater  stuff  isn't  your  cup  of 
tea,  chances  are  you'll  be  at  Dianne 
Ferguson's  organ  concert  at  the  Chapel 
of  the  Bruyere  Convent  at  the  comer 
of  Bruyere  and  Sussex.  Tickets  are  $8  for 
students  and  seniors  and  $12  for  every- 
one else. 


If  you  have  an  event  you 
want  to  appear  in  this 

handy  calendar,  you  can 

drop  your  announcement 
off  at  The  Charlatan,  Room 
551  Untcentre  during 

regular  business  hours  or 
you  can  fax  us  at  788- 
4051.  Announcements 

must  be  In  by  the  Friday 
before  publication. 


The  Charlatan  will  not  be  publishing 
during  reading  week,  however,  our  of- 
fice will  still  be  open.  Our  next  issue 
will  be  coming  out  March  3,  1994. 


EllS-1 


INC. 


Publications  Coordinator 
(contract  position  -  unionized) 
Carleton  University  Students'  Association 

Terms  of  employment:  April  1, 1994-March31,  1995;  35  hours  per  week  (8:30 
a.m.  -  4:30  p.m.);  $10.50  per  hour  plus  four  percent  vacation  pay:  Supervisor: 
Administrative  Director,  CUSA  Inc. 

Responsibilities  include:  the  production  of  camera-ready  artwork,  by  deadline, 
forCUSA  publications  and  promotional  material  when  required,  including  but  not 
limited  to:  Student  Handbook,  Housing  Guide,  Orientation  posters,  pamphlets 
and  office  material  for  CUSA  areas  (i.e.  business  cards,  forms). 

Qualifications:  applicants  should  be  familiar  with  Macintosh  hardware  and  have 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  Pagemaker,  Freehand,  and  Microsoft  Word.  The  ideal 
candidate  should  also  possess  some  layout  and  paste-up  experience. 

Letters  of  application,  resumes,  and  samples  of  work  should  be  addressed  to: 
LindaStewart,  Administrative  Director,  Carleton  University  Students'  Association 
Inc.,  401  University  Centre,  1 1 25  Colonel  By  Drive,  Ottawa,  Ontario  K1S  5B6. 

No  telephone  inquiries  please.  Selected  applicants  will  be 
contacted  and  interviews  will  take  place  the  week  of  March 
21,  1994.  Closing  date  for  receipt  of  applications:  Friday, 
March  4,  1994  at  4:00  p.m.  Carleton  University  is  an  equal 
opportunity  employer. 


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TA  vote  brings  strike  closer 


by  Ryan  Nakashima 

Charlatan  Siatf 

Teaching,  research  assistants  and  ses- 
sional lecturers  voted  to  give  their  union 
local  the  option  to  strike  after  March  10 
if  the  final  round  of  negotiations  with  the 
university  on  March  7  fail. 

Of  the  780  members  who  voted  Feb. 
15-17,  478  voted  yes  and  298  voted  no, 
with  four  spoiled  ballots.  There  are  about 
1,200  teaching  and  research  assistants 
and  student  sessional  lecturers  in  the 
union  local. 

If  the  members  vote  to  reject  the  uni- 
versity's final  proposals  at  a  March  10 
general  meeting,  they  could  strike. 

The  effect  of  a  strike  on  the  university 
couldbe  "drastic/'saysMichel  Roy,  presi- 
dent of  the  Canadian  Union  of  Public 
Employees  Local  2323. 

"Tutorial  groups  will  not  be  offered. 
Courses  with  sessional  lecturers  will  not 
be  offered,"  says  Roy.  "Marking,  super- 
vising of  laboratories  will  not  be  done. 
And  generally  speaking,  with  a  picket 
line  at  the  entrances  to  the  university,  it 
will  be  time-consuming  to  get  on  cam- 
pus." 

Astrike  would  include  teaching  assist- 
ants, research  assistants  and  sessional 
lecturers  in  every  faculty. 

Because  more  than  60  per  cent  of 
members  who  voted  favored  a  strike,  all 
members  of  the  of  the  bargaining  unit 
must  strike  by  law. 

Sessional  lecturers  and  research  as- 
sistants who  are  not  students  are  not 
included. 

Roy  says  the  issue  is  tuition. 

"A  wage  freeze  must  be  accompanied 
by  a  tuition  freeze,"  he  says. 

Roy  says  at  a  conciliation  meeting  in 
January  the  "university  wouldn't  discuss 
anything  that  was  most  important  to 


us."  He  says  the  local  made  concessions 
on  monetary  proposals,  such  as  getting 
dental,  vision  and  child-care  benefits  for 
members. 

David  Van  Dine,  the  head  of  the  uni- 
versity's negotiating  team,  was  hesitant 
to  say  if  the  university  was  able  to  move 
on  its  position  on  increased  wages  or 
benefits. 

"We  are  constrained  with  the  finan- 
cial situation  and  what  the  government 
is  doing.  The  university  is  in  a  tight 
financial  situation.  Within  that  context, 
we're  certainly  going  to  try  our  best  to  get 
an  agreement,"  says  Van  Dine. 

Van  Dine  says  the  university  is  willing 
to  negotiate  on  issues  such  as  holding 
mid-term  meetings  with  teaching  and 
research  assistants  to  discuss  their  work- 
loads. 


Both  parties  will  enter  mediation 
March  7  and  present  proposals.  A  media- 
tor from  the  Ontario  Ministry  of  Labor 
will  attempt  to  expand  the  common 
ground  between  the  two  dissenting  pro- 
posals and  come  to  a  settlement. 

"This  time  negotiators  will  continue 
the  mediation  process  for  as  long  as  it 
takes  to  reach  a  settlement,"  says  Van 
Dine.  "If  necessary,  it  will  go  on  into  the 
night." 

"What  we  need  to  see  primarily  is  a 
move  on  tuition, "  Roy  says. "  (Our)  nego- 
tiating team  is  willing  ...  to  modify  and 
compromise  .  .  .  but  we  need  to  see 
movement.  That  is,  and  has  always  been, 
the  bottom  line." 

Roy  says  he  doesn't  expect  a  long 
mediation  session  if  the  university's  posi- 
tion remains  the  same. 


Butsome teaching  and 
research  assistants  are 
pessimistic  about  the 
chance  for  a  settlement. 

"I  don't  think  they 
want  to  give  in  on  this 
one.  I  think  the  adminis- 
tration is  going  to  basi- 
cally table  the  same  posi- 
tion that  they  did  before, " 
says  Wilson  Lee,  a  mas- 
ters research  assistant  in 
journalism. 

"If  it's  the  same,  I 
would  vote  not  to  ratify  it 
and  go  on  strike." 

Edward  Osei-Kawbwo, 
a  sessional  lecturer  in  po- 
litical science,  says  he's 
happy  the  teaching  and 
research  assistants  and 
sessionals  voted  to  strike. 
He  says  no  one  is  happy 
to  leave  their  students  and 
classes. 

"Students  will  lose.  No  one  is  happy 
about  walking  out  on  them." 

Osei-Kawbwo  says  the  "university  has 
to  talk  to  us  in  good  faith." 

He  says  university  officials  have  been 
saying  they  don't  want  to  talk  about 
giving  more  money  to  union  members, 
but  that  they  are  considering  tuition  in- 
creases at  the  same  time. 

Rob  Telka,  an  undergraduate  compu- 
ter science  teaching  assistant  who  voted 
not  to  strike,  is  not  optimistic  that  the 
university  will  budge  in  its  position.  He 
warned  of  the  damaging  effects  a  strike 
would  have  on  the  university. 

"  It's  going  to  hurt  a  lot  of  the  univer- 
sity as  a  whole.  It  depends  a  lot  on  the 
T  As.  And  it's  going  to  bring  the  computer 
science  school  to  a  halt."  □ 


Prof  warns  students  they  might  lose  year 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  Carleton  professor  told  his  first-year 
class  March  1  that  a  teaching  assistants' 
strike  might  cause  students  in  his  class  or 
other  classes  to  not  get  their  final  grades 
or  their  credits. 

Philosophy  professor  Marvin  Glass 
says  he  was  trying  to  inform  the  students 
in  his  first-year  Contemporary  Moral, 
Ethical  and  Religious  Issues  class  that  a 
strike  would  probably  affect  them.  He 
says  he  wasn't  trying  to  scare  students. 

"Most  students  hadn't  heard  about  it 
and  they  thought  it  wouldn 't  affect  them," 
he  says.  "I  was  just  trying  to  inform 


them." 

Negotiations  for  a  new  contract  be- 
tween the  university  and  the  union  local 
representing  Carleton's  teaching,  re- 
search assistants  and  sessional  lecturers 
broke  off  in  January.  The  local  voted  in 
February  to  strike  after  March  10,  pend- 
ing a  vote  on  a  final  offer  from  the 
university. 

Gabriella  Papic,  a  first-year  psychol- 
ogy student  in  the  class,  says  she  and 
many  of  her  classmates  are  concerned 
about  losing  their  credits. 

"Everyone  was  upset  with  the  fact  that 
they  could  lose  their  year,"  she  says. 
"Will  I  get  my  credit?  That's  all  I  care 


about,  but  no  one  seems  to  know." 

The  Ontario  Labor  Relations  Act  pre- 
vents employers  from  bringing  in  any 
workers  who  are  not  already  employed 
by  the  university  to  do  the  job  of  a  strik- 
ing worker. 

David  Van  Dine,  the  head  of  the  uni- 
versity's negotiating  team,  says  the  uni- 
versity will  "make  every  effort  to  ensure 
that  courses  are  concluded." 

Van  Dine  says  there  is  nothing  in  the 
terms  of  the  labor  relations  act  to  prevent 
professors fromdoingtheworkofa  teach- 
ing assistant. 

But  he  wouldn't  guarantee  that  stu- 
dents would  get  final  marks  or  courses 


would  be  completed  by  the  end  of  the 
term. 

Glass  says  his  class  does  not  have  a 
final  exam,  but  there  is  a  mark  for  par- 
ticipation in  TAgroups  worth  about  30  to 
35  per  cent  of  the  final  mark. 

He  says  even  if  he  is  allowed  to  take 
over  the  teaching  of  TA  groups  by  On- 
tario labor  law,  he  can't  be  in  two  places 
at  once.  Someof  his  TA  groups  run  simul- 
taneously. 

Glass  says  the  possibility  of  changing 
the  method  of  grading  the  course  would 
require  unanimous  consent  by  ail  stu- 

PROFESSOR  cont.  on  pg.  6. 


Hate  stickers  litter  campus 


by  Tanya  Workman 

Charialan  Stall 

Stickers  advocating  white  supremacy 
and  hatred  toward  gays,  people  of  color 
and  Jewish  people  were  found  posted 
across  campus  Feb.  20  after  12  a.m. 

The  stickers  featured  slogans  like  "AIDS 
kills  fags  dead,"  "End  World  Hunger  — 
Nuke  Somalia"  and  "Smash  the  ZOG 
(Zionist  Occupied  Government)." 

"That  sort  of  hatred  oncampusisvery 
scary, "  says  Peter  Nogalo,  co-ordinator  of 
the  Gay,  Lesbian  and  Bisexual  Centre. "  It 
shows  that  hate  groups  are  in  Ottawa 
and  perhaps  even  on  campus." 

The  department  of  university  safety 
was  alerted  and  members  of  the  Carleton 
Foot  Patrol,  who  found  the  stickers,  took 
them  down. 

Len  Boudreault,  assistant  director  of 
university  safety,  says  security  officers 
and  employees  from  buildings  and 


grounds  services  also  took  stickers  down 
after  they  received  one  complaint.  There 
have  been  no  complaints  since. 

Foot  Patrol  co-ordinator  Brenda 
Kennedy  says  it  appears  the  stickers  were 
put  up  rather  quickly,  between  11:30 
p.m.  and  midnight  that  evening.  She  is 
able  topinpoint  the  time  because  a  CKCU 
employee  found  a  sticker  on  the  door 
upon  returning  to  the  station  half  an 
hour  after  leaving. 

Kennedy  says  the  stickers  were  found 
on  Malcolm  X  and  Pink  Triangle  posters. 
They  were  also  found  in  the  tunnels, 
Porter  Hall,  the  Herzberg  Building  and 
on  the  office  doors  of  OPIRG,  CKCU, 
CUSA,  The  Charlatan  and  the  Gay,  Les- 
bian and  Bisexual  Centre. 

"Itwas  obviously  well-organized,  "says 
Kennedy.  "They  knew  the  spots  to  hit  on 
campus . . .  and  they  did  it  in  a  sweep  in 
half  an  hour."  a 


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First  Nations 
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March  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan 


Money:  the  way  to  climb  CUSA  ladder 

Electoral  system  is  "one  dollar,  one  vote" 


by  Brent  Oowdall  and  Andrea  Smith 

Charlatan  Slaft 

That  elections  for  the  Carleton  Univer- 
sity Students'  Association  are  elitist,  cut- 
throat contests  should  come  as  no  shock 
to  anyone. 

Last  month's  CUSA  election  probably 
rammed  this  realization  home,  as  many 
people  have  begun  talking  about  the 
need  for  reforming  the  electoral  system. 

Like  starving  piranhas  in  a  bathtub, 
candidates  engage  in  an  electoral  feed- 
ing frenzy  for  the  biggest  chunk  of  the 
CUSA  cash  cow,  where  democracy  and 
fairness  are  often  for  losers. 

Sean  Copeland  hashadalong  history 
of  piranha  management.  Aside  from  be- 
ing CUSA's  former  vice-president  com- 
munity relations,  publications  officer  and 
council  chair  between  1989  and  1993,  he 
managed  the  winning  presidential  cam- 
paigns from  1990  to  1993. 

Copeland  says  while  the  CUSA  consti- 
tution stipulates  a  spending  limit  of  $150 
for  posters,  banners  and  other  election 
materials,  most  of  the  winning  candi- 
dates spent  about  1 0  times  that  amount. 

The  chief  electoral  officer  appraises 
the  value  of  a  candidate's  posters  based 
on  size,  number  of  colors  used  and  the 
quality  of  paper.  Each  type  of  poster  is 
given  an  arbitrary  value,  no  matter  what 
it  really  costs. 

For  president  and  finance  commis- 
sioner, each  candidate  is  permitted  $50 
worth  of  posters  to  be  stamped  and  put 
up  around  campus.  Fifty  dollars  is  per- 
mitted for  pamphlets  and  $50  for  other 
materials.  The  candidates  are  reimbursed 


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half  of  their  expenses  within 
their  spending  limits  after  the 
election. 

Copeland  says  the  elections 
favorcandidateswiththemost 
money.  He  says  this  happens 
within  the  provisions  of 
CUSA's  electoral  code  under 
the  supervision  of  the  chief 
electoral  officer,  the  person 
who  is  supposed  to  ensure  fair- 
ness in  the  election  process. 

"I  think  the  CEOs  have  al- 
ways known  that  the  spend- 
ing has  been  hundreds  of  dol- 
lars over  the  limit,"  Copeland 
says.  "But  as  long  as  your  ac- 
tivities fit  within  the  con- 
straints of  the  fake  budget 
numbers  they  give  you,  as  long 
as  you  manage  to  play  the 
game  as  it's  been  set  up,  then 
it  gives  the  illusion  of  every- 
body ha  ving  the  same  amount 
of  cash.  That's  what  the  CEOs 
want." 

But  according  to  CUSA  fi- 
nance commissioner  Rene 
Faucher,  Copeland  is  just  up- 
set because  he  wasn't  invited 
back  this  year  to  give  the  elec- 
tion orientation  workshop,  Pity  those  poor  trees 
which  he  has  done  in  past  _ 
years  and  received  a  consulting  fee. 
Copeland  says  that's  not  why  he's  upset. 

Faucher  says  the  election  system  works 
the  way  it  is. 

"Critics  of  the  system  would  say  'well, 
you're  not  reflecting  the  actual  cost  of 
running  a  campaign,  but  on  the  other 
hand,  there's  no  way  you  ever  will,  says 
Faucher.  "That  way  we  control  the 
amountthat  everyone  puts  out  and  that's 
what  they're  doing.  You  really  have  no 
otheraltemative." 

But  this  year's  candidates  disagree. 

"The  system  is  supposed  to  be  one 
person,  one  vote,  but  it's  one  dollar,  one 
vote,"  says  Pierre  Leduc,  an  arts  and 
social  sciences  councillor-elect. 

"I  think  it's  completely  out  of  hand," 
he  says.  "I  think  it's  disgusting  that  peo- 
ple would  spend  that  kind  of  money  and 
1  wish  people  would  realize  that  they're 


just  being  manipulated  by  these  fancy, 
flashy  posters." 

Board  of  governor's  rep  Todd  McAllister 
says  he  spent  a  frugal  $250,  president- 
elect Richard  Stanton  says  he  coughed 
up  $500,  Brenda  Kennedy  weighs  in  at  a 
paltry  $800  and  finance  commissioner 
hopeful  Rob  Jamieson  spent  a  futile 
$1,200. 

Rob  Kisielewski  dropped  out  of  race  for 
finance  commissioner  three  days  into 
the  campaign,  saying  the  expense  was 
too  great.  He  says  he  spent  $350  on 
posters  in  the  first  three  days  and  was 
"sunk"  by  their  poor  quality. 

"1  expected  an  expense  of  $400  maxi- 
mum," he  says.  "Nothing  as  ridiculous 
as  $800,  $1,000,  $1,200." 

Former  presidential  candidate  Mike 
Tattersall  says  he  spent  $450  in  1 992  and 
$950  in  1993. 


"It's  an  investment  in  a  $22,000  posi- 
tion," he  says. 

Even  current  CUSA  President  Lucy 
Watson  admits  she  spent  $500  on  her 
campaign  last  year.  Despite  Watson's 
candid  estimate,  Copeland,  who  printed 
her  posters,  says  he  didn't  charge  Watson 
for  the  time  the  presses  were  running  or 
the  layout  and  design  work. 

Copeland  says  he  did  it  to  "establish 
goodwill"  with  CUSA.  He  estimates  that 
if  he  had  charged  Watson  for  the  print- 
ing cost,  it  would  have  cost  $  1,000  more. 

Kristine  Haselsteiner,  chief  electoral 
officer  in  1991-92  and  now  vice-presi- 
dent external,  says  the  system  doesn't 
work  and  is  "very  elitist."  She  says  can- 
didates can  essentially  buy  the  election. 

"Only  if  you  have  a  lot  of  money  can 
you  run  for  president  and  finance  com- 
missioner, "  says  Haselsteiner.  "With  presi- 
dent and  FC  candidates  those  who  want 
to  win  are  going  into  the  really  artistic, 
alluring,  grabbing-type  poster." 

Haselsteiner  says  the  CEO  doesn'ttake 
into  account  the  cost  of  a  poster's  design, 
while  the  difference  in  cost  between  pro- 
fessionally designed  and  printed  posters 
and  home-made,  photocopied  posters  is 
enormous. 

For  example,  she  says,  the  CEO  doesn't 
discriminate  between  a  professionally 
painted  banner  which  may  cost  as  much 
as  $150  and  one  painted  by  candidates 
or  their  supporters,  although  the  visual 
impact  is  obvious.  According  to  the  CUSA 
elections  code,  they  are  equivalent. 

Haselsteiner  says  $  1,500  is  a  probable 
amount  candidates  spend  on  their  cam- 
paigns, adding  the  winning  presidential 
candidates  in  recent  years  had  extremely 
flashy  posters. 

This  year's  CEO  James  Rilett  says  to 
control  campaign  spending  he  looked 
into  making  all  of  the  candidates  use  the 
same  graphics  services,  such  as  the  CUSA 
graphic  services,  but  decided  it  would  be 
unfair. 

"There's  always  a  certain  amount  of 
trust  in  something  like  this,"  says  Rilett. 
"If  somebody's  determined  enough,  no 
matter  how  strict  you  make  the  rules, 

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The  Charlatan  •  March  3,  1994 


Students  nix  zero  tolerance 

by  Jill  Ma  honey 

Che/iatBjv  Slafl 

A  tremendous  furore  has  erupted  over  the  provincial  government's  attempt  to 
introduce  a  policy  framework  on  harassment  and  discrimination  for  Ontario's 
universities  and  colleges. 

The  Charlatan  asked  students  for  their  opinions  on  the  zero  tolerance  policy 
Although  many  students  said  they  weren't  completely  familiar  with  the  policy 
framework,  they  answered  the  following  question  after  a  brief  explanation: 

"Do  you  think  the  zero  tolerance  policy  is  necessary  to  help  eliminate 
harassment  and  discrimination  in  the  classroom?" 


I  guess  with  zero  tolerance,  you  take  the  excitement 
out  of  the  classroom.  Really,  when  you  get  right  down  to 
it,  people  have  robe  free  to  express  their  opinions.  I'm  not 
saying  the  teachers  should  have  free  reign  to  say  what 
they  want,  but  there  should  be  some  mid-point  between 
the  two. 

Wayne  Sproule,  Psychology  in 


n 


I  think  in  engineering  there's  already  a  strict  policy.  I 
haven't  ever  been  offended  by  anything  anyone  has  said. 
If  it's  going  to  be  a  policy  (the  government's)  going  to 
promote,  I  think  it's  a  good  idea  because  people  have  to 
be  told  specifically. 

Sarah  Cosgrove,  Engineering  11 


I  think  if  sa  little  too  much,  I  really  do.  I  sbll  think  from 
what  I've  heard  thatit's  really  not  all  that  necessary.  A  lot 
of  professors  are  trying  to  be  politically  correct. 

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Accessible  parking  spaces  to 
be  built  in  spring  at  athletics 


by  RyanNakashima 

Charlatan  Stall 

Two  disabled  parking  spots  lost  after 
the  construction  of  the  new  day-care  cen- 
tre near  the  athletics  building  won't  be 
replaced  until  spring,  says  Phil  Gore, 
Carleton's  assistant  director  of  ancillar- 
ies  for  administrative  services. 

Two  new  disabled  parking  spaces  on 
the  Bronson  Avenue  side  of  the  athletics 
building  will  replace  the  two  disabled 
spots. 


Bronson  Avenue.  This  is  further  away 
from  the  accessible  tunnel  entrance  to 
the  athletics  building,  says  Dean  Mellway, 
the  co-ordinator  of  physical  disability 
programs  for  the  Paul  Menton  Centre. 
Mellway  says  he  supports  the  plan. 

Athletics  director  Keith  Harris  says  al- 
though the  proposed  new  spaces  are  a 
step  in  the  right  direction,  it's  too  bad  a 
solution  for  the  rest  of  the  winter  could 
not  be  found. 

"If  there's  a  snowstorm,  it  makes  it 


Raven  Road,  which  leads  to  athletics 
around  the  soccer  field,  may  be  widened 
to  make  space  for  the  new  spots,  he  says, 
adding  it's  not  yet  clear  how  wide  it 
would  have  to  be.  Any  construction  lor 
the  new  spots  will  have  to  wait  until 
spring  when  there's  no  ice  on  the  ground, 
Gore  says.  Plans  and  cost  estimates  have 
yet  to  be  finished. 

Until  the  spots  are  replaced,  those 
with  disabled  parking  passes  will  have  to 
use  Parking  Lot  5  between  athletics  and 


difficult  even  for  able-bodied  people  (to 
get  to  athletics  from  either  parking  lot)." 

Margot  Henderson,  co-ordinator  of  the 
day-care  centre,  says  a  traffic  study  by 
the  university  and  another  by  the  centre 
showed  16  spots  were  necessary  for  ac- 
cess to  the  centre. 

She  says  this  number  of  spots  is  the 
minimum  required  forparents  coming  to 
pick  up  or  drop  offthecentre's  57  toddlers 
—  without  causing  a  waiting  line  for 
parking  lot  traffic.  □ 


APPLE  SADDLERY 

The  Largest  Western  Boot  Store  in  Canada. 

INNES  ROAD  JUST  EAST  OF  THE  41 7  (NEAR  THE  PRICE  CLUB) 


March  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  5 


Why  is  the  Oasis  cafeteria  serving 
Pizza  Hut  pizza? 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Stall 

Marriott  Food  Services,  the  sole  pro- 
vider of  food  in  residence,  has  negotiated 
an  agreement  with  Pizza  Hut. 

"The  contract  allows  Marriott  Food 
Services  to  serve  Pizza  Hut  pizza  in  any  of 
its  establishments,"  says  Oasis  general 
manager  Laurie  McGoldrick. 

Jim  Johnston,  assistantdirectorof  Car- 
leton's  department  of  housing  and  food 
services,  says  he  believes  there  is  a  mar- 
ket for  pizza  sales  in  the  Oasis  cafeteria. 

BertGrimard,  director  of  Marriott  Food 
Services,  says  an  agreement  was  reached 


in  September  to  begin  pizza  sales  Feb.  6. 

Pizza  Hut  and  Marriott  do  not  set  the 
prices  on  the  pizza  in  the  Oasis. 

"We  do  not  have  a  franchise  licence 
to  set  prices,"  says  Grimard,  adding  it  is 
up  to  the  university  to  determine  prices. 

Housing  and  food  services  decides  all 
food  and  beverage  prices  and  pays 
Marriott  Foods  and  Capital  Foods  a  fee  to 
provide  their  services. 

"The  university  incurs  all  costs  includ- 
ing vandalism  and  destruction  of  uten- 
sils and  pays  the  companies  for  their 
services,"  Johnston  says. 

According  to  Johnston,  the  profit  from 


C(je  Cfmm  of  Commanb 


MARRIOTT  ^ 
food  p|» 
services 


GOD 


the  pizza  sales  and  any  other  money 
generated  from  Marriott  Foods  and  Capi- 
tal Foods  goes  back  into  the  university. 


Every  morning  radio  show 
gives  you  weather,  traffic 
and  sports.  But  if  you 
expect  more  - 

more  thought,  more  insight, 
more  information  - 
you'll  find  it  on 
CBO  Morning. 


CBC  <<§>>  Radio  91.5 


GO  PUBLIC. 


The  process  to  bring  any  food  com 
pany  on  campus  besides  Marriott  or  Capi 
tal  Foods  has  to  take  place  through  nego 
nations  with  housing  and  food  services 

Last  year,  Rene  Faucher,  finance  com 
missionerof  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dent's Association,  tried  to  get  Domino's 
Pizza  in  Oliver's  Pub,  but  failed. 

Johnston  says  CUSA  is  supposed  to 
negotiate  with  housing  and  foods  to  bring 
an  organization  like  Domino'son  to  cam- 
pus and  that  Faucher  never  did  this. 

"CUSA  is  out  of  their  jurisdiction  try- 
ing to  bring  Domino's  on  campus  (them- 
selves)," says  Johnston.  "It  is  like  The 
Charlatan  negotiating  a  deal  for  admin- 
istration. It  just  doesn't  happen." 

Faucher  was  out  of  town  and  could  not 
be  reached  for  comment.  □ 

ELECTION  cont.d  from  pg.  4 

they  can  always  find  loopholes." 

But  Haselsteinersays  a  model  for  elec- 
tion reform  could  be  found  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Ottawa.  She  says  the  presidential 
candidates  there  have  to  provide  the  re- 
ceipts as  to  how  they  spend  the  $300  in 
real  dollars  within  their  allotted  cam- 
paign budget. 

"It  might  be  a  system  to  look  at  be- 
cause they  haven't  become  nearly  as 
competitive  as  we  are.  The  style  of  posters 
are  very  simplistic,"  says  Haselsteiner, 
adding  that  ideally  posters  should  be 
"completely  outlawed." 

"I  don't  think  we  have  to  waste  that 
much  paper,"  she  says. 

She  also  says  Elections  Carleton  should 
start  working  in  real  dollars  "because 
really  that's  what  individuals  are  pay- 
ing." 

Christina  Craft,  president  of  the  Wilfrid 
Laurier  Student  Union  in  1 992-93,  agrees 
that  it'sa  waste.  Nowa  master  of  journal- 
ism student  at  Carleton,  Craft  says  she 
has  never  seen  campaigns  as  extrava- 
gant as  those  in  this  year's  CUSA  elec- 
tion. 

"I  spent  $80  to  $100,"  she  says.'T  was 
disgusted  by  the  color  separation  posters. 
It's  a  waste  of  money.  It's  a  rich  man's 
game  here,"  she  says.  Q 

With  files  from  Slayne  Haggart 

PROFESSOR  cont'd  from  pg.  3 

dents  in  the  course. 

Papic  says  she's  angry  that  no  one 
seems  to  know  how  a  strike  will  affect 
their  course. 

She  says  Glass  "wanted  us  to  get  off 
our  butts  and  find  out  what's  going  on  " 

She  says  she  contacted  the  Carleton 
University  Students'  Association  office, 
the  office  of  the  Canadian  Union  of  Pub- 
lic Employees  Local  2323,  and  university 
president  Robin  Farquhar's  office  to  find 
out  how  a  strike  would  affect  her,  without 
much  success. 

Glass  says  he  doubts  many  other  pro- 
fessors have  made  similar  announce- 
ments to  their  class,  but  he  thinks  they 
should.  0 


EXP 

M  o 

FROM  YOUR 


CBO  Morning 

With  John  Lacharity 
Weekdays  6  to  9  am 


6  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  3,  1994 


_  Dollars 
tor  Scholars 


Last  year,  (he  CMHC 
Scholarship  Program  attracted 
172  applicants  and  awarded 
27  new  scholarships.  Those 
are  pretty  good  odds:  abom 
one  in  six. 

Since  its  inception  in 
1947,  the  program  has  given 
out  almost  $27.3  million  to 
2,495  Canadian  students.  The 
current  annual  maximum  is 
$14,154  per  student. 

Like  most  scholarship 
programs,  the  one  adminis- 
tered by  Canada  Mortgage  and 
Housing  Corporation  (CMHC) 
looks  for  top  students.  More 
specifically,  CMHC  scholar- 
ships are  given  only  to  full-time 
Canadian  students  working  on 
a  university  Master's  degree  re- 
lated to  housing. 

The  pos- 
sibilities for 
graduate 
studies  in  ' 
housing  are  much  broader 
than  one  might  initially  think. 
Awards  go  to  students  in  such 
varied  disciplines  as  engineer- 
ing, environment,  business  and 
public  administration,  social 
and  behavioural  science,  archi- 
'  tecture,  economics,  law,  plan- 
ning, and  history. 

Leslie  Coates,  who  in 
1993  completed  her  Master's 
degree  in  Landscape  Architec- 


CMHC  ft  SCHL 

Helping  to  house  Canadians 


ture  at  the  University  of  Guelph, 
was  one  of  25  winners  in  the 
1992  competition.  She  says, 
"Winning  a  CMHC  scholarship 
allowed  me  to  expand  the  scope 
of  what  I  could  do.  It  gives  you 
a  tremendous  sense  of  confi- 
dence." The  extra  time  to  make 
contacts  in  the  housing  indus- 
try afforded  by  the  CMHC  schol- 
arship has  paid  off  for  LesUe. 
Her  thesis  received  positive 
comments  in  a  Globe  and  Mail 
column  and  spawned  a  lengthier 
recent  article  in  a  widely  read 
journal  published  by  the  Cana- 
dian Urban  Institute. 

Ms.  Coates  was  '\ery  im- 
pressed" with  the  aims  of  the 
CMHC  Scholarship  Program. 
"It's  Canada's  primary  source  of 
financial  support  for  the  train- 
w  ing  of  pro- 
fessionals 
in  housing 
and  commu- 
It's  definitely 


nity  planning 
needed." 

If  you  or  someone  you 
know  would  like  to  apply  for  a 
CMHC  scholarship,  forms  can 
be  picked  up  now  at  either  the 
Graduate  Studies  or  Student 
Awards  office.  But  hurry.  Stu- 
dents must  submit  completed 
applications  to  the  university 
they  wish  to  attend  by  March  25, 
1994. 


Canada  Mortgage  and  Housing  Corporation  awards  scholarships 
of  up  to  SH.IS4  for  graduate  studies  In  bousing. 


FREE     FREE  FREE 


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Room  424  Unicentre 

given  by  Dr.  Ann  Clarke-Okah,  School  of  Business 

Seminar  will  be  video  taped  for 
viewing: 

March  16  -  18  at  1:00  pm 
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INDIVIDUAL  CONSULTATION  I 


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Sponsored  by  the  Graduate  Students'Association,  the 
Mature  &  Part-time  Students'  Centre,  the  International 
Students'  Centre,  and  the  School  of  Business. 


GSA  Elections 


Thursday,  March  10  &  Friday,  March  11 


Election  of  GSA  President,  VP  Internal  VP  Finance,  VP 
External  &  grad  reps  on  Board  of  Governors  and  Senate 


Polling 
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IN  THE 


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CAMPUS  CONNECTION 

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Connection*  Recipe  Contest  hotline  at  1-800-26-KRAFT  and 
record  your  recipe.  Include  your  name,  address  and  telephone  number 
and  identify  the  category  in  which  you  are  entering  (see  below).  II  your 
entry  is  in  the  group  category,  include  names  ol  all  individuals  (ma*  5) 
to  share  equally  In  distribution  oi  any  prize  money 
In  order  to  be  eligible  lor  judging,  recipes  must  use  a  KRAFT 
Macaroni  &  Cheese  product  as  Ihe  main  ingredient  Recipes 
previously  published  by  Krall  General  Foods  Canada  Inc.  (KGFC) 
or  other  recognized  sources  will  be  di  squab  lied. 

No  purchase  is  necessary.  Enter  as  olten  as  you  wish,  but  entries 
must  be  received  no  later  than  MBrch  31.  1994,  the  CONTEST 
CLOSING  DATE.  Only  one  lecipe  per  telephone  call  will 
bo  accepted  A  recipe  may  be  enteted  only  into  one  category 
Subsequent  entry  ot  the  same  recipe  In  another  category  will  not 
be  considered. 

From  all  eligible  entnes  received  on  or  before  the  CONTEST  CLOSING 
DATE,  20  recipes  Irom  each  category  will  be  selected  at  random  by 
an  independent  selection  organization  on  April  6,  1994.  These 
selected  recipes  will  be  evaluated  by  the  KRAFT  Kitchens  who  will 
select  1  (one)  best  recipe  In  each  ol  S  categories:  Besi  Mealtime 
Recipe,  Best  Snacktlme  Recipe,  Best  Recipe  by  an  individual, 
Best  Recipe  by  a  group  and  'Healthiest'  recipe. 


GIVE  a  recipe! 

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qualifying  recipe  entrants 
will  receive  a  FREE  case  of 
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Macaroni  &  Cheese!11 


J°e  Kool . 


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There  will  be  one  winner 
selected  for  each  of  these  5 
categories: 

1 .  Best  Mealtime  Recipe 

2.  Best  Snacktime  Recipe 

3.  Best  Recipe  (by  an  individual) 

4.  Best  Recipe  (by  a  group) 

5.  "Healthiest"  Recipe 

Remember,  delicious, 
easy-to-make  recipes  and 
creative  recordings  get 
extra  marks! 


Making 


Each  ot  the  first  300  eligible  entrants  will  receive  1  case 
|24  packages)  ol  KRAFT  White  Cheddar  Macaroni  S  Cheese 
with  an  approximate  retail  value  ol  S24.00.  One  grand  prize  ol 
St, 000  will  be  awarded  lor  the  best  recipe  selected  in  each  ol  Ihe 


Selected  recipe  entrants  and  winners  ot  Ihe  early  bird  prizes 
will  be  required  to  sign  a  standard  declaration  and  release  (orm  to 
conllrm  compliance  with  the  ollicial  rules  and  regulations,  and 


acceptance  ot  the  prize  as  awarded.  This  contest  is  only  open  to 
residents  ol  Canada  who  are  currently  enrolled  in  a  recognized 
Canadian  university,  college  or  other  post-secondary  educational 
institution.  Employees  ot  KGFC,  its  allillaled  companies,  advertising 
and  promotional  agencies,  and  the  independent  judging 
organization,  and  all  persons  residing  In  their  respective 
households,  are  ineligible. 

All  decisions  ol  Ihe  judges  are  linal.  The  chances  of  winning  will 
depend  on  Ihe  number  ol  eligible  entries  and  the  quality  ot  recipes 
received.  This  contest  is  subject  to  all  applicable  lederal,  provincial 
and  municipal  laws.  Only  one  grand  prize  per  person  or  group  will 
be  awarded 

All  recorded  entries  become  the  property  ol  KGFC,  95  Moalfield 
Drive.  Don  Mills,  Ontario,  M3B  3L6.  and  no  correspondence  will 
be  entered  into  except  with  Ihe  selected  linalists  who  wilt  be 
nolilied  by  mail  or  telephone.  By  entering  this  contest,  entrants 
consent  to  the  use  of  photographs  and/or  recipes,  without 
compensation,  in  luture  publicity  and'or  publication  carried  out  by 
KGFC  in  connection  with  this  contest. 

KGFC,  with  ihe  consent  ol  the  Regie  des  alcools,  des  courses  et  des 
|eux  (Quebec),  reserves  the  right  to  cancel  or  suspend  this  contesl  in 
the  event  ol  any  printing  or  administrative  error  Quebec  residents  may 
submit  any  litigation  respecting  the  conduct  of  this  contest  and  the 
awarding  ol  any  prizes  to  the  Regie  des  alcools,  des  courses  et 
des  jeux, 


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8  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  3,  1994 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


The  future  isn't  what  it  used  to  be." 

A  Charlatan  exclusive  interview  „ith  Ethel  Blondin-Andrew  secretary  of  stale  for  training  and  youth 


by  Sara-Lynne  Levine 

Charlatan  Staff 

Ethel  Blondin-  Andrew  is  late  forbreak- 
fast. 

The  federal  secretary  of  state  for  train- 
ing and  youth  has  an  8:30  a.m.  breakfast 
meeting,  but  it's  10  to  nine  and  she  still 
hasn't  arrived. 

Blondin- Andrew  shows  up  at  the  res- 
taurant 20  minutes  later,  with  her  spe- 
cial assistant.  Dressed  in  a  long,  black  fur 
coat  and  a  vivid  red  blazer,  she  makes  a 
head-turning  entrance. 

This  morning,  Blondin-Andrew  is 
meeting  with  Harvey  McQ,  from  the  Nova 
Scotia  Micmac  Education  Authority.  Over 
a  breakfast  of  bacon,  eggs,  toast  and 
coffee,  the  two  discuss  a  variety  of  issues, 
ranging  from  the  federal  budget  to  solu- 
tions for  the  community  from  Davis  In- 
let. 

After  breakfast,  Blondin-Andrew  and 
Dan  Donovan,  her  assistant,  return  to 
her  office  in  the  west  block  of  the  Parlia- 
ment Buildings.  She  has  a  10:30  a.m. 
appointment  to  tape  a  video  for  CRTC 
hearings  to  promote  a  proposed  educa- 
tion television  channel. 

Blondin-Andrew  isabusy,  determined 
woman.  She  was  re-elected  to  Parliament 
last  year  to  represent  the  Western  Arctic 
riding  in  the  Northwest  Territories  and 
got  the  secretary  of  state  position  despite 
being  only  a  sophomore  parliamentar- 
ian. 

Among  her  responsibilities  concern- 
ing training  and  youth  are  the  issues  and 
problems  facing  post-secondary  students 
today.  That's  a  lot  of  ground  to  cover. 

"The  future  isn't  what  it  used  to  be. . . 
.  There  are  a  number  of  problems  facing 
young  people  today,"  says  Blondin- 
Andrew.  "They  live  in  a  situation  where 
it  is  very  competitive.  Everything  is  glo- 
bal economics  and  all  the  problems  are 
interrelated." 

She  says  times  are  different  than  when 
she  was  younger. 

"In  my  generation,  all  you  had  to  do 
was  get  an  education  andyou  were  guar- 
anteed a  job.  Today,  it  is  quite  conceiv- 
able that  most  of  the  young  people  we 
deal  with  will  have  to  create  their  own 
jobs." 

She  says  young  people  have  to  be 
more  innovative  and  imaginative  in  the 
way  they  deal  with  the  problem  of  unem- 
ployment. 

Post-secondary  students  have  a  lot  to 
deal  with  these  days.  The  prospects  of 
getting  an  education  and  then  getting  a 
job  seem  slim  with  increasing  tuition  and 
decreasing  job  opportunities. 

Tuition  has  increased  by  over  20  per 
cent  in  the  last 
three  years  at 
Ca  r  le  t  o  n  , 
while  student 
summer  un- 
employment 
last  year  also 
surpassed  the 
20  per  cent 
mark. 

The  prob- 
lem of  increasing  tuition  is  one  of  stu- 
dents' major  concerns,  but  Blondin-An- 
drew is  not  too  sympathetic. 

"It's  unfortunate  that  the  tuition  costs 
have  tripled  or  quadrupled  but,  uh,  sorry, 
that's  relative  and  equal  to  everything 
else." 

She  says  cost  might  be  an  impediment 
to  attending  university,  but  she  thinks 
"students  have  the  drive  and  the  desire" 
to  continue  finding  ways  to  pay  for  school. 
She  says  even  though  many  universities 
have  increased  academic  entrance  re- 


Blondin- Andrew  says  she  wants  to  "make  life  better. 


quirements,  there  are  still  people  who 
want  to  get  in. 

The  face  of  post-secondary  education 
has  changed  a  lot  over  the  last  few  years 
due  to  underfunding.  Transfer  payments 
to  provincial  and  territorial  governments 
have  been  frozen  by  the  federal  govern- 
ment since  1989,  which  the  Canadian 
Federation  of  Students  says  has  resulted 
in  $6.8  billion  in  lost  revenue  for  colleges 
and  universities. 

Provincial  governments  use  tax  money 
given  to  them  in  transfer  payments  to 
fund  various  provincial  responsibilities, 
including  post-secondary  education. 

Ontario  Premier  Bob  Roe  has  blamed 
the  underfunding  of  universities  on  trans- 
fer payment  freezes.  Blondin-Andrew 
thinks  Rae  is  "out  to  lunch." 

"I  believe  that  if  he  wants  to  hang 
tuition  fees  on  the  shoulders  of  the  trans- 
fer payments  and  the  federal  govern- 
ment, he  has  to  look  at  the  decimation  of 
the  whole  Ontario  economy  in  relation 
to  his  ability  to  turn  things  around,"  says 
Blondin-Andrew  angrily. 

Still,  what  does  the  federal  govern- 
ment propose  to  do  about  transfer  pay- 
ments? At  the  time  of  the  interview,  be- 
fore the  release  of  the  federal  budget, 
Blondin-Andrew  refused  to  answer  the 
question.  But  in  their  federal  budget  on 
Feb.  22,  the  Liberals  announced  that 
transfer  pay- 


implementation  of  the 
six-month  interest-free 
period  on  student  loans 
as  "budgetary-related 
questions"  that  she 
can't  talk  about  them. 
This  leaves  a  lot  of  un- 
answered questions. 

Still,  Blondin-An- 
drew does  say  she 
doesn't  like  the  idea  of 
privatizing  student 
loans  through  char- 
tered banks. 

"I  don'tagreewith  it 
and  I  don't  know  that  it 
is  going  to  happen,  but 
if  it  were  ever  proposed 
I  would  not  support  the 
idea  of  privatizing  stu- 
dent loans." 

Is  the  government 
going  to  continue  to 
maintain  the  funding 
of  the  Canada  Student 
Loans  program? 
Blondin-Andrew  says 
only  that  the  issue  is 
under  review  and  that 
she  is  unsure  when  she 
will  have  an  answer. 
.  She  says  the  review  is  "looking  at  the 
whole  system  of  student  assistance"  with 
the  goal  of  improving  accessibility  to 
education. 

Does  the  federal  government  have 
one  agenda  for  education  and  the  pro- 
vincial and  territorial  governments  have 
another?  Again  she  offers  an  evasive 
answer. 

"Universities  and  provinces  will  do 
whateverthey  want  with  tuition  fees,  but 
what  we  have  to  do  is  make  it  liveable 


and  possible  for  students  to  survive,"  she 
says.  "We'dlike  to  keep  tuition  fees  down, 
but  the  way  to  do  that  is  if  there  is  a  turn- 
round  in  the  economy." 

Blondin-Andrew  says  universities 
should  look  to  donations  and  resources 
from  various  benevolent  societies  and 
charitable  foundations,  even  though 
"  they  are  a  lot  harder  to  access  than  they 
used  to  be." 

Another  program  Blondin-Andrew  is 
responsible  for  is  the  Youth  Service  Corps. 
The  new  program  is  targeted  at  1 8-  to  24- 
year-olds  who  are  out  of  work  and  school 
to  give  them  an  opportunity  for  work 
experience. 

The  program  will  spend  $25  million 
this  year  for  2,500  participants  at  21  test 
sites  across  Canada .  Of  course,  the  names 
of  these  sites  couldn't  be  released.  Maybe 
it  was  because  of  budgetary  reasons.  Look 
for  the  site  names  to  be  released  March 
23. 

The  government  hopes  to  have  10,000 
participants  and  spend  $100  million  in 
the  third  year. 

Blondin-Andrew  says  her  ministry  "did 
the  whole  gamut  and  met  with  all  na- 
tional organizations  that  deal  with 
youth."  The  meetings,  in  December  and 
January,  were  held  in  cities  across  the 
country.  The  program  is  supposed  to  be 
up  and  running  by  the  end  of  March. 

Blondin-Andrew  says  the  money  to 
finance  this  program  is  coming  from 
within  the  Ministry  of  Human  Resources 
Development  using  money  from  pro- 
grams that  are  not  being  renewed. 

Despite  her  evasiveness,  Blondin- 
Andrew  seems  sincere  when  she  says  she 
wants  to  make  life  better  for  students.  But 
she's  got  a  lot  of  work  ahead  of  her.  □ 


Federal  funding  freeze  means 
tuition  fee  hikes  imminent 


Ontario  Premier  Bob  Rae  has 
blamed  the  underfunding  of 

universities  on  transfer 
payment  freezes.  Blondin- 
Andrew  thinks  Rae  is  "out  to 
lunch."   


mentswill  be 
frozen 
through 
1996-97. 

When 
asked  about 
earmarking 
transfer  pay- 
ments to  en- 
sure the  fed- 


eral money  does  go  to  the  universities, 
Blondin-Andrew  is  evasive. 

"I  can't  necessarily  say  that's  the  way 
to  do  it,"  she  says.  "I  know  what  we  are 
trying  to  make  life  easier  for  students." 
Blondin-Andrew  often  repeats  during  the 
interview  this  vague  goal  of  "making  life 
easier  for  students,"  but  doesn't  offer 
many  specifics  as  to  how  this  could  be 
accomplished. 

Blondin-Andrew  won'tdirectly  answer 

a  lot  of  questions.  She  describes  topics 
like  income-contingent  loans  or  the  re- 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Charlatan  Staff 

Ontario  students  fear  large 
tuition  increases  in  the  wake 
of  a  freeze  on  transfer  pay- 
ments to  provinces  and  terri- 
tories announced  by  federal 
Finance  Minister  Paul  Mar- 
tin on  Feb.  22. 

Following  the  release  of  the 
Liberal  budget,  provincial 
education  and  training  min- 
ister Dave  Cooke  announced 
that  tuition  fees  would  in- 
crease substantially  in  re- 
sponse to  the  freeze. 

"This  does  not  bode  well 
forCanada'scollegesanduni- 
versities,"  said  Carl  Gillis, 
chair  of  the  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students,  in  a  press 
release.  "Forstudentsitmeans 
higher  tuition  fees  and  a  fur- 
ther decline  in  the  quality  of 
education." 

By  freezing  funding  at 
1993-94  levels  for  the  next 
three  years,  the  federal  gov- 
emmentwill  remove  $2billion  from  pro- 
jected transfers  of  funds  to  the  provinces 
for  welfare  and  education  programs. 

The  freeze  on  payments  to  the  prov- 
inces is  expected  to  save  the  federal  gov- 
ernment up  to  $466  million  in  1995-96 
and  a  minimum  of  $  1 .54  billion  the  next 
year. 

Ontario  students  are  expecting  to  hear 
next  week  Cooke's  announcement  of  tui- 
tion-hike ceilings  for  the  next  school  year. 


Cooke  says  the  federal  budget  will 
have  a  negative  impact  on  the  province's 
decision  on  tuition  levels.  But  Jason  Hunt, 
chair  of  CFS-Ontario,  says  that  state- 
ment is  simply  another  example  of  the 
Ontario  NDP  government's  political 
manoeuvring. 

"I  think  it's  a  smokescreen  they've 
thrown  up  to  shift  the  blame  from  them- 
selves to  the  federal  government,"  says 
BUDGET  cont'd  on  page  10. 


March  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  9 


Liberals'  first  budget  freezes  funds  and  squeezes  students 


BUDGET  cont'd  from  page  9.  

Hunt. 

He  says  the  provincial  government 
had  every  intention  of  raising  tuition 
before  the  federal  budget  was  ever  re- 
leased and  that  by  doing  so,  they  are 
contradicting  fundamental  party  poli- 
cies. 

Gillis  says  the  problem  of  higher  tui- 
tion fees  will  be  felt  not  only  in  Ontario, 
but  across  the  entire  country. 

"It  (the  federal  budget)  is  going  to 
mean  the  spiral  of  tuition  fees  is  going  to 
continue,"  says  Gillis.  "We  see  the  qual- 
ity of  education  being  attacked." 

The  budget  did  not  address  the  future 
of  the  Canada  Student  Loans  program. 
Themaximum  weekly  allowanceof  $105 
has  not  increased  since  1 984,  despite  the 


rising  cost  of  living  and  increasing  tui- 
tion fees. 

MP  Chris  Axworthy,  NDP  critic  for 
training  and  youth,  says  the  federal 
budget  poses  grave  dangers  for  the  future 
of  post-secondary  education. 

"I  think  it's  incredibly  short-sighted," 
says  Axworthy.  "It  won't  improve  the 
situation." 

Axworthy  says  problems  facing  post- 
secondary  education  cannot  be  solved 
without  more  funding  to  the  provinces. 
He  says  barriers  such  as  student  unem- 
ployment, inadequate  loan  programs  and 
tuition  hikes  are  making  Canada's  col- 
leges and  universities  less  accessible.' 

"Students  are  being  squeezed  three 
different  ways,"  says  Axworthy. 

Gillis  says  the  new  federal  govern- 
ment has  missed  an  opportunity  to  show 


it  is  serious  about  the  future  of  Canadian 
education. 

He  says  the  CFS  will  participate  in 
social  security  reform  talks  being  held 
this  year  by  the  Ministry  of  Human  Re- 
sources Development,  where  the  prob- 
lems of  education  funding  and  student 


loans  will  be  addressed. 

"You  can  be  sure  that  we  will  be  ac- 
tively participating  in  the  social  policy 
review  to  remind  the  government  that 
accessibility  to  post-secondary  education 
has  to  be  a  greater  priority."  □ 


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10  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  3,  1994 


So  you  think  you'll  get  a  job  this  summer.  77 


by  Brandie  Weikle 

Charlatan  Staff 

Students  will  have  to  be  organized 
and  creative  in  their  search  for  summer- 
time work  this  year,  says  Ian  Miller,  co- 
ordinator of  Carleton's  Placement  and 
Career  Services. 

The  state  of  the  economy  is  bound  to 
create  "a  tight  market  for  students  again 
this  summer"  when  it  comes  to  finding 
employment,  says  Miller. 

The  youth  unemployment  rate  has 
been  rising  for  the  past  three  summers, 
according  to  statistics  compiled  by  the 
Ontario  Liberal  Party.  About  20  per  cent 
of  students  were  without  work  last  sum- 
mer, two  per  cent  worse  than  the  previ- 
ous year. 

Doug  Drew,  an  analyst  for  Statistics 
Canada,  says  although  the  unemploy- 
ment rate  has  increased  overthe  past  few 
summers,  there  is  no  real  way  of  telling  in 
advance  what  the  rate  will  be  for  this 
summer. 

However,  says  Drew,  this  January,  13.8 
per  cent  of  students  seeking  work  were 
unemployed.  This  is  up  from  last  Janu- 
ary, when  the  unemployment  rate  was 
12.6  per  cent. 

Miller  made  a  few  suggestions  for  sur- 
viving the  competition  for  a  job. 

"Students  should  be  doing  everything 
they  can  to  get  an  edge  as  soon  as  possi- 
ble. That  means  getting  a  decent  resume 
together  (and)  developing  a  network  of 
people  to  allow  them  to  make  the  con- 
tacts they  need,"  says  Miller. 

Some  places  students  can  seek  sum- 
mer employment  are: 
1.  PLACEMENT  AND  CAREER  SERV- 
ICES 

Carleton  students  and  graduates  can 
make  use  of  the  placement  centre  on  the 
fifth  floor  of  the  Unicentre.  The  centre 
serves  mostly  undergraduate  students 


looking  for  some  way  to  fund  their  next 
year  of  university,  says  Miller. 

He  says  the  centre  posts  job  listings  of 
all  kinds,  part-time  andfull-time.  Butthe 
centre  only  carries  listings  from  employ- 
ers that  contact  the  centre. 

Available  jobs  range  from  sales  posi- 


The  job  prospects  this  summer  may  be  as  bleak  as  ever. 


tions  to  child-care,  office  jobs  to  general 
labor  and  recreation  jobs  like  camp  coun- 
sellors and  directors. 

Full-time  jobs  window-cleaning,  tree- 
planting  and  camp-counselling  posted 
in  the  office  far  outnumber  those  for 
career-related  jobs.  There  are,  however,  a 
large  number  of  part-time  jobs  for  aca- 
demics in  the  fields  of  science,  math  and 
engineering,  for  research  and  tutoring 
positions. 

Students  wishing  to  make  their  jobs 
searches  easier  in  the  future  should  con- 
sider picking  up  a  French  course  next 
year.  Many  positions  in  the  Ottawa  area 
require  bilingualism  or  competent  knowl- 
edge of  both  French  and  English  lan- 


guages. 

2.  EMPLOYMENT  AGENCIES 

Placement  agencies  also  refer  people 
to  jobs,  says  Miller.  People  seeking  work 
apply  to  the  agency,  which  is  paid  by  an 
employer  to  hire  and  pay  workers. 
Miller  says  it  is  important  first  to  make 
a  good  impres- 
sion on  the 
agency  because 
they  will  hire 
out  the  people 
they  feel  have 
a  strong  work 
ethic. 

Big  compa- 
nies go  to  em- 
ployment 
agencies  to 
save  them- 
selves the  has- 
sle of  searching 
§  for  employees, 
saysMiller.The 
placements  are 
s  mostly  ternpo- 
c  rary,  ranging 
from  a  few  days 
to  a  few  years,  but  agencies  will  try  to 
provide  contracts  for  workers  that  agen- 
cies find  reliable. 

Today's  Temporary  is  an  agency  that 
primarily  hires  out  to  government  de- 
partments. Employee  Roxane  Faumier 
says  the  jobs  the  agency  assigns  can  be  as 
short  as  a  day  or  as  long  as  four  years. 

Faurnier  says  the  length  of  assign- 
ments depends  on  the  contract  but  also 
the  skills.  Today's  Temporary  generally 
seeks  bilingual  employees. 

Handyman  is  an  agency  which  hires 
workers  out  to  do  jobs  like  moving,  con- 
struction, working  in  warehouses,  flag- 
ging and  loading,  says  Rene  Trudel,  who 
dispatches  workers  to  jobs. 


They  have  a  lot  of  jobs  for  students  in 
the  summertime,  says  Trudel.  Although 
he  would  not  name  the  companies  he 
hires  to,  he  says  they  are  mostly  construc- 
tion, moving  and  road-building  compa- 
nies. 

Trudel  says  usually  at  the  end  of  each 
month  all  the  workers  at  the  agency  are 
hired  out. 

3.  CITY  OF  OTTAWA 

A  booklet  listing  all  jobs  for  the  City  of 
Ottawa  is  available  at  city  hall  at  111 
Sussex  Dr. 

Jobs  range  from  office  clerks  to  engi- 
neering assistants,  says  Mike  Seguin,  a 
recruitment  program  officer  for  the  city. 

Last  summer,  the  city  hired  just  over 
700  people,  which  was  less  than  the 
previous  summer  when  they  employed 
810  summer  workers,  says  Seguin. 

The  city  hires  students  for  various  po- 
sitions like  landscaping,  camp-directing, 
counselling  and  life-guarding. 

For  those  looking  for  more  career- 
specific  experience,  the  city  sponsors  a 
co-operative  program  for  work  periodsof 
three  to  six  months,  says  Seguin. 

These  jobs  are  very  specific  and  geared 
to  what  students  are  studying  in  their 
program,  he  says.  Some  examples  of 
fields  that  have  co-operative  placements 
with  the  city  are  environmental  studies, 
computers,  economic  development  and 
accounting. 

Students  do  not  apply  directly  to  the 
city  for  this  kind  of  work,  says  Seguin. 
Instead,  work  terms  are  set  up  through 
the  school.  Information  may  be  obtained 
at  the  university  faculties  or  posted  at 
universities'  placement  centres,  says 
Seguin. 

Most  deadlines  have  passed  for  rec- 
reational jobs  likecamp-counselling,  but 
there  will  be  deadlines  for  other  city  jobs 
throughout  March.  □ 


INVITATION  TO 

FACULTY,  STAFF  AND 
STUDENTS 


OCTranspo  planners  are  reviewing  bus  service  on 
campus  in  preparation  for  recommendations  they  will 
be  making  to  the  Ottawa-Carleton  Regional  Transit 
Commission  in  May. 

If  you  have  any  observations,  ideas  or  suggestions 
to  improve  bus  service  to  campus,  please  call  our 
special  answering  machine  at  741-6903,  send  us  a 
fax  at  741-7359  by  March  15  or  drop  off  your  written 
comments  to  Christine  Haselsteiner  at  the  CUSA 
office. 

OC  Transpo  planners  will  be  at  a  special  meeting 
hosted  by  OC  Transpo  Commissioner  Jim  Watson, 
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YOUR  BUS  SERVICE  TODAY 

Some  100  extra  daily  bus  trips  serve  Carleton  University 
campus  this  academic  year  as  a  result  of  consultations  with 
students  and  the  administration. 

Extra  buses  were  added  to  relieve  crowding  on  route  7,  route 
118  service  was  increased  and  extended  to  weekends  and 
peak  only,  route  19  began  to  serve  the  campus.  Combined, 
these  routes  provide  363  trips  on  a  weekday. 

All  day  route  4  and  peak  period  routes  41 ,  44  and  46  continue 
to  travel  along  Bronson  Avenue.  To  detour  route  4  into  the 
campus  would  mean  bringing  1 ,600  people  out  of  their  way 
daily  and  would  cost  up  to  $300,000  annually. 


March  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  11 


OC  Transpo 


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EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Nothing  to 
fear  from  rats 
that  hide  in 
the  night 

To  the  snivelling  rodents  who  put  homophobic 
and  racist  stickers  up  on  campus  on  Feb.  20  -- 
well,  you  have  whatyou  wanted  from  your  little 
ploy  —  publicity. 
But  you  have  also  shown  your  fear  by  your  actions. 
Of  course,  any  demonstration  of  hatred  like  this  is 
scary.  That  there  are  racist  and  homophobic  people  in 
society  and  at  Carleton  is  not  a  surprise. 

As  a  white  woman,  I  cannot  say  what  it  would  be  like 
for  a  gay,  lesbian,  or  bisexual  person  or  a  person  of  color 
to  see  material  like  this.  But  I  know  it  scares  me  that  not 
only  do  people  in  the  Carleton  community  still  think  like 
this,  but  they  are  also  willing  to  act  on  their  beliefs. 

This  is  not  the  first  rime  such  activity  has  gone  on  at 
Carleton. 

For  example,  in  lanuary  a  "Challenge  homophobia" 
poster  on  the  students'  association  window  was  spit  on. 
It  pictured  two  men  kissing. 

Last  year,  complaints  were  made  about  homophobic 
graffiti  scratched  into  the  walls  of  the  bathroom  stalls  of 
a  men's  washroom  in  the  Unicentre.  Apparently  some  of 
it  had  been  there  for  over  a  year  without  being  painted 
over. 

When  given  these  examples  and  the  many  others 
there  are  of  racist  and  homophobic  action  at  Carleton,  I 
find  it  easy  to  fall  into  despair  that  there  is  no  hope  of  a 
society  that  is  truly  equitable  for  every  person. 

However,  1  refuse  to  give  into  this  despair  or  give  into 
the  rats  who  try  to  play  on  it.  Yes,  there  is  much  that  is 
wrong  with  society  and  it  is  taking  much  too  long  for  it 
to  change. 

Changes  need  to  be  made  on  so  many  levels.  For 
example,  reforming  the  institutions  that  perpetuate 
systemic  racism  and  homophobia,  like  universities  where 
Western  thought  is  privileged,  or  a  justice  system  that 
fails  to  recognize  the  rights  of  same-sex  couples.  The 
hardest  change  to  make  will  be  in  people's  minds. 

There  are  changes  being  made,  no  matter  how  tena- 
ciously the  rats  insist  on  clinging  to  irrational  beliefs. 

I  grew  up  in  a  Catholic  household  and  attended 
Catholic  high  school,  where  I  was  taught  the  contradic- 
tory lesson  that  "Homosexuals  are  bom  that  way,  but 
they  aren't  supposed  tohavesexbecauseit'snotnatural 
and  they  can't  get  married."  I  know  that  1  have  had  my 
belief  system  challenged  and  changed  totally  at  Carle- 
ton, both  through  the  people  I  know  and  the  classes  I 
take. 

This  shows  that  Carleton  can  foster  an  atmosphere  for 
the  individual  that  promotes  questioning  andreforming 
the  status  quo,  but  as  shown  by  the  sticker  incident,  it 
isn't  doing  it  well  enough  or  fast  enough. 

So  beware  rats,  change  is  happening. 

You  will  never  have  the  chance  to  wield  the  same 
hateful  poweryour  ancestors  did.  It  may  take  a  long  time 
before  systemic  racism  and  homophobia  are  rooted  out 
of  our  institutions,  but  it  has  started  happening. 

There  will  be  a  lot  of  hurt,  pain  and  struggle  before  this 
fundamental  change  in  society  is  complete,  but  it  is 
getting  closer. 

Crawl  back  into  your  holes,  rats.  Your  day  is  done.  SK 


,.r       n  x 

MICHEL,  MA  BCLLE .. 


MICHEL  ROT,  CVPE"  PRESIDENT.  FIRST  CAW^TON,  THEN.. T 


OPINION 


Buthelezi:  whose  side  is  he  on? 


by  Jon  Nzakamulilo 

Jon  Nzakamulilo  is  an  economics  student  at  Carteton. 

Chief  Gatsha  Buthelezi,  leader  of  the  Inkatha  Free- 
dom Party,  has  turned  out  to  be  one  of  the  most  contro- 
versial Black  politicians  in  South  Africa.  While  preach- 
ing non-violence,  he  heads  the  Inkatha  Freedom  Party, 
which  has  been  widely  accused  of  using  violence  against 
its  opponents. 

Buthelezi,  also  the  chief  minister  of  the  Kwazulu 
"homeland,"  has  presented  himself  as  a  leading  oppo- 
nent of  apartheid,  but  has  opposed  the  struggle  led  by 
the  African  National  Congress  and  its  allies. 

When  calls  for  sanctions 
against  South  Africa  were  being 
made  in  the  1980s,  Buthelezi 
toured  Western  capitals  seeking 
new  investment  in  South  Africa 
and  received  red-carpet  treatment 
from  then  United  States  president 
Ronald  Reagan. 

To  understand  what  has  led 
him  to  this  double  agenda  —  try- 
ing to  represent  his  people,  Black 
Africans,  while  at  the  same  time 
working  within  structures  created 
by  apartheid  —  one  has  to  exam- 
ine government  apartheid  poli- 
cies over  Black  South  Africa. 

With  the  passing  of  the  Native 
Affairs  Act  in  1920,  Black  South 
Africans,  if  not  needed  in  the  white 
areas,  were  forced  to  live  in  over- 
crowded and  often  barren  "homelands. "  Eighty  per  cent 
of  Black  South  Africa's  population  lived  on  only  1 3  per 
cent  of  the  land. 

These  reserves  were  for  Black  Africans  not  needed  in 
the  "white"  economy  —  namely  widows,  retired  people 
and  the  unemployed. 

As  recently  as  1 980,  about  one- third  of  Black  Africans 
still  lived  on  these  "homelands. "  Officially,  these  "home- 
lands" were  ruled  by  traditional  chiefs,  men  appointed 
and  paid  by  the  South  African  government. 

In  1951,  the  government  set  about  reinforcing  sepa- 
rate political  institutions  for  Black  South  Africans  with 
the  passing  of  the  Bantu  Authorities  Act,  extending  more 
powers  to  homeland  leaders.  Bom  into  a  prominent 
family  which  traditionally  supplied  prime  ministers  to 
the  Zulu  kings,  Buthelezi  was  brought  into  the  institu- 
tion of  chieftaincy  in  1953. 

The  passing  of  the  Bantu  Authorities  Act  aroused 
considerable  resistance  from  peasants  under  the  leader- 
ship of  the  African  National  Congress,  not  only  in 
Zululand  but  throughout  the  rural  areas  of  Transkei, 
Sekhukhuneland,  Zeerust  and  other  places.  However, 
this  resistance  was  ultimately  squashed  by  the  military 


might  of  the  apartheid  state.  Hundreds  were  detained 
and  found  guilty,  while  not  an  insignificant  number 
were  sentenced  to  death  and  executed. 

By  the  early  1970s,  Buthelezi  began  to  exhibit  his 
double  agenda  even  more  clearly  when  he  criticized  the 
government  policy  of  the  homelands,  while  at  the  same 
time  was  elected  head  of  the  Zululand  Territorial  Author- 
ity in  1970,  and  the  Kwazulu  Legislative  Assembly  in 
1972. 

He  also  refused  nominal  independence  for  the  Kwazulu 
homeland  while  ruling  using  powers  given  to  him  by 
structures  bom  from  the  womb  of  apartheid. 

Continuing  his  double  agenda 
through  to  1994,  Buthelezi  and 
the  Inkatha  Freedom  Party  joined 
the  Freedom  Alliance,  an  alliance 
of  homeland  leaders  of 
Bophutatswana  and  Kwazulu, 
along  with  white  right-wing 
groups.  The  alliance  has  threat- 
ened to  not  only  boycott  the  com- 
ing elections  on  April  27-29,  but 
also  threatened  the  use  of  vio- 
lence to  preserve  their  power  and 
privileges  enjoyed  during  the 
apartheid  years. 

In  recent  months  the  South 
African  government  and  the  Afri- 
can National  Congress  have  made 
constitutional  concessions  in  at- 
tempts to  have  the  Freedom  Alli- 
ance join  the  coming  elections. 
All  these  efforts  are  aimed  at,  firstly,  having  free  and 
fair  elections  involving  all  South  Africans,  of  all  races, 
and  secondly,  to  stop  the  Freedom  Alliance's  credible 
threats  of  violence. 

On  the  weekend  of  Feb.  19,  1994,  in  Natal  alone,  42 
people  were  killed  in  political  violence.  The  worst  inci- 
dent claimed  1 6  African  National  Congress  voter  educa- 
tion workers,  12  of  whom  were  teenagers. 

It  is  probably  likely  that  Buthelezi  has  always  hated 
the  apartheid  system  and  the  oppression  of  Blacks  in 
South  Africa,  but  his  problem  stems  from  the  fact  that  his 
political  roots  lie  in  the  system  that  oppresses  his  own 
people.  This  system  paid  him  for  his  services  in  the 
"homelands." 

While  claiming  to  be  involved  in  the  national  struggle 
for  the  liberation  of  the  Black  people,  at  the  same  time  he 
consolidated  his  governance  of  the  Kwazulu  "home- 
land," with  its  original  objective  to  act  as  a  reservoir  for 
white  South  African  industry. 

As  long  as  he  is  associated  with  the  apartheid  system, 
his  ultimate  mode  of  political  conduct  wilt  be  determined 
by  that  system. 

Amandla  Ngawethu! !  □ 


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March  3,  1994 


VOLUME  23  NUMBER  24 


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teaching  assistant  al  Carleton. 

On  Feb.17,  the  teaching  and  research 
assistant  union  CUPE  2323  voted  to  strike, 
if  necessary. 

The  local  has  been  without  a  contract 
since  last  August.  During  several  rounds 
of  negotiations,  the  university  adminis- 
tration has  refused  to  discuss  any  issues 
related  to  money,  including  a  tuition  freeze 
for  local  members.  However,  this  conflict 
is  not  simply  about  money. 

While  at  first  glance  the  situation  may 
appear  to  be  symptomatic  of  the  broader 
crisis  of  underfunding  in  Ontario  post- 
secondary  education,  there  is  much  more 
at  stake. 

Administration  ischanging  the  nature 
of  education  at  Carleton  forever,  while 
hiding  behind  the  argument  that  there  is 
no  money  for  wage  settlements  for  teach- 
ing and  research  assistants  and  student 
sessionals.  Yet  the  university  is  projecting 
a  budget  surplus  for  this  year  and  for  the 
next  two  years! 

Even  if  we  accept  the  logic  of  fiscal 
conservatism,  there  are  few  excuses  for 
the  leadership  deficit  facing  Carleton 
University. 

The  very  highly  paid  senior  managers 
of  this  university  are  using  very  little  im- 
agination in  dealing  with  the  financial 
difficulties  they  claim  are  facing  Carle- 


Instead  of  looking  for  imaginative  so- 
lutions, funding  cuts  are  being  directly 
translated  into  tuition  increases  for  stu- 
dents. We  deserve  a  more  a  creative  solu- 
tion to  the  problem  than  this. 

The  administration's  strategy  is  clear. 
They  are  seeking  even  more  students  at 
even  higher  tuition  rates.  This  approach 
should  not  be  confused  with  making  Car- 
leton accessible  to  more  students.  Tuition 
at  Carleton  for  undergraduate  students 
has  increased  by  2 1  per  cent  over  the  past 
three  years  and  by  a  similar  amount  for 
graduate  students.  According  to  Maclean's, 
Carleton  now  has  the  fourth  highest  tui- 
tion rates  in  Canada. 

If  the  current  administration's  vision 
of  the  future  is  realized,  the  university 
that  was  once  "Open  for  excellence"  will 
only  be  open  for  profits  at  the  expense  of 
even  more  overcrowded  classrooms  and 
an  increasingly  impoverished  student 
population.  It  does  not  have  to  be  this 
way. 

The  struggle  of  the  Carleton  teaching 
and  research  assistants  and  student 
sessionals  is  about  much  more  than 
money.  We  have  already  endured  wage 
rollbacks  because  of  increased  tuition  over 
the  past  three  years,  which  has  reduced 
our  earnings  to  below  1984  level.  We  are 
willing  to  accept  a  wage  freeze  if  the 
administration  is  willing  to  freeze  tuition 


rates  for  local  members.  This  is  a  reason- 
able and  responsible  proposal  which  the 
administration  has  consistently  rejected. 

Beyond  monetary  issues,  we  have  been 
seeking  restrictions  on  the  sizes  of  semi- 
nars and  labs  led  by  teaching  assistants, 
as  well  as  other  changes  to  our  contract 
which  would  improve  our  ability  to  de- 
liver high  quality  education  to  under- 
graduates. 

We  have  also  been  very  active  in  sup- 
porting undergraduate  opposition  to  tui- 
tion increases.  The  administration's  op- 
position to  these  efforts  is  understand- 
able, since  we  are  proposing  an  alterna- 
tive vision  of  education  at  Carleton  which 
they  have  clearly  rejected. 

Under  the  social  contract,  the  univer- 
sity was  to  solicit  input  from  employees  as 
to  how  money  could  be  saved.  The  univer- 
sity administration  has  not  really  engaged 
in  this  discussion.  Now  it's  time  to  do  this, 
instead  of  taking  the  easy  way  out  and 
rolling  back  wages  through  tuition  in- 
creases. 

Our  vision  of  Carleton 's  future  is  one  in 
which  the  quality  of  education  takes  clear 
precedence  over  profits.  This  is  a  vision  in 
which  the  well-paid  managers  of  Carle- 
ton must  work  hard  to  find  imaginative 
and  effective  ways  to  deliver  high  quality, 
reasonably  priced  education  —  at  least  as 
hard  as  we  must  now  work  to  pay  rising 
tuition  costs.  □ 


LETTERS 


Pavkev,  where  are 
you? 

Editor: 

This  letter  is  with  regards  to  The  Charla- 
tan hockey  pool.  For  several  months  now, 
my  friends  and  I  have  noticed  in  the  top 
ten  listings  the  names  Jeff  Parker  and  Jeff 
Pavkev.  Every  single  week  they  have  the 
exact  same  amount  of  total  points.  The 
names  are  incredibly  similar  -  just  substi- 
tute the  R's  in  Parker  for  V's  and  VOILA! 
You  have  Pavkev! 

This  leads  one  to  believe  that  this  man 
may  have  actually  have  entered  twice, 
under  different  names  in  order  to  claim 
the  $25  meal  prize  more  than  once.  It  is 


interesting  to  note  that  on  both  occasions 
in  which  a  "Jeff"  has  won,  he  took  some 
time  to  collect  his  prize. 

Maybe  he  was  spacing  out  the  time 
between  collecting  his  prizes  so  his  plan 
would  go  unnoticed,  or  allowing  time  to 
disguise  himself  with  facial  hair.  One 
does  not  know,  but  it  seems  suspicious 
that  two  people  with  remarkably  similar 
names  would  choose  the  exact  same  play- 
ers. 

I  suggest  that  someone  at  The  Charla- 
tan check  the  files  to  see  if  they  are  indeed 
two  separate  persons  with  confirmed  home 
phone  numbers  and  students  ID  numbers 
that  are  different. 

If  this  is  some  sort  of  a  con,  I  feel  that 
both  entries  should  be  deleted  and  three 


prizes  should  be  given  out  in  one  week  in 
order  to  even  things  out. 

Also,  where  the  hell  am  1  in  the  playoff 
pool?  I  haven't  been  in  the  top  ten  since 
November! 

Paul  Donovan 
English  \ 

Paul,  we  suggest  you  immediately  check 
this  week's  hockey  pool  to  see  where  the  hell 
you  are.  Surprise!  P.S.  There  is  no  JeffPavkev 
to  our  knowledge  and  he  never  came  to  pick 
up  his  prize.  We  think  it's  our  spelling  error. 
The  r's  kinda  looked  like  v'sya  know?  --  ed. 


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FIRST  NATIONS 

SUPPLEMENT 


March  3,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  15 


These  photos  were 
taken  by  Dean  Janvier  at  a 
POW-WOW  SOCIAL  EVENT 
held  Feb.  19,  at  the  CURVE 
LAKE  INDIAN  RESERVE.  It 
was  part  of  the  Trent  Univer- 
sity ELDERS'  AND  TRADI- 
TIONAL PEOPLES  GATHER- 
ING in  Peterborough. 

At  the  event  traditional 
singers  gather  around  a  large 
drum  and  they  all  sing  to- 
gether traditional  songs  to 
honor  the  Creator,  the  earth, 
the  people,  and  all  life.  The 
Elders  pray  for  everyone  and 
everyone  is  welcome  to  join 
in  and  dance. 

Photos  (clockwise  from  top): 
a  boy  traditional  dancer  is  get- 
ting his  headgear  adjusted  by  his 
father;  A  young  man  traditional 
dancer  is  presented  with  a  gift 
from  an  elder;  He  shows  his  new 
gift;  Women  dancers  in  fancy 
shawl  outfits  (front)  and  jingle 
dress  (far  right). 


The  drawing  used  on  the  cover  is  a  detail  from  a 
German  woodcut  called  "The  Peopleand  Island  Which 
Have  Been  Discovered,"  dated  around  1505. 
The  unknown  artist  depicts  Indian  life  according  to 
the  widely-circulated  descriptions  of  Italian  navigator 
Amerigo  Vespucci,  whose  sensational  and  vivid 
embellishments  of  life  In  the  "New  World"  were  printed 
around  1504. 

In  drawing  on  Vespucci's  erroneous  account  of  life  In 
the  "New  World,"  the  artist  emphasizes  cannibalism, 
sex  and  scanty  feather  dress.  Not  having  seen  his 
subjects,  the  artist  erroneously  gives  them  beards. 
—  taken  from  The  While  Man's  Indian,  by  Robert  F. 
Berkhofer  Jr. 

The  photo  used  on  the  cover  Is  of  Catherine  Adams  of 
the  Gwa'sala'Nakwaxda'xw  Tribe  in  British  Columbia. 
The  photograph  was  taken  by  David  Neel  as  part  of  an 
exhibit  called  Our  Chiefs  and  E/ders.Neel  look  photos 
of  55  leaders  In  First  Nations  communities  In  the 
province. 

—  cover  design  by  Rick  Harp  and  Karln  Jordan 


16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  3,  1994 


Innu  women  fight  for  Nitassinan 


by  Jill  Mahoney 

Charlatan  Staff 

She  told  me  I  had  my  culture  and  no  one  could 
take  it  away  from  me.  But  that's  not  the  way  it  is 
for  her.  The  government  has  robbed  her  of  what 
she  cares  for  most  —  her  land. 

Elizabeth  Penashue,  an  Innu  elder,  travelled 
with  Philamena  Vollant  and  Marsha  Hurley  to 
Ottawa  from  their  reserves  in  Labrador,  Nfld., 
and  Quebec. 

The  three  women  were  on  a  two-week 
speaking  tour  across  Eastern  Canada.  They 
spoke  at  Carleton  on  Feb.  17  to  a  group  of  18 
people  and  showed  the  National  Film  Board 
film,  Hunters  and  Bombers,  which  deals  with 
low-level  flying  in  their  area. 

The  women  are  trying  to  get  the 
government  to  stop  low-level  flight  testing  of 
NATO  jets  from  Germany,  the  Netherlands 
and  Britain.  Practice  bombing  takes  place 
over  Nitassinan,  the  traditional  Innu  lands 
in  eastern  Quebec  and  Labrador,  where  10,000 
people  live  off  the  land  from  April  to 
September  every  year. 

Penashue  said  the  testing,  which  amounts 
to  about  8,000  flights  a  year,  has  affected  the 
lives  of  the  Innu.  She  said  the  noise  from  the 
jets  scare  the  children.  It  also  prevents  water 
fowl's  eggs  from  hatching,  and  leads  caribou,  the 
primary  source  of  Innu  sustenance,  to  migrate 
using  different  routes,  bypassing  the  Innu's 
settlements. 

"People  used  to  live  happily  and  peacefully 
before  this  testing  was  done  and  they  never  used 
to  worry  about  anything,"  said  Penashue. 

The  women  seemed  uncomfortable  during 
their  presentation,  shifting  in  their  chairs  and 
wringing  their  hands.  But  they  told  their  story 
and  answered  the  group's  questions. 

Penashue  and  Vollant  don't  understand 


English,  so  they  relied  on  the  youngest,  33-year- 
old  Hurley,  who  interpreted  the  questions  into 
the  Innu  language  and  their  answers  for  the 
audience. 

Penashue  said  the  microphone  in  front  of  her 
was  artificial.  She  said  it  was  foreign  to  her 
distinct  from  her  past  when  parents  didn't  worry 
about  their  children.  But  now  she  uses  the 
microphone  because  she  said  she  is  worried  about 
her  grandchildren's  future  in  the  land  that  has 


Marsha  Hurley,  Philamena  Vollant  and  Elizabeth  Penashue 

been  hers  forever. 

"If  the  trees  and  the  rivers  and  the  lakes  are 
destroyed,  what's  left  for  our  children  to  use  to 
practise  their  ^vay  of  life?"  she  asked. - 

The  women  explained  that  before  the  low- 
level  flying  started  about  12  years"  ago  over 
Nitassinan,  it  took  place  in  Europe.  When  people 
in  Europe  complained  that  they  didn't  like  what 
was  going  on ,  the  Canadian  government  let  foreign 
governments  use  the  land  in  Nitassinan  to  build 
bombing  ranges. 

"Why  should  we  tolerate  this  kind  of  treatment 


when  other  people  in  Europe  don't  want  it  in  their 
backyards?"  said  Penashue. 

"We  have  never  given  up  that  land.  It's  just 
like  taking  something  that  doesn't  belong  to  you. 
That's  how  we  are  looking  at  it,"  said  Hurley. 

"There  is  a  lot  of  stuff  being  destroyed,  trees 
being  knocked  down  by  these  dummy  bombs 
there  will  be  nothing  left  for  us  to  use,"  said 
Penashue.  Part  of  the  testing  process  involves 
dropping  dummy  bombs  on  Innu  land. 

The  noise  from  the  jets  is  loud.  "You  can 
hear  it  in  your  whole  body.  There's  ringing 
in  your  ears,"  she  said. 

She  said  their  calls  for  action  to  the 
government  have  been  ignored. 

"Innu  people  have  been  protestingfor  so 
many  years,  but  it's  like  it's  fallen  on  deaf 
ears." 

A  military  representative  in  the  NFB 
film  defends  the  testing,  saying,  "We  don't 
use  the  land,  we  fly  over  it." 

But  Penashue  disagrees.  "We  use  the 
land  for  hunting,  but  if  s  almost  like  they're 
looking  at  it  like  no  one's  living  there,  like 
it's  nobody's  land." 

"It's  almost  like  the  Innu  are  providing 
the  land  to  train  and  kill  people.  They  use 

  the  land  to  train  for  war,  but  this  is  not  what 

we  would  like  to  see  because  we  don't  want  to  see 
other  people  killing  one  another,"  said  Penashue. 

Hurley  went  to  prison  for  two  months  and 
Penashue  was  arrested  when  they  started 
protesting  low-level  flight  testing.  The 
documentary  features  scenes  of  the  Innu  storm]  ng 
the  different  countries'  bases,  shouting  "No 
NATO!" 

"It  wasn't  easy  to  be  arrested,  but  you  must  do 
what's  right.  We  know  what  we  were  doing  was 
right,"  said  Penashue.  "If  you  love  your  land, 
you'll  do  anything  to  protect  it."  n 


Algonquin  chief  faces  loggers  and  SQ 


by  Bill  Barnwell 

Bill  Barnwell  is  a  First  Nations  affairs  reporter  with  CKCU- 
FM. 

The  chief  of  the  Algonquins  of  Barriere  Lake, 
Que.,  was  arrested  last  month  under  circum- 
stances the  Algonquins  call  in  a  press  release 
"efforts  to  discredit  the  chief  and  the  community." 

Jean-Maurice  Matchewan  was  arrested  Jan. 
19  on  charges  of  assault  stemming  from  an  al- 
leged assault  on  a  woman  from  the  Rapid  Lake 
Reserve  on  Dec.  31.  The  reserve  is  one  of  two 
Algonquin  communities  in  the  area,  about  200 
kilometres  north  of  Ottawa  in  Quebec. 

Chief  Matchewan  and  some  members  of  the 
band  council  are  calling  his  arrest  an  attempt  to 
seek  revenge  against  all  First  Nations  in  the 
province  by  the  Surete  du  Quebec,  the  result  of 
lingering  hostilities  after  the  Oka  crisis. 

"In  the  past,  we  have  been  denouncing  the 
tactics  used  by  the  SQ,  and  they  didn't  really  like 
that,"  says  Michel  Thusky,  a  spokesperson  for  the 
Algonquins  of  Barriere  Lake.  According  to  Thusky , 
the  provincial  police  force's  tactics  for  dealing 
with  First  Nations  have  not  changed  since  the 
resistance  at  Oka. 

"It  is  evident  that  it  (Matchewan's  arrest)  is 
some  sort  of  revenge  and  attempt  to  divide  our 
community,"  says  Thusky. 

He  says  they  band  doesn't  like  they  way  the 
whole  case  has  been  handled,  and  that  the  Surete 
du  Quebec  are  making  a  bigger  deal  of  it  than 
they  normally  would. 

A  court  order  now  bars  Matchewan  from  re- 
turning to  his  community.  It  comes  at  a  time 
when  logging  negotiations  with  the  provincial 
and  federal  governments  are  set  to  resume,  and 
Matchewan's  leadership  is  crucial  as  a  repre- 
sentative of  the  community. 

The  community  in  general  is  trying  to  put  an 
end  clearcut  logging  at  La  Verendrye  Wildlife 
Reserve,  much  of  it  being  on  the  traditional  lands 


of  the  Algonquins  of  Barriere  Lake. 

The  Algonquins  entered  into  a  trilateral  agree- 
ment with  the  governments  of  Canada  and  Que- 
bec in  August  1991,  in  the  hopes  of  developing  a 
resource  management  plan  for  the  region  that 
would  protect  wildlife  and  the  Algonquin  peoples' 
traditional  way  of  life. 

A  press  release  issued  by  the  Algonquins  of 
Barriere  Lake  says  the  plan  would  involve  the 
managing  of  natural  resources  responsibly,  and 
would  not  destroy  the  natural  environment  like 
the  current  method  of  clearcutting. 

Since  the  signing  of  the  trilateral  agreement, 
there  has  been  much  media  coverage  of  a  number 
of  road  blocks  and  confrontations  with  the  Que- 
bec police  force.  A  strong  publicity  campaign  has 
also  been  the  Algonquins'  main  form  of  resist- 
ance. 

"We're  not  against  logging,  as  long  as  it's  done 
in  accordance  with  the  agreement  that  was  signed 
and  as  long  as  it  doesn't  threaten  the  Algonquins' 
traditional  way  of  life,"  says  Russell  Diabo,  a 
lawyer  for  the  Algonquins. 

Under  the  trilateral  agreement  signed  in  1991, 
a  logging  ban  was  to  be  in  effect  while  negotia- 
tions over  an  integrated  resource  management 
plan  continued.  In  August  1992,  after  a  number 
of  disagreements  about  the  terms  of  the  agree- 
ment, including  items  such  as  how  close  to  cut 
near  lakes  and  rivers,  the  Algonquins  and  the 
Quebec  government  agreed  to  appoint  Justice 
Rejean  Paul  as  a  mediator  to  the  conflict. 

His  report  was  released  in  September  1992;  he 
writes  that  under  the  trilateral  agreement,  "the 
government  of  Quebec  had  failed  to  fulfil  its  part 
of  the  agreement  and  had  failed  to  complete  a 
number  of  environmental,  economic  and  cultural 
studies  of  the  area." 

The  Quebec  cabinet  immediately  suspended 
the  trilateral  agreement  and  ignored  Paul's  re- 


port, saying  in  a  press  release,  that  "all  logging  is 
done  on  the  basis  of  sustainable  growth." 

Currently,  loggers  are  permitted  to  cut  as  close 
as  20  metres  from  lakes  and  rivers  in  the  La 
Verendrye  Wildlife  Reserve.  The  Algonquins  want 
this  increased  to  60  metres,  in  order  to  preserve 
wildlife  habitat. 

In  the  wake  of  the  decision  to  veto  the  original 
trilateral  agreement,  negotiations  between  the 
province,  the  federal  government  and  the 
Algonquins  are  pending,  but  as  of  yet  no  specific 
date  has  been  set. 

As  Matchewan  was  leaving  his  lawyer's  office 
on  Jan.  19,  three  police  cars  and  six  officers 
blocked  his  car  and  the  arrest  was  made.  Accord- 
ing to  a  statement  by  Matchewan  on  Jan.  24, 
within  minutes  of  the  arrest,  Surete1  du  Quebec 
public  relations  officers  had  notified  the  media. 

According  to  the  testimony  of  inspector/inves- 
tigator Alain  Hebert,  Matchewan's  lawyer,  Andre 
Gauthier,  informed  the  police  in  a  phone  call  that 
Matchewan  intended  to  evade  them  and  not  turn 
himself  in. 

However,  in  an  affidavit  obtained  from  Thusky, 
Gauthier  states  that  he  never  told  the  police  this, 
and  that  Matchewan  was  in  fact  on  his  way  to 
meet  with  the  police  when  he  was  arrested. 

According  to  a  public  relations  officer  in  the 
Hull  detachment  of  the  Surete  du  Quebec,  a 
publicity  ban  forbids  the  police  force  from  mak- 
ing any  further  comments  on  the  case. 

On  Jan.  28,  Matchewan  announced  his  offer  of 
resignation  as  chief  of  the  Algonquins  of  Barriere 
Lake.  In  a  Jan.  24  press  release,  he  writes:  "If  the 
community  decides  to  accept  my  resignation, 
that  is  fine  with  me.  I  have  been  chief  for  14  years. 
In  that  time,  I  have  taken  a  lot  of  abuse  — 
fighting  with  logging  companies  and  the  SQ." 

Currently,  the  community  is  considering 
whether  to  accept  Matchewan's  resignation,  a 

March  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  17 


by  Roberta  Stout  and  friends  -mm 

Tansi'  —  this  is  the  word  I  would  use  as  a  greeting  in  my  language.  I  am  a  Plains  Cree  from  Kehewin,  re-named  Long 
Lake  Cree  Nation  reservation.  Although  I  am  called  Roberta,  my  "real"  Cor  rather  Cree)  name  is  Okisikoskweo.  This  is  my 
third  year  at  Carleton.  Presently  I  am  studying  Latin  America  under  the  interdisciplinary  studies  program. 

The  following  list  of  words  is  helpful  in  understanding  a  conversation  between  hip  Native  people.  These  have  been  de- 
fined through  interviews  with  various  knowledgeable  Native  linguists.  These  terms  are  commonly  used  during  idle  intertribal 
chit  chat.  Let's  just  say  this  is  our  personalized  Indian  Lingo.  I  would  like  to  thank  all  those'  who  gave  their  input  to  this 
glossary. 

APPLE  /AH-pull/  n.  Se  acft.  1  red  on  the  outside,  white  on  the  inside.  8  a  person  of  Native  ancestry  with  little  affiliation 
with  Native  community,  not  interested  in  Native  history  or  culture,  who  follows  the  dominant  society.  3  a  white-washed 
Native,  has  the  skin  color  but  not  the  spirituality.  4  a  white  Indian.  5  a  person  who  has  replaced  traditional  values  with 
materialism  and  greed;  a  person  using  their  Native  ancestry  to  get  them  ahead. 

BANNOCK  /BAH-knoek/  n.  1  Indian  version  of  bread. 

BORN  AGAIN  (see  W ANNA-BE)  /BORN-AH-gain/  n.  Se  actf.  1  a  Native  person  trying  to  become  a  traditional  person 
overnight.  2  "one  day  I  woke  up  and  I  realized  that  I  was  an  Indian."  3  re-finding  your  roots.  4  being  lost  to  what  you  are 
and  then  finding  your  true  identity. 

CITY  INDIAN  /SIT-ee  IN-dee-in/  n.  1  a  person  of  Native  descent  growing  up  or  living  within  an  urban  centre.  8  a  Native 
person  who  has  assumed  the  ideology  of  city  life. 

INDIAN  TIME  /IN-dee-in  TIME/  n.  1  the  real  time.  8  a  strict  sense  of  non-punctuality.  3  when  you  get  there;  when  things 
should  be.  4  being  late.  B  taking  your  time.  6  going  with  the  natural  flow  of  the  day.  7  there  is  no  need  for  time. 

INTERTRIBAL  /LN-tur  TRY-bul/  acf/'.  1  encompassing  all  the  nations. 

POWWOW  /POW-wow/  n.  1  Native  peoples  from  all  over  coming  to  one  place  to  celebrate  their  culture  through  singing, 
dancing  and  drumming.  2  a  gathering  of  spirits.  3  a  traditional  intertribal  gathering.  4  a  place  to  have  a  good  time;  where 
you  go  to  snag  (see  SNAG). 

POWWOW  TRAIL  /POW-wow  TRAYL/  o.  la  year-long  string  of  powwows  located  in  different  areas  of  North  America, 
usually  followed  by  die-hard  drummers  and  dancers. 

THE  BEZ  /THE  REZ/  n.  1  the  reservation. 

SNAG  /SNAG/  v.  1  to  obtain  the  one  you  desire  after  using  all  of  your  Indian  moves;  to  catch  a  person  or  get  caught.  Z 
like  going  to  a  bar  to  pick  someone  up,  only  you're  at  a  powwow.  3  "shwing."  4  when  you  get  to  talk  to  the  person  you've 
been  eyeing.  8  to  blanket  cuddle. 

TEEPEE  CRAWLING  /TEE-pee  CRAW-ling/  v.  1  being  promiscuous;  sleeping  with  more  than  one  person  in  one  night.  8 
creeping  into  someone  else's  tent.  3  "alright,  I  love  teepee  crawling."  4  sneaking  around,  trying  to  snag  after  dark. 


UNCLE  TOMAHAWK  /OT-ouhl  TOM-uh-HAWK/  n.  Se  act/.  1  a  sell-out 
W ANNA-BE  (see  BORN  AGAIN)  /WAN-null  BEE/  n 


Se  acjj.  1  hippies  from  the  wanna-be  tribe.  8  "My  mother's  broth- 
er's sister's  aunt's  great-great-grandmother  was  a  Cherokee, 
therefore  I'm  an  Indian."  3  somebody  who  discovers  they 
have  1  / 64th  Indian  in  them  and  starts  to  wear  moccasins 
around  the  house.  4  a  cheap  imitation.  n 


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okay,  so  what  are  you? 

somekindofjapanesesomekindofchinesewhereareyoufromimfromblahblahy 

ouknownghtnexttoblahyeahsowhatareyoudoinginthiscountrycalledcana 

dawasitanytroubleforyoutogetinihearimmigrationhasbeenrathertightt 

hisyearsomespooktoldmethisisnativeindianaboriginalaboriginefirstn 

ationsindigenouslandwhoaretheyyoucertainlydontseeawholelotofthema 

roundwhereareyourparentsfromminearefromblahblahblah 

arentyouthatguyfromwhatsitcalledohhhyouknowhelpmeoutherethatgroup 
thatindianrockgroupwhatisitohhhyouknowitswhatyoupeoplelistentoonyou 
rreservedlandyourreservethatbringsmetoanothertopicohhhcashinthats 
thegroupcashinwhichoneofthemtherereservesareyoufromanyways 

shitiveneverbeenasmessedupasiamrightnowyowhattribesareyoufromkidw 
heniwasyourageweusedtodriveaaroundinmybrotherskickassblackcomanch 
eyouwannasipokfineitsyourlossanywayswhenwhenwegothomewewouldeatta 
stycustardalldayareyoulisteningtomedidyouhearwhatisaid 

ohhhyoupeoplearesooocutewithyourlittletraditionsandallyouknowmyol 

dersistertinayeahtinainanycaseabouttwoyearsbackshewenttooneofyous 

peoplespowwowwowsandshebroughtmebackabraceletooohitssoprettyitson 

eofthoseauthenticnavahobraceletsitsbeadeditsgreenandbluedoyouwannaseei 

tillwearitforyoutomorrow 

those  who  need  not  listen 
should  never  listen 


what  you  can  do 

is  ex/per/ience 

read 

learn 

soak  up 

ac/knowledge 

ex/per/ience 

then  support 

convince 

sustain 
convince 

fund 
convince 

maintain  what  you  know 

convincing  yourself  will  give  you  con/fi/dence 

convince 

until  you  see  four  directions 
each  leading  to  a  same  destination 


until  your  mouth  spits  out  the  right  words 

your  own  words 

not  just  of  those  who  have 

convinced  you 

convince 

yourself  you  know  the  terminology 

convince 

until  you  shout  out: 
what  about  the  brown? 
what  about  the  brown? 
until  you  scream  out: 
rita  joe 
(in  ecstasy) 

until  you  empty  out  your  all 
until  you  . . . 
convince 

yourself 


that  neo-immigrunt 
who  calls  himself  vince 

convince 

especially  those  who  know  not  even  how  to  spell 
"convince" 


convince 

yourself 
until  that  time 

when  you  will  not  only  feel  convinced 
but  are  convinced  that  you  can  convince 


convince 

them  what  it  means  to  you 


poetry  by  namowan  michael  kirby 


March  3,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  19 


Gerald  McMaster  is  a  curator,  an  artist  and  a  student.  His  works  have  been  displayed  around  the  world.  In 
1992,  he  was  the  co-curator  of  Indigena,  an  exhibition  of  the  works  of  contemporary  Native  artists  held  at  the 
Museum  of  Civilization.  He  is  currently  on  leave  from  his  post  as  curator  of  contemporary  Indian  art  at  the 
museum  to  complete  his  master's  degree  in  anthropology  at  Carleton  University.  He  spoke  with  Karin  Jordan 
and  Andrea  Smith  of  The  Charlatan  about  his  work  as  an  artist  and  his  latest  installation,  Savage  Graces. 

Savage  Graces  was  first  displayed  at  the  University  of  British  Columbia  Museum  of  Anthropology  in  1992. 
It  was  on  display  at  Arts  Court  in  Ottawa  from  Jan.  13  to  Feb.  27.  It  will  continue  to  tour  across  Canada  through 
1995.  Another  collection  of  his  works,  niya  nehiyaw:  Crossfires  of  Identity,  was  on  display  at  the  Carleton 
University  Art  Gallery  from  Jan.  3  to  Feb.  13. 

Charlatan:  I've  heardyou  talk  a  lot  about  your  role  as  an  artist,  and 
you've  mentioned  that  you  feel  the  artist  is  a  person  who  has  a  foot  in 
two  worlds.  Can  you  explain  what  that  means,  especially  for  yourself, 
and  then  elaborate  on  what  you're  supposed  to  do  as  a  person  with  a 
foot  in  two  worlds? 


Gerald  McMaster:  Well,  I  think  that  the  artist  occupies  at 
least  two  spaces,  if  not  more.  That's  probably  what  I  was  getting  towards 
—  the  idea  that  the  artist  is  situated  between  different  communities,  and 
is  never  really  stable.  This  is  how  I  see  contemporary  artists  today.  They 
have  to  be  in  different  situations  at  different  times.  It's  not  necessarily 
between  two  communities  or  two  worlds,  but  I  think  it's  the  idea  of  seeing 
from  difTerent  perspectives. 
I  think  that  the  opportunity  for  the  artist  to  see  different  possibilities  at 
the  same  time,  to  me,  comes  out  of  this  idea  of  being  in  two  spaces,  per- 
haps at  the  same  time.  Or  being  on  the  line,  on  the  border  of  something 
and  looking  different  ways  all  the  times.  That's  what  has  been  important 
for  me  particularly  as  an  artist.  I  think  that  we  all  have  to  discover  who 
we  are  at  some  point  in  our  life,  where  we  know  or  try  and  discover  who 
we  are.  And  in  discovering,  we're  always  making  that  relationship. 
I  think  as  a  contemporary  artist,  I  try  to  see  myself  in  a  relation,  and 
what  it's  to.  Well,  that  relation  for  me  is  to  the  Native  community,  and  to 


the  non-Native  community  —  whatever  that  community  happens  to  be. 
And  the  idea  there  is  that  I'm  able  to  see  both  sides.  I  am,  as  an  artist  and 
an  individual,  on  a  border.  I  am  the  border  and  I  can  see  both  sides.  And 
to  me  this  is  a  strategic  position  to  be  in.  And  I  think  it's  a  strategy  for  all 
artists.  But  it  takes  a  lot  of  soul-searching  and  a  lot  of  experience  to 
discover  your  identity  as  an  artist. 

Charlatan :  So  the  strategy,  it  can't  just  be  self-discovery  then.  What 
is  the  other  strategy?  Or  is  there  another  strategy? 

GM  1  Oh  yes,  there  are  other  strategies.  But  one,  as  I  say,  is  to  try  to 
discover  your  identity  as  an  artist.  And  for  me  it  was  important  to  under- 
stand what  community  I  was  responsive  to,  and  what  community  I  was 

responsible  to.  Because  I  felt  that,  at  the  point  I'm  at  today,  I  cannot 
create  works  that  are  specific  to  the  Native  community.  Maybe  there  is  a 
point.  But  there  are  certain  types  of  work  that  I  don't  think  can  be  pro- 
duced by  me  at  this  point. 
I  guess  I  should  explain  what  the  strategy  is.  For  instance,  in  this  exhibi- 
tion (Savage  Graces),  I  thought  that  I  could  do  something  as  an  artist  who 

is  situated  between  these  two  different  cultures.  As  a  contemporary 
Western  artist  and  in  the  practices  of  being  that  artist,  there  are  strategic 
ways  in  which  you  express  yourself  or  use  art.  And  through  this  exhibi- 


20  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  3,  1994 


I've  explained  elsewhere  that  I  saw  I  could  use  my  work  as  a  mirror,  as  a 
looking  glass.  Where  on  the  one  hand  it  becomes  a  reflective  surface  on 

which  society  can  look  at  stereotypes  —  stereotypes  that  have  been 
imposed  upon  others.  In  this  case,  I  was  saving  "here  are  the  stereotypes 
about  Indians."  And  they  come  from  outside  the  Native  community.  So  if 

you  reflect  that  in  interesting  and  ironic  ways  back  to  the  community, 
maybe  they  might  catch  themselves  looking  or  using  that  language.  So  by 

putting  up  a  mirror,  it  reflects  back.  And  if  the  mirror  is  put  up  by  an 
indigenous  artist,  then  coming  from  that  position,  that  voice  might  make 
people  think  a  little  differently.  Now  if  I  was  someone  else,  it  would  be  a 

different  voice  altogether,  a  different  mirror. 
At  the  same  time,  while  I'm  putting  up  this  mirror  as  it  were,  the  Native 
communities  can  look  into  this  looking  glass  into  the  society.  Or  society 
can  look  through  into  the  looking  glass  and  see  all  the  contradictions  and 
conflicts  and  tensions  regarding  these  issues.  So  this  mirror,  or  looking 
glass,  works  as  a  reflective  surface,  but  one  to  go  into  and  beyond  the 
surface  into  that  garden  beyond  the  glass,  or  beyond  the  window  frame. 
So  that's  the  strategy  I'm  employing.  I  think  that  as  a  contemporary 
artistic  practice,  that's  where  I'm  at  today.  And  that's  how  I  was  using 
this  exhibition.  And  that's  how  I  see  myself  as  a  contemporary  artist. 

Charlatan:  Through  this  strategy  and  this  looking  glass,  what  do 
you  think  that  you've  learned?  And  what  do  you  think  that  people 
who've  also  come  to  see  the  exhibit  have  learned?  It's  tough  to 
generalize,  because  everybody  comes  to  see  the  exhibit.  But  if  there's 
one  commonality,  what  would  that  be? 

GM  Well,  as  I  say,  I  think  that  contemporary  artists  are  constantly 
looking  at  the  world.  And  looking  at  it  through  their  lenses.  And  we  make 
objects,  and  those  objects  are  representations,  and  so  people  coming  to  see 

this  exhibition  will  see  those  representations.  And  obviously,  through 
their  experiences,  through  their  education,  through  their  cultural  experi- 
ences, they  will  be  able  to  see  these  images  in  very,  very  different  ways. 

Some  will  not  see  anything  wrong,  and  others  will. 
In  this  exhibition  there  were  Native  peoples  who  came  through  and  saw 
nothing  wrong  with  some  of  the  images.  Whereas  other  Native  peoplei 
said  "There's  stuff  terribly  wrong  here."  So  again,  we  have  to  look  at 
experiences,  and  how  people  think,  and  what  kind  of  education  or  back- 
grounds they  have.  That's  part  of  the  work  of  a  contemporary  artist. 
Other  people  will  disagree  with  me.  But  for  me,  this  is  how  I  operate,  this 
is  my  practice. 

Charlatan:  I'm  wondering  how  recent  it  is  that  a  space  like  this  that 
you're  operating  in,  where  you  can  question  identity  and  representa- 
tion and  turn  "history"  on  its  head,  has  existed?  How  recent  is  it  that 
a  space  like  that  has  been  opened  for  a  contemporary  artist  like  you? 
I  get  the  feeling  it's  been  a  pretty  gradual  process. 

GM:  I  think  that  it's  part  of  the  shift  in  general  in  society  —  what  we 
could  think  of  as  a  condition  of  the  times.  This  strategy  or  approach  would 
not  have  worked  30  years  ago,  but  it  happens  that  the  physical  as  well  as 
the  intellectual  spaces  have  changed  and  have  allowed  those  opportuni- 
ties for  people  like  me  to  engage  in  a  political  aesthetic.  And  I  think  if  I 
can  open  this  space  by  articulating  the  questions  and  the  issues,  then 
that's  part  of  the 
strategy. 


Charlatan:  Articulating  it  to  who?  You  have  many  different  audi- 
ences that  you  have  to  translate  for. 

GM  I  Well,  in  terms  of  the  art  spaces,  you  have  to  articulate  to  the 
people  who  run  institutions  [laughs].  The  people  running  a  space  have  to 
understand,  have  to  be  open  to  these  possibilities.  But  if  they  don't, 
they're  going  to  look  away  and  look  at  something  else. 

Charlatan:  You  seem  to  have  a  pretty  extensive  collection  of 
imagery  of  Native  peoples,  and  also  things  that  have  been  deposited  in 
the  cultural  amnesty  bin,  which  is  part  of  this  exhibit  (part  of  Savage 
Graces  is  a  clear  plastic  bin  in  which  visitors  to  the  exhibit  have 
deposited  stereotypical  imagery  which  they  own,  or  have  seen,  of 
Native  peoples  -  everything  ranging  from  toys  to  newspaper  articles). 
What  are  your  plans  to  make  something  constructive  out  of  this 
destructive  imagery? 

GM  I  What  I'd  like  to  do,  and  what  the  exhibition  has  done,  is  trans- 
form spaces.  This  exhibition  (Savage  Graces  )  started  out  in  a  museum  of 
anthropology  ...  in  a  way  I  believe  the  exhibit  transformed  that  space  for 
several  months  when  it  was  on  display,  because  people  though  that  this 
should  operate  in  an  art  gallery.  When  I  brought  it  here  (to  Arts  Court), 
the  reverse  was  true,  so  that  the  objects  began  to  work  in  people's  mind  to 
the  point  where  they  said,  "This  should  be  in  a  museum."  So  in  both 
instances,  the  spaces  and  barriers  were  breaking  down,  and  the  objects 
spoke  in  different  ways  and  the  representations  pushed  at  the  barriers  of 
people's  thinking. 
It's  just  all  these  strange  objects,  as  you've  seen,  on  display.  And  they 

come  from  all  over.  They  come  from  the  commercial  sector  through 
bumper  stickers,  through  salt  shakers,  through  the  food  industry.  The 
images  come  from  the  publishing  industry,  through  stories.  They  come 
from  the  scientific  industry,  from  the  artistic  industry  —  these  images 
come  from  everywhere.  And  it  seems  that  these  different  directions  have 
constructed  "the  Indian"  in  some  way. 
What  I'm  interested  in,  in  collecting  these  objects,  is  whether  you  can 
categorize  them  or  break  down  the  way  these  representations  are  made. 
So  the  interest  there  for  me  is  in  the  potential  for  study.  The  potential 
that  we  can  look  at,  and  start  to  think  in  very  serious  terms  about  what 
these  representations  are  saying,  but  at  the  same  time  ask  how  we  con- 
struct where  they're  coming  from.  What's  the  discourse  of  these  represen- 
tations? So  the  idea  is  to  gather  all  this  material  together.  There's  so 
much  out  there,  but  this  is  a  beginning.  And  I'd  like  to  see  something 
develop  from  that.  I'd  like  to  see  this  collection  amassed  and  not  just  put 

somewhere  in  storage,  but  more  actively  researched.  I  think  that  for 
students  and  for  kids,  it's  an  area  that's  very  rich  for  study.  You  can  go 
back  in  history  for  many,  many  years,  and  the  material's  out  there.  It's 
just  not  being  studied  in  the  same  way.  So  I  think  this  group  of  objects 
can  create  an  archival  base  for  academic  research.  I  want  to  place  them 
somewhere  where  they  will  be  a  centre  of  debate  and  research  on  repre- 
sentations of  Aboriginal  peoples,  a 


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Honour  My  Pleasure 


Masks  Hung 

Hollywood  Indian  music  roams  the  kitchen 
Mom  fanning  the  smoke  as  it  escapes 

Church  bells  begin  to  cry 

Rain  slaps  gently  on  the  house's  window 

Dog  asleep  by  the  wood  stove 

Record  skips  once  and  then  again 
A  new  beat  rises  above  the  morning 

A  truck  goes  rattling  by 
It  vanishes  in  the  mist 
Its  rattle  still  heard 


Mom  tastes  her  rabbit  stew 
Dumplings  bob  up  and  down 
Thick  liquid  bubbles 
Ladle  dipped  and  scooped 
Into  an  old  wooden  bowl 

Sister  awakes  to  this  aroma 
She  has  fallen  down 
Fallen  off  that  Indian  wagon 
Mom  stares  and  wonders  at  her 
Shuffling  feet  to  cold  toilet 


Running  boy  shoots  out  of  the  hall 

His  uncombed  hair  standing  at  attention 

He  touches  mom  and  she  smiles  weakly  to  him 

His  bowl  before  him  as  he  tastes  the  rabbit 

He  is  finished  even  before  the  bowl  has  cooled 


hot  july  day  with  the  wind  asleep 
over  at  willy's  house  do  old  men  sleep 

telling  stories  of  fish  gone  by 

salmon  who  got  away  and  to  this  day 

swim  the  mighty  fraser 

their  tales  are  long  tasty 

yet  no  man 

white  or  native 

shall  take  them  in  their  net 


they  swim  carefully  in  the  muddy  waters 

of  the  mountain's  blood 

they  come  to  speak  and  to  spread  the  word 

they  meet  and  dance  their  egg  dance 

over  and  over  does  the  drum  beat  to  the 

swishing  of  their  tails 

backs  arch  and  eject  their  hope 

into  the  stones 

the  salmon  stop  quietly 

no  more  singing  or  drumming 

only  the  silence  of  the  current 

tossing  their  lifeless  form 

across  rocks  now  milky  white 

the  rocks  turn  red  as  the  salmon 

go  to  sleep 


dreams  of  old  men  telling  stories 
of  how  the  big  one  got  away 
old  men  wishing  they  had  that 
salmon  for  supper 
old  men  drinking  and  dancing 
around  a  circle  of  stones 


by  Joseph  A.  Dandurand 


Out  of  the  door  and  down  the  disappearing  road 
Worn-out  shoes  kicking  up  wet  dirt 

Rattling  truck  coming  back 
Mist  closes  around  running  boy 
His  hair  standing  at  attention 

Sister  out  and  sitting  by  the  stove 

Old  dog  staring  at  her 

Trying  to  remember  who  she  was 

Mom  drying  dishes 

Old  dog  resting  for  another  day 

Another  truck  goes  attacking  the  dirt 
Wheels  turning  centuries  into  minutes 

Mom  crying  in  the  other  room 

Rain  slapping  against  the  one  window 

Sister  licking  at  the  neck  of  her  bottle. 


by  Joseph  A.  Dandurand 


Joseph  Dandurand  is  a  poet  and  a  playwright, 
and  a  Salish-Nooksack  Indian  from  Fort  Langely 
Band'No.6.  His  poetry  has  been  published  in  the 
En'Owkin  Journal  of  First  North  American  Peo- 
ple, and  he  has  a  chapbook  of  poetry  called  the 
Upside-down  Raven.  He  is  at  present  completing 
an  internship  in  museology  at  the  Museum  of 
Civilization  in  Hull. 


he  is 

apt  not  to  even 
notice  the  coincidence  of 

the  elbow 

ummm 

excuse  me  (nudge  nudge) 

you 
errrr 

are  in  my  way 
there  are  two  of  us  in  this  elevator 

give 
me 
some 
space 

besides 
man 
you  stink 

ahhh 

can  you  get  your  friend  to  take  off  that  hat 
it's  really  starting  to  get  in  the  way 

come  on  buddy 
give  me  some  room 
elbow  elevator  in  my  way  elbow  sucka  elbow  blocking 
elbow  stench   crowd  elbow  line-up  elbow  honey  elbow 

having  been  the  only  anishnawbe  in  a  room  packed 
shoulder  to  shoulder  with  tricksters 

my  elbows  have  come  in  handy 

having  been  stuck 
at      your     dinner  party 

with       your  friends 

sitting  next  to  her 
you  talk  about  how  the  tnemnrevog  naidanac 
topics  that  are  hardly  worth  wasting  our  precious  breath  discussing 

i  use  my  elbow 

to  get  her  attention 
(pretty  clever 

eh?) 

now  that  i  have  got  her  glance 
i  motion 

we  get  up 

and 

occupy  .  our  ... 

voices  with 

more 
heartfelt 
ideas 


poem  by  namowan  michael  kirby 


March  3,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  23 


Australian  Indigenous  youth  ambassador 


by  Dean  Janvier 

Dean  Janvier  is  a  first-year  journalism  student  at  Carle- 
ton. 

Greg  Phillips  lives  in  Mount  Isa,  Australia, 
and  is  about  to  get  a  degree  in  Aboriginal  studies 
and  government,  but  he  is  no  ordinary  20-year- 
old. 

He  is  also  a  travelling  ambassador  for  his 
Indigenous  people,  the  Wanyee  Aborigine  Nation 
in  Australia,  having  travelled  in  Canada  and  the 
U.S.  to  talk  with  Aboriginal  youth. 

Phillips  arrived  in  Canada  on  Jan.  13  and 
toured  the  James  Bay  Cree  schools  in  northern 
Quebec  for  a  month.  He  gave  workshops  to  stu- 
dents on  the  experience  of  his  own  people  and  on 
his  vision  for  Aboriginal  people  around  the  world. 
He  returned  to  Australia  at  the  end  of 
February. 

Phillips  only  had  three  weeks  to  prepare 
before  he  arrived  in  Canada.  Phillips  said, 
"When  I  got  on  the  plane,  I  didn't  really 
know  why  I  was  coming,  but  I  felt  that  I  was 
meant  to  come.  It  felt  right." 

He  said  he  felt  very  honored  when  the 
James  Bay  Cree  school  board  asked  him  to 
come  to  Canada  because  one  of  the  elders 
requested  it  after  hearing  him  speak  at  two 
world  Indigenous  conferences  last  year  in 
.Australia. 

In  James  Bay,  Phillips  talked  with  the 
students  about  the  challenges  Aboriginal 
youth  in  Australia  are  facing.  He  said  he 
tried  to  inspire  them  to  become  aware  of 
what  they  can  do  to  help  themselves  and 
their  own  people.  He  was  at  the  Peterbor- 
ough Elders  Gathering  Feb.  18-20,  where 
he  talked  to  me  about  his  trip. 

Phillips  said  the  problems  for  Austral- 
ia's Aboriginal  peoples  are  staggering.  He 
said  they  have  a  high  infant  mortality  rate, 
a  high  imprisonment  rate,  poor  health,  high  un- 
employment, and  a  serious  lack  of  running  water, 
sewage  treatment  and  adequate  housing. 

Phillips  said  he  realizes  political  issues  are 
important  for  his  people,  but  sees  problems  with 
relying  only  on  the  political  approach  to  problem 
solving. 

"Land  rights  has  been  a  key  political  issue  for 
our  people  for  many,  many  years.  It's  the  political 
issue  around  which  our  people  rally.  I  wouldn't 
say  that  it  brings  unity  to  Aboriginal  people, 
because  there's  still  a  lot  of  identity  problems,"  he 
said. 

"I  could  talk  about  all  those  things,  the  statis- 


tics, but  there's  something  I've  been  taught;  we 
have  a  much  greater  thing  that  we  can  talk  about 
and  that  is  our  spirituality." 

According  to  Phillips,  Indigenous  peoples  have 
to  reclaim  their  traditional  culture  and  values  in 
order  to  become  strong  again.  Phillips  referred  to 
this  as  a  "healing  process."  He  said  it  is  a  slow 
process  and  will  require  much  time,  effort  and 
determination. 

He  said  he  believes  the  key  to  the  healing 
process  is  for  youth  to  learn  from  their  traditional 
elders  the  languages,  stories,  ceremonies  and 
traditions  of  their  people. 

This,  according  to  Phillips,  will  help  rebuild 
their  societies  in  a  way  that  will  allow  Indigenous 
peoples  to  retain  their  unique  cultural  identities 


Turn  your  education 
into  a  Profession 


while  living  in  the  modern  world.  Also,  it  will  help 
to  find  new  ways  to  solve  modem  problems. 

Phillips  said  he  draws  strength  from  his  elders, 
his  faith  in  Wonjeena  and  his  mother,  Mona.  He 
said,  "I'm  very  thankful  to  Wonjeena.  Wonjeena 
is  what  we  call  the  Creator. . . .  I'm  very  thankful 
to  Wonjeena  for  giving  me  at  least  some  opportu- 
nities to  face  my  own  issues." 

He  believes  that  in  order  to  have  a  real  impact, 
he  must  be  a  role  model  himself  and  deal  with  his 
own  issues.  He  said  it  is  very  hard  to  try  and  be  a 
good  role  model,  especially  when  his  friends  are 
tempting  him  to  drink  with  them.  When  they  ask 
him  why  he  doesn't,  he  says,  "Because  to  me 
-  clrinking  is  like  stand- 
ing on  my  people's  neck 
and  telling  them  to  get 
up." 


Another  problem  he  sees  among  his  people  is 
they  are  stuck  blaming  others  for  their  problems. 
He  said  he  feels  a  lot  of  frustration  at  times, 
especially  when  he  attends  community  meetings 
and  hears  a  people  complaining  about  no  educa- 
tion, high  unemployment  and  loss  of  land  rights, 
who  then  go  home  and  "bash  their  wives  or  abuse 
their  kids." 

He  also  has  compassion  for  these  people  and 
recognizes  them  for  what  they  have  experienced 
in  their  lives.  "In  many  ways  the  generation 
before  us  is  the  one  that  has  taken  much  of  the 
real  hard,  killing  pain,  the  wounding  of  the  spirit 
.  .  .  with  the  mission  school  systems,  with  the 
taking  of  the  kids  away  and  putting  them  into 
white  homes  in  the  city  to  work  as  maids  and 
garden  hands  ...  as  slaves  you  might  as 
well  say." 

Because  the  older  generation  is  suffer- 
ing from  the  effects  of  all  that  abuse,  he  said 
he  thinks  the  Aboriginal  youth  in  Australia 
have  to  play  a  lead  role  in  rebuilding  their 
communities. 

"They  have  to  be  the  ones  that  stand  up 
and  say  'I  don't  want  to  see  my  auntie 
getting  bashed  any  more'  or  'I  don't  want 
any  more  of  my  friends  to  feel  they  have 
nothing  in  life  and  commit  suicide.'" 

That  is  why  Phillips  travels  and  speaks 
with  young  people.  He  said  he  knows  Indig- 
enous peoples  from  all  over  the  world  share 
many  of  the  same  problems  in  their  com- 
munities. By  sharing  his  experiences,  he 
said  he  hopes  he  will  inspire  other  youths  to 
make  a  contribution  to  their  community. 
He  said  he  hopes  they  will  become  empow- 
ered by  hearing  his  message. 

Coming  to  Canada  and  living  with  the 
J ames  Bay  Cree  people  for  a  month  has  also 
helped  Phillips.  "Every  time  I  spoke  I 
learned  something  new  about  my  own  family 
history,  some  deep  hurt  or  something  I  should 
think  more  about,"  he  said. 

This  trip  to  Canada  was  very  special  for  Phillips 
because  he  said  he  sees  it  as  a  way  to  give  back 
something  from  his  people  to  Aboriginal  peoples 
in  Canada. 

"Indigenous  peoples  are  coming  back  into  the 
light.  We've  hit  rock  bottom.  It's  going  to  be  very 
slow,  but  the  healing  has  started.  Much  of  my  and 
my  mother's  awareness  has  come  from  Native 
Canadian  peoples.  So  for  that  we  have  much  to 
thank  you  for,"  he  said. 

Phillips  had  one  final  message  for  anyone  who 
reads  this: 

"Don't  be  afraid  of  what's  inside  because  we  all 
have  the  answers  inside  us,  everyone.  It's  just  up 
to  us  to  let  our  spirit  awaken  again."  0 


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24  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  3,  1994 


by  Roberta  Stout 


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try's  mixed-heritage  population 

My  mother  is  a  "full-blooded"  Plains  Cree 
from  northern  Alberta,  and  my  father  is  of  Ger- 
man and  British  descent.  This  has  left  me  waver- 
ing somewhere  in  between. 

I  became  an  "Indian"  at  the  age  of  13.  Actu- 
ally, let  me  phrase  this  correctly.  I  have  always 
been  a  Native  person,  yet  became  legally  so  in 
June,  1985  when  Bill  C-31  became  federal 
law. 

Bill  C-31  amended  Section  12(l)(b)  of 
the  Indian  Act  of  1867.  Before  this  amend- 
ment, any  Native  woman  who  married  a 
non-Native  man  lost  her  status  as  an  Abo- 
riginal person,  as  would  their  children. 

This  section  of  the  Indian  Act  was 
extremely  sexist,  as  a  Native  man  marry- 
ing a  non-Native  woman  retained  his  sta- 
tifs.  Adding  to  this  was  another  nauseat- 
ing complication  —  the  non-Native  woman, 
upon  marrying  a  Native  man,  then  "be- 
came" a  Native  woman.  Go  figure.  This  is 
how  the  government  of  Canada  created 
"instant  Indians."  Yet  this  blatant  sexism 
was  ignored  for  over  100  years. 

I  still  remember  the  day  in  the  summer  of 
1985  when  I  was  issued  my  very  first  and  very 
pink  Indian  Status  card  from  the  Department  of 
Indian  and  Northern  Affairs.  Upon  receiving  my 
card,  my  identification  changed  from  Roberta 
Stout  to  a  six-digit  number. 

Along  with  this  branding  came  an  assort- 
ment of  so-called  benefits  such  as  provincial  tax 
exemption,  post-secondary  education  funding  (a 
monthly  allowance  for  Native  students,  as  well  as 
getting  tuition  paid)  and  pharmaceutical  privi- 


effect  on  me.  It  is  only  in  the  past  several  years 
that  I  have  come  to  a  realization  of  the  ludicrous 
nature  of  the  whole  Indian  Act.  What  baffles  me 
more  is  that  the  government  of  Canada  continues 
to  impose  this  detrimental  document  on  a  group 
of  people  —  the  First  Nations  of  this  land. 

For  my  mother,  regaining  her  rightful  sta- 
tus as  an  Aboriginal  woman  created  mixed  emo- 


CERTIFICATE  OF  INDI* 


STOUT 


Roberta  Leedom 


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tions.  Anger  was  the  first  thing  that  came  to  her 
mind.  How  could  she  have  been  stripped  of  her 
identity  in  the  first  place?  For  the  preceding  16 
years  of  my  mother's  life,  she  had  been  denied  the 
basic  human  right  of  her  Cree  identity. 

The  day  she  married  my  father  was  the  day 
she  became  another  "white"  citizen  of  Canada.  In 
addition,  if  my  mother  had  decided  to  divorce  my 
father,  she  would  remain  "white."  If  she  had 
decided  to  move  back  to  the  reserve  where  she 
had  spent  18  years  of  her  life,  she  could  have  been 


charged  with  trespassing**  other  words,  she 

'  "°|iJ%BtWa^u^s£  Mr^T "jffPyvoman 
I  VeK^s^fofloflHDdJM^t  was 

Bi^<nVtfe5lfc^i|^iMthyfiat  the 

Jial  Discrimination  in  the  act  as  a  whole  was 
alsoerased.  This  is  not  true.  I  am  a  Bill  C-31  baby, 
which  makes  me  a  "half-breed"  in  the  eyes  of  the 
government,  or  a  Section  6(2)  person  under  the 
Indian  Act. 

In  contrast,  the  offspring  of  a  Native  man 
and  a  non-Native  woman  are  seen  as  "full-blooded" 
Native  or  a  Section  6(l)(b)  person  under  the 
Indian  Act.  This  is  despite  the  fact  that  in  both 
■  cases  the  offspring  have  exactly  the  same 
I  genetic  makeup  —  one  Native  and  one 
non-Native  parent. 

The  Act  can  be  further  criticized 
when  one  looks  at  how  our  next  genera- 
tion of  offspring  will  be  classified.  If  I,  a 
Bill  C-31  baby,  have  a  child  with  a  non- 
Native  man,  my  child  will  be  considered 
non-Native  in  the  eyes  of  the  Indian  Act. 
I  must  have  a  child  with  a  recognized 
Section  6(2 )  man  in  order  for  that  child  to 
retain  Native  status. 

However,  if  a  Section  6(1  Kb)  person 
has  a  child  with  a  non-Native  person, 
their  child  would  still  be  considered  Na- 
tive under  the  Indian  Act.  I  hope  that  you 
are  as  baffled  as  I  am. 
It  is  clear  that  my  generation  of  Native 
young  people  are  still  being  discriminated  against 
under  the  very  outdated  Indian  Act. 

Bill  C-31  changed  the  lives  of  many  Native 
peoples  across  this  country.  What  is  important  to 
realize  is  that  any  system  that  attempts  to  dictate 
the  identity  of  a  group  of  people  is  both  patroniz- 
ing and  detrimental.  This  is  how  I  would  define 
the  Indian  Act. 

Status  card  holder  189195  has  nothing  more 
to  say.  n 


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26  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  3,  1994 


just  who  is  this 
paper  for? 

editor: 

On  Feb.  8,  1994,  a  friend  of  mine, 
pavid  Bruce  Elver,  who  was  also  a  student 
at  Carleton,  died.  Since  he  was  a  member 
0f  the  Carleton  community,  I  felt  it  was 
important  that  other  members  of  this 
community  were  informed  of  his  untimely 
passing. 

I  subsequently  approached  The  Charla- 
tan and  provided  them  with  a  short  obitu- 
ary and  a  photograph,  stressing  several 
times  the  importance  of  including 
David'spicture,  asmanypeoplewhoknew 
him  wouldonly  recognize  him  by  sightand 
not  name. 

On  Thursday,  Feb.  17  the  paper  ap- 
peared, with  the  obituary  appearing  in 
the  "Letters"  section  but,  much  to  my 
chagrin,  without  picture. 

Looking  through  this  particular  issue  I 
wondered  about  the  relevance  of  some 
other  pictures:  e.g.  another  vacuous  car- 
toon of  President  Farquhar,  a  replication 
of  the  picture  on  the  front  page,  etc. . . . 

The  incompetency  of  our  student  news- 
paperis  furtherillustrated  by  the  fact  that 
it  missed  the  story  about  the  twins  sepa- 
rated at  birth  and  reunited  here  at  Carle- 
ton. This  event  was  deemed  newsworthy 
enough  to  be  covered  by  the  CBC  and 
picked  up  by  CNN,  but  not  The  Charlatan. 

The  Charlatan's  failure  to  pick  up  this 
story  is  not  surprising.  It  parallels  the 
exclusion  of  David's  picture  and  a  proper 
obituary.  The  reason  this  story  was  ig- 
nored it  appears,  is  that  involved  Carle- 
ton students. 

Second,  it  involved  relatively  straight- 
forward facts  and  therefore  provided  little 
opportunity  for  The  Charlatan  to  indulge 
in  the  kind  of  mental  masturbation  com- 
monly used  to  castigate  our  president,  OC 
Transpo,  records,  movies  and  the  main- 
stream press. 


On  the  front  page  of  The  Charlatan  we 
are  reminded  weekly  that  we  are  reading 
"Carleton's  independent  student  news- 
paper," making  one  wonder  what  it  is 
independent  of  —  the  administration, 
advertisers,  reality  or  its  student  popula- 
tion. Being  a  regular  reader,  may  I  sug- 
gest that  this  independence  coincides 
closer  with  the  latter. 

Peter  Urmetzer 
MA  Sociology  II 

Speak  up  before 
it's  too  late 

Editor: 

I'm  a  first-year  student  here  at  Carle- 
ton University.  I  receive  student  loans,  I'm 
part  of  the  Ontario  Work  Study  Program 
and  have  a  part-time  job  outside  of  school. 

I  know  the  feeling  of  desperation  of  not 
being  able  to  make  ends  meet.  It  kills  me 
to  hear  that  the  government  hasthenerve 
to  raise  tuition.  But,  I  guess  that'sold  news 
to  most  of  us. 

As  of  now,  tuition  takes  about  40  per 
cent  of  my  total  income.  I'm  sure  there  are 
others  in  mysituation.  But,  from  the  looks 
of  it,  most  people  seem  pretty  passive  to 
the  fact  that  we  may  have  to  pay  up  to  50 
per  cent  more  tuition. 

No  one  is  saying  we  all  have  to  rally  or 
protest.  But,  take  two  minutes  out  of  your 
time  to  make  your  voice  heard,  make  a 
phone  call,  write  a  letter.  Just  don't  let 
them  shaft  us  with  this  tuition  hike,  be- 
cause they  will  do  it. 

Remember  the  GST?  Most  said  nothing 
when  they  proposed  to  implement  it,  but 
we  all  cried  when  it  was  implemented. 
Most  of  us  are  under  the  poverty  limit  as 
it  is.  We  cannot  afford  to  pay  any  more, 
and  we  have  to  give  the  government  and 
everyone  else  that  message. 

Those  of  you  collecting  student  loans 
or  people  who  cannot  afford  these  high 


tuition  hikes,  remember  that  most  of  the 
people  who  want  to  implement  these  tui- 
tion hikes  can  afford  them.  We  cannot!! 
Make  it  clear  that  university  is  not  only  for 
the  rich,  but  for  all  who  treasure  the 
opportunity  for  a  better  future. 

Armando  Maio 
Arts  I 

Profs  should  put 
up  or  shut  up 

Editor: 

It  was  with  great  interest  that  I  fol- 
lowed the  letter-writing  feud  in  The  Char- 
latan last  term  between  Gory 
Anandasangaree  and  |on  Pammett,  the 
head  of  the  political  science  department. 
Anandasangaree's  position  was  that  the 
department  was  too  "Eurocentric." 

Paradoxically,  many  of  the  lily-white 
professors  within  Pammett's  department 
share  Anandasangaree's  concern.  These 
self-hating  professors  routinely  pontifi- 
cate to  their  students  about  the  injustices 
perpetuatedby  "white  hegemony"  within 
Canadian  society.nottheleastofwhichis 
the  supposed  lack  of  systemic  and  institu- 
tional racial  minority  representation. 

I  would  suggest  to  Pammett  and  his 
"progressive"  ilk  on  staff  that  if  these 
white  professors  are  seriously  interested 
in  correcting  past  injustices,  they  should 
immediately  hand  in  their  resignations 
and  insist  they  be  replaced  exclusively  by 
racial  minority  professors.  What  better 
way  to  show  their  commitment  towards 
having  the  department  adequately  reflect 
the  university's  diverse  environment? 

Pammett  and  his  "progressive"  stable 
of  professors  should  for  once  practise  what 
they  routinely  preach  to  their  students  in 
class.  In  other  words,  put  up  or  shut  up! 

Steve  Dumas 
Political  Science  IV 


Education  not 
only  for  wealthy 

Editor: 

Within  a  month,  the  provincial  gov- 
ernment will  make  it  clear  just  how  much 
they  intend  to  increase  tuition.  In  the 
current  recession,  students  find  it  harder 
than  ever  to  pay  for  an  education.  Why 
then  do  fees  not  go  down? 

Instead,  they  are  likely  to  increase  at  a 
rate  many  times  the  rate  of  inflation, 
simply  because  the  NOP  government 
refuses  to  shift  the  burden  where  it  be- 
longs on  to  the  thousands  of  profitable 
corporations  which  pay  no  taxes  at  all. 

If  we  are  to  prevent  post-secondary 
education  from  becoming  exclusively  for 
the  wealthy,  it  is  crucial  to  organize  a 
student  movement  that  is  capableof  beat- 
ing the  fee  hikes,  not  just  protesting  them. 

The  "Halt  the  Hike"  protest  of  Feb.  4 
was  not,  unfortunately,  the  start  of  such  a 
movement.  It  was  not  used  to  sign  up 
active  students  and  draw  them  into  build- 
ing further  events. 

More  importantly,  the  graduate  stu- 
dents, including  many  teaching  assist- 
ants of  CUPE  Local  2323,  were  having 
their  monthly  council  meeting,  amaz- 
ingly inside  the  very  room  that  the  dem- 
onstration targeted. 

It  is  ironic  that  graduate  students  were 
prevented  from  attending,  as  they  have 
been  some  of  the  most  vocal  and  active 
opponents  of  tuition  hikes.  One  of  the 
demands  of  the  TA  union  has  been  an 
immediate  tuition  freeze  for  its  members 
and  they  have  demonstrated  a  willing- 
ness to  fightforit.  Iftheygoon  strike,  they 
must  have  the  support  of  everyone  who 
opposes  fee  hikes. 

Brian  Donnelly 
Arts  IV 

Carleton  International 
Socialists  Club 


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Steinbachs,  John 
Tattersall,  lane 
Tharayil,  Jay 
Tomlinson,  Dean 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 
Watt,  Caron 
Wefkle,  Brandie 
Wiebe,  Andrea 
Willbond,  Rob 
Wood,  Clayton 
Workman,  Tanya 
Zelinsky,  Tonya 

NEWS 

Bartolf,  David 
Bellemare,  Josee 
Bock,  Naomi 
Bustos,  Alex 
Carlucci,  Mario 
DeCloet,  Derek 
D'Orazio,  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Edwards,  Drew 
Gallop,  Angie 
Gannon,  Mo 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Haley,  Susie 
Hodges,  David 
Jordan,  Karin 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Mainville,  Michael 
McKenzie,  iodl 
McLeod,  Ian 
Nakashima,  Ryan 
Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Oza,  Prema 
Pangalos,  Anthony 
Peters,  Mike 
Silcoff,  Sean 


Skinner,  Matt 
Smith,  Andrea 
Srutek,  Karolina 
Steinbachs,  John 
Tattersall,  Jane 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 
Watt,  Caron 
Weikle,  Brandie 
Wiebe,  Andrea 
Wood,  Clayton 
Workman,  Tanya 
Zelinsky,  Tonya 

NATIONAL 

Aaron,  Bram 
Bartolf,  David 
Bellemare,  Josee 
Bernard,  Joe 
Brethour,  Pat 
Bustos,  Alex 
Carlucci,  Mario 
DeCloet,  Derek 
Dobrenski,  Steve 
D'Orazio,  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Gallop,  Angie 
Gannon,  Mo 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Haley,  Susie 
Jordan,  Karin 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Levine,  Sara-Lynne 
Mahoney,  Jill 
Mainville,  Michael 
McKenzie,  [odi 
McLeod,  Ian 
Nakashima,  Ryan 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Oza,  Prema 
Pangalos,  Anthony 


Pryor,  Tim 
Scott,  Richard  G.D. 
Skinner,  Matt 
Smith,  Andrea 
Srutek,  Karolina 
Steinbachs,  [ohn 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 
Weikle,  Brandie 
Wood,  Clayton 
Workman,  Tanya 
Zelinsky,  Tonya 


FEATURES 

Bellemare,  Josee 
Bock,  Naomi 
Ca  ffrey,  Rori 
Carlucci,  Mario 
DeCloet,  Derek 
Dobrenski,  Steve 
D'Orazio,  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Gallop,  Angie 
Gannon,  Mo 
Garrison,  Stephanie 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Hodges,  David 
Jordan,  Karin 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Mahoney,  Jill 
Mainville,  Michael 
McLeod,  Ian 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Power,  Gavin 
Pryor,  Tim 
Rappaport,  Mike 
Seddon,  Adam 
Silcoff,  Sean 
Smith,  Andrea 
Vesely,  Steven 


Ward,  Ryan 

SPORTS 

Aaron,  Bram 
Bellemare,  Josee 
Carlucci,  Mario 
DeCloet,  Derek 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Fraser,  Shannon 
Gannon,  Mo 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Labonte,  BUI 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Restivo,  Kevin 
Richards,  Sarah 
Scott,  Richard  G.D. 
Shurrie,  Matt 
Smith,  Andrea 
Tharayil,  Jay 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 

ARTS 

Aaron,  Bram 
Bartolf,  David 
Bellemare,  Josee 
Bernard,  Joe 
Bock,  Naomi 
Bustos,  Alex 
Caffrey,  Rori 
Carlucd,  Mario 
Carpenter,  Dave 
Ciszewski,  Johanna 
Comino,  M.G. 
DeCloet,  Derek 
D'Orazio,  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Edwards,  Drew 
Forieri,  Sussana 


Gannon,  Mo 
Garrison,  Stephanie 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Haley,  Susie 
Hodges,  David 
lafri,  Ali 
Jordan,  Karin 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Khan,  Kaleem 
Mahoney,  Jill 
McLeod,  Ian 
Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Oza,  Prema 
Pangalos,  Anthony 
Peters,  Mike 
Power,  Gavin 
Pryor,  Tim 
Seddon,  Adam 
Silcoff,  Sean 
Smith,  Andrea 
Srutek,  Karolina 
Steinbachs,  John 
Tattersall,  Jane 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 
Willbond,  Rob 

PHOTO 

Bellefeuille,  Andre 
Bodnar,  Alex 
Brethour,  Pat 
Brzozowski,  Anna 
Capuani,  Joanne 
Carlucci,  Mario 
Ciszewski,  Johanna 
Cooper,  Bill 
Currie,  Lisa 
Davies,  Jennifer 
Dobrenski,  Steve 
Dowdall,  Brent 


Duncan,  Todd 
Follett,  Amanda 
Gallop,  Angie 
Gannon,  Mo 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Nakashima,  Ryan 
Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 
Scallen,  Shawn 
Scott,  Richard  G.D. 
Smith,  Andrea 
Steinbachs,  John 
Tomlinson,  Dean 
Vesely,  Steven 

ONE  CREDIT  LEFT 
TO  VOTE 

Andrew,  Suzanne 
Clements,  Rob 
Craft,  Christina 
Crosbie,  Vanessa 
Docking,  David 
Goodman,  Sarah 
Herland,  Neil 
Izzard,  Suzanne 
James,  Colin 
Johnson,  Doug 
Kirincich,  Stephanka 
Kirkham,  John 
Klaus,  Alex 
Lamb,  Mark 
Manchak,  Renata 
McLennan,  Rob 
McCrostie,  James 
Orol,  Ron 
Owens,  Greg 
Price,  John 
Reid,  Chris 
Richardson,  Michael 
Sane,  Ean 
Stansfield,  James 


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28  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  3,  1994 


 -  SPORTS  

Medal  wins  for  Nordic  teams 

!tn„rke  S"Ver  Women  take  silver.  Medal  ■ 

harlalfln  Start  1^  


by  Ryan  Ward 

Cha/latan  Slaff 

Nothing  ever  works  out  the  way  you 
imagine  it. 

Take  the  men's  and  women's  nordic 
ski  teams  for  instance. 

This  was  the  year  the  men's  team  was 
finally  going  to  break  its  four-year  string 
of  second-place  finishes  and  win  gold. 
This  was  the  year  the  perennially  strong 
women's  team  was  going  to  fall  out  of  the 
medal  standings  after  losing  core  veter- 
ans from  last  year. 

Funny  how  it  didn't  work  out  that 
way. 


Nordic  Men  Nordic  Women 

Lakehead  70  Nipissing  106 

Carfeton    89  I  Carleton  108 

Queen's    97  Queen's  126 


Instead,  for  the  fifth  year  in  a  row,  the 
men's  nordic  ski  team  placed  second  at 
the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation finals,  held  this  yearin  Duntroon 
Ont,  Feb.  19-20. 

As  for  the  women,  they  shocked  the 
competition,  pulling  out  an  unexpected 
second-place  finish  at  the  Ontario  Wom- 
en's Interuniversity  Athletic  Association 
finals  also  in  Duntroon  atthe  same  time. 

The  medal  streaks  then,  continue. 

"We've  won  silver  every  year  since  I 
came  to  Carleton,"  said  veteran  skier 
FrankFerrari."It'sfrustrating,  butitcould 
be  a  lot  worse." 

The  men's  team,  led  by  skiers  Wayne 
Dustin,  Chris  Webb  and  Ferrari,  battled 
the  universities  of  Lakehead  and  Queen's 
all  weekend  before  settling  for  silver. 

"We  were  battling  it  out  for  the  overall 
lead  against  Queen's,"  said  nordic  ski 
coach  Mark  Rabb,  commenting  on  the 
three-way  fight.  "Then  on  Sunday  we 
broke  away  from  Queen's,  but  watched 
Lakehead  walk  away  with  the  title." 

Dustin  led  men's  the  team,  winning 
both  the  10-kilometre  classic  race  and 
the  15-kilometre  freestyle  race  among  a 
field  of  67  skiers. 

"I  love  to  race  and  push  hard  no 
matter  how  small  the  race, "  said  Dustin. 
"I  mentally  stay  pretty  calm  and  that  is 
why  1  tend  to  race  consistently." 

Webb  placed  1 1th  in  the  classic  race 
and  seventh  in  the  freestyle. 

Other  top  performances  included 
Ferrari,  who  finished  seventh  in  the  clas- 
sic and  1 7th  in  the  freestyle,  as  well  as 


Nordic  skier  Wayne  Dustin  led  the  men  with  two  first  place  finishes.  Erin  Long 
(inset)  paced  the  women  with  two  top-ten  results. 


Scott  Dymond  who  placed  20th  and  23rd 
respectively. 

While  a  top  result  was  expected  of  the 
men,  no  such  expectations  were  placed 
on  the  women's  team,  who  were  rebuild- 
ing this  year  after  losing  key  veterans  like 
Miriam  Tyson  and  Ailsa  Eyvindson. 

Nevertheless,  the  women,  led  by 
Kirsten  Davis,  Erin  Long  and  Catherine 
Mulvihill,  surprised  everyone  by  placing 
second. 

"It  was  incredibly  shocking  what  the 
women  did,"  said  coach  Rabb.  "At  the 
beginning  of  the  season,  I  didn't  see  the 
women  finishing  second." 

Davis  placed  fifth  in  the  five-kilome- 
tre classic  race  and  12th  in  the  10-kilo- 
metre freestyle.  Teammate  Long  finished 
ninth  in  the  classic  and  seventh  in  the 
freestyle  race,  while  Mulvihill  placed  1 7th 
and  1 1th  respectively. 

Rookie  Gayle  Barnett  also  raced  well, 
posting  her  best  finish  of  the  season  after 


:  Nordic  team 
v  iast  keeps 

Year 

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Men 

inning 

Women 

1994 

Silver 

Silver 

1993 

Silver 

Golcf 

1992 

Silver 

Silver 

1991 

Silver 

Gold 

1990 

Silver 

Bronze 

placing  23rd  in  the  classic  race  and  15th 
in  the  freestyle. 

Afterwards,  all  the  women  agreed  their 
win  was  the  result  of  team  co-operation. 

"It  was  a  combined  effort  which  gave 
us  the  overall  result  we  did,"  said 
Mulvihill.  □ 


Home  not  too  sweet  for  Raven  fencers 


by  Shannon  Fraser 

Chaflalan  SlaH 

Two  Raven  entries  were  foiled  at  the 
provincial  fencing  championships  Feb. 
19-20  at  Carleton. 

The  Carleton  women 's  foil  team  placed 
third  in  its  class,  while  Simon  Pianarosa, 
the  only  individual  fencer  toqualify  from 
Carleton,  placed  10th  in  the  sabre. 

"They  were  all  just  a  little  under  the 
weather,  but  I  think  that  overall  they  did 
Pretty  well,"  said  coach  James  Ireland. 

The  women's  foil  team,  comprised  of 
captain  Liliana  Piazze,  Donna  Switzer, 
Tammy  Duquette  and  Natalie  Remedios, 
entered  the  championships  as  favorites 
Qfter  placing  first  in  the  Ontario  Wom- 
b's Interuniversity  Athletic  Association's 
east  division  fencing  sectionals. 

They  placed  third  in  the  provincials 
after  two  close  losses  to  Queen's  and 
Toronto,  who  finished  first  and  second. 

Ireland  was  pleased  nevertheless. 

"That's  the  top  performance  of  a  wom- 


en's foil  team  since  I've  been  here  — 
which  is  six  years,"  he  said. 

Last  yearthe  women's  foil  team  placed 
fourth  at  the  provincial  finals. 

In  the  men's  individual  competition, 
Pianarosa  entered  the  tournament  stand- 
ing fourth  in  the  east  division  of  the 
Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Association, 
but  finished  10th  after  re-injuring  his  hip 
muscle  three  days  before  the  finals. 
"I  pulled  a  Browning,"  he  said. 
Ireland  was  disappointed. 
"I  don't  blame  the  kid  for  not  being 
happy.  He  had  high  aspirations  and  it's 
unfortunate  injury  just  got  in  the  way  of 
those  aspirations.  Hopefully  next  year, 
no  injuries,  he'll  show  people  what  would 
have  happened." 

Despite  the  poorer  showing  this  year, 
Irelandsaid  he's  upbeat  about  next  year. 

"I  think  they  wanted  to  do  better . . . 
but,  hey,  next  year.  The  whole  team  is 
pretty  well  intact  and  hopefully  we'll 
win."  □ 


Raven  Donna  Switzer  lost  to  Silvia 
Pascual  of  Queen's  in  foil  action. 


What's 
wrong  with 
overtime? 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charialan  Staff 

Final  score:  Sweden  3,  Canada  2 
Err,  uhh,  1  mean  Peter  Forsberg  1  Paul 
Kariya  0. 

That's  what  the  real  score  should 
have  read  after  Forsberg  of  Sweden 
ended  an  excruciatingly  tense  Olym- 
pic gold-medal  hockey  game  between 
Canada  and  Sweden  by  scoring  on  the 
seventh  shot  of  a  shootout  after  the 
game  and  overtime  ended  in  a  2-2  tie. 

Because  Sweden  the  team  didn't 
win  the  gold  medal.  Forsberg  the  indi- 
vidual did. 

And  as  a  result,  both  Canada  and 
Sweden  got  burned  of  the  opportunity 
to  win  or  lose  the  game  fair  and  square 
—  by  a  crapshoot. 

Why  a  shootout?  If  the  Interna- 
tional Olympic  Committee  was  trying 
to  save  time,  why  didn't  it  just  end  the 
game  after  the  overtime  period  and 
give  them  both  gold  medals? 

If  time  wasn't  a  factor,  why  didn't 
they  let  the  teams  decide  the  outcome 
in  a  continuous  overtime? 

If  they  actually  thought  this  was 
going  to  improve  the  game,  they  were 
wrong. 

A  shootout  to  decide  a  gold  medal  is 
no  way  to  decide  anything. 

It's  like  eliminating  extra  innings 
in  Game  7  of  the  World  Series  in  favor 
of  a  home-run  hitting  contest  to  de- 
cide a  champion. 

And  the  shootout  formula  becomes 
even  more  unbearable  when  one  con- 
siders the  quality  of  hockey  played  by 
the  two  teams. 

Canada  trailed  1-0  for  most  of  the 
game  and  would  have  been  down  by 
many  more  but  for  the  outstanding 
goaltending  of  netminder  Corey 
Hirsch,  who  frustrated  the  Swedes  time 
and  time  again,  particularly  in  the 
second  period  when  he  stopped  16 
shots  to  keep  Canada  close. 

Rallying  in  the  third,  Canada  scored 
twice  to  take  a  lead,  which  they  main- 
tained until  less  then  two  minutes 
remained  in  the  game. 

Then  Canadian  defenceman  Brad 
Werenka  hooked  Sweden's  Mats 
Naslund  to  the  ice,  taking  a  crucial 
penalty. 

Within  30  seconds,  Sweden's 
Magnus  Svensson  tipped  a  screen  shot 
from  the  point  to  tie  the  game  at  two. 

The  game  ended  and  lOminutes  of 
overtime  accomplished  nothing.  The 
shootout  ensued. 

Itwas  exciting,  yes.  Nerve-racking, 
definitely.  Fair,  absolutely  not. 

In  fairness,  a shootoutdoesn 't com- 
pare in  any  way  to  overtime  periods. 

It  ignores  that  most  basic  fact  that 
hockey  is  a  team  game  played  by  six 
skaters  who  must  depend  on  each 
other.  It  ignores  the  necessity  of  co- 
operation and  rewards  luck  and  indi- 
vidual skill  instead. 

As  a  result,  both  teams  were  forced 
to  sit  and  watch  a  one-on-one  display 
of  luck  decide  a  gold  medal.  The  out- 
standing play  of  both  teams  was  ig- 
nored. 

That's  no  way  to  decide  a  hockey 
game.  □ 


March  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  29 


Raven 
Records 


QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"I  pulled  a  Browning." 

Men's  fencer  Simon  Pianarosa  may 
have  coined  a  new  phrase  with  this 
comment  after  he  injured  a  hip  muscle 
prio  r  to  the  provincial  finals  on  Feb. 
19-20  and  placed  a  disappointing 
fourth  in  the  individual  sabre  class. 

OWIAA  VOLLEYBALL 
East  Division 
Final  Standings 


W  L 

York       9  1 

Toronto    8  2 

Ottawa    6  4 

Queen's   5  5 

Ryerson    1  9 

Carle  ton  1  9 


F  A  PTS 
28   5  18 


T 
0 

0     28  8 


16 


20  IS  12 

16  17  10 

4  27  2 

4  28  0 


OWIAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 
Final  Standings 


W  L 
Laurentn  12  0 


Toronto 

Ottawa 

Queen's 

York 

Ryerson 


10 

7 

6 

5 

2 


Carle  ton  0 


F  A  PTS 
929  576  24 
856  596  20 
803  720  14 
788  769  12 
696  752  10 
606  803  4 


0  4699310 


OWIAA 

Athlete  of  the  Week 

Western  student  Michelle  Vesprini 
is  the  OWIAA  athlete  of  the  week. 

Vesprini  scored  59  points  in  season 
ending  wins  over  Windsor  and  Brock 
last  week.  She  ends  up  as  the  league's 
leading  scorerwith  an  average  of  22.4 
points  per  game. 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 
Final  Standings 


w 

L 

T 

F     A  PTS 

Laurentn  10 

2 

0 

024  950  20 

Ryerson  9 

3 

0 

023  923  18 

Toronto  8 

4 

0 

902  880  16 

York  6 

6 

0 

923  948  12 

Ottawa  4 

8 

0 

927  959  8 

Queen's  3 

9 

0 

904  969  6 

Carle  ton  2 

10 

0 

9129864 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Scoring  Leaders 
Final  Standings 

FG  AT  FT  AT  AVE 
Beason  149  277  77  113  33.4 
Charles  10622012214728.0 

Smart  101  22081  109  26.3 
Swords  93  217  43  66  22.2 
Fischer    96  19061   73  21.1 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Rebound  Leaders 
Final  Standings 

G  RBS  AVE 

A.  Beason  -  Ryr    12  137  11.4 

T.  Charles  -  Crl  12  13710.4 

C.Fischer  -  Lmtn   12  106  8.8 

C.  Porter -Ott       12  100  8.3 

D.  Reid-Ott        12  90  7.5 

OUAA 
Athlete  of  the  Week 

Djordje  Ljubicic  of  the  York  Yoemen 
volleyball  team  is  the  OUAA  athlete  of 
the  week. 

Ljubicic  guided  the  Yeomen  to  the 
OUAA  volleyball  title  defeating 
McMaster3-l  in  the  gold  medal  match 


Rookie  team  swims  to  personal  bests 

Raven  Andrew  Smith  qualifies  at  last  chance  meet 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Slafl 

It  took  a  little  longer  than  he  ex- 
pected, but  Carleton  swimmer  Andrew 
Smith  did  what  he  had  set  out  to  do  at  the 
beginning  of  the  year. 

Smith  qualified  for  the  Canadian 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Union  swim 
championships  in  Victoria,  B.C.,  to  be 
held  March  1 1  -13,  at  a  last-chance  swim 
meetagainstthe  University  of  Ottawa  on 
Feb.  22  in  the  100-metre  butterfly. 

Earlier  in  the  week,  Smith  had  nar- 
rowly missed  qualifying  for  the  champi- 
onships in  his  best  event,  the  200-metre 
individual  medley,  at  the  Ontario  Uni- 
versities Athletic  Association  swim  cham- 
pionships in  Toronto  on  Feb.  19-20. 

"It's  an  individual  type  of  thing.  You 
can't  have  a  best  meet  every  time  and 
you  can't  have  a  best  time  every  time 
either, "  said  Smith.  "Lots  of  people  had  a 
chance  at  qualifying,  but  didn't  quite 
make  it.  I'm  just  glad  I  came  through." 

Most  male  swimmers  train  to  peak  at 
the  provincial  finals,  so  when  none  of 
them  qualified  it  was  a  bitter  pill  forsome 
to  swallow,  said  men's  coach  Brian 
Johnson. 

"They  did  well.  Almost  universally 
they  posted  personal  bests,"  said  Johnson. 
"The  only  disappointment  was  that  no 
one  qualified  for  the  CIAU's." 

The  Carleton  men'sswim  team  placed 
10th  among  15  universities  atthe  OUAA 
championships,  with  Smith  leading  the 
way,  placing  fourth  in  the  200-metre 
individual  medley,  fifth  in  the  100-metre 
freestyle  and  sixth  in  the  200-metre  free- 
style. 

Other  noteworthy  results  were  posted 
by  swimmers  Peter  Andersen  and  Blair 
Christie,  who  placed  among  the  top  16in 


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Andrew  Smith  is  training  daily  in  preparation  for  the  upcoming  national  finals. 


their  events. 

Last  year  the  Ravens  qualified  two 
men  —  Smith  and  Don  Burton  —  for  the 
finals  at  the  provincial  championships, 
where  the  team  placed  eighth  among  14 
squads. 

Johnson  said  despite  not  having  any 
swimmers  qualify  at  the  provincial  fi- 
nals, he  was  still  pleased  with  this  year's 
results,  particularly  since  five  of  the  10- 
member  squad  are  first-year  swimmers. 

"In  retrospect,  I  was  disappointed  be- 
cause the  standard  by  which  the  pro- 
gram is  judged  is  by  how  many  swim- 
mers qualified  for  the  nationals, "  he  said. 
"  But  looking  at  the  overall  performance, 
personal  bests  and  placings,  it  was  a 
successful  season." 


But  the  real  story  of  the  weekend  was 
Smith's  narrow  miss  at  qualifying  in  the 
200-metre  individual  medley.  In  the 
morning  heats,  Smith  posted  a  time  of 
2:09.1 7  —  just  7-100ths  off  the  qualifying 
time  of  2:09.10. 

"That's  what  I  swam  in  the  morning 
so  I  thought  1  wouldn't  have  any  problem 
qualifying  in  the  final.  But  I  was  wrong." 

After  three  200-metre  races  through- 
out the  day,  Smith  had  nothing  left  to 
give  in  his  individual  medley  final. 

"My  splits  for  each  50-metre  lap  were 
just  slightly  slower  than  normal.  I  was 
tired,"  he  said. 

That  left  the  Ottawa  meet  as  his  last 
chance  at  qualifying  for  a  third  straight 
year  and  he  didn't  disappoint.  □ 


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Buddies  are  building  blocks  of  the  future 

Raven  rookies  are  the  core  to  success  of  men's  basketball  program 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Cfiartatan  Slaft 

They  are  from  opposite  ends  of  the 
country,  one  from  Sherwood,  P.E.I.,  the 
other  from  Bumaby,  B.C. 

One  listens  to  the  pulsating  beat  of 
rapgroupslikeLeadersoftheNewSchool, 
while  the  other  is  a  hard-core  70s  retro 
man  who  adores  the  tunes  of  Bruce 
Springsteen. 

There  are  differences,  yes.  But  make 
no  mistake  about  it  —  they  are  also  best 
of  friends. 

Who  are  they?  Guards  Reagh  Vidito 
and  Andrew  Smith  of  the  Carleton  men's 
basketball  team:  the  lanky,  streaky  scorer 
from  the  East  and  the  stocky,  all-around 
athlete  from  the  West. 

Look  past  the  barrier  of  superficial 
differences  and  it's  easy  to  see  just  ex- 
actly why  these  newcomers  to  the  On- 
tario Universities  Athletic  Association 
basketball  scene  have  forged  such  a  close 
friendship. 

Both  have  hod  to  endure  the  growing 
pains  a  team  goes  through  when  It  is  as 
young  as  the  Ravens,  who  played  this 
season  with  nine  rookies. 

Their  inexperience  showed,  as  the 
Ravens  ended  their  season  two  weeks  ago 
last  in  the  east  division  of  the  Ontario 
Universities  Athletic  Association  basket- 
ball league  with  a  record  of  2-10. 

Rebuilding  will  take  time,  and  both 
Smith  and  Vidito  will  likely  be  an  essen- 
tial part  of  the  core  of  the  team  for  a 
number  of  years  to  come.  However,  both 
still  remain  humble  about  their  roles. 

"We  have  a  great  group  of  rookies 
who  all  contribute.  It's  not  just  Reagh 
and  1,"  says  Smith. 

Before  their  arrival  at  Carleton,  Vidito's 
and  Smith's  academic  careers  ran  simi- 
lar paths.  Vidito  entered  the  year  with  7. S 
credits  from  the  University  of  Prince 
Edward  Island,  while  Smith  completed  a 
year  at  Vancouver  Community  College. 

Both  played  on  excellent  high-school 
teams,  but  were  always  the  underlings 
on  talent-laden  teams  and  thus  neither 
of  the  two  were  heavily  recruited  by  Car- 
leton or  any  other  school. 

Vidito  has  always  known  he  wanted 
to  play  university  basketball,  but  wasn't 
always  sure  he  was  capable  of  it.  He  felt 
he  had  to  prove  to  himself  he  could  play 
at  that  level. 

Smith,  on  the  other  hand,  had  pretty 
much  written  off  his  chances  of  playing 
anything  otherthan  high-school  basket- 
ball, mainly  because  .of  his  proficiency 
on  the  rugby  field. 

Although  Smith's  all-around  athletic 
ability  allowed  him  to  play  on  both  of 
British  Columbia's  rugby  and  basketball 
teams  throughout  high  school,  schedul- 
ing forced  him  to  give  one  up.  He  decided 
to  pursue  rugby. 

Nonetheless,  their  passion  for  the 
game  led  them  to  Carleton  and  it's  obvi- 
ous they're  happy  to  be  here  playing  the 
9ame  they  love. 

"Without  basketball,  we  wouldn't  have 
been  able  to  meet  each  other, "  says  Vidito. 

Both  Smith  and  Vidito  readily  admit 
they're  going  to  have  to  increase  their 
leadership  role  in  the  years  to  come  with 
the  imminent  departure  of  leading  scorer 
Qnd  team  leader  Taffe  Charles. 

"Reagh  and  I  as  well  as  the  rest  of  the 
team  will  have  to  pick  up  the  team  when 
't's  down,"  says  Smith." 

But  for  now,  their  roles  on  the  team 
Qre  well-defined.  They  have  learned  to 
Qccept  they  are  simply  cogs  in  a  wheel, 
lust  like  any  other  player  on  the  team. 

That  both  players  know  their  niche  is 
dear  in  their  choice  of  NBA  players  they 
'dentify  with. 

Reggie  Miller  of  the  Indiana  Pacers 


gives  his  team  consistent  three-point 
shooting  and  solid  minutes  on  both  ends 
of  the  floor.  Like  Miller,  Vidito  gives  the 
Ravens  a  big  time  spark  with  his  three- 
point  shooting.  He'd  love  to  get  the  same 
amount  of  floor  time  as  a  player  like 
Miller,  but  admits  it  has  taken  him  time 
to  become  a  more  complete  player  like 
his  idol. 

By  contrast,  Smith  likens  his  style  of 
play  to  Scott  Skiles  of  the  Orlando  Magic. 
Like  Skiles,  Smith  is  on  the  floor  consist- 
ently throughout  the  game  and  is  prob- 
ably invisible  to  the  average  fan  because 
of  his  limited  offensive  role.  But  for  a 
head  coach  like  Paul  Armstrong,  he  is  a 
dream,  an  extension  of  the  coach  on  the 
playing  floor  because  of  his  instincts. 

Like  Skiles,  Smith  is  the  glue  that  bonds 
the  team  together,  the  player  that  brings 
all  the  intangibles  like  diving  for  balls 
and  in-your-face  defence  to  the  team. 

To  Smith,  Vidito  is  "Mr.  Automatic 
with  the  sweetest  shot  on  the  team." 
Meanwhile,  Vidito  believes  Smith  is  "the 
leader  who  will  step  up  in  the  years  to 
come  and  take  over  (the  leadership  role)." 

Though  their  playing  styles  are  quite 
different,  both  say  the  other  is  a  definite 
contender  for  the  OUAA  east  Rookie  of 
the  Year  award,  despite  each  other's  pro- 
tests. 

All  these  experiences  have  provided 
them  a  short  but  lasting  friendship.  A 
friendship  and  bond  they  hope  to  build 
on  leading  the  men's  basketball  pro- 
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Women's  season  ends... 


by  Jay  Tharayil 

Charlatan  Stall 

Last  year,  the  women's  basketball 
team  salvaged  its  pride  by  winning  two 
of  its  last  five  games,  posting  a  dubious 
best  record  of  2-10  in  10  years. 

This  year's  women's  team  found  itself 
in  a  similar  situation  a  few  weeks  back, 
but  couldn't  improve  on  or  even  dupli- 
cate that  feat. 

The  Ravens  ended  their  season  winless 
at  0-12,  after  losing  64-30  to  the  York 
Yeowomen  on  Feb.  18  and  79-45  to  the 
Ryerson  Lady  Rams  on  Feb.  1 9.  The  losses 
left  the  Ravens  last  in  the  east  division  of 
the  Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity 


Athletic  Association. 

Forward  Sara  Smith  led  Carleton  with 
1 1  points  against  York,  while  rookie  guard 
Gillian  Roseway  was  the  top  Raven  with 
14  points  against  Ryerson. 

While  many  problems  like  poorshoot- 
ing  contributed  to  the  losses,  the  Ravens 
had  major  difficulty  hanging  on  to  the 
ball,  committing  65  turnovers  over  the 
weekend  —  39  against  York  and  26  more 
against  Ryerson. 

Roseway  said  the  Ravens  played  bet- 
ter than  they  had  in  the  past. 

"We  improved  but  we  didn't  come 
together.  We  still  have  a  long  way  to  go, " 
she  said.  a 


...men's  season  over  too 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 

Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Mar.  1, 1994. 
Regular  season  leaders  can  only  win  the  dinner  prize  once. 

1 344  Bank  Street 

fat  Riverside) 

738  3323 

Congratulations  to  Paul  Donovan  who  wins  this  week's  dinner  prize.  Paul 
can  come  and  pick  up  his  $25  dinner  certificates  for  Baxter's  restaurant  at  The 
Charlatan.  (Italicized  names  are  all  former  winners.)  By  the  way  Paul,  thanks  for 
the  note.  Turns  out  Jeff  Pevkev  never  collected  the  prize  because  he  doesn't  exist. 


Patrick  Soden 
R.  De  Vecchi 
Anjali  Varma 
Tyler  Vaillant 
Vicki  Mavraganis 
Joseph  Kurikose 
Alex  Varki 

8  R.  Daggupaty 

9  JeffParker 

10  Paul  Donovan 


667 
654 
651 
645 
644 
644 
644 
642 
640 
640 


by  Kevin  Restivo 

Charlatan  Stall 

If  the  Carleton  men's  basketball  team's 
season  was  an  Olympic  sport,  it  would  be 
downhill  skiing. 

The  Ravens  season  ended  in  a  vertical 
drop  in  Toronto  Feb.  18-19,  with  two 
losses  to  the  playoff-bound  York  Yeomen 
and  the  Ryerson  Rams  by  the  scoresof70- 
58  and  82-72. 

The  losses  mean  the  team  finished  the 
season  on  a  10-game  losing  skid,  alone 
in  seventh  place  in  the  east  division  of 
the  Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation with  a  record  of  2-10. 

By  comparison,  last  year's  Ravens  also 
came  in  last,  but  finished  with  a  3-9 
record. 

The  losses  left  the  team  somewhat 
frustrated,  especially  with  the  referees  in 
both  contests. 

"That  was  the  worst  officiating  we've 
had  all  year,"  said  rookie  Raven  guard 
Andrew  Smith. 


It  was  so  bad  that  fourth-year  forward 
Taffe  Charles  was  ejected  from  the  game 
with  York  for  arguing  with  the  referees. 
Although  the  team  picked  up  its  game,  it 
wasn't  enough. 

"It  was  really  nice  to  see  that  every- 
body stepped  up  their  game  without 
Taffe,"  said  Smith. 

Head  coach  Paul  Armstrong  said  not 
having  Charles  in  the  second  half  hurt. 
Brian  Smith  was  the  top  scorer  for  the 
Ravens  this  game  with  23  points. 

Against  Ryerson,  Carleton's  rebound- 
ing was  a  key  factor. 

"We  were  out-rebounded  36-23  .  .  . 
thaf  s  normally  an  area  we  cover  pretty 
well  for  a  team  our  size,  but  we  let  it  go 
against  them,"  said  Armstrong. 

Despite  the  losses,  Smith  said  the  team 
is  disappointed  the  season  is  over. 

"I  wish  we  could  keep  going, "  he  said. 
"I  think  everyone  would  like  to  see  our 
season  continue  because  I  think  we  were 
really  just  starting  to  gel."  □ 


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rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

Name  the  NHL  goalie  who  has 
recorded  more  assists  than  any 
other  in  his  career? 

Congratulations  to  Ed  Kieser  who 

knew  Canada  won  seven  medals  at  the 
1992  Winter  Olympics  in  Alberrville. 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper  and 
submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize  will  be  determined  bya  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  March  8,  1994.  The  winner 
should  come  up  to  the  office  for  the 
prize  on  any  Monday  or  Tuesday. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 


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32  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  3,  1994 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


Waxing  philosophic  with  Counting  Crows 

by  Charmead  Schella  h«itnft»».fc*»-..j.i»<.J«.  -«^...       -  .       _    C-' 

Charlalan  Slatt 


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I  Crack 
I  Porter 
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Counting  Crows,  opening  for^ 
Cracker 
Porter  Hall 


hen  you  think  of  the  flim- 
'  sinessofanythingyoumay 
hang  on  to  in  life,  you 
might  as  well  be  counting 
crows." 

Geez,  pretty  deep,  huh?  For  Adam 
Duritz,  lead  singer  and  songwriter  of  this 
San  Francisco-based  outfit,  this  saying 
has  not  only  provided  a  catchy  band 
name,  it  has  molded  his  outlook  on  life. 

Commenting  on  the  general  tone  of 
the  Crows'  debut  release,  August  and  Eve- 
rything After,  Duritz  says  it  reflects  "the 
horrible  fear  that  leads  to  this  ambiva- 
lence between  want  and  need  and  loss 
and  gain." 

Though  the  lyrical  message  of  the 
album  may  be  one  of  loneliness  or  of 
isolation  in  a  world-too-big,  the  band 
itself  is  as  hip  as.  they  get.  Duritz  and 
company  —  Matt  Malley  (bass,  guitar), 
Charlie  Gillingham  (piano,  organ,  ac- 
cordion), Steve  Bowman  (drums)  and 
David  Bryson  (guitar) — have  found  their 
own  musical  niche.  Starting  out  on  the 
Geffen  label  has  been  pretty  beneficial  to 
their  brief  career.  T-Bone  Burnett,  who 
has  worked  with  REM,  produced  August 
and  Everything  After.  After  having  recently 
covered  Van  Morrison's  butt  by  filling  in 
for  him  at  the  Rock  and  Roll  Hall  of  Fame 
black  tie  extravaganza,  they  are  con- 
tinually being  compared  to  him  and  his 
style  of  music. 

Though  theircollective  musical  sound 


is  faintly  reminiscent  of  REM  with  a  bit  of 
Tragically  Hip  thrown  in  for  good  meas- 
ure, Duritz  can't  help  but  place  the  face 
of  Eddie  Vedderin  my  unassuming  mind, 
whilst  he  croons  "Perfect  Blue  Buildings." 

Of  all  the  comparisons  being  made 
between  the  Crows  and  bands  like  REM 
and  Van  Morrison,  Duritz  says,  "Yeah, 
I've  probably  heard  of  them  (the  bands). " 
This  outfit  is  not  lacking  in  confidence. 

Duritz's  childhood  plays  a  large  part 
in  his  songwriting.  His  father  was  in  the 
American  military  all  through  Duritz's 
childhood  and  teenage  years,  which  led 
to  a  lot  of  moving  around  the  country.  "It 
was  strange  for  us  to  be  in  one  state  for 
more  than  two  or  three  years,"  he  says. 
"And  so  I'm  a  sort  of  a  displaced  person. 
These  songs  (on  August  and  Everything 
After)  are  about  the  rootlessness  in 
America." 

The  album  is  laced  with  this  sense  of 
rootlessness,  though  in  some  songs  the 
cynicism  and  bitterness  of  lost  love  and 
dreams  is  more  prevalent  than  in  others. 
On"RoundHere,"  Duritz  sings,  "Iwalkin 
the  air  between  the  rain,  through  myself 
and  back  again.  Where?  1  don't  know. . . 
."  This  snippet  gives  one  a  pretty  good 
idea  of  what  this  album's  about. 

As  for  the  album  title,  Duritz  says,  "I 
was  bom  in  August.  Everything  after  is 
my  life." 

Oh. 

Though  the  album's  songs  are  heavy 
with  a  sense  of  loneliness,  it  isn't  really  as 
depressing  as  it  sounds.  "Mr.  Jones,"  the 
firstsingle  from  the  album,  is  fairly  light, 
hip  and  singable.  It  might  provoke  one  to 
shake  one's  booty  just  a  little  bit.  Duritz 
explains  the  song  is  actually  a  true-story- 
tumed-song-and-hey-it-just-could-work 
idea. 


Before  Duritz 
formed  Counting 
Crows,  he  and  a 
friend  were  sitting 
inabarinBerkeley, 
Calif.,  with  the 
friend's  visiting  fa- 
ther, Mr.  Jones.  Mr. 
[ones,  a  famous 
mandolin  player  in 
Spain,  was  trying 
unsuccessfully  to 
score  with  a  fla- 
menco dancer. 

Duritz  says  the 
intended  irony  of 
the  song  is  that  in 
Spain,  Mr.  Jones 
could  have  had 
anything  or  any- 
body he  wanted.  In 
the  United  States 
where  he  is  un- 
known, he  was  un- 
able to  get  even  the 
time  of  day  from  a 
flamenco  dancer. 

Though  he  finds 
comfortin  thewrit- 
ing  and  composing 
process,  Duritz  says 
there  is  no  other 
place  he  and 
Counting  Crows 
would  rather  be 
than  on  a  stage, 
playing  forthosewhocan  dig  their  sound. 

This  was  obvious  by  their  Ottawa  per- 
formance. Duritz's  voice  was  a  bit  hoarse 
due  to  what  he  calls  "the  fucking  dry  air 
in  airplanes  and  hotels,"  but  he  sounded 
as  rad  he  does  on  CD. 

The  show  was  predominantly  mellow, 


Adam  Duritz:  totally  rad. 


with  the  exception  of  their  renditions  of 
"Mr.  Jones"  and  "Murder  of  One."  The 
tranquillity  was  enjoyed  by  a  large  ma- 
jority of  the  crowd. 

They  blew  the  room  away.  Away  to 
where? 

To  where  the  Crows  fly,  of  course.  □ 


Fiddles,  megaphones  and  hardly  any  abuse 


by  Blayne  Haggart 

Charlatan  Slatl 


(The   Wonder   Stuff,  wit 
Chapterhouse 
Feb.  21 
Club  Soda,  Montreal 


ith  any  Stuffles  show,  the 
f  question  isn't  if  they  will 

I  \  put  on  a  good  set  or  not; 
I  A  J  it's  how  long  it  will  take 
^Jv^  leadvocalistMilesHuntto 

insult  the  audience. 
This  night,  the  notoriously  abusive 

Hunt  seemed  in  remarkably  good  spirits. 

The  only  disparaging  remark  that  Hunt 

uttered  all  night  was  when  he  thanked 

the  "Montreal  Sit-Down  Association"  for 

showing  up. 

"Give  yourselves  a  hand;  no  other 

cuntwill,"  he  remarked  in  typical  Huntian 

fashion. 

It  should  be  pointed  out  that  a  large 
part  of  the  crowd  was  not  part  of  said 
association.  The  dance  floor  crowd  didn't 
stop  moving  all  night. 

Perhaps  his  (relative)  good  cheer  had 
something  to  do  with  the  bottle  and  a 
half  of  wine  he  consumed  on  stage. 

Opening  act  Chapterhouse  probably 
had  more  cause  to  complain,  getting 
°nly  sporadic  movement  out  of  the  crowd. 
Their  brand  of  wall-of-noise  guitars 
backed  by  a  lazy  backbeat  may  be  great 
for  the  CD  player,  but  it  tries  the  patience 
Qfter  an  hour  of  watching  them  live. 
There  justwasn't  enough  variety  to  make 
't  interesting. 

Variety  is  not  a  problem  for  The  Won- 
der Stuff.  The  Birmingham-based  lads 
have  gone  from  being  a  two-guitar  indie 
Brirpop  band  to  a  festival  headliner  that 
toyswith  fiddles,  pianos,  mandolins  and 


megaphones,  all  while  maintaining  a 
loyal  following. 

Throughout  their  90-minute  set,  they 
spun  through  old  and  new  material,  con- 
centrating on  songs  from  their  latest  disc, 
Construction  for  the  Modem  Idiot.  Although 
they  had  a  bit  of  a  lacklustre  opener  in 
"Change  Every  Light  Bulb,"  they  were 
rightontrackafterthat,  continuing  with 
a  rousing  rendition  of  "Cabin  Fever." 

Particularly  good 
was  their  acoustic 
take  on  "  Piece  of  Sky, " 
off  of  their  second  al- 
bum Hup. 

Even  though  the 
crowd  on  the  dance 
floor  was  enjoying 
things,  the  band  it- 
self didn't  start  to 
loosen  up  until  the 
first  encore.  Hunt  ac- 
tually smiled  as  the 
band  moved  into  Con- 
struction's "A  Great 
Drinker"  and  then  to 
the  countryish 
"Golden  Green"  off 
Hup. 

The  band  hit  all 
the  right  notes. 
Hunt's  sneering  vo- 
cals were  perfect  and 
the  band's  other 
members  were  suit- 
ably upforthe  event. 

Most  worthy  of 
mention  is  Martin 
Bell.Huntmaybethe 
focal  point  of  the 
band,  but  Bell's  fid- 
dle and  accordion 
(among  other  instru- 
ments) liven  up  what 


might  otherwise  be  just  another  guitar 
band. 

However  solid  their  show  was,  they 
didn't  play  any  material  off  their  semi- 
nal first  album,  The  Eight  Legged  Groove 
Machine.  This  wasn't  surprising,  as  they 
have  said  many  times  that  they  are  sick 
to  death  of  playing  their  old  songs.  To 
compensate,  they  did  play  "A  Song  With- 
out An  End,"  which  is  available  on  U.S. 


Miles  Hunt,  putting  on  an  almo^abuse-freeshow. 


imports  of  Groove  Machine. 

It  didn't  really  matter,  because,  live  at 
least,  their  new  material  is  as  good  as 
their  old  stuff,  and  the  dance  floor  crowd 
loved  every  minute  of  it.  By  not  getting 
involved,  the  Montreal  Sit-Down  Asso- 
ciation really  missed  out.  □ 

This  week} 

Our  favorite 
breakfast  cereals 

1.  Life  Cereal  ("He  likes 
it!") 

2.  Trix  ("Silly  rabbit,  Trix 
are  for  kids!") 

3.  Honey  Nut  Cheerios 
("It's  a  honey  of  an  O.") 

4.  Alpen  (The  taste  of 
Germany.) 

5.  Chocolate  Frosted  Sugar 
Bombs  (Calvin's  favorite) 

6.  Ghostbuster's  Cereal 
(Mmmm  . . .  ectoplasm-y!) 

7.  Wayne  Gretzky's  Pro 
Stars  (Eat  like  a  superstar 
AND  get  a  sugar  rush!) 

8.  Count  Chocula  (a  bad 
'70s  cereal) 

9.  Oatmeal  (Eat  it  you  little 
creeps,  it's  good  for  you) 

10.  Frosted  Lucky  Charms 
("They're  magically 

^delicious.")  j 


March  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  33 


Luscious  Jackson:  Pick  of  '94 


How  to  wake  up  roo mates 


Luscious  Jackson 

In  Search  of  Manny  IP 
Grand  Royal/Capitol 

And  the  truth  in  advertising  award 
goes  to  . . .  Luscious  Jackson. 

Sorry,  but  it's  true.  Luscious  Jackson 
combine  jazzy  horns,  cool  acoustic  gui- 
tars and  a  mesmerizing  beat  with  sultry 
vocals  into  a  mix  that  can  only  be  de- 
scribed as,  well,  luscious. 

Although  they're  friends  of  the  Beastie 
Boys,  whose  Grand  Royal  label  released 
this  treat,  their  music  has  more  in  com- 


mon with  o  Tribe  Called  Quest  than  the 
Boys. 

This  is  laid-back  hip  hop  to  mellow 
out  with;  it's  music  that  hits  you  with  a 
million  velvet  hammers.  And  it  hasn't 
left  my  tape  deck  in  two  weeks. 

My  only  regret  is  that  it's  only  six 
songs  long.  I  could  easily  digest  some- 
thing lOtimesthatlongandonlyhalfas 
good. 

Luscious  Jackson:  no  home  should  be 
without  one. 

Blayne  Haggart 


Monster  Voodoo  Machine 

Stare  Voodoo/State  Control 
Independent 

What  can  be  said  about  Monster  Voo- 
doo Machine?  They  are  the  second  loud- 
est bunch  of  guys  I've  heard  this  week. 
The  loudest  were  my  roommates  yelling, 
"Turn  it  down!" 

State  Voodoo/State  Control  contains  nine 
tracks,  all  worthy  of  mention.  Although 
I  was  impressed  with  "Get  On  With  It 
(Buck  Naked  Mix), "  I  thought  if  I  played 
this  song  in  reverse,  I  would  hear  satanic 


messages.  Unfortunately,  you  can't  do 
that  with  a  tape  deck. 

Who  are  these  guys  and  where  do  they 
come  from?  I  don't  know,  but  from  the 
sound  they  produce,  I  feel  they  would  be 
a  great  band  to  see  live.  Their  music  is 
pure  energy  rolled  up  in  a  sound  that  is 
definitely  not  for  romantic  nights  by  the 
fire  with  that  special  someone. 

If  you're  in  the  mood  for  aggressive 
rock  and  roll,  these  are  just  the  bunch  of 
guys  to  fill  your  prescription.  Monster 
Voodoo  Machine  is  ready  to  rock. 

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34  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  3,  1994 


ThG  bsmcl  thcifc    '   ~  


by  Dave  Carpenter 

Tangerine  DiQam  Obsessor 

You  may  have  heard  of  Tangerine 
Dream  referred  to  as  one  of  those  "flaky 
New  Age  bands,"  or  perhaps  you've  no- 
ticed their  movie  soundtracks. 

If  the  name  doesn't  ring  a  bell,  it  could 
be  because  their  music  is  as  far  from  the 
mainstream  as  it  can  get.  Their  sound  is 
not  something  that  is  easily  summed  up, 
though.  They  have  been  described  by 
music  retailers  and  distributors  with  terms 
like  "Progressive  Rock,"  "New  Age,"  "Elec- 
tronic" and  "AvantGarde."  Lumping  the 
music  of  Tangerine  Dream  into  one  cat- 
egory is  difficult,  because  it  has  been 
through  several  phases  since  its  incep- 
tion in  1967.  Even  music  from  the  same 
year  can  be  very  different. 

The  band's  first  five  albums  reflect  the 
vision  ofband  founder  Edgar  Froese,  also 
a  trained  artist  and  sculptor.  Froese  once 


CLASS 


studied  with  Salvador  Dali  who,  accord 
ing  to  Froese,  had  a  "devastating  effect- 
on  him. 

Tangerine  Dream  was  the  result  of 
Froese's  desire  to  a-eate  a  sound  that 
pushed  the  limits  of  contemporary  mu- 
sic. The  album  Electronic  Meditation  (1970) 
is  a  prime  example  of  this  phase  of  the 
band:  tape-recorded  samples,  electric 
guitar,  cello  and  a  Doors-style  organ 
One  track  includes  spoken  verse  played 
backward  over  synthesizer  sounds. 

In  1973,  Atem  was  chosen  by  BBC 
Radio  One's  )ohn  Peel  as  his  "Import  of 
the  Year"  choice.  It  consists  mostly  of 
tribal-type  drumming  with  synthesizer, 
although  one  track  hasyells  andscreams 
run  through  an  echo  delay.  Then  in  1 974 
Phaedra  reached  the  UK  Top  10  without  a 
tour  and  hardly  any  airplay.  It  sounds 
the  most  like  a  drug  trip  of  any  of  their 
stuff,  complete  with  timeless,  pulsating 


ITSELF 


synthesizers  and  the  like. 

Ironically,  the  resulting  tour  had  the 
band  playing  churches  and  cathedrals 
After  playing  a  chaotic  concert  at  Reims 
Cathedral  in  France  with  6,000  people 

?n£,me?  int0  a  bui|d'ng  designed  for 
2,000,  the  Pope  declared  the  event  a 
sacnlege  and  barred  the  band  from  ever 
playing  again  in  a  Catholic  church  He 
even  called  for  the  cathedral  to  be  re- 
consecrated. 
Oh,  horrors. 

Movie  producer  William  Friedkin  (The 
Exorcist)  heard  the  band  play  in  Germany 
and  let  them  score  the  soundtrack  to  his 
1976  film  Sorcerer.  According  to  Friedkin 
they  "captured  every  n  uance  of  the  movie 
...  although  they  (had)  not  to  (that)  date 
seen  the  film."  Many  soundtracks  have 
since  followed,  notably  Fi'resfarter(1984) 
Legend  (1985)  and  Miracle  Mile  (1989) 

By  about  1977,  the  group  had  moved 
on  from  the  free-form  style  of  earlier 
releases  to  produce  a  more  melodic  sound, 
sometimes  dreamy  and  pensive,  often 
intense  and  powerful.  This  stage  of  the 
band  was  marked  by  the  departure  of 
Peter  Bauman,  now  a  well-established 
solo  artist. 

For  a  brief  period  leading  to  the  re- 
lease of  Cyclone  (1 978),  Tangerine  Dream 
experimented  with  vocals,  with  Steve 
lolliffe  in  this  role.  This  was  met  with 
mixed  success.  Consequently,  the  band 
did  not  try  this  again  until  1986's  Tyger. 

Their  most  notable  release  of  the  pe- 
riod from  1979  to  1984  is  1980's 
Pergammon,  a  liveconcertrecordedatthe 
Palast  Das  Republique  concert  hall  in 
East  Berlin.  This  was  actually  the  first 
performance  of  a  Western  band  in  East 
Germany,  with  tickets  selling  as  high  as 
£50  on  the  black  market. 

Several  soundtracks,  tours  and  albums 
followed.  By  this  time,  in  1986,  lohannes 


Schmoelling  had  left  the  band  and  was 
replaced  by  Paul  Haslinger.  The  other 
main  member,  Christophe  Franke,  was 
to  leave  in  1988,  and  currently  scores 
films  and  shows  like  the  new  sci-fi  series 
Babylon  Five. 

For  the  next  few  years  after  1988,  the 
Dream's  music  had  a  decidedly  "pop" 
sound  to  it,  as  many  of  the  albums  were 
composed  and  mastered  on  Atari  com- 
puter systems.  Needing  to  fill  the  space 
Haslinger  left  when  he  departed  in  1992 
Froese  recruited  his  son  |erome  into  the 
band.  At  this  point,  the  band  consisted  of 
Forese,  his  son  and  twoothers.  This  lineup 
has  survived  into  the  present  day. 

A  North  American  tour  was  then  put 
together,  with  two  supporting  musicians 
filling  out  the  group  forthe  live  perform- 
ances. This  tour  was  captured  on  the 
album  220  Volt  Live  (which  includes  a 
cover  of  |imi  Hendrix's  "Purple  Haze") 
and  the  videotape  Three  Phase  Live  (both 
released  in  1993). 

Tangerine  Dream  has  been  churning 
out  albums  since  1970  and  is  still  going 
strong.  Their  material  includes  about  25 
studio  albums,  seven  live  concert  albums, 
at  least  20  soundtracks  and  7  compila- 
tions. And  that's  only  what  I've  come 
across. 

Their  influences  come  from  a  broad 
range  of  musical  genres,  but  they  have 
always  been  innovative  in  their  music 
and  even  their  equipment.  Being  an  elec- 
tronic bandin  the  seventies,  an  age  where 
synthesizers  were  obscure  and  generally 
despised,  they  had  to  engineer  and  de- 
sign many  of  their  own  instruments. 

It's  not  surprising  that  many  artists 
and  bands  (Duron  Duran  to  name  one  of 
the  lesser  lights)  have  looked  to  them 
when  incorporating  electronic  musicinto 
their  material  —  Tangerine  Dream  all 
but  created  the  industry.  □ 


March  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  35 


Rose  Chronicles 

Shiver 
Nettwerk 

In  high  school,  did  you  ever  wonder 
what  was  the  point  of  annually  dissect- 
ing frogs  in  science  class,  when  you  knew 
exactly  what  you  would  find  inside? 

Or,  upon  opening  the  little  critters,  did 
you  ever  feel  the  unexplainable  excite- 
ment of  seeing  those  wonderful  life-giv- 
ing organs  inside? 

1  got  the  same  feelings  of  wonder  and 
excitement  listening  to  Shiver.  This  al- 
bum sounds  experimental,  but  it's  more 
an  amalgamation  of  other  previously 
proven  experiments.  In  other  words, 
they're  fiddling  with  forms  that  have 
been  perfected  by  other  bands. 

Right  from  the  opening  song  "Dwell- 
ing," we  see  how  closely  one  can  mimic 
the  spaced-out  effects  and  peddle-ridden 
guitar  work  of  the  Cure  and  other  eight- 
ies-inspired alternative  British  bands. 

Kristy  Thirsk's  vocals  are  nothing  short 
of  angelic,  but  she  too  seems  closely 
inspired  by  another  major  influence  — 
her  Nettwerk  sister  Sarah  McLachlan. 

Just  like  the  tingly  excitement  of  spot- 
ting those  tiny  vital  organs  in  the  formal- 
dehyde-soaked frogs,  you  get  an  exuber- 
ant thrill  from  listening  to  Shiver.  Not 
because  of  its  originality,  but  because  of 
a  certain  je  ne  sais  quoi. 

You  hear  the  subtle  yet  throbbing  ar- 
rangements in  "Glide"  and  "Brick  and 
Glue"  and  you  get  that  familiar  wonder- 
ment of  deja  vu.  This  record  is  a  good 
listen  despite  its  lack  of  originality. 

The  only  other  problems  you  might 
have  with  this  release  are  with  the 
songwriting's  periodic  slips  into  tacki- 
ness. For  example,  in  "Dwelling"  we  are 
asked  and  told,  "Did you  knowyourbody 
is  just  a  cavern  for  your  soul?  Souls  will 
drift,  theaimlessly  adriftdwell  on  shores." 

Funny,  1  don't  remember  finding  any 
souls  in  the  frogs  I  dissected.  But  maybe 
I  just  wasn't  looking  in  the  right  place. 

Mario  Carlucci 

Dead  Reckoning 

Time's  Time 
Independent 

The  release  of  Time's  Time  should  give 
Dead  Reckoning  enough  time  to  really 
get  its  shit  together. 

The  band's  debut  is  good,  but  it  walks 
so  close  to  the  edge  of  greatness  that  the 
failure  to  connect  left  me  slightly  disap- 
pointed. 

The  song  structures  of  this  Newfound- 
land trio  — bassist  Tim  Norman,  guitar- 
ist Mike  Kelly  and  drummer  Perry  Murphy 


—  are  solid.  They  haven't  just  slapped 
titles  around  a  few  riffs  and  pretended 
they've  written  songs,  although,  being  a 
hard-rock  fan,  I  see  nothing  especially 
wrong  with  this  approach. 

Dead  Reckoning  has  a  good  sense  of 
melody.  Lyrically,  the  band  paints  inter- 
esting pictures,  with  the  interest  resting 
primarily  in  the  songs'  ambiguity.  At  the 
core  of  most  songs  are  Norman's  beauti- 
fully expressive  and  raspy  (do  NOT  read 
Bryan  Adams  or  Rod  Stewart  here)  vo- 
cals. At  its  best,  Norman's  voice  is  remi- 
niscent of  the  Waterboys'  Mike  Scott. 

Most  of  the  songs  are  downright  catchy 
without  sounding  poppy  or  lightweight. 
Dead  Reckoning's  problem  is  that  it 
doesn't  come  across  sounding  like  a  very 
tight  unit.  Exacerbating  the  weakness  is 
some  poor  production.  The  disc  is  left . . 
.  "How  you  say?  Without  —  the  edge." 

The  end  result  is  that  too  often  Dead 
Reckoning  ends  up  underwhelming  this 
listener,  which  is  frustrating,  because-.it 
feels  so  close  to  ecstasy. 

Time's  Time  is  a  nice  suit,  but  the 
wrinkles  in  the  shirt  ruin  the  look. 

foe  Bernard 


US3 

Hand  on  the  Torch 

Blue  Note/Capitol  Records 

A  common  complaint  levelled  at  rap 
artists  is  that  they  rob  from  the  graveyard 
of  classic  hits,  haphazardly  throwing  to- 
gether snippets  of  songs  to  create  "ille- 
gitimate" new  tunes. 

Blue  Note,  a  legendary  jazz  factory 
that  now  bills  itself  as  "the  world's  most 
sampled  jazz  label,"  has  turned  the  ta- 
bles on  this  criticism  by  sponsoring  a  rap 
album  that  draws  freely  from  its  cata- 
logue. 

The  result  is  that  the  jazz  samples 
receive  top  billing  over  the  raps,  upping 
the  ante  in  the  jazz-rap  fusion  move- 
ment that  has  grown  in  recent  years. 

While  it  is  a  pleasure  to  hear  the 
familiar  sounds  of  Herbie  Hancock  and 
Thelonious  Monk  forming  the  backdrop, 
the  rap  side  doesn't  hold  up  its  end  of  the 
bargain.  Perhaps  because  the  patchwork 
of  jazz  samples  is  so  exceptional,  the 
fairly  standard  and  uninspired  raps  are  a 
letdown. 

However,  I  suspect thepurposeof  Hand 
on  the  Torch  is  not  so  much  to  broaden 
rap's  appeal  as  it  is  to  sell  old  jazz  albums 
to  a  new  generation  of  fans.  Blue  Note 
has  recently  re-released  most  of  its  cata- 
logue, and  any  one  of  those  decades-old 
albums  prove  to  be  a  far  superior  choice 
to  the  US3  album. 


In  fact,  the  people  at  Blue  Note  can 
claim  atleastone  convert.  After  listening 
to  Hand  on  the  Torch,  I  picked  up  three 
other  Blue  Note  albums,  which  I  am 
happy  to  recommend:  The  Best  of  Herbie 
Hancock  (which  features  "Cantaloupe  Is- 
land," sampled  on  US3's"Cantaloop  (Flip 
Fantasia)"),  The  Best  of  Donald  Byrd  (a 
collection  from  1970s  jazz-funk  fusion- 
ists  the  Blackbyrds)  and  8/ue  Break  Bears 
(an  absolute  must  for  all  acid  jazz  fans). 

Sean  Silcoff 

Swervedriver 

Mezcal  Head 
A&M 

Swervedriver's  second  full-length  al- 
bum, is  a  dramatic  improvement  over 
their  strong  debut,  Raise. 

This  latest  release  further  defines 
Swervedriver's  unique  sound  and  dem- 
onstrates a  dramatic  maturing  in  their 
song-writing. 

They  could,  in  the  simplest  of  terms, 
be  described  as  Britain's  answer  to  Sonic 
Youth.  However,  to  simplify  Swervedriver 
and  Sonic  Youth  to  such  an  analogy 
would  be  unfair  to  both  bands. 

Both  bands  have  a  keen  fondness  for 
heavy  distortion  and  guitar  feedback, 
Sonic  Youth  preferring  raucousness, 
Swervedriver  preferring  some  melody. 
Strong  production  values  further  help  to 
capture  Swervedriver's  raw  energy. 

Musically,  this  album  is  diverse.  Songs 
range  from  the  heavy  guitar  riff  of  "Duel" 
to  the  more  melodic-sounding  "Girl  On  A 
Motorbike."  The  track  "You  Find  It  Every- 
where" has  a  very  pop-like  sound  to  it. 
Several  of  the  songs  are  rather  lengthy 
and  hypnotic  sounding,  like  "Duress" 
and  "Last  Train  to  Satansville."  These 
tracks  show  Swervedriver  at  its  best. 

The  mix  is  heavily  layered.  You  can 
often  hear  something  new  every  time 
you  listen  to  the  album.  The  result  is 
something  that  doesn't  easily  bore  you. 

Adam  Seddon 

One  Dove 

Morning  Dove  White 
Polygram 

This  music  is  sensual,  the  kind  that 
lingers  in  your  nocturnal  consciousness. 

One  Dove  is  far  from  a  quick  and  dirty 
fix.  The  band  offers  a  melange  of  music 
that  may  take  a  while  to  get  into. 

But  once  you  do,  this  sultry  music 
seizes  you  with  its  diverse  sounds,  rang- 
ing from  funky,  wailing  vocals  to  dis- 
turbed bagpipes. 

The  wistful  lyrics  combine  with  the 
rest  of  this  sonic  fantasy  world  to  produce 


a  lustful  nineties'  pop  album. 

There  is  quite  a  bit  of  repetition  on  this 
album.  Out  of  1 1  tracks,  there  are  three 
different  versions  of  one  song  and  two  of 
another.  Yet  somehow  this  is  part  of  the 
lingering  and  strangely  comfortable  ef- 
fect of  Morning  Dove  White. 

One  Dove  offers  you  its  world  through 
music.  It's  a  gradual  process,  but  once 
the  music  takes  hold  of  you,  it's  mesmer- 
ising. Morning  Dove  White  is  a  long,  tense 
and  eerie  experience. 

fill  Mahoney 

Lisa  Lisa 

LI  77 

Pendulum/ ERG 

Lisa  Lisa,  formerly  of  Lisa  Lisa  and 
Cult  Jam,  has  re-emerged  on  the  scene. 
This  25-year-old  beauty  from  Hell's 
Kitchen,  N.Y.C.,  has  left  the  Cult  Jam  in 
search  of  a  new  beginning  —  and  all  for 
the  better. 

When  first  handed  this  tape,  I  thought 
that  this  wouldn't  be  the  type  of  stuff  I'd 
like.  As  it  turns  out,  I  found  LL  77  to  be 
highly  enjoyable.  The  energetic  dance 
sounds  are  easy  on  your  ears.  Although 
there  is  still  a  driving  bass  beat,  it  is 
accompanied  by  some  outrageous  gui- 
tar licks. 

Lisa  Lisa's  "Skip  To  My  Lu"  is  a  prime 
example  of  the  talent  we  heard  in  1985 
with  "Wonder  If  I  Take  You  Home." 

If  you're  into  the  dance  scene,  you're 
no  stranger  to  Lisa  Lisa.  All  I  can  say  is 
two  thumbs  up. 

Christopher  Bell 

Various  Artists 

Dead  On  the  Road 
Raw  Energy 

Twenty-seven  bands.  Three  chords 
each.  Must  be  a  punk  rock  compilation 
thing. 

Well,  it's  loud  and  aggressive  and  all 
the  songs  sound  pretty  much  the  same 
(lo-fi  and  bellowed).  The  whole  thing 
seems  to  be  Raw  Energy's  tribute  to  punk, 
complete  with  scribbled,  illegible  liner 
notes. 

Band-wise,  this  album  features  talent 
from  across  the  country,  with  some  witty 
tracks  courtesy  of  Montreal's  Ripcords 
and  Sault  Ste.  Marie's  Spigots.  There  are 
also  some  sub-par  efforts,  most  notably 
from  Vancouver's  Brand  New  Unit,  from 
whom  I've  heard  better. 

This  is  an  okay  album  that  does  a 
good  job  of  being  representative  of  the 
entire  country  and  not  j  ust  Toronto.  How- 
ever, it  is  by  no  means  innovative. 

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36  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  3,  1994 


SS?  are  com}™3  this  book  thai  made  me  blow  snot 


by 

Gharfalan  Slatf 

(fwhat  is  This  Thing  Called  Sex?\ 
Cartoons  by  Women 

Edited  by  Roz  Warren 
Crossing  Press 
170 pages 

When  I  was  growing  up,  I  used  to  hate 
comic  books. 

All  those  anatomically  incorrect  male 
superheroes  with  their  angular,  bulging 
thigh  muscles,  chiselled  faces  and  fists  of 
titanium.  I  just  couldn't  relate. 

And  the  women  in  those  comic  books 
—  oh,  the  women. 

Why  was  it  that  they  usually  had 
oversizedbreasts  (no  back  problems  here), 
Barbie-doll  lacquered  hair  (no  surprise, 
since  most  of  the  artists  were  men),  wore 
costumes  I'd  use  as  dental  floss  and  al- 
ways were  in  need  of  rescuing  by  a  male 
superhero? 

I  thought  I'd  never  find  comic  books 
I'd  be  able  to  get  into.  Then  I  discovered 
female  comic  artists.  This  book  is  a  good 
collection  of  works  by  women. 

I  think  what  I  like  best  about  this  book 
is  its  realistic  approach  to  sex  and  rela- 
tionships —  no  bulging  thighs  or  lac- 
quered hair  here,  girls. 

There  are  comics  in  this  book  that 
made  me  blow  snot.  I  was  laughing  so 


hard.  A  good  ex- 
ample of  laugh-in- 
ducing humor  is 
Nicole  Hollander's 
work.  Her  sardonic 
cartoon  character 
Sylvia  pokes  fun  at 
both  sex  and  rela- 
tionships between 
men  and  women. 

In  one  strip, 
Sylvia,  typing  in 
her  bathtub,  asks 
you  to  test  your 
R.I.Q.  (Relation- 
ship Intelligence 
Quotient).  Theonly 
question  in  the  quiz 
is:  "The  best  place 
to  discuss  your 
sexual  dissatisfac- 
tion with  your  part- 
ner is: 

(1)  in  the  bed- 
room 

(2)  in  a  car,  trav- 
elling at  high  speed 

(3)  in  a  crowded  elevator." 
Another  excellent  artist  in  this  book  is 

Alison  Bechdel,  whose  syndicated  comic 
strip  Dykes  to  Watch  Out  For  appears  in 
papers  across  North  America,  such  as  the 
local  gay  and  lesbian  magazine  Co  Info. 

There  are  also  healthy  doses  of  cheese 
in  this  book.  American  artist  Nina  Paley's 


A  sample  of  Andrea  Natalie's  work. 


seriesabout  AIDS,  which  tries  to  poke  fun 
at  the  fear  surrounding  it,  comes  off  as 
self-righteous,  rather  than  challenging 
preconceived  notions  about  how  people 
catch  the  AIDS  virus. 

Rina  Piccolo's  one-liner  strips,  similar 
in  style  to  Gary  Larson's  The  Far  Side,  are 
pretty  tired  and  lacking  in  wit. 

But  on  the  whole,  the  book  is  a  good 


mix  of  straight,  dyke  and  bi  humor. 
Warren  has  done  a  similar  job  with  the 
collections  Women's  Glib  and  Women's 
Glibber,  which  are  anthologies  of  written 
and  drawn  humor  by  women. 

One  artist  she  passed  over  in  collect- 
ing comics  for  this  book  isMontreal  artist 
lulie  Doucet.  Hersurrealist  style  is  found 
in  hercomic  books  Dirty  Plotte,  published 
by  Drawn  and  Quarterly  out  of  Montreal. 

Doucet's  work  would  have  been  a  wel- 
come addition  to  this  collection.  For  ex- 
ample, her  strip  "The  First  Time, "  in  Dirty 
Plotte  Number  7 ,  tells  the  story  of  Doucet s 
first  sexual  encounter.  Doucet  does  it 
with  a  creepy  older  hippie-type  guy  she 
meets  in  a  park  who  invites  her  back  to 
his  place  to  "see  his  paintings."  Isn't  that 
the  oldest  line  in  the  book. 

As  the  old  guy  is  on  top  of  her,  he  says 
"Believe  me,  that's  not  what  I  had  in 
mind."  After  the  deed  is  done,  Doucet 
thinks,  "Is  that  it?  1  didn't  really  feel 
anything.  ''  Sound  familiar,  girls? 

Warren's  collection  does  include 
American  artist  Roberta  Gregory,  whose 
comic  series  Naughty  Bits  includes  the 
hilarious  character  Bitchy  Bitch. 

Expect  to  find  Warren's  collections  in 
most  bookstores.  Don't  expect  to  find 
works  by  Gregory  or  Doucet  in  Ottawa 
(although  Silver  Snail  does  have  a  collec- 
tion of  the  best  of  Drawn  and  Quarterly). 
A  good  place  to  find  their  stuff  is  a  comic 
store  called  The  Beguiling  in  Toronto.  □ 


The  Balkan  Express:  Relating  to  a  war  half  a  world  away 


by  Angie  Gallop 

Charlatan  Staff 

(/The  Balkan  Express:  fragments^ 
From  the  Other  Side  of  War 

By  Slavenka  Drakuli 
W.W.  Norton  &  Company 
146  pages 
^$25.99  


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Four  years  ago  I  travelled  to  Zagreb. 

1  didn't  really  see  much. 

The  landscape  was  beautiful,  the  hous- 
ing was  poorer  than  in  Canada,  people 
were  friendly  but  spoke  a  different  lan- 
guage. Aside  from  that,  there  was  noth- 
ing so  unusual  that  set  people  there  apart 
from  me. 

When  the  war  first  broke  out  in  the 
former  Yugoslavia  and  Zagreb  was  in  the 
news,  I  read  the  newspapers  trying  to 
piece  together  what  little  I  had  seen  with 
the  dramatic  stories  in  print. 

I  tried  to  figure  out  why  the  reality 
there  was  so  different  from  reality  here. 

I  could  not  relate.  Reading  only  made 
me  feel  more  and  more  detached. 

I  soon  stopped. 

When  I  picked  up  The  Balkan  Expressas 
required  reading  for  a  course,  I  was  not 
optimistic.  I  thought  it  would  be  just 


another  impersonal  encounter  with  an- 
other impartial  journalist  trying  to  ex- 
plain a  complicated  historic  war  which  1 
still  don't  completely  understand. 

But  the  book  was  nothing  I  expected, 
because  author  Slavenka  Drakulic,  who 
has  written  for  magazines  like  the  New 
Republic,  does  not  talk  politics  or  focus  on 
the  bodies  and  the  blood.  Instead,  she 
allows  the  reader  glimpses  into  her  own 
life,  telling  about  her  feelings,  insecuri- 
ties and  prejudices  in  a  very  honest  and 
human  manner. 

When  she  leaves  her  home  in  Zagreb, 
Croatia,  to  escape  the  war  and  stay  with 
a  friend  in  Slovenia,  she  runs  into  a  local 
university  professor  while  on  a  walk.  He 
asks  her  where  she  is  from.  When  she  tells 
him,  he  immediately  accuses  her  of  liv- 
ing off  the  state  as  a  refugee. 

Drakulic  describes  her  reaction  to  this 
situation: 

"  I  think  I  have  never  experienced  such 
a  terrible  urge  to  distinguish  myself  from 
others,  to  show  this  man  that  I  was  an 
individual  with  a  name  and  not  an  anony- 
mous exile  stealing  his  money,"  she 
writes. 

Through  this  event  she  discovers  in 
herself  the  attitude  that  many  of  us  in  the 
Western  world  use  to  deny  the  horror  that 


goes  on  in  other,  far-away  places. 

Through  her  conversations  and  obser- 
vations, we  realize  along  with  her  that 
we  do  not  share  the  same  reality  of  those 
who  suffer  daily  from  the  war,  but  that 
we  could  just  as  easily  be  in  their  posi- 
tion. 

She  uses  ordinary  objects  as  symbols 
to  show  how  the  reality  of  people  living 
in  a  war  zone  changes  dramatically  from 
a  reality  of  privileges  to  a  reality  of  sur- 
vival. 

When  she  visits  Sisak,  Croatia,  a  small 
town  she  describes  as  the  starting  poi  nt  of 
the  front  line,  she  notices  nine  blue  salt 
cellars  on  the  otherwise  empty  shelves  in 
a  store  whose  windows  have  been  shat- 
tered. 

She  says  the  salt  cellars  show  the  true 
picture  of  the  devastation.  "There  is  nota 
single  person  in  the  village  who  would 
buy  or  even  steal  the  salt  cellars,  not  a 
single  soul  who  could  have  any  use  what- 
soever for  the  salt  cellars,"  she  writes. 

The  details  of  the  devastation  are  re- 


vealed in  an  interview  with  a  19-year-old 
boy  who  frankly  describes  the  killing  he 
has  seen  and  done.  She  describes  her 
nausea  at  realizing  that  this  boy  was 
talking  to  her  just  as  her  own  son  would 
if  he  had  gone  to  war. 

Although  Drakulic  does  not  directly 
experience  the  pain  of  loss  or  death,  she 
discovers  how  close  she  is  to  it.  She  shows 
us  how  we  are  no  different  from  the 
people  whose  suffering  we  watch  and 
read  about  daily. 

While  in  the  bathtub  she  examines 
her  own  body  and  these  feelings  come 
out  as,  "The  feet,  the  nails,  the  hands.  I 
knew  all  of  them  belonged  to  me,  that  it 
was  me,  but  my  perception  of  my  own 

body  was  no  longerthe  same  1  feltmy 

own  terrible  fragility  and  impotence." 

The  chilling  part  of  this  book  is  that 
the  reaction  and  emotion  that  Drakulic 
shows  is  one  the  reader  can  relate  to.  She 
shares  the  very  same  privileges  as  we  do, 
yet  she  is  close  to  a  reality  which  we  deny 
we  can  ever  share.  □ 


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March  3,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  37 


Moist:  A  band  just  like  all  the  others 


by  Suzanne  Andrew 

Charlatan  Stall 


C Moist,  opening  for  Rail 
Grand  Central 
Feb.  1  7  


Moist  is  a  generic  band. 

With  a  raw  sound,  depressing  lyrics, 
and  angst  in  all  the  appropriate  places, 
the  Vancouver-based  Moist  succeeds  in 
capturing  bits  of  energy  of  other  '90s 
bands. 

They're  Cracker  on  a  sluggish  day, 
Pearl  Jam  minus  the  attitude,  and 
Fishbone  without  flair.  There's  even  some 
excessive  keyboard  schlock  left  over  from 
the  '80s  thrown  into  this  banal  stew. 


Moist  is  not  a  bad  band,  it's  just  that 
there's  nothing  terribly  original  about  it. 
It's  good  music  to  listen  to  if  you're  not 
really  listening. 

Their  CD  Silver,  a  recent  indie  release, 
is  energetic  but  falls  into  repetition  be- 
cause of  bland  mixing  andfamiliar  melo- 
dies. Most  of  the  songs  on  the  CD  are 
aggressive  —  the  band  tends  to  shy  away 
from  sentimental  ballads. 

Moist  does,  however,  have  some  inter- 
esting things  to  say.  "Break  Her  Down"  is 
a  perplexing  ode  about  violent  charac- 
ters they've  seen  on  the  news.  Although 
lead  singer  David  Usher  usually  writes 
the  songs,  keyboardist  Kevin  Young  wrote 
these  lyrics,  which  he  describes  as  an 
"amalgamation ...  an  accurate  portrait 


Moist  in  action:  fust  one  more  stop  on  the  "perma-tour. " 


of  a  criminal."  The  band  members  stress 
that  the  song  is  not  meant  to  glorify  any 
of  this  stuff —  they  just  wanted  to  address 
the  issue  of  violence  in  some  way. 

Bassist  Jeff  Pearce  says  he  had  to  ex- 
plain the  song  to  his  mom  and  his  girl- 
friend whom  he  labels  as  "ardent  femi- 
nists." It  seems  as  though  the  band  was 
trying  to  create  a  little  controversy  with 
this  song,  but  really  doesn't  want  to  upset 
anybody  after  all. 

Their  fairly  tame  live  performance 
sounded  just  about  the  same  as  they  do 
on  their  CD.  Usher  did  the  long-hair- 
flicking,  body-writhing  and  typical  lead 
singer  microphone-cord  antics.  Guitarist 
Mark  Makowy  did  the  jumping  and  flop- 
ping around  on  stage.  Young  fumbled 
about  in  fits  behind  his  keyboard 
in  an  attempt  to  dance.  It  was  all 
ordinary  band  fare. 

As  is  the  custom  in  music  in- 
terviews, the  band  members  said 
stuff  like,  "There's  always  little 
bits  of  ourselves  thrown  into  our 
music,"  and  described  their  mu- 
sic as  "a  little  bit  loaded  but  kind 
of  fun." 

But  the  band  members  them- 
selves are  really  open,  really 
friendly.  They're  not  boring  peo- 
ple: Young  is  into  science  fiction, 
Makowy  craves  watching  epi- 
sodes of  Seinfeld,  and  drummer 
Paul  Wilcox  is  a  dead  ringer  for 
Popeye. 

The  band  members  have  mu- 
z  sical  talent.  What  they  need  to  do 
g  now  is  pull  more  of  themselves 
j  into  their  music  to  create  some- 
2  thing  unique. 

<     Moist  has  just  signed  a  deal 
0  with  EMI  Music  Publishing 
Canada.  This  means  the  band  is 


still  independent,  but  will  get  develop- 
ment help  from  EMI  in  exchange  for 
royalties  from  their  songwriting. 

"We  are  our  own  record  company 
essentially,  so  it  gives  us  a  little  more 
freedom  to  do  our  own  thing,"  says 
Wilcox.  "It's  a  low-risk  venture  for  EMI, 
but  will  give  us  a  little  respectability] 
some  advice  and  financial  support." 

The  band  hopes  to  get  a  real  record 
deal  very  soon.  Meanwhile,  they're  out 
and  about  performing  across  North 
America  and  promoting  Silver  on  what 
they  call  their  "perma-tour." 

Wilcox  was  the  last  of  the  five  band 
members  to  give  up  his  Vancouver  apart- 
ment  in  exchange  for  life  on  the  road.  He 
moved  his  stuff  out  at  Christmas  time 
because  he  was  never  there. 

"We've  been  touring  for  about  five  or 

six  months  now  There's  no  hiatus  in 

sight  and  that's  the  way  we  like  it."  Q 


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38  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  3,  1994 


Thursday,  March  3 

those 


razor  blades  at  home. 


Amelia!,  aplayabout  Amelia  Earhart, 
is  playing  at  the  NAC  Theatre  tonight 
until  March  19  at  7:30  p.m.  (Finally!  Citi- 
zen columnist  Susan  Riley,  who  complained 
last  week  that  8  p.m.  is  just  too  late  to  start 
a  show,  has  one  that's  early  enough  to  go  to! 
■ed.). 

Sock  'n'  Buskin's  latest  studio  produc- 
tion is  The  Lover.  It's  a  titalating  tale  of 
a  dysfunctional  relationship.  It's  playing 
today  and  Friday  at  2  p.m.  and  6  p.m. 
and  Saturday  at  7  p.m.  in  the  drama 
studio  located  in  the  Athletics  build- 
ing. 


It's  bound  to  be  a  laugh  fest  this  after- 
noon in  Room  518  in  Southam  Hall. 
Charles  Freedman,  the  deputy  gover- 
nor of  the  Bank  of  Canada,  will  be  dis- 
cussing "Monetary  Policy  in  Canada" 
at  4:30  p.m. 

Ottawa's  Dancing  Wu  Li  Masters, 

who  describe  themselves  as  "equal  parts 
prog-rock  and  punk"  (Uh-oh!  -ed.)  are 
having  a  CD  release  party  tonight  at  the 
Arts  Court  Theatre  at  8  p.m.  Cover  is  a 
mere  $5. 

It's  Thursday  and  that  can  only  mean 
it's  time  for  Cha  Cha's  Playpen  at 
Zaphod's  Tonight's  dollar-for-cover 
show  features  the  fine,  fine  music  of 
Kingston's  Inbreds  and  Ottawa's  Elec- 
tric Embryo. 

Friday,  March  4 

Today's  Friday  lunch-time  concert  fea- 
jres  violinist  David  Thies  Th  ompson 
nd  pianist  Sandra  Webster.  As  al- 
ays,  it's  free  and  it  happens  in  Carle- 
>n's  Alumni  Theatre. 

The  Ad-Hoc  Committee  on  Bosnia- 
ercegovina  is  presenting  a  couple  of 
>lks  this  evening.  Christopher 
itchens,  a  columnist  with  The  Nation 
nd  Vanity  Fair,  will  be  speaking  on  "Why 
osnia  Matters"  and  Harvard  Univer- 
ty's  Andras  Riedlmayer  will  be  speak- 
ig  on  "Cultural  Genocide  in  Bosnia." 
takes  place  at  Carleton 's  Bell  Theatre 
id  admission  is  a  suggested  $2  dona- 
M  for  students,  $5  for  others.  It  starts  at 
p.m. 

It's  the  beginning  of  two  great  eve- 
ngs  at  Porter  Hall.  Tonight,  the  fun 
'ts  under  way  at  8  p.m.  with  Fishbone 
id  Green  Apple  Quickstep  (note: 
ohazard  is  not  playing.  Your  tickets  are 
rong.).  Tickets  are  $15  in  advance 
'nicentre  Store,  Ticketmaster)  and  $18 

the  door. 

If  you're  into  something  a  little 
'eaper,  check  out  Toronto's  Wild 
Tawberries  at  Zaphod's,  of  whom 
;'ve  heard  good  things.  Opening  for 
em  is  Ottawa's Nothingheads.  Cover 
$5. 

At  9:20  p.m.  tonight,  the  Bytowne  is 
emiering  The  Best  of  The  Intema- 
"tal  Toumee  of  Animation.  If  you 

iss  it,  don't  worry.  It's  showing  at  vari- 
*  times  until  March  10. 

Pink  Floyd:  The  Wall  is  playing  at 
■20  p.m.  at  the  Mayfair.  Kids:  leave 


Saturday,  March  5 

Kosmic.  Architecture  building 

Tonight.  Expect  an  acid  jazz  room  a 
rave  room  and  an  ambient  rave  room 
Vitamin  Team  from  Montreal,  Ottawa's 
DJ  Todd  and  Detroit's  Motomassa  will  be 
spinning  the  tunes.  As  for  live  music 
there'll  be  Whethermen  Groove  Tube 
NO  17,  Rail  T.E.C.  and  Speed  of  Light' 
amongothers.  Pitaficiondoswillbehappy 
to  know  that  the  Hammerheads  will  be 
there  along  with  Trevor  and  Funk  Fac- 
tory. Tickets  are  $20  and  are  available  in 
Baker  Lounge,  the  Unicentre  Store,  Ab- 
stentions and  the  architecture  building. 

De  La  Soul  and  A  Tribe  Called 
Quest.  Not  a  bad  double  bill.  Not  at  all. 
They're  playing  tonight  at  Porter  Hall 

at  9  p.m.  Too  bad  tickets  are  $25. 

Sunday,  March  6 

Edward  Earle,  senior  curator  at  the 
California  Museum  of  Photography,  will 
be  giving  a  talk  at  the  Canadian  Mu- 
seum of  Contemporary  Photogra- 
phy. His  subject  will  be  "New  Tech- 
nologies, New  Communities:  Art  at 
the  End  of  the  Millennium."  Admis- 
sion is  $5  and  the  talk  gets  under  way  at 
2  p.m. 

The  McGill  Percussion  Ensemble 
isplayingatthe  Canadian  Museum  of 

Nature  this  evening  at  8  p.m.  Tickets  are 
$8  for  students  and  seniors,  $10  for  all 
other  folks. 

Looking  for  something  to  do  with  your 
afternoon  that  will  damage  your  ear- 
drums? Look  no  further!  At  5  Arlington 
Ave.,  it's  a  self-described  "punk  rock 
show"  featuring  Chicago's  Mob  Action, 
Toronto's  Blowhard  and  Ottawa  bands 
Union  of  Uranus  and  Hoax.  The  fun 
starts  at  3:30  p.m.  and  tickets  are  $5  at 
the  door. 

Monday,  March  7 

The  Mayfair  continues  to  present 
fine  cult  movies  on  Mondays.  This 
evening's  choices  are  the  Mel  Gibson 
epics  Mad  Max  and  its  sequel,  The  Road 
Warrior,  starting  at  7  p.m. 

Tuesday,  March  8 

Charlatan  production  manager  Kevin 
McKay  is  back  from  Reading  Week  and 
he's  feeling  better  than  ever.  During  the 
break,  he  managed  to  come  up  with  yet 
another  reading  tip.  To  start  off  the 
month,  McKay  recommends  lames  M. 
Cain's  Double  Indemnity.  Says  the  tire- 
less McKay,  "Love  leads  an  insurance 
man  astray  in  a  quest  for  money  in  this 
mystery.  But  I'm  not  gonna  tell  you  folks 
the  ending." 


More  cult  films  at  the  Mayfair  to- 
night. At  7  p.m.  you  can  catch  the  '70s 
nostalgia  trip  Dazed  and  Confused,  di- 
rected by  Richard  Linklater,  the  same 
fellow  who  was  responsible  for  thestream 
of  consciousness  film  Slacker,  which, 
coincidentally,  is  being  shown  at  9  p.m. 

Andy  Jones,  formerlyofthe  Newfound- 


land comedy  group  CODCO,  performs  a 
solo  comedy  fest  at  the  NAC  Studio  at  8 
p.m  tomghtthrough  March  19.  It'scalled 
Still  Alive. 


Skeete  is  profiling  a  variety  of  female  jazz 
singers  in  honor  of  International  Wom- 
en s  Day  on  March  8. 


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martial  arts  and  theatre"  tonight  until 
March  12  at  the  NAC  Atelier.  Tickets  are 
$12.50  and  the  shows  start  at  8  p.m. 

On  your  radio  dial  at  93.1  FM  at  9 
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CUPE  2323  ON  STRIKE  TRAIL 


by  Ryan  Nakashima 

Charlatan  Stalf 

Nine  hours  of  negotiation  March  7 
left  the  union  local  of  Carleton's  teach- 
ing, research  assistants  and  sessional 
lecturers  still  in  disagreement  with  uni- 
versity administration  over  their  collec- 
tive agreement. 

The  university's  final  offer  to  CUPE 
Local  2323  includes  a  five-hour-per-year 
increase  in  work  assignments,  starting 
Sept.  1,  for  graduate  members  of  the 
local. 

David  Van  Dine,  the  head  of  admin- 
istration's negotiating  team,  says  the 
increase  in  work  assignments  would 
amount  to  a  two-per-cent  increase  in 
salaries. 

The  local  will  vote  on  whether  or  not 
to  accept  the  university's  final  proposal 
after  a  general  meeting  March  10  at  11 
a.m.  in  Porter  Hall.  The  polls  will  close  at 
6  p.m. 

Local  president  Michel  Roy  says  if  the 
members  vote  to  reject  the  proposal,  he 
expects  picket  lines  will  form  around  the 
entrance  to  the  university  at  Bronson 
and  Sunnyside  avenues  by  March  1 1 . 

Roy  says  the  local's  executive  will  not 
recommend  that  its  members  accept  ad- 
ministration's offer,  which  does  not  in- 
clude a  tuition  freeze  for  local  members. 

"On  our  part,  we  did  a  great  deal  of 
manipulation  (of  our  proposal)  to  at- 
tempt to  come  to  a  settlement, "  says  Roy. 

He  says  the  university  made  some 


Strike  supporters  show  their  support  by  driving  through  picket  lines. 


concessions,  but  there  was  nothing  for  the 
undergraduate  local  members  in  the  of- 
fer. 

"(They  offered)  no  undergraduate  pri- 
ority, no  undergraduate  wage  increase, 
no  undergraduate  five-hour  extension. 
Nothing  for  undergraduates  in  their  of- 
fer." 

Roy  adds  the  two-per-cent  increase  in 
the  salaries  "is  not  a  wage  increase  —  it's 
a  work  increase." 

After  the  10th  day  of  a  possible  strike, 
picketers  who  have  marched  for  eight 
hours  in  the  first  week  would  get  $30-a- 
day  strike  pay  from  the  CUPE  national 
office,  which  has  a  Canadian  member- 


Admin  on  money  hot  seat 


ship  of  about  400,000. 

"The  good  thing  about  a  strike  vote  in 
a  large  national  union,  like  CUPE,  is  that 
if  things  deteriorate  to  that  point  then  it 
becomes  the  affair  of  a  whole  lot  of 
individuals  across  the  country,  not  just 
the  1,200  members  that  work  here  in 
Local  2323's  bargaining  unit,"  says  Roy. 

"We're  already  getting  lots  of  support 
from  Local  2424  on  campus,  the  support 
staff  association." 

Graduate  teaching  assistants,  research 
assistants  and  sessional  lecturers  make 
$24.89  per  hour  plus  four-per-cent  vaca- 
tion pay. 

This  amounts  to  $6,471  per  school 


year  for  graduate  TAs  with  260  hours  of 
work  per  year.  They  cannot  hold  another 
job  if  it  pushes  their  hours  past  260  hours 
per  year. 

Most  undergraduates  work  130  hours 
per  year  at  $  1 3.59  per  hour  plus  four-per- 
cent vacation  pay.  That  amounts  to 
$1,766.70  per  year,  but'they  can  work 
any  number  of  hours  at  other  jobs. 

Van  Dine  says  in  the  event  of  a  strike, 
the  university  will  do  its  best  to  ensure 
courses  are  completed. 

Nothing  in  the  Ontario  Labor  Rela- 
tions Act  prevents  professors  from  mark- 
ing assignments  or  carrying  out  other 
duties  performed  by  assistants,  he  says. 
But  he  adds  it  is  illegal  to  compel  any 
other  bargaining  unit  to  do  so. 

This  means  the  university  could  not 
compel  professors  to  take  over  the  jobs  of 
the  their  teaching,  research  assistants  or 
sessional  lecturers. 

He  says  specific  plans  for  course  com- 
pletion in  the  event  of  a  strike  will  have 
to  be  worked  out  on  a  "case-by-case  ba- 
sis." 

"It  may  be  possible  to  deliver  our  obli- 
gations to  students  without  having  all  of 
the  work  of  a  TA  performed,"  says  Van 
Dine. 

The  mediation  took  place  in  offices  at 
the  By  Ward  Market  Holiday  Inn  from  10 
a.m.  to  7  p.m. 

The  teams  were  in  separate  rooms, 


STRIKE  cont'd  on  pg.  4. 


by  Brandie  Weikle 

Charlatan  Start 

Carleton's  finances  —  the  good,  the 
bad  and  the  ugly  —  were  laid  out  in 
Baker  Lounge  March  8. 

University  President  Robin  Farquhar, 
vice-president  of  finance  and  adminis- 
tration Spruce  Riordon,  and  vice-presi- 
dent academic  Les  Copley  discussed  the 
state  of  Carleton's  finances  to  a  crowd  of 
about  50  students. 

Strangely  enough,  however,  no  one 
in  attendance  questioned  the  panel 
about  possible  tuition  increases. 

Yes,  there  were  questions  on  other 
topics,  ranging  from  corporate  sponsor- 
ship to  lack  of  funding  for  the  faculty  of 
arts. 

But  no  one  asked  Farquhar  where  he 
stands  on  tuition  increases,  which  is 
surprising  since  he  since  he  sits  on  the 
Council  of  Ontario  Universities. 

Last  August,  the  council  put  out  a 
discussion  paper  on  tuition-fee  reform 
which  concluded  that  tuition  fees  must 
rise  in  order  to  avoid  the  "financial 
deterioration"  of  Ontario  universities. 

At  the  meeting,  Riordon  presented  a 
series  of  charts  and  graphs  on  an  over- 
head projector  explaining,  or  perhaps 
excusing,  Carleton's  financial  situation. 

These  visual  aids  attributed  Carle- 
ton's financial  woes  to  external  factors, 
such  as  provincial  funding  cuts.  Riordon 
pointed  out  that  provincial  funding  for 
Ontario  universities  is  the  eighth  lowest 
in  Canada,  although  he  didn't  mention 
there  are  more  universities  in  Ontario 
than  in  any  other  province. 

"If  we  can't  keep  up  with  Newfound- 
land, then  we're  not  doing  what  we 
might,"  said  Riordon. 

He  said  despite  the  lack  of  provincial 
funding,  tuition  increases  over  the  last 
10  years  for  Ontario  universities  have 
been  smaller  than  in  other  provinces. 

As  far  as  a  budget  goes  for  the  coming 
fiscal  year  (that's  accountantese  for 
"starting  in  May"),  the  university  doesn't 
have  one  yet.  Riordon  said  the  univer- 


sity has  "scenarios,"  but  until  they  find 
out  what  Carleton  will  receive  in  grants 
from  the  government  and  then  deter- 
mine what  tuition  fees  will  be,  the  budget 
cannot  be  set.  Still,  Riordon  said  he  hopes 
next  year's  budget  will  be  set  for  April. 

The  1993-1994  operating  budget  looks 
like  this: 


Revenue: 

Government  grant 
Tuition  fees 
Other 


(in  $  millions) 
100 
45 
5 


Expenses: 

Salaries  113 

Specific  Utilities  23 

Departmental  operation  13 

It  did  alarm  some  people  in  the  audi- 
ence that  the  salaries  of  the  administra- 
tive, academic  and  support  staff  take  up 
75  per  cent  of  the  university  budget. 

Farquhar  was  asked  by  Brian 
Edgecombe,  the  business  agent  of  Cana- 
dian Union  of  Public  Employees  Local 
2323,  about  salaries  for  senior  adminis- 
trators. 

He  asked  if  the  university  needs  30 
academic  administrators  such  as  deans 
and  school  directors  who  make  on  aver- 
age $91,900  each  a  year,  and  100  senior 
staff  in  administrativedepartments,  such 
as  the  business  and  personnel  offices, 
who  make  an  average  of  $65,265. 

Edgecombe  said  later  he  got  the  infor- 
mation because  the  university  was  re- 
quired to  release  specific  information  re- 
quested by  campus  unions  as  part  of  the 
social  contract,  which  the  provincial  gov- 
ernment brought  in  to  reduce  public  sec- 
tor expenses  last  summer. 

Farquhar  invited  the  TAs  to  come  up  to 
his  office  at  a  later  date  and  see  the  break 
down  of  every  position  in  administra- 
tion, but  would  neither  confirm  nor  deny 
the  salary  figures. 

Edgecombe  said  later  that  more  than 
$9.3  million  is  spent  on  these  130  senior 
administrative  positions.  He  said  these 


and  we  just  have  to  know  what  they're 
doing,"  he  said.  Riordon  said  that  since 
March  1993  the  university  has  been  in- 
formed that  they  will  have  $9.9  million 
less  to  operate  in  the  next  fiscal  year. 
Riordon  said  this  is  the  result  of  the  social 
contract,  government  cuts  and  new  taxes. 
This  translates  into  $600  per  student  in 
cuts.  Riordon  said  the  administration 
has  chosen  to  run  a  small  deficit  the  past 
few  years  to  avoid  cutting  programs  or 
take  more  money  from  students.  The 


1992-93  deficit  was  $1.9  million.  Carle- 
ton's debt  is  now  $3.6  million. 

However,  he  said  that  the  university 
will  be  hoping  to  either  break  even  or 
operate  with  a  surplus  budget  in  order  to 
improve  its  finances  this  year. 

Riordon  said  he  is  considering  options 
for  managing  the  funding  cuts  —  to 
increase  income  with  tuition  fees  or  pri- 
vate sector  sponsorship,  or  to  decrease 
costs  with  savings  programs  and  faculty 
and  staff  salary  reductions.  □ 


KOSMIC:  THE  BEST  DAMN  NON- 
ALCOHOLIC EVENT  THIS  SIDE  OF 
ST.  PAT'S.  FOOD'S  GREAT  TOO! 
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March  10,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


Grad  students  to  acclaim  a  new  executive 


by  Mario  Carlucci  and  Andrea  Wiebe 

Charlatan  Star! 

No  contest:  Two  tiny  words  to  describe 
this  year's  Graduate  Students'  Associa- 
tion election. 

All  positions  in  the  GSA  executive  will 
be  filled  by  acclamation,  and  graduate 
students  will  vote  either  for  or  against 
the  candidates,  says  Dean  Novak,  the 
GSA's  chief  electoral  officer. 

"  If  50  per  cent  of  the  people  give  them 
a  'no'  vote,  the  nominations  will  be  re- 
opened," says  Novak. 

Running  for  acclamation  are  Oliver 
Harte,  for  vice-president  finance,  Glenn 
Edwards  for  vice-president  external,  Ro- 
man Meyerovich  for  vice-president  in- 
ternal and  David  Hubka  for  president. 

There  will  also  be  a  referendum  ques- 
tion on  whether  or  not  graduate  students 
want  to  subsidize  a  dental  plan. 

Both  Hubka  and  Harte  are  on  the 
present  GSA  executive. 

Hubka  was  elected  vice-president  ex- 
ternal in  a  fall  byelection  when  Barb 
Rose  left  her  position  to  pursue  a  co-op 
placement  for  her  master's  of  public 
administration  degree.  Harte  took  over 
as  vice-president  internal  from  Guy 
Vadish  in  February,  when  he  left  to  do 
the  same  as  Rose. 


The  Fab  Four:  Roman  Meyerovich,  Oliver  Harte,  David  Hubka  and  Glenn  Edwards 


Hubka  says  he  believes  that  few  peo- 
ple are  running  in  the  GSA  elections 
because  there  are  few  opposing  interests. 

"It's  more  or  less  a  show  of  confidence. 
Generally  I  would  be  concerned  about  it 
if  1  didn't  think  it  was  a  show  of  support 
by  the  students,"  says  Hubka. 

Kristin  Russel,  a  first-year  master's  of 
public  administration  student,  had  in- 
tended on  running  for  vice-president  ex- 


ternal but  withdrew.  She  says  she  with- 
drew because  she's  taking  a  co-op  place- 
ment this  summer. 

Russel  says  if  she  wanted  to  renew  the 
placement  in  the  fall,  she  would  be  not 
allowed  to  be  vice-president  external  as 
well  because  executives  cannot  do  more 
than  one  term  of  co-op  work. 

She  says  many  graduate  students  don't 
have  time  to  take  on  an  executive  posi- 


tion. 

"It's  often  hard  to  do  a  full-course 
load  when  you're  doing  this  at  the  same 
time,  and  so  there's  a  lot  of  sacrifices  that 
have  to  go  along  with  the  position,"  says 
Russel. 

But  Vanessa  Cook,  a  graduate  student 
in  political  science,  says  it  is  unfortunate 
that  there  are  no  women  who  will  be 
holding  positions  in  the  GSA. 

"If  s  a  shame"  there  is  no  competition 
for  GSA  positions  this  year,  which  is 
"indicative  of  the  lack  of  cohesion  in  the 
graduate  community,"  says  Cook. 

Harte  says  that  filling  the  GSA  posi- 
tions by  acclamation  is  not  necessarily 
negative. 

"I'd  prefer  to  think  that  it's  because 
students  don't  feel  threatened  by  what 
they  see  on  the  horizon  of  student  poli- 
tics." 

He  says  this  is  "simply  a  validation  of 
the  system." 

Don  Bisch,  a  first-year  master's  of 
journalism  student,  says  he's  not  sure 
who  is  running  in  the  election. 

"There's  been  very  little  as  far  as  ad- 
vertising," he  says. 

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STRIKE  cont'd  from  pg.  3 

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CUSA  election  tossed:  here  we  go  aqain 

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by  Caron  Watt 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  University  Students' 
Association  election  has  been  thrown 
out  because  the  CUSA  constitution  was 
violated  during  the  campaign. 

CUSA's  constitutional  board  released 
its  unanimous  decision  to  overturn  the 
February  election  results  at  a  CUSA  coun- 
cil meeting  March  6,  after  reviewing 
eight  election  complaints andchallenges. 

CUSA  council  voted  8-7  with  five  ab- 
stentions March  6  to  overturn  the  deci- 
sion of  the  constitutional  board.  But  a 
morion  to  overturn  the  board's  decision 
requires  a  five-ninths  majority  of  coun- 
cil, or  19  councillors  out  of  34,  to  vote  in 
favor  of  it. 

After  the  issue  was  brought  up  again 
at  an  emergency  meeting  March  8,  coun- 
cil voted  12-9  with  four  abstentions  to 
overturn  it.  The  necessary  majority  was 
not  obtained. 

The  decision  means  the  election  has 
to  take  place  all  over  again.  Referen- 
dums  on  funding  for  a  Carleton  hockey 
team  and  the  University  of  Ottawa  Com- 
munity Legal  Clinic  will  have  to  be  re- 
done. Student  positions  on  the  senate 
and  board  of  governors  will  also  have  to 
be  voted  on  again. 

For  the  next  election,  nominations 
open  March  11,  campaigning  begins 
March  22  and  polling  begins  March  29. 

Finance  commissioner  Rene  Faucher 
says  another  election  will  cost  about 
$8,500. 

The  board  overturned  the  general  elec- 
tion because  it  ruled  electoral  bylaws 
were  broken  after  a  challenge  from  three- 
time  presidential  candidate  Elaine  Sil- 
ver. 

In  her  challenge,  she  said  she  wanted 


"to  see  that  the  entire  election  and  its 
results  be  rejected  and  that  a  new  elec- 
tion take  place." 

The  CUSA  constitution  states  there 
are  to  be  a  total  of  four  all-candidates 
debates  scheduled,  but  Silver's  complaint 
says  only  two  were  held.  Board  member 
Theresa  Cowan  says  this  was  a  major 
reason  for  the  board  throwing  out  the 
results. 

Another  of  Silver's  challenges  up- 
held by  the  board  was  the 
requirement  that 
each  poll 
booth 
post  a 
sign  in- 
forming 
students 
of  voting 
locations 
across 
campus. 
This  re- 


Stanton  received  a  written  warning 
from  chief  electoral  officer  James  Rilett 
after  campaigning  in  Oliver's  pub  in  the 
Unicentre  Feb.  2.  According  to  the  CUSA 
constitution,  candidates  are  not  allowed 
to  solicit  votes  in  commercial  areas  on 
campus.  This  challenge  was  not  accepted 
by  the  board  because  there  wasn't 
enough  evi- 


Stewart  and  Stanton;  back  on  the  campaign  trail. 
according  to  the 


quire 

ment  was  not  met, 
board's  decision. 

Another  challenge  from  Silver  was 
upheld.  Two  polling  clerks  are  required 
at  all  times  at  each  polling  booth,  ac- 

cordingtotheconstitution.Silverclaimed  eluded  in  Stanton's  presidential  budget, 
this  wasn't  the  case.  Witnesses  came   he  would  have  exceeded  the  $150  spend- 


s  paignman- 
3  ager. 
<  Stanton's 
printed 

campaign  pamphlets  soliciting  a  posi- 
tion on  the  board  of  governors  included 
information  on  his  presidential  platform. 

Nogalo  challenged  these  as  unconsti- 
tutional, because  if  they  had  been  in- 


before  the  constitutional  board  to  testify 
that  individual  polling  clerks  were  seen 
alone  at  poll  booths. 

Silver  submitted  other  challenges  not 
upheld  by  the  board.  One  states  presi- 
dential candidate  Richard  Stanton's  cam- 
paign was  "riddled  with  unfair  advan- 
tages that  many  of  the  other  candidates 
did  not  have.  He  also  clearly  violated  the 
procedures  of  campaigning  on  a  number 
of  occasions." 


ing  limit  and  therefore  been  disqualified. 

But  this  challenge  was  thrown  out  by 
the  board  as  well  because  Rilett  wrote  a 
letter  to  the  board  which  said  he  was  at 
fault  for  allowing  Stanton's  pamphlets  to 
be  distributed.  Rilett  wrote  that  Stanton 
should  not  be  disqualified  for  his  mistake. 

But  Rilett  himself  challenged  finance 
commissioner  candidate  Wendy  Stewart's 
final  campaign  budget.  Stewart  submit- 
ted a  final  campaign  budget  which 


showed  she  spent  $  1 5 1 . 30,  over  the  $  1 50 
limit.  Rilett  wrote  in  a  memo  to  council 
chair  Elaine  Flis  that  Stewart  should  be 
disqualified  but  deferred  a  decision  to 
the  board. 

The  board  turned  down  this  chal- 
lenge because  it  was  discovered  that  Stew- 
art had  made  a  mathematical  error  in 
her  budget  and  was  actually  not  over 
budget. 

The  board  "would  like  to  caution  Ms. 
Stewart  to  be  more  careful  in  the  future 
because  such  mistakes  in  the  position  of 
finance  commissioner  can  have  drastic 
consequences  for  the  student  body, "  reads 
the  board's  ruling. 

Despite  the  second  chance  for  some 
candidates,  several  are  choosing  not  to 
run  again  in  the  upcoming  election. 

Several  candidates  will  not  be  run- 
ning in  the  upcoming  CUSA  election, 
among  them  former  presidential  candi- 
date Todd  McAllister  and  newly  elected 
arts  representative  Heather  Jenkins,  who 
got  the  most  votes  in  the  arts  and  social 
sciences  election. 

"I  have  fifty  bucks  left  in  my  bank 
account,"  says  McAllister. 

He  says  he  can't  afford  to  lose  his  year 
because  of  the  time  he  will  have  to  put 
into  another  election. 

McAllister  says  he  blames  CUSA  for 
the  election  recall. 

"The  association  didn't  run  the  elec- 
tion properly,"  he  says. 

Rilett  submitted  his  letter  of  resigna- 
tion from  the  position  of  CEO  at  the 
March  8  council  meeting,  saying  he  was 
fed  up  with  the  process. 

"They  really  have  to  tighten  up  the 
electoral  rules.  What  we  have  are  people 
interpreting  the  rules  one  way  and  oth- 
ers interpreting  them  differently."  □ 


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Opinions  mixed  on  strike 


Compiled  by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Stan 

Carleton's  sessional  lecturers  and 
teaching  and  research  assistants  will  vote 
March  10  on  whether  they  should  go  on 
strike. 

The  Charlatan  asked  students,  teach- 
ing assistants  and  professors  what  they 
know  about  the  strike  and  how  they 
think  it  will  affect 
them. 

"What  kind  of  edu- 
cation are  we  getting 
here?  1  take  the  hat  off  to  (the  TAs') 
convictions,  but  don't  drag  the  students 
into  it." 

Kevin  Lacey,  first-year  political 
science  student 

"Students  should  be  angry  and  ask  for 
their  tuition  back.  Our  fight  is  (the  stu- 
dents') fight." 

Bob  Lawson,  graduate  student, 
political  science  teaching  assistant 

"Besides  from  posters,  I  haven 'theard 
much  about  the  possible  strike.  I  kind  of 
wish  I  knew  more." 

Jason  Mac  Donald,  first-year  jour- 
nalism student 

"It  will  be  kind  of  cool  to  miss  labs  but 
our  grades  would  suffer,  and  this  is  not 
good." 

Brad  Cheer,  first-year  science 
student 


"They  are  not  being  very  public  with 
the  negotiations.  Other  than  the  union 
and  administration,  no  one  seems  to 
know  what's  going  on." 

Ion  Alexander,  political  science 
professor 

"We  pay  for  TAs  to  help  us  when  we 
don't  understand  something.  It  is  not  up 
to  us.  It  is  up  to  the 
goddamn  adminis- 
tration." 

Helene  Pierard, 
second-year  environmental-science 
student 


It  is  not  up  to  us.  It  is  up 
to  the  God-damn 
administration." 


"At  the  beginning  of  the  semester 
each  professor  signs  a  form  delegating 
the  marking  scheme  for  the  course.  The 
only  way  to  alter  this  is  to  have  a  unani- 
mous class  vote  (on  changing  the  mark- 
ing scheme)  or  it  could  not  be  changed. 
With  classes  of  400  students  this  is  quite 
unlikely." 

Shirley  Mills,  president  of  the 
Carle  ton  University  Academic  Staff 
Association  on  how  classes  may  be 
affected  by  the  strike. 

"The  TAs  don't  want  the  students  to  be 
left  alone  during  exams  so  the  strike  is  a 
hard  decision  to  do." 

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CU5A  throws  intelligence  out  with  election 


COUNCIL 


by  Brent  Dowdall 

Charlatan  Staff 

Ah,  chaos! 

Nobody  does  itbetterthanthecouncil 
of  the  Carleton  University  Students'  As- 
sociation, who  threw  out  its  recent  elec- 
tion March  6. 

Now  there  were  some  damned  good 
reasons  to  throw  it  out,  but  it  means 
those  five  zillion  posters  were  all  for 
naught,  and  we'll  have  to  do  the  whole 
stupid  thing  over  again. 

There  are  some  moments  in  life  a 
person  will  always  remember.  The  mo- 
ment that  CUSA's  constitutional  board 
handed  down  its  decision  is  one  of  those. 
The  collective  thud  of  jaws  hitting  the 
floor  and  eyes  bugging  out  were  some  of 
those  once-in-a-lifetime  sights  and 
sounds. 

"I'm  going  to  be  sick,"  said  (one-time) 
councillor-elect  Pierre  Leduc. 

. . .  both  sides  kept  this  sham 
going  for  four  hours,  with 
shameful  attempts  by  mem- 
bers of  both  factions  to  score 
cheap  political  points  on  each 
other. 

An  eerie  silence  gripped  the  Baker 
Lounge  table  as  councillors  and  assem- 
bled guests  listened  to  board  chair  Cindy 
Frazer  read  the  ruling.  President-elect 
Richard  Stanton,  finance  commissioner- 
elect  Wendy  Stewart  and  several  newly 
elected  councillors  looked  like  someone 
had  taken  away  their  new  Christmas 
puppies. 

The  challenge  which  overturned  the 
election  was  filed  by  three-time  presiden- 
tial loser  Elaine  Silver  (which  could  mean 
CUSA's  version  of  the  Buffalo  Bills  has 
finally  won  the  Super  Bowl). 

Council  got  to  debate  and  vote  upon 
whether  to  accept  the  ruling  and  order 
new  elections,  or  overturn  the  board  and 
keep  the  election  results. 

In  the  ensuing  fight  to  overturn  the 
board's  decision,  the  strongest  supporter 
was  Troy  Ross,  who  just  happened  to  be 
Stanton's  campaign  manager.  (Surely  a 
coincidence.) 


As  the  proxy  for 
arts  rep  Bryan 
Jones,  Ross  first  in- 
sisted that  Stanton 
and  Stewart  had  not 
been  given  a  copy 
of  the  challenges 
made  against  them 
in  advance  as  the 
constitution  re- 
quires. 

Frazerandboard 
member  Theresa 
Cowan  said  the 
challenges  were  ac- 
tually filed  against 
Rilett,  the  CEO,  and 
not  against  Stanton 
or  Stewart. 

Unfortunately, 
the  board  had  to  dis- 
appear for  a  few 
minutes  to  do  some 
editing  in  their  de- 
cision. See,  they'd 
actually  written 
that  the  challenges 
were  against 
Stanton,  so  they 
had  to  rewrite  their 
decision  so  as  to  re- 
move any  refer- 
ences to  challenges 
against  Stanton  or 
Stewart.  Otherwise 
it  would  have  been  yet  another  constitu- 
tional violation. 

When  the  circus  resumed  after  the 
ruling  had  been  edited,  debate  began  on 
a  motion  to  overturn  the  board's  ruling 
and  let  the  election  stand. 

After  beginning  his  speech  with  a 
totally  irrelevant  quote  from  Winston 
Churchill,  Ross  suggested  that  a  flawed 
election  was  okay. 

"Democracy  is  flawed.  Constitutions 
are  flawed.  In  my  opinion,  the  decisions 
of  the  constitutional  board  are  flawed." 

Apparently,  logic  is  flawed  as  well. 

President  Lucy  Watson,  who  sure  can 
hold  a  grudge,  said  she  was  disgusted  at 
how  councillors  such  as  arts  rep  Renee 
Gallant  and  arts  rep  Tom  Golem  voted  to 
throw  out  the  referendum  on  the  fee  hike 
for  the  Canadian  Federation  of  Students 
last  fall  but  now  wanted  to  keep  the 
election. 

"1  can't  believe  the  arguments  I'm 
hearing  because  they're  exactly  the  same 
arguments  I  put  forward  about  the  refer- 
endum that  was  overturned  last  term," 
she  said.  "And  I  find  it  very  ironic  that 
the  people  who  fought  against  my  argu- 
ments are  now  sitting  here  throwing  the 
same  arguments  back  in  my  face." 

No  argument  here.  They  both  should 
have  been  thrown  out. 


As  for  the  second  council  meeting 
March  8,  perhaps  the  less  said  about  this 
farce  of  democracy,  the  better. 

The  "don't  throw  out  the  elections" 
forces,  led  by  finance  commissioner  Rene 
Faucher,  Gallant,  Golem  and  Ross, 
packed  the  audience  with  people  (mostly 
newly  elected  councillors  and  campaign 
hacks)  to  clap  and  cheer  whenever  some- 
one on  their  side  made  a  point.  They  also 
brandished  their  petition  they'd  been 
circulating  for  two  days  which  they  said 
had  1,500  names  on  it. 

The  "throw  out  the  elections"  side,  led 
by  arts  proxy  Derek  Zeisman  and  jour- 
nalism rep  fames  Heath,  meanwhile, 
had  their  own  gallery  to  cheer  them  on. 

Half  an  hour  into  the  meeting,  it  was 
obvious  that  there  simply  wasn't  the  19 
councillors  needed  to  overturn  the  rul- 
ing. 

But  both  sides  kept  this  sham  going 
for  four  hours,  with  shameful  attempts 
by  members  of  both  factions  to  score 
cheap  political  points  on  each  other, 
worse  than  I've  ever  seen  at  council. 

Maybe  it  was  the  bright  lights  of  the 
television  cameras  from  all  the  j- 
schoolers,  but  this  disgrace  made  the 
Parliamentary  Question  Period  look  civi- 
lized. Thank  God  no  one  had  weapons. 
Faucher,  showing  more  interest  in 


council  than  he  has  all  year,  worked 
himself  into  a  frenzy  while  arguing  that 
the  results  should  be  kept.  It  drew  him  a 
standing  ovation.  Surely  his  friendship 
with  Stanton  had  nothing  to  do  with  his 
passionate  performance. 

Arts  rep  John  Edwards,  serving  as  the 
council  chair  for  the  second  consecutive 
meeting,  certainly  picked  appropriate 
attire  when  he  wore  his  black  and  white 
referee's  jersey.  A  zebra  in  a  zoo. 

"The  member  will  shut  the  fuck  up," 
he  yelled  at  one  point  at  student  ian 
Reilly.  Edwards  could  have  used  such  a 
phrase  innumerable  times  to  anynumber 
of  people. 

Such  as  Heath  and  Rilett.  Heath  had 
moved  a  motion  March  6  to  have  Rilett 
replaced  before  the  new  election,  but  the 
morion  was  not  considered. 

Rilett  said  he  wasn't  informed  about 
that  meeting.  Obviously,  he  learned 
about  it  and  had  some  things  to  say  at 
the  next  one. 

The  two  yelled  at  each  other  through- 
out the  debate  and  then  befitting  the 
madness  of  the  scene,  Rilett  called  him  a 
"jerk"  and  generally  heckled  Heath  while 
the  councillor  made  his  speech. 

More  attacks  were  launched  at  the 
March  6  meeting.  Golem  began  the  cir- 
cus with  an  attack  on  each  executive 
member.  In  order,  he  accused  Watson 
and  Faucher  of  being  away  from  the  j  ob 
too  much. 

He  said  director  of  academics  Gary 
Anandasangaree  had  worked  up  a 
number  of  "mental  health  days"  and 
should  take  some  time  off.  He  criticized 
director  of  services  Theresa  Cowan  of 
violating  her  terms  of  reference  by  writ- 
ing two  memos  trying  to  discourage  so- 
cializing between  professors  and  students. 
Then  he  accused  vice-president  internal 
Rob  Jamieson  of  not  paying  employees 
or  having  meeting  agendas  ready  on 
time. 

Finally,  he  said  vice-president  exter- 
nal Kristine  Haselsteiner  works  hard,  "but 
not  much  has  been  done  there." 

"I'm  not  going  to  address  Tom's  con- 
cerns because  1  think  if  you  wanted  those 
to  be  constructive  you  could  have  ap- 
proached us  in  a  less  hostile  environ- 
ment or  in  a  less  confrontational  man- 
ner," responded  Watson. 

Presumably  other  universities  or  the 
Cayman  Islands  are  less  hostile  environ- 
ments. Oh,  and  Lucy,  it's  hard  to  ap- 
proach people  when  you're  not  in  town. 

The  final  bomb  came  March  8  after 
the  vote  on  the  board's  ruling,  when 
Rilett  submitted  his  letter  of  resignation. 

"I  only  regret  making  the  mistake  of 
assuming  that  I  was  dealing  with  adults, " 
his  letter  reads. 

Kinda  sums  up  CUSA  pretty  well.  □ 


Fun  Farquhar  Fact:  Sparky  and  Spruce  kicking  Olympic  butt! 


by  David  Bartolf 

Charlatan  Staff 

During  reading  week,  while  most  of 
you  went  south  to  work  on  your  skin 
cancer  or  went  home  so  mom  could  work 
on  your  laundry,  Carleton's  premier  jock 
hit  the  country  that  looks  like  it  was 
drawn  by  a  cartographer  with  the  shakes 
for  some  Olympic  action. 

Ever  the  man  of  action,  here  is  just  a 
small  sample  of  Sparkomatic's  itinerary 
to  pass  the  time  in  Lillehammer,  when 
he  and  Spruce  weren't  kicking  ass  in  the 
luge  heats: 

•  hitting  those  padded  wallsat45  km/ 
hour  in  every  short-track  event  on  televi- 
sion 

•  filling  out  Richard  Stanton's  name 
on  cards  asking  for  free  Rogaine  samples 

•  looking,  with  the  teams  from  Israel 
and  American  Samoa,  for  a  fourth  for 
bridge,  since  Eddie  "The  Eagle"  Edwards 
wasn't  around  this  year 


SPARKY:  GOIN'  FOR  THE  OLYMPIC  GOLD! 


•  discussing  baseball's  designated  hit- 
ter rule  with  Tonya  Harding 

•  yelling  to  the  person  sitting  next  to 
him  "It  isn't  real  hockey;  Patrick  Roy 


isn't  in  net,"  whenever  an  opposing  team 
scored  on  Team  Canada 

•  drinking  lots  of  coffee  to  write  his 
name  in  the  snow,  if  you  know  what  I 


mean 

•  trading  brownie  recipes  with  Hillary 
Clinton 

•  trading  hash  brownie  recipes  with 
Bill  Clinton 

•  asking  the  ticket  agents  "Whaddya 
mean  my  Mastercard  is  no  good?" 

•  annoying  the  natives  with  his  "Have 
you  driven  a  fjord  lately?"  joke 

•  discussing  the  use  of  Pert  shampoo 
with  Josee  Chouinard  ('"Shampoo,  rinse 
repeat',  but,  my  God,  it  never  lets  you 
break  free  of  the  cycle!") 

a;      •  one  word:  yodelling 
|      •  a  second  word:  streaking, 
o      •  telling  the  American  athletes  that, 
|  yes,  Canada  is  the  country  where  ice 
f=  was  bom,  but,  no,  he  does  not  know 
their  particular  cousin  in  Toronto 

•  negotiating  a  deal  to  say  "Je  vais 
aller  au  EuroDisney"  for  when  he  won 
the  gold.  □ 


8  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  10,  1994 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Favoritism  rampant  in  regional  COSEP 

bv  Brandie  Weikle  n«rnccn  .    *^ 


by  Brandie  Weikle 

Charlatan  Staff 

Federal  government  summer  employ- 
ment programs  for  students  in  the  Ot- 
tawa area  are  riddled  with  favoritism 
and  unfair  hiring  practices,  according  to 
an  internal  audit. 

The  Public  Service  Commission  of 
Canada  conducted  a  review  in  1992  of 
summer  employment  programs  which 
found  that  the  students  landing  jobs  were 
those  who  were  recommended  by  rela- 
tives or  friends  in  the  civil  service. 

The  commission's  report  found  that 
77.5  per  cent  of  positions  in  the  national 
capital  region  were  filled  by  students 
returning  to  their  jobs  or  by  referrals  from 
within  the  civil  service. 

It  says  that  hiring  for  both  the  Career- 
Oriented  Summer  Employment  Program 
(COSEP)  and  the  Non-Career-Oriented 
Summer  Employment  Program  (Non- 
COSEP)  is  a  "paper-burdened  process,  to 
be  gone  around,  rather  than  a  help  in 
reaching  operational  objectives." 

"As  a  result,  the  Public  Service  Com- 
mission is  taking  back  management  of 
the  programs  in  1995,"  says  Andy 
Rapoch,  a  communications  advisor  for 
the  commission. 


The  COSEP  program,  administered  by 
Human  Resources  Development  Canada, 
provides  government  jobs  for  students 
that  will  advance  them  in  the  direction  of 
a  career  path  they'd  like  to  follow. 

Students  apply  to  their  local  COSEP 
office  every  year  by  the  end  of  February, 
which  then  forwards  their  names  to  the 
government  departments  where  positions 
exist  for  which  they  are  qualified. 

Non-COSEP  positions  are  temporary 
jobs  for  the  government  which  are  not 
career- related. 

Until  the  commission  takes  over  the 
hiring,  it  has  set  new  guidelines  for  de- 
partments hiring  summer  students,  says 
Yvan  Clermont,  a  communications  of- 
ficer for  the  youth  directorate  of  Human 
Resources  Development. 

As  a  result  of  the  report,  this  year  all 
interested  students  must  send  an  appli- 
cation to  the  COSEP  hiring  centre  and  no 
students  can  be  hired  on  recommenda- 
tion. 

Also,  non-COSEP  jobs  must  all  be  ad- 
vertised in  placement  centres  and  COSEP 
jobs  from  other  parts  of  Canada  must  be 
advertised  outside  their  local  areas,  says 
Clermont. 

Clermont  says  this  summer,  students 


will  not  be  able  to  come  back  to  the  same 
position  without  reapplying. 

Rapoch  says  exceptions  to  the  new 
guidelines  will  only  be  made  in  cases 
where  the  student  is  on  a  clear  career 
path  and  significant  investment  has  been 
made  in  training  the  individual  for  a 
certain  position. 

Marc  Cuerrier,  who  is  in  charge  of 
COSEP  positions  at  Statistics  Canada, 
says  the  commission's  new  regulations 
will  not  affect  the  way  his  department 
hires  COSEP  students. 

"We  were  clean  when  they  audited 
over  here  and  they  found  nothing  wrong, " 
says  Cuerrier. 

He  says  sometimes  students  who  have 
worked  in  Statistics  Canada  before  are 
rehired,  but  the  department  never  hires 
people  on  the  basis  of  references  from 
people  they  know  in  the  civil  service. 

"We  send  a  request  to  COSEP,  who 
sends  a  list  of  students  that  made  the 
qualifications.  There  is  no  favoritism 
here,"  says  Cuerrier. 

Ian  Miller,  director  of  Carleton's  Place- 
ment and  Career  Services  centre,  says  in 
a  job  program  as  large  as  COSEP,  some 
occurrences  of  favoritism  are  inevitable. 
"I've  heard  stories  where  a  minister, 


deputy  minister,  or  a  high-level  civil  serv- 
ant request  that  their  son  or  daughter  be 
considered  first,"  says  Miller. 

Favoritism  has  been  a  problem  in  the 
COSEP  program  before,  says  Kristine 
Haselsteiner,  vice-president  external  of 
Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion. 

"I  once  worked  at  a  summer  employ- 
ment centre  and  we  always  advised  that 
it  was  easier  to  get  a  job  if  you  knew 
someone,"  says  Haselsteiner. 

"It  was  a  situation  of  complete 
favoritism.  Students  without  much  expe- 
rience who  didn't  know  anyone  didn't 
have  much  of  a  chance,"  she  says. 

Haselsteiner  says  the  changes  to  the 
hiring  sound  like  an  improvement. 

The  Public  Services  Commission  is  a 
branch  of  the  federal  government  which 
observes  the  public  service  to  make  sure 
that  it  is  "non-partisan  and  representa- 
tive of  Canadian  society." 

The  commission  completed  its  report 
in  May  1993,  but  it  was  only  made  public 
after  it  was  obtained  by  the  Canadian 
Press  news  service  last  month  under  the 
Access  to  Information  Act.  □ 


New  smoking  ban  may  affect  universities 


by  Karolina  Srutek 

Charlatan  Staff 

An  Ottawa  Liberal  MPP  wants  an 
amendment  to  exempt  universities  and 
colleges  from  proposed  provincial  gov- 
ernment legislation  which  would  pro- 
hibit smoking  on  campuses,  including 
residences  and  bars. 


age  to  purchase  cigarettes  to  19-years- 
old  from  18  and  would  require  picture 
identification  for  the  purchase  of  ciga- 
rettes. 

"What  we  want  to  avoid  is  where  the 
bill  deals  with  people  who  already 
smoke,"  says  McGuinty. 

"There  are  students  on  campus  who 


teria.  Separate  ventilation  systems  is  one 
of  them. 

ButSheriBoyd,  the  supervisorof  Roost- 
er's Coffeehouse  at  Carleton,  says  the 
ventilation  systems  at  Rooster's  and  Ol- 
iver's don't  meet  the  new  code  of  ventila- 
tion systems  proposed  by  the  govern- 
ment. 

The  government  sent  Boyd  a  letter 
saying  it  would  require  that  ventilation 
systems  discharge  the  smoke  outside, 
whereas  the  ones  at  Oliver's  and  Roost- 
er's vent  the  smoke  through  an  interior 
system. 

"We  would  lose  a  lot  of  revenue.  They 
(students)  come  in  here  instead  of  the 
library,"  says  Boyd. 

Some  students  say  they  think  the  leg- 
islation banning  smoking  in  all  indoor 


areas  is  a  bad  idea. 

"We  come  in  here  to  smoke  and  have 
a  drink.  They  are  going  to  lose  a  lot  of 
money  from  us,"  says  Susan  Kim,  a  sec- 
ond-year sociology-anthropology  stu- 
dent. "They  depend  on  us." 

"The  wheels  of  democracy  are  falling 
off  and  there  is  no  auto  club  big  enough 
to  fix  it,"  says  first-year  arts  student  David 
Dunn.  "Anything  that  impedes  the  free- 
dom of  an  individual  on  any  level  is 
wrong." 

Caterina  Colantuoni,  a  fourth-year 
sociology  student  who  smokes,  says  atti- 
tudes towards  smoking  have  changed  a 
lot  since  she  came  to  Carleton. 

"Five  years  ago,  I  could  walk  to  my 
classroom  with  a  cigarette."  □ 


Cooke  blocks  Brock 


Oh,  the 


Thb  may  soon  be  the  only  place  you  can  smoke  at  Carleton:  outside. 


Dalton  McGuinty,  a  member  of  the 
government  committee  reviewing  Bill 
119,  says  people  at  universities  and  col- 
leges should  be  exempt  from  the  bill. 

Bill  1 19  is  called  an  "Act  to  Prevent  the 
Provision  of  Tobacco  to  Young  Persons 
and  to  Regulate  its  Sale  and  Use  by  Oth- 
ers." Section  9  of  the  bill  would  prohibit 
people  from  smoking  tobacco  in  retail 
establishments,  public  transit  shelters, 
public  schools,  private  vocational  schools 
and  post-secondary  educational  institu- 
tions. 

If  the  bill  is  passed  by  the  legislature, 
it  will  apply  to  the  campuses  of  all  uni- 
versities and  colleges,  including  resi- 
dences, offices  and  bars. 

The  bill  has  gone  through  first  and 
second  readings  and  it's  presently  being 
reviewed  clause  by  clause  by  a  legislative 
committee.  The  committee  will  suggest 
improvements,  then  the  bill  will  go 
through  a  third  and  final  reading  in  the 
legislature  sometime  this  spring. 

"Let  the  students  and  faculties  make 
their  own  rules,"  says  McGuinty.  He  says 
universities  are  already  regulated  by  city 
bylaws  and  by  policies  drawn  up  by  stu- 
dent councils. 

Bill  119  would  also  increase  the  legal 


are  30-,  40-  and  50-years-old,  which  have 
been  smoking  for  years.  Bill  119  was 
introduced  to  primarily  make  it  harder 

for  young  people  to  smoke  Let's  just 

focus  on  the  people  who  haven't  started." 

McGuinty  says  the  bill  as  it  currently 
reads  would  discriminate  against  people 
at  universities  and  colleges.  For  instance, 
he  says,  it  is  unreasonable  to  impose 
rules  governing  smoking  in  university 
residences  when  there  are  no  such  rules 
for  apartment  buildings. 

David  Sterrirt,  Carleton's  director  of 
•  housing  and  food  services,  says  there  are 
1,660  spaces  for  students  in  residence 
and  700  of  them  are  available  for  stu- 
dents who  are  permitted  to  smoke  in 
their  rooms. 

Blaise  Kunopaski,  a  first-year  student 
in  Lanark  residence,  says  he  would  be 
willing  to  smoke  outside,  but  he  thinks 
students  would  be  offended  if  the  ban 
goes  through. 

McGuinty  says  there  are  two  excep- 
tions to  Section  9  as  it  stands  that  would 
allow  smoking  on  campuses. 

First,  it  wouldn't  prohibit  smoking 
outdoors  and  second,  smoking  would  be 
permitted  in  designated  areas,  for  which 
the  government  would  create  specific  cri- 


by  John  Steinbachs 

Charlatan  Staff 

Ontario  Education  Minister  Dave 
Cooke  has  threatened  to  block  a  move  by 
Brock  University  in  St.  Catharines  to  raise 
tuition  for  its  bachelor  of  education  pro- 
gram to  $10,000  per  year. 

On  March  5,  Brock's  board  of  trustees, 
the  university's  highest  governing  body, 
approved  a  proposal  which  will  increase 
tuition  by  $7,700  for  some  spots  in  the 
program  next  year. 

Brock  currently  offers  350  government- 
subsidizedspots  in  the  one-yearprogram, 
open  to  students  who  have  finished  three 
years  of  university. 

The  university  will  add  an  additional 
50  spots,  but  the  cost  of  these  spots  will  be 
$10,000  each.  Tuition  for  the  subsidized 
positions  is  currently  $2,300. 

[ohn  Shalagan,  communications  of- 
ficer for  the  Ministry  of  Education,  says 
Cooke  announced  that  if  Brock's  plan 
goes  ahead,  the  ministry  will  withhold 
the  same  amount  of  money  from  the 
university's  grant  as  it  raises  in  new  tui- 
tion money. 

Brock  has  already  accepted  applica- 
tions for  the  fall,  says  Grant  Dobson, 
Brock's  executive  director  for  external 
relations.  But  he  says  no  one  will  be 
accepted  for  the  new  spots  until  Brock 
officials  meet  with  Cooke  in  the  upcoming 
weeks  to  discuss  the  ministry's  position. 


irony! 

Shalagan  says  Cooke  also  said  Brock's 
administrators  didn't  see  the  implica- 
tions of  their  plan. 

"Other  universities  and  other  pro- 
grams may  do  the  same  as  Brock,"  says 
Shalagan. 

Shalagan  says  Cooke  also  voiced  his 
concern  at  the  creation  of  an  elite  system 
in  university  education,  whereby  those 
with  money  have  a  better  chance  at  an 
education. 

The  Brock  board  voted  in  the  proposal 
to  provide  a  "Canadian  option"  for  stu- 
dents in  search  of  a  teaching  certificate, 
says  Dobson. 

Dobson  says  because  of  the  limited 
spots  in  the  education  program,  students 
who  are  qualified  but  are  not  accepted 
end  up  going  to  the  United  States  to 
attain  a  diploma. 

"There  they  pay  $12,000  to  $14,000," 
says  Dobson. 

This  move  by  Brock  makes  the  pro- 
gram "more  accessible,"  says  Dobson, 
because  students  are  leaving  the  country 
to  attain  the  degrees  already. 

But  Tom  Attard,  the  vice-president  of 
student  services  for  Brock  University  Stu- 
dents Union,  disagrees  with  Dobson. 

Attard  says  students  who  have  the 
educational  qualifications  for  the  extra 
50  places  but  not  the  cash  to  pay  the 

BROCK  cont'd  on  page  10. 


March  10,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  9 


College  grads  may  soon  be  returnable 


by  Sara-Lynne  Levine 

Charlatan  Staff 

Just  like  some  companies  on  late-night 
television,  some  Canadian  community 
colleges  will  soon  provide  a  money-back 
guarantee  with  their  degrees. 

Beginning  this  spring,  Durham  Col- 
lege in  Oshawa,  Ont,  will  offer  1 2-month 
guarantees  with  its  graduates  when  they 
finish  school. 

With  the  guarantee,  Durham  gradu- 
ates who  enter  the  workforce  in  the  next 
year  can  be  sent  back  to  the  school  for 
free,  voluntary  re-training  if  employers 
are  unhappy  with  their  skills. 

There  are  4,000  students  at  Durham 
College  and  over  1,100  grads  will  be 
guaranteed  when  they  graduate  in  June. 

The  guarantee  covers  all  departments 
from  technology  to  arts  to  health  and 
science,  says  Shari  Lovelock,  president  of 
the  students'  association  at  Durham  Col- 
lege. 

The  Nova  Scotia  Ministry  of  Education 
wants  to  implement  a  similar  program 


forall  of  its  community  colleges  as  part  of 
a  restructuring  plan. 

The  program  would  guarantee  the 
competency  ofcommunity-collegegradu- 
ates,  says  Donna  MacDonald,  communi- 
cations officer  for  the  ministry. 

"Graduates  should  have  a  certain  skill 
level  when  they  graduate  and  if  they 
don't  meet  that  competency  level,  then 
employers  can  send  the  students  back 
and  we  will  provide  additional  training," 
says  MacDonald.  She  says  the  minister 
hopes  to  have  a  program  in  place  by 
1995. 

"This  is  something  we  are  working 
towards",  says  MacDonald.  "This  is  a 
program  where  we  would  have  compe- 
tency-based standards." 

MacDonald  says  the  ministry  is  look- 
ing at  which  programs  produce  gradu- 
ates with  measurable  skills  that  could 
come  with  a  guarantee.  . 

There  are  18  English-language  com- 
munity colleges  in  Nova  Scotia  and  six 
French  campuses,  which  serve  about 


8,000  full-time  students. 

In  Durham  so  far,  the  idea  for  the 
program  has  met  witha  positive  response. 

"We  are  putting  faith  in  our  students 
and  faith  in  the  education  of  our  stu- 
dents," says  Lovelock.  "When  we  told  our 
students,  (about  the  guarantee)  they 
couldn't  believe  the  college  was  willing  to 
stand  behind  their  students.  They  were 
dumbfounded." 

There  has  been  a  similar  response  in 
Nova  Scotia,  says  MacDonald. 

"The  students  we  interviewed  think  it 
is  a  positive  idea,"  says  MacDonald.  "I 
haven't  heard  any  negative  response. 
The  idea  is  great  for  grads.  It  gives  stu- 
dents a  leg  up,  because  the  employers 
don't  have  to  take  the  students'  word." 

She  says  employers  would  be  encour- 
aged to  hire  graduates  from  community 
colleges  with  the  guarantee  because  they 
will  be  expected  to  have  the  necessary  j  ob 
skills. 

Does  this  turn  students  into  commodi- 
ties? MacDonald  thinks  not.  "Any  com- 


pany that  is  proud  of  that  product  should 
guarantee  that  product,"  says 
MacDonald.  "The  commodity  is  the  train- 
ing we  are  providing,  not  the  student." 

Lovelock  agrees.  "If  s  the  college  say- 
ing we  believe  in  our  grads.  It's  a  win-win 
situation  for  the  students  and  the  school. " 

Algonquin  College  in  Ottawa  has  no 
plans  to  create  a  student  guarantee,  says 
Robin  Dorrell,  the  college's  director  of 
marketing  and  public  affairs.  Dorrell  says 
the  college  is  "familiar  with  the  pro- 
gram," hut  is  not  looking  into  it. 

So  far,  there  are  no  plans  to  provide  a 
guarantee  to  Carleton  students. 

Don  McEown,  executive  assistant  to 
Carleton's  president,  says  universities 
could  not  offer  guarantees  because  uni- 
versity programs  are  not  specifically  de- 
signed for  vocational  skills  training. 

"I  don't  know  of  anyone  who  has 
proposed  the  idea  here,"  says  McEown. 
"University  education  is  not  just  solely 
for  gaining  employment.  It  is  education, 
not  vocation."  □ 


Gov't  loans  pilot  project  has  few  takers 


by  Am  Keeling  and  G.  Bruce  Rolston 

TORONTO  (CUP)  —  A  pilot  project 
begun  last  November  for  a  new  student 
loan  system  has  had  almost  no  takers, 
Ontario  government  officials  admit. 

The  project  is  supposed  to  test  an  in- 
come-contingent loan  system,  where  stu- 
dents will  pay  back  their  loans  according 
to  the  amount  they  earn  after  gradua- 
tion. 

If  the  project  is  successful,  some  stu- 
dentrepresentativessay  the  income-con- 
tingent loans  could  be  used  to  make 
students  pay  for  a  larger  share  of  their 
education. 

The  pilot  program  was  supposed  to 
give  out  1 ,000  loans  this  year  to  students 
at  Ontario  universities.  It  offered  $2,500 


to  any  student  who  was  deemed  not 
eligible  for  normal  Ontario  Student  As- 
sistance Plan  loans.  Students  in  their 
final  year  of  undergraduate  studies  and 
who  did  not  qualify  under  OSAP's  assess- 
ment of  financial  need  were  invited  to 
participate. 

But  as  of  last  week,  no  more  than  a  few 
dozen  students  had  received  one  of  the 
over  150  loans  of  $2,500  each  set  aside 
for  students  at  Toronto's  three  universi- 
ties. 

"I  don't  think  it'll  tell  us  much  at  all," 
says  Jamie  MacKay,  an  Ontario  Ministry 
of  Education  spokesperson. 

Student  loan  officers  at  universities 
across  the  province  did  not  receive  infor- 
mation on  the  program  until  it  was  an- 


nounced last  November. 

"I  would  say  the  majority  of  students 
would  have  figured  out  how  to  finance 
their  education  (by  November),  especially 
those  in  fourth  year,"  says  Karen 
Takenaka,  student  aid  manager  for 
Ryerson  Polytechnic  University,  which 
has  no  students  who  have  received  in- 
come-contingent loans. 

Unlike  regular  student  loans,  income- 
contingent  loans  collect  interest  from  the 
day  a  student  borrows  the  money.  The 
difference  between  the  new  loans  and 
regular  assistance  is  that  if  a  student's 
income  aftergraduation  doesnotreach  a 
certain  level,  part  or  all  of  the  loan  is 
forgiven. 

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of  student  awards.  She  says  19  students 
at  Carleton  are  participating  in  the 
project,  out  of  39  spaces  allotted  to  the 
university  in  the  pilot  project. 

Fleck  says  the  higher  rate  of  participa- 
tion at  Carleton  may  be  because  Carle- 
ton was  able  to  quickly  identify  those 
students  who  were  eligible. 

Unlike  most  other  Ontario  universi- 
ties, Carleton  keeps  detailed  statistics  of 
students  who  apply  for  and  receive  stu- 
dent loans,  as  well  as  those  who  don't 
qualify. 

The  university  was  thus  able  to  inform 
students  who  qualified  for  the  pilot  project 
before  they  found  other  means  of  sup- 
port. 

Fleck  also  says  the  project  would  have 
been  more  successful  if  it  didn't  restrict 
the  loans  to  students  in  their  final  year. 

"If  it  were  offered  in  the  second  year  of 
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INTERNATIONAI  AFFaidc 


SMALL  DORM 
ROOMS:  A  Chinese 
student  at  the 
Beijing  Institute  of 
Fine  Arts  finally  has 
some  time  alone. 
Eight  students  often 
live  in  rooms  seven 
metres  by  four 
metres  wide. 


by  Bill  Cooper 

Charlatan  Start 


For  students  in  China,  the  events  of 
June  1989  are  far  behind  them. 

Thatwas  when  students  and  residents 
of  Beijing  clashed  with  the  People's  Lib- 
eration Army  in  Tiananmen  Square.  The 
army's  massacre  of  protesters  there  still 
provokes  emotion  for  many. 

Several  books  on  the  events  of 
Tiananmen  estimate  3,000  to  5,000  pro- 
testers were  killed.  According  to  Voices 
From  Tiananmen  Square,  the  Chinese  gov- 
ernment estimated  fewerthan  400  deaths. 
It  is  unclear  who  is  correct. 

Despite  the  immense  suffering  in  the 
name  of  reform,  the  priorities  for  many 
Chinese  students  have  changed. 

Conversations  in  the  crowded  dormi- 
tories of  Beijing  universities  no  longer 
revolve  around  democracy  and  demon- 
strations, but  rather  jobs. 

As  an  exchange  student,  1  lived  in  a 
student  dormitory  while  in  China,  and 
conducted  about  35  interviews  with  stu- 
dents, graduates  and  faculty  of  about  12 
universities,  including  Beijing  University, 
People's  University,  and  the  University  of 
International  Business  and  Economics, 
where  I  stayed. 

The  sentiments  I  encountered  were 
not  those  of  grand  calls  for  the  ideal  of 
democracy. 

Rather,  students  expressed  aspirations 
of  a  getting  a  high-paying  job  and  hav-' 
ing  the  opportunity  to  travel. 

There  is  a  predominant  determina- 
tion to  leam  English,  get  a  job  with  a 
trade  company  and  live  the  life  of  the 
successful  businessperson. 

"  I  think  business  is  no  interesting,  but 
there  is- good  salary  and  maybe  some 
travelling,"  says  Shang  Jinsong,  a  UIBE 
graduate  in  business. 


CHINA 
IN 

CONTRAST 


Bill  Cooper,  a  fourth-year  journalism 
student  at  Carleton,  went  on  an  exchange 
to  the  University  of  International  Business 
and  Economics  in  Beijing  last  year. 

This  institution,  situated  in  the  north- 
east corner  of  Beijing,  hosts  about  70 
foreign  students  a  year  from  around  the 
world.  Each  year  one  of  those  students  is 
selected  from  Carleton. 

Carleton  International,  a  university  of- 
fice that  sponsors  students  and  faculty  on 
academic  exchanges,  keeps  in  contact 
with  foreign  universities  and  sponsored 
Cooper's  trip. 

While  in  China,  Cooper  conducted  re- 


search and  interviews  which  dealt  with 
the  "post-Tiananmen"  mood  of  Chinese 
university  students  for  an  honors  research 
project. 

Carleton's  MacOdrum  Library  is  pres- 
ently hosting  a  photographic  exhibit  of 
Cooper's  work,  on  display  until  March  21 
1994. 

One  piece  was  recently  selected  for 
publication  in  the  Best  of  College  Photog- 
raphy Annual  1994  magazine,  put  out  by 
Nikon  and  Photographers'  Forum.  Follow- 
ing the  display  at  Carleton,  the  exhibit  will 
move  to  the  University  of  Ottawa.  □ 


While  some  would  like  to  see  increased 
political  accountability  and  some  form 
of  political  reform,  for  now,  most  would 
readily  agree  to  improved  living  condi- 
tions. 

In  the  universities  I  visited,  as  many  as 
eight  students  live  in  dormitory  rooms 
about  seven  metres  long  and  four  metres 
wide. 

Indeed,  many  students  say  that  it  was 
concerns  such  as  dormitory  conditions 
and  for  women  to  have  access  to  univer- 
sities that  drove  them  to  the  1989  protest 
in  Tiananmen  Square. 

The  banners  for  democracy  they 
marched  underseemed  to  symbolize  their 
inability  to  amalgamate 
a  multitude  of  very  basic 
concerns  and  express 
them  to  a  Western  media 
hungry  for  grandiose 
statements. 

One  pressing  concern 
is  that  women  still  face 
barriers  to  enter  Chinese 
universities. 

"In  my  class  there  is 
30  student,  only  six  are 


girl  ...  I  think  it  is  because  of  Chinese 
society,  not  because  of  us,"  says  Dan 
Wen,  a  female  graduate  of  the  Central 
Institute  of  Fine  Arts  in  Beijing. 

In  science-  or  business-oriented  uni- 
versities such  as  UIBE,  entrance  policies 
have  a  set  ratio  of  as  many  as  four  men 
to  one  woman.  It  will  not  be  exceeded. 

While  Dan  Wen  and  many  like  her 
believe  that  there  are  many  political  im- 
provements to  be  made  in  China,  their 
aspirations  for  a  successful  career  have 
replaced  the  1989 
spirit  of  protest. 
And  unlike  Dan 
Wen,  who  is  able 
to  take  solace  in 
herart,  manyseea 
well-paid  career  as 
the  best  vehicle  to 
a  better  lifestyle  in 
China. 

This  aura  of 
change  is  not 
unique  to  student 
life  in  China.  It  is 
almost  tangible 
everywhere  one 


looks.  Private  enterprise  has  sprung  up  in 
every  comer  and  private  wealth,  for  some 
has  grown  immensely. 

The  country's  gross  national  product 
has  increased  by  1 2  per  cent  over  the  last 
four  years,  according  to  The  Economist. 
Inflation  in  1993  hovered  at  23  per  cent 
Yet  the  China  of  old  is  still  a  feature  of 
every  land  or  cityscape. 

China  is  now,  more  than  ever,  a  coun- 
try of  contrast.  Color  televisions  are  trans- 
ported on  horse-drawn  wagons  from 
warehouses  to  department  stores,  and 
the  traditional  black  steel  bikes  of  Beijing 
swarm  around  an  ever-growing  armada 
of  Mercedes-Benz  sedans. 

Ornate  sweeping  temple  roofs, 
adorned  with  bright  gold  figurines,  rise 
above  rickety  grey-tiled  roofs,  housing 
what  is  often  three  generations  of  one 
family  below. 

Pothole-ridden,  earthen  side  streets, 
smelling  of  backed-up  sewers  and  out- 
door toilets,  open  up  on  to  huge,  tree- 
lined  boulevards. 

Contemporary  Western  fascination 
with  China  surely  finds  its  source  in  these 
pictures  of  contrast. 

The  Chinese  and  their  adaptability  to 
these  changes  provides  no  end  of  curious 
sights.  It  is  a  seemingly  endless  popula- 
tion of  about  1.3  billion  making  this 
adaption. 

Some  are  tall,  some  are  short,  some 
dress  in  silk  shirts,  business  suits  and 
skirts,  and  some  dress  in  the  traditional 
blue  Mao  Tse-tung  suits  designed  for  the 
proletariat  masses.  All  of  them  stream 
amongst  garish  ancient  temples  and 
square  grey  communist  architecture.  □ 


LEFT:  Dan  Wen  (on  the  right),  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  Beijing  Institute  of  Fine  Arts, 
visits  with  a  former  roommate  who  still 
has  to  graduate. 


RIGHT:  Chengde,  a  small  town  about 
300  km  northeast  of  Beijing  bustles  with 
traditional  black  steel  bicycles. 


March  10,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  .  11 


International  Students  Ki 


by  Tracy  Hitchcock 

Charlatan  Staff 

You  could  have  gotten  your  fortune 
told.  Or  tried  manto,  a  yogurt  and  beef 
dish  from  Afghanistan. 

You  could  hove  heard  speakers  on  the 
political  situation  in  Bosnia.  Or  listened 
to  flamenco  musicians  at  the  Peppermill. 

These  were  some  of  the  activities  of- 
fered March  1-7  during  Carleton's  an- 
nual International  Students  Week,  or- 
ganized by  the  International  Students' 
Centre. 

Ehab  Shanti,  co-ordinator  of  the  cen- 
tre, says  the  week  is  a  way  for  any  student 
to  learn  about  other  cultures.  Shanti  says 
the  week  also  helps  international  stu- 
dents feel  more  comfortable  by  meeting 
other  students  of  the  same  nationality. 

"A  lot  of  international  students  face 
loneliness,"  Shanti  says.  Displays  were 
set  up  in  Baker  Lounge  March  1-4  by 
student  organizations  like  the  Persian 
Students'  Association  and  the  Baha'i 
Club. 

Nelofer  Pazira  worked  at  the  table  set 
up  by  the  Afghanistan  Students'  Associa- 
tion. She  wore  a  long,  dark  blue  cotton 
dress,  embroidered  on  the  sleeves,  hem 
and  front,  which  she  says  is  typical  of 
what  women  wear  in  north  central  Af- 


ghanistan. 

Pazira  says  International  Students 
Week  educates  people. 

"In  the  media,  people  only  hear  a  few 
minutes  about  the  political  situation  (in 
Afghanistan).  Here,  they  can  learn  about 
the  culture." 

Pazira  says  when  she  came  to  Canada 
three  years  ago,  she  experienced  culture 
shock.  She  didn't  speak  any  English,  and 
schools  were  very  different  from  those  in 
Afghanistan. 

"But  if  you  open  up  and  go  out,  you 
meet  people  and  begin  to  have  fun." 

Pazira,  a  first-year  journalism  student, 
says  she  has  friends  of  many  different 
nationalities. 

"I  love  to  leam  about  other  cultures, 
and  people  that  are  different  from  me." 

Two  students  offered  to  tell  fortunes  to 
entice  students  to  visit  their  Taiwanese 
Students'  Association  display.  They  also 
translated  names  into  Chinese  charac- 
ters. 

Haris  Ceric  was  at  a  table  set  up  by  the 
Ottawa  Ad-Hoc  Committee  on  Bosnia- 
Hercegovina.  Ceric  was  in  Sarajevo  when 
war  broke  out  in  April  1992,  and  escaped 
the  city  shortly  after. 

He  says  International  Students'  Week 
is  important  because  it  helps  people  break 


IS  THAT  THE  PEPPERMILL?  Palestinian  students  stomp,  clap,  and  dance  in  the  Peppermill  March  5 


down  stereotypes. 

"People  will  ask,  'If  you're  Muslim, 
how  come  you're  white?'"  Ceric  says, 
adding  ifs  important  to  make  people 
aware  of  what's  going  on  in  Bosnia, 
"even  though  they're  bored  with  it." 

Ceric  says  the  week  helps  Canadian 
students  leam  about  other  cultures  by 
meeting  people  instead  of  just  reading 
books. 

A  cultural  show,  which  topped  off  the 
week,  was  held  at  the  Peppermill  cafete- 
ria March  5.  About  100  people  came  to 
watch  performers  from  several  different 
countries. 

Membersofthe  Pro-Palestine  Students' 
Association  hopped,  spun,  clapped, 
stomped  and  shouted  to  Palestinian  mu- 
sic. The  men  wore  white  shirts,  black 
vests  and  black  boots.  The  women  wore 
bright  red  dresses  and  maroon  head- 
scarves. 

A  performance  by  Iranian  students 
honored  women  in  Iranian  rice  fields. 
The  dancers  shook  sifting  baskets  in  their 
performance. 

Flamenco  musicians,  the  Bahai  Club, 
an  Egyptian  belly-dancer  and  a  choir 
group  from  Madagascar  also  performed. 

Allison  Vazu,  one  of  two  student  per- 
formerswiththechoirgroupoffour,  says 
their  music  is  a 
combination  of 
Asian  and  African 
music.  She  says  the 
event  was  great  be- 
cause it  gave  peo- 
ple a  chance  to  ex- 
perience what 
other  cultures  are 
all  about. 

Shanti  says  a 
$10  international 
dinner  after  the 
show  raised  5600. 
The  money  will  go 
towards  an  emer- 
gency loan  fund  for 
international  stu- 
dents, adminis- 
tered by  Carleton's 
foreign  student  ad- 
visor's office,  a  uni- 
versity office  that 
works  closely  with 
the  centre.  □ 

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In  the  last  few  days  of  International 
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the  National  Gallery  of  Canada  at  8 

p.m.  Vasconcelo  has  worked  with  Paul 
Simon  on  Rhythm  of  the  Saints,  and 
plays  the  berimbau,  the  tabla  and  other 
percussion  instruments.  Tickets  are  $  IS 
in  advance  and  $18  at  the  door. 

The  Hispanic  Society  and  the  Span- 
ish Cultural  Centre  will  host  Gran  Fi- 
esta '94  at  622  Montreal  Rd.  at  8 

p.m.  Tickets  are  $5  in  advance  and  $7 
at  the  door,  and  can  be  bought  at  Info 
Carleton  and  the  14th  floor  of  Dunton 
Tower. 

Anjali,  a  performer  of  Indian  dance, 
will  host  a  performance  of  dance,  mu- 
sic, poetry  and  images  called  "Visions 
of  the  Feminine/Tagone's  Mother 
Earth"  at  the  Alumni  Theatre  at  Car- 
leton University  at  8  p.m.  Tickets  are 
available  at  Info  Carleton  and  cost  $  12 
for  adults,  $8  for  students,  seniors  and 
the  unemployed. 

Sunday,  March  13 

The  Young  Poets  of  Ottawa  present 
"Say  it  Poetically,  Say  it  Black,"  at 

2  p.m.  at  the  SAW  Gallery,  67  Nicholas 
St.  A  $3  donation  is  appreciated. 

The  One  World  Film  Festival  will 
present  over  40  international  independ- 
ently produced  films  around  Ottawa 
March  1 3-20  at  a  package  price  of  $30. 
The  films  will  be  shown  at  the  Alumni 
Auditorium  at  the  University  of 
Ottawa,  the  Bytowne  Cinema  and 
the  SAW  Gallery 


Hey  you! 
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EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Admin, 
screws  us 
all  in  labor 
dispute 

No  one  will  be  happy  if  the  teaching  assistants, 
research  assistants  and  student  sessional  lec- 
turers go  on  strike. 
But  if  they  do  go  on  strike,  it's  because  they've 
been  forced  to  by  administration. 
After  looking  at  the  university's  final  offer  on  March 
7,  the  executive  of  CUPE  Local  2323  is  recommending  to 
members  that  they  reject  it.  There  will  be  a  meeting  on 
Thursday,  March  10,  when  local  members  will  vote  on 
whether  or  not  to  accept  administration's  offer.  If  they 
vote  to  reject  it,  they  will  be  in  a  legal  position  to  strike. 

Administrators,  like  David  Van  Dine,  the  universi- 
ty's head  negotiator,  are  giving  no  clear  guarantees 
about  what  will  happen  with  courses  in  the  event  of  a 
lengthy  strike.  This  is  breeding  fear  among  students 
about  the  fate  of  their  academic  year  and  getting  them 
to  turn  against  the  union  local. 

But  think  about  who  makes  up  CUPE  Local  2323. 
Every  member  of  the  local  is  a  student. 

If  students  end  up  blaming  the  TAs,  RAs  and  student 
sessional  lecturers  for  the  effects  of  a  strike,  they'll  be  too 
be  busy  to  figure  out  who  the  real  enemy  is.  Administra- 
tion would  rather  have  us  fighting  each  other  than 
them. 

The  TAs,  RAs  and  student  sessional  lecturers  are  not 
the  problem. 

Throughout  the  months  of  negotiations,  it  has  be- 
come apparent  that  the  union  local  has  done  all  the 
compromising.  They've  conceded  on  many  of  their 
demands,  from  wage  increases  to  dental  and  child-care 
benefits  for  members. 

University  negotiators  have  continued  to  throw  their 
hands  in  the  air,  squawking,  "There's  no  money." 

Although  the  union  negotiators  were  willing  to  take 
a  wage  freeze  if  it  went  with  a  corresponding  tuition 
freeze,  the  university  negotiators  refused  to  consider 
this. 

Van  Dine  was  quoted  in  the  Ottawa  Sun  saying,  "Why 
should  they  get  a  tuition  freeze  when  other  students 
don't?"  As  if  this  is  some  kind  of  unfair  request  on  the 
part  of  the  union  local. 

Butyou  can  seethe  local's  logic.  Aftergetting  a  three- 
per-cent  salary  increase  for  1992/93  in  its  last  collective 
agreement,  the  university  hiked  graduate  students' 
post-residency  tuition  fees  by  78  per  cent.  It's  only 
reasonable  that  the  local  executive  doesn't  want  their 
members  wages  eroded  by  tuition  hikes  again. 

The  result  of  a  strike  could  have  a  dramatic  impact 
on  future  relations  between  administration  and  stu- 
dents. You  may  not  be  a  teaching  assistant  now,  but  you 
might  want  the  opportunity  later. 

If  the  union  local  can  win  improvements  in  pay, 
tuition,  working  conditions  and  other  factors,  this  will 
directly  benefit  you  in  the  future.  It  could  also  finally 
force  the  university  to  deal  with  students  as  people  and 
not  merely  as  an  endless  stream  of  revenue. 

However,  if  administration  members  succeed  with 
their  divide-and-conquer  tactics,  it  leaves  the  door  open 
for  them  to  continue  their  blatant  disregard  for  student 
concerns,  whether  you're  a  unionized  TA  or  a  first-year 
student. 

As  students,  remember  —  you're  not  powerless.  If 
administration  can't  settle  its  labor  disputes  fairly  and 
there  is  a  strike,  ask  administration  for  your  money 
back.  When  we  paid  our  tuition  thisyear,  it  was  with  the 
expectation  that  we  would  have  TAs  to  help  us  and  our 
professors.  If  the  university  fails  to  provide  the  educa- 
tion we've  paid  for,  we  should  get  our  money  back. 

As  Maclean's  has  already  proven,  nothing  scares  the 
administration  more  than  bad  press. 

The  TAs,  RAs  and  student  sessional  lecturers  are  not 
the  enemy.  They're  fighting  for  more  than  fair  wages. 
Their  fight  for  a  fair  deal  represents  the  failure  of  those 
in  power  at  the  university  to  recognize  that  student 
concerns  are  important  enough  to  be  taken  seriously. 

Whether  or  not  a  strike  takes  place,  the  TAs,  RAs  and 
sessional  lecturers  deserve  your  support. 

BD,  MP&SG 


OPINION 


It's  a  Seinfeld  kind  of  world 


by  David  Bartolf 

Charlaian  Staff  and  Master  of  His  Oomain 

"Haveyou  ever  noticed  that  people  are  starting  to  talk  like 
Seinfeld?"  -  Mario  Carlucci,  Charlatan  news  editor 

As  soon  as  you  finish  reading  this,  run  out 
behind  your  house.  Look  for  the  alien  space 
pod.  You  know,  the  kind  you  were  warned 
about  in  Invasion  of  the  Body  Snatchers. 
But  these  pods  are  filled  with  a  greater  threat  — 
videotapes  of  Seinfeld. 

A  friend  clued  me  in  to  this  insidious  conspiracy 
masterminded  by  the  American  television  network. 
National  Brain  Control.  The  conspiracy  —  to  turn  the 
world  into  Se/nfe/d-imitating  robots. 

I  was  seated  in 
McDonald's  with  her,  her 
boyfriend  and  another 
friend.  I  sipped  on  a  damn 
fine  cup  of  coffee.  We  talked 
about  everything  and  noth- 
ing in  particular:  work,  traf- 
fic, bad  waiters,  the  NBA 
salary  cap,  e-mailed  love 
letters,  hairlines,  the  best 
way  to  serve  eggs,  and  the 
level  of  shit  Douglas 
Coupland  is  full  of. 

I  began  playing  with  my 
cup,  blowing  into  it,  much 
like  something  a  character 
on  Seinfeld  would  do.  It  cre- 
ated the  low  whistling  hum 
an  old-fashioned  stubby 
beerbottle  would  have  had. 

I  commented  on  the 
Se/nfe/d-like  quality  of  our 
conversation  -  one  woman  and  three  men,  all  friends, 
spending  more  time  talking  than  eating  and  my  screw- 
ing around  with  the  coffee  cup. 

I  told  them  of  my  conversation  with  a  complete 
strangerattheShopper's  Drug  Mart earlierthat  evening. 
I  overheard  him  talking  about  an  episode  in  which 
George  had  a  job  interview  to  be  a  bra  salesman.  We 
both  said  George's  catch-phrase  from  the  episode,  "Two 
cups  in  front,  two  hooks  in  back;  it's  amazing."  The 
stranger  and  I  then  harmonized,  "What  a  great  show." 
We  were  living  in  one  world  under  the  United  Colors  of 
Jerry. 

I  smugly  concluded  my  story,  punctuating  with  one 
last  whistle-hum  on  the  cup, "  If  s  a  Seinfeld-kindo.  world. " 

My  friend  responded  with  a  "Tsk"  of  bland  disgust. 
"Seinfeldhas  taken  over  the  minds  of  all  my  friends,"  she 
said.  "The  smart  ones  and  the  dumb  ones." 

The  roof  and  skies  above  us  opened.  Light  from  the 


heavens  shone  down.  The  voice  of  the  wisdom  of  God 
had  spoken  through  my  friend.  Seinfeld-ness  was  not  a 
goal  to  be  admired,  or  sought  after. 

She  was  right.  The  worst  premise  of  Invasion  of  the 
Body  Snatchers  had  become  reality.  The  world  sleeps, 
unaware  of  the  indoctrination  inflicted  on  it.  Our  lives 
are  imitating  art,  or  at  least  the  facsimile  of  art,  televi- 
sion. 

On  Seinfeld,  each  main  character  fits  a  major  Jung- 
ian  archetype.  Viewers  identify  so  strongly  with  the 
characters  that  we  yearn  to  be  them  and  we  begin  to 
imitate  them. 

George  is  the  trickster,  too  smart  for  his  own  good. 
Kramer  is  the  lover  and  the  shaman.  Elaine  is  the 
anima,  the  female  part  of  the  male  psyche.  And  Jerry  is 
the  wQrrior.  He  depicts  the 
philosopher- ruler —  the  ob- 
server and  actor  —  within 
every  man,  the  virile  king 
of  his  domain. 

Even  more  sinister  is  the 
circular  style  of  the  stories, 
implying  sophistication, 
admittedly  greater  than 
most  other  alternatives  on 
the  tube,  but  that  ain't  say- 
ing much. 

The  plots  are  wheels 
turning  within  wheels. 
Elaine  misses  an  opportu- 
nity to  sleep  with  John 
Kennedy  Jr.,  who  beds 
Nancy,  "the  virgin,"  who 
|erry  had  been  wooing.  The 
only  good  drive  Kramer 
makes  while  whacking  golf 
balls  into  the  Atlantic 
lodges  one  into  the  blow  hole  of  a  whale.  George, 
pretending  to  be  a  marine  biologist  to  impress  a  woman, 
plucks  it  out. 

Seinfeld  encourages  a  weird,  uniform  mindset.  We  all 
play  with  coffee  cups,  or  the  like,  and  synopsize  the 
same  vapid  Seinfeld  show  from  the  night  before.  But  our 
lives  shouldn't  be  a  22-minute  sitcom. 

I  am  beyond  help.  Last  night  I  was  up  at  2  a.m., 
watching  it  on  tape.  I  fast-forwarded  through  the  com- 
mercials, stopping  at  the  exact  spot  each  segment 
started.  This  practised,  flawless  efficiency,  like  that  of  an 
addict  spiking  his  vein  without  tapping  his  arm,  fright- 
ened me. 

Dear  reader,  there  may  be  hope  for  you.  Heed  my 
warning,  destroy  the  mind-displacing  Seinfeld  videotape 
pods  before  it's  too  late. 

You  don't  believe  me?  Think.  Why  is  it  called  pro- 
gramming? □ 


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Mindless  movie 

Editor: 

Re:  "Stupid,  mindless  entertainment, " 
The  Charlatan,  Feb.  17,  1994. 

Poor  you.  Not  a  funny  bone  in  your 
body,  huh?  Are  you  so  hard  up  for  blood, 
guts  and  tears  in  a  movie  that  you  don't 
understand  good  ol'  fashioned  slapstick, 
spontaneous  humor  when  it  hits  you? 

In  case  you  hadn't  noticed  in  the  trail- 
ers for^ce  Ventura,  everyone  is  "insane," 
and  behaves  "mindlessly."  The  whole 
point  of  the  movie  was  not  to  have  a 
serious  plot. 

What's  wrong  with  Jim  Carrey  show- 
ing his  stuff  in  a  movie  venue?  Is  he  the 
first  comedian/actor  from  a  television 
show  to  do  so?  Will  he  be  the  last? 

Urging  people  not  to  see  a  film  which 
is  quite  harmless  and  very  funny  shows 
me  that  you  have  no  sense  of  propriety. 
For  every  10  shoot  'em  up  movies  out  on 
the  market,  how  many  light-hearted  pro- 
ductions can  we  look  forward  to?  Maybe 
one.  And  this  one's  a  hit! 

If  you've  been  living  under  some  hole 
and  have  never  seen  In  Living  Color  or 
never  heard  of  Carrey  and  his  hilarious 
antics,  maybe  you  don't  deserve  to  be 
tickled  by  his  wit. 

Grow  up!  Not  everyone  needs  to  hear 
gunfire  and  see  blood  splattered  on  the 
screen  to  be  entertained. 
Have  a  nice  day! 

Carolyn  Christine  Tinglish 
English  II 

Dirty  shoes  for 
democracy 

Editor: 

Re:  "Voting  full  of  holes,"  The  Charla- 
tan, Feb.  17,  1994. 

It  is  a  sad  state  of  affairs  when  a 
conscious  decision  to  forfeit  a  vote  is 
based  on  the  aesthetics  of  a  student  ID 
card.  I  would  like  to  think  that  Carleton 
students,  or  anyone  for  that  matter,  would 
be  more  concerned  with  the  issues  that 
face  students  than  a  millimetre  hole  in 
their  student  card.  I  realize  that  CUSA 
will  not  have  a  majorimpact  on  ourlives; 
however,  they  do  have  an  impact  on  the 
years  spent  at  Carleton. 

This  attitude  brings  me  back  to  my 
elementary  days  when  kids  would  get  a 
new  pair  of  running  shoes  and  have  to 
stay  out  of  the  playground  for  fear  of 
getting  them  dirty.  I'm  not  quite  sure 
what  these  students  plan  to  do  with  their 
ID  cards.  Possibly  the  person  at  the  li- 


brary may  be  offended  by  a  defaced  card. 
Better  yet,  why  doesn't  CUSA  offer  a  free 
wall  frame  so  students  can  hang  their  ID 
card  next  to  their  diploma  over  the  man- 
tel? 

In  case  you  are  wondering,  I  was  not 
eligible  to  vote  this  election.  I  have,  how- 
ever, voted  in  the  past  three  and  have  the 
holes  to  prove  it. 

Shannon  Pickering 
Secretary,  Psychology  Dept. 

Memo  mess  up 

Editor: 

As  a  Carleton  alumnus,  I'm  usually 
glad  when  Carleton  receives  national 
publicity  for  its  efforts.  The  recent  article 
in  The  Globe  and  Mail  concerning  Theresa 
Cowan's  memos,  however,  is  an  excep- 
tion to  this  rule.  (See  "Memos  question  out- 
of-class  conduct,"  The  Charlatan,  Feb.  10, 
1994,  for  more  information  — ed.) 

These  memos  may  have  started  as  a 
harmless  attempt  "to  stimulate  discus- 
sion" about  professor-student  interac- 
tions. Unfortunately,  they  did  not  come 
across  that  way,  either  in  The  Globe  or 
upon  reading  their  full  text.  Instead  of 
looking  for  ways  to  improve  things  to- 
gether, Cowan  implicitly  accuses  profes- 
sors of  creating  a  threatening,  discrimi- 
natory and  potentially  harassing  atmos- 
phere for  their  students. 

Instead  of  constructive  discussion,  her 
tone  is  that  of  accusation  and  command. 
And  who  are  the  targets  of  such  hostility? 
Why,  those  very  professors  most  disposed 
to  go  the  extra  mile  for  their  students. 

This  kind  of  zero-tolerance  approach 
helps  no  one,  students  least  of  all.  The 
opportunities  for  informal  contact  with 
my  professors  were  an  integral  part  of  my 
learning  experience  at  Carleton. 

If  Cowan  is  concerned  about  alcohol, 
the  solution  is  simple.  Those  students 
who  wish  to  have  a  drink,  will.  Those  who 
can't  or  don't  want  to,  don't  have  to.  This 
seemed  to  work  quite  well  at  the  events  I ' 
attended  and  without  any  "help"  from 
CUSA  either. 

As  for  the  "unlevel  playing  field"  ar- 
gument, let  me  see  if  I  have  this  straight 
—since  some  students  will  choose  not  to 
take  advantage  of  such  opportunities, 
those  who  would  choose  to  do  so  must  be 
deprived  of  them.  How  unfortunate.  How 
counter-productive.  How  typical. 

Does  Cowan  have  a  point?  One  or 
two,  perhaps.  Should  she  have  chosen  a 
more  constructive  way  of  making  them? 
Absolutely.  Carleton  students  deserve 


better  from  their  supposed  representa- 
tives. 

foe  Katzman 
BA  '91 

Look  out  Ricky 

Editor: 

Now  that  the  political  dust  has  settled 
at  Carleton,  I  would  like  to  address  a  few 
issues  which  did  not  come  up  during  the 
presidential  campaign.  On  Richard 
Stanton's  campaign  pamphlets,  under 
his  "wish  list",  he  states:  "Examine  the 
problems  of  transportation  to  Carleton 
and  the  possibility  of  commuter  trains  to 
Carleton  campus." 

I  have  3  questions  for  him  — How  does 
he  propose  to  do  this?  How  will  he  get  the 
funding?  And  how  did  he  whip  up  this 
idiotic  idea? 

The  sheer  absurdity  of  this  is  nothing 
but  a  blatant  attempt  to  win  votes  and  to 
gloss  his  campaign  over.  Just  last  month, 
his  over-anxious  gang  of  baseball-capped 
go-getters  were  kissing  our  behinds  for  a 
lousy  vote  and  now  that  he  has  won, 
these  same  go-getters  wouldn't  give  you 
the  time  of  day. 

Incidentally,  I  am  also  very  relieved  to 
find  out  that  his  so-called  "qualifica- 
tions" include  "Charity  ball  volunteer," 
"Panda  staff,"  and  that  he  actually  "di- 
rectly lobbyed  the  minister  of  colleges 
and  universities."  These  are  just  a  couple 
of  disasters  to  name  a  few,  including 
spelling. 

This  letter  is  by  no  means  meant  to 
belittle  Richard  Stanton  or  support  one  of 
his  rivals.  It  is  merely  food  for  thought  for 
all  Carleton  students  who  voted  in  this 
facade  of  a  popularity  contest.  It  is  clear 
that  the  candidates  with  the  most  hair, 
and  not  brains,  won. 

P.S.  We  students  will  be  keeping  an 
eye  on  you  Ricky. 

Kaf/eSfrza/fca 
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March  10,  1994  •  The  Charlatari  ■  15 


SISTREN  (clockwise  from  top): 

Rebecca  Knowles,  Afola  Shade, 
and  Myrtle  Rose 


by  Colin  James 

Charlatan  Staff 

in  May  of  1977, 12  women  came 
together  to  work  on  a  short  play  for  a 
cultural  festival  in  celebration  of 
workers'  struggles  in  Jamaica. 

The  women  decided  to  stay  together 
as  a  volunteer  women's  organization  to 
explore  and  promote  their  Caribbean 
culture,  as  well  as  confront  issues  of 
social  importance,  such  as  violence 
against  women,  teenage  pregnancy, 
housing,  and  the  economic  policies  of 
the  Jamaican  government.  This  was  the 
birth  of  Jamaica's  SISTREN  Theatre 
Collective. 

During  a  drama-workshop  tour  in 
Canada  last  November,  I  was  able  to 
speak  to  three  SISTREN  members: 
Afola  Shade,  Rebecca  Knowles,  and 
Myrtle  Rose. 

This  interview  with  the  SISTREN 
Theatre  Collective  is  important  for  the 
period  of  International  Women's  Week 
because  it  provides  a  forum  for  a 
women's  group  active  on  local,  regional 
and  international  levels  to  voice  their 
opinions  and  introduce  their  work 
dealing  with  women  and  the  problems 
that  face  their  communities. 

The  patois  of  Jamaica  has  been  used 
and  spelled  phonetically  to  illustrate 
SISTREN's  messages  as  accurately  as 
possible  in  their  own  words. 

The  Charlatan:  "How  did  SISTREN  start?" 

Shade:  "In  da  seventies  ...  da  atmosphere 
was  der  for  individuals  to  come  out  in  terms 
of  Blackness,  in  terms  of  radical  change, 
because  der  was  democratic  socialism.  So  at 
dat  time  grassroots  organizations  like 
SISTREN  emerged.  We  wanted  a  voice  as 
women,  because  women  didn't  have  a  voice 
in  terms  of  sayin'  what  are  der  problems,  and 
how  dey  want  der  problems  to  be  addressed. 
So  we  chose  t'eatre  round  about  dat  time. 

We  were  invited  to  take  part  in  a  workers' 
week  concert,  and  da  response  was  good.  We 
put  on  a  production  on  how  women  suffer;  it 
was  a  garment  factory  dat  brought  out  a  lot 
of  da  issues  dat  affect  women:  sexual 
harassment,  bad  working  conditions,  dat  kind 
of  t  ing.  And  it  was  well  received  because  da 
viewers  were  saying  dat  it  was  the  first  time 
dat  dey  were  seeing  such  a  real  serious  piece 
of  theatre;  because,  dey  say,  some  of  da 
problems  that  should  be  in  people's  bedroom 
on  stage.  Dey  could  see  demselves  and  reflect 
der  problems.  So  it  wasn't  just  t'eatre  to  laugh 
and  just  for  da  humor,  but  t'eatre  dat  reflect 
their  lives.  And  dat's  how  we  started  and  dat's 
how  we've  been  working  since. 

We  use  a  lot  of  our  own  testimony,  because 
I  believe  my  story  is  your  story.  So  we  use  a 
lot  of  real  personal  testimony.  Even  if  it's  not 
personal  to  us,  it's  personal  because  we  know 
it's  happened  to  a  particular  sister,  to  a 
particular  woman. 

Charlatan:  May  I  have  you  all  introduce 
yourselves  and  explain  what  you  each  do  in 
SISTREN? 

Rebecca  Knowles:  I'm  Rebecca  Knowles.  I'm 
a  teacher/actress.  I've  been  involved  in  t'eatre 
for  16  years.  I  also  do  workshops  and  popular 
education. 

Myrtle  Rose:  I'm  Myrtle  Rose.  I've  been 
working  with  SISTREN  for  the  past  16  years. 
I'm  a  teacher/actress,  and  I  work  with  the 
workshop  team. 


Afola  Shade:  My  name  is  Afola  Shade 
and  I'm  a  popular  t'eatre  animator  and 
an  actress. 

Charlatan:  What  are  the  different 
activities  that  SISTREN  does,  and  how 
do  they  involve  the  community  to 
address  certain  issues? 

Knowles:  Now  what  SISTREN  does  is 
we  have  a  textile  area  that  we  do  as  an 
income-generating  program,  because 
that  is  one  of  da  t'ings  dat  da  funders 
demand  dat  we  do,  some  form  of  income- 
generating.  We  do  T-shirts,  wall  hangings, 
cushions,  draperies  and  so  on.  We  do 
workshops.  We  also  address  problems  dat 
affect  da  teenagers,  mostly  Grade  1 1  —  doze 
who  are  leavin'  school. 
We  address  t'ings  like  teenage  pregnancy, 
peer  pressure,  and  da  problems  between 
parents  and  teachers  and  parents  and 
students.  We  also  work  in  da  community.  We 
do  community  development  by  working  wit' 
other  community  groups  and  addressing  da 
problems  dat  affect  dem.  We  work  on 
problems  dat  affect  group  building  and 
leadership  within  the  organizations. 

Shade:  The  t'ing  is,  you  name  deh  issue  and 
SISTREN  will  put  forward  what  you  want  to 
say  in  drama. 
There  were  a  group  of  university  intellectuals 
did  some  research  on  some  farming 
techniques.  They  wanted  to  let  farmers  know 
about  cross  fertilization  and  insemination  and 
all  kind  o'  shun,  shun,  shun,  where  you  have 
to  have  your  Oxford  dictionary.  And  when  dey 
brought  out  da  farmers  most  of  dem  sleep 
because  all  dem  big  words  just  fly  over  dem 
head.  Da  old  blackboard  and  teacher  t'ing  dey 
can't  take. 

Knowles:  And  most  of  dem  farmers  can'ny 
read. 

Shade:  So  in  the  end  now  dem  nah 
communicate.  So  (the  university  intellectuals) 


call 
o  n 
SISTREN, 
and  say: 
"Bwoy  come 
and  see.  Take  da 
material,  dis  is  what  we 
want  them  to  know."  So  we 
say:  "Okay,  want  dem  to  know  about 
insemination?  Well,  some  of  the  sperm  where 
our  cows  get  come  as  far  as  Mexico  or  so." 
Yes,  well,  we  just  say  it  as  it  is:  "Well  Mr.  Joe, 
when  we  say  insemination  —  your  cow,  what 
your  cow's  name?  Bessy?  All  right,  when 
Bessy  mate  with  Joey,  right,  dat  mean 
insemination." 

So  dat  man  would  immediately  say:  "What 
da  ya  mean  say  ...?'' 

And  him  studyin'  and  studyin'  what  ya  call 
insemination. 

So  I  say:  "Yes,  but  it  have  a  big  name 
because  Bessy  and  Joey  nah  do  it  together. 
Dem  goin'  to  inject  da  sperm  into  Bessy." 

So  'im  say:  "But  no!  Dat  goin'  to  rob  Bessy 
of  her  pleasure!  i  like  when  de  two  of  dem  do 
it  together." 

So  you  see  you  start  de  communication  and 
den  dey  are  clear.  A  next  time  again  we  did  a 
project  where  da  parents  were  taught  how  ta 


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take  care  of  der  chll'ren  better,  dee  "Better 
Parenting  Techniques."  Dey  did  fancy 
research  and  come  back  wit  findings  and  blah, 
blah,  blah.  Women  did  not  understand  not'in! 
So  when  we  take  da  material  and  put  da  stuff 
together  wit  role  plays  and  so,  it  become  quite 
clear. 

So  da  'ting  is,  you  name  da  issue,  and 
SISTREN  will  supply  da  method  and  technique 
to  pass  on  da  information.  We  work  wit' 
researchers,  intellectuals,  average-ordinary- 
grassroots  women,  youf,  you  name  it. 

Rose:  I  find  dee  women  understand  more, 
right,  or  dee  people  who  listen,  dem 
understand  more.  Because  at  times  you  have 
people  who  come  out  wit'  big  words,  and  dem 
nah  really  break  it  down  in  order  for  people 
to  understand. 

Shade:  You're  speakin'  der  language. 

Knowles:  I  'tink  you  use  your  own  personal 
experience  to  address  der  problem.  Because 
sometime  you  find  some  people  are  shy  to 
come  out  wit'  da  problem  affecting  dem,  so  if 
you  start  using  your  own  experience  and  own 
problem  to  motivate  dem  first  ...  Da 
lecturers,  dey  go  expectin'  people  to 
speak.  It  nah  goin'  happen. 


Shade:  Our  t'eatre  is  about 
change  all  right.  It  is  not 
t'eatre  to  get  a  belly  full 
of  laugh  and  leave. 
It's  about  change. 
Even  if  you  portray 
certain  images 
and  so  on,  it's 
humorous 
because 
sometimes, 
even  though 
the  issue  is 
serious,  we 
laugh 
because 
we're 
nervous, 
and  we're 
s  o 
a  s  h  a  m  e 
we  just 
laugh.  It's 
not  really 
because  you 
find  it  funny. 
But  da  t'ing  is, 
after  de 
laughter,  so 


Of 

in- 
Da 


what.  We  would  put  across:  "dis  woman  was 
beaten,  dis  woman  was  raped,  but  we  can  do 
somet'ing  about  It  as  community  —  as 
women."  So  our  t'eatre  is  about  change.  So 
when  you  come  to  see  a  SISTREN  production 
it's  goin'  to  be  heavy,  it's  goin'  to  be  political. 

Charlatan:  What  are  a  few  of  the  major  issues 
that  you  tackle  that  affect  Jamaica  and  the 


Shade:  We  tackle  how  da  IMF  (International 
Monetary  Fund)  policies  affect  women  in 
Jamaica.  And  right  now  we  are  here  in  Canada 
to  see  da  comparison.  Okay,  we  are  in 
Jamaica,  a  T'ird  World  country  and  you  are 
here  in  Canada.  Canada  is  maybe  a  T'ird 
World  country  too,  but  it  is  a  European 
country.  (We're  here  to  say):  "How  do  IMF 
policies  affect  you?  It  affects  us  this  way." 

Dat  Is  part  of  da  workshop  dat  we  doin.'  In 
terms  of  women  and  sexuality  and  how  da 
media  portray  women,  we  do  a  lot  of  work 
around  dat. 

Charlatan:  What  do  you  see  as  the  major 
forces  that  keep  communities  in  the 
Caribbean,  and  Black  people  in  general, 
down? 

Shade:  Cultural  penetration. 
Americanization,  and  all  dem  soap  opera  and 
just  dee  invasion  of  name  brand'  and  certain 
way  ah  we  fi  look,  and  the  violence  dat 
portrayed  in  certain  movies.  Me  see  dat  have 
a  lot  o'  impact  on  da  youf  and  also  adults. 

Charlatan:  What  have  the  policies  of  the  IMF 
and  World  Bank  contributed  to  the  Caribbean? 

Rose:  Contributed  to  da  society?  To  da 
Caribbean?  Pressure!  When  you  look  at 
people  going  to  university,  who  leave  high 
school  when  you  leave  high  school. .  . .  Dey 
say  free  education  where  dat  no  mention 
again.  Going  to  university  is  dis  whole  bag  o' 
money.  Dat  means  nuff  community  poor 
people  can't  t'ink  'bout  go  to  university  again. 
Ah  just  rich  people  pickney  (children)  go 
university  now. 

Knowles:  T'ings  like  healt'  Da  social  service 
cut  (so)  you  can't  go  to  da  hospital  any  more. 
You  have  to  pay  for  every'ting.  You  can  t  buy 
drugs.  There's  not'ing  any  more  in  terms  of 
healt'  for  poor  people. 

Rose:  Even  da  hospital  dat  we  used  to  use 
as  public  hospital,  where  you  used  to  go  and 
nah  have  ta  pay  a  fee.  Now  you  have  fi  pay  a 
daily  fee,  you  have  fi  carry  your  own  linen, 
you  have  ta  carry  every'ting,  you  have  ta  carry 
you'  food  —  da  government  have  no  money. 

Knowles:  Even  da  hospitals  where  dey  have 
babies . . .  you  have  only  one  day.  You  have  it 
(the  baby)  today  and  leave  tomorrow.  You 
leave  da  hospital  as  sick  as  you  go  in. 

Shade:  Free  market  economy  causing  a  lot 
of  da  problem'  all  right.  "Structural 
adjustment"  is  one  of  da  policy  dat  dee 
government  is  trying  to  deal  wit'  (under)  dee 
IMF.  So  we  take  dee  IMF  money,  now  we  have 
all  dis  money  to  pay  back.  Dee  United  States 
says  "Okay,  dis  is  a  structural  adjustment 
policy  for  you  to  pay  back  dee  debt."  So  in 
order  to  do  dat  now  wit'  da  structural 
adjustment  program  come  liberalization  and 
free  marketization  and  all  of  dat.  And  when 
da  market  open  up,  you  find  dat  everybody 
sell  dem  t'ings  for  different  costs.  Like  rent. 
Dee  apartment  dat  you  pay  a  t'ousand  dollars, 
a  next  landlord  might  rent  it  for  two  t'ousand 
dollars.  So  it's  an  open  market.  People  just 
do  what  'dem  like. 

So  da  consumer  jus'  get  kncck. 

Knowles:  I  t'ink  all  doze  t'ings  affect  de 
community  growth  and  (cause)  violence  wit' 
In  de  community  —  youf  and  unemployment 
and  cutbacks  in  terms  of  d'ose  factories 
closing  down.  No  work  is  created  for  youf  so 
dem  live  on  da  street  and  dey  turn  to  drugs 
and  violent  killings.  I  fink  da  IMF  have  all 
fault  to  be  blamed  in  terms  of  da  community 
and  in  da  T'ird  World. 

Charlatan:  What  social  change  would  you 
like  to  see  through  your  continuing  work  as 
part  of  SISTREN? 


Shade:  t  would  like  da  women  to  be  more 

aware  of  how  problems  affect  dem,  because 
dat  is  one  of  our  primary  goals  —  awareness. 
If  you  don't  know  how  da  problem'  affectin' 
you,  you  can  do  not'ing  about  it.  And  after 
awareness,  some  kind  of  action.  Even  if  it  not 
no  blatant  go  out  der  and  make  a  noise,  take 
action  for  yourself. 

Knowles:  What  we  want  to  say  is  dee  women 
feel  dee  pressure  more  because  dey  are  called 
da  breadwinners  so  to  speak.  In  terms  of  da 
prices  of  t'ings,  especially  food  stuffs  and  so 
on.  If  women  start  to  come  out  —  f  ings  as 
school  fee  and  uniforms  for  children  —  if  doze 
women,  or  we  as  women,  come  out  and  join 
and  say  "we  nah  buy  de  ring,"  or  "we  nah  do 
dee  f  ing,"  and  force  some  action,  den  I  t'ink 
we  will  get  some  form  of  a  reaction.  And  dis 
is  what  we  would  like  to  see.  We  would  like  to 
educate  women  in  our  country  fi  say  "We  not 
buyin'  it;  cornmeal  dat  gone  up  so  dat  (it  is  ) 
too  expensive  to  feed  your  children  to 
streng'en  dem.  We  need  women  to  come 
together  more  and  to  understand  what  is 
happening  in  our  society  and  start  to  stand 
up  to  it. 

Shade:  I  strongly  believe  dat  no  man  is  an 
island  an  dat  each  of  us  need  each  odder. 
Here  in  Canada,  now,  I  want  da  sisters  to  know 
dat  if  you're  having  problems  you're  not  alone. 
A  next  sister  have  da  same  problem  too.  So 
to  internalize  problems  and  to  it  take  for 
oneself  alone  causes  a  lot  of  stress.  So  da 
f  ing  is  don't  stress  out.  Share  da  problems 
because  many  odder  women  share  dee  same 
problems  too.  As  soon  as  you  spread  it  out 
you  realize  dat  you're  not  alone  and  dat  we 
need  to  be  unified  den  .  .  .  together  we  can 
make  an  impact. 

Knowles:  And  I  fink  dat  especially  how  da 
domestic  workers  from  the  Caribbean  here 
work  in  Canada  have  to  unite  together  and 
stand  up  for  der  rights  strongly.  There  was  a 
young  woman  dat  we  meet  who  was  working 
for  four  months,  and  during  dis  four  months 
she  was  asking  for  her  salary,  an  she  nah 
receive  her  salary.  When  she  insist'  for  it,  she 
was  fired.  Why  leave  your  country  to  come 
here  to  make  all  kind  of  sacrifices  when  you 
can  stay  in  your  country  and  gw'on  build  it 
up? 

Rose:  Build  it  up  Is  one  (thing),  but  at  da 
odder  end  dey  (women)  leaving  from  one 
country  goin'  to  another  country  for  better 
for  themselves  and  dem  children.  But  how  do 
dey  see  it?  Leaving  Jamaica,  Barbados  or  St. 
Vincent  —  and  have  to  put  up  wif  all  kind  of 
t'ings  in  order  to  achieve,  while  you  could  do 
it  der  in  your  country  still.  Women,  in  general, 
sit  down  too  long  I  feel,  take  too  much  from 
governments  and  so  on.  Dem  nah  want  to 
make  noise  and  go  out  der  and  march,  and 
make  government  see  what  dem  do  no  really 
go  well  wif  you  or  wif  dee  rest  of  women. 

Shade:  Women  need  to  use  their  skills  and 
resource'  better.  A  lot  of  us  feel  da  best  f  ing 
is  to  be  employed.  A  lot  of  us  have  certain 
skills  where  we  can  use  and  be  self-employed. 
You're  goin'  start  off  small  at  first,  but  little 
little  last  long.  Plenty  o'  women  believe  dat 
okay,  "every  Friday  (I)  have  a  salary."  If  you 
check  it  out  a  lot  of  resourceful  people  leave 
Jamaica  and  come  to  countries  like  dis.  You 
have  nurses,  teachers  .  .  .  you  could  maybe 
start  a  little  day-care  centre.  Den  der  are  jobs 
dat  dem  wouldn't  do  in  Jamaica  dat  dem  come 
here  and  do  .  .  .  sometimes  we  sell  we  soul. 
You  goin'  to  get  more  money  for  it,  yes.  But 
man,  husband,  (and)  employers  abuse  you, 
pickney  spit  'pon  you,  an  you  say:  "Ah  goin 
to  bear  it  just  for  da  money."  No!  We  sell  we 
soul  too  much  and  sell  we  moral  principles.  I 
feel  a  lot  of  us  so  skilful  and  talented  dat  if 
we  look  into  it  —  jus'  forget  about  dee  regular 
every  Friday  pay  —  and  just  look  to  see  what 
resources  we  have  and  can  share. 


March  10,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan 


17 


First  Nations  Survey  Results 


We  received  22  completed  surveys  and 
one  angry  letter  in  response  to  our  First 
Nations  survey.  Here  are  the  correct  an- 
swers. 

1.  Were  you  aware  that  1993  was 
the  United  Nations'  Year  of  Indig- 
enous Peoples? 

Yes:  16 
No:  6 

2.  If  so,  how  were  you  made  aware 
of  the  situation  of  the  Indigenous 
peoples  of  Canada  and  elsewhere? 

Comments  and  number  of  times  men- 
tioned: 

*  High-school  assignment/class  read- 
ings/Canadian Studies:  4 

*  Television  programs:  6 

*  Posters,  media,  movies,  books:  5 

*  Advertising:  1 

*  Personal  experience,  living  with  a 
Native  person:  2 

*  Work  with  a  multicultural  youth 
council:  1 

*National  Film  Board  film  Kahnesetake: 
270  Years  of  Resistance:  1 

*  Campus  debates/events:  1 
.*  No  comment:  5 

3.  Do  you  agree  that  Native  peoples 
living  in  Canada  should  be  granted 
self -government? 

Yes:  20 
No:  2 

Comments: 

*  They  deserve  their  rights! 

*  No,  but  I  believe  they  should  play  an 
active  role  in  the  Canadian  government. 

*Yes,  but  it  does  not  have  to  be  granted. 
It  is  an  inherent  right. 

*  Our  (Western)  forms  of  government 
have  brought  little  else  but  disharmony 
to  (Native)  communities.  It's  time  to  try 
something  different. 

*  Within  a  framework  that  keeps 
Canada  as  one  country. 

4.  Did  you  know  that  Native  peoples 
living  in  Canada  only  got  the  vote 
in  1960? 


Yes:  12 
No:  10 

5.  Did  you  know  that  before  1985, 
when  Bill  C-31  was  passed,  any  Na- 
tive woman  married  to  a  non-Na- 
tive man  lost  her  "Indian  status," 
and  was  automatically  considered 
non-Native  by  the  Canadian  gov- 
ernment? 

Yes:  16 
No:  6 

6.  Are  you  aware  of  the  services 
offered  at  Carleton  for  Native  stu- 
dents or  non-Native  students  wish- 
ing to  know  more  of  Native  stu- 
dents, such  as  the  Centre  for  Abo- 
riginal Education  Research  and  Cul- 
ture? 

Yes:  13 
No:  9 

7.  How,  if  at  all,  have  you  been 
made  aware  of  the  Native  student 
body  at  Carleton? 

Comments  and  number  of  times  men- 
tioned: 

*  CAERC  (Centre  for  Aboriginal  Edu- 
cation Research  and  Culture):  2 

*  Personal  interest/experience:  8 

*  Concerts:  1 

*  The  Charlatan,  Native  events/films, 
class:  3 

*  Is  there  one?:  1 

*  We  have  not/I  haven't:  7 

8.  Are  you  familiar  with  the  Carle- 
ton First  Nations  club? 

Yes:  4 
No:  18 

9.  True  or  false:  Native  peoples  all 
speak  the  same  language. 

True:  0 
False:  22 

False.  According  to  The  Canadian  World 
Almanac  1990  there  are  over  50  different 
languages  spoken  by  Native  peoples  in 
Canada. 


10.  Native  peoples  are  all  from  the 
same  cultural  group. 

True:  1 

False:  20 

No  response:  1 

False.  There  are  many  different  and 
diverse  cultural  groups  of  Native  peoples 
within  Canada  and  throughout  the 
Americas. 

11.  Native  peoples  living  in  Canada 
are  more  susceptible  to  becoming 
alcoholics  than  non-Native  peoples. 

True:  9 
False:  10 

Other  responses:  3 

False.  There  is  no  genetic  predisposi- 
tion for  Native  peoples  to  become  alco- 
holics. 

12.  The  majority  of  Native  peoples 
living  in  Canada  live  on  reserves. 

True:  5 
False:  16 
Don't  know:  1 

True.  According  to  1988  statistics  from 
The  Canadian  World  Almanac  1990,  there 
are  242,837  "status"  Native  people  living 
on-reserve  and  147,424  "status"  Native 
people  living  off-reserve  in  Canada.  These 
statistics  do  not  take  into  account  the 
many  Native  people  who  are  not  recog- 
nized by  the  federal  government. 

13.  What  is  your  idea  of  what  an 
Aboriginal  person  should  look  like? 

(a)  long  black  hair,  brown  skin  and 
animal  skin  garments:  0 

(b)  dark  hair,  dark  skin,  and  Levi's:  6 

(c)  just  another  dude  or  dudette  in 
Levi's:  10 

Other  responses:  6 

Today,  stereotypes  of  how  an  Aborigi- 
nal person  should  look  still  exist.  The 
answer  which  the  survey  authors  hoped 
people  would  choose  is  (c).  It  is  important 
to  realize  that  one  cannot  judge  a  person 
on  their  appearance  —  or  push  labels  on 
them. 

14.  Metis  people: 


(a)  have  been  here  since  the  begin- 
ning of  time:  2 

(b)  have  been  around  only  since  Euro- 
pean contact:  17 

(c)  don't  exist:  0 
Other  responses:  3 

The  correct  answer  is  (b). 

15.  Pemmican  is  made  up  of: 

(a)  flour,  water  and  salt:  1 

(b)  moosemeat,  potatoes  and  com:  4 

(c)  dried  meat,  dried  berries  and  ani- 
mal fat:  12 

Don't  know:  5 

The  correct  answer  is  (c).  Pemmican  is 
made  up  of  dried  meat,  berries  and  ani- 
mal fat,  plus  some  other  ingredients. 

16.  What  percentage  of  federal  pris- 
oners do  Native  peoples  living  in 
Canada  comprise? 

(a)  10%:  4 

(b)  25%:  14 

(c)  60%:  4 

The  correct  answer  is  (a).  According  to 
the  John  Howard  Society,  "status"  Native 
people  make  up  about  10  per  cent  of 
federal  prisoners  in  Canada.  This  is  dis- 
proportionate as  "status"  Native  people 
make  up  about  2  per  cent  of  Canada's 
population. 

17.  How  many  reservations  exist  in 
Canada  today? 

(a)  50:  1 

(b)  150:  6 

(c)  500:  10 

(d)  over  2000:  5 

The  correct  answer  is  (d).  There  are 
2,231  reservations  in  Canada. 

Thanks  to  all  those  who  took  the  time  to 
fill  out  the  survey.  Congratulations  to  Carie 
Svojanovski  who  wins  a  copy  of  Tool's  CD 
Undertow  after  a  random  draw  of  entrants. 
Please  come  on  up  to  Room  53  J  Unicentre  to 
pick  up  your  prize. 

Survey  composed  and  compiled  by  Dean 
Janvier,  Karinfordan,  RickHarp,  BillieDanika 
Littlechild,  Andrea  Smith  and  Roberta  Stout 


CHARLATAN  ELECTIONS  FOR  1994/95 

It's  that  time  of  year  again  —  time  to  pass  on  the  torch  to  a  fresh  buncha  editors.  Anyone  can  run.  Anyone  who  has  4  credits  in  the 
masthead  this  year  can  vote  for  editor-in-chief,  op/ed  editor  and  board  of  directors  staff  reps.  Anyone  with  4  credits  who  has  contributed  once 
to  a  section  can  vote  for  that  editor.Voting  for  the  editor-in-chief  will  take  place  Monday,  March  21  and  Tuesday,  March  22  in  Ombuds  Services, 
Room  511  Unicentre,  between  9  a.m.  and  4:30  p.m.  (closed  12-1  p.m.).  Voting  for  the  section  editors  and  board  reps  will  take  place  Monday, 
March  28  and  Tuesday,  March  29,  same  place,  same  times.  Candidates  lor  editor-in-chief  will  be  speaking  at  the  staff  meeting  on  Thursday, 
March  17  at  5:30  p.m.  Candidates  for  section  editors  will  do  the  same  on  Thursday,  March  24,  at  5:30  p.m. 

If  you  have  any  questions  about  your  eligibility  to  vote,  or  want  to  run  for  a  position,  don't  hesitate  to  call  Mo  Gannon  at  788-6680. 

AS  OF  MARCH  3,  1994  (WITH  CORRECTIONS) 

SPORTS 


EDITOR-IN  CHIEF, 
OP/ED  EDITOR, 
BOARD  OF 
DIRECTORS  REPS 
Aaron,  Bram 
Abemethy,  Sarah 
Alt,  Kim 
Banolt,  David 
Belleteullle,  Andre 
Bellemare,  Josee 
Bernard,  Joe 
Blchat,  Gladys 
Bock,  Naomi 
Bodnar,  Ale* 
Brelhour,  Pal 
Brzozowskl,  Anna 
Bustos,  Alex 
Catfrey,  Rorl 
Campbell,  Frank 
Capuanl,  Joanne 
Carluccl,  Mario 
Carpenter,  Dave 
Olszewski,  Johanna 
Comlno,  M.G. 
Cooper,  BUI 
Currle,  Lisa 
Davles,  Jennifer 
DeCloet,  Derek 
Dobrenskl,  Steve 
D'Orailo,  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Drever,  Ken 
Duncan,  Todd 
Edwards,  Drew 
Follett,  Amanda 
ForleD,  Sussana 
Fraser,  Shannon 
Gallop,  Angle 
Gannon,  Mo 
Garrison,  Stephanie 
Grant,  Joel  Kenneth 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Haley,  Susie 


Herland.  Nell 
Hodges,  David 
Jatrl,  All 
Jordan,  Karln 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Khan,  Kaleem 
Labonte,  Bill 
Lamb,  Mark 
Lovlne,  Sara-Lynne 
Mahoney,  Jill 
Malnville,  Michael 
Meal  iff  e,  Derrick 
McCrostle,  James 
McKay,  Kevin 
McKenzle,  Jodl 
McLeod,  Ian 
Nakashlma,  Ryan 
Nuttall-Smlth.  Chris 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Oza,  Prema 
Pangalos,  Anthony 
Paterson,  Pamela 
Perry,  Jill 
Peters,  Mike 
Pools,  Trina 
Power,  Gavin 
Pryor,  Tim 
Rappaport,  Mike 
Restivo,  Kevin 
Richards,  Sarah 
Richardson,  Karen 
Scallen,  Shawn 
Scon.  Richard  G.D 
Shlgetoml,  Cindy 
Shurrle,  Man 
Silcoff,  Sean 
Slmtob,  Audrey 
Skinner,  Matt 
Smith,  Andrea 
Srutek,  Karollna 
Steinbachs,  John 
Tattersall,  Jane 
Tharayll,  Jay  


Tomllnson,  Dean 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 
Wart,  Caron 
Welkle,  Brandle 
Wiebe,  Andrea 
Wlllbond,  Rob 
Wood,  Clayton 
Workman,  Tanya 
Zellnsky,  Tonya 

NEWS 
Bartolf,  David 
Bellemare,  Josee 
Bock,  Naomi 
Bustos,  Alex 
Carluccl,  Mario 
DeCloet,  Derek 
D'OrazIo,  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Edwards,  Drew 
Gallop,  Angle 
Gannon,  Mo 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Haley,  Susie 
Hodges,  David 
Jordan,  Karln 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Mahoney,  Jill 
Malnville,  Michael 
McKenzle,  Jodl 
McLeod,  Ian 
Nakashlma,  Ryan 
Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Oza,  Prema 
Pangalos,  Anthony 
Peters,  Mike 
Sllcotf,  Sean 
Skinner,  Matt 
Smith,  Andrea 


Srutek,  Karollna 
Steinbachs,  John 
Tattersall,  Jane 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 
Watt,  Caron 
Welkle,  Brandle 
Wiebe,  Andrea 
Wood,  Clayton 
Workman,  Tanya 
Zellnsky,  Tonya 


Aaron,  Bram 
Bartolf,  David 
Bellemare,  Josee 
Bernard,  Joe 
Br. .'i hour.  Pat 
Bustos,  Alex 
Carluccl,  Mario 
DeCloet,  Derek 
Dobrenskl,  Steve 
D'OrazIo,  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Gallop,  Angle 
Gannon,  Mo 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Haley,  Susie 
Jordan,  Karln 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Levlne,  Sara-Lynne 
Mahoney,  Jill 
Malnville,  Michael 
McKenzle,  Jodl 
McLeod,  lan 
Nakashlma,  Ryan 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Oza,  Prema 
Pangalos,  Anthony 
Pryor,  Tim 


Scott,  Richard  G.D. 
Skinner,  Matt 
Smith,  Andrea 
Srutek,  Karollna 
Steinbachs,  John 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 
Welkle,  Brandle 
Wood,  Clayton 
Workman,  Tanya 
Zellnsky,  Tonya 


FEATURES 

Bellemare,  Josee 
Bock,  Naomi 
Caffrey,  Rorl 
Carluccl,  Mario 
DeCloet,  Derek 
Dobrenskl,  Steve 
D'OrazIo,  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Gallop,  Angle 
Gannon,  Mo 
Garrison,  Stephanie 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Hodges,  David 
Jordan,  Karln 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Mahoney,  Jill 
Malnville,  Michael 
McLeod,  lan 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Power,  Gavin 
Pryor,  Tim 
Rappaport,  Mike 
Seddon,  Adam 
SllcoH,  Sean 
Smith,  Andrea 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 


Aaron,  Bram 
Bellemare,  Josee 
Carluccl,  Mario 
DeCloeL  Derek 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Fraser,  Shannon 
Gannon,  Mo 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Labonte,  Bill 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Resitvo,  Kevin 
Richards,  Sarah 
Scott,  Richard  G.D. 
Shurrle,  Matt 
Smith,  Andrea 
Tharayll,  Jay 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 


ARTS  AND 
ENTERTAINMENT 

Aaron,  Bram 
Bartolt,  David 
Bellemare,  Josee 
Bernard,  Joe 
Bock,  Naomi 
Bustos,  Alex 
Caffrey,  Rorl 
Carluccl,  Mario 
Carpenter,  Dave 
Olszewski,  Johanna 
Comlno,  M.G. 
DeCloet,  Derek 
D'OrazIo,  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Edwards,  Drew 
Forlerl,  Sussana 
Gannon,  Mo 


Garrison,  Stephanie 

Follett,  Amanda 

Haggart,  Blayne 

Gallop,  Angle 

Haley,  Susie 

Gannon,  Mo 

Herland,  Nell 

Haggart,  Blayne 

Hodges,  David 

Keeling,  Am 

Jafri.  All 

Keenan,  Sheila 

Jordan,  Karln 

Lamb,  Mark 

Keeling,  Am 

McCrostle,  James 

Keenan,  Sheila 

Nakashlma,  Ryan 

Khan,  Kaleem 

Nuttall-Smlth,  Chris 

Mahoney,  JIM 

Scallen,  Shawn 

McLeod,  lan 

Scott,  Richard  G.D. 

Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 

Smith,  Andrea 

O'Connor,  Tim 

Steinbachs,  John 

Oza,  Prema 

Tomllnson,  Dean 

Pangalos,  Anthony 

Vesely,  Steven 

Peters,  Mike 

Power,  Gavin 

ONE 

Pryor,  Tim 

CONTRIBUTION 

Seddon,  Adam 

LEFT  TO  VOTE 

Silcoff,  Sean 

Andrew,  Suzanne 

Smith,  Andrea 

Clements,  Rob 

Srutek,  Karollna 

Craft,  Christina 

Steinbachs,  John 

Crosble,  Vanessa 

Tattersall,  Jane 

Docking,  David 

Vesely,  Steven 

Goodman,  Sarah 

Ward,  Ryan 

Izzard,  Suzanne 

Wlllbond,  Rob 

James,  Colin 

PHOTO 

Johnson,  Doug 

Klrinclch.Stephanka 

Belleteullle,  Andre 

Klrkham,  John 

Bodnar,  Alex 

Klaus,  Alex 

Brelhour,  Pat 

Manchak,  Renata 

Brzozowskl,  Anna 

McLennan,  Rob 

Capuanl,  Joanne 

Orol,  Ron 

Carluccl,  Mario 

Owens,  Greg 

Ciszewskl, Johanna 

Price,  John 

Cooper,  Bill 

Reld,  Chris 

Currle,  Lisa 

Richardson, Michael 

Davles,  Jennifer 

Sane,  Ean 

Dobrenskl,  Steve 

Stansfleld,  James 

Dowdall,  Brent 

Duncan,  Todd 

18  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  10,  1994 


 SPORTS 

Board  strikes  hockey  committee 

5S'  admi"^ration  and  gender  faritv  to  /,„ 

Charlatan  Start  ^  


Charlatan  SlaH 

An  athletics  board  subcommittee  was 
struck  to  look  at  the  issues  involved  in  the 
department  of  athletics  taking  over  the 
administration  of  the  hockey  club  at  a 
special  board  meeting  March  4. 

Meanwhile,  the  department's  director 
Keith  Harris  has  asked  the  Ontario  Col- 
leges Athletic  Association  to  extend  its 
March  8  deadline  for  new  hockey  club 
applications  to  its  1994-95  season  while 
the  sub-committee  studies  three  issues: 
money,  gender  parity  and  administra- 
tion. 

—  Money:  Both  Algonquin  and  St. 
Lawrence  Colleges  run  their  hockey  teams 
on  modest  budgets  below  $20,000.  Gen- 
eral manager  Paul  Correy  of  the  hockey 
club  has  said  Carleton  could  do  the  same. 

"Our  budget  is  a  realistic  and  feasible 
budget  based  on  figures  provided  from 
other  schools, "  Correy  said  after  the  meet- 
ing. 

Harris,  on  the  other  hand,  said  he 
thinks  that  number  is  low.  He  feels  a  first- 
year  cost  of  about  $36,000  is  more  accu- 
rate. 

"1  can  assure  you,  that  in  my  experi- 
ence, a  hockey  program  will  cost  more 
than  this  ($36,000)  in  time,"  Harris  told 
the  board.  "So  the  reason  I'm  not  enthu- 
siastic—and you  know  it,  you  can  all  feel 
it  —  is  that  I'm  saying,  'Hell,  this  means 
if  we  accept  this  and  take  on  the  respon- 
sibility of  doing  this  right,  it's  going  to 
cost  a  lot  more  in  time.'" 

—  Gender  parity:  The  department  of 
athletics  has  a  gender  parity  policy  of 
equal  funding  and  team  representation. 
The  addition  of  hockey  as  a  varsity  sport 
would  change  that. 

"It(would)  meanthatsomehowwe've 
got  to  find  an  equivalent  amount  of 
money  to  fund  a  comparable  program 
equivalent  for  the  women's  side  or  make 
some  cuts  on  the  men's  side,"  said  Harris. 

Coach  George  Brown  said  the  alumni 
have  already  proposed  to  coach  a  wom- 
en's club  team  if  there  is  enough  interest 
among  the  student  population  in  order 


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DEBATE  ANyVAY5  !!!!?' 


to  maintain  representative  gender  par- 
ity. 

—  Administration:  A  third  thorny  is- 
sue revolves  around  the  amount  of  time 
and  staff  it  would  take  to  oversee  the 
operation  of  the  club.  Harris  said  his  staff 
is  stretched  to  limit  and  can't  handle  an 
increased  workload.  Money  would  have 
to  be  spent  on  more  staff. 

"It's  at  the  point  where  we  can't  ask 
them  to  .  .  .  take  on  the  responsibility. 
That's  why  I've  plugged  in  these  addi- 
tional costs,"  said  Harris. 

Brown,  who  wasn't  officially  invited 
to  address  the  board  but  came  to  present 
the  club's  case,  disagreed.  He  pointed  to 
the  strong  support  from  alumni,  who 
currently  volunteer  their  time  running 
the  club  and  would  be  more  than  willing 
to  handle  administrative  duties  and 
coaching.  HkHl 


Electoral  Limbo 

Late  on  the  evening  of  March  8,  the 
overturning  of  the  hockey  club's  refer- 
endum results  was  ratified  by  CUSA 
council. 

This  means  a  new  referendum  on 
the  question  of  funding  the  hockey 
club  will  be  held  along  with  new  elec- 
tions March  29-31. 

Which  has  left  the  club  in  a  kind  of 
limbo.  Will  the  athletics  board 
subcomittee  currently  looking  into  the 
hockey  matter  still  meet  or  will  it  dis- 
solve? 

At  press  time,  CUSA  finance  com- 
missioner Rene  Faucher  was  saying 
the  subcommittee  would  still  be  meet- 
ing despite  the  referendum  results  be- 
ing overturned.  □ 


Volleyball  team:  what  went  wrong? 

Veteran  leadership  and  experience  key  ingredients  missing 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  desire  to  move  on.  Nixon  felt  it 
about  Vietnam.  Jordan  felt  it  about  the 
NBA.  The  women's  volleyball  team  feels 
it  about  their  1994  season. 

"I  think  we  just  had  to  go  through  it  to 
leam  it  on  ourown,"  says  left-side  Cheryl 
MacDonald,  reflecting  on  the  Ravens' 
season,  in  which  the  team  posted  a  1-9 
record  and  placed  fifth  out  of  six  teams  in 
the  Ontario  Women's  Interuniversity 
Athletic  Association. 

After  last  year's  best-ever  5-5  record, 
third-place  divisional  result  and  fourth- 
place  overall  finish  in  OWIAA  action, 
this  year's  drop  was  a  disappointment. 

What  happened? 

The  1994  Ravens  lost  almost  all  their 
veteran  players  —  nine  of  11  —  and  in 
particular  they  suffered  the  loss  of  peren- 
nial all-star  setter  Marilyn  Johnston,  who 
played  out  her  fifth  year  of  varsity  eligi- 
bility but  returned  this  year  as  assistant 
coach  to  head  coach  Peter  Biasone. 

Even  the  two  veterans  on  the  team, 
Carolyn  Haddock  and  Karolina  Srutek, 
were  only  second-year  players  with  just  a 
year's  experience. 

This  year's  rookie  team  also  succumbed 
to  "personnel  changes,"  when  some  play- 
ers — notably  second-year  middle  Carolyn 


Raven  Sylvie  Coutu  was  one  of  many  newcomers  to  the  volleyball  team. 
Haddock  —  left  the  team.  of  people  having  other  priorities  and 

"Atthe beginning  of  theyear,  I  thought    whatnot,  they  couldn't  continue  on  with 

we  had  a  really  good  team,"  says  Laurie  — 

Malone,  this  year's  setter.  "But  because    VOLLEY  cont.  on  pg.  20 


A  case  of 
just  desserts? 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  staff 

Considering  the  case  of  the  Carle- 
ton  hockey  club  and  their  never-end- 
ing quest  for  varsity  status,  one  might 
beg  to  ask — whatever  happened  to  the 
rules? 

The  normal  route  by  which  a  club 
team  gains  varsity  status  is  by  ap- 
proaching the  athletics  board  and  ap- 
plying for  it. 

A  budget  is  presented.  Issues  like 
coaching  and  administration  are  dis- 
cussed. The  board  considers  the  re- 
quest within  the  framework  of  existing 
athletic  programs  andavailable  funds, 
then  it  makes  a  decision. 

That's  the  route  the  women's 
waterpolo  team  took  in  1988  when 
they  successfully  convinced  the  board 
to  fund  women's  waterpolo  as  a  varsity 
sport  instead  of  the  low-profile  varsity 
synchronized  swimming  team. 

Other  club  teams  like  curling,  ten- 
nis and  hockey  have  also  tried  to  lobby 
athletics  in  the  same  way  during  the 
past  decade,  but  without  success. 

.  Some  clubs  accept  it  this  way.  Oth- 
ers —  like  the  hockey  club  —  don't. 

Varsity  hockey  was  cut  in  1975  be- 
cause of  a  lack  of  funding.  Six  years 
ago,  a  group  of  alumni  calling  them- 
selves the  Bald  Ravens  revived  hockey 
as  a  dub  team  in  the  city's  Senior  R.A. 
League. 

After  their  original  varsity  request 
was  denied  in  1988,  the  alumni  made 
two  more  separate  proposals  to  the 
department  of  athletics  trying  to  revive 
varsity  hockey. 

Both  attempts  failed. 

So  this  year  the  hockey  club  tried 
something  new.  Something  unprec- 
edented. They  broke  the  rules. 

Sick  and  tired  of  lobbying  athletics 
to  no  avail,  the  Bald  Ravens  asked  the 
Carleton  University  Students'  Associa- 
tion to  run  a  referendum  asking  stu- 
dents if  they  would  be  in  favor  of  a  $1 
levy  per  full-time  student  towards  fund- 
ing a  hockey  team  in  the  Ontario  Col- 
leges Athletic  Association. 

CUSA  did.  Students  voted.  And  the 
hockey  club  won  the  referendum  by  a 
vote  of  1,905  to  897. 

An  emergency  meeting  of  the  ath- 
letics board  was  called  to  discuss  the 
matter  because  the  hockey  club  has  a 
March  8  deadline  to  submit  an  official, 
university-sponsored  application  to  the 
OCAA. 

As  one  might  imagine,  it  was  a 
tense  meeting,  with  some  board  mem- 
bers none  to  pleased  by  this  gun  at 
their  heads  forcing  them  to  make  a 
quick  and  hasty  decision  on  whether  or 
not  to  sponsor  the  club's  application. 

By  going  to  the  students  and  win- 
ning their  referendum,  the  hockey  club 
raised  a  pledge  of  about  $18,500  from 
students  and  proved  there  was  student 
support  for  hockey  on  campus. 

But  they  skirted  around  the  athlet- 
ics board  and  broke  the  rules  of  how 
varsity  status  is  obtained. 

Perhaps,  then,  with  the  news  that 
the  CUSA  election  has  been  overturned 

—  and  the  referendum  results  as  well 

—  maybe  the  hockey  club  is  only  get- 
ting its  just  desserts.  □ 


March  10,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  19 


Raven 
Rumblings 

QUOTE  OF  THE  WEEK 

"I  can  assure  you,  that  in  my  expe- 
rience, a  hockey  program  will  cost  more 
than  ($36,000)  in  time.  So  the  reason 
I'm  not  enthusiastic  —  and  you  know 
it,  you  can  all  feel  it  —  is  that  I'm 
saying,  'Hell,  this  means  if  we  accept 
this  and  take  on  the  responsibility  of 
doing  this  right,  it's  going  to  cost  a  lot 
more  in  time.'" 

Athletics  director  Keith  Harris  ad- 
dressed the  athletics  board  on  March  4 
and  raised  this  financial  concern  about 
the  possibility  of  athletics  taking  over 
the  administration  of  the  hockey  club. 

ROWING  RESULTS 

About  15  members  of  the  men's 
and  women's  rowing  teams  partici- 
pated in  the  Ontario  Indoor  Rowing 
Championships  at  Ridley  College  in 
St.  Catherines,  Ont.,  on  March  6. 

Rower  Josee  Paquette  placed  third 
among  10  in  a  time  of  9.59  in  the 
women's  lightweight  class  over  a  dis- 
tance of  2,500  metres. 

Teammate  Nicole  Lebon  placed 
sixth  in  a  time  10.13. 

Four  other  rowers  —  Rob  Bennett, 
Scott  Hayes,  Rachel  Fallows  and  Vicki 
Schouten  —  finished  among  the  top  15 
In  their  respective  classes. 

OUAA  ALL-STAR 

Men's  basketball  starTaffe  Charles 
was  named  to  the  Ontario  Universities 
Athletic  Association's  east  division  all- 
star  team. 

Charles  was  second  in  the  country 
in  scoring,  averaging  28.0  points  per 
game.  Charles  was  also  second  in  the 
OUAA  east  in  rebounding,  averaging 
10.4  rebounds  per  game. 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
Final  Scoring  Leaders 


A.  Beason 
T.  Charles 

D.  Smart 
S.  Swords 
C.  Fischer 
C.  Swantee 

C.  Porter 

D.  Reid 

B.  Hann 
W.  Hall 


Ryerson  33.4 
Carleton  28.0 

Queen's  26.3 
Laurentian22.2 
Laurentian21.1 
Toronto  18.0 
Ottawa  17.3 
Ottawa  17.1 
Laurentianl6.7 
York  16.3 


OUAA  BASKETBALL 
Final  Rebounding  Leaders 

A.  Beason  Ryerson  11.4 

T.  Charles  Carleton  10.4 

C.  Fischer  Laurentian8.8 

C.  Porter  Ottawa  8.3 

D.  Reid  Ottawa  7.5 

OUAA 
Athlete  of  the  Week 

Anthony  Biggar  of  the  University  of 
Toronto  track  and  field  team  is  the 
OUAA  athlete  of  the  week. Biggar  won 
gold  in  the600-  and  1 ,000-metre  events 
and  took  home  two  silvers  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Blues  relay  team. 

CALENDAR 

SWIMMING— Three  Ravens willbe 
taking  part  in  the  Canadian 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Union  swim 
championships  in  Victoria,  B.C.,  over 
the  March  11-13  weekend. 

Swimmers  Erica  Kotler,  Brigitte 
Davidson  and  Andrew  Smith  qualified 
for  the  national  championships  in 
meets  earlier  this  year. 


Skier  Dustin'  away  the  competition 

Ex  Olympian  Wayne  Dustin  silent  leader  on  nordic  team 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Start 

Every  so  often,  along  comes  an  athlete 
who  thoroughly  dominates  a  sport. 
Wayne  Gretzky  in  hockey.  Steffi  Graff  in 
tennis.  Miguel  lndurain  in  cycling. 

Carleton,  too,  has  its  own  such  domi- 
nating winner  —  Wayne  Dustin  of  the 
men's  nordic  ski  team. 

His  list  of  achievements  reads  like  an 
honor  roll: 

 three-time  world  junior  champion 

in  1981,  '82  and  '84 

— two-time  world  nordic  champion  in 
1984  and  1992 

 two  Olympic  appearances  in  1988 

and  1992 

 numerous  victories  on  the  national 

nordic  ski  circuit  in  Canada 

Make  no  mistake  about  it,  Dustin  is  a 
winner.  A  silent,  competitive  skier  with  a 
determined-but-effortless  stride. 

"Wayne  is  a  silent  leader,"  says  Carle- 
ton nordic  ski  coach  Mark  Rabb.  "He's 
like  a  rock.  Really  steady.  He  just  knows 
how  to  win." 

Roommate  Al  Pilcher  remembers 
Dustin's  winning  ways  when  the  two 
were  teammates  on  the  national  squad 
back  in  the  mid-eighties. 

"When  I  was  moving  up  in  the  ranks, 
(Dustin)  was  God.  In  fact,  he  was  beyond 
God,"  says  Pilcher.  "He  was  second  in 
Canada  behind  Pierre  Harvey  and  there 
were  times  when  Harvey  was  looking 
over  his  shoulder." 


"(He's)  a  skier  who's  on  auto- 
pilot. He  knows  what  to  do 
and  always  does  it." 
—  Women's  nordic  ski  team 
member  Gail  Bamett 


As  a  six -year-old  nordic  wonder  grow- 
ing up  in  a  ski-happy  family  in  Sault  Ste. 
Marie,  it  wasn't  often  there  were  people 
in  Dustin's  line  of  vision. 

"My  parents  were  always  pretty  active 
in  supporting  me  by  driving  me  to  races 
and  stuff,"  says  Dustin. 

With  strong  family  support  and  an 
older  brother  as  a  skiing  role  model,  it's 
no  wonder  Dustin  loves  the  sport. 

"He  loves  to  race.  He  loves  to  train," 
says  Pilcher.  "He's  been  doing  it  all  his 
life." 

Since  those  heady  days  of  Olympic 
competition,  Dustin  has  slightly  reduced 
his  time  skiing  and  concentrated  more 
on  his  studies. 

The  28-year-old  skier  graduated  with 
a  BA  from  Waterloo  last  year  and  is  now 
in  his  first-year  of  Carleton's  electrical 
engineering  program. 

Not  surprisingly,  he's  doing  well. 


"He  has  a  high  tempo  which 
gives  him  the  edge  among 
other  competitors." 
—  Men's  nordic  ski  team 
veteran  Chris  Webb. 


In  six  OUAA  races  this  year,  Dustin  finished  first  in  five  of  them. 


"Last  semester  Wayne  had  an  A+  in 
all  of  his  classes  except  one,"  says  nordic 
teammate  and  roommate  Frank  Ferrari. 
"The  ability  to  work  for  30  hours  at  school 
and  still  have  time  to  train  as  much  as  he 
does  is  incredible." 

And  it  has  paid  off.  In  six  races  on  the 
Ontario  Universities  Athletic  Association 
skiing  circuit  this  season,  Dustin  finished 
first  in  all  but  one  of  the  races  he  entered. 
In  the  one  race  he  lost,  he  placed  second. 
Such  authority  has  shocked  even  some  of 
the  more  veteran  members  of  the  team. 

"I'vebeentoll  (provincial  final)  races 
and  won  eightmetals,"  says  Ferrari.  "But 
I've  never  seen  anyone  as  dominant  as 
Wayne." 

Not  that  he's  complaining.  Dustin's 
work  ethic  was  a  big  motivator  to  mem- 
bers of  the  men's  and  women's  nordic  ski 
teams  —  both  of  whom  took  home  silver 
medals  at  this  year's  provincial  champi- 
onships last  month. 

Experience  was  another  plus.  Minute 
details  like  adjusting  techniques  and 
waxes  to  suit  weather  conditions  were 
areas  where  Dustin  excels. 


How  good  was  he? 

Provincial  Championships 
Duntroon,  Ont.  Feb.  19-20. 
15-km  Classic  First 
10-km  Freestyle  First 

NCD  Interdivisional 
Deep  River,  Ont.  Feb.  5-6. 
15-km  Classic  First 
10-km  Freestyle  Second 

SOD  Interdivisional 
Duntroon,  Ont.  Jan.  22-23. 
30-km  Classic  First 
10-km  Freestyle  First  


"There's  only  a  few  skiers  in  Canada 
who  know  as  much  as  he  knows,"  says 
Pilcher.  "The  mental  and  technical  as- 
pects of  the  game  can  make  the  differ- 
ence in  nordic  skiing.  A  small  aspect  like 
moving  your  skies  properly  could  be  the 
difference  between  first  and  50th." 

Knowing  the  difference  is  why  Dustin's 
consistently  first  and  not  50th.  □ 


VOLLEY  cont.  from  pg.  19. 

our  team.  That  sort  of  cut  us  down  a 
bit." 

The  loss  of  those  key  veterans  resulted 
in  a  relative  decline  in  things  like  consist- 
ency, game  strategy  and  playoff  experi- 
ence. It  was  indeed  a  back-to-the-basics 
learning  year  for  the  team. 

"Skill-wise,  we  got  down  to  the  ba- 
sics," says  Srutek.  "Team  unity,  we  got 
that  down  pat.  We  got  all  the  little  things 
out  of  the  way,  so  next  year  we  can 
concentrate  more  on  our  game." 

Getting  the  "little  things"  out  of  the 
way  included  getting  rid  of  any  notions 
that  university  volleyball  is  the  same  as 


that  played  in  high  school.  Not  so. 

"(University  volleyball)  is  a  lot  faster, 
and  it's  more  skilful . . .  than  high  school," 
says  Raven  Susan  Edgecomb. 

That's  something  the  women  weren't 
entirely  prepared  for.  As  a  result,  skills 
development  was  a  large  part  of  the 
team's  training  schedule.  Moreover,  some 
of  the  Raven  rookies  say  they  were  a  bit 
surprised  at  the  competitiveness  of  the 
OWIAA. 

"I  don't  think  we  were  used  to  the  level 
of  competition,"  says  MacDonald.  "Not 
that  we  had  never  played  competitive 
volleyball  before,  but  at  a  university  level 
.  .  .  nobody  gives  up.  It  doesn't  matter 
how  far  down  the  other  team  is." 


This  probably  wasn't  news  to  head 
coach  Peter  Biasone,  who  has  been  coach- 
ing the  women's  varsity  team  for  six 
years.  Srutek  says  Biasone's  patience  with 
the  rookie  team  was  appreciated. 

"He  had  a  hell  of  a  year  because  from 
coaching  a  team  last  year  that  had  over 
1 0  years  of  volleyball  experience  to  coach- 
ing a  team  that  has  right-out-of-high- 
school  experience  --  he's  had  to  hold  his 
breath  a  lot  of  times,"  she  said. 

As  for  next  year? 

"Once  we  develop  some  consistency,  I 
think  we'll  be  able  to  do  a  lot  better,"  says 
Malone.  "Hopefully  we'll  make  it  to  the 
(playoffs)." 

Here's  hoping.  Q 


20  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  10,  1994 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool. 

Points  were  tabulated  as  of  Tue.  March  1,  1994. 
Regular  season  leaders  can  only  win  the  dinner  prize  once. 


1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 

Our  main  production  computer  crashed  this  past  week  so  we  were  unable  to 
update  the  hockey  pool  standings  and  pick  this  week's  winner.  Assuming  we  can 
boot  the  system  for  next  week,  we'll  award  two  dinner  certificates  next  week. 


Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

Name  the  last  New  York  Islander 
to  win  the  Hart  Trophy  awarded 
to  the  NHL 's  Most  Valuable  Player. 

Congratulations  to  Jeff  Coates  who 
knew  Mike  Palmateer,  is  the  NHL 
goaltender  who  with  23  assists,  has 
recorded  more  than  any  other  in  his 
career.  Sorry  folks,  it  ain't  Grant  Fuhr. 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  this  entry  and  sub- 
mit it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize  will  be  determined  by  a  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  March  15,  1994.  The  winner 
should  come  up  to  the  office  for  the 
prize  on  any  Monday  or  Tuesday. 

3.  Contestants  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4 .  Charlatan  staff  members  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 


The  Charlatan. . . 
Unplugged 

The  Charlatan's  production  computers 
crashed  due  to  a  power  failure  Tuesday  night, 
sending  half  this  week's  pages  to  computer 
heaven  and  sinking  us  in  to  some  deep  doo  -  doo. 

We  want  to  thank,  with  every  bit  of  energy  we 
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Special  gratitude  goes  to  our  computer  god 
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We'd  also  like  to  thank  Klaus  Pohle, 
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22  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  10,  1994 


 ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT  

Hsl3one:  7°u've  dot  to  feel  the  funk" 


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Fishbone 

Porter  Hall 
March  5 


Walter  Kibby  summed  up  the  Fishbone 
experience  perfectly. 

When  asked  to  compare  life  in  the 
studio  to  life  on  the  stage,  Fishbone's 
trumpet  player  and  vocalist  remarked, 
"In  the  studio,  there's  nobody  around  to 
help  with  the  hyping  up," 

This  evening  at  Porter  Hall,  they  had 
plenty  of  help. 

With  their  uniquely  Fishbone  sound, 
mixing  styles  as  diverse  as  ska  and 
hardcore,  they've  amassed  a  loyal,  cross- 
genre  following. 

Fishbone  fans,  notes  Kibby,  are  "peo- 
ple into  good  vibes;  people  into  losing 
their  mind  now  and  again.  You  know,  it 
could  be  a  grandma." 

But  has  Kibby  ever  seen  a  grandma  at 
a  Fishbone  show?  He  says  that  he  has, 
but  I  don't  know.  There  weren 't  any  grand- 
mothers at  this  show. 

Fishbone  funked,  punked  and 
thrashed  with  great  enthusiasm  and  flair. 
Angelo  Moore,  lead  vocalist  and  sax 
player,  opened  up  their  set  with  "The 
Warmth  of  Your  Breath,"  a  song  about 
police,  inciting  the  crowd  to  chant 
"Donuts,  cigarettes,  coffee. 


Moore  then  got  the  crowd  to  hum  the 
refrain  from  "Pressure." 

"You  in  the  back,  I  know  you're  not 

singing  I'm  coming  back  there,"  he 

said  and  then  leaped  into  the  crowd, 
surfing  all  the  way  to  the  back. 

The  first  half  of  their  show  was  com- 
prised mostly  of  older  material.  After  the 
opening  track,  they  played  numerous 
songs  from  The  Reality  of  My  Surroundings, 
including  the  thrashy  "Sunless  Satur- 
day." They  also  played  some  tracks  from 
Truth  and  Soul  and  earlier  albums.  When 
they  played  "Ma  and  Pa,"  the  crowd 
went  ecstatic. 

"Do  you  want  to  get  funky?  You  have 
to  experience  the  funk,"  Moore  said  as 
John  Fisher,  dressed  in  his  one-piece  red 
pyjamas  and  hat  with  stuffed  horns, 
pumped  out  the  funky  bass  line  to  "Nutt 
Megalomaniac"  off  their  latest  disc,  Give 
A  Monkey  A  Brain.  . .  . 

This  album  is  notable  for  its  general 
overall  heavier  sound.  Of  this  change 
from  their  usual  funky  feel,  Kibby  says, 
"You  know,  the  guys  get  big  amps  and 
you  want  to  use  them." 

The  performance  of  "Drunk  Skitzo" 
from  Give  A  Monkey  A  Brain.  .  .  was  the 
highlight  of  the  show.  Moore  climbed 
around  up  in  the  rafters  for  about  10 
minutes,  suspending  himself  upsidedown 
and  mumbling  "d-d-d-drunken  s-s-s- 
skitzo, "  while  the  band  pumped  out  enor- 
mous amounts  of  feedback  and  wailed 


away  on  the  drums. 

One  of  the  things 
thatmakes  this  band 
so  good  live  is  the 
dynamic  stage  pres- 
ence and  antics  of 
frontman  Moore.  He 
has  a  unique  way  of 
bonding  with  the  au- 
dience. 

For  their  encore, 
Moore  returned  to 
the  stage  to  recite 
some  poetry  he 
wrote  about  racism 
in  the  music  indus- 
try. In  his  verbal  as- 
sault, he  accused  the 
music  industry  of 
creating  "token" 
black  artists  with 
nothing  controver- 
sial to  say.  The  band 
then  came  on-stage 
to  perform  "Sublimi- 
nal Fascism."  Unfor- 
tunately, this  was 
the  only  song  in  their 
encore. 

Kibby  says  there 
are  probably  fans  who  could  listen  to  the 
music  for  years  before  ever  reading  the 
lyrics.  That,  though,  he  says,  is  fine.  The 
music  and  the  message  are  of  equal  im- 
portance according  to  him. 


I'm  just  so  mckin'  happy. 


"Without  the  music,  you  probably 
wouldn't  listen  to  the  message.  The  mes- 
sage just  helps  the  music  become 
stronger."  q 


Value  for  your  cash?  $2511  get  you  two  hours 


by  Kevin  McKay 

Charlatan  Stan 


A  Tribe  Called  Quest,  De  La\ 
Soul,  Souls  of  Mischief 

Porter  Hall 
March  6 


That's  it? 

Although  both  A  Tribe  Called  Quest 
and  De  La  Soul  put  on  a  good  show,  they 
only  played  for  about  an  hour  each:  not 
exactly  good  value  for  your  $25. 

And  if  you're  wondering  why  I  didn't 
mention  Souls  of  Mischief,  it's  because 
we  spent  their  set  in  a  very  disorganized 
line  as  the  bouncers  conducted  body 
searches  on  most  individuals.  They 
sounded  good  through  the  wall.  Thank- 
fully, I  did  get  in  in  time  to  see  the  rest  of 
the  show. 

De  La  Soul  quickly  got  the  crowd  mov- 
ing with  "Eye  Patch,"  the  first  track  on 
their  current  album  Buhloone  Mindstate. 

They  went  through  material  off  all 
their  albums,  although  it  looked  like 
they  prefered  some  songs  over  others. 

Showing  how  tired  they  were  with 


playing  some  of  the  tunes  from  their  first 
album,  3  Feet  High  ondRising,  they  started 
their  big  hit  "Me,  Myself  and  I"  by  chant- 
ing, "I  hate  this  fucking  song,  I  hate  this 

fucking  song,  I  hate  this  rucking  "  The 

crowd  wasn't  fazed;  they  yelled  along 
with  band  all  the  way  through  the  cho- 
rus. 

Overall,  De  La  Soul  really  seemed  to 
be  enjoying  themselves,  joking  around 
and  trying  to  make  each  other  laugh  or 
lose  their  place  in  the  lyrics. 

They  slid  easily  from  one  song  in  to 
the  next,  mixing  the  beats  together  well. 

Although  both  Tribe  and  De  La  Soul 
had  to  work  to  get  the  crowd  going,  they 
had  fun  along  the  way.  At  one  point,  De 
La  Soul  went  looking  for  the  true  hip- 
hoppers  in  the  audience.  We  were  tested 
for  lyrical  knowledge  as  they  got  the 
crowd  to  sing  along  to  Dr.  Dre's  "Ore 
Day"  and  Run-D.M.C.'s  "Down  with  the 
King." 

Their  best  song  of  the  night,  "Ego 
Trippin,'"  had  the  crowd  screaming 
along.  They  finished  up  with  their  cur- 
rent single,  "Breakadawn." 

After  De  La  Soul  ended,  there  was 


almost  no  transition  time  between  the 
two  bands;  probably  because  it  would  be 
hard  to  choose  a  headliner  out  of  two 
excellent  groups.  Or  maybe  it  was  be- 
cause they  wanted  to  catch  last  call. 

Tribe  exploded  on  to  the  stage  with 
"Steve  Biko  (Stir  It  Up), "  the  first  track  off 
their  latest  disc  Midnight  Marauders. 

They  used  some  older  beats  and  sam- 
ples from  other  bands  to  segue  into  new 
songs.  It  took  a  good  ear  to  identify  the 
scratching  and  samples  that  connected 
the  songs. 

Throughout  the  show,  Q-Tipand  Phife 
tried  to  get  the  crowd  worked  up,  espe- 
cially those  boring  "mutha fuckers"  who 
stood  still,  arms  folded,  at  the  back  of  the 
room. 

"Scenario"  finally  got  a  great  reaction 
out  of  the  crowd  near  the  end  of  the  set, 


but  Q-Tip  ended  up  haranguing  people 
to  getthem  bouncing  and  yelling  along. 
"Y'all  gotta  move  cuz  y'all  paid  a  lotta 
loot  to  get  in  here."  This  got  the  crowd 
bouncing  along  to  Midnight  Marauders' 
"Award  Tour." 

Neither  band  did  an  encore.  They  left 
the  audience  standing  around  at  the 
end,  waiting  to  see  if  the  lights  would  be 
coming  up  for  another  song. 

The  one  gripe  I  had  about  the  show, 
forgetting  about  the  disorganization  at 
the  door,  was  with  the  volume  and  bass 
level.  It  just  wasn't  loud  enough.  You 
could  hear  the  music,  but  you  couldn't 
feel  the  bass  at  the  back  of  your  chest. 

It  should  have  been  a  show  capable  of 
pulverizing  bones.  Instead,  it  only  tickled 
a  little.  □ 


Tribe's  Phife  and  Q-Tip:  I'm  gonna  get  you,  and  then  I'm  gonna  get  your  friends 
in  alphabetical  order,  so  I'm  gonna  need  some  names!  


This  week: 
Pretension 

"And  then  I  got  just  plain  lonely  and  just  so  fed  up  with 
all  the  badness  in  my  life  and  in  the  world  and  I  said  to 
myself,  'Please,  God,  just  make  me  a  bird  —  that's  all 
I  ever  really  wanted  —  a  white  graceful  bird  free  of 
shame  and  taint  and  fear  of  loneliness,  and  give  me 
other  white  birds  among  which  to  fly,  and  give  me  a  sky 
so  big  and  wide  that  if  I  never  wanted  to  land,  I  would 
never  have  to.'  But  instead  God  gave  me  these  words, 
and  I  speak  them  here." 

Douglas  Coupland,  Mr.  Voice  of  His  Generation, 
in  Life  After  God,  ripping  off  Jonathan  Livingston 
Seagull. 

Next  week:  Coupland  wishes  he  was  a  whoop- 
ing crane! 


March  10,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  23 


Exploring  Native  women's  issues  on  video 


by  Joanne  Capuani 

Charlatan  Staff 


Women  in  Films  and  Videos 
for  International  Women's 
Week 

SAW  Video  Co-op 
March  6 


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"People  don't  like  coming  to  free 
events." 

This  was  the  reaction  of  International 
Women's  Week  film  festival  co-ordinator 
Diane  Conrad,  when  only  23  people 


showed  up  for  last  Sunday's  screening  of 
documentaries  dealing  with  the  concerns 
of  Native  women. 

Regardless,  that's  almost  twice  as 
many  as  showed  up  last  year,  according 
to  Tanis  Hill,  a  Mohawk  Nation  member 
of  Ottawa's  First  Nations  Association, 
who  helped  organize  Sunday's  event. 

The  agenda  for  this  International 
Women's  Week  event  was  supposed  to 
include  speakers  and  a  facilitated  discus- 
sion that  would  follow  the  actual  screen- 
ing of  three  documentary  films. 

Unfortunately,  the  evening  was  cut 


short  when  Hill  was  unable  to  inspire  the 
audience  members  to  speak  with  her 
inquiry,  "Does  any  one  have  anything  to 
say  about  the  movies?" 

Perhaps  this  was  because  by  the  end  of 
the  night's  third  film,  the  original  crowd 
had  shrunk  to  half  its  original  size  and 
the  few  remaining  audience  members 
lacked  any  motivation  to  comment  on 
the  films. 

Regardless  of  this  dry  outcome,  the 
films  themselves  were  informative  in  re- 
laying the  trials  of  women  in  their  Native 
communities. 


The  main  screening  that  evening  — 
Mother  of  Many  Children,  an  hour-long 
feature  on  the  lives  of  various  Native 
women  —  examined  the  roles  of  women 
from  nations  as  diverse  as  the  Metis  and 
the  Northern  Cree. 

In  this  documentary,  writer/director/ 
narrator  Alanis  Obomsawin  describes  a 
link  that  has  long  since  been  lost  —  a 
sense  of  community,  of  equal  gender 
status  within  their  Native  communities. 

One  Ojibwa  woman  in  the  film  says 
Ojibwa  people  once  had  to  do  things 
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We  tend  to  think  music  is  a  free  av- 
enue of  expression,  but  like  any  other 
construct  of  our  society,  the  music  indus- 
try is  a  power-based  hierarchy. 

Looking  backwards  into  the  folds  of 
history,  male  dominance  in  music  is  ob- 
vious. 

From  Beethoven  to  Bartok,  all  the 
"best"  classical  composers  are  men 
Women  of  the  past  were  denied  access  to 
music.  They  were  ghettoized  into  the  role 


of  singers  -  parrots  of  male  musicians 
and  composers. 

For  awhile,  during  the  Baroque  pe- 
riod, men  even  tried  to  take  this  small 
piece  of  the  pie  away  from  women  by 
introducing  the  castrati  (men  castrated 
before  puberty  to  maintain  soprano 
voices).  r 

In  the  '90s,  we  would  like  to  think  that 
equality  reigns  supreme  in  the  music 
kingdom  —  that  women's  artistic  talents 
are  no  longer  repressed  by  men.  But 
peering  into  the  big  reality  tableau,  we 


CLASS 


ITSELF 


see  that  colors  of  equality  are  muted  in 
the  background.  Although  shrouded  in 
subtleties,  men  continue  to  stand  in  the 
forefront  of  music,  even  though  music 
has  drastically  changed  in  the  last  cen- 
tury. 

The  stereotypical  role  of  women  in 
music  is  still  that  of  a  singer.  Whitney 
Houstons  and  Mariah  Careys  warble  out 
banal  ballads  like  women  in  the  past  and 
win  Grammy  awards.  In  bands,  you  usu- 
ally have  the  stereotypical  female  sinqer 
or  cute  girl  bass  player. 

Female  drummers  and  guitarists  are  a 
rare  breed.  As  such,  women  like  Velvet 
Underground  drummer  Moe  Tucker  and 
Lush  guitarist  Miki  Beryni  are  thought  of 
as  exceptions  to  the  rule,  despite  being  as 
good  and  as  innovative  as  any  male 
musician. 

All-female  bands  valiantly  treadinq 
water  in  the  music  scene  are  usually 
slapped  with  labels  that  often  hamper 
their  artistic  pursuits.  Labels  like  "Riot 
Grrrls,"  "Fox-core"  and  "Cute  Girl  Band- 
promote  the  idea  that  these  bands  are 
simply  novelty  acts. 

Sexual  objectification  plays  a  big  part 
in  performance  by  female  musicians.  If  a 
woman's  body,  herdancing  orherclothes 
are  valued  as  much  as  her  music,  her 
performance  becomes  a  sexual  market- 
ing tool.  This  is  pornography. 

But  beyond  the  physical  and  the  visual, 
music  itself  tells  its  own  story.  Music 
affects  us  unconsciously  in  ways  we  can- 
not begin  to  fathom.  It  has  the  intrinsic 
power  to  influence  our  moods  and  infil- 
trate our  consciousness. 

Think  about  what  a  movie  would  be 
like  without  music.  Movie  soundtracks 
have  a  huge  impact  on  audiences,  using 
familiar  signals.  We  know  for  an  exam- 
ple, that  the  bad  guy  is  plotting  to  do 


something  nasty  because  the  music  tells 
us  so. 

If  music  has  this  power,  could  it  not 
also  be  utilized  as  a  sly  tool  to  perpetuate 
male  hegemony  in  the  collective  uncon- 
scious? 

If  you  don't  think  so,  start  Iisteninq  to 
song  lyrics.  Note  how  some  musicians 
weave  language  solely  around  stereotypes 
and  negative  imagery. 

Start  watching  any  interpretive  form 
of  music  from  music  videos  to  dance 
Note  how  in  most  ballets  the  female 
dancers  tend  to  dance  to  the  soft,  lyrical 
parts  of  the  music,  whereas  the  men  are 
given  athletic  choreography  to  strong 
and  powerful  melodies. 

Note  how  many  music  videos  are  cen- 
tred around  the  stereotypical  boy-meets- 

girl/girl-melts-with-desire/girl-needs-boy- 
to-be-happy  narrative. 

We  don't  want  to  rid  music  of  every- 
thing offensive  —  it  is  important  to  note 
here  that  music  should  be  an  open  fo- 
rum. In  other  words,  there's  room  for 
both  Lush  and  a  chicks  and  booze  fellow 
like  David  Lee  Roth  in  the  big  scheme  of 
things.  The  key  here  is  discernment. 

Paying  attention  to  music  and  dis- 
cerning underlying  messages  is  impor- 
tant. Don 'tyou  want  to  know  whatyou're 
actually  listening  to?  Awareness  of  the 
hidden  nasties  in  music  will  help  open  up 
the  music  world  to  a  whole  new  range  of 
voices. 

There  are  women  in  the  music  indus- 
try making  a  big  difference  in  demolish- 
ing genderstereotypes;  women  like  Sarah 
McLachlan,  Annie  Lennox,  laneSiberry, 
Sheila  Chandra,  and  bands  like  the  Breed- 
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voices  of  women  can  be  heard  in  the 
music  industry. 

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26  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  10,  1994 


by  Mike  Peters 

Charlatan  staff 


Wild  Strawberries  serve  up  some  tasty  pod 

'Peters   „    ...  J  M*^f 


Wild  Strawberries 

Zaphod  Beeblebrox 
March  4 


Pure  pop  with  no  excuses. 

Toronto's  Wild  Strawberries  breezed 
through  town  Friday  as  part  of  their 
Montreal-Ottawa  mini-tour. 

Husband  and  wife  Ken  Harrison  and 
Roberta  Carter-Harrison  are  the  creative 
force  behind  this  band,  which  ranges 
from  four  to  eight  pieces  for  touring  and 
recording. 

Since  their  first  independent  cassette, 
Carving  Wooden  Spectacles,  was  released 
in  1989,  they  have  received  heavy  airplay 
and  have  garnered  a  devoted  following 
in  the  Toronto  area. 

Their  more  recent  EPs,  grace  and  Life 
Sized,  have  pushed  the  couple  into  the 
spotlight  with  the  success  of  singles 
"That's  The  Way  It  Goes"  and  "Life  Sized 
Marilyn  Monroe." 

They  are  now  celebrating  completion 
of  their  first  full-length  album,  Bet  You 
Think  I'm  Lonely,  which  will  probably  be 
released  this  summer.  It  will  include 
material  from  the  previous  two  EPs  and 
six  new  tracks.  Thanks  to  a  newly  signed 
distribution  deal  with  A&M  Records,  the 
CD  will  be  the  Strawberries'  first  real  taste 
of  national  exposure. 

"We  just  got  frustrated  lately  when  the 
songs  were  on  the  radio  across  the  coun- 
try and  we  just  couldn't  get  it  (their  re- 
cordings) out,"  explains  lead  singer 
Roberta.  "When  you're  only  known  in 
Toronto  you  can  service  the  stores  and 
keep  up  with  it,  but  when  you  move 
beyond  that,  it  gets  ridiculous." 

"But  it's  been  a  really  good  process," 


adds  Ken,  who  handles  keyboards  and 
the  group's  songwriting  duties.  "We've 
put  out  a  record  ourselves  before,  so  we 
know  how  to  do  the  artwork,  and  how  to 
arrange  to  get  posters  made  or  what- 
ever." 

Graduates  of  the  University  of  Toronto, 
both  Ken  and  Roberta  have  successful 
careers  in  medicine  (he's  a  doctor,  she's  a 
physiotherapist),  which  are  increasingly 
taking  a  back  seat  to  their  musical  aspi- 
rations. "I'm  down  to  two  nights  a  week 
—sometimes  three  if  we're  hungry,"  says 
Ken. 

"Even  though  we're  still  doing  it," 
Roberta  adds,  "we  have  abandoned  it 
cause  we're  not  pursuing  more  degrees  or 
courses.  I'm  not  trying  to  climb  any  cor- 
porate ladders." 

"Ifs  not  like  a  career,"  Ken  agrees. 
"It's  more  like  a  waitering  job.  The  music 
is  definitely  our  focus." 

Of  course,  they're  probably  pulling 
down  a  bit  more  than  waiters. 

Describing  Wild  Strawberries'  sound 
is  difficult.  "The  cop-out  answer  we've 
been  using  is  pop,"  Roberta  says,  "but  it 
has  so  many  bad  connotations  thatwe're 
scared  to  use  that  word." 

This  pop  sound  translates  itself  into  a 
mellow  and  very  casual  live  perform- 
ance. Roberta  had  a  great  rapport  with 
the  audience  at  Zaphod's,  often  going  off 
on  a  tangent  while  telling  the  crowd 
what  the  songs  were  about. 

The  couple  says  their  influences  range 
from  Booker  T  and  the  M.G.'s  to  Elvis 
Costello  and  Tori  Amos.  Their  airplay 
ranges  from  alternative  and  university 
radio  stations  to  the  CBC. 

"I  just  like  a  good  song,"  says  Ken. 
"That's  what  we're  trying  to  do  —  just  put 
together  good  songs.  If  they 're  good  songs, 
then  they  should  be  able  to  be  played 


anywhere.  They  should  be  able  to  tran- 
scend any  one  market  or  label." 

Roberta's  simple  and  passionate  vo- 
cals  perfectly  complement  Ken's  finely. 


crafted  lyrics.  At  a  time  where  popular 
music  bleeds  manufactured  attitude  and 
artificial  angst,  Wild  Strawberries  are  a 
refreshing  dose  of  honest,  clever  pop.  □ 


Roberta  of  Wild  Strawberries:  We're  so  glad  she  chose  music  over  medicine 


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day, March  31st,  1994.  It  is  the  applicants  responsibility  to 
check  whether  an  interview  has  been  granted,  to  make  an 
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The  CUSA  General  Elections  held  in  February,  1994,  have  been  declared  null  and  void,  including 
the  Board  ot  Governors  and  Senate  seats. 

New  General  Elections  have  been  set  in  the  following  Writ  of  Election. 

Whereas,  pursuant  to  section  4.2  of  the  CUSA  Consolidated  Electoral  Code,  the  Chief  Electoral 
Officer  shall  issue  a  Writ  of  Election;  Be  it  hereby  known  that  Elections  Carleton  Intends  to  hold 
elections  for  the  positions  below  on  CUSA  Council  on  March  29,  30,  31  1994. 


POSITIONS  AVAILABLE  ARE: 


C.U.S.A. 


President  (1) 
Engineering  (3) 
Finance  Commissioner  (1) 
Industrial  Design  (1) 
Architecture  (1) 
Journalism  (1) 


Arts  and  Social  Sciences  (14) 

Science  (3) 

Commerce  (3) 

Special  Students  (3) 

Computer  Science  (1) 

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2  Social  Science  seats 


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BOARD  OF  GOVERNORS 

Two  (2)  positions 


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Unicentre 

Mackenzie  Building 

Tunnel  Junction  between  Steacie  and  Herzberg  Building 
Referendum  #1 


Tunnel  Junction 
Residence  Commons 
St.  Patrick's  Building 


Schedule  of  Election 

Publication  of  Writ  March  8 
Nominations  Open  March  11  (10:00  am) 
Nominations  Close  March  21  (10:00  am) 
Validation  March  21 

Campaigning  Begins  March  22  (8:30  am) 
Polling  Begins  day  1  March  29  (11:10- 
9:10) 

Polling  day  2  March  30  (1 1:10-9:10) 
Polling  Closes  day  3  March  31  (11:10- 
6:10) 

Tabulation  March  31  (6:20-?) 


Nomination  Forms 

Nomination  forms  are 
available  at  the  CUSA  office 
(401  Unicentre), and  at  the 
Elections  Carleton  Office 
127D  Unicentre. 


Whereas:This  year  funding  from  the  Carleton  University  Students'  Association 
has  allowed  the  University  of  Ottawa  Community  Legal  Clinic,  a  student 
organization,  to  provide  legal  representation  and  advice  to  Carleton  Students. 
Do  you  support  the  continuation  of  C.U.S.A.  funding  to  continue  these 
services? 

First  meeting  of  the  "Yes"  Committee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre 
on  Thursday,  March  17,  2:00  pm. 

First  meeting  of  the  "No"  Committeee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre 
on  Thursday,  March  17, 1 :00  pm. 


Referendum  #2 

Do  you  support  paying  a  1.00  levy  (per  student)  towards  subsidizing  the 
creation  and  maintenance  of  a  Carleton  Hockey  team  which  would  join  the 
College  Hockey  League? 

First  meeting  of  the  "Yes"  Committee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre 
on  Thursday,  March  17,  4:00  pm. 

First  meeting  of  the  "No"  Committee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre 
on  Thursday,  March  17  at  3:00  pm. 


28  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  10,  1994 


by  Sarah  Richards  .  hnri«f„„, „„    ^»  ■  ■  ^»  ■  ■  VUIIUIC 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Staff 

Ahhh,  the  French. 

Perhaps  no  other  people  have  en- 
chanted us  more  with  their  sophisticated, 
high-brow  culture. 

Yet  at  the  same  time,  there  are  many 
aspects  of  the  French  that  can  distress 
and  frankly  bewilder  the  average  North 
American  tourist.  Do  not  be  alarmed  at 
this.  This  short  article  could  save  you 
from  some  embarrassing  reactions. 

First,  to  deal  with  the  French,  it  is 
important  to  put  yourself  in  a  certain 
mind-set.  You  simply  must  grasp  —  ilfaut 
comprendre  —  that  if  you're  going  to  do 
something,  you've  got  to  do  it  the  French 
way. 

The  French  way  means  that  whatever 
project  you  undertake  —  be  it  choosing 
your  seat  on  the  plane,  or  asking  for  a 
map  of  Paris  —  you  do  it  right.  Because  if 
you  don't  do  it  right,  then  just  what,  pray 
tell,  is  the  point  of  doing  it  all? 

And  if  you  do  it  wrong  (and  with  the 
French,  it  is  a  conscious  decision),  chances 
are  someone  will  just  have  to  do  it  all  over 
again,  and  they're  not  going  be  too  happy. 

And  they  will  let  you  know. 

I  learned  of  the  French  way  even  before 

WOMEN  cont'd  from  p.  24 

together  in  order  to  survive.  At  the  very 
top  of  their  societal  order  were  the  elderly 
women  who  would  make  decisions  for 
the  community  as  a  whole.  As 
Obomsawin  says  in  the  film,  "Women 
were  more  powerful  than  men." 

The  clan,  or  family  structure,  was 
headed  by  women.  The  grandmother 
would  relay  cultural  tradition  and  herbal 
remedies:  she  was  atoncedoctor,  teacher 
and  diplomat. 

The  balance  between  nurturing 
mother  and  highly  respected  professional 
is  dealt  with  in  Like  the  Trees.  This  30- 
minute  documentary  is  an  intense  ac- 
count of  a  Metis  mother's  struggles  in  a 
non-Indian  society. 

After  years  of  keeping  her  children  in 
her  parents'  care  on  their  reserve  to  go 
700  miles  away  to  work  at  tedious  jobs, 
after  accumulating  the  meagre  fruits  of 
her  labor,  tuberculosis  and  a  $  76  monthly 
welfare  cheque  while  recovering,  she  dis- 
covers true  happiness  in  her  life  as  a 


I  had  touched  down 
on  French  soil. 
There  was  some 
debate  on  the 
plane  among  the 
passengers,  most  of 
them  French,  over 
which  row  was 
Number  39.  They 
couldn't  decide 
which  seats  an 
overhead  row  indi- 
cator was  placed 
over.  Not  that  it  re- 
ally mattered,  since 
the  plane  was  half 
empty. 

But  after  about 
20  minutes  of  seat 

changes  and  arguing,  in  which  justabout 
everybody  but  the  man  who  drops  off  the 
TV  dinners  got  involved,  people  settled  in 
for  the  six-hour  flight.  As  the  plane  tax- 
ied away  for  take-off,  I  was  lulled  to  sleep 
by  the  mutterings  of  a  solitary  French- 
man pointing  at  the  row  number,  insist- 
ing to  himself  that  everyone  else  was 
mistaken. 

Upon  arriving  in  Paris,  perhaps  the 
best  city  in  France  to  learn  very  quickly 

Woodland  Cree. 

Joan  Hutton,  a  musician  and  organ- 
izer of  the  Mariposa  folk  festival,  shares 
her  own  personal  experience  with  single 
parenthood  in  the  30-minute  film  Our 
Dear  Sisters.  In  this  documentary,  Hutton 
denies  that  having  adopted  and  raised  a 
seven-day-old  child  as  a  single  mother 
was  a  burden.  Hutton  was  able  to  bal- 
ance her  tight  travel  and  performance 
schedule  while  caring  for  her  daughter. 

According  to  Hutton,  her  native  com- 
munity provided  such  a  loving  environ- 
ment that  her  role  was  made  all  the  more 
easier.  Unlike  the  other  two  films,  Our 
Dear  Sisters  relays  the  image  of  a  Native 
community  in  which  the  celebration, 
rather  than  oppression  of  women,  is 
prevalent. 

These  films  presented  a  varied,  in- 
formative picture  of  Native  culture.  Too 
bad  there  weren't  more  people  there  to 
see  them.  □ 


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"A  crazy  quill  patchwork  of  hyperventilating  language, 
erotic  jokes,  movie  kitsch  and  medical  nightmare. " 

The  New  York  Times 


by  Paula  Vogel 
Directed 
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March  1 6 
to  April  2 


Com  f=*  a  r-j  "v 


The  Charlatan  is  giving  away  tickets  to  see 

THE  BALTIMORE  WALTZ 

playing  at  The  Great  Canadian  Theatre  Company  on 
March  14.  The  first  15  people  up  up  to  The  Charlatan 
office  will  receive  passes  to  attend. 
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about  the  French  way,  you  will  want  to 
procure  for  yourself  a  map  of  this  beauti- 
ful city.  This  can  be  done  at  one  of  the 
many  subway  stands. 

Do  not  be  alarmed  if  the  sales  clerk 
does  not  acknowledge  your  existence  for 
at  least  two  minutes.  As  I  learned,  you 
must  be  firm.  And  make  sure  to  ask  for  a 
plan  of  Paris,  not  a  carte.  If  you  do  the 
latter,  she  will  undoubtedly  look  at  you 
as  if  you're  some  kind  of  space  alien.  Or 
worse,  she'll  think  you're  American. 

To  understand  this  last  point,  it's  help- 
ful to  realize  that  France  has  always  had 
a  negative  reaction  to  foreigners  and 
their  cultural  baggage. 

Don't  forget  that  France  is  a  country 


that  has  succumbed  to  several  invasions. 
This  century,  there  was  the  German  inva- 
sion led  by  Hitler.  Then  there  was  the 
British  invasion  lead  by  the  Beatles.  Now, 
there's  the  American  invasion  lead  by 
Tori  Spelling,  if  you  think  Canadians  feel 
that  Beverly  Hills  90210  is  nauseating,  just 
imagine  what  it's  doing  to  the  French. 

The  French  way  extends  to  their  work- 
ing habits.  While  in  Paris,  for  free,  you 
can  watch  not  one,  but  two  grounds  work- 
ers mow  grass  in  the  famous  lardin  des 
Tuilleries.  One  man  holds  the  electric 
lawn  mower's  cord  off  the  ground,  while 
the  other  man  mows.  It's  no  wonder 
France's  unemployment  rate  remains  one 
of  the  lowest  in  Europe. 

As  foryou  female  travellers,  there's  an 
added  thing  you  should  know  about  the 
French  way.  Don't  forget  to  check  you 
liberie,  egalite  and  fraternite  at  the  air- 
port. Actually,  keep  the  fraternite  bit. 
Apparently,  there's  a  lot  of  fraternite 
among  men  if  you're  a  woman  trying  to 
break  into  any  kind  of  career  other  than 
that  of  a  cleaning  woman  or  a  nanny. 

Female  travellers  may  also  be  sur- 
prised at  the  number  of  Frenchmen  who 
insist  on  holding  doors  open  for  you, 
even  if  they  won't  give  you  a  job. 

You  only  begin  to  appreciate  the  French 
ivayonce  you  return  to  Ottawa  soil,  when 
the  first  open  door  you  come  across  is 
unceremoniously  slammed  in  your  face. 

Ah,  it's  nice  to  be  home. 

Back  to  the  Canadian  way.  □ 


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March  10,  1994  -  The  Charlatan  •  29 


T^ingTtale^  and  the  trains 


by  David  Bartolf 

Charlatan  Staff 


Stephen  Fearing 

The  Penguin 
March  12 


Stephen  Fearing's  no  stranger  to  Ot- 
tawa. 

This  Vancouver-based  acoustic  folk 
singer  has  played  many  shows  in  town, 
including  gigs  at  Rasputin's,  Zaphod's 
and  the  National  Gallery.  Usually  he  has 
a  good  time.  But  not  at  the  Governor 
General's  place. 

"The  one  1  remember  being  the  worst 
was  the  Governor  General's  picnic, "  says 
Fearing.  "1  just  kept  breaking  strings  and 
the  CBC  was  broadcasting  live.  I  didn't 
have  spare  strings  on  stage.  It  was  a  total 
nightmare." 

Fearing  also  remembers  playing  at 
the  National  Museum  of  Nature  on 
Metcalfe,  commenting,  "Oh  yeah,  with 
the  shrieking  dinosaur  in  the  lobby." 

Fearing  recorded  his  latest  album.  The 
Assassin's  Apprentice,  in  July  and  August 
of  last  year.  He  didn't  want  it  "lost 
amongst  the  Christmas  kafuffle,"  so  he 
held  off  on  its  release  and  the  tour  until 
now.  This  album  shows  that  Fearing  con- 
tinues to  have  an  affinity  for  trains. 

"The  Station"  has  the  sweet  melodra- 
matic refrain,  "I've  got  a  railway  station 
where  my  heart  should  be;"  "The  Long- 
est Road"  recounts  a  Vancouver-to-Mon- 
treal  train  ride  he  took  with  his  mother 
on  his  way  to  Ireland.  He  also  covers  a 
Hank  Williams  song,  "(1  Heard  That) 
Lonesome  Whistle." 

"It  is  more  of  a  memory  thing,"  says 
Fearing.  "I  haven't  taken  a  train  in  ages." 
He  does,  however,  live  near  them.  De- 
spite moving  twice  in  the  past  year,  he 
has  stayed  within  shouting  distance  of 


Vancouver  train  yards. 

"If  s  the  classic  image  for  songwriters 
to  use,  and  it  is  like  if  you  could  image 
how  many  times  people  have  written 
about  the  moon,"  says  Fearing.  "And 
yet,  it  is  such  a  strong  image.  There  are 
still  ways  to  write  about  the  moon  with- 
out it  being  cliched." 

One  song  off  his  previous  album  called 
The  Blue  Line  came  to  him  as  he  was 
travelling  via  train  through  Swift  Cur- 
rent, Sask.,  an  insignificant  stop  along 
one  of  his  hectic  tours.  The  rhythm  of  the 
train  inspired  the  music. 

The  Assassin's  Apprentice  has  the  same 
bite  and  anger  as  past  albums.  The  main 
idea  for  the  title  song  came  to  Fearing  in 
a  Charlottetown  hotel.  He  was  opening 
for  Sarah  McLachlan,  and  he  had  arrived 
a  night  early. 

"I  have  a  hard  time  sleeping  in  ho- 
tels," he  said.  He  wound  up  watching 
Robert  de  Niro  in  Cape  Fear. 

"Not  a  great  movie,  but  there's  some 
really  disturbing  stuff, "  is  his  assessment. 

This  mood  found  its  way  into  "The 
Assassin's  Apprentice"  and  picks  up  on 
the  same  themes  Fearing  covered  in  "Bells 
of  Morning"  off  The  Blue  Line. 

The  song  is  a  reaction  to  the  massacre 
at  the  Hcole  Polytechnique  in  Montreal, 
where  Marc  Lepine  murdered  14  female 
engineering  students  in  1989. 

Of  that  song,  Fearing  says,  "I  didn't 
go  into  any  details  as  to  why  somebody 
like  Marc  Lepine  would  do  that.  And  I 
wanted  to  write  a  song  that  looked  at  that 
a  little  bit  more  and  maybe  found  some 
reason  for  compassion. 

"They're  just  like  the  rest  of  us,  it's  just 
that  they've  been  pushed  by  their  cir- 
cumstances and  their  demons  to  ex- 
plode." 

The  title  "The  Assassin's  Apprentice" 
came  from  some  repartee  between  Fear- 


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ing  and  Steve  Berlin,  Fearing's  producer. 

Greg  Reely,  Fearing's  engineer,  has  a 
calm  and  well-oiled  machine-like  preci- 
sion behind  the  sound  board  which  has 
earned  him  the  nickname  the  Assassin. 

Fearing  had  been  teasing  Berlin  about 
his  comparative  gracelessness  on  the 
sound  board.  One  day,  Berlin  did  a  very 
Reely-like  move,  and  Fearing  quipped, 
"What  are  you  trying  to  get  —  the  Assas- 
sin's apprentice  award?" 


"That's  the  title  for  a  song!"  Berlin 
replied. 

Fearing  says  it  fit  the  song  very  well. 

"That's  what  this  is  about.  It's  about 
somebody  who's  been  through  this  — 
apprenticed  like  a  lot  of  us  have — within 
the  society  that  creates  people  of  great 
violence.  Whether  we  like  it  or  not,  that's 
how  we're  brought  up,  that's  our  appren- 
ticeship." □ 


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■  m 


Wipe  that  smirk  off  your  face. 


John  Candy  remembered 


by  David  Hodges 

Charlatan  Staft 

On  March  4,  Canada  tragically  lost 
one  of  its  greatest  talents  when  John 
Candy  suddenly  passed  away  after  suf- 
fering a  heart  attack. 

The  43-year-old  actor/comedian  left 
behind  a  legacy  which  spanned  over 
several  decades. 

Beginning  his  career  as  a  member  of 
the  Second  City  comedy  troupe,  Candy 
worked  in  both  the  Chicago  and  Toronto 
chapters.  This  eventually  led  to  his  legen- 
dary, critically  acclaimed  work  on  SCTV, 

With  these  impressive  credentials, 
Candy  made  the  transition  from  televi- 
sion star  to  movie  star  with  the  greatest  of 
ease,  using  his  comic  genius  to  land 


supporting  roles  in  such  movies  as  The 
Blues  Brothers,  Stripes  and  Splash. 

With  the  success  of  these  movies, 
Candy  was  able  to  establish  himself  as  a 
superstar,  moving  on  to  leading  roles  in 
the  hits  Planes,  Trains  and  Automobiles 
and  Uncle  Buck. 

Even  with  all  his  accomplishments 
and  universal  appeal,  Candy  always  took 
pride  in  his  Canadian  background. 

It's  ironic  to  think  that  Candy  only 
auditioned  for  Second  City  because  his 
pal  Dan  Aykroyd  tricked  him  into  doing 
so.  He  had  never  really  considered  acting 
as  a  career  until  that  point.  Thankfully 
he  did. 

Thanks  John.  □ 


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THURSDAY,  MARCH  10  TO  THURSDAY,  MARCH  17 


Thursday,  March  10 


mi 


One  dollar  gets  you  in  to  see  the  Sonic 
Lounge  Lizards  at  Zaphod's  tonight. 
They  describe  themselves  as  loud  and 
melodic,  if  you're  interested.  Opening  for 
them  are  metal-boys  Knocking  Boots. 

Finally!  A  chance  to  leam  how  to  write 
a  screenplay!  At  12:30  p.m.,  Tom 
Shoerridge,  author  of  the  book  Ten  Best 
Canadian  Screenplays,  will  be  giving  a  talk 
on  just  that  topic.  It's  all  taking  place  in 
Room  43S  St.  Pot's.  And  it's  free. 

If  you  want  to  do  some  permanent 
damage  to  your  eardrums,  head  on  down 
to  the  Penguin.  Montreal's  Bliss,  Bite, 
and  Ottawa's  Mystic  Zealots  and  Spiny 
Anteaters  are  performing  in  support  of 
CHUO's  (that's  the  University  of  Otta- 
wa's radio  station)  funding  drive.  Tickets 
cost  $6  and  are  available  at  the  door. 
Plus,  there'll  be  a  few  all-ages  tickets. 

Friday,  March  1 1 

Carleton  fellows  in  the  band  Septem- 
ber Child,  with  special  guest  Water 
Can,  play  the  Penguin  this  evening. 

Local  folks  the  Illegal  Jazz  Poets  are 

hosting  a  CD  release  party  at  the  newly 
christened  Upstairs  Club,  formerly 
Creeque  Alley.  (Good  name!  -ed.)  Open- 
ing band  is  Project  9. 

Guitarist  Stephen  Rollins  is  the  fea- 
tured performer  for  today's  free  noon- 
time concert  in  Carleton's  Alumni  Thea- 
tre. 

At  the  Pit  this  evening,  it's  Canadian 
songstress  Sara  Craig.  Cover  is  $5. 

Local  cover  band  Byword  Mayhem, 

helped  out  by  our  Almonte  friends  Ge- 
neric, are  playing  a  show  in  support  of 
CHUO  at  the  Nox.  Three  bucks  gets  you 
in  and  the  show  starts  at  8  p.m. 

Saturday,  March  12 

The  National  Gallery  is  presenting 
a  series  of  Latin  American  concerts  under 
the  title  Sabroso.  Tonight's  performance 
is  by  Brazilian  jazz  percussionist  Nana 
Vasconcelos.  Trust  us,  he  sounds  really 
cool.  Tickets  are  $15  in  advance  at  the 
gallery  and  $18  at  the  door.  Show  starts 
at  8  p.m.  in  the  National  Gallery's  audi- 
torium. 

Canadian  folk  type  Stephen  Fear- 
ing plays  the  Penguin  tonight.  Cover  is 
J  12.50.  Check  out  the  article,  page  30. 

To  kick  off  the  One  World  Film  Festival 
thatstarts  tomorrow  and  runs  until  March 
20,  Susan  Aglukark  and  Dario 
Domingues  are  performing  at  the  Na- 
tional Library  auditorium  at  8  p.m. 
Tickets  are  $20. 

Performing  at  Zaphod's  tonight  are 
the  ultracool  Liquid  Bone  Dance  from 
Winnipeg  and  Toronto's  Killjoys.  Cov- 
er's only  $5. 

More  stuff  for  CHUO's  funding  drive: 
>fs  described  as  an  "Ire  Sunshine  Reggae- 
Fest  Jam."  Performing  at  this  event,  be- 
"ifl  held  at  the  Nox  at  the  U  of  O,  is 


Garnet  Challenger  and  the  Connec- 
tion Band  with  Sligo  and  the  Cut  Dia- 
mond Band  and  DJ  General  Hi-Fi 

And  what's  the  cost  to  you,  the  listener' 
Only  three  dollars  at  the  door.  Show 
starts  at  8  p.m. 

Sunday,  March  13 

The  Tanzanian  film  These  Hands 
and  the  Zimbabwean  flick  Neria  are 
showing  tonight  at  Ottawa  U's  Alumni 
Auditorium  at  7  p.m.  Neria  is  about  a 
woman  who  tries  to  regain  control  of  her 
life  after  her  husband  dies,  while  These 
Hands  is  a  documentary  about  women 
who  make  gravel  for  construction  work. 

Discussions  with  the  directors  will  fol- 
low each  film.  It's  all  part  of  that  One 
World  Film  Festival.  Admission  to  this 
and  other  screenings  is  $5. 

La  Sarrasine,  a  film  by  Montreal 
creative  type  Paul  Tana,  is  showing  at  the 
Bytowne  at  3:30  p.m.  today.  He  will  be 
there  after  the  film  for  a  discussion  pe- 
riod. Admission  is  $6.50. 

As  they  do  every  Sunday  evening, 
Triskle  is  playing  their  Celtic  stuff  at  the 
Cock  Robin  Pub  this  evening. 

Monday,  March  14 

More  cult  films  at  the  Mayfair.  To- 
night it's  A  Clockwork  Orange,  fol- 
lowed by  The  Shining.  The  fun  and 

games  start  at  7  p.m. 

Tuesday,  March  15 

It's  Tuesday.  That  can  only  mean  that 
Charlatan  production  manager  Kevin 
McKay  has  a  reading  tip  for  his  loyal 
followers.  This  week,  McKay  recommends 
the  classic  novel  The  Maltese  Falcon 
by  Dashiel  Hammet.  Says  McKay  in  de- 
fence of  his  choice,  "The  originator  of 
hard-boiled  detective  fiction  will  have 
you  guessing  'till  the  end. "  That  is,  unless 
you've  seen  the  movie. 

Wednesday,  March  16 

This  One  World  Festival  thing  we've 
been  telling  you  about  today  focuses  on 
reproductive  rights.  The  Indian  film 
Something  Like  a  War,  which  deals 
with  India's  family  planning  program, 
will  be  shown  at  7  p.m.,  followed  by  a 
lecture  and  discussion  group  at  8  p.m. 
The  Canadian  flick  Making  Babies, 
showing  at  9  p.m.,  deals  with  —  you 
guessed  it  —  reproductive  technology. 

Tonight  at  the  Mayfair  at  7  p.m.,  it's 
the  ever-popular  Rocky  Horror  Pic- 
ture Show,  followed  by  the  cheezy  ac- 
tion flick  Highlander  at  9:05  p.m.  (When 
you  think  about  it,  Highlander  is  kind  of  a 
stupid  movie,  and  now  they're  making  a 
Highlander  III.  Why  people  tike  it,  I'll  never 
know,  -ed.) 


The  Baltimore  Waltz  is  the  latest 
play  showing  at  the  Great  Canadian 
Theatre  Company.  It's  being  presented 
by  the  New  Theatre  of  Ottawa.  According 
to  the  press  release,  this  play's  about  the 
voyage  of  a  brother  and  a  sister  as  they 
travel  to  Vienna  in  search  of  a  cure  for  the 
sister's  terminal  disease.  It's  a  comedy. 


It's  running  today  until  April  2  on  Tues- 
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Admission  is  $10.  Starting  times  are  8 
p.m.  during  the  week  and  2  p.m.  on 
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Thursday,  March  17 


Local  favorites  limmy  George  ring 
m  St.  Patrick's  Day  with  some  tunes  at  the 
Penguin.  Should  be  fun. 

Spirit  of  the  West,  Canada's  favorite 
Celtic-rock  band,  plays  Grand  Central 

this  evening.  Tickets  are  $22. 


Sabroso  is  the  name  of  the  Latin  American  music  festival  running  for  the  new 
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NEWS  

Strike  rejected  by  CUPE 

TAs  and  RAs  accept 
Admin 's  final  offer 


by  Ryan  Nakashima 

Cltaflatan  Stall 

Empty  juice  bottles,  a  keg  full  of  beer 
and  wooden  stakes  with  no  signs  at- 
tached litter  the  Bank  Street  strike  head- 
quarters rented  over  two  weeks  ago  by 
the  Canadian  Union  of  Public  Employees 
Local  2323. 

A  455-373  union  local  vote  March  10 
to  ratify  a  collective  agreement  between 
the  local  and  the  university  ended  the 
possibility  of  those  headquarters  being 
used. 

"I  cried,"  says  local  president  Michel 
Roy,  describing  how  he  felt  after  the  vote. 

The  local  of  teaching  assistants,  re- 
search assistants  and  sessional  lecturers 
voted  to  accept  five  more  hours  of  work  in 
1994-95  for  graduate  assistants,  mid-term 
meetings  with  supervisors  to  assess  work- 
loads, and  meetings  for  assistants  to  have 
a  say  in  which  course  they  assist  teach- 
ing. 

But  the  local  did  not  receive  a  tuition 
freeze,  one  of  its  key  negotiating  de- 
mands, which  was  abandoned  by  the 
local  in  the  final  mediation  round  March 
7.  The  local  argued  a  tuition  freeze  would 
prevent  a  real  wage  rollback  in  the  event 
of  tuition  hikes. 

About  350  members  showed  up  at  the 
general  membership  meeting  before  the 


vote,  and  about  30  waited  as 
the  ballots  were  counted  after 
6  p.m. 

"I  personally  found  it  very 
stressful, "  says  Stephanie  Ross, 
the  local  executive's  treasurer. 

Leona  Crabb,  a  doctoral 
student  in  history,  helped  cam- 
paign in  favor  of  a  strike. 

"Immediately  after  (the  fi- 
nal results),  we  just  saw  each 
other,  told  each  other  we  did 
our  best,  andsaidit's  justtime 
to  go  on."  The  new  deal  will 
increase  graduate  assistants' 
wages  by  giving  them  five 
more  hours  of  paid  work  per 
year.  The  extra  hours  are  ear- 
marked for  training  sessions, 
which  were  in  place  before  but 
assistants  were  only  paid  if  they  were 
asked  to  attend. 

The  new  wages  will  cost  the  university 
$112,275  in  extra  wages,  about  a  two- 
per-cent  increase  in  salaries,  says  David 
Van  Dine,  head  of  the  university's  nego- 
tiating team. 

"Since  we  felt  we  tabled  a  proposition 
that  was  reasonable  and  fair  in  the  con- 
text of  ourcurrentsituarion,  weare  quite 
pleased  that  it  was  accepted,"  he  says. 

Roy  says  the  deal  offered  nothing  to 


Michel  Roy  ponders  future  from  his  empty  strike  headquarters 

undergraduates  anddidnotsignificantly 
affect  assistants'  standard  of  living,  add- 
ing the  university  "bought  off"  the  mem- 
bership with  its  proposal. 

The  local  has  been  without  a  contract 
since  September.  It  submitted  a  bargain- 
ing proposal  to  the  university  last  July 
after  surveying  its  members,  says  Ross. 

After  seven  rounds  of  negotiation  with- 
out progress,  a  conciliator  from  the  On- 
tario Ministry  of  Labor  was  called  in  to 
facilitate  discussion  in  january. 


On  |an.  18,  about  60  members  at  a 
union  local  general  meeting  voted  unani- 
mously to  hold  a  strike  vote.  A  strike 
committee  then  began  looking  for  strike 
headquarters.  Roy  says  the  search  was 
necessary  beforehand  in  the  event  of  a 
strike,  because  the  university  could 
change  the  locksonCUPE2323'sUnicen- 
tre  office. 

The  local  rented  the  headquarters  at 
1 206  Bank  Street  for  the  month  of  March 
for  $802.50.  □ 


Computer  chips 
stolen  from 
Carleton  computers 


by  Derek  OeClaet 

Charlatan  Stall 

Carleton's  computing  and  communi- 
cations services  department  is  hoping  a 
new  security  system  being  installed  on 
campus  computers  will  prevent  another 
rash  of  computer  break-ins. 

A  number  of  computers  —  possibly  as 
many  as  90,  according  to  Paul  Attallah, 
associate  director  of  the  school  of  jour- 
nalism and  mass  communication — were 
broken  into  during  reading  week. 

From  the  computers  in  the  Herzberg, 
Loeb,  and  St.  Pat's  buildings,  thieves  took 
memory  chips,  leaving  the  computers 
useless. 

The  thieves  broke  into  the  computers 

by 

prying  them  open  —  in  some  cases 
with  a  crowbar  —  at  the  front  of  the 
casing.  The  thieves  then  reached  back 
into  the  computer  and  plucked  out  the 
chips. 

"It  had  to  be  somebody  who  knew  how 
a  computer  was  made,"  says  Attallah. 

The  new  system,  installed  by  compu- 
ter services  the  week  after  reading  week, 
alerts  security  when  someone  tries  to 
°Pen  up  a  computer,  says  Attallah. 

No  one  will  say  exactly  how  the  new 
system  does  that,  though,  because  "we 
aori't  want  to  spread  around  what  we've 
done,"  says  Bruce  Winer,  assistant  dean 
(computing)  of  the  faculty  of  social  sci- 
ences. 

Bill  Ferguson,  manager  of  telecom- 
munications for  computer  services,  says 
jhe  newer  computers  on  campus  were 
^^ttaintargets,  probably  because  they 


have  a  newer  type  of  memory  chip  that  is 
easier  to  sell. 

The  value  of  a  memory  chip  with  one 
megabyte  of  memory  is  about  $55.  Most 
of  the  computers  in  St.  Pat's  have  two  of 
those  chips,  but  others  —  such  as  the 
ones  in  the  Loeb  Building  —  may  have 
had  up  to  four  times  that,  says  Ferguson. 

The  cost  of  replacing  the  chips  will  be 
paid  for  by  the  faculties  that  use  the 
computers. 

"It's  an  unfortunate  waste  of  money, " 
says  Ferguson,  though  he  could  not  say 
exactly  how  much  it  cost  to  replace  all 
the  memory  chips.  The  losses  are  not 
covered  by  insurance,  he  says,  because 
they  do  not  total  more  than  $50,000. 

While  computers  at  Carleton  have 
been  broken  into  before,  such  as  in  the 
Herzberg  Building  in  January,  it's  the 
first  time  there  have  been  substantial 
losses,  says  Winer. 

The  break-ins  forced  the  night-time 
closure  of  several  computer  rooms  dur- 
ing reading  week. 

"Itreally  inconveniences  the  students," 
says  Ferguson,  adding  it's  not  practical  to 
have  people  monitoring  the  computer 
rooms  at  night. 

The  department  of  university  safety 
says  it  has  no  witnesses  and  has  turned 
the  matter  over  to  the  Ottawa  Police. 

But  Const.  Tim  Memman  of  the  Ot- 
tawa Police  says  without  any  suspects, 
it's  unlikely  they  will  investigate  the 
matter.  □ 

(With  tiles  from  Tanya  Workman  and  Brandie  WeikJo, 
Charlatan  Staff) 


Computers  in  the  St.  Patrick's  Building  have  seen  better  days. 


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March  17,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  3 


CUSA  campaign  to  start  March  22 

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by  David  Hodges 

Charlatan  Start 

Campaigning  will  begin  once  again 
on  March  22  for  the  Carleton  University 
Students'  Association  general  elections. 

February's  election  was  overturned  by 
the  CUSA  constitutional  board  due  to 
constitutional  violations  and  upheld  by 
council  in  March. 

In  most  CUSA  elections,  the  campus  is 
wallpaperedwith  posters,  but  changes  to 
the  rules  brought  in  for  the  new  election 
are  designed  to  reduce  the  amount  of 
campaign  materials  used  and  ensure  le- 
gitimate balloting. 

The  rules  were  recommended  by  CUSA 
council  to  the  chief  electoral  officer  at  a 
council  meeting  March  8. 

Colleen  Felstead,  the  new  chief  elec- 
toral officer,  agreed  to  the  suggestions 
made  at  the  March  8  council  meeting. 
She  moved  up  from  deputy  electoral  of- 
ficer when  former  chief  electoral  officer 
lames  Rilett  resigned  at  the  March  8 
meeting.  Council  decided  to  appoint 
Felstead  because  there  wasn't  enough 
time  to  go  through  the  hiring  process, 
says  Rob  [amieson,  CUSA  vice-president 
internal. 

Felstead  says  she  is  hoping  to  avoid 
any  problems  with  the  second  election. 

"There  have  been  a  lot  of  changes  I've 
approved  of,  in  that  there  is  not  going  to 
be  a  million  posters  all  over  the  place," 
shesays.  "Unfortunately,  wehavetobea 
lot  more  strict  because  the  last  CEO  was 
so  lenient.  If  anyone  breaks  the  rules, 
they're  gone,"  says  Felstead. 

Infractions  in  the  last  election  included 
poll  clerks  who  supposedly  did  not  initial 
ballots  before  they  were  given  to  voters, 
gave  ballots  to  students  who  couldn't 
vote  or  didn't  give  ballots  to  those  who 
could. 


In  the  upcoming  election,  polling  clerks 
will  be  given  written  instructions  instead 
of  having  to  memorize  them  like  they  did 
before,  says  lamieson. 

"Elections  Carleton  has  to  overcom- 
pensate  for  things  that  screwed  up  the 
first  time,"  he  says. 

lamieson  says  another  problem  with 
the  poll  clerks  in  the  last  election  is  that 
they  were  rushing  people  when  line-ups 
got  too  long.  "To  hell  with  that.  Take  it 
slow,  take  it  easy,"  says  lamieson. 

"The  poll  clerks  will  be  given  instruc- 
tions specifically  on  who  is  allowed  to 
vote  for  what  to  avoid  confusion,"  says 
CUSA  journalism  councillor  James  Heath. 

Also,  spending  limits  havebeen  cut  by 
two-thirds.  Candidates  for  president  or 
finance  commissioner  will  be  allowed  to 
spend  $50  campaigning,  and  all  other 
positions  will  be  allowed  to  spend  $25. 

In  February's  election,  president  and 


finance  commissioner  candidates  were 
permitted  to  spend  $50  on  posters,  $50 
on  pamphlets,  and  $50  on  other  materi- 
als. Councillor  candidates  were  permit- 
ted to  spend  $25  for  each  type  of  mate- 
rial. 

Posters  are  given  a  set  value  as  deter- 
mined by  the  chief  electoral  officer  on 
factors  such  as  size  and  number  of  colors. 
However,  the  actual  design  and  printing 
costs  for  various  candidates'  posters  may 
be  much  different. 

lamieson  says  there  will  be  25  desig- 
nated postering  areas  in  which  each  can- 
didate can  place  one  poster.  Each  candi- 
date will  be  allowed  one  banner  for  each 
position  they  are  running  for. 

"That'll  be  really  cool,"  says  lamieson. 

He  also  says  presidential  and  finance 
commissioner  candidates  will  be  allowed 
a  maximum  of  300  8  1/2"  by  11"  pages 
for  pamphlets,  while  all  other  candidates 


will  be  allowed  half  this  amount. 

After  council  upheld  the  constitutional 
board's  decision  at  a  meeting  March  6 
and  again  on  March  8,  they  discussed 
and  made  recommendations  to  the  new 
chief  electoral  officer  on  how  to  improve 
the  election  system. 

But  Heath  says  several  councillors 
didn't  stay  to  discuss  the  changes. 

"Everyone  left  when  elections  were 
overturned.  Nobody  was  there  to  give 
any  feedback  —  positive  or  negative.  All 
decisions  made  were  almost  unanimous, " 
says  Heath. 

Despite  the  fact  CUSA  did  not  have 
quorum,  the  CEO  was  allowed  to  accept 
recommendations  from  the  remaining 
councillors. 

"They  give  me  suggestions.  Now  even 
if  they're  passed,  I  don't  have  to  follow 
them,"  says  Felstead.  "They  suggested  it 
so  obviously  people  want  it  that  way. "  □ 


Beware:  campus  theft  rising 


By  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Start 

This  winter  has  seen  a  rise  in  theft  on 
campus,  says  the  assistant  director  of 
Carleton's  department  of  university 
safety. 

Len  Boudreault  says  students  can  be 
in  for  a  surprise  if  they  leave  personal 
belongings  unattended. 

"This  time  ofyearweseealotoftheft," 
he  says,  although  he  couldn't  give  any 
statistics. 

"Things  are  going  missing  from  lock- 
ers and  in  the  library  people  leave  their 
personal  belongings  on  their  desk  while 
they  go  getabook,"  says  Boudreault.  "It 
is  like  inviting  people  to  steal  from  you." 

Gaston  Taylor,  the  department's  crime 


prevention  and  support  services  officer, 
says  students  don't  take  extra  precau- 
tions because  they  think  of  campus  as  an 
extension  of  their  home. 

"What  we  experience  here  is  real  life, " 
says  Taylor.  "There  is  a  false  sense  of 
security  on  campus  and  it  could  get  stu- 
dents into  trouble." 

lack  Gaboury,  a  first-year  Canadian 
studies  student,  says  he  didn't  think  he 
could  be  a  victim  of  theft.  He  was  mis- 
taken. Hiswalletwas  stolen  from  his  bag 
inthelibrarywhenhelefthisdeskfortwo 
minutes. 

"I  believed  that  on  a  university  cam- 
pus people  were  above  (theft),"  says 
Gaboury.  "Thefts  could  take  place  but  it 
never  entered  my  mind  that  it  would 


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happen  to  me." 

But  Nancy  Adamson,  co-ordinator  for 
Carleton's  status  of  women  office,  says 
students  aren't  naive  when  it  comes  to 
theft. 

"Things  disappear  but  many  are  as 
careful  not  to  leave  things  lying  around 
here  as  they  would  be  anywhere  (else)." 

Brenda  Kennedy,  co-ordinator  of  Car- 
leton's Foot  Patrol,  says  she  has  seen  very 
little  theft  on  campus,  but  says  it  is  does 
exist. 

"  I  have  heard  of  theft  which  occurred 
in  athletics  and  in  the  library,"  says 
Kennedy.  "Those  are  probably  the  big 
spots." 

Michael  Carroll,  vice-president  of  the 
Rideau  River  Residence  Association,  says 
theft  in  residence  is  common. 

"Within  residence,  some  (theft)  has 
occurred  in  the  past,"  says  Carroll.  "Peo- 
ple underestimate  theamountofthefton 
campus.  ...  I  know  I  do." 

Taylor  says  students  should  be  more 
aware  of  theft  on  campus. 

"You  have  to  take  responsibility  to 
protect  your  belongings,"  he  says.  "Peo- 
ple will  watch  where  things  are  being  left 
and  when  they  get  a  chance,  they  will 
strike.' 

Boudreault  says  there  have  been  more 
problems  with  thieves  and  vandals 
around  cars  because  there  are  more  peo- 
ple parking  on  campus,  starting  around 
Winterlude  in  February  and  continuing 
into  the  spring. 

"There  have  been  a  few  instances  of 
people  finding  their  tires  slashed  or  flat- 
tened," says  Boudreault. 

He  says  incidents  involving  cars  in  Lot 
5  near  the  athletics  building  have  been 
as  recently  as  within  the  last  week.  Q 

Wrth  tiles  trom  Brandie  Weikle,  Charlatan  Statl 


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OC  Transpoproposef 
changes  to  Route  #  7  9 


The  Number  4:  still  not  coming  to  a  campus  near  you 


by  Christine  Gough 

Charialan  Slalt 

Bus  service  may  increase  next  year, 
but  it  is  unlikely  that  the  Route  4  bus  will 
return  to  campus,  according  to  Helen 
Gault,  OC  Transpo's  director  of  systems 
planning. 

Instead,  she  suggested  possible  im- 
provements to  Route  19  as  a  way  of 
reducing  overcrowding  on  Routes  118 
and  7  ata  meeting  of  the  Carleton  Advi- 
sory Committee  on  March  8. 

The  committee  advises  Capital  Ward 
councillor  Jim  Watson  on  issues  such  as 
public  transportation  and  housing. 
Watson's  ward  includes  Carleton. 

Route  19  is  a  peak-period  bus,  run- 
ning from  about  7:30  a.m.  to  9  a.m.  and 
from  about  4  p.m.  to  6  p.m.  The  Route  19 
bus  runs  from  Riverside  Drive  to  campus, 
down  Bronson  Avenue  and  then  to 
Lebreton  Station  every  15  minutes. 

Gault  said  that  OC  Transpo  may  be 
considering  one  of  three  possible  changes 
to  Route  1 9  in  May  for  the  coming  school 
year,  which  would  make  the  route  shorter 
and  easier  for  Carleton  students  to  take. 

"In  the  Bronson  corridor,  both  north 
and  south  of  the  Queensway,  there  are 
students  who  are  having  difficulty  get- 
ting to  campus,"  said  Gault  at  the  meet- 
ing. 

One  option  suggested  by  OC  Transpo 


is  to  run  Route  1 9  from  Lebreton  Station, 
down  Bronson  to  Somerset  Street  and 
along  to  Bank  Street,  where  it  would 
follow  the  Route  7  path  to  Carleton. 

The  second  proposed  route  change 
would  see  Route  19  run  from  Riverside 
Drive  to  Carleton,  up  Bronson  and  along 
Albert  Street  to  the  Rideau  Centre  and 
back  to  Bronson  along  Slater  Street. 

Another  suggestion  is  to  have  Route 
19  follow  the  same  route  as  Route  4. 

OC  Transpo  may  also  change  the  hours 
of  operation  for  Route  19  to  8  a.m.  to  10 
a.m.  and  3  p.m.  to  6:30  p.m.  to  better 
reflect  peakstudent  hours,  Gaulttold  the 
meeting. 

Proposals  to  increase  Carleton  service 
on  Route  19  came  after  Watson  and 
Kristine  Haselsteiner,  vice-president  ex- 
ternal of  the  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association,  made  a  proposal  to 
the  OC  Transpo  commission  in  early  fall 
to  bring  Route  4  back  on  to  campus. 

Route  4  was  removed  from  campus  in 
1989  when  the  university  built  the 
Stormont-Dundas  residence.  The  loop 
used  by  Route  4  to  turn  back  towards 
Bronson  Avenue  after  coming  on  cam- 
pus was  destroyed  and  the  Route  4  has 
never  returned  since. 

Gault  said  there  were  two  reasons  for 

OC  Transpo  cont'd  on  pg.  6 


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OC  Transpo  cont'd  from  pg.  S. 

rejecting  the  proposal  to  bring  Route  4 
onto  campus. 

"We  would  have  to  add  seven  to  nine 
minutes  to  the  journey  time  of  1,600 
passengers  per  day,"  Gault  said.  "The 
second  reason  was  the  (operating)  cost. 
In  a  whole  year  it  would  cost  $300,000 
(more)." 

She  said  about  500  people  board  the 
bus  at  the  Bronson  stops  across  from 
Carleton  per  day.  She  said  most  passen- 
gers are  probably  students,  but  said  she 
didn't  know  the  precise  numbers. 

Watson  said  he's  pleased  with  the  new 
proposals  for  increasing  the  frequency  of 
Route  19  and  changing  its  route. 

"I'm  optimistic  that  we're  going  to  see 
a  higher  level  of  service  this  September." 

Haselsteiner  also  said  she's  pleased 
that  OC  Transpo  is  proposing  to  increase 
service  to  Route  19. 


She  said  she's  still  concerned  about 
people  having  to  walk  to  Bronson  Av- 
enue to  catch  Route  4  at  night  and  dan- 
gerous overcrowding  on  buses  which 
come  on  campus. 

"For  the  direct  safety  concerns  we 
brought  up,  the  proposal  doesn't  address 
them  as  much  as  we'd  like  them  to. 
There's  the  issue  that  a  lot  of  students 
using  the  Bronson  corridor  would  use  the 
bus  during  the  evening  rather  than  dur- 
ing the  day." 

Watson  said  he's  disappointed  that 
Route  4  will  not  likely  be  brought  back  on 
campus. 

"I  think  that  my  preference  has  al- 
ways been  to  bring  back  the  Number  4. 
I've  lost  that  battle  and  I  think  that  the 
proposals  on  Route  1 9  are  a  compromise 
in  the  right  direction.." 

OC  Transpo  will  be  holding  an  open 
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by  Arn  Keeling  and  Karolina  Srutek 

Chariavandats 

Sometimes,  lovemakesyoudocrazy 
things.  So  does  alcohol. 

On  a  recent  trip  to  the  wild,  south- 
era  Ontario  city  of  Guelph  (GuelphT), 
these  reporters  were  startled  to  find 
that  our  beloved  Sparky  had  a  street 
named  after  him  in  the  fair  city  of 
Sleeman's. 

Robert  Cripps,  a  Guelph  retiree  who  is 
researching  old  area  street  names  for  a 
book,  says  Farquhar  Street  is  a  venerable 
oldthoroughfare. 

The  Farquhar  clan  may  have  been  a 
family  of  local  lawyers  in  the  1800s, 
according  to  Cripps.  Hrrtm.  Could  this 
account  for  the  snappy  fashions  sported 
by  the  Sparkster  these  days?  Those  can  be 
nothing  but  the  spiffm'  threads  of  a  legal 
eagle. 

laili  Dickson  of  the  Guelph  Civic. 
Museum  says  Farquhar  Street  can  be 
found  on  an  1 862  map  of  the  area,  when 
it  was  a  mere  laneway. 

Nowadays,  Farquhar  Street  has  grown 
in  too  busy,  modem  street  featuring  about 
six  houses  and  several  telephone  poles. 
Oh,  yeah,  and  the  cop  shop. 

Well,  if  that  ain't  one  heck  of  an 
analogy  to  our  own  little  Sparkydom 
here  at  Carleton.  We've  grown  from  tiny 
Carleton  College  to  the  busy,  modem 
university  we  all  know,  featuring  about 
three  bus  routes  and  several  stop  signs. 


Oh,  yeah,  and  four  certified  special 
constables. 

So,  there  we  stood  on  this  awesome 
boulevard  with  some  of  our  gracious 
Guelphian  hosts,  admiring  the  sign 
proclaiming  the  city's  Farquhar  line- 
age. And  dammit,  wewanted  thatsign. 

We  pushed.  We  pulled.  We  climbed 
up  and  down,  We  were  kinda  loaded, 
so  it  was  difficult  Oh  yeah,  the  cop 
shop  was  about  100  metres  behind  us. 

After  retreating  to  a  nearby  house 
party  fora  breather,  we  set  out  once  more 
for  that  holiest  of  holy  grails.  This  time, 
we  had  tools.  Hammers,  a  saw,  pliers,  the 
works. 

We  scampered  yet  again  up  the  sign- 
post with  dreams  of  presenting  the  prized 
sign  to  our  fellow  Charlahacks  and  the 
university  community,  who  would  all 
appreciate  a  good  steal. 

It's  nights  like  this  we  wished  we  hod 
packed  those  metal  cutters.  Our  palms 
were  sweating  as  the  clock  struck  4  a.m.: 
the  hour  of  the  cops'  shift  change.  SHU  no 
damn  sign. 

Defeated  and  dispirited,  we  packed  it 
in  and  took  a  final  look  at  the  gleaming 
sign  in  the  starry  Guelph  {Guelph?)  sky. 

And  as  thebard  said  in  Ail's  Well  That 
End's  Well:  "That  I  should  love  a  bright 
particular  star/And  think  to  wed  it,  he  is 
so  above  me." 

(Can  you  tell  me  how  to  get,  how  to  gel 
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 NATIONAL  AFFAIRS   

T™n9  Pe<>Ple  underemployed:  report 

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by  Arn  Keeling 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  new  Statistics  Canada  survey  on 
youth  employment  says  the  decline  of 
employment  among  young  people  dur- 
ing the  recent  recession  is  "unprec- 
edented." 

And  the  employment  outlook  for 
young  people —over  50  per  cent  of  them 
unemployed  —  is  grim,  despite  the  eco- 
nomic recovery,  say  both  the  report  and 
some  observers. 

The  report,  written  by  Deborah  Sunter 
of  the  household  surveys  division  of  Sta- 
tistics Canada  and  released  this  month, 
lists  the  labor  participation  of  young 
people  aged  15  to  24  each  November 
from  1989  to  1993. 

Titled  "Youths  —  Waiting  It  Out,"  the 
report  focuses  on  how  youths  have  fared 
in  the  job  force  during  those  years  of 
recession.  The  news  is  not  good,  con- 
cludes Sunter. 

Since  the  peak  of  youth  employment 
in  1989  (when  62.3  per 
cent  of  youths  were  em- 
ployed), "youths  have 
bome  adisproportionate 
share  of  job  losses."  By 
November  1993,  only 
49.8  per  cent  of  youths, 
both  students  and  non- 
students,  were  employed. 

Employment  among 
students  specifically  has 
also  dropped  during  the 
recession. 

Full-time  students  un- 
employed and  seeking    -    _. 

work  jumped  7.3  per  cent,  to  16.9  per 
cent  from  9.6  percent,  from  1 989  to  1 993. 
Part-timers  fared  worse  during  the  reces- 
sion, moving  to  16.5  per  cent  unem- 
ployed from  6.8  per  cent.  Unemploy- 


ment for  non-students  increased  5.3  per 
cent  over  the  same  period,  to  18  per  cent. 

MP  Chris  Axworthy,  the  NDP  critic  for 
training  and  youth,  says  the  employ- 
ment statistics  for  youth  have  tradition- 
ally been  grim  and  that  "none  of  the 
things  we've  done  seems  to  have  im- 
proved this. 

"We  haven't,  as  a  country,  done 
enough,"  says  Axworthy. 

Carl  Gillis,  chair  of  the  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students,  calls  the  problem  of 
youth  unemployment  "a  social  catastro- 
phe" in  a  statement  addressing  the  re- 
port. He  says  the  government  should 
take  "immediate  action"  to  curb  the  prob- 
lem. 

Lucy  Watson,  president  of  Carleton 
University  Students'  Association,  says  the 
youth  unemployment  rate  has  a  huge 
impact  for  students. 

"People  assume  we're  in  school  all 
year,"  she  says,  which  means  "student 
unemployment  is  not  seen  as  important 


Sunter  writes,  ".  . .  these  stu- 
dents will  tend  to  lack  valuable 
job  exposure  when  they  com- 
plete their  education,  and  many 
will  have  to  borrow  heavily  to 
stay  in  school,  emerging  later 
with  a  significant  debt  load." 


as  'adult'  unemployment' 

Theproblem  of  yearlyunemployment 
averages  among  young  people  is  com- 
pounded by  summer-time  student  un- 
employment, which  has  reached  20  per 


cent  in  the  last  two  years. 

Sunter  writes  in  her  report  that  for 
students,  the  difficulty  in  finding  part- 
time  or  summer-time  employment  may 
have  dire  consequences. 

"•  ■  .  these  students  will  tend  to  lack 
valuable  job  exposure  when  they  com- 
plete their  education,  and  many  will 
have  to  borrow  heavily  to  stay  in  school, 
emerging  later  with  a  significant  debt 
load." 

Despite  recent  hopes  that  the  reces- 
sion is  ending,  the  report  says  "if  the 
pattern  of  the  1980s  is  repeated,  youths 
will  not  regain  their  pre-recession  rate  of 
employment  for  many  years  to  come." 

The  federal  Liberal  government  has 
promised  initiatives  to  help  get  youth 
back  to  work,  including  a  Youth  Service 
Corps.  This  program,  slated  to  begin  this 
year,  hopes  to  put  10,000  participants 
from  18-  to  24-years  old  to  work  on 
community-based  projects  within  three 
years. 

Axworthy  says  this  program  is  "a  good 
first  step,"  but  the  feds  haven't  shown 
themselves  to  be  serious  about  long-term 
solutions  to  chronic  joblessness. 

He  says  the  federal  budget  released 
Feb.  22  cut  more  jobs  than  it  created  and 
showed  the  Liberals'  priorities  are  wrong. 

"The  right  thing  to  do  is  to  put  job 
creation  first,"  he  says. 

Axworthy  says  the  solution  is  to  hold 
forums  with  unemployed  people  and  cli- 
ents of  social  programs  like  unemploy- 
ment insurance  to  find  out  how  they  are 
affected  by  the  recession. 

He  also  says  he  will  continue  to 
"badger"  the  government  on  the  issue  of 
youth  unemployment. 

"Whether  they  will  listen  is  another 
matter."  q 

Wrth  files  from  Brandie  Weikle 


Youth  unemployed: 
Lowest  of  the  low 

Here  are  the  November  labor  force 
characteristics  of  youths  aged  15  to  24, 
from  the  Statistics  Canada  survey  re- 
leased this  month. 

The  unemployment  rate  describes 
those  people  who  were  unemployed  and 
looking  for  work  in  the  years  below. 

The  employment  rate  is  the  ratio  of 
young  people  employed  part-  or  full- 
time  to  the  entire  youth  population. 

Of  course,  not  all  youths  are  partici- 
pating in  the  labor  force,  that  is,  em- 
ployed or  actively  seeking  employment. 
The  first  figure,  the  participation  rate,  is 
the  combined  percentages  of  the  popula- 
tion of  youths  who  ore  employed  or  ac- 
tively seeking  work. 

Participation  rate  (%) 


1989 
66.8 
4S.7 
89.8 
87.3 


Overall 

Full-time  students 
Part-time  students 
Non-students 

Unem ploymen t  rate  (%) 

1989 

Overall  11.4 
Full-time  students  9.6 
Part-time  students  6.8 
Non-students  12.7 

Employment  rate  (%) 

1989 

Overall  59.2 
Full-time  students  41.3 
Part-time  students  83.7 
Non-students         76. 1 


1993 
60.3 
40.6 
85.1 
85.6 


1993 
17.5 
16.9 
16.5 
18.0 


1993 
49.8 
33.7 
71.1 
70.2 


Teaching  support  staff  at  SFU  vote  to  strike 


by  Am  Keeling 

Charlatan  Staff 

On  the  same  day  that  a  strike  by 
teaching  and  research  assistants  was  re- 
jected at  Carleton,  teaching  support  staff 
at  Simon  Fraser  University  in  Bumaby, 
B.C.,  voted  overwhelmingly  to  take  job 
action. 

After  10  months  without  a  contract, 
members  of  the  Teaching  and  Support 
Staff  Union  of  SFU  voted  84  per  cent  in 
favor  of  job  action  March  9  and  10. 

"It  allows  the  membership  to  decide 
what  job  action  to  take, "  says  Paul  Reniers, 
the  union's  organizer  and  chief  negotia- 
tor. 

Reniers  says  the  membership  will  meet 
this  week  to  discuss  the  vote  and  the 
possibility  of  mediation  with  the  univer- 
sity. 

The  mediation  process  could  delay 
strike  action  for  up  to  48  hours  if  the 
union  should  decide  to  withdraw  from 
negotiations  and  serve  a  strike  notice. 

The  union  represents  about  800 teach- 
ing and  research  assistants  and  sessional 
lecturers  at  SFU. 

The  sort  of  job  action  the  membership 
could  take  includes  an  information  picket, 
withholding  grades  from  classes,  or  work- 
ing to  rule,  which  means  doing  only  the 
most  basic  jobs  required  of  them. 

"It  could  mean  an  all-out  strike,  but 
that  doesn't  seem  likely  to  happen  at  this 
point,"  says  Reniers. 

At  the  latest  bargaining  session  be- 
tween the  union  and  the  university  on 
March  11,  Reniers  says  the  university 
refused  to  budge  on  key  issues  and  rec- 
ommended the  appointment  of  a  media- 
tor from  the  B.C.  Labor  Relations  Board. 

Tom  King,  the  chair  of  the  university's 
negotiating  committee,  says  the  univer- 
sity will  apply  to  the  board  formediation 


this  week. 

The  union's  three-year  contract  with 
the  university  ended  in  April  1993.  Since 
then,  negotiations  for  a  new  contract 
have  stuck  on  job  security  issues,  wages 
and  compensation  for  increasing  work- 
loads. 

"We've  made  a  series  of  concessions . 
. .  basically  reducing  ourproposals, "  says 
Reniers.  "The  university  presented  lots  of 
proposals  and  no  details." 

But  King  says  it  was  the  union  who 
refused  to  revise  their  demands  at  the  last 
session. 

"They  did  not  modify  their  position," 
says  King.  "(We're)  a  world  apart  regard- 
ing monetary  issues." 

In  negotiations,  the  union  dropped  its 
demands  for  a  wage  increase  to  10  per 
cent  over  two  years  from  20  percent  over 
two  years. 

The  university's  latest  counter-pro- 
posal offeredal.5-per-centwage  increase 


in  the  first  year  of  the  contract  and  zero 
per  cent  the  next.  King  says  the  univer- 
sity is  adamant  that  wages  can't  go  up 
any  further. 

"On  an  hourly  rate,  we  compare  very 
well  (to  other  universities),"  he  says.  Doc- 
toral students  who  are  teaching  staff  in 
the  union  receive  $24  per  hour  and  mas- 
ter's students  get  $21  per  hour. 

He  says  because  the  union  is  demand- 
ing a  five-per-cent  pay  increase  each 
year  and  a  seven-per-cent  reduction  in 
workload,  that  equals  a  12-per-cent  pay 
hike,  which  the  university  can't  handle. 

"We're  being  told  to  look  at  a  zero-per- 
cent funding  increase  (from  the  prov- 
ince) for  the  next  year,"  King  says. 

Reniers  says  the  union  is  also  demand- 
ing compensation  for  the  degenerating 
working  conditions  and  guarantees  of 
job  security  for  TAs  who  are  having  their 
workloads  decreased  or  their  jobs  elimi- 
nated. 


Some  of  their  grievances  are: 

•  Growing  class  sizes  and  workloads 
for  TAs  and  sessional  lecturers. 

•  The  university  has  been  phasing  out 
many  TA  tutorial  groups,  replacing  them 
with  in-class  lab  work. 

•  In  some  departments,  TAs  are  being 
offered  only  partial  contracts,  amount- 
ing to  three-fifths  of  their  previous  work- 
load and  pay. 

•  The  university  has  proposed  limiting 
the  rehiring  of  TAs  to  a  determination  of 
excellence  in  job  performance  without 
giving  specific  guidelines  as  to  how  this 
would  be  determined. 

Reniers  says  working  conditions  have 
degenerated  over  the  last  few  years  and 
things  aren't  likely  to  improve. 

"The  university  has  indicated  things 
will  continue  to  go  the  same  direction." 

King,  however,  suggests  the  union's 
demands  to  redress  these  problems  are 
not  appropriate  for  short-term  employ- 
ees like  TAs  and  sessional  lecturers. 

"We  have  not  made  any  proposals 
about  job  security  issues, "  he  says.  But  he 
says  the  university  periodically  reviews 
TAs'  and  sessiona 1 lecturers'  workloads  to 
make  sure  they  are  not  excessive. 

Reniers  says  there  has  been  little  stu- 
dent reaction  to  the  possibility  of  the 
strike  so  far. 

"Basically,  people  have  been  unin- 
formed. Up  to  now,  we've  been  working 
on  informing  the  membership." 

The  next  week  of  bargaining  with  a 
mediator  will  be  crucial  to  averting  job 
action. 

"We'll  have  to  see  how  much  pressure 
we  put  on  administration  to  get  a  reason- 
able contract. ...  I  think  we'll  get  one," 
Reniers  says.  "Andif  the  university  won't 
be  reasonable  about  it,  we  might  not 
have  classes  this  summer."  □ 


March  17,  1994  -  The  Charlatan  •  7 


Cooke  says  framework  not  a  threat  to  schools 


by  G.  Bruce  Rolston 

The  Varsity.  University  ot  Toronto 

TORONTO  (CUP)  —  Ontario's  educa- 
tion minister  says  he  never  meant  uni- 
versities to  feel  threatened  by  the  minis- 
try's "zero  tolerance"  policy. 

But  David  Cooke,  minister  of  educa- 
tion and  training,  says  he  resents  being 
left  to  defend  the  issue  of  ending  harass- 
ment on  campuses  by  himself. 

Cooke  is  particularly  critical  of  On- 
tario's student  groups,  who  he  says  al- 
lowed the  debate  over  the  ministry's  guide- 
lines for  university  harassment  policies 
to  become  an  academic  freedom  issue, 
rather  than  an  issue  of  accessibility  for 
disadvantaged  students. 

"What  has  disappointed  me  is  that 
those  who  have  advocated  this  type  of 
policy  have  been  almost  entirely  silent," 
he  says.  "It's  baffled  me  why  students 
who  have  supported  the  move  have  been 
quite  quiet." 

Last  October,  the  ministry  released  its 
"Framework  Regarding  Prevention  of 


Harassment  and  Discrimination  in  On- 
tario Colleges  and  Universities."  The  docu- 
ment asks  universities  to  submit  their 
current  policies  to  prevent  harassment  to 
the  Ontario  Council  of  University  Affairs 
by  March  1. 

The  policy  framework  also  states  that 
universities  shouldadopta  policy  of  "zero 
tolerance"  towards  acts  of  harassment. 

Karen  Wheeler,  a  senior  policy  advi- 
sor in  the  ministry,  says  information  on 
when  and  which  universities  submitted 
their  revised  policies  has  not  yet  been 
released. 

Wheeler  says  the  council  is  going 
through  preliminary  analysis  of  all  the 
information  on  harassment  policies 
they've  received  from  universities  thus 
far. 

If  implemented  by  a  university,  the 
policy  framework  would  forbid  speech 
and  conduct  which  harasses  or  discrimi- 
nates against  a  group  or  individual,  or 
creates  a  "negative  environment"  on 
campus. 


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KICK  A  BARREL  of  Jack  Daniel's  the  wrong  way 
and  no  one  will  ever  see  the  rewards. 

If  it  rolls  to  a  stop  with  the  bung  down, 
it'll  leak  whiskey  by  the  gallon.  But  our 
barrelman  knows  how  many  turns  and 
partial  turns  each  barrel  will  make  as  he 
fills  up  a  rick.  So  he'll  turn  the  bung 
to  just  the  right  position  before  he 
kicks  a  barrel.  And  it'll  stop  with 
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People  or  groups  would  be  protected 
on  grounds  that  include  race,  ethnic  ori- 
gin, citizenship,  sexual  orientation,  dis- 
ability, family  status  and  receipt  of  pub- 
lic assistance. 

The  policy  framework  would  apply  to 
all  academic  and  non-academic  staff, 
students,  committee  members  and  visi- 
tors. Penalties  would  range  from  miscon- 
duct a  verbal  apology  to  dismissal  or 
expulsion. 

Professors  at  some  universities,  includ- 
ing Trent  and  Carleton,  condemned  the 
framework  as  imposing  on  freedom  of 
speech  on  university  campuses. 

Carleton  President  Robin  Farquhar 
rejected  the  provincial  govemmentpolicy 
Feb.  8,  saying  there  "is  a  fear  that  the 
government  is  somehow  going  to  require 
universities  to  comply  with  regulations 
that  will  deprive  us  of  our  academic  free- 
dom and ...  I  have  no  intention  of  doing 
such  a  thing." 

But  Cooke  says  he  never  had  any 
intention  of  forcing  universities  to  com- 


ply with  its  guidelines.  Every  university 
had  to  come  up  with  its  own  form  of  self- 
regulation,  he  says. 

"I  don't  think  that  people  have  fully 
understood  that  this  does  not  interfere 
with  academic  freedom,"  he  says. 

Ministry  officials  say  they  will  not 
interfere  in  university  harassment  poli- 
cies. 

Cooke  is  critical  of  groups  like  the 
Canadian  Federation  of  Students  for  not 
effectively  supporting  the  idea  behind 
"zero  tolerance." 

But  Jason  Hunt,  chair  of  the  Canadian 
Federation  of  Students'  Ontario  wing, 
says  his  group  is  strongly  in  favor  of  the 
ministry's  position. 

"First  of  all,  the  minister  is  wrong, 
We're  very  much  in  favor  of  the  direction 
the  minister  has  taken,"  he  says.  "There 
is  a  need  for  students  to  be  free  from 
harassment  or  discrimination  on  cam- 
pus." Q 

Wflh  files  from  Karolina  Srulek,  Charlatan  staff 


U  Vic  committee  says  hike  fees 


by  Shawn  Hal! 

The  Martlet.  University  of  Victoria 

VICTORIA  (CUP)  —  Students  at  the 
University  of  Victoria  will  probably  have 
to  pay  almost  $200  more  in  tuition  and 
other  fees  next  year. 

Aunanimous  recommendation  March 
7  from  a  board  of  governors  committee 
would  raise  tuition  by  9.65  per  cent  and 
athletic  and  recreation  fees  by  $2  per 
semester  next  year. 

Theboard  of  governors  will  vote  March 
21  on  the  committee's  recommendation 
to  raise  fees, 

"We're  looking  at  10  per  cent  annu- 
ally until  they  (the  government)  take 
time  to  restructure  the  way  universities 
get  money  or  the  way  they  spend  it, "  says 
Beth  Hardy,  one  of  two  student  repre- 
sentatives on  the  board  of  governors  and 
member  of  the  provincial  executive  for 
the  Canadian  Federation  of  Students. 
Hardy  was  not  on  the  committee. 

"The  impact  is  that  student  fees  are 
constantly  going  up  while  our  student 
loans  remain  the  same,"  says  Hardy. 
"The  amount  we're  talking  about  is  a 
month's  worth  of  food  for  a  student. 

"The  board  showed  no  recognition  of 
the  injustice  of  asking  students  to  pay  the 
difference  to  balance  their  budget." 

The  B.C.  NDP  government  is  only  ad- 
justing grants  to  universities  for  the  in- 
creased number  of  full-time  students,  but 
is  not  increasing  grants  for  inflation. 
"As  long  as  this  (NDP)  administra- 


tion's been  here,  the  budget  for  educa 
tion  institutions  has  been  at  a  zero-per- 
cent  increase,  "says  Alan  Strickland,  com- 
munications manager  with  the  provin- 
cial Ministry  of  Skills,  Labor  and  Train- 
ing. 

Federal  transfer  payments  for  post- 
secondary  education  in  B.C.  have  been 
frozen  since  1989.  The  result  has  been 
fewer  dollars  provided  by  the  province  to 
universities,  who  have  been  forced  to  cut 
programs  and  raise  fees. 

Hardy  says  the  government  is  only 
interested  in  short-term  solutions,  like 
job-training  programs  run  through  col- 
leges. 

"It's  very  clear  to  me  that  the  job- 
training  programs  are  not  giving  people 
the  skills  they  need  to  get  jobs,"  she  says. 

Government-appointed  U  Vic  board 
member  David  Philip  agrees.  "Dan  Miller 
(minister  of  labor,  skills  and  training! 
doesn't  appear  to  think  universities  are 
as  high  a  priority  as  colleges,"  he  says. 

Philip  says  the  university  is  in  a  tough 
spot,  caught  between  reduced  govern- 
ment funding  and  increasing  costs. 

"We  are  actually  going  backwards," 
he  said,  adding  if  U  Vic  had  enough 
money,  it  wouldn't  cut  programs.  But  it 
doesn't. 

"This  is  unfortunately  a  trend, "  Philip 
says.  "In  the  short  haul  you  guys  (stu- 
dents) are  the  meat  in  the  sandwich.  I'm 
Sympathetic."  □ 

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8  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  17,  1994 


INTERNATIONAL  AFFAIRS 


Raising  voices  and  awareness 


Women  speak  out  "in  the  name  of  love 

uy  josee  Bellemare 

Cttartaian  Statt 

-in  the  name  of  love,  stop  violence  against  women,"  Margot  Franssen 
t0ld  a  gathering  of  about  350  women  at  the  National  Library  on  Interna 
.jonal  Women's  Day  March  8.  She  received  a  standing  ovation 

The  conference,  to  celebrate  women  around  the  world,  focused  on  the 
problem  of  violence  against  women  UI1UK 

It  was  sponsored  by  the  federal  department  Status  of  Women  Canada 
the  Canadian  International  Development  Agency  and  the  Body  Shop 

Franssen,  the  president  of  the  Body  Shop  Canada,  emphasized  our  need 
•to  recognize  and  understand  that  women's  rights  are  important  to 
everybody. 

"We  are  all  very  concerned  about  the  issues  of  women  and 
violence  against  women,"  said  Christine  Stewart,  Cana- 
da's secretary  of  state  for  Latin  America  and  Africa 
"There  are  three  billion  women  around  the  world  who 
do  not  know  (this  day  is  taking  place).  (Violence 
against  women  is)  far  more  widespread  than  women 
realize." 

The  symbol  of  the  event  was  a  daisy  which,  Franssen 
said,  represents  strength,  fortitude  and  love. 

Half  of  the  petals  are  plucked  to  represent  the  51  per 
cent  of  Canadian  women  reported  to  have  suffered 
from  violence  at  least  once  since  they  were  1 6,  accord- 
ing to  a  report  released  by  Statistics  Canada  in  Novem- 
ber 1993. 

Sheila  Finestone,  secretary  of  state  for  the  status  of 
women,  introduced  "The  Community  Kit,"  which  provides 
information  and  ideas  on  how  targeted  communities  across  Canada 
can  take  action  against  violence  against  women. 

"Many  of  these  communities  have  not  had  access  in  the  past  to  a 
resource  of  this  type  and  that  was  one  criterion  for  the  project,"  said 
Finestone  in  a  press  release.  "These  diverse  communities  were  also  carefully 
selected  to  ensure  regional  representation  and  to  put  emphasis  on  reaching 
rural,  isolated  and  northern  women,  immigrant  and  visible  minority 
women,  women  with  disabilities,  and  women  living  in  poverty." 

Francine  said  Body  Shop  stores  across  Canada  provide  "a  harassment- 
free  place,"  with  staff  meetings  to  watch  videos  about  stopping  violence 
against  women.  They  also  hold  public  forums  with  their  campaign  part- 
ners. 

"We  wanted  to  provide  information  for  our  customers  to  empower 
women  to  take  control  over  our  lives  and  achieve  zero  tolerance  forviolence 
against  women, "  she  said.  "We  have  the  commitment  to  make  it  happen. 
We  will  not  be  silenced."  n 


Nicaraguan  women  struggle  for  rights 

by  Brandie  Weikle 

Charlatan  Staff 

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wplhinvQf  rQJSed °  fu  m"y  thQt  he'Ped  hide  the  br°™.  yc™g  women  who 
As  nnrt™, ^"overthrowing  *e  oppressive  military  government. 

Ottawa  toS  he  e™bonQl  W°mT'S  Week'  Calero'  wh0  is  ™  »vtag  in 
?enTe  on  March  7  ^  '°  Q  9r°UP  * at  Car,e,°n's  W°™"'s 

™LVn°imenHCQler0v,Sp0k!.0f  Were  involved        *e  Sandinistas,  who 
regime  °VerthreW  the  dictQtor  Anastacio  Somoza  and  his  military 

She  said  women  saw  Somoza's  government  as  a  violent  and 
repressive  leadership  that  provided  no  relief  for  their  impov- 
enshed  families. 

They  wanted  access  to  education  and  health  care 
"For  women,  (the  revolution)  represented  freedom  and 
change  for  the  future,  for  woman-kind,"  said  Calero. 

Prior  to  the  revolution,  women  would  be  denied  a 
divorce  if  their  husband  did  not  grant  it.  There  were  also 
few  laws  to  prevent  violence  against  women. 
"Before  the  war,  a  man  could  hit  a  women  to  death  " 
said  Calero. 

Now,  Nicaraguan  women  can  get  a  divorce  in  six 
months  and  violence  against  women  is  recoqnized  as  a 
crime. 

Calero  told  the  stories  of  young  women  like  17-year-old 
Gladys  Baes,  who  she  said  was  the  first  woman  to  stand  up 
against  the  military  regime.  Baes  went  into  the  mountains  and  lead 
60otherwomenona300-kilometrewalktothecapitalofManagua  By 
the  time  the  group  reached  its  destination,  she  was  leading  200  women 

Baes  was  also  involved  in  the  first  guerrilla  attack  on  the  government  She 
was  one  of  only  three  survivors. 

Later,  while  jailed  and  tortured,  Baes  was  hung  from  her  fingers  for  hours 
until  she  became  mentally  ill.  She  spent  two  years  in  a  psychiatric  hospital. 

Another  women,  Gladys  Tijerino,  came  from  a  rich  family,  which  she  left 
to  join  the  guerrillas.  She  led  a  movement  at  the  university  she  attended 

She  was  jailed  and  raped  by  members  of  the  Somoza  military.  She  then 
became  pregnant  and  was  given  a  forced  and  violent  abortion. 

But  women  like  Tijerino  and  Baes  who  fought  did  make  a  difference  for 
other  women  in  their  country  after  the  Sandinistas  triumphed. 

After  the  revolution,  a  women's  group  that  lobbied  forwomen's  rights  was 
able  to  change  the  laws  concerning  divorce  and  violence  against  women.  □ 


Diverse  views  about  International  Women  fs  Week 

What  is  the  meaning  and  importance  of  an  international  women 's  week? 


ay  Angie  Gallop 

tarlatan  Staff 

Debate  surrounds  the  whole  concept  of  how  to  define  International  Women's 
Week,  held  this  year  March  7-11,  and  whether  or  not  it  should  even  exist.rhe 
-horlatan  asked  women  the  following  question: 

What  does  International  Women's  Week  mean  to  you? 

"  I  feel  International  Women's  Week  is  an  impor- 
tant way  to  recognize  the  role  women  play  in  today's 
society.  However,  much  of  the  attention  has  been 
focused  on  past  negative  attitudes,  which  are,  in 
many  instances,  outdated.  It  would  be  nice  to  draw 
attention  to  the  positive  achievements  of  today  as 
well." 

Rumeia  Kabir 
Engineering  III 


"I  liked  the  fact  that  women  from  all  different 
'Qckgrounds  got  together  on  the  same  issues.  The 
^portance  of  unity  among  women  was  empha- 
ized." 

Natasha  Parriag 
Economics  III 


"I  still  believe  that  International  Women's  Week 
has  a  long  way  to  go.  There  still  are  women  who  have 
been  left  out  of  the  whole  week.  Many  women  don't 
want  to  be  used  as  tokens  for  a  concept  that  seems 
predominantly  white.  The  image  of  what  an  interna- 
tional woman  is  needs  to  be  revamped  to  be  more 
inclusive." 

fanice  Anderson 
English  II 


It's  a  time  for  women  to  get  together,  discuss  their 
differences  and  perspectives  and  celebrate  in  their 
diversity.  It's  a  time  for  women  and  men  to  educate 
themselves  about  women's  real  history  and  current 
roles  in  society.  It's  a  time  to  set  strategies  to  solving 
problems  that  affect  women,  children  and  men.  But 
this  work,  discussion  and  celebration  should  go  on 
every  month  week  and  day  —  so  that  an  Interna-, 
tional  Women's  Week  is  not  set  aside  as  a  special 
occasion.  Everyday  would  be  a  woman's  day." 

Renee  Twaddle 
Phitosophy\Religion  III 
Women's  Centre  Co-ordinator 


"It's  very  important  during  this  week  and  every 
week  of  the  year  to  remember  the  importance  of 
women  in  all  societies.  Their  contributions  and 
knowledge  are  essential  for  human  survival." 


Megan  Dodds 
Geography\Anthropology  III 


Correction 

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was  cited  as  growing  12  per  cent  over  the  last  four  years.  It  has  actually  grown  by 
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those  who  contributed  to  the  section  this  year.  While  some  pieces 
were  not  used  due  to  space  limitations,  all  the  volunteer  effort 
poured  into  this  section  was  greatly  appreciated.  International 
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10  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  17,  1994 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


Now  we1  re 
screwing 
ourselves 


I could  have  cried  on  Thursday  night. 
Some  others  looked  like  they  were  going  to. 
In  the  silence  of  Porter  Hall,  where  a  thou- 
sand angry  students  should  have  been  de- 
manding justice  at  the  top  of  their  lungs,  a  few 
ledicated  members  of  CUPE  Local  2323  accepted  a 
rustrating  defeat. 

The  union  local  of  teaching  and  research  assistants 
ragically  averted  a  strike  by  voting  455-373  in  favor  of 
,ccepting  the  university's  finalofferon  March  10,  against 
tie  recommendation  of  the  local's  executive. 

The  so-called  "deal"  the  local  members  accepted: 
,uaranteed  mid-term  meetings  between  them  and  their 
upervisors  to  discuss  work  loads,  meetings  for  them  to 
lave  a  say  in  which  course  they're  assigned  to  and  five 
xtra  hours  of  paid  work  a  year  for  graduate  assistants. 
Scraps. 

The  five  extra  hours  of  pay  will  go  towards  a  training 
Ession  which  was  in  place  already  but  will  now  be 
fiandatory.  The  meetings  will  help  ensure  teaching 
ssistants  get  to  voice  their  concerns  about  being  over- 
worked and  have  some  sortofsayinwhothey  work  with . 
hese  "benefits"  are  so  basic,  the  local  shouldn't  have 
iad  to  ask  for  them  in  the  first  place. 

One  of  the  many  sacrifices  the  local  had  to  make  in 
legotiations  was  its  demand  for  a  tuition  freeze  for  its 
nembers.  The  demand  was  made  mainly  so  that  the 
niversity  couldn't  jack  up  tuition  like  it  did  after  the  last 
ollective  agreement.  A  78-per-cent  increase  in  post- 
esidency  tuition  fees  did  away  with  any  gain  made  from 
3-per-cent  wage  increase  for  1992-93. 

And  so,  with  this  agreement,  members  of  CUPE  Local 
323  took  the  scraps  thrown  to  them  from  the  dining 
3ble  over  in  administration,  just  as  many  students  take 
heir  scraps,  dress  up  for  job  interviews  for  careers  in 
window  washing,  treeplant  their  way  through  a  univer- 
ity  degree  and  convince  themselves  they're  lucky. 

Watching  all  this  makes  you  wonder  —  why  do  we 
oluntarily  throw  ourselves  down  and  make  like  door- 
aats? 

Because  students  are  powerless.  And  the  only  ones 
esponsible  for  that  is  ourselves.  Think  of  the  thousands 
f  students  who  are  scaring  the  merde  out  of  Paris, 
iolently  protesting  in  the  streets  against  a  plan  to  make 
oung  people  work  for  less  than  minimum  wage.  Their 
roblems  are  the  same  as  many  of  ours.  They  are  scared 
bout  the  future.  Their  chances  of  getting  a  decent  job 
re  a  joke.  They  are  expendable  because  they  are  young, 
hey  are  tired  of  being  shit  on.  The  only  difference  is  that 
'e  deny  ourselves  the  power  by  not  showing  it  en  masse. 

Why? 

Because  many  students  can't  see  beyond  themselves, 
ind  who  can  really  blame  them?  Who  wants  to  strike 
'hen  you're  worried  about  a  paycheque,  when  you  don't 
ave  the  time  because  you're  overworked,  when  you're 
fraid  that  if  your  prof  sees  you  in  the  picket  line  you  can 
rave  goodbye  to  a  job  reference?  By  worrying  only  about 
'9ht  here,  right  now,  we  cannot  see  that  we  are  screwing 
urselves  over  for  tomorrow  and  every  day  after. 

Why? 

Because  some  students  are  ignorant.  And  you  really 
on  blame  them  for  that.  It's  easy  to  criticize  or  laugh  at 
eople  who  are  questioning  the  status  quo  and  fighting 
3r  change.  It's  much  harder  to  do  it  yourself.  Shame  on 
he  few  of  you  who  drove  through  a  crowd  of  your  fellow 
tudents  at  the  local's  information  picket.  Shame  on 
hose  of  you  who  tried  to  belittle  some  very  sincere  efforts 
3  make  changes  for  everyone's  benefit.  Shame  on  those 

*  you  who  don't  care  because  it  doesn't  affect  you. 
""'re  the  reason  we  have  to  slowly  give  what  we  have 
™Qy  and  then  go  begging  for  more.  You're  the  reason 
™ngs  stay  the  way  they  are. 

Why? 

Because  it  takes  a  whole  lot  of  courage  and  sweat  and 
tamina  and  tears  to  fight  all  of  this  and  still  face  some 
leoPle's  disdain.  And  that's  why  many  CUPE  2323 
lumbers  deserve  the  hugest  amount  of  respect  for  what 
hey  did.  This  time,  their  efforts  were  not  enough. 

And  so  we  give  in.  A  little  here.  A  little  there.  No  time. 
"°  Power.  There  are  other  things  to  worry  about.  It  could 

*  worse. 

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OPINION 


Justice  stalled  for  B.C.  inmate 


by  Tim  Ashby 

Tim  Ashby  is  a  tnird-year  criminology  sludent  at  Carteton. 

Patrick  Kelly  is  a  student  working  on  his  master's 
degree  in  kinesiology.  He  is  finishing  his  thesis  on  how  to 
cure  nicotine  addiction. 

Not  such  an  unusual  pastime,  except  Kelly  does  his 
research  in  the  library  at  William  Head  Institution,  a 
federal  penitentiary  in  Victoria,  B.C.  where  he  has  spent 
the  last  six  years  of  his  life  serving  a  life  sentence  with  no 
hope  of  parole  for  25  years. 

But  Kelly  is  innocent.  He  was  wrongfully  convicted  of 
first  degree  murder  in  a  trial  that  relied  heavily  on  eye 
witness  testimony  only  recently  exposed  as  question- 
able. 

Kelly  threw  his  wife  from 
the  balcony  of  their  17th-sto- 
rey  Toronto  condominium  in 
1982.  At  least,  that's  what  the 
cops  told  him.  That's  whatthe 
headlines  kept  screaming.  And 
thaf  s  what  alleged  eyewitness 
Dawn  Taber  told  the  judge  in 
her  testimony  at  Kelly's  1984 
trial.  She  was  a  friend  of  the 
family  and  was  at  the  home 
around  the  time  of  the  death. 

On  Dec.  17,  1993,  Dawn 
Taber  recanted  her  testimony 
fingering  Kelly  as  having  killed 
his  wife.  Now  she  says  she  left 
before  seeing  how  Kelly's  wife 
died.  Even  more  startling  is 
her  accusation  that  the  origi- 
nal testimony  was  coerced  be- 
cause the  Metropolitan  Toronto  Police  investigators 
threatened  her  with  charges  of  accessory  to  murder 
unless  she  implicated  Kelly  on  the  stand.  Without  this 
testimony,  the  case  against  Kelly  was  mostly  circumstan- 
tial evidence. 

Having  exhausted  all  chances  to  appeal  the  convic- 
tion, Kelly's  legal  counsel,  Toronto  lawyerClayton  Ruby, 
has  just  now  played  out  their  final  option.  Section  690  of 
the  Criminal  Code  allows  for  an  application  for  mercy  to 
be  made  to  the  federal  Justice  Minister  Allan  Rock,  who 
may  either  order  a  new  trial  or  refer  the  case  to  an 
appeals  court  for  review.  This  same  section  was  used  to 
free  Donald  Marshall  and  David  Millgaard,  who  both 
served  lengthy  sentences  after  questionable  evidence 
was  used  at  their  trials. 

Kelly  has  already  been  fighting  for  10  years.  Ten  years 
of  fighting  the  correctional  service  for  a  change  of 
identity  for  his  own  protection,  of  begging  for  a  transfer 
out  of  the  Kingston  penitentiary,  where  as  a  former 
narcotics  police  officer  he  was  considered  the  lowest  form 
of  life.  And  10  years  of  repeating  to  those  who  would 


listen  that  he  was  innocent. 

Set  aside  the  many  applications  and  appeals  Kelly 
has  filed  under  the  Privacy  Act  requesting  access  to  what 
he  contends  are  roughly  7,000  pages  of  interview  tran- 
scripts and  investigators'  notes  taken  before  the  trial  that 
should  have  been  released  by  the  Crown  as  part  of  the 
disclosure  process. 

Ignore  the  17  rebuttals  Kelly  has  collected  from  spe- 
cialists denouncing  the  scientific  evidence  entered  as 
testimony  by  Crown  witnesses,  rebuttals  that  strongly 
contradict  the  circumstantial  evidence  used  to  convict 
Kelly. 

Focus  instead  on  what  hasn't  happened.  Following 
the  release  of  Donald  Marshall 
in  1983,  a  Royal  Commission 
of  Inquiry  was  directed  to  in- 
vestigate the  case.  It  reported 
in  1989.  Its  primary  recom- 
mendation was  for  "the  estab- 
lishment of  an  independent 
review  mechanism  to  facili- 
tate the  reinvestigation  of  al- 
leged cases  of  wrongful  con- 
viction . "  To  date,  the  response 
of  the  federal  and  provincial 
justice  ministers  has  been  to 
ignore  the  recommendation. 

Rock  stood  in  the  House  of 
Commons  on  Feb.  4  this  year 
and  stated  that  "in  the  full- 
ness of  time, "  an  investigative 
brief  on  Kelly  would  be  pre- 
pared for  him  to  review.  This 
seems  a  vague  and  frighten- 
ing choice  of  words  when  one  recalls  the  lengthy  delays 
associated  with  the  release  of  Millgaard. 

But  then.  Rock  is  a  busy  man  these  days,  hastily 
reforming  the  Young  Offenders  Act  to  double  prison 
sentences  for  kids  who  kill.  In  fact,  he'll  be  meeting  with 
his  provincial  ministers  on  March  23  and  24  to  discuss 
these  reforms  in  person. 

That  is  exactly  why  now  is  the  time  to  remind  him  of 
Kelly,  who  sits  in  his  cell  and  waits  for  the  bureaucratic 
wheels  to  turn.  It  is  time  to  ask  Rock  if  he  intends  to  ignore 
the  recommendations  of  the  Marshall  Commission  as 
his  predecessor  has  done.  Kelly  deservesan  investigative 
review  of  his  case,  by  a  group  that  is  independent  of  the 
government  and  has  full  access  to  all  case  materials  and 
transcripts. 

Because,  you  see,  Kelly  has  nearly  finished  his  thesis. 
Never  before  has  a  federal  inmate  earned  a  master's 
degree  while  incarcerated.  The  examination  of  his  wrong- 
ful conviction  should  not  be  delayed.  To  ask  an  innocent 
man  to  accept  his  degree  behind  bars  is  an  injustice  we 
must  not  ignore.  □ 


mi 

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One  for  sanity.... 

Editor: 

Sanity  prevailed  last  week  when  CUPE 
2323  members  voted  to  accept  the  univer- 
sity's final  offer  to  TAs,  RAs  and  student 
sessional  lecturers. 

Actually,  it's  not  too  surprising  really, 
when  you  consider  those  who  endorsed  a 
strike  vote.  When  you  combine  consider- 
able glad-handing  by  union  president 
Michel  Roy,  parroted  avidly  by  a  variety 
of  other  union  hacks,  all-too-anxious  to 
tell  us  where  we  could  pick  up  our  picket 
signs,  and  a  Charlatan  editorial,  ("Admin, 
screws  us  all  in  labor  dispute,"  March  10, 
1994)  critical  of  the  university's  final  offer 
to  the  union,  you  can't  help  but  be  suspi- 
cious. 

However,  perhaps  the  most  compel- 
ling reason  that  resulted  in  accepting  the 
deal  can  be  articulated  in  a  single  thought, 
as  said  by  one  TA  to  the  Ottawa  Citizen. 

"We're  trying  to  rekindle  some  of  that 
sixties  feeling  that  not  all  of  us  are  power- 
less." 

Need  1  say  more? 

Dawn  K.  Walton 
Journalism  IV 
CUPE  Local  2323  Member 

...  zero  for  social 
responsibility 

Editor: 

It  was  a  scene  that  astonished  us.  We 
wish  the  entire  student  body  could  have 
been  with  us  in  Porter  Hall  on  March  10 
for  an  historic  afternoon  of  the  demo- 
cratic process. 

It  was  on  that  dreary  Thursday  that 
some  of  Canada's  best  and  brightest  gradu- 
ate students  rejected  an  opportunity  to 
redirect  the  priorities  of  Corporation  Car- 
ieton. The  teaching  assistants  and  re- 
search assistants  could  have  demanded 
respect  as  educators  and  researchers  whose 
work  serves  the  greater  good  of  Canadian 
society.  But  they  did  not. 

It  was  on  that  dreary  Thursday  that  the 
majority  of  Carleton's  TAs  and  RAs  de- 
cided that  this  month's  paycheque  was 
more  important  than  making  a  state- 
ment against  educational  elitism.  They 
could  have  this  entire  campus  on  a  cru- 
sade againsttuition  increases.  They  could 
have  opposed  this  system  which  deems  its 
most  important  prerequisite  to  be  access 


LETTERS 


to  credit.  But  they  did  not. 

It  was  on  that  dreary  Thursday  that  the 
fine  volunteer  leadership  of  CUPE'  2323 
deserved  applause  and  respect  formonths 
of  hard  work.  Instead,  they  received  rude 
heckling.  Instead  of  expecting  the  union 
leadership  to  have  all  the  answers,  the 
entire  membership  of  CUPE  2323  could 
have  worked  to  become  involved  and 
informed.  But  they  did  not. 

It  was  on  that  dreary  Thursday  that 
every  Carieton  student  should  have  lost 
more  than  a  few  weeks  of  university.  We 
should  have  lost  our  apathy.  But  we  did 
not. 

You  should  have  been  there.  It  was 
democracy  m  action.  It  was  also  a  spec- 
tacular combination  of  short-sighted  vi- 
sion and  lack  of  social  responsibility.  That 
dreary,  dreary  Thursday. 

Celeste  Wincapaw  —  MA  Geography  I 
Kim  Winnicky  —  MA  Geography  II 
Simon  Pinnegar  —  MA  Geography  I 

More  mindless 
movie  debate 

Editor: 

Re:  "Mindless  movie,"  The  Charlatan, 
March  10,  1994. 

I  realize  that  this  rebuttal  of  the  previ- 
ous rebuttal  is  giving  the  movie  Ace  Ventura 
more  academic  consideration  than  nec- 
essary, but  it  is  not  the  movie  that  I  really 
wish  to  dish. 

It  is  very  unfortunate  that  the  Ace 
Ventura  fan  who  wrote  the  rebuttal  to  the 
review  has  demonstrated  such  poor  read- 
ing comprehension  ability. 

Maybe  she  should  take  a  break  from 
watching  all  those  slapstick  films  and 
examine  the  more  depreciatory  humor 
involved  in  writing  a  critical  review.  Maybe 
she  should  think  about  what  opinions 
were  actually  being  communicated  in  the 
review. 

I  don't  believe  that  the  subtlety  of  slap- 
stick is  lost  on  the  author  of  the  review.  He 
does  not  suggest  anywhere  in  the  review 
that  one  should  not  see  the  film  —  he  liked 
it  himself. 

He  obviously  has  seen  In  Living  Color, 
heard  of  Jim  Carrey  and  his  "hilarious 
antics"  and  should  be  free  to  comment 
about  whether  or  not  Carrey  should  find 
himself  a  new  comedy  vehicle.  He  does 
not  suggest  that  "gunfire  and  blood  splat- 
tered on  the  screen"  is  the  only  form  of 


enlightened  entertainment. 

My  advice  is  .  . .  read  and  think  about 
what  was  the  point  of  the  review  and  what 
opinions  were  really  expressed  before 
jumping  to  conclusions.  If  s  all  there  in 
black  and  white. 

Janice  Bbhop 
Geology  It 

Naughty  Bits  all 
over  Ottawa 

Editor: 

Regarding  the  review  of  What  Is  This 
Thing  Called  Sex?  —  Cartoons  by  Women 
(The  Charlatan,  March  3,  1994). 

Karin  Jordan  states,  "Don't  expect  to 
find  works  by  Gregory  or  Doucet  in  Ot- 
tawa." (That  is,  the  comic  books  Naughty 
Bits  by  Roberta  Gregory  and  Dirty  Plotte  by 
Julie  Doucet.) 

I  don't  know  if  Jordan  ever  ventured 
past  Bank  Street,  but  there  is  an  excellent 
comic  shop  specializing  in  so-called  alter- 
native comics  called  Crosstown  Traffic  in 
Westboro.  I  just  bought  a  couple  of  Grego- 
ry's comics  there  a  couple  of  weeks  ago. 

It  would  have  been  a  good  idea  if  you 
could  have  taken  the  time  to  research 
your  topic,  even  with  such  a  light  book 
review.  Making  such  a  gross  generaliza- 
tion on  something  you  are  not  really  sure 
of  made  the  article  seem  amateurish. 
Although,  that  pretty  much  is  the  norm 
for  your  arts  department. 

Craig  Moser 
Arts,  Part-Time 


Oxymorons  at 
CUSA 

Editor: 

Re:  "CUSA  throws  intelligence  out  with 
election,"  The  Charlatan,  March  10, 1994. 

I  wish  to  express  my  concern  with  the 
headlineofthatarticle. The  headline  could 
have  given  your  readers  the  impression 
that  CUSA  had  intelligence.  I  can  assure 
you  and  your  readers  that  this  has,  unfor- 
tunately, not  been  the  case,  at  least  not 
this  year. 

John  Edwards 
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March  17,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  13 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Mr.  "I'm  so  tolally  secure  in  my  masculinity"  Chariatan  Stan" 

There's  a  new  breed  of  men  out  there.  Real  men.  Men 
with  drums.  Men  with  balls. 

A  new  movement  has  emerged  in  the  '90s,  devoted  to 
men  and  the  search  for  an  identity.  The  men's 
movement. 

Across  North  America,  business  men  mingle  with 
construction  workers  on  weekend  retreats  or  at  weekly 
meetings  where  they  search  for  what  they  believe  they 
have  lost  —  the  so-called  "Wild  Man." 
"Wild  Man"  is  a  term  coined  by  poet  Robert  Bly,  and 
refers  to  a  man  who  Is  the  embodiment  of  emotional 
strength  and  spontaneity.  Bly  is  the  unofficial  spiritual 
leader  of  the  movement,  and  his  book  Iron  John  is  its 
bible. 

"The  Wild  Man,"  writes  Bly  in  Iron  John,  "encourages 
a  trust  of  the  lower  half  of  our  body,  our  genitals,  our 
legs  and  ankles,  our  inadequacies,  the  "soles"  of  our 
feet,  the  animal  ancestors,  the  earth  itself . . ." 
Bly  titled  his  book,  released  in  1990,  after  a  fairy  tale 
written  by  the  Grimm  brothers  around  1820.  "Iron 
John"  is  the  story  of  a  young  prince  who  is  aided  by  a 
Wild  Man  or  Hairy  Man  in  his  quest  to  win  a  princess  as 
his  bride. 

"Every  modern  male  has,  lying  at  the  bottom  of  his 
psyche,  a  large  primitive  being  covered  with  hair  down 
to  his  feet.  Making  contact  with  this  Wild  Man  isthe  step 
the  eighties  or  nineties  male  has  yet  to  make,"  writes 
Bly  in  Iron  John. 

As  a  result,  men  across  the  United  States  and  Canada 
are  taking  off  their  three-piece  suits,  picking  up  their 
hand  drums,  and  following  group  leaders  into  the 
forest  in  hopes  of  discovering  the  Wild  Man  that  hides 
within. 

The  movement  was  brought  to  public  attention  with  the 
1990  PBS  documentary  on  Bly  called  "A  Gathering  of 
Men."  Since  then  most  major  newspapers  and 
magazines  have  covered  the  issue.  Maclean's  devoted 
an  issue  to  the  cause,  The  Globe  and  Mall  has  devoted 
more  than  one  "Fifth  Column"  to  the  men's  movement, 
and  in  January  the  Ottawa  Citizen  ran  "The  Burden  of 
Being  Male,"  a  story  from  the  Montreal  Gazette  written 
by  David  Johnston. 

Media  attention  like  this  has  led  to  the  publication  of 
numerous  books  and  newsletters  about  the  men's 
movement.  In  Ottawa  Fathercraft  Publishing  publishes 
a  newsletter,  Father!,  and  is  currently  working  on 
books  about  fathering. 

Men  from  this  organization  were  also  among  the 
organizers  and  supporters  of  International  Men's  Day, 
which  was  held  Feb.  12  at  the  Dow's  Lake  Pavilion. 
About  seven  or  eight  men  turned  up  with  their  kids  for 
the  event  and  handed  out  balloons. 
Glen  Cheriton,  an  editor  at  Fathercraft  Publishing  and 
an  organizer  of  International  Men's  Day,  says  it  is  "a 
day  to  recognize  the  positive  aspects  of  being  a  man 
and  what  men  have  contributed  to  Ottawa  and 
community,  and  perhaps  also  a  day  to  make  men  feel 
a  little  better  about  being  a  man." 
Cheriton  says  he  attended  a  "men's  conference"  in 


Kansas  city  two  years  ago  and  saw  an  announcement 
for  International  Men's  Day.  When  he  returned  to  Ottawa 
he  wrote  to  Mayor  Jacquelin  Holzman  and  asked  that 
she  proclaim  the  same  in  Ottawa.  She  did. 
Cheriton  says  making  men-feel  better  aboutthemselves 
is  what  the  movement  is  all  about.  He  says  new  types 
of  therapy  are  necessary  to  accomplish  this  because 
"normal  therapy  just  doesn't  work  for  men." 
But  why  do  men  need  therapy? 
Cheriton  says  it's  because  "being  a  man  is  not  viewed 
as  being  OK  these  days.  Sometimes  men  feel  that  way 
. . .  and  if  there's  other  men  to  tell  them:  'You're  doing 
OK  as  a  father,  OK  as  a  man.'  That's  what's  needed." 
He  says  moral  and  emotional  support  is  at  the  core  of 
the  men's  movement. 

"At  the  basic  level  it's  simply  men  getting  together  with 

other  men  When  men  have  problems  they  should 

have  some  place  to  go  and  talk,  they  should  have  a 
friend,  a  buddy,  an  organization,"  says  Cheriton. 
He  added  that  men  need  to  go  "out  into  the  country, 
underneath  the  trees,  (where)  they  can  beat  drums, 
take  off  their  shirts  and  tell  stories,"  on  what  he  calls  a 
"Wild  Man  Weekend." 

Psychiatrist  Barry  Dollin,  who  has  formed  a  therapy 
group  for  men  only,  says  getting  men  alone  together  is 
the  solution  to  the  problems  men  have  communicating. 
He  says  men  have  been  conditioned  to  hide  their 
feelings  and  not  be  honest  with  themselves  or  other 
men. 

Dollin  says  he  saw  the  need  for  a  grpup  consisting 
solely  of  men  after  privately  running  numerous  mixed 
therapy  groups  in  the  Ottawa  area. 
"I  realized  in  my  mixed  groups,  it  was  always  the 
woman  who  took  certain  roles  (emotional  or  vulnerable). 
A  man  would  be  telling  a  horribly  sad  story  and  laughing 
about  it,"  says  Dollin.  Dollin  says  he  thinks  this  is 
unhealthy  because  men  aren't  being  honest  about 
their  feelings  and  being  honest  with  each  other  can 
"bring  about  emotional  and  spiritual  well-being." 
He  says  this  realization  led  him  to  form  the  men's 
therapy  group,  where  they  would  have  "an  opportunity 
to  explore  the  issues  that  affect  men." 
Dollin  says  men  need  to  confront  issues  like  male 
identity,  sexuality,  aggression,  competition,  stress, 
depression  andthe stereotypical  roles  of  men  in  society. 
He  says  "regular"  forms  of  therapy  don't  work  for  many 
men,  and  that  a  men's  group  is  the  only  practical 
option. 

"When  you  put  men  in  this  type  of  environment,  the 
usual  social  structures  of  ordinary  social  intercourse 
are  gone,"  he  says. 

And  when  these  structures  are  gone,  Dollin  says,  men 
are  given  the  opportunity  to  be  open  and  honest  with 
each  other. 

Dollin's  group  consists  of  a  half-dozen  men  who  meet 
weekly  in  Res  Commons.  "A  Group  For  Men"  is  offered 
jointly  by  Health  Services  and  Counselling  and  Student 
Life  Services. 

Aggression  and  stress  were  the  group's  focus  issues 
when  I  attended  one  of  Dollin's  weekly  meetinos: 


Seven  men  sit  in  a  half-circle  staring  at  the  man  addressing  them  with  an 
assortment  of  drums  at  his  feet.  They  look  excited.  The  leader  is  explaining 
how  they  can  relieve  stress  and  take  out  aggression  by  drumming.  The  drums, 
he  says,  will  also  help  them  to  bond  with  each  other  as  they  share  in  a  spiritual 
experience. 

He  goes  on  to  explain  the  "Gun  Godo  PaTa,"  a  West-African  method  of 
drumming,  an  ancient  tradition  where  the  men  drum  to  bond. 
After  the  explanation  he  goes  from  man  to  man,  handing  out  the  drums,  from 
jthe  small  hand-held  "djembe"  to  a  large  steel,  bass  drum.  One  man  looks 
disappointed  because  he  only  gets  a  cow-belj,  but  the  men  with  the  biqqer 
drums  look  pretty  happy. 

The  group  leader  starts  beating  on  his  drum  with  bare  hands.  A  slow  rhythm 
quickens  as  he  sways  back  and  forth.  The  group  joins  in,  slowly  at  first,  but 
then  with  enthusiasm.  Soon,  the  room  resounds  with  the  sound  of  a  dozen 
hands  beating  on  stretched  leather. 
It's  not  music,  but  it  sure  is  loud. 


14  .  The  Charlatan  •  March  17,  1994 


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to  find  the  rhythm  of  the  group.  It's  hard.  The  sounds  range  from  slow  steadv 
drum  beats  to  sudden  bursts  of  energy  followed  by  silence  * 
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deep  down  into  my  soul  and  try  and  find  the  Wild  Man  within 
ing.  I  just  feel  silly. 


■A  uroup  tor  Men"  is  not  the  only  men's  organization 
I  to  use  drums.  The  drum  has  become  the  established 
I  symbol  of  the  men's  movement. 
"It's  become  a  bit  of  a  symbol,  and  it's  laughed  at  a  little 
bit,  but  if  you  look  at  it  in  the  overall  context  it's  a  very 
I  practical  solution,"  says  Cheriton. 
Cheriton  says  drumming  works  very  well  to  help  men 
I  with  the  bonding  process  and  compares  it  to  the 
I  traditional  drumming  of  Native  peoples. 
"The  Natives,  they  have  a  big  drum.  Everybody  sits 
around  and  beats  the  same  drum.  That  is  really 
interesting.  I  think  it's  an  interesting  feeling  to  sit  there 
with  other  men  and  beat  the  same  drum. . . .  It's  not 
I  ridiculous  when  the  Natives  do  it,  and  a  lot  of  cultures 
I  do  the  same  thing.  It's  something  that  works  well  for 
I  men,"  says  Cheriton. 
As  the  demand  for  these  drums  rises,  Ottawa's  music 
shops  are  starting  to  stock  up  and  advertise  in  local 
magazines.  Most  place  an  ad  in  Ottawa's  Everyman 
I  magazine. 

I  This  self-proclaimed  "men's  journal"  is  directed  at  an 
I  exclusively  male  audience  and  has  articles  on  prostate 
I  cancer,  "fathers'  rights,"  spirituality  and  how  men 
I  have  shorter  life  spans  than  women. 
I  Ottawa  needs  a  men's  journal  "because  men  have 
I  been  out  of  touch  with  what's  been  going  on  for  men. 
I  We've  been  basically  seeing  ourselves  as  responsible 
I  for  a  lot  of  what's  going  on  in  the  world,  but  not  very 
I  much  about  what's  happening  inside  for  men,"  says 
I  David  Shackleton,  one  of  Everyman's  editors. 
I  The  purpose  of  Everyman  is  pretty  simple,  says 
I  Shackleton.  He  says  men  see  themselves  as  responsible 
|  for  many  of  today's  problems.  The  magazine  is  about 
"men  getting  in  touch  with  their  own  feelings,  and 
1  dealing  with  the  sense  of  guilt  that  they  have.  There's 
I  a  need  for  an  organ  to  help  that  along  and  so  Everyman 
I  tries  to  do  that,"  says  Shackleton. 
I  "Women's  issues  have  been  articulated  for  about  20- 
1 25  years.  They're  well  understood  and  they're  accepted 
I  in  society,"  says  Shackleton.  "Men  have  difficulty 
I  articulating  their  issues  because  they've  been  seen  as 
I  responsible  for  all  the  things  that  are  going  wrong 
I  around  us." 

I  He  says  he  hopes  that  Everyman  will  give  men  a  forum 
I  where  they  can  learn  more  about  themselves  and  other 
I  men. 

I  Along  with  Fathercraft  Publishing  and  Everyman 
I  magazine,  a  slew  of  men's  organizations  have  sprung 
up  around  Ottawa  in  recent  years.  Three  of  them,  the 
Canadian  Men's  Parenting  Association,  SAFE  (Single 
and  Fathering  Effectively)  and  Fathers  For  Justice, 
deal  specifically  with  the  parenting  issues  for  single 
fathers. 

Today's  Men  Publications  and  the  Men's  Health 
Collective  also  work  to  raise  awareness  regarding 
"men's  issues"  In  Ottawa. 

Feminist  response  to  the  men's  movement  varies  from 
uncontrollable  laughter  to  serious  misgivings.  These 
views  have  been  showcased  in  the  1992  book  Women 
Respond  to  the  Men's  Movement,  edited  by  Kay  Leigh 
Hagan. 

The  book  is  a  collection  of  essays  by  "influential 
feminist  thinkers,"  including  bell  hooks,  Laura  Brown 
land  Barbara  Kingsolver. 

I  While  most  feminists  included  in  the  book  agree  a  need 
■exists  for  men  to  have  a  movement,  many  argue  it  is  the 
Iform  the  movement  has  taken  which  is  causing 
{problems. 

"I  have  always  believed  that  we',  i.e.  women  and  men, 


need  a  'men  s  movement,'  in  the  sense  ol  men  who 
have  come  to  understand  the  evils  of  patriarchy,  the 
injustice  that  has  been  done  to  women,  and  the  way 
that  has  distorted  all  social  relations,  "  writes  Rosemary 
Redlord  Ruether,  in  her  essay  "Patriarchy  and  the 
Men's  Movement:  Part  of  the  Problem  or  Part  of  the 
Solution?" 

A  movement  devoted  to  men  is  a  step  in  the  right 
direction,  writes  Ruether,  but  the  movement  appearing 
today  is  not  the  answer. 

Ruether  says  the  modern  men's  movement  is  simply 
another  consequence  of  a  patriarchal  society,  where 
men  will  go  to  hide  and  "avoid  accountability  for  the 
public  world." 

In  "A  Men's  Movement  I  Can  Trust,"  Starhawk  expresses 
her  fear  of  the  growth  of  the  men's  movement. 
"Our  fear  is  that  the  men's  movement  will  do  what  men 
havealwaysdone,  at  least  since  the  advent  of  patriarchy: 
blame  women  for  their  problems  and  defend  their  own 
privileges,"  she  writes. 

She  argues  the  only  way  to  get  rid  of  the  problems  men 
face  is  to  give  up  the  privileges  they  enjoy. 
Starhawk  writes  that  she  (ears  the  "oppression"  of 
males  will  become  a  serious  issue  for  men, 
overshadowing  the  plight  of  women  in  the  public 
consciousness. 

Barbara  Kingsolver  agrees.  In  "Cabbages  and  Kings," 
Kingsolver  argues  that  the  two  movements  cannot 
even  be  compared. 

"When  I  try  to  understand  the  collection  of  ideas  and 
goalsthathasto  come  to  be  called  the  men's  movement, 
what  disturbs  me  is  that  it  generally  stands  as  an  'other 
half  to  the  women's  movement,  and  in  my  mind  it 
doesn't  belong  there,"  she  writes. 
"It  is  not  an  equivalent.  Women  are  fighting  for  their 
lives,  and  men  are  looking  for  some  peace  of  mind." 
Finally,  hattie  gossett  writes: 
"well  what  do  they  mean?  whatre  they  going  to  the 
woods  for  then?  oh?  really?  sensitive?  does  that  mean 
theyre  against  rape  now?  when  they  come  back  from 
the  woods  do  they  issue  statements  against  child 
abuse  wife  battering  incest  lesbian  battering?  do  they 
pledge  that  the  next  time  one  of  their  streetcorner  or 
healthclub  buddies  is  running  off  at  the  mouth  about 
how  he  snatched  him  some  pussy  then  kicked  that 
bitch  in  her  ass  these  guys  who  paid  all  this  money  to 
go  to  the  woods  with  whats  his  name  will  they  silently 
organize  a  small  group  to  take  their  brother  for  a  little 
walk  &  show  him  some  tongue  and  penis  restraint 
exercises  guaranteed  to  permanently  clear  his  mind  of 
all  thoughts  of  ripping  off  pussy  or  bitches  or  kicking 
ass?" 

So  men,  is  this  the  solution  to  our  problems?  What 
happens  when  the  "Wild  Man  Weekend"  is  over,  when 
the  weekly  meeting  has  just  ended?  What  happens 
when  the  office  calls,  when  your  beeper  goes  off,  when 
it's  2:30  in  the  morning  and  your  essay's  due  at  noon 
and  you've  just  finished  the  last  drop  of  coffee  in  the 
entire  house  and  there's  no  drum  in  sight?  How's  the 
Wild  Man  going  to  help  you  then? 
The  men's  movement  shouldn't  be  about  searching  for 
long-gone  spiritual  personasor  communing  with  nature 
as  a  hobby  on  the  weekends.  It  shouldn't  be  a  grown- 
up version  of  the  Boy  Scouts,  with  Robert  Bly  as 
Hawkeye.  It  should  be  about  working  together,  both 
men  and  women,  to  solve  the  problems  affecting  all  of 
us. 

Oh,  and  guys,  if  you  really  want  to  show  off  your  "Wild 
Man,"  please  do  it  in  the  privacy  of  your  own  home.  □ 


March  17,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  15 


VOTERS  LIST  FOR  CHARLATAN  ELECTION  1994/95 

It'sthattimeofyearaqain-time  to  pass  on  the  torch  to  a  fresh  buncha  editors.  Anyone  can  mn.  Anyone  who  has4credits  in  the  masthead  thisyearcan  vote  for  editor- 
in-chief,  op/ed  editor  and  board  of  directors  staff  reps.  Anyone  with  4  credits  who  has  contributed  once  to  a  section  can  vote  for  that  editor. 

Votinq  for  the  editor-in-chief  will  take  place  Monday,  March  21  and  Tuesday,  March  22  in  OmbudsServices,  Room511  Umcentre,  between  9a.m.  and  4:30p.m.  (closed 
12-1  p  m  )  Voting  for  the  section  editors  and  board  reps  will  take  place  Monday,  March  28  and  Tuesday,  March  29,  same  place,  same ^times. 

Candidates  foredito^ 

24  at  5  30  p  m  If  you  have  any  questions  about  your  eligibility  to  vote,  or  want  to  run  for  a  position,  don't  hesitate  to  call  Mo  Gannon  at  788-6680. 


AS  OF  MARCH  10,  1994 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, 
OP/ED  EDITOR, 
BOARD  OF 
DIRECTORS  REPS 
Aaron,  Bram 
Abe  meihy,  Sarah 
Alf,  Kim 
Andrew,  Suzanne 
Bartolf,  David 
Bellefcuille,  Andre 
BcIIemare,  Josee 
Bernard,  Joe 
Bichal,  Gladys 
Bock,  Naomi 
Bodnar,  Alex 
Brethour,  Pat 
Brzozowski,  Anna 
Bustos,  Alex 
Caffrey,  Ron 
Campbell,  Frank 
Capuani,  Joanne 
Carlucci,  Mario 
Carpenier,  Dave 
Olszewski,  Johanna 
Comino,  M.G. 
Cooper,  Bill 
Curric,  Lisa 
Davies,  Jennifer 
DeCloet,  Derek 
Dobrenski,  Sieve 
D'Orazio,  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Drever.Ken 
Duncan,  Todd 
Edwards,  Drew 
Foiled,  Amanda 
Forieri,  Sussana 
Fraser,  Shannon 
Gallop,  Angie 
Gannon,  Mo 
Garrison,  Stephanie 


Grant.  Joel  Kenneth 

Smith,  Andrea 

Peters,  Mike 

Pangalos,  Anthony 

Haggart,  Blayne 

Srutek,  Karolina 

Silcoff,  Sean 

Pryor,  Tim 

Haley,  Susie 

Steinbachs,  John 

Skinner.  Matt 

Scott.RichardG.D. 

Herland,  Neil 

Tattersall,  Jane 

Smith,  Andrea 

Skinner,  Matt 

Hodges,  David 

Tharayil.Jay 

Srutek,  Karolina 

Smith,  Andrea 

Jafri,  Ali 

Tomlinson,  Dean 

Steinbachs,  John 

Srutek,  Karolina 

James,  Colin 

Vesely,  Steven 

TattersaJl,  Jane 

Steinbachs.  John 

Jordan,  Karin 

Ward,  Ryan 

Vesely,  Steven 

Vesely,  Steven 

Keeling,  Am 

Watt,  Caron 

Ward,  Ryan 

Ward,  Ryan 

Keenan,  Sheila 

Weikle,  Brandie 

Watt,  Caron 

Weikle,  Brandie 

Khan,  Kaleem 

Wiebe,  Andrea 

Weikle,  Brandie 

Wood,  Clayton 

Labonte,  Bill 

Willbond,  Rob 

Wiebe,  Andrea 

Workman,  Tanya 

Lamb,  Mark 

Wood.  Clayton 

Wood.  Clayton 

Zelinsky,  Tonya 

Levine,  Saxa-Lynne 

Workman,  Tanya 

Workman,  Tanya 

Mahoney.Jill 

Zelinsky,  Tonya 

Zelinsky,  Tonya 

FEATURES 

Mainville,  Michael 

Bellemare,  Josee 

Mealiffe,  Derrick 

NEWS 

NATIONAL 

Bock,  Naomi 

McCrostie,  James 

Bartolf,  David 

Aaron,  Bram 

Caffrey,  Rori 

McKay,  Kevin 

Bellemare,  Jos6e 

Bartolf,  David 

Carlucci,  Mario 

McKenzie,  Jodi 

Bock,  Naomi 

Bellemare,  Josee 

DeCloet,  Derek 

McLeod,  lan 

Bustos,  Alex 

Bernard,  Joe 

Dobrenski,  Steve 

Nakashima,  Ryan 

Carlucci,  Mario 

Brethour,  Pat 

D'Orazio,  Franco 

Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 

DeCloet,  Derek 

Bustos,  Alex 

Dowdall,  Brent 

O'Connor.  Tim 

D'Orazio,  Franco 

Carlucci,  Mario 

Gallop,  Angie 

Oza,  Prema 

Dowdall,  Brent 

DeCloet,  Derek 

Gannon,  Mo 

Pangalos,  Anthony 

Edwards,  Drew 

Dobrenski,  Steve 

Garrison,  Stephanie 

Paterson,  Pamela 

Gallop,  Angie 

D'Orazio,  Franco 

Haggart,  Blayne 

Perry,  Jill 

Gannon,  Mo 

Dowdall  Brent 

Hodges,  David 

Peters,  Mike 

Haggart,  Blayne 

Gallop,  Angie 

James,  Colin 

Poots,  Trina 

Haley,  Susie 

Gannon,  Mo 

Jordan,  Karin 

Power,  Gavin 

Hodges,  David 

Haggart,  Blayne 

Keeling,  Am 

Pryor,  Tim 

Jordan,  Karin 

Haley,  Susie 

Keenan,  Sheila 

Rappaport,  Mike 

Keeling,  Am 

Jordan,  Karin 

Mahoney,  Jill 

Restivo,  Kevin 

Keenan,  Sheila 

Keeling,  Am 

Mainville,  Michael 

Richards,  Sarah 

Mahoney,  Jill 

Keenan,  Sheila 

McLeod,  lan 

Richardson,  Karen 

Mainville,  Michael 

Levine,  Sara-Lynne 

O'Connor,  Tim 

Scallen,  Shawn 

McKenzie,  Jodi 

Mahoney,  Jill 

Power,  Gavin 

Scon.  Richard  G.D. 

McLeod,  lan 

Mainville,  Michael 

Pryor,  Tim 

Shigetomi,  Cindy 

Nakashima,  Ryan 

McKenzie,  Jodi 

Rappaport,  Mike 

Shurrie,  Matt 

Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 

McLeod,  lan 

Seddon,  Adam 

Silcoff,  Sean 

O'Connor,  Tim 

Nakashima,  Ryan 

Silcoff,  Sean 

Simtob,  Audrey 

Oza,  Prema 

O'Connor,  Tim 

Smith,  Andrea 

Skinner,  Matt 

Pangalos,  Anthony 

Oza,  Prema 

Vesely,  Steven 

Ward,  Ryan 

SPORTS 
Aaron,  Bram 
Bellemare,  Josee 
Carlucci,  Mario 
DeCloet,  Derek 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Fraser,  Shannon 
Gannon,  Mo 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Labonte,  Bill 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Resitvo,  Kevin 
Richards,  Sarah 
Scott,  Richard  G.D. 
Shurrie,  Matt 
Smith,  Andrea 
Tharayil,  Jay 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 

ARTS AND 
ENTERTAINMENT 
Aaron,  Bram 
Andrew,  Suzanne 
Bartolf,  David 
Bellemare,  Josee 
Bernard,  Joe 
Bock,  Naomi 
Bustos,  Alex 
Caffrey,  Rori 
Capuani,  Joanne 
Carlucci,  Mario 
Carpenter,  Dave 
Ciszewski,  Johanna 
Comino,  M.G. 
DeCloet,  Derek 
D'Orazio,  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Edwards,  Drew 


Forieri,  Sussana 
Gannon,  Mo 
Garrison,  Stephanie 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Haley,  Susie 
Herland,  Neil 
Hodges.  David 
Jafri,  Ali 
Jordan,  Karin 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Khan,  Kaleem 
Mahoney,  Jill 
McKay,  Kevin 
McLeod,  Ian 
Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 
O'Connor,  Tim 
Oza,  Prema 
Pangalos,  Anthony 
Peters,  Mike 
Power,  Gavin 
Pryor,  Tim 
Seddon,  Adam 
Silcoff,  Sean 
Smith,  Andrea 
Srutek,  Karolina 
Steinbachs,  John 
Tattersall,  Jane 
Vesely,  Steven 
Ward,  Ryan 
Willbond,  Rob 

PHOTO 

Bellefeuille,  Andre 
Bodnar,  Alex 
Brethour.  Pat 
Brzozowski,  Anna 
Capuani,  Joanne 
Carlucci,  Mario 
Ciszewski,  Johanna 
Cooper,  Bill 
Currie,  Lisa 
Davies,  Jennifer 


Dobrenski,  Steve 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Duncan,  Todd 
Follett,  Amanda 
Gallop,  Angie 
Gannon,  Mo 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Lamb,  Mark 
McCrostie,  James 
Nakashima,  Ryan 
Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 
Scallen,  Shawn 
Scott,  Richard  G.D. 
Smith,  Andrea 
Steinbachs,  John 
Tomlinson,  Dean 
Vesely,  Steven 

ONE  CONTRIBUTION 
LEFT  TO  VOTE 
Clements,  Rob 
Craft,  Christina 
Crosbie,  Vanessa 
Docking,  David 
Goodman,  Sarah 
Harp,  Rick 
Izzard,  Suzanne 
Janvier,  Dean 
Johnson,  Doug 
Kirincich,  Stephanka 
Kir  kh  am,  John 
Klaus,  Alex 
Manchak,  Renata 
McLennan,  Rob 
Oral,  Ron 
Owens,  Greg 
Price,  John 
Reid,  Chris 
Richardson,  Michael 
Sane,  Ean 
Stansfield,  James 


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16  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  17,  1994 


Nationals  a  competitive  swim 


Erica  Hotter  leads  team  with  two  consolation  final 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Stall 

Two  of  three  Raven  swimmers  posted 
personal-best  results  at  the  Canadian 
Interuniversity  Athletic  Union  swim 
championships  in  Victoria,  B.C.,  March 
1 1-13,  while  the  third  posted  Carleton's 
best  finish. 

Andrew  Smith  swam  a  personal  best 
in  the  100-metre  butterfly.  Brigitte 
Davidson  posted  a  personal-best  time  in 
the  400-metre  individual  medley.  Erica 
Kotler  placed  ninth  overall  in  the  100- 
and  200-metre  breast-stroke  to  lead  the 
team. 

"I  didn't  make  any  finals,  but  I  did 
make  some  best  times,  so  1  can't  be  disap- 
pointed with  any  of  my  results,"  said 
Smith,  who  posted  top-30  finishes  in  the 
50-  and  1 00-metre  freestyle  races  and  50- 
and  100-metre  butterfly  events. 

Smith  said  he  was  particularly  pleased 
with  his  100-metre  butterfly  result  be- 
cause his  strength  is  in  the  longer  events. 

"That  was  my  crowning  moment,  "he 
said.  "It  was  a  different  experience  be- 
cause I  wasn't  swimming  my  best  events. " 

Davidson  was  also  pleased  with  her 
top-25  finishes  in  the  200-  and 400-metre 
individual  medley  and  the  200-  and  50- 
metre  backstroke,  especially  because  she 
had  a  sore  shoulder  caused  by  tendinitis. 

"It  just  didn't  feel  very  good  stroke- 
wise, "  she  said. "  It  didn't  come  together. " 

Besides  her  two  ninth-place  finishes, 
Kotler  also  placed  10th  in  the  50-metre 
breast-stroke. 

"It  was  basically  what  she  was  expect- 
ing," said  her  coach  and  mother  [itka 


wins 


Brigitte  Davidson  and  Andrew  Smith  (inset)  swam  personal  bests  at  the  ClAV 


Kotler.  "She  was  quite  pleased  with  her 
results  especially  since  she  concentrated 
more  on  school  this  year  and  still  man- 
aged to  place  well." 

In  total  overall  points,  Carleton  earned 
25  points  to  place  24th  out  of  25  schools 
at  the  meet.  The  University  of  Toronto 
won  the  meet  with  843.5  points.  Both 
athletes  and  coaches  say  their  relatively 
poor  showing  is  misleading. 

"The  people  who  win  go  to  swimming 
universities,"  said  Smith,  pointing  to 
schools  like  Calgary,  Montreal  and  Laval. 


"They  swim  twice  a  day.  They  have  excel- 
lent coaches  and  facilities.  They  don't 
work.  They're  training  12  months  a  year. 
They  have  a  humungous  advantage  over 
people  like  myself  and  Erica." 

"The  training  camps  in  Calgary  are 
legendary.  They  would  do  40  kilometres 
in  practice.  We  do  five  or  six.  You  can't 
compete  with  that,"  he  added. 

Coach  Kotler  summed  it  up  best. 

"They  did  the  best  they  could  under 
the  circumstances,"  she  said.  □ 


French  sailing  dream  is  now  a  reality 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

The  Carleton  sailing  club  is  setting 
sail  for  France  this  spring. 

The  club's  application  to  race  in  the 
prestigious  International  Whirlpool  Chal- 
lenge in  Les  Sables  d'Olonne  this  April 
was  accepted  by  the  regatta's  selection 
committee  on  March  13. 

The  club  was  also  selected  to  receive  a 
full  sponsorship  worth  about  $  12,000,  to 
cover  their  boat  costs,  entry  fee,  room 
and  board  while  their  six-person  crew  is 
in  France. 

"We're  completely  ecstatic, "  says  club 
president  Cressida  Robson.  "It's  a  huge 
sense  of  relief  and  accomplishment.  I 
was  starting  to  tell  people  that  we're 
probably  not  going." 

The  Whirlpool  Challenge  is  the  big 
finale  to  a  week-long  racing  regatta 
hosted  by  the  Course  Croisiere  d'Edhec  in 


Northern  France,  April  15-24. 

D'Edhec,  a  graduate  business  univer- 
sity in  Northern  France,  has  hosted  the 
CCE  since  1968  and  watched  it  evolve 
into  Europe's  largest  student  sailing  re- 
gatta, attracting  sailors  from  around  the 
world. 

On  top  of  the  $12,000  sponsorship, 
the  club  has  also  raised  another  $2,000 
in  funds  from  sources  like  the  university, 
the  department  of  athletics  and  the  Car- 
leton University  Students'  Association. 

The  club  still  needs  to  raise  another 
$8,000  to  cover  the  transportation  costs 
of  their  $22,000  budget,  says  Robson. 

Along  with  continued  fund-raising 
efforts,  the  club  has  to  start  training,  says 
Robson. 

"We  have  to  train.  We've  put  the 
actual  athletic  part  of  it  on  hold  while 
we've  been  fund-raising,"  she  says.  "Most 
of  us  haven't  sailed  since  November."  □ 


Hockey  committee  stuck  in  neutral 


by  Bill  Labonte 

Ctiartalan  start 

An  impasse  was  reached  by  an  athlet- 
ics board  subcommittee  at  Its  first  meet- 
ing March  10. 

The  subcommittee  is  looking  at  the 
issues  involved  in  the  department  of  ath- 
letics taking  over  the  administration  of 
the  hockey  club. 

Last  month,  students  voted  in  favor  of 
a  $1  levy  per  full-time  student  towards 
supporting  the  hockey  dub's  entry  into 
the  Ontario  Colleges  Athletic  Associa- 
tion's hockey  league. 

Even  though  the  Carleton  University 
Students' Association  overturned  the  ref- 
erendum with  the  rest  of  its  election  re- 
sults last  week,  the  subcommittee  de- 
cided to  meet  anyway. 


The  referendum  question  will  be  posed 
again  in  the  new  election  March  29-31. 

The  budget  remains  a  major  stum- 
bling block,  with  coach  George  Brown  of 
the  hockey  club  still  convinced  it  could 
operate  on  a  shoestring  budget  of  under 
$20,000. 

Director  of  athletics  Keith  Harris 
budged  from  an  earlier  estimate  of  about 
$36,000,  butshll  said  a  first-year  budget 
of  about  $30,000  is  a  more  accurate  re- 
flection of  the  cost  involved. 

Gender-parity  concerns  were  pacified 
with  Brown's  suggestion  that  should 
hockey  be  granted  varsity  status,  the 
next  team  in  line  for  varsity  status  would 
be  a  women's  team. 

Administration  is  still  a  sore  point 
with  Harris,  who  says  his  staff  is  stretched 


to  the  limit  and  can't  handle  the  admin- 
istration of  another  sport.  Brown  said 
Carleton's  hockey  alumni  would  volun- 
teer to  handle  administration  just  like 
they  already  do. 

The  university's  reputation  in  joining 
a  college  league  was  also  discussed. 

"Frankly,  I  would  be  more  inclined 
and  supportive  of  this  idea  if  we  were 
discussing  the  joining  of  a  university 
league,"  said  graduate  student  repre- 
sentative Ron  Boyd  on  the  subcommit- 
tee. "It's  a  no-win  situation.  If  we  do  well 
and  win,  people  will  say  you're  a  univer- 
sity. If  we  lose,  we're  bums." 

The  subcommittee  must  make  a  rec- 
ommendation to  the  athletics  board  be- 
fore the  OC  AA  meets  in  May,  if  the  club 
is  to  join  the  league.  □ 


^ Ml  WEN 


Referendum 
hockey  buck 
stops  here 

by  Mo  Gannon 

Charlatan  Start 

Think  again. 

Should  the  Carleton  hockey  club 
get  a  $  1  levy  per  full-time  student  so  it 
can  join  the  Ontario  College  Athletic 
Association's  hockey  league? 

The  897  who  voted  against  the  levy 
in  last  month's  referendum  didn't 
think  so.  Unfortunately,  the  1 ,905  who 
voted  in  favor  did. 

Now  that  the  referendum  has  been 
overturned  along  with  the  rest  of  CU- 
SA'scontentious  election  results,  hope- 
fully the  small  number  of  students 
who  actually  do  vote  might  think  twice 
before  they  return  to  the  polls  March 
29-31. 

Why?  Because  the  buck's  gotta  stop 
somewhere. 

Okay,  so  it's  a  lousy  dollar.  And 
hockey's  our  national  sport.  And 
maybe  the  hockey  club  could  win  more 
games  if  it  had  more  money.  And 
maybe  it  deserves  varsity  status.  And 
so  on. 

But  full-time  students  already  pay 
$  1 3 1 .52  to  the  department  of  athletics 
for  the  use  of  the  gym,  pool  and  weight 
room,  not  to  mention  extra  charges 
for  squash  courts  or  athletic  programs. 

This  money,  more  than  $2.6  mil- 
lion clams  from  the  student  fee  alone, 
also  funds  a  healthy  amount  of  not- 
so-healthy  sports  teams. 

For  many  students  who  don't  go 
near  athletics,  that's  an  awful  lot  of 
clams  to  pay  for  the  good  of  others. 
Even  if  they  use  the  place  occasion- 
ally, it's  doubtful  they're  getting 
enough  bang  for  their  buck. 

Many  students  breathed  a  sigh  of 
relief  when  the  athletics  board 
scrapped  its  plan  in  January  to  raise 
next  year's  athletic  fees  by  two  per 
cent  next  year.  Why?  Because  they 
didn'twantto  pay  anymore.  Noteven 
a  couple  of  dollars. 

Now  the  hockey  club  is  asking  stu- 
dents to  fork  over  another  $  19,000  on 
top  of  and  separate  from  the  athletics 
fee,  just  because  athletics  won't. 

Don't  forget  that  even  if  the  fee  is 
approved  again,  athletics  might  not 
support  the  club's  entrance  into  the 
league,  mainly  because  of  the  extra 
administrative  costs  involved. 

At  a  time  when  everyone's  talking 
cutbacks,  when  students  are  worried 
about  paying  tuition,  is  hockey  a  ne- 
cessity? Sadly,  no.  Could  the  $19,000 
be  put  towards  a  better  cause?  Hell, 
yes. 

Athletics  director  Keith  Harris  might 
say  his  budget  is  stretched  to  the  limit, 
but  what  about  that  $  1 1 2,000  that's 
going  towards  athletics'  special  re- 
serve fund  next  year?  I  don  't  see  any 
students  socking  that  kind  of  money 
away  for  a  rainy  day. 

Hockey  fans  should  find  another 
way  to  make  money  for  the  club.  Keep 
pressuring  athletics  into  funding  it. 
Make  it  chop  otherareas  in  its  budget. 
Hey,  ask  them  to  take  the  money  out 
of  its  prized  special  reserve  fund.  Raise 
some  funds  from  those  who  care. 

So  let  them  play  hockey. 

Just  not  at  students'  expense.  □ 


March  17,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  17 


Women's  basketball:  What  happened? 

Lack  of  experience  and  scoring  among  reasons  why  Ravens  were  winless  this  year 


by  Derek  DeCloet 

Charlatan  Staff 

One  step  forward,  two  steps  back. 

You  could  say  that's  the  synopsis  of 
the  direction  the  Carleton  women's  bas- 
ketball Ravenstookduring  itsfailed  1993- 
94  campaign. 

At  the  end  of  the  1 992-93  season,  the 
Ravens  appeared  to  finally  be  stepping 
up  the  first  rungs  on  the  Ontario  Wom- 
en's Intercollegiate  Athletic  Association 
east  division  ladder. 

They  won  two  of  their  last  five  games 
— amildaccomplishmenttobe  sure,  but 
a  vast  improvement  over  1991-92,  when 
the  Ravens  lost  all  1 2  league  games  by  an 
average  of  73  points. 

Last  year's  group  was  a  young,  quick 
team  that  played  an  exciting  up-tempo 
brand  of  basketball.  The  offence  was  led 
by  a  scoring  machine  guard  named 
Tracey  Carey  and  a  lightning-fast  point 
guard  named  Mary  Barbieri. 

Most  of  all,  they  had  a  bright  future. 
Most  of  their  key  players  —  including 
Carey,  Barbieri,  co-MVP  Nancy  Forget 
and  forward  Dana  Nicholas  were  ex- 
pected to  come  back.  But  they  didn't. 

One  winless  year  later,  the  Ravens 
appear  to  be  right  back  where  they  started. 

What  happened?  Here's  a  look: 
Roster  Surprises 

Carey  and  Forget,  who  together  ac- 
counted for  59  per  cent  of  the  team's 
scoring  last  year,  weren't  eligible  to  play 
varsity  sports  this  year.  (Forget  is  part- 
time  student  and  Carey  is  not  even  at- 
tending Carleton.)  Then  Barbieri,  who 
had  back  surgery  last  spring,  decided 
even  before  the  season  started,  not  to 

plQy-  m  , 

Those  losses  drove  a  stake  through  the 
heart  of  the  team's  rebuilding  efforts. 

"The  thing  I'm  most  disappointed 
about  is  that  people  (who)  made  a  big 
difference  didn't  come  back,"  says  for- 
ward Heather  McAlpine.  "It  discourages 
you  in  a  way." 

"You  need  veterans  returning  if  you're 
going  to  improve  at  all,"  says  co-captain 
Helen  Collins. 

To  top  it  all  off,  Nicholas  tore  the 
anterior  cruciate  ligament  in  her  knee 
during  a  pre-season  game,  and  watched 
from  the  sidelines  for  the  rest  of  the  year. 

It  was  a  crucial  blow,  that  blow  to  the 
cruciate.  Nicholas  was  co-captain  and 
one  of  the  players  coach  Marg  )ones  was 
relying  on  to  provide  leadership.  Overall, 
five  veteran  leaders  on  a  team  of  10 
didn't  return  for  one  reason  or  another. 

Fortunately,  next  year's  flock  of  play- 
ers leaving  the  Ravens'  Nest  probably 
won't  be  as  big.  The  team's  top  four 
scorers  —  guard  Gillian  Roseway,  guard 
Erin  O'Grady,  McAlpine,  and  forward 
Valerie  Gates  —  all  say  they'll  be  back. 
And  Nicholas's  knee  should  be  rehabili- 
tated in  time  for  next  season. 

The  Ravens  might  lose  Collins  next 
year,  partly  because  the  guard  wants  to 
concentrate  on  her  studies,  but  also  be- 
cause she's  frustrated. 

"It's  no  fun  being  on  a  losing  team," 
she  says.  "It's  good  being  on  a  team,  but 
then  . . .  when  you  look  at  (it),  what's  the 
point,  really,  if  we're  just  getting  killed 
every  game?" 

Leadership 

With  most  of  the  starting  cast  from 
1 992-93  gone,  the  team  was  left  without 
an  on-court  leader  —  a  situation  that 
continued  as  the  Ravens'  frustrations 
mounted. 

Veterans  who  should  have  stepped  up 
to  fill  the  void  simply  didn't,  says  guard 
Cindy  Krenosky. 

Offensive  woes 

Jones's  philosophy  has  always  been  to 
beat  teams  with  quickness  and  accurate 


Raven  coach  Marg  Jones  was  often  at  the  centre  of  frequent  team  huddles  during  this  past  season's  winless  drought. 


shooting.  It  has  to  be  that  way  —  the 
Ravens  are  consistently  outsized  by  other 
teams.  How  else  can  you  beat  Laurentian 
when  their  starting  lineup  is  four  inches 
taller  than  yours? 

But  any  advantage  the  Ravens  had  in 
quickness  was  negated  by  their  dreadful 
shooting  —  33  per  cent  from  two-point 
range  and  20  per  cent  from  three-point 
range.  The  Ravens  threw  enough  bricks 
to  give  the  athletics  departmenta  healthy 
start  on  a  much-needed  new  gymna- 
sium. They  averaged  39.1  points  pergame 
—  a  10-point  drop  over  the  year  before. 

"We  didn't  have  one  of  those  people 
(who)  just  scores  all  the  time,  that  can 
score  25  to  30  points  a  game,"  says 
McAlpine. 

Even  if  they  had,  without  Barbieri  to 
feed  the  team's  top  scorers,  there  was  no 
one  to  drive  the  offence.  The  frightening 
result  was  a  torrent  of  turnovers:  34  per 
game  -  one  every  70  seconds.  Roseway, 
a  rookie  guard,  led  the  team  with  102 


giveaways,  one  quarter  of  the  team  total. 
Rookies 

It's  hard  to  fault  the  rookies,  and  in 
particular  Roseway,  for  the  Ravens' woes. 
She  was  the  team  leader  in  points  (10  per 
game),  rebounds  (6.7  per  game),  assists 
{1 1  for  the  year),  free  throws  (2.5  per 
game) . . .  she  was  the  offence. 

As  it  turns  out,  she  even  surprised 
herself.  "I  came  in  and  I  just  thought  I'd 
be  another  player  but  I  guess  1  ended  up 
with  a  pretty  good  season,"  she  says. 

Guards  Tina  Marietti  and  Kaeli 
Yuzefowich  made  largely  undistinguished 
appearances  on  the  floor,  but  must  be 
regarded  as  a  part  of  the  team's  future 
plans. 

Getting  over  the  hump 

Like  a  bus  stuck  in  a  mud  hole,  the 
harder  the  Ravens  pressed  the  gas  pedal, 
the  more  they  got  stuck.  So  even  though 
they  improved  as  the  season  went  on, 
they  couldn't  make  it  show  on  the  score- 
board —  or  in  the  win  column. 


"I  think  what  we  needed  was  just  one 
win  to  show  that  we  can  do  something 
out  there, "  says  Roseway.  "But  that  never 
happened." 

"It  was  really  frustrating,"  says 
O  'Grady.  "We  put  just  as  much  work  into 
everything  as  all  the  other  teams." 
Coaching 

[ones  has  proven  she  can  find  some 
good  players.  Now  she  has  to  figure  out 
how  to  keep  them,  then  mold  the  team 
into  a  winner. 

Despite  the  fact  that  Jones  was  start- 
ing virtually  from  scratch  when  she  took 
over  the  team  in  1989  —  it  had  won  just 
one  game  the  previous  season — one  has 
to  wonder  how  much  longer  the  athletics 
department  will  stick  with  her.  Her  regu- 
lar season  record  in  five  years  is  three 
wins  and  57  losses. 

Gail  Blake,  the  women's  athletic  co- 
ordinator, says  Jones  will  be  back  for 
1994-95. 

Jones  would  not  give  an  interview. □ 


OWIAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division  Final  Standings 

W  L    T  IT    PA  ITS 

Laurent.  12  O    0  929  576  24 

Toronto    10  2    0  8S6  596  20 

Ottawa    7  5    0  803  720  14 

Queen's  6  6    O  788  769  12 

York        5  7    0  696  752  10 

Ryerson   2  10  0  606  803  4 

CarletonO  12  0  469  931  O 

Game  by  Game 

Ian.  11.  Ottawa  81  Carleton  42 

[an.  14.  Queen's  60  Carleton  39 

jan.  15.  Toronto94  Carleton  41 

Ian.  21.  Ryerson  61  Carleton  44 

)an.22.  York     77  Carleton  46 

Ian.  28  Laurent  93  Carleton  29 

Feb.  1.  Ottawa  77  Carleton  41 

Feb.  5.  Laurent  82  Carleton  28 

Feb.  11.  Toronto  81  Carleton  44 

Feb.  12.  Queen's82  Carleton  40 

Feb.  18  York     64  Carleton  30 

Feb.  19.  Ryerson  79  Carleton  45 


Guard  Erin  O'Grady  (#10;  and  forward  Valerie  Gates  (#12)  will  be  returning. 


18  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  17,  1994 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

as  ot\ZeZar\Tl9^  ?**  Cha?a?n  H°^ey  Pool.  Points  were  tabulated 
as  or  1  ue.  Mar.  15, 1994.  Regular  season  leaders  can  only  win  the  dinner  prize  once 
(Italicized  names  are  former  winners)  cuuuiapuasonce. 

1 344  Bank  Street 

(at  Riverside) 

738  -3323 

Congratulations  to  Blair 
Sanderson  and  Steven  Lieff  who 

win  this  week's  dinnerprize.  Come  and 
pick  up  your  $25  dinner  certificates  for 
Baxter's  restaurant  at  The  Charlatan. 


1  PatrickSoden 

754 

2  R.  De  Vecchi 

735 

3  Anjali  Varma 

734 

4  Vicki  Mavraganis 

733 

S  lefTParker 

725 

6  Sujoy  Bhattacharyya 

724 

7  R.  Daggupaty 

723 

8   Tyler  VaiUant 

723 

9  lason  Beifuss 

721 

10  Blair  Sanderson 

720 

11  Paul  Donovan 

719 

12  Joseph  Kurikose 

716 

13  Alex  Varki 

716 

14  Steven  Lieff 

716 

15  Jason  Ling 

716 

Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon . 

In  what  year  did  Foster  Hewitt 
coin  the  famous  phrase  'He  shoots! 
He  scores!?' 

Congratulations  to  Pankaj  Copal 

who  knew  Brian  Trottier  was  the  last  NY 
Islander  to  win  the  Hart  trophy. 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper  and 
submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize  willbe  determined  bya  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  March  22,  1994.  The  winner 
should  come  up  to  the  office  for  the 
prize  on  any  Monday  or  Tuesday. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staff  members  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 


Answer. 

Name: 

Phone: 


Attention 

Candidates  To  Be: 

(1)  General  information  packages  are  now  available  in 
the  Unicentre  Room  127D  -  The  Electoral  Office.  They 
must  be  signed  for. 

(2)  Supplement  and  poster  photos  will  be  taken  on 
Thursday,  March  17, 1994  and  Friday,  March  18, 1994. 
Sign-up  at  the  Electoral  Office. 

(3)  If  you  want  CUS  A  Publications  to  help  you  lay-out 
your  posters  take  it  to  Unicentre  room  326  as  soon  as 
possible.  If  you  leave  it  to  the  last  minute  he  will  not  be 
able  to  do  it  for  you. 

(4)  Bring  in  your  nomination  forms  as  soon  as  possible. 

(5)  It  is  in  your  best  interest  to  check  the  door  and  wall 
outside  of  room  127D  for  information.  If  not  daily,  at 
least  every  couple  of  days. 
It  is  our  ONLY  lifeline  to  you! 


cuSn 


The  CUSA  General  Elections  held  in  February,  1994,  have  been  declared  null  and  void,  including 
the  Board  of  Governors  and  Senate  seats. 

New  General  Elections  have  been  set  in  the  following  Writ  of  Election. 


Whereas,  pursuant  to  section  4.2  of  the  CUSA  Consolidated  Electoral  Code,  the  Chief  Electoral 
Officer  shall  issue  a  Writ  of  Election;  Be  it  hereby  known  that  Elections  Carleton  Intends  to  hold 
elections  for  the  positions  below  on  CUSA  Council  on  March  29,  30,  31  1994. 


POSITIONS  AVAILABLE  ARE: 


C.U.S.A. 


President  (1) 
Engineering  (3) 
Finance  Commissioner  (1) 
Industrial  Design  (1) 
Architecture  (1 ) 
Journalism  (1) 


Arts  and  Social  Sciences  (14) 

Science  (3) 

Commerce  (3) 

Special  Students  (3) 

Computer  Science  (1) 

SENATE 

2  Arts  seats 

2  Social  Science  seats 


1  Architecture/Industrial  Design 
seat 

1  Engineering  seat 

2  Computer  Science/Science 
seats 

BOARD  OF  GOVERNORS 

Two  (2)  positions 


POLLING  STATIONS: 

Leob  Tunnel  Entrance 
Unicentre 

Mackenzie  Building 

Tunnel  Junction  between  Steacie  and  Herzberg  Building 


Tunnel  Junction 
Residence  Commons 
St.  Patrick's  Building 


Schedule  of  Election 

Publication  of  Writ  March  8 
Nominations  Open  March  1 1  {10:00  am) 
Nominations  Close  March  21  (10  00  am) 
Validation  March  21 

Campaigning  Begins  March  22  {8:30  am) 
Polling  Begins  day  1  March  29  (1 1 :10- 
9:10) 

Polling  day  2  March  30  (1 1 :10-9:10) 
Polling  Closes  day  3  March  31  (1 1 :10- 
6:10) 

Tabulation  March  31  (6:20-?) 


Nomination  Forms 

Nomination  forms  are 
available  at  the  CUSA  office 
(401  Unicentre), and  at  the 
Elections  Carleton  Office 
127D  Unicentre. 


Referendum  #1 

Whereas:This  year  funding  from  the  Carleton  University  Students'  Association 
has  allowed  the  University  of  Ottawa  Community  Legal  Clinic,  a  student 
organization,  to  provide  legal  representation  and  advice  to  Carleton  Students. 
Do  you  support  the  continuation  of  C.U.S.A.  funding  to  continue  these 
services? 

First  meeting  of  the  "Yes"  Committee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre 
on  Thursday,  March  1 7,  2:00  pm. 

First  meeting  of  the  "No"  Committeee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre 
on  Thursday,  March  17, 1:00  pm. 


Referendum  #2 

Do  you  support  paying  a  1 .00  levy  (per  student)  towards  subsidizing  the 
creation  and  maintenance  of  a  Carleton  Hockey  team  which  would  join  the 
College  Hockey  League? 

First  meeting  of  the  "Yes"  Committee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre 
on  Thursday,  March  17,  4:00  pm. 

First  meeting  of  the  "No"  Committee  shall  take  place  in  Room  424  Unicentre 
on  Thursday,  March  1 7  at  3:00  pm.  ^  ^^^fcl 


March  17,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  19 


PLACEMENT 

&  Career  Services 


Check  the  posting  boards  at 
the  Placement  Centre  for 
more  job  listings. 


Programs  and  services  of  interest  to  undergraduates,  graduating  students,  as  well  as  alumni. 


508  Unicentre-  788-6611 
March  17, 1994 


ON-CAMPUS  RECRUITING 

Permanent  full-time  positions  are 
directed  towards  graduating  students 
(available  May  '94).  Dates,  unless 
specified,  refer  to  deadlines. 

To  find  out  the  types  of  positions, 
how  to  apply  and  where  to  find 
more  information  on  the  companies, 
please  contact  the  office. 

DVS  Communications  Inc. 

Mar.  1 8,  1 2  noon 
Electrical  Eng.,  Comp.  Syst.  Eng., 
Comp.  Sci..  Commerce-MIS 
Positions:  Aulhorl Programmer 

Dominion  Automobile  Association 

Mar.  18,  12  noon 
All  Disciplines 

Position:  Management  Trainee 

Mead  Johnson 

Mar.  18,  12  noon 
Commerce  -  Marketing 
Position:  Product  Manager 

Andyne  Computing  Ltd. 

Mar.  21.  Mail  Direct 
Electrical  Eng..  Comp.  Syst.  Eng., 
Computer  Science 
Position:  Server  Specialist 

Lincoln  Electric  Company 

Mar.  25,  12  noon 

Electrical  Eng.,  Mechanical  Eng. 

Positions:  Sales  Engineers 

EASEL  Corp. 

Mar.  28,  12  noon 

Electrical  Eng.,  Comp.  Syst.  Eng., 
Computer  Science 
Positions:  Applications  Consultant, 
Technical  Support  Consultant, 
QA  Engineer,  Software  Engineer 


MPR  Teltech  Ltd. 

Mar.  30,  1 2  noon 

Electrical  Eng.,  Comp.  Syst.  Eng., 

Compuler  Science 

Positions:  Various 

Household  Financial  Corp. 

Mar.  3 1 , 5  pm 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Accelerated  Training 
Program 

Communications  Security 
Establishment 

May  1 ,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Languages  Related 

Solidarity  Eastern  Europe 

May  27,  Mail  Direct 
English,  Linguistics 
Position:  Overseas  Language 
Teacher 

FULL  TIME  EMPLOYMENT 

Please  visit  Placement  &  Career 
Services  for  more  full  and  part  time 
employment  opportunities. 

National  Research  Council/ 
Carleton  University 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
Engineering 
Position:  Engineer 

SUMMER  EMPLOYMENT 

For  more  information  on  the  types 
of  positions  and  application  proce- 
dures consult  the  summer  job  board. 

Banff  Lifts  Ltd. 

Sulpher  Mountain  Alberta 

Mar.  18,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Various 


Will  You  Be  Graduating? 

Join  the  Alumni/ae  Referral  Service 


Throughout  the  year,  employers  contact  us  seeking  qualified 
candidates  for  immediate  job  openings.  All  positions  are  posted 
in  full  time  job  binders  and  then  selectively  file  searched.  A  file 
search  involves  contacting  qualified  Carleton  alumni/ae  regis- 
tered with  the  service  and  referring  them  to  employers. 

Alumni/ae  may  continue  to  register  with  us  up  to  3  years  after 
graduation.  You  do  not  have  to  be  unemployed  to  be  eligible  for 
the  service,  but  you  must  be  sincerely  and  actively  looking  for  a 
job. 

Students  may  register  one  month  prior  to  completing  their 
degree  requirements.  Come  to  Placement  &  Career  Services, 
508  UC,  to  pick  up  your  registration  form. 


Consumer  Impact 

Mar.  18,  12  noon 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Promotional  Reps, 
Field  Supervisors 

Hunt  Club  Riverside  Community 
Centre 

Mar.  18,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Various 

Hamilton  YWCA  East  End  Sports 
School 

Mar.  18,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Instructor/Counsellor 
Please  note  this  position  is  in 
Hamilton  Ontario. 

Marsaryk  Fellowship  Program 

Mar.  18,  Mail  Direct 

Eastern  European,  Political  Science, 

NPSIA,  EASL 

Positions:  Teaching  English  in 
Czeck  Republic 

Club  de  Golf  Rivermead 

Mar.  25,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Starter 

The  Governor  General's  Foot 
Guards 

Mar.  3 1 ,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Ceremonial  Guards 

Pepsi-Cola  Canada  Beverages 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 

All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Delivery  Drivers 

Student  Venture  Loans 

June  10,  Mail'Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Venture  Capital  Loans 

Environmental  Youth  Corps 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Various 

Canadian  Museum  of  Civilization 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 

Canadian  History,  Native  Studies, 

Social  Sciences 

Positions:  Animator 

Student  BBQ  Services 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Position:  Manager 

The  District  Municipality  of 
Muskoka 

Water  Quality  Monitoring  Program 
ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
Environmental  Engineering, 
Biology 

Positions:  Technical  Assistant  I 

Support  Services  Mississauga 
ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
All  Disciplines 
Positions:  Various 


Totten  Sims  Hubicki  Associates 
ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
Civil  Engineering 
Position:  Inspection  Team 

PAINTERS/HOME  CARE 

The  following  home  care  companies 
are  accepting  applications  to  be 
mailed  direct.  Please  consult  the 
summer  job  board  for  positions  and 
deadline  dates. 

Abracadabra  Landscapers 
Action  Window  Cleaning 
Creative  Outdoor  Lighting 
Metropro 

Student  Sprinkler  Services 
Student  Works  Painting 
Varsity  Painters 
White  Shark  Window  Cleaning 

TREE  PLANTING 

The  following  tree  planting  compa- 
nies are  accepting  applications  to  be 
mailed  direct.  Please  consult  the 
summer  job  board  for  deadline  dates 
and  for  more  information. 

TAW  A  Enterprises  Ltd. 
Evergreen  Forestry  Services 
Outland/New  Forest 
Tree  Line  Reforestation 
Broland  Enterprises  Inc. 

SUMMER  CAMPS 

The  following  camps  are  accepting 
applications  ASAP  to  be  mailed 
direct.  — 

Camp  Awakening 
Camp  Brebeuf 
Camp  MaroMac 
Bark  Lake 

Exer-Clean  Launderers  Ltd. 
J.P.  Brothers  Food  Management 
Lundy's  Canadian  Wilderness 
Camp 

Pripstein's  Camp 

Ontario  Camping  Association 

Sagitawa  Christian  Camps 

Camp  Tamakwa 

Camp  Walden 

YMCA-YWCA  of  Ottawa- 

Carleton 

YMCA  Camp  Pinecrest 
LODGES/RESORTS 

Viamede  Resort  (Peterborough) 

Apr.  1 ,  Mail  Direct 
Positions:  Various 

Waterton-G lacier  International 
Peace  Park/Prince  of  Wales  Hotel 

Apr.  29,  Mail  Direct 
Positions:  Various 

Aspen  Village  Inn  (Alberta) 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
Positions:  Various 

River  Run  (Beachburg) 

ASAP,  Mail  Direct 
Positions:  Various 


20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  17,  1994 


—  ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT  

Sounding  (ike  Soundfiarden,  but  who  the  hell  cares' 

byAndreaSmith  T,       .,  "VII   VUI  WSJ* 


by  Andrea  Smith 

Charlatan  Stall 

/Liquid  Bone  Dance 

II  Zaphod  Beeblebrox 
VJvIarch  12 


) 


There's  a  sound  I  grew  up  with  in 
Winnipeg.  It  came  out  from  the  West 
Coast  in  the  form  of  bands  like  Faith  No 
More  and  Soundgarden. 

Before  these  bands  signed  with  major 
labels,  they  were  considered  good.  Their 
influence  ran  up  the  coast  to  Vancouver, 
across  the  Rockies  into  Calgary,  and  trick- 
led east  across  the  prairies. 

Now  it  seems  this  trickle  hits  a  steep 
incline,  running  the  wrong  way  just  out- 
side of  Toronto. 

judging  by  some  of  the  responses  1 
overheard,  more  sophisticated  Ottawa 
sensibilities  are  offended  by  its  "Pearl 
jamminess"  and  mistake  it  for  some- 
thing called  "Grunge  Music." 

By  association  it  becomes  dated,  cor- 
porate, and  every  band's  worst  night- 
mare . . .  cheesy. 

By  now,  Winnipeg's  Liquid  Bone  Dance 
should  be  painfully  aware  of  this  musical 
regionalism.  Saturday  nightatZaphod's, 
singer  Geoff  Green  couldn't  have  ex- 
pressed it  better  when  in  between  songs 
he  looked  out  at  the  sparse  audience  and 
almost  sighed:  "jesus  Christ,  it's  quiet  in 
here." 


The  audience,  for  the  most  part,  kept 
their  butts  glued  to  their  bar  stools.  Two 
or  three  brave  souls  hovered  on  the  fringes 
of  the  dance  floor  during  the  song  "Four 
Mono  Lisas,"  which  has  the  loud,  happy 
guitars  of  emocore. 

Make  no  mistake  —  the  band  is  pol- 
ished, their  playing  tight 
and  their  performance 
impressive.  Green'svocals 
and  Marty  Chapman's 
drumming  are  excep- 
tional. 

As  the  audience  stub- 
bornly kept  to  the  side- 
lines, 1  found  my  western- 
bred  hackles  rising.  Sure 
they  have  long  hair.  Yeah, 
they  sound  a  little  like 
Soundgarden,  maybe 
they  even  want  to.  But 
after  a  couple  of  songs,  I 
didn'treally  care  who  they 
sounded  like,  to  me  they 
justsounded  like  five  guys 
who  were  making  a  noise 
I  once  enjoyed,  and  they 
were  doing  it  so  well. 

As  forbeing  dated,  cor- 
porate or  cheezy . . .  their 
music  is  no  more  dated 
than  punk  or  emocore, 
and  they're  as  independ- 
ent as  they  come.  Their  _ 

self-titledEPisoutonWin-  He's  from  Winnipeg,  you  know 


nipeg's  indie  record  label,  Oh  Yah' 
Records,  and  costs  five  bucks.  Admit- 
tedly, they're  not  as  overtly  anti-corpo- 
rate as  some  punk  bands,  but  to  quote 
from  "Four  Mona  Lisas:" 

"Finally  the  paint  must  dry  and  Elvis 
ain't  the  only  guy,  Coca  Cola's  turning 
green,  the  magic  no  one's  ever  seen." 


They're  no  more  or  less  original  than 
any  other  band  who  plays  within  a  genre 
like  ska,  industrial,  or  punk. 

So  screw  the  labels,  1  like  it.  If  you 
harborany  hidden  fondness  ornostalgia 
for  the  same  bands,  you'll  probably  like 
it  too.  Everybody  else  can  be  losers  and  sit 
on  their  barstools  and  rot.  Q 


Modern  dance  without  all  the  pretension 


by  Suzanne  Andrew 

Charlatan  Stall 


Diquis  Tiquis 

National  Arts  Centre  Atelier 
March  9  — March  12 


) 


The  dance  theatre  style  of  Diquis  Tiquis 
is  engaging  in  its  simplicity. 

Unlike  many  dance  theatre  compa- 
nies, this  Costa  Rican  company  doesn't 
go  out  of  its  way  to  be  weird.  Instead, 
Diquis  Tiquis's  expression  and  choreog- 
raphy are  profound  in  their  clarity. 


In  essence,  the  company's  two  mem- 
bers, Alejandro TosatH  and  Sandra  Trejos, 
are  storytellers.  With  slow,  controlled 
movements,  perfectly  executed,  their 
expressiveness  is  not  obscured  by  flashy 
technical  wizardry. 

While  most  North  American  dancers 
conform  to  the  classical  standard  of  fro- 
zen faces,  Tosatri  and  Trejos  have  the 
rivetingabilitytoportraythewholegamut 
of  emotions  using  only  facial  expres- 
sions. 

In  La-doaldo  (Side  by  Side),  the  two 
dancers,  seated  in  chairs,  moved  in  per- 


Where  the  hell  are  the  dancing  cats?" 


feet  unison,  rocking  slowly  back  andforth 
to  subtle,  repetitive  music.  The  dancers 
broke  all  sorts  of  conventional  rules  in 
this  piece:  they  used  a  very  small  portion 
of  the  performance  space,  failed  to  ac- 
knowledge each  other  and  focused  more 
on  portraying  emotion  than  actual  dance 
movements.  Yetwith  their  creative  facial 
expression,  the  dancers  were  successful 
in  telling  the  story  of  a  man  exhibiting 
both  male  and  female  characteristics. 

In  Due/a  (The  Duel),  the  two  dancers 
emerged,  silhouetted,  on  to  the  stage.  A 
narrative  about  the  first  man  and  woman 
on  Earth,  this  piece  was  effective  in  its 
austerity  through  sparse  costuming,  sim- 
ple staging  and  subtle  choreography. 

Itwas  unfortunate,  however,  that  the 
dancers  chose  to  mime  some  of  the  vo- 
cals of  this  work's  music.  This  was  dis- 
tracting and  caused  a  break  in  the  chore- 
ography's narration. 

The  most  engaging  work  in  Diquis 
Tiquis's  performance  was  La  Virgen  Del 
Banquito  (The  Virgin  of  the  Stool),  a  solo 
by  Trejos  and  a  story  of  one  woman's  life. 
Trejos  was  technically  excellent,  demon- 
strating her  knowledge  of  Martha 
Graham  technique  with  strong  lines,  body 
isolations  and  flowing  arm  movements. 
Her  use  of  the  stool  prop  is  clever — as  her 
character  evolves,  so  does  the  prop  — 
transforming  from  achild's  hiding  place 
to  an  old  woman's  rocking  chair. 

The  last  piece  of  the  performance,  Los 
Gemelos  (The  Twins),  explores  traditional 
South  American  concepts  of  duality.  The 
dancers'  use  of  large  burlap  masks  at  the 
beginning  of  this  piece  was  excellent,  as 
were  their  interpretation  of  jungle  ani- 
mals. 

Unfortunately,  the  piece  ended  with 
intense  lift  work  and  difficult  choreogra- 
phy, making  the  duo  appear  technically 
mismatched.  Trejos  sustained  her  move- 
ments with  a  remarkable  flow  of  energy 
that  her  male  counterpart  was  unable  to 
parallel. 

Both  the  lighting  and  music  used  by 
this  company  are  subtle  —  working  as 
they  should  to  emphasize  the  dancers 
and  not  drawing  attention  to  themselves. 


The  Latin  American  music  was  quiet  but 
rhythmically  interesting. 

The  use  of  expression,  dramatic  ef- 
fects and  themes  found  in  Diquis  Tiquis's 
performance  was  refreshingly  original 
and  sublime.  This  company  has  success- 
fully escaped  the  current  thematic  trends 
of  the  morbid  and  bizarre  that  are  cur- 
rently rife  in  the  dance  world.  □ 

This  week: 

Our  Favorite 
Infomercials 

1.  Stop  the  Insanity! 

2.  Solof lex  2000 

3.  Time  Life's  Rolling 
Stone  Collection 

4.  Awake  the  Giant 
Within  with  Tony 
Robbins 

5.  The  Ginsu  Knives 
series 

6.  Amazing 
Discoveries 

7.  Rush  Limbaugh 

8.  Dr.  Gene  Scott 

9.  Prime  Time  News 

10.  Playboy's  Secrets 
of  Making  Love 


March  17,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  21 


Come  and  take  your  mind  off  your  essays 


by  Roy  Fu 

Charlatan  Start 


/China  in  Contrast 

MacOdrum  Library 
.March  1  — March  21 


To  me,  China  signifies  home,  a  place 
of  early  childhood  memories,  a  fluid  lan- 
guage of  a  thousand  streams,  resonating 
a  familiarity  of  home. 

I  would  imagine  for  others  —  either 
those  who  have  never  been  or  those  vis- 
iting for  the  first  time  —  China  means 
different  things,  and  evokes  different 
images. 

Bill  Cooper,  a  Carleton  student  who 
spent  a  year  in  China,  presents  his  im- 
pression of  the  country  in  a  series  of 
photographs  and  short  essays.  He  depicts 


his  experience  with  familiar  black  and 
white  images  and  lyrical  prose. 

Individually,  Cooper's  photos  are  fa- 
miliar in  subject  —  a  panorama  of  the 
Great  Wall,  a  closeup  of  an  old  Chinese 
peasant,  a  picture  of  Chairman  Mao 
overlooking  Tiananmen  Square;  collec- 
tively, the  images  reiterate  the  familiar, 
in  a  cliche  narrative  of  the  country. 

These  images  and  the  accompanying 
narrative  are  reminiscent  of  ones  found 
in  back  issues  of  National  Geographic.  The 
narrative  describes  a  fading,  romantic 
China-past:  simple,  yet  exotic. 

A  man  propels  his  junk  up  a  silted 
river;  a  portrait  of  a  rudimentary  diesel 
truck.  We're  not  shown  a  turbulent  China- 
present,  one  which  is  being  overrun  by 
capitalism,  giant  Pepsi  billboards  and 
Bennetton  boutiques. 


The  accompanying  short  essays  shed 
more  light  on  to  Cooper's  encounters  and 
experiences.  They  captivate  with  vivid 
images,  often  stronger  than  the  ones  in 
the  photos.  This  vivid  imagery  and  lyri- 
cal style  make  the  essays  read  like  poems. 
Unlike  the  photos,  the  prose  reflects  an 
acquired  sensibility  about  the  people  and 
the  place: 

"A  young  woman  spends  a  week 
sculpting  a  carpet  with  scissors  only  to  be 
handed  another  one  and  another  one . . 
.  .  Stamina  .  .  .  stamina  to  overcome 
hardship  and  the  hardship  to  build  char- 
acter." 

Both  Cooper's  photographs  and  prose 
put  a  real  distance  between  him  and  the 
subject,  revealed  by  the  sense  of  personal 
detachment  in  the  writing  and  physical 
distance  in  the  photographs. 


The  exhibit  claims  to  be  an  account  of 
Cooper's  "experiences,"  yet  the  story  it 
tells  is  far  from  personal.  It  is  objectified; 
Cooper  assumes  the  voice  of  a  detached 
colonial  anthropologist.  I  suppose  this 
relates  back  to  the  familiar  narrative  that 
Cooper  finds  himself  in;  perhaps  caught 
in  the  traditional  narrative  of  the  for- 
eigner in  China. 

Irrespective  of  that,  Cooper's  emotive 
images  in  both  media  suggest  an  intense 
interaction  with  the  country  and  its  peo- 
ple. Somewhere  behind  Cooper's  exhibit 
lies  the  real  story,  his  story,  of  a  foreigner 
in  China,  one  that  has  yet  to  be  told. 

The  exhibit  is  definitely  worth  check- 
ing out.  If  nothing  else,  it  offers  a  break 
from  the  mundane  researching  of  essay 
season,  leaving  one  with  a  taste  of  the 
exotique.  □ 


IN  HARM'S  WAY 


ROCKY  THE  FLYING  SQUIRREL 
MEETS  HIS  END  IN  A  FREAK 
COLLISION  WITH  DUMBO. 


THE  ELECTRIC  GUITAR  15  DISCOVERED 


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A  QUALITY  PRODUCT  FROM  ANSELl» 


22  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  17,  1994 


by  Andrea  Smith  „,„ ,  -^^^V      ^  O^* 

incredibly  tacky  artifacts 

charlatan  sian  tr|e  viewer  to  discern  the  na-   I   * 


by  Andrea  Smith 

Charlatan  Slatl 

Fluffs  and  Feathers:  An  Exhibition 
On  theSymbolsoflndiannesswasongi- 

nally  presented  in  1988,  and  was  curated 
by  Deborah  Doxtator  at  the  Woodland 
Cultural  Centre  in  Brantford,  Ont.  The 
centre  serves  six  reserve  communities 
from  two  distinct  cultural  groups: 
Algonquian  and  Iroquoian.  A  revised 
edition  of  the  exhibit  is  now  on  display  at 
the  Museum  of  Civilization  in  Hull 
until  May  23. 

"Teepees,  headdresses,  totem 
poles,  birch  bark  canoes,  face  paint, 
fringes,  buckskin  and  tomahawks 
—  when  anyone  sees  images,  draw- 
ings or  paintings  of  these  things 
they  immediately  think  of 'Indians. ' 
They  are  symbols  of  Indianness."  — 
Fluffs  and  Feathers  catalogue 

The  affordable,  disposable,  buyable 
Indian:  take  it  home,  wear  it,  or  wind  it 
up  and  let  your  kids  play  with  it  in  the 
backyard.  Package  it,  polish  it  and  put  it 
in  a  cellophane  wrapper.  Use  it  to  sell 
stuff.  Made  of  100-per-cent  hollow  plas- 
tic, for  your  enjoyment. 

This  is  what  non-Native  people  have 
been  doing  for  years  with  images  of  Na- 
tive peoples.  A  Chicago  Blackhawks  jer- 
sey, the  Land  O'  Lakes  margarine  logo, 
or  a  Pontiac  car  —  they  all  use  and 
reinforce  the  same  stereotypes  of 
Indianness;  a  construction  generated  by 
a  project  of  racism  and  colonization, 
manifest  in  a  myriad  of  tacky  souvenirs, 
children's  toys  and  cheap  re-presenta- 
tions. 

"It  is  not  right  that  anyone  should 
define  someone  else,  tell  them  who 
they  are  and  where  they '  fit  in. '  Vou 
cannot  do  this  to  someone  if  you 
think  of  them  as  your  equal. " 

"They  are  so  pervasive,"  says  Wood- 
land Cultural  Centre  museum  director 
Tom  Hill,  of  the  cardboard  stereotypes  on 
display  at  Fluffs  and  Feathers.  Hill  uses  a 
term  coined  by  Carleton  art  history  pro- 
fessor Ruth  Phillips,  who  describes  the 
dissemination  of  racist  stereotypes  as 
"white  noise."  White  noise  is  an  expres- 
sion for  a  droning  in  the  background;  like 
the  stereotypes  of  Native  peoples  it's  ever 
present,  cancelling  outsome  sounds  and 
letting  others  through. 

"You  can't  really  see  it  but  it's  there, " 
says  Hill. 

If  s  distortion,  and  in  the  case  of  the 
symbols  of  Indianness,  it's  white  because 
it's  a  tool  and  a  product  of  a  colonial 
power. 

Hill  says  to  overcome  the  pervasive 
effect  of  this  misrepresentation,  the  stere- 
otypes are  put  on  display,  to  point  out 
that  they  have  been  created  by  non- 
Native  persons  and  "are  totally  fabri- 
cated. We  wanted  people  to  think  about 
that  right  at  the  very  beginning.  Then 
you  start  your  journey." 

Through  a  procession  of  photos  of 
Hollywood  ideas  of  Indianness,  tourist- 
park  ideas  of  Indianness,  Wild  West  show 
ideas  of  Indianness,  comic  books,  en- 
gravings and  "fine  art"  —  amongst  the 
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the  viewer  to  discern  the  na 
ture  of  these  images.  To  ask 
questions  like:  Who  produced 
these  images?  Whose  inter- 
ests do  they  serve?  What  do 
all  these  images/objects  have 
in  common? 

"To  get  them  to  start  think- 
ing about  them  when  they 
see  them,  to  engage  debate," 
says  Hill.  - 

"By  the  seventeenth 
century,  Europeans  had 
certain  fixed  ideas  about 
what  an  Indian  was  sup- 
posed to  look  like.  The 
'official  costume'  of  Indi- 
ans in  European  art  was  a 
feather  skirt  and  upright 
headdress  occasionally 
with  some  feathers  at  the 
wrists  and  ankles.  The 
physical  remoteness  of 
Indians  to  Europeans 
made  it  possible  to  create 
representations  of  ab- 
stract Indians  that  bore 
no  resemblance  to  real- 
ity. .  .  .  These  abstract 
depictions  of  Indians  cre- 
ated a  visual  and  symbolic 
language  that  was  immediately  rec- 
ognizable as  'Indianness;'  nudity, 
feathers,  headdresses,  bows  and 
arrows." 


What's  wrong  with  this  picture? 


Hill  says  by  merely  assembling  T-shirts, 
tacky  souvenirs,  and  common  commer- 
cial fare  in  as  unlikely  a  setting  as  the 
glass  display  cases  of  a  museum,  is  to 
provoke  questions. 


Traditionally,  hesays,  museums  have 
been  the  showcase  for  Native  peoples' 
cultural  artifacts,  but  usually  as  products 
of  some  time  in  the  past,  as  if  Native 
peoples  belong  in  the  past. 

"We  have  always  been  looked  at  in 
the  past,  and  yet  we  have  been  denied  a 
history,"  says  Hill. 

"To  the  museum  and  exhibition 
visitor  of  the  nineteenth  century, 
Indians  were  a  fascinating  curios- 
ity best  appreciated  as  a  living  yet 
safe  historical  're-enactment'  in  a 
Wild  West  show,  or  as  a  category 
with  a  safely  inferior  place  in  a 
neatly  organized  exhibit  of  the  hi- 
erarchy of  the  races  of  mankind  . . 
.  in  need  of  control  and  of  study, 
and  as  earlier  'less-developed'  peo- 
ples whose  domination  seemed  not 
only  desirable  but  necessary." 

The  exhibit  ends  with  a  mirror. 

"(The  display)  invites  the  viewer  to 
experience  this  exhibit  from  a  First  Na- 
tions perspective,"  says  the  placard  ac- 
companying the  exhibit.  But  Hill  says 
the  real  question  is  "How  do  you  see 
yourself?"  in  relation  to  the  image  pre- 
sented. 

"We  don't  want  to  force  a  conclu- 
sion," says  Hill.  "The  viewer  is  invited  to 
come  to  theirown  conclusion.  Some  peo- 
ple will  discover  it,  some  others  won't." 

"It's  really  quite  dangerous,"  says  Hill. 


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Charlatan  Siaff 


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Still  Alive 

NAC  Studio 
March  8  —  March  19 


In  what  had  to  be  the  most  disgusting 
moment  in  Ottawa  theatre  this  year,  a 
nearly  naked  Andy  |ones  attached  a 
massive  dildo  to  his  fat,  hairy  body,  dur- 
ing the  second  act  of  his  new  play  5f/// 
Alive. 

Jones  was  a  member  of  the  CODCO 
comedy  collective,  who  also  appeared  on 
the  CODCO  CBC-TV  series  until  he  re- 


signed because  the  network  refused  to  let 
him  air  a  comedy  sketch  involving  priests 
molesting  boys. 

Now  a  writer  for  The  Kids  in  the  Hall, 
Jones's  sexual  fetishes  are  inseparable 
from  his  humor. 

Stiil  Alive  is  a  one-man  show  he  wrote 
with  a  grant  from  the  Canada  Council. 
Like  many  plays  in  Canada  these  days, 
5n7/A/iVeexemplifies  the  style  of  "therapy 
theatre,"  where  actors  write  plays  about 
their  emotional  and  sexual  problems. 

Still  Alive  is  a  canvas  on  which  Jones 
paints  his  emotional  baggage.  The  actor 
tells  of  his  fear  of  failing,  the  pain  of  his 
mother's  death  and  the  tormenting  guilt 


of  his  youthful  homosexual  experiences. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  show,  Jones 
jokingly  explains  to  us  that  his  play  is 
actually  a  Royal  Commission  report.  Soon 
we're  promised  either  200  laughs  during 
the  performance,  one  genuine  feeling,  or 
our  money  back. 

He  starts  to  ridicule  famous  philoso- 
phers and  the  Catholic  Church,  and  then 
there's  the  dildo  finale. 

The  play  is  so  unfocused  that  even 
during  the  final  20  minutes,  Jones  can- 
not successfully  deliver  a  central  state- 
ment or  thesis  for  his  play.  The  play 
simply  tries  to  do  too  many  things  at 
once.  Director  Gil  Osborne  should  have 


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demanded  a  rewrite  of  the  script. 

Much  of  the  play's  humor  is  geared  to 
older  adults.  Not  that  the  humor  is  too 
sophisticated  for  a  young  crowd;  rather 
young  people  wouldn't  tolerate  the  type 
of  corny  middle-aged  humor  that  char, 
acterizes  Jones's  style. 

His  use  of  Newfoundland  humor,  like 
when  he  confesses  his  guilt  for  never 
having  caught  a  fish  in  his  life,  is  one  of 
the  show's  strengths.  The  play's  weak, 
ness  is  found  in  his  unfunny  attempts  at 
philosophizing  on  life;  for  instance,  by 
using  a  piece  of  chalk,  he  covers  the  floor 
with  symbolic  logic  to  explain  life's  quirks 

Jones  does,  however,  deliver  a  com- 
fortable  performance  that  he  sustains 
throughout  the  show.  The  quality  of  his 
acting  is  consistent.  The  script  certainly 
doesn't  allow  Jones  to  demonstrate  his 
range,  which  is  unfortunate  considering 
his  acting  ability. 

The  set  is  barely  noticeable,  as  de- 
signer Arthur  Penson  opts  fora  simple  set 
(more  likely  a  reflection  of  the  NAC's 
budget  than  any  artistic  choices).  The  set 
includes  three  blackboards  and  a  science 
lab  desk.  Along  with  various  prop  pieces 
and  a  suspended  projection  screen,  which 
is  used  to  show  slides  related  to  his  script, 
the  set  acts  more  as  a  backdrop  than  a 
component  to  the  play. 

Oneofthemain  elements  of  the  show 
is  a  useless  written  quiz  that  Jones  ad- 
ministers to  the  audience  in  the  second 
half  of  the  show,  using  ballots  from  the 
program.  Asking  questions  about  the 
audience  members'  ages,  genders  and 
occupations,  the  quiz  seems  more  like  a 
survey  for  the  NAC's  marketing  depart- 
ment than  a  legitimate  part  of  the  per- 
formance. 

Jones  maintains  throughout  the  play 
that  we  humans  are  all  in  the  same  boat. 
He  tries  desperately  to  prove  this  through- 
out the  show,  but  ultimately  alienates 
the  audience  with  dildos  and  his  almost 
naked  body.  After  enduring  two  hours 
worth,  it's  some  miracle  that  his  audi- 
ence is  still  alive.  G 


24  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  17,  1994 


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The  happy 

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band 


by  Johanna  Olszewski 

Charlatan  Staff 


f  Belfast  Cowboys 

The  Pit 
V  March  19 


J 


Spring  is  in  the  air,  the  snow  is  melt- 
ing, everyone  seems  to  be  smiling. 

Especially  the  Belfast  Cowboys.  These 
local  talents  and  Carleton  students  are 
ready  to  launch  their  first  self-titled  cas- 
sette this  weekend  at  the  Pit.  (If  it  drops  to 
30  below  this  week,  just  take  ourword  for 
it,  the  Belfast  Cowboys  are  happy.) 

The  Cowboys,  a  popular  draw  among 
Carleton  students,  have  performed  nu- 
merous times  on  campus  and  around 
local  clubs  since  their  debut  in  the  fall  of 
1991. 

Greg  Brayford,  Mike  Peterson  (both  on 
guitar  and  vocals),  Andrew  G.  Long  (bass) 
and  Mathew  Young  (drums)  have  been 
lucky  enough  to  have  the  assistance  of 
their  friends,  who  helped  with  postering 
and  even  the  recording  of  their  cassette. 

"A'  lot  of  people  who  are  already  in- 
volved in  the  music  scene  have  helped 
out  a  lot  with  the  release  of  this  cassette, " 
Young  explains.  To  record  the  cassette, 
the  band  took  over  Oliver's  for  an  evening, 
Brayford  says.  "Wewentin  at  fouro'clock 
Sunday  afternoon  and  out  about  five  in 
the  morning.  We  recorded  eight  songs, 
but  we're  releasing  six." 

As  you  could  probably  guess  from  the 
venue  where  they  recorded  it,  the  tape 
has  a  very  live  feel  to  it.  The  result  is  that 
what  you  hear  on  the  tape  is  what  you'll 
see  live. 

Their  folk-influenced  songs  combine 
both  electric  and  acoustic  guitars.  As  for 
influences,  they  say  they're  not  beholden 
to  any  one  source.  "We  are  doing  exactly 
what  we  want  to  do.  There's  no  influence 
conforming  us  to  any  standards.  We  are 
playing  the  music  we  want  to  play, "  says 
Young. 

Although  they  may  not  see  any  influ- 
ences in  their  music,  they  come  from  the 
same  local  talent  pool  that  has  spawned 
such  bands  as  limmy  George  and  Sep- 
tember Child,  who  form  a  support  net- 
work for  each  other. 

They  have  also  had  a  taste  of  life  on 
the  road,  playing  in  Toronto  and  Hali- 
fax. Unfortunately,  moneyproblemswill 
mean  they  will  miss  this  summer's  Cana- 
dian Music  Conference  in  Halifax  which 
they  were  hoping  to  attend. 

Instead,  they  hope  to  expose  their 
musical  energy  to  Ontario  university  cam- 
puses in  the  future. 

Oh  well.  Halifax's  loss  is  our  gain.  □ 


King  ApparatusTSerious  ska? 

by  Arn  Keeling  —  

Charlatan  Statt 


King  Apparatus 

The  Penguin 
.  March  23 


1 


New  Theatre  of  Ottawa 

PRESENTS 

"A  crazy  quill  patchwork  of  hyperventilating  language, 
erotic  jokes,  movie  kitsch  and  medical  nightmare. " 

The  New  York  Times 


The  "Canuck  party  band  of  the  dec- 
ade" seems  to  be  growing  up. 

Toronto-based  ska  outfit  King  Appa- 
ratus has  built  a  reputation  as  a  wacky, 
danceable  band  playing  off-beat  tunes 
like  "Non-Stop  Drinking"  and  "Made  for 
TV"  in  their  high-energy  live  shows. 

But  with  their  latest  album,  Marbles, 
released  in  late  1993,  some  of  their  lyrics 
and  tunes  have  made  forays  into  more 
"serious  music"  territory. 

King  Apparatus  co-founderand  bass- 
ist Mitch  Girio  says  despite  this  new  direc- 
tion, they  are  still  focused  on  showing 
their  fans  a  good  time. 

"I  don't  know  if  we're  trying  to  shed 
the  party  band  image,"  he  says.  That's 
because,  he  continues,  it  was  one  they 
were  stuck  with  by  people  who  wrote 
about  them. 

Indeed,  now  the  band's  lyrics  tackle 
the  problems  of  crime,  urban  violence 
and  homelessness  while  only  rarely  devi- 
ating from  their  driving  ska  sound  that 
has  made  them  the  darlings  of  many  in 
the  Canadian  alternative  scene. 

"There's  still  some  fun  tunes,  but  it's  a 
bit  more  serious,"  says  Girio.  "There's less 
songs  about  girls." 

King  Apparatus  return  to  Ottawa 
March  23  with  their  quirky  brand  of  ska 
—  the  frenetic,  pulsing  brand  of  reggae 
played  by  such  bands  as  Montreal's  Me 
Mom  and  Morgentaler  and  England's 
the  Special  Beat. 

"We  try  not  to  be  too,  too  wacky,  but 
definitely  high-energy, "  says  Girio  of  their 
live  shows. 

He  says  the  band  still  tries  hard  to  get 
the  crowd  skanking,  even  on  their  more 
topical  tunes. 

"We  try  to  get  people  on  their  feet," 
says  Girio.  And  if  a  serious  song  does 
come  up,  hesays,  "wewon'ttellpeopleto 
sit  down." 

Sitting  down  isn't  often  a  big  problem 
when  a  ska  band  is  playing.  And  King 
Apparatus  —  Girio,  singer  and  main 
songwriter  Chris  Murray  and  guitarist 
Sam  Tallo  —  have  made  playing  and 
experimenting  with  ska  their  focus. 

Girio  says  when  the  band  formed  in 
1987  in  London,  Ont,  they  did  some 
covers  and  played  around  with  other 
kinds  of  music,  but  found  their  ska  call- 
ing early  on. 

"To  me,  it  seems  we're  doing  a  better 
job  playing  ska,"  he  says. 

Girio  says  the  band  has  diversified  its 
sound  on  the  latest  album  by  tinkering 
withthetraditional,  "roots-style"  rhythms 
of  reggae  and  ska.  But  they're  not  im- 
mune to  other  influences. 


BY  PAUU  VDGEL 


by  Miles  Potter 
Until  April  2 


It's  those  wacky,  wacky  ska  guys 

"We  do  some  poppy  stuff,"  he  says. 

Business  is  another  area  in  which  King 
Apparatus  is  getting  serious.  Late  last 
year,  the  band  moved  from  the  Raw 
Energy  record  label  to  Cargo  Records 
because  Girio  says  they  felt  like  they 
weren't  getting  good  exposure  on  the 
smaller  independent  label. 

"It  was  a  business  thing, "  Girio  says  of 
the  move.  "We  wanted  to  make  a  definite 
step  forward." 

Girio  sounds  like  he's  in  touch  with 
the  marketing  end  of  running  a  band  as 
well  as  he  is  with  the  job  of  pounding  out 
ska  grooves  on  the  bass. 

The  results  of  the  move  have  been 
good,  according  to  Girio,  with  more  ex- 
posure south  of  the  border  and  better 
sales  of  Marbles  in  Canada. 

Girio  himself  has  kept  busy  outside 
the  band,  teaming  up  with  Guelph  funk- 
rockers  King  Cobb  Steelie  for  some  shows 
—  including  an  Ottawa  gig  in  January  — 
while  King  Apparatus  was  on  hiatus. 


Over  the  band's  break,  Girio  says 
Murray  spent  some  time  in  California 
with  some  ska  bands,  recruiting  a  drum- 
mer, organ  player  and  guitarist  to  back 
them  on  the  current  tour,  which  began  in 
the  western  United  States. 

The  immediate  future  of  King  Appa- 
ratus seems  to  lie  on  the  road.  Girio  says 
the  band  will  be  continuing  on  from 
Ottawa  to  Eastern  Canada,  the  Eastern 
and  Southern  United  States  and  finally 
back  to  California. 

While  on  the  road,  they'll  be  shooting 
a  video  for  "You're  Not  My  Type, "  one  of 
the  less-ska,  more-eclectic  songs  on  Mar- 
bles. Girio  says  a  new  album  is  not  in  the 
offing  fora  while,  although  they  recorded 
a  show  at  the  Commodore  Ballroom  in 
Vancouver  and  may  release  a  live  album 
if  the  tracks  sound  good. 

Now  in  their  mid-20s,  the  band  mem- 
bers seem  ready  to  take  what  they  do  — 
writing  songs,  doing  business  and  play- 
ing ska  —  more  seriously  than  ever.  □ 


Food  Services,  CUSA  and  the  Status  of  Women 
Office  are  proud  to  announce  the  winners  of 

The  Peppermill 
Poster  Contest 

Naomi  Lazar 
David  Pritchard 
Wiz  Long 

J  We  thank  the  many  participants.  Each  entrant  can 
pick  up  a  complimentary  mug  in  Baker  Lounge 

Monday,  March  21 1PM  -  3PM 
OR 

Friday,  March  25  1PM  -  3PM 


Contact  Jane  Keeler  for  any  further  information  at 

788-3576 

Winning  lists  will  be  posted  in  The  Peppermill 


March  17,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  25 


Mark  Lanegan 

Whiskey  For  the  Holy  Ghost 
Geffen/Sub  Pop 

If  you're  looking  for  the  Screaming 
Trees,  don't  look  here. 

Though  Lanegan  is  the  Trees'  lead 
singer,  this  solo  effort  is  unlike  the  dis- 
torted guitar  music  that  typifies  the  Trees 
and  their  contribution  to  the  Seattle  scene. 

Lanegan  opts  for  a  stripped-down, 
mellow  sound  on  most  tracks,  using 
acoustic  and  electric  guitars,  violin,  pi- 
ano and  organ. 

The  acoustic  sound  and  Lanegan's 
deep,  whiskey-and-smoke  voice  are  well 
suited  to  the  13  tunes  that  encompass 
feelings  of  melancholy,  paranoia  and 
desperation. 

A  couple  of  bluesy-country  songs  are 
thrown  in  for  good  measure.  All  of  these 
songs  simmer  below  thesurface  and  echo 
with  his  disillusionment  with  the  world. 

This  is  an  album  for  those  who  like 
their  music  with  a  dark  thread  running 
through  it. 

Kaleem  W.  Khan 

Shonen  Knife 

Rock  Animate 
Virgin 

This  album  bites. 

Shonen  Knife  is  a  trio  of  young  Japa- 
nese women  who  attempt  to  play  infec- 
tious yet  charming  rock  'n'  roll.  Naming 
themselves  after  a  popular  Japanese 


pocket  knife  only  adds  to  their  cheesiness. 

There  are  moments  on  Rock  Animals 
where  1  found  myself  quite  aware  that 
this  trio  has  talent,  however  limited  it 
may  be.  Perhaps  this  would  explain  their 
obvious  popularity  with  bands  like  Sonic 
Youth  and  Nirvana. 

But  can  Shonen  Knife  cut  it?  I  don't 
think  so.  This  band  was  gruelingly  pain- 
ful to  listen  to.  It  felt  as  if  I  was  listening 
to  a  dying  animal  screaming  to  be  put 
out  of  its  misery. 

Even  the  help  of  producerDon  Fleming, 
who  has  worked  with  Screaming  Trees, 
Teenage  Fanclub  and  the  Posies,  could 
not  resuscitate  these  unfortunately 
named  femmes. 

Christopher  Bell 

Slowdive 

Souvlaki 
Creation /EM  I 

The  best  time  to  listen  to  Slowdive  is 
when  you're  about  to  drift  into 
dreamland. 

The  wispy  vocals  and  chiming  guitars 
are  best  taken  in  when  moving  from  a 
conscious  to  an  unconscious  state. 

It  isn't  surprising  that  the  guru  of 
ambient  music,  Brian  Eno,  is  credited 
with  "treatments  and  keyboards"  on 
tracks  four  and  five.  Arguably,  he  should 
be  credited  with  influencing  Slowdive's 
sound  too. 

As  for  Souvlaki,  it  sounds  very  similar 
to  Slowdive's  previous  album,  just  for  a 


Day.  Bass  and  drums  are  almost  buried  in 
the  mix  by  the  swelling  melodies  that 
land  somewhere  between  whale  sounds 
and  white  noise. 

On  some  tracks,  the  vocals  rise  above 
the  swirling  chaos,  while  on  others  they 
struggle  to  be  heard  over  the  relentless 
swell.  After  all  this,  the  last  song  (before 
the  bonus  tracks)  is  an  acoustic  number 
entitled  "Dagger."  This  change  of  pace  is 
a  pleasant  one. 

So  when  Souvlaki  continues  to  play, 
long  after  I've  fallen  asleep,  I'll  know  my 
subconscious  is  in  good  hands  because 
Slowdive  makes  beautiful  pop  music. 

Jason  Unrau 

Th '  Faith  Healers  UK 

Imaginary  Friend 
Too  Pure/Elektra 

Once  guitarist  Tom  Cullinan  gets  hold 
of  a  hook,  he  just  plugs  away  and  never 
looks  back. 

It's  these  churning  guitar  renderings, 
wrapped  around  Roxanne  Stephen's  vo- 
cals, that  give  England's  Th'  Faith  Heal- 
ers UK  their  trademark  sound. 

This  is  the  band's  second  full-length 
release  and  perhaps  the  only  thing  miss- 
ing from  this  effort  is  one  or  two  searing 
numbers  reminiscent  of  theirecuiier  tunes 
like  "Jesus  Freak"  or  "Hippy  Hole." 

This  is  not  to  suggest  that  the  seven- 
song,  72-minute  Imaginary  Friend  lacks 
the  intensity  of  Th '  Healers  previous  work, 
but  this  time  around  they  are  more  subtle 
in  their  approach. 

In  the  opening  track,  "Sparkingly 
Chime, "  Cullinan  sets  the  pace  with  some 
groovy  licks  and  the  momentum  builds 
from  there.  Each  song  is  almost  an  exten- 
sion of  the  previous  track  and  just  when 
you  think  mayhem  is  going  to  break  out, 
the  melodic  "Curly  Lips"  comes  up,  fol- 
lowed by  a  39-minute  exercise  in  repeti- 


tion called  "Everything,  All  At  Once  For- 
ever." 

Once  the  epic  is  over,  it  may  leave  you 
feeling  a  bit  exhausted,  but  don't  worry. 
Just  take  a  break  and  dive  back  in. 

Jason  Unrau 


Ripcordz 

Canadian  as  Fuck 
En  Guard  Records 

Montreal  punk  four-piece  the  Ripcordz 
have  scored  big  with  their  fourth  offering 
in  their  illustrious  10-year  career. 

Canadian  As  Fuck  is  14  songs  worth  of 
fuzzy  guitar,  fuzzy  vocals  and  Canadian 
content  that  would  make  Stompin'  Tom 
proud 

As  is  often  the  case  with  punk  bands, 
the  energy  and  full-blown  distortion  can 
almost  obscure  the  clever  and  sensitive 
songwriting.  A  careful  listen  reveals  an 
abundance  of  punchy  rhythms  and  in- 
ventive lyrics. 

Almost  as  entertaining  as  the  songs 
aretheband'sdescriptions  of  them.  Check 
out  "17:"  ("Dedicated  to  Tiffany,  some- 
where near  Crow's  Nest  Pass,  B.C.")  and 
"Generation  X:"  ("Because  the  only  thing 
worse  than  grunge  was  the  aging  sociolo- 
gists who  tried  to  make  it  some  sort  of 
movement.")  Oh  yes,  there's  also  "(I  Don't 
Give  A  Fuck  About  The)  Montreal  Jazz 
Fest." 

The  most  memorable  track  is  the 
acoustic  punk  ballad,  "The  All  Cana- 
dian, "  with  the  accompanying  comment, 
"Because  Don  Cherry  is  GOD!"  • 

Considering  the  time  and  money  that 
Canadians  spend  listening  to  shirty 
American  punk  music,  it's  amazing  that 
more  people  haven't  picked  up  on  this 
high-quality,  high-intensity,  home- 
grown band. 

Mike  Peters 


DEBATES 

The  debates  for  the  upcoming  elections  will  be  held  as  follows: 

MARCH  1994 


Tuesday  22 

Wednesday  23 

Thursday  24 

Friday  25 

President  and 

11:00  am 

7:00  pm 

11:00  am 

11:00  am 

Finance 

Baker  Lounge 

Fenn  Lounge 

Rooster's 

Baker  Lounge 

Commissioner 

All  Candidates 

3:00  pm 

12  Noon 

7:00  pm 

2:00  pm 

Baker  Lounge 

Rooster's 

Fenn  Lounge 

Baker  Lounge 

ciisn 


26  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  17,  1994 


Thursday,  March  17 

Spirit  of  the  West.  Grand  Central. 

$22.  What  a  way  to  celebrate  St.  Paddy's 
Day! 

Orangeville's  Bender,  described  in 
the  press  release  as  "bubble-grunge"  (Oh 
no.  -ed .),  and  Ottawa's  emo-kids  Uncom- 
mon Society  play  Zaphod's  this 
evening.  Cover  is  a  measly  loonie. 

Jimmy  George.  The  Penguin.  $6. 

What  a  way  to  celebrate  St.  Paddy's  Day! 

Montreal  artist  Sophie  lodoin  will 
be  in  town  at  8  p.m.  at  Gallery  101  to 
discuss  her  exhibit  Natures  Mortes.  This 
exhibit,  which  is  showing  at  the  gallery 
today  until  April  IS,  deals  with  "her 
preoccupation  with  the  passing  of  time 
and  the  traces  which  time  leaves  im- 
printed behind."  You  can  ask  her  about 
that  one  tonight.  It's  free. 

Friday,  March  18 

If  you're  like  us,  you  can  never  get 
enough  cello.  Well,  today  you  can  get 
your  fill  in  Carleton's  Alumni  Theatre 
at  noon.  Cellist  Julian  Armour  and 
pianist  Jean  Marchand  are  playing  as 
part  of  the  Friday  lunch-time  concert 
series. 

Andrew  Cash  and  opening  band  the 
Nothingheads  play  the  Penguin  to- 
night. 

Mother  Tongue,  a  very  cool  Cana- 
dian world  music  band,  plays  the  Up- 
stairs Club  this  very  eve. 

Zaphod's  is  celebrating  its  second 
anniversary  tonight  and  tomorrow 
evening.  This  evening,  six  bucks  gets  you 
in  to  see  Ottawa's  Black  Boot  Trio  and 
Vancouver  up-and-comer  Slowburn,  a 
band  that  plays  cool  loud  guitar  stuff. 

The  Bourbon  Tabernacle  Choir's  lead 
singer  Dave  Wall  performs  at  the  Pit 
tonight.  Enjoy! 

Saturday,  March  19 

Carleton  political  science'professor  V. 
(The  "V"  stands  for  Versatility!  -ed.) 
Subramaniam  is  having  a  book  launch 
Qt  7  p.m.  in  the  chamber  of  Nepean's 
Civic  Square.  While  most  people  would 
be  content  with  just  releasing  one  book, 
Subramaniam  will  be  releasingfour books 
about  politics  and  sociology  and  a  "book 
of  dance  dramas."  He'll  also  be  perform- 
'"9  a  "dance  drama."  It's  free  and  re- 
freshments will  be  served. 

The  Parsons  Dance  Company  per- 
forms in  the  NAC  Opera  at  8  p.m.  fo- 
ught. Tickets  cost  between  $20  and  $30. 


The  Old  Sod  Folk  Music  Society  presents 
Utah  Phillips,  described  glowingly  in 
toe  press  release  as  '"a  master  at  the 
*eatre  of  folk  music."  They're  playing 
tonight  at  the  Glebe  Community  Cen- 
**«  at  8:30  p.m.  Tickets  are  $12  for  Old 
s°d  members  and  $14  for  the  rest  of  us. 

The  Upstairs  Club  is  hosting  a  Rock 
gainst  Racism  benefit  tonight.  Show  up 
and  check  out  Kut  Diamond,  Resin 


Scraper,  Illegal  Jazz  Poets  and  Sev 
enth  Fire. 

Melaine  Doane  and  Pardon  Beg- 
gars play  Zaphod's  tonight.  Cover'ssix 
bucks. 

Sunday,  March  20 

Stay  home  and  write  that  essay  that's 
due  tomorrow.  Or  write  a  poem  for  the 
English  Department's  George  Johnston 
Poetry  contest.  There's  $  100  in  it  for  you. 
Call  Prof.  Christopher  Levenson  at  788-  | 
2600,  ext.  2325  for  more  info.  Deadline's 
March  25. 

Monday,  March  21 

The  Bill  Jupp  Big  Band  does  the 

swing  thing  at  the  Stone  Angel  tonight 
at  8:30  p.m.  Admission  is  $4  for  non- 
members  and  $2  for  members. 

Tuesday,  March  22 

We  just  love  Julia  Roberts!  We  love  her 
so  much  we're  all  going  down  to  the 
Mayfair  at  7  p.m.  to  watch  her  "per- 
formance" in  The  Pelican  Brief  We'll  be 
staying  for  The  Fugitive,  which  starts  at 
9:40  p.m. 

Or,  heaven  forbid,  if  you're  not  in  the 
mood  for  Julia,  you  may  want  to  stay 
home  and  read  a  book.  Sitting  in  for 
Charlatan  production  manager  Kevin 
McKay,  who  didn't  sleep  at  all  last  week, 
is  Charlatan  Op-Ed  Editor  Sheila  Keenan, 
who  didnt  sleep  at  all  last  week  either, 
but  still  had  time  to  read  a  good  book. 
She  recommends  Mama  Day  by  Gloria 
Naylor.  Says  Keenan,  "It's  a  tale  of  magic, 
love  and  common  sense  set  in  modem- 
day  American  South."  Sounds  lovely. 

Montreal's  Grim  Skunk,  a  band  that 
fuses  punk  with  insane  keyboards,  plays 
the  Penguin  tonight. 

Wednesday,  March  23 

Platoon,  the  film  that  inflicted  Oliver 
Stone  on  the  world,  is  playing  at  the 
Mayfair  at  9:45  p.m.  tonight. 

Skank  the  night  away  with  King  Ap- 
paratus at  the  Penguin!  See  the  story, 
page  25! 

Thursday,  March  24 

Amnesty  International  and  OPIRG- 
Carleton  are  presenting  Manufacturing 
Consent:  Noam  Chomsky  and  the  Me- 
dia in  Room  360  Tory  at  7  p.m.  It's  free! 


After  watching  a  challenging  movie 
like  Manufacturing  Consent,  chances  are 
you'll  be  hungry.  Lucky  foryou,  the  Char- 
latan has  another  handy  Snack  Tip  ready 
for  you.  This  week's  tip  is  the  world  fa- 
mous Mo's  Menagerie™.  All  you  need 
isa  hot  dog  bun,  some  peanut  butterand 
one  strip  of  bacon  (ultra-crispy).  Smear 
the  peanut  butter  generously  inside  the 
bun.  Add  the  bacon  strip,  making  sure 
it's  drowned  in  the  peanut  butter.  And  for 
you  vegetarians  out  there,  substitute  five 
thin  banana  slices  for  the  bacon.  Have  a 
glass  of  milk  handy.  Serves  one. 


If  you  have  an  event  yoo  want  to  appear  in  this  calendar,  you  can 
drop  your  announcement  off  at  The  Charlatan,  Room  531  Unicentre 
during  regular  business  hours  or  you  can  fax  us  at  788-4051. 
Announcements  must  be  In  by  the  Friday  before  publication. 


by  Sid  Younis 

Charlatan  Stafl 

Nana  Vasconcelos,  billed  as  one  of  the  world's  greatest  percussionists, 
entertained  a  full  house  at  the  luxurious  National  Gallery  auditorium  on 
Saturday  evening. 

And  no  wonder.  Vasconcelos 's  use  of  berimau,  tabla,  gourds  and  other 
percussion  instruments,  combined  with  audio  reverb-delay,  evoked  such 
strong  emotional  states  in  the  audience  that  you  could  say  that  he  plays 
audiences  as  well. 

His  ambient  style  and  skilful  vocals  consumed  listeners  while  his  modest 
attitude  made  them  feel  close  to  him.  Vasconcelos's  music  was  so  good, 
leaving  the  auditorium  after  the  gig  wasn't  easy,  despite  the  encore. 

From  his  native  Brazil,  Vasconcelos  brought  the  songs  of  the  rainforest 
and  asked  the  idle  hands  of  the  audience  to  spring  up  and  clap  to  his  elfin 
beckonings.  It  felt  good.  U 


the  charlatan's  annual 
short  story  &  poetry 
contest 


1st,  2nd  and  3rd  place  winners  of  the  short  story 
and  poetry  contest  will  receive  their  choice  of 
books  and  cds  (from  a  big  pile)  courtesy  of  The 
Charlatan. * 

The  1st  place  winner  will  also  receive  5  double 
passes  to  a  special  screening  of  Major  League  II, 
on  March  28,   courtesy  of  Warner  Bros. 

*  and  whatever  else  our  advertisers  donate  to  us 


JUDGES 


Short  Story: 

Kevin  Gildea;  English  instructor  at  Carleton 
University 

Barbara  Leckie;  English  instructor  at 
Carleton  University 

Poetry : 

Bob  Hogg;  English  instructor  at  Carleton 
University. 

Professor  Hogg  is  the  author  of  five  books  of 
poetry . 


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NEWS 


NDP  declares  war  on  students 

Derek  DeCloet  r.,™,»,  w  w  ■  ■  w 


by  Derek  DeCloet 

Charlatan  Start 

Ontario  university  students  will  be 
paying  up  to  20  per  cent  more  in  tuition 
fees  over  the  next  two  years,  Ontario 
Minister  of  Education  andTraining  Dave 
Cooke  announced  March  23. 

Cooke  announced  that  the  provincial 
government  will  allow  universities  to  in- 
crease tuition  by  up  to  10  per  cent  for 
each  of  the  next  two  years. 

The  tuition  ceiling  increase  means 
full-time  undergraduate  studentsin  most 
programs  at  Carleton  will  pay  $202  more 
next  year,  and  $223  more  in  1995-96. 

Full-time  undergraduate  students  in 
arts  and  social  sciences  at  Carleton  paid 
$2,026  in  base  tuition  this  year,  plus  over 
$340  in  student  fees. 

"At  these  levels,  Ontario  students  will 
continue  to  have  tuition  fees  that  are 
among  the  lowest  in  Canada,  "said  Cooke 
in  a  statement  in  the  provincial  legisla- 
ture. 


In  1992-93,  Carleton's  tuition  levels 
were  lower  than  those  at  most  Maritime 
universities,  but  higher  than  tuition  at 
universities  like  McGill,  Brandon  and  the 
University  of  Victoria. 

"Ithinkitsucks.  We're  paying  enough 
as  it  is,"  said  Mark  Young,  a  first-year 
psychology  student.  "I  think  I'll  still  be 
able  to  go,  but  I'm  getting  by  on  Kraft 
Dinner  and  bologna  right  now." 
■  The  announcement  ended  months  of 
speculation  about  the  size  of  this  year's 
tuition  hike.  Student  leaders  had  feared 
an  increase  of  up  to  50  per  cent,  as  the 
Council  of  Ontario  UniversiHeshadcalled 
for  in  a  proposal  last  August. 

Spruce  Riordon,  Carleton's  vice-presi- 
dentoffinance  and  administration,  said 
the  government's  decision  was  a  "bal- 
ance" between  maintaining  accessible 
universities  and  being  able  to  pay  for 
them. 

"I  think  the  government  has  made  a 
fairly  good  decision,"  he  said.  "(Ten  per 


cent  a  year)  is  in  the  vicinity  of  what  we 
had  been  expecting." 

The  university's  board  of  governors 
must  vote  on  the  tuition  increase  before 
it  comes  into  effect.  The  increase  will 
likely  be  set  at  a  board  meeting  in  April. 

The  board  will  most  likely  take  the 
government's  lead  and  impose  the  20  per 
cent  hike  over  two  years. 

"That's  been  the  history  of  tuition 
fees, "  said  Charles  Watt,  secretary  of  the 
board. 

Lucy  Watson,  president  of  the  Carle- 
ton University  Students'  Association,  said 
the  government  waited  until  late  March, 
when  students  are  very  busy  with  assign- 
ments, to  lessen  the  resistance  to  the 
increase.  "It  is  a  'get  them  while  they're 
weakest'  attitude,"  she  said. 

Rather  than  organize  a  rally,  CUSA 
asked  students  to  sign  petitions  and  let- 
ters of  protest  to  President  Robin  Farquhar 
and  other  members  of  Carleton 's  admin- 
istration, q 


Senate  committee  favors  open  doors 


by  Christine  Gough 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  university  senate  committee  rejected 
a  faculty  of  social  sciences  proposal  to 
increase  the  entrance  mark  requirements 
for  first-year  students  in  the  foculty  at  a 
March  21  meeting. 

Members  of  the  senate  committee  on 
admissions  and  policy  study  said  accept- 
ing the  proposal  would  mean  hundreds 
of  potential  students  would  notbe  able  to 
enter  Carleton. 

The  committee  will  recommend  that 
the  senate  not  pass  the  policy.  The  senate 
is  the  highest  academic  decision-making 
body  at  the  university. 

On  Dec.  6,  Carleton's  social  sciences 
faculty  board  voted  to  increase  the  ad- 
mission requirements  to  70  percent  from 
60  per  cent  for  pass  programs  and  to  75 
per  cent  from  65  per  cent  in  honors 
programs  in  the  faculty.  The  current  av- 
erage requirements  in  arts  and  social 


science  programs,  are  often  referred  to  as 
the  "open  door  policy." 

At  the  time  of  the  faculty  board  pro- 
posal, some  professors  complained  they 
were  being  overworked  with  too  many 
students  in  their  classes. 

Committee  member  Juliette  Kealey, 
secretary  of  the  arts  faculty  board  and  a 
French  professor,  said  the  suggested  so- 
cial science  policy  was  unfair  to  other 
departments  at  the  university. 

"I  think  it  is  contrary  to  what  I  under- 
stand to  be  current  Carleton  University 
policy,  accepting  fewer  students  despite 
financial  constraints,"  Kealey  said.  "It 
would  certainly  have  that  effect." 

Kealey  said  her  second  objection  was 
that  the  arts  faculty  would  become  "a 
dumping  ground"  for  students  with  lower 
averages. 

Committee  chair  Robert  Lovejoy,  an 
English  professor,  said  during  the  meet- 
ing that  the  proposal  would  not  be  a 


good  idea  because  the  link  between  the 
grades  of  incoming  students  with  aver- 
ages between  60  and  70  per  cent  and 
failure  at  university  are  not  direct  and 
proven. 

"Some  people  with  a  60-per-cent  aver- 
age come  in  and  do  very  well,"  said 
Lovejoy.  But  he  said  that  students  enter- 
ing Carleton  with  high-school  averages 
over  70  per  cent  tend  to  achieve  similarly 
high  marks  in  university. 

But  political  science  professor  Radha 
Jhappan  says  the  university  is  accepting 
more  students  than  it  can  handle.  Sev- 
enty per  cent  of  first-year  social  science 
students  fail  to  meet  the  grade  point 
average  of  4,  or  C-,  required  to  enter 
second  year,  she  said. 

This  loss  of  students  results  in  a  tre- 
mendous waste  of  finances  and  a  signifi- 
cant strain  on  the  teaching  staff  and 
facilities,  said  [happan. 

She  said  it  meant  the  government  and 


the  university  was  spending  money  on 
students  who  were  failing. 

Jhappan  cited  statistics  present  in  "The 
Final  Report  of  the  President's  Commis- 
sion on  the  Second  Half-Century,"  re- 
leased in  December. 

According  to  the  report,  between  1 980 
and  1990,  total  undergraduate  course 
enrolment  at  Carleton  increased  by  about 
6,000  students.  During  the  same  period 
of  time,  the  faculty  of  engineering  has 
developed  a  student  to  professor  ratio 
that  is  2.5  times  smallerthan  the  ratio  for 
the  faculty  of  social  sciences,  says 
Jhappan. 

She  said  the  result  is  that  professors  in 
social  science  have  to  work  much  harder 
for  the  same  amount  of  pay  as  their 
colleagues  in  engineering  and  science. 

Jhappan  said  the  social  science  fac- 
ulty has  become  "a  place  for  mediocre 
students  to  enter  university."  □ 


Poli  Sci  prof  monitored  about  comments 


by  Ryan  Nakashima 

Charlatan  Staff 

A  Carleton  professor's  lectures  are  be- 
ing monitored  by  another  professor  after 
complaints  to  the  political  science  de- 
partment that  he  made  racist  and  sexist 
comments  in  class. 

Professor  Charles  Schuetz's  second- 
year  international  politics  class  has  been 
monitored  by  political  science  professor 
Peter  Emberley  since  March  11,  anony- 
mous sources  in  the  class  say. 

When  asked  whether  Emberley  was 
monitoring  the  lectures,  Schuetz  says, 
"Well,  you  know  he  was.  You  were  told 
that  he  was." 

Emberley  had  no  comment. 

Schuetz  made  statements  about  black 
people  in  a  Feb.  1 1  political  science  class 
that  caused  several  students  to  leave  class 
and  subsequently  file  complaints  with 
the  department,  say  sources  who  refused 
to  let  their  names  be  published  for  fear  of 
the  consequences. 

They  say  Schuetz  said  there  are  very 
few  black  millionaires  in  North  America 
because  African  cultures  have  been  too 
sharing  and  generous.  One  source  says 
she  filed  a  complaint  with  the  depart- 
ment during  the  week  of  Feb.  22. 

Schuetz  says  he  was  describing  in  class 
that  African  village  communities  sharea 
great  deal.  He  says  that  is  why  socialist 
ideologies  have  been  more  attractive  to 
people  in  Africa. 

But  Schuetz  says  he  doesn't  recall 
mentioning  there  are  very  few  black  mil- 


lionaires in  North  America. 

"Students  hear  all  sorts  of  things  and 
interpret  all  sorts  of  things  and  those 
kinds  of  things  can  happen." 

Shirley  Mills,  the  president  of  the  Car- 
leton University  Academic  Staff  Associa- 
tion which  represents  professors  and  some 
administrators,  says  it  is  normal  proce- 
dure for  classes  to  be  observed  after  valid 
complaints  are  made,  "making  sure  the 
rights  and  responsibilities  of  the  profes- 
sor are  taken  into  consideration." 

Mills  says  she  would  not  comment  on 
specific  cases. 

"When  things  are  still  under  investi- 
gation, you  have  to  respect  confidential- 
ity," Mills  said. 

In  a  separate  lecture  on  March  11, 
Schuetz  allegedly  told  his  second-year 
international  politics  class  that  former 
U.S.  president  George  Bush  ordered  his 
troops  to  intervene  in  the  Persian  Gulf 
War  because  he  was  asked  to  do  so  by  a 
woman,  former  British  prime  minister 
Margaret  Thatcher. 

When  asked  on  March  22  if  any  com- 
plaints were  brought  to  his  attention, 
Schuetz  had  no  comment. 

When  asked  about  the  alleged  in- 
stance of  sexual  insensitivity  on  March 
11,  Schuetz  said,  "No,  that's  a  distorted 
aspect  of  what  I  said."  He  would  not 
explain  his  remarks  in  class  further. 

"It  wasn't  necessarily  that  (Thatcher) 
asked  (Bush),"  says  an  anonymous 
source.  "It  was  that  women  have  an 
influence  on  men." 


In  an  interview,  Schuetz  defendedcom- 
ments  he  may  have  made  in  class  by 
highlighting  his  right  to  free  speech. 

"Do  you  believe  in  freedom  of  speech?" 
he  asked.  "If  I  have  freedom  of  speech,  I 
have  freedom  to  say  what  I  want,  to  say 
it  without  being  investigated  afterwards. " 

Miriam  Smith,  the  assistant  chair  of 
the  department  of  political  science,  says 
complaints  about  professors  in  the  de- 
partment are  directed  to  her,  but  refused 
to  comment  on  the  matter. 


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Ah,  the  Underwood  It's  a 
typewriter.  And  they  don't 
make  'em  anymore. 
William  S.  Burroughs  used 
one.  Seethe  literary 
supplement  onpg.  13 


Political  science  chair  Ion  Pammett 
and  dean  of  social  sciences  Marilyn 
Marshall  also  had  no  comment. 

Schuetz  says  he  has  been  teaching  at 
Carleton  for  29  years  and  is  tenured.  A 
professor  earns  tenure  after  four  or  five 
years,  after  which  he  or  she  can  only  be 
fired  if  the  university  declares  bankruptcy 
or  for  "just  cause." 

Justcause  can  include  plagiarism,  fal- 
sifying a  resume,  failing  to  show  up  for 
classes  or  incompetence.  □ 


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March  24,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  3 


Election  debates  interest  few  students 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Charlatan  Staff 

Most  Carleton  students  weren't  around 
for  the  first  Carleton  University  Students' 
Association  debate  for  president  and  fi- 
nance commissioner  in  Baker  Lounge  on 
March  22. 

It  was  the  first  day  of  the  new  election 
campaign.  A  CUSA  constitutional  board 
ruled  in  March  that  the  February  election 
was  unconstitutional  and  would  have  to 
be  redone. 

ThemoderatorofthelS-minute  presi- 
dential debate  didn't  seem  pleased  with 
the  rum  out  of  about  30  students,  most  of 
whom  were  candidates  or  campaign 
workers. 

"If  s  important  to  ask  questions  and 
obviously  we  aren't  getting  any,"  said 
Theresa  Cowan,  CUSA's  director  of  serv- 
ices. 

"Please  come  out  to  the  debates, "  said 
CUSA  vice-president  internal  Rob 
lamieson,  who's  running  for  finance  com- 
missioner. "It's  pretty  damn  important." 

"Students  have  to  speak  for  what  they 
want,  so  please  get  out  and  vote,"  said 
finance  commissioner  candidate  Wendy 
Stewart. 

Twonewpresidentialcandidates,  who 
weren't  in  the  running  in  February's  elec- 
tion, made  their  debuts  at  the  debate. 
Ben  Wong,  a  first-year  student  without  a 
major,  is  a  new  competitor. 

Wong  said  he  will  lobby  against  any 
increase  in  student  tuition  if  he  is  elected 
as  president. 

"I  think  we  have  to  set  an  example  by 
cutting  (CUSA)  administrative  costs," 
Wong  said. "  I  will  take  a  $5,000  pay  cut." 

Wong  said  he  will  save  money  by 
cutting  the  CUSA  executive  from  four 
positions  to  two. 

Tim  Porter,  a  second-year  political  sci- 


ERC 


CUSA  elections:  As  fun  as  the  Oscars  with  half  the  glitter.  L-R:  Kennedy,  Wong 


ence  and  psychology  student,  said  he  is 
running  for  president  because  he  wants 
to  make  CUSA  more  responsible  to  Carle- 
ton students. 

"I  feel  we  are  not  getting  full  value  for 
our  money,  and  I'd  like  to  change  this," 
he  said.  "1  would  like  to  cut  the  waste  in 
CUSA  —  a  big  business  (rather)  than  a 
shoddy  kid  shop." 

Porter  said  if  he  were  elected  presi- 
dent, he  would  lobby  to  have  student 
loans  available  to  all  students  for  the 
tuition  increase  which  will  occur  during 
the  1994-95  year. 

Richard  Stanton,  who  was  electedpresi- 
dent  in  the  first  election  and  is  running 
again,  said  he  would  like  achieve  alter- 
native funding  from  corporate  sponsor- 
ship to  construct  more  buildings  with 
more  classrooms. 

"We  need  to  foster  a  better  commu- 
nity at  Carleton, "  said  Stanton.  "I  started 


a  job.  I  want  to  finish  it." 

Foot  Patrol  co-ordinator  Brenda 
Kennedy  reiterated  her  presidential  plat- 
form from  the  last  election  when  she  said 
she  would  like  to  lobby  for  food  banks  on 
campus  and  get  a  housing  co-op  at  Car- 
leton. 

"I  have  lots  of  initiatives,  and  I  would 
like  to  put  forth  these  initiatives,"  said 
Kennedy. 

She  said  later  that  if  the  Unicentre  is 
expanded,  she  wants  to  create  an  office 
for  student  council  representatives  and 
office  space  for  clubs  and  societies,  not 
just  businesses. 

Another  new  presidential  candidate, 
fourth-year  architecture  student  Magnus 
Clarke,  didn't  take  part  in  the  debate 
because  he  said  he  wanted  to  observe  the 
first  debate  and  see  what  happens.  In  an 
interview,  he  said  he  would  like  to  use  his 
experience  as  the  current  vice-president 


of  the  school  of  architecture's  students' 
association  forthe  job  of  CUSA  president. 

He  said  he  would  like  to  increase  fund- 
ing for  the  Foot  Patrol  to  improve  safety 
for  women  on  campus.  He  also  said  he 
wants  to  improve  lighting  on  campus, 
such  as  in  the  tunnels  and  in  the  parking 
lots. 

Mark  Ovenden,  a  second-year  engi- 
neering student,  is  running  for  president 
as  well.  He  didn't  take  part  in  the  debate 
either.  Ovenden  said  he  would  like  to  cut 
the  "bullshit"  that  goes  on  in  CUSA,  but 
didn't  give  specifics  as  to  how  to  do  it. 

New  candidates  for  finance  commis- 
sioner in  this  election  are  Terry  Weststrate, 
z  a  third-year  bachelor  of  commerce  stu- 
|  dent,  and  Mark  Keliar,  a  fourth-year  ar- 
|  chitecture  student. 

S  Trevor  Mulzer,  Jamieson  and  Stewart 
<  are  running  again  for  finance  commis- 
°  sioner. 

Stewart  said  during  the  debate  she 
would  like  to  get  corporate  sponsorship 
fees  to  fund  a  grocery  store  on  campus 
without  any  funds  coming  out  of  CUSA 
budget. 

Jamieson  said  he  wants  to  have  more 
services  available  to  students. 

"You  expand  services  ...  to  do  better 
for  students,"  he  said. 

Voting  begins  March  29  and  ends  on 
March  31.    "  □ 

Clarification 

In  the  March  10  issue  of  The  Char- 
latan, we  reported  that  Wendy 
Stewart's  final  campaign  budget 
"showed  she  spent  $151.30,  over  the 
$150  limit."  This  might  give  the  im- 
pression that  she  spent  $151.30  over 
the  allowable  $150  limit.  In  fact,  her 
budget  showed  she  spent  $1.30  over 
the  limit,  due  to  a  miscalculation.  □ 


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4  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  24,  1994 


More  complaints  against  CKCU  programming 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Charlatan  Staff 

Another  complaint  has  been  filed  with 
the  Canadian  Radio-television  and  Tel- 
ecommunications Commission  concern- 
ing programming  on  CKCU,  Carleton's 
campus  radio  station. 

A  complaint  was  filed  last  January, 
accusing  some  of  CKCU's  programming 
of  being  an ti- Catholic.  This  month  an- 
other complaint  has  been  filed  by  REAL 
Women  of  Canada,  a  conservative  wom- 
en's lobby  group. 

The  CRTC  is  a  federal  agency  respon- 
sible for  regulating  Canadian  broadcast- 
ing. It  has  the  power  to  regulate  the 
content  of  programs,  issue  broadcasting 
licences  and  revoke  them. 

The  subject  of  the  recent  complaint 
was  Kevin  Gibbs,  host  of  Defiant  Voices, 
CKCU's  gay,  lesbian  and  bisexual  issues 


program. 

In  her  March  7  letter  to  the  CRTC, 
REAL  Women  of  Canada's  national  vice- 
president  C.  Gwendolyn  Landolt  said 
statements  by  Gibbs  were  inappropriate 
for  public  airwaves. 

Onihe  March  2  program  Gibbs  criti- 
cized a  press  release  issued  that  day  by 
REAL  Women.  He  primarily  criticized  a 
section  of  the  press  release  dealing  with 
REAL  Women's  statement  that  legisla- 
tion on  sexual  orientation  proposed  by 
the  Ontario  government  would  likely  be 
opposed  by  the  majority  of  Canadians. 

"A  May  1992  Gallup  poll  has  shown 
that  61  per  cent  of  Canadians  oppose 
legalizing  homosexual  relationships," 
quotes  Landolt  in  her  letter  to  the  CRTC. 

In  the  press  release,  REAL  Women  was 
criticizing  provincial  legislation  which 
would,  among  other  things,  end  housing 


discrimination  against  gays  and  lesbi- 
ans. 

In  her  letter,  Landolt  said  Gibbs  asso- 
ciated her  organization  with  racism  and 
anti-Semitism,  thereby  damaging  the 
reputation  of  REAL  Women. 

Landolt's  letter  includes  a  transcript 
of  some  of  the  episode  where  Gibbs  refers 
to  the  principles  in  the  REAL  Women 
press  release,  saying:  "What  is  this  crap? 
This  is  the  same  racist  bullshit  these 
people  have  been  peddling  forever,  and 
it  isn't  any  more  valid  now  than  it  was  1 0 
or  1 5  years  ago,  or  in  any  otherstruggle." 

In  her  letter  to  the  CRTC,  Landolt  said 
describing  REAL  Women  in  this  manner 
is  "completely  unacceptable"  and  rec- 
ommended "that  immediate  action  be 


taken  on  this  matter." 

While  CKCU  has  suspended  Gibbs, 
station  manager  Max  Wallace  says  it  is 
for  a  different  reason  than  his  criticism  of 
REAL  Women  policies.  Wallace  says  he 
was  suspended  from  broadcasting  for 
two  weeks  because  he  used  the  word 
"bullshit"  on  air. 

"CKCU  has  a  policy  against  the  use  of 
gratuitous  obscenity  on  the  air,"  says 
Wallace. 

Both  Gibbs  and  Wallace  say  Gibbs 
was  not  suspended  because  of  the  con- 
tent of  his  editorial. 

Wallace  says  Gibbs  being  suspended 
following  the  complaint  is  "justa  coinci- 

CKCV  cont'd  on  pg.  6. 


Foot  patrollers 
attacked  in  tunnels 


Kevin  Gibbs  is  gaining  the  respect  of  radical  lefties  everywhere. 


by  Charlatan  Staff 

A  female  member  of  the  Foot  Patrol 
was  assaulted  by  an  intoxicated  male 
who  was  being  assisting  on  Wednesday, 
March  9  at  about  11  p.m. 

The  two  patrolers  encountered  the  man 
in  the  tunnels  near  the  Stormont-Dundas 
residence  building. 

"They  saved  him  from  about  seven  or 
«j  eight  scraps;  he  was  itching  for  a  fight," 
5  says  Foot  Patrol  coordinator  Brenda 
£  Kennedy. 

jj  Kennedy  says  the  man  was  grabbing 
£  the  female  patroller  around  the  torso 
o  area. 

<     The  man  was  pushed  away  by  both 
patrollers  and  was  last  seen  at  the 


Sunnyside  bus  shelter. 

The  man  is  described  as  male,  24  to 
25,  five  foot,  nine  inches  tall  and  weigh- 
ing 150  pounds. 

He  has  short,  dark,  wavy  hair  and  was 
wearing  blue  jeans  and  a  purple  high- 
gloss  ski  jacket. 

The  department  of  university  safety 
issued  a  safety  poster  about  the  incident 
March  14. 

Len  Boudreault,  the  assistant  director 
of  university  safety,  says  the  department 
doesn't  have  any  more  information  than 
is  already  on  the  safety  poster. 

Boudreault  says  the  poster  was  put  up 
to  let  people  know  that  the  incident  oc- 
curred. □ 


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Cibbs  gets  suspended  for  gratuitous  swearing 


CKCU  cont'd  from  pg.  S. 

dence."  He  says  the  only  way  the  REAL 
Women  complaint  is  linked  to  the  sus- 
pension is  "in  the  sense  that  they  brought 
it  to  our  attention  that  he  used  the  word 
"bullshit."'  Justashesaidin  January  with 
Eady's  complaint,  Wallace  says  he  sup- 
ports Gibbs's  right  to  express  himself 
freely. 

Eady,  a  member  of  an  organization 
called  the  Catholic  Civil  Rights  League, 
has  not  had  a  response  from  the  CRTC. 

Eady  claimed  Gibbs  and  co-host  Kerry 


Durant  attacked  both  himself  and  the 
Catholic  Church  during  Dec.  1  and  Dec. 
8  broadcasts,  by  making  "a  deliberate 
attempt  to  offend  me  and  as  many  peo- 
ple of  the  Catholic  faith  as  possible," 
wrote  Eady  in  his  letter  of  complaint  to 
the  CRTC. 

The  CRTC  has  yet  to  rule  on  Eady's 
complaint,  following  audio  difficulties 
with  CKCU  recordings  of  the  Dec.  1  and 
Dec.  8  broadcasts,  which  were  blank. 
Following  the  CRTC's  request  for  the  re- 
cordings of  these  broadcasts,  CKCU  dis- 
covered that  its  equipment  was  faulty 


and  the  episodes  were  not  taped. 

Wallace  says  these  complaints  are 
starting  to  make  him  suspicious  that 
CKCU  is  being  monitored  by  a  variety  of 
right-wing  organizations. 

"The  fact  that  REAL  Women  tran- 
scribed the  entire  passage  word  for  word 
is  obvious  evidence  thatsomeone  is  moni- 
toring us.  I  don't  think  it's  in  the  habit  of 
your  average  listener  to  tape  record  shows 
off  the  radio, "  says  Wallace. 

Marie  Bender,  an  information  direc- 
tor with  the  CRTC,  says  a  decision  con- 
cerning Eady's  complaint  will  "come  as 


soon  as  possible.' 

Bender  says  complaints  such  as  these 
are  filed  and  reviewed  when  stations' 
licences  come  up  for  renewal.  CKCU's 
licence  was  last  renewed  in  1989  and  if 
this  year's  renewal  is  a  success,  it  will  be 
extended  until  1999. 

But  Wallace  says  he  doesn't  think  the 
complaints  will  have  any  effect  on  CKCU's 
upcoming  licence  renewal. 

"CKCU  has  a  very  good  reputation  in 
the  community  and  with  the  CRTC.  We've 
proven  that  we  are  responsible  over  the 
years."  □ 


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Have  you  been  harassed  in  residence? 

We  are  looking  for  cases  of  harassment  and  violence  in  residence; 
what  happened,  who  were  the  perpetrators  and  how  did  housing  and 
RRRA  respond  if  they  were  informed? 

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available  for  men  in  their  first 
year  of  studies! 

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would  like  the  convenience  of  living 
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Employment 


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Office  Assistant 

Duties  commence  May  1, 1994  for  one  full  year,  and  fill 
between  3  and  5  hours  per  day.  Candidates  should 
have  basic  office  skills  including  word-processing 
abilities,  and  some  past  experience.  Specific  duties 
and  remuneration  are  under  review. 


Orientation  Coordinator 

Duties  include  the  design,  promotion,  and  production 
of  Orientation  activities  for  September  1994,  although 
specific  preparations  are  necessary  by  early  summer. 
This  is  a  contract  position,  and  its  successful 
culmination  may  lead  to  further  event  contracts. 


Academic  Issues  Coordinator 

Duties  include  facilitating  the  graduate  N.U.G.  Caucus, 
and  keeping  abreast  of  graduate  student  academic 
issues  on  campus.  Majority  of  responsibility  occurs 
beginning  September  1994,  although  several  issues 
need  to  be  attended  to  over  the  summer  months. 
Remuneration  is  under  review. 


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March  24,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  7 


NATIONAL  AFFAIRS  

Alberta  profs  and  admin  face  rollback 


by  Ryan  Nakashima 

Cha/iatan  Staff 

Facing  an  1 1  -per-cent  cutback  in  pro- 
vincial funding  for  education  next  year, 
Alberta's  two  major  universities  are  ne- 
gotiating with  faculty  and  staff  to  roll 
back  their  wages. 

Alberta's  Tory  government  announced 
in  February  it  would  cut  education  fund- 
ing by  1 1  per  cent  in  1 994-95,  seven  per 
cent  in  1995-96  and  three  per  cent  in 
1996-97,  eliminating  roughly  $300  mil- 
lion from  its  education  budget  over  three 
years. 

The  University  of  Calgary,  to  satisfy 
next  year's  $18-million  reduction  in  its 
funding,  has  raised  tuition  by  12  percent 
—  the  maximum  allowable  amount  — 
and  is  looking  to  cut  employee  salaries. 

Administrators  at  the  university  have 
been  negotiating  "quite  intensively"  to 
reduce  the  salaries  and  benefits  of  4,300 
professors,  staff  and  other  employees  since 
February,  says  Don  Detomasi,  the  uni- 
versity's associate  vice-president  of  plan- 
ning. 

Between  50  and  60  senior  administra- 
tors at  the  university  have  already  agreed 
to  a  five-per-cent  pay  cut  starting  April  1 . 
The  move  will  save  about  $260,000  next 
year,  says  Detomasi. 

Detomasi  says  the  university  is  at- 
tempting to  get  its  professors,  support 
staff  and  some  administrators  to  accept  a 
five-per-cent  pay  cut  as  well. 

Student 

by  G.  Bruce  Rolston 

The  Varsity,  University  ol  Toronto 

TORONTO  (CUP)  —  The  federal  and 
provincial  governments  are  in  confiden- 
tial negotiations  over  the  future  of  the 
Canada  Student  Loan  program. 

The  Liberal  government  says  it  wants 
to  carry  out  an  election  promise  made  by 
defeated  Prime  Minister  Kim  Campbell 
and  hike  the  weekly  loan  maximum  on 
Canada  Student  Loans  for  the  first  time 
in  10  years. 

Under  the  federal  proposal  from  Hu- 
man Resources  Development,  the  weekly 
loan  maximum  on  Canada  Student 
Loans  would  increase  by  $60  a  week,  to 
$165  a  week  from  $105  a  week.  Ottawa 
says  the  increased  maximum  loan 
amounts  will  improve  accessibility  to 
university  education. 

But  Richard  Jackson,  who  is  heading 
up  negotiations  for  Ontario,  says  Hu- 
man Resources  Development  is  planning 
to  do  this  without  increasing  the  amount 
it  actually  spends  by  getting  the  prov- 
inces to  foot  the  bill. 

Jackson  says  the  new  formula  may 
shift  more  of  the  burden  of  supporting 
student  assistance  programs  on  to  the 
provinces. 

Both  the  provinces  and  Ottawa  run 
student  loan  programs.  The  federal  gov- 
ernment suggests  increasing  the  annual 
Canada  Student  Loan  limit  for  a  34-week 
school  year  to  $5,600  from  $3,500. 

Currently,  all  Canada  Student  Loans 
under  $3,500  are  covered  solely  by  the 
federal  loan  program.  Provincial  loans 
on  top  of  Canada  Student  Loans  only 
kick  in  for  students  needing  larger 
amounts. 

Jackson  says  Ottawa's  new  proposal 
would  make  the  provinces  cover  40  per 
cent  of  all  Canada  Student  Loans,  re- 
gardless of  their  size.  Thus,  even  loans 
under  $3,500  would  require  the  provin- 
cial government  to  pay  for  a  portion  of 
the  loan. 

The  result  would  be  that  the  cost  of  the 
increased  loan  limit  offered  to  students 
by  the  feds  would  be  paid  for  by  the 
provinces.  And  since  the  increased  loan 


He  says  the  rollback,  along  with 
roughly  six  per  cent  of  the  university's 
operating  budget  trimmed  through  cuts 
to  programs  to  be  announced  later  this 
spring,  should  meet  the  grant  reduction 
from  the  province  this  year. 

ChimaNkemdirim,  the  vice-president 
external  of  the  U  of  C's  student  union, 
says  the  cuts  to  post-secondary  education 
are  unprecedented. 

"I  don't  think  any  post-secondary  in- 
stitution has  ever  faced  these  kinds  of 
cutbacks  before.  It's  just  stunning." 

"We're  dealing  with  a  government 
that  doesn't  see  much  value  in  post- 
secondary  education,"  says  Nkemdirim. 

Nkemdirim  says  he  fears  the  univer- 
sity will  trim  teaching  assistant  jobs  from 
first-  and  second-year  classes  in  which 
200  to  300  students  are  often  enrolled. 

"Students  are  going  to  have  a  tougher 
time  getting  through  the  firsttwo  years  of 
university,"  he  says. 

At  the  University  of  Alberta,  the  ad- 
ministration's four  vice-presidents  have 
also  agreed  to  a  five-per-cent  wage  cut, 
starting  July  1. 

But  tal  ks  about  salary  reductions  with 
the  bargaining  unit  representing  profes- 
sors, librarians  and  departmental  ad- 
ministrators have  yet  to  be  concluded. 

The  university's  funding  grant  from 
the  province  for  1 994-95  has  been  slashed 
by  $29.7  million.  Last  month,  the  univer- 
sity also  announced  a  proposal  to  cut 


limit  would  only  apply  to  the  60  per  cent 
of  the  loan  covered  by  the  federal  govern- 
ment, only  students  who  receive  very 
large  loans  —  over  $6,000 — would  ben- 
efit from  the  increased  loan  limit. 

Most  students  receive  less  than  $3,500 
per  year  in  loans  from  the  federal  govern- 
ment. 

"From  zero  to  $6,000,  the  federal  gov- 
ernment is  saving  money, "  Jackson  says. 

The  negotiations  are  expected  to  con- 
clude sometime  in  April.  It  is  unsure 
whether  any  changes  will  take  place  for 
this  fall. 

Carol  Fleck,  Carleton'sstudentsawards 
director,  says  changing  the  system  now 
would  be  impossible. 

"Applications  (for  next  year)  have  al- 
ready been  sent  out  to  students,"  she 
said.  "It's  too  late." 

The  discussions  come  at  a  time  when 
provincial  education  ministries  across 
Canada  are  attempting  to  find  solutions 
to  the  high  cost  of  their  student  aid  pro- 
grams. 

Carl  Gillis,  chair  of  the  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students,  says  the  proposed 
changes  are  little  more  than  a  public 
relations  ploy. 

"If  that's  what  they're  pulling,  it  is  a 
public  relations  exercise  ratherthan  any 
substantial  reform." 

The  federal  government  also  wants  to 
change  the  way  students'  needs  assess- 
ment formulas  are  calculated. 

Many  provinces  calculate  students' 
financial  needs  based  on  their  family's 
income.  The  provinces  are  resisting  fed- 
eral government  plans  to  adopt  a  uni- 
form national  type  of  assessment  that 
includes  fixed  assets  such  as  land  or 
vehicles  as  well  as  income. 

Several  provinces,  along  with  student 
lobby  groups,  say  including  assets  in  the 
calculation  would  be  inequitable.  The 
governments  of  B.C.,  Alberta  and  Sas- 
katchewan have  opposed  using  assets  in 
assessments  because  it  discriminates 
against  students  whose  have  little  mon- 
etary income  but  only  fixed  assets. 

But  Gerry  Godsoe,  student  aid  policy 
chief  for  Human  Resources  Development, 


and  merge  programs  to  compensate  for 
the  nearly  20  percent  in  lost  funding  over 
the  next  three  years. 

Insalary  rollback  talks  with  academic 
staff,  the  U  of  A  negotiating  team  origi- 
nally proposed  to  cut  1 0  per  cent  from  the 
salaries  of  2,000  members  of  the  aca- 
demic staff  association,  but  this  position 
has  changed,  says  Gordon  Unger,  the 
association's  executive  secretary. 

Unger  says  the  amount  the  university 
will  save  depends  on  how  much  of  a 
rollback  the  association  accepts,  but  he 
says  the  university's  savings  will  prob- 
ably fall  short  of  the  cuts  from  the  prov- 
ince. 

"We're  well  away  from  opening  posi- 
tions, but  still  far  away  from  closing 
positions,"  says  Unger,  adding  he  ex- 
pects the  negotiations  with  the  associa- 
tion to  conclude  by  the  end  of  April. 

Over  the  last  15  years,  the  average 
salary  of  staff  at  the  University  of  Alberta 
has  slipped  when  compared  to  other 
Canadian  universities,  says  Unger. 

The  average  salary  of  academic  staff 
at  the  university  —  faculty,  administra- 
tors and  some  academic  managers  —  is 
about  $70,000,  says  Unger. 

Meanwhile  at  Carleton,  the  average 
salary  of  academic  staff  is  $78,937,  ac- 
cording to  Brian  Edgecombe,  the  busi- 
ness agent  at  the  Canadian  Union  of 
Public  Employees  Local  2323,  which  rep- 
resents Carleton's  teaching  assistants, 


says  a  uniform  system  is  necessary. 

"We're  trying  to  get  a  system  that's 
totally  equal  across  the  country." 

Godsoe  pointed  out  that  some  prov- 
inces, including  Alberta  and  Nova  Scotia, 
already  include  some  form  of  assets  in 
their  assessments. 

Godsoe  says  he  could  not  comment  on 


research  assistants  and  sessional  lectur- 
ers. 

Edgecombe  quoted  figures  from  ad- 
ministration's 1993-94  budget  plan  and 
from  figures  released  by  administration 
during  last  year's  social  contract  negotia- 
tions. 

Professors'  salaries  at  Ontario  univer- 
sities have  grown  faster  than  salaries  in 
Alberta  over  the  last  15  years. 

Forexample,  in  1981  full-time  profes- 
sors at  Carleton  were  paid  at  least  $3 1 ,420 
per  year,  according  to  Statistics  Canada. 
This  was  $5,000  less  than  professors  at 
the  University  of  Alberta. 

But  by  1993,  Carleton  professors 
earned  more  than  their  Alberta  counter- 
parts. Carleton  professors  made  at  least 
$63,840,  and  University  of  Alberta  pro- 
fessors made  at  least  $61,593. 

While  Alberta  universities  are  negoti- 
ating to  cut  salaries  of  staff  and  profes- 
sors, about  730  members  of  Carleton 
University's  Academic  Staff  Association 
have  had  theirsalaries  frozen  until  1 996, 
says  David  Van  Dine,  the  assistant  direc- 
tor of  academic  staff  relations  at  Carle- 
ton. Both  professors  and  departmental 
administrators  will  be  affected  by  the 
salary  freeze. 

UnderOntario'ssocial  contract,  mem- 
bers of  the  association,  which  includes 
professors  andsome  administrators,  also 
have  to  take  about  seven  or  eight  unpaid 
days  off  per  year,  says  Van  Dine.  □ 


the  loan  structure  negotiations,  as  they 
are  still  ongoing. 

"There  has  been  no  announcement 
by  the  minister  (Human  Resources  De- 
velopment Minister  Lloyd  Axworthy). 
Until  there's  an  announcement,  I  can't 
tell  you  anything."  □ 


Carleton  students  take  on  the  environment 


by  Christine  Gough 

Charlatan  stall 

An  environmental  fair  was  held  in  Baker  Lounge  on  March  16. 

Some  of  the  environmental  groups  present  included  Friends  of  the 
Earth,  Friends  of  the  Wolf  and  other  groups  promoting  awareness  of 
environmental  issues. 

The  participants,  both  students  and  non-students,  answered  ques- 
tions, sold  cookies  and  handed  out  information  pamphlets. 

Chloe  Sage,  a  Carleton  student  and  a  representative  of  the  Ottawa 
Coalition  to  Save  Clayoquot  Sound,  says  it's  difficult  to  raise  environ- 
mental awareness  among  students. 

"  A  lot  of  Canadians  believe  someone  else  will  do  it.  They  think  that 
as  long  as  the  environmentalists  are  there  they  can  just  say  thanks. 
They  don't  have  to  do  anything.  "  □ 


loans  program  under  review  by  gov't 


March  24,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  9 


OUSA  loses  important  referendum  at  U  of  T 

New  student  lobby  group  suffers  setback  in  bid  to  challenge  CFS  in  Ontario 


by  Michael  Mainvllle 

Charlatan  Staff 

In  a  referendum  held  at  the  University 
of  Toronto  March  1 7,  students  voted  sol- 
idly against  joining  the  Ontario  Under- 
graduate Student  Alliance. 

Throughout  this  year,  some  universi- 
ties in  Ontario  have  been  holding  refer- 
endums  about  joining  the  new  student 
lobby  group,  whose  policies  include 
higher  tuition  fees  and  automatic  loans 
for  all  university  students. 

The  alliance  was  formed  last  year, 
and  its  membership  has  grown  to  in- 
clude student  groups  at  Wilfrid  Laurier 
University,  Waterloo  University,  Queen's 
University  and  the  University  of  Western 
Ontario. 

The  Arts  and  Science  Students'  Union, 
which  represents  over  13,000  full-time 
undergraduate  students  at  the  University 
of  Toronto's  St.  George  College,  decided 


in  September  to  delay  its  OUSA  referen- 
dum until  spring  to  coincide  with  their 
student  council  elections.  St.  George's  is 
the  university's  largest  college. 

When  the  college's  referendum  was 
finally  held,  students  voted  1,548  to  977 
against  joining  OUSA.  The  part-time  stu- 
dents association  at  U  of  T  remains  a 
member  of  OUSA. 

Last  year,  before  considering  mem- 
bership in  OUSA,  the  Arts  and  Science 
Students'  Union  left  the  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students,  the  national  student 
lobby  group,  and  its  Ontario  wing.  At 
thattime,  the  union  said  it  was  unhappy 
with  the  CFS's  representation  of  students 
and  unrealistic  aim  ofwiping  out  tuition. 

Uma  Sarkar,  president  of  the  Arts  and 
Science  Students'  Union,  says  U  of  T  stu- 
dents voted  against  OUSA  membership 
for  a  number  of  reasons,  but  primarily 
because  they  did  not  agree  with  OUSA 


OPEN  HOUSE 
Tuesday  March  29 

Baker  Lounge,  Unicentre 

1:30  p.m  to  4  p.m. 

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After  consultation  with  your  student  association,  faculty  and 
administrative  representatives,  we  have  come  up  with  three  new  options  to 
improve  bus  service  to  and  from  the  campus.  Route  19  is  central  to  each 
option.  They  were  designed  to  keep  route  19  on  campus  but  to  have  it 
serve  more  of  Bronson  Avenue  between  the  campus  and  Rideau  Street. 
Please  review  these  and  let  us  have  your  comments. 

Option  j^.  Route  19  would  take  Bronson  and  Slater  to 
"  '  Rideau  Street. 

Option  B*  Route  19  would  take  Bronson,  Somerset  and 
"  *  Bank  to  Rideau  Street. 


Option  C: 


Route  19  would  use  the  same  streets  as  route 
4  between  Sunnyside/Bronson  and  Rideau. 

■  The  new  proposal  also  includes  increased  hours  of  service  which 
would  run  weekdays  between  8  a.m.  and  10  a.m.  and  afternoons 
between  3  p.m.  and  6:30  p.m. 

•  OC  Transpo  will  have  a  large  lighted  shelter  similar  to  those  on 
Albert  and  Slater  and  we're  looking  for  your  ideas  on  where  to  place 
it  on  campus. 

Come  by  and  discuss  these  and  other  transit  issues  with  our  planners.  If 
you  can't  make  the  open  house  you  can  call  in  your  preferred  option  to  our 
special  answering  machine  at:  741-4050,  or  fax  your  comments  to: 
741-7359.  The  deadline  is  Tuesday,  April  5.  You  can  also  drop  off  your 
written  comments  to  Christine  Haselsteiner  at  the  CUSA  office. 

A  report  will  go  to  the  OC  Transpo  Commission  in  May  and  the  approved 
option  will  go  into  effect  in  September. 


Transpo 


policies. 

"Their  policies  just  couldn't  stand 
above  scrutiny,"  Sarkar  says. 

Sarkar  says  OUSA's  proposal  to  raise 
tuition  and  compensate  for  the  increased 
cost  with  an  improved  student  loan  pro- 
gram did  not  gain  support  from  any  U  of 
T  student  groups  because  the  proposal 
wasn't  practical. 

"The  government  has  reached  its  limit 
in  OSAP.  If  that's  the  case,  tuition  hikes 
just  don't  make  sense,"  she  says. 

She  says  OUSA's  proposals  would  de- 
crease accessibility  to  university,  and 
would  mean  increased  student  debt  fol- 
lowing graduation. 

However,  Katherine  Philips,  president 
of  Queen's  student  council,  says  "they  (U 
of  T  students)  didn't  understand  what 
OUSA  is  all  about." 

Queen's  Alma  Mater  Society  is  a  mem- 
ber of  OUSA  and  Philips  represented  OUSA 
during  the  campaign  to  gain  support  at 


UofT. 

"They  have  been  misinformed  about 
what  OUSA  could  do  for  them,"  she  says. 

She  says  U  of  T's  student  council  is 
misguided  in  thinking  students  don't  need 
an  organization  to  lobby  the  provincial 
government. 

"They  overestimate  their  ability  to 
lobby  Queen's  Park  as  an  individual  in- 
stitution/' she  says. 

Philips  says  U  of  T's  refusal  to  join 
OUSA  won't  hurt  the  organization. 

"We  have  enjoyed  support  from  dif- 
ferent groups  across  Ontario.  Even  with- 
out U  of  T  we  still  have  almost  half  of 
Ontario  students." 

If  the  membership  proposal  at  U  of  T 
would  have  passed,  Philips  says  OUSA 
would  have  overtaken  the  Ontario  branch 
of  CFS  as  the  leading  student  lobby  group 
in  Ontario  because  it  would  represent 
more  students.  □ 


CFS  gets  split  decision  in 
votes  at  Laurentian,  Ottawa 


by  Caron  Watt 

Charlatan  Staff 

Two  recent  referendums  in  Ontario  on 
membership  fee  increases  for  the  Cana- 
dian Federation  of  Students  have  resulted 
in  one  acceptance  and  one  rejection  of  a 
$4-per-student  fee  increase. 

The  Laurentian  University  General 
Students'  Association  held  a  referendum 
March  16  and  17.  Students  voted  439  to 
1 70  in  favor  of  a  fee  increase  to  $  1 1  per 
student  from  $7.  By  accepting  the  fee 
increase,  they  also  voted  to  remain  mem- 
bers in  the  CFS,  says  the  association's 
vice-president  external  and  acting  presi- 
dent Heather  Bishop. 

Voter  turnout  was  low,  at  only  15.3 
per  cent  of  the  3, 900  students  the  associa- 
tion represents,  she  says. 

The  University  of  Ottawa  also  held  a 
fee  increase  referendum  from  March  IS 
to  17.  U  of  O  students  rejected  the  fee 
increase  1,955  to  1,403. 

"I  don't  feel  very  good  (about  losing  at 
U  of  O)  but  I'm  not  deeply  disappointed," 
says  CFS  deputy  chair  (amie  McEvoy. 

The  loss  at  U  of  O  was  by  no  means  a 
landslide,  says  McEvoy.  "The  fact  we're 
doing  as  well  as  we  are  is  heartening." 

McEvoy  says  member  schools  who 
don't  agree  to  the  fee  increase  will  not 
lose  out  on  any  of  CFS's  services,  he  says. 


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services  as  Travel  Cuts  and  a  national 
student  health  plan. 

"We're  going  to  decide  what  to  do  in  a 
year  and  a  half  to  two  years,"  he  says. 
"We'll  most  likely  try  again  (to  get  the  fee 
increase)." 

A  series  of  referendums  on  CFS  fee 
increases  and  membership  over  the  past 
year  have  resulted  in  the  loss  of  several 
members,  but  the  association  has  also 
gained  two  new  members. 

With  the  loss  at  U  of  O,  two  universi- 
ties have  now  rejected  CFS  fee  increases. 
Five  universities  have  now  accepted  fee 
increases,  including  Laurentian  Univer- 
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A  Carleton  referendum  in  October 
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turned by  the  student  association's  con- 
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No  committee  was  prevented  from  cam- 
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Several  more  referendums  are  planned 
over  the  next  month  at  University  of 
Moncton  in  New  Brunswick,  University 
of  Western  Ontario  in  London,  Dalhousie 
University  in  Halifax  and  the  University 
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EDITORIAL  PAGE 


We  are  not 
amused 

Students,  don't  be  fooled  into  believing  you're  getting 
a  break  with  the  latest  tuition  hikes. 

On  March  23,  the  provincial  Minister  of  Education 
and  Training  Dave  Cooke  announced  there  would  be  a 
tuition  increase  of  20  per  cent  over  the  next  two  years. 
This  means  an  extra  $425  out  of  students'  pockets,  on  top 
of  the  average  basic  tuition  cost  of  $2,026  in  Ontario. 

But,  if  Cooke  thinks  students  can  handle  another 
increase,  he  should  think  again. 

Any  increase  is  robbery.  Consider  that  between  1 985- 
86  and  1 992-93,  tuition  rose  a  phenomenal  55.8  percent 
at  Carleton,  according  to  Statistics  Canada.  With  20  per 
cent  more  in  hikes,  this  will  mean  a  75.8  percent  increase 
in  tuition. 

Consider  that  job  opportunities,  both  during  school 
and  after  graduation,  are  dwindling.  Statistics  Canada 
recently  reported  that  the  unemployment  rate  for  15-  to 
24-year-olds  in  November'1993  was  17.5  per  cent,  as 
compared  to  11.3  per  cent  in  November  1989.  Consider 
that  wages  have  not  risen  sufficiently  to  cover  the  every- 
day cost  of  living,  much  less  this  tuition  hike. 

What's  doubly  unreasonable  is  the  way  students  were 
kept  in  the  dark  for  so  long  about  the  hikes  by  Cooke  and 
the  Ontario  government. 

The  rumor  mill  started  churning  in  August  with  the 
Council  of  Ontario  Universities'  proposal  to  raise  tuition 
by  30  to  50  per  cent  over  two  years. 

Cooke  did  nothing  to  stop  the  speculation.  Way  back 
in  November  he  told  us  to  expect  a  "substantial  in- 
crease," and  that  he  did  not  consider  seven  per  cent  — 
the  maximum  allowed  in  the  last  three  years  —  substan- 
tial. 

After  a  year  of  speculation  about  tuition  increases  of 
30  to  50  per  cent  over  two  years,  are  we  supposed  to  feel 
grateful  now  that  it's  only  20  per  cent  over  two  years? 

NO! 

Cooke  made  us  live  in  fear  for  a  year.  He  made  it  very 
difficult  for  protests  to  be  organizedbecause  no  one  knew 
exactly. what  we  were  protesting  against.  Last  year,  the 
tuition  hike  ceiling  was  announced  in  November  and 
there's  no  reason  why  it  couldn't  have  been  announced 
in  November  this  year. 

Many  students  have  ignored  the  impact  of  tuition 
hikes  over  the  last  few  years  because  they  have  been  fed 
various  arguments  to  rationalize  the  increases.  But  if  you 
think  about  it,  these  arguments  are  full  of  the  same  stuff 
Cooke  is: 

J.  Students  should  bearmore  of  the  burden  ofeducation. 

Currently  in  Ontario,  student  tuition  accounts  for  just 
over  20  per  cent  of  the  operating  budget  of  a  university. 
Some  people  say  it's  unreasonable  for  tax  dollars  to  be 
spent  on  giving  people  an  education  that  will  give  them 
a  higher  salary  in  the  future. 

But  who  pays  those  tax  dollars?  By  and  large,  it  is  the 
upper  middle  class  and  businesses  who  pay  the  most 
taxes.  These  are  people  who  have  university  degrees  or 
who  benefit  from  the  highly  skilled  workforce  provided 
by  Canadian  universities. 

2.  Tuition  hikes  won 't  be  so  bad  because  I'm  only  in  university 
for  a  few  years. 

In  fact,  students  are  taking  more  time  than  ever  to 
complete  even  the  most  basic  degrees,  and  each  year 
tuition  goes  up  it  gets  harderto  make  up  the  cost.  As  well, 
students  entering  the  workforce  need  higher  qualifica- 
tions than  ever  and  may  need  to  stay  in  school  longer  to 
get  more  degrees. 

3.  The  government  can 't  afford  to  pay  more  for  education. 
This  is  full  of  shit.  The  government  needs  to  change  its 

priorities  and  direct  more  funding  to  education  if  it  has 
any  hope  of  digging  this  country  out  of  the  sorry  mess  it's 
in.  Students  become  workers  and  business  people,  and 
thus  become  taxpayers,  part  of  the  solution  to  the  debt 
and  funding  problem. 

This  degradation  of  the  quality  of  our  lives  and 
education  has  been  forced  upon  us  at  legislative  gun- 
point. It's  time  to  rum  the  gun  around,  get  organized  and 
realized  that  this  is  a  watershed  moment  for  students. 

For  all  the  students  out  there  reading  this:  don't  let  the 
government  lull  you  into  thinking  you  got  off  easy.  It's 
not  just  a  10-per-cent  increase  each  year  for  the  next  two 
years,  but  the  steady  decline  in  the  quality  and 
affordability  of  education. 

Ten  per  cent  per  year  is  too  much,  Mr.  Cooke.  It's 
obvious  your  government  doesn't  care  a  bit  about  stu- 
dents. 

You  don't  care  one  damn  bit.  AK,  SK,  RW 


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OPINION 


Vote  for  peace  in  El  Salvador 


by  Tony  Rogge 

Tony  flogge  is  newsletter  editor  for  SalvAide.  SalvAide  is  a  non-profit  organization  that 
raises  hjnds  lor  projects  like  toad  construction  in  El  Salvador  It  distributes  the  funds  to 
non-prom  organizations  working  in  El  Salvador.  Four  Carleton  students  are  in  El 
Salvador  as  election  observers  through  SalvAide. 

On  March  20,  Salvadorans  went  to  the  polls  after  12 
years  of  civil  war.  The  war  left  75,000  dead,  1 .6  million 
displaced  and  countless  thousands  tortured  or  wounded. 
The  scars  are  everywhere  —  on  buildings,  on  the  land 
and  in  the  memories  of  the  people. 

Just  as  they  did  in  Vietnam,  the  U.S.  supported  scorched 
earth  campaigns  that  literally  bumed  El  Salvador  to  the 
ground  in  the  '80s.  At  the  height  of  the  civil  war  El 
Salvador  received  some  1  million  in  U.S.  aid  every  day, 
most  of  it  going  to  the  military, 
which  suppressed  the  popular  will 
of  the  people. 

Paramilitary  death  squads  aided 
and  abetted  by  the  armed  forces, 
the  treasury  police  and  "respect- 
able" political  forces  like  the  ARENA 
party  assassinated  labor  leaders, 
campesino  (peasant)  leaders  and  stu- 
dents. Anyone  who  dared  to  organ- 
ize themselves  against  the  repres- 
sive elements  of  the  regime  in  San 
Salvador  risked  ending  up  in  a  gut- 
ter somewhere  with  their  eyes 
gouged  out  and  their  genitalia  mu- 
tilated or  stuffed  into  their  mouths. 
By  the  mid-'80s,  political  killings 
numbered  over  1,000  per  month. 

Throughout  all  this  the 
Salvadoran  government  denied  the 
abuses  ever  existed  while  its  backers 
in  Washington  categorically  rejected 
any  report  from  church  groups  and 
Amnesty  International  that  at- 
tempted to  tell  it  like  it  was. 

To  many  in  El  Salvador  the  March  20  election  repre- 
sents a  significant  break  from  the  past  and  an  opportu- 
nity for  Salvadorans  to  reconcile  and  move  towards  a 
better  tomorrow.  The  cynic  however  will  point  out  that 
this  isn't  the  first  election  Salvadorans  have  had  in  the 
last  decade.  In  fact  there  were  a  series  of  elections  in  El 
Salvador  right  up  until  1 990,  all  of  which  were  tainted  by 
massive  irregularities,  violence,  intimidation  and  of 
course,  completely  devoid  of  any  opposition  candidates 
from  the  left. 

The  March  20  election,  however,  is  different.  And 
though  it  was  conducted  amidst  a  climate  of  fear,  confu- 
sion and  intimidation,  it  truly  is  a  departure  from  the 
cruel  jokes  of  the  past.  Violence  continues  to  be  perpe- 
trated against  members  of  popular  political  organiza- 
tions on  the  left  and  many  FMLN  (the  main  opposition 
party  to  ARENA)  candidates  in  rural  El  Salvador  could 


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not  campaign  in  the  open. 

Nonetheless,  Salvadorans  finally  got  the  chance  to 
express  a  vision  of  El  Salvador's  future  through  a  general 
election  that  not  only  includes  opposition  from  popular 
forces  and  the  left,  but  perhaps  more  importantly  is 
being  conducted  in  an  era  where  a  spirit  of  reconciliation 
and  reconstruction  are  tangible  alternatives  to  ongoing 
bloodshed  and  a  return  to  civil  war. 

But  without  continued  and  increasing  international 
pressure,  this  election  and  the  hope  that  it  represents 
may  be  for  nought.  Efforts  to  create  new  institutions,  the 
type  that  would  help  build  a  strong,  tolerant  and  dy- 
namic civil  society  in  El  Salvador,  are  being  met  with 
increasing  resistance  by  the  ARENA 
party  and  its  allies.  The  ARENA 
party's  presidential  candidate, 
Armando  CalderonSol,  has  already 
indicated  that  a  victory  for  his  party 
will  be  construed  as  a  mandate  to 
ditch  the  peace  accords  signed  by 
the  current  El  Salvadoran  president 
Alfredo  Cristiani  of  the  ARENA 
party  and  insurgent  groups  two 
years  ago. 

Reneging  on  the  accords  would 
mean  scrapping  the  new  civilian 
police  force  program,  delaying  re- 
form in  the  courts,  appropriating 
land  that  has  already  been  trans- 
ferred to  ex-combatants  or  people 
returning  to  their  homes  after  be- 
ing displaced  by  the  war  and  the 
continuation  of  an  ARENA-spon- 
sored  amnesty  bill  that  has  granted 
immunity  to  identified  human 
rights  abusers.  Ultimately,  these 
actions  would  undermine  the  peace 
process. 

It  is  clear  that  Canadians  could  and  should  be  doing 
more  to  support  the  ongoing  peace  process  in  El  Salva- 
dor. Way  back  in  1988,  the  House  of  Commons  special 
committee  on  the  peace  process  in  Central  America 
proposed  a  plan  that  would  make  Central  America  a 
special  priority  in  Canadian  foreign  policy.  Unfortu- 
nately, it  seems  that  commitment  has  gone  out  the 
window. 

It  is  time  that  Canadians  realized  that  our  traditional 
views  on  peacekeeping  and  international  aid  just  don't 
cut  it  any  more  and  El  Salvador  is  a  case  in  point.  Canada 
must  move  beyond  the  old  models  and  responses. 

Canadians  can  help  create  the  conditions  for  peace  in 
El  Salvador  by  promoting  civil  society  and  working  with 
grassroots  organizations  instead  of  just  working  with  the 
polarized  factions.  We  must  urge  our  government  to 
become  more  active  in  this  regard.  □ 


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A  CUSA  tragedy 

Editor: 

CUSA  council  and  the  constitutional 
board  recently  overturned  the  entire  CUSA, 
senate  and  board  of  governors  elections. 
This  is  a  tragic  decision  for  several  rea- 
sons: 

1 )  The  election  had  a  better  voter  turn- 
out than  in  years  past. 

2)  After  a  campaign  full  of  "CUSA 
spends  too  much"  it  seems  hilarious  that 
CUSA  is  willing  to  blow  another  $6,500 
(minimum)  on  another  election. 

3)  The  subsequent  election  will  not 
represent  the  democratic  voice  of  students. 
Voter  apathy  will  be  high  enough  be- 
cause of  CUSA's  lack  of  effectiveness,  rep- 
resentativeness and  common  sense.  The 
election  results  will  be  indicative  of  little 
more  than  which  candidates  could  con- 
vince their  friends  to  vote  again. 

4)  CUSA  is  funded  by  student  money 
and  is  supposed  to  operate  in  our  best 
interests.  Is  ignoring  the  voice  of  over 
2,700  people  who  voted  in  good  con- 
science and  over  1,500  who  signed  a  peti- 
tion asking  CUSA  to  let  the  election  stand 
really  representing  the  views  of  the  con- 
stituents? Not  even  close.  CUSA  slapped 
us  all  in  the  face  and  said  your  vote  and 
signature  mean  nothing. 

5)  The  CUSA  executive  will  have  to  be 
hired  during  exam  time.  Executive  candi- 
dates have  to  write  an  essay-size  position 
paper.  Who  will  have  time  to  give  it  the 
attention  it  warrants?  The  CUSA  execu- 
tive have  to  get  to  work  even  before  their 
term  begins.  Essentially,  this  year's  CUSA 
has  stunted  the  growth  of  next  year's 
council. 

6)  It  is  also  an  insult  to  ex-chief  elec- 
toral officer  ]ames  Rilett,  who  ran  as  good 
an  election  as  possible  in  a  world  of  con- 
stitutional guessing  and  interpretation. 

Perry  Simpson  —  Political  Science  III 
Sandy  Wakeling  —  Psychology  III 
Pierre  Leduc  —  Mass  Communications  II 
Heather  lenkins  —  Political  Science  III 
Colin  Betts  — Political  Science  III 

Overturn  them  all 

Editor: 

I  am  writing  this  letter  out  of  concern 
and  frustration  about  the  events  which 
have  transpired  over  the  past  few  weeks 
concerning  the  CUSA  elections. 

My  concern  is  that  CUSA's  constitu- 
tional board  has  overturned  an  election 
on  the  basis  of  some  flaws  in  the  constitu- 
tion and  possibly  its  interpretation  and 
now  it's  going  to  cost  the  students  another 
$8,000  or  so. 

What  I  want  to  know  is,  are  the  chal- 
lenges which  were  upheld  really  worth 
this  expense?  For  example,  Elaine  Silver 
challenged  that  there  was  only  one  poll- 
ing clerk  at  a  polling  place.  Under  the 
constitution,  no  voting  may  take  place  in 
such  an  instance,  but  it  doesn't  say  poll- 
ing clerks  can't  be  alone  if  no  voting  is 
allowed.  Does  the  board  have  unbiased 
proof  that  voting  took  place  when  the 
clerk  was  alone? 

Second,  I  was  under  the  impression 
that  the  candidates  voted  to  have  less  all- 
candidates  debates  than  the  constitution 
specifies.  If  so,  whatis  the  challenge  based 
on?  And  I'm  sorry  to  inform  the  candi- 
dates of  this,  but  few  students  listen  to 
these  anyway. 

Gee,  I  wonder  why,  perhaps  it's  be- 
cause the  students  are  fed  up  with  CUSA 
and  recognize  our  election  process  for  the 
waste  of  paper  and  popularity  contest 
that  it  is. 

In  addition,  it  seems  as  though  the 
strongest  voice  in  challenging  the  elec- 
tion is  Elaine  Silver.  After  three  losses, 
doesn't  she  get  it?  Does  she  think  that 
challenging  the  election  and  thus  costing 
the  students  more  money  will  win  her 
votes? 


LETTERS 


I  realize  that  I  may  be  criticized  for 
these. views  because  the  elections,  on  the 
basis  of  principle,  should  be  overturned  if 
they  were  run  unfairly.  My  response  to 
this  is  that  if  every  CUSA  election  was 
judged  on  the  basis  of  flaws  in  the  consti- 
tution, mistakes  made  by  polling  clerks  or 
whining  by  losing  candidates  about  fair- 
ness, all  of  them  would  be  overturned. 

Christine  Brockway 
Sociology  IV 

Tories  are  terrific 
(Ha,  ha,  ha) 

Editor: 

If  I  had  to  say  one  nice  thing  about  the 
previous  Tory  government  it  would  be 
that  they  have  made  life  simpler  for  us 
students.  You  see,  spring  is  here  and  that 
means  two  things:  exams  and  taxes. 

With  exams  being  the  basis  on  which 
our  futures  are  built,  most  students  hardly 
have  time  to  begin  deciphering  the 
bafflegab  that  is  a  tax  return  form.  For  the 
uninitiated,  the  tax  return  is  a  process 
whereby  you  determine  what  proportion 
of  your  previous  year's  income  (if  that 
exists),  you  owe  to  the  government. 

To  aid  you  in  this,  the  government  is 
supposed  to  supply  you  with  helpful  in- 
structions. These  don't  exist. 

How  many  times  have  you  finished 
yourtax  return  sheet  only  to  find  thatyou 
owe  $16,294.09?  Of  courseyou  know  that 
can't  be  right  because  your  taxable  in- 
come is  only  $12,496.27. 

So,  you  go  back  over  every  number  and 
deduction  to  find  out  where  you  went 
wrong.  Aha,  you  find  the  problem.  It 
turns  out  that  before  you  enter  anything 
on  line  223.5 1  you  are  supposed  to  square 
the  average  temperature  of  you  dog's  left 
nostril  and  subtract  that  from  your  total 
body  weight.  Then  you  take  the  inverse 
backflip  of  line  . . . 

This,  getting  back  to  my  original  point, 
is  how  the  Tories  have  made  life  easy  for 
a  lot  of  students.  Knowing  that  we  are 
already  under  enough  strain  at  this  time 
of  year,  they  took  great  pains  to  ensure  we 
would  have  nothing  to  worry  about. 


Namely,  we  didn't  have  jobs,  therefore  we 
are  free  right  now  to  study,  instead  of 
doing  taxes. 

Well,  some  of  us  are.  Unfortunately  I 
was  gainfully  employed  last  year  so  I'm 
off  to  wrestle  with  my  financial  demons. 
Now,  if  I  could  just  find  that  thermometer. 
Here  Rover!  Come  on  boy! 

Eben  Watt 
Psychology  II 

Ricky  responds 

Editor: 

Re:  "Look  out  Ricky,"  The  Charlatan, 
March  10,  1994. 

I  would  like  to  answer  some  of  the 
questions  raised  in  Katie  Strzalka's  letter 
commenting  on  my  election  platform. 

The  concept  of  rapid  transit  in  Ottawa 
is  not  something  I  whipped  up  to  "win 
votes, "  or  "gloss  my  campaign  over."  The 
fact  of  the  matter  is  this  is  a  real  issue 
being  promoted  by  a  community  task 
force  called  Transport  2000  Canada. 

Kristine  Haselsteiner,  CUSA's  current 
vice-president  external,  has  made  some 
initial  contact  with  this  group  and  I  was 
planning  to  expand  CUSA's  participation 
in  this  group  to  make  sure  student  needs 
were  addressed  in  the  group's  agenda. 

In  conclusion,  Strzalka  stated  that  "The 
candidates  with  the  most  hair  and  not 
brains  won."  The  only  part  of  this  state- 
ment I  agree  with  is  that  I  do  have  big 
hair,  just  as  many  students  at  Carleton 
have,  but  if  it  makes  Strzalka  feel  any 
better,  I  am  losing  this  hair  rapidly.  The 
second  part  of  her  statement  outlines  her 
opinion  of  my  mental  ability.  This  is  her 
opinion  and  I  can  respect  that.  I  only 
hope  she  can  respect  the  fact  that  as  is 
outlined  above,  I  do  know  what  I  am 
talking  about  when  it  comes  to  commuter 
trains  or  any  of  the  other  issues  I  raised 
during  the  election. 

Richard  Stanton 
Social  Science  III 
BA  '93 


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Contributors 

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Kevin  Gildea,  Barbara  Leckie 
Book  Reviews: 
Mo  Gannon,  Arn  Keeling,  Kira  Vermond 
Five  Ottawa  Poets: 
Rob  McLennan 
People  of  Colour  Contest  winners: 
1st  Dawolu  Akintola  Saul 
2nd  Fonkeng  E.  J. 
3rd  Lula  Adam 
Charlatan  Short  Story  Contest  winners: 
1st  place:  Edward  Pond,  Kira  Vermond 
Honorable  Mention: 
Zenya  Serant,  Ron  Schafrick 

Production: 
Naomi  Bock,  Michael  Mainville 
Art  work: 
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Editors: 

Mario  Carlucci,  Andrea  Smith 


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the    charlatan's    literary  supplement 


.books 


Coming  Through  Charles 

by  Kira  Vermond 

The  Vonnegut  Button 

by  Edward  Pond 

Baku:  the  journey 

Dawolu  Akintola  Saul 

5  Ottawa  Poets 


life  After  Gal 
;(ouptartd 
oral  Schuster 


by  Mo  Gannon 

Cha/latan  Stall 

Douglas  Coupland  is  not  my  Dalai  Lama. 
Nor  is  he  my  "generation's  spokesperson." 
Biit  he's  trying  very,  very  hard. 
Life  After  God,  the  most  successful  liter- 
ary experiment  in  pseudo-intellectualism 
I've  ever  read,  is  part  of  his  attempt. 
I  once  admired  this  author's  work,  back 
when  Generation  Xwas  just  a  book  and 
Coupland  was  just  a  writer.  Back  before 
the  media  made  him  Generation  God. 
Back  when  Coupland  had  some  things  to 
say. 

Not  any  more.  "Coupland  unplugs  from 
his  previous  style. .  ."it  reads  on  the  cover 
jacket.  How  true.  There's  none  of  his  past 
electricity  here  — just  flaccid  platitudes  in 
eight  short  stories  about  the  meaning  of 
life,  love  and  loneliness,  much  like  the 
pubescent  material  you'd  hear  read  aloud 
in  your  creative  writing  class  in  high  school. 
Like  a  teenage  boy  who  wants  everyone  to 
see  him  brooding  over  his  journal  in  the 
cafeteria,  Coupland  asks  a  lot  of  "deep" 
questions  you've  heard  a  thousand  times 
before:  Why  are  we  here?  What  makes  us 
human?  Why  am  I  so  alone?  Will  anyone 


ever  love  me? 

The  warning  bells  sound  when  you  read 
his  first  story  "Little  Creatures,"  where  he 
ponders  the  meaning  of  existence: 
"We  drove  away  and  we  were  both  quiet, 
digesting  the  appearances  of  these  ani- 
mals in  our  lives,  and  their  meanings. 
What  is  a  deer?  What  is  a  bighorn  sheep? 
Why  are  certain  creatures  attractive  to 
some  of  us,  and  some  not?  What  are 
creatures?" 

(Possible  answer:  A  deer  is  a  deer.  A  big- 
horn sheep  is  a  sheep  with  big  horns. 
Creatures  are  creatures.  It's  that  simple.) 
In  his  shallow  spiritual  search  for  a  deeper 
meaning,  Coupland's  revelations  sound 
like  something  straight  out  of  Jack 
Handey's  Deep  Thoughts: 
"...  birds  are  a  miracle  because  they  prove 
to  us  there  is  a  finer,  simpler  state  of  being 
which  we  may  strive  to  attain." 
When  he's  not  sounding  like  a  mushy 
greeting  card,  Coupland  is  posing  as  your 
typical  lonely,  angst-ridden  genius:  "I  felt 
as  though  the  world  lived  inside  a  warm 
house  at  night  and  I  was  outside,  and  I 
couldn't  be  seen — because  I  was  out  there 
in  the  night." 

Like  always,  Coupland's  text  is  littered 
with  Vidal  Sassoon  shampoo  bottles, 
Mazda  Miatas,  Petro-Can  stations.  Rite 
crackers  and  Glad  garbage  bags.  Only  in 
this  book,  he  uses  brand  names  where 
they  are  jarringly  out  of  place  —  like 
footsteps  in  the  desert  that  sound  "faintly 


crunchy  like  the  sound  of  Cocoa  Pebbles 
being  chewed  across  a  table. " 
Perhaps  he  shifts  into  overkill  on  the  brand 
names  to  prove  his  reputation  as  some 
sort  of  pop-culture  expert  —  not  like  he's 
in  any  danger  of  losing  it,  judging  by  the 
media  worship. 

There's  the  occasional  classic  Coupland 
simile  that  makes  reading  this  book  bear- 
able —  rotting  maple  leaves  that  smell  like 
dead  pancakes,  a  nuclear  blast  that  rips 
his  skin  off  like  strips  of  chicken  fajita,  or 
a  wet  tent  that  smells  like  a  fridge  full  of 
time-expired  yogurt. 

The  book  also  has  its  occasional  moments 
of  truth,  like  his  observation  that  experi- 
ences become  less  exciting  with  age: 
"I  could  be  shooting  heroin  with  the  Prin- 
cess of  Wales,  naked  in  a  crashing  jet,  and 
the  experience  still  couldn't  compare  to 
the  time  the  cops  chased  us  after  we  threw 
the  Taylors'  patio  furniture  into  their  pool 
in  eleventh  grade." 

This  is  obviously  the  case  for  Coupland. 
He  seems  to  be  suffering  some  heavy  mid- 
life crisis  at  the  age  of  32  and  is  now 
reverting  back  to  high  school.  And  looking 
for  God.  And  writing  bad  books  about  it. 
And  that's  fine. 

But  don't  mistake  his  juvenile  musings 
and  intellectual  party  tricks  for  a  philoso- 
phy. Life  After  God  is  about  as  spiritual  as 
Coupland's  new  state  of  grace  in  the  church 
of  St.  Celebrity.  ■» 


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by  Am  Keeling 

Chariatan  Staff 

Much  of  the  so-called  literature  by  young 
North  American  writers,  from  J. D.  Salinger 
to  Douglas  Coupland,  is  predicated  on  the 
theme  of  "finding  an  identity"  in  a  world 
they  don't  understand  or  can't  control. 
But  their  tales  of  angst  and  confusion 
seem  pale  beside  the  semi- 
autobiographical  story  of  growing  up  in 
Communist  Czechoslovakia  in  the  1980s, 
told  by  31 -year-old  Iva  Pekarkova. 
Her  character  Fialka's  search  for  personal 
and  sexual  identity  is  frustrated  by  a 
closed  social  and  political  world.  Real 
freedom  —  the  freedom  to  speak  her  mind, 
go  where  she  wants  and  explore  her 
possibilities  —  is  smothered  by 
bureaucracy  and  fear.  The  question  for 
Fialka  is  not  "What  should  I  do  with  my 
life?"  but  rather  "What  kind  of  a  life  do  I 
have?" 

In  the  absence  of  freedom,  Fialka  and  her 
friend  Patrik  search  for  "rainbows"  against 
the  omnipresent   dull  greyness  of 


communism: 

"The  rainbow  is  the  quintessence  of 
unpossessible  beauty.  We  searched  for  it 
all  over  parking  lots  in  puddles  covered 
with  motor  oil,  in  the  foul-smelling  froth  of 
chemical  waste,  in  dangerously  sharp 
shards  of  broken  glass,  in  the  sperm  that 
shoots  skyward  in  passion  and  arcs  back 
to  the  earth  to  die  .  .  ." 
Fialka  and  her  embittered  friend  spend 
their  free  time  chronicling  the 
environmental  chaos  wrought  by  the 
government  as  a  legacy  for  the  next 
generation,  a  generation  they  hope  will  be 
free. 

But  most  of  all,  the  story  is  of  Fialka's 
search  for  her  identity  as  a  woman.  She 
doesn't  relate  well  to  other  women;  her 
best  friend  Patrik  is  a  man  whose  voracious 
desire  leads  him  on  to  emotionless  sexual 
conquest  and  eventually,  cold  remorse. 
Fialka  finds  solace  in  her  hitchhiking 
adventures,  where  she  takes  pictures  of 
environmental  destruction  and  sleeps  with 
lonely  Czech  truck  drivers. 
But  Fialka's  personal  search  becomes 
tragic  when  Patrik  is  diagnosed  with 
multiple  sclerosis  and  needs  an  expensive 
wheelchair.  She  begins  to  market  her  only 
freedom,  sexual  freedom,  to  Western 


truckers  who  pass  through  the  country 
offering  money  and  consumer  goods  in  an 
attempt  to  raise  money  for  Patrik.  The 
novel's  second  half  is  a  painful  discovery 
of  the  limits  of  personal  sacrifice  and  the 
anguish  of  lost  identity. 
"The  vulgarity  of  it,  the  vulgaritysWl  made 
my  head  spin.  It  dumbfounded  me.  It  was 
killing  me.  The  seeds  of  mistrust  and 
contempt,  the  seeds  of  spite  and  scorn, 
were  sowed  between  my  thighs  together 
with  the  men's  semen  —  denser,  stickier, 
but  essentially,  just  as  devastating." 
Pekarkova's  first-person  narrative, 
compared  on  the  book  jacket  to  fellow 
Czech  author  Milan  Kundera  (The 
Unbearable  Lightness  of  Being),  is  raw 
and  unsophisticated.  Her  prose, 
conversational  and  light,  moves  easily  from 
hip  expressions  about  sexuality  to  a  deeper 
penetration  of  the  characters'  thoughts 
and  emotions. 

Though  the  superficial  theme  of  the  novel 
is  of  a  struggle  for  personal  identity  in  a 
repressive  world,  the  more  powerful  subtext 
—  what  makes  this  novel  excellent  —  is 
the  intense  personal  turmoil  of  a  woman 
searching  for,  losing,  and  finally 
rediscovering  her  womanhood.  <=» 


Missing  Persons 
Carole  Gitmgrande 
Cormorant  Press 


by  Kira  Vermond 

Charlatan  Stall 

"Where  do  I  come  from?" 
It's  a  question  children  start  asking  when 
they  first  discover  they  are  alive  and  not 
merely  living.  But  the  question  demands 
an  answer  more  intricate  than  spewing 
out  an  explanation  of  genetics  andbiology. 
Where  a  person  comes  from  also  revolves 
around  relationships,  life  experience,  or 
life  experiences  not  yet  carried  out.  The 
quest  to  discover  where  you  come  from  is 
all  encompassing. 

Carole  Giangrande,  author  of  Missing 
Persons,  her  first  book  of  short  stories, 
skilfully  weaves  her  characters  into  10 
dense  tales,  pushing  them  towards  their 
pursuit  for  identity. 

The  background  for  most  of  the  stories  is 
war;  how  it  changes  people,  how  it  destroys 
them.  Sometimes  the  war  is  personal,  a 
wrestling  with  morality .  At  other  times  the 
war  is  fought  with  weapons;  although  the 
stories  often  combine  both. 
The  first  story,  "Missing  Persons,"  deals 
with  a  photographer  who  tries  to  come  to 


grips  with  her  husband's  death,  her 
alienated  daughter  and  the  disappearance 
of  her  best  friend.  Her  friend  moved  to  B.C. 
and  has  not  bothered  to  write.  The 
photographer  explains  the  shift  in  their 
friendship: 

"I  figured  my  camera  had  gone  and  touched 
the  empty  part  of  her  once  too  often; 
somehow  it  was  my  fault  she'd  found  out 
she  was  human:  beautiful  except  for  one 
missing  piece.  Maybe  it  was  too  much  for 
her  to  feel  me  carrying  Allen's  death  like  a 
stillborn  baby  in  my  gut." 
In  the  second  story  a  farming  couple, 
having  lost  their  farm,  rents  a  room  from 
a  Beirut  refugee  in  Toronto  who  teaches 
them  how  the  loss  of  away  of  life  can  bring 
people  together.  In  "In  Hard  News,"  a 
radio-journalist  is  confronted  with  death 
and  violence  for  the  first  time. 
Two  other  stories  are  linked:  "Love  and  the 
Gentle  Art  of  Flying"  and  "Moonwalkers." 
In  the  first,  a  man  must  deal  with  the 
breakup  of  his  two-year  relationship  with 
his  girlfriend  after  she  leaves  him.  She  was 
unable  to  trust  him  after  he  almost  killed 
them  both  in  a  plane  crash.  The  second 
story  is  told  from  the  girlfriend's  point  of 
view  a  while  later. 

The  remaining  stories  revolve  around  the 
emotional  fallout  of  the  Vietnam  War. 
"This  is  For  Mandy"  is  about  the  narrator's 


daughter  and  the  young  woman's 
questions  about  how  her  parents  dodged 
the  draft. 

In  "What  History  Teaches,"  a  girl  who 
excels  at  sharp-shooting  discovers  why 
her  parents  have  a  fascination  with  guns. 
They  killed  a  banker  during  the  '60s  as 
part  of  the  anti-war  terrorist  movement. 
A  Vietnam  veteran  tells  a  television  reporter 
why  he  took  an  axe  to  his  TV  and  pasted 
newspaper  clippings  of  violence  up  on  his 
wall  in  "The  Memory  Wall": 
"Too  much  Gulf  War;  I  lost  it,"  he  says. 
A  pair  of  twins  try  to  make  sense  ofVietnam 
in  the  final  two  stories,  "Into  the  Fire,"  and 
"How,  If  Ever,  the  Story  Ends." 
In  one  gut-wrenching  scene,  David,  who 
left  his  suburban  home  to  fight  in  the  war, 
tells  his  twin  sister  how  he  destroyed  a 
village  and  raped  the  one  remaining 
Vietnamese  survivor  before  killing  her. 
At  the  site  of  his  suicide  only  weeks  after 
his  confession,  he  leaves  a  note  that  says, 
"God  does  not  forgive  everything." 
Giangrande  writes  with  a  skilled  hand  and 
with  an  emotional  wallop.  The  reader  can't 
help  but  gasp  at  some  of  the  purest  poetry 
written  by  a  Canadian  author  in  years.  At 
times  the  words  seem  to  braid  themselves, 
twisting  to  give  several  meanings. 
Missing  Persons  is  a  collection  of  short 
stories  with  staying-power.  •» 


14  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  24,  1994 


The  Vonnegu 


agent" s  American  eyes  and  smile,  and 
kill  him.  Then  he  must  slice  him  wide 
open  to  retrieve  the  special  codes  and 
"the  button"  which  are  contained 
within  the  slaughtered  agent's 
sternum. 

Then  the  president  can  proceed  to 
annihilate  the  world. 

This  is  what  the  knife  might  look  like: 


Some  people  don't  like  this  new 
procedure.  They  say  the  president  will 
never  launch  the  missile  now. 


Comments: 

Edward  Pond  weaves  Vonnegut's  work  into  his 
own  story  in  a  clever,  tightly  controlled  and 
innovative  manner. 

By  relocating  the  place  of  the  button,  this  story 
serves  as  a  powerful  reminder  that  the 
consequences  of  nuclear  escalation  are  not  as 
abstract  as  political  rhetoric  would  have  us 
believe. 

— Barbara  leckie,  assistant  professor 
of EnglishatCdleton  University.  Professor  Leckie 
teaches  a  fourth-year  English  course  called 
Studies  in  Culture  and  the  Text. 


With  that,  the  president  could  go  on  to  seal 
the  fate  of  billions  of  souls.  Miraculously,  the 
procedure  was  never  executed. 


Executed  is  an  interesting  word.  It  means  to 
carry  out  an  act,  to  perform,  to  administer,  or 
to  make  something  happen.  It  can  also  mean 
killing  somebody. 


On  Jan.  1,  1997,  the  new,  current  procedure 
was  instated.  Through  it,  the  president  of  the 
United  States  still  has  the  power  to  annihilate 
the  world.  He  is  still  accompanied  by  a  secret 
service  agent  everywhere  he  goes.  The  agent  is 
still  always  young,  healthy  and  trustworthy  — 
even  more  so,  now  —  with  his  American  eyes 
and  American  smile.  And  the  agent  still  carries 
with  him  the  secret  codes  and  "the  button" 
necessary  to  launch  the  missiles  at  the  enemy. 


If  and  when  the  president  deems  the  time  to  be 
right  to  fly  the  eagles,  he  turns  to  the  secret 
service  agent  and  gives  him  the  appropriate 
coded  sentence.  The  sentences  are  now  in  basic 
English.  One  might  be  something  like  this: 


"Well  Frank,  it's  time  for 
everyone  to  die." 


With  that,  the  president  is  given  a  very  large 
sharp  butcher's  knife.  Using  the  knife,  he  must 
look  into  the  young,  healthy  and  trustworthy 


by  Edward  Pond 

Edward  Pond  is  a  lourth-year  journalism  student. 

Until  Jan.  1, 1997,  there  was  a  standard 
procedure  the  president  of  the  United 
States  of  America  had  to  follow  in 
order  to  launch  his  country's  nuclear 
missiles  at  its  enemies. 


The  procedure  involved  having  a  secret 
service  agent  accompany  the  president 
everywhere  he  went.  The  agent  was 
always  young,  healthy  and  trustworthy 
—  with  American  eyes  and  an  American 
smile.  The  agent  carried  with  him  an 
attache  case  containing  coded 
documents  and  "the  button"  necessary 
for  the  president  to  annihilate  the 
planet.  This  is  what  the  attache  case 
looked  like: 


If,  at  any  time,  the  president  decided 
the  time  was  right  for  the  eagles  to  fly, 
he  would  have  turned  to  the  secret 
service  agent  and  given  him  the 
appropriate  coded  sentence.  Then,  the 
attache  case  would  have  been  opened 
for  him.  The  coded  sentence  might 
have  been  something  like  this: 

"Echo  nixer  foxtrot  alpha 
breadbasket  eagle." 


March  24,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  IS 


by  Kira  Vermont) 

mtayemionStealhifd-yearioumalisni  students!  Carleton,  and  a  snappy  dresser. 

Charles  is  pregnant  again. 
He  sits  before  the  balcony  window  in  the 
tattered  burgundy  arm  chair,  slowly  rock- 
ing, rubbing  his  abdomen  back  and  forth. 
He  is  waiting  for  the  first  indication  of 
movement  from  within.  Charles  is  waiting 
for  summer  to  come. 

Shawleen  opens  the  door  on  him,  gingerly 
treads  over  to  him  and  places  her  hand  on 
his  shoulder.  Her  stomach  juts  from  her 
nightshirt  and  her  hair  hovers  over  dark 
brows.  The  buttons  on  her  striped  shirt  are 
ready  to  burst  into  shrapnel.  She  has  just 
woken  up  and  rubs  her  eyes.  The  midnight 
light  coming  through  the  window  from  out- 
side is  too  bright. 

"Time  to  sleep.  Come  to  bed,"  she  yawns  as 
she  pats  the  baby  inside  of  her. 
Charles  and  Shawleen  have  so  much  in 
common. 

When  Shawleen  found  out  she  was  preg- 
nant she  stayed  in  her  apartment  and  cried 

for  two  days.  She  watered  her  plants  and 
watched  them  die.  She  tried  to  phone  Charles 
a  few  times  to  let  him  know,  but  whenever 
he  answered  she  hung  up.  Shawleen  did  not 
answer  her  telephone  when  it  rang. 

Finally,  when  Charles 
went  to  her  house  to 
see  what  was  wrong, 
he  found  Shawleen  in 
the  chair  near  the  win- 
dow. Her  face  was  dry. 
Her  hair  was  washed 
and  wet  off  her  face. 
She  wrapped  herself 
up  into  her  body  and 
smiled  at  him. 
"I  have  something  to 
tell  you,"  she  saidi 
Charles  is  pregnant 
for  the  second  time. 
This  time  he  will  not  abort  the  baby,  or  give 
it  up  for  adoption.  He  will  not  will  it  away.  He 
will  feel  the  baby  in  him.  He  will  wait  for  his 
breasts  to  fill.  He  will  sleep  on  his  back  and 
on  his  side.  This  time  Charles  will  take 
responsibility.  He  will  be  Shawleen.  They 
will  be  pregnant  together. 
When  Shawleen  first  told  Charles  she  wanted 


Comments: 

Kira  has  a  powerful  command  of  language. 
Her  gritty  style  leaves  the  reader  feeling 
the  emptiness  the  story  subtly  conveys.  By 
dismantling  our  unidimensional  notions  of 
gender,  she  forces  one  to  re-evaluate  not 
only  notions  of  the  body,  but  the  subject  as 
well. 

—  Kevin  Gildea  is  an  English 
instructor at Car  let  on  University.  Professor 
Gildea  teaches  second-year  Canadian 
literature. 


16  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  24,  1994 


to  exchange  the  experience  of  pregnancy  he 
sat  and  rocked  on  his  hands.  It  was  enough 
that  she  expected  him  to  father  the  child.  He 
was  used  to  the  idea.  They  had  already  been 
through  this  once  before  (and  why  hadn't 
they  used  protection  and  how  could  this 
happen  to  the  same  people  twice?) .  Shawleen 
explained  calmly  that  the  pregnancy  was 
not  just  her  problem/gift.  She  told  him  she 
could  not  do  it  alone.  She  wanted  him  to  be 
part  of  it.  Not  a  half,  but  a  whole. 
Last  year,  Shawleen  aborted  a  baby.  She 
entered  the  brown  seven-storey  building 
and  walked  to  the  big  steel  door  with  the 
room  number,  17,  painted  on  it.  Shawleen 
stood  before  the  camera,  told  the  reception- 
ist her  name  and  was  buzzed  in.  At  the  desk 
she  showed  her  ID  to  a  woman  wearing 
three  shades  of  navy.  She  was  led  to  a  comer 
where  there  was  a  tray  full  of  little  cups  of 
mineral  water.  She  took  one  and  sat  down. 
For  an  hour,  she  waited  in  a  white  painted 
room  with  posters  that  said,  "You  are  a 
Woman,  You  have  a  Right!"  She  watched 
another  woman  across  from  her  read  Cos- 
mopolitan with  a  model  on  the  front  who 
had  her  breasts  taped  to  her  nose.  The  only 
comfort  Shawleen  could  find  was  that  she 
had  already  been  here  before  to  get  herself 
on  the  pill  before  the  place  had  been  bombed. 
That  time,  the  nurse  took  her  blood  pres- 
sure and  asked  her  if  she  smoked  (she  didn't 
— not  then)  and  gave  heraboxwitha  three  - 
month  supply  of  Ortho  777  and  a  prescrip- 
tion. Shawleen  left  the  examination  room 
and  walked  past  the  women  who  were  wait- 
ing for  counselling. 

It  seems  to  Shawleen  that  all  the  women, 
that  time,  were  reading  Cosmopolitan  and 
tapping  their  feet  to  digital  music  softly 
playing  over  invisible  speakers.  All  models 
on  the  magazines'  covers  had  bodies  unhin-- 
dered  by  childbirth  —  or  seemed  to  —  with 
tight  stomachs  and  malleable  limbs. 
Shawleen  wanted  to  look  like  the  women  on 
the  cover.  She  wanted  to  have  that  body. 
Now,  it  is  her  turn  to  tap  her  feet,  listen  to 
"Beat  It"  on  violin  and  read  articles  on  "How 
To  Please  Your  Man."  Finally  she  was  asked 
to  come  into  the  counselling  room.  She 
relaxed  in  a  deep  bucket  chair  and  was 
asked  if  she  knew  of  other  optionJ 


was  comfortable  with  the  one  she  chose. 
She  said  yes  both  times  and  was  led  to  a 
room  where  she  could  undress  with  three 
other  women.  The  room  looked  like  the 
change  room  she  used  in  Grade  9  gym  class. 
No  one  looked  at  each  other's  bodies.  No  one 
looked  up  from  their  socks. 
The  surgery  was  quick  and  painful.  Three 
women  stood  around  her,  holding  her  hand 
and  asking  her  about  school.  She  declined 
to  take  a  pill  and  the  woman  gasped,  as  they 
hurried  around  in  their  whiteness.  Blurring 
as  they  said:  "Are  you  sure?" 
"I'll  be  fine,"  Shawleen  said  as  she  cursed 
the  loud  classical  music  playing  in  the 
room.  For  a  moment  she  was  afraid  she 
would  voice  her  opinions,  offending  the 
other  women's  musi- 
cal tastes.  She  re- 
minded herself  that 
she  was  their  guest. 
Afterwards,  she  stood 
away  from  the  table, 
rested  in  the  "resting 
room,"  drank  her  ap- 
plejuice,  changed  and 
went  home.  This  time 
she  accepted  the  three 
painkillers  they  gave 
her.  Shawleen  left  the 
building  feeling  full, 
i  Charles  knew  where 
she  was  that  day.  He 
offered  to  be  there  in 
the  building  with  her 
and  offered  to  sit  in  the 
room  with  the  women 
who  would  look  at  him. 
They  would  think,  "You  are  a  part  of  this." 
He  offered  to  sit  in  the  white  room  and  think 
about  what  Shawleen  was  doing  in  the  next 
one.  Shawleen  told  him  she  did  not  want 
him  to  be  there.  He  could  think  about  her 
from  his  own  apartment  as  he  went  over 
other  people's  manuscripts.  He  could  look 
out  from  his  window  for  her. 


the  bathroom  he  stood  painted  in  his  own 
shadow  and  stared. 
"Holy  Shit!" 

Shawleen  turned  herself  around  on  Tara's 
bed  to  face  his  obscenity,  throwing  her  long 
black  hair  behind  her. 
"Oh  God,  I'm  sorry,"  Charles  stammered,  "I 
thought  you  were  my  sister . . .  that  she  had 
dyed  her  hair." 

After  that,  it  was  only  a  matter  of  time. 

"I  want  to  see  your  books,"  Shawleen  told 
Charles  as  she  stretched  out  on  his  new 
wooden  floor  two  months  after  their  first 
encounter. 

"Mmm  .  .  .I've  read  this  one,"  she  said, 
holding  up  an  old  copy  of  Lord  of  The  Flies 


That  was  last  year.  Now,  as  Charles  sits 
before  their  shared  apartment's  window, 
looking  out  at  the  frost  and  slitted  moon,  he 
remembers  how  he  first  saw  Shawleen.  She 
was  his  sister's  friend,  one  of  the  many  she 
was  always  bringing  home  from  school.  It 
was  two  weeks  before  he  moved  out  of  their 
mother's  house  and  he  was  staying  in, 
packing  boxes  of  old  records  and  clothes. 
His  books  were  always  the  last  to  go  and 
were  cast  around  the  room. 
His  sister.  Tara.  has  long,  light  brown  hair. 
When  Charles  passed  her  door  on  the  way  to 


When  he  was  1 2  he  read  the  book  and  cried 
painfully  when  Piggy  was  killed.  He  remem- 
bers the  jutting  rocks  and  the  lathered 
waves  even  still. 

Shawleen  looked  up  at  Charles  from  the 
well-worn  copy  in  her  hands. 
"I  cried  so  hard  when  Piggy  died.  God,  I 
won't  ever  forget  that.  I'm  still  afraid  of 
water, "  she  said. 

Charles  is  about  to  give  birth.  He  thinks  of 
nothing  but  the  pain  at  first  and  digs  his 
nails  into  the  bed.  He  doesn't  know  he  is 
tearing  the  sheets  until  the  nurse  tells  him 
to  stop.  He  knows  that  Shawleen  is  beside 
him  in  bed,  breathing  hard  and  swearing 
but  he  hardly  hears  her.  He  is  trying  so  hard 
to  be  with  her  in  this.  He  wants  to  come  out 
of  it  to  say  to  her,  "We  can  talk  about  our 
pregnancy  —  all  the  way  to  the  birth  be- 
cause I  did  it  too.  I  understand  you  so  well. " 
Charles  wants  to  write  about  it.  He  wants  to 


write  a  story  about  men  and  birth.  He  needs 
to  get  all  angles  and  he  can  tell  the  readers 
that  Shawleen  urged  him  to  become  preg- 
nant with  her.  She  had  given  him  the  idea. 
He  knows  it  will  sell. 

When  their  water  broke  it  was  almost  like  a 
small  balloon  had  popped  in  their  stom- 
achs. Shawleen  was  leaning  over  picking  up 
the  TV  Guide  when  they  felt  it.  They  had 
expected  a  lot  of  pain  but  there  was  almost 
none.  Shortly  after,  however,  the  cramping 
became  stronger  and  they  sat  straight  up  on 
the  couch  unable  to  speak.  Charles  called 
the  hospital  hunched  over  the  couch  so  he 
would  be  more  comfortable. 
Charles  and  Shawleen  thought  that  by  the 
time  they  were  in 
their  car  driving 
I   to  North  York 
General  all  the 
water  had  come 
through.  But 
when  they  pulled 
up  to  the  mater- 
nity door,  they 
were  soaked. 

Charles  is  too  ex- 
hausted to  push 
any  more.  Some- 
one puts  her 
hands  in  his  and 
he  can't  even 
squeeze  it.  He  is 
too  tired.  He 
hadn't  slept  the 
night  before  be- 
cause he  had  spent  almost  five  hours  in  the 
bath.  They  hadn't  eaten  in  so  long.  Charles 
finally  realizes  that  the  doctors  are  getting 
tired  of  them  holding  back  on  the  baby  so 
they  push  —  hard.  Again.  Again.  The  head 
is  out.  Once  more.  Quickly,  the  body  fol- 
lows. It  is  placed  on  their  crinkled  and 
creased  stomach  and  all  Charles  can  sob  is 
"What  is  it?" 

"It's  a  baby,"  the  doctor  replies  and  she 
laughs  at  her  joke. 

Charles  is  a  parent.  One.  One  of  the  two. 
One  of  many.  Charles  sits  in  front  of  the 
balcony  window  and  rocks  the  baby  while 
Shawleen  sleeps  beside  him  on  the  couch. 
Their  Christmas  tree  is  missing  a  few 
branches  and  no  one  has  bothered  to  turn 
them  to  the  wall.  Charles's  computer  col- 
lects dust  but  in  the  dark  it  doesn't  matter. 
Charles  yawns,  shifts  the  bundle  to  the 
other  arm  and  closes  his  eyes.  <=» 


March  24,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  17 


I  DONT  KNOW  HOW  ANYONE 


MANAGES  TO  WRITE  TRAVEL  POEMS 


So  much  love  it  damn  near  killed  me. 
Even  now, 

more  than  a  year  since  the  light  first  hit  the  film, 
the  photos  are  like  patient  screws. 
A  sore  spot  of  tenderness  still  trapped  in  my  chest. 
Flash  so  bright  I'll  be  blinking  for  years. 

Amnesia  has  been  my  best  friend  in  all  this. 
The  way  everything  blurs  and  fades. 

Until  some  inherent  masochism  drags  me  back  to  the  pictures 

—  chemical  reactions  stowed  away  in  envelopes  and  boxes. 
Some  compulsion  to  claim  order, 

to  dig  graves, 

pulls  out  the  albums  purchased  for  this  purpose. 
And  I  cower  in  the  comer  of  memory's  darkroom. 
I  had  forgotten. 

How  he'd  throw  me  over  his  shoulder  and  spin  me  around. 
How  I  felt  strong  boy\woman  with  him 

—  you  can  see  it  in  the  way  1  stand,  how  my  leather  hangs  off 
my  backpack  shoulders. 

How  close  we  would  stand  to  each  other,  in  front  of  the  ruins. 
How  beautiful  everything  was,  how  bright,  how  green  and  wet. 

Grief  can  be  an  aphrodisiac. 

Memory  is  more  potent  than  seafood  or  erotica. 

The  kind  of  lust  that  lives  in  my  cunt  and  tries  to  swallow  them 

hole. 

I  seem  to  like  relieving  the  longing, 
being  caught  in  the  jaws  of  these  impractical  emotions, 
this  impossible  position. 

I  am  never  so  much  in  love  as  when  I  am  trying  to  stay  out  of 
loss. 

And  I  was  lost  then. 

He  was  my  map-maker,  my  navigator 

—  scruffy  in  the  passenger  seat,  too  tired  to  make  love. 
I  thought  the  mist  would  suffocate  me, 

the  roads  unwinding  me, 

and  he  couldn't  hold  my  hand. 

It  was  as  brutal  as  it  was  beautiful. 

Too  like  me  —  too  strange. 

I  was  overexposed. 
By  KATHRYN  PAYNE 


Tonaues 


And  we  are  one  body,  one  voice  in  the  dark, 
the  hair  in  your  eyes  dancing  thin  as  spiders'  legs 
allowing  me  this 
intimacy, 

the  warmth  of  almond  blossoms  cloistering  your  breath, 
and  can't  I  ask  you  to  close  your  mouth 

leaving  you  to  drift 
nights  into  days  like  some  latter-day  Arcite, 

or  slip  back  into  the  garden  where  we  once  lay 
two  sinners  caught  with  quiet  grace, 
nor  the  sound  of  the  rain  bearing  down 

against  my  skull 
denies  me  this, 

moment 

so  we  recall  this  empty  street 
slick  with  the  stench  of  half-drowned  worms, 

light  words  falling  free  from  tongues  of  stone  .  .  . 
By  VICTORIA  VERNELL 


VICTORIA  VERNELL 

attempting  to  complete  her  BA  In 
English  literature  at  the  Univer- 
sity      of  Ottawa 

KATHRYN  PAYNE 
BA  in  women's  studies  and  Eng- 
lish from  Carleton  University 

obnoxious  bisexual  activist 
and      radical  romantic 
poems  have  appeared  in  the 
Carleton  Arts  Review  and 
Artsflux 

Her  work  has  appeared 
In  Bywords,  the  Carleton 
Arts  Review,  and  Chas- 
ing Sundogs 

She  Is  the  managing  edi- 
tor   of    Hook  and 

Ladder 

21         years  old 

|  23  years  old 

18  •  77ie  Charlatan  ■  March  24,  1994 


flight 


NATCH'S  TALE 


"Look  out  Cornelius 
your  parachute  has  failed; 
and  I  am  not  at  liberty 
to  catch  a  falling  star;" 
—  Ronn  Silverstein 

skies  burning  bright  to  your  emissions 
dropping  far,  into  the  wind 
Cornelius,  this  world  is  a  nightmare 
/  slowly,  and  from  the  acid  tipped  clouds 
as  a  lover's  eyes,  into  sleep 
the  pages  of  a  Stephen  King  novel 
or  me  on  a  good  day,  flipping  out 
poem  after  poem  after  poem, 
tho  that  rarely  happens. 

Cornelius,  your  parachute  has  failed. 

all  the  poetry  in  the  world  couldn't  save  you 

World  War  Two  was  never  good  to  you. 

soldiers  hanging  like  stray  apples 
from  the  necks  of  trees,  their 
faulty  parachutes 

thru  the  air  and  touching  briefly  on  the  earth 

/  an  army  of  dandelion  fluff 

as  blown  by  my  daughter's  lips 

turning  slowly,  in  the  space  of  flight, 

searching  for  a  place  to  land, 

take  root. 

By  Rob  McLennan 


my  net  bobbed 

groomed 

in  the  cold  Fraser 

river 

my  net  began  to  jingle 

as  fish  swam  their 

no  eagles  came  to  watch 

last  stroke  of 

my  daily  task 

the  day 

only  a  big  raven  and 

his  friend  the  coyote 

i  whistled  like  the 

wind  and  the  sound 

they  sat  on  the  shore 

carried  to  the 

and  traded  stories 

mountains 

about  past  love 

above 

the  raven  gently 

the  raven  and  the 

rested  on  a  dead  log 

coyote  looked  at  me 

his  black  wings 

and  my  catch  of  fish 

folded  in  front 

of  his  fat  belly 

they  turned  to 

the  other  and 

the  coote  gracefully 

smiled 

combed  back  his 

gray  hair  as  he  tapped 

you  see 

his  right  front  paw 

they  knew  where 

his  nails  were  neatly 

i  lived 

By  Joseph  A.  Dandurand 

Windeby 


Chantel  Lavoie 

Winner  of  1993  s  Books  in 
Canada  student  writing 
awards 

first  prize  for  poetry 
currently  attending  the 
University  of 
Ottawa 
23  years  old 


Rob  McLennan 
author  of  four  chapbooks  of 
poems,  editor  of  STANZAS,  co- 
editor  of  the  Carleton  Arts 
Review 

freelance  contribu- 
tor to  The  Charla- 
tan, Hook  and 
Ladder,  and 
o    t    h    e    r  s 


24 


years 


I  want  to  dance 
in  the  last  twisted 
footsteps 
of  the  bog  people 
who  survived  their 
deaths 
to  tell  us 
we  are  not  dust 
but  leather 

and  we  will  live  beyond 
our  own  cruelty. 

Redemption 

is  a  word  covered  with  clay 
and  those 

who  preceded  the  book 
are  saved  by  the  hook 
pinned  to  the  racial  memory 
through  empty  eye  sockets 
with  lasers 

As  the  berries  in  their  stomachs 
turned  to  stone 

they  left  each  year  another  ring 
another  ripple  in  the  earth. 

By  Chantel  Lavoie 


Joseph  A.  Dandurand 
BA  in  theatre  arts  from  the  University 
of  Ottawa,  diploma  in  performing  arts 
from  Algonquin  College 
his  poems  have  been  published  in  the 
EnOwkin  Journal  of  First  North 
American  People,  the  W1NO  Anthol- 
ogy, the  New  Canadian  Review, 
Bywords,  etc. 
new  book  —  Voices  From  Home 
his  plays:  Crackers  and  Soup,  Where 
Two  Rivers  Meet 

29  years  old 


March  24,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  19 


by  Dawolu  Akintola  Saul 

Dawolu  Akintola  Saul  (a  h  a.  Olu)  is  a  Ihird-yea/  ads  studant  with  the  Flench 
depanmenl  at  Catlelon 

The  day  was  hot  and  although  the  air  was 
heavy  with  moisture,  the  rain  still  had  not 
come.  The  wind  blew  little  dust  devils 
among  the  now-dying  brush. 
Baku  stood  alone  on  the  plain  staring 
relentlessly  up  at  the  sun.  He  had 
worshipped  Gorro  the  sun  god  ever  since 
he  was  a  young  boy.  Baku  had  looked  to 
him  for  protection,  guidance  and  his 
everyday  needs.  Not  once  had  he  been 
disappointed. 

The  ebony  giant  turned  and  strode  back 
towards  his  village,  leaving  only  his 
footprints  behind.  Hewas  Baku,  the  second 
son  of  Kano  and  the  most  skilled  and 
respected  hunter  in  the  tribe,  without 
mention  an  awesome  warrior.  There  was 
nothing  unusual  about  his  physique.  All 
the  men  and  women  were  muscular  from 
the  life  they  led  on  the  plains;  but  Baku, 
because  of  his  immense  size,  commanded 
attention. 

He  was  a  very  calm  and  studious  man  for 
one  of  his  tribe.  When  taking  lessons  from 
the  elders  as  a  boy,  he  would  always  ask 
the  most  questions,  irritating  the  other 
boys  and  even  the  teachers. 
Baku  had  just  entered  the  gates  of  the 
village.  From  his  facial  expression  one 
could  tell  he  was  deep  in  thought.  He 
settled  down  in  his  hut  to  watch  Gorro 
make  his  final  stride  across  the  sky.  Baku 
had  watched  Gorro's  descent  intensely, 
always  wondering  where  the  great  god 
made  his  resting  place. 
Baku  was  planning  the  journey  of  his  life. 
The  time  had  come.  Tomorrow  he  would 
start  on  his  pilgrimage.  As  he  lay  down 
upon  his  sleeping  mat,  all  he  could  think 
of  were  the  tales  of  his  journey  that  would 
be  told. 

The  next  morning  before  Gorro  rose  to 


make  his  sweep  of  the  sky,  Baku  was 
already  gathering  his  things.  By  the  time 
Gorro  reached  his  peak,  the  village  was 
behind  Baku  and  only  the  unknown  lay 
ahead. 

Baku  knew  his  course,  and  with  Gorro 
leading  the  way  he  was  sure  he  would 
come  to  his  resting  place  before  the  moon 
rose.  Baku  walked  on  and  on,  the  dust 
stinging  his  eyes  and  Gorro's  mighty  heat 
beating  upon  his  back.  This  endless  self- 
torture  continued  for  a  moon  and  a  half, 
but  Baku  had  no  intention  of  turning 
back.  He  would  journey  until  he  found  his 
god  or  he  would  die  trying. 
Two  moons  went  by,  and  Baku,  wind- 
burnt,  suffering  with  sunstroke,  and 
delirious,  was  screaming  obscenities  at 
the  sky.  His  eyes  pointed  upward  and  his 
arms  waving  wildly,  he  did  not  see  the 
scorpion  until  it  had  bitten  him  on  the 
heel.  Obscenities  pouring  from  his  mouth, 
he  stumbled  onward. 
Under  a  great  tree ,  Baku  watched  in  agony 
as  Gorro  again  descended  from  the  sky. 
The  scorpion  bite  was  causing  him  great 
pain,  his  body  felt  like  it  was  on  fire  and  his 
veins  ran  not  with  blood,  but  with  liquid 
heat.  Water  he  had  so  painstakingly 
reserved  was  now  being  sweated  out  on  to 
the  parched  ground.  He  tossed  and  turned, 
talking  in  the  tongue  of  his  forefathers.  As 
the  night  cooled,  his  fever  abated.  He  slept 
an  untroubled  sleep. 
Baku  lay  under  the  tree  for  days,  fed  by  the 
great  owls  of  the  plains.  Once  again,  Gorro 
was  providing  for  him.  He  would  soon 
resume  his  journey. 

Baku  set  out  again  the  next  day,  and  there 
was  something  in  the  air  he  had  never 
sensed  before.  It  was  the  smell  of  the  great 
Atlantic  Ocean.  By  the  end  of  that  day  he 


had  reached  its  shore.  He  gazed  in  awe 
and  knew  he  had  arrived.  As  he  watched, 
Gorro  slipped  beneath  the  waves  to  once 
again  rest  his  great  head.  Baku  took  out 
his  sacred  rock,  said  a  prayer  of  thanks, 
and  walked  forward  to  meet  his  creator. 
Baku  had  lived  all  his  life  on  the  plain.  He 
had  never  learned  the  art  of  swimming. 
Without  hesitation  he  went  into  the  water. 
He  bent  to  drink,  but  spat  out  the  salty 
brine.  Thinking  nothing  of  it,  he  ventured 
forward.  The  water  was  at  his  chest  and 
rising,  but  he  was  a  man  of  faith,  and  did 
not  doubt  that  his  god  would  protect  him. 
The  ground  dropped  away  without  warning 
and,  caught  by  surprise,  Baku  called  out 
silently  to  his  god  but  was  not  answered. 
The  weight  of  the  pouch  secured  at  his 
waist  pulled  him  under.  His  lungs 
screamed  for  air,  and  his  temples  throbbed. 
His  life  ebbed  from  his  body,  and  his  mind 
went  back  to  his  village. 
The  sea  became  calm  and  he  was  once 
again  in  his  hut  looking  up  at  the  sky,  but 
Gorro  was  nowhere  to  be  found.  He  eased 
himself  on  to  his  sleeping  mat,  laid  back, 
and  took  a  deep  breath.  He  breathed  in  the 
blackness  which  enveloped  him.  Baku 
had  fulfilled  his  dream  by  meeting  his 
creator,  but  he  could  never  enter  the  realm 
of  the  mighty  Gorro. 

August  28,  1 963,  a  hush  falls  over  a  sea  of 
swaying  bodies.  Aman  steps  to  the  podium, 
unknown  to  everyone.  He  bears  a  striking 
resemblance  to  a  warrior  long  since  dead. 
Baku's  seed  has  reached  the  far  shore  and 
once  again,  the  ebony  giant  stands  among 
his  people,  but  now  a  different  journey  has 
been  started.  He  raises  his  hand  in 
recognition.  Upon  commanding  their 
attention  he  exclaims: 
"1  HAVE  A  DREAM  ..."  ra> 


20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  24,  1994 


A  bargain  for  your 
buck 

Editor: 

I  would  like  to  take  a  moment  not  to 
question  Mo  Gannon's  opinion,  but  rather 
her  evidence.  Several  statements  in  her 
editorial,  "The  buck  stops  here,"  The  Char- 
latan, March  1 7, 1 994  disturbed  me  and  I 
cannot  in  good  conscience  accept  them 
without  expressing  concern. 

The  dollar  figure  presented  is  $131.52 
per  student.  That  money  goes  to  the  ath- 
letics department  for  spending  as  it  sees  fit 
for  basic  services  and  maintenance. 

You  can  use  a  weight  room  with  a  fully 
trained  staff,  a  pool  with  three  lifeguards, 
and  a  gym  for  pick-up  games  or  organ- 
ized competition  in  an  array  of  activities 
seven  days  a  week  with  few  time  con- 
straints. Show  me  another  fitness  club  like 
that. 

Thisisclearlyabargain — staffarenot 
cheap  to  hire  and  train .  Maintenance  and 
cleaning  keeps  the  place  running  with 
very  little  down  time  and  a  hot  tub  and 
sauna  are  perks  that  some  places  make 
you  pay  extra  for. 

Very  little  of  the  money  from  the  basic 
student  fees  go  towards  the  varsity  pro- 
gram. Yes,  some  does,  but  not  a  "healthy 
amount."  And  where  do  you  propose  we 
find  extra  money  for  the  hockey  pro- 
gram? Many  of  ourmost  successful  teams 
are  on  shoestring  budgets  as  it  is. 

The  hockey  club  has  a  strong  alumni, 
a  dedicated  staff  and  great  potential.  But 
if  students  bail  out  on  the  hockey  club 
now,  then  we  may  be  throwing  away  a 
potentially  great  program. 


1  voted  yes  in  the  last  referendum  vote 
and  I  will  vote  yes  again  in  the  vote  on 
March  29. 

Brad  Ellis 
Geography  III 

Poetic  problems 

Editor: 

I  was  very  disappointed  two  weeks  ago 
to  discover  that  The  Charlatan  did  not 
intend  to  publicize  a  new  prize  for  student 
poetry  set  up  by  the  English  department. 
I  was  hardly  less  disappointed  last  Thurs- 
day to  find  that  my  announcement,  hid- 
den away  in  the  events  section,  had  been 
shrunk  to  a  mere  rive  lines.  I  suspect  the 
cause  for  this  indifference  lay  in  the  large, 
very  prominent  ad  for  The  Charlatan's 
own  literary  competition  in  the  adjoining 
columns. 

But  provided  they  are  well-organized 
and  well-judged,  I  see  no  problem  in  hav- 
ing two  such  competitions.  After  all,  al- 
though named  for  George  Johnston,  a 
respected  founding  memberofCarleton's 
English  department  and  more  important 
in  this  context,  a  highly  regarded  and 
widely  published  poet,  the  main  purpose 
of  this  prize  is  to  raise  the  visibility  and 
status  of  student  poetry.  I  find  it  depress- 
ing and  disturbing  that  I  would  encounter 
competitiveness  rather  than  co-operation 
from  The  Charlatan  in  an  area  where  the 
main  beneficiaries  are  the  students  them- 
selves. 

So,  let  me  use  this  opportunity  to  state 
that  the  $  100  prize  will  be  awarded  to  the 
best  poem  in  any  form.  Up  to  five  poems 
with  a  total  length  of  not  more  than  250 
lines  may  be  submitted  to  me  care  of  the 


English  department,  Dunton  Tower  1812, 
by  full-  or  part-time  students  currently 
enrolled  at  Carleton.  Poems  should  be 
submitted  anonymously  in  a  large  enve- 
lope, typed  and  accompanied  by  a  smaller 
sealed  envelope  containing  the  student's 
name,  student  number,  local  address  and 
telephone  number.  The  deadline  for  sub- 
missions has  been  extended  to  Monday, 
April  4. 

Christopher  Levenson 
English  Professor 

Note:  Giving  away  free  advertising  space, 
no  matter  how  worthy  the  cause,  would  not 
benefit  Carleton  students,  because  they  own 
The  Charlatan.  Half  of  our  revenue  comes 
from  a  student  levy,  the  other  half  from 
advertising,  and  without  this  money  we  could 
not  put  out  a  paper.  —  ed. 

Travel  with  an 
open  mind 

Editor: 

Are  all  French  as  bad  as  described  in 
the  previous  Charlatan,  ("A  tourist's  guide 
to  French  culture,"  March  10,  1994)? 

How  can  someone  judge  a  whole  coun- 
try by  visiting  it  for  two  weeks?  As  a 
tourist,  going  to  a  foreign  country  may  be 
frustrating  in  some  ways.  If  you  cannot 
speak  the  same  language  you  will  always 
have  difficulties  understanding  one  an- 
other. In  this  case  you  will  see  the  French 
culture  from  your  point  of  view  instead  of 
their  point  of  view.  This  creates  two  com- 
pletely different  perceptions. 

Usually  unskilled  workers  do  not  speak 
other  languages  than  their  native  one. 


So,  it  is  not  surprising  that  if  you  ask  them 
a  question,  they  look  at  you  with  an 
interrogative  face.  Don't  you  think  they 
have  difficulties  in  understanding  you? 

This  is  not  a  French  characteristic  but  a 
human  one.  I  will  even  say  that  the  French 
speak  more  languages  than  North  Ameri- 
cans do. 

In  addition,  you  can  meet  kind  and 
unkind  people  everywhere.  But  the  day 
you  understand thatwhereveryougoyou 
have  to  do  it  "the  right  way,"  "the  local 
way, "  is  when  you  will  feel  most  comfort- 
able with  and  enjoy  your  travelling.  It's 
obvious.  It  shows  your  capability  of  inte- 
gration, your  level  of  respect  of  the  foreign 
culture. 

France  has  a  nice  culture  and  history. 
However,  each  country  in  the  world  has  a 
"le  ne  sais  guoi, "  of  difference  wh  i  ch  makes 
the  world  as  diversified  as  it  is  wonderful. 

Take  time  to  travel,  it  is  the  way  to  be 
open-minded. 

Marie-Sophie  Saffre 
Master's  of  Management  Studies  I 

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Low  spirits  mean  small  crowds 


by  Shannon  Fraser 

Cnarlatan  Staff 

At  many  universities,  school  spirit  and 
attendance  rise  and  fall  with  the  relative 
progress  and  setbacks  of  different  sports. 

But  not  at  Carleton. 

Here,  many  students  say  a  growing 
lack  of  school  spirit  is  one  problem  con- 
tributing to  declining  attendances  at  most 
athletic  events  over  the  past  few  years. 

Carleton's  department  of  athletics 
collects  very  few  attendance  figures  be- 
cause it  only  charges  for  football,  basket- 
ball and  some  major  events  in  other 
sports.  Attendance  for  football  and  bas- 
ketball has  remained  small  but  steady, 
says  special  projects  co-ordinator  Mark 
Moroz. 

This  year  for  example,  an  average 
crowd  of  3S0  people  came  out  to  watch 
football  games.  Over  at  the  University  of 
Ottawa,  an  average  of  1,100  students 
came  out  to  watch  the  Gee-Gees  team. 

Raven  mascot  Brad  Ellis,  who  has  prob- 
ably gone  to  more  athletic  events  than 
any  other  student  in  the  past  three  years, 
says  attendance  has  definitely  declined 
over  the  last  three  years. 

"Three  years  ago  when  I  started,  I'd 
walk  in  and  there  would  be  standing 
room  only  atthe  (basketball)  game.  Now, 
at  the  men's  games,  the  bleachers  are 
filled,  but  you  can  see  various  pockets  . . 
.  whereas  before  it  was  jammed." 

Ellis  also  says  there  has  been  a  change 
in  the  attitude  of  those  fans  who  do  show 
up  for  games. 

"The  people  who  are  showing  up  . . . 
are  not  as  rambunctious  or  as  enthusias- 
tic about  what  is  going  on." 

What's  the  problem  then? 

"That's  a  tough  one  to  answer,"  says 
basketball  forward  Jamie  Marquardt. 
"Maybe  some  universities  have  it  and 
others  don't.  If  s  just  really  hard  to  say. 
It's  hard  to  pinpoint  a  direct  reason." 

Part  of  the  problem  is  that  there's  no 
one  defining  cause.  Instead,  students  say 
there  are  many  reasons  why  there's  a 
lack  of  school  spirit  at  Carleton.  Reasons 


Can  anyone  remember  a  crowd  this  size 


like  attitude,  reputation  and  tradition. 

"It  starts  with  the  attitudes  of  the  stu- 
dents at  school.  No  one  is  willing  to  step 
forward  and  participate  in  anything," 
says  fullback  Toni  Calabrese  of  the  foot- 
ball team.  "As  a  school,  in  general,  eve- 
ryone goes  their  own  way,  does  their 
thing  and  minds  their  own  business." 

First-year  journalism  student  Kristen 
Copeland  says  the  school's  poor  reputa- 
tion is  a  reason  why  Carleton  students 
don't  have  much  school  spirit. 

"(Carleton  has)  a  bad  reputation  for 
(being)  Last  Chance  U,  and  because  of 
that,  people  tend  not  to  have  pride. 
They're  embarrassed.  They  don't  care," 
she  says. 

A  lack  of  good  old-fashioned  sense  of 
community  is  another  problem,  says  de- 


at  a  Carleton  game  in  recent  memory? 

fensive  line  Garrett  Mouland  of  the  foot- 
ball club. 

"There  has  to  be  something  here  to 
bring  people  together.  It's  hard  to  get 
such  a  community  sense  with  such  a 
large  enrolment.  But  you  would  think 
there  would  be  more  support  from  a 
university  with  such  a  large  enrolment," 
he  says. 

Butwhat's  even  worse  than  the  lack  of 
home  crowd  spirit,  says  Mouland,  is  when 
other  schools  are  more  appreciative  of 
Carleton's  accomplishments. 

"  I  think  as  a  football  team  we  get  more 
respect  from  other  schools  than  we  do 
from  our  own,"  he  says.  "Thisyearwasa 
big  year  for  us  with  two  wins,  but  it 
seemed  other  schools  were  more  proud  of 
us  than  our  own  students. "  □ 


Equal  funding  decided  at  Toronto 


by  Jim  Bridges 

The  Varsity,  University  of  Toronto 

TORONTO  (CUP)  —The  University  of 
Toronto's  department  of  athletics  and 
recreation  took  an  important  step  to- 
wards gender  equity  by  deciding  to  pro- 
vide equal  funding  for  men's  and  wom- 
en's teams  last  month. 

The  decision  was  reached  by  the  de- 
partment's athletic  council  on  Feb.  28. 

Marg  McGregor,  executive  director  of 
the  Canadian  Association  for  the  Ad- 
vancement of  Women  in  Sport,  says  U  of 
T's  endorsement  of  equal  funding  is  an 
important  first  at  a  Canadian  university 
that  will  help  set  a  tone  for  athletic  de- 
partments at  other  universities. 

"It  is  a  tremendously  progressive  step, " 
she  says.  "It  really  sends  a  clear  message, 
by  translating  best  intentions  into  con- 
crete actions." 

The  21  women's  programs  at  U  of  T 
now  receive  $  142,377,  more  than  $65,000 
less  per  year  than  the  22  men's  pro- 
grams. 

Once  fully  implemented,  both  the 
men's  and  women's  programs  will  re- 
ceive equal  funding  "envelopes,"  from 
which  each  can  divide  among  its  teams. 

This  way,  said  Bruce  Kidd,  director  of 
the  school  of  physical  and  health  educa- 
tion, both  men  and  women  can  decide 
how  to  structure  their  own  programs. 

"If  women  decide  they  want  to  sup- 
port 10  programs  and  the  men  decide 
they  want  to  support  five  programs,  as 


long  as  they  use  some  reasonable  proc- 
ess, that  would  be  equitable  and  fair, "  he 
said. 

Department  of  athletics  director  tan 
McGregor  said  the  department  must  im- 
plement equal  funding  by  increasing  the 
level  for  women,  rather  than  decreasing 
funding  for  men. 

"I  think  we  should  look  at  enhancing 
programs,"  Ian  McGregor  said.  "Both 
(the  departmentof  athletics)  council  and 
university  affairs  board  sent  a  clear  mes- 
sage last  year  not  to  cut  programs." 


Kidd  said  it  is  imperative  that  the 
department's  budget  reflects  the  ideals  of 
gender  equity  to  prove  the  department  is 
serious  about  the  issue. 

"If  we  do  not  come  up  with  a  budget 
with  very  clear  equity,  visible  through 
funding,  we  will  be  up  against  very  hard 
criticism,"  he  said. 

McGregor  said  the  department  will 
not  be  able  to  fully  implement  equal 
funding  within  the  next  year,  but  will 
aim  for  thatgoal  within  the  next  three  or 
four  years.  □ 


Gender  equity  at  Carleton 


Carleton's  department  of  athletics 
ratified  its  own  gender  equity  policy 
back  in  November  of  1988  when  the 
athletics  board  approved  four  gender 
equity  proposals: 

— tomaintain  the  existing  number 
ofeightmen'sandninewomen'ssports 
teams  unless  there  is  a  dramatic  shift 
in  ratio  of  men  and  women  among 
Carleton's  student  population. 

—  to  encourage  women's  partici- 
pation iri  Carleton  sports 

—  to  provide  equal  funding  for 
men's  and  women's  teams  of  'like' 
sports  and  to  provide  good,  quality 
equipment  for  all  teams  regardless  of 
gender 

— to  favor  female  coaches  for  wom- 


en's teams  when  they  are  available 
and  qualified  and  to  encourage  male 
coaches  or  women's  teams  to  have 
female  assistant  coaches 

Gail  Blake,  the  women's  inter-col- 
legiate co-ordinator  for  athletics,  says 
the  policy  is  aimed  at  increasing  the 
profile  of  women's  varsity  sports. 

"I  think  we're  always  striving  to 
look  towards  making  some  changes 
and  always  looking  towards  gaining 
opportunities  for  women  and  provid- 
ing these  opportunities,"  she  says. 

According  to  Its  1993-94  budget, 
athletics  spent  $114,513  on  its  five 
men's  teams,  $97,446  on  its  six  wom- 
en's teams  and  $43,275  on  its  three 
shared  men's  and  women's  teams.  □ 


Playoffs  the 
next  goal 

by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Charlatan  Siaff 

Here's  some  advice  for  those  of  you 
who  have  been  watching  The  Great 
One's  chase  to  eclipse  the  National 
Hockey  League's  goal  record  of  Mr. 
Hockey  himself:  don't  adjust  your  sets. 

On  March  20,  Wayne  Gretzky  scored 
a  goal  with  49  seconds  left  to  lift  the  Los 
Angeles  Kings  into  a  6-6  tie  with  the 
San  lose  Sharks  —  the  team  they're 
chasing  for  the  last  playoff  spot  in  the 
NHL's  Western  Conference.  It  was 
Gretzky's  801st  NHL  goal  and  it  tied 
him  with  his  boyhood  idol  Gordie  Howe 
for  first  on  the  league's  all-time  scoring 
list. 

One  more  goal  and  the  record  will 
be  his. 

But  for  those  who  think  that  Gretzky 
and  the  Kings  will  be  dead  and  gone 
once  Howe's  record  is  out  of  the  way, 
think  again. 

The  best  of  Gretzky  is  yet  to  come 
and  the  Kings  are  far  from  dead  in  their 
race  for  the  playoffs. 

With  12  games  left  and  the  Kings 
trailing  San  Jose  by  five  points,  the 
hockey  world  is  about  to  witness  why 
the  Great  One  should  still  be  consid- 
ered the  world's  greatest  player. 

While  Gretzky  may  no  longer  be  in 
his  peak  —  many  would  say  that  at  33 
he's  in  the  twilight  of  his  career  —  he 
still  has  mounds  of  hockey  talent,  ex- 
perience and  drive. 

Who  can  forget  how  he  nearly  sin- 
gle-handedly led  the  underdog  Kings 
into  last  year's  Stanley  Cup  finals?  Who 
can  ignore  the  fact  he's  homing  in  on 
his  10th  NHL  scoring  title?  Can  the 
Kings  backed  by  Gretzky  still  make  the 
playoffs?  Absolutely. 

Consider  this:  Twelve  games  remain 
for  each  of  the  three  teams  fighting  for 
that  last  playoff  berth  in  the  Western 
Division.  But  of  the  Sharks  (64  points), 
the  Kings  (59  points)  and  the  first-year 
Mighty  Ducks  of  Anaheim  (59  points), 
the  Kings  have  the  easiest  schedule 
among  the  three. 

In  both  their  remaining  games 
against  the  Sharks  and  Ducks,  they 
have  home-ice  advantage.  In  five  of 
their  other  10  games,  they  face  off 
against  teams  with  fewer  points  than 
themselves,  including  four  against  last- 
place  Edmonton.  Their  toughest  game 
left  will  likely  be  against  the  division 
leading  Calgary  Flames,  who  haven't 
played  well  on  the  road  all  season. 

On  the  other  hand,  San  Jose  and 
Anaheim  each  have  eight  games  left 
against  teams  with  much  better  records. 
San  Jose's  schedule  includes  games 
against  Calgary,  Pittsburgh  and  two 
against  Toronto.  Anaheim's  schedule 
includes  games  against  Boston,  Toronto 
and  two  against  Calgary. 

And  then  there  is  the  Gretzky  factor. 
In  this  past  weekend's  home-and- 
home  series  against  the  Sharks,  he  was 
a  force  both  on  and  the  off  the  ice, 
tallying  two  points  in  Saturday's  2-1 
win  and  two  goals  in  Sunday's  6-6  tie. 

So  for  those  who  think  that  No.  99 
and  the  Kings  are  dead  and  gone  now 
that  Howe's  record  is  out  of  the  news, 
think  again.  The  Kings  are  on  their  way 
to  the  playoffs. 

Gretzky  will  be  the  reason  why.  □ 


March  24,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  23 


Driving  hard,  fast  and 

Rookie  racer  Brendan  Kerin  is  gearing  up  for  Formula  1600  success 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

Dr.  Noel  Kerin  remembers  very  clearly 
the  first  time  his  son  Brendan  got  behind 
the  wheel  of  a  car.  An  inquisitive  four- 
year-old  Brendan  decided  to  take  the 
family  Lincoln  for  a  spin. 

"He  started  the  car,  put  it  in  gear,  and 
drove  it  through  the  fence  at  the  front  of 
the  house,"  he  remembers.  "I  heard  the 
crash  and  ran  out.  I  said  'What  did  you 
do  that  for,'  and  he  said,  '1  thought  I'd 
take  the  car  out  for  a  drive.'" 

That  was  almost  20  years  ago  and 
Brendan  Kerin  is  a  much  better  driver 
these  days. , 

In  fact,  after  a  successful  rookie  season 
in  the  Bridgestone  Formula  2000  racing 
series  last  year,  it  could  be  said  the  third- 
year  political  science  student  at  Carleton 
is  one  of  the  fastest-rising  stars  on  the 
formula  racing  circuit. 

It  all  started  in  April  of  '92,  when  the 
Bel -Ray  Driver  Search  came  to 
Shannonville,  Ont.,  near  Kerin's  home- 
town of  Baltimore. 

The  six-foot-one,  180-pound  Kerin 
threw  caution  to  the  wind  and  paid  the 
non-refundable  $2,500  entry  fee. 

Among  over  350  hopeful  drivers  rac- 
ing timed  laps  around  a  track,  Kerin 
finished  among  the  top  30. 

It  was  a  very  respectable  finish  for 
someone  who  had  never  before  strapped 
himself  behind  the  wheel  of  a  race  car. 
Not  good  enough  for  the  winner's  prize  of 
sponsorship  money  fora  summer's  worth 
of  racing  in  the  Formula  2000  series,  but 
certainly  impressive  enough  to  catch  the 
eye  of  a  local  racing  school  instructor 
who  was  judging  the  event. 

"It  was  obvious  that  here  was  a  young 
driver  who  might  have  what  it  takes," 
says  racing  director  Brett  Goodman,  re- 
membering the  first  time  he  saw 
Kerin  in  a  race  car.  "You  have  to 
have  the  talent  sprinkled  with 
the  ability  to  leam.  He  had  that 
diamond  in  the  rough  quality." 

Goodman  urged  Kerin  to  en- 
rol in  his  racing  school  despite 
the  fact  there's  an  over  50  per 
cent  failure  rate  among  racing 
students. 

Kerin  needed  no  encourage- 
ment. 

"I  knew  I  was  hooked  by  the 
first  gear  shift,"  he  says.  "To  go 
from  0  to  60  miles  per  hour  in 
four  seconds  just  blew  me  away. 
It  was  a  mind-blowing  experi- 
ence." 

He  passed  easily. 

"Initially  he  was  too  emo- 
tional and  aggressive,"  says 
Goodman,  "but  he's  developed  a 
much  better  understanding  of 
what  racing's  all  about." 

After  training  through  the 


As  a  rookie  on  the  Formula  2000  series  circuit  last  year,  Kerin  placed  third  overall  and  won  Rookie  of  the  Year  honors, 

winter,  and  finishing  12th  among  400 


"You  have 
to  be  able 
to  feel  the 
car.  In  your 
hands.  In 
your  seat. 
The  car  has 
to  become 
an  exten- 
sion of 
yourself.  I 
know  that 

sounds 
corny,  But 

you  just 
have  to  be 
in  tune  with 
the  car." 

—  Brendan 
Kerin 


drivers  in  the  following  spring's  1993 
Driver  Search,  Kerin  jumped  straightinto 
the  cut-throat  racing  world  with  family 
money  and  support  behind  him. 

Ignoring  the  traditional  route  of  Karts 
to  Formula  1200  and  so  on,  he  entered 
the  1993  Bridgestone  Formula  2000  se- 
ries held  every  summer  at  the 
Shannonville  Motorsport  Park. 

In  his  first-ever  race,  Kerin  finished 
third  among  a  veteran  field  of  18. 

"It  was  just  this  great  sense  of  relief  to 
finish  the  race,"  he  recalls.  "To  make  the 
podium  was  a  bonus  and  a 
dream  come  true.  It  was  like  I'd 
arrived,  set  a  tone  and  proved 
myself  to  other  people." 

In  the  10-race  series  lastsum- 
mer,  Kerin  finished  on  the  po- 
dium five  times,  with  steadily 
improving  results  culminating 
in  a  first-place  victory  in  the 
seventh  race. 

"It  was  a  great  duel,"  Kerin 
remembers.  "(Another  racer) 
and  I  both  kept  passing  each 
otherandsharing  the  lead.  With 
four  laps  remaining  I  was  lead- 
ing and  those  last  four  laps  were 
probably  thelongestlOminutes 
of  my  life.  You  keep  saying  to 
yourself,  'When  is  this  going  to 
end?'  When  it  finally  did,  I  had 
tears  falling  from  my  eyes  and  I 
felt  like  1  wason  top  of  the  world. 
To  win  a  race  as  a  rookie  is  an 
amazing  achievement.  With  a 
win  like  that,  you  earn  respect 


you're  racing  at  a  150  miles  per  hour. 


24  .  The  Charlatan  ■  March  24,  1994 


from  your  peers,  the  other  driv- 
ers andscouts.  You  make  a  name 
for  yourself." 

In  overall  points,  Kerin  placed 
third  in  the  series  championship 
among  over  30  drivers,  behind 
two  three-year  veterans.  He  was 
also  named  Rookie  of  the  Year. 

"It  was  certainly  a  very  well- 
deserved  and  worthwhile 
achievement  to  finish  in  the  top- 
three,"  says  five-year  race  vet- 
eran Rod  Davis,  who  drove 
against  Kerin  that  summer.  "He 
deserved  what  he  got.  For  a  first- 
year  driver  in  the  2000  against 
some  stiff  competition,  he'sdone 
well." 

Make  no  mistake,  Kerin's  rise  on  the 
Formula  2000  circuit  hasn't  been  just 
beginner's  luck.  It  takes  certain  qualities 
to  be  a  race  car  driver,  says  Goodwin. 
Tenacity.  Quick  reflexes.  Desire.  These 
are  qualities  his  peers  say  Kerin  has  in 
abundance. 

"He's  intuitive  and  uses  his  head  on 
the  track,"  says  Davis.  "A  lot  of  young 
drivers  tend  to  have  a  macho  sense  of 
attitude  and  that  gets  them  into  trouble. 
They  drivewith  their  balls  instead  of  their 
brains.  Brendan  has  the  wherewithal  to 
remain  calm  and  analyze  a  strategy  be- 
fore and  during  a  race.  That's  his  edge." 

Most  of  all,  he's  a  fierce  competitor. 

Back  in  high  school  as  a  member  of 
the  Trinity  College  School  football  team, 
Kerin  was  one  of  those  never-say-die  ath- 
letes, says  former  coach  Mac  Campbell. 

"He  never  quit,"  recalls  Campbell. 
"You  couldn't  tear  him  off  the  field  even 
when  he  was  playing  injured.  He  was  just 
a  serious  competitor  who  hated  to  lose." 

Racing,  then,  was  a  natural  outlet  for 
Kerin  because  of  its  sheer  intensity. 

"1  love  the  competitiveness  and  I'm 
ultra-competitive,"  says  Kerin.  "I've  had 
the  opportunity  to  play  lots  of  sports  and 
knowing  that,  I  can  say  racing  is  the  most 
challenging  sport  I've  ever  done." 
(   It  also  requires  talent.  Kerin's  got  it. 

"He  has  a  different  way  of  looking  at 
racing,"  says  his  dad.  "There's  a  whole 
new  dimension  to  his  thinking  when  he 
drives  a  car." 

Kerin  is  more  modest  about  it. 

"You  have  to  have  a  good  feeling  for 
the  machine  in  a  car,"  he  says.  "Some 
people  have  it  and  others  have  to  de- 
velop it.  I've  always  just  had  a  bit  of  a 
natural  feel  for  driving." 


"He  wasn't 
the  greatest 
talent  in 
the  world 
but  he 
worked 
harder  than 
anyone  else 
on  the 
team." 

—  Mac 
Campbell 


Looking  ahead,  afterjustone 
season  of  Formula  2000  racing, 
Kerin  is  moving  on  to  this  sum- 
mer's Esso  Protec  Formula  1600 
professional  series. 

The  1600  series,  he  says,  is  a 
natural  route  towards  greater 
exposure  because  the  12-race, 
cross-country  series  is  a  more 
popular,  highly  publicized  event 
that  attracts  high-calibre  driv- 
ers from  across  North  America. 

"It's  the  only  route  to  go, "  he 
stresses.  "Every  top  driver  has 
done  it.  It's  a  highly,  competi- 
tive traininq  qround  with  lots  of 
media  exposure.  If  you  can 
master  a  car  here  and  win  a  1600  series 
race,  you  can  make  a  name  for  yourself ." 

Simply  put,  if  you  do  well  here,  it 
bodes  well  for  a  driver's  future.  Many 
companies  look  to  sponsor  drivers  at  the 
1600  level.  For  them,  it's  a  cost-effective 
investment.  They  get  to  market  their 
company  and  product  through  high- 
media  exposure  races  while  drivers  get 
the  funds  they  need  to  continue  their 
racing  careers. 

"Anyone  who  has  made  it  anywhere 
in  racing,"  says  Kerin,  "has  gone  through 
this  series." 

That's  a  telling  phrase.  Because  one 
day,  soon,  Kerin  expects  to  join  the  ranks 
of  those  star  drivers  who  have  succeeded 
ontheFormulal600series — and  moved 
on  to  better  things.  □ 


lockeying  for  position  while  training. 


Grocery  stores  can  satisfy  your  cardhunger 

Four  food  companies  provide  the  cheapest  and  latest  craze  for  hockey  card  collectors 


by  Richard  G.D.  Scott 

Charlatan  Staff 

You're  poor.  You  love  hockey  cards. 
You  can't  afford  them. 

If  that  adequately  describes  your  situ- 
ation, you  need  look  no  further  thanyour 
local  grocery  store  or  fast  food  joint. 

Food  sets,  series  of  sports  cards  put  out 
by  restaurants  or  food  companies  in  their 
food  packaging,  are  just  another  exam- 
ple of  how  the  hockey  card  market  reaches 
out  and  touches  everyone. 

The  idea  of  food  sets  has  grown  over 
the  last  five  years.  This  year  alone,  four 
different  food  sets  are  available  to  the 
everyday  grocer  or  serious  collector: 
through  McDonald's  Canada,  Hft}h  Liner 
fish  foods,  Durivage/Diana  bread  and 
Kraft  General  Foods. 

The  quickest  and  most  readily  avail- 
able food  set  this  season  once  again  is  the 
McDonald's  All-Star  set  produced  by  the 
Upper  Deck  Company.  For  the  third 
straight  year,  McDonald's  Canada  is- 
sued a  34-card  set  available  in  4-card 
packs  for  49  cents  with  the  purchase  of  a 
medium  or  large  drink.  Also  inserted  in 
the  McDonald's  packs  are  instant-win 
cards  for  prizes  like  trips  for  two  to  the  All- 
Star  Game,  one-on-one  sessions  with 
goaltender  Patrick  Roy  of  the  Canadians 
or  one  of  150,000  large  Roy  cards. 

High  Liner  produced  a  15-card 
Goaltender's  Great  set  for  the  1993-94 
year.  One  card  is  found  in  each  specially 
marked  box  of  High  Liner  foods  with  the 
option  to  order  the  complete  factory  set 
in  a  special  binder  for  $5.95  with  five 
proofs  of  purchase  labels.  The  set's  top 
cards  are  Roy  and  Toronto  Maple  Leaf 
goaltender  Felix  Potvin.  Last  season,  High 
Liner  produced  a  28-card  Stanley  Cup 
Champions  set. 

Diana/Durivage  are  also  in  their  sec- 
ond year  on  the  food  card  market.  With 
the  help  of  the  Score  cards  company, 
Diana/Durivage  bakeries  in  Quebec  is- 
sued a  50-card  set  of  Quebec's  greatest 
hockey  players  available  in  their  23 
brandsof  bread.  The  popular  set  includes 
rookies  such  as  the  Ottawa  Senators' 
forward  Alexandre  Daigle  and  the  Que- 
bec Nordiques'  goaltender  Jocelyn 
Thibeault.  Also  inserted  are  1,000. per- 
sonally autographed  cards  of  Roy  and 
Thibeault. 

Finally,  there  is  the  grand  daddy  of 
food  issues:  Kraft.  Kraft  General  Foods  of 
Canada  produced  hockey  cards  for  the 
fifth  consecutive  year  in  1994.  This  year's 
set  includes  26  cards  on  the  back  of 
different  Kraft  Dinner  boxes;  six  cards 
available  in  cases  of  Kraft  Dinner;  23 
disc-shaped  cards  under  caps  of  Kraft 


Companies  like  McDonald's,  Kraft  Foods, 

Peanut  Butter  and  16  cards  with  Kraft 
Jell-O. 

A  special  collector's  album  is  also  avail- 
able by  mail  order.  Top  cards  on  the 
dinner  boxes  are  Daigle  and  Philadel- 
phia's Eric  Lindros.  This  season's  discs 
also  include  5,000  personally  auto- 
graphed Mario  Lemieux  cards. 

The  novelty  of  food  sets  is  that  they're 


High  Liner  and  Durivage/Diana  bakeries 

not  mass  manufactured  likeregularsports 
card  sets.  Food  sets  are  one-of-a-kind 
items  ideal  for  serious  collectors.  Another 
advantage  of  food  sets  is  that  they're 
small  in  number  and  not  expensive  to 
collect. 

The  greatest  disadvantage  is  that  once 
they're  gone  from  shelves,  it's  difficult  to 
finish  an  incomplete  set.  Another  prob- 


are  issuing  hockey  cards  like  these. 

lemisimproperlycutcardsoffthe  back  of 
Kraft  Dinner  boxes.  And  there  is  always 
the  problem  of  there  being  only  so  much 
food  one  can  eat. 

So  if  you  are  a  serious  collector  looking 
for  something  to  spice  up  your  collection, 
or  just  a  casual  grocer  having  some  fun, 
taking  a  bite  into  hockey  food  cards  can 
prove  tasteful.  □ 


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738  -3323 

Congratulations  to  More 
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ner prize.  Arsenault  and  last  week's 
winner  Blair  Sanderson  can  come 
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Baxter's  restaurant  at  The  Charlatan. 


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8  R.  Daggupaty 

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10  Marc  Arsenault 

11  Paul  Donovan 

12  loseph  Kurikose 

13  Alex  Varki 

14  Steven  Lieff 

15  Blair  Sanderson 


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Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


Answer  the  following  question  cor- 
rectly and  become  eligible  to  win  a  $25 
dinner  for  two  at  Schadillac's  Saloon. 

How  many  Montreal  Expos  who 
played  first  base  last  year?  Bonus 
dinner  prize  if  you  can  name  them. 

No  one  guessed  correctly  that  Foster 
Hewitt  coined  his  famous  'He  shoots!  He 
scores!'  line  in  1934. 


1.  Place  your  answer,  name  and 
phone  number  on  a  piece  of  paper  and 
submit  it  to  The  Charlatan  sports  editor, 
room  531  Unicentre.  The  recipient  of 
the  prize  wiilbe  determined  bya  super- 
vised draw  of  all  correct  answers. 

2.  All  answers  must  be  received  by 
Tuesday,  March  29,  1994.  The  winner 
should  come  up  to  the  office  for  the 
prize  on  any  Monday  or  Tuesday. 

3.  Contestents  may  submit  only  one 
entry  per  week. 

4.  Charlatan  staffmembers  and  their 
families  are  not  eligible  to  participate. 


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Comino,  M.G. 
Cooper.  Bill 
Currie.  Lisa 
Davies,  Jennifer 
DeCloct,  Derek 
Dobrenski,  Steve 
D'Orazio.  Franco 
Dowdall,  Brent 
Drever.  Ken 
Duncan.  Todd 
Edwards,  Drew 
Follett,  Amanda 
Forieri,  Sussana 
Fraser,  Shannon 
Gallop.  Angie 
Gannon,  Mo 
Garrison,  Stephanie 
Grant,  Joel  Kenneth 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Haley.  Susie 


Herland,  Neil 

Steinbachs,  John 

Silcoff.  Sean 

Pryor,  Tim 

Garrison,  Stephanie 

Hodges,  David 

Tattersall,  Jane 

Skinner.  Matt 

Scott,  Richard  G.D. 

SPORTS 

Haggart.  Blayne 

Jafri,  Ali 

Tharayil,  Jay 

Smith,  Andrea 

Skinner,  Matt 

Aaron,  Bram 

Haley.  Susie 

James.  Colin 

Tomlinson,  Dean 

Srutek,  Karolina 

Smith,  Andrea 

Bellemare.  Jos6e 

Herland,  Neil 

Jordan.  Karin 

Vesely.  Steven 

Steinbachs,  John 

Srutek.  Karolina 

Carlucci,  Mario 

Hodges.  David 

Keeling.  Am 

Ward.  Ryan 

Tattersall,  Jane 

Steinbachs.  John 

DeCloet,  Derek 

Jafri,  Ali 

Keenan,  Sheila 

Watt,  Caron 

Vesely,  Steven 

Vesely,  Steven 

Dowdall.  Brent 

Jordan.  Karin 

Khan,  Kaleem 

Weikle.  Brandie 

Ward,  Ryan 

Ward,  Ryan 

Fraser,  Shannon 

Keeling.  Am 

Labonle.  Bill 

Wiebe,  Andrea 

Watt,  Caron 

Weikle,  Brandie 

Gannon,  Mo 

Keenan,  Sheila 

Lamb.  Mark 

Willbond,  Rob 

Weikle,  Brandie 

Wood.  Clayton 

Haggart,  Blayne 

Khan,  Kaleem 

Levine,  Sara-Lynne 

Wood,  Clayton 

Wiebe.  Andrea 

Workman,  Tanya 

Keeling,  Am 

Mahoney,  Jill 

Mahoney,  Jill 

Workman,  Tanya 

Wood,  Clayton 

Zelinsky,  Tonya 

Keenan,  Sheila 

McKay,  Kevin 

Mainville,  Michael 

Zelinsky,  Tonya 

Workman,  Tanya 

Labonte.  Bill 

McLeod,  fan 

Mealiffe,  Derrick 

Zelinsky,  Tonya 

FEATURES 

O'Connor.  Tim 

Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 

McCroslie,  James 

NEWS 

Bellemare,  Josfie 

Restivo,  Kevin 

O'Connor,  Tim 

McKay,  Kevin 

Bartolf.  David 

NATIONAL 

Bock,  Naomi 

Richards.  Sarah 

Oza,  Prema 

McKenzie.  Jodi 

Bellemare,  Josee 

Aaron,  Bram 

Caffrey.  Rori 

Scott,  Richard  G.D. 

Pangalos,  Anthony 

McLeod.  Ian 

Bock,  Naomi 

Bartolf.  David 

Carlucci,  Mario 

Shurrie.  Matt 

Peters.  Mike 

Nakashima,  Ryan 

Bustos,  Alex 

Bellemare,  Josee 

DeCloet.  Derek 

Smith,  Andrea 

Power.  Gavin 

Nuttall-Smiih,  Chris 

Carlucci.  Mario 

Bernard,  Joe 

Dobrenski,  Steve 

Tharaytl,  Jay 

Pryor,  Tim 

O'Connor,  Tim 

DeCloet.  Derek 

Brethour,  Pat 

D'Orazio.  Franco 

Vesely.  Steven 

Seddon,  Adam 

Oza,  Prema 

D'Orazio,  Franco 

Bustos,  Alex 

Dowdall.  Brent 

Ward,  Ryan 

Silcoff,  Sean 

Pangalos,  Anthony 

Dowdall.  Brent 

Carlucci,  Mario 

Gallop,  Angie 

Smith.  Andrea 

Patcrson.  Pamela 

Edwards,  Drew 

DeCloet,  Derek 

Gannon,  Mo 

ARTS 

Srutek,  Karolina 

Perry.  Jill 

Gallop.  Angie 

Dobrenski,  Steve 

Garrison.  Stephanie 

Aaron,  Bram 

Steinbachs,  John 

Peters.  Mike 

Gannon,  Mo 

D'Orazio.  Franco 

Haggart.  Blayne 

Andrew,  Suzanne 

Tattersall,  Jane 

Poots.  Trina 

Haggart.  Blayne 

Dowdall,  Brent 

Hodges,  David 

Bartolf.  David 

Vesely.  Steven 

Power.  Gavin 

Haley.  Susie 

Gallop,  Angie 

James,  Colin 

Bellemare,  Josfc 

Ward.  Ryan 

Pryor.  Tim 

Hodges,  David 

Gannon,  Mo 

Jordan,  Karin 

Bernard,  Joe 

Willbond,  Rob 

Rappaport.  Mike 

Jordan,  Karin 

Haggan.  Blayne 

Keeling.  Am 

Bock,  Naomi 

Restivo,  Kevin 

Keeling,  Am 

Haley,  Susie 

Keenan,  Sheila 

Bustos,  Alex 

PHOTO 

Richards.  Sarah 

Keenan,  Sheila 

Jordan,  Karin 

Mahoney,  Jill 

Caffrey.  Rori 

Bellefeuille,  Andre 

Richardson,  Karen 

Mahoney,  Jill 

Keeling,  Am 

Mainville,  Michael 

Capuani,  Joanne 

Bodnar,  Alex 

Scallen.  Shawn 

Mainville,  Michael 

Keenan,  Sheila 

McLeod,  Ian 

Carlucci,  Mario 

Brethour,  Pat 

Scott.  Richard  G.D. 

McKenzie,  Jodi 

Levine,  Sara-Lynne 

O'Connor,  Tim 

Carpenter.  Dave 

Brzozowski,  Anna 

Seddon.  Adam 

McLeod.  Ian 

Mahoney,  Jill 

Power,  Gavin 

Ciszewski,  Johanna 

Capuani,  Joanne 

Shigetomi,  Cindy 

Nakashima,  Ryan 

Mainville.  Michael 

Pryor,  Tim 

Comino.  M.G. 

Carlucci,  Mario 

Shurrie,  Matt 

Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 

McKenzie,  Jodi 

Rappaport.  Mike 

DeCloet,  Derek 

Ciszewski,  Johanna 

Silcoff,  Sean 

O'Connor,  Tim 

McLeod,  Ian 

Seddon.  Adam 

D'Orazio.  Franco 

Cooper,  Bill 
Currie,  Lisa 

Simtob,  Audrey 

Oza,  Prema 

Nakashima,  Ryan 

Silcoff,  Sean 

Dowdall,  Brent 

Skinner,  Man 

Pangalos.  Anthony 

O'Connor.  Tim 

Smith,  Andrea 

Edwards,  Drew 

Davies,  Jennifer 

Smith,  Andrea 

Perry.  Jill 

Oza.  Prema 

Vesely,  Steven 

Forieri.  Sussana 

Dobrenski,  Steve 

Srutek,  Karolina 

Peters.  Mike 

Pangalos,  Anthony 

Ward,  Ryan 

Gannon.  Mo 

Dowdall,  Brent 

Duncan,  Todd 
Follett,  Amanda 
Gallop,  Angie 
Gannon,  Mo 
Haggart,  Blayne 
Keeling,  Am 
Keenan,  Sheila 
Lamb.  Mark 
McCrostie,  James 
Nakashima,  Ryan 
Nuttall-Smith,  Chris 
Scallen,  Shawn 
Scott,  Richard  G.D. 
Smith,  Andrea 
Steinbachs,  John 
Tomlinson,  Dean 
Vesely,  Steven 

ONE  CREDIT  LEFT 
TO  VOTE 
Bell,  Christopher 
Clements,  Rob 
Craft,  Christina 
Crosbie,  Vanessa 
Docking,  David 
Goodman,  Sarah 
Harp.  Rick 
Izzard.  Suzanne 
Janvier.  Dean 
Johnson,  Doug 
Kirincich,  Stephanka 
Kirkham,  John 
Klaus,  Alex 
Manchak.  Renata 
McLennan,  Rob 
Orol,  Ron 
Owens,  Greg 
Price,  John 
Reid,  Chris 
Richardson,  Michael 
Sali,  Dave 
Sane,  Ean 
Stansfield,  James 


26  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  24,  1994 


ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT 


by  Charmead  Schetla 

Charlatan  Staff 


Allen  Ginsberg 

Sir  George  William  College 
Concordia,  Montreal 
v  March  1 7 


fteryears  of  drug  experimen- 
tation, after  radical  religious 
shifts,  afteryearsof  hitchhik- 
ing across  the  United  States 
1  and  Mexico,  after  years  of 
sexual  confusion,  Allen 
Ginsberg  can  still  captivate 
an  audience. 
It's  as  if  he  was  still  30  years  old  and 
travelling  from  American  university  to 
American  university  in  an  orange 
Volkswagen  mini-van,  reciting  politically 
incorrect  poetry  to  beatniks. 

In  the  late  1940s,  Ginsberg,  along 
with  Jack  Kerouac  and  William 
Burroughs,  forged  the  road  away  from 
the  long-trudged  path  of  romantic  and 
modem  literature.  This  new  road  would 
laterbe  called  the  Beat  Generation,  which, 
as  Ginsberg's  poetry  reading  proved,  is 
still  a  much -travel led  path. 

Ginsberg  was  in  Montreal  last  week  as 
a  guest  lecturer  for  a  creative  writing  and 
poetry  class  at  Concordia.  The  lecture 
was  about  70-per-cent  reading  and  30- 
per-cent  teaching  of  poetic  device  and 
style. 

Ginsberg,  though  68  years  old,  was 
riveting,  entertaining  and  informative 
throughout  the  entire  lecture.  I  didn't  see 
one  yawn,  one  nodding  head,  or  one 
blurry  eye  trying  to  stay  open. 

Ginsberg  powered  through  2 1/2  hours 
worth  of  poetry,  covering  his  work  from 
1 947  right  up  to  the  present,  with  a  1 993 
piece  about  Bosnia.  Reading  some  works, 
singing  others  and  chanting  the  remain- 
ing few,  Ginsberg  intrigued  all  750  peo- 


ple in  attendance  for  the  full  allotment  of 
time,  despite  microphone  feedback,  cry- 
ing babies  and  late  arrivals. 

Though  Ginsberg  didn't  read  "Howl, " 
the  poem  which  has  become  synony- 
mous with  the  Beat  name,  he  did  speak 
briefly  about  its  creation  in  1955.  The 
writing  of  "  Howl, "  over  a  few  years  time, 
took  "a  little  bit  of  morphine,  a  little  bit 
of  LSD,  a  little  bit  of  caffeine  and  a  little 
bit  of  nicotine." 

All  of  Ginsberg's  inspiration  has  not 
been  drug-induced,  as  some  would  im- 
mediately think  when  reading  the  writ- 
ings of  the  Beat  movement.  He  was  not 
the  addict  that  Burroughs  was,  though 
he  did  experiment  on  occasion,  as  is 
evident  from  the  creation  of  "Howl. "  Other 
works  like  "Sunflower  Sutra"  are  dream- 
inspired  pieces.  Being  already  influenced 
by  Blake's  romantic  poem,  "Sunflower," 
one  night  in  1955,  Ginsberg  hada  dream 
in  which  Blake  spoke  to  him. 

"Sunflower  Sutra"  is  the  end  result  of 


the  conversation  he  carried  with  him, 
Ginsberg  said  at  the  lecture.  This  piece 
was  Ginsberg's  best  read  this  evening, 
because  he  maintained  vocal  and  emo- 
tional control  that  seemed  to  fluctuate 
with  his  other  discussed  works. 

Despite  the  obvious  personal  content 
of  each  poem,  Ginsberg  read  all  of  them 
with  a  passion  that  would  suggest  he  had 
written  each  only  days  before. 

Ginsberg  spoke  briefly  of  his  past  so- 
cial circle,  in  which  travelled  the  likes  of 
Burroughs,  Kerouac,  Bob  Dylan  and  Neal 
Cassidy.  These  people  were  each  very 
close  to  him  or  his  work  at  invaluable 
periods  of  his  illustrious  career.  Each  can 
be  seen  repeatedly  throughout  his  poetry 
either  under  their  real  names  or  under 
guises. 

In  "Sunflower  Sutra, "  Ginsberg  writes, 
"Jack  Kerouac  sat  beside  me  on  a  busted 
rusty  iron  pole,  companion, /we  thought 
the  same  thoughts  of  the  soul,  bleak  and 
blue/and  sad-eyed,  surrounded  by  the 


on 


gnarled  steel  roots  of  trees/of  machin- 
ery." 

Kerouac  died  in  1969,  leaving 
Burroughs  and  Ginsberg  to  their  own 
devices. 

Among  other  recurring  themes, 
Ginsberg  writes  at  length  of  homosexu- 
ality, of  which  he  experienced  much 
emotional  confusion  for  several  years, 
before  meeting  up  with  the  other  Beats. 
He  had  a  rather  long  and  drawn-out  love 
affair  with  Cassidy  beginning  in  the  late 
1940s,  lasting  about  20  years. 

Much  of  Ginsberg's  poetry  is  about  the 
spiritual  conflicts  stemming  from  the  re- 
lationship between  him  and  Cassidy.  In 
1948,  Ginsberg  wrote  his  first  song,  "A 
Western  Ball,"  which  was  about  a  par- 
ticularly bad  breakup  he  and  Cassidy 
endured.  This  song  was  performedThurs- 
day  to  the  accompaniment  of  a  hand- 
held harmonium,  played  by  Ginsberg. 

The  homosexual  theme  still  seems 
rather  important  to  Ginsberg  today.  In 
1986  he  wrote  a  piece  which  began  with 
the  line,  "I  hope  my  good  old  asshole 
holds  out."  He  read  this  after  relating 
how  he  was  in  Europe  last  fall.  Seeing  all 
the  young  Italian  men  made  him  wish  he 
wasn't  the  age  that  he  is. 

All  in  all,  Ginsberg  gave  a  riveting  talk 
on  poetry  which  would  have  inspired 
even  the  most  dead-beat  of  writers  to  get 
back  to  their  Macs  and  plug  away. 

Ginsberg  closed  with  the  joking  re- 
mark that, "  If  we  don 't  show  anyone  (our 
writing),  then  we're  free  to  write  any- 
thing." 

It's  that  very  beatnik  attitude  that 
started  the  Beat  ball  rolling  in  the  first 
place,  only  the  writing  was  eventually 
shown  to  the  world. 

And  it's  a  good  thing,  too.  Otherwise 
we'd  still  be  reading  Swift  and  Spenser 
and  Coleridge  and  Wordsworth  and. . . . 

□ 


The  Charlatan  Education  Corner 
Canadian  Currency  Museum:  Money  made  fun! 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Staff 

Flash  Trivia  Question:  What  animal  is 
on  the  back  of  a  $1,000  Canadian  bill? 

To  find  out,  you'll  have  to  visit  the 
Canadian  Currency  Museum. 

Located  in  the  heart  of  the  nation's 
capital,  this  museum  follows  the  history 
of  money  from  the  world's  first  ancient 
coins  to  the  most  modem  currencies. 

Beautiful  gilded-edge  coins  from  Hong 
Kong  greet  you  upon  entering  the  maze- 
like museum.  Coins  from  all  nations,  of 
all  different  shapes  and  sizes  reflect  the 
glow  of  the  museum's  subtle  mood  light- 
ing. 

If  you  reminisce  over  that  beat-up  one 


God  bless  us  for  the  Central  Bath  Room  In  Barrie. 


dollar  bill  that  you  tried  to  save  as  an 
heirloom,  but  caved  in  and  bought  beer 
instead,  there's  the  Collector's  Corner. 
It's  a  room  full  of  pull-out  display  racks 
containing  samples  of  national  curren- 
cies. 

There,  you  can  see  Canadian  bills 
from  our  country's  beginning  to  the 
present,  including  the  last  dollar  bill  that 
was  made  before  the  loonie  appeared  on 
the  scene.  Rack  after  rack  holds  bills. 
Some,  like  one  from  the  Austro-Hungar- 
ian  Bank,  are  the  size  of  small  dogs. 

Unfortunately,  the  museum  is  so  full 
of  coins  that  by  the  end  of  the  tour,  you'll 
be  as  bored  as  the  kids  who  are  running 
around  and  hanging  off  the  display  cases. 

But  it's  pretty  im- 
pressive, espe- 
cially when  you 
find  out  that  92 
per  cent  of  the 
coin  display  is  out 
ofsightinthe  cu- 
rator's back  of- 
fice. Besides  being 
usedforresearch, 
what  does  that 
part  of  the  dis- 
play do  there? 

"It  just  sits 
there,"  says  one 
g  of  the  friendly 
~"  staff. 

Glad  to  see  the 
g  public's  tax  dol- 
lars at  work. 


There's  also  an  interesting  display 
geared  right  at  you  Generation  X-ers  out 
there.  It's  on  "near  currency,"  the  term 
given  to  substitute  forms  of  "money"  the 
government  issued  during  the  Depres- 
sion. A  variety  of  cheques  and  coupons 
are  on  display,  tacked  up  against  a  black 
and  white  photo  of  unemployed  men. 
One  is  a  little  ticket  which  reads,  "Supply 
bearer  with  one  bed."  Expect  them  to  be 
available  soon  at  a  bank  near  you. 

While  the  display  on  counterfeiting 
methods  is  rather  disappointing  —  the 
staff  said  the  display  is  kept  vague  on 
purpose  for  some  strange  reason  —  the 
collection  of  coins  from  the  1976  Mon- 
treal Olympics  is  exquisite.  The  silver 
coins  depict  various  Olympic  sports  like 
diving  and  soccer,  and  range  in  value 
from  $5  to  $100.  Too  bad  they  couldn't 
use  them  to  pay  off  the  debt  Montrealers 
are  still  paying  for  staging  the  event! 

And  for  all  of  you  wanting  to  pay  off 
thatstudentloan.don'teventhinkabout 
it.  The  museum  has  an  array  of  security 
devices,  although  the  staff  don't  like  to 
talk  too  much  about  them. 

"There's  cameras,  a  security  guard  . . 
.  there's  a  sensitivity  system  on  each  of 
the  display  cases  which,  if  pushed  too 
hard,  an  alarm  goes  off  downstairs  and 
the  guards  go  up  and  tell  you  not  to  push 
on  it,"  says  Martin-Denis  Morais,  who 
works  at  the  front  desk. 

Of  course,  enquiring  minds  want  to 
know  just  how  hard  do  you  have  to  push 
for  the  alarm  to  go  off? 


"I  don't  know,"  says  Morais,  "it  de- 
pends. Most  of  them  you  can  push  pretty 
hard,"  he  says. 

But  if  you  do  take  your  chances,  go  for 
the  rusty  1 9 1 1  $  1  Canadian  coin  near  the 
exit  of  the  museum.  It's  one  of  only  two 
in  the  world,  estimated  at  $1  million 
Canadian:  a  nice  amountto  pay  off  that 
OSAP  loan  while  spending  the  winter  in 
Tahiti.  □ 

The  answer  to  the  trivia  question:  the  pins  grosbeak  For  all 
you  people  from  outside  of  Manitoba,  it's  a  bird 

This  ujeek^ 

Words  We  Can't 
Stand 

1.  Guelph 

2.  nosh 

3.  pancreas 

4.  sheep 

5.  broad 

6.  zipper 

7.  penchant 

8.  Dowling,  Ont. 

9.  acetate 
\10.Coupland  ^ 


March  24,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  27 


Who  would 've  guessed  he's  from  Aylmer? 


by  Olu  Saul 

Charlatan  Stall 

There  is  a  new  voice  in  Canadian  hip 
hop  and  it's  shouting  out  of  Aylmer. 

Merlin's  his  name  and  if  this  surprises 
you,  then  remain  seated  when  you  hear 
whathehasto  say,  because  he  is  about  to 
challenge  the  way  you  think. 

The  24-year-old,  who  was  bom  in  New 
York  but  now  resides  in  Aylmer,  Que. 
(No,  I'm  not  kidding),  has  just  released  A 
Noise  Supreme,  a  solo  album  that  he  re- 
corded and  produced  in  his  parents'  base- 
ment. 

Although  his  music  has  traces  of  hip 
hop,  he  doesn't  think  this  term  accu- 
rately reflects  his  music. 

"I'm  trying  to  create  a  space  that  hasn't 
been  used  before,"  he  says. 

There  is  a  strong  element  of  cynicism 
in  Merlin  'smusic.  "(The  music)  has  to  do 
with  people  taking  things  for  granted," 


he  says.  The  album  is  an  expression  of 
doubt  and  reflects  his  tendency  to  chal- 
lenge the  things  we  take  for  granted. 

"Ideas  are  cool  to  have  and  embrace 
for  a  little  while,  but  you  always  have  to 
challenge  them, "  says  Merlin. 

This  approach  is  evident  in  songs  like 
"Preacher,"  which  deals  with  his  views 
on  religion  and  the  Bible.  As  Merlin  says 
in  the  song,  "I  want  to  be  pure,  but  why 
should  1  read  a  book  that's  2,000  years 
old?" 

As  this  song  shows.  Merlin  is  quite 
philosophical.  It  may  come  as  a  bit  of  a 
surprise  to  leam  that  he  considers  him- 
self a  Christian,  despite  his  doubts  about 
the  fundamental  beliefs  underlying  Chris- 
tianity. 

It  appears  that  he  is  quite  aware  of  the 
power  of  the  mainstream  media  and  this 
CD,  done  as  it  was  without  any  corporate 
involvement,  is  an  attempt  to  speak  out 


against  that  power.  "I  wanted  it  to  get  to 
the  public  unfiltered,"  he  says. 

According  to  Merlin,  people  have  been 
very  receptive  to  his  music.  His  record 

"Preacher"  deals  with 
Merlin's  views  on 
religion  and  the  Bible.  As 

he  says  in  the  song,  "I 
want  to  be  pure,  but  why 
should  I  read  a  book 
that's  2000  years  old?" 

company,  MCA  Records,  is  doing  its  best 
to  let  the  world  know  about  him.  Merlin 
says  all  this  attention  hasn't  phased  him, 
because  for  him  the  music  must  come 
before  the  benefits  of  the  industry. 


This  CD  brings  out  quite  a  few  sides  to 
Merlin's  personality,  something  he  says 
the  industry  tries  to  pigeon-hole.  Accord- 
ing to  him,  if  your  music  and  your  per- 
sonality get  pigeon-holed,  your  expres- 
sion is  in  a  sense  limited,  and  the  indus- 
try will  control  everything  you  produce. 

The  music  contained  within  A  Noise 
Supreme  cannot  be  labelled  as  any  style 
and  therefore  in  a  sense  creates  a  style  of 
its  own.  A  Noise  Supreme  hits  you  in  such 
a  way  that  you  are  forced  to  listen.  Brash, 
blunt  and  straight  to  the  point,  the  lyrics 
proclaim  Merlin's  doubt  but  alsogives  us 
an  idea  of  the  frustration  that  he  feels 
about  people's  attitudes  and  the  way 
they  think.  Easy  listening  it's  not. 

If  you're  interested  in  music  that  you 
can  relate  to  and  thatactually  says  some- 
thing important,  pick  up  A  Noise  Supreme 
and  enjoy  the  noise.  Once  in  a  while  you 
have  to  challenge  some  ideas.  □ 


Some  of  this  country's 
most  creative  minds  are  in  Canada's 
insurance  industry. 

They're  the  kinds  of  minds  that  know-creativity 
goes  far  beyond  art,  literature  or  making  movies. 
If  you're  like  that,  why  not  consider  a  career  with 
Canada's  property/casualty,  or  general  insurance 
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28  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  24,  1994 


It'slunnyANDltleatures 

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lie  Baltimore  Waltz 

New  Theatre  of  Ottawa 
Great  Canadian  Theatre  Company 
VMarch  16  —  April  2 


Playwright  Paula  Vogel  wrote  The  Bal- 
timore Waltz  in  memory  of  her  brother 
Carl,  who  died  of  AIDS  in  1988. 

In  1986,  Carl  invited  Paula  on  a  joint 
excursion  to  Europe.  She  declined,  not 
knowing  that  he  was  HIV  positive. 

Vogel  considers  The  Baltimore  Waltz  as 
"a  way  for  everyone  to  celebrate  people 
they've  lost." 

The  play  is  a  simple  but  charming  90- 
minute  comedy-drama  about  a  woman 
namedAnnaandher  brother  Carl .  Anna 
and  Carl  leave  New  York  for  Europe  in 
hopes  of  finding  a  miraculous  cure  for 
Anna's  disease,  ATD  (Acquired  Toilet 
Disease),  which  can  only  be  caught  by 
single  schoolteachers  that  use  their  stu- 
dents' washroom  stalls. 

Confronted  with  her  own  mortality, 
Anna  decides  to  spend  the  time  in  Europe 
sleeping  with  as  many  men  as  possible. 

The  Baltimore  Waltz  uses  only  three 
actors:  Catherine  Mackenzie  as  the  sexu- 
ally liberated  Anna,  Robert  Bockstael  as 
Carl,  and  John  Koensgen,  who  plays  eve- 
ryone else. 


Even  though  this  is  a  play  that  deals 
with  a  lethal  disease,  the  tone  of  the  play 
is  kept  light,  with  several  strange  hap- 
penings throughout. 

One  of  the  more  bizarre  happenings 
in  this  comedy  is  the  fact  that  Carl  brings 
a  stuffed  bunny  everywhere,  even  sleep- 
ing with  it.  Koensgen,  as  a  sinister  char- 
acter, follows  them  with  a  stuffed  bunny 
of  his  own,  hoping  to  make  a  bunny 
exchange.  Anna  suspects  the  bunnies 
are  being  used  to  hide  drugs. 

Perhaps  the  funniest  scene  occurs  when 
both  Koensgen's  character  and  Carl  ap- 
proach each  other  and  flash  their  bun- 
nies. In  the  end,  we  never  do  find  out 
what  was  going  on  with  the  bunnies. 

In  addition  to  the  humor,  the  acting 
was  believable;  the  play  proceeded  at  a 
quick  pace,  the  plot  moving  as  quickly  as 
a  typical  Simpsons  episode. 

Koensgen  proved  his  versatility,  trans- 
forming into  over  lOdifferent  characters 
throughout  the  play.  He  plays  a  French 
waiter,  a  virgin  in  Munich,  a  little  Dutch 
boy  and  a  cool  German  man:  all  of 
whom  Anna  sleeps  with,  all  of  whom 
want  sex  with  no  strings  attached. 

He  also  plays  different  doctors,  includ- 
ing one  in  Vienna  that  drinks  urine  in 
order  to  examine  the  interior  condition 
of  the  patient's  body. 

The  love  between  Anna  and  Carl  is 
very  apparent  through  what  they  say  to 


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each  other  as  adults,  through  their  child- 
hood memories  which  they  share  with 
the  audience  and  because  they  sleep  to- 
gether, nestling  innocently  in  each  oth- 
er's arms. 

The  staging  was  excellent,  with  three 
panels  representing  different  locations, 
including  interiors  for  night  clubs,  doc- 
tors' offices  and  hotels,  among  others. 

One  particularly  effective  scene  is  when 
Carl  and  Anna  show  the  audience  slides 
of  their  travels  in  Germany.  This  slide 
show  was  another  great  technique  that 
added  to  the  overall  "abroad"  atmos- 
phere. 

The  stage  effects  are  creative  and  im- 
pressive, probably  out  ofnecessity.  Using 
only  one  stage  set,  The  Baltimore  Waltz 
presents  illusions  of  night-time  (lights 
being  lowered,  shadows  of  vertical  blinds 
upon  the  bed)  and  daytime  (sound  of 
clock  ticking,  then  its  alarm  soundinq 
off). 


The  evening  I  saw  the  play,  the  audi- 
ence numbered  only  25,  which  was  un- 
fortunate. Oh  well,  that  just  meant  more 
leg  room  and  choice  in  searing. 

The  Baltimore  Waltz  is  a  good  play, 
with  good  stage  effects  that  allowed  one 
to  truly  feel  they  are  watching  scenes 
from  different  European  countries.  The 
acting  is  professional  and  convincing. 

MyonlycomplaintwaswithMacken- 
zie'sslightly  too-loud  voice.  I  understand 
that  enthusiasm  is  part  of  her  character, 
but  I  sat  in  the  upper  half  of  the  audience 
seating,  and  her  voice  was  still  overpow- 
ering. 

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about  a  loving  sister-brother  relation- 
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members  of  the  audience  to  make  the 
most  of  any  valued  relationship,  since 
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March  24,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  29 


How  to  be  a  dance  innovator  (Hint:  it  involves  dogs) 


by  Stephanie  Garrison 

Charlatan  Staff 


if  The  Parsons  Dance  Company  \V 

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Anyone  who  has  ever  had  enough 
courage  to  strike  out  on  their  own  can 
identify  with  the  experience  choreogra- 
pher David  Parsons  once  had  with  Robert 
Fripp. 

In  1982,  Parsons  created  Caught,  a 
dance  piece  that  used  music  by  Fripp  as 
its  score.  This  created  a  bit  of  a  legal 
problem.  The  obscure  number  was  men- 
tioned in  a  newspaper,  and  Fripp's  peo- 
ple in  New  York  informed  Parsons  he'd 
have  to  pay  royalties  each  time  he  used 
it. 

"So  I  got  in  touch  with  Fripp  person- 
ally, and  said  'Let  me  show  you  the 
piece.'  I  hod  absolutely  no  money  at  all, " 
Parsons  remembers.  "Fripp  came  to  look 
at  it . . .  and  he  loved  it  so  much  he  wrote 
me  a  new  score.  Very  backwards." 

Backwards  and  a  bit  lucky.  Since  then, 
Parsons  has  collaborated  with  several 
other  big  name  musicians  to  create  works 
for  his  troupe.  Only  now  he  makes  sure  to 


ask  first. 

Parsons  founded  his  company  in  1 987 . 
Since  then  it  has  grown  to  encompass  a 
repertoire  of  28  works  (eight  with  com- 
missioned scores)  and  an  international 
touring  schedule. 

Parsons  uses  different  composers  for 
variety,  because  he  says  he  feels  stagna- 
tion in  dance  is  preventable  with  a  large 
repertoire. 

"A  lot  of  times  in  dance  —  especially 
Western  world  dance  —  I  have  this  feel- 
ing of  a  formula  being  found  by  the 
choreographer,"  Parsons  says.  "1  think 
that  there's  a  lot  of  young  choreogra- 
phers who  are  realizing  that  right  now, 
and  definitely  my  company  is  one  of 
them." 

His  dancers  enjoy  mixing  a  diversity 
of  dance  vocabularies  and  cultures.  By 
consciously  deconstructing  the  creative 
process  each  time  it's  in  use,  Parsons 
keeps  dance  in  his  company  fresh. 

"The  object  is  to  keep  in  a  situation 
where  you  don't  really  know  where  you 
are, "  says  Parsons.  "It's  a  big  risk;  it  takes 
a  lot  of  energy.  You  get  tired  faster  when 
you're  in  a  place  where  you're  not  quite 
sure  where  you  are." 

Parsons  was  a  member  of  the  world- 


renowned  Paul  Taylor 
Dance  Company  in 
New  York  from  1978 
until  his  departure  to 
form  the  Parsons 
Dance  Company  in 
1987.  Leaving  an  in- 
ternationally ac- 
claimed company  to 
concentrate  on  his  own 
work  was  a  risk  Par- 
sons faced  head  on, 
albeit  prepared.  The 
beginning  was  diffi- 
cult. 

"You're  looking  at 
a  period  of  time  where 
you're  very  vulnerable 
to  failure,"  Parsons 
says,  "because  you 
have  to  take  care  of 
the  business  aspect . . . 
the  choreography,  you 
have  to  dance,  you 
have  to  be  a  daddy . . . 
a  lot  of  people  never  get  overthat  hump." 
His  reputation  as  a  choreographer  was 
cemented  before  he  left  Paul  Taylor,  and 
Parsons  credits  this  as  being  the  deciding 
factor  in  his  own  company's  success. 


The  Parsons  Dance  Company,  flying. 


Love  Jones 

Here's  to  the  Losers 
Zoo/BMG 

These  sly  hipsters  aren't  fooling  any- 
one —  their  matching  velvet  jackets  give 
it  all  away. 

This  is  a  hardcore  crew  of  lounge  liz- 
ards and  they're  coming  to  a  Ramada 
Room  near  you.  As  they  croon  their  way 
into  the  hearts  of  down-and-outers  at 
hotels  everywhere,  their  spiralling  melo- 
dies and  lyrical  genius  are  guaranteed  to 
wash  any  troubles  away  (with  the  help  of 
a  few  Gin  Fizzes). 

Lines  like,  "I  look  at  you  across  the 
pool  and  wonder  how  you're  feeling/The 
water's  warm,  the  night  air's  cool/Your 
swimsuit  is  appealing,"  make  one  won- 
der if  these  guys  should  be  sentenced  to 
spend  eternity  in  a  K-Mart  bargain  bin. 

But  don't  condemn  these  poor  fellas 
before  hearing  "Custom  Van,"  their  ode 


to  carnal  relations  on  wheels. 

So  if  you're  going  to  take  a  chance  on 
Here's  to  the  Losers,  put  on  your  best  pair 
of  slacks,  slip  on  your  white  loafers  and 
crack  out  your  bolo  he  because  Love 
Jones  is  in  the  house. 

Jason  Unrau 

Beck 

Mellow  Gold 
DGC 

Today's  plain  white  rapper. 

Every  once  in  a  while  there  is  a  new 
sound  that  everybody  just  seizes  upon.  It 
can  be  heard  emanating  for  the  Walkman 
beside  you  on  the  bus  or  while  you're  in 
the  dentist's  chair. 

Hail  Beck.  The  folk-influenced,  down- 
home  rhythm  machine  is  within  earshot 
This  is  what  American  folk  is  becoming: 
listenable  music  with  relevant  lyrics  for 
the  fan  of  the  '90s. 

If  you  haven't  heard  his  single, "  Loser," 
you've  probably  been  in  a  cryogenic  sleep 
chamber  or  visiting  the  North  Pole.  On 
any  given  day,  the  video  can  be  seen  on 
MuchMusic. 

I  personally  enjoyed  the  tape,  listen- 
ing to  it  without  the  assaulting  music 


video  imagery  that  caused  me  to  associ- 
ate Beck  with  beer  and  Betty-scoping. 
Here's  to  Beck. 

Christopher  Bel! 

Alice  In  Chains 

far  of  Flies 
Columbia/Sony 

Look  out  Alice  In  Chain  fans  . . .  are 
you  ready  for  a  jar  full  of  777 's?  Thaf  s 
what  you're  getting  in  this  new,  mostly 
acoustic  album. 

The  album's  first  single,  "Rotten  Ap- 
ple" had  a  bit  of  zing  to  it,  but  in  general 
this  album  takes  Alice  in  Chains  in  a 
whole  new  direction,  one's  that  much 
more  mellow. 

Layne  Stanley  has  reduced  his  distinc- 
tive, powerful  vocals  in  favor  of  a  kinder, 
gentler  voice,  jar  of  Flies  also  uses  violas 
and  violins.  Most  Alice  In  Chains  listen- 
ers, used  to  their  heavier  rock,  will  prob- 
ably not  enjoy  this  change. 

However,  if  you're  not  expecting  this 
new  album  to  be  like  the  others,  then 
maybe  it  will  be  an  enjoyable  experi- 
ence. 

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"People  think  I  just  got  out  of  bed  one 
day  and  said,  'Yeah,  I'm  going  to  open 
my  own  touring  company/"  Parsons 
laughs.  In  fact,  he  spent  his  summer 
breaks  from  Paul  Taylor  performing  and 
working  with  other  dancers,  creating  the 
foundation  for  his  dance  company.  He 
finds  the  interaction  with  other  dancers  a 
significant  benefit  of  his  work. 

"One  of  the  joys  I  have  of  being  a 
creator,  of  having  a  company,  is  to  em- 
ploy artists,"  Parsons  says.  "Just  watch- 
ing their  faces  as  they  discover  some- 
thing and  try  it  out."  * 

This  year  the  company  will  premiere 
Step  Into  My  Dream,  which  incorporates 
improvisational  dance  with  a  live  jazz 
trio  on  stage. 

"The  dancers  are  actually  not  choreo- 
graphed at  all  during  a  situation,  but 
they  have  to  move  in  terms  of  the  music." 
Plus,  while  the  dancers  are  interpreting 
the  music,  the  musicians  are  reacting  to 
the  dancers,  says  Parsons.  Two  years  were 
spent  in  preparation  for  this  concept. 

"The  structure  is  very  precise  in  where 
the  beginning  and  end  of  the  improvisa- 
tion is,  but  beyond  that,  that's  it,"  Par- 
sons says. 

"Improvisation  really  hasn't  been  used 
with  dancing  all  that  often.  I  mean,  I've 
been  dancing  with  dogs  on  stage,"  Par- 
sons says. 

During  one  performance  in  Colorado, 
Parsons  danced  with  a  friend's  black  Lab. 

"I  cameon  and  started  dancing.  Pretty 
soon,  he  decided  to  walk  out  and  play 
with  me  a  bit,"  Parsons  recollects.  "I 
picked  him  up  and ...  we  just  stood  there 
for  about  30  seconds,  with  a  big  dog  in 
my  arms."  The  performance  was  sponta- 
neous and  playful.  It  is  this  stretching  of 
dance's  definition  of  who  and  what  is  on 
stage  that  Parsons  thinks  is  healthy. 

The  company  has  a  small  turnover 
rate,  for  good  reason.  They're  salaried 
and  have  free  medical  coverage,  which  is 
unheard  of  for  dance  companies  in  the 
United  States. 

"They  (the  dancers)  understand,  (it's) 
just  like  a  firm  offers  stock  to  its  employ- 
ees. You  are  a  part  of  it,  and  that  means 
your  conduct,  the  way  you  carry  yourself, 
the  way  you  work,"  Parsons  says.  "In  the 
creative  process,  they  understand  they 
have  a  stake  in  it.  And  I  think  it's  a 
wonderful  thing  because  the  dancers  be- 
come more  well-rounded  artists." 

To  speak  with  Parsons  exclusively 
about  choreography  is  impossible;  he  is 
still  too  involved  with  all  aspects  of  his 
company.  This  leads  to  his  ultimate  goal: 
to  have  his  company  go  on  without  him. 

"That's  my  next  goal  —  to  have  this 
company  tourwithoutme.  And  why  not?" 
Parsons  asks.  "I  am  part  of  an  arts 
economy  .  .  .  there's  no  reason  why  that 
should  stop  later  on."  □ 


30  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  24,  1994 


THURSDAY,  MARCH  24  TO  THURSDAY,  MARCH  31 


Thursday,  March  24 


As  part  of  the  Women  and  the  Arts 
lecture  series,  Carleton  English  Prof. 
Barbara  Leckie  will  be  giving  o  talk 
entitled,  "Rich,  Rare  and  Racy  Books: 
Censorship,  the  Classic  and  Literary  Mod- 
ernism." Ifs  happening  in  Room  2017 
Dunton  Tower  at  3:30  p.m.  Admission 
is  free. 

Amnesty  International  and  OPIRG- 
Carleton  are  presenting  a  free  showing  of 
Manufacturing  Consent:  Noam 
Chomsky  and  the  Media  at  7  p.m.  in 
Room  360  Tory. 

Billy  Goat,  described  as  "tribal  funk, " 
whatever  that  may  be,  and  local  band 
Chucklehead,  are  playing  Zaphod's 
tonight.  Cover  is  only  a  buck. 

Friday,  March  25 

Here's  some  jazz  for  you.  The  Brian 
Tansley  Jazz  Quartet  is  playing  a  free 
show  in  Carleton's  Alumni  Theatre  at 

12:30  p.m. 

Want  to  watch  some  free  music?  Not 
doing  anything  at  noon?  Then  head  on 
down  to  Oliver's  to  watch  the 
Gandharvas,  an  alternative- type  banc! 
from  London,  Ont. 

In  the  mood  for  some  all-original  one 
act  plays?  You're  in  luck,  because  tonight 
in  the  Alumni  Theatre,  Sock  'N'  Buskin 
is  presenting  two  one  act  play  with  origi- 
nal scripts,  music  and  choreography  by 
Carleton  students.  First,  there's  To  The 
Walls,  a  drama  about  St.  Anne,  the 
patron  saint  of  housewives.  Then  there's 
the  Ta  Da  Girls,  a  comedy  about  those 
women  who  present  the  awards  at  the 
Oscars.  Admission  is  $3.  The  fun  starts  at 
8  p.m.  and  there's  a  reception  afterwards 
(Free  food!). 

The  Carleton  Arts  Review  is  launching 
its  ninth  anniversary  issue  at  the  Stone 
Angel  tonight  at  8  p.m.  There'll  be  a 
reading  featuring  local  poet  Michael 
Dennis. 

Check  out  some  cool  loud  music  at  the 
Pit  this  evening,  courtesy  of  Mushroom 
Explosion,  Buffle  Head  and  Float. 

They're  putting  on  an  all-ages  show  from 
7  until  9  p.m.  After  that  you  have  to  be  1 9 
(or  have  some  good  fake  ID)  to  get  in. 

Kingston-based  Celtic  folks  the 
Mahones  are  holding  a  CD  release  party 
at  Zaphod's  tonight.  Cover  is  $7. 

Fun  For  Malakak',  one  of  the  best 
band's  Ottawa  has  ever  produced,  is  play- 
ing the  Upstairs  Club  this  evening.  Go 
see. 


Argentinean  accordion  player  Raul 
Barobza  plays  the  National  Gallery 

amphitheatre  at  8  p.m.  tonight.  It's  all 
part  of  the  Sabroso  series  of  Latin  Ameri- 
can music.  Tickets  are  $12  in  advance, 
$14  at  the  door. 

The  Lowest  of  the  Low  begin  a  two- 
night  stand  at  the  Penguin  this  evening. 

The  critically  acclaimed  Thirty  Two 
Short  Films  About  Glenn  Gould  pre- 
mieres tonight  at  7  p.m.  atthe  Bytowne. 
It'll  be  showing  every  day  until  April  7. 

Saturday,  March  26 

Ottawa's  very  own  Angstones  play 
the  Pit  this  evening.  At  home  in  the  clubs 
as  much  as  at  a  jazz  festival,  these  guys 
must  be  experienced. 

England's  Tom  Robinson,  formerly 
of  the  aptly  titled  Tom  Robinson  Band, 

plays  Zaphod's  this  evening.  Cover's 
$10. 

A  band  called  Going  Harold  is  play- 
ing at  the  Sunnyside  Sports  Bar  this 
evening.  There's  no  cover. 

The  stunning  Baraka,  a  film  without 
dialogue  or  a  plot,  is  playing  at  4:30  p.m. 
at  the  Bytowne.  It's  also  showing  to- 
morrow at  9  p.m. 

Relive  St.Patrick'sDaytonightat8:30 
p.m.  at  the  Glebe  Community  Centre. 

The  Old  Sod  Society  is  presenting  Irish 
singer  Maggie  Boyle  and  guitarist  Steve 
Tilston.  Cover  is  $14,  or  $12  for  Old  Sod 
members. 

(Speaking  of  St.  Patrick's  day,  anyone 
who  wasat  Grand Centrallast  Thursday  will 
agree  with  me  when  I  say  that  Spirit  of  the 
West  is  the  best  live  band  this  country  has 
ever  produced.  And  for  those  of  you  who 
thought  S22  was  too  much  to  pay  to  see 
them,  I  say,  nay!  Pay  any  price,  travel  any 
distance  to  see  them,  -ed.) 

Sunday,  March  27 

The  Panama  Deception,  the  Oscar- 
winning  documentary  about  the  real  rea- 
sons the  United  States  invaded  Panama 
in  December  1989,  is  showing  at  the 
Mayfair  at  2  p.m.  this  afternoon. 

More  music  at  the  Pit  this  evening, 
courtesy  of  Trailer  Dixon  and  Ben 
Herd. 

Well,  this  certainly  looks  like  fun.  Pipe 
organist  (And  we  all  loveagood  pipe  organ- 
ist, -ed.)  Robert  Palmai,  soprano  Shan- 
non Mercer,  classical  guitarist  Daniel 
Bolshoy  and  others  are  playing  at  8 
p.m.  this  evening  at  Emmanuel  United 
Church,  691  Smyth  Rd.  Admission  is  a 


donation  to  the  Organ  Fund,  whatever 
that  may  be. 

Monday,  March  28 

To  give  you  the  energy  to  get  through 
the  week,  we  have  a  suggestion  for  some- 
thing you  may  wish  to  consume.  This 
week's  Charlatan  Snack  Tip  is  the  tasty 
Swollen,  Nuclear  Marshmallow™. 
To  make  your  own  radioactive  treat,  take 
three  marshmallows  and  place  them  in  a 
smallish  microwaveable  dish.  Place  the 
dish  in  the  microwave.  Nuke  for  30  sec- 
onds on  high.  Spin  the  taffy-like  sub- 
stance around  a  fork  (don't  put  the  fork 
in  the  microwave,  kids!).  Consume 
quickly,  as  the  nuked  marshmallows 
harden  quickly.  Next  week,  we'll  tell  you 
how  to  clean  the  dish. 

Tuesday,  March  29 

As  he  has  been  doing  for  the  past  20 
years  (save  for  last  week's  brief  relapse) 
Charlatan  production  manager  Kevin 
McKay  has  a  book  tip  for  his  loyal  follow- 


ers. This  week  he  recommends  The 
Rocket,  the  Flower,  the  Hammer  and 

Me  by  Doug  Bearlsley.  Says  McKay,  "This 
book  is  a  collection  of  23  hockey  stories 
by  Canadian  writers,  including  Kinsella, 
Callaghan,  MacLennan  and  Mac- 
Gregor." 

Wednesday,  March  30 

Texas  folk-type  Alejandro  Escovedo 

plays  Zaphod's  this  evening.  Cover  is 

$8. 

On  your  radio  tonight  at  9  p.m.,  In  A 
Mellow  Tone  (CKCU  93.1  FM)  sifts 
through  the  best  new  jazz  and  blues 
releases. 

Thursday,  March  31 

This  should  make  a  lot  of  people  very 
happy.  Sarah  McLachlan  plays  yet 
again  in  Ottawa,  this  time  at 
Centrepointe  Theatre  at  8  p.m.  Open- 
ing for  her  is  the  Devlins.  Tickets  are 
$25.50. 


If  you  have  an  event  you  want  to  appear  in  this  calendar, 

you  can  drop  your  announcement  off  at  The  Charlatan, 
Room  531  Unicefltre  during  regular  business  hours  or  you 
can  fax  us  at  788-4051 .  Announcements  must  be  in 
by  the  Friday  before  publication. 


CHARLIE 

SHEEN 


TOM 

BERENGER 


CORBIN 

BERNSEN 


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MOVIE  PASS  GIVEAWAY 

The  Charlatan  is  giving  away  20  doulble  passes  to  the  first  20  people  up 
to  our  office  in  Rm.  531  Unicentre,  after  1 0  a.m.  Ask  for  lill.  


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LOCKMASTER 
LOUNGE 

Join  us  for  Great  Food,  Refreshment  and  Entertainment 
4  Large  Screen  TV's 
TSN  and  Satellite  Dish  for  the  best  in  sports 
Breakfast  Menu  served  Saturday  and  Sunday  til  4  pm 
Saturday  and  Tuesday  -  Wing  Nights 
Live  Entertainment  Friday,  Saturday  and  Sundays 
No  Cover 


The  Mustards  Mar.  25,  26 

White  Wyne  Apr.  1 ,  2 

Sweet  Taboo  Apr.  8,  9 

Wednesdays  and  Sundays  - 
Karaoke  with  "Wacky  Wally" 


SOMERSET  ABUSE  HOTEL 


In  the  heart  of  the  city  for  95  years 
A  great,  inexpensive  spot  for  visiting  friends 
352  Somerset  St.  W.,  at  Bank 
Telephone  233-7762 


APPLE  SADDLERY 

The  Largest  Western  Boot  Store  in  Canada. 

INNES  ROAD  JUST  EAST  OF  THE  417  (NEAR  THE  PRICE  CLUB) 


DLOZE 


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HOTTER 

THAN  EVER 


NTN,  POOL  TABLES,  AIR  HOCKEY,  MINIATURE  GOLF 

BIGGEST  DANCE  FLOOR  IN  THE  MARKET 

©  Q)  SUDS  IT  UP  WEDNESDAY  FOR  $1 .50 

You  won't  find  Itty-Bitty  Draft  or  Juicy-Juicy  Shooters  here! 
A  $1.50  gets  you  a  whole  lot  more! 

CHECK  IT  OUT 

MONDAY  and  TUESDAY  NITES  $11.75  gets  you  a  plate  of  Nachos  and  a  60oz.  Pitcher 

THURSDAY  $2. 50  plus  $1 .75  for  a  Quickie  - 
FRIDAY-  SATURDAY $2.50  -  SUNDAYS  $2.00 
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32  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  March  24,  1994 


WHY? 


election 

^  supplement 

PART  II 


INFO 


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PRESIDENT   1  seat  to  be  elected 


PG.  2 


BRENDA  KENNEDY 

PRESIDENT 


Over  the  years,  the  rights  of  students  at 
Carleton  have  taken  a  back  seat  as  successive 
siudeM  associations  have  preoccuppied 
themselves  with  petty  politics.  CUSA  has 
become  irrelevant  to  many. 

While  CUSA  waffles,  cutbacks  have 
decimated  the  quality  of  education  and 
students  have  had  little  say  in  the 
process. 

Teaching  assistants,  library  't^?-^^ 
acquisitions  and  lab  equipment  are  cut 
instead  of  Administration  conference  travel  and 
expense  accounts. 

On  important  issues  such  as  curriculum,  safety,  cafeteria  price  in- 
creases and  tuition  hikes,  the  university  has  paid  little  more  than  lip  service  to 
students  because  CUSA  has  been  unwilling  to  stand  up  to  the  administration. 


Brenda  Kennedy  will  take  a  stand 
on  issues  which  concern  you. 


Stand  UP  For  Your  Rights 


MARK  OVEN  DON 


CUT  THE  CRAP 


TIM 

PORTER 

for 

PRESIDENT 


PRESIDENT   1  scat  to  be  elected 


PC.  3 


When  you're  hiring  your  next 
president,  know  your  candidates 
qualifications... 

•  Orientation  Commissioner 

•  RRRA  President 

•  Bree's  Manager 

•  Carleton  Student 
Advisory  Committee 

•  Foot  Patrol  Steering 
Committee 

•  Economics  Graduate' 

•  Alumni  Committee 

•  Prep  Week  Committee 

•  Co-Chair  of  the 
PARTY  Committee 

•  First  Year  Experience 
Committee 

•  Date  Rape  PreventionCoi 

•  Health  Services  Advlsoi 

•  Panda  Start 

•  Brewer  Park  Co-ordinator 

•  Wilderness  Tours  Co-ordinator 

•  Concert  Crew 

•  CUSA  Rep  for  RRRA 

•  Homecoming  Committee 

•  Presidential  Advisory  Committee  on  Personal  Safety 

•  Residence  &  University  Management  &  Policy  Board 

•  Hallowe'en  Superpub  volunteer 

•  Charity  Bait  volunteer 


Experience 

I  LET  IT  WORK  FOR  YOU 


FINANCE  COMMISSIONER      1  seat  to  be  elected 


MOM,  Cr\N  I  WAVL  SOME 
KOiei  TO  W  A 
SATM-WORSU\P\KG, 
SWlDe-rsOVoCMlMG1 


It  is  time  to  re-organize  CUSA. 

WE  MUST: 

•recognize  that  our  current 
centres  must  be  expanded  to 
meet  the  needs  of  a  growing 
student  population. 

•challenge  Administration  to 
commit  further  support  for 
joint  projects  such  as 
Placement  &  Career  Services. 

•utilize  our  current  Unlcentre 
space  for  optimum  efficiency. 

•increase  services  to  Include 
low  cost  tenant,  travel  &  auto 
insurance  plans. 


>•  to 


Solid  PRINCIPLES. 
Proven  DETERMINATION. 
Let  my  EXPERIENCE  work 
for  you  next  year! 


FINANCE  COMMISSIONER      1  scat  to  be  elected 


PC.  4 


things  are  gonna 


change 


IfllKMIWIM 


FINANCE  COMMISSIONER 

My  objective,  is  to  remain  visible, 
approachable  and  responsive  to  students. 

My  motto,  is  to  make  a  difference, 
and  make  things  move. 

My  strategy,  is  to  cause  improve- 
ments to  take  place. 

Our  CUSA  is  sick  and  needs  an  injection 
of  new  life  and  a  fresh  perspective.  The 
petty  politics  and  wasted  time  on  issues 
students  don't  care  about  must  stop. 

The  only  way  to  guarantee  change  is  to  let  your  voice  be  heard. 
Vote  March  29,  30,  31. 

SEND  THE  MESSAGE! 

o 

TREVOR  MULZER 

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WENDY 


PERIENCE: 


*  ELECTED  2  TERMS  AS  CUSA 
FINANCIAL  COMMITTEE  CHAIR 

*  PRIVATE  SECTOR  FINANCIAL 
CONSULTANT 

*  FORMER  MANAGER  OF  Z  BARS 

*  NUfi  REPRESENTATIVE 

*  3RD  YEAR  ECONOMICS  STUDENT 


FINANCE  COMMISSIONER 


XL 

TERRY 
WESTSTRATE 


Supervision  of  construction 
projects  involving  millions  of 
dollars 

Commerce  Major 
Complete  theoretical  background 
VOTE  WISELY,  let  practical 
knowledge  manage  your  future 


FINANCE 

©(DMSOHOOIKDMIIIE 


|  ]  EXPERIENCE  [ 


ARTS/SOCIAL  SCIENCES  REP     14  scats  to  be  elected 

Ptt.  5 


ANTHONY 


®ASTURI 


ARTS  8  SOCIAL  SCIENCE  REP. 


RE-ELECT 
RYAN  BUTT 
ARTS  AND 
SOCIAL  SCI. 
REPRESENTATIVE 

EXPERIENCED 
UNDERSTANDING 
HARD  WORKING 
VOTE 
RYAN  BUTT 


JOHN  EDWARDS 


COLIN 

Betfs 


Elect  (Again)  to 

Arts  and  Social  Science 


The 


SUPER  SLfiTE 

Because  Dammit  We  Care! 


Christian 
Dallaire 

Before  anything  can  be  accomplished 
we  need  to  know  what  YOU  the  voter 
wants  and  needs.  This  can  only  be 
achieved  by  hard  work,  dedication 
and  a  constant  relational  communica- 
tion. This  is  imparative  and  I  realize  that 
there's  a  lot  of  work  to  be  done  and  I'm 
willing  to  DO  IT! 


GO 


WITH 


GOLEM 


ARTS/SOCIAL  SCIENCE  REP. 


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JENKINS 

Heather 


Elect  (Again)  to 

Arts  and  Social  Science 

ThSCIPER  SLflTE 

Because  Dammit  We  Care! 


ARTS/SOCIAL  SCIENCES  REP      14  seats  to  be  elected 


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ELECT  SOMEONE  WHO: 
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i e s po n s i b I y  and  does  not  raise  fees, 

•  will  push  U  chiDge  Ihe  electoral  code  so  this 
election  blonder  will  not  occur  again, 

•  will  see  lo  it  council  gels  down  lo  Ihe  core 
issues,  rather  ihio  5  hour  meetings  of  nothing, 

•  will  movt  lo  re-sltucture  C 1 u bs/S oc ie  1  ie s  funding 

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Arts  and  Social  Science 

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SUPER  SLflTE 

Because  Dammit  We  Care! 


COREY  MULVIHILL 


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Jonathan 

POSTNER 


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Residence             Student  Services 
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Communication                 Lower  Tuition  1 
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14  scats  to  be  elected 

PG.  7 


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Elect  (Again)  to 
Arts  and  Social  Science 

The 

SUPER  SLfiTE 

*     Because  Dammit  We  Care! 


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COMMITTED  TO: 

•  0%  tuition  increase 

•  open  door  admissions 

•  safety  on  campus 

•  better  CUSA/RRRA  relations 

'  NO  USER  FEES  FOR  CUSA  SERVICES 

•  fair,  equal  representation  for  ALL 

ARTS  &  SOCIAL  SCIENCE  REPRESENTATIVE 


PETER  SOUW 


Shaun  Vardon 

Hi,  I'd  like  to  make  a  few  changes;  1.  the  way  elections  are 
run  at  Carleton.  2.  get  council  to  talk  about  what  concerns  students 
instead  of  last  week's  episode  of  Seinfeld.  3.  keep  you  informed  about 
CUSA  all  year  round,  not  just  during  elections.  4.  establish  a  Labour 
Relations  Committee  to  deal  with  the  new  CUSA  Union.  5.  a  better 
working  relationship  between  executive  and  council.  6.  no  cuts  to 
CUSA  services.  7.  no  user  fees  for  those  services. 

Please  take  the  time  to  make  a  difference  VOTE  Shaun  Varden 
Arts/Social  Science  Rep 


RYAN 

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ARTS/SOCIAL  SCIENCE  REP 

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Well,  I  had  two  weeks  council  experience!!! 


WAKELING 

Sandy 


Elect  (Again)  to 

Arts  and  Social  Science 

The 

SUPER  SLfiTE 

Because  Dammit  We  Caret 


HotUu  Cv'ue. 


In  earlier  mys, 
the  Romans  believed 
that  if  a  bat  touched 

a  stork  egg,  tlu 
egg  would  become 
sterile. 


dd  become 


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Ptt.  8 


9  things  vou  wouudn't 
want  to  hear  durin/g 

SURGERY 


"Eeewh!  Yok!  That's  gross1." 

"Wow!  This  is  qreo+ '.  We  can 
use  Q  good  kidney!" 

"Does  anyone  have  a  bo+He 
opener?  ,x 

"keep  your  head  s+eady... elbow 
sligh-tly  ben4...firm  grip:..* 

"Doc+or '.  what  ore  yow  doing 
here? Are  you  oU+  on  parole?" 

"Go  ahead,  lick  >+lldare  yo?x" 
"Check  your  oil,  mis+er?" 
"I  s<ay  we  take  him  home, 
cook  him  and  ea-r  him  !" 

"Gallbladder?  Pur>ny,i  +  was 
here  a  mino+e  ago. xS 


BOARD  OF  GOVERNORS     2  seats  to  be  elected 

!><;.  i) 


•    ROB  • 


JOHN  EDWARPS 


JAMESON 

HOARD  OF  GOVERNORS 

ITS  TIME  TO  GET  BOG'S  PRIORITIES  RIGHT. 
THEREFORE  WE  MUST: 

•ensure  a  safe  and  accessible  campus 
•increase  resources  for  the  library 
•initiate  and  put  in  place  affordable 
co-op  residences 

•challenge  Administration  to  put  a 
freeze  on  ancillary  fees 
(extra  user  fees  for  current  services) 


This  year  I  specifically  fought  for  and  won: 

•a  one  year  freeze  of  the  Athletics  fee  in  '94-'95 
while  creating  a  balanced  Athletics  Budget. 

•a  one  year  freeze  of  all  Carleton  parking  fees 
for  '94-'95. 


BRENDA  KENNEDY 

BOARD  OF  GOVERNORS 


BRENDA  KENNEDY'S  experience  on  the  Presidential  Advisory  Committee  on 
Personal  Safety  has  proven  she  knows  now  to  effectively  deal  with  the 
University  Administration.  She  successf  ully  fought  to  maintain  the  Safety  Van 
last  summer  after  the  University  proposed  to  discontinue  this  important 
service.  On  issues  like  cafeteria  prices,  tuition 
fees,  safety,  sports  funding,  and  the  quality  of 
your  education.  BRENDA  KENNEDY  will  con- 
tinue to  STAND  UP  FOR  YOUR  RIGHTS.  Only 
with  a  representative  who  has  a  proven 
record  in  effectively  lobbying  Adminis- 
tration can  students  ha  ve  a  strong  voice 
on  the  Board  of  Governors. 


BRENDA  KENNEDY  will  be  that  representative. 


Stand  UP  For  Your  Rights 


RIGHT  NOW 


BOARD  OF  GOVERNORS     2  scats  to  be  elected 

PC.  10 


TODD 


McAllister 


Corporate  Sponsorship 
Fiscal  responsibility 


BOARD  OF 

GOVERNORS 


mi 

•fH 


The  Board  of  Governors  is  the  highest 
governing  body  on  campus.  The  Board 
has  authority  on  setting  the  University 
budget,  setting  the  level  of  tuition  and 
deciding  on  new  construction  projects. 

There  are  only  two  undergraduate 
students  on  the  Board. 


RE-ELECT 


BOARD  OF 
GOVERNORS 


To  be  an  effective  representative  on 
the  Board  of  Governors,  you  need 
a  candidate  with  an  awareness 
of  student  issues 
and  hands  on 
administrative 
experience... 

•  Directly  lobbyed 
the  Minister  of 
Colleges  and 
Universities 

•  supervised  $200,000 
Orientation  budget 


•  productively  participated  '  ^ 
in  numerous  campus  committees 


/ 


•  co-ordinated  a  wide  range  ot  student  activites 

•  in-depth  knowledge  of  the  Administrative  stucture 
of  Carleton  University 


I 


Richard 

CO 

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of 

Governors 

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W 


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WENDY 


*  ELECTED  2  TERMS  AS  CUSA 
FINANCIAL  COMMITTEE  CHAIR 

*  PRIVATE  SECTOR  FINANCIAL 
CONSULTANT 

*  FORMER  MANAGER  OF  2  BARS 

*  NUG  REPRESENTATIVE 

*  3RD  YEAR  ECONOMICS  STUDENT 


BOARD  OF  GOVERNORS 


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The  Charlatan  ■  March  31,  1994 


NEWS 


Board  to  choose  tuition  hikes 


by  Jill  Mahoney 

Charlatan  Staff 

Two  days  before  the  end  of  final  ex- 
ams, Carleton's  board  of  directors  will 
decide  how  much  to  increase  tuition. 

When  it  meets  on  April  27,  the  board 
can  make  the  decision  now  that  the  On- 
tario government  has  announced  that 
universities  can  increase  tuition  by  up  to 
ten  per  cent  for  each  of  the  next  two 
years. 

The  32-member  board  of  governors  is 
the  highest  decision-making  body  at 
Carleton.  It's  made  up  of  students,  fac- 
ulty, administrators  and  community  rep- 
resentatives. 

If  the  board  votes  to  increase  tuition  at 
Carleton  by  the  maximum  amount  al- 
lowed, full-time  undergraduate  students 
will  pay  $202  more  in  most  programs 
next  year,  and  $223  more  in  1995-96. 

But  universities  do  not  have  to  in- 
crease tuition  by  the  amount  set  out  by 
the  provincial  government's  Ministry  of 
Education  and  Training  last  week,  or 
even  at  all. 

Board  secretary  Charles  Watt  says  there 
has  been  a  tradition  of  tuition  increases 
to  the  maximum  amount  allowed  at 
Carleton. 

"The  history  of  it  is  that  universities, 
almost  without  exception,  everjryear  do 
what  the  ministry  says." 

For  each  of  the  last  three  years,  the 
province  has  allowed  Ontario  universi- 
ties to  increase  tuition  by  seven  per  cent 
and  Carleton  has  done  just  that. 


Watt  says  tuition  makes  up  about  25 
per  cent  of  the  university's  revenue.  He 
says  universities  usually  increase  tuition 
as  much  as  they  can. 

"When  the  government  announces 
an  increase  of  X,  they  (universities)  take 
X,"  he  says.  "The  universities  don't  take 
less  because  the  universities  need  the 
money." 

Maureen  O'Neil,  chair  of  the  board  of 
governors 


why  universities  have  to  raise  tuition  by 
the  maximum  amount  every  year.  She 
says  she  will  try  to  persuade  the  board 
into  reaching  a  compromise  about  the 
increase. 

"My  initial  proposal  would  be  for  it  to 
be  at  the  level  of  inflation  —  one  or  two 
per  cent." 

Dewar  says  a  student  presence  at  the 
board  meeting  is  important. 
—  "I  hope 

"I  hope  the  students  will  be  there  stu- 
giving  a  good  presentation  and 
talking  about  their  own 
difficult  experiences." 
Marion  Dewar 


and  a  com- 
munity rep- 
resentative, 
agrees  that 
universities 
have  finan- 
cial  prob- 
lems. 
"1  think 

that  all  uni-  ^h^hmmh^^^^^^^m 

versifies  are  — — — — — 
in  extremely  difficult  positions  and  very 
few  are  going  to  avoid  increasing  tui- 
tion," says  O'Neil. 

She  says  she  will  vote  in  favor  of  this 
year's  tuition  increase.  But  O'Neil  says  it 
is  important  that  access  to  education  be 
maintained  through  a  changed  system 
of  student  loans. 

Marion  Dewar,  a  board  member  and 
former  mayor  of  Ottawa,  says  she  has 
concerns  about  increasing  tuition  because 
it  prevents  some  students  from  going  to 
university. 

Dewar,  who  voted  against  the  tuition 
increase  last  year,  says  she  doesn't  see 


dents  will 
be  there 
giving  a 
good  pres- 
entation 
and  talking 
about  their 
own  diffi- 
i^Bii^HMHM  cult  experi- 
~ ~~ "™ —~ — ences." 

Elaine  Silver,  an  undergraduate  stu- 
dent representative  on  the  board,  says 
she  hopes  the  board  will  recognize  tui- 
tion increases  are  becoming  "yearly 
events." 

"Tuition  was  supposed  to  go  up  peri- 
odically and  that's  not  what's  happen- 
ing." 

She  says  there  are  other  ways  the 
university  can  raise  money,  like  corpo- 
rate sponsorship. 

"I  imagine  that  I  won't  be  voting  in 
favor  of  a  tuition  increase.  I'm  pretty 
dam  sure." 

Ivan  Fellegi,  the  board's  vice-chair  and 


chief  statistician  at  Statistics  Canada, 
voted  for  the  tuition  increase  last  year, 
but  says  he  doesn't  know  how  he  will  vote 
this  year. 

"I  will  have  to  see  the  whole  financial 
picture  and  what  the  trade-offs  are  in 
academics,  the  student-teacher  ratio," 
he  says. 

Kate  Thome,  the  board's  support  staff 
representative,  who  also  voted  to  increase 
tuition  last  year,  says  she  is  waiting  until 
a  financial  committee  meeting  on  April 
20  where  it  will  review  the  budget. 

"At  that  point,  I'm  sure  the  students 
will  be  making  a  presentation,"  says 
Thome. 

The  committee,  which  will  review  the 
budget  and  make  a  recommendation  on 
a  tuition  increase  to  the  board,  is  com- 
posed of  20  board  members.  These  in- 
clude O'Neil,  Thome,  university  presi- 
dent Robin  Farquhar,  undergraduate  stu- 
dent representatives  Lucy  Watson  and 
Elaine  Silver  and  graduate  student  repre- 
sentative Vlad  Zhivov. 

But  she  says  the  board  is  in  a  tough 
position. 

"I  think  that  they're  terribly  aware  of 
how  short  funds  are  and  how  the  univer- 
sity needs  the  money.  On  the  other  hand, 
they're  very  concerned  about  student 
welfare." 

Stuart  Adam,  dean  of  arts  and  a  new 
member  on  the  board,  says  he  will  be 
supporting  the  increase. 

"Ifs  driven  as  far  as  I  can  see  by 
necessity,"  he  says.  □ 


Admin  not  saving  as  much  as  it  can 


by  Caron  Watt 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton  University's  administration 
could  be  doing  more  to  save  money,  says 
the  business  agent  of  the  Canadian  Un- 
ion of  Public  Employees  Local  2323. 

Brian  Edgecombe  says  he's  concerned 
about  administration's  spending  when 
he  sees  figures  like  $9.3  million  being 
spent  on  salaries  for  1 30  senior  adminis- 
trators. 

"It  doesn't  include  benefits,  it  doesn't 
include  pensions,  it  doesn't  include  any- 
thing else.  It  just  includes  the  flat  number 
for  salaries,"  he  says. 

The  figures  Edgecombe  cited  were  sub- 
mitted to  the  provincial  government  by 
Carleton's  administration  last  July  be- 
cause of  social  contract  legislation  and 
they  were  made  available  to  campus 
union  locals. 

The  Ontario  government's  social  con- 
tract is  a  money-saving  initiative  forcing 
public  institutions  like  universities  to  cut 
budget  costs.  The  group  of  130  senior 
administrators  includes  deans,  vice-presi- 
dents, president,  and  senior  people  in 
administrative  — — — — — — — ~ 


Admin  building,  er,  Robertson  Hall  decisions,  decisions. 


offices. 

Edgecombe 
says  30  senior 
academic  ad- 
ministrators 
such  as  deans 
and  school  di- 
rectors make 
an  average  of 
$91,900eacha 
year.  Another 
100  senior  staff 
in  administra- 


figures  to  The  Charlatan. 

Edgecombe  says  Carleton  President 
Robin  Farquhar  agreed  to  go  over  job 
descriptions  with  him,  but  did  not  agree 
to  reveal  salary  figures. 

But  administration  has  advertised  on 

  campus  and  in 

— " """^ ~~  a  publication 
called  University 
Affairs  for  the 
new  position  of 
associate  vice- 
president  of  fi- 
nance and  ad- 
ministration. 
The  deadline  for 
applications  is 
prof.  Larry  Black  on  the  hiring  April  15.  The 
Of  administrators  salary  range  for 
tne  position  is 

^^^^^^^—B^"^"^^™^^—  listedatbetween 


but  there  has  been  an 
overall  net  reduction  in 
administrative  posi- 
tions. 

Bill  Pickett,  director 
of  the  office  of  budget 
planning,  says  there 
has  been  a  reduction  of 
about  12  administra- 
tive positions,  out  of 
about  1,000  total  ad- 
ministrators. 

"All  over  the  rest  of 
the  university  when 
someone  retires  or 
leaves,  the  position  isn't 
u,  filled  at  all,"  says  Larry 
c  Black,  a  history  profes- 
sor at  Carleton. 

Black  says  he  ques- 
tions whether  there  is  a  need  for  the  new 
position,  and  whether  administration  is 
using  its  resources  in  the  best  possible 


way. 

But  administrators  say  they're  mak- 
ing the  necessary  cuts. 

"The  social  contract  required  an  ex- 
penditure reduction  of  about  $4.8  mil- 
lion," says  Pickett.  "And  that  is  being 
made  through  unpaid  leave  and  reduc- 
tions in  the  pension  contributions." 

Unpaid  leave  and  pension  reductions 
amount  to  about  a  five  per  cent  decrease 
in  salaries,  says  Riordon. 

Overall,  the  university  has  cut  close  to 
$  10  million  dollars  from  last  year's  budget 
of  $160  million,  with  the  implementa- 
tion of  an  expenditure  control  plan  this 
year,  says  Pickett. 

"Basically,  people  are  just  having  to 
do  things  smarter,"  says  Pickett.  "We're 
having  to  do  more  with  less  resources." 

He  says  the  university  is  unable  to  hire 


SPENDING  cont'd  on  page  8. 


"All  over  the  rest  of  the 
university  when  someone 
retires  or  leaves,  the 
position  isn't  filled  at  all." 


tive  depart- 
ments such  as  the  business  and  Person- 
nel offices  make  an  average  of 

The  university  employs  about  1,huo 
full-time  and  1 ,200part-time  employees, 
says  Spruce  Riordon,  the  university  s  vice 
presidentoffinanceandadministration. 

Riordon  refused  to  release  any  salary 


$91,117  to  $122,230. 

The  responsibilities  listed  include  over- 
seeing day-to-day  operation  of  depart- 
ments including  physical  plant,  the  de- 
partment of  university  safety  and  athlet- 
ics and  recreation. 

Riordon  says  the  position  isa  new  one, 


"Springtime  at 
Carleton"  was  brought 
to  you  by  the  kids  at 
the  COLONEL  BY 
DAYCARE  on  campus: 
Lee  Van  Adel 
Rebecca  Borquez 
Noah  Darville-Jennings 
Jeffrey  Lefebure 
Stephanie  Mayer 
George  McPherson 
Isaac  Naponse 
Colin  James  Ross 


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March  31,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  3 


Groups  monitoring  CKCU,  says  manager 


by  Michael  Mainville 

Charlatan  Slad 

In  light  of  recent  complaints,  CKCU's 
station  manager  says  he  believescertain 
broadcasts  are  being  monitored  by  right- 
wing  organizations. 

"More  than  one  right-wing  organiza- 
tion has  been  monitoring  the  show," 
says  Max  Wallace. 

In  the  last  few  months,  three  formal 
complaints  have  been  filed  with  the  Ca- 
nadian Radio-television  and  Telecom- 
munication Commission  against  Defi- 
ant Voices,  CKCU's  gay  and  lesbian  is- 
sues program.  The  CRTC  is  Canada's 
national  broadcast  regulator  and  has  the 
power  to  grant  and  revoke  stations'  li- 


Max  Wallace:  Facing  complaints. 


The  Catholic  Civil  Rights  League  filed 
two  complaints  in  January  alleging  that 
music  and  comments  made  by  co-hosts 
of  Defiant  Voices  were  offensive  to  Catho- 
lics. 

On  the  Dec.  1  show,  GibbsandDurant 
said  "perhapswhen  the  Catholic  Church 
leams  to  stop  persecuting  people,  we  can 
leam  to  stop  persecuting  it."  After  Eady 
broadcast  an  editorial  response  on  the 
Dec.  8  show,  Gibbs  and  Durant  played 
the  songs  "B-B-Q  Pope"  by  the  Butthole 
Surfers  and  "Will  the  Fetus  Be  Aborted" 
by  lello  Biafra  and  Mojo  Nfxon. 

Another  lobby  group,  REAL  Women, 
complained  this  month  over  comments 
made  by  Gibbs  on  the  March  2  show. 
Gibbs  criticized  a  section  of  a  press 
release  dealing  with 
REAL  Women's  state- 
ment that  legislation 
on  sexual  orientation 
proposed  by  the  On- 
tario government 
would  likely  be  op- 
posed by  the  major- 
ity of  Canadians. 

The  complaint  al- 
leges that  Gibbs  dam- 
aged REAL  Women's 
reputation  by  equat- 
ing the  organization 
with  racist  views. 

Gibbs  denies  that 
he  called  REAL 
Women  a  racist  or- 
ganization. 

Wallace  says  in- 
formation included 
in  the  groups'  letters 


to  the  CRTC  are  what  prompted  him  to 
believe  CKCU  is  being  monitored. 

"REAL  Women,  one  of  Canada's  most 
notorious  right-wing  organizations  made 
a  complaint  about  the  show  and  they 
had  whole  passages  transcribed." 

But  Gwen  Landolt,  national  president 
ofREAL  Women,  sayswhile  group  mem- 
bers sometimes  tape  the  show,  she  denies 
they  periodically  monitor  it. 

"We  don't  monitor  (the  station),  but 
some  broadcasts  we  do  tape." 

She  says  the  broadcast,  which  caused 
the  organization  to  complain  to  the  CRTC, 
happened  to  be  heard  by  one  of  their 
members  and  was  subsequently  taped. 
But  Wallace  says  that's  ridiculous. 
"Obviously  she's  not  going  to  admit 
that  they  were  consciously  monitoring  it. 


But  what  is  one  woman  from  REAL 
Women  doing  taping  (Defiant  Voices)?" 

Gibbs  says  he  is  also  suspicious  that 
the  station  is  being  monitored  because 
both  complaints  to  the  CRTC  included 
transcripts  of  the  Defiant  Voices  broad- 
casts. 

"Huge  sections  of  the  show  were  quoted 
in  the  letter  so  it  was  taped, "  says  Gibbs. 

But  Gibbs  says  he  will  not  be  intimi- 
dated by  these  organizations. 

"I'm  quite  aware  that  they're  listen- 
ing, so  I'll  just  have  a  good  time  with  it," 
says  Gibbs. 

Wallace  says  he  is  proud  the  station  is 
being  monitored. 

"It  shows  that  we're  making  a  differ- 
ence. Our  mandate  is  to  be  controver- 
sial." □ 


Dunton  Tower:  It's  a  smokin' 


by  Ryan  Ward 

Charlatan  Staff 

Dunton  Tower  was  smoking  after  a 
fire  around  10:25  a.m.  on  March  30. 

Capt.  John  Wortley,  fire  chief  of  the 
Ottawa  Fire  Department,  says  the  fire 
started  by  the  steps  of  Dunton  Tower  on 
the  west  side  of  the  building,  facing  the 
Unicentre. 

Wortley  says  someone  threw  a  ciga- 
rette butt  beside  the  steps,  causing  some 
newsprint  and  leaves  to  catch  fire.  He 
says  there  was  no  damage  to  the  build- 
ing. 

Some  students  saw  the  smoke  and 
were  wondering  what  was  going  on. 

"  I  was  getting  off  the  bus  and  headi  ng 
towards  the  tunnels  when  my  friend  told 


me  to  look  (at  Dunton  Tower),"  says 
witness  Josiah  Cook.  "I  looked  over  and 
saw  a  bike,  a  bike  rack  and  a  whole  lot  of 
smoke." 

Ron  Campbell,  a  Carleton  fire  preven- 
tion officer  for  the  department  of  univer- 
sity safety,  says  he  will  personally  over- 
see the  area  to  prevent  another  fire. 

"I'm  going  to  keep  a  better  eye  on  it 
myself  and  I'll  call  buildings  and  grounds 
so  they  won't  have  to  worry  about  check- 
ing on  it  all  the  time." 

He  says  a  witness  called  the  depart- 
ment of  university  safety  to  report  the 
fire.  Department  of  university  safety  of- 
ficer Murray  Thomas  was  called  at  10:26 
a.m.  to  the  tower  and  pulled  the  fire 
alarm,  he  says.  □ 


Our  Spring/Summer  collection  continues  the 
Prospector  tradition  of  creating  the  finest  outdoor 
footwear  in  the  world.  We  know  of  no  other  manufacturer 
that  spends  more  time,  devotes  more  care,  or  uses  finer 
materials  in  the  construction  of  their  footwear.  In  fact,  we 
believe  in  the  superior  quality  of  our  footwear  so  much, 
we'll  replace  your  soles  free  of  charge  if  they  ever  wear 
out  or  break  down.  ^ 


Guaranteed 
for  as  long  as 
you  own  the  feet 
you  bought 
them  for. 

Take  $5  on  us. 

To  receive  your  $5  along  with  postage  reimbursement, 
send  this  coupon  with  your  original  receipt  and  the  completed 
guarantee  card  to: 

H.H.  Brown.  P.O.  Box  950.  Richmond,  Quebec  JOB  2H0. 
Footwear  must  have  been  purchased  after  March  1st,  1994.  Limit  one 
coupon  per  customer.  Offer  expires  June  oO,  1 994. 
Prospector  footwear  is  available  at:  Mark's  Work  Wearhouse. 
Foot  locker,  Eaton's,  Brown  Shoes,  The  Boot  Shop.  Calderone, 
W  ork  World.  Next  Step.  Sporting  Lite, 
Apples  Saddlery.  Urban  Trails.  Arlies  Sport  Shop. 
Winnipeg  Fur  Exchange.  Pavane,  R  "3?  R, 
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4  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  31,  1994 


Volunteer  bureau  a  wonderful  place  to  be 

hv  .Ineiia  Dnlu   .  . 


by  Josee  Bellemare 

Charlatan  Staff 

In  the  last  of  a  series  about  services 
this  year.  The  Charlatan  profiles  the  Car- 
leton  Volunteer  Bureau. 

Carleton's  student  services  and  their  co- 
ordinators are  funded  out  of  the  $80-95 
annual  fee  each  undergraduate  student  pays 
totheCarletonUniversityStudents' Associa- 
tion. Carleton's  Volunteer  Bureau  is  one  of 
these  services. 

The  co-ordinator  of  Carleton's  Volun- 
teer Bureau  says  she  likes  to  help  stu- 
dents find  out  what  volunteer  opportuni- 
ties are  available  on  and  off  campus. 

"I  feel  volunteer  experience  is  impor- 
tant to  give  direction  for  students  in  de- 
ciding on  their  major,  or  for  career  possi- 
bilities," says  lulie  Nelson. 

The  Volunteer  Centre  of  Ottawa-Car- 
leton  provides  Carleton's  Volunteer  Bu- 
reau, now  in  its  fourth  year  of  operation, 
with  a  database  to  guide  students  to 


organizationswhich  need  volunteers.  The 
database  has  about  800  volunteer  jobs 
available  to  students. 

Nelson  says  about  eight  students  come 
in  every  week  looking  for  volunteer  work 
in  their  field  of  study  to  gain  career- 
related  experience. 

"By  volunteering,  (students)  can  help 
an  organization  and  help  themselves," 
she  says. 

She  says  September  and  January  were 
the  busiest  months  —  about  12  to  15 
students  each  week  came  to  look  for 
volunteerplacements. 

Practical  experience  helps  students 
decide  on  career  choices  when  they  look 
for  a  paving  job. 

Nelson  says  95  per  cent  of  the  volun- 
teer jobs  are  off  campus.  She  says  most 
students  ask  for  positions  in  hospitals,  or 
at  the  Ottawa  Board  of  Education  as 
volunteer  teaching  assistants. 

In  the  first  week  of  February,  Nelson 


says  the  Vol- 
unteer Bu- 
reau offered 
50  free  T- 
shirts  for  stu- 
dents who 
registered  at 
the  bureau. 
During  the 
first  week,  she 
says  about  25 
to  30  students 
wanted  to  vol- 
unteer, in- 
cluding 12 
students  the 
first  day.  The 
Carleton  Uni- 
versity Stu-  „ 

dents'  Asso-  Bureau  co-ordinator  [title  Nelson:  looking  for  volunteers. 

ciation  pays  for  the  service,  with  a  total  spent  up  to  $18,000  on  rent,  office  sup- 
budgetofabout$27,0O0forthel993-94.    plies,  publicity,  and  other  expenses  by 

the  end  of  February.  □ 


Nelson  says  the  Volunteer  Bureau  had 


New  and  improved  CUSA  election?  Not  really 


by  Mike  Peters 

Charlatan  Staff 

If  the  first-day  of  the  Carleton  Univer- 
sity Students'  Association  election  is  any 
indication,  voter  turnout  for  this  year's 
second  election  might  be  down  a  bit  from 
the  original  one  in  February. 

About  750  presidential  ballots  were 
cast  March  29  on  the  first  day  of  voting, 
says  Jason  Giroux,  Elections  Carleton's 
assistant  electoral  officer. 

Atthat  pace,  about  2,250  ballots  will 
be  cast  when  the  polls  close  at  6:10  p.m. 
March  31  —  down  from  2,825  in  Febru- 
ary's election. 

In  the  1993  presidential  election,  2,389 
ballots  were  cast,  including  about  1,000 


on  the  first  day. 

This  year's  entire  CUSA  election  in 
February  was  overturned  because  CU- 
SA's  constitutional  board  ruled  that  the 
electoral  code  was  violated  during  the 
campaign  and  polling  periods. 

Some  students  say  they  are  concerned 
that  the  recall  of  the  first  election  has 
increased  apathy  among  students. 

Ryan  Henderson,  a  first-year  arts  stu- 
dent, says  he  has  votedbut  doesn't  blame 
students  for  being  apathetic. 

"It's  (CUSA's)  own  fault— they  should 
have  been  responsible  enough  to  get  it 
right  the  firsttime.  It's  a  waste  of  money . " 

"It's  too  bad,"  says  Kevin  Lacey,  a  first- 
year  political  science  student  and  arts 


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candidate  in  the 
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"People  feel  that 
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contribute  a  second 
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portant." 

Ballot  counting 
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close  March  31 .  The 
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March  31,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  S 


The  school  year 
in  graphics . . . 


. . .  and  headlines 

Compiled  by  Mario  Carlucci,  Brent  Dowdall  and  Ryan  Nakashima 


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September  23,  1993 
"Carleton  drops  out  of  Maclean's  sur- 
vey" 

After  being  ranked  44th  in  the  1991 
survey  and  spending  $  1 00,000  to  collect 
dataforthe  1992survey,  President  Robin 
Farquhar  chose  not  to  send  any  data  to 
M(3c/ean'5forl993. 

Farquhar  said  compiling  the  data  for 
the  survey  would  cost  the  university  too 
much  money. 

Maclean 's  went  ahead  and  used  Carle- 
ton's  data  from  last  year's  survey,  in 
which  Carleton  finished  sixth  in  the  "com- 
prehensive universities"  category. 

Based  on  the  old  data  (and  with  the 
penalty  system  used  by  Macleon's  for 
non-participants),  Carleton  finished 
ninth  out  of  1 2  schools  in  1 993 . 

October  21, 1993 
"Watson  a  no-show  at  BOG" 
In  October,  it  was  revealed  that  CUSA 
President  Lucy  Watson  hadn't  been  to 
her  board  of  governors  meetings,  a  posi- 
tion to  which  she  had  been  elected  to  fill. 
The  board  is  the  highest  decision-mak- 
ing body  at  the  university,  with  only  two 
undergraduate  student  representatives. 

November  4,  1993 

"Board  rules  in  labor  dispute" 

CUSA  Incorporated  received  a  jolt  in 
November  when  all  its  160  employees 
were  unionized  by  the  Ontario  Labor 
Relations  Board. 

The  board  automatically  unionized 
CUSA  employees  because  it  ruled  that 
CUSA  had  interfered  with  attempts  to 
organize  a  union  in  the  summer. 

Negotiations  with  the  union  for  a  col- 
lective agreement  are  scheduled  to  begin 
in  April. 

November  4,  1993 

"Local  business  seeks  space  at  Carle- 
ton" 

Bruce  Firestone,  founder  of  the  Na- 
tional Hockey  League's  Ottawa  Senators 
and  new  owner  of  the  Canadian  Football 
League's  Ottawa  Rough  Riders,  wanted 
to  put  a  summer  entertainment  park  in 
the  field  called  the  North  40,  in  the  north- 
east comer  of  campus. 

The  Carleton  University  Development 
Corporation,  a  university-owned  corpo- 
ration which  deals  with  development  on 
campus,  rejected  the  proposal  later  in 
November. 

Incidentally,  The  Ottawa  Citizen  re- 
ported March  25  that  Firestone  was  just 
hired  to  teach  real  estate  development  as 
a  sessional  lecturer  in  the  schools  of  busi- 
ness and  architecture. 


February  10, 1994 

"Memos  question  out-of-class  con- 
duct" 

A  memo  to  departmental  chairs  and 
directors  by  CUSA  director  of  services 
Theresa  Cowan  sparked  debate  over 
whether  professors  should  socialize  with 
students  after  class. 

The  memo  warned  professors  against 
socializing  with  students  because  it  might 
lead  to  an  unfair  advantage  for  some 
students  over  others. 

As  is  customary,  the  mainstream  me- 
dia saw  the  issue  as  an  opportunity  to 
criticize  "political  correctness"  ratherthan 
address  issues  like  harassment  and 
favoritism. 

February  10, 1994 

"Farquhar slams  zero  tolerance  policy" 

Academic  freedom  versus  freedom 
from  discrimination.  That  was  the  argu- 
ment over  the  provincial  government's 
policy  framework  to  forbid  speech  that 
harasses  an  individual  or  group  on  uni- 
versity campuses. 

Carleton  professors  signed  a  petition 
opposing  it  because  they  said  it  would 
interfere  with  academic  freedom. 

In  early  February,  Farquhar  refused  to 
review  Carleton 's  anti-discrimination 
policy  as  requested  by  the  government. 
He  said  Carleton  already  has  policies  in 
place  to  prevent  discrimination. 

March  10, 1994 

"CUSA  election  tossed:  here  we  go 
again" 

CUSA  council  didn't  have  enough  votes 
to  overturn  a  constitutional  board  ruling 
which  said  the  previous  election  would 
have  to  be  re-done  because  of  polling 
flaws. 

Rene  Faucher,  the  outgoing  finance 
commissioner,  said  he  was  upset  CUSA 
council  upheld  the  board  ruling  and  said 
council  was  seeing  "red  skies  and  uni- 
corns." Presumably,  he  meantthey  were 
too  idealistic  for  hoping  a  CUSA  election 
could  be  handled  properly. 

Earlier,  in  December,  a  CUSA  referen- 
dum to  increase  fees  to  the  student  lobby 
group  Canadian  Federation  of  Students 
was  thrown  out  because  a  "No"  commit- 
tee was  not  allowed  to  campaign. 


March  17, 1994 

"Strike  rejected  by  CUPE  2323:  TAs 
and  RAs  accept  Admin's  final  offer" 

After  almost  a  year  of  back  and  forth 
negotiation  with  the  university,  CUPE 


WITH  HONORS  ? 


HEADLINE  cont'd  on  page  8. 


What  an  honor  to  be  on  the  Honor  Role, 
and  we  would  like  to  honor  you  further  by 
helping  to  get  your  nose  out  of  the 
books  and  sending  you  to  see  the  movie 
WITH  HONORS. 

For  those  of  you  who  fit  the  bill  come  up  to 
The  Charlatan  office,  to  pick  up  your  passes  on 
these  honorary  dates  April  13,  14,  15. 

Passes  are  limited,  and  honorable  only  at  the  special  screening. 


THANK  YOU 

We  would  like  to  add  a  big  TMANK  YOU  to  all  of  our 
advertisers  for  helping  us  make  93/94  a  success  at 
The  Charlatan. 

Schadillac  Saloon:  for  sponsoring  our  sports  Trivia  Contest 
Baxfer's:\ot  sponsoring  our  weekly  hockey  pool 
Grand  Central:  for  all  the  great  concert  tickets 
Cache/and  countless  others  for  the  many  goodies  they've 
given  throughout  the  year. 

See  y'all  in  September! 


6  •  ffie  Charlatan  •  March  31,  1994 


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SPENDING  cont'd  from  page  3. 


more  people  to  handle  the  increasing 
student  population.  This  year,  the  over- 
all increase  in  undergraduate  students 
was  five  per  cent,  says  Pickett.  He  says 
next  year's  increase  is  expected  to  be 
between  two  and  three  per  cent. 

Each  year,  administration  must  sub- 
mit its  budget  to  the  board  of  governors. 
The  board's  finance  committee  has  the 
power  to  veto  and  make  amendments  to 
the  budget. 

The  board  is  made  up  of  32  members, 
including  three  students,  members  of  the 
community,  Carleton  President  Robin 


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8  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  31,  1994 


Farquhar,  and  other  faculty  and  non- 
academic  staff. 

Students  can  exercise  some  power  on 
how  administration  spends  its  money, 
says  Lucy  Watson,  finance  committee 
member  and  Carleton  University  Stu- 
dents' Association  president. 

Students  can  lobby  the  board  of  gover- 
nors and  ask  questions,  she  says. 

As  a  student  board  member,  Watson 
says  it's  often  hard  for  her  to  balance 
student  concerns  with  the  interests  of  the 
university,  because  the  board's  main  in- 
terest is  that  of  the  university  as  a  whole, 
not  just  the  students  and  staff.  □ 


HEADLINE  cont'd  from  page  6. 


2323's  teaching  assistants,  research  as- 
sistants and  sessional  lecturers  decided  to 
accept  five  more  hours  of  work  per  year 
for  its  graduates. 

After  a  Feb.  17  vote  to  strike,  and  a 
final  mediation  round  March  7,  the  un- 
ion local  finally  agreed  to  the  university's 
final  offer.  The  evening  of  March  10, 
after  a  few  tense  hours  of  ballot-count- 
ing, those  members  who  had  voted  to 
strike  in  February  swung  back  to  accept 
the  university's  offer.  About  55  per  cent 
of  those  who  voted  chose  to  accept  the 
work  increase.  Michel  Roy,  president  of 


CUPE  2323,  cried. 

March  24, 1994 

"NOP  declares  war  on  students" 

The  provincial  NDP  government  an- 
nounced a  staggering  10  per  cent  tuition 
hike  each  year  for  the  next  two  years, 
waiting  until  the  last  minute  before  On- 
tario universities  start  planning  their 
budgets  for  next  year. 

The  Council  of  Ontario  Universities, 
an  organization  of  senior  university  ad- 
ministrators, made  a  proposal  in  August 
toraisetuitionbyabout50percenteach 
year  for  the  next  two  years.  Ten  per  cent 
still  amounted  to  an  extra  $425  over  the 
next  two  years.  □ 


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by  Michael  Mainville 

Charlatan  Staff 

Carleton  students  will  face  one  of  the 
highest  tuition  increases  in  Canada  for 
next  year  if  the  university's  board  of 
governors  votes  to  hike  tuition  the  maxi- 
mum amount  allowed  by  the  province. 

On  March  23,  Ontario  Minister  of 
Education  and  Training  Dave  Cooke  an- 
nounced that  the  provincial  NOP  gov- 
ernment would  allow  universities  to  in- 
crease tuition  by  up  to  10  per  cent  each 
year  for  the  next  two  years. 

Compared  to  other  tuition  increases 
in  Canada,  which  range  from  zero  to  12 
per  cent,  Ontario's  hike  is  one  of  the 
highest.  With  the  increase,  Carleton  arts 
students  will  pay  about  $2,450  in  tuition 
by  1 995-96,  which  places  it  in  the  middle 
of  the  pack  for  tuition  among  Canadian 
universities. 

Reaction  to  the  hike 

Carl  Gillis,  chair  of  the  Canadian  Fed- 
eration of  Students,  says  the  latest  tuition 
increase  means  "more  barriers  in  terms 
of  people  going  to  school." 

Gillis  says  students  are  frustrated  with 
the  NDP  government's  decision. 

"A  lot  of  students  were  betrayed  and 
lied  to  by  the  government,"  says  Gillis. 

He  says  members  of  the  NDP  govern- 
ment have  betrayed  students  because 
their  1990  election  campaign  included 
promises  to  freeze  and  eventually  elimi- 
nate tuition  for  Ontario  post-secondary 
institutions. 

However,  the  Ontario  government  has 
blamed  tuition  increases  on  the  freeze  in 
federal  transfer  payments  to  the  prov- 
inces for  education  and  welfare.  The  fed- 
eral budget,  released  Feb.  22,  removed  $2 
billion  from  projected  transfers  of  funds 
to  the  provinces. 

Kathy  Chapeskie,  communications 
officer  for  the  Council  of  Ontario  Univer- 
sities, says  the  tuition  hike  "is  a  step  in 
the  right  direction."  The  council  is  an 
advisory  body  to  the  government  com- 
posed of  Ontario's  university  presidents. 


Last  August,  the  council  published  a 
report  to  the  province  recommending 
tuition  increases  of  30  to  50  per  cent. 

Chapeskie  says  she  hopes  other  prov- 
inces across  the  country  adopt  the  same 
sort  of  increases. 

Gillis  disagrees.  He  says  Ontario's  tui- 
tion increase  sets  a  bad  example  for  other 
provinces. 

"It's  a  bad  precedent  for  the  rest  of  the 


president,  says  students  were  appalled 
with  the  board's  decision. 

In  Alberta,  the  Tory  government  has 
announced  itwould  cut  education  fund- 
ing by  $300  million  dollars,  21  per  cent 
over  the  next  three  years. 

To  compensate  for  the  lack  of  provin- 
cial funding,  the  University  of  Calgary 
raisedtuitionbyl2percentfornextyear, 
the  maximum  allowable  amount. 

We're 


Going  up?  The  cost  of  Canadian 
university  education 

Here  are  some  tuition  fee  statistics  for  full-time  arts  students  at  selected 
universities  across  the  country  in  1993-94,  based  on  Statistics  Canada 
information. 

As  well,  the  percentage  of  increase  expected  for  1 994-95  is  listed. 


U  of  Victoria 
Mount  Allison 
McGill 
Carleton 


1993-94 

$2,224 
$2,890 
$1,632 
$2,026 


%  increase  for  1994-95 

9.65 
0 

1.9 
10 


country,  to  the  extent  that  everyone  looks 
to  someone  who  justifies  the  position 
they  want  to  take,"  says  Gillis. 

Hie  cost  of  education 

Most  other  provinces  have  already  set 
tuition  levels  for  next  year.  In  B.C.,  the 
NDP  also  promised  a  freeze  on  tuition 
when  it  came  to  power  in  1991. 

Since  there  is  no  government  regula- 
tion of  tuition  fees  in  B.C.,  individual 
universities'  governing  bodies  set  tuition 
increases.  However,  the  increases  must 
be  approved  by  the  Ministry  of  Educa- 
tion. 

The  B.C.  government  refused  to  ap- 
prove any  tuition  increases  for  1992-93, 
but  recommended  a  maximum  tuition 
hike  of  9.65  per  cent  for  1993-94. 

In  March,  the  University  of  Victoria 
board  of  governors  unanimously  recom- 
mended a  9.65  per  cent  increase  in  tui- 
tion for  next  year. 

Janetta  Ozard,  U  Vic's  student  union 


dealing  with 
a  govern- 
ment that 
doesn't  see 
much  value 
in  post-sec- 
ondary edu- 
cation," 
says  Chima 
Nkemdirim, 
the  vice- 
president 
external  of  U 
of  C's  stu- 
dent union. 
But  while  some  western  schools  are 
seeing  sharp  increases  intuitionfornext 
year,  the  Liberal  government  in  Quebec 
announced  a  surprisingly  low  tuition 
hike. 

On  Dec.  15,  Lucienne  Robillard,  Que- 
bec's minister  of  education  and  science, 
announced  a  tuition-increase  ceiling  of 
1.9  per  cent  for  all  post-secondary  stu- 
dents. Quebec  students  already  pay  the 
lowest  tuition  in  the  country. 

Commenting  on  the  announcement, 
Marc  Luz,  president  of  the  Student's  Soci- 
ety of  McGill,  says  the  decision  not  to 
increase  tuition  this  year  was  influenced 
by  Quebec's  upcoming  election. 

Luz  says  he  thinks  the  Quebec  govern- 
ment will  compensate  for  the  lower  tui- 
tion by  cutting  funding  to  universities,  a 
less  noticeable  cost-saving  measure. 

In  the  Maritime  provinces,  students 
have  been  paying  substantially  higher 
tuition  fees  than  in  other  provinces  for 
the  last  few  years. 


Students  in  New  Brunswick,  P.E.I,  and 
Nova  Scotia  are  paying  up  to  $800  more 
per  year  in  tuition  than  most  Ontario 
students.  The  Liberal  government  of  New 
Brunswick  has  frozen  tuition  fees  at  their 
current  level  for  1994-95. 

A  ripple  effect? 

With  the  highest  tuition  costs  in 
Canada  centred  in  the  Maritimes,  stu- 
dents there  do  not  fear  massive  tuition 
increases  in  the  wake  of  Ontario's  deci- 
sion, says  Mark  Ansems,  vice-president 
of  finance  for  the  Student's  Administra- 
tive Council  at  Mount  Allison  University 
in  Sackville,  N.B. 

"If  (the  provincial  government)  didset 
highertuitionsin  the  near  future,  itwould 
be  somewhat  of  a  politically  suicidal 
move,"  he  says. 

But  Gillis  says  it  is  inevitable  that 
otherprovincial  governments  will  follow 
the  trend  set  by  Ontario's  NDP  govern- 
ment. 

"I'm  sure  there  will  be  some  ministers 
of  education  provinciaily,  and  some  pre- 
miers looking  at  what's  taking  place  here 
with  some  level  of  glee,  because  it  gives 
them,  at  least  in  some  perverse  way, 
justification  (to  raise  tuition)  in  their  own 
provinces." 

At  U  Vic,  Ozard  says  she  also  fears  the 
large  Ontario  hike  will  set  a  precedent  for 
future  tuition  increases  in  B.C. 

"We  find  that  things  happen  in  Cen- 
tral or  Eastern  Canada  and  it  moves  its 
way  back.  It  worries  us  because  often 
administrations  tend  to  legitimize  their 
increases  by  universities  from  other  prov- 
inces," says  Ozard. 

However,  some  students  outside  of 
Ontario  feel  the  hike  here  is  justified 
because  Ontario  students  continue  to 
have  tuition  fees  that  are  among  the 
lowest  in  Canada. 

Ansems  says  the  increase  in  Ontario 
"is  a  kind  of  catch-up.  it  will  help  Ontario 
schools  to  come  in  line  with  us  and  other 
eastern  schools."  □ 


Carleton  community  talks  back  to  Rae  gov't 


by  Karolina  Srutek 

Charlatan  Staff 

On  March  23,  Dave  Cooke,  the  Ontario  minister  of  education  and 
training,  announced  a  tuition  increase  ceiling  of  1 0  per  cent  each  year  over 
the  next  two  years. 

If  Ontario  universities  decide  to  raise  tuition  by  the  maximum  amount 
allowable,  students  could  be  paying  at  least  $425  more  in  tuition  by  1995- 
96. 

With  this  in  mind.  The  Charlatan  hit  the  hallways  of  Carleton  to  get 
reaction  to  this  question: 

What  are  your  feelings  on  the  20  per  cent  tuition 
increase  planned  for  students  in  the  next  two  years? 


Basically  what  the  government  is  do- 
ing is  making  education  only  for  the 
elites.  What  is  education  going  to  be- 
come? Is  it  wrong  for  it  to  be  a  right  or  is 
it  just  going  to  be  a  privilege?  I  think 
what  I'm  really  upset  about  is  no  stu- 
dents having  (the)  initiative  to  get  to- 
gether and  make  a  real  racket  about  it. 

Patricia  Sentongo  (below,  right) 

Law  III 


I'm  not  so  happy 
about  it  of  course,  but 
I  don't  know  if  we 
have  much  of  a 
choice  right  now  .  . . 
it's  kind  of  unfair. 
A  lies  ho  Green 
Commerce  III 


Yes,  I  think  ifs  a  good  thing,  because 
whenever  you  provide  a  good  to  people  at 
less  then  the  true  cost  of  producing  the  good, 
people  over-use  it.  So  charging  a  good  price 
would  ensure  that  the  people  who  most 
value  a  university  would  come  to  (univer- 
sity). 

Professor  Nicholas  Rowe 
Department  of  Economics 


I  get  OSAP,  so  unless  I  get 
more  OSAP  money  then  I  will 
find  it  hard  to  meet  the  tuition 
fees. 

Asif  Chowdhury 
Electrical  Engineering  II 


My  parents  let  me  live  at 
home  for  free  and  I  pay  my 
school,  but  I  know  if  I  had 
to  live  on  my  own  and  pay 
for  my  school  it  would  be 
absolutely  ridiculous.  I 
wouldn't  come. 

Jason  Rendell 

Psychology/ 
Anthropology  II 


March  31,  1994  ■  The  Charlatan  •  9 


Campus  cops  may  use  spray 


by  Michelle  Maruk 

The  Msniloban,  University  of  Manitoba 

University  of  Manitoba's  campus  po- 
lice may  soon  join  several  other  law 
enforcement  agencies  currently  using  a 
controversial  weapon  —  pepper  spray. 

Pepperspray  will  give  officers  an  alter- 
native to  using  other  weapons.  When 
sprayed  in  the  face  of  suspects  or  assail- 
ants, it  causes  a  burning  sensation  in 


eyes  and  skin,  nausea  and,  some  say, 
may  trigger  death. 

According  to  some  reports,  over  15 
people  have  died  after  being  shot  with 
the  spray  in  the  United  States. 

Dr.  Barry  Blakey,  a  veterinarian  toxi- 
cologist  at  the  University  of  Saskatch- 
ewan, says  the  use  of  pepper  spray  on 
people  is  relatively  safe,  provided  it  is 
used  correctly.  He  says  the  product  has 
no  long-term  effects,  but  irritation  of  the 
eyes  and  lungs  can  last  for  up  to  two 
hours  andlead  to  minor  health  problems 
such  as  coughing  and  other  infections  of 
the  eyes  and  lungs. 

"1  know  of  no  cases  where  a  person 
has  died  from  the  pepper  spray,  but  if  a 
person  does  have  heart  problems  or  is 
very  agitated  death  maybe  a  slim  possi- 
bility," says  Blakey. 

According  to  Eric  Turner,  City  of  Win- 


nipeg Police  spokesperson,  the  depart- 
ment tested  the  product  for  a  three-month 
period  with  no  problems.  Turner  also 
says  the  number  of  public  complaints 
filed  against  the  department  went  down 
during  the  test  period  because  of  the 
decrease  in  physical  confrontations. 

When  asked  about  the  deaths  in  the 
United  States,  Turner  cites  a  report  from 
the  Association  of  Police  Chiefs  who  hired 
an  independent  coroner  in  Dallas  to  in- 
vestigate the  deaths.  The  report  found 
the  deaths  were  not  a  result  of  the  pepper 
spray,  but  other,  pre-existing  conditions. 

"No  one  died  from  the  pepper  spray. 
In  most  of  the  cases  the  suspects  were  on 
drugs  or  alcohol  and  in  poor  health.  In 
one  case  a  person  had  a  heart  attack,  but 
the  person  was  very  agitated  and  had  a 
heart  condition, "  says  Turner. 

Despite  the  risks,  campus  police  chief 


Don  Peters  says  issuing  canisters  of  pep- 
per spray  to  officers  will  help  his  depart- 
ment serve  the  university  community 
with  more  confidence.  In  the  past,  when 
faced  with  potentially  life-threatening 
situations,  officers  had  no  alternative  but 
to  use  physical  force. 

"I  feel  it  is  important  to  equip  the 
officers  as  best  we  can,"  says  Peters. 

Arming  the  campus  police  force  with 
pepper  spray  would  cost  the  department 
$880  plus  tax  for  one  regular  can  of 
pepper  spray,  a  training  can  and  a  hol- 
ster for  each  officer.  Trai  ni  ng  costs  for  the 
force  will  be  extra  and  Peters  feels  the 
department  will  likely  adopt  the  city's 
training  program. 

Peters  says  any  decision  to  use  pepper 
spray  will  be  made  later  this  year,  after 
the  city  police  release  their  final  report 
on  the  product's  effectiveness.  □ 


Windsor  names  first  female  engineering  dean 


by  Teena  Ward 

The  Lance,  UnivBrslly  ol  Windsor 

WINDSOR  (CUP)  —  The  University  of 
Windsor  has  appointed  the  first  female 
dean  of  engineering  in  Canada. 

Hada  ElMaraghy  will  make  history  as 
the  first  woman  dean  of  engineering  in 
Canada,  uponbeginning  the  job  in  July. 

ElMaraghy,  a  former  engineering  pro- 
fessor at  McMaster  University  in  Hamil- 
ton, has  been  cited  as  an  excellent  role 
model  for  both  women  and  men  in  engi- 
neering. 

According  to  the  university,  she  is 
"eminently  qualified"  in  flexible  manu- 
facturing and  a  leader  in  automation 
and  robotics.  She  has  also  headed  up 
research  projects  on  a  national  and  inter- 


national level. 

ElMaraghy  says  she  will  start  an 
"outreach  program  to  schools  in  the  area 
to  encourage  young  women  to  consider 
engineering." 

A  powerful  woman  in  engineering 
may  "bring  greater  respect  for  females — 
it  won't  be  so  foreign  for  women  to  be 
there,"  says  first-year  engineering  stu- 
dent Esperansita  Macchiavello. 

ElMaraghy  says  she  aims  to  create  a 
comfortable  atmosphere  for  men,  too. 

"Male  students,  when  they  graduate, 
have  to  get  used  to  working  with  women. 
They  may  be  supervised  by  women." 

Brian  Zima,  a  second-year  engineer- 
ing student,  says  he's  hoping  ElMaraghy 
"will  attract  more  women  to  engineer- 


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Some  students  aren't  happy  with  the 
way  the  university  informed  the  public 
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appointment  was  announced  during  the 
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Yes,  you  do  have  to  pay  those 
student  fees:  B.C.  court 


by  Kris  Karlsson 

The  Peak,  Simon  Fraser  University 

BURNABY,  B.C.  (CUP)  —  Compulsory 
membership  in  student  organizations  is 
not  a  violation  of  the  Charter  of  Rights 
and  Freedoms,  nor  is  it  against  the  public 
interest,  according  to  a  precedent-setting 
decision  by  the  British  Columbia  Court  of 
Appeals. 

The  March  14  ruling  by  B.C.  Chief 
Justice  Alan  MacEachem  upholds  the 
right  of  universities  to  require  that  stu- 
dents be  members  of  student  councils 
and  pay  compulsory  membership  fees. 

The  ruling  overturns  an  earlier  deci- 
sion by  the  province's  commercial  ap- 
pealscommission,  which  found  that  com- 
pulsory membership  in  the  Simon  Fraser 
Student  Society  was  unconstitutional  and 
contrary  to  the  public  interest. 

The  original  challenge  to  compulsory 
membership  was  launched  in  1992  by 
Simon  Fraser  undergraduate  student 
David  Feldhaus,  a  member  of  a  club  at 
SFU  called  Students  Advocating  for  Free- 
dom of  Association.  Feldhaus  argued 
compulsory  membership  in  the  student 


society  was  unconstitutional. 

The  commission  ruled  in  Feldhaus's 
favor,  even  though  the  student  society 
argued  that  it  had  not  been  properly 
informed  about  the  challenge. 

The  studentsociety  appealed  the  com- 
mission's ruling  to  the  B.C.  Court  of  Ap- 
peals. The  commission's  decision  could 
have  threatened  the  guaranteed  funding 
of  almost  all  the  university  and  college 
student  organizations  in  Canada. 

In  his  decision,  Chief  Justice 
MacEachem  ruled  that  the  commission 
"vastly  transcended  its  jurisdiction, "  and 
made  decisions  it  was  in  no  position  to 
make. 

The  court  ruled  that  the  Charter  does 
not  apply  because  universities  are  not 
considered  a  level  of  government. 

Chief  Justice  MacEachem  pointed  out 
to  Feldhaus  that  he  could  withdraw  his 
membership  in  the  student  society  by 
writing  a  letter  to  them.  However,  under 
the  province's  University  Act,  the  univer- 
sity still  has  a  right  to  require  that  he  pay 
the  society's  membership  fee.  □ 


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March  31,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  11 


CSIS  deems  Palestinian  student  a  security  risk 


by  Nicholas  Davis 

excalibur,  York  University 

TORONTO  (CUP)  —  Canada's  top- 
secret  intelligence  agency  wants  a  York 
University  student  expelled  from  the 
country. 

Issam  Ahmed  Alyamani,  a  fourth- 
year  political  science  student,  faces  a 
deportation  order  after  the  Canadian 
Security  Intelligence  Service  deemed  him 
a  security  risk. 

Alyamani  is  a  Palestinian  refugee, 
bom  in  Lebanon.  A  hearing  with  Immi- 
gration Canada  is  scheduled  on  April  15 
to  determine  where  to  send  him. 

The  deportation  order  from  Immigra- 
tion Canada  also  includes  his  wife  and 


two  children,  who  are  both  Canadian 
citizens. 

Alyamani,  38,  has  been  in  Canada 
since  1985  as  a  landed  immigrant.  In 
1988  he  applied  for  Canadian  citizen- 
ship. After  not  hearing  from  the  citizen- 
ship board  for  over  a  year,  he  phoned 
them  only  to  find  out  his  application  had 
been  denied  and  that  he  was  being  inves- 
tigated by  CSIS. 

"I  didn't  understand  what  was  going 
on,"  says  Alyamani.  "They  said  I  didn't 
pass  security  clearance,  but  I  have  clear- 
ance from  when  I  first  came  to  Canada." 

Alyamani's  lawyer  obtained  docu- 
ments about  the  Palestinian's  case  from 
a  review  hearing  conducted  last  year  by 


the  Security  Intelligence  Review  Com- 
mittee of  CSIS's  investigation  of 
Alyamani.  The  committee  is  an  inde- 
pendent public  body  that  watches  over 
CSIS. 

According  to  CSIS,  Alyamani  is  con- 
sidered a  "potential  threat  to  Canadian 
security."  CSIS  believes  Alyamani  has 
ties  to  the  Popular  Front  for  the  Libera- 
tion of  Palestine.  The  PFLP  is  one  of  seven 
groups  that  belong  to  the  Palestinian 
Liberation  Organization,  which  CSIS  con- 
siders a  terrorist  organization. 

He  has  openly  supported  the  Palestin- 
ian nationalist  movement,  but  says  he 
has  never  engaged  in  terrorist  acts.  He 
says  he  feels  his  beliefs  have  become  an 


issue. 

"1  don't  have  any  involvement  in  any 
terrorist  activities, "  says  Alyamani .  "CSIS 
has  even  admitted  that  I  have  not  en- 
gaged in  illegal  or  subversive  activities  in 
Canada." 

York  political  science  professor  Reg 
Whitaker,  who  says  he  didn't  know 
Alyamani  when  he  testified  at  the  review 
hearing  last  year  as  an  expert  witness, 
says  the  hearings  were  unfair. 

"It's  not  fair  that  he  is  being  convicted 
of  associating  with  the  PFLP,"  says 
Whitaker.  "This  is  guilt  by  association, 
which  is  against  the  Charter  of  Rights. " 

CSIS  cont'd  on  page  13. 


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wage  subsidies  to  employers  to  create 
summer  jobs  for  students.  It  sponsors 
employers  from  both  the  private  and 
public  sectors  as  well  as  non-profit  or- 
ganizations to  create  projects  which  give 
students  work  experience. 

The  additional  jobs  are  desperately 
needed  by  increasing  numbers  of  unem- 
ployed youth. 

A  Statistics  Canada  survey  releasedin 
February  shows  lower-than-ever  student 
employment  rates.  Overall,  student  un 


employment  was  up  five  per  cent  from 
1989  to  1993.  Last  year,  17.5  per  cent  of 
students  were  out  of  a  job. 

The  report  says  during  the  recent  re- 
cession, "youths  have  bome  a  dispropor- 
tionate share  of  job  losses." 

The  government  hopes  increased  fund- 
ing will  turn  this  trend  around. 

"The  money  will  permit  the  federal 
government  to  fund  more  jobs,"  says 
Guy  Morin,  program  and  service  officer 
at  Canadian  job  Strategy,  which  handles 
programs  like  this  one. 

Yvan  Clermont,  project  manager  for 
communications  of  the  Human  Resource 
Development  youth  directorate,  says 
applications  from  employers  for  the  pro- 
gram are  presently  being  considered  by 
Canada  Employment  Centre  counsellors 
and  Members  of  Parliament. 

Clermont  says  the  government  is  in- 
terested in  sponsoring  community-based 
projects  in  areas  like  the  environment. 

The  program  has  two  streams  of  jobs: 
one  that  provides  some  jobs  geared  at 


university  students  which  start  at  the 
beginning  of  May  and  one  geared  at 
high-school  students,  with  jobs  starting 
at  the  beginning  of  |uly. 

Morin  says  students  can  find  the  jobs 
either  through  the  Canada  Employment 
Centre  for  Students  or  through  job 
postings  by  private  businesses  involved 
in  the  program. 

The  government  will  also  continue  to 
poke  away  at  student  unemployment  by 
sponsoring  the  Canada  Employment 
Centres  for  Students,  Student  Business 
Loans,  the  Native  Internship  Program, 
and  the  Business  Drive  for  Jobs. 

The  government  spends  $8.6  million 
a  year  to  fund  420  student  placement 
centres  across  the  country.  The  centres, 
open  during  the  summer  months,  offer 
free  liaison  services  between  employers 
and  students. 

As  well,  there  are  $1.14  million  in 
federal  government  business  loans  avail- 
able to  students.  These  interest-free  loans, 
up  to  $3,000,  are  supposed  to  help  stu- 


dents employ  themselves  by  managing 
their  own  business.  Last  year,  1,106  stu- 
dent loans  were  approved.  The  program 
is  administered  and  delivered  by  the  Fed- 
eral Business  Development  Bank  in  asso- 
ciation with  the  Royal  Bank  of  Canada 
and  the  National  Bank  of  Canada. 

The  Native  Internship  Program  pro- 
vides employment  opportunities  within 
Human  Resources  Development  Canada 
offices.  The  program  is  designed  to  "meet 
the  career  and  vocational  interests  of 
Aboriginal  students.  .  .  and  to  expose 
them  to  the  public  service  as  a  career 
option, "  according  toa  press  release.  The 
government  spends  $2.41  million  fund- 
ing this  program. 

The  government  provides  $800,000  to 
the  Business  Drive  for  jobs.  The  drive  is  a 
collaborative  effortofbusinessorganiza- 
tions  and  firms  which  challenges  the 
private  sector  to  create  summer  jobs  for 
students  without  government  subsidies.Q 


_   - prov.aes  some  iods  geared  at    up  to  $3,000,  are  supposed  to  help  stu- 

Red  Cross  donor  questions  labelled  homophobic 

TlmManls:.  Univatsttyoiv.ctona  „   ...        ...  , 

  •  nvmeswhichsDreadHlV.thevirmwhirh        h,,h-i,„  d„j  r-  .... 


The  Martlet,  University  ot  Victo 

VICTORIA  (CUP)* —  A  questionnaire 
used  by  the  Canadian  Red  Cross  to  screen 
potential  blood  donors  has  stirred  up 
controversy  at  some  universities  across 
the  country  including  the  University  of 
Victoria. 

The  questionnaire,  given  to  all  poten- 
tial blood  donors,  has  been  called  dis- 
criminatory and  homophobic  by  students 
at  Montreal's  McGill  and  Concordia  uni- 
versities, where  students  have  tried  to 
boycott  the  blood  drive. 

The  questionnaire  states:  "If  (you  are) 
male,  having  sex  with  another  male  even 
once,  or  accepting  money  or  drugs  in 
exchange  for  sex  puts  you  at  risk  for 
AIDS." 

You  can  also  be  barred  from  giving 
blood  if  "you  were  bom  in  or  emigrated 
from  Africa  ...  or  other  countries  where 
AIDS  is  a  common  disease,"  or  if  you 
"share  needles  or  take  street  drugs  by  a 
needle." 

Critics  at  U  Vic  say  the  questionnaire 
discriminates  against  groups  of  people, 
rather  than  pinpointing  the  actual  ac- 

CSIS  cont'd  from  page  12. 

Whitaker  says  he  is  also  leery  of  how 
CSIS  obtains  its  information. 

"Canada  doesn't  have  its  own  exter- 
nal intelligence  agency.  Information 
comes  from  interested  third  parties  and 
Canada  doesn't  have  the  means  to  verify 
the  information." 

CSIS  refuses  to  comment  on  how  it 
obtains  and  verifies  its  information. 

"It  could  be  a  possible  security  risk  to 
divulge  that  information, "  says  CSIS  com- 
munications officer  Marc  Boyer.  "All  we 
do  is  collect  the  information  and  provide 
it  to  the  immigration  board.  Then  it's  up 
to  immigration  to  make  the  decision  on 
whether  the  person  is  deported  or  not." 

But  Immigration  Canada  officials  say 
this  isn't  true. 

"When  we  have  to  determine  whether 
someone  is  entitled  to  citizenship,  we  rely 
on  CSIS  forsecurity  clearance, "  says  Norm 
Fabourin,  chief  of  program  management 
of  Citizenship  Registration,  part  of  Immi- 
gration Canada. 

"The  Citizenship  Act  does  not  allow  us 
to  give  citizenship  if  a  party  is  deemed  a 
security  risk  by  CSIS,"  says  Fabourin. 

And  Alyamani's  friends  say  he  has 
been  falsely  labelled  by  CSIS. 

"All  he  is  doing  is  being  loyal  to  a 
humanitarian  cause,"  says  Muhammad 
Salaamed,  a  chemistry  student  who 
knows  Alyamani.  "It  is  unfair  that 
Alyamani  has  to  leave  just  for  speaking 
for  what  he  believes  in."  □ 


tivities  which  spread  HIV,  the  virus  which 
causes  AIDS. 

"It  targets  groups  of  people  on  the 
basis  of  their 
sexual  orientation 
orplaceof  origin," 
says  Robb  Stewart, 
a  member  of  U 
Vic's  lesbian  and 
gay  student  club. 

Stewart  says  he 
and  other  Victoria 
students  are  con- 
sidering launch- 
ing a  human 
rights  complaint 
against  the  Red 
Cross. 

He  says  the 
questionnaire  isn't 
"targeting  high- 
risk  activities, 
which  we  now 
know  is  how  HIV  is  transmitted." 

"Even  the  Canadian  government  and 
human  rights  organizations  recognize 
that  when  we  are  talking  about  HIV 
transmission,  we  have  to  target  actions, 
not  groups  of  people,"  says  Stewart. 

He  also  says  the  questions  the  Red 
Cross  uses  do  not  take  into  account  cur- 
rent information  on  the  transmission  of 
HIV  and  AIDS. 

In  response  to  complaints  by  students, 
Janetta  Ozard,  chair  of  the  U  Vic  student 
council,  wrote  a  letter  to  the  Red  Cross 
criticizing  the  questionnaire. 

"The  question  does  not  address  or  de- 
fine high-risk  behavior,  and  the  term 
'sex'  is  vague, "  Ozard  wrote. 


But  the  Red  Cross  defended  the  word- 
ing in  its  written  response  to  Ozard. 
"Ithasbeenandstillisrecognizedand 
proven  that  ho- 
mosexual activity 
(i.e.  male/male) 
carries  the  high- 
est risk,"  wrote 
L.D.  Wadsworth, 
the  medical  direc- 
tor of  the  Red 
Cross. 

Stewart  says 
the  questionnaire 
needs  to  be  more 
explicit  about 
sexual  activities. 
"They  keep  talk- 
ing about'homo- 
sexual  activity,' 
but  they  don't  de- 
fine it,"  he  says. 
"If  the  words 
they're  afraid  to  say  are  'anal  sex',  it's 
common  knowledge  many  (heterosexual) 
couples  engage  in  it  and  many  gay  cou- 
ples don't." 

According  to  Wadsworth,  the  Red  Cross 
can't  take  into  consideration  use  of  con- 
doms between  males,  because  "no  one 
can  depend  absolutely  on  condoms  to 
protect  the  safety  of  the  blood  supply,  nor 
do  we  have  any  control  on  how  condoms 
are  used  by  the  general  population." 

Stewart  doesn't  disagree  with  that 
statement,  butwonderswhy  the  Red  Cross 
doesn'tsaeen  out  heterosexuals  who  may 
also  be  using  condoms  as  a  form  of 
protection. 

"There  shouldn't  be  that  double  stand- 


ard because  safe  sex  is  safe  sex,  regard- 
less of  whether  or  not  you're  queer  or 
heterosexual,"  he  says. 

In  Montreal,  the  McGill  University  Stu- 
dents' Society  passed  a  motion  in  Febru- 
ary to  stop  sponsoring  the  annual  Red 
Cross  blood  drive  on  the  grounds  that  it 
discriminates  against  homosexual  men. 
But  in  a  referendum  vote  held  in  March, 
McGill  students  voted  to  keep  the  annual 
blood  drive. 

And  early  in  March  at  Concordia  Uni- 
versity, a  referendum  question  to  sus- 
pend student  council  sponsorship  of  the 
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14  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  31,  1994 


EDITORIAL  PAGE 


We  love  you  all 
(50  per  cent  of 
the  time) 

It's  the  end  of  the  year  as  we  know  it,  and  we  feel 
tine.  In  fact,  we  feel  so  fine,  we  wanted  to  pass  on 
our  goodwill  and  heartfelt  thanks  to  those  who 
made  us  feel  warm  and  fuzzy  inside  over  the 
course  of  this  year. 
Oh,  yeah,  we  also  feel  awful  smug  and  cynical  about 
a  whole  lot  of  folks  who  crossed  us,  pissed  us  off  or 
otherwise  were  silly  over  the  course  of  the  year 

Yah  this  whole  exercise  is  a  little  self-indulgent.  But 
what  the  hell,  as  our  Charla-motto  goes,  we're  only 
trying  to  please  100  per  cent  of  the  people,  50  per  cent  of 
the  time.  So  . . . 

To  the  drum-beaters  of  the  men's  movement:  get  real 
guys.  Now  you've  moved  to  comparing  who  has  the 
biggest  drum.  Wow.  What  progress. 

To  CUPE  2323  and  Michel  Roy,  cute  union  leader:  we'd 
throw  bricks  with  you  any  day. 

To  Bob  Rae  and  Dave  Cooke:  you  will  live  on 
infamy. 

To  Kristine  Haselsteiner,  CUSA  vice-president  exter- 
nal: good  job.  Too  bad  no  one  else  in  your  office  will 
acknowledge  your  efforts. 

To  Carl  Gillis,  chair  of  the  Canadian  Federation  of 
Students:  why  don't  you  lobby  for  something  other  than 
your  own  political  career? 

To  Jim  Watson,  professional  source  and  city  council 
lor:  good  luck  in  the  election  this  year,  big  guy.  Thanks 
for  giving  a  shit.  And  for  the  nifty  fridge  magnets. 

To  Lowell  Green,  who's  for  free  speech  as  long  as  it':, 
his,  here's  a  news  flash:  racism  is  a  bad  thing,  that's  why 
we  report  it. 

To  the  staff  of  Mike's  Place:  so  long  and  thanks  for  all 
the  naan. 

To  our  media  buddies  at  Statistics  Canada:  you  guys 
are  a  rockin'  resource. 

To  CUSA  President  Lucy  Watson:  thanks  for  always 
being  there.  Ha  ha  ha  ha  ha  ha  ha. 

To  Warren  Kinsella,  Charla-alumnus:  thanks  for  tak- 
ing the  time  to  worry  about  us  while  trying  to  run  the 
country  and  rid  the  world  of  evil  scum. 

To  the  Heritage  Front:  go  fuck  yourselves. 

To  Klaus  Pohle  and  Centretown  News:  thanks  for  the 
last-minute  rescue  when  our  computers  went  down 

To  all  you  wonderful  j-school  students  who  slag  The 
Charlatan  and  then  say  you're  a  Charlatan  reporter  when 
you're  trying  to  get  in  to  a  press  conference  or  interview 
a  source:  get  some  ethics.  You  make  us  sick. 

To  women's  centre  co-ordinator  Renee  Twaddle:  re 
member  the  golden  rule.  Be  nice  to  others,  others  will  be 
nice  to  you. 

To  CUSA's  front  office  staff:  you  guys  are  the  coolest. 
And  keep  it  down,  will  ya? 

To  John  Edwards,  CUSA  arts  and  social  sciences  repre- 
sentative: thanks  for  all  the  good  copy.  By  the  way,  your 
banned  "Lucy  hates  me"  election  poster  is  our  all-time 
favorite. 

To  Fiona  and  the  staff  of  Rooster's:  mmmmm,  coffee. 

To  Alex  Trebek,  host  of  jeopardy :  we'll  take  "Student 
council  presidents  you've  humiliated"  for  $200,  please. 

To  Zaphod  Beeblebrox:  thanks  for  commercializing 
our  copy.  You  could  have  at  least  asked  to  use  it. 

To  [oe  Reilly,  rock  'n'  roll  publicist:  you've  made  the 
arts  editor  so  happy  he  weeps. 

To  U  of  O's  professor  Paul  Lamy:  teach  what  you 
know,  not  what  you  think. 

To  Mark  Lamb,  photo  god  and  all  around  sensitive 
guy:  thanks  for  the  cookies. 

To  X  Press:  thanks  for  the  rave  review,  but  get  some 
copy  editors  and  stop  leaving  editing  remarks  in  your 
articles,  will  ya?  (DO  YOU  THINK  DEREK  WILL  BE  MAD 
WHEN  HE  READS  THIS?  -ED.) 

To  CUSA  Publications:  why  do  you  fire  your  only 
competent  people?  P.S.  Tabloids  come  in  four-page  blocks, 
guys. 

To  our  lawyer  Lynn  Campbell:  thanks  for  being  our 
sober  second-opinion.  Good  thing  we  didn't  print  *W 

/yvywrwwwyw1  That  was  a  close 

one. 

To  Clarence,  Ed,  Roxanne  and  Performance  Printing's 
camera  room  crew:  thanks  for  your  patience,  considera- 
tion and  the  late-night  calls. 

And  finally,  to  the  mixed-up,  fun-lovin'  students  of 
Carleton  who  read  The  Charlatan  faithfully,  whether  you 
like  it  or  not:  tattoos  and  beer  for  everybody!!!  © 


Well  Rene,  my  trusty  scout, 
it  looks  like  its  just  you  and  I 
now.  Maybe  someday  we'll 
ride  through  this  town  again. 


OPINION 


Normal  to  be  not  normal 


by  Bram  Aaron 

Charlatan  siati 

At  some  point  in  our  lives,  we  all  feel  sad  or  blue. 
Usually  it  is  a  temporary  mood  or  feeling  which  goes 
away  with  time. 

Clinical  depression,  however,  is  a  term  describing  a 
serious  mental  illness,  which,  left  untreated,  can  last  for 
months  or  even  years. 

Depressed  people  may  not  seek  treatment  for  their 
depression  for  a  long  time.  Often,  they  may  not  even 
realize  they  are  depressed. 

Sadly,  though,  the  reason  that  most  depressed  people 
do  not  seek  help  for  their  sickness  is  the  general  bias 
which  exists  towards  mental  illness  and  depression  in 
particular. 

People  are  not  ashamed  to  ad- 
mit they  are  being  treated  for 
high  blood  pressure,  asthma,  ar- 
thritis or  diabetes.  Conversely,  de- 
pressed people  are  ashamed  to 
admit  they  have  a  psychiatric 
disorder. 

Think  about  it.  The  last  time 
someone  you  know  told  you  he  or 
she  had  been  sick  what  did  you 
imagine  was  wrong?  The  flu?  A 
bad  cold?  Perhaps  a  broken  bone? 
Chances  are  you  assumed  it  was 
some  sort  of  physical  ailment. 

Unfortunately,  for  a  society 
which  prides  itself  in  being  "ad- 
vanced," it  is  still  taboo  to  admit 
having  or  even  to  discuss  mental 
illness. 

Images  of  mentally  ill  people  being  a  bunch  of  hys- 
terical crazies  in  strait-jackets  locked  up  at  the  local 
loony  bin  are  outdated  for  the  '90s.  It  is  estimated  by  the 
Ontario  Ministry  of  Health  that,  at  some  point  in  their 
lives,  at  least  one-quarter  of  Canadians  will  be  affected 
by  at  least  one  episode  of  clinical  depression. 

Causes  of  depression  can  be  external  or  internal. 
Some  external  causes  may  include  pressure  from  school, 
work,  family  or  financial  troubles.  Other  causes  can 
include  some  type  of  major  loss  or  change,  like  moving 
to  a  new  city  or  new  school,  graduation,  separation  from 
friends  and  family,  divorce,  or  death  of  a  loved  one. 
Growing  up  or  living  with  a  depressed  relative  or  room- 
mate can  also  contribute  to  one's  own  depression. 

Internal  or  biological  factors  are  less  obvious.  De- 
pressed people  may  lack  one  or  more  neurotransmitters, 
chemical  messengers  which  carry  messages  between 
different  parts  of  the  human  brain.  If  the 
neurotransmitters  necessary  for  mental  well-being  are 
lacking,  the  chemical  balance  necessary  for  a  person  to 
function  properly  is  thrown  out  of  whack.  


Depression  is  a  whole  body  experience  and  can  inter- 
fere with  every  aspect  of  an  affected  person's  daily  life. 
Everything  seems  a  complicated  ordeal  to  a  depressed 
person.  Symptoms  may  include  sleep  difficulties,  loss  of 
appetite,  pessimism,  hostility,  irritability,  social  with- 
drawal, difficultly  concentrating,  lack  of  energy,  numer- 
ous bouts  of  crying  and  suicidal  thoughts  or  attempts. 

What  can  one  do  to  help  a  depressed  person?  Refer 
him  or  her  to  a  doctor  immediately.  Be  available  to 
listen.  Supportive  friends  and  family  are  extremely  im- 
portant and  very  much  needed  in  times  of  distress. 

A  combination  of  psychotherapy  and  medication  has 
been  know  to  be  effective  treatment  for  depressive  symp- 
toms in  over  75  per  cent  of  depressed  patients  in  Canada. 
Unfortunately,  15  per  cent  of  depressed  people  eventu- 
ally commitsuicide,  accordingto 
a  Ontario  Ministry  of  Health 
pamphlet.  Why  such  a  high 
number  if  effective  treatment  is 
available? 

Upon  discovering  this  statistic 
recently  while  seeking  treatment 
for  severe  depression  myself,  I 
immediately  realized  the  answer. 
Ignorance  or  denial  of  the  prob- 
lem by  depressed  people,  their 
friends  or  their  family  compli- 
cates mental  illness.  Awareness 
of  psychiatric  disorders  is  instru- 
mental to  recovery. 

Depressed  people  may  look  or 
act  completely  normal.  But  they 
are  in  constant  and  severe  emo- 
tional pain  and  need  help  to  cope 
with  their  lives. 

The  other  large  problem  depressed  people  are  faced 
with  is  the  unavailability  of  immediate  help.  Almost  all 
psychiatrists,  who  are  covered  by  OHIP,  and  psycholo- 
gists and  social  workers,  who  are  not,  have  waiting  lists 
of  three  to  six  months  for  just  an  assessment.  Even  if  a 
person  is  feeling  suicidal  and  makes  a  trip  to  the  hospital 
emergency  room,  this  will  only  result  in  more  red  tape 
and  waiting  for  help. 

Courtesy  of  Premier  Bob  Rae  and  his  government's 
budget  cutbacks  to  health  care,  beds  are  severely  lacking 
and  quick,  effective  emergency  care  is  not  available. 

Despite  these  problems,  1  am  alive  and  am  finally 
beginning  the  long  road  to  recovery,  thanks  to  medica- 
tion and  a  very  strong  will  to  survive  that  I  never  knew 
I  had.  Others  may  not  be  as  lucky. 

With  increased  support  and  awareness  from  family, 
friends  and  society  in  general,  there  will  be  less  of  a 
stigma  attached  to  mental  illness  and  depression.  Then 
it  will  be  more  acceptable  for  those  with  mental  illnesses 
to  seek  out  the  help  they  need.  □ 


March  31,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  15 


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■CHARLATAN 

CAUfTOH'S  INDEfENDEMT  STUD  Elf  I  HEWS  PAP 

March  31 

1994 

VOLUME  23  NUMBER  28 

Edltor-ln  Chief 

Mo  Cannon 

Production  Manager 

Kevin  McKay 

Business  Manager 

JHI  Perry 

NEWS 

Editors 

Mario  Carlucci 

Brent  Dowdall 

Contributors 

Josee  Bellmare 

Wex  Bustos 

/ill  Mahoney 

Mike  Mainville 

Ryan  Nakashima 

Mike  Peters 

Ryan  Ward 

Caron  Watt 

Volunteer  Co-ordinator 

johanna  Ciszewski 

NATIONAL  AFFAIRS 

Editor 

Am  Keeling 

Contributors 

Michael  Mainvilfe 

Karolina  Srutek 

Brandie  Weikle 

FEATURES 

Editor 

Andrea  Smith 

Contributors           Aundrea  Marie  Maflonr 

Rocco  Paoletti 

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LETTERS 


Election  unfair 

Editor: 

It  seems  to  me  that  in  recent  weeks  a 
number  of  people  have  attempted  to  dis- 
credit me  and  impugn  my  character.  I  am 
taking  this  opportunity  to  respond. 

Yes,  I  played  a  role  in  overturning  the 
CUSA  election  held  in  February.  I  wrote  a 
brief  outlining  constitutional  infractions 
and  discrepancies  that  occurred  in  the 
elections  held  in  February. 

The  CUSA  constitutional  board  bore 
the  onus  of  responsibility  for  responding 
to  these  challenges.  It  conducted  an  in- 
vestigation into  the  administration  and 
results  of  the  election.  Its  members  unani- 
mously agreed  that  based  on  the  infrac- 
tion, the  elections  had  to  be  overturned. 

CUSA  council  subsequently  had  voted 
on  this  issue  on  two  separate  occasions.  It 
upheld  the  ruling  of  the  constitutional 
board.  The  elections  were  overturned  be- 
cause they  were  unfair,  not  because  of 
me. 

To  those  who  question  whether  or  not 
I  care  about  this  university,  I  say  this:  I 
reviveda  comatose  Debating  Society  which 
is  now  flourishing.  As  a  member  of  the 
board  of  governors,  I  organized  a  forum 
with  the  senior  administrators.  This  was 
the  first  such  attempt  by  a  student  mem- 
ber of  the  board.  I  believe  I  have  served  the 
university  well. 

I  may  have  lost  the  presidential  race 
three  times,  but  I  retain  my  dignity  for 
conducting  my  campaigns  with  honesty 
and  integrity. 

Elaine  Silver 
Political  Science  III 

Laughing  and 
crying  at  the  NDP 

Editor: 

Once  again  the  provincial  government 
has  turned  its  back  on  the  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  students,  faculty  and  staff  of 
Ontario's  universities  and  colleges. 

Despite  a  long  history  of  promising  to 
freeze  and  eventually  eliminate  tuition 
fees,  the  NDP  government  has  just  an- 
nounced a  10  per  cent  tuition  increase 
this  year  and  a  further  10  per  cent  next 
year. 

The  minister,  Dave  Cooke,  added  salt 
to  the  students'  wounds  by  stating,  and  I 
quote  from  his  March  23  press  release, 
that,  "Tuition  increases  (are)  aimed  at 
encouraging  more  student  space  at  col- 
leges and  universities." 

I  didn't  know  whether  to  laugh  or  cry  at 
that  logic  and  explanation. 

I  also  hope  that  people  won't  be  fooled 
by  the  initial  threat  of  a  50  per  cent 
increase  and  feel  a  sense  of  relief  with 
"just"  a  10  per  cent  hike. 

When  inflation  is  running  at  less  than 
two  per  cent,  then  why  should  those  at- 
tending university  or  college  be  asked  to 
pay  20  per  cent  more  over  two  years? 

At  the  rate  the  provincial  government 
is  going,  only  the  very  rich  will  be  able  to 
attain  a  post-secondary  education  in  this 
provinces. 

That  would  be  a  shame. 

I  urge  those  who  support  post-second- 
ary education  to  write  to  Evelyn  Gigantes, 
the  cabinet  minister  for  Eastern  Ontario, 
at  407  Queen  St.,  Ottawa,  Ont.,  K1R5A6, 
or  call  her  at  237-0212. 

Jim  Watson 
Member 

Carieton  board  of  governors 

Quit  this  nonsense 

Editor: 

After  reading  the  article,  "Poli  sci  prof 
monitored  about  comments,"  The  Charla- 
tan, March  24, 1994, 1  was  left  profoundly 
disturbed  and  disappointed. 


I  believe  it  is  time  that  students  and 
professors  take  a  serious  look  at  political 
correctness  and  recognize  it  for  what  it  is: 
pure,  unadulterated  nonsense.  Although 
this  last  statement  will  surely  work  certain 
extremists  into  a  blind,  foaming  frenzy, 
those  with  a  firmer  grip  on  reality  should 
read  on. 

Professor  Charles  Schuetz  made  two 
allegedly  racist  and  sexist  comments  to 
his  political  science  class.  First,  that  there 
are  few  black  millionaires  since  African 
cultures  tend  to  be  more  generous  and 
sharing  and  second,  that  George  Bush 
intervened  in  the  Gulf  War  because 
Margaret  Thatcher  asked  him  to.  (This 
offends  because  it  implies  that  women 
have  an  influence  on  men.) 

Indeed  these  are  statements  of  opin- 
ion, but  to  consider  them  inflammatory  is 
ridiculous. 

Political  correctness  obscures  the  facts 
as  well  as  warping  opinions.  Suppose  that 
the  above  statements  were  true.  How  else 
would  they  be  Communicated?  I,  for  one, 
refuse  to  give  up  the  democratic  right  to 
free  speech  because  certain  "realistically 
challenged"  individuals  say  it  makes  them 
uncomfortable. 

/a5on  Edwards 
Biology  II 


16  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  31,  1994 


Tuition  not  the 
only  problem 

Editor: 

Re:  "NDP  declares  war  on  students," 
and  "We  are  not  amused,"  The  Charlatan, 
March  24,  1994. 

Fact:  As  students,  tuition  represents 
only  20  per  cent  of  the  cost  of  our  univer- 
sity education  if  we  are  Canadian. 

Think:  Does  the  government  ever  ask 
us  to  pay  back  the  other  $32,000  (Four 
years  at  $8,000  per  year)? 

Fact:  The  majority  of  tax  revenue  is 
derived  from  taxes  paid  by  individuals. 
Not  all  of  these  individuals  are  "upper 
middle  class." 

Think:  How  many  people  do  you  and 
your  family  and  friends  know  who  can 
afford  to  pay  more  taxes  in  this  era  of 
wage  freezes  and  high  unemployment? 

Question  (try  to  think  about  this  one): 
What  percentage  of  the  money  that  you 
spend  in  eight  months  at  university  is  for 
tuition?  25  per  cent?  35  per  cent? 

Think:  Maybe  we  overprivileged  (in 
many  ways)  Canadian  students  should 
stop  whining  at  the  government  about 
tuition  and  look  at  ways  to  get  more  for 
the  other  65  per  cent  of  the  money  we 
spend  during  the  year. 

Are  you  living  in  a  crummy  place  and 
paying  $400  month?  (That's  about  $  150/ 
month  more  than  tuition.)  Get  involved 
and  lobby  in  the  community  for  more 
non-profit  housing.  Support  food  co-op/ 
food  bank  efforts  for  students. 

Why  don't  we  look  at  taking  some 
responsibility  for  the  real  inequities  of  life 
as  students?  Look  at  the  big  picture  —  it's 
not  just  about  tuition. 

Pat  Rowan 
Interdisciplinary  Studies  III 

Cigarette  story 
goes  up  in  smoke 

Editor: 

You  missed  the  boat  on  your  university 
smoking  ban  story  ("New  smoking  ban 
may  affect  universities,"  The  Charlatan, 
March  10,  1994.) 

I  wrote  on  the  same  topic  for  one  of  my 
classes.  I  found  out  that  there's  no  story 
and  if  Karolina  Srutek  had  checked  with 
MPP  Larry  O'Connor's  office,  she  would 
have  too. 

The  Ontario  government  had  no  in- 
tention of  banning  smoking  from  resi- 


dences or  any  other  place  that's  not  part 
of  the  "learning  areas"  of  campus.  The 
whole  point  of  the  colleges  and  universi- 
ties thing  is  to  allow  students  who  can't 
tolerate  smoke  the  opportunity  to  pursue 
their  post-secondary  education  in  a  smoke- 
free  environment.  It's  probably  not  going 
to  affect  Carieton  University  at  all,  be- 
cause we  already  have  municipal  by-laws 
that  cover  this  stuff. 

MPP  Dalton  McGuinty  sent  memos  to 
all  of  the  universities  and  campuses  warn- 
ing them  of  the  potential  inclusion  of 
areas  such  as  the  great  outdoors  before 
committee  consultations  took  place.  In 
those  consultations  it  was  made  clear  that 
these  wide-sweeping  interpretations  were 
a  wording  glitch.  They  were  amended  in 
clause-by-clause  examination. 

If  your  reporter  had  not  based  her  story 
on  an  opposition  MPP's  complaints  and 
had  taken  the  time  to  verify  the  govern- 
ment's position  from  the  horse's  mouth, 
she  would  have  uncovered  a  whole  differ- 
ent story  —  namely  that  there  isn't  one. 

But  then,  gross  injustice  is  so  much 
sexier,  isn't  it? 

Tamsen  Tillson 
Masters  of  Journalism  II 

Hiding  behind 
free  speech 

Editor: 

An  article  in  the  March  24  Charlatan 
entitled  "Poli  Sci  prof  monitored  about 
comments/'  demonstrated  the  dangers  of 
political  correctness. 

The  article  states  that  Professor 
Schuetz's  classes  are  being  monitored  by 
another  professor  because  of  racial  and 
sexual  remarks  which  caused  some  stu- 
dents to  leave  the  class. 

One  remark  the  professor  made  was 
that  "There  are  few  black  millionaires  in 
North  America,"  which  is  relatively  true 
when  compared  to  the  amount  of,  let's 
say,  white  millionaires.  However,  he  does 
contribute  a  true  statement  to  somewhat 
flaky  evidence  because  not  all  black  peo- 
ple are  sharing  or  generous. 

Though,  if  we  do  accept  the  evidence 
he  uses  to  validate  his  statements,  we  find 
there  is  nothing  wrong  with  what  he  is 
saying,  at  least  nothing  that  would  con- 
stitute a  racist  remark. 

Schuetz  says  that  because  most  black 
people  are  sharing  and  generous  they  are 
not  usually  millionaires.  Being  black 
myself,  I  would  not  consider  Schuetz  to  be 
a  racist  because  what  he  says  about  blacks 
infers  something  which  is  quite  the  oppo- 
site of  those  who  are  millionaires. 

Use  the  same  syllogism,  but  change 
the  variable  from  black  to  white  and  it 
would  read  —  European  cultures  are  not 
sharing  and  generous,  therefore  there  are 
many  white  millionaires.  The  professor  Is 
actually  saying  something  about  the  type 
of  people  who  are  millionaires  and  if  so,  is 
actually  saying  something  good  about 
people  of  African  descent. 

Although  Schuetz  should  not  make 
such  broad  generalizations,  about  any- 
body, good  or  bad,  he  should  not  have  a 
shadow  casted  over  his  29  years  at  Carle- 
ton. 

The  only  thing  I  would  criticize  Schuetz 
for  is  claiming  his  right  to  free  speech.  The 
KKK  has  the  right  to  freedom  of  speech, 
but  1  don't  think  they  would  be  allowed  to 
continue  teaching  at  Carieton,  even  if 
they  did  have  tenure. 

My  advice  to  Schuetz  is  that  if  he  is 
going  to  make  a  statement  which  some 
people  do  not  accept,  defend  what  you 
say,  instead  of  hiding  behind  the  Charter, 
like  so  many  racists  do. 

Michael  Congress 
English  IV 


Just  want  some 
help,  not  the 
brush-off 

Editor: 

What  do  you  do  when  certain  profs  set 

ufferinX  mQke  y°U  look  ^You're 
suffering  from  a  severe  case  of  the  STUPIDS 

SevereTraumaticUncontroIlableProfuse 
Intelligence  Deficiency  Syndrome)' 

Like,  take  for  example,  a  certain  poor, 
innocent,  unsuspecting  student  (me).  I  go 
to  a  certain  TAs  office  to  get  some  infor- 
mation regarding  the  methodology  of 
composing  a  "Microelectronic  circuits  and 
devices '  lab  report  and  notice  this  par- 
ticular TA  is  simply  sitting  on  his  keester 
reading  the  funnies  and  watching  an 
infinite  amount  of  numbers  pointlessly 
running  across  a  computer  screen. 

Then  1  pose  my  question,  "Excuse  me 
can  you  please  tell  me  the  specifications 
of  wnting  this  particular  lab  report ...?" 

Well,  the  reply  was  as  follows.  "I'm 
really  sorry,  I'm  kinda  busy  right  now.  I 
really  would  appreciate  it  if  you  would 


just  leave." 

So,  the  next  day  I  thought,  "Hmm  . . . 
why  don't  I  just  go  and  see  the  prof."  So, 
first  thing  next  morning  I  went.  He  said 
that  it  was  really  easy  stuff  and  told  me 
that  if  I  couldn't  do  it  I  should  go  and  see 
a  psychiatrist  or  a  cognitive  counsellor. 

Then  I  went  the  chairman,  who  after 
having  a  talk  with  the  prof,  dittoed  his 
remark. 

So,  I  spent  the  next  four  days  and  three 
nights  pulling  my  hair  out  over  this  silly 
report  and  handed  it  in.  Well,  the  result 
was  a  big,  beautiful  26  out  of  100.  Then  to 
add  insult  to  injury,  the  lab  prof  comes  to 
inform  that  he  wanted  to  speak  to  me  and 
told  me  to  drop  the  course. 

I  was  not  too  impressed  with  having  to 
drop  the  course,  because  of  their  method 
of  handling  certain  students  when  they 
have  a  question.  It  took  quite  a  lot  out  of 
me  to  not  spontaneously  combust  in  his 
office. 

Myriam  Baes 
Biology  II 


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Ride 


1 


st 


by  Zenya  Sirant 


right  arm  burning 
from  the  sun 
through  the  window 
my  crossed  leg 
touches  his 

from  the  motion  of  the  train 
just  briefly 

then  back  to  an  inch  of  space 

The  train  stops 

and  a  breeze  blows  in 

helping  to 

evaporate  my  sweat 

little  shocks 

each  time 

we  touch 

hitting  in  a  rhythm 
of  some  crazy  symphony 
A  scent  of 
sweat  and  dust 
brush  past  my  nose 
I  hum  a  little  song 
and  a  dark  haired  girl 
looks  back  at  me 
Another  hour  before 
St.  Raphael 

His  eyes  squint  reading 
He  forgot  his  glasses 
I  take  off  my  ring 
and  look  at  the  white  skin 
untouched  by  the  sun 
Strange  plants 
outside 

that  look  plastic 
Colored  umbrellas 
sticking  out  from  the  blue 
A  man  with  a  yellow  shirt 
stood  talking 
to  himself 

A  blonde  looked  away 
I  try  to  sleep  and  le 
with  my  eyes  closed 
I  feel  the  wind  blowing 
down  my  nose 
and  everywhere 


my  pack 


it's  noisier  without  sight 
a  french  mother  speaks  to  her  children 
they  are  still  wearing  their  swimsuits 
the  yellow  shirted  man 
sits  next  to  the  blonde 
He  knows  She's  scared 
A  young  girl  in  a  polka  dot  dress 
walks  by  my  window 
and  stares 
I  smile 

but  she  doesn't 
my  leg  is  outstretched 
and  my  anklet 
is  the  color  of  the  sea 
outside 
I  try  and  catch 
His  eye 
because 

I  want  him  to  know 
but 

He  looks  past  at  the  moving  world 

'e  smiled  at  someone 
I  wished  it  was  me 
pink  flowers 
zoomed  by 
somehow 
I  remembered 
the  beautiful  concierge 
at  my  past  hotel 
she  looked 
like  a  50  year  old 
black  haired 
Bardot 

I  kept  imagining  what 
her  youth  must  have  been 
the  way  She  carried  herself 

was  magill  \, 
I  wanted  to  be 
like  that 
v  wSHtS^rew  there 

the  sun  moved  from  me 
/aBfcl  was  comfortable 
\  He  said 
His  dreams  were  shattered 
He  was  playing  portable  scrabble. 


2 


Critique: 


This  poem  showed  more  sophistication  than  any  of  the  other  submissions.  Its  greatest 
strength  was  its  candor,  and  its  ability  to  convey  a  strong  sense  of  emotion  through  the 
almost  commonplace  description  of  a  train  ride  and  a  casual  encounter,  just  a  touch  and 
a  glance  really,  with  a  fellow  traveller.  The  simple,  first  person  narration  is  unaffected 
yet  effectual,  and  lends  a  feeling  of  immediacy  and  poignancy  to  the  experience. 


18  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  31,  1994 


3rt  To  Betty  Rubble 
In  Judy  Jetson's 


load  Signs 

:o  Paoletti 

oo  busy  to  wait  for  a 
:r  silence  of  still  crickets, 
more  attention  to 
:  you  —  through  you  as 
ie  car  fly  by  us. 

•se  lives  which  I've  rehearsed  for 
ike  those:  gone, 
'earing  into  thin  air, 
ed  metaphors. 

constructions  of  painted  linex 
)p  dragged  through  the  middle  of  what  wi 
our  green  space 
tale  left  to  do, 
:<1  up  my  tools 

'  until  I  fell  off  the  horizon,  leaving  youi 
3  for  the  crickets  to  quit. 

Jr 

que: 


Poem  puzzles,  and  gains  strength  through  ambiguity.  On  the 
hand  it  is  an  elegv  for  lost  nature  written  in  the  form  of  a  lyric 
«st  love;  on  the  other,  it  really  is  a  love  poem,  couched  in  the 
(it  of  environmental  damage.  This  is  a  cunning  device  and 
Well. . . .  There  is  a  nice  metaphysical  feel  to  this  poem,  though 
lot  quite  as  satisfying  in  its  completion  as  "Ride."  


inverse 


by  Aundrea  Marie  Malloni 

The  first  had  poverty,  a  suitcase  and  a 
Ticket  across  the  sea 

The  second  had  movements,  revolutionary  sex 
And  men  on  the  moon 
She,  the  third 

Part  of  a  generation  not  worthy  of  a  name 
Caustic  of  her  advantages 
Inherited  with  grace, 
Therapists  and  micro-wave  popcorn 
Televised,  video  taped  wars 
Clean,  safe,  open,  laundered  sex 
Ambition  diluted  with  diet  coke 
Individualism  suffocated  by  waffle  shirts 
Attaining  no  equilibrium  of  Crawford  and  Curie 
She  has  searched 

32/26/36  tattooed  nowhere  on  her  body 
Nowhere  on  the  small  town  birth  certificated 
Verification  that  she  lives 
Put  your  fingers  in  your  ears 
Put  your  fingers  in  your  ears 
Put  your  fingers  in  your  ears 
But  the  nymph  puts  them  instead 
Down  her  tender  bleeding  throat 
And  I  weep  for  her 
Because  she  knows  not  what  she  does 
Because  she  does  not  understand  her 
Submission 

To  the  cream  bleach,  aspertame, 
Glamour  junkie  gods 
And  I  weep  for  her 
As  she  sips  her  instant  breakfast 
By  the  luminescent  video  glow 
Because  girls  like  her  these  days 
They  live  next  door 
Because  they  are  a  dime  two  dozen 
Because  they  pillaged  her  soul 


Critique: 


While  I  don't  know  anythmgaboiit  Judy  Jetson's  universe, 
outside  of  what  1  discover  in  this  poem,  there  is  a  small 
zany  universe  created  in  the  writing  at  hand.  .  .  .  The 
author  gently  satirizes  this  victim  of  pop  culture  who  is 
trying  desperately  not  to  hear  the  deeper  messages  and  is 
caught  in  a  w  hirlw  ind  of  contemporaneity  «  hich  includes 
"laundered  sex,"  "aspertame,"  and  a  penchant  for 
anorexia.  However,  there  is  a  little  too  much  self- 
consciousness  in  the  narrator,  whose  intelligence  and  good 
fortune  allow  him  or  her  to  w  eep  for  the  victim  "Because 
she  does  not  know  what  she  docs/Because  she  docs  not 
understand  her/Submission."  .  .  .  But  there  is  a  good 
energy  in  the  writing,  lots  of  verve  in  the  attack  against  this 
new  age  of  vanity,  w  hich  is  the  real  villain  in  the  poem. 


March  31,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  19  -  , 


PLACEMENT 

^  Career  Services 


Check  the  posting  boards  at 
the  Placement  Centre  for 
more  job  listings. 


Programs  and  services  of  interest  to  undergraduates,  graduating  students,  as  well  as  alumni. 


ON-CAMPUS  RECRUITING 

Permanent  full-time  positions  are 
directed  towards  graduating  students 
(available  May  '94).  Dates,  unless 
specified,  refer  to  deadlines. 

To  find  out  the  types  of  positions, 
how  to  apply  and  where  to  find 
more  information  on  the  companies, 
please  contact  the  office. 

Household  Financial  Corp. 

Mar.  31,5  pm 
All  Disciplines 

Positions:  Accelerated  Training 
Program 

Gandalf  Mobile 

April  4,  1 2  Noon 

Electrical  Engineering,  Computer 
Systems  Engineering 
Positions:  Jr.  Software  Engineer 

CIBC  -  Toronto 

April  8,  12  Noon 
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Please  visit  Placement  &  Career 
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Family  Services  Centre 
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MSW,  MA  or  BSW 
Postion:  Therapist 

National  Research  Council/ 
Carleton  University 

ASAP.  Mail  Direct 
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Position:  Engineer 


SUMMER  EMPLOYMENT 

For  more  information  on  the  types 
of  positions  and  application  proce- 
dures consult  the  summer  job  board. 

Schlumberger  Industries 

April  4,  12  Noon 
Engineering,  Commerce,  All 
Positions:  Water  Meter  Installers, 
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Do  you  need  help  finding 
summer  employment  ? 


The  Placement  &  Career  Services  Centre  on  campus  wilt  continue 
to  provide  summer  employment  information  until  April  30, 1994. 
The  Canada  Employment  Centre  for  Students  is  also  open  and  we 
encourage  you  to  visit  their  office  for  assistance  with  your  summer  job 
search. 

The  Narono  Building 
360  Laurier  Avenue  West 
3rd  Floor 
Ottawa 


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Central  Experimental  Farm 

April  5,  Mail  Direct 
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Niva  Publishing 
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Positions:  Research/Writer 

CIBC  Aboriginal  Internship 
Program 

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All  disciplines 

Positions:  Summer  Interns 

Natural  Resources 

ASAP,  Phone  first 
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Positons:  Lab  Technician 


TREE  PLANTING 

The  following  tree  planting  compa- 
nies are  accepting  applications  to  be 
mailed  direct.  Please  consult  the 
summer  job  board  for  deadline  dates 
and  for  more  information. 

TAWA  Enterprises  Ltd. 
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508  Unicentre- 788-6611 
March  31, 1994 

EMPLOYER  INFORMATION 
SESSION 

FOR  SUMMER  EMPLOY- 
MENT 

Home  Phone  Club 

April  8,  12  Noon 
417  Southam  Hall 
Positions:  Registration 


GROUP  SESSIONS 

Students  may  sign  up  for  the 
Workshops  at  the  front  desk. 

The  Resume/Covering  Letter 

This  session  discusses  self  assess- 
ment, the  purpose  of  a  resume,  how 
to  prepare  a  resume,  skill  identifi- 
cation, components  of  a  resume, 
resume  styles,  as  well  as  the 
covering  letter.  Samples  are 
reviewed  to  determine  how  to 
maximize  effectiveness. 

Networking/Job  Search 

This  session  focuses  on  network- 
ing, researching  the  labour  market, 
the  visible  and  hidden  job  market, 
various  job  hunting  approaches, 
developing  a  job  search  system  and 
common  pit  falls. 

Interview  Techniques 

This  session  reviews  the  purpose  of 
the  interview,  the  employer's  and 
the  candidate's  goal,  the  stages  of 
an  interview,  commonly  asked 
questions  and  preparation  tips. 


Are  you  graduating  ? 
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Good  luck  with  your  exams 
and  have  a  good  summer! 


We  would  like  to  take  this  opportunity  to  thank  those  people  within  the  university  community  who  have  assisted  in  the  delivery  of 

our  service  during  the  past  academic  year. 


20  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  31,  1994 


A  BIG  THANK  YOU  TO  ALL  OUR  VOLUNTEERS 


To  each  and  every  one  of  the  people  who  dedicated  their  time  between  classes  (or  even  their  time  in  classes)  to  The  Charlatan  this 
-you  make  this  much  more  than  a  paper.  Thanks  is  not  enough  to  commemorate  your  work  here.  Our  staffs  respect  will  always 

everyone  on  staff  this  year  -  Kevin,  Jill,  Mario,  Karin,  Brent,  Arn,  Andrea,  Sheila,  Steven,  Blayne,  Tim,  Andre,  Dave,  Mike 
Kim  Dave,  Joellen  and  Karen  -  without  you  The  Charlatan  would  not  even  be  a  paper.  You  have  worked  hard,  worked  long 
worked  late,  worked  tons.  You  have  worked  beyond  the  limits  I  thought  human  beings  could  tolerate.  You  have  worked  wonders.  My 


respect  and  admiration  will  always  be  yours. 


-  Mo  Gannon,  editor-in-chief 


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Cristin  Tierney 
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Ray  Verbyla 
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.ron  Watt 
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All  of  you  are  invited 
to  the  end-of-the-year 
Charlabash  on  Saturday, 
April  9.  Please  call 
Mo  at  788-6680 
for  more  details. 


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STUDY  SKILLS 
Weekend  Workshops  offered  by 
the  School  of  Continuing  Education 
788-3500 


Workshop  I 


NOTE-TAKING/EXAMINATIONS  AND  ESSAY  WRITING 

This  one-day  workshop  will  provide  you  with  tips  and  techniques 
to  develop  effective  listening  and  note-taking  skills,  textbook 
reading  skills,  and  systems  of  study.  You  will  learn  to  reduce 
exam  anxiety  and  improve  concentration  and  memory  building.  As 
well,  the  workshop  provides  an  exploration  of  all  aspects  of  the 
writing  process.  You  will  have  an  opportunity  to  analyze  an 
assignment;  research  and  organize  a  topic;  and  write  and  revise  i 
draft . 


4:00  p.m. 


Date:  Saturday,   June  11,   1994,   9:00  a.i 

Fee:  $40.00   (includes  lunch) 

$35.00   (without  lunch) 

Workshop  II 
ESSAY  WRITING 

This  intensive,  full-day  workshop  is  designed  to  help  you  produce 
more  effective  essays.  All  aspects  of  the  writing  process  will  be 
explored  —  from  the  planning  stages  through  to  final  draft 


Date:  Sunday,  June  12,   1994,   9:00  a.m. 

Fee:  $50.00  (includes  lunch) 

$45.00   (without  lunch) 


10%  discount  if  you  register  by  May  31!!! 


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STODY  SKILLS 

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Gougeon         World  prankve  of  Primus  Ten 

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Satie  GymnopddieNo.  1 

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22  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  31,  1994 


—  SPORTS  

Athletes  of  the  year  honored 

Dustin  and  Kotler  top 


by  Sarah  Richards 

Charlatan  Slaff 

Ditch  the  smelly  cleats.  Toss  the  sweat- 
ridden  jersey.  Don  a  swank  suit  or  glitzy 
dress,  and  prepare  to  play  a  game  of  a 
different  kind. 

Carleton's  varsity  athletes  wined, 
dined  and  played  the  casino  at  the  an- 
nual Varsity  Athletics  Banquet  on  March 
24  at  St.  Anthony's  Soccer  Hall. 

Athletes  ate  canneloni  and  a  tossed 
salad  while  awards  like  Most  Valuable 
Player  were  handed  out  to  individual 
teams.  The  night  culminated  in  the 
awarding  of  the  four  top  prizes:  the  male 
and  female  Athletes  of  the  Year  and  the 
.  male  and  female  Graduating  Athletes  of 
the  Year. 

Erica  Kotler,  a  second-year  student 
taking  a  combined  honors  in  geology 
and  physical  geography,  won  the  Ruth 
Coe  Memorial  Award  as  the  female  Ath- 
lete of  the  Year  for  her  swimming  per- 
formance at  the  Canadian  Interuniversity 
Athletic  Union  national  championships. 
Kotler  beat  her  personal  best  in  the  100- 
and  200-metre  breast-stroke.  Making  the 
Olympic  team  is  not  out  of  sight,  espe- 
cially with  the  special  coaching  she  re- 
ceives, she  says. 

"I  have  a  coach  who  has  previously 
been  in  the  position  I'm  in,  on  the  verge 
of  making  an  international  team,  and 
the  other  coach  is  my  mother,"  Kotler 
said.  "She's  been  there  since  1  began 
swimming  at  nine  years  old.  She  knows 
me,  she  knows  everything  I  need." 

Wayne  Dustin,  who  struck  gold  in  all 
but  one  regional  race  he  entered  this 
year,  was  named  the  male  Athlete  of  the 
Year.  Duty  called  though,  and  Dustin 
was  unable  to  attend  the  banquet.  He 
was  busy  competing  in  the  Canadian 
Cross-Country  Ski  Championships  in 
Mont  St.  Anne,  Quebec. 

Kathy  Keegan  was  named  the  female 
Graduating  Athlete  of  the  Year  for  her 
role  in  the  women's  soccer  team  5-3-2 
regular  season  record.  Keegan's  versatil- 
ity in  playing  both  striker  and  fullback 
led  to  her  being  named  to  the  Ontario 
Women's  Interuniversity  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation eastern  division  All-Star  team  as 
co-captain.  Keegan  said  she  was  shocked 
when  she  heard  her  name  called  out  for 
the  award. 

"I  was  sort  of  talking  to  somebody, 


athletes,  Keegan  and  Charles  best  graduates 

T 


Skier  Wayne  Dustin,  basketball  guard  Taffe  Charles  and  soccer  player  Kathy 
Keegan  were  three  of  the  four  big  winners  at  the  Varsity  banquet 


then  I  heard  'two  positions.'  That  was  the 
word,  because  (soccer  head  coach  Dave 
Kent)  always  said  'and  she  played  two 
positions  this  year,'"  said  Keegan.  "Then 
everybody  around  me  was  going  'Oh  my 
God,  Keegan,  that's  you.'  And  then  they 
said  my  name." 

Taffe  Charles,  basketballer 
extraordinaire,  walked  away  with  male 
Graduating  Athlete  of  the  Year  award. 


Charles  led  his  team  in  offensive  records, 
averaging  28  points  and  10.4  rebounds 
per  game.  His  talent  earned  him  a  spot 
on  the  Ontario  University  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation all-star  team  for  the  second  year 
in  a  row. 

"It's  pretty  gratifying,"  Charles  said 
after  the  ceremony.  "But  at  the  same 
time,  I  like  concentrating  more  on  team 
goals  then  individual  awards."  □ 


It  was  definitely  a  quotable  year 


by  Charlatan  Staff 

Another  year  of  Carleton  sports  has 
come  and  gone.  It  hasn't  always  been 
pretty  to  watch,  but  there  sure  were  a 
few  memorable  moments. 

"We  will  win  some  games  this 
year.  I  have  no  doubt  of  that.  How 
many  I  can't  predict,  but  we  cer- 
tainly won't  go  0-7." 

—  Football  head  coach  Donn  Smith 
in  May  1994  proved  himself  a  prophet 
as  the  men's  footbaU  team  won  two 
games  this  year  and  started  on  the  road 

back  to  respectability. 

"I've  been  coaching  at  U  of  T  for 
13  years,  and  this  is  the  most  tal- 
ented team  I've  seen  Carleton  have. 
They  have  ail  the  ingredients  there. 
They  just  need  a  little  seasoning  to 
make  them  better." 

—With  comments  like  that,  Toronto 


women's  basketball  coach  Michelle 
Belanger  is  kinder  than  most  critics.  But 
then  again,  one  can  afford  to  be  gracious 
when  your  team's  just  wan  81-44  . . . 

"It's  no  fun  being  on  a  losing 
team.  It's  good  being  on  a  team,  but 
then . . .  when  you  look  at  it,  what's 
thepointreally,  if  we're  just  getting 
killed  every  game. " 

—  The  losses  kept  piling  up  for  the 
women'sbasketball  team.  They  began  to 
affectplayersontheteamlikeco-captain 
Helen  Collins,  who  made  this  comment 
after  the  0-12  season  was  over. 

"Their  egos  were  inflated  and 
they  thought  they  could  go  out  and 
win  without  playing  the  system  that 
(coach)  Sandie  (Mackle)  taught 
them.  They  wanted  to  play  tippy- 
tappy  football." 

—  Hey,  when  you're  ranked  among 


the  top  five  in  the  country,  you  tend  to 
get  a  little  cocky  sometimes.  The  Raven 
men's  soccer  team  did  and  paid  the 
price,  tying  last-place  Trent  1-1  in  Octo- 
ber: Assistant  coach  Hugh  Campbell 
wasn't  pleased. 

"It's  sometimes  good  when  a 
team  like  Toronto  gives  us  a  good 
whipping.  It  brings  them  (the  vet- 
erans) back  down  to  earth. " 

Field  hockey  coach  Suzanne 
Nicholson  wasn't  too  upset  when  her 
team  was  trounced  16-0  by  Toronto 
earlier  this  year. 

"This  is  the  best  feeling  in  the 
world.  We  knew  from  the  begin- 
ning of  the  season  that  if  we  played 
hard,  we  could  get  the  Job  done." 

—  Rugby  kicker  Mike  Rys  put  it  best 
after  the  Ravens  won  the  division  two 
title  in  October.  □ 


Thanks 
for  the 
memories 


by  Steven  Vesely 

Charlatan  Staff 

There  have  been  times  this  past 
school  year  when  those  of  us  writing 
sports  in  The  Charlatan  have  ranted 
on  about  the  performances  of  vari- 
ous varsity  teams  here  at  Carleton. 

We've  bitched.  We've  whined. 
We've  criticized.  We've  cried. 

You  get  the  picture. 

But  for  this  last  issue,  we  just 
want  to  congratulate  all  those  stu- 
dents, coaches  and  people  involved 
in  athletics  at  Carleton. 

In  particular,  congratulations  are 
in  order  for  the  following  athletes 
who  won  awards  at  the  1 994  awards 
banquet  on  March  24  at  St. 
Anthony's  Soccer  Club: 

Athlete  of  the  Year 

Female  —  Erica  Koder 
Male  —  Wayne  Dustin 

Graduating  Athlete  of  the 
Year 

Female  —  Kathy  Keegan 
Male  —  Taffe  Charles 

Most  Valuable  Players 

Men's  Basketball 
Taffe  Charles 
Women's  Basketball 
Heather  McAlpine 
Women's  Field  Hockey 
Vicki  Wilcox 
Men's  Football 
Steve  Szumlinski 
Men's  Rugby 
Mike  Rys 
Women's  Soccer 
Conine  Van  Ryckde  Groot 
Men's  Soccer 
Marty  Lauter 
Women's  Volleyball 

Sylvie  Coutu 
Women's  Waterpolo 
Anne  Stacey 
Men's  Waterpolo 
Allemander  Pereira 

Most  Dedicated  Player 

Men's  Basketball 
Andrew  Smith 
Women's  Basketball 
Helen  Collins 
Women's  Field  Hockey 
Suzanne  Lachapelle 

Men's  Football 
Harry  Van  Hofwegen 
Men's  Rugby 
Mark  Morrison 
Women's  Soccer 
Kathy  Keegan 
Men's  Soccer 
Stephen  Ball 
Women's  Volleyball 

Laurie  Malone 
Women's  Waterpolo 
Jennifer  Goldhar 
Men's  Waterpolo 
Brian  Young 

It  takes  a  special  something  to  be  a 
studentathlete.  Congratulations  to 
all  those  who  try.  □ 


March  31,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  .  23 


RAVEN  YEAR  END  REVIEW: 


Raven 
Rumblings 


OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 
Final  Standings 


W 

L 

T 

F     A  PTS 

Laurent 

10 

2 

0 

024  950  20 

Ryerson 

9 

3 

0 

023  923  18 

Toronto 

8 

4 

0 

902  880  16 

York 

6 

6 

0 

923  948  12 

Ottawa 

4 

8 

0 

927  959  8 

Queen's 

3 

9 

0 

904  969  6 

Carle  ton  2 

10 

0 

912  9864 

OUAA  WATERPOLO 
East  Division 
Final  Standings 

W  L   T  F      A  PTS 

Toronto    12  0   0  158  64  24 

Western   8  4   0  148  102  16 

Carleton7  4  1  105  84  15 

McMaster7  4   1  133  88  15 

Queen's   5  7  0  83    121  10 

Ottawa    2  10  0  91    155  4 

York       0  12  0  70    174  0 

OUAA  SOCCER 

East  Division 
Final  Standings 

w  L  T  F  A  PTS 

Corleton8  1  3  31  11  19 

Toronto   8  1  3  24  8  19 

Laurent   7  3  2  27  9  16 

Queen's   6  4  2  29  15  14 

Ryerson   2  8  2  9  27  6 

Trent      2  9  1  9  37  5 

York       2  9  1  9  31  5 

OUAA  RUGBY 
East  Division  II 
Final  Standings 

W  L  T  F  A  PTS 

Carleton6  1  0  170  43  12 

Laurier    6  1  0  164  44  12 

RMC        5  2  0  98  73  10 

Toronto   3  4  0  130  99  6 

Trent       1  6  0  130  99  2 

Brock      0  7  0  52  219  0 

OUAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 
Final  Standings 


w 

L 

T 

F 

A 

PTS 

Lourentn  10 

2 

0 

024 

950 

20 

Ryerson  9 

3 

0 

023 

923 

18 

Toronto  8 

4 

0 

902 

880 

16 

York  6 

6 

0 

923 

948 

12 

Ottawa  4 

8 

0 

927 

959 

8 

Queen's  3 

9 

0 

904 

969 

6 

Carle  ton  2 

10  0 

912  986  4 

CIAU  FOOTBALL 

O-QIFC 
Final  Standings 

W   L   T    F      A  PTS 

Bishop's  6     1   0    176  91  12 

Concord  4     3  0    148  142  8 

McGill     4     3   0    158  136  8 

Ottawa    3    4   0    114  109  6 

Queen's  2  5  0  122  168  4 
Carleton2    5  0   94    166  4 


MEN'S  FOOTBALL 

TIED  FOR  FIFTH  OUT  OF  SIX  TEAMS 
IN  THE  O-QIFC  —  MISSED  PLAYOFFS 
Record:  2-5  .400 

Highs:  Athletics  hired  former  Ottawa 
Rough  Rider  Donn  Smith  hoping  hewould 
rum  around  an  inept,  moribund  team 
and  he  did  just  that. 

Despite  a  roster  full  of  rookies,  the 
Ravens  showed  they  really  could  be  com- 
petitive with  other  teams  in  the  confer- 
ence. The  offence  almost  doubled  its  out- 
put from  to  94  from  44  and  the  defence 
allowed  7 1  fewer  points  in  comparison  to 
last  year  —  a  sure  sign  of  improvement. 

Lows:  Hmmm,  let's  see.  Despite  the 
positives,  the  Ravens  still  tied  for  last  in 
their  conference  and  need  work.  A  fum- 
ble in  their  own  end  zone  with  under  two 
minutes  left  to  play  in  a  game  against 
Concordia  in  October  seriously  jeopard- 
ized theirplayoffchancesandhighlighted 
their  inexperience. 

Quote:  "We  had  a  nice  opportunity  to 
win  this  game,  but  we  let  it  slip  away. "  — 
Coach  Donn  Smith  after  the  Ravens  col- 
lapsed in  the  fourth  quarter  of  October's 
Panda  Game,  allowing  three  touchdowns 
to  lose  21-3. 

Synopsis:  If  it's  true  it's  supposed  to 
be  darkest  before  the  dawn,  then  the 
Ravens  are  finally  seeing  daylight.  Sure, 
there  were  plenty  of  rookie  mistakes  made 
this  season,  but  the  Ravens  are  finally 
improving. 
Grade:  B- 

FIELD  HOCKEY 

NINTH  OUT  OF  10  TEAMS  IN  THE 
OWIAA  FIELD  HOCKEY  LEAGUE  — 
MISSED  PLAYOFFS 

Record:  2-11-3.219 

Highs:  Key  members  on  the  team 
were  midfielders  Suzanne  Bird,  who 
scored  eight  goals  (over  half  of  the  team's 
13),  and  team  MVP  Suzanne 
LaChappelle.  The  Ravens  also  tied  York 
0-0  on  Oct.  25,  for  their  first-ever  point 
against  the  Yeowomen. 

Lows:  A  lack  of  offence  was  evident 
this  year,  as  the  Ravens  lost  six  games  by 
one  goal  and  missed  the  playoffs.  A  little 
internal  team  strife  between  rookies,  vet- 
erans and  the  coach  didn't  help  matters 
either. 

Quote:  "There  must  be  more  team 
unity  and  we  have  to  get  rid  of  the  under- 
currents of  our  problems  this  year."  — 
Coach  Suzanne  Nicholson,  commenting 
on  the  rift  between  some  of  her  players. 

Synopsis:  This  team  is  better  than  its 
record.  Bird,  midfielder  Krista  Wilson  and 
link  Vicki  Wilcox  all  have  provincial 
team  experience  and  this  year's  rookies 
have  a  year  under  their  belt. 

If  that  nucleus  comes  back  next  year, 
a  playoff  berth  ain't  out  of  the  question. 


Grade:  C- 


24  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  31,  1994 


MEN'S  SOCCER 

FIRST  OUT  OF  SEVEN  TEAMS  IN  THE 
OWIAA  EAST  DIVISION  —  LOST  DIVI- 
SION SEMI-FINAL 

Record:  8-1-3  .792 

Highs:  The  Ravens  avenged  last  sea- 
son's division  final  loss  to  Laurentian 
with  a  1-0  win  over  the  Voyageurs  in 
September's  season  opener.  They  never 
looked  back  after  that,  finishing  first  in 
the  regular  season  for  a  second  consecu- 
tive year. 

Lows:  The  Ravens  suffered  a  heart- 
breaking 3-2  shootout  loss  to  the  Queen 's 
Golden  Gaels  in  their  semi-final  playoff 
game  in  November.  It  was  a  shocker  that 
brought  tears  to  the  eyes  of  many  players 
and  fans. 

Quote:  "We  were  a  little  overconfi- 
dent, because  we  heard  they  weren't  a 
strong  team,  and  they  had  given  up  a  lot 
of  goals.  Before  the  game  players  were 
saying  they  would  score  certain  goals." 
—  Forward  Marty  McCaffrey  after  the 
Ravenstied  the  last-place  Trent  Excalibur 
early  in  the  year. 

Synopsis:  So  they  weren't  perfect. 
They  were  still  the  team  of  the  year  at 
Carleton.  They  had  talent,  experience 
and  desire.  Whether  that  nucleus  will 
stick  around  next  year  remains  to  be 
seen.  Either  way,  the  team  will  be  hard- 
pressed  to  maintain  its  position  as  a 
division  powerhouse. 

Grade:  A 

WOMEN'S  SOCCER 

TIED  FOR  THIRD  OUT  OF  SIX  TEAMS 
IN  THE  OWIAA  EAST  DIVISION  —  LOST 
DIVISION  SEMI-FINAL 

Record:  5-3-2 .600 

Highs:  At  5-3-2,  the  Ravens  posted 
their  best  regular  season  finish  in  their 
six-year  history.  Goaltender  Kristina 
Bacchi,  who  had  three  shutouts,  and 
rookie  midfielder  Nicole  Maynard,  who 
scored  five  of  the  team's  16  goals,  were 
leaders  on  the  team. 

Lows:  Despite  the  statistical  improve- 
ment, the  Ravens  also  lost  their  sixth 
straight  division  semi-final  game  3-0  to 
the  Laurier  Golden  Hawks. 

Quote:  "We  were  really  pumped  for 
this  game  and  we  really  wanted  to  win  as 
a  team.  York  is  a  team  known  to  have  an 
attitude,  to  be  a  very  cocky  team  and  we 
wanted  to  show  them."  —  Goaltender 
Kristina  Bacchi  after  the  Ravens  hum- 
bled the  first-place  Yeowomen. 

Synopsis:  The  Ravens  need  to  aim 
higher.  Six  straight  playoff  appearances 
is  good.  Six  straight  playoff  losses  is  bad. 
It's  time  coach  Dave  Kent  stops  rattling 
on  about  statistical  improvements  and 
leads  his  team  to  playoff  success. 

Grade:  B- 

MEN'S  R0GBY 

FIRST  OUT  OF  SIX  TEAMS  IN  THE 
OUAA  DIVISION  TWO  —  LOST  SEMI- 
FINAL 

Record:  6-1 .857 

Highs:  The  rugby  team  demolished 
the  Trent  Excalibur  33-0  in  October  to 
clinch  the  OUAA  second  division  for  the 


first  time  since  1987.  Seven  members  of 
team  were  deservedly  named  to  the  OUAA 
all-star  team. 

Lows:  Gee,  they  lost  one  game.  Life's 
rough. 

Quote:"We  knew  from  the  beginning 
of  the  season  that  if  we  played  hard,  we 
could  get  the,  job  done."  —  Kicker  Mike 
Rys  after  the  Ravens  clinched  their  divi- 
sion. 

Synopsis:  The  Ravens  have  always 
been  a  competittve  team  in  the  second 
division,  but  now  they'll  have  to  play 
with  the  big  boys.  They  probably  won't 
have  as  much  fun. 

Grade:  A 


WOMEN'S  V0LLEYRALL 

LAST  OUT  OF  SIX  TEAMS  IN  THE 
OWIAA  EAST  DIVISION  —  MISSED 
PLAYOFFS 

Record:  1-9 .100 

Highs:  The  Ravens  beat  the  Ryerson 
Lady  Rams  3-1  in  February  for  their  first 
and  only  win  this  season.  Middle  Sylvie 
Coutu  led  the  rookie  team  with  54  kills 
and  56  digs. 

Lows:  The  Ravens  tumbled  from  a 
best-ever,  fourth-place  finish  at  the  pro- 
vincial finals  last  year  to  missing  the 
playoffs  this  year.  Why?  Mainly  because 
only  two  members  returned  from  last 
year's  team.  The  loss  of  all-star  setter 
Marilyn  Johnson  didn't  help  matters. 

Quote:  "With  first-year  players,  your 
confidence  can  really  take  a  beating  at  a 
tournament  like  this  when  you  keep  get- 
ting shelled."  —  Coach  Peter  Biasone 
after  the  rookie  Ravens  placed  last  at  the 
Winnipeg  Invitational  in  November. 

Synopsis:  This  year's  team  was  start- 
ing at  square  one  so  it'dbe  unfairto  judge 
them  until  they've  gained  a  little  more 
experience.  But  next  year,  we'll  be  watch- 
ing! 

Grade:  C 

MEN'S  WATERPOLO 

THIRD  OUT  OF  SEVEN  TEAMS  IN  THE 
OUAA  EAST  DIVISION  —  FOURTH  IN 
THE  PROVINCIAL  FINALS 

Record:  7-4-1 .625 

Highs:  The  team  allowed  an  average 
of  seven  goals  per  game— second  best  in 


REMEMBER  THE  HIGHS  AND  LOWS 


Burke  tn0™3  le°9ue-  D™rs  Corry 
and  QVe  Bason  PQced  the  °ff<««* 

team       "amed  t0  the  0UAA  o1!-stor 

wmnTS:  J"!  RQVens  ™e  out  on  the 
S  en,d  °f  a  12-11  double-overtime 
battle  with  the  University  of  Western 

Mu  angsm  serm-fin  playoffgame 
brn  J  i°f  14"9  t0  T°r°nt°  ^  the 
bronze  medal  match  in  November.  End 
result:  no  medal. 

n<h™0tf  e"Jnere  was  nothing  to  be 
ashamedof.»_DriverDave  Bason  after 
a  dramahc  overtime  loss  dropped  the 
Ravens  into  the  bronze  medal  match 

Synopsis:  Medal  or  not,  the  men's 
waterpoloteamdidweUandwithastronq 
core  of  rookies  and  veterans,  should  re 
main  good  for  a  while  yet. 

Grade:  B+ 

WOMEN'S  WATERPOLO 

FIRST  OUT  OF  FIVE  TEAMS  IN  THE 

OWIAA— WON  BRONZE MEDALATTHE 
PROVINCIAL  FINALS 

Record:  7-1-1 .833 

Highs:  The  Ravens  won  a  medal  for  a 
seventh  straight  year  at  the  provincial 
finals  in  February,  persevering  16-14  in  a 
triple-overtime  bronze  medal  match 
against  the  McMaster  Marauders  in  Feb- 
ruary. Driver  Anne  Stacey  led  the  team 
with  22  goals  and  was  named  to  the 
OWIAA  all-star  team  along  with 
teammates  Stephanie  Burgess  and  |en 
Hampton. 

Lows:  The  women's  team  was  upset 
in  the  round-robin  finals  by  third-place 
Queen's  and  fourth-place  McMaster,  end- 
ing any  hopes  they  had  of  playing  forthe 
gold. 

Quote:"It  was  an  awfully  long  strug- 
gle" —  Coach  Steve  Baird  afterthe  triple- 
overtime  win  against  McMaster. 

Synopsis:  This  is  a  team  that  consist- 
ently posts  top-notch  results.  There's  no 
reason  to  believe  that  will  change  next 
year. 

Grade:  A- 


and  is  expected  to  come  back  next  year 
With  a  little  help  from  a  more  seasoned 
squad,  the  Ravens  might  stand  a  better 
chance  at  snagging  a  playoff  berth — but 
don  t  bet  on  it. 
Grade:  C+ 

WOMEN'S  BASKETBALL 

LAST  OUT  OF  SEVEN  TEAMS  IN  THE 
OWIAA  EAST  DIVISION  —  MISSED 
PLAYOFFS 

Record:  0-1 2. 000 

Highs:  Rookie  forward  Gillian 
Roseway  was  the  biggest,  if  not  the  only, 
bright  spotthe  team,  leading  the  Ravens 
in  six  of  seven  offensive  categories.  The 
Ravens  did  getmarginallybetteroverthe 
season,  but  not  enough  to  even  come 
close  to  winning  a  game. 

Lows:  The  Ravens  averaged  39.1 
points  per  game,  a  10-point  drop  from 
last  year.  Turnovers  were  another  prob- 
lem, with  the  team  averaging  one  every 
70  seconds.  A  lack  of  experience  was  also 
a  cause  for  concern  as  four  veteran  start- 
ers didn't  come  back. 

Quote:  "1  think  what  we  needed  was 
just  one  win  to  show  that  we  can  do 
something  out  there.  But  that  never  hap- 
pened." —  Rookie  guard  Gillian  Roseway 
on  the  effort  the  team  showed. 

Synopsis:  It's  hard  to  believe  the 
Ravens  can  get  any  worse.  Or  can  they? 
Stay  tuned. 

Grade:  D 

NORDIC  SKIING 

MEN  AND  WOMEN  WON  SILVER  AT 
THE  ONTARIO  CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Highs:  The  medals  just  keep  coming 
for  both  the  men's  and  women's  nordic 
ski  teams.  The  Ravens  extended  their 
streak  of  finishing  among  the  top  three 
at  the  provincial  championships  for  a 
seventh  straightyear.  Newcomer  Wayne 
Dustin  placed  first  in  five  of  six  races  and 
was  named  Carleton's  male  Athlete  of 
the  Year.  The  women's  team,  led  by  all- 


Quote:  "I  pulled  a  Browning."  — 
Men's  sabre  fencer  Simon  Pianarosa  af- 
ter placing  10th  at  the  OUAA  east  divi- 
sion finals. 

More  Quotes:  "It  was  a  really  lousy 
weekend.  It  was  a  weekend  they  want  to 
forget.  It  was  the  worst  men's  result  in  six 
ylQrS' "  —  Fencing  coach  lames  Ireland 
after  no  men's  teams  qualified  for  the 
OUAA  finals. 
Grade:  C+ 


MEN'S  BASKETBALL 

LAST  OUT  OF  SEVEN  TEAMS  IN  THE 
OUAA  EAST  DIVISION  -  MISSED 
PLAYOFFS 

Record:  2-10. 166 

Highs:  The  Ravens  started  their  sea- 
son right  with  road  victories  against  Ot- 
tawa and  Queen's.  Forward  Taffe  Charles 
was  second  in  the  nation  with  a  28.0 
points-per-game  average.  Rookies  Reagh 
Vidito  and  Andrew  Smith  personified  the 
scrappy  work-ethic  of  the  team  on  most 
nights. 

Lows:  Great  start,  poor  finish.  The 
men's  basketball  team  lost  10  straight  to 
end  the  season  in  March  on  a  low  note. 

Quote: "  I  hate  to  say  it,  but  the  teams 
we  beat  weren't  that  great,  but  we'll  take 
the  wins  anyway."  —  Guard  Curtis 
Houlden  after  the  Ravens  won  two  pre- 
season games. 

Synopsis:  Offensive  team  leader 
Charles  has  one  year  of  eligibility  left 


stars  Kirsten  Davis  and  Erin  Long,  sur- 
prised onlookers  with  an  unexpected 
medal  at  the  OWIAA  finals. 

Lows:  Hmmm.  Dustin  placed  second 
in  the  one  race  he  didn't  win. 

Quote:  "We've  won  silver  every  year 
since  I  came  to  Carleton.  It's  frustrating, 
but  it  could  be  a  lot  worse."  —  Veteran 
skier  Frank  Ferrari  bemoaning  the  men's 
fifth  straight  silver  medal  result. 

Grade:  A+ 

FENCING 

WOMEN'S  FOILTEAM  WON  BRONZE 
AT  OWIAA  CHAMPIONSHIPS,  MEN 
DIDN'T  QUALIFY 

Highs:  The  women's  third-place  finish 
was  their  finish  in  six  years.  Men's  fencer 
Simon  Pianarosa  qualified  in  the  indi- 
vidual sabre  event  at  the  provincial  fi- 
nals in  March,  placing  10th. 

Lows:  No  men's  team's  qualified  for 
the  OUAA  finals. 


SWIMMING 

MEN  1 0TH  OUT  OF  1 5TEAMS  IN  OUAA 
FINALS,  WOMEN  1 2TH  OUT  OF  15 TEAMS 
IN  OWIAA  FINALS 

Highs:  Women'sswimmer  Erica  Kotler 
won  silver  in  the  200-metre  breast-stroke 
and  bronze  in  the  100-metre  breast-stroke 
at  the  OWIAA  finals.  Kotler  qualified  for 
the  CIAU  nationals  along  with 
teammates  Brigitte  Davidson  and  An- 
drew Smith. 

Lows:  The  water  was  cold. 
Quote:  "The  training  camps  in 
Calgary  are  legendary.  They  would  do  40 
kilometres  in  practice.  We  do  five  or  six. 
You  can't  compete  with  that."  —  Swim- 
mer Andrew  Smith  on  the  difference  be- 
tween Carleton 's  swim  program  and  that 
of  the  University  of  Calgary's. 

Synopsis:  The  Raven  program  con- 
sistently sends  a  team  to  the  national 
finals  on  a  small  budget.  Not  bad. 
Grade:  B 

ROWING 

MEN  SEVENTH  OUTOFNINEATTHE 
OUAA  FINALS.  WOMEN  EIGHTH  OUT  OF 
NINE  AT  THE  OWIAA  FINALS 

Highs:  The  men 's  and  women's  teams 
placed  six  crews  in  the  finals  at  the  pro- 
vincial championships  in  October.  Their 
previous  best  had  been  one  entry  last 
year.  The  lightweight  double  crew  of  Rob 
Bennett  and  Trevor  MacKay  finished  sec- 
ond in  their  final.  The  top  women's  result 
was  a  sixth  place  ,  finish  by  both  the 
lightweight  and  heavyweight  fourcrews. 

Quote:  You've  got  to  remember  they 
were  rowing  against  some  pretty  stiff 
competition.  Some  of  those  students  out 
there  are  national  team  members.  It's 
not  like  they  were  rowing  somewhere  in 
the  Prairies."  —  Rowing  coach  John 
Ossowski  explaining  the  relative  progress 
Carleton  made  at  the  provincial  finals. 

Synopsis:  With  a  new  coach  and 
renewed  interest  in  the  sport,  rowing  is 
making  somewhat  of  a  resurgence  at 
Carleton.  Lef  s  hope  the  results  keep  im- 
proving. 

Grade:  B+  a 


Raven 
Rumblings 

OWIAA  BASKETBALL 
East  Division 
Final  Standings 


Laurent 

Toronto 

Ottawa 

Queen's 

York 

Ryerson 


W  L  T 

12  0  0 

10  2  0 

7  5  0 

6  6  0 

5  7  0 


CarletonO 


10  0 
12  0 


F  A  PTS 
929  576  24 
856  596  20 
803  720  14 
788  769  12 
696  752  10 
606  803  4 
469  931  O 


OWIAA  WATERPOLO 
East  Division 
Final  Standings 

W    L    T    F      A  PTS 

Carleton  7    1   1   68   31  14 

Toronto    7     1    1    72    28  14 

Queen's   3    5  0   58    42  6 

McMaster  2     6   0    42    70  4 

Brock      1     7   0   30    99  2 

OWIAA  SOCCER 

East  Division 
Final  Standings 

W   L   T    F      A  PTS 

Queen's   8     1    1    32    7  17 

York       7    2   1    23    10  15 

Toronto   5     3   2   22    7  12 

Carleton  5    3  2   16    9  12 

Trent      0    8   2   5     33  2 

Ryerson   0    8   2   3     35  2 

OWIAA  FIELD  HOCKEY 
East  Division 
Final  Standings 


w 

L  T 

F 

A 

PTS 

Toronto  16 

0  0 

91 

1 

32 

York  12 

2  2 

43 

11 

26 

Guelph  9 

5  2 

28 

16 

20 

Western  5 

5  6 

22 

17 

16 

Queen's  6 

6  4 

20 

24 

16 

Waterloo  6 

7  3 

23 

24 

15 

McGill  4 

8  4 

16 

27 

12 

Carleton  2 

11  3 

13 

40 

7 

Trent  0 

16  0 

1 

97 

0 

OWIAA  VOLLEYBALL 
East  Division 
Final  Standings 

W   L   T    F      A  PTS 

York        9     1    0    28    5  18 

Toronto   8    2  0   28    8  16 

Ottawa    6     4   0    20    15  12 

Queen's   5    5   0    16    17  10 

Ryerson    1     9   0   4     27  2 

Carleton  1    9  0  4     28  2 


March  31,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  25 


Charlatan  Hockey  Pool 

Here  are  the  final  point  leaders  in  the  Charlatan  Hockey  Pool.  Points  were 
tabulated  as  of  Tue.  Mar.  29, 1994.  Regular  season  leaders  can  only  win  the  dinner 
prize  once.  (Italicized  names  are  former  winners.) 


1 344  Bank  Street 

fat  Riverside) 

738  -3323 


Congratulations  to  Jason  Ling,  the 
final  issue  winner  of  the  dinner  prize. 
Jason  can  come  pick  up  his  $25  dinner 
certificates  for  Baxter's  restaurant  at 
The  Charlatan. 

Our  final  winner  of  the  year  is  Patrick  Soden  Come  on  up  Patrick  and  see 

what  we've  got  in  store  for  you! 


1  Patrick  Soden 

827 

2  R.  De  Vecchi 

813 

3  Anjali  Varma 

806 

4  Jason  Beifuss 

802 

S  Vicki  Mavraganis 

800 

6  Sujoy  Bhattacharyya 

796 

7  Jeff  Parker 

796 

8  Tyler  Vaillant 

788 

9  MarcAresenault 

786 

10  Jason  Ling 

786 

11  R.  Daggupaty 

786 

12MikeWhitton 

785 

13  Blair  Sanderson 

785 

14  Joseph  Kurikose 

783 

ISAIexVarki 

783 

Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 


How  many  Montreal  Expos  who 
played  first  base  last  year?  Bonus 
dinner  prize  if  you  can  name  them. 

We  had  14  responses  to  last  week's 
question  of  which  five  were  correct  on 
both  questions.  Our  final  dinner  prize 
winnerthisyearisTodd  Butler.  Come 
on  up  Todd  for  your  two  certificates. 


For  those  of  you  wondering  who  did 
play  first  base  for  the  Expos  last  year, 
here  are  the  answers. 

1.  GregColbrunn 

2.  Frank  Bolick 

3.  JohnVanderWal 

4.  Oreste  Marrero 

5.  Derrick  White 

6.  Randy  Ready 

7.  ArchiCianfrocco 

8.  CliffFloyd 

9.  LouFrazier 

10.  Larry  Walker 

11.  JoeSiddall 

Thanks  to  all  of  you  who  partici- 
pated in  the  Charlatan  Sports  Trivia 
this  year.  This  was  the  last  question  of 
the  year.  Hopefully,  we'll  be  back  next 
year. 


Some  of  this  country's 
most  creative  minds  are  in  Canada's 
insurance  industry. 


The/re  the  kinds  of  minds  that  know  creativity 
goes  far  beyond  art,  literature  or  making  movies. 
If  you're  like  that,  why  not  consider  a  career  with 
Canada's  property/casualty,  or  general  insurance 
industry?  The  industry  offers  a  wide  variety  of 
career  choices  for  creative  minds.  Accountants 
yes,  but  also  systems  analysts,  lawyers,  managers, 
loss  prevention  engineers,  investment  specialists, 
investigators,  marine  underwriters,  aviation 
adjusters  and  many  more.  The  choice  is  yours. 

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26  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  31,  1994 


—  ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT  

Signing  to  a  major  can  be  hazardous  to  your  health 


by  Rob  Willbond 

Charlaian  Staff 


'Green  Day 

Foufounes  Electriques,  Montreal 
vMarch  23 


-\hey're  young,  they're  cute, 
and  they've  just  released  their 
newest  album,  Dookie,  on  the 
Warner  Reprise  label. 

With  a  full  tour  happen- 
ing, appearances  on  Conan 
O'Brien,  MTV,  Much  Music 
and  Musique  Plus,  one  might 
think  Green  Day  was  on  top 
of  the  world. 
Oddly  enough,  they're  not. 
The  Charlatan  went  to  Montreal  to 
catch  the  California  band's  perform- 
ance at  Foufounes  Electriques.  Before  the 
show,  bassist  Mike  Dimstwas  more  than 
happy  to  share  a  few  words  about  how 
the  band  is  doing. 

"Well  it's  been  hard,"  said  a  tired- 
looking  Dirnst.  "To  tell  you  the  truth,  we 
haven't  been  getting  too  much  sleep  this 
tour  at  all." 

He  pointed  out  their  tour  bus,  an  old 
bookmobile  that  drummer  Tre  Cool's 
father  was  driving  them  around  North 
America  in.  "That's  our  home  right  now. " 

It  seems  odd  that  a  band  signed  to  a 
label  as  prestigious  —  and  as  rich  —  as 
Warner  should  be  driving  and  sleeping 
in  a  bookmobile. 

"So  many  people  think  we've  just 
become  a  bunch  of  spoiled  rich  fools.  In 
truth,  we've  lost  more  money  than  any- 
thing this  tour.  Warner  wanted  us  to 
have  high  ticket  prices,  but  that  would 
have  been  too  big  a  step  for  our  fans.  We 
managed  to  keep  our  prices  as  low  as 
possible,  but  as  a  result  we  are  losing 
thousands  of  dollars."  That's  the  price 
Green  Day  is  paying  to  stay  loyal  to  their 
fans.  (Cover  for  the  Foufounes  show  was 
only  $10.) 

Before  they  signed  to  Warner,  they 
were  on  the  California-based  Lookout 


Records.  Through  their  happy,  guitar- 
driven  sound  and  teen  angst  lyrics,  they 
built  an  impressive  fan  base  that  was 
more  than  a  bit  surprised  when  they 
made  the  jump  to  the  majors. 

Dirnst  is  a  compassionate  person,  very 
stricken  by  the  way  some  fans  have  been 
reacting  to  their  signing  to  Wamer.  "In 
one  place,  some  losers  were  throwing 
beer  bottles  at  us,  calling  us  sell-outs. 
Selling  out  is  compromising  your  musi- 
cal intentions:  we  don't  know  how  to  do 
that. 

"Look  at  them,  "he  said  of  the  abusive 
fans.  "They  all  look  the  same:  they  want 
to  own  us  or  something.  We're  just  being 
ourselves,  doing  our  own  thing." 

The  past  little  while  has  been  rough 
on  Green  Day  —  close-minded  fans  giv- 
ing them  a  hard  time,  financial  troubles 
and  little  sleep.  When  asked  why  they 
put  themselves  through  all  the  trouble, 
Dimst  replied  differently  than  many  fans 
would  expect. 

"Well,  for  one  thing,  we  were  getting 
too  big  for  a  label  like  Lookout  to  handle. 
Another  thing  was  distribution.  To  get 
our  records  into  Europe,  we  would  have 
to  sneak  them  in  during  tours.  That  was 
really  bad  because  we  were  constantly  at 
risk  of  being  caught.  (Signing  to  Wamer) 
had  nothing  to  do  with  Lookout:  they  are 
great  people." 

Recording  for  Wamer  was  a  change 
for  Green  Day.  "We  had  more  time  and 
more  money  for  Dookie,  but  it  was  still 
less  produced." 

Being  on  Wamer  is  nice,  said  Dimst, 
"because  we'll  be  able  to  release  things 
quicker.  It's  strange  to  do  it  this  way." 

to  some,  the  angst-ridden  lyrics 
present  on  Dookie  and  even  their  previ- 
ous album  Kerplunk  seem  out  of  place 
when  one  listens  to  the  happy  melodies 
of  their  songs.  Compared  to  their  old 
material  on  39/Smooth,  theirlyrics  seems 
to  have  gotten  darker. 

"Our  perceptions  have  really  changed. 
When  this  all  began  we  were  just  16- 
year-olds  in  a  rock  band  singing  about 


Green  Day  bassist  Mike  Dimst  narrowly  avoids  getting  his  head  crushed. 


girls,"  said  Dimst,  now  21.  "Now  I've 
seen  so  much.  Friends  have  grown  up 
and  changed.  Some  have  even  died." 

This  realization  has  only  added  to  the 
depression  Dimst  has  been  coping  with 
on  the  tour. 

"Theothernight,  afterConan'sshow, 
I  was  ready  to  get  on  a  plane  back  to 
California.  When  we  played  his  show  we 
hadn't  slept  for  two  days.  Then  we  had  to 
play  "Welcome  to  Paradise"  over  eight 
times  because  his  crew  kept  messing  up. 
"  I  love  the  band  and  the  fans  so  much. 

What  we've  been  doing 
lately  has  really  been  test- 
ing that.  I  guess  it's  the  feel- 
ing we  get  each  night  — 
from  the  people  that  really 
do  care  —  that  keeps  us  go- 
ing." 

It's  too  bad  that  many 
Green  Day  fans  have  turned 
theirbackson  them  for  sign- 
ing to  a  major  label,  even 
though  many  major-label 
bands  are  just  two-dimen- 
sional images  for  sale. 

Fortunately,  Green  Day 
is  not  one  of  those  faceless 
products.  While  many 
bands  can't  resist  the  trap- 
pings of  the  corporate  band- 
wagon, Dimst,  Cool  and 
guitarist/vocalist  Billy  Joe 
have  maintained  them- 
selves quite  well. 

Providing  low  T-shirt  and 
ticket  prices  isn't  even  a  con- 
sideration for  many  major- 
|  label  bands.  Perhaps  the 
"  close-minded  underground 
g  should  admire  Green  Day 
<  for  dealing  with  a  tough 
situationasbestastheycan. 
After  all,  they  do  care.Q 


f Thanks: 

To  everyone  who  wrote,  drew,  took  photos,  copy  edited,  etc.  for  the 
Arts  section  this  year.  You  know  who  you  are.  You  folks  are  the 
V  greatest.  See  ya.  „ 


This  week) 

We're  Not  Proud: 
Jobs  We'll  Probably 
End  Up  Holding  This 
Summer 

1.  0C  TranBpo  public 
relations  assistant 

2.  Ottawa  Citizen 
intern 

3.  Personal  barber 
for  Richard  Stanton 

4.  Brow  wiper  for 
Lowell  Green 

5.  Robin  Farquhar 
groupie 

6.  Personal  assist- 
ant to  Dave  Cooke 

7.  Executive  assist- 
ant in  charge  of  NDP 
re-election  campaign 

8.  Corporate  lackey 

9.  Director  of 
french  fry  opera- 
tions, McDonald's  on 
Rideau  Street 

10.  Lucy  Watson  im- 
personator for  Bal- 
loon-0- Grams  Inter- 
national 


March  31,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  27 


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ELECTIONS  INFORMATION 

The  Election 's  Carleton  staff  would  like  to  apologize  to  Parul  Kumar  for 
the  misspelling  of  her  name  that  occurred  in  the  Election's  Supplement  on 
March  24,  1 994.  Her  name  was  spelled  Paul  Kumar  and  should  have  read 
Parul  Kumar.  She  is  running  for  the  position  of  CUSA  Council  Science 
representative. 

We  would  also  like  to  apologize  to  Bill  Zrymiak  for  the  misspelling  of  his 
name.  The  correct  spelling  is  Zrymiak  not  Zymiak.  He  has  been  acclaimed 
for  CUSA  Council  Engineering  representative. 

The  want  ads  on  the  last  page  are  incorrect  and  some  of  those  positions 
have  been  filled.  We  apologize  for  any  inconvenience  this  may  have  caused 
anyone. 

We  also  apologize  to  Ernie  Gibbs  and  Gerald  Rao  for  not  publishing 
their  names  in  the  supplement.  They  were  both  acclaimed  for  positions  as 
CUSA  Council  Special  Student  representatives. 

The  voting  days  that  were  published  in  the  supplement  were  incorrect  and 
should  have  read  Tuesday  March  29,  Wednesday  March  30,  and  Thursday 
March  31 .  We  apologize  for  any  inconvenience  that  this  may  have  caused. 

The  Election's  Carleton  staff  apologizes  to  all  students  for  having  to 
punch  holes  in  their  student  cards,  but  that  is  the  only  way  we  can  verify  that 
every  student  only  votes  once.  If  anyone  has  any  suggestions  as  to  how  to 
avoid  defacing  student  cards,  we  would  like  to  hear  them. 

A  special  apology  goes  out  to  Peter  Souw  for  the  misspelling  of  his  name 
on  the  ballots.  We  attempted  to  have  the  printer  redo  the  ballots  but  they  said 
that  they  could  not  have  them  done  before  the  closing  of  polls  on  Thursday. 
Peter  is  recieving  a  letter  from  us  to  this  regard.  Again  the  staff  at  Election 's 
Carleton  apologizes. 


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28  •  The  Charlatan  ■  March  31,  1994 


Take  your  Geneneration  X  crap  and  shove  it 


by  Susie  Haley 

Charlatan  Star! 

Well,  those  Baby  Boomer  bastards 
have  done  it  again! 

People  like  Saturday  Night  editor  [ohn 
Fraser  are  continuing  to  try  and  tell  me 
that  I  am  part  of  what  They  call  "Genera- 
tion X"  —  the  voiceless  generation,  the 
nothing  generation,  the  aimless,  soul- 
less, and  ultimately  goalless  generation, 
with  Douglas  Coupland  as  our  fearless 
leader.  Well,  thank  you  very  much. 

Last  month,  a  movie  called  Reality 
Bites  appeared  on  the  scene.  1  saw  it  and 
I  liked  it  (except  for  the  last  scene  —  kind 
of  a  cop  out). 

Then  I  started  to  doubt  what  I  had  just 
seen.  Those  paragons  of  virtue,  the  ag- 
ing, balding  Baby  Boomers  told  me  in 
reviews  that  the  whole  thing  has  been 
done  already.  "What's  wrong  with  The 
Graduate,  When  Harry  Met  Sally,  The  Big 
Chill,"  they  wrote. 

I'll  tell  them  what's  wrong:  "Those 
movies  were  your  voice,  not  ours." 

We  are  voiceless  only  because  the 
Baby  Boomers,  who  control  the  economy, 
the  movie  industry,  the  publishing  in- 
dustry, the  newspaperindustry,  etc.,  etc., 
insist  on  denying  the  relevance  of  what 
our  generation  produces. 

Every  fantasy  novel  currently  written 
is  compared  to  Tolkien's;  every  travel/ 
self  discovery  novel  is  compared  to 
Kerouac's;  protests  are  compared  to  '60s 
riots;  songs  are  compared  to  Dylan's, 
Young's,  the  Dead's,  Lennon's  and  the 
list  goes  on. 

In  short,  everything  They  did  was 
superlative,  and  we've  been  told  since 
Day  One  that  we'll  never  be  as  great. 


"It's  not  like 
the  '60s,  by 
God,  those  were 
the  days,  eh," 
rant  the 
Boomers.  "We 
stopped  a  war, 
don't  you 
know?  We 
made  those 
self-serving 
corporations 
crawl  on  their 
knees  and  beg 
for  forgiveness, 
and  so  on,  and 
so  on." 

Our  genera- 
tion has  seen 
the  enemy, 
which  has 
evolved  since 
the  '60s.  There 
is  not  only  one 

war,  there  are  dozens.  Frogs  are  dying 
out  there,  folks,  and  with  them  the  envi- 
ronment. The  sexual  revolution  did  more 
than  liberate  us,  it  turned  us  into  the 
hop-in-the-sack-toss-out-the-phone- 
number-and-go-for-the-AIDS-test  gen- 
eration. 

Their  generation  may  have  started  to 
say  something,  but  they  got  cut  off  in 
mid-sentence.  "Damn  the  corporations! 
Stop  the  war!  Equality!  Justice!  Peace! . . 
.  and,  yes,  I'll  take  the  blue  BMW  on  the 
right,  thank  you  —  and  shut  those  kids 
up,  will  you?!" 

It's  not  that  I'm  blaming  Them  for  our 
problems.  I'm  just  asking  Them  not  to  be 
so  damn  judgmental  and  comparison- 


oriented.  Don't  name  us  before  we've 
had  a  chance  to  make  one  for  ourselves. 

So  what  the  hell  is  wrong  with  Reality 
Bites  anyways? 

They  say  the  movie's  inundated  with 
references  to  material  things.  Vickie  car- 
ries a  Charlie's  Angels  lunch  box,  they  all 
drink  Big  Gulps  from  the  7-11,  they  make 
references  to  70s  sitcoms  like  The  Brady 
Bunch,  and  They  seem  to  be  disgusted 
and  amazed  by  this.  My  friend  kept 
pointing  out  to  me  that  she  had  a  lunch 
box  just  like  Vickie's,  and  I  still  have  my 
Charlie's  Angels  bubblegum  cards  —  and 
my  Star  Wars  ones,  of  course. 

In  the  movie,  there's  Sammy,  the  gay 
guy;  Lelaina,  the  idealist;  Troy,  the  cynic; 


Vickie,  the  sell-out;  the  Mcjobs;  getting 
fired  from  a  convenience  store;  dropping 
out  of  school  20  units  short  of  a  degree; 
being  overeducated  and  underemployed; 
and  questioning  the  ethics  of  our  superi- 
ors. To  some  of  us,  this  all  sounds  way  too 
familiar.  This  IS  how  it  is  for  some  of  us. 

Not  everyone  in  my  generation  will 
appreciate  this  film,  but  it  says  a  hell  of 
a  lot  more  than  Douglas  Coupland,  the 
so-called  guru  spokesman  of  our  genera- 
tion. As  a  friend  of  mine  recently  said  in 
reference  to  the  fact  that  Coupland's 
Generation  X  characters  are  having  their 
identity  crises  in  Japan, "  If  I  could  afford 
to  get  to  japan  to  have  my  crisis,  it  might 
not  seem  so  bad!" 

Helen  Childress,  writer  of  Reality  Bites, 
is  23  or  24,  and  I  trust  her  to  describe  my 
generation  more  than  someone  who's 
32  and  could  have  graduated  from  uni- 
versity when  I  was  only  1 2!  But,  hey,  the 
Baby  Boomers  have  already  appointed 
Coupland  our  representative. 

In  conclusion,  I  reject  the  mewling 
cries  of  the  Baby  Boomers;  Their  at- 
tempts to  stifle  us  before  we've  had  a 
chance  to  speak. 

I  leave  you  to  ponder  this,  the  latest 
voiceless  polemic  against  the  ruling  gen- 
eration, with  a  quote  from  the  song 
Ethan  Hawke  sings  on  the  Reality  Bites 
soundtrack:  "I  ain't  left,  I  ain't  right/ 
People  say  I'm  wrong/Before  I  was  bom/ 
It  was  all  gone/Don't  even  make  sense/ 
That  I  wrote  this  song/Cause  me  you  see/ 
I'm  nuthin'/I'm  nuthin.'"  □ 


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March  31,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  •  29 


What  evil  lurks  on  the  set  of  Sesame  Street? 


by  Naomi  Bock 

Charlatan  Staff 

When  I  was  four,  I  spent  six  months  in 
Europe,  and  the  only  thing  I  remember 
clearly  was  the  terrifying  shock  of  Big 
Bird  appearing  red  on  German  TV. 

I  ran  screaming  to  my  mother,  who 
must  have  thought,  "What  did  I  do  wrong 
—  I  thought  if  I  only  let  her  watch  kids' 
shows,  she'd  be  well-adjusted!" 

Not  so.  If  you  think  children's  pro- 
grams are  wholesome,  it's  rime  to  look  a 
little  closer.  Rife  with  hidden  messages, 
they've  corrupted  our  generation. 

I'm  not  talking  about  the  old  violent- 
deaths-of-Wile-E. -Coyote  debate  —  at 
least  that  teaches  kids  to  never  give  up, 
as  well  as  the  lesson  that  mail  order 
products  are  rip-offs. 

I'm  talking  about  all  those  sweet,  in- 
nocuous shows  with  calm,  smiling  hosts 
that  look  like  they've  been  sniffing  the 
arts  and  crafts  glue. 

Let's  start  with  Mr.  Rogers.  A  kind, 


trustworthy  man,  you  think?  Wrong.  I 
mean,  the  first  thing  he  does  is  take  off 
his  sweater.  Yeah,  sure,  it's  hot  in  here. 
Then  he's  all  smiles  and,  "Let's  take  a 
train  ride  to  a  mysterious  place,  my  little 
friend."  I'd  rather  if  you  weren't  my 
neighbor,  thanks. 

Moving  on  to  Polka  Dot  Door,  it's  sur- 
prising our  parents  never  voiced  an  ob- 
jection towhatwe  were  watching.  Ifthat 
dotted  door  was  on  the  house  next  door, 
they  certainly  would've  asked,  "What  is 
going  on  in  that  house  —  different  cou- 
ples every  week,  all  making  use  of  a  large 
kangaroo  suit  —  smells  like  a  sex  cult!" 

You  can't  get  any  more  wholesome 
than  a  bunch  of  kids  trying  to  be  fust  Like 
Mom,  right?  Not  when  it's  a  lesson  in  foul 
play.  If  you  want  to  win,  kids,  you've  got 
to  cheat.  This  is  manifested  during  the 
"Bake-off"  segment  of  the  game  show. 
While  the  rest  are  blithely  dumping  eve- 
rything into  the  cookie  batter,  one  kid, 
with  a  look  of  studied  dullness,  is  pour- 


ing only  ketchup  into  hers.  Later,  her 
mom  is  smiling  (that's  suspicious  al- 
ready considering  what  she's  just  eaten) 
and  saying,  "My  Katie  just  loves  ketchup, " 
as  the  bells  and  lights  go  off.  C'mon,  with 
a  trip  to  Disney  World  up  for  grabs,  did 

If  that  dotted  door  was  on 
the  house  next  door,  they  cer- 
tainly would've  asked,  "What 
is  going  on  in  that  house  — 
different  couples  every  week, 
all  making  use  of  a  large  kan- 
garoo suit  —  smells  like  a  sex 
cult!"  

you  think  they  wouldn't  have  a  plan? 

If  you're  a  Sesame  Srreef  purist  and  you 
think  your  beloved  show  is  immune  to 
all  this  corruption,  you're  wrong.  Think 
of  the  ongoing  torture  of  Big  Bird  never 
being  able  to  prove  Snuffalupagus  to  the 
rest  of  the  gang.  They  might  as  well  have 
been  saying  "Heh  heh  little  kid,  no  one's 


going  to  believe  you." 

Then  there's  Today's  Special:  an  at- 
tempt to  recruit  young  boys  into  the 
men's  movement.  Boys,  you'll  never  be 
free  from  the  chains  of  women!  All  day, 
you  must  be  a  stony  emotionless  manne- 
quin. Only  with  the  magic  cap  (drums  to 
follow)  can  you  dance,  sing,  be  any- 
thing. It  also  leads  to  bitter  disillusion- 
ment for  girls.  Later  in  life,  Sally  will 
come  home  confused  after  her  first  date. 
"Mom,  I  don't  know  what  to  do  about 
Chad.  I  took  off  his  cap,  but  he  still  kept 
going  on  about  how  life  is  like  a  football 
game."  And  you  thought  finding  out 
Santa's  not  real  was  a  disappointment? 

Oh  well.  There's  always  Fables  of  the 
Green  Forest,  with  which  I  can  find  no 
fault.  It  shows  we  all  began  as  little 
Clayoquoters,  so  maybe  there's  hope  for 
our  world  yet. 

It  all  makes  you  not  want  to  know 
what's  at  the  bottom  of  the  tickle  trunk, 
eh,  boys  and  girls?  Q 


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30  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  March  31,  1994 


"tW^da^  NWk  "3 /St  f^q^ 

Music  I  really  like  a  lot 


Thanks  to  all  the  people  who  wrote  in 
expressing  sympathy  for  my  loss  of 
hearing,  which 
happened 


I'll  be  listening  to  the  NAC  Orchestra. 


COMMENT 


about  two 
weeks  before  I 
started  this  job. 
I  thought  I  had 
kept  it  a  secret, 
but  somehow 
you  all  knew. 

• 

Fumacehead 
is  one  unknown 
local  band 
you'll  be  hear- 
ingalotof.This 
local  band 
mixes  heavy 
metal  and  reg- 
gae in  a  unique 
and  alternative 
way.  Lead  hom 
player  John 
Steward  is  very 
recognizable, 
since  he  has 

done  something  really  strange  to  his  hair. 
He  says  the  local  scene  has  really  grown  as 
of  late,  no  thanks  to  the  Schitizen.  (YOU 
IDIOT,  TAKE  THIS  PART  OUT  -ED.) 

They  will  be  playing  at  Zaphod 
Beeblebrox  this  Thursday.  I  won't  be  there. 


Sound 
Chunks 

Dymm 
Saxhead 


There's  a  new_sound  out  there  that  will 
be  hittingtown  this  weekend.  Rage  Against 
the  Machine  combine  insightful  punk  rock 
lyrics  with  a  mellow,  almost  folk  sound. 
These  guys  are  notorious  in  the  music 
industry  for  doing  things  their  own  way 
and  not  selling  out,  no  matter  how  much 
money  record  companies  offer  them. 
They're  playing  Friday  night  at  Denim  and 
Diamonds. 


"I  need  some  drugs.  I  need  some  drugs." 

After  saying  this,  it  didn't  look  like 
Fugazi's  Ian  MacKaye  would  be  up  for  a 
coherentinterview.  All  I  wanted  was  some 
quotes  describing  his  influences  and  what 
his  band  sounds  like. 

"Well,"  he  said  after  I  offered  him  a  hit 
from  my  bong.  "We're  kind  of  a  mix  of 
jazz,  hardcore,  hip  hop,  doo  wop,  bebop 
and  ska.  But  we're  totally  original." 

They're  also  very  alternative  and  I  hear 
that  they're  big  with  the  kids.  They're 
playing  this  Saturday  at  Yucatan  Liquor 
Stand.  Tickets  cost  $25,  but  you  have  to  be 
1 9  to  get  in.  They '  II  also  have  some  cool  T- 
shirts  for  sale  at  the  door. 


Presenting  the  Charlataris 
three-column  Parody  Pak! 

More  fun  stuff  on  page  34! 


f  ftty    Oh,  by  the  way:  *p&cX>.  I 
Cracker  is  the  official  bandof  »  ^ 
The  Charlatan.  ^OCH  ' 


Ratings  donYbode^ 
well  for  local  station 


OTTAWA 

BY  DAVID  RAINMAKER 


You  know,  some  people  say  there  isn't  enough  arts  happenings  in  this  pathetic 
government  town  to  fill  a  gossip  column,  and  they're  right.  Even  if  there  were 
you  wouldn  t  hear  about  it  here.  I  just  print  whatever  people  fax  me.  Hey  it's  a 
living.  ' 

The  springtime  radio  ratings  are  in  and  the  big  news  concerns  CHEEZ  106 
This  FM  station,  rated  number  one  only  a  few  years  ago,  has  slipped  to  number 
106  m  a  17  station  market.  CHEEEZ  finished  behind  all  AM,  FM,  overseas 
shortwave  stations  and  this  guy  who  stands  at  the  corner  of  Dalhousie  and  Rideau 
every  morning  and  yells,  "Duck!" 

Station  head  Chuck  Armadillo  blames  the  drop  on  the  station's  recent  format 
change. 

Says  Armadillo,  "We  were  doing  okay  with  classic  rock,  but  I  guess  deciding 
only  to  play  Queen's  'Another  One  Bites  The  Dust'  was  a  bit  too  much.  But  we 
still  like  that  classic  rock." 

In  the  television  ratings  game,  NBC  has  fired  late  night  talk  show  host  Conan 
(  I  used  to  write  for  The  Simpsons")  O'Barbarian.  NBC  execs  say  his  ratings 
were  so  bad  that  rats  mating  in  a  cage  could  have  done  better. 

In  an  effort  to  replace  the  hapless  O'Barbarian,  NBC  has  decided  to  give 
everyone  who  lives  in  North  America  and  can  read  at  a  Grade  2  level  a  shot  at 
hosting  the  show. 

"Conan  really  bit,"  oneexecutive  was  quoted  as  saying.  "We  can 't  imagine  that 
Joe  Punchclock  or  Sally  Lunchpail  could  do  any  worse." 

Zaphod  Beeblebrox,  that  wacky  club  with  the  wacky  name,  has  announced  a 
slight  format  change.  In  order  to  accommodate  people  like  Ottawa  Schitizen 
columnist  Floosie  Riledup,  the  club  has  decided  to  start  live  bands  at  2  p.m.,  with 
dancing  to  follow  at  3  p.m.  The  club  will  also  be  booking  only  Top  40  bands  from 
now  on.  Local  rock  diva  Alanis  will  kick  off  the  changes  on  April  1 .  Says  one  of 
the  co-owners,  "We're  doing  it  for  the  fans." 

Zaphod's  will  ring  out  the  old  format  March  3 1  with  an  interesting-sounding 
non-musical  event.  It's  being  dubbed  as  Ottawa's  answer  to  the  WWF  and  it  will 
feature  Lowest  of  the  Low  and  some  bad-assed  bouncers.  Be  sure  to  wear  red. 

In  an  attempt  to  sound  like  I  can  relate  to  today 's  alternative  music  scene,  here's 
a  cool  singer  to  check  out.  I'm  told  that  Anne  Murray  is  a  singer  from  the  East 
Coast  who  sounds  a  bit  like  Sloan.  She's  coming  to  town  soon,  so  check  her  out. 

Chalk  it  up  to  cough  syrup,  several  vodka  shooters  and  way  too  many  Doritos. 
Despite  what  I  reported  in  last  week's  Ottawa  Fuzz  column.  Beethoven  is  not 
opening  up  for  Fugazi  next  week.  It  turns  out  that  the  German  composer  has  been 
dead  for  about  350  years. 

The  Bytowne  Cinema  has  just  announced  the  Steven  Speilberg  Comedy 
Festival.  According  to  the  fax,  it  features  all  the  great  director's  comedies,  from 
The  Color  Purple  to  Schindler's  List.  Should  be  fun. 


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The  Univcrsitc  ciuiUdicnnc  cn  France  offers  courses  in  English  or  French.  No  French  language 
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March  31,  1994  •  The  Charlatan  ■  31 


An  exhibit  that  shouldn't  be  missed 


by  Joanne  Capuani 

Charlatan  Staff 


/Natures  Mortes 

Gallery  101 
.March  17  —  April  15 


The  dissecting  room  of  Concordia 
University  was  the  perfect  place  for  her  to 
begin  her  artistic  career. 

Sophie  Jodoin,  Montreal-based  artist 
and  a  former  fine  arts  and  medical  stu- 
dent at  Concordia  University,  leaves  her 
mark  in  her  first  Ottawa  exhibition. 

Looking  at  the  works  on  display,  one 
can't  help  but  recognize  remnants  of  her 
past  training  at  work.  Jodoin  admits  that 
the  year  she  spent  studying  anatomy 
and  pathology  is  reflected  in  her  art. 

"I'm  always  working  with  the  body, 
the  play  of  death  and  sleep,"  she  says. 

From  the  jaundiced  faces  of  her  sub- 
jects to  the  dangling  feet  of  a  lifeless 
Christ-figure,  Jodoin's  preoccupation 
with  death  and  the  passage  of  time  are 
evident. 

Weathered  black  and  white  photo- 
graphs and  washes  of  earth-toned  oil 
paint  allow  her  work  to  resemble  au- 
thentic 19th  century  sepia-colored  pho- 
tos. Jodoin's  grid  method  —  projecting  a 
slide  on  a  mural  grid  pattern,  taking 
photos  of  the  individual  sections,  and 


reassembling 
them  into  the 
final  product 
—  also  pro- 
vokes images 
of  Western  Eu- 
ropean cathe- 
drals' lavish 
mosaics. 

But  in  Na- 
tures Mortes  it 
is  not  flicker- 
ing gold  tiles 
that  grab  your 
attention. 
Rather,  it's  the 
warm  image 
of  women  con- 
trasted with  a 
disturbing  im- 
age of  an  un- 
conscious 
man. 

It's  the 
photo  of  a  vo- 
luptuous 
woman  hid- 
den behind  dry 
ivy  branches 
(which  resem- 
ble barbed  wire);  angelic  yet  provoca- 
tive. It's  the  mystery  looming  behind  the 
Creature  of  Darkness,  a  withdrawn 


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beauty  with  blackened  hair  and  lips, 
chalk-white  flesh  and  a  dark  rosary 
weighing  down  her  neck. 

Jodoin's  1 1  pieces  have  a  distinct  aes- 
thetic beauty  to  them.  Sometimes, 
though,  the  realistic,  high  photographic 
quality  of  her  work  can  bring  on  the 
nauseous  feeling  one  gets  when  stand- 
ing over  a  cold  corpse  in  a  funeral  home. 

There  is  also  an  eternal  feeling  that 
surrounds  Natures  Mortes.  As  one  turns 
and  faces  the  photos  on  every  side  of  the 
room,  the  viewer  becomes  part  of  the 
timeless  nature  of  Jodoin's  work;  al- 
though the  photos  look  like  they're  dete- 
riorating and  the  leaf  stems  that  are  the 
subject  of  some  photos  look  like  they're 
withering  away,  they  are  all  preserved 
under  the  layers  of  oil  paint. 

Jodoin  also  draws  a  close  link  between 


time,  humankind  and  nature.  Jodoin 
says,  "1  think  I  started  to  use  nature  or 
plants  as  a  fragment  because  I  would  like 
to  convey  with  the  plant  itself  the  same 
emotions  that  you  could  put  through  a 
person." 

Sometimes  the  withered  leaf  says  more 
about  a  resigned  woman  that  the  fact 
that  she  wears  no  clothing.  This  is  what 
Jodoin  means  when  she  says,  "I  could 
portray  through  a  plant  as  much  sad- 
ness, voluptuousness,  because  I  see  it  as 
a  living  thing.  It  has  its  sexuality.  For  me, 
it's  like  a  human  being." 

True  enough.  Human  beings  do  wither 
away  and  fall  apart  like  any  old  plant. 

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32  ■  The  Charlatan  ■  March  31,  1994 


WW 


Crow 

My  Kind  of  Pain 
Half  A  Cow/Cargo 

Believe  it  or  don't,  but  this  isn't  an- 
other heavy  metal  band. 

The  title  My  Kind  Of  Pain,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  album's  cover,  may  give 
one  the  impression  that  this  is  very  evil 
music,  but  that's  not  the  case. 

What  you'll  get  upon  listening  to  this 
CD  is  something  that  sounds  like  Evan 
Dando's  Lemonheads  on  a  bad  hair  day: 
their  outlook  on  the  world  is  just  slightly 
darker  than  Dando's. 

That's  not  a  bad  thing.  Peter  Fenton's 
gloomy  voice  and  the  band's  jangly  gui- 
tars mix  perfectly  together. 

Rating:  pretty  cool. 

Blayne  Haggart 


That  Dog 

That  Dog 
DGC/Cargo 

Cute  band  alert! 

Sorry,  but  it's  true.  You'll  have  to  look 
long  and  hard  to  find  a  band  that  looks 
so  damn  normal  and  happy  and  still 
manages  to  play  a  mean  guitar  and 
viola. 

Lest  the  listener  be  scared  off  by  the 
thought  that  this  may  be  just  another 
cheesy  band  that  throws  snippets  of  clas- 
sical string  instruments  into  an  other- 
wise electric  soup,  rest  assured  this  is  not 
the  case. 

Some  songs  like  the  lead-off  track 
"Old  Timer"  are  the  usual  female  vocals 
and  loud  guitar  a  la  Velocity  Girl.  Other 
songs  like  "She  Looks  at  Me"  put  the 
aforementioned  string  instruments  front 
and  centre,  while  the  electric  guitars  stay 
in  the  background. 

As  for  the  subject  matter  .  .  .  love, 
music,  MTV.  They're  not  exactly  deep, 
but  who  cares?  They  sound  good  and 
that's  all  that  counts. 

Happy,  fun  and  safe. 

Blayne  Haggart 


Marillion 

brave 
EMI 

ForfansofMarillion,  the  departure  of 
lead  singer  Fish  is  akin  to  the  birth  of 
Christ  for  Christians.  Both  sects  describe 
their  religion  in  terms  of  before  and 
after. 

Marillion's  1988  upheaval  evoked 
panic  from  longtime  followers,  who  ques- 
tioned whether  a  new  singer  could  work. 

Fish's  undeniable  gift  of  poetry  and 
his  unique  voice  blended  perfectly  with 
the  progressive  musical  aspirations  of 
the  musicians.  As  his  successor,  Steve 
Hogarth  deserves  credit  for  knowingly 
treading  such  sacred  ground. 

AfterFish'sdeparture,  Marillion  aban- 
doned their  "concept"  album  approach 
in  favor  of  a  mix  of  commercially  viable 
.  intelligent  rock.  Needless  to  say,  the  next 
two  albums  bombed.  Even  hardcore  fans 
were  loath  to  buy  them  —  not  only  was 
their  genius  gone,  but  the  acid  of  their 


songs  was  now  pablum. 

Marillion  has  sought  the  safety  of  a 
concept  work  for  this,  their  seventh  al- 
bum. A  few  years  ago,  a  woman  was 
found  walking  naked  with  amnesia  on  a 
London  bridge,  brave  is  the  band's  specu- 
lation as  to  what  events  took  place  for 
her  to  be  in  this  position. 

brave  is  Hogarth's  attempt  at  1985's 
Misplaced  Childhood,  but  comparisons  to 
Fish  are  defeatist.  Nonetheless,  Hogarth's 
simplerlyrics  occasionally  contain  truths 
that  strike  a  chord.  When  revisiting  the 
traumas  of  childhood  in  "Living  With 
the  Big  Lie,"  Hogarth's  evaluation  is 
astute:  "I  was  terrified  most  of  the  time/ 
I  never  got  over  it/I  got  used  to  it." 

Musically,  days  of  untamed  experi- 
mentation are  gone,  but  lush  move- 
ments creep  in  the  umbras  between  songs. 
The  unfortunately  titled  "Living  With 
the  Big  Lie"  moves  just  as  pleasurably  as 
"Alone  Again  in  the  Lap  of  Luxury." 
Those  looking  for  a  song  of  betrayal  will 
relish  "The  Last  of  You"  is  powerful  de- 
spondency. 

Maximum  enjoyment  of  brave  requires 
a  great  deal  of  familiarity  with  the  lyrics, 
a  comfortable  bed,  nightfall  and  soli- 
tude. 

brave  is  not  the  Messiah,  but  it's  exqui- 
site in  its  own  way. 

Stephanie  Garrison 

BeastJe  Boys 

Some  Old  Bullshit 
Grand  Royal/Capitol 

At  least  they  got  the  name  right.  De- 
spite having  the  Beastie  Boys'  name  at- 
tached to  this  album,  there's  nothing 
worth  listening  to  on  this  cassette. 

Some  Old  Bullshit  was  recorded  circa 
1 981  when  the  Beastie  Boys  were  a  shitty 
New  York,  one-chord-no-waiting  punk 
rock  outfit.  Listening  to  this  album,  you 
wouldneverguessthattheBeasties  would 
become  the  musical  innovators  they  are 
today. 

The  history  in  the  liner  notes  is  inter- 
esting, but  hey,  you  can  photocopy  those 
offafriend.Ifyoumust  own  this  album 
because  it  has  the  Beastie  Boys'  name  on 
it,  do  so.  lust  don't  play  it. 

Blayne  Haggart 


be  light  at  first,  with  bubbly  guitar  chords, 
but  the  lyrics  are  chock-fullof  dark  ideas. 

Ron  Orol 


Course  of  Empire 

Initiation 
Zoo/BMG 

After  listening  to  Initiation,  you  can 
almost  imagine  how  this  album  came  to 
be. 

Picture  this:  The  Seattle  sound  has  just 
hit  the  airwaves  and  the  guys  in  Course 
of  Empire  are  sitting  around  trying  to 
plot  the  musical  direction  of  their  band. 

At  this  point,  these  guys  are  a  wild 
hair  band  on  a  quest  to  become  the  next 
Poison  or  Whitesnake.  But  now  the  plaid- 
shirt  invasion  has  hit  and  all  the  record 
executives  are  ignoring  Course  of  Em- 
pire's power  ballads,  special  effects-driven 
concerts  and  bad  make-up. 

"We  need  to  change  our  image;  our 
sound!"  cries  disgruntled  vocalist  Vaughn 
Stevenson. 

So  the  band  goes  through  this  transi- 
tion period  and  releases  Initiation;  an 
exploration  of  the  pseudo-grunge  sound. 
Some  songs  have  a  Soundgardenesque 
quality  and  there  are  hints  of  Rage 
Against  the  Machine  thrown  in.  Now  the 
labelling  connoisseur  will  say  that  Rage 
isn't  grunge,  but  aren't  they  popular 
with  the  kids  now  too? 

So  beware  of  Course  of  Empire,  be- 
cause underneath  the  web  of  distorted 
guitar,  throbbing  bass  and  moaning  vo- 
cals lies  the  subduedbeast  of  heavy  metal 
shit. 

Jason  Unrau 


The  Connells 

Ring 

Cargo/MCA 

The  Connells  bring  you  feel-good  gui- 
tar chords  and  head-nodding  melodies 
from  North  Carolina. 

Brothers  David  and  Mike  Connell  are 
the  backbone  to  the  group,  playing  bass 
and  guitar/vocals  respectively  as  well  as 
contributing  to  the  production  of  the 
album.  George  Huntley,  Doug 
MacMillan,  Peele  Wimberley  and  Steve 
Potak  make  up  the  rest  of  the  band. 

Songs  like  "Slackjawed,"  "74-75  and 
"Doing  You"  are  the  epitome  of  the  70s 
guitar  revival  with  a  '90s  kick. 

This  album  will  bring  together  Steve 
Miller  Band  lovers  and  Crowded  House 
fanatics.  Warning:  the  songs  appear  to 


Charlatan  year-end 
Top  Ten 

This  is  what  you 
should  be  listening 

to  this  summer: 

1.  Cracker 

Kerosene  fiat 

2.  Bjork 

Debut 

3.  Luscious  Jackson 

In  Search  of  Manny  EP 

4.  Me  Mom  and 
Morgentaler 

Shiva  Space  Machine 

5.  A  Tribe  Called  Quest 

Midnight  Marauders 

6.  Black  Boot  Trio 

PonyRide 

7.  Spirit  of  the  West 

Faithim 

8.  fames 

Laid 

9.  Mushroom  Explosion 

Who  Cares? 

10.  Breeders 

Last  Splash 


I  Love  You 

All  of  Us 
Geffen 

It  was  a  dark  and  stormy  night,  three 
years  ago,  when  a  smoky  Toronto  club 
first  felt  the  sonic  raid  of  I  Love  You. 

The  innocent  moniker  belied  the 
band's  penchant  forblowing  stacks  while 
playing  some  of  their  louder  songs.  Live, 
they  ruled. 

Impressed  with  the  show,  a  pal  picked 
up  their  first  tape  a  few  days  later.  It 
sucked. 

.4//  Of  Us,  their  second  release,  isn't 
any  better. 

Impossibly  enough,  there  is  a  band 
musically  more  annoying  than  Blind 
Melon,  and  twice  as  radio-friendly. 

Those  of  you  who've  done  acid  and 
like  '70s  sitcoms,  stay  clearof  this  album. 
By  the  second  track,  it  induces  melting 
flashbacks  of  the  Partridge  Family  and 
guys  with  grungy  hair  doing  that  sixties 
dance  where  they  point  their  fingers  and 
gyrate  spastically. 

Derivative  is  too  gentle  a  term  for  All 
of  Us.  Run  away  screaming. 

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This  one-year  program  is  lor 
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c.  the  Gay,  Lesbian  and  Bisexual 
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b.  wild  beagles 

c.  cash 

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d.  Oliver's. 

Cartoon  Women's  Centre  co- 
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a.  hair  care  products 

b.  wild  beagles 

c.  cash 

d.  spit 

e.  Swedes 

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a.  have  delusions  of  godhead. 

b.  almost  enjoy  the  bus  ride 
home. 

c.  fantasize  they  were  Loopy 
'    Watson's  riding  crop. 

d.  think  they  were  actually  Birch 
Riordon,  wine  connoisseur. 

The  issue  was  raised  at  CUSA  coun- 
cil, where 

a.  John  Onwards  dropped  his 
pants  and  showed  his  manhood 
to  all. 

b.  everyone  was  well  behaved 
and  civilized. 

c.  nothing  much  was  accom- 
plished. 

Because  of  the  sensitive  nature  of 
the  discussion,  the  matter  was  taken 
in  camera,  where  sources  say 

a.  there  was  a  "rutfest." 

b.  the  executive  got  pissed  on 
tequila  shooters  on  the  CUSA 
balcony. 

c.  John  Onwards  was  sentenced 
to  receive  a  "Wet  Willie." 

d.  bad  things  were  discussed. 

Loopy  Watson  could  not  be 
reached  for  comment  because  she 
was 

a.  wintering  in  the  Caymen  Is- 
lands. 

b.  on  a  two-week  all-grrrl  road 
trip  to  Florida. 

c.  out  of  the  office  until  Wednes- 
day. 

d.  trapped  under  something 
heavy. 

e.  in  the  bathroom,  on  the  phone 
with  Rene  Faux  Chez. 

When  she  was  finally  reached  for 
comment,  Watson  said, 

a.  "Huh?" 

b.  "I  can't  comment  on  that  be- 
cause of  the  ongoing  court  case." 

c.  "I  don't  care.  I'm  not  having  a 
good  day.  Go  away." 

d.  Nothing,  because  she  was  on 
the  phone  with  Rene. 

The  Institutional  Socialists  re- 
sponded to  this  anti-proletarian  ac- 
tion by  saying, 

a.  "Smash  the  state!" 

b.  "Smash  the  state!" 

c.  "Smash  the  state!" 

d.  "I  hope  my  welfare  cheque 
shows  up  today." 

As  usual,  The  Charlatan  condemns 
this  atrocity  because 

a.  It's  not  politically  correct. 

b.  our  sense  of  humor  was  surgi- 
cally removed. 

c.  we  just  want  to  be  loved.  Is 
that  so  wrong? 

d.  it's  Wednesday.  We've  been 
up  all  night  and  we  really,  re- 
ally need  to  fill  space.  Q 


Section 

C 


Ottawa  Schtizen  Thursday,  March  31 , 1994 


Don't  bother 
reading  this 


COMMENT 


Floosie 
Riledup 


34  •  The  Charlatan  •  March  31,  1994 


DearGod, 
has  it  fi- 
nally 
come  to  this? 

I  just 
couldn'tcome 
up  with  a  topic 
formy  column 
today. 

It's  not  like 
it  was  back  in 
the  sixties. 
Back  then  I 
was  full  of 
ideas,  splutter-  " 
ing  with  rage 

and  disrespecting  my  elders. 

And  I  was  good  at  it.  Look  where  I 
ended  up:  writing  for  the  Schitizen,  one  of 
the  best  Southam  papers  in  town. 

And  I'm  making  a  difference..  I'm  ex- 
posing all  my  loyal  readers  to  challenging 
ideas  about  feminism,  the  military-indus- 
trial complex,  how  the  world  has  too  many 
numbers  forme  to  remember  and  how  hard 
it  is  for  me  to  get  up  in  the  morning  since 
Ottawa's  nightlife  starts  too  damn  late. 

But  enough  about  my  ideas.  Let's  talk  a 
little  more  about  me. 

You  know,  people  often  come  up  to  me 
at  church  socials  and  ask  me,  "Floosie, 
howdoyoumanagetowritecolumnsweek 
after  week  about  nothing  at  all?  And  why 
do  you  rarely  use  secondary  sources?" 

To  answer  the  second  question  first, 
well,  going  out  to  interview  people  is  a  task 
and  a  half,  so  I  usually  just  use  quotes  that 
come  to  me,  like  the  one  above. 

The  answer  to  the  first  question  is  sim- 
ple. If  you're  incredibly  self-involved,  all 
you  really  care  about  is  yourself.  And  what 
happens  to  me  may  not  concern  anyone 
else,  but  who  cares?  I  get  paid  to  write  this 
column,  so  there. 

Apart  from  myself,  my  other  greatest 
concern  is  how  come  these  noisy  little 
snots  that  we're  raising  today  are  so  much 
worse  than  kids  were  when  I  was  growing 
up.  In  the  sixties  we  knew  how  to  act.  We 
rebelled  against  society  and  smoked  lots  of 
good  pot. 

Today,  all  the  kids  whine  about  is  how 
the  environment  is  being  destroyed  and 
how  they  can't  afford  an  education  even  if 
they  work  30  hours  a  week  at  Wal  Mart, 
which  is  a  great  organization. 

And  they  also  complain  about  how 
Boomers  like  myself  are  basically  dead- 
wood  blocking  up  jobs  and  using  up  pre- 
cious oxygen.  I  wish  they'd  all  just  shut  up. 
Why  can't  they  accept  that  things  were 
better  back  in  the  sixties? 

And  they  were  too.  The  air  was  better. 
The  drugs  were  better.  The  music  was 
better. 

Ican'tbelieve  thecrap  that  kids  listen  to 
today.  I  mean,  I  think  1  like  the  concept  of 
a  band  like  Jane's  Addiction  more  than  the 
music  itself. 

Okay,  only  a  few  more  inches  to  go. 
What  can  I  talk  about?  Maybe  I  could  list 
off  all  the  bands  I  don't  like.  Yeah,  that 
should  do  it. 

Here  goes:  Nirvana,  Tragically  Hip, 
Cracker,  Lemonheads,  Counting  Crows 
(although  that  "Mr.  Jones"  song  is  kinda 
catchy).  These  bands  are  nothing  com- 
pared to  real  music  like  the  Rolling  Stones 
and  Dylan. 

Almost  done.  Maybe  I'll  just  reiterate 
how  great  the  sixties  were  and  what  agreat 
person  I  am. 

And  there  you  go.  I've  done  it.  I've 
Filled  up  another  column  with  mindless, 
pointless  drivel.  Sometimes  I  amaze  my- 
self. 1 

Oh  look,  it's  payday.  Yessiree.  Gonna 
jump  in  my  car.  Mama's  got  a  date  with 
Rideau  Carleton  Raceway. 

Oh  God,  I  love  this  job. 


Thursday,  March  31 


h,r£  fv,  ^°  s  PlQypen  at  Zophod's  fea- 
tures the  loud  musical  stylings  of  local 
bands  Deadbeatdads  and  Cowpint 

Lover,  as  always,  is  only  a  dollar. 

Friday,  April  1 

Relive  the  magic!  Sirter  Act  2:  Back 
In  the  Habit  (Ceddit?  -ed.)  plays  at  the 
Mayfair  tonight  at  7  p.m. 

Come  on  down  to  the  Penguin  to- 
night for  Jimmy  George's  CD  release 
party.  Cover  is  $6. 

Local  folks  Rebo,  Schneider  and 
Zykotic  K9  are  putting  on  two  shows 
tonight  at  the  Pit.  They're  playing  an 
all-ages  show  at  7  p.m.  and  a  licensed 
one  at  9  p.m.  Be  prepared  for  loudness. 

Saturday,  April  2 

Cincinatti's  Afghan  Whigs  land  at 
Zaphad's  this  evening.  These  guys  are 
amazing.  Don't  miss  this  show.  Tickets 
are  $12  at  the  door. 

Opera  Lyra  Ottawa  presents  Puccini's 
Tosca.  It's  playing  at  the  National  Arts 
Centre  Opera  today,  Monday  and 
Wednesday  at  8  p.m.  Students  get  a 
special  discount  with  a  student  card. 
Bring  yourself  and  your  card  to  the  Arts 
Court  and  pick  up  a  ticket  for  $15.  You 
must  be  over  19  and  you  must  pick  up 
your  tickets  in  advance. 

Ottawa's  Wooden  Stars,  who  regu- 
larly wow  them  in  Toronto,  play  the  Pit 
tonight,  with  opening  band  Head  Trav- 
ellers. 

Sunday,  April  3 

Study,  you  fools,  study!  After  you've 
gone  to  church  and  eaten  your  choco- 
late, that  is. 

Monday,  April  4 

If  you're  in  Toronto,  head  on  down  to 
the  El  Mocambo  and  check  out  Liz 
Phair.  Tickets  are  $12. 

Tuesday,  April  5 

It's  a  pay-what-you-can  benefit  for 
Amnesty  International  tonight  at  8  p.m. 
at  Rooster's.  Look  forward  to  folk  and 


world  music  courtesy  of  Marlene 
MacD„„ald,  Voodoo  AngelfishRa"a 
and  Sylvia,  Ember  Swift  and  "Flip  " 
Wilson.  There  will  also  be  an  open  stage. 

Usually  Charlatan  production  man- 
ager Kevin  McKay  would  fill  this  space 
with  a  handy  book  tip.  Unfortunately  he 
has  informed  us  that  he  is  really  tired 
and  old,  so  in  his  place,  outgoing  editor- 
in-chief  Mo  Gannon  is  filling  in  Min- 
utes before  she  walked  off  into  the  sunset 
Gannon  yelled  out,  "Read  anything  by 
that  Douglas  Coupland  guy'  He's  a 
master!" 

Wednesday,  April  6 

It's  the  comedy  event  of  the  decade' 
The  Kids  In  the  Hall  are  at 
Centrepointe  Theatre  this  evening. 
There  are  two  shows,  at  7  p.m.  and  10 
p.m.  Tickets,  if  there  are  any  left,  are  a 
staggering  $26.50. 

Paris,  France,  a  Canadian  film  that 
raised  eyebrows  at  Cannes  for  its,  urn, 
sexuality,  is  showing  at  the  Mayfair 
tonight  and  tomorrow.  Today's  showing 
startsat  7:05,  tomorrow's  gets  underway 
at  7  p.m. 

Thursday,  April  7 

Before  you  all  head  out  to  write  your 
exams,  here's  a  Charlatan  snack  tip  to 
keep  you  well  fed.  Hodges's  Midnight 
Snack™  will  keep  you  going  long  after 
the  caffeine  stops  working.  Take  one  can 
of  condensed  tomato  soup.  Open  the  can 
and  dig  in  with  a  spoon,  although,  come 
to  think  of  it,  a  fork  would  work  well  too. 
It  is  recommended  that  you  add  a  few 
drops  of  lukewarm  water  to  get  rid  of  the 
soup's  waxy  flavor. 

Friday,  April  15 

It's  an  arena  concert  out  in  Carleton 
Place.  Playing  the  luxurious  Carleton 
Place  Arena  are  Almonte  rockers  Ge- 
neric with  pals  Bufflehead  and  Sev- 
enth Child.  Tickets  are  $6  at  the  door. 
It's  an  all-ages  event  and  the  show  starts 
at  8  p.m 

Summer,  1994 

Here's  a  quick  list  of  things  to  do: 
Lollapalooza.,  drunken  Canada  Day 
celebrations,  the  Jazz  Festival,  relax- 
ing in  your  bath  tub. 


That's  it  for  another  year,  kids.  I'm 
going  back  to  the  family  business. 
You'll  all  have  to  fend  for  yourselves 
this  summer 


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